Chapter 9

Momo's Days at ALPG

Its been about an hour since Tei came over and explained Momo's situation (after which she left… through the window, cause why not). Momotaro hadn't shown up during that hour either, which was good as it gave Momo some time to think about her next move. Momo could go with Tei's plan by going into a relationship with Taya and proving the girls wrong…. Or she could save her own selfish skin and avoid getting brutally mutilated by Rana and let her win.

But that wasn't like Momo, sure she was slightly timid and shy and whatnot. But she didn't give up often and that was enough to motivate Momo to at least try. So she decided after a long period of thinking, that she was going to give Tei's plan a shot. Momo whispers to herself "Tei, if this plan gets me killed, then I'm gonna come back to life to kill you".

The pinkette's phone then vibrated, indicating a received message. Momo picked up the small gadget and looked at the name of the sender. It said 'Defoko'. Defoko was one of Momo's best friends in primary school. Their friendship was actually kind of an insult based relationship. They never took each other's comments to heart so their friendship worked out fine. Momo looked at what the message said, it said: "hey Momo, how's skool? got any friends yet? Do u want 2 come over 2 da café w/ me and Teto?" Defoko's punctuation was atrocious Momo thought to herself. She hoped that her friends teachers would get that habit out of her, cause their primary teachers certainly didn't.

Momo thought about it, she could go to the café to meet up with her old friends. But then that would bring up another problem, what about Momotaro? He could be waiting right outside her door again without her or Tei even noticing. And even is he wasn't, its not like his part-time job as a bean blender was at this time either. He would wake up at 5:00am to go to the same café that Defoko spoke of and he would come back at 7:00am. Giving him a hour to go get ready for Uni (which starts at 8:00am). So he was either silently waiting for Momo to open her door so he could 'talk' to her, or he was in the living room or kitchen. Both of which had a full view of the front door. If it wasn't 5:00pm (which it was) he would be in his room, which was at the complete other side of the house. But he wouldn't be in his room now because his favourite show is on at 5:00pm. And even if he was fully immersed into his program, his particular spot on the sofa faced the front door, so he would be able to see Momo go out anyway with the corner of his eye. She was gonna have to go through the window like Tei did.

The pink haired girl sent a text back saying that she was on her way and proceeded to the window. She put one leg over the sill and placed her foot on a vine that was in her foot's reach. She put her other leg over and placed it on the same vine. She grabbed the top of the window frame and lowered herself down so her feet reached the next vine. She silently cursed to herself about having her room on the second floor. After about 10 minutes of descending down the vines, Momo reached the bottom. She walked along the side of the house all the while avoiding the living room windows. She eventually got onto the footpath undetected by her brother. The pink haired girl smiled in triumph and headed to the nearest bus stop.

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At the café, also known as 'Oritatama reta neko no ryori café' (which was the girls favourite Japanese restaurant) Defoko Utane and Teto Kasane sat and waited for their best friend Momo Momone to arrive so then they could catch up. Defoko was a short girl with short purple hair with eyes to match. She wouldn't go anywhere without her favourite purple barrette, which had the word UTAU written on it. Defoko had her mum embroid the name of her high school on it so then she could wear it inside the classroom. Teto Kasane was the tallest girl out of their little group with red/pink hair that went into two spiralling ponytails. Her eyes matched the colour of her hair like Defoko's and next to always had a smile on her face. And with every single outfit she wore, had a belt with a magenta dragon's tail on it. She wouldn't leave the house without it.

While the two girls were talking amongst themselves, they didn't hear Momo walk up to them. It was when she finally greeted them that they noticed the short girl's presence. "hey guys! I missed you" Momo said excitedly, she hadn't seen her friends at all during the holidays because Defoko and Teto got tickets for a global cruise and since Momotaro couldn't afford one for Momo, she couldn't go. And she couldn't message them either since they were staying with a family friend who didn't have reception or wifi access. Teto gave Momo a bone crushing hug "MOMO! OMG, I MISSED YOU TOO, EEEEEEEEEE!" Teto screamed, she failed to notice the other patrons staring at her weirdly.

"hey Momo, how you been?" Defoko asked calmly, she loved her friends but she was never one for expressing it physically….. unlike Teto. "I've been great, how about yo- OW TETO, LET ME GO!" Momo said. Teto let her small friend go after that. "got a boyfriend yet? Huh, huh?" Teto asked, a bit too quickly for Momo to comprehend. When she did comprehend however, she answered with: "Teto, its only been the first day, I do have friends though", "who?" Defoko asked. "you won't know them but I have made friends with Tei Sukone, Len Kagamine and Taya Soune" Momo replied. "ohhhh, I've heard of Taya before, he along with his older sister, Toyo Soune were the first Nitros to be discovered, they remain as the only Nitros worldwide" Teto explained. 'so that's his sister's name, Toyo' Momo thought to herself.

The thought of her crush's sister led Momo to think about the boy himself, midnight blue hair, dazzling yellow eyes, the kindest of smiles. Momo blushed deeper with each thought which didn't go unnoticed by her friends, they were waving their hands in front of her face, which by the way, wasn't working. "Momo? Hey Momo?... Momo… MOMO!" Teto screamed…. Again. "wha? Oh sorry guys I was just thinking about hi- ah I mean… uhhhh, stuff" Momo quickly said. "wait, you started to blush when we mentioned Taya and Toyo, and since your straight, you were thinking about Taya… you like him don't you?" Defoko asked. "*sigh* yea, you got me, I like Taya Soune" Momo admitted.

"ew, you like my brother?" said a mysterious voice. The girls turned to face the source of the voice. There, in all her glory was Toyo Soune herself.

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And that everyone was chapter 9! I want to clear some things up with you all as some things here might be a little confusing.

I know the name of the café the last scene is in has a long, confusing and Japanese name. what I challenge you to do (well its not really a challenge it is really simple) is to translate the name of the café to English, the English name sounds confusing but when you think about who wrote it, it makes some sense. If you translate it correctly, you get to pick a Vocaloid character of YOUR choice (Utauloids do count) or if you desire, send me your OC or ask for yourself to be added. If you change your mind on what character you want however, message me and I'll bump off the previous character (like 'they moved to another town' or something like that).

I don't really describe the casual clothing of characters (school uniforms are an exception) as I like the reader to imagine what they are wearing…. I don't know why, I just do.

Anyway, that was chapter 9 and I hope you enjoyed it, peace!