At that moment, Miku nearly fainted. Meiko?! Is that...is that really...really her? She stumbled towards her now dead friend. She reached a shaking hand towards Meiko's face. It was cold and stiff. Yep, she was dead.

She grabbed her phone from her jacket, calling 110 immediately. She was trembling, and her phone was already slick with sweat as she waited for what seemed to be an eternity for it to pick up.

"110, what is your emergency?" a woman on the other end asked.

"I was..okay, I-I was...I just got home...and...and..." Miku trailed off. "I got home from a bus ride, and I opened the door, just..just now. My housemate, she's dead in the doorway..."

"Miss," the woman said slowly, like a teacher. "I understand you're upset, but take a deep breath, we're going to ask you some questions, okay?" Miku slowly nodded, doing as told. "M...Mhm...okay. Sorry."

"It's okay." the woman responded. "What is your address?" "Um..hold...hold on. It's, uh...2835..Harvest View..The third house on the right, the one with the red bricks and concrete patio." Miku said, unable to remove her eyes from the body of her friend.

"What is your name?" "Miku...Hatsune Miku..." "Do you see any weapons, Miku?" "Not at the moment...but I'm guessing she was stabbed, with a knife.. over and o-o-over..." "Okay. When did you find the body?" "Um...a few seconds, or...or a minute or so..before I called."

"Okay, Miku. Don't touch the body, okay? Sit tight, you should be hearing sirens soon. Don't hang up, Miku. Okay?" Miku nodded. "Yeah. I'll stay on, thank you..." Miku took a few steps away, going down the steps to the patio. She sat on the lowest step, crossing her legs.

She closed her eyes, hoping it was all a bad dream. She wanted it to be a nightmare that she was having after dozing off on IA's shoulder on the bus and she'd wake up and IA'd be hugging her close and telling her that it's okay.

But sadly, that wouldn't happen.

The blare of sirens could be heard in the distance, and Miku held her head. "Hello, miss? I can hear the sirens..." She said weakly. She didn't need loud noises right now. "Okay." The operator said. "Okay, Miku. You can hang up now." "Thank you, miss." "It's no problem."

Then the line went quiet, the only other noise being the sirens getting closer and Miku's pounding head. Alerted by the sirens, some of Miku's neighbors had come outside out of curiosity.

"What's going on?!"
"Get murdered on another street, I'm trying to film!"
"Did something happen?"
"Holy shit!"
"Oh my god, they found me out."
"Is there a fire?"
"D-did somebody get hurt?"

Multiple policemen and policewomen got out of the car. Two people up front glanced at each other before walking over to Miku. "Are you Miku? Hatsune Miku?" Miku looked up at the red-haired police woman walking over and nodded.

"Hi. I'm Officer Mikami. Anyway, what is the name of your dead housemate? This isn't for investigative purposes, it's mostly just to make covnversation easier." Mikami pulled out a notepad. "Meiko Sakine." Miku said. "She's 24 years old." Mikami nodded, writing down what Miku had said so quickly that the girl couldn't possibly replicate writing at that speed.

A girl with short black hair along with a camera and, oddly enough, light blue facepaint, almost tripped over Miku walking up the steps to the house. She glared at Miku, and if looks could kill, Miku and all of her extensive family members would have been slaughtered on the spot. "Sorry about her." Mikami sighed, referring to her coworker. Miku shrugged. She'd probably by snappy too if she worked with dead bodies for a living.

"Anyway," Mikami went on. "Where were you before you found the body?" Miku was too busy watching the girl that had tripped over her taking pictures of Meiko's body that she had tuned out Officer Mikami's question. "What?" Mikami sighed. "Where were you before you came home and found Meiko's body?"

"On a bus." Miku replied flatly. "I spent the day with my friend Aria, IA for short. We ate brunch at that restauraunt across from town hall, then we went to Rockaway Mall and met up with my other friends Yowane Haku and Akita Neru, then me and IA got on the bus, and I was dropped off. After the bus drove off, I went up the steps, opened the door, and found Meiko's body."

Mikami nodded, writing down a paraphrased version of that as well. Miku scratched her head. She hadn't washed her hair in two days. "Haku and Neru live in that apartment next to Guiga Hotel. Haku's in room 2A, Neru's in 13B. I don't know where IA lives, though. She takes the bus everywhere, so if you get on the bus you might find her." Miku shrugged.

"When was the last time you saw Meiko?" "This morning, if it counts. I woke up and went into her room. She had a note on her nightstand saying she had gone to breakfast with Gumi Megpoid, another friend of mine. I tried to call her and Gumi, but neither picked up."

After jotting all that down, Mikami put her notepad away. "For now, at least, that's enough questions. Your home is under investigation, so would you like to stay at the police station or rent a hotel?" "Hotel." Miku said. "I have mostly everything I need with me right now, and I carry light anyway." She shrugged.

Mikami nodded. "Okay. We'll come back to investigate more later on. We can drive you to a hotel if you like." the red-haired woman clicked her tongue. Miku shook her head. "It's okay. I can...I can call a friend to drive me." Mikami nodded. "Would you like us to contact you in case anything more is found?" Miku nodded. "Okay."

Miku watched Mikami and her coworkers leave her home. Once they were all gone, Miku pulled out her phone. Who should she call? She settled on Mayu. She could at the very least ask her about Gumi's whereabouts.

She dialed the girl, who picked up almost straightaway. "He-hello." Miku greeted. "Hi." Mayu responded. "Can Ah help you?" Miku held back a chuckle. Mayu had a Southern accent that she managed to cover up when singing or in formal situations, and it made her sound rather goofy.

"Yeah, Mayu. Could you drive me to that hotel? The cream-colored one with like fifteen whole balconies?" Miku asked. "Uh...sure." Mayu said, not sure what she had expected Miku to ask. "Ah'll pick you up in a few, okay?" "Sounds good, thanks..."

Miku then hung up. She was about to turn and look at Meiko's body, but she then found the door to her home had been closed. Miku bent down, poking at blades of grass with her fingernails. The poking soon turned to shredding, and then grass was all over Miku's body.

It earned her an incredulous look from Mayu when she eventually drove up, at least. Miku sighed, brushing her clothes off with a "sorry." as she picked up her bags from earlier that day. She teetered her way to Mayu's car, uncomfortably sitting down in the passenger's seat. She closed the door, fastened her seatbelt, and nodded at Mayu.

The drive was mostly quiet until Miku spoke up. "Have you seen Gumi today?" Mayu glanced at Miku, but kept driving. "No, Ah haven't. Hav'n't seen her since last night, in fact." The blonde awkwardly scratched at her cheek. "Oh." Miku frowned, unsatisfied. She should probably wait until papers get out to tell Mayu about Meiko's apparent murder.

But something in the back of her mind made her worry about Gumi. She shook her head in denial. Even if Gumi had ended up dead, it'd be Mayu's problem, not hers.

Mayu pulled up to the hotel, leaning back in her seat after unlocking Miku's door. "Here we are." Miku smiled and nodded as she got out of the car. "Thanks for the drive, Mayu. I'll repay you." Mayu smirked and bit her lip, tugging at her shirt. "That's good." Mayu, no.

Miku turned to look over the hotel. It was getting kind of dark out. She quietly walked inside to check in. "You're in luck," the receptionist had said. "We've only got one room left." The room itself was rather nice except for the horrid smell. At least there were air fresheners.

Miku placed her bags by the nightstand and walked over to the bed. She pulled off her jacket and got into bed. She pulled the pink covers over her head.

The emotional stress from the day got to her, and the trauma of her best friend dying was too much for her to take.

Hatsune Miku wept all night.