You guys are still bugging me for Chapter 2, but on the sequel this time. XD I don't waste my WHOLE life on the computer, you know! But I really like this story, plus I'm addicted to Hetalia, another RinxLen fanfic, and Pandora Hearts right now. And my Algebra 2 teacher's a bitch. Now I have to study more, and I have music lessons, I have to practice, and I have drama club. I don't have as much time to write, but I'll try! It's hard to write too stories at once! But anyway, read away~

"D-Dad?" I asked.

"Who else would call you their little girl, you knuckle-head! Oh, Rinny, I've missed you so much!"

"Dad, you don't have to call me Rinny anymore." I said quietly. Rinny is my old nickname as a kid because I didn't like my name. It sounded too boyish to me, so Dad came up with Rinny to make it sound cuter and girlier. But now, Rin's becoming more popular as a girl name, so I don't mind if it's masculine sounding.

"Why? Don't you like being called Rinny?"

"I don't dislike it," I slightly lied, "but it sounds too childish now."

"I'll stop if you want, but it'll be weird calling you "Rin." You always hated your name. Oh, and I got you a late birthday present since I couldn't be here."

Dad darted to the living room and brought back a rectangular box. It was wrapped in orange wrapping paper and tied at two of the corners with a golden ribbon. I pulled off the sunshine colored ribbons and ripped apart the burst of sunset decorating the box. Inside the box was a...dress? Why would Dad give me a dress? It was very beautiful, though. It was lavender, with ruffles starting from the top down to the end of the bust. Then it had a thin layer of a sparkly fabric over the thin lavender fabric. It was so silky...and had a nice, free feeling. It doesn't look like one of those dresses you can't move in. I usually don't like dresses very much, but Dad gave me an exception.

"Dad, it's so pretty! I love it! Thank you!" I sprinted into his arms and hugged the burly man tightly. He hugged me back.

"I'm really glad you like it."

"I have no idea where I'd wear this, though..."

"You'll know when, Rin," he smiled. "Now," he said letting go of the hug, sliding his beefy hands to my shoulders, "we need to catch up. A daddy and daughter day. I haven't seen my little girl in months, only months and you look so different! Look at how you've grown up! Why don't you say we go out tonight? You and me. We can do all kinds of fun stuff-"

"Dad, breathe," I laughed at him.

"So, what do you wanna do?" he asked me.

I thought about it. What did I want to do? I kinda had a craving for some burgers...and I heard there was a fair in town for a few weeks. Why don't we do that?

"I think there's a fair downtown. Let's go there!" I excitedly said.

Dad gave me a huge nod and grabbed his car keys. We bolted towards the door, racing each other. Dad won, despite being bolero-sized.

"Honey, I'm taking Rin out for a while! We'll be back later!" he shouted into the house, then slammed it shut. We hoped into the car and I turned on the radio. The DBSK song "Darkness Eyes" came on. I turned towards Dad with ecstatic eyes, and a huge grin spread across his face. This song was our song, the one who belt out singing out of tune and doing weird dance moves to while driving. The bass beat was booming through the car speakers, the singers' voices being ruined by our whale songs.

"I SEE IN THE DARK THE WITHERED EMOTIONS DEEP IN MY HEART!" I screech out.

"I CAN'T SEE THE LIGHT!" Dad loudly sings the backup vocals.

"HERE IS NO LIGHT!" we ding in unison.

"I KEEP ON WANDERING IN A VALLEY OF DREAMS!"

"DARKNESS ON MY EYES!"

"DARKNESS ON MY EYES!" in unison.

"I CAN'T SEE YESTERDAY, TODAY, NOT EVEN TOMORROW!" Dad sings.

"I CAN'T SEE THE LIGHT!" I shout.

"SEARCHING FOR THE ANSWER!"

"WHERE SHOULD I..."

"I CAN'T SEE THE LIGHT!"

"WHERE IN THE WORLD SHALL I GO?"

The two of us blurt out laughing as we get weird stares from passing cars and innocent bystanders having to listen to our bloated whale song. I laughed so hard at some of their face my stomach started to hurt. I got to the point where I was running out of air that I was having no sound come out of me while I gasp for air, continuing to laugh. This caused my dad to laugh like an old man.

"Oh, Rin, I missed these times so much overseas. I'm glad we could do it again."

"I do, too. Things haven't been too much fun while you were gone...or pleasant." I sasses out the last part.

"Rin? What happened while I was gone?" Dad asked, instantly turning serious, focuing his eyes on the road.

"Look! There's the restaurant." I point out to my right, my finger indicating out of the passenger seat window. Dad turned into the parking space and we walked in silently. Dad ordered our food and I found a table for two while he ordered. When he finally got back, he looked straight into my eyes. I tried to avoid his glare, but I couldn't.

"Rin, what did you mean in the car?"

"I...I don't know how to explain. It's a bit of a long story. But it's Mom's fault! She punished me without me explaining! She thinks I'm some kind of criminal when I didn't so anything!"

Dad's eyes went wide. "Whoa whoa whoa, Rin. Tell me the whole story from the beginning."

"The whole story?" I asked timidly. "Every specific detail? Even when I was in the bathroom?"

"Okay, maybe not every detail like I usually want, but I want you to explain me the story."

I began to tell Dad my story. How Len moved and our little mishap in the lunchroom. How he followed me because he felt bad about it. Then I told him how those girls threatened me in the bathroom, and I had to stay away from Len just because he followed me. I told him about how I started becoming friends with Len, and how we started hanging out. I also mentioned to Dad that Mom definitely wouldn't approve just because he was a boy, and that's why I said I was Miku and Gumi. Then I told him how we kept hanging out after school and I kept missing curfew, even though I didn't mean to. Then I told him how Mom dragged me away and said I couldn't see Len anymore. I left out all romantic details, and that Gumi set us up on a date.

Dad was speechless for a while. I was thirsty after talking so much, so I took a drink from my soda Dad ordered for me.

"So, does this mean my little Rin has a boyfriend now?"

My eyes grew big, and a huge blush grew across my face, I know it did. I felt the heat. I put down my soda, almost spitting it out when Dad said that, yet I still choked on it. I started coughing while Dad just gave me a smile and a raised eyebrow.

"W-well, I-I uh..uh..I-I" I stuttered.

"Rin, you can tell me. I don't care. If you're happy and he's not a bad kid you can have a boyfriend."

"I-I guess you could call him that. We don't really address ourselves as boyfriend and girlfriend, but we're together...I guess you could say..."

"Have you two kissed yet?"

"Dad!"

"Okay, fine. I get it, it's private."

"Mom and I haven't really spoken to each other since that day." I said quietly.

"Rin, you know it was wrong to lie, but I don't really blame you. You should of, however, been more careful of your curfew."

"I know..." I grumbled.

"When can I meet him?"

My face grew red a second time. Dad wants to meet Len? But all he's heard is that he chased after me when I got mad at him for calling me by my first name and acting so close to me when we first met!

"Y-you want to meet him?" I asked.

"Of course! I have to meet my girl's first boyfriend! I have to see if I can approve!"

This is why I'm way closer to Dad than I am to Mom. Dad actually understands. He gets that I'm not a little kid anymore, even if he calls me his little girl. He understands I need to grow up and that I need to be my own person and make my own decisions sometimes. Mom doesn't want me to get married; she wants me to be independent. But I don't get it since she's married and had me.

"Dad, why do you think Mom's so against me interacting with boys?" I asked staring down at my food.

"I don't know sweetie," he huffed, "maybe she's just worried about you. Maybe she doesn't want you to get hurt so young. But, I know you're not a baby, but you are a bit young to have a boyfriend, personally. But I know you're a mature young lady and that you're ready for some adult things. If you're personally ready for a boyfriend, I'm fine with it. But, I don't want you dating the wrong kind of guys. So watch out."

I smiled at him. Dad was amazing. I'm really lucky to have a Dad like him.

The two of us finished eating, then drove to the fair downtown. It was so huge it was like an amusement park! It had a giant ferris wheel, bumper cars, and all different kinds of stands with games. It was so huge!

When Dad parked the car I nearly pounced out. I couldn't wait! Everything here looked so fun!

"Dad! Hurry up!" I yelled at him.

"Race you to the entrance!"

We bolted towards the entrance of the fair. I won this time. I almost tripped in the process, but I still won. We entered the fair after a wait in line for almost ten minutes.

"So, Rin, what do we do first? You choose." My dad insisted.

"Dad, you should choose first, you just came back from overs-"

OOF! I bumped into someone when I wasn't looking. Both of us collapsed to the ground, getting grass stains on my knee high socks.

"I'm sorry! My fault! I wasn't paying atten...tion..."

I couldn't believe it. I looked at the person with a surprised face. The person was on the ground, sitting on their butt, their feet on the ground in front of them, their knees bent. This person was rubbing the back of their head with their hand, making a whining sound out of slight pain.

"It's fine, I wasn't paying too much attention either. Are you alright?...Rin?"

"Len! What are you doing here?"

"I came to check out the fair. Kids at school said it was fun and that they went over the weekend. How about you?"

"Oh, I'm out with my dad. He came back from overseas today. He fishes all over the world!"

"Rin, I do more than that! I'm an explorer and I like sailing, fishing more of a pass time."

"Well, excuuuuuuuuse me, princess!" I sarcastically said at him, sticking out my tongue. My dad pulled me into a noogie. Len was smiling and softly giggling watching us. Dad finally let go and gave me a weird look asking Who-exactly-is-this-kid?

"Oh, Dad, this is Len. Len, this is my dad."

"Nice to meet you, sir," Len said cheerfully, holding out his hand for a handshake. "I'm Len, I'm good friends with your daughter."

"That's great. Nice to meet you, too." Dad returned his handshake, grabbing Len's hand tightly and firmly. "Why don't you join us? You seem to be alone."

"Oh, but won't I be intruding? Isn't it just a father and daughter thing?" Len asked, his hands in his pockets.

"No, it's alright. Rin doesn't mind either. Do you mind Rin?"

"Not at all! You're welcome Len! You don't have to be here by yourself." I said.

"If it's alright, I guess I'll join you two."

After all this, we went on the bumper cars. I aimed directly at Dad, trying to corner him. I went full force at him, bouncing him back into the corner. He fought back, pushing me to his right, then Len came and backed me up. Len looked over to me and gave me a mischievous smile, the two of us had an alliance against my dad. I smiled back at him.

"Two against one? That's not fair!"

"Life isn't fair!" Len shouted at my dad. I was surprised at this. Dad was stuck, Len and me blocking him. That's when our session ended. We exited and went to playing games. There was a shooting game, which my Dad was defeated brutally by Len. Len was really great hand-eye coordination. The person running the game gave Len a rabbit plushie toy.

"Rin, do you want it?" he asked politely.

"Sure," I said back sweetly.

"Anything else you two want to do?"

"Oh! Oh! I wanted to go on the ferris wheel!" I said excitedly. Len smiled at my childish action.

"It's getting kinda late, and it would be a relaxing way to end the day. You up for it, Len?"

"It's okay with me." Len happily replied.

With that, we all headed to the ferris wheel. The three of us hopped into a cart, Len and I on one side, my dad on the other. If either one of us sat with him we'd be squished! I look to my right and I see Len daydreaming out the window. I nudged him with my elbow and he turned to face me.

"Having a nice dream?" I asked him playfully.

"Sorry, I kinda spaced out. I like looking out at the view when I'm in high places."

Both me and my dad smiled when Len said that. Len just smiled back at us.

"So Len, I heard you're new in town? How do you like it?" my dad asked him.

"I like it here very much. It's much more suburban and less crazy. Huge cities are boring. There's not a lot a kid like me can do by himself out there. It's not as much as an issue here."

"Well, I'm glad you like it."

After that, we were all silent for the rest of the ride down, then we left the cart and headed towards the exit.

"I had fun today, Rin. I'm glad I joined you guys. It definitely wouldn't have been as much fun."

"I had fun, too! I'm glad you had a good time."

We both smiled at each other. Then Len turned to go home.

"See you at school tomorrow?" he asked.

"Mhm." I nodded.

Len smiled even bigger, then left, his hands in his pockets.

"I'm glad you two had a fun day."

"Did you have fun, Dad?"

"I did. And Rin, don't worry. I approve."

"Huh?"

"Len. You picked a good one. He's very polite and sweet, but has a more outgoing and mischievous side." I blushed and clutched my rabbit plushie from Len. Dad and I walked back to the car, and I slowly fell asleep hugging the rabbit tightly, my heart fluttering from Dad's approval.

There's Chapter 2. Wow, way longer than I expected to be, even though I tried to make it long-ish. So, Rin's dad likes Len! I love the relationship Rin and her dad have. I personally don't have that, since my Dad chooses to not be in my life, and I always wished I had a Dad to have like Rin's. Now, to get Rin's mom to like Len...that's a challenge. Another challenge is surprising you guys! My writing is way simple and predictable! I need to become better at these sort of things. XD Oh, well. I hope you enjoyed this chapter.