Emotional Blunder Chapter 1

{Surprise}

"Give it back!"

"Ring, catch," With a burst of laughter, the blond threw the object across the room, towards another girl.

She took it into her arms, grinning all the while. Then she ran to another corner of the room. Her pursuer came as quick as lighting with her usually forest green eyes blazing, hands reaching for her belonging. Ring Suzune ducks and slips away, but not before the girl grasped her collar and pulled her back. "Rin!" She calls out and throws it to the blond earlier.

Rin Kagamine grasped it and swung it back and forth in mockery. "Hey Miku, looking for this?"

The tealette screams, pulling strands of her hair as if in horror. Then, she dove for the girl, locking her arms around the girl's waist. Rin squirms under her grip, the arm holding her victim's wallet flailing wildly so that she couldn't take it away. Then, under desperation, the wallet was thrown across the room again.

A hand took hold of the wallet and clutched it in a fist. It was their classroom teacher, Jill Homura. "Rin, Miku," She narrows her grey eyes at them. "What's happening here?"

Ring quickly jumps in, pulling Miku away though laughing all the while. "Sorry, teach,"

"Get to your seats," The woman sighs. "And keep your voice down next time. I'm talking to you, Miku."

"B-But teacher," The teal-haired girl whines, her fingers on both hands curling to form fists as she clutched on her grey plaid skirt. "They took my wallet and I was just trying to get it back!"

Several of their classmates snickered. Ring and Rin were both grinning and were obviously trying very hard to hold back their laughs that could give away their faults. The middle-aged teacher simply shook her head and pointed to their seats, the chairs looking hastily pushed back and looking very messy what with the books and stationary piled on top of their respective desks. The woman sighs in exasperation, but offered no signs of ever going into another lecture. The trouble-making trio scampered to their seats, shoving their belongings into either their bags or under their tables. Rin practically put everything under her table, thus the edges of her many books poked out from underneath her desk. Ring on the other hand put needed books under her table and put away her homework and everything else that was deemed useless into her bag. Miku was the only one who properly stashed away her things, making trips from her personal locker by the side of the room to her table, carrying her things all the way.

When the teacher started writing the topic of what they will learn, all three of them had gotten their textbooks out, eyes darting to each other with smirks of their own, except Miku who was warily eyeing both of them who sat by both her sides. "Today we'll learn about one of Shakespeare's famous creations – the Romeo and Juliet story," Miss Jill dragged the tip of her marker across the whiteboard, making a straight line under the title. She put down the marker. "Turn to page 197."

"I win!" A small cheer came through Ring's lips. Her textbook was flipped open to the specific page Miss Jill had mentioned only minutes earlier. Rin groaned and started to continuously swipe through the pages until she finds the number 197. "Ha, second belongs to me," She clucked her tongue and looks at Miku with a victorious smirk. Miku, on the other hand, merely made a face and mocked the movement of Rin's mouth all the while angrily turning pages.

"Girls," Miss Jill said, putting pressure on that single word. The three of them stop and look up; Miku fidgeting ever so slightly, Rin with a blank look meanwhile Ring's lips can't be helped but to be stretched into a goofy grin. "No jokes during class, as we all agreed on."

"Okay, teacher,"

"Yes, Miss Jill,"

"Challenge accepted."

Rin started laughing, and reached an open palm out over Miku's head and over to Ring who replied the gesture with a high-five. A round of small giggles burst around the room, and Miss Jill merely stared them down for a while before moving on to explain about the story's plotline, the characters and their developments, the settings of the story and so on. The class stretched to at least two periods before Miss Jill dismissed them to snack time, but not before giving them homework. She'd passed several pieces of paper down the rows of seats, the students only bearing with the addition of work though some faces scrunched up in annoyance. Rin and Miku both groaned silently when they accepted their papers. Ring was one of the ones who gladly took the paper as more exercise for her to improve her writing.

"Okay, you can go for snack," Miss Jill announced, but only to be met with utter silence. The woman looked at all her students – they were looking completely baffled, surprised, confused and many more expressions that she could decipher very well - even some with a slight tinge of annoyance. A small smile managed to appear on her face when suddenly there was an outburst of questions from many students. They spluttered and stumbled over their words, some looking pink, some pale. She turned to the trio at the back out of curiosity – pleasantly enough, all three were with red faces, yet their expressions were completely different than the others. Rin was laughing so hard she hunched over and started banging on the table, probably out of amusement over how absurd things are. Miku was so surprised that her eyes went as wide as saucers and her mouth closed and opened like a goldfish sucking in water. Ring, on the other hand, leaned back on her chair and covered her mouth and nose with her hand, all the while making muffled noises.

Miss Jill looked down on one of the remaining papers in her hand and examined the questions. Her eyes glazed over the printed questions and she began to giggle slightly. She had to admit, she was proud of herself for coming up with a plan like this - there was no need for any interrogations whatsoever.

"Is she messing with us?" Rin said, waving the paper in her hand. She leaned back in her chair and put both her feet up onto the stone table. The park was as noisy as always, but fewer students in their school linger around the area they're in. The sky was a bright blend of orange and pink, signalling the end of the day. On top of the table were unopened packs of candies and chips, along with bottles of water. The park clock nearby had struck 5.30 a few minutes ago, which is their usual time to hang out at their own meeting place. "I mean, seriously."

Miku had taken out her bento and started eating the remainders of rice and fried chicken that she'd left over during lunch earlier the day. She bit into a piece of fried chicken and chewed the tender flesh of it, with Ring looking over and staring at the bits of rice and the little untouched baby tomato inside her bento. After she'd gulped down her mouthful, she answered, "I think she knows something," She pokes around the remaining food.

Rin tilts her head back, sighing. She brought up the paper high up above her head, not only to shield her eyes from the bright sun but so she can also read back the questions.

Worksheet 27

You are required to write an essay regarding the topic relating to the story 'Romeo and Juliet' – Romantic attraction. The words must be in continuous form and must not be lesser than 90 words. You may write according to these questions:

1) To you, what do you think of love?

2) How do you think you would change because of love?

3) What would you do to continue your life with the one you dear?

4) Are you currently in love? What did you go through as you experience this?

5) Imagine if you and your 'lover' are Romeo and Juliet in the present era. How would you like your story to go? Will the ending end up tragic, or a happy Disney-like one?

You are to send this assignment in before the winter break.

Rin's bright, cerulean eyes narrow at the words written on the paper. What's with these questions? Aren't they a bit too personal to be an assignment that's required to be sent in to the teacher? Plus, she doesn't like how she has to imagine herself as Juliet. Juliet is in no way the same as a blond like herself. On another note, she can't even imagine anyone in her class being Juliet – except maybe Little Miss Girly Lola. But imagine Miku being Juliet. That'd certainly be a mess. And Ring… Well, she'd probably get a decent love story to go with the essay, since she's quite the imaginative writer. Or rather… Perhaps Ring's more experienced in the topic, thus she's able to write the essay without any fuss? Rin snaps her head back up, her blue eyes looking straight at the girl across the table. She was still staring at Miku emptying her bento, with her eyes half-lidded and mouth slightly open to reveal her neat row of white teeth. She looks like she's deep in thought.

"Hey, Ring?" Rin called out, putting down her feet from the table and leaning herself straight up. The blue-haired girl seemed to snap from her thoughts and she slowly pulled her attention away from the girl beside her. "What do you think of love?"

The girl seemed to dive into her thoughts once more, as she stared slightly at Rin before turning away and leaning back into the stone bench. She was quiet for a while, probably thinking of how she should say it. Ring opened her mouth and the words flowed out, "I think… It's kind of a really complex feeling. Sometimes you feel like you love something or someone, but then sometimes you don't feel one bit of that feeling. It's like a roller coaster. You have to go through a lot of things. You worry and stuff. It's difficult. I don't think I like the feeling of love. It's annoying, I guess."

Miku had stopped eating and put down her now empty bento onto the table. She wipes her lips using her tissue and then put down her chopsticks, crumpling the used tissue using one hand at the same time. "Well, I don't know about you guys, but love's a great feeling. I'm going to write just that."

"You know we have to do ninety words, right? A question's got to have at least… What, eighteen words?" Rin scoffed, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah, just that is not going to suffice." Ring spoke next, then she turned to Miku, and raised an eyebrow. "Why are we talking about this now, anyway? I mean, it's weird, sure… But well, I guess the teacher's just curious of our feelings, since we're adolescents now. Maybe we don't really have to think too deep about it."

"Are you kidding?" Rin muttered, placing the paper down onto the stone table. She looked around for a while. The park was surely almost empty by now, but the distant shouts and yells from the school's football players still echoed around the area. The clock was ticking closer and closer to six, and soon the school will close and everyone will go home. "Teacher's probably prodding around with our Facebook accounts to check out our chats. I heard she does that a lot with our seniors."

Ring and Miku seemed to perk up in their seats. Their eyes became large and they went stiff. And then, suddenly, Miku let out a small scream and she began mashing her face and kicking the air. Ring, on the other hand, was simply massaging her temples and looked at Miku with a frown. Rin raised a questioning eyebrow. "What?"

They paused and turned to Rin. "My privacy has been violated."

Date: XX/XX/20XX

Day: Wednesday

Dear VFlower,

Today, we ended up talking about love for the whole day. We couldn't get it out of our minds. I'm sure that everyone's been thinking about the homework Miss Jill gave us and how we should all answer her questions. I think everyone's getting really troubled over it. I don't see why. Honestly, I think this is like devising a romance genre story.

I think it'll be all the more fun when I can relate it to my real life. It'll be more… descriptive, because I've experience. It'd certainly make me feel more confident towards what I will write in the essay.

But then again, it's quite personal. I wouldn't be surprised if I strayed off during the essay, somewhat. There are a lot of things on my mind about love, after all. I probably couldn't string it all together without adding unnecessary information.

That's the only thing bothering me today.

Hello, this is the author herself. I'm sorry over the inactivity over the months that could have reached up to years. I've been… busy with my life. And I'll be busier by the time the next school term comes around, so that's why I'm trying to become more active in writing on while I still can.

I've been having a writer's block for a long while, so this story might be used to get rid of bits and pieces of that feeling so I can get back my inspiration, motivation and all those shiz you get after a writer's block.

I'd like to thank Mozu the Mochi for being a really great friend to me on . They've helped me become more active on the website, and also have given me tips on how to overcome writer's block and what I should do for my stories. So kudos to you, my friend! Continue being awesome.

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AIKU