iNSaNiTY Len X Kaito

"Are you sure he's here?" asked a voice from far away.

"I'm sure! He has to be here, I mean, he lives here, right?" said another voice.

"Okay, whatever you say..." the first voice said. They were both female, but Len couldn't make out exactly who they were. He was very tired and had just woken up.

What day is it? What time is it? Len questioned in his mind. It was 12 noon, and it was his birthday. Great... he thought, now they're going to surprise me... damn it.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEN!" both of the female voices said at the same time. Now he could tell, he could see their faces. A tall girl with long, sea-green pig tails, and another girl. Not so tall, with short, blonde hair with about 3 clips in the bangs. It was Miku and Rin.

"Huh? Birthday... oh, yeah..." Len sat up slowly. He could tell that this day, among every other birthday he'd had, would be the worst. He was turning 16 today.

"Len!" came a voice from far away, this time a male.

"Kaito?" Len questioned.

"Len! Happy birthday!" Kaito said with a wide grin on his face. Why was he here?

"Kaito-nii, I thought you were with Gakupo in Hokkaido this weekend... why are you here? In Tokyo...?" Len asked, confused.

"It's my little brothers' birthday, I just couldn't miss it. You know how I am!"

Len knew exactly how Kaito was. They had known each other since they first met after they were created. Crypton had made Kaito before Len, so he was older, therefore Len started to address him as Kaito-nii, which means brother.

"Yeah, I know. But come on, I thought you had been looking forward to Hokkaido all month, since you almost never get a day off."

"I can always go next month, Len. Well, I don't know, the new ice cream shop is opening up soon and I wanna be there for it..." Kaito said, focusing on ice cream.

Len laughed a little. There go's Bakaito, thinking about his ice cream.

"So Len! What do you want to do?" asked Miku. Len could tell she wasn't going to listen to him and instead, her and Rin take him to the mall and buy him the things they like just like every other birthday. And they always use Len's credit card.

"Hey, Miku- Rin, you think maybe me and Len could have some time to hang since we usually never do? I mean, we do, but never on his birthday. Maybe just this once?" Kaito asked, hopefully, yet there was pain in his eyes.

Rin looked up and scratched her head, Miku looked at Rin with big eyes, Rin whispered something (God knows what, Len thought), Miku's eyes got wider, then she nodded her head and Rin spoke. "Fine, but only because you asked." Then the two girls walked away.

Kaito smiled, which made Len smile. Seeing the worry in Kaito's eyes go away for a split second was a nice sight, but it didn't last long.

"Len, I need your help. I have something I need advice on." Kaito said sadly.

"Yeah, Kaito-nii? What is it?" Len said.

"Well, it's really hard to say it, because it's wrong. It's really wrong, like, I like someone, but they are five years younger than me. And that's wrong, right Len?" Kaito asked, still looking gloomy.

Len thought for a second, "Yeah, that is wrong. But age is just a number, no matter what. Don't let that stop you. Well, on the inside. On the outside, it's much different."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, if you like someone younger than you, that's great. You just can't show it, or date them, because that would sorta classify you as a pedophile or a molester. You don't want to be either of those two." Len stated.

Kaito looked down at the ground, and Len felt a tense aura in the atmosphere. He didn't like this feeling, especially not around Kaito. This wasn't normal for Kaito, unless he was madly in love with the person, and really felt ashamed of it.

"But, otouto-chan, what if it was a secret between the two...?"

Len had to admit, even though he knew Kaito pretty well, and could pretty much predict everything he was going to say, this question took him by surprise. "What do you mean, Kaito...? Like, they could be, you know, but keep it all a secret?"

"Yeah, couldn't w- they do that?" Kaito's face turned red when he messed up his sentence. It almost sounded like he was going to say "we" which made Len a little red, himself.

"I guess that could work, but it wouldn't be much fun."

"It would be just enough fun." Kaito looked down with a blushing face. Len was sensing something, but he didn't want to say anything. He was too embarrassed to bring it up, but he couldn't help but thinking the new question he wanted to ask Kaito, Kaito, do you mean us? Do you- do you like me, Kaito-nii? Not like a brother but, do you love me? As more than a brother? More than friends? The questions kept circling around in Len's mind, and he knew he had to get his mind off of this.

"Kaito, why don't we go get something to eat. I'm hungry." Len said, rubbing his stomach.

"Me too, let's go." Kaito muttered. Len knew Kaito was upset about something, but it was too confusing to tell what. For the first time in Len's life, he didn't know how to act around Kaito.

"So, let me guess. You want some ice cream?" Len asked Kaito as they were walking down a busy street in Tokyo.

Kaito was looking down, so he wasn't paying much attention to Len, or where he was going. He instantly ran into a big Japanese lady who looked like the Wicked Witch of the West from Howl's Moving Castle. Kaito bowed and apologized and the lady accepted, smiled, nodded, then walked away.

"Kaito, pay attention. This is Tokyo, not home. You have to watch where you're going or you're going to piss some people off." Len said, a little aggrivated himself. He hated having to watch out after Kaito even know he was younger.

"Sorry, Len, I just... I'm thinking about what I'm hungry for. I actually don't want ice cream." Kaito stated.

Len stopped in his tracks, and looked at Kaito with a shocked expression on his face. He knew something was really bothering Kaito now, because he was refusing ice cream.

"Kaito, we should talk more about this."

"About what?"

"About what's bothering you. I'm starting to worry, and you know how I feel about that." He also hated to worry about Kaito. Come to think of it, he hated a lot of things.

"I can't, it's too-"

"Embarrassing? I know. It's okay." Len reassured. He could do this, he could get Kaito to answer his questions!

Kaito slowed. He looked at Len with sad eyes and then said something Len didn't expect him to say.

"Len, I think I'm going to go to Hokkaido now. I- I suddenly feel like I'm missing out. I'll see you in a week, though. The train station isn't far away. I'm sorry, but I need to think about some things." Kaito said, choking up now.

Len looked at Kaito, and he was sure the expression Kaito saw on his face looked crushed, because Kaito ran off towards the train station. In truth, Len was just very confused.

Len turned around and trudged off in the direction to go home, since his date with Kaito wasn't going anywhere. Wait. Did I just call it a date? No, no, no, it wasn't a date. Len thought, Damn it! I have to stop thinking like that... it's so wrong... I mean, he's so much more older than me and I... I don't know.

Everything was just getting more and more confusing, and Len couldn't deal with it. Not on his birthday. He decided to just go home and sleep some more. Sleep sounded like a good idea, until he did it.

When Len got home, he lay down on his nice, soft bed, and tried to fall asleep. Easier said than done, that is. Once he got in bed and closed his eyes, he started to think about Kaito. His thoughts went a little something like this: Kaito, I can't believe he ditched Hokkaido for me, then in the same day, ditched me for Hokkaido. He's so weird like that. But his weirdness is kind of funny, too. He's so clueless about everything, always asking what's going on. But sometimes he's kinda cute when he does it, though. Yeah, he's really cute when he's stupid...

Len couldn't believe what he was thinking. He had just thought that Kaito was cute. He couldn't sleep anymore, so he got up and went to get some food. I wonder what Kaito is doing, and if he's safe... Len thought.