Twisted Fairytales: Mikurella
Chapter 7
The next day, the gang was sitting in the cafeteria, and like yesterday, an awkward silence hung in the air, but a different tension replaced the previous one.
Miku was nibbling on her leek, Rin was slowly and skilfully peeling her orange, Gakupo was already halfway done with his meal, Len, as usual, was sipping on his two bottled of banana milk.
Gumi and Lily were sneaking peeks at each other, blushing slightly and looking away for a moment when their eyes met.
'How akward… I figured just as much though, Lily won't just ask Gumi out like that, after all, it was a rather unusual way of getting to know each other's feelings. I didn't tell Len that, imagine how he would be interrogating them…' Rin glanced at her brother, who was more oblivious than Gakupo now.
"Why's everyone so quiet?" Len asked, confused by the silence. After all, Miku and Lily had returned home happily, so their conflict was solved.
Gakupo looked away hastily, shoving the rest of his food into his mouth.
Miku took another bite of her leek, chewing quickly.
Rin almost tore the orange, but resumed peeling it carefully.
All three pretended to have heard nothing.
Gumi and Lily were still lost in their own world, more occupied with each other, and completely unaware of what was going on.
Len sulked a little, disappointed that he was ignored, and opened his mouth to speak again, but Rin cut him off, coughing quietly but effectively summoning everyone's attention, including Gumi and Lily.
"So, I was thinking we should go out today." "Cool, where are we going?" Gakupo smiled.
"Hmmm, shopping!" Rin smiled happily.
Gakupo and Len's faces fell. "Sho-shopping?" "You can't be serious! Your last shopping trip took hours!"
"It's fine if you don't come, you're like a kid when we're shopping, going 'Are you done yet?' 'I'm hungry!' "I'm tired, my feet are killing me!' and 'I'm bored, can we go home already?' every five minutes." Rin imitated Len's whining perfectly, much to his annoyance.
"I-I never whined like that!" Len whined in the exact same tone.
"Right, anyways, girls, interested?"
"Sure, I don't mind." Miku looked over at Gumi.
"Well, I don't have anything on after school today, why not?"
"I'm going." Lily said a little too fast, and that did not go unnoticed by Rin, who smiled even more.
"Fantastic. So , school gate after school then!" Rin smiled and ate her orange.
[ From: Rin]
{Oi, Gakupo, skip 2day's outing. But dun tell Lily or Gumi that u r skipping it until end of school.}
Gakupo looked at his phone, and frowned, puzzled.
[ From: Eggplant]
{Y? Is it cuz Len's nt going? N it'll be awkward if I'm the only guy?}
Rin shook her head. Gakupo was so…
[ From: Rin]
{Nope, It's cos I wanted Gumi n Lily to go shopping alone.}
Gakupo almost shouted out "That's really smart!" but stopped himself in time. So this was Rin's plan, huh?
'Now, how to excuse myself later? I'll show Lily that I can be sneaky.'
"Oi!" Len scowled as Rin grabbed his bag and rummaged it until she found a worksheet, and kept it under her desk.
"What was that?" "Nothing!" Rin smiled innocently at her brother, who took his bag back and looked at Rin suspiciously.
"Okay, settle down!" Rin and Miku smiled in anticipation.
"Take out your worksheets, and if you don't have them or have not completed them, stand."
Miku and Rin stood up immediately, smiling like idiots.
"Oh no, not you two again." The teacher pinched his nose bridge and sighed. "Stay back after class to finish it. No one else? Go-"
The screech of a chair suddenly being pushed back interrupted the teacher, who raised his eyebrow.
"I…I forgot to bring it…" Len mumbled, looking extremely confused. 'But I'm sure I put it in my bag? Did… did Rin take it?' He looked at Rin, who refused to return his stare. "I knew it." He hung his head in defeat and slouched. "What did I do to deserve this?"
The lesson passed slowly, and by the end of it, Len was more than glad to be able to sit down.
"Well, Gumi, sorry, seems we can't go with you." Rin apologised, hiding her smile successfully.
"Oh, it's okay, so I'll go ahead?" "Yeah, sorry!"
"What was that about, sis?" Len turned to Rin, pointing a finger in her direction.
"My, my, why so angry? I just provided an alibi for you to skip the shopping trip." "Huh? But you guys aren't going either." "Guess who will be!" "Gakupo and Lily and Gumi." "No, Gakupo is in on this." "So it's just Lily and Gumi? Why?"
Rin looked around. Everyone had left.
"Well,…"
"Eh? Rin, Len and Miku have to stay back!?" Lily exclaimed. "Yeah, they did not do their work…"
"Gakupo can't make it either, he ran to the toilet after school and told me to go ahead first. How suspicious."
"So it's just us?" Gumi and Lily turned pink at the realisation. "I suppose, le- let's go."
"And you guys never told me?!" Len gasped in shock, a hand on his chest in mock hurt.
"You never figured it out in the first place." Rin shrugged, taking out the worksheets. "Miku, where's yours?" "Eh heh, I really forgot to do mine, after yesterday, I was too happy and forgot about it." She rubbed the back of her neck, laughing.
"Aww, that's a shame. Well, we'll go first, okay? Come on Len, I'll treat you to ice cream for co-operating." "Banana flavoured!" He cheered.
"Well, that leaves me… if only I had someone to teach me, I'm terrible at math…" Miku's eyes twinkled as she realised she had a tutor after all.
[ From: Miku]
{Senpai, are you free now?}
Luka blinked at the message, then grinned slightly.
[ From: Luka X3]
{Yes, I am, :) why? Do you need help in your work?}
Miku was radiating happiness when she received the answer.
[ From: Miku]
{Yes, I need help in Math. If it's okay with you, could you come over to teach me? I'm in class 2-A.}
Luka never expected her kouhai to text her so quickly, not that she minded. 'I'll be there in 5.' She thought and typed out the message, grabbing her bag.
"Nee-san? Where are you going?" Luki shouted after her.
"Erm, I'm a tutor for a junior!"
"Really? Are you sure you're not on a date or anything?" he teased and watched her stumble out of the door. "Luckily the class is empty, or else, her reputation would be gone."
"Miku?" "Luka-senpai!" "Luka is fine."
'Strange, where did that come from?' Luka brushed off the thought. She would deal with it later.
"Lu-luka." Miku blushed. They were alone in the class now. And she was finding it really difficult to breathe normally, she could not exhale or inhale all of a sudden. And she was staring at the pink haired girl in front of her.
"So, Miku?" Luka managed to say despite her difficulty in breathing. What was this girl doing to her? Did she really like this girl?
"Yes!" Miku blushed even more, afraid that she was caught staring. "I need help with this…"
"Ahhhhh, so that's how I get to this answer!" "Yeah, good job, you did not require a lot of help." "Eh? Did you expect me to need a lot of assistance?" Miku pouted.
'Oh no, I did not just do that!'
"Eh? I didn't mean it that way, I meant that you're smart!" Luka looked at the girl who was behaving like a child. 'How child-like and cute.' She smiled, and Miku looked up.
"Really?"
"Yes, so, today's tutoring comes to an end?" Luka prepared to stand up although she very much disliked leaving her seat.
"Oh, ye-yeah." Miku almost sighed. 'It's over already, huh?'
"Don't worry, you can always approach me for help." Luka petted the tealette's head. 'Don't worry Luka, she will approach you again!'
"Okay! Thanks so much for today!" "It was my pleasure, Miku."
And as Luka left the classroom, she felt like she had already left part of herself in that classroom, no, with Miku already.
Author: I'm so ashamed of my sloppy writing. I tried to write, and was too nervous about my results, and argh, this is the result. I'm sorry that there has not been much negitoro progress! This story has been focusing on Gumi/Lily too much! I promise that will change by the next chapter! *begs for forgiveness*
