Author: eesh. I'm beat.
Guest: I'd love suggestions on Rin's pairings! And sadly, Len won't end up with Mikuo. I have plans for them.
In fact, to any reviewer, I would love suggestions for Rin's pairing. Maybe I'll pop another character in or something.
Twisted Fairytales: Mikurella
Chapter 11
Kaito was weeping at the dining table, occasionally mentioning Miku's name. Len was patting him on the shoulder, and Rin was ignoring the whole thing. Lily was out with Gumi, and Meiko and Miku had just returned.
"Is dad… drunk?" Miku whispered. "I have no idea. He was crying in the car when he returned. For one whole hour. I didn't know what happened until he said your name."
"I swear he's going to die of dehydration." Rin mouthed to Miku. "What?!"
"Yeah, we've all been trying to get him to speak. Even ice cream won't cheer him up."
"Great." Miku walked over to Kaito, who burst in to tears after seeing her.
'What the?' Miku took a step back, confused.
"Do you know why he's crying so hard? Did you traumatize him during the car ride or something?" Len asked.
"No! I didn't do anything!"
Kaito sobered up for a moment, rubbing his swollen eyes.
"Meiko, Miku has grown up! She went to meet a boy!"
"What? You went into a boy's house?" Meiko shrieked.
"No! I mean yes, but I wasn't meeting a boy! Not really!" Miku tried to explain.
"She went to meet a girl." Rin commented.
"But I saw a boy! A pink haired boy!" Kaito insisted.
"I saw a pink haired girl!" Meiko remembered seeing someone send Miku off. "Unless it was a guy with long hair that looked like a girl!"
"It was a guy!"
Rin looked on and shook her head. 'Idiots.' "Erm, let Miku clarify things."
They all paused and looked at Miku.
"I was going to meet a friend, but she had a twin brother." "Ohhh."
"So you aren't dating that guy?" Kaito asked.
"No!" Miku scowled, and Kaito decided to cry again, this time out or relief.
"So what happened there?" Rin asked Miku, once they were alone in Miku's room, and away from their parents and Len.
"Well, we talked." Miku said. It wasn't a lie.
"We went through her pictures."
Rin raised her eyebrows. "And?"
"We talked." Miku started again, speaking very slowly, "about stuff."
"Did you tell her?" "Tell her what?" Rin narrowed her eyes.
"Oh yeah, I did. It turned out okay. In fact, it turned out very well." Miku smiled, replaying the kiss in her head.
"Right. How so?"
"I guess you can say we're kinda together now?" Miku grinned, embarrassed but happy.
"WHOA!" Rin shouted. "That's great! I always knew that you would end up with her!"
"You always knew? What do you mean?"
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all."
"And then we kissed. And we're together now." "Daring. You initiated the kiss, I supposed?"
Luka blushed. "Yeah, I just felt really… up to it, you know." Luki nodded, not really understanding.
"I felt like I had the courage to do so." "Ah. Well, that's good. At least you didn't go any further than that."
"What do you mean further than that?" "Well, you know, certain things." Luki wiggled his eyebrows, and Luka slapped him with a cushion.
"You're perverted. Go get a boyfriend or something!" "Oh, my eyes are open to spot any fine man." Luki grinned.
"Anyways, final exams in two months, then it's the school dance. You can dance away with Miku then." He twirled around, dancing with an imaginary partner. "And after all of that you can have some wicked se-" Luki ran off before another cushion reached him.
"Miku, why not?"
"I just don't want to be official-official you know. It took Gumi and Lily some time too. Give me some time, Luka."
Luka sighed but gave in to Miku. One month. One month since the kiss, and they had been sneaking around like thieves. Miku refused to hold Luka's hand in public, Miku refused to go out with Luka in public, and Luka was starting to get a bit frustrated. It was hard to not be able to display your affection for someone you love.
"Alright." Luka bent over to kiss Miku, but Miku moved back. "Whoa, whoa, not here, not in school!" she hissed. "What if we get caught?"
"Then we'll step out of the closet." Luka replied.
"Luka…" Miku pleaded, and Luka sat down again. "Fine. Wanna come over to my house?"
"No, I really have to catch up with homework. My grades are falling, you know." Unlike Luka, Miku was very distracted by their relationship, so much so that she found herself daydreaming more than usual, and that led to her attention span decreasing drastically. Even Luka's tution was not helping much.
"Come over for tuition? Just tuition, I promise." Luka begged.
"Just for tuition? I can't, I'm too…" "Too what?" "Too distracted by you." Miku mumbled, but Luka heard it.
"Awww." She grinned. "You're that distracted by my presence, huh?" Miku blushed and nodded.
"Hmmm, what kind of girlfriend would I be if I made you fail your exams?" Luka held out a hand for Miku, and she took it, standing up. "Well, if you score well for this exam, maybe I'll have a surprise for you." Luka whispered in Miku's ears, making the tealette tremble.
"Well, if you score well for your exams…" "You won't know my results until next year." Miku groaned, realising that Luka was right. "Well, when your Mid-year results come out, and if they're good, I'll give you a reward." Miku said, winking at Luka, causing the pinkette to blush lightly.
"Oh, I expect it to be a good re-"
"Oh, good that you're still here, Miku." "Mikuo?"
"Oh no, don't worry, I'm not going to hit on you or anything." Luka's eyes narrowed into thin slits when she heard this.
"What do you want?" Luka asked.
"Relax!" Mikuo felt chills go up his spine. So this was the rumoured Megurine Luka. How terrifying, she lived up to her reputation. She was beautiful yet scary. "Kiyoteru sensei's looking for you."
'The math teacher? Oh no, this can't be good.' Miku gave a forced smile and thanked Mikuo, who left hurriedly.
"Is it because of your grades?" "I think so." "You should go and see him then, I'll wait for you." "Aww, and don't think I don't know you were glaring at Mikuo." Luka blushed.
"Really, your results were so good and then they started to drop. Is Luka not a good tutor?" Miku shook her head. "Well, anyways, Math isn't the only problem, your other subjects too. Your form teacher, Yowane sensei will speak to you soon."
Miku was excused, and she let out a frustrated groan in the hallway.
"What's wrong?" Luka asked.
"My results have been slipping. And this could spell trouble."
"You should work hard. Maybe you should get Luki to tutor you if you're getting distracted by me." Luka said, and it was not a playful tone, but a concerned one.
"No, you two are so similar!" "But he's not like me in terms of personality."
"I'll probably end up thinking of you anyways." Miku mumbled, embarrassed.
"Aww, that's sweet, but you really have to work hard."
"I know."
"Good that you know. What happened to your grades? Have you been feeling troubled or anything?" Meiko asked. Kaito was terrible at giving talks to his children; he would assume too much and end up in tears.
"Nope."
"Any bullying incidents?"
"Nope."
"Any traumatic incident?"
"Nope."
"Any… relationship problems?"
Miku flushed a little. "N-nope."
Meiko's lips quirked into a slight smile. 'So she's in a relationship.'
"Is your relationship with someone distracting you?"
"No, it isn't."
"So you are in a relationship."
"Huh? No!"
"Nice try, Miku. I'm fine with it, but don't let your father know about it yet. Who is it anyway?"
"You won't judge or anything, right?"
"Judge? If it's a girl it won't really matter, Lily already shocked me once."
"Yeah it is. But we're not really official."
"Why not?"
"I don't know, and it's stressing me out too. I'm afraid we'll get bullied or something."
"So that's what is distracting you, huh? I suggest you worry about this after your exams, but it's easier said than done. And you know that if you don't score well for your exams, you'll be grounded." Meiko wagged her finger, and Miku groaned.
"Anyways, you can talk to me if you want." Meiko offered.
"Thanks."
[From Miku :D]
{Do u want to go official? }
One month to final exams. One month left, and Miku was working hard. Lily had been tutoring her occasionally, and she had been trying hard to keep Luka out of her mind. Luka was working equally hard, and that message had thrown her off track. It was so sudden.
And maybe Miku shouldn't have sent that message at such a crucial time. Of course, Miku was doing that so that they could remove that question that was constantly in their mind.
Luka ignored that message. How was she to know what to say? Exams were already stressing her out.
Three weeks passed, and Miku was feeling very, very Luka-deprived. The both of them were studying hard, and did not meet up because of that. Of course, Luka would not mind staying back to help Miku, but if Miku got distracted…
"Gah, just one more week." Luka decided to take a break from studying. She looked at her phone. So much for not getting distracted. Miku had not texted her since. And although she told herself it was because Miku was busy studying, she knew that that was not the case. She definitely had to reply Miku's message. This was terrible of her, to leave them hanging, waiting for an answer or a sign from the other.
"Should I reply her?" Luka asked.
"No, you'll distract her. Yes, you'll be giving her an answer." Luki said, startling Luka.
"I forgot you were in the room."
"Why does that not surprise me? You've been acting funny you know. Your mind must be stuck in Mikuland. You should reply her after the exams, then apologize and present her with a romantic gift."
Luka narrowed her eyes in suspicion. Well, the last time she followed Luki's advice, it led to miraculous results. What was there to doubt? Then again…
"It's a surprise you don't have a boyfriend, given your romanticism."
"Oh, they're not interested in me. Look at that Gakupo. Well, just you wait." Luki winked at his sister and went back to studying.
'Really… so that's it? I don't know what to do. I must seem so cruel to Miku now.' Luka sighed, and resumed studying as well.
Miku was focused on studying. Well, at least that was what everyone else thought. She was bent forward, intensely staring at her textbooks, then frantically scribbling notes, or redo-ing previous worksheets.
She was merely trying her best to distract herself from Luka. And it was working well.
'But I feel like I'm back to the time when my feelings for Luka were a secret. I feel like… we're not even a couple.'
Miku's pencil tip snapped.
'What? Why did I think that way? Could it be… that… I don't love Luka anymore? Or is it the other way round? Why are you so suspicious, Miku? Snap out of it!'
"Miku, you okay? You seem spaced out. Maybe you need a break." Len waved his hand in front of Miku.
"Huh, no, I'm fine."
"It's great to see you so determined. It must be for the reward." Len said.
"Y-yeah, the reward." 'What should I do? Should I confront Luka about it? Or should I let it be? No, I need closure, either a yes or a no. Either we stay together or we break up.'
Author: well, that's… it. I feel like I've done a terrible job with this. :X anyways, the next chapter should be the last one!
