A/N: Thank you so much to everyone who has reviewed and fav'd this story! It's something really dear to me, and that's saying something. Out of anything I've written, this is still my favourite. I just hope I can make you all equally passionate about it as I am xD Now, onto chapter two! Yay!
Chapter Two – Friendship
"T-Thank you," Len choked out, feeling his throat close up on him. He felt so overwhelmed by the kindness that he found he couldn't look at the man.
"O-Oi, what's wrong, why you crying?" Kaito asked sympathetically, putting out his smoke and wrapping an arm around Len's shoulder. "Nothing to cry about, boyo."
"I-I'm sorry, it's just…"
"Just what…?"
"I-I'm not used the kindness," Len admitted, wiping the tears from his eyes. "I-I've had a pretty rough past, so… so I'm not good with kindness. I-It's not really a topic I like to talk about either."
"Then hush, no more words. I won't ask what you've been through. I value that people need to keep some secrets. We all hold secrets, but I hope one day you find true happiness and kindness," Kaito whispered, stroking Len's hair. "If you have a problem, find me and talk to me. I'll listen to you… you have a friend in me."
"I-I barely know you."
"But one day you will," Kaito's voice held a smile his face did not show. "Everyone needs a friend, Len. Someone they can rely on, and besides, I like you, which is rare. There's people I like and then there's people I like, and there's a difference." It caused a chuckle from Len. "I need not know your past, but know your future."
"You sound cheesy there," Len laughed, wiping the last few tears away. "Five minutes you ago you were trying to sex me up and now you're preaching this?"
"Pretty awesome right?" He laughed and winked. Suddenly, a loud siren began to go off and Kaito groaned. "It ends too soon," he wrapped his arm around Len's waist and lead him towards the stairs. "You'll come back tomorrow, right?"
Len gave it a thought. "Yeah, I'll come back tomorrow."
And Len did, every single night for two weeks where he found himself in Kaito's company. Sometimes, Len found himself babysitting his hat in order to try and avoid girls clinging to him. Instead, it was Kaito who clung to him. The fourth floor of the pub had private lounges where Len ended up meeting Kaito one day. He was lying on the couches, looking exhausted to the bone. There was another woman with him, sipping tea elegantly. She glanced up at Len who lingered in the door. "He's asleep. It appears he had a restless night last night."
"I heard he does a lot of odd jobs," Len said, slipping into the room and closing the door behind him. "I wouldn't be surprised, but shouldn't he be at home sleeping?"
"Kaito is a terribly restless person on his best days, he'll just disturb his siblings if he went home. He ends up here with me on days like this… I'm surprised you found him, beloved one."
Suddenly, Len went bright red. He sat down on the other couch, trying to work out who she was. "I-I don't want to be rude, but may I ask who you are?"
"Oh, how rude of me not to introduce myself," she giggled into her hand. "My name is Lady Ann."
Oh… crap… he'd heard about her. Most powerful woman in the city… and she was here with Kaito. "Oh, my name is-"
"Kagamine Len-kun," she finished, surprising him a little. "Kaito has talked much about you, beloved one."
"Really…? I'm not a very interesting person, so I don't know why he'd talk about me."
"I think otherwise, Kaito doesn't normally cling to favourites like you for any longer than few days. I believe he thinks highly of you, beloved one."
The blush on Len's face grew. "I-Is that why you are calling me beloved one?"
"Yes, my boy," she smiled from under her blonde bangs.
There was a groan and Kaito sat up, yawning loudly. "How can I sleep when people are talking?" his costume was rumpled, hanging loosely of his body. The jacket hung open, showing off the plain black shirt was rolled slightly up, showing of a little of his stomach. His pants looked as if they'd been pulled off then forced back on, hanging lower than they probably should.
"I'm sorry, Kaito, would you like it if we leave."
"Hell no, you'd probably ravish Len-kun…" Kaito began as a yawn and scratched his throat again. His blue eyes looked slightly teary actually.
"What are you talking about? The only person here who looks like they've been ravished is you, Kaito. It looks as if a thousand of women molested you in your sleep." Len had a point, and Kaito stared at him for a moment before Lady Ann began to laugh, her whole body shaking as she placed the cup on the table so she wouldn't spill it.
"Oh Kaito, your face," she laughed inelegantly, pressing a hand to her chest. "Oh dear, Len-kun has a point."
Kaito examined himself with a frown. "Really, I think I look fine."
"Your pants are just hanging off your ass, your jacket is spread wide open and falling off your shoulders and your shirt isn't hiding your stomach," Len pointed out, but it appeared Kaito had stopped listening at some point.
"Oh, you were looking at my ass. It's a nice piece of meat, if I do say so myself," Kaito beamed proudly.
"I wasn't-" Len began, his face turning redder than a tomato. "What do you have, selective hearing?"
"Of course not," Kaito countered with a smirk as he crossed a leg of the other. "But it was obvious by your explanation that you were looking. I just wanted to point out the obvious facts."
"I-I wasn't looking there!"
"Then where were you looking?"
Shit, he'd been cornered. "I-I'm going!"
"Ahhh! Wait, come back!" Kaito whined, jumping from the couch and grabbing Len's arm. "My selective hearing is sorry, I swear!"
"How the hell are you-?"
"Beloved, I wouldn't ask that, we'd be here for days if you asked Kaito to explain," Lady Ann finally said, seemingly having cooled down from her laughing fit.
Kaito grinned at her. "I have plenty of time to talk!"
"You don't know when to shut up, actually," Lady Ann replied, sipping her tea.
"That's not what you said last night," Kaito shrugged, and then grinned in victory when Lady Ann began to choke on her tea. "You said yo~ou loved me voice."
Len looked at Lady Ann, watching her face redden. "That was a one off chance," she pointed out once she found her words. "Besides, that was because you were talking about something worthy."
"Everything that comes out of my mouth is worth the attention."
"No it's not," Len said in unison with Lady Ann. She smiled at him when she noticed it.
However, Kaito looked suddenly disappointed. "That's harsh after all that I do for you."
"Kaito, dearest, last time I check, it's me who's keeping you out of trouble."
He pouted at her. It was the first time Len realised Kaito actually looked cute, and frowned to himself. Why the hell am I thinking of something like that? He shook his head slightly, which did catch Kaito attention. "Len-kuuun," he began teasingly, spinning Len around. "What ya thinking in that brain of yours."
"I-It's nothing," Len gasped out when he pulled into a rather tight hug. If someone walked in right now, they would have taken everything wrong. Kaito had, somehow, pulled Len so close their faces were mere centimetres away. Their bodies were pressed unnaturally close. He had to turn his head away to stop himself from staring into those bewitching eyes. In the past two weeks, he'd already come in close contact with Kaito so many times he was almost sure he'd work out his whole bodies shape.
That wasn't something good, really. "Lair," Kaito crooned in Len's ear, making the youth shiver. Really, Kaito sounded too hot for Len's liking. "You were thinking how sexy I was, weren't you?"
"Like hell I was!" Len choked out, trying to push Kaito off of him. "G-Get off me!"
"Kaito, stop teasing Len-kun, he doesn't appear to have any sexual interest in you."
Way to jump to the point. "Oh dear," Kaito let go, laughing. "This won't do at all, so it seems I'll have to corrupt you slowly, my favourite."
Len groaned to himself, plopping down on the other couch while Kaito began expressing his devious plan to corrupt Len. Lady Ann added a few comments here and there before suddenly, Lady Ann decided to change the topic. "Did you hear? Women have been whispering."
"Really?" By Kaito's face, he almost seemed delighted. "Is it about me?"
"Of course it is dear."
"By that tone, I'm not sure it's a good thing or a bad thing," Kaito was suddenly nervous. "What are they saying?"
"They believe you and a few other men are vampires," there was a tease in her voice. "Could you believe that, vampires? Then again, it would make perfect sense. It's a rare occasion we see you sleeping."
Kaito gave this a long thought then rolled his eyes, sitting down across from Len. "Vampires? Seriously, you women have too much time on your hands. Reading those atrocious novels about how sexy vampires are. Vampires, in myths and legends, aren't sexy beasts who want to ravish you; quite frankly, they want you dead… after sucking every single drop out of your body."
"I don't believe so," Lady Ann replied, pouring herself another cup of tea. Len on realised then that the teapot stood on something that continuously heated it. In fact, it amazed him that he missed what was said next. What he did hear next was Kaito gasping loudly.
"Oh no! You've discovered my secret," he looked traumatized to the point Len was almost convinced he wasn't acting. "No, no, no! This won't do!" he exclaimed, jumping from the couch and then over it, beginning to pace. "Oh dear, what am I to do?"
"Well, if you're not careful, we might begin to tell people this little secret."
"What secret?" Len asked, looking between them.
"That Kaito is, in fact, a vampire in disguise."
Oh… now he felt really stupid for worrying about Kaito actions. "Vampire's don't ex-" the way Lady Ann looked at him told him to play along. Gosh, how old was everyone? They acted younger than him! And he was 18 for crying out loud!
"This is terrible!" Kaito exclaimed as if he didn't hear Lady Ann or Len just then. Really, he had selective hearing, or maybe he was just stupid? Len was still in heavy debate about that. "I-I guess I'll have to take things into my own hands," he looked pitifully at his hands and sighed. "I guess it was fun while it lasted."
Oh god, he was going to get dragged into a childish act again. Really, he wanted to cry. "You've got to be kidding me," Len groaned while Lady Ann chuckled.
"Even children need to have fun," Lady Ann replied, making Len growl.
"I'm 18! I'm not a child!"
"Nor are you a adult," she replied politely.
"I-I am!"
"Of course not," it was Kaito's voice, but Len actually didn't know where he'd gone until a hand trailed along his neck, making him freak and jump from the couch. He grasped his neck and turned around, face flared. "You're not an official adult until you're 21… or when you've had sex."
"I-I've had sex!"
The room went dead silent, both looking at him with a horrified expression. Now Len felt like a idiot. It was Kaito who spoke calmly next. "Ah, I see…"
"W-What's that supposed to mean?"
"Well…" Kaito began, then looked at Lady Ann who was trying to regain her composure. "Can I talk about pervy things now?"
"No."
Kaito frowned, jumped over the couch and landed on the spot where Len had been sitting, looking stern. "Len, there are things we must discuss, but it appears I've been told not to say anything."
"W-What! I-I know all about sex and-and-"
"Len, do you want to know the truth."
"YES!"
"Ok!" Kaito was now grinning. "I was hoping to be your first."
Len choked while Lady Ann began to laugh hard. "Oh Kaito, you always get straight to the point, don't you."
"Well, of course, straight-forwardness is important!"
"K-Kaito!" Len choked again, feeling a flush. "Y-You can't be serious."
"But I am. Oh Len, the last few night's my mind has been full of you. I could almost just imagine your sexed-up f-"
Len grabbed the nearest pillow and threw it at Kaito's face. It was good to hear it thunk against the idiots face. Lady Ann lost her composure, laughing the hardest he'd ever heard a woman ever do. She was crying while laughing and Len couldn't help but smile as the pillow slipped down Kaito's face. He looked generally pissed now. He grabbed the pillow tightly.
"I see… is that how you want to play?"
"K-Kaito, oh dear, you-you look embarrassed. You-you finally got-got done in," Lady Ann sounded like a drunken girl, unable to stop the laughing and tears long enough to form proper sentences.
Suddenly, the pillow went flying towards Len's head, and he dodge behind the couch. "COME OUT HERE AND FACE ME LIKE A MAN!" Kaito choked out, throwing another pillow. Len retrieved the two discarded pillows and threw them back. Kaito managed to dodge the first one, but not the second.
"You have shit eye-hand coordination! It makes all sense now! You really are a idiot!"
"God damn it!" Kaito charged towards him, making Len move fast out the way and behind Lady Ann. "That's cheating, taking a hostage."
"I'm no hostage!" Lady Ann snorted, laughing. "Kaito, dear, calm down, ok?"
"NEVER! Y-You saw what he did!"
"He threw a pillow at your face, and it landed a perfect ten in the centre. That's quite a achievement, Len-kun."
"D-Don't side with him! You're meant to be my partner in crime!"
"But alas, even the lady chooses the right man."
Kaito's face twitched at the comment. "What does that mean?"
"The hero doesn't always get the lady, Kaito-kun. Sometimes they like the gentler male of the group," she smiled at Len.
"You just met him!"
"That's what I said," Len rolled his eyes, plopping down next to Lady Ann. "But he didn't listen to me."
"Kaito can be a little dense, beloved." Kaito grumbled something and stormed out the room, while Lady Ann rolled her eyes. "Oh dear, I bruised his pride."
"He'll be back, whining his apology," Len rolled his eyes, taking back his spot on the couch. It had been only five minutes before Kaito came charging back into the room and hid behind Lady Ann's couch.
"It's heeeeeere!"
"What's here?"
Lady Ann looked a little puzzled herself until the door slammed open. "Oh, Good Evening…"
A/N: I wonder whose arrived? It could be ANYONE... xDDD There isn't going to be many vocaloid characters introduced (like the Duke, he isn't a vocaloid, and you never actually see him xD) but the next character to be introduced is a Vocaloid =D Yay! Stay tuned!
And just for the record, Lady Ann is actually Sweet Ann, but calling her Sweet Ann annoyed me haha.
