Woah...this one's over 3000 words :D That's my longest chapter so far. But as I've warned you before I think, I won't have access to a computer/internet until the 3rd of January. So, savor this chapter. It will be the last until January 5th.
Also, two new Vocaloids in the story :D
"But, why?" Miku asked sadly. "I like them so much!"
"I'm sorry, but they did such a good job learning from you, and now we think maybe you can coach someone else up to fame. After all, they'll still be with each other, but you don't have to be crowded with three people in your room anymore."
"Rin and Len can't be my roommates any more." Miku felt a tear slip down her cheek. She nodded at Meiko reluctantly. "But, who is my new roommate?" she asked, almost dreading the answer. No one could be as wonderful as Rin and Len.
"She's a new Vocaloid. Her name is SeeU. She's in class right now, so you can wait until she's done or go right ahead to your new room. I'll show you the way if you'd like."
Miku felt like the world was crashing down around her, and stayed frozen to the spot. "Rin and Len can't be my roommates any more!" She thought again angrily. Miku turned and stomped away. "I don't want to go to my new room! I want to stay with Rin and Len!" she called over her shoulder.
She ran the rest of the way to her room and opened the door quickly. "Rin? Len?" she called, hoping they were awake. She looked at them, sitting on their bed, apparently just having woken up. She looked past them and saw her bed was gone.
Her eyes widened and she leaned against the wall. Her knees started to give out under her and she slid slowly down the wall, her eyes brimming up with tears. Len jumped out of bed and knelt down by her while Rin sat staring.
"What's wrong, Older Sister?" Len asked, his mature tone combining weirdly with his higher pitch. Miku covered her face with her hands and shook her head. Just a few days ago, she had been having the time of her life, finally getting used to the company of Haku and Kaito.
She pointed over to the empty space where her bed should have been. "I'm not your older sister any more," she said dejectedly.
"Of course you are!" Rin said quickly from where she was sitting, not seeing the problem. "Just because..." she gave the empty space a quick glance, "...you can't...stay here anymore..." she stopped talking as she finally saw what Miku meant.
Len looked from Rin then back to Miku. "You can still be Older Sister," he said quietly, hugging Miku. "Look at Kaito and Haku. They don't stay in our room, but we still spend time together all the time."
Miku's short-tempered side returned. "You're just fine because you still have Rin!" she almost shouted. Len got up, looking hurt.
"You're overreacting," was all he said, and left the room. Rin looked at Miku and then hurried after Len, leaving Miku sitting alone in a room that wasn't even hers. She wiped the tears from her cheeks, regretting how harsh she was.
Miku slowly left the room, almost wanting to turn back and see if her voice still opened the door. She decided she didn't want anymore disappointment, and went back to Meiko.
"Oh, you're back. SeeU still has another hour or so left of class. Do you want me to show you your room now?" Meiko asked cheerfully. Miku glared at the floor and then raised her eyes to Meiko.
"Fine," she said. Meiko started walking and Miku followed her, feeling dazed. She noticed she passed Haku's door in the process. She wondered if Rin and Len were in there, or possibly in Kaito's room. She continued following Meiko for what seemed like forever.
"This is a newer section of the building, since we've been getting more new Vocaloids and Utauloids. However, the room should still look the same. Make yourself at home; you should find all your stuff in this room," Meiko said and left.
Miku opened the door slowly, as if afraid something would jump out at her at any moment. Looking at the room, she saw it was in fact shaped the same way as her old room. The curtains on the window were white, and the ceiling above her bed was covered with posters of herself.
Her leek and alarm clock were sitting on her bed. She picked up her leek and stared at it. Feeling sudden anger, she hit the wall as hard as she could with it and it snapped. A new one appeared on her bed to replace it. She tossed the broken one aside and pulled open the curtains.
Her mouth opened in shock. This view wasn't at all like the one in the other room. A busy street could be seen, lined with tall buildings stretching up into the sky, held straight by the glowing columns of windows. She wondered for a moment if the things she saw were actually right in front of her, or even real at all.
She touched the glass and felt cool air on her fingertips. She drew her hand back quickly, never having experienced being cold before. She had seen it, when it snowed, but she never felt it.
Then she thought about the snow Rin and Len had pointed out to her when she was in a similar mood. "Ihatesnow," she decided. She collapsed back on her bed and stared at the ceiling, not really focusing. She jumped up quickly after she heard the door open.
There she was. SeeU stood in the doorway. She had thick, long hair, like Miku's, but it was light blonde. "Shehascatears..." Miku noticed with a smirk. The Vocaloid didn't look like the others; there was just something different about her. And Miku made up her mind not to like it.
"Hi," she said, and Miku tried to determine what her voice sounded like. Even from that one word Miku could tell SeeU's voice was beautiful. "I'm SeeU. Meiko said you would help me be famous!" she said with a cheerful smile, and Miku glared on the inside though her eyes were blank.
"Unfortunately, I got here at the very beginning of the month, so I won't get to start singing for a while," SeeU continued, ignoring Miku's hostility. "I heard you're famous, and you get to perform in a concert at the end of the month!"
Miku still didn't respond. She was thinking to herself. "Still the eager immaturity of all the new Vocaloids and Utauloids. Just...way too talkative."
"Listen," Miku said, annoyed, "I'm a little bit tired and stressed out right now, and as much as I would love to talk to you, I'd really like to take a nap right now."
SeeU tilted her head to the side. "OK," she said. "What should I do?" she asked.
Miku thought. SeeU seemed like the type that would love to meet new people. "No, too much like Rin. She can't replace Rin." Miku found herself confused. She wasn't supposed to care about Rin right now. She was mad at Rin and Len, though she couldn't remember why. She still didn't want this new Vocaloid to turn out to be fun. She covered her face and shook her head slowly, completely confused over her emotions.
SeeU looked past Miku when she didn't answer, and saw the window. "Ooh," she said, and ran over to stand by Miku. "That's really pretty."
Miku ignored her again and climbed into bed. She moved the leek and alarm clock onto the floor and covered her head with the sheets. SeeU had started humming a random made up tune, and Miku tried to block it out.
Miku turned onto her side under the covers, and closed her eyes to let a tear slip out. "Why does everything seem like it's going so wrong right now?" she asked herself. Her eyes stayed closed and she drifted off to sleep, sub-consciously hearing SeeU hum with her beautiful voice.
Rin and Len had quickly knocked on Kaito's room after they left Miku by herself. The door was opened by Gakupo, who explained that Kaito was teaching again. Rin and Len left and went to Haku's room instead, who greeted them with a smile. Her smile faded when she saw the disappointed look on their faces.
"I know two things that make you sad," she said, stepping aside so they could go inside. "Either you got made fun of, or Miku is in a bad mood again."
"Second option," was all Rin said. Len sighed.
"She's mad because Rin and I are being separated from her. She has to have a new roommate and supposedly it's not any different for Rin and me because we still have each other. I also think she has a tendency to switch emotions way too quickly," Len said. "Which is OK, whenever she bounces back from being sad to happy," he added quickly.
"Ever think maybe that's an underlying characteristic of all Vocaloids and Utauloids, since they have to change emotions for songs?" Haku asked. "Some just have a dominant emotion. I really can't figure out what Miku's is though."
"Well, she is really good at playing the emotions in her songs. That's probably why she can switch faster than most of us."
"Haku!" Who are those people?" a young voice called from the other side of the room. A little girl with dark hair and pale yellow-green eyes walked up. "You're really pretty," she said to Rin.
Rin's expression went blank for a second, partly because of the unexpected compliment and partly because she had no clue who this girl was.
"What about me?" Len asked, pretending to be hurt.
"You're pretty too!" the girl said, beaming. Len sighed while Rin giggled.
"This is my roommate, Yuki," Haku said. "She's made to look and sound really young, but she's just as smart as you so don't belittle her. She's extremely nice."
"Hi," Rin said, finding it hard to acknowledge the girl wasn't as young as she looked. "How long has she been your roommate? You've never said anything about her," Rin asked Haku.
"Nearly as long as I've been here, you just never asked," Haku said simply. "OK now we need to get back to your problem. I don't want anybody to be unhappy. You two and Miku of all Vocaloids should be happy; you have a concert coming up!"
"Well how did she cheer up last time?" asked Yuki, jumping right into the conversation.
"Kaito kissed her," Rin said, smiling mischievously.
"Yeah, well that's not going to happen again. You know very well that's not completely why she cheered up," Len said, mostly to Rin. "I think it's just the luck of the situation. When everything is going right, she's more likely to cheer up..."
"Obviously," Rin interrupted.
Len glared at her. "What I was trying to say here is that it's up to Miku whether she cheers up or not," he finished quickly.
"So we should leave her alone?" Rin asked.
"Obviously," Len said smugly.
"Are you sure that's the best solution?" Haku asked, looking unsure. Rin shrugged.
"It's sounds like the best idea right now," she said.
Yuki was studying Len. "You really sound like a girl," she said, being serious.
"You're one to talk!" he exclaimed, annoyed at the comment.
"I'm already a girl."
"But you sound like a baby!"
"Do not."
"Do too!"
Rin laughed while Haku struggled to suppress her laughter. "Look, it's the perfect couple: a girl that looks like she's not mature but is, and a boy that looks mature but isn't," Rin said.
"I'm very mature," Len objected.
"As long as you don't talk, sure," she said. "I hate to break it to you though, Yuki, you do sound like a little kid. You do have that in common with Len." Len looked indignantly at Rin.
"Do you want me to list all the songs that you sing high in?" Rin asked upon seeing Len's expression. "Oh wait, that would be all of them."
Len ignored the remark. "You're immature too!"
"I do believe you're only making your situation worse," said Rin, smiling innocently. "Only immature little kids keep fighting."
"You're both immature," Haku interjected. "I'm thinking we should go try to talk to Miku, just once. If it doesn't work out, we'll leave her alone until she decides to cheer up, which will probably be when the concert gets sooner."
"OK," said Len, jumping on the opportunity to get out of his losing argument. "Just once."
Yuki, Haku, Rin, and Len made their way to Meiko to figure out what room Miku was in.
Miku woke up and tried to remember what happened. Seeing the gray colors behind the curtain of the window, she sighed. "I musthave just been tired. I mean, it's not that bad to have a new roommate, is it?" she asked herself.
"Miss Hatsune?" Miku heard her name from across the room.
"Miku. Just go ahead and call me Miku," she said, sighing inwardly.
"OK. Well, what exactly is there to do around here?"
"Absolutely nothing," Miku said in a flat, sarcastic tone. She looked over to where SeeU was sitting, staring out the open part of the window. "You're not very lucky. You have to wait a whole month until you can start singing. Until then..." Miku paused. "What did I do? Oh, that's right. I had fun with my roommates."
"Until then, I'll take you to meet some people," Miku finished, sighing out loud.
SeeU jumped up and clapped excitedly. "OK. How many people?"
"I don't know, just follow me," Miku said, and got out of bed. She made her way out the door and hesitated. She made up her mind to go to Haku's room. SeeU walked alongside Miku for the short distance to the room. "Rin and Len always followed me," Miku thought, annoyed. Then she shook her head. "What am I thinking? It doesn't matter where she walks..."
Miku knocked on Haku's door, but got no answer. "OK, no problem, she's probably in Kaito's room."
"Ah, she's not in there. Don't worry, there are plenty of others to try," Miku said to SeeU. Miku started walking in the direction of Kaito's room.
Meiko had given instructions to Haku, and she, with her three friends, went to Miku's room. Rin stepped up and knocked hesitantly, and received no answer. "OK, I tried," she said quickly. "I think Miku's ignoring us. You said once," she said to Haku, "So now we can go back to your room."
Haku sighed and she went back to her room. Kaito was leaning against her door. "Hi," he greeted the four with a smile.
"Hi Kaito! Did you hear about Miku?" Rin asked.
"No, Gakupo just said you were looking for me, and I figured since you weren't in your room, you'd be here. What happened to Miku?"
"She's in one of her moods again," Rin said matter-of-factly.
"Oh," was all Kaito said. "Why?"
"From what I heard, she's got a new roommate," Yuki spoke up. "I guess she was mad because she'd have to leave Rin and Len, but is now mad at them because they still get to stay together?" she said, as if it were a question, looking at Rin and Len for confirmation that her idea was correct.
Len nodded. "I'm pretty sure she's jealous or something."
"And why did she get mad last time?" Kaito asked, not being able to remember a reason.
"Oh, she didn't get mad last time. She was just all stuck up about her popularity," Rin said, stepping inside, as Haku had opened the door to her room to let them inside.
"So...maybe this time she's not actually mad?" Kaito said slowly, wondering why nobody had considered this before. "She doesn't seem like a person to get mad easily."
Rin and Len looked at him as if he had just said oranges were blue.
"Well, she doesn't," he repeated. "At least not to me. She just seems a bit prideful...and stubborn. So, maybe she feels hurt that she has to be put with someone of lesser talent than you two, but won't admit that she feels so highly about you because she feels like you don't deserve any praise at the moment?" he asked.
"Woah there, slow down," Rin said. Len looked at her and rolled his eyes.
"You're one to talk," he said under his breath, and Rin didn't show any signs that she had heard him.
"That's a pretty complicated theory you've got there," Rin continued. "But even if it's right, I don't want to try to talk to Miku again. We already knocked on her door once and got ignored."
Kaito sighed. "OK, fine. But you're going to have to talk to her sometime before the concert. When she's not being sociable she apparently gets really annoying to be around."
Rin and Len nodded.
"Hey, I got a song to sing," Yuki said happily, holding up her sheets of paper.
"Do you want to hear what she sounds like when she's singing?" Haku asked.
"Yes," Len said quickly, and Rin poked him.
"Perfect couple," she whispered to him, and he crossed his arms. The five left to go to the recording room, unaware of Miku's growing exasperation.
Ha the last three chapters all start with M...why that amuses me, I do not know.
Ok so after reading this chapter and looking at where I'm currently writing at the moment (around chapter 13) I realized that Kaito majorly changes attitudes back and forth. Just go with it. And sorry if this chapter was a little bit hard to follow; I've never tried doing split viewpoints before. Basically everybody was in the wrong place at the wrong time...and it only gets worse. But, that has to wait for another two weeks :P
Maybe as a Christmas present I could get reviews from someone besides Angel-chan? Please? :)
(Not that I don't like your reviews, Angel-chan, I always look forward to them xD)