Solitaryloner: It's me again, with the third chapter! Our writing styles really differ haha...I never knew, to be honest...anyway, we don't discuss or anything before posting, so I only know about the next chapter when it's uploaded, and vice-versa. Our tastes differ too - I'm into MikuoXMiku incest, while xxEclairxx might not like it, I'm not sure...
Anyway, enjoy! Updating this is more fun than doing my own stories. I actually feel like taking a bit of a hiatus from my stories. I'll update when I feel like it now. It's starting to feel almost like...a chore, updating. Sorry.
Len stared at Miku, blinking. He didn't know what to say as the girl before him smiled hesitantly, as though waiting for him to respond to...oh. She had spoken to him. Silly him.
''I know you won't eat me or anything,'' his mouth blurted out of its own accord. He tried to stop himself from talking, but his mouth rambled on, seemingly disconnected from his brain. ''You're too nice and pretty to eat anyone. You aren't rabid like those girls are.''
He snapped his mouth shut, furious at himself. What had he just said? He made completely no sense whatsoever! Miku probably thought he was weird now. The first time he ever talked to Miku Hatsune without her brother hovering around, and he had to blow it with his big mouth. Smooth, Len. Real smooth.
She giggled, and the cute sound of it captured his attention. Her pale cheeks were tinted a faint shade of pink. ''Thank you? I'm not sure if that's a compliment or not, but I'll take it to be one,'' she laughed softly once again.
''Yes, it's a compliment. Most definitely a compliment,'' he assured her hastily, feeling his own cheeks warm. Slowly, he peeked out from behind the tree and shuddered, immediately hiding behind the thick trunk again - the girls were still searching the school yard for him.
''Why won't they just leave me alone?'' he moaned quietly to himself, and Miku smiled at him, her eyebrows arching at his comment.
''I thought that most boys liked receiving attention from girls. Except my brother, of course - but he's weird,'' she smiled fondly at the thought of Mikuo. Len suppressed a scowl as she smiled, wondering exactly who Mikuo Hatsune was to Miku. Merely her brother?
''Not all boys like all this attention,'' he informed her a little haughtily. ''It's really annoying, and sometimes I feel like they're trying to rape me. Do you know how bad that feels?''
Miku laughed again, a reaction he definitely hadn't expected. ''No, but I can guess,'' her emerald eyes searched his. ''This is the first time we've been able to talk without our siblings around, shooting glares at each other...right?'' she smiled warmly at him.
Why was she just so damn nice? Len swallowed, his cheeks still feeling slightly heated. ''Yeah, I guess,'' he flinched as one of his fan girls came a little too close to the tree for his comfort. Her shrill cries of ''Len! Len!'' were frightening him, and hastily he grabbed Miku's wrist, pulling her close against himself so that she wouldn't be spotted by his rabid fan girls.
The girl moved away from the tree, and Len exhaled in relief. It was at that moment, when he relaxed, did he realise how closely he was holding Miku. Instantly he released her, backing away as he blinked, feeling like a total moron. ''I'm sorry, Miku!'' he gasped out.
''No, it's okay...'' she regarded him curiously, her teal hair flowing like a silk waterfall over her slim shoulders. Again, she smiled, a friendly smile, and he fell under her spell again. She was just so pretty. And nice. Nothing like the army out in the school yard. ''I like you,'' she announced. ''I think we'd make good friends.''
Len's heart had fluttered at the ''I like you'' part, then had sank in disappointment when she said the part about good friends. ''Yeah, I guess,'' he muttered sullenly. ''Good friends, huh?''
She peered up at him - she was shorter than he was, and he quickly rearranged his features into a smile. He was good at that - lying, that was. Lying with his words, with his face, with his body. Rin was the only one he wasn't able to lie to, that devil of a sister.
''You don't sound very happy about that,'' Miku sounded hurt, and he ran his fingers through his hair, trying to exude sheer happiness.
''No, of course I'm glad about that,'' he drawled. ''I'm just worried. You know how our siblings are like. With the whole popularity thing. I mean, I think it's stupid, but Rin thinks otherwise...how about you?''
Miku shrugged, looking thoughtful. ''I think it's really dumb,'' she said matter-of-factly. ''But Mikuo doesn't agree with me. He says that our image and all that really matters...oh, and he says that the Kagamine twins are irritating,'' she added, her cheeks flushing pink.
''Rin says the same of you and Mikuo,'' Len laughed, shoving his hands in his pockets. ''They're not going to like it if we become friends, right?'' he asked slowly.
''No, they're not going to like it at all,'' Miku agreed heavily. ''But just because they're our siblings doesn't mean that they have the right to decide who we should be allowed to befriend, right?'' she grinned up at him.
''Yeah,'' Len nodded. The cries of his name had faded, and cautiously he stepped out from behind the tree, gaze searching the front yard warily. There didn't appear to be any of his fan girls, left in the court yard, and instantly he relaxed, sauntering out from behind the tree.
Miku followed him, her footsteps light and graceful. The sheer grace of her movements was another reason why he was so enamoured by her - she looked as though she was dancing, rather than merely walking. She walked next to him as they climbed up the front steps into school, and Len tried not to betray his feelings for her as she walked close to him.
They had never talked before. Len didn't know why she had helped him escape from his fan girls - maybe it was because they were both cursed with popularity, and they understood each other's problems. He couldn't think of any other reason...but either way, he was glad that she had saved him.
Rin's evilness had been a blessing in disguise, of sorts. Because of her, his fan girls had chased after him, and because of that he had been rescued by Miku. He smiled - today was turning out to be a fantastic day. Well, so far.
Pity that Miku had said that they would be good friends, but Len was sure that he would one day get her to agree to be his girlfriend. If they were friends, she would fall under his charm. Surely. After all, if he could charm all his fan girls without even trying...then this shouldn't be any problem, right? He hoped so.
They were almost late for first period, and both he and Miku quickened their steps. One thing which was good about being almost late was that the hallways were empty, and Len didn't have to worry about being stalked by anyone. Especially not by his rabid fan girls.
''I wonder if Mikuo is worried that I disappeared?'' Miku mumbled to herself, nibbling on her lower lip. Len glanced at her, startled - if her brother would worry about her, then why had Miku gone out to the front yard to help him, in the first place?
Before he could ask Miku anything, though, a silver-haired girl with red eyes jumped out at him from behind a row of lockers, her hands on her hips, hostility written all over her face as she stared at Miku. ''Len! How could you avoid us with that Hatsune girl?'' she demanded.
Len sighed, stopping in his tracks, pulling Miku to a stop beside him. Miku blinked up at him, but he ignored the questioning look on her face, instead focusing on the problem at hand. ''Tei,'' he sighed. ''I wasn't avoiding you,'' he lied. ''I just had something to settle with Miku.''
''And what matter was so important that you couldn't spend time with all of us, with us girls who love you so dearly?'' Tei Sukone dramatically placed a hand over her heart, pretending to swoon from the hurt.
Len resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He opened his mouth, an excuse already there on the tip of his tongue - but then he thought of something else, something better. Something which was sure to get all of them off his back. Satisfied, he grinned at his own devious genius.
''Miku's my girlfriend,'' he slung his arm around a startled Miku Hatsune as he faced the very shocked Tei Sukone. ''And I had to talk to her about our date tomorrow, after school. Do you have a problem with that?''