A/N: Hey Hey! I'm back from Europe. It's now back to writing. I feel so out of it though. We'll see what happens this chapter and see if Europe has changed my writing style any. Let's hope not, but if it did, let's hope it made me any better. Those mandatory journal entries should've helped me. Any way lets see how this works out.

Ch. 6: Honey

I woke up to perform my regular morning schedule. I turned on the radio so I could listen to music while I straightened my hair, applied my lip balm and eyeliner, and walked over to my closet to decide today's not so amazing outfit. Usually, my outfits aren't that special, but today felt like a special day, so I took out a yellow camisole with a yellow V-neck, a black belt, and white flare jeans. It was an outfit I was actually proud to say I chose to wear.

The radio played "Heavenly Star" by Genki Rockets. For the first time in a while, I sang along. I don't sing. I write songs. Halfway through my doorbell rang, I expected Len to be standing there when I opened the door. I was wrong. It was a smiling Preston.

"Morning, Rei!"

"Hi." I grinned.

I put my shoes on. I was still singing to the catchy little song.

"Wow, Rei, I didn't know you sing."

"I don't."

"That's not what I was just hearing."

"Preston, you came for a reason. What is it?"

"You have to get ready to record Wednesday."

"Let me guess. Mr. Crypton wants 'Honey' recorded."

"You got it."

I slipped on my yellow Converses and walked out the door. Preston ran through how recording works. First, you teach the singer the song. Second, you practice for a while. Finally, you record. I didn't seem like to bad a sequence, and the song was divided into parts. All I had to do was teach each Vocaloid their parts.

We were almost to the manor when we heard something. It was a Finnish song I know. It was Ievan Polka by Louitma. Only, it was Len who was singing. I saw a window open. I guessed that was why I could Len. His singing wasn't that bad. It was actually really good. I actually liked it.

Preston looked annoyed. I, for the first time, noticed how old Preston looked. At most, he looked like he was 19 or 20. I hadn't worried about everyone's ages. I guess that I should've thought about it since the game started. I also noticed Preston was actually not that bad on the eyes.

"Reika!" I knew that voice anywhere. Len saw us from his window and waved.

"Ignore him, Rei," Preston ordered.

"Why, Press?" I inquired. I looked up and smiled. "Good morning, Len! Hey, was that you singing Ievan Polka?"

"Yeah, why?"

"It was really good. That's all."

"Oh, thanks." He smiled.

Preston pulled me inside. You could tell he was annoyed by the expression on his face. I wondered if he heard about my dinner with Len. He looked almost infuriated. He wasn't very pleased. We were still walking toward the kitchen to have another meeting.

"He's up early. I can't talk to Reika alone because of him. He's going to win the game for sure."

"Preston, are you okay?"

He turned around. "Of course, I am."

"Uh huh, sure you are." I smiled at him. He chuckled and looked at me smiling.

We walked through the doorway into the kitchen. Three new characters were at the songwriter's meeting sitting in one row. One was a twenty-something, grey haired man wearing a grey shirt, a black and purple tie, dark denims, and a pair of black shoes. I guessed he wrote for Yowane Haku. The next was a blond haired guy, I'd say about seventeen, wearing black glasses, a yellow polo with a black jacket, blue jeans, and a pair of black Tom's. I guessed he wrote for Akita Neru. The final character was an orange haired man about the same age as the grey haired man with a green polo shirt, blue jeans, and a pair of red Nike's.

I walked over to them. I went up to the boy in black and yellow.

"Hi. I'm Reika. I'm the Kagamines' songwriter."

"Hello. I'm Ryan. As you probably guessed, I write Neru's songs."

Ryan hadn't looked up from his yellow-cased iPhone. I sighed and turned to the gray haired man. He looked up from his seat.

"Hello. I'm Makoto. I write for Yowane Haku, and you don't have to introduce yourself, Ms. Fujihara."

"How do you know who I am?"

"You are a pretty popular subject."

"Oh, I see."

"It's nice to meet you though."

"Yeah, it's nice to meet you too."

I took a step toward the orange and green character beside Makoto. He stood up, grabbed my hand, and started shaking it.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Toshiaki! You must be Reika Fujihara, the Kagamines' songwriter. Am I right?" He had a huge smile. He seemed like he was full of energy.

"Yeah, it's nice to meet you, Toshiaki. May I guess that you write for Gumi?"

"Yes! How did you know?"

I snickered. "Lucky guess."

Mr. Crypton and Mr. Yamaha walked in. They were smiling. It was oddly out of Mr. Yamaha's nature, and we all noticed it.

"Good morning, everyone." Mr. Crypton proclaimed.

Pure silence was his only reply. It didn't deter his good mood.

"Let's help Reika with her song 'Honey' as we get ready for her first recording session."

Everyone cheered.

"Ma'am," Mr. Yamaha said, "How about you tell who all will be singing."

"Sure, sir."

I stood up and saw everyone's faces. Well, I could see everyone except Ryan. They were all smiling. Megan, August, and Ginny couldn't hold their excitement. They were bouncing up and down in their seats. Preston had the biggest smile of everyone though. He had a beautiful smile, but it wasn't the time to think about that. I had a song to prepare for.

"Okay, so here are the singers: Meiko, Rin, Len, Miku, Kaito, Haku, Neru, and an empty space. I couldn't find anyone who would a key that would keep the song at a regular area."

Mr. Yamaha had an idea. "How about Kasane Teto of Utau? She is constantly contacting me. She really wants to be a Vocaloid. It's the perfect opportunity to get rid of her."

"That could work! Thank you, sir." I exclaimed.

"Anytime, ma'am.'

Over the remaining thirty minutes of the meeting. I explained the song bar by bar to the songwriters. Each Vocaloid was going to learn the song one at a time with their own songwriter except for Meiko who was going with the twins and me. Toshiaki and Preston would help me teach for the first time since Gumi or Gakupo weren't in the song.

After a while, we could hear the wake up calls. The songwriters headed toward the dining room. Megan, Ginny, August, and Preston became my escorts. We were still talking about the song. Preston had some questions so I explained it to him.

Someone was already sitting at my little orange and yellow table. I walked over to the figure.

"What's up, Blondie?" I said.

"Hey, beautiful."

I sat down and pulled out my one of my two copies of the song. Len automatically knew.

"Are we getting ready to record?"

"Yes. Wednesday we hit the booth."

"Okay. That's cool."

I pulled out "Discotheque Love". It was almost complete. He started mouthing the words to song. I couldn't help but watch him even though "Discotheque Love" was right in front of me. In my most secret dream, I dreamed about him singing to me. That was when Vocaloid first debuted with the original five though. Since then, my crush on Len had died down. But now it's back, and he likes me back. I didn't plan on him learning those little trivia facts.

After the first verse, he stopped. He shifted his glance toward me. I looked down at my book, pretending to read. He laughed to himself. Suddenly, he scooted his seat over. He was too close for comfort. His arm was around my waist and he was smiling his devilish grin. He started signing the chorus of "Honey" into my ear.

I could feel my face getting redder and redder by the second. I couldn't believe how confused I felt. That flirt was getting annoying, but I wasn't telling him to stop either. Why didn't I tell him to stop? I don't want to be in a relationship, but at the same time, Len and Preston had both stolen my heart. Len was almost done with the chorus. It was time to hear a flirty remark.

"Is that how the chorus goes, Reika?"

I went into business mode. "Yes, Len, but you still need work."

"Work?"

"Yes, but that is what practice is for."

He was pouting. I snapped out of business Rei mode and went to flirty Rei mode.

"Aww, look at the poor baby pouting."

He smirked like he was Soul Eater or Grell or something. "The only baby I see is my baby sitting next to me, and she is one beautiful creature."

"Oh, so I'm a creature?" I teased.

We both laughed. Len's seat started moving. Preston had scooted Len's seat back over. It just added to my laughter. Len stopped laughing to mutter some profanity under his breath. Rin sat down. I noticed her, Len, Miku, and every other Vocaloid was wearing the outfit they were famous for.

"Good morning, Len. Hello, Rei."

"Morning, sis."

"Hello, Rin."

"Len, did I see you flirting with this sweet girl?" Rin asked.

Another freaking smirk. "Yeah. Why? Do you want to see it again?"

I put on my poker face. "Len, I can only stand you in small doses. You're like the disgusting medicine no wants to take." I smiled.

"Just admit it. You love me, Reika. There is absolutely nothing wrong with loving me."

"Yeah, you love yourself so much that I don't need to."

Rin was busting a gut laughing at out little fit.

"Len, Reika, please stop." She hysterically said. "You two are going to kill me."

"Okay, fine." Len and I said simultaneously.

"That was weird." We declared concurrently.

"We gotta stop." Our third synchronized thought was yelled.

The three of us were laughing right after that. I abruptly stopped. I pulled out Rin's copy of the song and handed it to her.

"When are we recording?"

"Wednesday."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

A kitchen staffer walked to our table. She had breakfast and asked us what we wanted to drink and we wanted on our toast. I wanted orange juice and Nutella. Rin got orange juice to, but she wanted orange marmalade for her toast. Len wanted Korean banana milk and strawberry jelly.

While we were eating, it was quiet, so I started working on "Discotheque Love". The person to my left tapped my shoulder.

"So do you have your quota filled?"

"Actually, I'm two songs away, Len."

"No, you're one song away."

Len pulled out "The Doll, Alice".

"I didn't write that. I only fixed it."

"Yeah, it was reborn."

To tell the truth, I had forgotten about the evening I first met Len and fixed the song. If I counted that song, I only had to write a Kagamine duet! Duets weren't my strong point. I can write them, but it takes a bit longer. I'm surprised I wrote "Honey" so fast. I would try my hardest for Rin and Len though. I owed them that.

That day and the day after were all about teaching Meiko, Rin, and Len the song. It was also about getting the music ready. It was all about "Honey". There wasn't even any flirting from Len or Preston. There was basically no free time for me. It was prepping for Wednesday.

Then, the day came. It was time to record the first single for Vocaloid I wrote. I was nervous, but hearing what I had only heard in my head come to life amazed me. Every singer did better than I had imagined, even a certain girl with two magenta twin tails curled to look like drills.

After a short period of time, recording was done. It seemed almost surreal. I was so proud though. I just had to tell Arisu, so I sent her a text message.

"Just got done recording my first single! The vocaloids were amazing! Cant wait for you to hear it! Love and miss you!

:) Rei"

Someone hugged me. It was Teto.

"Len told me you're Reika. Thanks for giving me a part in your song. I've always wanted to sing with Vocaloid. The song was genius by the way!"

"Thank you. You did a great job singing."

"Thanks. I have to go. Gotta get back to my friends at Utau. It was nice to meet you!"

"I can say the same."

Teto ran off and left. She did wave though. She waved as Mr. Crypton came up to me.

"So, do you have any more songs ready?"

"She has two, sir." Len said, creeping up behind me.

"Two? You know you have a two week deadline for songs, don't you?"

"Yes, sir, I do."

"Okay. You'll work on them next week."

"Okay."

I turned around to leave. Everyone else was already gone. I decided to head to my little yellow and orange house. I just walked there out of habit. I wasn't even thinking. I was numb to the world. Until, I saw two figures in front of my house. By the long twin tails and the bow, I knew it was Miku and Rin. I knew that they would want to talk about the game. I had to get away from them. I turned around and ran. I ran back to the manor. I didn't know where to go.

I ran into someone. It was Len, and he was talking to Preston.

"Oh, Len! I'm so sorry."

"What's the rush?"

"Your sister and Miku are sitting in front of my house waiting for me."

"Oh. I'll talk to you later, Preston. I'm going to get Rin away from Rei's house."

"Okay. Talk to you later."

Len was walking toward my house with me. I was getting very curious about something.

"What were you and Preston talking about?"

"You. We were talking about you."

"What about me?"

"Just what we liked about you."

"Oh."

"Most girls would ask about what we like about them."

"I'm not most girls."

"Okay."

We reached my house. Rin and Miku were smiling. Len grabbed my hand. He pushed Rin and Miku to the side, and I unlocked my the door. We walked in and shut the door before those two could open their mouths. Len plopped down on the couch.

"You're through." I was just standing there.

"Thanks."

"Rei, can I ask you something?"

"Shoot."

"Why do you push me and Preston away?"

"Is that you two were talking about?"

"Yeah."

"I don't want to be in a relationship with someone I have to work with."

"Why?"

"It makes things awkward."

"Is that the only reason?"

"No."

"What is the other reason?"

"I don't think I'm ready to date again after my last boyfriend."

"Why?" Len walked over to me and grabbed my hands.

"He was the one I told you about the day Mr. Yamaha declared the games beginning."

"Oh. Rei, you know I would never do that to you. You are too wonderful a girl to do that to."

"Really?"

"Yeah! Why else would there two guys fighting over you. You're wonderful, Reika. He just couldn't see that."

"Thanks, Len."

Len pulled me into his embrace. I didn't want to fight it. I enjoyed just standing there with him holding me. I swear, you'd think we were magnets. Len whispered something in my ear: "Rei, Miku and Rin are spying on us through your window."

I hated pulling from Len's hold. I walked up to the big bay window where Miku and Rin weren't trying to hide themselves. I shut the curtain and the curtains on every other window. Meanwhile, Len had fallen asleep on my couch. I decided to join him. I lied down right in front of him, the only way two people can sleep on a couch. Within a few minutes, I was out like a light.

I woke up a few hours later. It was almost eleven p.m. Len was still asleep. His arm was around my waist, and my arm was on top of his holding his hand. I went to my room and changed into my flannel pajama bottoms and a plain black t-shirt. I put my hair into a ponytail and went back into the living room. Len was still out. I noticed he actually looked somewhat cute when he sleeps.

All of a sudden, someone knocked on my door. I opened the door to see Rin again.

"Rei, do you think you could come outside for a minute?"

"What's up?" I shut the door behind me.

"I really like someone."

"Who?"

"Preston"

"Aww, really?"

"Yeah."

"I think you two would be so cute together."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"So, you don't like him."

"Like a friend, yes. Like the way he likes me, no."

"Could you tell him that? I mean we all know you and len would be amazing together and that he'll win."

"How do you know that?"

"We can see the sparks fly between you two."

"Do you want me to add in that you like him?"

"Yeah, if you want."

"Most people would say no."

"I'll never tell him."

"Okay, good reasoning."

"Thanks, Rei."

"Anytime, Rin."

After that, Rin left. I now had good reasoning to tell Preston what I had realized. I didn't like him the same way he liked me. He's a good friend, but that's it. I think I'd known for a while I really liked the person asleep on my couch. I now just needed to find a way to tell him what I realized. I didn't know how to break it to him.

I felt arms wrap around my waist and a head lay on my shoulder.

"What was that about?"

"Rin likes Preston."

"Oh, really?"

"Yeah."

"What about you? Who do you like?"

"No one really." I smiled.

"Love you too, honey."

I laughed. Len didn't have to know I liked him. Besides, I had to make a decision first: Do I really want an in job relationship? He called me honey, that's one was new.

well what did you guys think. i'm actually proud of this. I wonder if you guys could check my poll because I have a few Kagamine duets i might use next chapter or the chapter after that for when Rei writes it and i want my amazing readers to choose