Author's Note~

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Now, a quiz for you. In this chapter several names are mentioned, singers' names. Your job is to name which Vocaloid each singer is. Some are easier to figure out than others.

Here's Chapter 4. ^^

~*~Act 4: Game of Life~*~

The next day is Friday. I get to school as early as I can with a box full of coins, Superglue, and a big plastic grocery bag. Inside the grocery bag are two other smaller bags full of envelopes.

The first thing I do is go into all the main sophomore and junior hallways and super-glue every coin to the floor. I try to spread them out reasonably, but end up having to put some in the freshman and senior hallways too. I put some in the bathrooms, too, just for extra fun.

That was my "just for fun" prank. Now it's time for payback.

I go to the junior hallway, find Gakupo's locker, and open it. I take one of the smaller grocery bags, get out all the envelopes, and start stuffing them in his locker.

Each envelope has a typed letter inside. Each letter contains a message similar to this one:

Dear Gakupo-kun,

I've always wanted to tell you this, but I was too shy. However, I've made up my mind to tell you! The truth is, Gakupo-kun... I love you. I've loved you ever since I first set eyes on you. I want you to be mine. Whenever I see you I melt with happiness at the mere sight of you. If you were to be in love with another girl, it would break my heart. I love you. Please send me a response immediately.

Love,

Miku-chan

I've used nearly every girl's name from both the sophomore and the junior classes, including Neru, Meiko, Galaco, SeeU, Sonika, Prima, Miriam, Kaiko, Rui, and Lily; excluding myself, Luka, Teto, Rin, and probably a few other girls I forgot. Originally I wrote one with Teto's name in it, but I figure that'd make her even more mad at me, so I don't have it with me now.

I burned it.

Just kidding.

I don't burn things.

I close his locker once all the letters are in. With the way I've set this up, when he opens the door, all the letters will spill out.

The next part of the prank is basically the same, but instead of being written by girls, the letters are written by boys like Gakupo, Piko, Luki, Tonio, Nero, Rei, and Meito. And instead of being addressed to Gakupo, they're addressed to Miku. So naturally I put them in Miku's locker.

For Gakupo, it's payback for stalking me. And for Miku, it's payback for posting that picture on Instagram.

I stand a few yards away from Gakupo's locker, hiding behind the lockers, waiting to see his reaction to the letters. I see him coming and giggle to myself. This is going to be awesome!~

He walks up to his locker, whistling Game of Life, and opens it. All the envelopes pour out, gathering in huge pink-and-green piles around his feet. He stares at them, then picks one up.

I laugh uncontrollably under my breath as he opens the letter, reads it, and looks around, bewildered. "Lily-san?!" he says in disbelief.

I back away a few steps, then turn around, but my face hits white fabric. Hands grip my shoulders gently and push me back. I look up.

"Kasane-senpai?"

He blinks at me. "What's all that about, Megpoid?" he says, nodding to Gakupo reading the letters in his state of extreme confusion.

"Eh, well..." I chuckle. "You could call it payback."

In a flash I remember last night. "Kasane-senpai..." I start, looking down.

"What is it, Megpoid?" He tightens his grip on my shoulders, leaning closer.

"A-about... last night, why did you..." I look back up into his red eyes. "Why did you stand up for me against Kamui-san?"

Ted releases me and leans away. "Oh, that was because of what you said to me," he explains, lifting a hand to scratch the back of his head in embarrassment. "I was being a jerk yesterday." He looks away, his cheeks reddening slightly.

I stare at him. Is he trying to apologize to me?

"... W-well, see ya," he mumbles, turning and starting to walk away.

"Wait!"

I reach out, but I overestimate the distance between us, because I crash into him as he turns. The world spins and I feel his arms wrap around my waist, and once again I find my face pressed against Ted's white school shirt.

I become more conscious that Ted's arms are around my waist and realize I must be laying on top of him. I squeak and sit up fast, my cheeks turning red.

I'm sitting on his stomach, my legs on either side of his chest. He's looking at me in shock, his blush almost as dark red as his eyes. His glasses are crooked.

Everyone has gone silent, staring at us.

One second passes.

Two.

Three.

I can't take this anymore!

I grab my bag from where it lays beside Ted and jump up, stepping off him. I stand facing away from him, my ears burning in humiliation. Tears come unbidden to my eyes, and I cover my face with my arm to hide them. Why? Why? First Kamui-san calling me his girlfriend, and now this with Kasane-senpai?!

"Megpoid, I'm –" I hear Ted say.

I don't wait to listen. Holding my bag in my hand, I turn and run away.

I skip my first class completely. Ted's in that class with me, and I can't bear to see him. But curiosity of what he was going to say before I fled builds inside me, until I feel like I must know. So I go to my next class, which he also is in.

As I enter the room, my heart rate accelerates and I'm suddenly having second thoughts about this. Do I just walk up to him and ask him? I don't want to do this in person! But I don't even have a chance to, because Leon-sensei speaks.

"Please take your seats, everyone. We're doing class a little differently today."

I sit down in my usual seat beside Len. "How much differently, I wonder?" I mutter. He smiles at me.

Leon-sensei writes a phone number on the board. "All right, everyone, take out your phones, please."

I pull my phone out of my bag and exchange a confused glance with Len.

"Now, as you all know we have a test later today," he continues. "So we're going to review, like always, but in a different format. I'm going to read a question, and the first person to text me the correct answer gets a piece of candy for that round."

Yeah, right, I'm thinking. Like Leon-sensei would ever follow up with that.

"You're probably all thinking, 'Yeah, right'," he says. "But I'll follow through." He pulls a big bag of candy out from behind his desk.

The class breaks into excited chatter, and I fist-bump Len, but then Leon-sensei raises his hand for quiet. "All right, let's get started." He pulls out his phone.

"In the song Game of Life, what is the opening line?" he asks. Only a few seconds go by before his phone beeps. He checks the text and nods. "Very good. The answer is 'ikkaime no jinsei wa taikutsu de, nikaime no jinsei wa yaritai houdai'. Whose number is this?" He writes another number on the board and puts a tally mark beside it.

Ted stands up, stretching his long legs. "That's me." He walks up to the front and grabs a Twix bar.

"Good job, Kasane-kun," Leon-sensei praises him. Ted smiles and goes back to his seat.

"In Daughter of Evil and Servant of Evil, what is Allen's role other than being Rillaine's servant? There are two answers. You must have them both to get the question right."

I frantically start typing.

He was her brother and he died for her so she didn't have to because he loved her

It's a good thing I know the answer, because by the time I finish typing Leon-sensei has gotten two answers already. They're both wrong due to lack of information. When his phone beeps again and he checks it, he writes my number and a tally mark on the board. "Correct. He was her twin brother and, when there was an uprising, disguised himself as her and died in her place. Terribly tragic, isn't it?"

I walk up to get a packet of chocolate pocky.

"Good job, Megpoid-chan."

"Thanks, Leon-sensei."

I sit down and suddenly get the feeling I'm being watched. I look behind me and see Ted staring at me. This frustrates me, so I take a risk and enter his number into my phone. Why not? It's on the board, anyway.

Dude, y r u starin? Also, what were u going 2 say b4 I ran off earlier?

"Who originally sang Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder, Rillaine or Allen?"

u have no idea how cute u r...

I struggle to fight back a blush. We are in the middle of class.

"Good, good. It was Rillaine." I hear Leon-sensei say, writing another number and tally mark on the board. Len smirks as he stands up to get some candy.

Wtf?! What r u talking about?!

"List all nine characters featured in Bad End Night, in order of appearance."

Mikulia, Sateriajis, Rillaine, Allen, Gumina, Kachees, Lukana, Meilis, and the Shadow

"Correct again, Megpoid-chan. Mikulia, Sateriajis, Rillaine, Allen, Gumina, Kachees, Lukana, Meilis, and the unnamed shadow." When I hear my name and the sound of chalk marking another tally mark beside my number, I get up and grab a CRUNCH bar.

heh, jk. u r pretty gullible, megpoid. I was just going to apologize for embarrassing u btw

"A Wonderful Cat's Life." Leon-sensei states. "Who are the stray cat's two friends?"

… Oh. I forgive u

Leon-sensei's phone beeps and he writes a new number on the board, placing a tally mark beside it. "Kachees and Sateriajis. Good answer, Hatsune-kun."

Miku's brother Mikuo walks by me as Ted texts me back.

Hey, can I save ur number?

I roll my eyes.

Fine, idiot.

After school Rin and I go to the park together to talk. I explain to her the whole Gakupo-loves-me-but-Teto-loves-him situation, as well as the Ted-is-being-so-confusing thing. She listens quietly, then bites her lip when I finish.

"So why do you think Kasane-senpai is acting so weird?" I press.

Rin sighs. "Well, Gumi-chan, I'm no boy expert like Luka, but I'd say he either still feels bad about making you so angry yesterday or he wants to get to know you better."

"Why would he want to do that?" I question.

"Maybe because you're Teto's friend?" my blonde friend suggests.

My phone starts playing Coward Mont Blanc by Gumina. I take it out of my pocket and stare at the caller ID.

"It's Kasane-senpai!"

"Well, speak of the devil. Answer it, Gumi!" Rin says urgently.

I shakily hold the phone up to my ear. "Hello?"

"Megpoid?" Ted sounds almost as nervous as I feel.

"Yeah, it's me." I say, feeling my cheeks warm.

"Uh..." Ted clears his throat. "Well... I-I still feel bad for embarrassing you, plus getting you mad yesterday, so..."

A pause.

"Yes?" I say.

"A-are you doing anything on Sunday?" he blurts out.

My eyes widen. "N-n-no," I reply. My whole body feels like I'm standing in a bonfire. "Why?"

He clears his throat again. "C-can I... would it be all right if... I took you out on a date?" he stammers.

"Ah, sure... wh-when's a good time for you?" I say. Did I just say yes? I just agreed to a date with Kasane-senpai? My first date!

Another pause.

"How's eleven?"

"Sounds g-good," I get out. "See you then."

"See ya."

I hang up.

"Oh my gosh! Your face is blood-red!" Rin cries. "What'd he say?!"

"He... he said he still feels bad about yesterday and this morning," I stammer. "And then he asked me... if... he could take me out on a date on Sunday."

"OMG!" Rin yells. "Did you say yes?!"

"Yessss..." I whisper.

She cheers. "YAY! Now come on, we've got to pick out an outfit for you!" She jumps up off the bench and grabs my hand.

"Wait!" I say. "It's still Friday! The date is on Sunday!"

"Who cares?" Rin squeals. "Let's go!" She runs out of the park, dragging me behind her.

Author's Note~

Songs in this chapter:

Game of Life - Miku Hatsune

Daughter of Evil - Rin Kagamine

Servant of Evil - Len Kagamine

Butterfly on Your Right Shoulder - Rin Kagamine

Bad End Night - Vocaloid Eight

A Wonderful Cat's Life - GUMI and Len Kagamine

Coward Mont Blanc - GUMI