A Concert and A Confession

"Holy tapioca, what to wear, what to wear…!" Kuroneko was rummaging through her clothes, searching for the perfect outfit for the big upcoming Utaite concert. Rin and Len were standing at the guest room door, watching her flinging her stuff all over the place. "She's really panicky today," Rin commented. Len nodded in agreement.

It was true, though. For the past two days, Kuro has set her mind on nothing else but the upcoming concert on Monday evening. Which was tomorrow night! She helped everyone with everything to get ready for the big event: the tickets, the stage set-up, the band, the choreography, the backup dancers, the decorations, the music. The only thing she wasn't ready for yet was her outfit and songs to sing. She can't believe she didn't think of this sooner. And now, she was going to be late for the bus back to Utaite.

"Kuro, can't you just find a good outfit when you get there?" Len asked.

The cat girl shook her head. "My boss expects me to be ready when I arrive. We still have a dress rehearsal this afternoon and I don't want to make an excuse or anything!"

"But you're going to be late for the bus!" Rin protested.

Kuro checked her watch. "Too late, it already left," She continued searching for an outfit.

"What?!" Rin and Len exclaimed.

"How will you get there now?" Len asked worriedly.

"Hey! This is perfect!" She said, holding up one of her clothes while ignoring Len's question. Before the twins could see what she picked out, she quickly stuffed it in a plastic bag and stuffed it in one of her luggage bags. Turning to Len, she shrugged. "I'll just walk."

"You can't walk! It's a long way back. You can't use up all your energy!"

Kuro sighed. "I have no other choice, do I?" She checked her watch again. "It's 10 am. I still need to pick a song to sing!"

"Wait, wasn't there a song you were writing?" Rin asked.

"Yeah, it was a parody," Kuro replied. "But I'm not sure if it's ready yet."

"Don't worry, I'm pretty sure it is."

"Well…alright. Thanks, Rin! I just need to pick one more song…"

Just then, there was a doorbell ringing. "Who's that?" Kuro wondered.

Len volunteered to check it out. He went to their door and opened it. Standing there was a boy with short brown hair wearing a blue hoodie, black pants, and red and blue sneakers. He had blue headphones hung around his neck. It was funny, 'cause Len had never seen the boy before in his life. "Um, can I help you?" Len asked.

"I'm looking for 96Neko," the boy replied cheerfully. He sounded like a girl. Len wondered if he was one but it would be too rude to ask.

"Tenchou?" Kuro gasped. She appeared at Len's side when hearing a familiar voice.

"Kuro-chan!" the boy exclaimed. The two of them gave each other a huge bear hug. "I missed you!"

"I missed you too, Tenchou! How's Kogeinu?"

"He's fine! He missed you too! We all do, obviously! We don't care if it's only two months! It seemed like forever!"

"What's happening here?" Rin asked, also appearing at her brother's side. Len shrugged. "Apparently, they're friends."

"Guys, this is vipTenchou," Kuro explained. "He's one of my best friends at Utaite! We call him Tenchou, for short."

"Nice to meet the famous Rin and Len Kagamine!" Tenchou said, still in a cheerful and girl-like tone. He stuck out his hand and both twins shook it.

"It's great to meet another one of Kuro-chan's friends, too!" Rin replied, also in a cheerful mode. Len nodded, but also started to wonder about Kuro's past with this boy.

"Whatcha doin' here, Tenchou?" Kuro asked.

"Picking you up, of course! I just knew you'd miss the bus again!" Tenchou joked.

Kuro laughed. "Yeah, I guess you're right. I kinda did."

"Also, I want to hear about your experiences at Crypton! How are things going?"

"It's great! The album's turning out well. We just finished, actually, but they're not going to publish it yet."

"Who's your partner?"

"Len-kun, of course!" Kuro gestured to the banana-loving boy beside her. "Everyone liked our singing, Tenchou!"

Tenchou giggled. "Well, obviously!"

"Are you and Kuro a couple?" Len blurted out. Rin jabbed him in the ribs.

Kuro and Tenchou simply laughed. "No, Len-kun," Tenchou said. "But I admit, some people believe that." He turned to Kuro. "So, ready to go Kuro-chan?"

"Not yet! I still need to pick another song in time for the rehearsal." She said.

"Why don't you do 'Melancholic'?" Len blurted out again. Everyone turned to look at him.

"'Melancholic'?" Kuro asked. "Why?"

Len blushed. "It was just an option,"

"Actually, I think 'Melancholic' would be perfect for Kuro-chan!" Rin said. "It's one of my favorite songs, since I wrote it, of course. But its content describes Kuro almost completely! She should totally go for it!"

"'Melancholic', huh?" Kuro mused. "Sounds good enough to me! I'll just practice it in time for tomorrow!"

"Great!" Tenchou said. "Well, we better get going. The rehearsal starts at exactly noon and we still need to do our vocalization before then!"

Kuro nodded, quickly grabbed her luggage, and waved to Rin and Len. "Bye, guys! See you in three days! Thanks again!" With that, she followed Tenchou out the door and they left the building.

As soon as they were out, Len collapsed on the living room couch. "Why do I feel so tired?" he complained.

"I don't know with you," Rin said. "But if I didn't know any better, you were just jealous of Tenchou!"

Len glared at his sister. "Was not!"

"Was too! You asked him if they were a couple!"

"So? I was curious!"

Rin playfully poked his side. "Lenny-kun is jealous!" she sing-songed.

"Am not!" He hit her with a pillow. Rin stuck her tongue out and threw the pillow back at him, which he dodged.

"I bet they even sing a bunch of songs together!" Rin teased.

"I don't care!" Len shouted. He hid under the pillow. "Leave me outta this!"

Rin laughed. "Come to think of it, they're 'Matryoshka' version was pretty funny."

Len jumped up. "They did 'Matryoshka'? That's awesome! Lemme see!"

Rin smiled teasingly. "You just wanna know how great they sang together!"

"Nuh-uh! I love 'Matryoshka'! C'mon, show me!"

"Fine,"

Rin got her yellow laptop, turned it on, and proceeded to YouTube. She typed 'Matryoshka 96Neko and vipTenchou version' and choices appeared on the screen. She clicked the first video and they watched.

((A/N: Ok, here's the sitch, I can't find the Romaji version of Kuro's and Tenchou's Matryoshka version, so search for the video on YouTube instead! [plus, I'm feeling lazy right now]))

In the end, both Rin and Len were laughing out loud. "I guess they were pretty funny," Len admitted. "I didn't know Tenchou liked bloomers so much!"

"And I didn't know Kuro-chan was a panty lover," Rin said.

Len shrugged. "Wasn't important. You can shut that down now."

Rin grinned. "You are so going to be jealous for the next three days."

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

"Ugh!" Len groaned. "I knew it was a bad idea to tell you what I felt! Look, can't you get the idea that Kuro and I don't go great together? Get that in your head!"

"Bro, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. You and Kuro sound awesome together!"

"How would you know? Nobody liked it when we did 'PonPonPon'. Or 'Mr. Music'. Mr. Hiroyuki didn't like our performance in 'Heartbeat#0822'. That bar owner didn't like it when we sang 'Paradichlorobenzene' either."

"Screw that bar owner, he was a jerk. But Mr. Hiroyuki loves you guys singing together, Len. He was just so busy with a lot of things that enthusiasm wasn't important that time. And the only reason no one appreciated your 'PonPonPon' was because you didn't seem interested in singing it at all. I bet if you were, people would totally love it…"

"What about 'Mr. Music'?"

"Our boss said it himself! The whole point of the album was for you and Kuro to do it together and together only. You had to go and ask me, Gumi, Luka, and Underbar to sing with you guys. You didn't even notice that Kuro didn't get to sing as much as we did!"

Len sighed. "I guess you're right…"

"You guys sing together wonderfully. You're making an album together. You even got to do a video! Why wouldn't you guys be a perfect pair? And if you think you both aren't, then what's the point of being asymmetrical?"

Len took a deep breath. Rin could tell he was still unconvinced. "I want to show you something," she declared.

She clicked YouTube's search box and typed 'Kuro Len Romantic Night'. Len raised an eyebrow when he saw one of the choices. Rin clicked the first video and Len's eyes widened.

It was him and Kuro singing during the showdown. The one where they won the headphones. Rin had recorded them singing and uploaded the video. It had over a million views and over a thousand likes.

"Wow," was all Len said.

"See? The people love you two! Have you seen the comments? They think you guys sound more than amazing together."

"Wow," Len said again. "I didn't think we were that good."

"Well, now you know," Rin replied. "Don't you see, Len? You guys are perfect for each other."

"I never thought of it that way," Len sighed. He smiled at his sister. "Thanks, Rin."

The orange lover grinned to herself proudly. "No problem, bro. You still want to watch the concert on TV?"

"Of course."


It was 6 o'clock, Monday night. Rin and Len sat in front of their television in the living room, holding a bowl of popcorn, orange juice, and bananas. The Utaite concert was going to start any minute now. Once it did, the twins mostly paid attention to when Kuro's turn was going to come up.

"Hey look!" Len said. "It's Tenchou!"

She was right. Tenchou had just come up on the stage, singing "Rolling Girl" in boy version. He wasn't wearing much; just a blue and green hoodie, black cut up jeans and brown boots. When he sang, he lost the girlish voice and his voice sounded deeper. After he sang, the crowd cheered and the twins grinned at each other.

Then his second song was up. He was singing "Panda Hero" next. But this time, his voice sounded a bit like a girl again. At most parts, he inserted his name into the song. And yet, the crowd still loved it.

Finally, Kuro came onto the stage. Turns out, she was the last entertainment. The crowd yelled for her loudly. "It's Kuro-chan!" Rin exclaimed.

Although the outfit Kuro picked out was somewhat simple, it looked great on her: a black jacket with white sequins on the collar and white writings on the back and front, a black shirt with white patterns on it, blue jeans, black boots, silver rings, silver bracelets on her right wrist, and her chain piercing on her mouth. Her hair had pink highlights on her bangs that was done to cover the right side of her face. She held the microphone firmly in her hand.

"Good evening to all!" she said. The crowd screamed in response.

"Aren't my friends great singers?" she said. "We're an Utaite family! Now, it's my turn to sing in the spotlight!" The crowd screamed once more. "I want to start off singing with this parody song that I have worked on for a while. I dedicate this to my partner and friend, Kagamine Len!"

Len almost fell off his seat when he heard this. The song she had been working on this whole time…it was about him? Rin nudged her brother excitedly. "Len! She's talking about you!" she said.

He pretended not to hear. He had to listen to this.

Kuro then started singing:

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Oh oh oh oh

Len-kun wo gyuu-gyuushitai na zenryoku de abareru no wo

Osaekonde gyuutteshitai na

Ude orareru no mo ari dayo otte ii yo, Len-kun

Len-kun to futari de kaimono iku koto ni natte

Nandemonai kao de "DATE da nee"

tte itte mechakucha ni ishiki sasetai

Len-kun no kamigata wa banana ni niteimasu ga,

Asa, Kossori banana wo toritsukete

Itsu kizuku ka naa to omotteitara

Len-kun ga dekaketa no ni boku ga kizukazu

Yuugata kaettekita Len-kun ga banana wo nigirishimete

Makka na kao de nirandekita tame, sono mama GO TO BED shitai

Hasu hasu hasu hasu

Len-kun hshs shitai

Hshs sare naretenai Len-kun ga kimochi warugaru no wo mite,

Sarani hshs shitai, hshs shitai

Len-kun ga PIXIV de "Kagamine Len Sou Uke" R18 de

Rensaku kakeru no wo zenryouku de suishou shitai

A, sousou VoM s kaijou de wa Len-kun ni,

96neko (Kuroneko) COSPLAY moraitai

Shikashi, amari no iwakan no nai pettanko na mune ni

Muishiki ni me ga itteshimai

"Ore no hou ga ookii n'janai?" to mikudashitekuru

Len-kun wo hisshini tappuri to ai wo

Kome dakishimete nagetobashitai

Oh oh oh oh

Asa okiru to ikinari seichoushiteita Len-kun ni

Dou setsu shite ii ka wakarazu ni shokuji mo kotoba sukuna ni nari,

Neko to chawan toka tsukawaseteru no ga,

Naze ka moushiwakenaku naritai

Shokugo, "banana tabetai" to ka iwarete mo

"A, suimasen, banana ni nattekimasu."

Toka keigo ni naritai

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Oh oh oh oh

Len-kun ga baito kinshi nano ni shitsujhi kissa de

Shitsuji wo shiteru no ni dekuwashite,

Hazukashigatteru Len-kun wo ALBUM ni osametai

Ehehe~

Len-kun ga itsumade tatte mo keigo ni naranai no de,

Sono tabi ni "chotto keigo de shabettemite?"

"Kiete kudasai" "Oufu!"

Mitai na kawai wo maikai yaritai

Mahou shounen ka atte tsubuyaiteru Len-kun ni

"Len-kun ga mahou shounen ni nattara

Magical Nuko Len-Len da ne!" toka koe wo kaketakute,

Demo kitto mugon RIP suru kaete konai kara

Sotto kage kara tsubuyaki wo kakusan shitai

RETWEET!

Ta-Pi-O-Ca

Tsukarete kaettekita Len-kun ga SOFA de tonari ni suwatte,

Sono mama ni kata ni yorikakatte neteshimai,

Nukumori ni fureteitai

Len-kun ga me wo toshite kuchibiru wo kochira ni muketeiru no de,

Shibashi douyoushite mayotte, iroiro kangae ni kangae nuita kekka

Yappari dakishimete tobashitai

Machi de deatta Len-kun ni nanto megane kaketeori

Koe wo kakeru to "fudan wa CONTACT dakedo ne..."

Toka iiwake wo suru kedo, sono megane sugoku niatteru yo?

To honshin wo kuchi ni shita kotoro,

Shibashi utsumuite kao wo agetara totemo

Suteki na egao de omoikkiri nagaretai

Oh oh oh oh

「Zutto mae kara suki deshita.」

tte MAIL wo Len-kun kara morau, dokitto shitai

"Ji, jitsu wa, boku mo sukideshita" to okuru to

"Ee? Ryouomoi!? Yatta! Tsukiatte kudasai!"

To okottekite dokidokishita ato

"A, gomen (w) saki machigaeta w w "

To kite, nani mo shinjirarenakunaritai

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

Len-kun nau! Len-kun nau! Len-kun Len-kun Len-kun nau!

"Haa, tsukareta nau..."

Len was amazed. Kuroneko was singing about most of his past events with her! And she put them into a song just for him. Len was touched, surprised, and happy all at the same time.

"I told you she liked you!" Rin laughed.

The best part was, the crowd loved it. They screamed, yelled, and cheered. Kuro took a bow. But both Rin and Len knew that it wasn't over yet.

"For the last song of the day, I dedicate this to all of you folks who came here!" Kuro said. "A simple thank you, for going to Utaite's first concert! We appreciate it! Also, I'd like to thank my friend, Kagamine Rin, for picking this song out for me! Hope you're all enjoying the night!"

Two back-up dancers came onto the stage. Once the song started, Kuro sang as they danced to her singing:

zenzen tsukamenai kimi no koto

zenzen shiranai uchi ni

kokoro ubawareru nante koto

aru hazu nai deshou

"Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!"

sore wa buaisou na egao dattari

sore wa nichiyoubi no higure dattari

sore wa tesuto bakka no kikan dattari

sore wa kimi to yuu na no merankorinnisuto

teatari shidaitsuyoki debutsukattemo

nannimo te ni wa nokoranai tte

omoikonderu

chotto kurai noyuuki ni datte

chicchaku natte fusagikonderu

watashi dakara

zenzen tsukamenai kimi no koto

zenzen shiranai uchi ni

kokoro ubawareru nante koto

aru hazu nai deshou

zenzen kidzukanai kimi nante

zen zen shiranai shiranai mon

"Nee nee" janai wa kono egao

mata nemurenai desho

"Hey! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Motto kudasai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai!"

ashita mo onnaji

watashi ga iru no kana

buaisou de

muguchi na mama no

kawaikunai yatsu

Ah

ano yume ni kimi ga detekita toki kara

sunao janai no

"Datte!"

zenzen tsukamenai kimi no koto

zenzen shiranai uchi ni

kokoro ubaou to shiteta no wa

watashi no hou da mon

La la la ru la ra

Ru la ra ru la ra

La la la la la ru ra

sou iu jiki nano

oboretai no itoshi no

merankorii

"Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Hai!

Hai! Hai! Hai! Whoo!

Minna kurotawa tanoshite de kurasai!"

The crowd went wild. Kuro took another bow. Everyone had glow sticks and they waved them around for her. Rin and Len were clapping for her.

"Yay, Kuro-chan!" Rin was shouting.

"They love her!" Len exclaimed. "She really is awesome!"

"Of course she is! She's 96Neko!"

The twins were obviously very proud of their friend.

'I can do this, I can do this, I can do this,' Len thought in his mind, over and over.

"Chill out, bro," Rin said, as if reading her brother's mind. "Kuro's a nice person, she won't turn you down."

"And if she does?"

"I doubt that will happen,"


Wednesday came around pretty quick. After Kuro sang her best at the concert, her boss decided to make a music video of "Len-kun Now!" Only, Len didn't have time to drive by Utaite and act the part of himself, so they used CGIs instead. (A/N: To those who don't know, CGI means Computer Generated Imagery) The video was released yesterday, and Kuro was arranged to come back to Crypton today.

The twins had their evening all planned out. Rin prepared a special dinner for the three of them for them to eat. Then later that night, Rin would pretend to go to sleep while Len would confess to Kuro as they watched TV. At first Len thought about making some things a bit fancier but Rin insisted that Kuro would love it if things went simple.

Now, the twins were waiting for Kuro in front of their apartment, hoping to catch her bus come up on their curb.

"How are you so sure that she'll say yes?" Len asked his sister.

Rin sighed. "Len, that song proved, like, everything! She really likes you! Do I have to say that a million times a day?"

"You only say it two times a day,"

Thus saying that, Len received a punch in the arm.

"Just trust me, Len! Kuro will say yes. But I still can't believe you like her! Just a few months ago, you didn't want anything to do with her."

Len nodded. "I know. But now, I can't help but love her."

"Awww, my bro is all grown up!"

"Shut it, Rin,"

Suddenly, a bus pulled up on the curb, right in front of them. Kuroneko stepped out, wearing a black hoodie, jeans and boots along with her cat ears, chain piercing and dark sunglasses, carrying her two luggage bags in each hand. As she set them down, she whipped her glasses off, revealing those blood red eyes. "Hey," she said, grinning.

"Kuro-chan!" Rin and Len exclaimed. They knew they haven't been away that long, but to them it felt like years. They each gave each other a quick hug as the bus drove away.

"How was the concert?" Rin asked. "We saw you on TV! Did you have a good time?"

"A great time!" Kuro said. "It was awesome on my very first concert! I admit, I was nervous."

Len laughed. "You? 96Neko? Nervous?"

Kuro grinned at him. "Did you like the song, Len-kun?"

Len managed a small smile. "Yeah. That was nice of you, Kuro-chan. I really appreciated it."

Kuro grinned brightly. "It's no problem."

"Hey, Kuro-chan!" Rin said. "We wanted to congratulate you on your concert, so we prepared a special dinner for you. It will be just the three of us eating a homemade dinner together tonight!"

Kuro's eyes lit up. "Homemade dinner? I'm getting hungry already!"

Len chuckled softly. "It's still 11 am, dummy. Didn't you have breakfast? What do you say we grab some lunch at McDonald's first and head to this karaoke place I saw earlier."

"Sounds good to me!" Kuro agreed.

The trio went upstairs to bring Kuro's luggage back to the guest room. Rin pulled her aside. "We never agreed on going to McDonald's or a karaoke place," she whispered.

Len raised an eyebrow. "What do you expect us to do for the rest of the day? Don't worry, I just want Kuro and I to sing one more time before our album would get released."


Everyone decided to get dressed. Len wore his "Happy Synthesizer" outfit and headphones while Rin wore a simple orange tank top under a brown leather vest, black jeans and boots. Kuro wore a peachy brown shirt jacket over a red and black crossed pattern shirt, her "Happy Synthesizer" fingerless gloves and headphones, cat ears, and chain piercing.

They decided to take a taxi to McDonald's. When they got there, the people there gathered around them, squealing and asking for their autographs. It took ten minutes until all the fans were satisfied and the trio got to the counter to make their orders.

"That sure was shocking," Kuro laughed. "I say we should be careful the next time we go public."

"Uh, right!" Len agreed. He silently cursed himself for not thinking about that sooner.

The trio got their orders: Rin had orange juice (of course), large fries, and a cheeseburger, Len had Coke, chicken, and a sundae, and Kuro had nuggets and spaghetti. She exited the fast food place for a while and came back carrying a tapioca cup.

As they ate, Kuro told her friends about her experiences during her first concert: "It was tough work. At the rehearsal, our boss was pushing us to sing our very best. He was really trying hard for us. We only got a five-minute break every three hours."

"Yikes," Len said. "Did you have a hard time?"

Kuro shrugged. "Not really. It was kinda fun! Despite my first time…it was fun!"

"What about the other people Utaite?" Rin asked. "We heard them sing, but we didn't exactly pay much attention to them."

Laughing, Kuro said, "Because you don't know them?"

"Pretty much."

"Well, they tried as hard as I did. But not everyone in Utaite performed. Only the top ten best of the best were allowed to sing at least two songs each."

"Well, who were they?" Len asked.

"Me, of course, Tenchou, Kogeinu, Valshe, Soraru, Lon, Pokota, Nano, Hashiyan, and Zebra."

"Underbar didn't get a chance?"

Kuro shook her head. "He just likes singing for fun. He doesn't exactly take many things seriously. You remember when we did 'Mr. Music'?"

"Oh, yeah. I guess he's not serious about everything, huh?"

"Nope. He's not. But he loved helping out with the music."

"So, your boss is glad that everything turned out well?" Rin asked.

"Oh, yeah! He was quite happy. I mean, we never got a chance to do a concert. The tickets were sold out and the stadium we performed in was practically a full house."

"I'm glad you're glad, Kuro," Len said.

Kuro smiled as she slurped her tapioca. "Thanks,"

When they finished their food, it was already 2 o'clock. They decided to head to the karaoke place early. "I just hope the owner will be nicer," Kuro said, rolling her eyes.

The place wasn't as full as the bar they went to before. But a decent number of people were there to sing for the karaoke machine. This time, it was no contest, but a simple way of having fun.

"Is it our turn?" Rin asked.

The man handling the machine smiled. He was probably the owner of the place. "Go ahead," he encouraged. The trio smiled at each other.

"Do you pick songs at random?" Len asked.

The man laughed. "No, not really, but I can pick a random song for you if you want to."

"That would be nice, I guess," Kuro said.

"Well, one of my favorite songs is 'Dream-Eating Monochrome Baku'. Do you think you could sing that?"

Rin took a step back. "They can. I'm just watching." Len and Kuro nodded.

The man smiled at them and he started the machine. Kuro and Len grabbed the two mics and started singing:

(whispers)

Len: Doko kara kita no?

donna sugata o shite iru no?

Both: dare mo shiranai

sou sa boku ga yumekui Shirokuro Baku

Ah

Kuro: Kore wa ojousan

Yonaka nemurezu ni iru no kai?

Len: Sore nara boku ga

Mahou o kakete ageyou ka

Both: ...Hora yubikiri de yakusoku shiyou

Len: Oh!

Len: Kowai YUME o mita?

Kuro: Boku ni makasena yo

Both: Marugoto tabete ageyou

Len: Mou shinpai nai

Kuro: Yukkuri oyasumi

Both: Ya na koto zenbu wasurete sa

Len: Ah!

(whispers)

Kuro: Kore wa ojousan

Mata tanomigoto ga aru tte?

Len: Kotowaranai sa

Kore koso ga boku no shiawase

Both: ...Sore nara kisu de yakusoku shiyou

Len: Oh!

Kuro: Motto YUME o mitai?

Len: Boku ni makasena yo

Both: Zenbu ataete ageyou

Kuro: Kkanbi na sutoorii

Len: Tanbi na inmu o

Both: Kokoroyuku made meshiagare

Kuro: Motto, motto

Len: Nozomeba ii

Both: Yokubou o sarakedashite

Mou nido to nukedasenai

Sokonashi no paradaisu da

Len: Saa

Both:Tsuki ga michita nara yakume wa owari sa

O-dai wa...wakatte'ru yo ne?

Len: Sono hitomi no oku azayaka na yume

Both: Zenbu, zenbu moratte ikou ka

Kuro: Mijime na kao da ne

Len: Kore ga genjitsu

Both: Kimi ga eranda koto darou?

Kuro: YUME ni oboretara

Len: Yume wa kanawanai

Both: ...Monokuro no sekai e youkoso!

Len: Ah!

Everyone in the karaoke place clapped for them. It was only now did Len realize a crowd had formed as they were singing. And apparently, they thought they were great.

"Thank you for coming here today and singing for us!" the owner exclaimed. "It's such an honor for two Vocaloids and an Utaite singer to come here to my karaoke place!" Wait, so the man didn't know they were famous singers? That's a first.

"Feel free to stay and sing as long as you'd like," the man grinned.

"Arigatou," Len said, grinning back.

"He is nicer than the last owner," Rin laughed. Kuro laughed too, nodding in agreement.


They spent the next few hours drinking Coke (and tapioca for Kuro) and singing at least three songs each. Just by singing, they helped the owner attract more people into coming into his karaoke place. I guess you can tell that they sang until they got tired and decided to go back to the apartment.

"That owner was so much nicer," Rin said on the taxi ride home. "He let us in for free! Can you believe that?"

"It's probably because we're famous singers," Len said.

"At least now we can have our dinner, right?" Kuro asked.

Rin giggled. "Of course!"

When they got home, Rin brought the food she cooked out of the fridge and heated it up. As she set it on the table, both Kuro's and Len's mouths began to water.

Rin cooked three fishes with lemon slices on the side, a fruit casserole with bananas and oranges in it, ramen, tempura, onigiri, and squid balls. She also made two whole pitchers with orange or banana flavored tapioca in it. Rin had cooked all these foods last night when Len was still asleep.

"You're amazing, Rin-chan!" Kuro exclaimed.

Rin grinned. "Anytime, Kuro-chan!"

Once Len took the first bite, he sighed satisfyingly. "This is the best casserole I have ever tasted. Rin, you never told me you could cook!"

"You didn't tell me either!" Kuro exclaimed as she poured her fourth glass of tapioca. "I would be standing in tapioca heaven by now if you hadn't told me you could make it!"

Rin giggled. "Kuro, I know how much you love tapioca, but don't you think you could lay off it for a little while?"

The blonde cat teen narrowed her eyes. "Never,"

She looked serious for a moment. Until all three of them burst out into laughter.

Rin finished her food quickly (just as planned) and announced, "I'm going to sleep early. You two have fun staying up all night!" With that, she bolted to her room.

Kuro became suspicious. "What was that about?"

Len silently thanked his sister. She had done her part. "Oh, I don't know. Wanna watch some TV?"

The girl shrugged. "Yeah, sure,"

(A/N: Please, don't ask me what they watched, I'm too lazy to say so)

During a channel they were watching, Len then got more nervous than he should be. "Kuro?" he started.

She turned her head to him. "Yeah?"

"There's something I have to tell you?"

"Are you asking me or telling me?"

"T-telling you, duh!"

"You're stuttering,"

"I don't s-stutter!"

"You just did again!"

"Can you please listen to what I have to say?" Len groaned.

Kuro laughed. "I'm just messing with you, Len-kun! Go on, spill."

Len sighed. He tried to look into her eyes. "Kuro…I've really liked you for a while. I was too nervous to tell you. But I'm telling you now. I know I haven't been a very good partner or moral support before but I wish I could've turned back time and repeated everything from the start. I want to know what you think of me, Kuro-chan. Because I really want to show you how I feel from now on. I don't want to hide anything from you anymore."

There was silence. Kuro blinked a few times. Len just waited for her answer. More silence. Kuro seemed like she was completely speechless.

Just then, she grinned widely. "It was about time you said something,"

This time, it was Len who was speechless. "Wait, what?! You mean, you knew?! Who told you?!"

"No one, Len-kun. You made it obvious yourself!"

"I-I don't understand,"

Kuro glomped him. "You know, you're cute when you stutter! You should keep that up!"

Len was still too speechless to push her away. "But-"

"Dummy, I like you too, Len-kun! I thought I made that quite clear~!"

"Uh…"

Kuro rolled her eyes. "You're so dense," Then she gave him a kiss on the lips. Len froze for a moment before he melted into it and kissed her back. He held her head in his hands and Kuro did the same.

When they pulled away, Len put an arm around her shoulder. "So…"

Kuro grinned from ear to ear. "You're willing to let this relationship continue?"

Len smiled. "You're so positive. I guess that's why I love you."


Sorry if I didn't update for (counts on fingers) two weeks. It's true, it was my turn and it's my fault, but we had PTs (periodical tests). How can my sister expect me to update our fanfic when our parents expect us to study? But, for all of you guys' sakes, I made this chapter extra long. If you don't like it, screw me. Still, you can't blame me for having a rough week. Plus, it's Friday the 13th, right? -Riduu