CAUTION: YOU ARE ABOUT TO READ A POORLY WRITTEN VOCALOID FANFIC
MAY CONTAIN: TRACES OF YAOI, FLUFF, AND OTHER STUFF
RATING: TOTALLY CLICHE
PAIRING: WHO DO YOU THINK?

OH AND... I WROTE THIS BEFORE I FULLY KNEW WHAT THE SUFFIX KUN MEANT SO SHUSH

Len's dreams were a blur of colors and partial images. What he thought he saw one moment changed into something else the next. He thought he glanced his twin sister, Rin, a few times, but the blur of blonde hair could have easily been his own, or perhaps that of someone that existed only in this dream world.

And in only moments the blonde was gone, replaced by shades of blues and purples as thoughts of Kaito and Gakupo came rushing through the boy's mind. This phase lasted only a few heartbeats, though, and then the yellow hues found their way back into Len's blurred vision as he was hit with a wave of longing for his twin.

"Rin! R-Rin… Where…" Len tried to look around the room he was in when the shock of his dreams wore off, but the real world was just as fuzzy as his dream one. He was slightly aware of a shadow falling over his face and a blur of blue hair, but the face of this new person wasn't visible.

"Len, you feeling any better?" Said the person, placing a hand on the fourteen-year-old's forehead to feel for a temperature.

"K-Kaito-kun?…" Len murmured practically unconsciously, recognizing the voice as his friend's. "Where's… Rin?…"

Kaito sighed, taking his hand away and taking a seat somewhere, probably at a seat beside the bed that Len was in, but he couldn't tell.

"She's still on vacation with Gumi, remember?" Kaito answered quietly, and if Len wasn't completely out of it, he would have noticed the colossal amount of sorrow in his voice.

"When will she be back?…" Len complained in a hushed whine.

"A few days." Kaito muttered.

"A few… days…" Len repeated slowly, drifting back into a montage of bittersweet dreams.

Len was out again barely a minute after he'd woken up. Kaito sighed. Len had been like this for weeks now: stuck in dreams that made him toss and turn, moaning for his friends or sister and barely recognizing them when they were inches away from his face. And on top of that, his fever was out of control; well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit whenever it was checked.

Kaito was getting seriously worried. Any normal sickness shouldn't last more than a few days at most. Len's condition had been lasting nearly a month, and it was only getting worse.

There was a knock on the door and Gakupo entered, interrupting Kaito's thoughts and holding a bottle of water.

"Hmm? What's wrong?" The purple-headed boy asked, recognizing Kaito's sorrowful posture. "Did he say something?"

"Huh?" Kaito murmured, looking up at Gakupo. "Oh, y-yeah…" he finished, returning his gaze to Len.

"Well?" asked Gakupo, pulling up a stool to sit next to Kaito beside the bed.

Kaito shrugged, attempting to hide his grief. "Nothing too special. He woke up screaming for his sister, didn't remember that she went on vacation, and then passed out again…"

Gakupo sighed. "I'm sorry…"

"Wh-what do you mean?" Kaito stuttered, failing to hide a blush of embarrassment.

Gakupo sent him a stare that said "you know what I mean," but instead he said "I'm sorry he's like this…"

Kaito sighed. "So am I…"

The two sat in silence for several minutes, staring sadly at the boy in the bed, whose face was twisted in pain from the constant torments of his dream world.

Gakupo opened his mouth to say something encouraging, but closed it when Len started muttering something inaudible, slowly being welcomed back into consciousness.

"Kai… Kaito-kun…" he murmured a few moments later, keeping his eyes closed tight in either pain or confusion. Perhaps both.

"Y-yes, I'm here, Len." Kaito comforted, leaning a little closer to the blonde.

"Wh-where?" Len whined in reply.

"Right here, Len. Right here." The blue haired boy whispered soothingly, wrapping Len's hand in his own."

"Kaito?…"

"Yes?"

"Don't… Please don't leave…"

The boy's words and tone sent a throbbing pain through Kaito's heart. "I… Len… D-don't worry. We'll take good care of you…"

"W-we?… Is… is Rin back?…"

Kaito stared at his friend in silence. What was he supposed to say?

"No, Rin's not back, but I'm here." Gakupo said, sending Kaito a quick reassuring grin.

"Ga…kupo?…"

"Yes, it's me."

The younger boy's mouth slowly curled into a soft grin and the crease of pain disappeared from his brow. For a moment, lying there with his eyes closed, he actually seemed in peace. "I… thank you for… being here… guys…" he murmured, which was followed by several moments of vicious coughs that violently shook his thin body.

"L-Len are you… alright?…" Kaito asked anxiously, tightening his grip on the boy's hand.

"F-fine…" Len said hoarsely. "Can… Can someone get me some instant ramen?…"

"Sure, I-I'll be right back." Kaito said briskly, releasing Len's hand and rushing into the kitchen. He opened the cupboard with shaky hands. Len was… more active than Kaito had seen him in weeks. Maybe… was Len finally getting better?