So it would appear that the Hatsune is in a state of depression. It would appear that Teto-sama is the cause of this state. Some events that occurred have caused a gap between them, and as for my own state...

  "Teto-sama!" I cling to the arm of my favorite housemate. Kasane Teto. I grin widely as I catch a glimpse of the Hatsune moping around, clearly upset by my affection towards her interest.

  "Hey!" Teto allows me to cling to her hip as she struggles to get to the refrigerator, her favorite object.

  "I'll follow you and only you anywhere, Teto-sama!"

  "If I date someone, you won't kill them, right?" Teto's question is to be expected.

  But there is nothing to worry about."I am unlike Hatsune Miku!"

  Teto glares at Miku, who shrinks from it. "Yeah, I bet you're not obsessed." I let go when she walks away.

  "Hm?" That isn't quite what I meant when I brought up Hatsune. As if all her confidence were stomped upon, Hatsune slinks away in silence.

 "Can it be that sexual desire is this powerful?" Love or romance, it all has to be based on one thing, no? I simply admire Teto for not being like them; a true female, but Hatsune's motives are different. I'm positive.

  So positive that I walk by her room just to prove it. I quietly open the door to peek inside. Hatsune is busy absentmindedly browsing through pictures of Teto. 

  "What do you want, Rin?" Her voice is stale, nothing like that of the highly praised queen everyone's been calling her. 

  "Mayu."

  "What?" Hatsune whirls around in her wheeled chair, her face round with shock. She eases up slightly. "What can I do for you?"

  "Teto." I point to her screen. If she scrolled down I'm even more positive that there'd be inappropriate pictures.

  "Oh!" Hatsune quickly exits, only to reveal her Teto home screen. She sighs and gives up, turning back around to talk to me."What do you want again?"

  I exhale before getting right to the point. "Your closeness."

  "What closeness?" She chuckles as if the thought is amusing, but females are easy to read. She's sad even now.

  "I would expect you to dismiss Teto as another female," I continue, then add quite seriously,"One who dotes on females."

  "What?" Hatsune seems ro doubt me, and I repeat myself. "Is that your crappy dense way of saying I'm gay laughs n j m?ething?"

  "I'm sure you understand what I'm saying."

  Hatsune laughs, and I begin to wonder if she's taking me as a joke. "As a Vocaloid you should know that that's not how it works?"

  "Vocaloid?" They say that the other Vocaloids have yet to choose this human life, and that's why they're not all here. I don't feel much differently. What is there to understand?

  "I'm not gay, and this isn't merely lust."

  "What?!" How could she say such things? It's obvious that-

  Hatsune gets up from her seat, walking towards me."I love Teto for who she is, not what she looks like."

  "E-even so, I-"

  "You wouldn't understand."

  I stumble out of the room baffled. Everything went to a whole other direction than the one I had planned! Love... Nonsense, all of it! What could compel one to even contemplate such unnecessary interactions?

  "Excuse me." I step away as Hatsune leaves her room and heads towards the kitchen. 

  "Hatsune Miku."

  She stops, not looking back at me. "What?"

  "I have no choice but to respect you. If this love is what you seek, then I can't stop you from seeking it."

  "You're so weird." She walks away, leaving my mind boggled. That was sincere!

  "Hatsune!"

  "What the hell, Miku?"

  Hm? "Snack time!" Rin enters the room with Meiko and Megurine, and I spot Megpoid reading on the couch next to IA.

  My own heart skips a beat, and Miku remains frigid. Teto has decided to speak with her again! Will this love prove-

  "If you have something to say, say it!" But Teto doesn't seem to be in any kind of affectionate mood.

  "What's goin' on?" Yuki coming in makes my heart skip several beats. If we're all here, it's most definitely bad luck!

  Bad luck indeed. Teto clenches her fist in anger."You're a real bitch, you know that?"

  Miku let's out a shocked gasp, and I do as well. What's going on?

  "I didn't give you permission to use my phone, nor did I allow you to text Len your crap!"

  "That's, that's-" Rin's legs are quivering, and she's begun to sweat.

  "Teto-sama! I have concludes that it's the female Kagamine!" That'll get Miku, er, Hatsune off this deadly hook!

  But it doesn't. Teto refocuses her attention back on Miku, her crimson eyes glowing. "I know it was you, wasn't it?"

  Miku stays silent, but Rin tries to make excuses for her. " I really did do it, Teto! So just calm down, and we can all have snacks."

  Was it Rin or Miku? Rin is the ultimate prankster of the household. It was her, wasn't it?

  "Fine." But Teto still refuses to give up."I'm nothepologizing, Miku. After all, YOU never do, right? So that's okay, right?"

  "Teto, maybe you should-" Meiko steps forward, but Teto ignores her. 

  "Always acting so selfish! I really can't stand you!" Teto's screaming at this point."Get over yourself! Get a life and stop controlling mine!"

  "......."

  Teto grips Miku by the collar, shaking her vigorously. "Are you listening?! Do you ever listen?!!"

  "Teto..."

  "Teto!" Gumi puts down her book, fully aware of the confrontation. "What's wrong with you?"

  "Wrong with me? What's wrong with her? " Teto slams Miku down onto the floor, her curls being pulled back to stay on top of her head. "You're such a parasite!!" Before we can stop her, Teto lashes out, one of her claws landing a piercing scratch on Miku's face.

  "Teto!"I yell, surprised at my own volume.

  " If only you'd just leave!"Teto growls.

  "Okay." Miku, choking back tears it seems, is released from Teto's grip, and gets up and walks out the door.

  "Good." Teto's curls go back to their original state as she gets off the floor to leave for her room.

  Is this the love Miku was expecting? The feeling was strong enough for all of us to feel it. It was hate.

  "Urm!!" Rin's holding and shaking her head, her eyes closed shut with tears running down her face. 

  "Uh...." Yuki looks absolutely spooked, tears formed on her terrified young face.

  Luka tries to console Rin, crying herself, while Meiko curses and looks for a drink. The only one calm is IA, who simply stares at the floor.

  "Miku Hatsune!" I find my legs bringing themselves towards the door, and my hand opens it, and my body plunges itself outside in search of Miku.

  "Miku!" Hopefully her scratch will heal. If not, then the rest of the Vocaloid will have to go back their cyber state!

  Miku has not gotten far, and I spot her just up ahead in the dark. "Let's go home. We can eat whatever you like." Words of comfort for the shattered soul.

  "No." She turns and wipes her face.

 "We must go home."

  "No!" She looks at me, clearly distressed and heartbroken. "I don't want to hurt her anymore."

  Is this the selfish Miku? Really? "You're just too selfless. But selfishbat the same time... Rin wasn't crying for nothing. Neither was Luka. We care about you. Now."

  I hold out my hand."It's not the hand of Teto, but let's go home."

  "Bwuh!!" Running towards us is Rin and Luka, completely unintelligible from their sobbing.

  "Miku wah!!" Luka bawls like a baby, while Rin won't stop hiccing and wiping her nose.

  "You two are such crybabies." Miku jokes, her voice still weak."Fine. I'll come with you guys and eat."

  "It's okay." Eating at a time of despair is hard, especially when your jaws don't want to move or else you'll cry. Who knew that I'd be here to take her back? To be the one to have to force the food down her throat when we get back to heal her sick self? Who knew that I'd call her Miku?

  "I'm not hungry either," I say, helping all three of the girls back to the house. I'll force the food down my own throat for all our sake. Just to keep them up and alive, I'll sacrifice myself once for a few females. I wipe a tear. They're not so petty now, after all.