I'm a Vocaloid

Ch. 5 Dr. Itsuki's House

Meiko's POV

I ran to the front entrance. I saw some guards there. I looked around for a way to go around them.

There were a lot of trees at the sides of the small path leading to outside the facility's property. Also, it was dark so it would be easy to sneak out.

I carefully sneaked past them.

...

Well, that was easy. As I walked out the gate, I looked back at them. I guess they didn't see-

"Mmph!"

My attacker grabbed me by my waist and mouth and carried me away.

I couldn't open my eyes well, he –or she- wasn't only covering my mouth, but most of my entire face!

A few runs later, the person set me down and I looked at my attacker. My eyes widened.

"D-Dr. Itsuki?"

"Meiko, what are you doing here?"

"I- uh- see- er-"

"..."

"W-well, what are YOU still doing here?"

"Hm..."

"You can't answer!"

"Meiko, I know you saw."

"What?"

"I know you saw me take the defective robot."

"I... I'm sorry! I promise I won't tell anyone!"

"Thank you. I hope you keep that promise."

"I will. Where is it, by the way?"

"Hm... follow me."

We took a short, silent walk until we arrived near her car. Looks expensive...

"Huh. Someday, I wanna learn to drive. You think it's legal for robots to drive?" I asked.

"Heheh, I'm not sure..."

I looked in through the window. The defective robot was there.

"Want to come to my house for some tea?"

"Wha-? No... I-I don't want to be a burden..."

"You wouldn't be! Really!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"O-okay... Thank you."

I went in her car.

~o~

It was a smooth ride. She was very good. When I saw her house, er, mansion, actually... I swear, a virus MUST have entered me. I almost became blind!

"A-ah...!"

"Huh?"

"Ah... uhm... ahem. And here, I thought the FACILITY was big, but now... this is like twice as-"

"P-please don't mind it! Heheh...!"

"I should've expected this. You ARE a scientist after all..."

"Uh... ahem! Anyway, let's get inside!"

Something scanned her car near the gate and the gates opened. Then, when she parked it, we went inside.

It was even BIGGER inside!

There was a long, wide staircase in the middle and it divided into two to two different rooms in the second floor. One was straight. The other was twisted.

Interesting...

There was also a big, wide red carpet covering them. I was surprised to see no line of maids or butlers greeting her anywhere.

"I live alone." She probably knew what I was thinking when she mentioned that.

"Really? With this much money, I think you could hire as many servants as you want!"

"No. It's okay. I cook and do the chores. I'm not comfortable having someone else live with me. Besides, this place is really easy to manage."

Really? A mansion THIS big, you do all the chores and you still think it's really easy to manage?

Are you a goddess?

"I-in this entire mansion, you're the only one who lives in it?"

"Well, there IS Winter..."

"Winter?

"Heheh. Winter~! Come down here, girl!"

"Woof! Woof!"

A big, white wolf –I swear, it was a wolf- came running down the stairs. So cute and scary at the same time!

"Winter, this is Meiko. She's a robot."

"Woof!"

"EEK!"

"Oh, she doesn't bite."

I gently patted her on the head with a bit of hesitation. She started going around my legs, trying to look cute. Actually, she doesn't have to TRY at all. I smiled at her.

"Oh yeah. The robot. Wait here. I'll get the her out of my car."

~o~

"That's how I found out you were watching me."

"Oh... my shoes are just so noisy..."

"It's okay. Although I don't understand how the other scientist didn't notice you. Anyway, come with me."

"Sure."

She lead me to a huge underground lab in her house.

"Wow. You have an underground lab?"

"Nah. This is the basement."

"The base-? I'm not going to ask."

"Well, it's really just a basement. But, I'm a scientist after all. I just put some science stuff in her and that's it."

"Wow."

I saw the defective robot on a table in the center of the room. She was being fixed and some things were being downloaded into her.

"Oh, she's almost done. After this, I'm going to add a few adjustments and clean her up."

I stepped closer but Winter stopped me.

"Sorry, Winter." She let go. I guess she thought I could've done something wrong if I wasn't careful.

"Just two more minutes and she'll be ready."

~2 Minutes Later~

"DONE!"

"Great. You said you were going to add some adjustments. Can you be a little more specific with that?"

"That'll be a secret." She winked at me. "I'll show you tomorrow. Right now, I have to take you back to the facility."

"Okay..."

~o~

After dropping me off back at the facility, she gave me a map of something that looked like the inside of the facility.

"What's this for?"

"You were lost, weren't you?"

"Never mind."

"Hahah. I'll show you the adjustments tomorrow. Bye."

"Bye. Oh, wait. Doctor?"

"Call me May."

"Huh? You sure?"

"Come on!"

"Okay, May. Heheh. So, uh, no one has to know that-"

"I won't tell."

"Thank you so much!"

"Bye, then!"

"Bye!"