Twisted Fairytales: Mikurella
Chapter 5
Miku sat alone in her room, wondering how to tackle the situation. 'Should I ask Lily if she likes Gumi straightaway? Or should I apologise to her? Or should I ask her why she's angry at me?' She sighed loudly and flopped down on her soft bed, looking at the rotating fan.
"What should I do? I thought it would be better if I waited, but in the end it's getting on my nerves."
"Then you should look for her." Miku got up immediately.
"Huh? Rin?" "She's not back yet, you know. It's getting late, Papa and Mama will return soon, and we'll have dinner. I think it'll be best if we go look for her now." Miku nodded and got ready to leave the house.
"Hey Len, coming with us?" "Huh?!" Len was concentrating on his show and was reluctant to leave the safety of the couch. "Fine, you can stay, but text Miku and I if Lily shows up." "Sure, whatever." Len returned to his show, and the two girls left.
"Where could Lily be?" "I don't know, say, let's ask Gumi. Maybe Lily's hanging out with eggplant." "They're really good friends aren't they?" "Yeah, Lily does not usually hang out with newcomers. She doesn't usually hang out with her classmates, period. She's rather popular though." "I guess cos she comes off as a 'cool' person. In that case, Gakupo must be a really nice person or something." Miku whipped out her cell phone and dialed Gumi's number, putting it on loud speaker.
"Moshi moshi?" "Gumi, is Gakupo at home?" "Yeah, he just came back, why?" "Can you put him on the phone?" "Kay, wait a second."
Shuffling of feet and footsteps, along with a crash and muttered cursing could be heard.
"Oh, Miku-chan, what's up?" "Oh, Gakupo, erm, do you know where Lily is?" "Yeah, I met her just now, and we talked. Look, I have to tell you something important, I didn't even realize why she was so angry." Rin snatched the phone from Miku, excitement evident in her trembling voice. "Are you going to tell her that Lily likes Gumi and Gumi likes Lily, but Lily thinks that Miku and Gumi are together so she's pissed off at Miku now?"
On the other end, Gakupo blinked. Since when had Miku morphed into Rin? And wow, Rin was sharp.
"So she was angry at Miku! Oh yeah, she was very sad you know. I know she likes my sister-" "What?" Gumi yelled out in the background. "-and well, you called, and told me Gumi like her too." "Why didn't you tell me!" Gumi slapped Gakupo's arms, embarrassed and angry at the same time.
"Well you never told me either!" "I was going to tell you but you went out!"
Rin cleared her throat, effectively reminding Gakupo he was still on the phone.
"Oh yes, anyways, this is a pleasant surprise but you should really go look for Lily and talk to her."
"Yeah, where is she?"
Lily was all alone in the park, swinging back and forth slowly on a swing.
"Ah, it's dinner time. Kaito and Meiko will be home. I should head back, but I don't feel like doing so." She buried her head in her arms, the swing screeching and stopping.
Flashback/Park, some time ago/
Lily grumbled and kicked the grass angrily, before sitting on a bench.
"Hey Lily, what's up?" Gakupo jogged towards her, still in his uniform. He had stayed back for a while and received Lily's text to meet her at the park.
"…Gakupo, how's Gumi?" "She's fine, you know that too." "I mean, is she seeing anyone?" "Ah? Are you jealous? If she is, I do not know. I doubt she is dating, I mean, she'd be going out of the house if she was." "So she isn't… You know how I feel about your sister, right?"
Gakupo nodded, it was a slightly awkward and embarrassing moment, but it did make them friends rather quickly.
Even more flashback /First day of school/
Lily looked out of the window. Lessons had yet to start, and as usual, she had reached school early enough to watch the students stream in. It was the first day of her last year at this school, and she felt a wave of nostalgia sweep through her as she spotted new students making their way in uncertainly.
Among all the students, she spotted a Green haired girl with red goggles on her head, she seemed a bit ditzy, looking around before tripping and almost falling in her haste to get going.
"Cute. Those goggles suit her." She muttered to herself, a smile forming on her face.
"They do, don't they?" "Whoa." Lily turned and found a guy with very long purple hair standing beside her.
"I'm Kamui Gakupo, and I'm new here. The one you were watching is my sister." "Huh, welcome. I'm Kagamine Lily. Your sister?" "The one with the conspicuous goggles. So you're into her." "What? No!" Lily was flustered and started to babble.
"She isn't, I mean, she's new so I took an interest in her, no I mean that she's quite different and special, maybe it's me but yes, no, I do not like her or anything!" She was careful not to speak too loudly, after all, she had a reputation for being 'Cool' and 'Distant', she could not show this panicky side of herself.
"You know, it's okay, I won't judge you." "And I know- huh? What?" "I won't judge you. Who am I to tell you not to like her? You seem nice enough too, I suppose you can go after her." Lily blushed. This was the first time someone was so straightforward. Most people would try to suck up to her and sugar coat their words, but this… this guy was different. He was so nice and honest. But then, he assumed she was nice. Maybe he was just dumb. But oh well, it did not matter. 'He's her sister? Fantastic. I can get to know her through him. I should invite him to lunch or something.'
"So Gakupo, my… friend," She let the word linger on her tongue. 'Friend? Hey, that feels nice.' "It would be nice if you would join my siblings and I for lunch later." Gakupo flashed a dazzling smile, "I would be honoured to!"
And somehow, Lily knew that they would be ... good friends.
Back to flashback at the park(I'm sorry if this is confusing)
"Yeah, so I… IguessIlikeher." Lily blushed slightly. 'Like? Goodness, I'm falling deeper and deeper in love everytime I see her.'
"You guess? More like you know." "Yeah, but she's so close to Miku." "But doesn't Miku like Luki?" "I think so, but… I saw Gumi and Miku hugging." Gakupo gasped. "Kissing?"
"Hugging! Hugging, you idiot!" "Oh, maybe Miku was comforting Gumi, or something." "But Gumi wasn't crying when she left the table." 'Oh, so it happened on the day Gumi felt a little sick!" "Yes."
Gakupo frowned and thought for a while.
"I suppose I can go back and talk to Gumi." "What? No! What if she is disgusted by me?" "She won't be, she's the same as me! We don't judge!" 'Or so you think.' Lily snorted. "But that's because nothing has happened to her! What if her friend, no, her brother's female friend likes her? It might be a different case altogether!"
"You don't know if you don't try." Gakupo murmured. "Gakupo, please don't tell your sister about this." "But you will be so hurt, trapped by your feelings. As your friend, I can't just stand and watch." "As my best friend, you can't risk making your sister hate me."
Gakupo was glad to know he was Lily's best friend, but… "I think you need closure, instead of being left to wonder 'what if'. I won't tell her, but I guess I'll try to hint to her." "How subtle can you be." Lily scoffed, dubious of Gakupo's 'hints'.
"I can be subtle!" Gakupo 'hmphed' and sulked like a child.
"Right. I suppose." "Lily, well, since it's our last year, well for me it's my first and last year, maybe you should confess to her at the end of the school year or something. If all goes well, you can go out, and if it goes wrong, well, you'll be out of school and you won't have to deal with awkward moments."
"That's a good idea. Now, if only I can last that long." Lily sighed loudly and stood up. Gakupo copied her. "I guess I should go back. I told Gumi I'd be out for a while only, well, see you tomorrow. And goodluck!"
End of flashback (For real)
"Can I really hold on until then? And if I do… I can't imagine what will happen… Rejection would hurt more than being laughed at or being treated as an outcast…" Lily tried not to think about the worst case scenario.
"So Miku and Gumi aren't together then, I was just thinking too much. So what's preventing me from going back? My pride? Am I afraid to meet Miku now?" Lily felt a headache coming on, and stood up. "I should just go back, shouldn't I?"
"Lily!" "Ah! There she is!"
"Rin? Miku?!"
"Lily!" "Erm, I'll just wait for you guys here…" Rin stopped and let Miku run towards Lily.
"Lily, I'm so sorry, I didn't know that-" "No, Miku, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been so mean." "I'm sorry too. I really didn't know that you liked Gumi, so I didn't realize, I didn't…" "Silly girl, why are you crying?" "I don't know, I'm just so happy for you." "Huh? For me?" "Yeah, don't you know that Gumi likes you too?" "She does?" Lily's eyes opened in shock. Miku nodded furiously.
'Well that's new.' "She really does?" "Yeah." Lily grinned. So it seemed like things were turning out for the better.
"Well, let's go back, it's late!" Rin said, "and I'm hungry."
"So… you like Lily?" "Shut up already!"
Author: well, that's it for now… I'm sorry it's progressing so slowly. D: I'm kinda busy nowadays, although its holidays… and I'm getting my results back soon… *gulps*. If my results aren't up to standard (GPA must be 3 and seeing how I have a biased lecturer that gave my class a ton of Ds, It'll be tough), I won't be able to use the com for a while… boo.
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