In a Melancholic

The next day, Len and Kuro went out on their first date. They left the apartment at noon to get lunch at a Japanese restaurant that sold noodles and sushi. Before they did that, Len treated his new girlfriend to two cups of extra large banana tapiocas. Kuro had glomped him so hard after that.

The couple decided to go watch a movie after that. (A/N: Your choice, I don't care, as long as it takes two hours or so) They had shared a bag of popcorn, Kuro bought herself another cup of tapioca, and they held hands the entire time during the movie. You'd think they were showing PDA (public display affection) but it was so dark you could barely see them. Besides, I don't think Kuro is one for those kinds of stuff.

At around five, they went to the same karaoke place from yesterday. They were greeted by the owner, who seemed sincerely happy to see them here again. "How can I help you today?" he asked.

Kuro looked around. "Not much business going around here, huh?" The karaoke place only had four or five people and not a single one of them wanted to sing.

The owner sighed. "Yes, I suppose you could say that. A lot of people were here yesterday, but I guess they don't want to come today."

Len shook his head. "Sir, if there's one thing that I learned for the past few months, it's how to attract people into doing stuff. Can we borrow your karaoke machine again?"

The owner's eyes lit up. "Of course,"

Kuro nudged Len. "What are you thinking?" she whispered.

Len winked. "What you've been teaching me for a while is finally paying off,"

Although Kuro was slightly confused, the owner still turned on his machine. He picked a song himself: "Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder". Kuro grinned as Len handed her a mic. The song echoed throughout the room as they heard Rin's voice start at the beginning of the song:

Rin's voice: (migi kata ni murasaki choucho)

(kisu wo shita kono heya no sumi de)

(setsunai to iu kanjou wo shiru)

(hibiku piano)

Kuro and Len: fukyou waon

Both: migikata ni murasaki choucho kisu shita kono heya no sumi de

setsunai to iu kanjou wo shiru

hibiku piano fukyou waon

Kuro: warui yume ni unasareta watashi wo hayaku okoshite

donna koto demo

hajimari wa sasai na koto deshou?

Both: doko ga ii ka nante kikarete mo komaru

kirei na yoru ni modowasareta mama yukue fumei dakara

nagai matsuge mikkadzuki airain

mabuta ni nosete hikaru rippu

Kuro: migikata ni murasaki choucho kisu wo shita kono heya no sumi de

setsunai to iu kanjou wo shiru

hibiku piano fukyou waon

Kuro: (fukyou waon)

(ga suki de)

(maru de...ma-ma-maru de)

(wa kono heya no sumi de)

(maru de...ma-ma-maru de)

(fukyou waon)

Len: ame no naka de nureta kami ga ijō ni tsumetakute

samishisa wo toire ni haki dashite furuete matteru

Both: oikakete wa nigeru kara sore ijō de kaeshite

shinken dakara warau to itai me ni auyo ī?

akai tsume to yasumono no yubiwa

kizu tuku tabi fueru piasu

Len: daki yosete yuganda karada umerunowa anata shika inai

Both: sō deshō? wakatteru kuse ni kyōkai sen tokkuni koeteru

Both: kōkai wa shinu hodo shiteru sono bun dake kaikan wo yobi samasu

kurui dashita watashi wo tomete isshun de raku ni shiteyo

Kuro: kizuguchi kara tokedashita mono wa

Len: aijou sore tomo

aa...

Both: koukai wa shinu hodo shiteru

sono bun dake kaikan wo yobisamasu

kurui dashita watashi wo tomete

isshun de raku ni shite yo

Both: dakiyosete yuganda karada

umeru no wa anata shika inai

sou deshou? Wakatteru kuse ni

kyoukaisen tokku ni koeteru

Both: migikata ni murasaki choucho kisu wo shita kono heya no sumi de

setsunai to iu kanjou wo shiru

hibiku piano fukyou waon

Both: migikata no murasaki choucho

(kisu wo shita kono heya no sumi de)

setsunai to iu kanjou wo shiru

(hibiku piano)

Len: fukyou waon

A crowd had suddenly formed around them while they were singing. As they ended, the crowd cheered and everyone started wanting a turn at the mic. The owner was rejoiced and silently sent them a glance of thanks. Kuro and Len gave him a thumbs up.

"You know what's the reason on why I picked this song?" Len asked Kuro when they exited.

"Because it's the first song you ever sang onstage?" Kuro guessed.

Len shook his head. "This was the song I sang just before you came to Crypton. It's reminded me of you ever since." That one statement made Kuro one happy cat.

That night, Rin made another special homemade dinner. She cooked lasagna, fish (again), and sushi and baked her special banana and orange cupcakes. For Kuro, she made three pitchers of orange flavored tapioca.

"Thanks, Rin!" Kuro had yelled and glomped.

Rin had laughed. "No problem, Kuro-chan! I'm just happy for you and my brother."

Once they ate, Rin was telling them about what happened while they were gone. "Gumi called and gave me some good news: Kaito and Miku are officially a couple!"

Len's eyes widened. "Really? That's great news!" It was about time Kaito had spilled his feelings. Before, he used to talk about nothing else but Miku and he was certainly jumping with excitement after he heard that he would be partnered up with her.

"I didn't know Kaito liked Miku," Kuro said. "I mean, I knew Miku liked Kaito, but I didn't know who Kaito liked. I'm so happy for Miku-chan!"

"One of these days, we should double date with them," Len joked.

Rin giggled. "Let's see how their first date would go. I bet Kaito would insist on going to an ice cream store!"

Len rolled his eyes. "Or maybe Miku would want to go leek shopping!"

The three laughed out loud.

"Oh, and you both get your second photo shoot tomorrow," Rin informed. "You guys have to bring the clothes and costumes you wore when you sang those past songs."

Kuro nodded. "I wonder what our cover photos will look like…"

Rin giggled suddenly. "I stole a picture and made one myself," she announced. "Remember when you guys tried on the 'PonPonPon' costumes?"The orange lover hurriedly grabbed her bag and produced a picture from the front pocket.

It was Len and Kuro. Kuro was wearing pink suspenders, a pale pink shirt with puffy sleeves, puffy yellow shorts with cat heads on them, pink boots, a pink bow around her neck, and white gloves. Her hair was tied in two pigtails by two orange ribbons. You can't really tell what Len was wearing but it was easy to see it was his old costume from when he did his own version of "PonPonPon". He wore his hair in its usual ponytail with an orange headband and a bow on it, white gloves like Kuro's, and was trying very hard to not laugh at her.

Once Len saw it, he burst out laughing. I guess all the laughter he had kept in before was finally released. Kuro's face right now was the same as hers in the picture: total annoyance. "I'm never singing 'PonPonPon' again," she declared.

Rin laughed. "But you love that song!" she said, in-between giggles.

"Ok, maybe just not too often,"

The trio laughed together again.

"Let's go to bed now," Rin said, once they had finished their food. "We have a big day tomorrow."

The next morning, Len wore a white shirt with blue lining, blue jeans, orange sneakers, and green jacket. He noticed it was raining, so he grabbed his favorite yellow umbrella.

Since he was the first one up, he decided to prepare cheese omelets. As he poured orange juice, water, and tapioca into three cups, Rin came in wearing her old "Melancholic" outfit, which was almost similar to Len's outfit now: a light green hoodie over a white shirt with blue lining, a short pink skirt, and yellow sneakers.

"Morning," Len greeted, setting some cupcakes from last night on the table.

"Ohayou," Rin replied, grabbing one orange cupcake and taking a bite from it.

Kuro came in afterwards wearing an orange jacket over a black T-shirt, dark blue jeans, black boots, her favorite black choker, and a pair of white headphones around her neck. "What's cooking?" she asked.

"Omelets," Len answered. "And juice. And last night's cupcakes and tapioca."

Kuro grinned and pecked his cheek. "Thanks,"

They ate pretty quickly. Len's food was actually delicious. "Not bad Len," Rin commented. "Not as good as mine, but not bad." This time, Rin received a punch in the arm.

Later, they got a taxi and Len helped the two girls get in with his umbrella. They reached Crypton building at exactly 7 am. The first thing they did was wear their white suits from a few days ago and get their "Heartbeat#0822" pictures taken. Then, they met up with Gumi, Luka, and Underbar again and had their "Mr. Music" photo shoot. After that, it was lunch break and Kuro and Len were discussing something in the cafetorium.

"I just feel like our album is still not complete," Len argued.

"What more could we need?" Kuro asked. "We have five awesome songs. We have our cover photos. Our costumes seem to be perfect. What else is missing?"

Len hesitated. He watched the rain pour from the window outside. He frowned slightly at the gloomy weather. He didn't get it…

Until finally it hit him.

"That's it!" he exclaimed.

"What's it?" Kuro asked.

"Come on!" He stood up and raced away, Kuro following him. They arrived at the recording room, Mr. Hiroyuki sitting on a chair, reading some notes.

"Sir, we want to add one more song to the album!" Len announced.

"You do?" their "master" asked.

"We do?" Kuro also asked.

"Yeah! 'Melancholic'. It's a perfect song for 'Asymmetry'!"

"How so?" Mr. Hiroyuki mused.

"Some of the lyrics really describe me or Kuro," Len explained. "You know, like 'I can't figure you out at all' or 'There's no possible way you can steal my heart'? Come on, sir, can't we put six songs into the album?"

Mr. Hiroyuki tapped his chin. "Well…I guess the producers won't mind if we add one more song. But this better be a good one, Len! Make it worthwhile."

Len gave him a soldier's salute. "Yes, sir!"

"I hope you know what you're doing," Kuro said.

Len chuckled. "Hey. Don't you trust me?"

They entered the airing room. Mr. Hiroyuki gave a thumbs up, but his face showed utter nervousness. The song started and Kuro and Len expressed their complete enthusiasm:

Both: Zenzen tsukamenai kimi no koto

Zenzen shiranai uchi ni yeah

KOKORO ubawareru nante koto

Aru hazu nai desho

Both: Sore wa

Kuro: Buaisou na egao dattari

Sore wa

Len: Nichiyoubi no higure dattari

Sore wa

Kuro: TESUTO bakka no kikan dattari

Sore wa

Both: Kimi to yuu na no MERANKORINNISUTO.

Kuro: Teatari shidai tsuyoki de butsukatte mo

Nannimo te ni wa nokoranaitte omoikonderu

Len:Chotto gurai no yuuki ni datte

Chicchaku natte fusagikonderu

Both: Watashi dakara

Kuro: Zenzen tsukamenai kimi no koto

Zenzen shiranai uchi ni

KOKORO ubawareru nante koto

Aru hazu nai desho

Len: Zenzen kizukanai kimi nante

Zenzen shiranai shiranai mon

"Nee nee" janai wa kono egao

Mata nemurenai desho

Kuro: Ashita mo

Len: Onnaji

Kuro: Watashi ga

Len: Iiru no kana

Buaisou de

Both: Mukuchi na mama no

KAWAikunai YATSU

Ah~

Kuro: Ano yume ni kimi ga dete kita toki kara

Len: Sunao janai no

Both: Datte

Both: Zenzen tsukamenai kimi no koto

Zenzen shiranai uchi ni

Kokoro ubaou to shiteta no wa

Watashi no hou da mon

Both: La la la lu la ra

Ru la ra ru la ra

La la la la la lu ra

Both: Souiu jiki na no

Oboretai no itoshi no

MERANKORII

Once the song ended, the duo looked up to see Mr. Hiroyuki's reaction. All they saw was a huge smile on his face. He was speaking into his phone. "Please tell the photographers to have one more photo shoot ready."

Kuro and Len gave each other a high five and a kiss.

They just wore their clothes that day, no costumes needed. Once that photo shoot was finished, they got a glimpse of their other photos. They looked great! Now, the photographers were editing the latest one for "Melancholic". While they were doing that, Kuro and Len continued to watch the others perform their last songs for "Partner Week" that day.

Kaito was singing "See You" by himself, Gumi and Gakupo were singing "Aniimo", Meiko and Miku were singing "In The Depth of Darkness" together, and Rin and Luka sang "ANTI THE HOLIC".

As Kuro and Len watched, Kuro sighed. "It's really nice to make songs of your own," she muttered. "I don't think I could ever pull that off."

Len turned to face her and smiled gently. "Don't worry, Kuro-chan, one day, you will write songs. I just know it."

Kuro beamed. "Thank you."

It wasn't long until the album was completely released. "Asymmetry" consisted of the six songs Len and Kuro sang together. Its cover was the same picture they had taken a week ago when the album costumes first arrived. All the song covers were all from the photo shoot too.

"Congratulations," Mr. Hiroyuki said happily. "The both of you had become a huge success in making this album. You should be happy!"

Kuro, who was practically bouncing up and down, was beaming proudly and giddily. "I am! It was so much fun! Especially since I did with my Len-kun~!"

Before, Len would've been grossed out and could've glared at her. But now, all he did was grin. "It was really awesome," he agreed.

"You guys were awesome!" Miku exclaimed. "I wish I could've been there when you all sang 'Mr. Music'. Too bad Kaito and I couldn't even be there to see it happen!"

Kuro laughed. "It's fine, Miku-chan. At least you got to help with the concert! I really appreciate it."

"Well, Kuro, looks like tomorrow, you're heading back to where you belong." Mr. Hiroyuki announced.

"What?!" everyone exclaimed.

"That's not fair!" Rin shouted. "I mean, everyone knows that she's going back but really, that soon?!"

"Can't she stay for a few more weeks or something?" Gumi asked.

Mr. Hiroyuki shook his head sadly. "96Neko still needs to continue her responsibilities as a NicoNico singer back at Utaite. She only came here to strengthen the bonds between them and Crypton. Now that that's over with, she needs to return and do her job."

Len gave Kuro a sad look. "Kuro-chan?"

Kuroneko only sighed and turned to the others. "Guys, look. I'm not an alien. It's not like I'm going to a different planet and never coming back! I'll come visit Crypton every chance I get. I'd never forget you guys. Like I said before, you guys are like my third family. There's no chance I'd ever regret coming here. It was a blessing to meet you all!"

The Vocaloids grinned. "We'll miss you, Kuro-chan," Luka said.

The cat like teen laughed. "Hey! You can always catch me on TV or something."

Everyone laughed.

Len was dreading the next morning. He woke up bright and early at 4 o'clock sharp. He walked to the nearest tapioca store and bought one in a large cup. He headed back home to put the tapioca in the fridge and prepare breakfast. Once he did, at around 5, he made himself some coffee and stood near his windowsill, watching the sun start to rise.

Just as it was about to, Kuro came into the room, rubbing her eyes. "Len-kun?" she murmured.

Len whirled around and gestured her to come closer. Kuro obeyed. As the sun rose, the two watched, admiring the rays of the sun shining upon the window.

"It's beautiful," Kuro sighed.

Len kissed her cheek. "I'm going to miss you," he said.

Kuro smiled. "We'll always be in each other's hearts, Len-kun," The banana lover grinned.

"That sounded too sappy," Kuro muttered to herself.

Len laughed and put an arm around her. "I think those words completely filled my day, Kuro-chan."

It wasn't long until Rin woke up and they all had breakfast together. Len gave Kuro the tapioca he bought. Once she gave him her thanks, Rin produced a present of her own.

It was a necklace. The numbers "96" in pink. But the number "9" had a music note cut out of it while the number "6" had two cat ears. "For you, Kuro-chan!" Rin said happily as she handed the gift over.

Kuro was beaming. "Rin-chan, I love it! Thank you!"

Len frowned. "I didn't get you anything…"

The girl laughed. "Len, being my boyfriend is the best gift you could ever give me."

Len laughed too and kissed her cheek again. "I love you, ok?" he whispered.

Kuro nodded cheerfully. Rin grinned to herself as she sipped some coffee.

It was soon time for Kuro to leave. She wore the necklace Rin just gave her under a grey patterned shirt and a black jacket with cat ears on the hood. She also wore red and black bracelets and carried a red and black bag on her shoulder. The unfinished tapioca Len bought her was held firmly in her hand as she drank. Len and Rin helped with her two luggage bags as they waited for the bus for Utaite to get to the bus stop.

"It's almost coming," Rin announced.

Kuro turned to Len. "Promise you won't forget me?"

Len laughed. "You're my girlfriend! Of course I won't forget you. Promise you'll come visit soon?"

Kuro nodded eagerly. "I wouldn't miss a second."

Rin hugged her friend. "See you soon, Kuro-chan. Oh, and I almost forgot," The orange lover produced a book from the inside of her jacket. "The Vocaloids wanted me to give this to you." Rin looked at Len when she said, "It's from all of us."

Kuro took the book curiously and smiled as she tucked it into her shoulder bag. "Thank you. For everything."

Len stepped forward and gave her a kiss. Kuro kissed back. When they pulled away, they smiled at each other and let Rin join them for a group hug.

The bus finally came. Kuro carried her two bags into the bus. She turned around one more time and gave the twins a huge grin.

"I'll see you around," she said. The twins smiled and waved in return.

As the bus drove away, Rin patted her brother's shoulder. "She'll come back," she assured him. "Don't worry."

Len just gave his sister a smile. "I don't need to. She'll always be with me in my heart."

In the bus, Kuro took time to open the book Rin gave her. She found that it was no ordinary book. It was an album. An album filled with all the pictures that had been secretly taken during Kuro's time in Crypton. There were the cover photos of "Asymmetry" and just some random pictures that showed Kuro having fun with the Vocaloids. Most of the pictures showed her with Len. From the times when he had hated her until the times when they had become a couple.

Seeing these pictures spilled a few tears onto Kuro's eyes. As she wiped them away, she smiled to herself. "I'll never forget you," she whispered silently. "My Len-kun."

~The End~

The end of this fanfic! I sure hope you guys liked it. We were put through a lot to do this, believe me. I really hope this fanfic was worth writing. It was fun to do, but I hope others cared about it. Anyway, my brother and I wish you guys will read our other fanfics in the future! -Ridaa