Not-So-Wonderful Cat Lives
"LEEEENNNN-KUUUNNNNN!"
"What the-" Len woke up with a start. What was that?
Suddenly, Kuro came bursting in, a cheerful little smile on her face. She wore a black hoodie and red checkered pants. She also wore black sneakers, a red tie and for some reason, her chain piercing wasn't dangling on the corner of her mouth like usual. Instead, placed on top of her head was a pair of black cat ears and around her waist was a band that attatched a slim, thin and black cat tail that matched her ears.
Len stared at her for a few moments until he said, "What?"
"Today's our first time singing on air together!" she said. "I don't want to be late on the job, so get up and let's get going!"
Len checked the clock on his nightstand. It read 5:29 a.m. Annoyed, Len pointed to it with a stern look.
"Please, Len-kun?" Kuro pleaded. "This could be my only chance to make things better for Utaite. Crypton is going to help me with that so I need to make a very good impression, no matter what! So, please?" She looked at him with puppy dog eyes. Or was it kitty cat eyes?
Len sighed. "Fine."
"Arigatou!" She gave him a big hug. It was more like a glomp.
"Take it easy on the hugging and glomping," Len said, pushing her.
Kuro grinned. "Sorry. Oh, and remember," She pointed to the yellow bag that Len received last Friday. "Don't forget to wear today's costume!" Was it Len's imagination, or did she just smirk?
"Ok, ok, fine," Len answered. As soon as Kuro left the room, Len got out of bed and took the paper bag. There was a costume wrapped in plastic which labeled "Thursday: Ah, It's A Wonderful Cat's Life" in red ink. Not paying attention to the last part, he took a shower.
Len went back to his room and unwrapped his outfit from the plastic. It contained a blue shirt with long sleeves and a long white vest that came with a yellow tie. It also had brown pants, dark brown sneakers, and…a blue collar with a bell on it? Len reluctantly put it on afterwards.
He also found a pair of white cat ears and a puffy matching white tail to go. Whatever Mr. Hiroyuki was up to, Len sure didn't like where it was going.
Len exited his room at around 5:50. Kuro was sitting in the dining room, drinking some homemade tapioca. "Don't we have to wait for Rin?" Len asked.
Kuro shook her head. "I woke her up too. She's coming down in a bit."
As if on cue, Rin came downstairs wearing a simple yellow blouse with long sleeves, black jeggings, and the Hiroyuki headphones that they had won last night.
"How come you get to use the headphones today?" Len asked, half whining.
"Because you have strict attire to wear, while I'm allowed to wear anything," Rin said, sticking her tongue out. Len gave her the stink eye. Kuro chuckled softly.
"What's with the cat get-up?" Rin asked. "Are you guys going to be doing this from now on?"
"Shut up, I'd rather not talk about it," Len mumbled.
"Why not?"
"Just shut up!"
"You're such a tsundere, Len-kun!" Kuro chuckled.
"Am not!" Len defended.
"Are too!" Rin piped.
"Am not!"
"Are too!"
"Am not!"
"Are not!"
"Am too!"
"Ha! Gotcha!" Rin said, victoriously.
"Will you just shut up?!" Len shouted.
"Uh, guys?" Kuro said. "Can we go now?"
The three decided to take a cab. Once they arrived, they decided to head to the nearby café to grab some breakfast. Len ordered a banana muffin (obviously), Rin got waffles with extra honey and a glass of orange juice, and Kuro got some pancakes topped with butter and a glass of milk. As they walked to a table, Kuro announced "I'm gonna go to that tapioca store I saw next door. Be right back!" and took off.
"That girl sure does like tapioca," Rin noted.
"Yeah, I noticed," Len said.
"You still hate her?"
The shota shrugged. "I never said I did. I just find her annoying."
"Fine. Do you still find her annoying?"
Len shrugged again and took the last bite of his muffin. He went to order another one.
Kuro came back shortly with another extra large cup of tapioca in hand. "I really wish they have extra extra large," she sighed.
A few people were looking at them as they ate. They were wearing looks of curiousity, confusion, and 'what-the-heck-are-they-wearing' stares.
Kuro shook her head at this. "Some people can be rude,"
"Tell me about it," Rin agreed, sipping her juice.
"Don't you think they have a reason?" Len asked. "I mean, we do look ridiculous."
"You mean, you guys look ridiculous," Rin joked. Len gave her a death glare.
Kuro smiled. "I think we look perfect! Perfect for the airing, I mean."
"Why, what's so special about the airing that it involves cats?"
The cat-like teen smirked. "We're gonna be singing 'Ah, It's a Wonderful Cat's Life'! Duh!"
Len almost choked on his muffin. 'Seriously?' he thought, panicked.
"Wait, so that label I found when I got the costume was real? We're really gonna sing it?" he asked.
"Yeah. Mr. Hiroyuki said he picked it out. He thought it would be a great song for us, considering the fact that I'm 96Neko," Kuro explained. "But don't worry, we get to pick the next 4 songs."
"So," Rin said. "I'm guessing you sing the part of the stray cat?"
"That's right!" Kuro replied proudly.
"But hold on, that's my part!" Len protested.
"I guess it's not this time," Rin sing-songed.
"Mr. Hiroyuki insisted that you do the part of the house cat this time since you already sang the part of the stray cat in the original song with Gumi," Kuro added.
"I guess that's kinda fair," Len admitted. "But I don't like it. So let's not speak of it anymore."
Kuro coughed. "Tsun tsun," she whispered.
"What was that?" Len asked, threateningly.
"Nothing~"
It was 6:15 when they arrived in the Crypton recording room. They had 15 minutes to practice their songs until Mr. Hiroyuki showed up. He was happy to see them. "I'm glad you're here," he said. "It's always good to get a head start."
"When do we get started 'Master'?" Kuro asked, grinning.
Mr. Hiroyuki smiled. "As soon as the others start coming in,"
And that wasn't long. 5 minutes later, Miku came in. Followed by Luka, Gakupo, Kaito, Meiko, and Gumi. Today, Gakupo was with Luka, Gumi was with Miku, Kaito was with Rin, and Meiko went solo.
"Right!" Mr. Hiroyuki started. He held up a piece of paper. "Now, here are your song assignments." He handed the paper to Miku. "While you practice, you can also hear Len and Kuro perform their song."
"Ready, Len-kun?" Kuro asked.
"Remember, Len," Mr. Hiroyuki said. "Make it better."
Len sighed. "Whatever."
They entered the airing room and the song started:
Kuro: Kore wa kawaii, len-kun.
maashiro na ke ga totemo suteki ne
konna hoshi ga kage yaku yoru wa
"nagareboshi"
boku to isho ni asobi [yada]
"Eeeeeeee"
Nyansei wa ichido kiri
tanoshimu ga kachi na no desu
kimi wo shibaru kubiwa wa
kamichigitte agemashou [yamero, sawaruna, chikayoru na!]
nora wa saikou NYAN NYAN NYAN
sakana kusunete, tapioka nonde
hiruma wa hataraku ningen o
shirime ni yane no ue de yume-utsutsu
kimi mo jiyuu ni unyaan
suteki na nakama mo shoukai shimashou
shakai no mado o hiraite
Fly away!
Len: Omawari-san
Kuro: Yamete~e~e~e~e
Len: Keisatsu no kai neko ni natte shimae
Kuro: Kawa rerunara kimi ni... Iya, mushiro kimi o kaitai
Len: Omawari san
Kuro: Yamete~e~e~e~e
Len: Kore wa hentai Kuroneko-san [Hāi]
yami no naka me dake ga hikatte'ru
zuibun iki ga arai kedo
ore ni koreijou chikadzuku na [Teei!]
"yada!"
NYANsei wa ichido-kiri
dakara koso kawareru nda
BURANDO kubiwa no kachi ga
omae ni wa wakari shinai?
ore wa yuuga sa NYAN NYAN NYAN
oishii banana ni fukafuka BEDDO
mizu wa choppiri nigate da kedo
mainichi SHAWAA datte abireru yo
sore ni kurabete NYAN NYAN NYAN
omae wa dare ni mamotte morau no?
ashita kuruma ni hikareru ka mo
shirena... "i kamo!"
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Kuro: Sonna tsundere na toko mo suteki desu [yada]
issou kimi o suki ni "I love you!"
Len: Fun, sunaoda ne Demo son'na iikata ja
KOKORO yuraganai sa
Kuro: boku no yume wa NYAN NYAN NYAN
itsuka wa kono machi o tobidashite
haruka kita no kuni ni tabishite
Tapioka o shinu hodo nomu [shinu]
"Ikiru ~u~u~u~u~u"
soko ni kimi ga NYAN NYAN NYAN
ite kuretara nante suteki deshou [Yada]
dakedo sore wa kanawanai *burpburpburpburpburp*
Len: ikikata wa NYAN NYAN NYAN
sou kantan ni wa kaerarenai yo
sore ni ore o matte iru
onna no ko o hitori ni dekinai wa
[Dare dare!?]
"Urusai!"
hanashi no tochuu da NYAN NYAN NYAN
Nanda mou iku no ka? Oi, chotto!
ashita mo koko ni kite iinda zo
ma~ tsu teru ka... -ra
Kuro: Tadaima
Len: Kun na kaere
Kuro: Matamata ~a ~ tere chatte~e ~
Kawaī yo ~o ~ kawaī yo ~o ~
Haahaahaa, Tsundere hshs, Tsundere hshs
Len: Omawari-san]
Kuro: Yamete ~e~e~e~e~e
Sā! Issho ni tapioka o nomi ni ikou!
Mazuhajimeni... Taiwan ka na!
Len: I tte rasshai soshite nidoto kaette kuru na
Kuro: Honto wa issho ni ikitai kuse ni…
Len: Omawari-san
Kuro: Yamete ~e~e~e~e~e
Everyone laughed. "Now, that's what I call better!" Mr. Hiroyuki chuckled.
"Were we really that good?" Len asked.
"Are you kidding?" Gumi asked back. "You guys sound great together! I admit, it was practically better than our original one, Len!" The blonde boy blushed a bit.
Kuro patted his head. "That was so cool, Len-kun!"
Len pushed her hand away. "Shut up."
Rin shook her head. "Such a tsundere shota," she sighed.
"Am not!" Len protested.
"Are too!" everyone replied. They all laughed.
"Len, Kuro," Mr. Hiroyuki said, cutting his laughter. "I just received a text from the producers, who already heard your song. They said they'd like to do a music video on it, starting tomorrow. Would you be interested?"
"Are you serious? Yes, of course!" Kuro replied immediately. "Len-kun?"
Everyone turned to him. Len hesitated for a few moments before answering "Fine."
A couple of weeks passed by. Len and Kuro had no problem singing in the video, even though they improvised the song in the first place. They used the same costumes they wore when they first sang it. It wasn't long before both video and song were released.
"You're doing very good so far," Mr. Hiroyuki said. "Now that we have one song for your album, we need a name for it."
"'Cat Teens'?" Kuro suggested.
"You're kidding me, right?" Len groaned.
"What do you suggest, Len?" Mr. Hiroyuki asked.
Len hesitated. "'Asymmetry'."
"Asymmetry?" Kuro asked.
"Yeah, I mean, why not? We have a lot of differences. Like an asymmetrical pair. It's a perfect name for the album!"
"Hmmm…" their master mused. "That is a good name. 'Asymmetry' it is!"
"'Asymmetry' does sound like a good album name," Kuro commented, smiling.
Len nodded. "Now, all we have to do is come up with our next four songs."
Kuro winked. "I already have one for tomorrow."
Please review. I have gone through a lot to make this chapter. Thank you. -Riduu