Author: oh boy, this is going off my plans slightly. But I'll try. I'm terribly sorry for not being able to link this to Cinderella as much as I hoped I could. Apart from the fact that Miku has a Stepmum and Stepsisters (and a brother), I suppose nothing else has been included. So, I'm squeezing in a bit of the original fairytale's essence…. See if you can spot it!
Stalker01: haha I'm also confused, I tend to make it up as I go along lol. And about the link to Cinderella… It'll slowly come in, but… I'm stuck now.
RandomOtaku01: Yes, LilyxGumi! About negitoro, soon, wait for it. :D
Twisted Fairytales: Mikurella
Chapter 4
That day, Lily went home first, as she said she was feeling unwell. So Miku, Len and Rin went home by themselves.
"Wow, Mikuo's really scared of Lily huh? He already stops bugging you." "I think that's a good thing." Miku smiled. It was kind of annoying having to dig up excuses everytime.
"So, about Luki…" Rin smirked.
"Luki?" 'Nope, that's a guy's name, isn't it?' "What about him?" "Well, didn't Lily-nee say that you had a crush on him or something?"
"Huh? No! I don't! I don't even know how he looks like!" "Oh, maybe we should bring you to see him someday!" "What?!" now Miku was flustered. 'Goodness, why do they think I like Luki? Oh yes, Lily told them. But I don't! Goodness, the one I bumped into was a girl, not a guy! But.. I can't tell them that, what if, what if they start to hate me because I like a girl? Wait, do I even like that girl? I don't even know her name!'
"Well, duh, if you like him, you should get to know him!" "But I really don't know who he is!" "No need to be shy, Miku! If it's love, you should go all out for it!" Len exclaimed, punching his fist in the air.
'If only it's so simple… I don't even know if I like her. But it would be nice to see her again.' Miku smiled blissfully, thinking about the pinkette.
Lily heard the door opening, and the sound of the squabbling twins burst throught the front door.
"Orange juice is better than banana juice! Right, Miku?" "No, banana juice is the best!" "Orange!" "Banana!" "Goodness you two, how many times are we going to have this argument?" "This will be… the fifty second time! And so far it's twenty six to twenty six! You'll be the tie-breaker!" "No, I don't wanna!" "MIKU!" the twins scrambled after Miku, who had entered her room hastily.
The twins left, unsatisfied, and went to visit Lily. Which could be a very bad decision.
"LILY-NEE!/LILY!" They barged into her room unannounced, failing to sense Lily's unhappiness.
"Are you okay?" "Hmm. I'm fine. And you're noisy." She mumbled, her head buried under a mass of pillows.
"You sure you fine?" "Yeah." That tone told the twins that she was slightly annoyed, and so Rin grabbed Len and walked off. "Strange, she was fine today." "Maybe Gakupo's eggplant was poisoned."
Later that evening, Len and Rin had went out with Kaito to get ice cream, so Meiko, Lily and Miku were left at home. Miku was stuck on a math problem and decided to ask Lily about it.
"Lily?" No answer. "Lily, I'm coming in." No answer. Miku sighed and opened the door, hoping that Lily was awake and well enough to help her.
"Why did you come in." Lily glared at Miku. 'Huh? Why is Lily so angry? Was she resting? Did I disturb her?" "Erm, I need help on this math question, and you math is quite good."
Lily looked at Miku for a while. "Can't you ask someone else." "Len, Rin and Papa are out, so…" "Ask Meiko then." Lily closed her door abruptly, leaving a very confused and shocked Miku.
"Oh well, guess I'll ask Meiko." However, Meiko herself was no better than Miku at math, and it took them half an hour to figure it out.
"We're back!" "Whew, that was good!"
"Hey Len, Rin!" "Yeah?" Miku dragged the twins to one side where neither Meiko not Kaito could hear them. "Is Lily in a bad mood or something?" "Well, she seemed slightly annoyed when we returned from school, and she didn't eat dinner, maybe she's really feeling unwell." "Oh, okay." 'So it should be fine by tomorrow.'
Sadly, Miku was wrong. The next morning, while they siblings were having breakfast, Lily totally ignored Miku, and glared at her through furious eyes. She also bumped into Miku on purpose, then acted like nothing happened. Miku also realized her feet hurt more than normal whenever Lily was nearby.
"Whoa, that's some seriously negative vibes I got from Lily this morning. Did you piss her off or something?" Rin asked Miku after they had reached their classroom.
"No, I only asked her help for a math question yesterday, and she turned me down." Rin frowned. That was strange, but oh well, Lily was unwell the day before. "Before that?" "Nothing! I swear I didn't do anything, I don't even know why she's angry at me." Miku sighed, puzzled by Lily's hostility.
"Hey guys, morning!" "Oh, hey Gumi." "What's wrong? Why does Miku seem so sad?" Gumi asked.
"Well, Lily's pissed at her. Big time. I've never seen Lily so angry before. Other than the time when someone cut her hair by accident." Rin shuddered, the very memory frightening her.
"Lily-san being angry?" Gumi's eyes widened in surprise. Somehow she could not picture Lily being angry. How could someone so beautiful be so angry?
"Yeah, believe it or not, my sister can be angry." Len entered the conversation. "I'm sure by now Miku's left foot is more or less broken" Miku winced. "You saw and said nothing?" "Pft, what did you want me to say? 'Lily-nee, can you patch things up with Miku please?' you know that won't work." Rin agreed with Len's words. "I guess, I can help you find out why she's so angry, but you'll have to solve things by yourself." Rin offered. "Thanks Rin. By the way, how's lunch going to be?" "Awkward. Very awkward." Gumi and Len nodded.
"Sooooo, Ittadakimasu." For once, it was Gumi who broke the silence. "Ittadakimasu." The unfortunate fact that all the cafeteria tables were round tables did little to ease the tension. In a circle, sat Lily, Gakupo, Len, Gumi, Miku and Rin in that order, so that Lily was facing Gumi, Gakupo facing Miku and Len facing Rin. The arrangement meant that neither Lily nor Miku could see each other mush unless they turned their heads.
"The food's good today." Len meekly said, uncomfortable with the silence. 'That's genius, considering he's drinking banana milk again.' Rin rolled her eyes. "Erm, so how was you class, Lily, Gakupo?" "Bo-ring." Lily grunted, and Gakupo frowned. "I found it entertaining, especially the part where Luka recited Robert Frosts's poem. Such a clear, perfect voice." He smiled dreamily, and contradicted Lily, much to her displeasure. "I don't see how that is entertaining. Watching a potato would be more entertaining." "Someone's cranky today." "I AM NOT CRANKY." Whoa, whoa, chill. What happened?"
Rin mentally facepalmed. This was the kind of awkward situation they were trying to avoid. Could Gakupo not sense the mood?
Gumi mentally slapped her brother. Her brother was nice, but at times, he could be really, really dense and oblivious.
Len gulped nervously and sipped his banana milk, bracing himself.
"Nothing." Lily said this while glaring at Miku.
The whole group raised their eyebrows. Nothing indeed.
'Wow, I was expecting an outburst, or even a fight to occur. Guess it's pretty personal.' Rin thought.
'Lily-san is scary when she's angry.' Gumi looked at Miku, awaiting her response. Miku blinked, still in shock. 'Am I supposed to know what I did wrong?'
"That does not seem like no-" "Oh, OMG, is that Luka?" Len pointed at random. "Where? Where?" Gakupo looked around. "Oops, my mistake, that wasn't pink hair, it was red hair. Sorry!" Gakupo seemed disappointed and started playing around with the eggplant on his dish.
'Hold on, so brother likes Luka and not Lily? I should ask him when we reach home.' Gumi felt hopeful all of a sudden, and smiled just a little.
'Why is she smiling? That's so cute. Wait, is she smiling because she's beside Miku? So she has feelings for Miku? No way." Lily almost growled, but held herself back. Jealousy was surging through her veins now.
'My dear sister Miku, haven't you got the hint already? Stay away from Gumi, if you know what's best for you.'
Author: Done! Inspiration's running dangerously low now, so my fic probably won't be up to standard. :X R&R please!
Oh yes, and Luka will return next update! :D
