Author's Note: Chapter three is here~! Okay, this chapter got kind of pervy at some point and a Kappa is a water-type creature. The uniforms for Chantevat High School is a little bit more mature than the Middle School uniforms but the male uniforms pretty much stay the same... AND. FYI. FOR YOU'RE OWN INFORMATION. (because I already know this). Kaito and Gakupo are both High School 2nd years. While Luka and Meiko are only 1st years. Just so you know~!

-Northern Rabbits

Chapter 3 - Kappa

The walk to Chantevat Secondary School wasn't very long but it still took some effort making the trip everyday, or so Miku thought. Every lunch hour, Miku and Rin would take their lunches with them over to Chantevat high school which was just down the block and they would eat lunch with Meiko and Luka, their other childhood friends besides each other.

Luka Megurine was more of a refined girl, never showing too much skin although she had the body to do so. She was tall and well-developed with beautiful light blue eyes and long pink hair that flowed down her shoulders and back. Luka was known for being smart and loving to read although she had a soft-spot for cute things and tuna, but you could never tell she even had any flaws with her mature and stoic attitude.
Meiko on the other hand was more of a reckless girl who would wear belly tops and mini skirts and sleep in late on their days off. She rarely did her homework and would just mooch off of Luka but at times she had her moments. Meiko was known for loving parties but going a bit too far when alcohol was added to the equation. Her only weak point actually was alcohol! She would do anything while drunk...but then again, she would do anything when sober too.

Miku swung her leek-patterned lunch box as they made their way to the school. Rin however was grasping hers tightly and trying to keep a cool look on her face.

"Hey...Rin-chan...how come you're walking so funny today?" Miku questioned, knowing Rin would most likely be skipping around by now.

"What do you mean? I'm walking normally aren't I?" Rin huffed and stuck her chin in the air.

"Yes, but...you're walking different...like how Luka walks down the sidewalk on the way home with her bag in her hand like that..." Miku bent over and noticed Rin's whitening knuckles as she held on even tighter.

"Oh...so you've noticed. Lately...I've been thinking. Luka and Meiko are really popular with the guys right? I mean...Luka already has a boyfriend! And...no one's ever asked me out...well...anyone who isn't a creep with a loli-complex..." Rin gave a pained expression. All last year, when we would eat with Luka and Meiko, creeps would approach Rin and ask her to do creepy things like call them 'master' or even pose for a picture. Rin didn't mind the picture-taking but the poses she was asked to do were extremely unsettling...

Ever since then, Rin would be scared to walk anywhere alone.

"Oh...right...but their idols so of course they'd be popular!" Miku smirked, being an idol sure was a popularity boost for school! It seemed everyone was your friend!

Rin sighed. "No...you have it all wrong! Luka-nee and Meiko-nee are popular because they have...it." Rin rolled her eyes when Miku gave a blank expression and pointed at the gate up ahead. "Whatever... We're almost there and I want to seem more mature to the boys."

Miku thought for a moment...what did she mean by...it? Did they have something that she and Rin didn't? Miku sized themselves up. Using Meiko and herself as an example model.

Meiko has hair...so do I.
Meiko is an idol...so am I.
Meiko is pretty...so am I.
Meiko has a big chest...so do- wait...

Miku felt her face go hot as she looked down at her chest. Absolute flatness except two perks she had to call breasts. That was it. No. That was it. Sexual appeal. Luka and Meiko both had amazing bodies but what about her? Miku silently cried in defeat to herself as she took in what Rin actually meant. Was this the life of an idol? Being a pancake while her friends became cupcakes and watermelons? She couldn't help but look down on herself, who wouldn't in this mean, cruel, unfair world?

The rest of the walk was quite, except for the padding of their footsteps and the slow beat of Miku's heart as thoughts raced through her head. Miku couldn't focus on anything and soon she was only thinking about chests. How indecent for a young girl to think of such things.

After entering the courtyard, Miku tried to hide herself behind her lunch box. As soon as they entered the building Miku wrapped her arms around her chest and tried her best at avoiding many awkward looks. Miku and Rin started walking up the stairs to the higher level.

"We're inside now, you can stop hiding your face..." Rin giggled at her red-faced friend. "What? Did you see Kaito-nii or something?"

"Huh? What? Oh, no...I wasn't hiding my face I was hiding my-" Miku cut herself short. How would Rin react to hearing this? Would she laugh? Would she tease her for the rest of her life? Maybe she could relate? After all, Rin wasn't exactly hourglass shaped...more liked...a stick with a head and limbs stuck to it.

"Hey...Rin-chan...what's your bra size?" Miku held her breath when Rin hesitated to answer. She couldn't possibly be bigger than she looks right? Right?!

"A-Actually...don't tell anyone but...I can't wear bras yet, so I just wrap my chest with bandages..." Rin lifted her shirt to show a row of pretty white bandages, wrapped around her body. "The only think different about Len and I, is our lower half, but body shape is pretty much similar..."

Miku sighed a sigh of relief. At least, she wasn't the flattest of her friends. Even she could wear a training bra!

"So.." Miku giggled. "Mature Rin-chan isn't exactly mature everywhere yet, huh?"

Rin's face reddened and she furrowed her brows to flash one of her rare angry faces. She raised her fist to slug Miku but only hit air as Miku skipped up the steps to the A-Floor, singing happily "MikuMiku is not as flat as RinRin~! MikuMiku is more mature than RinRin~!"

"H-Hey! Shut up! Don't sing such weird songs!" Rin raced up the stairs, completing forgetting about her mature state of mind shaking her fist at Miku, begging her to stop before someone overheard. Specifically any upper-class boys...

Miku swung open the door and rushed down the hallway, Rin catching up slowly. Miku didn't show it but she was scared of Rin when she was angry. She had seen what has happened to Len when he gets on Rin's bad side and it didn't look pretty. Last time, he had three cracked ribs, just from eating Rin's pudding by accident!

Miku looked back to see how much space was left between them and stuck her tongue out as Rin slowed down. 'She must be getting tired!' Miku cheered to herself mentally.
She turned back around to see how much longer until she got to the correct room but she couldn't see a thing when a white door seemed to rush into her face and make a loud slapping sound against her nose.

This time, Miku didn't black out but her nose did start to bleed once again. She stumbled backwards and Rin caught her under the arms but quickly let go when she noticed she was hurt.

"Ah! Miku-chan! Are you okay?" Rin panicked and glared at the person who had swung the door open so violently. Gakupo Kamui, Luka's biggest fan, A.K.A Boyfriend, who was already running down the hall at full speed (which is pretty fast for such an athletic person) before Rin could even progress what had happened. Miku pulled out her kerchief with the 'M X K' written on the corner with some sharpies. She dabbed gingerly at her nose and entered the classroom with Rin following behind.

"Miku-chan! Are you okay?" Luka stood from her chair and rushed over, taking the napkin and cleaning her friend up properly. "What happened?" Her blue eyes shook with worry.

"I got hit in the nose with the door..." Miku felt like sneezing but she knew that wouldn't end well no matter how big or small the sneeze was.

"Ugh...that idiot...all I said was that it was hot in the classroom and he ran off saying something about 'the finest teas for my lady'...whatever that means.." Luka pushed her pink bangs out of her eyes and folded the kerchief properly, letting th rest on the outside where everyone could see. Miku flipped it over in embarrassment and tucked it into her lunch box although there was blood still all over it.

"That's two nosebleeds in one day..." Rin murmured, trying not to let Luka hear but failed miserably. Luka heard every word down to the last syllable.

"Two?! Miku. What on Earth were you doing today to get hurt so badly?!" Luka crossed her arms under her chest, making them stand out more in her brown uniform blazer.

"Ehh...let her live a little Luka~!" Meiko chuckled, she was sitting on Luka's desk with one foot on the floor and the other balancing on the back of a chair in front of Luka's desk. Her skirt seemed a bit too short, unlike Luka's that seemed just right. She must have rolled it up like how they do in shows.. Miku thought silently to herself.

Luka turned around to say something back when the door burst open once again. "I HAVE RETURNED MY LOVE~!" Gakupo exclaimed, holding a can of iced tea in the air triumphantly.

Gakupo's purple hair was long, almost as long as Miku's, and he always had it in a high ponytail with his bangs hanging loose down his shoulders. He had a samurai-feel from the way he talked to the way he looked and always painted his nails purple although he got scolded by teachers for wearing nail polish to school. Gakupo was tall, one of the tallest in the school and looked a bit odd in his uniform. Although he wore the same thing as all the boys, black turtleneck with white cuffs and golden buttons with long black slacks, he just didn't look right. He had the build of a grown man, tall, muscular and a handsome face to match it. Maybe he would look better as a teacher instead of a student...

Gakupo ran up to Luka, apologizing for taking so long (which wasn't more than a few minutes, despite the only vending machines being on the first floor) before handing her the still-dripping can. She took it gently before ramming it into his head with excessive force. He yelped and fell flat on his face, holding his head and whimpering. There was surely going to be a large bump in the morning.

"Idiot! You hurt Miku-chan! Apologize. Now." Luka crossed her arms again, tapping her nails on the can with flames basically flying out of her.

Gakupo stood up quickly, bowing deeply to Miku and apologizing in about 3 different languages before looking up at Luka for acceptance.

"It's okay Gakupo-kun. You didn't mean it!" Miku giggled and nudged Luka to give in.

Luka groaned and grabbed his wrist, pulling him over to her desk to sit down with her. After some protest, Luka finally agreed to feed Gakupo as a sorry for hitting him.

Miku giggled and looked back at the door expecting it to be closed, only to be met by two dark blue eyes peeking through even darker blue bangs. The stranger was licking a blue ice cream cone and watching the gang fool around. Miku recognized the childish aura and gave a small squeak on realization that it was in fact, Kaito watching them. Meiko took notice too and took her leg off of the chair, pushing her skirt between her legs, and for the first time ever...she blushed! Not one of those drunken-blushes she usually had on when she was boozed-up but an actual blush!
She fixed her hair and adjusted her uniform (Which for those curious is a brownish beige blazer with a red ribbon and a brown plain skirt). Luka took note and cleared her throat, snapping Gakupo out of his loving/creepy gaze on her (more on the creepy side). She closed her eyes and pointed towards the door. Gakupo got the hint and jumped up abruptly, knocking over Luka's can of tea.

"Ah! I'm sorry my little tuna fish! I shall get you some more tea- no! Two cans to make up for my faults!" And with that, Gakupo was dashing towards the door once more. As he dashed towards the door, he absentmindedly, pushed Miku out of the way, the small girl tripped over her own foot and landed on her back. Kaito opened his mouth to say something, only to get shoved into the door post by a blur of purple and black. Kaito pulled away from the hard wooden structure and dropped his ice cream as his nose started to bleed bright red. Luka stood up, napkin in hand but Meiko gave her a look so evil she quickly changed her mind and decided to sit down with Rin.
Meiko got off the desk and straightened herself up a bit and took a deep breath, but when she took a step towards Kaito, Miku was already all over him, asking him if he was okay and offering to take him to the infirmary. Meiko felt a feeling she had never felt towards Miku before and sat back down, trying to swallow the lump in her throat that was nearly pushing her to tears. She refused to look at them for the mere sound of their voices sent a strange twist in her stomach, they reminded her of a happy couple...and she hated it.

"Ah...I'm okay...I'm okay... Sorry, I get really big nosebleeds from even the slightest touch.." Kaito tried to laugh but more blood just oozed out of his nose when he breathed out. He tried to cover it with his hand but it seeped through his beautiful fingers too. Miku reached into her lunch box and pulled out her kerchief, calming herself down a bit before continuing with her plan.

"Uhm...Ka- Shion-Senpai." She bowed her head and held her napkin out for him to take. "Please use my kerchief to clean your nose!" Miku knew what she was asking was too much but she couldn't back down now. All she could do was wait and hope for the best.

"Oh. Thank you!" Kaito took the napkin and held it to his chest with an adorable smile plastered on his face. How much more cute could this girl get? "Hey...haven't we met somewhere before?" Kaito studied Miku's face for a moment, trying to place where he had seen her before. Maybe on his way to school one day?
Rin, put her arm around Miku's shoulder and did a stink face.

"She's an Idol Shion-nii! Of course you've seen her!" Rin giggled.

Kaito thought for a moment tapping his chin thoughtfully...

"Oh right! I've seen you on posters and magazines! How could I not remember you? You're Miku-chan, right?" Kaito chuckled and took a look at the kerchief, getting ready to dab at his nose with it when he stopped. "M...x...K..? What's that? Miku...love... What does the K stand for?"

Miku felt like jumping out a window into a big hole where they could bury her and she could just live forever. In a hole. Alone.

"Ah..ah..That's...uhm..." Miku tried to think of something to say...K...K...what started with K? Kaito started with K...what else?! Miku started to panic, what if he found out that the K was for Kaito? Would he think she was a creep? Would her life be ruined forever? That hole was starting to sound like a pretty cool idea right now.

"Kappa." Luka said with a serious tone in her voice.

"Kappa?" Kaito and Miku repeated in unison.

"Kappa. The majestic creatures that were proven a myth many years ago. Their Miku's favourite animal." Luka lied. She knew the K was for Kaito. She was just trying to help, but honestly...a kappa? Couldn't she had said something cooler?

"Oh...I didn't know..." Kaito scratched his head in confusion. Does he even know what a Kappa is?

Miku opened her mouth to say something but just closed it back in worry of messing things up further. Everything seemed okay.

Suddenly, Gakupo burst through the door again, nearly hitting Kaito in the back as he rushed his way to Luka, holding two cans of iced tea and sweating up a tsunami. The vending machines were on the first floor and we were on the highest floor in the school. Poor Gakupo, having to run down all those stairs just so he can run back up. With all the commotion, Kaito remembered his nose, although it stopped bleeding already, the blood was starting to dry. He thanked Miku once again and left the room to go wash up. Everything went silent.
Miku felt like she was forgetting something, but it probably had nothing to do with Kaito right?

Wrong.

"Hey...Miku...isn't that the same napkin you used a moment ago to clean your own bloody nose?" Meiko spoke in a flat tone. Her bangs were covering her eyes so no one could really tell what she was looking at.

Miku went ghost white. Her eyes went large yet her pupils went small. Images of her ginormous nosebleed and wiping it clean with that very same napkin. She hadn't washed it...she hadn't cleaned it in any way at all. Those big red blotchy blood stains were still on the napkin. And Kaito was going to see them, think she's a gross girl who likes to flash her panties to strangers on the road. And there was nothing she could do about it. Miku wanted to cry- no. She wanted to explode in a giant ball of flames and depression. But she couldn't give up yet! There was a chance Kaito would still be out in the hallway! She would just have to run to catch up.

"Yes! Let's go!" Miku shouted like a warrior and rushed out the door.

"Miku-chan! Wait up!" Rin shouted down the hall, but it was too late, Miku was already gone. Rin turned and waved to Meiko, Luka and Gakupo. "Bye Bye! Thanks for eating lunch with us!" The blonde girl skipped down the hall before checking her bunny themed watch and realizing they were going to be late and began running at full speed after Miku.

Gakupo bowed, "I must leave now my sweet little tulip. But I will be back to walk home with you!" He tried for a kiss on the cheek but only got a flick and a stern 'Oi, where do you think we are' from his 'sweet little tulip'.

As Gakupo waved one last time and closed the door behind him, Luka turned to Meiko who was still hiding behind her dark bangs.

"Boys are so weird..." Luka huffed to herself half-expecting Meiko to reply with an insult, but she didn't. She didn't say anything.

Meiko only let out a dry laugh before excusing herself and heading for the door in quick small steps.

Don't run...Don't run...Don't run... If you run she'll follow you and ask what's wrong... Meiko repeated in her mind, forcing herself not to run off and cry. She couldn't let them see, couldn't let them know that seeing Kaito so happy with Miku made her feel weird...made her feel...

Hatred.