She glanced over at his shopping cart, a look of astonishment, quickly followed by disgust, swept over her features as she saw the mound of tubs of ice cream he had accumulated. "You can actually eat all THAT?" she asked. Just looking at all of it made her feel queasy.

"Yeah," the blue haired young man answered, all too innocently, a triumphant grin on his face. "Besides, I could ask you the same thing!" he added, tilting his head toward her own shopping cart, which contained at least six bottles of sake. "I'd thought you would be sick of liquor, since we work at a bar and all. Not to mention, it's bad for your health. More so than ice cream!"

"Yeah yeah." Meiko said shrugging him off as she continued walking. She rushed through the aisles picking up a few more items she needed. "You're helping me pay for the groceries! And hurry it up, we've got to get home fast or all your ice cream will melt." She groaned, getting in line to pay.

Kaito smiled, quickly following her. "I'm not paying for your alcohol, though."

The two walked home hurriedly, Kaito carrying most of the things they had bought and Meiko carrying her bottles of sake. "I guess we'll have to use my car to go to the mall." She said, sighing. She wasn't particularly a big fan of driving places; it cost her money for gas, and for all the accidents she happened to get in while driving.

I'M a great driver, though; it's all those losers on the road that do things all wrong. She thought to herself placing a finger on her chin.

"I guess we do need to drive there, huh…" Kaito mumbled nervously. "I could drive… If that's okay with you…" he trailed off, not wanting to insult her driving skills directly, but still feeling very much afraid for his life.

"Nah, it's alright I can do it." Meiko answered setting down her bottles of sake and unlocking the door to her house. "Now we have to figure how to fit all this in the fridge." She grumbled.

After a few minutes of playing Tetris with the groceries the two somehow managed to fit them all into the small fridge. They both walked over to Meiko's garage, Kaito's eyes widened the moment he saw the wreck Meiko called her car. It would've been red, had the paint not been so worn and faded, one of the doors was a different color entirely, it didn't look all that safe and Kaito was scared to even sit inside.

Meiko hopped into the car and Kaito reluctantly followed, carefully sitting down in the passenger seat. As soon as the two closed their doors there was the sound of metal falling to the floor. "Well… There goes the bumper." Meiko said, not at all surprised. "Who needs bumpers anyway?!" She laughed, tossing her head back and driving off. Kaito merely clung to his seatbelt for dear life the entire ride.

"Meiko?" Kaito began cautiously as he and Meiko walked into the mall.

"Hmm?" Meiko replied, her attention absorbed mostly by the shops.

"On the way back, can I drive? PLEASE?" he begged.

She eyed him for a moment "Yeah, sure." She said walking into a shop. "Come on, let's go find some new clothes!" she exclaimed pulling him by the arm.

A while later Kaito somehow found himself carrying a large pile of clothes that Meiko said would look good on him, none of which he had chosen himself, and watching Meiko put on a fashion show. She'd go into the fitting rooms to change and then show him what she was wearing and somehow never be satisfied.

"You just say that everything looks good on me." Meiko said, a bit aggravated, while glaring at him suspiciously.

"B-Because… Everything does…" Kaito mumbled, looking away somewhat shyly. He genuinely thought anything Meiko wore wouldn't make her any less radiant and beautiful. And the sleek black dress she was currently wearing… Well, let's just say he was looking away so as not to get any funny ideas. His cheeks glowed pink as she walked back into the fitting rooms, grumbling about who knows what.

He stared after her dreamily, wondering if Meiko felt anything special for him. He certainly hoped so, but he would wait as long as it took. He didn't mind as long as he could stay close and keep an eye on her.

Meiko returned, carrying only three of the things she had originally tried on. "Well, aren't you going to try on your clothes?" she asked him.

"Nah, I'm sure they'll look fine." Kaito shrugged. He stood up, and bravely grabbed hold of her empty hand as he half dragged her over to the cash register in his nervousness.

"What's the rush?" Meiko asked, instinctively entwining her fingers in his.

"Well… I was wondering if we could… uh… Eat out today? I mean, if you'd like…" he trailed off nervously, tugging at his scarf as they both exited the store.

She couldn't help but giggle at his cute, flustered expression. "Sure. It's your treat though."

He smiled unbelievably brightly as they walked over to a nearby restaurant. Kaito and Meiko had known the owners of this place for years. It was a small, quaint restaurant, but surprisingly they had a good amount of business.

"Hey, Leon!" Kaito shouted a bit too excitedly, rushing over to a tall blonde man as he and Meiko entered the restaurant. They hadn't seen each other in a week or so. Kaito and Leon hugged as if they had been apart for ages. Meiko smiled, rolling her eyes. Suddenly, a woman crept up on her, and grabbed Meiko from behind in a futile attempt to scare her.

"You know that never works, Lola." Meiko said turning around to hug the tall lean woman with black hair.

"Hey, so what are you two doing here?" Lola interrupted. "Normally you guys don't come here together." Lola raised her eyebrows perceptively and nudged Meiko with her elbow. "This a date?"

Kaito overheard and blush spread across his face. Knowing Meiko, she probably hadn't realized that he had indeed asked her out on a date. Well, he sort of did. Close enough.

Leon hurriedly showed Kaito and Meiko to their table and dragged Lola away.

"Hey- Wait Leon! I was still talking to Meiko!" Lola grumbled.

Once Leon felt they were far enough he began scolding her "What did I tell you about being nosy? Huh?!" he hissed, trying not to be too loud.

"Well I just wanted to know!" she muttered, crossing her arms.

The two bickered back and forth, their easy to recognize British accents becoming louder and louder.

Meiko and Kaito merely laughed. "Same old Leon and Lola" they said in unison.

Another woman walked up to their table "Why, hello you two. May I take your order?" she said barely audibly, but with a quiet smile on her face. She had long silver hair, violet eyes, and a British accent like the other two.

"Hello, Miriam." Kaito said smiling, Meiko nodded. "Umm… Well, I'll have a steak. Oh! And ice cream. Lots of ice cream."

"I want a steak too and a bottle of wine, please, Miriam." Meiko added.

"Alright. Coming right up." Miriam said, walking off to the kitchen to see what Leon and Lola were bickering about.

Kaito sat quietly for a few moments clasping his hands together nervously. Meiko was staring out the window at the passersby. "Uh… Meiko." Kaito began, uneasily. "I-I have something I need to tell you…" his cheeks burned bright red as he looked Meiko directly in the eyes. Oh, her beautiful eyes. It seemed to him impossible to ever get tired of looking at them.

"What is it?" Meiko said, beginning to feel a little flustered by the serious expression on his face.

"Well, you see… I- I've told you before that-"

Suddenly they were interrupted as Lola rushed over to set down their food, really it was just an excuse for her to be able to listen in on their conversation. Normally Miriam would've handed them their food, and likely would have waited until the appropriate time to do so.

"Thanks." Meiko said, turning to Lola. Lola just winked and walked away, looking back at them a few times.

Kaito hit his head on the table practically crying. She just had to come over here right now…! He thought to himself, clenching his fist.

"Anyway, so what were you saying, Kaito?" Meiko said looking over at him worriedly.

"Nothing, nothing… Nevermind." He grumbled eating his dinner in silence.

Meiko couldn't help but worry, he wasn't acting like his normal self for a bit there.

They both finished up and said goodbye to their friends. The sky had turned dark already and a few stars were shining. Kaito drove them home this time and headed off to bed.

He wanted to sleep cuddling with Meiko again, but knew she'd never agree to it, so he fell asleep worn out by the day's events.

This is a fairly long chapter. Well for me it is anyway normally mine are really short. (sorry about that)

Anyway, so I tried to go a little more in depth into Kaito's feelings for Meiko, don't know if I managed to or not. Also I included all of the VOCALOID1s! woo! A lot of people say they think Gakupo and Luka are Meiko's and Kaito's best frineds, but In my head their best friends are the other V1s. Particularly Leon and Kaito, those two are like brothers. Who cares if they don't speak the same language? I'll go into more depth with Leon, Lola, and Miriam's personalities and personal lives if I decide to have them show up again. (I really like these three, so they probably will be back)

Also, I feel like I need to apologize about how they haven't even been at the bar for like three chapters now. They'll be back there next time, rest assured! I just needed to get all this out of the way.

Anyway! Thank you for reading and all that good stuff. Reviews are greatly appreciated. (I'd especially like some opinions on the V1 Engloid trio)

'Til next time!