"Hmmm…" Rin mused as she stared at her bento box with a frown. "Darn, not here again." She sighed. "Geez, I told my mom to put in some octopus sausages for me today but there is none! For me, a bento seems lacking without it."
Rin sighed once more before leaning back against her chair and lifted her head towards the blond across her. "Don't you think so?"
Len hummed in response. "Perhaps." He said, leaning forward onto the desk. "I also think we should get married soon then I would make you octopus sausages every day for you."
Silence
There was a sudden pause in the air as some of her classmates around them glanced at their direction at the sudden declaration with weird expressions before they proceeded to chatter to one another. Rin was completely unfazed by this and held a straight look on her face while Miku who had been sitting between them the whole time just nonchalantly nibbled on her negi, not minding the commotion at all.
Rin ignored this and continued. "Why don't we just talk about tamagoyaki?"
"Rather than food, I like Rin the best."
"That doesn't really make me happy."
"You don't need to worry, I'm very committed."
"What I'm worried about is what's going on in your head."
Rin sighed heavily. Perhaps eating lunch in the classroom wasn't a really good idea. She was too lazy to get out of the classroom for lunch so she and Miku chose to just stay put for now and have a peaceful lunch. Unfortunately, Len had decided to pop over and join them in their classroom.
Rin and Miku didn't really mind since Len is a friend of theirs but now…Rin was having second thoughts on keeping this guy as a friend at all.
"But I like you Rinny~" Len sang with a look of adoration in his eyes.
Rin finally snapped and placed down her bento and her chopsticks before she reached across and pinched both of Len's cheeks, stretching them over their limits causing Len to yelp loudly and struggle a bit from her grip as Rin gave a frustrated look while trying to maintain her self-control. This guy was just so annoying!
The only reason she could put up with this guy's declarations was because he was her best friend but now she was on the verge of just strangling him.
"Now, now Rin don't hurt Kagamine-kun." Miku finally decided to step in as she pulled Rin from Len with an awkward laugh. Rin huffed as she got out of Miku's grip and grabbed her bento and chopsticks once more and continued to eat.
Len rubbed his sore cheeks but didn't seem to have given up on their previous topic. "I'll set the date for the wedding ceremony so we wouldn't have any problem! And-" He suddenly paused as he stared at the chopsticks in Rin's hands then tilted his head. "By the way Rin…are you going to throw those chopsticks away?"
Rin blinked as she pulled the chopsticks away from her lips and looked at them. "Well…They're disposable ones so of course I will." She explained, completely confused on why Len was suddenly interested in her chopsticks.
"Hmm…I see." Len then smirked in a rather perverse way that immediately set off alarms in Rin's head and Rin shuddered.
"I don't even want to imagine what you'll need them for but there is no way I'm giving them to you!" Rin exclaimed, gripping her chopsticks tightly and protectively in her chest. Her face flushed from both anger and embarrassment. How can this guy be so shameless?!
From the start of their friendship, Len wasn't as annoying as this.
He was proper…No. He was just perfect!
The object of everyone's respect and admiration, everyone in school liked him for his kind, boy-next-door attitude and the teachers thought highly of him. Everyone was attracted to him like bees over honey.
Rin was absolutely proud of having him as her best friend but then out of the blue, on a nice sunny day. Len called her over and confessed to her the first time.
Of course, Rin was shock about this but without a second thought, Rin flatly refused and told him that she just wanted to stay as friends. Rin thought that would be last time Len would ever do that but soon after, he confessed to her once more…right in the middle of the hallway, surrounded by students.
Everyone was shock at the news and frankly so was she since she never expected him to do that in public! For the second time, Rin rejected him without hesitation. Despite being rejected in front of many eyes, Len didn't give up and began confessing to her almost every day.
The whole thing turned into a huge commotion but over time, it soon died down and no one bothers to question it anymore. The whole thing should have hurt his reputation since he was, for the first time, rejected painfully in front of what felt like the whole student body, it didn't. Instead it turned out to be the opposite and inspired boys and girls alike who also wish to confess to their love interests and to do it without fear, and so Len became an even bigger school idol in more ways than one.
Though there are times when Len's declaration of love were odd and outrageous that everyone (including Rin) have decided to even the perfect guy had a few screw looses here and there which became some kind of running gag of sorts in the school.
"Okay, okay settle down you two." Miku began as she sweatdropped. "Seriously. Whenever the two of you are together, you guys become so noisy."
"It's his fault!" Rin pointed at the culprit who just smiled cheerfully. "If he just stops saying stupid things then things would be so much more peaceful around here."
"But Rin, I'm only tell you the truth. Its nothing stupid." Len defended. "I really, really do like you."
"Stop it!" Rin groaned in frustration before she stood up. "I'm going to burn my chopsticks in the incinerator." She then paused and glared at Len. "I'm going to hold on to them until I watch them burn to ashes."
Len then smiled. "Oh! Then I'll come with you." He said and stood up as well. Rin really wanted to reject the offer but she knew Len would listen and sighed in defeat as the pair made their way out of the classroom while Miku stayed behind and waved them off.
The two blonds strolled to the back of the school and Rin sighed once more as Len followed closely behind her. Rin glanced over to Len and frowned. "Do you honestly need to tag along?" She huffed.
"Well lunch time is short and we are in different classes." Len said as he moved to her side then smiled gently at her. "I just want to stay by your side, even for a little bit."
Rin didn't say anything at that. He says the cheesiest things but in a way, they were really sweet…and totally wasted on someone like her.
Rin shook her head. "Seriously, you're a weird guy." She said out loud. "You keep on confessing and confessing to me but I only see you as my best friend. I mean, isn't that already good enough for you?"
"No." Len immediately responded. "If being friends is good enough, I wouldn't even think about confessing and besides I'm really serious." He said with a serious look on his eyes. "I really like you, Rin."
Rin deadpanned then rolled her eyes. "Sooner or later you're going to have to give up." She said as she walked a little faster until he was behind her. She heard Len chuckle. "That's never going to happen because I like you Rinny~!"
Rin groaned at that before she stopped and turned around. Len blinked in confusion then yelped when Rin chopped him on top of his head. "If you weren't my friend, I really would've kicked your ass at this point." She said as she continued to chop his head.
"Ow! Ow! Rin stop!" Len cried out as he tried to protect himself. Rin huffed then turned her back to him once more as she walked away. "Just hurry up and open your eyes."
She was really getting tired of his games. Len stared after her for a moment with a barely noticeable frown before he chased after her.
Unaware of the pairs of eyes watching them from the window above them…
RIIIIING
Rin stretched as the bell finally rang, telling everyone that it was already the end of the day. Students began to stand up and gather their things. Some have already left the room while others approached their friends to chat.
Miku was the latter and walked over to Rin, bag at hand. "Ready to go, Rin?" She questioned.
"Just give me a minute. I just need to get my things before we can finally leave this prison." Rin said as she gathered her things and shoved them into her bag before she stood up and the two walked out of the room.
"You always say the same thing." Miku chuckled. "School isn't that bad."
"It would be better if they didn't always give boring lectures every day." Rin groaned, running her hand through her hair. "Anyways its not just that…"
"You mean Kagamine-kun?" Miku pointed out. Rin sighed. "I still don't get why can't he take the hint?"
"I'm sure Kagamine-kun doesn't mean any harm." Miku smiled awkwardly. "He does seem to really like you Rin so I really don't get why you can't just give in and give him a chance."
Rin groaned. "You already know that Len is nothing more than a friend to me! He's like…a little brother. An annoying little brother at that." She grumbled the last par then shook her head. "Besides I don't see how he can be attracted to me in the first place."
When comparing Rin to someone like Len, it was like comparing a rock to a diamond. They often act like the complete opposites to each other. Sure, they might have shared some odd similarities such as their unusual obsession with road rollers and what not. It doesn't really give Len much reason to take an interest in her.
"Maybe its your personality?" Miku suggested and Rin gave her a face. "You always called me a short-tempered and wild girl. How is that suppose to make me seem attractive?"
Miku just gave a troubled smile while Rin sighed. She still didn't get what made her so interesting to Len that he just had to confess to her?
"Len has such weird taste in women." Rin couldn't help but remark out loud.
"How rude. My taste in women is exceptional."
The two girls paused from their tracks and looked behind them to see a certain blond haired male, smiling brightly at them. Rin then huffed. "Exceptional huh? How am I exceptional if I may ask?"
Len hummed playfully. "That's a secret." He said but then grinned. "But…if you go out with me, I'll tell you." Rin snorted. "No way!"
That was when Rin felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned to Miku. "Well Rin, looks like I'll be going now." Miku said and Rin gapped at her. "Huh? What do you mean you're going now? How about our plans to get some ice cream?"
"We can always get ice cream in another time but for now, I got somewhere to be so I'll see you tomorrow." Miku snickered. She smiled at Len who smiled back before she walked past the two blonds. Rin wanted to call Miku back but for some reason, Miku had broke into a run and disappeared into the corner.
There was a short silence between them before Len turned to Rin with a grin. "Well its just you and me now, Rinny." He sang and Rin half-heartedly glared at him. Rin let out another long sigh then shook her head. "Alright. Fine. Let's go home Len." She said and grabbed Len by the arm, tugging him down the hall.
"Awww Rin, you know it would've have been much better if we just held hands instead." Len teased as he indicated the hand holding his elbow. Rin rolled her eyes. "Sometimes I have this odd urge to just rip your arm off."
Len laughed nervously. "No need to be so dark, Rin." He said. "I was only kidding."
Rin didn't respond as they left the school. The two walked home in silence which was actually normal. They honestly didn't need to use words since they understood each other very well. The silence went on until Rin decided to break it. "Len?"
"Yeah?"
"Why did you ever think about confessing to me?"
Len blinked as Rin turned to him. "I mean…Aren't you worried that something might change in our friendship?"
'Well that's the whole point, right?" Len joked and Rin punched him on the shoulder, making him squeak. "You know what I mean, you baka."
Len chuckled as he rubbed his injured shoulder. "Well no, not really." He replied. "I was hesitant but I was never worried that something wrong would happen to our friendship. You aren't the type who would do something as break off our friendship, right?"
"Hmmm I guess." Rin muttered. Even though the thought of her best friend confessing to her so randomly is annoying, she never once thought about destroying their friendship or avoiding him for that matter. They are friends after all so losing a friend over something as silly as this would be just plain idiotic.
All she could do now was just hope Len would just open his eyes soon and give up so they could just move on from this weird situation and just remain as the best friends they are.
"I still think we should just stay as friends." Rin immediately added. Len chuckled. "There's always a chance for everything."
Rin rolled her eyes with a groan as they continued on their way home. She really doesn't get what goes on with that head of his. She just hopes things would be better tomorrow.
