- TIME SKIP TO MONDAY -

I yawned and stretched, almost throwing my back out.

I glanced at my clock. The green-print numbers read '6:00 AM.'

I have an hour to wake Mikuo up, get dressed, pour some cereal in a bowl, and go to school.

I get out of bed and look around my room.

I just realized how 'pastelly' it was, from light pink bunny stuffed animals to soft, yellow bed sheets.

I just shrug at my own thoughts and look in the mirror.

I'm wearing a dusty pink nightgown with a soft magenta bow wrapped around my waist.

My teal hair is lightly tickling my ankles, as my hair is down.

I yawn once more and walk out of my room, walking to the next door room.

We live on a flat, so we share our space with people sometimes. We don't mind. As long as we have a place to stay.

I sneeze.

I sneeze again.

Cough.

I suck in some... snot? Ewwww....

Am I coming down with something?

Nah, I'm delusional.

I barge in to Mikuo's room, as always.

"MIKUO, GET YO LAZY A-" I stop when I walk into his room to see him, Rin, and Kagamidiot laughing.

"How'd you guys get into my apartment-

"I invited them!" Mikuo answers with a flashy smile. Ugh... too.. bright..!

I then saw that they were all just laughing at something on Mikuo's phone.

"Say, Len, you want THIS picture for savings, right? I'll gladly print it out for you~" Mikuo... teased? What picture?

Kagamidiot flushes slightly.

"What're you guys laughing at?" I ask sincerely, stepping over and sitting Indian style around them.

Kagamidiot practically slaps the phone out of my brother's hand.

"IT'S NOTHING!" He said a LITTLE too quickly.

Naturally, I'm faster than him so I grab a hold of the phone.

It's a picture of me. Sleeping. On Mikuo's phone.

I give them all a good punch in the shoulder.

"Perverts! Don't STALK me!" I practically screech.

Why is that feeling in my chest again..?

"Owwwww..." Rin rubs her shoulder.

"It wasn't myyyy fault~~" She continues whining, but stops, smirking.

"It's your boyfriend's fault~~" She snickers and playfully shoves me as she says 'boyfriend.'

I scramble away from her, almost afraid.

"HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!"

"Is too!" Mikuo and Rin say.

"Is not!" Kagamidiot chimed in, folding his arms.

"Ugh! I'm just gonna get dressed! We're gonna be LATE!" I mutter the last part, storming out.

I have norms, Y'know!

They are soooooo cute!

Y'know what else is cute!? Mikuo- I mean puppies! Puppies are adorable! Yeah!

"Heh..." I catch MYSELF chuckling lightly.

Mikuo raises his eyebrow at me worriedly.

"Hey... you alright?" He eyes me, looking up and down.

Of course he's curious, I just chuckled out of nowhere.

I then hear something.

Len has his hands clasped together, and is making...

Kissy faces at me and Mikuo.

I shiver.

"Uh... I think you should be more worried for HIM," I point down to Len and blink.

Mikuo laughs.

"Dude you look like a fish. What is that supposed to be?"

Len looks extremely disappointed.

I wonder why... hmmmm...

I glance at the clock.

"Oh! Guys! It's 7:00!" I point at the clock.

I can hear screeches at the end of the hall. Miku probably saw the clock.

"Miku??" Len immediately gets up, looking worried.

"Ooooohhhh, eager now, are we?~" Mikuo coos, wiggling his eyebrows.

"No... Jesus. I'm just.. worried that she'll- WE'LL be late. Let's get going," Len replies cooly, grabbing his bag.

Heh.

Adorable.

- TIME SKIP TO SCHOOL -

"It's alright, guys. You go on without me. I'll catch up," I said, trying not to cough. I have this aching feeling at the pit of my stomach.

"Alright..." They say hesitantly, frowning.

As they walk off, I'm greeted with a certain blonde.

"Hey, Neru," I say nonchalantly, trying to ignore her and be on my way.

I can feel the cool spring wind blow my hair in my face a bit.

"Hey, Hatsune. Doing well?" She steps in front of me, frowning.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I sneezed. Shoot. I can't let her see my vulnerability.

"Ohh, Miku-chan~~ I lost my ribbon up on that branch- would you mind getting it for me~" She cooed, grinning.

She is OBVIOUSLY taking advantage of my vulnerability.

God.

"No, Neru. Screw off." I mutter that last part.

"Get the damned ribbon, Hatsune. You don't want Lenny or Rinny to get hurt, or find out about your little secret you share with little Mikuo~?" Neru practically purred.

She knows all of my weak spots. All of them.

I wince.

Hesitantly, I drop my bag and go to the tree trunk.

The stupid confession tree.

Climbing slowly, I reach the first branch.

"Careful~ it'd be a shame if you slipped..." Neru said innocently, pouting like a freaking maniac.

Deep breath in, I reached for her stupid yellow ribbon. Her hair is neon enough, why does she need this so badly?

Oh yeah. I just remembered.

To humiliate me.

Crack.

I gasped. The branch was breaking.

Before I knew it, I was falling.

"M-Miku?" Neru's eyes widened at the sight of me, laying there, defenseless. Then she chuckled.

"Oh calm down. I'll call an ambulance."

My leg hurts like hell.

Class already started... where's Miku?

I'm actually a bit worried. It's not like her to be late, no matter how 'rebellious' she was.

I could hear faint screams from outside. And sirens.

"T-Teacher? May I please go to the bathroom??" I really don't wanna skip school. I hate skipping school or anything dangerous.

But it's for her.

It's for my friend.

The teacher lightly nodded, and I stood up, rushing out the room.

I could hear Rin whisper,

"He's never THAT eager to pee..."

I just shrugged it off. What was important right now was Miku.

And boy did I piss my pants to find her in a paramedics bed, being taken into an ambulance.

"WAIT!" I called after the ambulance.

It was too late.

She was being taken away.

I didn't know for how long.

I just had to warn everyone else.

"W-What happened..?"