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Without any further ado, here's Chapter Three.
~*~Act 3: Bad End Night~*~
Luka advised me to ignore Gakupo and just go about my day as usual. But that's kind of hard to do when he comes up to me in the hallway after lunch break and hugs me.
"Hey, Gumi." he says, grinning as he pulls back and grips my shoulders. "You look beautiful today."
"Get off," I say, my face turning red. I see Teto heading our way out of the corner of my eye. She hasn't seen us yet, but she will in about five seconds.
I panic. Four seconds.
He tilts his head, oblivious. "Why? You are my girlfriend, after all."
Three seconds.
Several gasps come from the lips of bystanders, including the gossip-freak Miku.
Two seconds.
She whips out her phone and takes a picture.
One second.
Teto sees us. Her eyes widen.
Thinking fast, I say, "Kamui-san, I'm not your girlfriend. I told you already. Get off of me." I reach up and push at his hands, but he just pulls me closer.
"I'll make you love me, one way or another," he murmurs, closing his eyes and leaning in to kiss me.
I shove him in the chest, hard. He crashes to the floor, and people scatter, gasping and crying out. Gakupo stares up at me, his eyes wide with shock and disbelief.
Teto runs over. "Gakupo-san!"
"I'm not your girlfriend, and you will never make me love you," I snap. I turn on my heel and stalk away, cheeks still flushed, feeling the stares of everyone's eyes burning my back as I go to class.
My day has been ruined.
A guy I vaguely remember as Kasane Ted-senpai comes up to me after school. "Hey. You're Megpoid-san, right?" he says, leaning up against my locker like Gakupo did yesterday.
"And you're Kasane Ted-senpai." I reply, opening my locker. "Teto's older brother. What do you want?"
"To talk to you," he says. "I respect how you want to stand up for Teto's love for Gakupo-kun, but I don't think she should be with him. I don't want her to be hurt. So, I'd like you to try and keep her away from him."
I start putting my books away in my locker. "I don't even know you. You really think I'm going to do what you say?" I ask.
He looks uncomfortable. "No, I don't," he says, to my surprise. "But I'm hoping you will."
"Why even hope?" I say, picking up my bag and slinging it over my shoulder. "You may want to protect your sister from that freak, and I understand that, but in my opinion, she might be able to change him."
Ted sighs. "You may be right, but still..."
I slam my locker shut suddenly, making him jump. I look up at him and glare into his red eyes. "Listen. You can't get me to date Kamui-san. I. Hate. Him. He's a freak!" I get closer to him, standing up on my tiptoes until our noses are inches apart. Anger and frustration work their way into my voice, and I unintentionally raise my voice. "I'll never date him, and someone like you can't make me. Ever. Now you're going to walk away, and we're going to forget we ever had this conversation. Got it, pinkie?"
He looks into my eyes for a moment, his cheeks tinged slightly pink and his eyes displaying surprise – and something else.
What? I search his eyes, the anger dissolving in a flash. What are you thinking?
He steps back and shrugs. "If you really feel so strongly about it, then okay." He turns and walks away.
I sink back down onto my heels, then slide to the floor, my knees weak. My eyes fix on his retreating form. My hands are shaking, my palms sweaty, and my eyes wide. What just happened? What did I say?
What did I just...?
I try to forget what happened, this morning and just a minute ago, by going to the library and checking out a couple prank and joke books. By the time I'm back in my dorm and have read through them, I've cried from laughing so hard at least twice and have two new prank ideas. One is just for fun... but the other is payback.
I turn on my iPod. "Just a small town girl, livin' in a lonely world, she took the midnight train goin' anywhere..."
I pull my silver carrot-stickered laptop onto the bed and log into Vocachat, a chatroom for several of the kids at Crypton Musical High School. Miku, Ted, Teto, Gakupo, and Rin's brother Len are online right now.
[17:12] coward-mont-blanc has logged in
[17:12] sk8er-boi: she's feisty but cute... she doesn't know I like her tho
I blink. Ted likes someone? A "cute and feisty" girl? Luka maybe? She's not really that feisty, though... Meiko-san, maybe?
[17:12] banana-boy: gumi-chan! :D
[17:13] sk8er-boi: ?!
[17:13] coward-mont-blanc: Hey all! :3
As I type my reply, I wonder why Ted reacted that way when Len said my name. Hm... Maybe... he's still mad at me for earlier?
[17:13] kasaneterritory: Gumi! Check ur pm. NOW
Oh, dear. This can't be good. I click to the private chat window with Teto.
[17:13] kasaneterritory: what happened this morning?! y did u hurt gaku-kun?!
[17:14] coward-mont-blanc: he was trying to kiss me and was getting all up in my face. I was just trying to get him off me.
[17:14] kasaneterritory: yeah, right! I know ur acting! u love him!
[17:14] coward-mont-blanc: That's not true. I don't love him. I don't want 2 date him bc I don't think I can change him. But u can, I believe. I want u to be w/ him.
She doesn't reply, so I check the main chat.
[17:13] ohime-sama: kasane-senpai! u have to tell us who u like!
[17:13] banana-boy: I'm interested 2. who do u like, ted-senpai?
[17:13] sk8er-boi: uh...
[17:14] dukevenomania: i'm back!
wait... gumi's on?
[17:14] banana-boy: yeah, but shes pming teto-chan, u shouldnt bother her right now
in the meantime, were trying to get ted-senpai to tell us who he likes! :D
[17:14] ohime-sama: but all we know at this point is that shes feisty, cute, and doesnt know he likes her.
[17:15] kasaneterritory has logged out
[17:15] sk8er-boi: …?
That's the latest message. I type another greeting. Another song begins playing. "Fukai fukai mori no oku ni mayoi konda mura no musume..."
[17:15] coward-mont-blanc: Hey guys, I'm back
[17:15] dukevenomania: GUMI! :*
"Moron..." I whisper to myself, flicking my forehead.
[17:15] coward-mont-blanc: sigh... hi, Kamui-san...
[17:16] banana-boy: gumi-chan... check ur pm please
What could this be about?
[17:16] banana-boy: thought u might want to see this...
Attached to the message is a photo. I click on it to enlarge it, and what I see makes me blush in embarrassment and anger.
It's an Instagram screenshot. The picture is of Gakupo and me, with his hands on my shoulders, leaning close to me. I'm blushing. The poster of the picture is ohime-sama. Miku...
I look down at the caption.
"Get off."
"Why? You are my girlfriend, after all."
These 2 are adorable! sooo jealous! I wish Kaito-kun would do that to me :heart:
There are around eight hundred likes already, and several people have commented saying things like, "So he's found a new victim..." "cute!" "I didn't know they were dating!" "adorable couple! :D"
I click away from the picture and back to Vocachat. I reply to Len, just as another song plays. "Hitotsu-me no nazo wa 'naze kare ga hitori no heya de, doku iri no WAIN wo nomanakereba ikenakatta no ka?"
[17:18] coward-mont-blanc: Ty Len-kun
I go back to the main chat.
[17:16] dukevenomania: LEN-KUN! u have no right to call my gf gumi-chan. shes not urs.
[17:17] banana-boy: dude, shes been my bgf for like 6 yrs
[17:17] sk8er-boi: u 2, stop arguing. gakupo-san, did megpoid ever actually accept ur "proposal"? u know, officially making u bf/gf?
[17:17] dukevenomania: ...
[17:17] banana-boy: well?
[17:18] coward-mont-blanc: In answer to ur question, senpai, no. I never accepted the position of being Kamui-san's gf. He kind of forced me into it.
[17:18] dukevenomania: hehe, gumi! u know thats not true~ u guys dont believe her, right?
[17:18] banana-boy: actually, I do.
[17:18] sk8er-boi: so do i. honestly, i feel more inclined to believe megpoid over u
[17:19] dukevenomania: y?! u dont even know her, ted-kun!
[17:19] sk8er-boi: that may be true, but even so, i've seen her behavior around u, and she really doesnt seem to like u. shes my sisters friend, and my sister likes u. shed never do that to teto, going out with tetos crush. megpoid, am i right?
I sit there, staring at the monitor. Kasane-senpai...? Why? Why are you standing up for me? After I yelled at you today? I want to type the words, but I can't.
Everyone is silent, waiting for my answer. I decide to reply honestly, and speak to Ted personally later.
[17:20] coward-mont-blanc: ur exactly right, Kasane-senpai. Thank u.
[17:20] coward-mont-blanc has logged off
Songs Gumi listens to:
Don't Stop Believin' - Journey
Bad ∞End∞Night - Vocaloid Eight
Nazotoki - Len Kagamine