Slice of Life Chapter 2 – Honey Punch
Hey! I guess I'm back with another chapter for Slice of Life. To be honest, it wasn't really going to be a series, but more of a collection of short stories. But with some of the reviews I've received, it's encouraged me to continue it as its own story. (:
I'd really like to thank everyone for their support! I hope that I can continue to meet your expectation, or at least entertain you when you get bored.
Ah, as a side note… After I published the first chapter and looked back at it, I realized I spelled Gakupo's name wrong. Gomen ne! I'll be sure to spell it correctly from here on out.
And now. I'll add the disclaimer which I failed to add before publishing chapter 1… Sorry.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters. Just this fanfiction. (: I promise.
Enjoy!
The two sat in the private quarters of Masuda Lily's room, sanctioned in the West Wing of the Vocaloid Mansion. Said hostess was sprawled out on her couch, one arm draped over her eyes, and her other hand resting on her stomach. Her companion, a slightly razzled pinkette, sat opposite of her, on the plush gray armchair. Although the two were extremely close, best friends even, they had been sitting in silence for the past five minutes. The silence was beginning to unnerve the blonde, and her fingers began to drum against her stomach impatiently.
But she would wait for Luka to speak. Lily knew that the moments where Luka shared her personal thoughts with someone else were rare and tended to be on important matters. There was nothing more to do than to wait in silence in Lily's bedroom.
Lily hadn't bothered to flaunt her wealth by completely furnishing her room. She preferred to keep it as comfortable and as simple as possible. A king sized bed, a couple of dressers, a couch and a matching arm chair, a sterling silver and glass coffee table, and lets not her 64 inch plasma TV which was mounted on the wall. Yes, Masuda Lily liked to believe that she was as humble as a famous Vocaloid could get.
After letting another minute or so pass, Lily finally spoke up. "Ne, Luka-chan, what's wrong?"
"Ah, well, about yesterday," Luka began, as she shut her eyes. What should she say to Lily? The date with Miku would be hard to explain, especially since Lily had no idea that Luka had never kissed anyone before. "My date—Well, how was your date?"
There was no way Luka could talk about her date first. Just the thought of Miku's soft lips against hers brought the blood rushing to her face. So what better way to avoid thinking about yesterday by asking Lily about what had happened on her date?
To Luka's extreme disappointment, her question was met with a snort and then a stretch of silence.
"My date?" The hand resting on Lily's stomach clenched at her shirt. "It sucked! That guy was a bigger creep than I thought he'd be!"
A small smile managed to break through the troubled expression that had marred Luka's face. Whenever the blonde experienced extreme emotions, she tended to speak with her body as well as through her words. And it was this that Luka looked forward to the most when she was being regaled by Lily's stories.
Lily sat up on the couch and shook her head as she continued to go on about her date. "All that guy did was stare at my chest!" She exclaimed, as she covered her cleavage with one hand, and waved the other around agitatedly. "I mean, I know my boobs are great and all, but he could at least be a little more subtle about looking at 'em!" There was a pause as the blonde suddenly jumped to her feet and began to pace in front of the couch. "And what was up with that whole 'Let-me-pretend-to-yawn-so-I-can-wrap-my-arm-around-your-shoulder' move in the middle of the movie? How old is he? We're not in high school! Don't try to act so nonchalant about this stuff! If you're going to be forward, don't hesitate!"
The blonde's ranting's never failed to make Luka giggle. Maybe it was because of how different the two were when it came to displaying how they felt. Lily could be so blunt while Luka would remain polite, no matter what the situation. So hearing Lily freely express her words came to be something of a relief for Luka. At least one of them felt comfortable enough to be truly open.
"—and he tried to kiss me! And right in the middle of a horror movie, no less!" Lily pushed up the sleeves of her shirt, clearly frustrated by the actions of her poor date. "What made him think that I would want to be kissed after I saw some girl stabbed—" Here, Lily mimicked the movie's killer attacking the girl, "—with a freakin' butcher knife!"
Of course, Luka allowed her friend to continue her rant. It seemed Lily was quite worked up about it, and so Luka would have to wait until the blonde had run out of steam. Oh well. Luka wasn't in a rush to open up about Miku and her stolen first kiss. She could wait.
Meanwhile, a pair of blonde twins and a cherry-haired girl lounged on the cherry shaped bean bag chairs in Furukawa Miki's room. Each of them held a carton of juice; cherry for Miki, orange for Rin, and banana for Len. Miki looked at her guests with her deep red eyes, and inhaled slowly. The Kagamines were currently chatting about a way to make the world's largest pizza by utilizing their road roller to flatten the dough out. No, it wasn't a topic that Miki herself would be excited to join in, but she wasn't the type to interrupt a conversation to get her thoughts out. That was something Lily-nee would do.
It was once the twins made plans to create their monstrous pizza that weekend that Miki finally decided to speak up. "Ano, about what happened yesterday," She began. "Do you think Gumi-chan should have done that?"
Rin blinked a few times and looked at Len, then back at Miki. "Ne? Gumi-chan made things fun!" She exclaimed as she gave Miki one of her internationally known smiles. "It was just for fun. Lily-nee-chan and Gakupo-nii-san will get over it."
Len let out a small sigh. "Onee-chan! Don't beat around the bush," He scolded. "Miki-nee, it was just for fun. Luka-nee will be fine. I don't think she likes Miku-nee like that," He added, as he frowned slightly. His tiny ponytail bounced as he shook his head.
"And in any case—" Len began…
"Miku-nee will just keep trying to hit on Luka-nee-chan—" and Rin continued…
"But we all know Luka-nee-chan is just too nice to completely turn Miku-nee down," Len finished.
The twins looked at one another, and then focused their deep blue eyes on Miki. They nodded simultaneously, which sent a shiver up Miki's spine. Sometimes she forgot how creepy it could be to hear and see them talk like this.
But she had to admit, what they had just said had some truth to it. Luka really was too nice to be blunt with Miku and tell her that she wasn't interested in the tealette. If anything, Luka would find a gentle way to break the news to her young admirer and sit there to be a shoulder for the broken-hearted girl to cry on. 'But Miku-chan won't cry… And she definitely won't give up on Luka-nee,' Miku thought, as she smiled wearily. "Ah, Miku-chan, what will you do when she tells you 'No'?" She mumbled to herself.
Rin leapt up from her chair and gracefully landed in front of Miki. She planted her right foot on Miki's knee, and pointed at Miki. The look on her face was that of pure determination and protest. "Don't say that, Miki-nee!" She reprimanded the startled red-head. "Miku-nee will get Luka-nee-chan! She has to! Miku-nee already said I could be the godmother for their babies!" The juice box in her hand was crushed as the petite blonde continued her tirade.
"I have to teach their beautiful baby how to drive a roadroller! Oh, and how to swim, and how to put cute ribbons in her hair… Or how to dress like a BAMF and pick up all the bitches if it's a boy," Rin added, with a definitive nod. "My godchild is going to be a heartbreaker."
At this, Len spat out his banana flavored juice. Rin? His onee-chan? A godmother? God help the poor child that would have to put up with such a useless godmother. He looked at Miki, a desperate look on his face. Miki looked back at the boy, and interpreted his expression to mean, 'Please, don't let any child turn out to be like my sister. Oh God, please stop her from raising a child, period.'
Miki giggled, and winked back at the panic-stricken boy. "Ah, but Rin-chan," she said, as she gently pushed Rin's foot off from her knee. "Girls can't have babies with other girls. Did you forget that?"
The crumpled juice carton fell onto the carpeted floor. "What?" Rin gasped, as she stared down at Miki. "Girls can't have babies with- HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BE A GOD MOTHER TO THIS LUKA-MIKU BABY THEN IF IT CAN'T EVEN EXIST!"
Len sighed. It was going to be a long afternoon if he and Miki had to explain this to his sister…
Elsewhere, Miku and Gumi where busy prepping themselves for a game of DDR in the game room of the mansion. Yes, a real DDR machine (DDR Super Nova 2, to be exact) was installed in their game room once Miki had realized that they had more than enough money to purchase one. No one had any idea that Miki was a fan of the dance game until a truck pulled into the driveway and the delivery men asked for a "Furukawa-san" to sign for the delivery. And once the truck and deliverymen had left, the redhead was given a very stern lecture by a pink haired Onee-chan about splurging on such an enormous, and somewhat ludicrous, item. Needless to say, Miki never ordered anything else without clearing it with Luka. (After all, Luka was the self-appointed financer of the Vocaloid bank account. )
The tealette and greanette were bouncing on the balls of their feet as they waited for the game to start. Miku had selected the first song, a pop tune of course. She claimed it was just her warm-up song, but Gumi knew that her rival was obsessed with the song. "Honey Punch" by Riyu Kosaka. Every time they played the game, Miku started off with this song first. Any spectator would be easily impressed with the amount of skill that both players possessed. The difficulty that they played on was set on difficult, above the beginner and basic difficulties. As if to rub it into any normal person's face, they upped the arrow speed from the normal "x1" to "x2". Yes, the duo did like to show off their "dance" skills.
"Nandmonai koto de…"
The J-Pop singer's voice rang out as the duo began to simultaneously tap on the corresponding arrows beneath their feet. A deep bass line kept the beat for them as they continued to dance. Extremely happy J-Pop wasn't exactly Gumi's thing, but this type of song was right up Miku's alley… And the amount of 'Marvelous' that Miku scored clearly showed how much the tealette loved this song.
"Butsukatte namida detari shite
Wagamama na watashi no tonari de
Kawaranai egao kureta…"
"Ne, ne, Gumi-chan!" Miku's voice was calm and even, as if she we chatting with her friend while out on a stroll.
"Zettai no communication!" The song sang.
'How the hell can she talk so calmly?' Gumi thought, a little agitated that Miku wasn't even breaking a sweat. Yes, Honey Punch was one of the easier songs on difficult, but Gumi could still feel a drop of sweat roll down the side of her face.
Instead, her reply to Miku was a simple, "Yeah?"
"Yappa kore ga daiji desho!"
"I kissed Luka-chan yesterday," Miku sang, as she continued to effortlessly tap out the proper rhythms with her feet.
"Yatta! CONGRATULATION!
Tokubetso na hito e"
Gumi tripped over her own feet and flailed her arms as she attempted to regain her balance. Thankfully, one arm managed to grab hold of the support bar behind her. "EH! You did WHAT!" She failed to notice that her score was no longer increasing, and the 'life bar' was steadily decreasing into the danger zone.
"Yume ippai
Mee ippai
Kokoro kara anata e no ai o
Sasagetai todoketai
Mou mune ga ippai…"
Miku let out a giggle as she continued to dance along to the music. "Luka-chan! I kissed her!"
Gumi stared at her friend. Before she needed the balance bar to help her regain her balance. Now she was leaning against the bright red bar for support, because she was pretty sure her legs were about to give out from beneath her as a result of shock. Could Miku really have gotten away with kissing Luka? The thought just seemed so absurd that Gumi figured it had to be a joke. There was no way Luka would allow Miku to ever get close enough to plant a kiss on her lips. So how could Miku possibly have kissed the object of her affections?
"Don't you want to know the details?" The tealette's soprano voice sang through her thoughts as she seemingly glided along the dance pad. If Gumi could see Miku's face, she would have immediately noticed how much brighter her smile had become since Luka was brought up. "I have to say, I was pretty damn smooth about it, too."
Now this Gumi just had to hear. Screw the game! She could try (and fail) to beat Miku's high score some other day. "Tell me," the green haired girl demanded, as she gave her best friend a serious look. "Tell me right now."
Once more, Miku giggled at her friend's childish reaction. "Ne, Gumi-chan, keep playing or I won't tell you what happened!" She said teasingly, as she continued to hop to and fro.
Jaw clenched, Gumi tore herself away from the support bar. "Just tell me—"
"I SAID PLAY THE GAME!" Miku snapped back, shutting down any further protests.
Gumi stared at Miku. Unwillingly, she obeyed Miku's order and went back to stomping her feet on the arrows. But if one were close enough to hear her, a steady stream of swears could be heard coming from cross greenhaired girl.
"Motto ai ga ippai
Amai amai Candy mitai na ai o
Tsukuritai tarinai
Demo onaka ippai!"
The last few seconds of the song played, and the two ended the game with a definitive stomp on the right arrow. As soon as the music cut-off, Gumi whipped her head and glared at Miku. "Story. Now."
A smile was on Miku's face as she simply shook her head no. "We still have four more songs to get through, Gumi-chan," She sang, as she leaned over to tap the flashing yellow arrows beneath the monitor in search of another song.
Gumi felt her eye twitch as she stared at the back of the tealette's head. Her arms stretched out before her, reaching for the slender neck which belonged to the source of her current fury. "Why I outta-…"
Before her hands could grasp their target, Miku slapped the select button, and jumped back onto the dance pad. "Next song!"
"SON OF A—"
Once more, Gumi was interrupted by the voice of Riyu Kosaka as she began to sing "Love Love Shine".
And once more, Gumi swore under her breath. As soon as these four songs ended, she was going to hear Miku's damned story, and then proceed to strangle the living daylights out of her for making her wait so long. And maybe punch Miku in the face.
A punch for the honey, right?
Thank you for reading this! (:
I hope you guys have a somewhat clearer understanding of some of the characters personalities for my story.
This time I wasn't jacked up on coffee. I was actually eating a bowl of rice and some soy sauce, as well as enjoying a nice cup of green tea. Yay for cheap college dinners that you can make in your dorm!
Anyway, some more notes.
Age-wise, from oldest to youngest, would be: Gakupo, Kaito, Meiko, Luka, Lily, Miku, Gumi, Miki, Rin, and then Len. No, I'm not exactly sure how old I want everyone to be. I haven't figured that out yet.
And yes, I love DDR SuperNova 2. I thought I'd be nice and add in the translation for the sections of "Honey Punch" that I used.
Hit by nothing much at all,
I started crying
Next to my selfish self
You gave me an unchanging smile.
There's absolutely no communication
This is important, right!
All right! Congratulations
to my special person
So many dreams
So many views
I want to give the (love) from my heart
to you, I want it to reach you
Oh, there's so much in my chest
So much love, and more
My (love) for you is like sweet sweet candy
I want to make more of it, there's not enough
But I'm full"
Yes, it's a very happy song. But I thought it was very fitting. And I got to make an extremely bad play on words at the end because of it (:
AND SOME REPLIES TO THE REVIEWERS!
Lovecakes98: Thank you! Yeah, I wasn't expecting eHarmony to really go anywhere. But the inspiration came from the day my cousins and I made an eHarmony account for a friend as a birthday gift. And seeing his reaction was priceless.
LukaFan: Ah, thank you! I'm glad you thought it was funny. (: eHarmony is a funny sounding site, in my opinion. Haha
PaperCutVictim: That means a lot coming from someone whose stories I admire. Thank you very much! I didn't have coffee today, but tea and rice instead. So let's see what else can get my writing juices flowing. Hahaha
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Jak656: Yeah, I giggled when I saw what you wrote. Hahaha. I'm glad you enjoyed the story, and it's sweet ending! :D
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Justa person: You were actually the reason that I decided to spend the last few hours of my day writing up chapter two. Well, you pushed me over the edge and into writing it. I was really indecisive before, since I had received reviews encouraging me to write some more. I just didn't want to disappoint anyone. But thank you for your support!
RIGHT THEN. I will humbly take my leave and go finish the Japanese homework which is currently staring at me from beside of my laptop.
Thank you very much, everyone!