HAIII :D Another story for you guys based of Rin and Len's infamous song Hello Again. One-shot little thing between Rin and Len, no romance or nothin, just a sad story :3 enjoy
I watched Rin open her eyes again from sleep, praying in my mind that she might speak normal again when she woke. But no, she greeted me with the little sound she always did. "Swipwn." She chirped as she sat up, smiling at me. I looked down in disappointment.
"Hey Rin..." I ruffled her hair with one hand, which she grabbed and started playing with my fingers. I smiled a little. Even though nobody could understand her, that kid-like and carefree attitude never changed.
That car accident had changed our entire lives. Our cab driver had crashed with another car at an intersection, smashing into another car hitting us on all sides. I had gotten away with just a few bruises and a cut on the arm, but my twin wasn't as lucky. A snapped arm, her legs almost shredded to pieces by the glass of the shattered window, and her head bumped so hard it knocked her out for 4 days straight.
And as if it wasn't enough, after she woke up, she began speaking gibberish. It was like she didn't even realize it either. She would spit out made-up words at random, saying them as if she expected others to understand. Ever since that car crash.
And that car crash, was over a year and a half ago.
Doctors told me it was unlikely she would ever recover and be able to speak naturally again, but I couldn't help but cling to a little sliver of hope that I had deluded myself into believing as reality. She would get better. She had to.
I pulled up my backpack from the floor with my free hand, and got out the little music box I had found in the back of my closet that morning before I had come to the hospital.
"Hey Rin," It was the music box our mother had given to us before she died. "Remember this?" We would always listen to it while we fell asleep, and had made our own lyrics to the little melody it provided.
Rin looked up from my hand, and looked at the music box. "OquAAtteka?" She asked, dropping my hand and placing her own on her lap.
"Remember? Mom gave it to us..." I turned to face her, sitting criss-cross on the bed with her, placing the music box in between us. "Remember the song we made up to it?"
Rin blinked and smiled brightly at me, nodding rapidly. "Rewplk!" She beckoned me to open it, clearly excited by the old treasure.
I smiled, and opened it, as the melody began to play. Soft little clicks creating a small, pretty sound, a lullaby. Rin began singing her part of the song in her new language, the music box continuing on, not minding at all that the words were a strange language.
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno, Jhno..." Rin sang softly, looking up as she waited for me to join in. I smiled, and started singing with her.
"I can hear what you say," I started, listening as my sister continued singing in the background, "WeRRa, Svey, Jhno, Jhno..."
"Though I can't understand it yet..." I looked down, wondering if Rin really knew what I was saying. She continued her singing in her own locked up language, "WeRRa, Svey, Jhno, Mrrau."
"I'll repeat what you say..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"Hoping it could be a love song..."
"ShwnyTtRRew..."
The music box continued it's soft notes, a nostalgic memory of my mother, and the happy times with my sister. Suddenly, I felt her take my hand and hold it in both of hers. I looked up at her, and she smiled at me as we continued singing our long lost lullaby.
"Awakening occurs unexpectedly,"
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"It looks dark, and scary..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno, Mrrau."
"I'm hearing this voice again, and again..."
"ShwnyTteRRew..."
"I wonder if these foreign words will ever reach you..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
I wondered what Rin was thinking about as we were singing with each other. I wished I could as her and understand her reply. I missed being able to have normal conversations with her. I missed it. So much.
"Ah, yet your voice sounds so gentle..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno, Mrrau."
"You opened your eyes..."
"ShwnyTteRRew..."
"And I saw you smiling happily..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"Staring at my eyes..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Mrrau."
"You let out words clumsily..."
"ShwnyTteRRew..."
I felt tears pushing at the back of my eyes. I shut my eyes for a few seconds, before looking up at Rin. She was smiling at me as she was singing her solo of our nostalgic lullaby, "WeRRa, Svey, SwWeiR, Shwny TtRRew. WeRRa, Svey, Jhno..." I looked back down as we started singing in harmony again, my eyes close to stop myself from crying.
"Will I ever be able to understand you, someday?"
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"Do you understand the things I say...?"
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno, Mrrau."
I finally felt a tear run down my cheek, and a gentle hand brush it away as I opened my eyes and looked up. Rin smiled at me, and her grip on my hand tightened. I gave her my other hand, placing it on hers. We started singing in unison, as I repeated the words that only she understood.
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Mrrau..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Mrrau..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"ShwnyTtRRew..."
"ShwnyTtRRew..."
The music box stopped playing its tune, and we sang the last verse together.
"I can hear what you say,"
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"Though I can't understand it yet..."
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Mrrau."
"I repeat what you say,"
"WeRRa, Svey, Jhno Jhno..."
"Hoping it could be a love song..."
"ShwnyTtRRew..."
Rin smiled sadly at me, my eyes still red from the tears that threatened to spill over. I looked up at her, and she pulled me into a hug, wrapping her arms around my neck.
"KoNNqn, lkaOOpwA WSsadne ysHNadko jhQweNO..." She said in an assuring tone, rubbing my back with one hand. And, despite my inability to know what she was saying, the words still brought me comfort.
"I know you're trying Rin..." I said as I pulled away, wiping my eyes. "You'll get better one day..."
Rin smiled, and looked down at the music box, taking it and opening it so the melody played once again. She looked up smiling at me. "IiW Mok?" She asked.
"You mean again?" I asked with a chuckle, and she nodded excitedly. I sighed, and nodded. "Alright, let's go again."
One day, maybe she won't be the only one who understands her words.
One day, maybe I will understand what she says too.
Maybe it won't be so lonely to be around her.
I won't have to miss talking with her.
I could really be her brother again.
I'll just keep waiting.
One more time.
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