Hey, guys! It's me, Kat, here! I'm back with Chapter 8 (we are on eight, right? x]) of my new Vocaloid OC story, Vocaloid: You Don't Know Me! I'm trying to cut down on my A/Ns, so I'll only include the important stuff...
Intro, check, shout out to Emma, unimportant, doesn't make the cut *crosses off* ;), other stuff about my life, in progress. Okay, moving on.
I, Kat, have got into the wonderful world of song writing. You've all heard of Bad Apple, Meltdown, Matryoshka, RE: Birthday, Spice!, that kinda thing, right? Well, I've started writing my completely original own ones to those tunes. If you wanna check out my first lyrics video (I still need singers for it, and translators haha :D), go to this link:
watch?v=ZMAcDSeJobc
Hope you like it, comment on the video with what you think c:
ANYWAY, ON WITH THE STORY :D
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~Chapter Eight: Misery Business~
~Miyako's POV~
Monday mornings are not fun. I know this from experience. I sigh, sitting up and rubbing my stiff neck. Back to the joys of school...then again, there are some good things about Mondays. Especially nowadays. Monday means seeing Rin and Kaito (though I don't really don't know how things will be between Kaito and I), Lily, SeeU...and Len. I get lost in my thoughts for a second before the deafening sound of the alarm on my mobile yanks me back to reality. Who even set this thing up? I check the song. Love is War? Oh, God...RIN!
I start to get ready for school, and it takes about 10 minutes to get everything done. When I'm finished, I step up to the window, the cool air caressing on my face and ruffling my hair.
I slide onto the sill and launch myself onto the branch about half a metre away, landing on it neatly. I practically jump down, holding my tattered bag, and dash towards the fence. I jump over it easily, and skid to a stop on the curb. Looking around as I take in the mild summer air, I notice that someone is waiting for me.
"Len?" I ask, and he turns, smiling as soon as he glimpses me.
"Hey," he says, walking towards me.
"What are you doing here?"
"Walking you to school."
"Oh," I say, blushing. "Thanks."
"Anytime," Len replies, taking my hand. Is this it? Are we a couple now? Ugh, so hard to tell...I can't just ask..
"So," I start. "How was your first day at the Academy?
"Eventful," Len sighs. True that.
"Make some new friends?" I grin, trying to stop myself laughing at his puzzled expression. Eventually, he gets it and plays along.
"A few," he shrugs.
"Cool."
"There's a girl there.."
"Oh, really?" I blink at him. Little too close for comfort now.
"Yeah; Miyako. She's cool." Len seems to have forgotten I'm here. "Really pretty. She doesn't know that, though. And she's an amazing singer. I don't think she knows how much I think about her, especially when she's not around." I stop cold and look at him, and he finally seems to notice me. "Uh.." Len blushes, letting go of my hand. I sigh, looking down awkwardly.
"We're here," I say as we suddenly appear outside school.
"Yeah," Len says. He looks at me, eyes huge and a little hopeful.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Like what?"
"Like I'm made of candy or something."
He suddenly turns to me and kisses me, fast and furious. Our lips mould to one another, complimenting each other like sugar and spice. Len doesn't taste like candy at all. He tastes darker, like I imagine really perfect wine would taste, but with a spicy undertone. When we break apart, I'm gasping.
"Well, that was unexpected," I whisper. Len smiles his heartbreakingly cute smile, and I notice for the first time, and I just stare at him for a second. To answer my earlier question, are we a couple now?
Yes, I think we are.
~Kaito's POV (amg FINALLY)~
I watch as that bastard kisses Mimi. I watch how their lips touch, and to my shock and horror, she doesn't pull away. Mimi...my Mimi. I've always been there for her, haven't I? Watched over her, defended her, loved her. Shouldn't I get a chance? But no. That Len Kagamine walks in here and within three days he's got the girl I love. It's not frickin' fair, and I'm gonna do something about it.
Oh, but don't tell Len. It has to be our secret, okay?
~3rd Person's POV~
The blonde boy and the dark haired girl enter the classroom, laughing and chatting between themselves. A sparky little blonde girl is hanging on the dark one's arm, unexplainably hyperactive. A few minutes later, a taller blue haired fellow aged about the same as the other three slowly and silently walks in and takes his place without a word. The other three watch him, concerned.
"Kaito?" the small blonde one chirps.
"Are you okay?" the blonde boy asks.
"I'm fine. Leave me alone," the blue haired boy, Kaito, answers sullenly.
"Kaito..." the dark haired girl says, putting her hand on his arm. He sighs at her touch, and puts his other hand on top of hers. "What's wrong?"
"I said I'd tell you, didn't I?" he says softly, and she nods once. "Well, I will, Mimi."
"When?" the dark girl, Mimi, apparently, asks.
Kaito drops his voice so that only she can hear. "Meet me by the music block after school."
The girl's voice is just as hushed. "Okay." The blonde boy and girl beside her, who look so uncannily similar that there's no way they can't be related, are talking quietly, grinning. Suddenly, a purple haired man enters the room, and everyone falls silent.
"Alright, class. Take out your books. Let's begin."
~Miyako's POV~
The day passes by in a blur. Kaito's words worry and confuse me. Kaito, out of all of us, has always been the one that likes Mondays the most. Rin's usually too hyper to care about anything, and I generally just hate Mondays. Kaito, however, seems to enjoy them. It's very strange indeed.
At the end of the day, Len is waiting for me outside Physics, one of the only two lessons we don't have together. Rin, who's in Len's class, is also bouncing up and down, waiting for me. Lily and SeeU, who are packing away their stuff, come to join us after a few seconds.
"What do you guys wanna do?"
"I have to go...drop something off," I say.
"I'll come with you, if you want?" Len asks.
"No!" Len looks hurt, and I instantly feel terrible. "No, it's fine...I'll see you tomorrow." I hug each of them in turn, lingering with my arms around Len. I rest my head on his shoulder, and he tightens his grip around my waist, as if he's saying goodbye or something, which, I guess he is.
"Bye," he whispers, kissing my forehead. He takes hold of my hand and brings it to his lips in an old fashioned gesture, which is pretty cute, I have to say. Then he nods and him, Rin, Lily and SeeU walk away, leaving me alone.
Time to face the music. No pun intended.
~LocationSkipToMusicBlock~
"You came," Kaito says.
"I was worried."
"Oh," he murmurs.
"What did you want to say?"
"Well...it's kind of not something I can tell you.."
"Then, wh-JESUS, KAITO!" I screech, because suddenly Kaito's arms are locked around my waist and he is kissing me. Kaito. Is. Kissing. Me. What the hell is going on here?
I try to break apart, but Kaito's lips are hard and desperate on mine. Oh, my God, is he trying to rape me? Then I get it.
So this is what he meant.
"Kaito, stop!" I say, finally getting him to loosen his grip and shoving him back. He looks at me.
"I'm sorry," he says. "I just had to show you how I feel!"
"Y-you..."
"Didn't you know?"
"Obviously not!"
"Don't you feel the same way?" he asks, sounding way younger and vulnerable.
I sigh and look down, closing my eyes after a few seconds. "No," I whisper. "No, Kaito. I'm sorry." Kaito sighs too.
"Maybe not yet," he says quietly, and I meet his eyes in a flash. "But you can't hide your feelings forever." With that, he turns on his heels, shoves his hands in his pockets, and walks away from me, leaving me staring at the place where he'd been standing. I try to say something, but no words will come. Eventually, I just slide down into a crumpled sitting position, still staring. It seems like hours until I hear the familiar yell of...
"Mimi!" Len's voice calls, but I don't look up, my eyes transfixed. He skids to a stop to my left and slowly turns his head to me. "What happened to you?"
"Nothing...I just...tripped over..." I say hesitantly, trying to hide the sadness in my voice. How long has Kaito felt like this? How long before he was going to say something if Len hadn't been here?
And...worst of all...how long have I known it's been coming?
"Earth to Mimi," Len says, snapping his fingers in my face.
"Hm?"
"You were doing that thing again," Len tells me. "You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, I'm good." Len nods and helps me to my feet. "Shouldn't you be home by now?"
"And leave you to walk home by yourself?"
"What did you say to Rin, Lily and SeeU?"
"Nothing, except that I'd see them tomorrow."
"Cool," I say.
"Shall we?" he says, and I nod and he offers his arm to me. I take it, smiling, and we walk to my place, but there's a heavy weight hanging over my shoulder the whole time.
~TimeSkipToNextDay~
Tuesday morning dawns bright, and I practically jump out of bed, full of energy for some unknown reason. It takes me 5 minutes to get ready, and Len and I walk down to school as we did on Monday. Even my retarded alarm doesn't annoy me as much.
When we reach the school gates, Rin is leaning against the wall with Lily and SeeU, waiting for us. She waves madly when I arrive, and practically leaps into my arms.
"Hey, calm down!" I say, with a mixture of love, friendship and a little get-the-hell-off-me. Rin gets the message, and steps back, smiling.
"I haven't seen you since, like…" she begins.
"Yesterday!" Rin and I squeal together, like we sometimes do. Len and the other girls raise their eyebrows at us, but then we all join in in a group hug.
"Where's Kaito this morning?" Len asks.
"I haven't seen him," Rin answers, and I swallow.
"Neither have we...I hope he's alright," Lily says.
"Me too," SeeU adds.
"Knowing Kaito, he's probably got some project to save the world going on or something. He'll come," I say, trying to sound hopeful. Rin and Len both look at me, but they soon nod and we walk to homeroom in our usual long line.
When we shove the door open, the first person we see is Neru, flanked by Kasane Teto and Sakine Meiko, the semi popular girls from the performance. Poor girls. Seems like she's latched onto them. I can't blame them. They want their moment of fame, but still…
Kaito isn't in the room. I'm about to walk to my seat when Neru and her new friends step into my path, blocking my way. Half the class is standing behind them, some angry, some confused, some amused.
"Guys?" Len asks from behind me.
"What's going on?" I add.
"Oh, please! Like you don't know, Nakamura!" the brown haired girl, Meiko, snarls.
"What are you talking about?" Rin questions. Teto, a girl with red hair in ringletty bunches, folds her arms, scoffing.
"I'm guessing you haven't seen this?" she says, stepping aside to reveal a picture of me and Kaito…oh, my GOD! HOW DID ANYONE GET THAT PICTURE?! I look around at Rin, whose jaw is practically on the floor, at Lily and SeeU, whose eyes are like saucers, and finally at Len, whose face is completely…blank. Oh, my God.
"Len, it's not-"
"What it looks like?" he says, looking me in the eyes.
"It's not! You don't underst-"
"Cut the crap, Nakamura!" Neru's voice slices into me, and I meet her eyes. "Why are you lying? I thought these people were your friends?"
That bitch.
"I'm not lying!" I protest, but the whole class are muttering between them, mentioning my name in a flurry of angry words and gossip.
"What a slut, man.." one person says.
"I thought she was supposed to be with Len?" another inquires.
"How could she lie to everyone like that?" a third voice wonders. I turn away from my friends and stare into Neru's cold, annoyingly innocent looking eyes.
"Why did you do it, Neru?" I ask.
"Miyako! I'm ashamed you'd make such accusations of me!" she says in mock offence.
"Great, now she's blaming it on Neru! What's wrong with her?" Meiko says to Teto, who nods.
"She's sure got some nerve coming back here!" Teto replies. I shake my head and turn back to Len, Rin, Lily and SeeU.
"Guys, you believe me…right?" I ask. Please, God, don't let them hate me too.
"I-I.." SeeU begins, but a glance from Lily shuts her up. Lily doesn't look sure either. Oh, no, no, no, don't let this be happening…
"I'm sorry, Miyako. You've gone too far," Lily says, and she and SeeU walk away from me to stand beside the rest of the class. I bow my head.
"Rin?" I plead.
"I believe you, Mimi!" she says defiantly, taking hold of my arm and facing the rest of the kids. "Have you ever even tried to get Mimi's side of the story?"
"We don't NEED to! Don't you think there's enough people here?"
"Everyone, I don't know what's going on here, but this isn't what it looks like, not at all," I say surely, but everyone stays solid against me.
"No wonder Kaito's not in today. I'll bet Nakamura's threatened him or something!" Teto whispers to Meiko. Neru smirks at her backup committee. Alright, that's it, I've had fucking enough of this. I step forward and slap Neru hard across her smug face. She staggers back into the arms of a few male followers. Oh, shit. That didn't help.
"Wow, she's pure evil!" someone whispers.
"I don't know why she's still here!" another replies. About twenty pairs of eyes are glaring at me, and there's nothing I can do about it. Neru is just milking it, basking in the attention from the boys and her girl followers. Finally, I turn to Len, my last hope other than Rin.
"Len, please believe me."
"I.." Len begins, and I meet his eyes, brown on blue, sugar and spice, candy and wine. Then he sighs and looks away from me.
"L-Len?"
"I don't know what to believe anymore," he says, running out of the door and away from me. Most of the class are still making comments and laughing at me, and Rin is frozen beside me.
"Len!" I say, sprinting after him, but he's too fast for me, and soon I'm gasping, alone. Rin hasn't come after me, and I'm guessing she's being interrogated in the classroom.
She's pure evil…how could she lie to everyone…what a slut…you've gone too far…I thought she was supposed to be with Len…I'll bet she threatened him or something…I don't know why she's still here…
…I don't know what to believe anymore.
I sink to my knees, sobbing my entire broken heart out. Why me? Why does everyone hate me? Why does everything happen to me? Why do I get the abusive parents, the little brother that gets killed, the scars, the haters, the accusations, the rumours…why does it always happen to me?
If this is karma…
I get to my feet, head down, and walk out of school.
If this is justice…
I carry on stumbling along the pavement, pushing past people, until I reach an empty train station. A distant whistle blows.
If this is fate…
I see the train slowly approach to my right, and take a deep breath as I lift my foot onto the track.
If this is my punishment…
…then let it be quick.
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Who liked that, then? I think that's gonna haunt me forever. I'm writing at like, 2AM in the morning, so be grateful. I needed something like this to happen :D
More unexpected twists coming up soon, only in Vocaloid: You Don't Know Me!
-Kitty Kat, away~!