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I feel like the plot is progressing kind of slowly... like molasses, at the moment, but it can't be helped. I can only write at my own pace.
I woke up this morning with sexy lemon in my brain, and it's making me want to write scenes out of order, but it's a bad idea. If I do that, I know I'll probably never go back and finish the missing pieces. Everything has to be linear, or it's no good for me.
My one-track-song-on-repeat playlist for this morning was "Super Psycho Love" by Simon Curtis.
Kaito: *yawns and stretched* Are you doing anything bad to me over there, Master? *sounds sleepy*
Nope, nope, I'm being a good Master, this morning. Do you want to go back to bed, Kaito?
Kaito: No, I want breakfast.
Oh, oh, make some for me too. You know I don't cook.
Kaito: Is this a trick to make me wear an apron?
... *silence, followed by the gutteral sound of someone's throat clearing* heeh...
Kaito: -.- Yeah, I thought so.
...
"She's taking too long," Gakupo complained quietly under his breath, and checked the clock on the wall for the upteenth time. He stared at the now-warm glass of milk that Rin had left on the table in her haste to leave. Gakupo's eyes narrowed.
Kaito jolted as Gakupo abruptly stood up from the table, his chair scraping the floor nosily as he moved. "Sorry," The violette muttered to the bluenette, who stared unsmiling back up at him. "It's just, she should have been back by now. She should have been back..." Gakupo unconsciously clenched his fists in impotent anger. "I shouldn't have let her go back there."
If anything happened to Rin, it was his fault. Gakupo's chest clenched tightly with anxious worry that he could do nothing about. Kaito didn't move his eyes from Gakupo's face, his own anxiety and worry mirrored in his frightened blue eyes. Gakupo exhaled loudly, shook his head.
"I'm going to go find her," Gakupo decided. He turned to go pick up the phone and call the cab company back. 'They're earning their keep, today,' He thought without humor.
"N-no!" Kaito's sudden outburst made Gakupo's eyes snap back up. The bluenette struggled unsteadily to get to his feet, almost tripping over the chair as he did so. Gakupo felt like he should go and help Kaito, but his violet eyes were filled with sudden anger.
"What do you mean, 'no'?! Isn't she your friend, too? Are you just going to leave her alone with a lunatic who cuts off people's hands?" Gakupo didn't intend to lose his temper, but his worry exploded out regardless of his consent.
Kaito's face crumpled in helplessness, terror, despair. "That's, that's not... I..." His slim shoulders shook for a moment. Gakupo put his hands on his hips and glared at Kaito, feeling a brief moment of hatefulness. Rin had put herself on the line to save this guy, and he repays her by letting her down?
"I... I told her to run," Kaito continued speaking, his voice breaking. "She wouldn't... leave me behind." Tears started to well up in his eyes. Gakupo's expression slacked, as comprehension dawned.
"You don't want me to go and get hurt too," The violette guessed, his voice softening in pain. "But, Kaito, there's no way I can just leave my friends alone when they need me."
"Please!" Kaito begged, and lifted his hands up to try to grab Gakupo's shirt collar, to shake some sense into his fellow male Vocaloid. Kaito stopped, his arm stubs in midair, as he focused on them, then hugged his arms back to his chest, careful not to touch against the sensitive, bandaged ends.
"Don't... leave me alone," Kaito quietly asked, tears falling down his face. He tried to rub his cheek against his shirt to wipe them away. Gakupo's heart ached to watch him. The bluenette couldn't even dry his own tears properly.
"I won't leave you alone," Gakupo said, feeling a lump in his throat. "I promised I wouldn't. Remember? I'll call a friend, have them stay with you while I go check on Rin. I know you probably don't want many people to see you right now, but..."
"..." Kaito didn't have anything to say. He looked down at the floor miserably. Gakupo raised his hand and placed it on Kaito's shoulder until the bluenette raised his head to look at Gakupo again.
"Just hang in there, okay?" Gakupo couldn't force a smile, but he wanted to let Kaito know he wasn't alone in this. He wanted the bluenette to know that somebody had his back. Kaito nodded, but his face was still miserable.
"Okay," Gakupo answered for Kaito. He turned and picked up the phone again, but this time not to call the cab company. After a few rings, the other end of the phone picked up.
...
"Yes," A monotone, bored-sounding voice answered the other end of the line. Taito. Good. Then they were probably both home.
"It's Gakupo," Gakupo replied, identifying himself.
"Oh. You want Mikuo?" The bored sounding voice asked after a brief pause.
"Actually, I have a favor to ask of you both. It might be a little dangerous. I know it's asking a lot, but do you think the two of you could help me out?" Gakupo asked.
"I guess that depends on what you want."
"Hey, who's on the line?" A voice asked from a distance over the line.
"It's Gakupo. He wants a favor. This guy is kind of bossy, why are you friends, again?"
"Give me that phone," The distanced voice spoke again, sounding annoyed. "Hello? Gakupo?" The voice was clearer now.
"Mikuo, listen, I have a problem," Gakupo started to say.
"Oh, right. Hello, Mikuo, I missed you. How was your day? The weather is nice out, isn't it? By the way, I finished that book you lent to me A MONTH AGO, I am ready to RETURN IT now," The sweet voice on the other end of the line continued the conversation by itself. Gakupo sweatdropped.
"Ah, I'm sorry, but, this is a kind of emergency. Of course I want to talk. I haven't finished that book, yet, though," Gakupo admitted with a somewhat guilty expression on his face.
"Figures... what do you mean, emergency?" Mikuo's playfully scolding voice took on a more serious note. Gakupo's voice grew more grave as he replied.
"It's about Rin. I think she's in some trouble. Is there any way you and Taito could come meet me, and bring your Master's car? My Master's is at the airport." Gakupo asked.
"Isn't that the blonde Vocaloid you liked, back from the store?" Taito's voice ghosted over the line as he was apparently listening in to the conversation.
"Yes," Gakupo answered tersely for Mikuo. The teal-haired male's voice sputtered through the phone as Gakupo continued. "Not to push, but, if you can't come, I need to know it now."
"Yeah... yeah, of course. I mean, you already know we're pretty close to you. We can be there in a few minutes." Mikuo's voice sounded concerned, recovering quickly from his embarassment. "I want to ask right now, but... just hang on, we'll come right now."
"Says who?" Taito's voice sounded from over the end of the line, but Mikuo had hung up the phone on Gakupo, and the violette couldn't respond to the question. Gakupo put the phone back on the hook, glancing back over at Kaito once more. The bluenette turned his head away, refusing to meet Gakupo's eyes.
'Yeah, well, I think it's stupid of me, too, but I'm not just going to sit here and wait, not when there's something that maybe I can still do.' Gakupo told himself.