The Vocaloid Family

Chapter 3

8:31 PM Vocaloid House Black Friday

Lily introduced Lapis to Neru and Gumi. She said hey to SeeU, who was also from Vocaloid 3.
"Hi, it's cool to meet you." Gumi said to her.
"No way, its cooler to meet you! I love Coward Montblanc and Moziak Role."
Gumi smiled and said thanks.
Lapis looked at Neru, who was typing away on her yellow cell phone. Gumi nudged her, gesturing to Lapis.
"Oh hi." Neru looked up once then back down at the phone's screen. Lily whispered something into Neru's ear, and Neru put her phone away.
"So...um...what do you guys do in a normal week?" SeeU asked.
Gumi was the one to answer. "Well during the school week we go to school, some of us are in college and some have jobs, on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays we go into the recording studio to sing stuff and come up with new songs. You usually only go for one day, unless theres high request for you to sing more."
Neru picked up the sentence after her. "People like Miku, Rin and Len are usually in the studio all those three days. Their requests are always high." She didn't look mad about, more like sad, as if she wished she could get high requests.
Lily finished it off. "Then sometimes, every once in a while, we do a concert. We're actually doing one on New Year's Eve, and we'll be introducing some of our new Vocaloids, the one's who do have voicebanks. We'll be having another concert mid summer so by then all the Vocaloids should be ready. It's so much fun to hear people shouting your name and-my favorite thing to do with the audience is to sway my hands back and forth, then they'll do it too-it's just amazing."
Lapis nodded along with SeeU. We'll, looks like i'll be performing on New Year's Eve she thought as her stomach started to turn.
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"Dinner's ready!" Luka called out. Rin and Len soon started to call out too "Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!"
Miku was one of the first at the table. Kaito sat down next to her left, and Rin to her right. She looked at the combonation on the table: Chicken, potatoes, tuna. Miku immediatly grabbed a potatoe and began to cut it open to put the butter inside. She did not want to have tuna again.
Luka was about to pull out her chair to sit down, but instead Gakupo did it for her. She sat down, annoyed. She was going to reach for a plate, when Len gave her a ready plate that had chicken and tuna on it. "I knew you would want these." He placed the plate down in front of her and grabbed a empty one for himself.
Rin gave a supcious glance to Len. "What was that for?" she whispered.
Len seemed to be caught off guard by her question. "It was a nice gesture, that's all."
Rin bit her lip and sat down with her chicken and potato. She stared at the food like it was dirt. She didn't feel hungry anymore.
Meiko picked at her food, feeling the same way Rin did. She was sitting across from Miku and Kaito, and she did it on purpose, to make herself feel bad. She watched the two mingle and felt her heart crack.
Rin was able to digest a few bites of her tuna, but she still felt empty on the inside. Why does Len like Luka so much she thought. I mean shes pretty and all but...not prettier than me. Len doesn't even seem to want to hang out with me anymore. Maybe i'm just too hard on him....she gimanced and reached for the carton of milk.
And
At
That
Moment
Gakupo reached for it too.
They had no idea their hands were about to collide at the same moment. Gakupo was slow but first to get his hand on it. Rin was quick but too quick to stop her movement.
For a while, their hands just stayed there.
And that's when Len looked up, which caused Luka to look up, which caused a chain reaction of all the Vocaloids to look up from their meal and stare.
What the frick Lily's mouth moved but no words came out.
Neru took a picture.
Haku was the one to start the laughter.
"Now THAT"-she burped-"NOW THAT, was funny." She put her sake bottle down, layed her head down on the table and laughed like a maniac.
It was only right for everyone to join in. Even Luka snorted out loud. Then she laughed even more. Everyone was all over the place.
Except
Rin
And
Gakupo
Whose hands stayed on the milk carton and didn't move, a invisable lace tied around their hands. Rin wanted to cry for so many mixed emotions: hurt, confusion...love. Gakupo felt more confused than anything. But love too.
Finally, Rin let go. There was now no sound. Silence. Rin got up and ran into her room. There was a bang, and sorrow filled the faces of the family.
Gakupo stared at the carton, his hand still on it. He wished Rin would come back and place her fingers on his. He filled with anger, and his hands turned red as he rolled them into fists.
He punched the carton, and it spilled white dread all over the kitchen floors.