Chapter 10

A small blossom

"Aoki-chan, it's morning already. " Gumi said waking up Aoki. Aoki got up and saw Yoko fly through the window.

"Ohayo!~" Aoki said smiling. Gumi and Aoki both saw Yoko fly into a little box Gumi had on her desk. "Yoko always eats breakfast here." Gumi said pointing at a small box of seeds on Gumi's desk. "Ohayo!~" Yoko sang. "Do you understand what she says?" Gumi asked Aoki. "Yup!" Aoki said standing up. Yoko flew to Gumi's arm. "You guys are friends?" Yoko asked. "Yup!" Aoki responded. "What did she say?" Gumi asked. "She asked if we are friends." Aoki said.

"It feels as if I'm dreaming! I never thought I'd be able to know what Yoko said!" Gumi said. Aoki laughed since it felt odd the idea of not understanding Yoko "Hey.. are pocky real? " Aoki said remembering her dream. "Yeah they are .. Why?" Gumi asked. "I'll be right back!" Aoki said running out of the room. She went downstairs to the kitchen and took a box of pocky. 'I'm going to try one.' Aoki thought. She took one and took a bite. "Yummy!" Aoki said.

Miku walked into the kitchen and saw Aoki eating pocky. "Your being funny today." Miku said going into the fridge and taking out a leek. "Miku.. am I weird?" Aoki asked looking at the box of pocky. "Sometimes.. but we're all weird." Miku said sitting down on the kotatsu. "Oh." Aoki took another pocky stick and bit it.

Aoki looked around her and saw all the things the kitchen had. 'I.. haven't really got the chance to really see this house..' Aoki thought and walked to the living room. She looked around and saw another aisle.

She walked into the aisle and looked around. It was slightly dark and there were many doors. She entered into a small room with many boxes and saw that there were lots of things in the room that had not been used in a long time.

Miku saw Aoki leave towards the living room and got up. "Ohayo." Kaito said walking by Miku. "Come with me." Miku said to Kaito. Miku looked and saw Aoki going into a room. "Kaito, could you please go get me my negi plushie I left in that room?" Miku said pointing at the room Aoki was in. "Okay." He said walking into the room.

Aoki opened a box and saw a picture of Len when he was younger. 'I can't believe they have this here..' She thought. Aoki heard a noise and looked back. "Kaito?" Aoki said looking back. "What are you doing here?" Kaito asked.

Miku walked by the room and saw that it was a pretty small room that could only be opened on the outside if locked. She closed the door from the side and locked it. 'Oops!' Miku thought and left laughing.

Suddenly Aoki and Kaito heard the door close and lock. "Someone closed the door!" Aoki said running to the door. She tried opening it but the door handle didn't move. "Let me try." Kaito said trying to open it. "Did you open it?" Aoki asked. "It's hopeless. I can't open it." He said crossing his arms.

"I shouldn't of been so curious! " Aoki said sitting on the floor. "Why do you say that?" Kaito asked sitting next to her. "I wanted to explore this house and now I'm stuck here. This is what curiosity gets people into." She sighed. "That sucks." He said looking around him.

"Why are you here?" Aoki asked. "Looking for Miku's Negi plushie." He said. "Are you related to Miku?" She asked. "No. I met her as a vocaloid." He said. "Oh, That's nice." She said and opened a box. Aoki reached in and took what seemed like a paper. "Awe!~ I'm stuck!" Aoki said, as her short sleeve was stuck on the corner of the box. Kaito pulled her sleeve and saw that her shoulder had a small flower. Aoki sat down and looked at a picture she took out from the box.

"You have .. the flower." Kaito said pointing at her shoulder. She rolled up her sleeve and noticed a flower. "I didn't know I had this." Aoki said looking at it. Kaito rolled up his sleeve and showed her a flower. "Cool!" She said smiling. "It can't be..." he said comparing the flowers. They were exactly the same. "What's wrong?" Aoki asked.

"Only.. my siblings have the flower." Kaito said wondering. "How many siblings do you have?" Aoki asked. "One brother and one sister. He's 16 and she's 14 right now." Kaito said. "I'm 14 too!" Aoki laughed. "But mother never told me she had another kid... But then.. only my siblings have that mark. We've searched and nobody else has it." Kaito said. "Who knows.." Aoki said.

"Who's your mother?" Kaito asked. "I don't know. The only people I know are the other Vocaloids here. I really don't remember anything. Len brought me here because according to him I had fainted near outside." Aoki said. "Then.. you must be my sister!" Kaito exclaimed. "That's cool!" She said looking at her flower again.

"Where's Aoki?" Len asked Miku. "I thought I saw her go into that room. I was looking for Kaito right now." Miku said. Len walked towards the room and Miku followed him.

"My lost sister." Kaito said hugging Aoki. "I can't believe I have a sibling." She said giggling.

"It's been locked." Len said. He opened the door and saw Kaito hugging Aoki.

"Finally!" Kaito and Aoki both yelled standing up. Len looked at Aoki then looked down. "Kaito! I forgot that today we were going to make Negi ice cream!" Miku yelled pulling Kaito by the arm. "Oh Yeah!" He said and they headed to the kitchen.

"Len!" Aoki said happily. He looked at her sadly and forced a small smile. "What's wrong?" Aoki asked. "No, nothing." Len said smiling. "I'm sorry! I don't want to leave you alone, but I promised to go to Gumi's room! I completely forgot!" Aoki said bowing. "No it's okay. I need to do something too." Len said. "Okay, well see you later!" Aoki said running backwards and waving goodbye. "later..." He said with a faint smile.