A/N: I don't own any of the songs mentioned. I think you guys will like this chapter. I also only did this chapter in 4 days! I wanted to post another chapter before I went to Europe. I won't be doing any writing then. :D I like it. Anyway, let's get it started.
Chapter 5: Let the Game Begin!
My head was still spinning. Len kissed me. I couldn't believe it. He kissed me! Preston came up. He looked a bit worried.
"Mr. Yamaha wants to see you."
"Okay."
"He's in Crypton's office."
"Thanks."
"Rei, Good Luck."
I heard Mr. Yamaha wasn't a nice man. Everybody was scared of him. He seemed like he would be a terrible person. I was at the office door. I knocked.
"Come in."
Mr. Yamaha was an old man. He was wearing a suit and a scowl. What a charming first impression!
"Sit down, Ms. Fujihara."
"Yes, sir."
"Look, I'm not going to lie. I feel lucky to know you work here, but there will be no feelings between singers and songwriters."
"Yes, sir."
"You don't have to be so formal, Reika."
"Okay, sir."
"Anyway, I've told Len in the past. He knows the rules. It's the same for you. I'm staying here for a week. I want to see your skills as a songwriter."
"Sir, may I ask you what brought you to the romance speech?"
"I saw Len kiss you on the security cameras."
"Oh." My face turned red from embarrassment.
"May I ask how your two days here have been?"
I started telling Mr. Yamaha about my two days here. He seemed interested. He stopped me mid-story though. He looked at the security monitor, sighed, and went to the loudspeaker.
"Preston, Len, get in here." The nice Mr. Yamaha left. The terrible Mr. Yamaha took his place.
"Sir, what happened, or is it rude to ask?"
"No. Preston and Len were quarrelling. Can you stay here? I want to hear the rest of your story."
Len and Preston came in. Their heads hung low. They knew they were in trouble. I stood up and sat on the desk behind Mr. Yamaha. I pulled out my songbook and started working on the end of "Discotheque Love". Mr. Yamaha just sighed.
"What were you two fighting about?"
They looked up and spoke simultaneously. "Her." I looked at them. Mr. Yamaha looked at me.
"Reika, how about you help me interrogate them."
"What?"
Len smiled. "Yeah, Reika, interrogate me." Was that even the same guy? Preston was mad. "Shut up, Len!"
"Make me!"
"Okay, I will."
I jumped in between them. "What is up with you two?"
"I adore you, Reika," they said simultaneously.
Mr. Yamaha smiled. "I see what's wrong. Preston found out about Len kissing Reika. Preston likes her too, so he got jealous and angry. He confronted Len about it, and now we are at this point in time. Now, let's play a game. Whoever wins Reika over will get to date her as an exception to the rules."
I didn't see that coming. "What?"
Len smirked. Preston was a little hesitant.
"What's the catch, Yamaha?"
He smiled. "Preston, you're as smart as ever, but there's no catch. Now, Preston, Len, you're dismissed." They left.
"I apologize for this, Reika."
"It's okay. Don't worry about it, sir."
"You're dismissed."
I walked down the stairs. My head was in the clouds. I was going to be the prize for some game. I started thinking. I was thinking about Len and Preston. They both liked me, but why? I'm not that special. I was just being me.
Miku suddenly jumped in front of me. She grabbed my arm and dragged me into her room. Rin and Gakupo were sitting on her bed.
"Reika, did you really kiss him?" Miku asked.
"No, he kissed me." I was getting annoyed about the buzz around Len and me. Rin walked over to me.
"You did put up a fight, right?"
"Yes I did, but it was useless. I just gave up."
Gakupo stood up. "Why did you give up?"
"It was useless. His arms were wrapped tightly around me. I couldn't get out."
Rin grabbed my arm. I was being dragged to the parlor. Every Vocaloid except Len and every songwriter except Preston was standing there or sitting in chairs. Rin flung me on the couch. A Vocaloid I hadn't met yet came up to me. She had green hair, goggles, and an orange and white outfit.
"Hi! I'm Gumi. Luka and I have a question for you."
"What's your question?"
Luka plopped down beside. "Explain the game Len and Preston will be playing."
"The first person to woo me gets to date me as an exception to the rules."
Everyone was silent. After a minute or two, everyone but Rin, Megan, and Ginny left. They sat around me. Rin grabbed my hand.
"Listen, Rei, we each have a question for you. Please answer them honestly."
"Okay." Ginny was first.
"You like Len, don't you?"
"Not really." Megan followed.
"Do you like Preston the way he likes you?"
"I don't know him well enough" Rin was last.
"You'd kiss Len again in a heartbeat, wouldn't you?"
"I don't know, Rin. I just don't know."
"Thanks, Rei. That's all we needed to know."
They got up and walked upstairs. I heard one of them murmur. "She's in denial. She really does like Len that way." Another replied, "Yeah, she's in denial." I had to get away from all the drama of Len, Preston, and this stupid game. I walked out the door and headed to the garden. I stopped. There was a yellow rose at the beginning of the garden path. Someone had plucked it from the garden. It had a note on it that was addressed to me. It read:
Reika,
Len is inside your house. If you want, you can come and hang out with Meiko and me.
-Luka
"Thank you, Luka," I said to myself.
I turned around and headed toward the manor. It only took a few seconds to get to door running. I opened the door to see Megan, Kaito, and a red version of Kaito. Megan stood beside me, and Kaito and the red version of him stood in front of me.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" the red one said.
"I don't, Akaito. I think it's the girl who likes Len Kagamine."
"Well, maybe it's not just 'like', maybe it's 'love'."
"Oh, shut up! What do you know?" I yelled.
"Hmm, we know everything. Don't we, Master Kaito?"
"Master?" Kaito was mad. The two were suddenly fighting.
"Shut up, you pansies." Megan yelled.
Kaito and Akaito hung their heads low. I just started walking away. A door was slammed. It was the front door. The door slammer was Len. He saw me and smiled. It was a sweet smile, not that creepy one I had seen earlier.
"Hey, Reika."
"Hi, Len."
"Do you want to hang out later?"
"Sure."
"Well, I'm going to go get something to eat. See you later, Rei."
I walked up the stairs. I noticed something about the doors. Each door was color coated just like everything else. It made it so easy to find Luka's room. I went up to the pink door with a door hanger with a tuna on it. I knocked.
"Who is it?"
"It's Reika.
"Come in."
"Hey!" Luka was smiling. "Meiko went to go get something to drink. Gumi will be coming up later."
"Oh, that's cool."
Luka and I started talking about anything and everything that wasn't Len and/or Preston related. When Meiko and Gumi came in, we just did the same. I felt relieved to get away from the boy drama I was dealing with. It was nice to get to know Luka, Gumi, and Meiko. Miku came in. She handed something to me. It was a note, a little yellow note from Len. It was nice while it lasted. Luka looked curious.
"What it is?"
"It's a note."
Meiko took a glance at the piece of paper. "It's a note from Len. I'd know that yellow paper anywhere." Miku giggled. Ginny, Megan, and August stood in the doorway.
Gumi grabbed it. "Can I read out loud, Reika?"
"Sure." She cleared her throat.
"Reika, meet me at the gazebo at seven. Wear something nice."
Everybody but me let out an "Awww".
Miku grabbed my arm. "What are you going to wear?" I was being dragged to my little house.
"I don't know."
Luka looked at me. "What are you going to do with your hair?"
"I don't know."
Gumi ran up to us. "What shoes are you going to wear?"
"How should I know?"
Len walked by, seized my hand, and laughed. "See you tonight."
The others let out another "Awww" and then pulled me away.
The kept asking me questions about tonight. I pulled out my phone. I was going to check the clock, but I had a message. It was from my friend, Arisu.
"Hey Rei! Chou, Takara, and I are having our birthday party at a club in your new hometown! We want to see you there! I'll send you the info later on. Okay?
Arisu"
I had to reply. "lol! Sounds awesome! Can't wait to see you guys!"
I suddenly looked at my captors and remembered the reason I pulled out my phone. It was only 1:30. They're officially crazy!
"Guys, it's only 1:30. Why are we going to my place?"
Miku answered. "We're going to plan your outfit, hair, and makeup."
"Oh, okay."
We entered the garden. Kaito was setting something up at the gazebo. I really didn't want to do this. I was basically going on a date with Len Kagamine. I wondered Arisu, Chou, and Takara would think about it. They would've probably freaked. The second guy I've ever been on a date with and the guy who stole my first kiss was a celebrity. Chou had the biggest on Len when I left to work for him. She freaked out when I told her I was going to write Len's songs. She'd want to take my place on the date.
We were out of the garden and had reached my house. Luka opened my door. They made me lead them to my closet. Miku and Ginny started digging through my clothes pulling out every dress I had. Meiko checked the closet in another room. Her reason Mr. Crypton puts an outfit matching the color scheme in the extra closet. Luka and Gumi looked through my two eyeliners and my lip balm. Megan was checking the hair department. Miku looked depressed.
"All these dresses aren't date material." Ginny nodded her head.
Meiko ran back in. "Look at this!"
She was carrying a yellow mini dress that had a black belt, black trim, and white underskirt that made it fan out. Miku smiled.
"That's perfect! What can we do with her make-up?"
Luka answered. "I'll get my kit. She only brought two eyeliners and lip balm."
Megan and August had an idea for my hair. "We can curl her hair in large curls. We can straighten her side bangs."
"What can we do about shoes?" Miku asked.
"She has a pair of black flats." Ginny replied.
"Awesome!"
The next hour was just relaxing and getting a manicure. Meiko did my nails. She painted them yellow and then put a white plant design outlined in black on each nail. They looked professionally done. We then took a break and made lunch. We watched a bit of anime on TV then got back to work. It was four o'clock when Gumi did my hair. Luka did my make-up. She gave me a shadowy look in shades of gray and put on my ironic banana split lip balm. She told me to put in the little white clutch I was going to carry. Miku went all out for this. It was six o'clock. I slipped on the dress and the shoes. I walked into the living room where everyone was.
I was surprised when I walked in. Kaito was there. He saw me in my dress and smiled and said "Ma'am, you look stunning." "Thank you, kind sir," I replied. The girls were still going wild over my surprising makeover. Miku came up and hugged me.
I was only a few minutes from the gazebo. It was only 6:19. Kaito cleared his throat.
"Len told me to tell you he would come to get you at 6:50."
"Okay."
"May I ask when your last date was?" August asked.
"It was a year ago."
"Really?" Luka asked.
"Yeah. After that date, everyone found out I was prodigy and thought I was weird. No one wanted to be seen with the weird girl."
"You kept being a prodigy being a secret?" Miku asked.
"I regret it, but I did. I was scared people would treat me like they did when I was Julliard. I was treated differently. Teachers adored me, but all my classmates hated me."
The doorbell rang. It was Rin. She smiled. She handed me another yellow note. It said "Reika, I'll come down 10 minutes early. Len" It was only 6:25. I had 15 minutes. My red Pantech Matrix started ringing. I got a text from Arisu.
"The party will be at Raidin's Discotheque next Saturday at 6:00. Be there."
"I will. I promise" It was 6:27. I only had 13 minutes until Len would be here.
I was starting to get nervous, and Miku was starting to notice. She tapped my shoulder and smiled. I returned the smile. Meiko, Megan, Ginny, August, Gumi, Luka, Rin, and Kaito smiled. I was smiled to them too. I looked out my window and noticed a figure in the garden. By the way the hair was, I knew it was Len. Kaito asked me to sit down. Len must've wanted this done a certain way. It was only 6:32. I had eight more minutes.
My stomach was in knots. I kept a close eye on the time. Kaito got up and opened the door. Len wasn't even here. I got my songbook. I finished "Discotheque Love" and started on a song for Rin. It was about a girl who wanted to let of her childhood. The girl compares it to jumping into a nuclear reactor. I decided to call it "Meltdown". Rin peeked over my shoulder. She started singing what I had down. Someone covered my eyes.
"Guess who." I decided to play.
"Kaito"
"No." He started laughing.
"Gakupo" I started laughing.
"Try again."
"Hmm, is it Len?"
"Yes, it is."
"Yay! I got it right!"
"Reika, I want you to keep your eyes closed."
"Okay."
Len kept one hand over my eyes. The other hand held mine. We walked to the garden. The smell of roses in late summer circled around us. I knew Miku and the others were watching. I could hear them talking about how romantic it was. I could tell Len was smiling. His face was beside mine. He stopped.
"Reika, keep your eyes closed until I say so."
"You got it." I heard something move.
"Open your eyes."
It was amazing. Len had put lights around the gazebo and put a table in there. It was a wonderful.
"Len, this is amazing!"
"Well, you can thank Kaito for it. He set it up and helped me get ready." I suddenly noticed what Len was wearing: plain black pants, a white shirt, and a yellow tie.
"He did a good job."
"What did he do a good job with? Me or the gazebo?"
"Both"
He grinned. "Please sit."
"Why thank you."
Len had pulled out a chair. He pushed my seat in once I sat down. It was really nice. Kaito walked up. He was wearing something a butler would wear. He really did have an image. He set dinner down on the table, fried rice. Over dinner, Len and I just talked. He had some humorous stories though. Kaito brought out dessert, banana splits. We had to share it though. Kaito kept smiling as his vision was getting closer and closer to perfect. I suddenly felt like we were being watched. I saw Miku, Gumi, and Rin all hiding behind trees and in the roses. Len noticed it too. We both just laughed.
After a while, the bowl that held the banana split was empty. Fried rice and a banana split is an odd pairing, but it worked for me. I was actually having a lot of fun. Len stood up.
"It's after 9:00. I think I should get you home."
"Time flies way too fast when you're…"
Before I could finish my sentence, Len was kissing me. He pulled away and smiled a smile that said "Sorry, I got carried away". I just smiled back. Len was actually a really nice guy. I really didn't mind as long as I didn't get in trouble for this one. We started heading to my house. He stopped. He was looking at Kaito, who was mouthing something to him. While he wasn't paying attention, I slowly grabbed his hand. He looked at me surprised. I just smiled at him. I heard the three spies go "Aww". I giggled.
"You have such a cute giggle."
"Thank you." I smiled.
"You have a beautiful smile too."
I smiled at him.
We reached my door. I didn't want that night to end. It was the most fun I'd had in a while. I sighed when I reached for the door. Len wrapped his arms around me in a hug. I just went with it and wrapped my arms around him.
"See you tomorrow, Reika."
"Thank you for the most wonderful night I've had in a while."
He turned, waved, and left. I felt this weird feeling, and I couldn't help but smile. I walked in. Miku and Rin were already inside. They turned around and smiled. They were ready to ask me some questions.
"Before you two even ask me any questions, I'm going to get out of this dress." I said. The looked at me and rolled their eyes.
I came back in and sat beside Rin on the couch. Miku was sitting in the loveseat. I was now ready to answer their questions. I looked at them. My expression said "Okay, go." They smiled. They had only two questions.
"How was the date?" Rin asked.
"It was fun."
"Did you enjoy your kiss?" Miku asked.
Rin and I just looked at her with an expression that said "Really?".
All in all, I had fun. The date with Len wasn't all that bad. I knew I'd do it again if he asked.
Aww! :3 isn't that sweet? Anyway I promise I'll post after i come back from Europe!