So she knows... Okay. Easier on my part. "Oh! Are you-"
"Why, yes, Miku-chan, I am your master." She smiled, and I was wondering where she had come up with all of the information required for me to recognize her without me even fully asking her. But then again, she was human. I'm simply a machine. Who knows how she could figure this out.
"My name is Kobayashi Akiko." She smiled even bigger. Her smile was wonderful, and she was really pretty.
"Where are we, Kobayashi-san?" I asked, looking outside of the window. It seemed like we were in a small town, maybe almost a city, but not quite big enough to be claimed as one.
"We are in the United States, Miku-chan." Akiko smiled, then added, "Please, just call me Akiko." I nodded. Akiko opened her mouth to say more, but then closed it to what looked like her making sure her words flowed togther.
"When I was little, my mother was very ill, and my father couldn't stand living in the same country as where my mother had passed... We used to live in Japan, as if my name wasn't obvious enough. We then moved out of the country and to here, where my father could still stay within the same job he loved, but could get away from the place he hated most... he loved my mother, they were so perfect, but... I guess stuff just happens, you know?" Akiko looked up at me with a smile and teary eyes.
"Y-Yeah, I guess you're right, Akiko-sama..." I stammered, thinking over what had just been explained to me.
"Please, just call me Akiko..." I heard her mumble. I nodded.
"Mas-... Akiko, is there a song you have prepared for me to sing?" I asked, trying to change the subject. Akiko nodded.
"But it's in English. Does your program allow you to sing in English, Miku-chan?" I shook my head. "Not yet. But I can convert the English lyrics to Japanese for you, Mas-...Akiko."
"That would be wonderful, Miku-chan!" Akiko handed me a piece of paper with lyrics and notes written out on it. I read them over quickly, the first paragraph starting like this:
What kind of place will it be on the other side?
Mukou wa donna tokoro nan darou ne?
When you arrive safely, I at least want a letter
Buji ni tsuitara tayori demo hoshii yo
Wait. Could these lyrics possibly be about... Akiko's mother? "What's the matter, Miku-chan?" I saw Akiko looking at me with a concerned glance. "Oh... i-it's nothing!" She nodded at my reply. I then saw her glance over at the photo I saw earlier.
Could that be... her mother and father?
"Miku-chan!" Akiko's voice snapped me back again. "I'm sorry, Master!" I bowed, my eyes closed, a deep blush encasing my light skinned face.
"Miku-chan... Just... call...me...Akiko!" She laughed. "I was trying to ask you to put on your outfit, Miku-chan." She pointed to the folded clothes on the desk, as long as the boots. "And out of my uniform." Her teasing remarks made me blush even more.
"But, what about...personal things?" I asked, blushing still. "You'll find some in my room, Miku-chan." She replied, smiling still. I nodded, and headed around the corner and the same route that I took last time to get to Akiko's room. I closed the door, locking it, and unchanged from the uniform. I shivered. It was still cold...
I opened her box with doors again, and looked through some shelves. I found underwear, and what seemed to be two circular dented in objects, spaced apart from each other, and held together by straps of fabric and closed with a hook on the back. I wondered what it could be... I used the wifi connection point and searched it up on the information log, and found out something disturbing about it, but I guessed it was required.
I put it on the way the instructions had told me to, and it seemed to fit. I put on the striped underwear, and pulled on the skirt and the shirt. There were also arm warmers, which were actually quite warming, and thigh high boots. I would have to ask Akiko to put my tie on for me... oh, wait, yeah... the information log could help...
After looking over the instructions breifly, I was able to put on the tie successfully, and I looked at myself in the reflective surface, which I also looked up on the information log. It was called a mirror.
I did look different from earlier. Oh yeah, my pigtail holders... I slipped them over, and even though they were oddly square, they seemed to hold.