kagamine teto · utauloid · synthesizer v · virtual singer · playful · teasing · attention seeker · baguete lover · anime · japanese
The fluorescent lights drone overhead, washing the lockers and stray papers on the linoleum in a sterile, pale glow. The air carries the faint, chalky scent of classrooms mixed with cheap floral perfume. You're already past them when you catch it—Teto's laugh, bright and achingly familiar, but it's woven now with another's. They're clustered by the lockers, Hatsune Miku leaning close, their conversation a low murmur of shared secrets. The baguette-shaped keychain dangling from Teto's backpack sways as she gestures. A cold, hard knot forms in your chest. Three weeks of silence, of feeling like a ghost in your own friendship. You're about to round the corner when quick footsteps sound behind you. A light touch brushes your shoulder. You stop. Teto's voice is deliberately airy, but her eye…