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N/A: I apologize for the errors and mistakes in this story, English is not my first language…
CHAPTER ONE- SOMEONE THAT WAS LONG MISSED
RIN
I walked inside an abandoned classroom which wasn't been used by anyone in the school. This classroom used to be the music club but they were moved by another room by reasons. There wasn't anything in the room but a table in the corner of the room, a chalkboard that was pretty much attached to the wall, and windows which were the only source of light, and lastly an old piano and guitar.
Not caring if the floor was cold; I sat and placed my lunch which was inside a paper bag. While taking out my sandwich, this scene is reminding me of my grade school days which was mostly me alone.
By a few minutes, the door suddenly opened and I didn't bother turn my head to see who it was. The sound of footsteps came close and soon a girl with long teal hair which was tied by a ribbon stood in front of me, hands in her hips like some strict supervisor.
"I've been looking for you, I was worried!"
"Well you found me."
"Hey, you should apologize for making me worry!"
"Sorry."
"At least be sincere!"
I silently chuckled as I saw Miku's red tomato face, she was always like this when she gets angry. I really appreciate that I have a friend who always worries about me but Miku's worrying can get annoying sometimes."Sorry." I repeated, she was still mad since she still has a frown.
"Let's go to the cafeteria." Miku said as she sat at the floor beside me, I answered by shaking my head before continuing to eat my sandwich.
Being inside in a crowded and wide room wasn't in my like list. I don't know why, but being inside a noisy room with a lot of people was very uncomfortable giving me a position of a loner."I hate people."
Miku frowned."You hate me?"
After taking my last bite of my food, I said: "There are 4 kinds of people that I like or talk to; my family, my clients or customers, my manager and my friends; when I mentioned 'friends', I meant was you." I finished my explanation and dug out my orange from my bag that I was desperate to eat.
"You know…you should really have more friends." I shrug at the idea and continued my focus on peeling off the skin of an orange.
"I don't want to and even if I have friends what good will that do? I won't have time to bond or spend my times with them since I have siblings to take care of."
Miku stayed quiet, she was probably out of ideas which made me glad; I took out a piece of orange and popped it in my mouth, enjoying its taste and flavour."I just noticed something…why do you try your best to not have friends?" She asked and that question somehow made the orange I was eating less-delicious.
Way to go, Miku.
I stayed quiet and contemplated on that question; it was one of the questions that made me look like an idiot which was weird since I was the smartest person in all of my classes and yet, that question was very hard or just something that I can't answer so casually and think of. Seriously Miku, you've just flushed my lunch down the toilet.
"Did something happen to you in the past?" Not moving an inch and continued to blankly stare at the floor.
After a few minutes of dead silence, I sighed and rested my head on the wall behind me. "Yeah, something bad." I muttered and just by the stare of Miku, she's yearning to know the story but stayed quiet, she probably knows that it's something I don't want to talk about.
"Well it happened, a long time ago…I was almost 13 that time and at that time I tried to make friends but...I was always ended up left alone." I realized that Miku's face was about to cry, she was overreacting but didn't say anything about it since she was always the crybaby and sensitive type.
I continued: "There was this kid I met in a playground who was about the same age as me; this person was always happy and full of life which was the exact opposite of me. This person always makes me smile and made me happy for the first time…I even admitted this person as a friend."
"One day, I noticed that this person wasn't cheerful or smiling anymore, I asked what's wrong but I didn't get answer, this person's face was full of sadness and sorrow. The person said that…was going somewhere faraway…I told this person where was…going but I never got an answer accept a sad smile."
"I told this person that will I ever see…again and...Said yes, we exchanged promises and…left, I never saw…again." I ended the story; an awkward yet comfortable silence flew across us. I noticed Miku opens and closes her mouth time to time; she was obviously trying to ask me a question.
"Spit it out." Miku was shock but nodded.
"When you told me about your story, why do you always imply your friend as 'this person or pausing for a moment instead of saying 'she' or 'he'?" Miku asked, I know she was going to ask me that question.
I adjusted my position and buried my face on my knees with a groan."This is cliché but I'm trying to forget those awful but happy memories…jeez, now I'm getting sappy all of a sudden." Miku laughed which made me quiet glad since the atmosphere was slightly lightened up.
Suddenly a growl bumped between us, it was Miku's stomach. I sneered jokingly and Miku blushed with embarrassment."You haven't eaten yet?" I asked, she pouted yet lightly nodded.
"Why didn't you eat?"
"It's because I was looking for you!" She exclaimed before frowning. To be honest, part of me felt quiet guilty and bad for Miku; I was the reason Miku was starving right now.
I slightly rolled up the sleeves of my uniform, revealing a watch. I checked the time and its 20 minutes before our next period starts."Hey Miku, let's go to the cafeteria, food is on me." Miku grinned just by hearing the word 'food'.
"Really, Rin?"
"Yea, but of course you'll pay me back."
Miku deeply frowned.
(…)
Gosh, I'm bored.
We wore at the cafeteria and it's how I predicted it: noisy, messy, and crowded. Trash and spill was everywhere in the floor and of course, no one bothered to pick it up and throw it in the trash bin which was just a few steps away. Sometimes I don't understand people.
"So what do you think of Kaito?" Miku questioned; so we wore talking about Kaito Shion this pass few minutes? I don't know, I didn't bother nor try to listen.
"He's okay." I simply answered but Miku just shake her head. She probably knows that I wasn't listening to her; did she just realize that just now?
Miku leaned closer to me making me cocked my brow."Do you think his hot?" She whispered; who exactly was she staring at? I turned my head where Miku was gazing at and saw Kaito laughing and chatting with his friends.
Kaito Shion; a 3rd year student and has a weird obsession with Ice cream, no idea why and how I know that fact. He has dark blue hair and wears this long light colour scarf, everything Kaito wear is blue, from the hair to the socks. Honestly he can easily stand out from the crowd.
Also Miku's former crush, like that isn't obvious already.
"You guys suit each other." I meant that actually.
Her eyes glinted with excitement."Really! Why?" Miku exclaimed.
"You like leeks, Kaito likes Ice cream; both of you share a weird obsession, you guys are obviously match made from heaven."
I don't know why but I somehow heard Miku's hope being crash into the floor like broken fragments. Okay, it somehow made me giggle a bit. Miku rested her back against her seat while sipping on a juice box with dull eyes, okay maybe I out did it this time.
Before I could say anything, a door was loudly pounded open and the large sound echoed through the room making it silent as ever. No one turned their heads and remained motionless like some mannequins.
What's happening?
I probably was the only one who had the courage to spin my head to see who's the responsible for this sudden silent. Although I was thankful for the person who created the quietness, I was also curious and confuse on why people was afraid by one person.
It was a boy. His height was slightly short than a normal boy's height, he had messy blond hair, dark blue eyes and his bangs were clipped down by 3 pins making him look quite feminine to be honest. Who was this person? More importantly, why is people afraid of him?
Great, now my mind is full of questions.
"Where Oliver?" He yelled loudly making his voice boomed over the room, I noticed 3 tall people standing behind him with their hands dug over their pockets. This scene made me think of gangsters and apparently the feminine looking guy is the gang leader.
The Oliver he mentioned, was it Oliver Robinson? The only half-American and half-Japanese student in the whole school.
Apparently I was right since Oliver stood up and walked towards him with a smile on his face. "Yo, Rinto! What's up? You know you should try being 'normal', that is, if know how." Oliver joked as he flung his arm to 'Rinto's' shoulder but he shrug it off with evident disgust.
"We need to talk." Rinto said before turning to the people inside the cafeteria who was avoiding his icily gaze. Unfortunately, I caught his stinging gaze making me quickly break the eye contact.
"Okay, jeez, no need to be scary." Oliver answered; Rinto and the others circled back to the exit and as Oliver left, he was mockingly waving at the petrified people before disappearing to the doors.
Quickly, the air felt light and soothing and once again, it was noisy. I don't know what's worse, that 'Rinto' or this nuisance I'm feeling right now.
Wanting to know about Rinto more; I turned to Miku who still sucking the juice box even thought it was already empty."Who is that guy?" I asked, pointing at the direction he left at.
"That was Rinto Kagaine."
"And?" I gestured her to fill me up more information since I already know his name.
"His one of the scariest people in the planet." Like I don't already know that!
"And?" I was getting quiet impatient since my curiosity about that person was firing up.
"He's a delinquent; that's all I know."
"Are you sure?"
Miku nodded."Yeah, that's the scary thing about Rinto, No one knows what his age, his parents, where he lives and his mysterious past." She answered before shivering like a bug just crawled onto her. This didn't help at all, now I'm curious.
'Hello, I opened my window and whispered "how are you?" There's no one here, I'm alone in the room.'
And just like that, I was humming the song that suddenly played. After a few seconds, sudden realization struck to me, it was my ringtone! I quickly dug out my phone from my pocket and slightly lowered the volume off.
This is so embarrassing!
People looked at me and I just leaned back to my seat with a red face. I glared at my phone; it was Yuki, my sister. I tapped the screen and pressed the technology on my ear."What?" I deadpanned.
"Jeez, what's up with your tone? Did your boyfriend cheated on you or something?"
I merely rolled my eyes just hearing her mention 'boyfriend', like I need something like that."No. So why exactly did you call me?"
"I may or may not come home tonight…because." Yukki stopped and she sound hesitant making my eyebrow raised."Umm…there's a party…and it's going to start tonight until morning so… Can I g-"
"No you cannot! You're only 14 and you're too underage to drink alcohol!" I almost yelled, I noticed that Miku was staring at me weirdly but at the same time worried. I mouthed to her 'It's Yukki', she got the hint and nodded.
Not wanting my call to be disturbed and be heard by other people. I stood up making Miku's attention turn to me, I pointed at the door and she nodded. "I didn't mention any alcohol involve!" Yuki exclaimed and I could hear the slight nervous in her tone.
"Of course you won't mention any alcohol since you know that I'll immediately disagree, nonetheless, I still decline." I demanded as I hurriedly walk to the door.
Yukki was completely silent but I know that she was still there since I could hear her silent breaths. Soon, the phone hung up and I scowled, if I smell a single hint of alcohol in her mouth, I won't buy her a gift in Christmas!
Jeez, I sound like a mother scolding her children.
I sighed and placed my phone back inside my pocket. I leaned my back at the wall just in front of the door of the cafeteria, I decided to stay outside since going in will just annoy me and bore me to hell. I'll wait for Miku here since if I leave early, she will obviously look for me again.
While waiting, I thought about my chores after school; I'm going to buy groceries, cook dinner, and do my homeworks, gosh, I have a lot to do.
I seriously blame the God of Fate for making me live a life like this.
'Hello, I opened my window and whispered "How are you?" There's no one here, I'm alone in the room. Slee-
Once again, I grabbed my phone and checked who was calling; I thought it was Yukki but it wasn't.
CALLING 09*******
Seriously, who is this?
(…)
After School…
At Cheezer's Maid Café…
'Hello, I am opened my window and whis-'
CALLING 09*******
The hell? This guy has been calling for the 7th time and I'm getting really annoyed by this. Could this be a stalker? Or a phone call pranker? And how did this person have my phone number? There are only 5 people who knows and have my number and those are Miku, Yukki, Mom, Dad, and Aunt Lily.
I turned the volume off and placed my cell phone in my bag. I just hope no one text or call me about something important. I heard the door being open and noticed a customer heading towards so I put on my friendly smile."Hello and welcome, may I please help you?" I said.
My customer was a boy who has teal hair and blue deep eyes; I have to admit he has the looks but not something to be worth fangirling about. "Yeah I would like to order…" He stopped for a second as he think.
Call me crazy…but he looks like someone I know..
"Oh yeah…I would like to order…" He looked at me with a smile."Rin Kagaine."
Wait…Mikuo? Mikuo Hamine?
Mikuo is Miku's cousin, we don't talk much but I sometimes admit him as my acquaintance or somehow maybe a friend. I don't see him much since he left to America due to personal reasons and it's been 2 years since I last see him."So…Are you still the same loner Rin?" Mikuo said while placing his chin on his palm.
"How about you? Are you still the same flirty and idiotic Mikuo?" I comeback and he just chuckled.
"Not bad; I can see you still haven't changed one bit, eh? I like it."
"What do you want Mikuo? Are you here just to annoy me or are you going to order something because If you aren't then…" I pointed at the exit." The exit's that way."
"I don't want to leave just yet and by the way, have you gotten my calls?" Wait, so he was the one calling me? I have to say I'm thankful it wasn't some maniac or stalker but at the same annoyed since my phone is full of miss calls.
I scowled at him." So you were that person…stop calling me non-stop, it's annoying."
"Yeah, but guess what…I don't want to." Mikuo answered and I sighed knowing this was his reply."So when's your break time?"
I checked my watch before answering: "1 hour before my break…" Mikuo frowned slightly.
"I was yearning to treat you today."
"I'm happy you couldn't."
"Harsh much? How about tomorrow? After school?"
"Fine."
Mikuo winked at me making me shrug."It's a date then." That could only happen in your dreams.
(…)
The next day…
I flipped my phone close as I sighed, Mikuo can't stop texting me, this is seriously harassment in my case; that guy can't give it when I told him to leave me alone.
Currently I was heading to the building and I just pass through the school gates till I saw a crowd of people surrounding…something, what happened? Is there an accident? A fight?
By my curiosity, I headed towards the people and tried my best to get in the crowd; there were so many people that I got squish in by a bunch of bodies. Apparently I got in but guess what? Someone pushed me.
Of course I fell down, my knee getting scraped. Great, Rin…this is what happens if you get your curiosity to control you.
Somehow it was quiet and I felt like I was being stared by people, I scanned my surrounding and saw people looking at me with pity and confuse looks. What? Why are they looking at me?
I felt like looking to my right and saw…Rinto? He was looking at me intently with such cold eyes; now my heart is thumping fast like a race car.
Now I looked to my right and saw…
Shit…
He can't be him right? I gazed at the person who was staring back at me, I saw a hint of shock and confuse in his eyes. He had blond hair which was tied by a small pony tail, his bangs messy and his eyes blue…
L…Len?
There was a huge silence till someone grabbed me and pulled me up to stand up, it was…Mikuo!? Since when did he transfer to this school? My head was aching so much and question that I can't answer was piling, I felt really dizzy and was in a verge of puking.
Mikuo brought me inside the building at a hallway full of lockers. "Jeez…how did you get yourself involve with those two?" He said as he scratched his teal hair.
He noticed that I wasn't listening so he grabbed both my shoulders and slightly wiggled me enough to put me back to sanity."What?" I told him, confuse and dumbfounded.
"Remember…You must never get close to those two, promise?" He warned and there was worry in his voice. I nodded wanting him to be assured.
Len, was that you?
I don't want to get involve and break Mikuo's promise but…if it's the only way to find out then I guess I have to.
Jeez…my head is aching like hell.
(…)
When the bell rung up, I grabbed my things and literally stuffed them inside my bag before quickly running to the school gate hoping I could pass him. Miku noticed me and was about to call me but stopped when I was in a desperate hurry. Sorry, Miku I'll explain this to you later.
I arrived there for about 6 minutes and panted, when I was no longer tired, I scanned the area and saw Len. He was pulling up and umbrella to his head to avoid getting splashed by the rain.
It was raining? I somehow didn't notice…
Without the care of being soak, I ran quickly in front of him, I didn't see his face that quiet well since it was covered by an umbrella but when he tilted it, I saw his face. It was him…or maybe I think it was.
"Hey…do you know me?"
Drip drop, the only thing I heard was the pouring of the rain as we gaze at each other. He stood there motionless and his face completely unpredictable, I don't what he was feeling right now.
"Hey…Talk to me…"
Drip Drop…
"Why can't you reply?"
Drip Drop…
"Talk to me Len! Don't you know me at all!?"
"Of course I know you, you idiot." He said; I closed my mouth unable to say anything as I looked at him with eyes close to tears. I don't know why, but I felt like wanting to say and ask so many things but don't know how or if I should. Right now I just want to cry and clear the thoughts of my head.
After a few short seconds, he grabbed my hand and gave me his umbrella before walking pass me like I wasn't even there. I didn't bother to use the umbrella and soon I felt tears prickling down my face.
Why am I crying? Shouldn't I be happy seeing him? I don't even know why but this question was hard to answer.
CHAPTER ONE END
Did you like this chapter? This story is inspired by both drama called 'The heirs' and 'Uncontrollably fond'. Check those dramas out! You won't regret watching! Until the next chapter!
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