What happened after Meiko passed out?
Luka was the first one at Meiko's side. The brunette was unconscious, lying in a puddle of sake and vomit. Tears filled Luka's eyes, and her voice cracked as she called for help. How could she do this to us again? Why?
Gakupo and Kiyoteru lifted Meiko up and carried her to her room. Lots of others had gathered into a crowd. Lola was holding Meiko's hand the whole way, Leon and Miriam walking close behind her. The first five Vocaloids were very close friends, and they had been together longer than anyone else in the Mansion. What surprised everyone was that Kaito was nowhere to be found.
All around there were hushed conversations among the other Vocaloids.
"What happened this time?"
"Nothing. It's just a part of her she can't get rid of."
"But it's been getting worse."
"What do we do?"
"What can we do?"
Yuki and Gacha had started bawling. Miki tried to calm them down, but to no avail. Gakupo and Kiyoteru returned from Meiko's room, and Luka started sobbing into Gakupo's shoulder. The crowd slowly dissipated, a more sober atmosphere having been cast over the house. Miku, Gumi and Miki trudged back up to Miku's room. Miku flopped onto the bed, Miki and Gumi sitting on either side of her.
"Poor Meiko. I want do something to make her feel better, but I don't know what." Miku cried.
"But what can we do? Even when she's happy, she always ends up going back to this state." Sighed Gumi, hugging her knees.
"I hope this isn't our fault." Miki mumbled. "She was yelling about something earlier. I think she's jealous."
"Of who? You have Piko, and I'm not with anyone! It doesn't add up." Miku said.
"That brings us back to shipping." Gumi mused.
"Oh. Duh! How come I didn't think of this before?" Miku sat up, snapping her fingers. "She's jealous of us because we're both paired with – "
They were interrupted by a muffled crying noise coming from the room next to Miku's. The trio looked at each other and left the room to go see what was going on. They found Kaito crying quietly over a tub of ice cream in his room.
"Kaito? What's wrong?" Miku asked quietly.
"She doesn't even care how much we hurt." He whispered, without looking up. It was strange to see Kaito, who was normally very happy and fun, crying.
"You mean Meiko?" Gumi ventured.
"Yeah. She always does this, without even taking into consideration how it affects the rest of us! Did you see Luka crying?"
"It's part of her, though."
"Yeah, but it was never as bad as this!" Kaito shouted, standing up. "Doesn't she care about us? About me?" He whispered.
"…I think she cares more than you know." Miki put a hand on Kaito's shoulder. He turned to look at her, tears running down his face.
"Earlier she yelled at me and Miku to stay away from someone. I think she was talking about you." Miki smiled. Kaito was shocked, but slowly a smile started to grow across his face.
"You should go talk to her!" Miku piped up, and Gumi nodded.
Kaito walked out of his room and over to Meiko's, followed by the three girls. Meiko was still passed out on her bed, drooling slightly. Kaito reached down and brushed the bangs off of her face.
"If you don't mind, girls, I think I'll wait for her to wake up on my own."
Miki, Gumi, and Miku left, leaving Kaito alone with Meiko. He kissed her gently on her forehead, but Meiko did nothing but snore loudly. Kaito smiled. You'll never be worthless to me.
Urk. I hate the ending of this chapter. Stupid sappy Kaito! I also wanted to carry on the Meiko/Kaito storyline a bit longer but I wasn't sure how to make any of the other characters do anything when they were all so sad, so I ended it. Grr. Even my own characters won't listen to me!