Kagamine College

Chapter One

Rin Kagamine stared uneasily at her reflection in the clear glass of her full-length mirror. A thud sounded behind her as her boyfriend, Len, dropped the last box to the floor.

"That's all of them," He grunted, straightening up and stretching. Making his way over to the petite blonde-haired girl, he wrapped his arms around her from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder gently. "What's the matter, Rin?"

"Nothing," Rin sighed, forcing a smile at his reflection. Shaking him off, she went back to brushing her shoulder length hair dyed a bright yellow. In the mirror, she saw Len slightly narrow his crystal-clear blue eyes, but he let the matter drop.

"You look great," He assured her and tugged at her hand. They couple had spent the day moving Rin's things to Len's house where he lived with his parents. They were about to start college and rules were you had to spend freshman year living on campus. Rin's own parents were moving, so Len offered his bedroom to store her things until they could get out on their own away from campus in the next couple of years. She had agreed happily, but now that it was done she was having apprehensions. She would miss her bedroom, and she was scared of college. When she was a younger teen, she traveled all over the world as an idol, but that was with Len.

"Come on, now," Rin scolded herself silently. "Your 19 now, this is no time for childish thoughts. Shape up, girl!"

Len gave his girlfriend a quizzical look. It was out of character for her to be so quiet, and it was starting to worry him.

"Rin?" He asked quietly, tugging again at her hand. She turned her gaze away from her reflection and faced him. Giving a nervous smile, she nodded.

"Ready?" She asked, referring to leaving the house and driving to the university. Len smiled back and nodded, keeping hold of her hand as he led them out of the room and through the empty house to his car. Thanks to three years in fame and fortune, the Kagamine duo had done well in the finance department. The university they would be attending was very first-class preforming arts study college, and a very pricey one at that. The couple wanted to pursue their musical talents, so they had chosen the best college there was for that.

"Here goes nothing," Len whispered to her good-naturedly, starting the car and backing from the paved drive. Fortunately for them, the college was only 20 minutes from Len's house, so they would be able to come home for weekends and holidays. His parents had chosen that house for that very reason, and it wasn't until now Len realized how thankful he was. Something was intimidating about leaving home to live on a campus. It helped having Rin with him, but he knew their schedules were different as he was focusing on his song writing and she was focusing on dance besides their voice majors. Time together would be limited, and their dorms were on other sides of campus. Len knew very well this was a make it or break it time in their relationship, and he had high hopes it would be the first.

"Thanks for the help today," Rin finally said to break the silence that had lasted for several minutes. Len looked at her briefly and gave a half smile.

"Oh, it was nothing. You know me, muscle man!" He teased her, and she took the joke well. Len was a skinny thing, and though his arms had become slightly toned as he got older, he was nowhere near a "muscle man". His joke lightened the mood, and the couple kept up a cheery chatter for the rest of the drive. The talked about what classes they were most excited for, wondered over who their room-mates would be, and laughed over their nerves. The last half of the trip seemed to fly them by, because they were suddenly pulling into the administration office at the university. Len went in real fast to check them in and get dorm assignments. When he came back out, he drove Rin and her box of personal items to her dorm and gave her a sweet kiss before driving away to his own room. Rin watched him go and turned to her dorm, walking down the halls till her room. She wondered for a moment if her roommate was already here, but didn't give it a second thought as she swung the door open to a small room. The sound of running water came from the bathroom, and bags covered the bed closest to the window. Rin set her own bag and box on the other bed and glanced toward the closed bathroom door. Her roommate must be taking a shower, she figured, and began the job of unpacking. Orientation for new students was at 8 that evening, so she had three hours to settle in and get ready. With another glance at the other bed, Rin figured it would take 3+ for all those bags to be unpacked and put into their proper place.

"This is why I pack light…" Rin muttered, opening a drawer to place her pajama's in. She had filled up a couple more drawers and was just tucking away her backpack when the water abruptly stopped. Rin ignored it and began unpacking her box, hanging her shirts in the closet.

"No way! Rin Kagamine?" A voice sounded behind her. Rin closed her eyes and tried not to groan. It was the voice she dreaded most, even after those two years away from it. It was the voice of the girl who had almost sabotaged the best thing that ever happened to her. It was the voice of Miku Hatsune.

"Miku!" Rin tried to sound excited, turning around to face the girl. She blinked in surprise at the sight in front of her. Miku still had her bright blue hair, hanging in dripping strands around her shoulders, which were wrapped up tight in a towel. On her feet were large blue bunny slippers, but other then that and the towel the blue-haired girl had nothing on. Turning away embarrassed, Rin mumbled an apology and Miku hopped back behind the bathroom door. She peeked her head around the side, long locks of blue flowing behind her.

"I didn't know you were here, sorry sorry!" Miku exclaimed. "Could you toss me the blue bag, over there, please?"

Rin looked over at the pile of blue bags cluttering Miku's space. Which one was she supposed to grab?

"The small one," Miku specified. "On the right end of my bed."

Rin snagged it and tossed it to her. Miku caught it and closed the door with another quick apology. Once she was sure she was out of sight, Rin sat down hard on her bed and growled to herself. What were the odds that Miku Hatsune, her teen rival, would be attending here? And what were the odds that she would be in this room? This was the girl that nearly snatched Len right from under Rin's nose, this was the girl that nearly caused Rin to be awfully injured in a car accident! This was the girl that was always cute, always peppy, always perfect.

"This is the girl I'll never be," Rin whispered, not sure if she was mad or jealous or sad. When Rin had stared in a TV show with Len, Miku was one of the co-stars, a robot "vocaloid" who was Rin's best friend and Len's girlfriend. In the show, Rin and Len were twin siblings who battled everyday challenges that teens go through. One of them was dating a robot who doesn't really have feelings. You know, everyday things. But the show had long since ended when the views started going down. The vocaloid crew lost fans, and eventually faded into a has-been idol group. The cast split up and had never seen each other since…. Except the Kagamine's. They continued their relationship through the two years up until this point. Rin never expected to see any of the other vocaloids. And yet, here was Miku, her least favorite one. Rin was about to text Len with the news when the bathroom door flung open and out stepped Miku in all her glory. Her damp hair hung in perfect tendrils down to her lower back, the blue so vibrant it lit up her blue eyes so the shone. Her dark jeans contrasted the bright colors and complimented her body shape. Rin bit her lip in jealousy. She had never looked so good fresh out of the shower.

"We have so much to catch up on!" Miku exclaimed, throwing herself onto the bed next to Rin and giving a bounce like a child on Christmas. "I haven't seen you in two years! And that's a long time."

Rin wanted to gag at her over the top excitement and childish behavior, but it somehow was becoming and cute.

"Are you and Len still a couple? You know, that's what ruined our career," Miku continued on when Rin said nothing. "I mean, we were the best thing ever… but then the announcement came you two had hooked up and everyone was all upset over twincest on the show and the views dropped…"

Rin's heart stopped. She had never thought of that! She had been so happy just to have Len at the time, her mind never even considered the fans. Was it really her fault that their careers were ruined? Had she ran the show down the drain? Was that why no one came to the concerts? It couldn't be.

"That's not true," Rin managed to get out, but Miku acted as if she hadn't heard her.

"I mean, no offense. I'm sure you didn't mean it, and besides Len's a cutie. I'd have ruined my life and everyone else's on the show, too, if he was mine!" She said with a bright smile, but Rin could hear the insults behind her fake tone.

"He almost was mine, too, remember? If you hadn't gone all dramatic on him and got hit by that bus, I mean…" Miku trailed off, but the implication lingered in the air. Rin almost chocked on the absurd accusation.

"Why would I purposefully let myself be hit by a bus?" She snapped, standing up and away from the other girl. This was getting too much, just too much. "I don't have to put up with this! I'm going to ask for a different room, somewhere far away from you!"

Miku stood up too and her eyes shone with real-looking tears.

"Rin, no, you misunderstood me!" Miku cried, grabbing her shoulder gently. Her face seemed sincere and Rin faltered. What was this girl playing at? "I didn't mean it was your fault, in fact the exact opposite! Really, Rin, I'm so sorry if I came across rudely. I just miss working with you, is all…"

Miku smiled through her shimmering eyes, a tear slowly making its way down her cheek. Rin hesitated, then sat back down warily. Miku sat next to her but didn't let go of her arm. All traces of tears had vanished and she hopped on the bed excitedly again.

"Think of all the fun we'll have!" She squealed, squeezing Rin's arm for emphasis. "We'll go shopping, and study together, and eat ice cream while watching movies all night!"

Rin forced a smile, trying to share her enthusiasm. She wasn't sure what to think of Miku just yet, and what she really wanted to do at college was be with Len. A feeling of dread began to creep over her heart as she realized that Miku would probably follow her everywhere… including when she was with Len. That was bad. Miku was perfect! Len hardly was able to resist her the first time, would he be ale to the second?