Disclaimer: If I owned Vocaloid...Len would probably be traumatized by now...
WARNING: Contains YAOI/Boy X Boy relationship...(Dude...it's already the second chapter...if you managed the first one, this would be easy...)...no lemons for the moment...
Okay so, YEY! I managed to get the 2nd chapter done in less than 2 weeks!
Well I hope this chapter won't disappoint those people that looked forward to its public appearance...
My supposedly one-shot ended up really long to be a one-shot...
We will start with lightly funny scenes to build up the mood...(Err...hope it's effective)
So to those of you who felt like they're not reading the continuation of the previous chap...bear with me...it's really the continuation...you'll understand everything after reading...(Hopefully)
Anyways, ENJOY!
"Just A Mirror Image"
Chapter 2: 'The Little Yellow Cupid'
"Finally done with my new song...But it was my only job for the week...", Kaito sighed.
"You're luckier than you think you are...I only had one song for the whole month...", Meiko said discouraged about her own abilities. "Maybe I'm losing my drift...", she added.
"No...It would be more reasonable if you say that Len was the reason behind all these. Master really likes him a lot. My song this week was only a revision of Len's song not too long ago that was arranged for my pitch...", the blue lad pouted.
"Well, well, well...would you repeat yourself again...am I hearing things...were you really badmouthing Len?...If I now, you were just jealous because he already has someone he likes...YOU love LEN right? Too bad he likes GAKUPO...", the red lady teased.
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SO STRAIGHT FORWARD!", Kaito shouted in frustration as his cheeks danced with the color of bright pink.
It was eleven in the afternoon. Meiko and Kaito were having lunch at the cafeteria. The red lady kept on teasing the poor blue lad because of his unrequited love for the yellow boy. Meiko was enjoying every moment of bullying Kaito, and the blue lad was almost in tears. He says that the red lady didn't have to repeat the words "Len likes Gakupo" in his ears. The loneliness already resonates inside the ice cream lover's brain and lone heart.
It went on like that for an hour and a half! It was only stopped when Rin came in asking for her brother's whereabouts.
"Have you seen Len?...Master has been calling him for some time now...", Rin asked.
"We were just talking about him...Why? What's wrong?", concerned Kaito.
"Hehe...concerned aren't we Kaito...", Meiko teased the blue lad and only sounded "Grrrrrrrrrrrrr" as a response.
"I haven't seen him since last night...", worried the yellow girl. "And he's nowhere to be found...What if something bad happened to him?..And it was raining hard last night as well...".
"Relax Rin, we'll find him somehow. He'll be fine.", comforted the ice cream lover. "Let's split up, I'll go outside with Meiko. You should stay and look around the studio. Let's contact each other using our cellphones in case you already spot him.".
The two agreed to Kaito's plan. Once outside, the red lady and the blue lad went their separate ways for a wider searching range. Rin rushed around the studio then finally bumped into Miku.
"Miku-neechan! Have you seen Len around?", Rin asked.
"Eh?...I thought he was with you?...I was looking for him as well so I thought I'd ask you...", Miku replied.
"Oh no...where could he be?...", the yellow girl panicked.
"Maybe he's still around Gakupo-san's place...we both last saw him there right?...", the green lass tried to cheer the other girl up.
Rin then decided to call on Kaito and Meiko to inform them that there's no one left in the studio besides Miku and herself. The red lady says that there's no sign of Len being in the central park either. No such luck on the blue lad's side as well, the yellow boy was not found on the concert hall.
Miku then suggested what she told the yellow girl earlier. All of them assembled in front of Gakupo's house. At the sound of the doorbell, the violet samurai asked who could his visitors be. He opened the door slightly and checked.
As high as the temperature in the afternoon, Gakupo's face went hot. He slammed the door open. It was because the sight that bounced to his face was Rin's worried look. Tears are already building up in her eyes and she really feels at lost. Gakupo's cheeks turned to a shade of light pink.
"Wha-what would seem to be the p-problem, Rin-dono?", the samurai asked rather nervous.
The yellow girl broke into tears and was shouting, "I CAN'T FIND LEN ANYWHERE!...I'M REALLY WORRIED!...IF BY SOME LUCK, COULD LEN BE SOMEWHERE HERE?... I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE LAST NIGHT WHEN HE CAME HERE!..."
"I-I'm sorry, I d-don't know where he went. When I woke up, he was no longer insight. P-please by a-any means, stop c-crying...", Gakupo panicked in the view of the crying Rin. "I'll help you go look f-for him..."
"Ano...Gakupo-san...we're also here you know...", Miku pouted.
"Did you possibly made Len cry?...Oh my...What did you do to him?...Poor guy...and his only 14, I mean how could you?...", Meiko asked suspicious of the current flow of events.
"Cry? Len? G-Gakupo!", a furious Kaito was came into view and it was really scary. He sends chills down to the eggplant fanatic's spine. His eyes turned into the same ones as that of a cold blooded murderer's and his teeth are gritting against each other... (Now that's a Kaito you don't see every day)
"No, no...I certainly did not Kaito-dono...", the samurai denied the ice cream lover's accusation.
" I think we should be heading back the studio, he must have returned there already...", the blue lad suggested.
(This is what Gakupo have in his mind...he's not talking aloud at this point)
"Where could he be, I wonder...I'm not certain of the time but I'm sure he left before I wake up in the morning, it was near afternoon though...I'm having a hangover because of 'last night's events' that's why I woke up late...It's the first time I saw him being so bold. I wonder what might be his reasons to leave without informing me? He even left his dress folded properly beside me, and I was hugging it when I opened my eyes...He probably had of change of clothes before leaving, but he could've stayed a bit longer and I wouldn't mind at all...what would have gotten to him that made him do so..."
The walk to the studio was a rather silent one. Rin, who was always the noisiest, was now the most behave all of a sudden. She's really worried about her brother. Things like 'have he ate already' , 'did he have enough sleep' or something along those lines kept running back and forth her mind. And by the look of everyone's face, all of them gives off the where-the-hell-is-he aura.
"Maybe...just maybe...he may have been...DELETED...", Gakupo said out of the blue.
Rin glared at him with tears build up in her eyes. "NO! HE'S DEFINITELY AROUND SOMEWHERE...somewhere where we can't see him...YEAH...that's it! He may have thought of playing hide-and-seek with us!".
"SHUT IT GAKUPO! You're not helping at all!", Kaito went speaking out of rage."He won't be deleted...never...he have a bunch of songs piled up for recording, there's no way Master would delete him! IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY BETTER THINGS TO DO, JUST QUIT WITH THE BLABBER YOU OLD HAG!".
The yellow girl started to cry again. Miku tried to cheer her up, Meiko hit the two guys in the head and told them to stop. The blue lad and the violet samurai looked like kids being scolded by their mother. Gakupo apologized for his harsh words as Kaito apologized for saying so many things. They were just carried away by the atmosphere.
They finally arrived at the studio after a rather awkward commotion, Meiko immediately noticed some changes that took place in the cafeteria. It was clean as it was supposed to be but it was TOO clean, because hers and Kaito's lunch went missing. Afterwards, Miku checked all the recording rooms and found out that it was all very neat, but as she could remember well, she used one of those rooms and left it in a kind of messy state because she went out all of a sudden looking for Len.
"Something's going on...", Meiko stated.
"Is...is...is it a g-ghost or s-something?...", Miku was frightened.
"Nee, Miku-neechan...Your j-joking, r-r-right?...Right?", Rin shuddered in fear, she didn't noticed that she actually holding the sleeves of Gakupo's clothes. The samurai blushed at the situation he was in and was not able to move a finger.
"It must be some burglar...right! A thief, that's it!", Kaito babbled as if trying to act all-strong-and-mighty.
"A simple thief will not waste time cleaning all possible evidence that can be used against him such as fingerprints or DNA from fallen hair strands...it would only cause him to be caught-in-the-act...Only a lonely ghost might do so...He might want attention that's why he's freaking us out right now...", the red lady tried to scare the rest of them even more.
"CUT THAT OUT! YOU'RE MAKING THINGS SOUND EVEN WORSE!", the blue lad shouted.
After shouting, everyone noticed that the lights in the comfort room were turned on, they heard of drips of water coming from the said room.
"What c-could that b-be...", the blue lad stated and he was shushed up right after.
A little while later, they heard a flush then the dripping of water stopped. They began hearing footsteps nearing the door of the said room. They were light, and so the thought of it belonging to a thief went back on surface.
"I told you it was a thief...", Kaito whispered.
"What if he's also a kidnapper...what if he took Len away...", Miku panicked.
"But if he is a kidnapper, why would he not contact us for ransom...or maybe his purpose is to turn Len into his slave...", Meiko made everyone worry about the yellow boy more.
"That can't be...but that would explain why we can't find him around...Poor Len, he might have done something bad to my brother...and now he comes back to get one of us...", Rin was shaking, she was now grabbing Gakupo by the arm tightly.
The violet samurai can't get his words right on track and he was blushing in a very deep red shade, "A-a-a-any...any-w-w-ay, w-we s-should knock him u-un-unconscious...".
"KILL HIM! CURSE HIM ON LAYING HIS HANDS ON LEN!", the blue lad charged for the comfort room without thinking. Well that would be because he was thinking of the 'things' that might have happened to Len, and nearly had a nosebleed on the thought, but the urge of saving the yellow boy overpowered his 'mature' thoughts.
Everyone followed from behind the furious Kaito. The moment they reached the door of the comfort room, the lights in there were turned off. The ice cream lover began sweating a lot. Everyone else were hiding behind him, shaking. They then heard the knob of the door being unlocked from the other side. Tension builds up the atmosphere, Kaito was holding a microphone stand he got from one of the recording rooms, he raised high above his head. He thought of knocking out the 'thief' using that. The door finally opened. The blue lad closed his eyes and hit the person that came out of the comfort room.
"LEN!", Rin shouted after recognizing the said 'thief'.
"Eeeeeeeeh!...", everyone except Kaito and Meiko said in astonishment with their voices trailing, pretty much sounded like a good tone blending.
The blue lad can't believe that right in front of his eyes, the person he just hit with the microphone stand, was none other than his 'beloved', "I'M SORRY LEN! PLEASE HANG IN THERE!".
"Well what do you know...you really managed to knock him unconscious...", the red lady stated in a rather sarcastic tone.
Kaito then carried the know unconscious Len to the infirmary in bridal style. Mumbling 'I'm sorry' for every step he take, and for every breath he make.
Moments later at the infirmary, the blue lad held the yellow boy's right hand still mumbling his endless track of 'I'm sorry'. Rin held the left hand of his brother with a feel of comfort knowing that he wasn't missing anymore. Meiko hit the blue lad on the head telling him to stop sobbing because it doesn't look good, that it is just DEAD ANNOYING. Miku on the other was stopping the red lady earlier but failed, she just sighed with relief and started smiling at the view she was seeing. Gakupo, who has finally recovered his sanity after being squeezed by the arm by the yellow girl, looked at Rin's comforted face.
Three hours passed until Len actually woke up. Only Rin was left in the room to look after him, she actually didn't remove her hand from holding his brother's.
"Where am I?...", the yellow boy said trying to sit up. He rubbed his aching forehead.
"You're at the infirmary...well, Kaito-niichan...he really didn't mean to but...he was the one who knocked you unconscious...", Rin replied, kind of returning to her usual lively self.
"Why would Kaito-niisan hit me?...", Len asked in confusion with a faint sad tone in his voice.
"I'm really sorry Len, I didn't know it was you. Had I known better...I really would not hit you...I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!", Kaito came inside the room smashing the room open. He was actually by the door since he had brought the yellow boy there inside.
Rin explained the misunderstanding to his twin brother, and Len was in all ears listening to every bit of the explanation. Although Kaito was constantly sobbing 'I'm sorry' and 'Hit me as well if you want'. He even went to the point of trying to jump out from the window, and the infirmary was on the third floor, so the twins tried to stop him. Meiko arrives at the scene then threw her sandals on the blue lad's face. The ice cream lover felt dizzy and his body almost fell out from the window, it's a good thing that the twins were there.
"Geez Kaito...You're just stressing Len out you know...so quit acting like a stupid hero who only knew how to waste his life...", the red lady scolded the blue-head in her usual sarcastic tone as she gets her sandals back.
"You don't have to do that...", Kaito pouted.
"Now, now you two should stop doing that...", Miku stopped the two as she enters the room with some bananas...and leeks. "How are you feeling Len? I'm sorry about earlier, I actually thought you were a ghost...then Kaito-nii thought you were a thief...Please accept my apology.", she hands a banana to Len who's now wearing a blank face, like it says dot-dot-dot as he absorbs what the green lass have just said.
"Me...A ghost?...A thief?...Miku-neesan...Kaito-niisan...", the yellow boy sounded horrible about what the two were thinking about him while he was gone. Tears forming on his eyes, with a slight pink blush on his face. He was unconsciously making the 'how-could-you' face, and it stroke Kaito with a pain in the heart.
"That's why I'm apologizing...", the green lass put the banana into the yellow boy's mouth to shush him out. She couldn't stand it to see someone 'cute' cry. Len munched the banana as he pouted.
The blue lad, who may have had an arrow pierced through his heart out of guilt, began his infamous sobs yet again. The yellow boy smiled at him, 'innocently', saying that it's all okay, but it didn't help at all. Kaito felt like he had hit the wall after running at full speed, knowing that he knocked out that cute little one smiling at him now, just a while ago. He didn't stop sobbing.
"Oh yeah, we came back here 'cause we have to give you master's message...", Miku patted the yellow boy's head. "He says that you should take care and get some rest...".
"And while you're out of commission, we'll take on your jobs for a while...that's actually pretty good for us...we've been out of job lately and you're...", Meiko couldn't finish her statement for Kaito had stopped her from doing so. The blue lad whispered to the red lady, "Like I always say, you don't have to be so straight forward...don't you feel bad about it sometimes...". But the red lady directly answered with a "NO!".
"Anyways we have to go...we have to make up for the time we wasted while we were searching for you...", another sarcastic speech coming from the red lady.
"But Len...I wonder...where have you been all this time?...", Rin asked her brother before leaving the room.
"I was in Gakupo-niisan's place last night...then at the park this morning...I decided to go home in the afternoon but you weren't there...well, I took a bath and had a change of clothes...I went to the concert hall afterwards but seeing no one was there I went to the studio...I first went to recording room number 3 because Master says I'll be having a duet with Miku-neechan but she wasn't there, so I cleaned the room instead. Oh, I felt hungry so I went to the cafeteria...I found two trays of lunch there, I looked around seeing no one so I placed the trays in the sink...I went to the restroom a while later and when I came out...I woke up in the infirmary.", Len explained to his twin.
Everyone realized that they went around circles. It so happened that the yellow boy had already left the vicinity before one of them could check the area, or the other way around. It was an awkward silence for some time until Rin crashed it.
"But, why in hell didn't you contact me...I was so damn worried about you...really, running off to somewhere like that...", the yellow girl shouted at her twin with teary eyes.
"I'm sorry...I just...I just wanted some quiet time...alone...", is all Len could say in response.
Miku realized how off their situation is, she convinced the others to leave the room to let the yellow boy rest. Kaito at first insisted on departing saying that since it was his fault, he should look after Len. The green lass made the blue lad bite her leek once she found an opening, with a sour look on the face, Kaito went rushing outside the room heading for the cafeteria.
"LEEKS ARE GOOD!", Miku pouted but she was actually proud that her leek was put to good use.
All of them exited the room except for Gakupo, who was ordered by Rin, to look after Len. Well, she was actually trying to set the two up. That would be Miku's reason for driving Kaito out as well. Meiko was a 'no-problem' cause she was actually getting pumped that she would have a song recording after almost a month.
And so, the violet samurai and the yellow boy were left in the infirmary. A deafening silence enclosed the area.
"Ano...Kagamine-dono...about last time...", Gakupo dared to break the silence.
"Don't say a word...don't say anything until I finished what I have to say...", Len stopped the violet samurai from speaking any further but the true meaning of what he said was Let me say something before I lack the courage to do so.
The older man just nodded in response.
"...Would you like to go on a date?...with Rin that is...", the blonde said in a shaky voice constantly having heavy breaths , his hair covering his eyes. He continued speaking. "You like my twin sister don't you...Gakupo-niisan...".
"How did you know, Kagamine-dono?...", Gakupo was left in shock.
"If you like, I can set things up between you two...Rin is really sweet despite her very blunt way of expressing thoughts...She's really supportive and good-natured...I think you two would make a good couple...", the yellow boy completely ignored the violet samurai's question.
Gakupo took a deep breath, looking straight into Len's face.
"I'm sorry...Kagamine-dono...I'm terribly sorry that I can't accept your feelings...I'm sorry..."
"You don't have to be sorry...Gakupo-niisan"
"But I...did horrible things to you...", Gakupo's violet eyes met an innocent smile, a sad one yet caring.
"It's fine!...Let's just pretend nothing happened! Let's start over again, I'll be the little yellow cupid that roots for your and my sister's happiness! I'll be glad to be of service...", the innocent boy said, overcoming the sadness that fills inside his heart at the moment. The samurai went closer to where Len was and patted his head.
"Thank you...And you know, you could make a good girlfriend...if you were a girl..."
Gakupo left the room. Once he was out of site, Kaito who was hiding at the back of the door entered the room. He was right there after he had washed away the leek's flavour from his mouth, nobody had noticed him. He showed himself in front of Len who tried hiding his sobs. The blue lad went to the yellow boy and hugged him tight.
"I'm sorry for eavesdropping...you don't have to hide your tears away from me...cry out loud, cry as loud as you can...", Kaito told the younger boy as he hugged him tighter.
The blonde didn't suppress his feelings any longer, he burst into tears. He let out all the pain he was having in his heart, he told the older man all of the things that happened between himself and Gakupo. The blue lad carefully listened. And when Len finally finished saying his complains and thoughts that he kept to himself alone, Kaito lifted his face to look at his own.
"There, there...don't think that your just a mirror image...we all like you not because you're a copy of your sister...you are different from Rin in many ways...like how you get me all worried about almost everything you do...you got me hooked up, Rin can't do that...", Kaito's face was painted in the color of pink, he then wiped the tears off of the yellow boy's eyes which widened in the shocking confession.
"Kaito-niisan...you...", the blonde was speechless as his cheeks turned into a shade of pink as well.
"Yes Len...I love you...I really love you...but you don't have to answer right away...take your time...that's why, I'LL BE WAITING UNTIL THE DAY YOU CAN FINALLY RESPOND WHOLE-HEARTEDLY...", the blue lad smiled gently and kissed the yellow boy's forehead.
-To be continued-
YEY! Kaito-nii to the rescue!...It's not yet done...look forward for the next one!
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