Incompitable

Chapter 16

It's been so long, so long since I have seen his face. Or maybe it seems like it's been long but it really hasn't been; I didn't really remember. But however long I was asleep, I longed to see him. So badly, I wanted to see him. And only once did I hear their voices. I had so many questions and I was so confused; I had no idea what was going on. I couldn't see or move; I could only hear what was around me, which I had to say, was very strange. Everyone sounded so scared, and that made me scared, so I just had to think more questions until it felt like my head was about to burst. And then I fell asleep, only hearing the voices that drifted into my ears before. Len was there. I remember how the urgency in his voice scared and worried me. Miku was there too. She was making weird noises and stuff, it was strange. And Mikuo was there. He didn't say much at all, which is very unusual. He usually talked so much; I wonder if he was alright? I also recall Dell being there, not saying much, which isn't surprising. He never talks, really. Luka. Luka was there. I can still hear her voice in my head. She sounded so calm and collected, it was so weird to hear her voice follow after Len and Miku's scared voices. And who else was there? Something like Sunny. Sony? So…Sonee… Sonikuh? Sonika! That's it. Sonika… Yeah, Sonika was there. I'd never met her until after I woke up...which I should probably tell you about.

When I woke up, I was on this white bed thing. It had me strapped down, and it hurt where my stomach and ribs were. My arms also hurt. So did my legs, head, and even my neck- my weird, full-of-flaws neck. My eyesight was blurry and all I saw was white. I got scared at first, wondering where I was, but then realized I was in a white room with a whole lot of fat wires and machines. It was very weird how the wires didn't electrocute me this time, like they did that one time when I was with Ted at his computer. Maybe they were specially insulated or something. Also, inside, I felt all tingly and jumpy, even though I clearly wasn't jumping. How can you jump when you're strapped to a bed? It didn't make any sense. And then a woman came into the room; I heard her, and saw her standing to the side of me. She had green hair, like Gumi's, only darker. She had huge earrings; they looked like stars. She wore a clean white suit, and she seemed so…calm. Like Luka. I have never seen her before. When she saw me though, she smiled and greeted me. For a moment, I forgot how to speak. I just stared at her thinking about how her voice sounded so familiar. And then it hit me, and I asked her if she was Sonika, and she stared at me, then asking how I knew her name. I told her I heard Len say it, and she looked at me with a weird expression on her face. It made me feel uncomfortable and nervous, too. But then she shook her head and unstrapped me. She was fast and got me off the bed thing in a flash, and then led me to a room that took many hallways for us to walk through. She opened it up, and told me, 'Be quiet, he's sleeping'. I looked at her confused, but then back into the room. The hallway lights that flickered on and off crept in through the door and shone into the room, on the floor and a bed. And in the bed, under all of the covers and sheets was Len.

Len! Yes, Len was there! I couldn't believe it myself, either. Sonika closed the door slowly and because it was dark then, I stumbled over to the edge of the large bed and crawled on top of it. I carefully got into the bed and under the covers next to Len, sleeping so soundly and peacefully. I shifted around onto my right side, and bent my arms so that my hands were close to my face. I blinked at Len many times, trying not to talk to him. Sonika told me to be quiet, so I rightfully was. But I had the largest urge inside to tell him how happy I was to see him. How much I have missed him, and how much I wanted to ask what 'love', or whatever he always talks about is. The moonlight shone in through a window on the far side of the room, and that gave me the perfect amount of light to see Len's face. His face, it was shining almost. Not really sparkling, but it was all shiny. So, curiously, I reached over and stroked my index finger down his cheek gently, and to my surprise, it was wet. Wet! It was wet; I wonder why? Maybe he took a bath and forgot to dry off his face or something. But why would he go to sleep with his face all wet after a bath? Len is so strange.

And the next morning, I woke up to Len hugging me. I was a little surprised at first, so I tried to get his attention by saying his name over and over again, and he finally looked at me. His face was wet still, but this time, water was coming out of his eyes! That was so scary, I hoped he was okay. He kept making those funny noises that Miku did, and then I kind of wanted to hug him as well. I felt like he needed it. So I did, and then he hugged me back. My heart was racing, and his was too. I smiled though, and I wasn't scared this time. I still don't know quite what I was feeling, but whatever it was, I think I am beginning to like it more than not liking it. And then Len told he didn't want me to go.

Go? I'm not going anywhere; what's he talking about? I'm gonna stay by Len's side forever, so he's got nothing to worry about. I'm not going anywhere in a million years.

Mikuo's POV

"HOME, HOME AT LAAAAST…!" I ran in through the doors, my arms spread out wide. The others were behind me, coming into the house or at the car lugging all of our suitcases here. When I stopped spinning in circles, I noticed Rui and Gumi running over to me.

"Ohh, Mikuo-kun! You're home?" Gumi asked, looking more anxious than happy. She had…whatever it was, something white and creamy-looking smeared onto her face, and then I saw she was wearing an apron. Rui was, as usual, bouncing up and down, wearing an apron and the same substance on her cheeks, too.

"What's this? You two bakin' a cake or somethin'?" I asked, and they frowned awkwardly.

"Uhh…Yeeeeah…" Gumi looked to the side, suspiciously, and Rui laughed.

"Ahahaaa…Yeah… Hey, hey, why don't you go help with the bags, okay?" she asked me, still laughing like she was hiding something. They must think I'm stupid for not realizing…

"Oh, Rui-chan? Gumi-chan?" Luka walked in backwards, pulling a suitcase on wheels up the front steps. "How are you two?" She smiled, and Gumi ran over to her, whispering something in her ear. Luka looked a bit surprised at first, but then her face settled into a content smile. "Ahh, I see, alright." She nodded, and Gumi went back into the kitchen with Rui bouncing after her. "Mikuo-kun, go help with the bags and such, okay?" I nodded, and walked out the door. Currently, Dell was pulling luggage out of the back trunk of the car and Miku was helping him. Len was sticking his head in the car, and then helping Rin get out. Unfortunately, Rin somehow tripped and fell out, right onto Len, face-first. I had to admit, it looked preeetty funny. Eh heh, it looked like Rin was straddling him…

"Owwie, yeek, sorry, Len!" Rin cried out, scrambling to get off of Len, who, of course, was blushing like mad. Man, Len is such a shota, pffft.

"Uh, no, it's fine, Rin, just be careful next time, okay?" he said nervously, sitting up and rubbing his head. Rin laughed quietly, kneeling in front of him. Len began to laugh too, and they just had one of those happy moments. My grin suddenly faltered into a grim expression, and I felt dead inside. Seeing them happy…makes me jealous. I wish-

"Well, Mikuo-kun, don't just stand there; come help." Luka dragged me along, holding my wrist, which frankly, hurt a lot when she did that.

"Yeesh, okay, Luka, geez." I mumbled, and walked over to Miku. She looked up at me, and smiled evilly, handing me the largest bag in the trunk:

Hers.

"…What are you giving this to me for?" I asked sarcastically, trying to get a grip on the heavy bag that probably has all her clothing and what other crap she packed for the trip in here.

"To take into the house, Mikuo, of course~" She sang, tilting her head to the side, still doing her creepy little innocent-princess smile and I groaned, searching for wheels on the bag to drag it over to the door with.

"That's it, Miku. Just keep being cute." Dell said in his low, monotone voice, lugging a suitcase out of the car. Miku giggled and hugged him, bending her leg back as she did so.

"Tee hee, okaaay, Dell~" I frowned and walked around to the right side of the car, passing the twins who were attempting to carry yet another heavy bag, and laughing at the same time. I stared at Rin and Len, feeling particularly jealous of them. They had each other, and Miku had Dell. It's kind of sad how even though I liked Rin, she was with Len now. They shared the same bed that whole week we were in Tokyo, and even when Rin was sleeping, which was most of the time, he didn't leave her. Len always ate with her, read with her, sang with her, and everything else in between. And that didn't help me but to only feel more jealous of them, of their undying love for each other. I wanted someone like that, and… maybe I do have someone like that.

But who?

Len's POV

I glanced around at the room, filled with party streamers and balloons of all sorts of colors. Red, pink, blue, white, teal, orange, and my favorite, yellow. The place was covered in confetti also in countless colors, and everyone stood there, in front of a huge cake, smiling big, their arms extended, and all singing 'welcome back'. Everyone was here, and Rin, Miku, Dell, Mikuo, Luka and I just stood there, kind of just taking everything in. Of course, the first to react was Mikuo.

"CAKE—I KNEW IT!" He ran ahead and over to the table that had this humongous cake sitting on it. He pointed over at Rui and Gumi, innocently standing next to him, and he yelled, "I KNEW YOU WERE HIDING SOMETHING FROM ME!" he shouted it to their astonished faces, but it was more out of excitement than anger.

I came to the conclusion that Mikuo, in fact, likes cake.

I grabbed Rin's hand, and she grasped mine, and we fast-walked over to the table. Everyone was obviously about to burst, but they just stayed quiet, for some reason. I bet Luka told them to be silent or something.

I observed the table and what was laid out. It had lots of things; saké, ice cream in all different flavors, leeks, eggplants, tuna, oranges, carrots, bread, and…?

"Holy—Wha- BANANAS?" I lunged forward and Rin yelped as I grabbed a banana out of the basket they sat in. These…these fruits are so godly-amazing, I can't even say. I held the yellow fruit in my hand, staring at it, about to drool.

"Len, Len, look, oranges!" Rin exclaimed happily, holding a slice in her hand. I looked up at her excitedly and we both began to eat our most favorite foods in the world.

"Well, I take it you two are satisfied." Neru told us, poking our shoulders. Rin smiled happily at her, not saying anything, and I nodded enthusiastically. She of course, went back to texting on her yellow razor-like cell phone, and then moments later, she looked up suddenly.

"Miku-chaaan…?" she sang, and Miku glanced over at her, in the middle of biting a leek.

"Hm?" Miku answered while chewing on her leek and Neru grinned cockily, and flipped her cell closed. I anxiously watched Neru, still munching on my banana while everyone stopped talking and looked at the two.

"You said you'd get the ones who didn't get to go to Tokyo a souvenir. Did you?" She moved in close to Miku's face, taunting her and Miku smiled evilly in a sickly sweet way.

"Of course I did, Neru-chan," She answered, "Why would I lie to you guys?"

"Then where are they?" Neru asked, looking confused now.

"I put them into your rooms, of course. Where else?" she giggled, and bit her leek again. I felt the tension and excitement rise in the room like static; everyone wanted their souvenir now.

"I bought them according to your interests, what with all the money I have made as a VOCALOID." Miku shook her wrist and swiftly grabbed another leek from the bowl where they were. "It actually came in handy this time." She smiled and Neru squinted at her, looking defeated. I have to admit, Miku was pretty cool just now. She completely showed Neru up in such an innocent but…evil way, it was like watching a movie…live.

"…And how'd you get them there?" Neru countered, and Miku sighed triumphantly.

"With my ninja skills, duh."

…Okay, I was not expecting that.

"You've got ninja skills?" Rin exclaimed, right out of the silence, and we all began to look at her. Even I was a bit surprised, even though I shouldn't have been. Rin would say something like that.

"Of course." Miku lifted her chin up and put her hands on her hips, and then Rin gaped at her, amazed. "I have been trained as a child~"

"Wooow…!" Rin breathed, completely amazed.

"Well, I have samurai skills." Gakupo stepped in and told the smiling Rin, whose eyes were already sparkling. I heard Gumi grumble "shut up".

"What? Samurai skills? That's so cool!" Rin giggled, and Gakupo jabbed his chest with his thumb, cocky.

"Why yes! Quite impressive, is it not?" he questioned, and Miku pouted, crossing her arms.

"Well, my ninja skills are WAY better than your samurai skills."

"But I, Kamui Gakupo, can use a katana!" he told her, sternly, but then Miku laughed in denial.

"And I, Hatsune Miku, can use shuriken!" she grinned evilly, getting into his face.

"And I, Kagamine Rin, like oranges!" Rin laughed, jumping into their little fight. I covered my mouth, stifling a laugh, and patted her head; she giggled.

"Yes, Rin likes oranges." Miku repeated, and bonked Gakupo on the head with the end of her leek. "Therefore, Rin wins the match."

"Huh?" Gakupo gasped, and Rin punched the air.

"Yeah! I win!" then she turned to me, smiling so happily. "Hear that, Len? I won!" she laughed some more, and I just smiled.

"I heard." I patted her head again, and she giggled a bit more. After that, she unexpectedly tackled me with a hug, wrapping her arms around my neck. I gasped, and felt my face flush instantly. "Wha-Rin?"

"Hahaha, Len~!" she laughed, sounding so happy and cheerful. I saw Miku smile at me, and Gakupo sighed, shaking his head. As for everyone else, I couldn't tell, but I felt all their eyes on my back.

This is exactly what I wanted. For Rin to be happy and smiling and here she is, happy and smiling. This is exactly what I asked for. And it is making me so happy right now, I can feel it inside me; it's so overwhelming and everything. So then I threw my arms around her and we hugged each other. And the fact we were doing that in front of everyone didn't matter too much to me at all, even though I was embarrassed, but not so much to throw away such a perfect opportunity, especially when Rin herself was supplying it. And all this time, I was thinking about how much I loved her and how I had such limited time to be with her, and despite that, she is still able to stay cheerful and laughing.

But of course, that is only because none of us told her that she's going to die.