Wow, i posted it later than I expected^^; Happy Christmas Eve, you guys! Yeah, well, I know I'm supposed to be writing Ice Mountains, Airy Fantasies, and A Manga (Gah, I have got to stop naming my fics so looooong!), but the Kagamines' birthday is coming up (the 27th! Yay! XD), so I decided to write bday fic... It'll span from the 23rd (that's supposedly now) up to the 27th, so it's-(counting)-exactly five chappies! Set in my Tears and Raindrops universe... Here's the continuation of that trilogy... This comes after One Shots and Text Messages Chapter 5: MOVING ON. Mostly Rin's PoV; any changes will be notified. Un-betaed as usual.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything or anyone except the plot and the 'verse. All rights belong to respective owners.

Finding It Out, Making It Right

by Shaariin13

Chapter 1: REVELATIONS

December 23, 2021

After seven years, I ate my words. How did they find out? I mean, yes, I brought him with me while I visited here that one time, but I was careful; they didn't see him. How could they have heard of him?

I took a deep, chilly breath, then pumped up the heating in the car. I looked at my ten-year old son, asleep on the passenger's seat.

Len, I thought, touching my feather necklace. I guess you would want them to know...

After I got my seatbelt off, I reached over and touched his shoulder, shaking him a bit. "Len, dear?" I called him. "Son? Wake up now."

His eyebrows knitted, then blearily he opened his eyes. "Time to get up, Sleepyhead," I teased.

He looked around, then sneezed three times. I smiled. Just like his father.

"Where are we?" he croaked, rubbing his nose.

"Your grandparents' house," I simply said as I helped him remove his seat belt.

He looked out the window. "This isn't Gramma's house," he commented.

"No, it's not Mom's house," I agreed.

I killed the engine and got out, going to the trunk. He followed suit.

"Then whose is it?" he asked, left eyebrow raised.

Okay, maybe too much like his father, I took back, mentally sweatdropping.

"It's-"

"Rin? Rin, is that you?" I heard a feminine voice question behind me.

I turned around to see Aunt Lily, plowing through the snow early in the morning, grocery bag in arm. She was staring at my son.

"Oh god," she whispered, eyes tearing up. Her eyes flew to me.

"Aunty," I murmured softly, gently guiding my son in front of me.

"Is-Is that... Is he-" she couldn't finish.

"Mom?" Len looked up at me. "Who is she?"

"Len, son," I said, and heard Aunt Lily gasp. "This is Grandma Lily. She's Daddy's mom."

I quietly sipped my tea while Len was looking this way and that, curious about the house, taking everything in.

Aunt Lily entered the parlor holding a tray filled with tiny sandwiches and pastries. "Leon will be here shortly," she informed in a warm voice.

"Thank you," I mumbled under my breath.

She smiled at me as she settled down on the single in front of the sofa me and Len were perched; her eyes held happy tears.

"It's so nice to see you again, dear," she said warmly.

I returned her smile. "It's nice to see you, too, Aunty."

She watched Len fondly; said boy was poking around on the table beside the armrest he was draped on.

"Len," I called him softly.

"Yes, Mom?" he asked, facing me.

"Don't be an incorrigible little boy; come here," I told him, patting the space beside me. He followed.

Aunt Lily laughed at the scene in front of her. "What an obedient boy," she observed. "Just like your father."

"Thank you, Gramma Lily," he answered politely, slightly flushing at the remark.

"Well, will you look at that," a baritone voice whispered. Uncle Leon had entered the parlor, his eyes glued to my son. He sat down on his (oversized, overly-stuffed) armchair. "He looks... He looks just like him," he mumbled.

Uncle Leon cleared his throat. "Hello young man," he started. "Do you know who I am?"

Len looked at me, and I nodded. "Yes, sir," he answered the patron with a firm voice. "You're Daddy's dad, Kagamine Leon."

The look Uncle shot me told me everything he wanted to say: "Thank you."

"Comfy?" I asked.

Len nodded, yawning. "Yup!" He smiled at me sleepily.

"G'night, sport," I smiled at him, then kissed his forehead.

He yawned again. " 'Night, Mom," he managed to mutter, his eyes blinking repeatedly until it stayed shut; his breathing became deep and even, his face relaxed.

I got up slowly, as to not disturb him. I tucked him in, checked the windows (they were locked, but I left the curtains parted; the full moon was shining beautifully tonight), before tiptoeing to the door and closed it quietly.

I went downstairs and headed for the breakfast nook where the elderly couple were at, waiting for me.

"Here, Rin, have some tea," Aunt Lily poured me a cup as I sat down.

I accepted with a murmured "Thank you."

"He finally asleep?" Uncle Leon asked fondly.

I nodded. "Yes; the long drive wore him out." I smiled at them.

"It was nice of you to come, dear, and on such short notice," Aunt Lily squeezed my hand.

"And at such a busy time," Uncle Leon added. "What with Christmas only two days away. I'm sure you wanted to spend the holiday with your parents."

"Aunty, Uncle, really, it's not a big deal," I said, trying to convince them, my smile widening. "Plus, I already called home and told Mom I was in town, but staying with you."

"How about this," Aunty started, shifting in her seat. "What if they just come over for lunch or dinner this Christmas? So you and Len would be with both families at one gathering."

"Yes!" Uncle Leon agreed. "We can set up a party at the back yard. God knows the grill needs to be used."

I smiled at their plans. "I'll tell Mom first thing tomorrow," I promised.

Aunt Lily stared at me again, her eyes coming to tears. "After ten years, it's lovely talking to you again."

"I should have visited a lot earlier," I said, apologetic

"No, no, we understand. We shouldn't have blamed you," Uncle reprimanded. "You hadn't known it ws going to happen; none of us did."

Tears came to my eyes. Uncle got flustered.

"I'm sorry, dear, I didn't mean anything by that! We weren't-"

"No, Uncle, it's okay," I attempted to calm him down. "It's just that... I'm glad that you aren't mad at me anymore."

"Oh, but Rin dear, we never were," Aunt Lily exclaimed as she scooted closer to me and touched my arm. "We were hurt and shocked, but we were never angry with you."

"But... We never did know," Uncle Leon said. "What it was that you fought about..."

My mind automatically flew to that day...

"Rin," he said. We were at the old playground, sitting on the bench beneath the cherry tree, his arms crossed over his chest, head down. I didn't look at him, simply continuing to stare at my hands folded on my lap.

"Rin, I need to know," his voice became urgent. "I need to know if something... happened between us last night."

"Len, I-" I sighed. "Yes," I whispered so softly that it surprised me he actually heard it. (Well, he always did have a cat's sense of hearing...)

" 'Yes?' Something did happen? And you're... okay with it?" he asked incredulously.

He slammed his hands on the bench, making me start. "Dammit!" he swore under his breath. His hands went to his hair, pulling at his gold locks.

"Len, I'm fine," I told him, my voice holding a conviction I didn't have.

"Don't you dare tell me you're fine, Rin!" He grabbed me by the shoulders. "Look at me Rin. Look at me." I did. "I told you. I'm okay," I said through my teeth.

"God, Rin," his head fell to my shoulder, his own shoulders sagged.

After a few moments, he looked back up at me. "I'll take responsibility," his voice was firm; he was decided. "I'll ask your parents for your hand."

"What? No! Len." I tried to reason with him. "Don't be silly. We're both just fourteen! Plus, it was just once, I mean we couldn't... you couldn't-"

"It only takes, once, Rin," he cut what I was saying. "And I'd be damned if my child be born out of wedlock. Our child."

"Len, don't think that far ahead! Can you hear yourself? You're talking about a baby! A baby you're not even sure exists or will exist!"

"But what if I do get you pregnant, huh? I will absolutely not let you be ridiculed by being a single mother. If I do get you knocked up, I'll stand by you."

"Len." I couldn't say anything else.

"Rin, I... I love you, Rin." His beautiful cerulean eyes stared deep through mine.

His confession shocked me; I've always been in love with him, eversince we met at this park for the first time some nine years ago, since I first drowned in those blue orbs.

"Len I-" Then it dawned on me: he didn't really love me; he only said it because he was guilty about last night.

My eyebrows met. "Don't," I reprimanded him harshly. "Don't you ever tell me you love just because you're guilty you knocked up your best friend."

I stood up. "I don't need your pity," I hissed, taking a few steps away from him.

He followed after me. "What are you talking about, Rin? I do love you."

He caught my arm, but I shook him off. "Len, please just... go. Leave me alone, I have to be with myself for a while."

"Rin," he spoke my name with reverence, it made me want to throw myself at him and tell him I loved him, too, but I steeled myself, my resolve.

"Go," I commanded.

He didn't move for a while, just breathing heavily behind me. Then he cursed before storming off.

"When was this, dear?" Aunt Lily asked, worried.

"It was late spring or early summer, around April or May*," I answered.

"That was the last time you saw him?" Uncle Leon asked.

I bit my lip. "N-Not really."

Aunt Lily's eyebrows met in confusion. "It's not? I thought-"

"Would you believe he visited me, that night you called**?" I asked wearily.

The couple met eyes.

"I guess not," I assumed, eyes on the table.

"Actually, Rin, we do," Uncle said. My head popped up. That got my attention.

"During his-his burial... a few moments after we brought you to a corner because you wouldn't stop crying, I went to get you a glass of water, leaving Lily with you for comfort. As I was walking back I-I saw him, my son, he was- he was watching you with a pained expression."

Aunt Lily backed up Uncle Leon's story. "It's true, I saw him, too. He was looking at you, just you. I don't think he ever wanted to leave you, dear. He never wanted to hurt you.

He was supposed to go to your house that day. He couldn't keep on avoiding you, so when you gave up contacting him, he went to you. You might not have noticed, since you locked yourself in your house for two weeks, but rumor went out that the reason why you and Len fought was that something happened between the two of you. The scary thing about rumors is that sometimes, they have this nasty habit of being true."

"Here," Uncle handed me something shiny. "He asked me for this."

It was a beautiful ring; simple, nothing overly extravagant. The band was made of polished yellow gold with latticed white gold shoulders, the curved trilliant cut one carat diamond cornered with smaller round cut ones.

"Oh my..." I was speechless; it was beautiful.

"It was my mother's," Uncle Leon explained. I looked up at him.

"But, why-"

"He was going to give you that, dear," Aunt Lily said, looking at her as if she was some child who was finding difficulty understanding.

My mouth made a round 'O' of understanding. It was supposed to be my engagement ring.

"Go ahead, put it on," Uncle encouraged.

Tears stung my eyes as I slipped the ring onto my finger. It fit me perfectly.

"Len, you idiot," I whispered.

Me, Aunt Lily and Uncle Leon, we cried a lot tonight.

I actually searched online for possible designs for the ring... It was hard; I had to look up different cuts and stones. Here's the ring: http colon slash slash weddings . theknot . com slash Wedding-Rings slash 77113 slash detailview dot aspx?id = 77113&type = 27&Metals = Yellow + Metals&Rings + Types = Engagement + Rings&pageindex = 1&psize = 25&TM = 27

Just remove the spaces and change add the appropriate symbols... sorry for the long address^^; I altered the shape of the diamond, though...

Hope you guys liked it^^ I'll try to post the next one tomorrrow-err later... R&R please! ^^

*refer to Tears and Raindrops

** refer to One Shots and Text Messages, Chapter 1: PROMISE and Chapter 5: MOVING ON

~12/26/11 10:43 AM(Manila time)~ I just noticed that the date was sooooo wrong, late by ten years^^; I edited it already :D