WARNING: Use of Alcohol in this chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the song; You Can't Hide From Us by Amane Hatsura. Nor am I affiliated with the software that brought Amane Hatsura to life. Ah. Following this chapter, I will be putting the focus back on Yuuma, Gumi, Luka, and Miku. Ah. Right. The beginning may be a little confusing, but will pan out later.
"If life was about taking chances and taking risks, would you do so? Or live a life that seems that could be boring as hell? Sometimes you have to let everything go, as much as one could hate it. That is what I did, and I regret it everyday. I could have the life that Yuuma and Luka have, but I threw it all away. I can't even remember why. Maybe I was stupid. Maybe I was stubborn. Maybe I was a lot of things. Still I knew where I belonged, and now I longed for something different. Something better. Maybe I could get my career back on track. In order to do that, there would need to be a lot of groveling, and I was willing to do that. Maybe my cousins could help me get me back into the biz. All I do know is, life is filled with mistakes. While some learn from them, I guess I chose not to. It was time to understand completely. And I knew I would, and I needed to. This was damn sure. Time to make amends with all of those I had fucked over, and hurt. I guess I needed to find myself as well. Heh. First, get my career back."
The black haired female, felt her heart fluttering at quite a fast rate. That was of course before she jolted awake. She couldn't believe the kiss she had shared with Meiko was, that a dream. Now, she was questioning everything that happened before. Did she really break up with Raze? Did she really find out that her boyfriend of a few years cheated on her? Or was she going to become like Nana Komatsu from Nana that went completely thinking her boyfriend Shōji of whom had cheated on her with his co-worker Sachiko? This was quite the worse analogy. For during the Manga; Shōji did cheat on Nana Komatsu with his co-worker, Sachiko. Melinka rolled her eyes, and looked out the window. The dream; did for some ungodly reason, felt so real. The black haired female pulled out her phone to possibly to see if the entire day was that of a dream. Once she pulled out her phone, the break up was surely not a dream. She read the text to her so called friend, Lola. Which made Melinka chuckle; at least Raze cheated on her. Made the break up quite easier than she had thought, slowly she swung her legs over the bed. As she walked to the window, she opened the draw next to her bed, and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. Melinka couldn't shake of the feeling from the realism of the dream.
She put the butt of the cigarette in between her lips, and with the glow of the tip, Melinka inhaled the nicotine, and then slowly blew out the toxic smoke back into the air. She sighed softly; tomorrow was going to be a horrible day at school. Melinka knew that for a fact, for only; Rei, Yuuma, and Luka knew of who she truly was. Melinka kept this quite a secret; she hadn't want people to know of her true identity. Why in the hell did she want that? Remember when at one point she was supposed to have what Yuuma, and now Luka, had? There was a reason. "Shit. I had this hadn't been a dream. Why do I want, to be with Meiko?" The thoughts rushed against her mind. "Oh, fuck, I have to work with her tomorrow. Fuck my life. Not only that, but Raze is now really enrolled to the same fucking school I am. Tomorrow is going to really fuck suck horrible balls." Melinka laughed aloud at her thoughts. Once she was done with her cigarette, she flicked the bud away from her frame. When immediately she walked back into the bedroom, and took her place on top of the bed; and went back to sleep.
The next morning, Melinka descended down the stairs to see Yuuma and Luka eating breakfast. She sat down next to her cousins, and went back to being silent. Alright, quite possibility this was what Melinka was good at. Rei was looking at Melinka with a weird, a very weird, feature upon her lips. Possibly to Melinka the creepiest smile that she had ever seen, "Uh. Yes, aunt Rei?" Melinka questioned,
"After long consideration, and talking to the twins. Well, Yuuma and Luka. I want to take you in, officially. As in adopting you, Melinka you belong here. But there is one stipulation. You will need to sign this with your real name. I mean your real name. Not Akuma. And not Melinka. This—" Rei slid the document was slid towards Melinka, "Your real name, Amane Hatsura." Rei smiled,
"So, what I go from calling you aunt to mom?" Melinka questioned,
"Yes, that's right. You don't have to sign it now, Melinka. But think about it, please." Rei slowly stood. She walked away from the table to give her possible daughter to think about the moment of being adopted. Suddenly she heard a ruffle of the paper being slid back,
"There. Signed." Melinka stated. She now stood and walked towards the bathroom to get ready for the horrid day of school. School that seemed like hell for not only her; but Yuuma and Luka as well. She wanted to help her, now siblings. What could she do, honestly? Force Gumi and Miku to be with them? She sighed heavily as she walked to the chariot that was to lead her and her siblings to their hell, also known as the limo.
Once at school, Raze went running towards Melinka. The female was having none of this. She meant, what she meant. They were completely over and there was no going back. She didn't want Raze, nor did she need Raze in her life. When she brushed Raze off, he grew angry and went to grab her. That was until she heard a very familiar voice,
"Yo. Prick leave Am—Melinka alone, you dipshit!" The blonde male stated. He watched Raze walk away, "Hey, Melinka. It's awhile." The male stated,
"Oh my god! Leon!" Melinka almost leaped into his arms. "What the hell are you doing here?" Melinka asked,
"You know chillin' like a villain." Leon stated, "Oh, yeah. You remember Neru, Oliver, Sweet Ann, and Flower." He laughed. "Shit. Girl what the hell happened to you?" Leon asked.
Melinka shook her head, "Nothing that concerns you, Leon." Melinka replied,
"Melinka. Makeup can hide a lot of things, but not those bruises. Has no one else notice this?" Oliver asked,
"Apparently not, you femme man you." Melinka teased. Oliver was gay, and he liked to flaunt what he had, Melinka found that somehow adorable. "So, seriously, what the hell are you doing here?" Melinka asked,
"Well, we got transferred. And now we go here." Sweet Ann immediately stepped up to the plate to tell Melinka. Sweet Ann smiled softly, when she saw the brunette walk past them, she watched Melinka's reaction. She almost giggled. She found the daze of Melinka oddly familiar, like when she did this to her now boyfriend, Leon. "Neru!" She punched the blonde's arm,
"I can see nothing has changed, huh?" Melinka was finally happy. Still she needed to apologise to Meiko. For what she had done was a dream. Great, right? Melinka showed them around the school, just a quick moment. Then immediately dashed to her first class, Melinka was happy. The friends she grew up with, the good friends, were now going to her school. Yet, with her wonderful 'disguise' hid of whom she was truly. Amane Hatsura. Melinka sighed heavily, despite seeing her friends, Leon of all of them had the biggest mouth. Melinka listened to the teacher go on and on, and of course on with the lecture. As the bell rang, something stung as Melinka went to left the class,
"No. I cannot with work Melinka. She a discriminate bitch; please let me change partners. I am like literally begging you." Meiko stated. Unaware to Meiko, Melinka was literally right behind her. Meiko heard the answer she didn't want to hear. "Fine, can we at least have her do one part, and I do another. Then we combined them?" Meiko asked. Once the answer was in favour, she thanked the teacher. Meiko looked at Melinka, of whom she had noticed that was right behind her. Meiko shook her head and walked away.
When the lunch bell rang, Melinka didn't have the heart to stay in the lunchroom. Ironically she went to the place where she met Meiko. Memories went soaring back to her, damn Melinka was a bitch from the very first moment she had met Meiko. She heard footsteps walk towards her, "Raz-" Melinka looked up, and saw; Leon, Oliver, Sweet Ann, Neru, and Flower standing there. "Oh, hey." Melinka chuckled,
"Wow. I have texted better greetings than that there, Melinka." Neru teased. "Damn, seriously, what is wrong with you Melika?" Neru asked,
"I thought I couldn't find someone that could make my heart flutter again." Melinka whispered,
"Oh, ho ho. Don't leave us hanging up, Melinka." Flower stated,
"It's a girl." Melinka whispered. Everyone's reaction changed,
"Girl. You need to tell us. We don't give two shits if your; straight, bi-sexual, or a lesbian. You are stuck with us till the very end!" Oliver exclaimed,
"It's Meiko." Melinka replied. 'But I really fucked up. I kept calling her a faggot, and I was so damn cold." Melinka whispered. "I don't think that I can change that. I wouldn't forgive my fucking asshole self." Melinka stated,
"Melinka. We have all been there. Said shit we didn't mean, the only thing you can do is apologise. If they can't forgive you, right there and then. Just means that they need more time. Meiko will come around. Don't fret. Alright?" Leon stated in a question tone. "Oliver. Drop us a beat." Soon, the sound from them was that of the beat of the song Melinka or Amane Hatsura wrote. Leon smiled, in the middle of his beatboxing.
Melinka chuckled, and looked around to make sure that no one was around. She began to sing;
"The darkest hour before the light
A hidden treasure
Plain in sight
For a moment
Standing still
They say we're crazy
They say we're ill!
What they don't understand
They feel inside
What they don't understand
They try to hide
You can't hide from us
You can't
You can't
You can't h-h-hide from us!"
Suddenly they saw Miku, of whom had been standing there the entire time. Miku didn't say a word; she just stood there staring in awe. She knew that Melinka seemed familiar, yet she never could put her finger on the very thought. Miku just now pointed towards Melinka, her finger began to shake, "You. You are Amane Hatsura! I knew it!" Miku squealed. "Oh my god. Oh-" Miku couldn't get another word out, as she dragged away from the group,
"Do not tell anyone, Miku. I left that fucking career behind. I do not need anyone knowing. Got it?" Melinka questioned,
"Alright. Fine. But why? Ama-Sorry, Melinka. You were on the way to the top; you were even bigger than me. Yet, you threw it all away. Why?" Miku asked,
"Because it just wasn't for me, I had a new life. Or well, I knew I needed to move on. What was there for me to cling onto, Miku, seriously?" Melinka asked, "I mean you and I dated for like, what, three months? You broke my heart, just so you know. So, I ran back to Raze. He told me that if I stayed in the singing biz, he was going to make my life a living hell. Not like he didn't succeed at that." Melinka sighed, and ran her finger throughout her black straight locks, "Miku. Don't tell anyone." Melinka mustered,
"I won't. And for the record, you broke up with me. I didn't want you to leave, but you had made up your mind. I let you go because I knew that our relationship was about to crash and burn. Literally. When you broke up with me, I found a way to move on. To, well, Kaito." Miku whispered,
"Yeah. Why Kaito?" Melinka questioned. She now remembered what Luka had told her just a couple days ago, "I mean there is someone that wants to be with you, but you keep on hurting her. You have to realise what the fuck you are doing, Miku. Sweet lord." Melinka rolled her eyes. "I swear you tell anyone, I will fucking kill you." Melinka saw Miku smile then heard her giggle. Melinka watched Miku skip away. Melinka shrugged, and walked away then walked back inside the school building as the bell rang loudly. After a few long more hours, school was released. While her now siblings went to the limo. She got on Oliver's motorcycle, well, hers'. She had leant the motorcycle to him, and when they were to meet up, she would get the motorcycle back. Of course instead of going home, she rode to the nearest club.
Once at the club, she showed her fake ID. The club wasn't any other club. There was literally a skate park inside, and of course, there was a place to dance. Street lamps here and there; ripped up leather sofas and chairs. Melinka loved the club, completely her scene. Of course she dressed like a Goth, but hey, people can dress how the hell they want. She walked towards the bar, and order a shot of Vodka, "Ah yeah!" She chuckled as she shot the Vodka back. "Whoo!" Melinka exclaimed. Melinka continued shooting back the shots; she was by far from a lightweight. Melinka saw her phone going off. She decided to let the call go to voicemail. She then texted Yuuma back;
To Yuuma:
"Man. I am just hanging with my friends. I will be spending the night with Sweet Ann. Don't worry. I will be back in the a.m. And I promise to be ready to go to school."
Once she had hit send, she didn't give a damn what happened after that. Melinka needed to get drunk; especially realising she was falling for a girl. Melinka continued to jam out to the Skater-Punk and Gothic music. She even got up, and took Oliver to the dancefloor, where she danced dirty with him. She knew that he wouldn't try anything, Oliver knew better, and that, he is gay. Once Melinka had her feel of the nightclub, she walked out with her friends. Melinka got on the back of the motorcycle and allowed Oliver to take control. He took Melinka different places, as Leon drove close and blared music. Melinka released Oliver, and made her arms spread as they were like wings, "I feel so alive!" Melinka screamed.
Once at Sweet Ann's house, everyone went in. Melinka blared music loudly, oh thank god that Sweet Ann lived alone. Sweet Ann didn't want to be around her parents anymore. So, she went out on her own, helped that she was eighteen. They were having a blast, and began to drink as they continued to jam out to the music that was still blaring out from the stereo. "Hell, fucking yes!" Sweet Ann screamed out, as she was completely drunk off her ass. The friends continued to party all night, not giving a damn about the time.
The next morning the alarm blared out in the living room, while everyone was hungover. Melinka being the girl that she was, she hardly had any hangovers. "Oh fuck!" Melinka dashed out of the house, and got on her motorcycle, literally rode pretty damn fast. She knew that she was going to get a lecture. Maybe she should have brought extra clothes. Once at her home, she dashed up the stairs and immediately got dressed, at least as fast as she could. Once she was ready, she hurriedly went down the stairs, and grabbed a piece of toast, "Thanks, mom. Love ya!" She ran out the door.
Melinka didn't pay attention to her siblings, as they rode to school. She took in a deep breath. Melinka was going to apologise to Meiko, she needed to. Not to mention, getting drunk last night pretty much gave her the courage to do so. Once at the school, she immediately sought out Meiko. She saw there talking to her friends. Melinka swallowed hard, as she made her way to Meiko, "Me-Meiko, can we talk?" Melinka asked,
"Why? So you can call me a faggot?" Meiko ask, "No. Besides I will be late to class. And so will you. I am trying to move on from the fucking mistake I made when I kissed you." Meiko rolled her eyes, "Besides why would I give you a chance to speak with me?" Meiko asked, "I swear to god, I thought I could fall for you." Meiko admitted, "But I so thought you were different. I guess I was fucking wrong." Meiko began to walk away,
"Meiko. I am sorry. I really am. I wasn't thin-" Melinka was abruptly cut off,
"You weren't thinking? Really? That is what you are going to claim?" Meiko stated with a questioning tone. "I wanted you to be different, Melinka. I really wanted you to be different. Every fucking asshole that tries to be with me, they break my fucking heart. Yet, I wanted to take a chance with you, Melinka. You may think I am crazy, I had fallen for you." Meiko lowered her eyes. The tears were visually apparent, "Please, Melinka let me heal. That's at least one good thing that you can do." Meiko began to walk away once again,
"Meiko. I am so sorry. I wasn't thinking. I really wasn't. I was in a bad place; I didn't know what else to do. You do not know, Raze. But you have no clue, how fucking bad he can get. Meiko, I am so fucking sorry. If I could do it all over again, I wou-" Melinka for the fifty millionth time was cut off, exaggerating of course.
"You would do it all over again? Melinka, just please stop. Let me fucking heal. Can you please do that for me? Please!" Meiko shook her head. The tears had begun to roll down her features. Finally, Meiko walked away. This is where everything got interesting,
"HOW CAN I?! WHEN I KNOW IF I LET YOU GO, I WILL BE MAKING A MISTAKE! I HAVE MADE SO MANY IN MY LIFE, AND IF I LET YOU GO, IT'LL BE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE! FOR FUCK SAKE, HOW CAN YOU BE SO BLIND, MEIKO?! I AM IN FUCKING LOVE WITH YOU!" Melinka had realised that she had screamed all of this in the echoing hallways. Melinka saw everyone stop and look at her, "Hey, guys." Melinka sighed, and then walked the other way. Everyone watched Melinka walked towards the doorway. Everyone didn't speak but allowed the black hair female leave the school.
"You know, Meiko." Gakupo began, "This is where you run after her. Any chick or dude that screams their love throughout the school hallways; is the one you are kind of meant to be with. You can watch her walk away, for good. Well, I guess watch her walk away from the school for the day or whenever she decides to return, or you go after her. I mea-" Gakupo heard the echoing of Meiko's books dropping to the floor, and soon fast footsteps as Meiko ran past him, "Go get her, Meiko." Gakupo thought.
Once Meiko was outside, "MELINKA!" Meiko screamed as she saw the Gothic young woman stop. Meiko walked over to the female, and slapped her hard, "How dare you?" Meiko whispered, "How dare you do that to me?" Meiko asked. "You are fucking lying to me. I know it. To say that you lo-" Meiko felt Melinka's lips against her own. Immediately Meiko had realised that Melinka wasn't lying. Truth within a lie; had become apparent. Meiko instead of pulling away, Meiko leaned into the kiss. With her arms wrapping around Melinka's neck, they immediately heard the clapping of the student's hands. But right now Meiko and Melinka were in their own little world, "Oh. By the way." Meiko spoke after breaking the kiss, "I am in love with you too. I guess this is what people mean by love at first sight." Meiko smiled towards Melinka, "Melinka will you be-" Meiko was stopped,
"Yes. Meiko, I will be your girlfriend." Melinka spoke as she held onto Meiko. Finally, after about a ten minute embrace, they walked back into the school building hand in hand. Maybe this is, seriously, what Yuuma and Luka needed to do. Déjà vu, right? Nonetheless, Melinka and Meiko were now a couple, a start to the Megurine Family's horrid bad luck when the word 'love' is involved. Melinka was going to do whatever she possibly could to help out her sibling.
