The anchorwoman sat with her legs crossed at the large black marble desk; her shiny black hair was pulled into a neat ponytail and she barely wore any makeup compared to the other female anchor and the weather forecaster. She began to talk about last year's underage drinking and smoking scandal at Sato High. Her voice was clear and soothing, it almost made you forgot about the student's crime. The former president of cooking club was caught smoking and drinking at an adult party, it amazed Gumi how students could just throw away all their hard work for a little excitement. She rested half of her body on the kotatsu in front of the television, gazing at the attractive anchorwoman with bored eyes. Gumiya plopped down on the burgundy sofa and placed his feet on Gumi's back.
He wore nothing but a plain white t-shirt and his stripped blue color-block boxers. His black framed glasses rested on his forehead, the bangs of his medium length green hair were pinned down, and the two metal ball point piercings below his lip shined in the sunlight that peeked through the curtains. He placed his bowl of coffee flavored cereal on the arm rest and quickly put in his stud earrings. Two years ago, Akaito convinced Gumiya to get both ears pierced then a year later Akaito again convinced Gumiya to get facial piercings. Gumi felt that Akaito and Rook were a bad influence on her older brother, but there was nothing she could do about that.
"They're still talking about last year's scandal? Seriously, they need to get over it." Gumiya complained.
"Hey oniichan…if I looked like the anchorwoman do you think Len would like me?" Gumi asked out of nowhere.
"Uh I'm not sure what Len is into, but the anchorwoman has a mature look and Len is too childish for a mature woman." Gumiya replied. "I know my answer doesn't help, but just be yourself around him. I'm sure he'll come around."
Gumi nodded silently and continued to stare at the anchorwoman until Gumiya changed the channel. She didn't say anything mainly because Gumiya gets control of the living room TV on weekends. Around nine in the morning, a television show called Ressha Sentai Toquer comes on and Gumiya is madly in love with the show! His favorite character is Ai Moritaka, he finds the sixteen year old actress extremely attractive and he hoped she would show up at comic con. Gumi knew how much Gumiya loved the show so she decided to keep her mouth shut and watch it with him.
"Doesn't Miku have a crush on him too?" Gumiya asked.
"Yes." Gumi muttered bitterly.
"You two are stupid. You're going to let a boy come between your friendship." Gumiya said with a shake of his head. "I remember Akaito and I had a crush on this hot chick from the grocery store, well turns out she was lesbian so neither one of us got with her. But we didn't let some chick ruin our awesome friendship."
"You don't understand…everything always works out for Miku, I just want things to go my way for once." Gumi murmured.
"I do understand. Akaito gets all of the smoking hot babes and he gets to be in the best fights, but you don't see me complaining. You have to work for things, Gumi." Gumiya said. "The old president of cooking club got everything handed to her. Her life was boring and so she did the scandal for excitement, I don't want you to end up like her. Just work for it. Speaking of work, aren't you supposed to be at Panda Express by eleven?"
"No, I work on Sundays not Saturday." Gumi muttered.
"Then I hope you don't mind if I invite a couple of friends over." Gumiya said with a smirk.
Gumiya stuffed some more cereal into his mouth and slurped up the light brownish milk. He placed the bowl on the kotatsu and pulled out his phone; he sent a text to Akaito and his two other close friends. Gumi didn't mind if her brother invited friends to hang out at their house, she hated the fact that they never clean up behind themselves and she's forced to be their slave. Though Akaito seems to go easy on her, Gumi suspected that the bad boy valued her friendship or perhaps he had a crush on her. As if he'd actually have a crush on me…he's older than me and besides, dating him would be like dating my own brother. Gumi got up and tidy up the house; she washed the dishes, vacuumed the entire house, dusted random areas, and set out some snacks and soda for Gumiya and his friends.
The doorbell went off and Gumiya was too busy getting dressed so Gumi reluctantly answered the door. Akaito thrust a large brown paper bag into Gumi's arms and walked in, accompanied by two other male adolescents around his age. One leaned against the wall near the door with a bored expression. His hair was neat compared to Akaito; it was black with a red highlight and he has a short ahoge. His eyebrow was pierced along with his left ear and his tongue. He wore a black studded dog collar, a red trench coat, a cropped black tank top, skin tight black jeans, and a red belt to tie the whole look together. Gumi instantly recognized him as Rook, another third year student attending Sato High.
"Who is she?"
Gumi felt a hand clamp down on her shoulder and she glanced back to see another one of Gumiya's friends. He was a tall and rather toned blonde with gorgeous blue eyes, zero piercings, and a charming smile. The young-man was dressed head to toe in black; he wore a long sleeve contrast-trim hooded top, trimmed harem pants, and black boats. He added yellow fingerless gloves and silver and yellow headphones to brighten up his look. It took Gumi to realize that he was Sora Sugia, he too is a third year student. She knew who he is, but didn't know him like that.
"My sister." Gumiya answered. "Did you bring him?"
Sora removed his hand from Gumi's shoulder and nodded. He stepped aside, revealing Kagamine Len. Oh my god! Len-kun! Wait, why is he hanging out with these punks? He's much too adorable and innocent to be seen with these freaks, they'll poison him! Gumi adjusted the goggles sitting on her hear and she nervously twirled a piece of her hair, staring down at her feet. Akaito glanced at Gumi and sighed, a bit irritated. It was true, he did have a crush on Gumi, but she was two years younger than him and Gumiya wouldn't approve of their relationship. It would just make things awkward for him. He unwilling pushed the green-haired girl towards Len before following Gumiya into the kitchen.
"H-Hi Len-kun. What are you doing here?" Gumi asked nervously.
"Sora, Rook, and Akaito just showed up at my house and asked me if I wanted to hang out with them. I agreed to hang out with them, because it's not every day that the coolest guys in school show up at your house." Len explained. "You're house is nice by the way. Though I doubt Gumiya helped you clean it, no offense but your brother is a slob."
"None taken!" Gumi giggled.
"I guess the guys are ditching me so do you want to go Sunshine city with me?" Len suggested.
"Yes." Gumi said, trying not to sound desperate or too excited. "I'll be right back, I just need to change out of my pajamas."
Gumi raced up to her room and tossed her pajamas aside. Gumi quickly slipped into long-sleeve almond mock neck lace top, a pink wool blend shorts and pink lace up pumps. She ran the comb and brush through her short wavy green hair then, for the finishing touch, she put on a pink bow accent headband. I hope my stylish outfit will captive Len…wait! I can't go without makeup! Gumi applied a bit of pink blush to her cheeks and clear lip gloss to her plump pink lips. Gumi grabbed a white chain accent flap cross-body bag, stuffed her mew wallet and smartphone in it, and then strutted downstairs. Len looked up from his smartphone and stared at her for a long time before smiling and opening the door.
"You look beautiful Gumi." He complimented before adding quickly. "Let's get going."
Gumi blushed deeply and nodded. The two teens took the marunouchi line all the way to Ikebukuro, from there they took exit 35 and the underground passage finally entering Sunshine city. Gumi stared at the Sunshine 60 building, simply amazed that she could see the tower from here. She spun around to look at all of the attractions, when she finally turned to face Len she saw that the blonde hadn't even looked up from his phone. I wonder who he's texting…I hope it's not Miku-chan. Gumi tinkered with the gold chain of her bag. Len chuckled lightly as he tucked his smartphone into his back pocket.
"Neru-chan is so funny." He said to himself. "So where do you feel like going?"
"I've only ever been here once so I really don't know." Gumi replied.
"Okay, well I'll take you to the shopping mall. There's a great kissaten in the mall that I go to all the time with Neru-chan when we visit Sunshine city together." Len said.
"Neru-chan?" Gumi frowned.
"Neru-chan and I are good friends. Turns out we have a lot in common, but anyway let's go to the shopping mall." Len smile.
Neru-chan is good friends with Len-kun? That's a little strange, but I've seen stranger relationships. Gumi nodded and followed Len down the crowded streets of Sunshine city. I wonder if he's been texting her this whole time…I'm not jealous, actually it's a huge relief! I know Neru-chan has a crush on Sora-kun, but I'd like to see what their chatting about. Gumi strained her eyes to see what Len was typing, but all she saw was his fat thumb. Whenever he looked over at her, she averted her eyes and pretended to be awe struck. They took the escalator up to the second floor and Len led her into a trendy little coffee shop. Gumi approached the counter, shocked to see Tenshi Hoshino (a female utauloid) standing there at the counter with her hair covered by a black cap. The brown-skinned girl smiled at Gumi and handed Gumi a cup of coffee, she already knew what type of coffee Gumi liked and how she wanted it.
"Hey Gumi! Are you here with Len?" Tenshi greeted.
"Yes, but he's been texting Neru-chan a lot so he hasn't been paying much attention to me." Gumi said.
"Oh, Neru-chan? If it was Miku then you should be worried, but Len and Neru are gamer buddies. They play a lot of videogames together online and they've attended a lot of anime conventions as well." Tenshi said, waving it off. "But if you're that concerned about it, then ask him or look through his phone. Just don't get caught."
"Thanks for the advice, Tenshi." Gumi beamed.
She waved to the white haired girl and sat down across from Len, lightly sipping the sweet yet hot coffee through a tiny red straw. Gumi ignored the burning sensation in her throat and mouth and watched Len get up from the table. The blonde left to go find a bathroom, leaving his smartphone behind. Temptation reared its ugly face and made Gumi pick up the smartphone, she quickly glanced up. Just a quick peek…he won't know. Gumi tapped the on button and scowled seeing the lock screen, a set of numbers popped up. He has a password…I have no idea what it is… Gumi glanced around and punched in random numbers until she got it right. She quickly pulled up Len's messenger app and tapped on his conversation with Akita Neru.
Her eyes flickered over a new message Neru sent him; don't spend too long in Sunshine city, Len-chan! Hurry up and buy the new game then get online so we can play together! Gumi heard Len's voice not too far from here. She quickly exited out of the messenger and turned off the phone, placing it in the exact same spot she found it. Gumi pretended to look around and take quick sips of her coffee which failed to cool off. Neru-chan used the honorific suffix chan with Len rather than kun. Maybe it's because their close friends. Though something in the back of Gumi's head was telling her something else. Len picked up his phone and put it in his back pocket.
"Let's walk around for a bit."
"…Sure!"