"Squeeeee! Teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru teru-"

"What is your problem Rin!?"

Rin freezes in front of her laptop.

Her hands were frozen in a waving pose.

She had her headphones on.

She didn't realize she had a guest in her room.

"Er..."

She turns to Len who is just chillaxing on her bed which was right underneath the air conditioner reading a book.

He has a 'dong' face on him now.

"I didn't say you could come in."

"Blegh."

Rin pouts.

She turns back to her laptop.

Then she can't stop again.

"TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU-"

"Shh Rin..." Len says annoyingly. "I'm trying to read here."

"Just go and turn on the air con in your room and camp out there instead."

Len smirks.

"Nah."

Rin smirks back.

"Then I'll just go TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU-"

"Oh my goodness."

"The more goodness then!"

Rin gets off her chair and pounces on Len.

"TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU TERU-" she blabbers, yanking his ponytail.

"OKAY! I'LL GET OUT NOW."

Len rolls off her bed and stands up and leave [a bit reluctantly though].

He looks at Rin.

"Your headphones are..."

"Wireless. Hai. Yes."

His eyes become larger.

"Aren't they expensive?"

"Eurh."

Rin sticks out her tongue.

"What are you listening to that makes you go 'TERU TERU TERU' anyway?" Len asks curiously.

"Teru Teru."

"Yeah? So what's that you're listening to?"

"Teru Teru!"

"Enough of that, Rin-chan."

"Len-kun, it's called 'Teru Teru'." Rin pronounces each word clearly and slowly.

Len doesn't know what to say or do.

"I-Uh-Gah."

"I'll show you!" Rin exclaims, dragging Len to the laptop screen.

"The screen is very bright..." Len comments anxiously.

"No it's not."

"Teru... Teru..." Len reads the title of the YouTube video.

"Oh."

"Yeap."

Rin replays the video and disconnects her wireless headphones.

Len keeps bobbing his head up and down as the song plays on.

"Nice," he comments.

"What about the people dancing along?"

"Nice too."

"Alrighty Len-kun!" Rin squeals hugging Len hard.

"Let's do a choreography!"

"Eh?! No!"

"Please please please Lennie-kun-kun!"

"I need to prepare tea," Len says suddenly, trying to squeeze away from Rin's arms.

He has that 'dong' face on again.

Rin sits on her chair, lips pouting.

"Hmmph!"

She thinks for two seconds.

"What if I ask Miku-chan too?" She says as non-slyly as she can.

Len freezes.

His face turns red.

Rin sniggers.

"Hmmm hmmm hmmm!"

"Rin."

"Nuh-uh~ It's Rin-chan!"

"I don't care."

He steps out.

Rin doesn't feel good anymore.

She shuts her laptop and flops onto her bed.

"This isn't any good huh, Rin-chan?" she speaks to herself.

"Ever since we came to America from Japan,

everybody's beginning to forget

how to address one another,

how to dress,

how to maintain the house,

how the floors should be covered with mats,

how we should be kneeling on the floor to eat,

and stuff like that.

Huh, Rin-chan?"

She closes her eyes and sighs.

"I don't want that to happen..."

She counts the number of months they have been here already.

They have been here for three months.

How short.

She thinks about who is beginning to lose some of their Japan-ness.

Kaito-san.

Luka-san.

Well, they have to go out to work with the locals here. It would be expected.

But Len-kun is also starting to forget.

Miku-chan is still holding on.

So is Gackupo-san.

But then, all of them are forgetting their kranji.

Except for Rin.

She still goes through all of them on the Internet.

She left her books in Japan... Sapporo. Their home-country.

Then she remembers that Meiko-san is still there

working

and taking care of their big, lovely house

all on her own.

Maybe?

Rin hopes that she isn't lonely.

She decides to keep in touch with her more often.

Before she herself starts to lose herself

in this brand new country.

Then she thinks about just now.

She probably offended Len-kun.

No.

She did.

She will definitely apologise later.

Although she knows that he has most likely shaken it off by now.

Why..?

"Rin-chan!"

"Gackupo-san."

Gackupo is standing at the door, his head popping in her room.

"Len-san wanted me to help him ask you whether you want a scone or tako-yaki."

"Hai."

Rin yells,

"Len-kuuuuuun! I would like tako-yaki please! Arigato gozaimas!"

Gackupo says softly enough for Rin to just catch it,

"I was suppose to take your answer and go down to the kitchen to tell Len-san... Demo, you've already done the job for me."

He slowly sticks his head out of the room.

"Gahhhh- wait!" Rin gaggles.

He quickly sticks his head back in.

"Eh? Yes?"

"I want to ask something!"

"Hai, alright."

He steps into the room.

Rin starts to talk, then hesitates.

"Yes?"

"Nothing." she ends up saying quietly.

Silence for three seconds.

"Ano, why don't you go and look for work?"

Gackupo thinks for a while.

"Hmmmmmmmm..."

He perks up.

"You can say that I'm trying to do something!"

"...Like?"

"Don't laugh."

"Promise."

"Okay good, then I can tell you later!"

He tip toes out of the room gleefully.

"Hurr hurrr hurrrr-"

"OI!

BAKA!"

"Jaa, Rin-chan. Why are you so heated up today nee?"

Miku chrips, sticking her head into Rin's room this time.

"You can come in," Rin grunts.

"Okayy~!"

Miku skips in and lands herself next to Rin with a 'flop'!

"So... How are things Rin-chan?"

"Bagh."

"Mmm."

"Say... Miku-chan..."

"Hm?"

Rin squeals and grabs onto her right arm.

"How about making a choreography on Teru Teru!?"

"Teru Teru?!" Miku squeals.

They both grab hands.

"ON!" Miku squeals.

Eh?

On?

Rin looses the mood.

"Maybe later."