Chapter 2: The Algebra Test

Rin POV:

My eyes slowly opened and I sat up, the blood that had rushed to my head flowing back down. I felt dizzy and put a hand to my head, trying to soothe the pounding. I glanced at Teto who was sprawled out on the floor clutching a french bread pillow.

I groaned and lay back down. How the hell does someone fall asleep upside down? I looked at the clock and closed my eyes.

" Wait...IT'S SEVEN?" I yelled. I scrambled out of the bed, the sheets and covers tangling in my legs and tripping me. It's like the world hated me today.

I ran over to Teto and began to wildly shake her awake.

" What Rin?" she groaned. " Do you have any margarine?"

" Your Mom won't give you any if you don't get up! It's seven!"

Teto practically bitch slapped me trying to get up and ran to the bathroom. I quickly followed her and grabbed my tooth brush, scrubbing my teeth thoroughly before running back to Teto's room and throwing on my uniform. It's a black jacket and blue plaid skirt. Worst. Uniform. Ever.

Teto was magically already wearing her and pulling on her black stockings, while I pulled up my white thigh high leggings, trying not to trip.

" Teto! Rin!" Mrs. Kasane called. " The bus is here!"

" Come on!" I yelled. I grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the room, putting my shoes on at the front door and running to the bus driver, who was impatiently waiting.

" Yo, Teto! Rin!" Mikuo yelled from the window.

" Hey!" I waved back at him. The green-haired teen was suddenly jerked backward. Teto and I shrugged and boarded the bus to see Mikuo and Len arguing.

" I just saved your life!" Len snapped. " Thank me!"

" I can save my own life!" Mikuo protested.

" We'll see if you can when you fall off a cliff one day!" Len smirked. " Then you'll wish I was there."

" We're not on a cliff, we're on a school bus."

" Wow, you guys," I said shaking my head. Teto and I sat down in the seat behind them. " Arguing about nothing."

" Hi Rin!" Mikuo said excitedly. " You study for that test?"

" Yes, with my best friend," I said emphasizing the last two words. Miku, who was sitting in the seat across from us, flinched at the words. Heh, serves her right.

Teto glanced at Miku and frowned. " Hey, can't you help but feel a little sorry for her. I know you hate her and everything but still."

I grimaced. I love and hate this part of Teto. The compassionate, considerate side. Len turned around, his chin resting on the seat.

" Hey Rin, where's your bow?" Len asked.

I immediately put my hands on my head and gasped.

" Teto! Do you have my bow? Please say you brought it!"

" I thought you had it!"

I froze and mechanically tilted my head.

" No. Bow."

" Uh oh, Rin Kagamine malfunction," Len said ducking behind the seat.

" Rin! I'll braid your hair! No, ponytails!" Teto said quickly.

I blinked and Teto quickly set to work. I'm not a fan of ponytails, but hey, anything to make my hair noticeable. Especially without my bow.

Miku POV:

I couldn't help but watch as that Kasane girl put Rin's hair into two short ponytails. If things hadn't take a turn for the worst before, that would be me over there. Sure, Kasane would be somewhere near us, but I'd be the best friend. Not her. I opened my teal binder and picked up my pen, scribbling out the answers to my history homework.

" Hey Miku!" I looked up and met the amber eyes of Nero. Sure, he was talkative without his cell phone, but he's one of the few friends I've got.

" Hey, you know the answer to number seven?" I asked. " Wait, never mind. It could be wrong."

He smirked and leaned over the back of the seat. " You know, I'm surprised that you don't have more friends with that smartass attitude. Then again, people with sharp tongues tend to not be so popular. But hey, Rin is pretty much known by everyone."

I frowned and went back to my homework. I shouldn't have even bothered striking up a conversation with Nero. He was bound to bring up Rin eventually, since he had a small crush obsession with her. And she was the one subject I wanted to avoid.

Th bus stopped and everyone moved to get off. Rin jumped on Len's back, much to his surprise, and demanded a piggyback ride. Len groaned in annoyance and gave in to what his sister wanted. I giggled and jumped as Nero hooked arms with me. We walked down the steps and Nero unhooked his arm, turning around to face me.

" Come on! I'll get Rin to talk to you!" he exclaimed.

" Wait! I don't-"

" Rin-chan!" Nero called.

Len turned around and Rin got off his back.

" Yeah Nero?"

He held up my hand and grinned broadly at her. " Miku wants to say hi!"

Rin narrowed her eyes at me, the once vivid blue darkening. I gulped and cast my eyes downward.

" Is that any way to treat me Hatsune?"

Ice settled in my stomach as she addressed me by my surname, an chilling tone matching perfectly. I looked up slowly and opened my mouth to speak. Teto and Len looked at me, pity surfacing in their eyes as they quickly averted them.

" H-hello," I whispered. " Kagamine-san..."

The warning bell rang and everyone ran off, leaving me, Rin and Len alone. Rin's gaze didn't soften as Len shook her shoulders, telling her that they needed to go. Finally, she turned around, her arms crossed and walked towards the school building. Len looked back at me, his eyes seeming to say sorry, before quickly ushering Rin through the doors. That went well.

Len POV:

Jeez, you think Rin could be a little more warm. But no, the cold shoulder like always. Good thing I'm kinda nice to Miku right? Otherwise, the poor girl would have no happiness and she'd become emo. Rin got out of her stony position and grabbed my hand, running down the hall and sliding into the classroom before the final bell could ring. Teto and Mikuo sighed in relief as they saw us enter. I couldn't help but sigh too. If my perfect attendance record got wrecked because of some drama...

" Kagamine."

Rin and I both stiffened at the sound of Kiyoteru-sensei's voice. Oh yeah, we didn't go to our seats.

" I'd expect this from you Kagamine-san, but not from your brother," he said walking around us. " You have less than a minute to get to your seats."

Rin sank to her seat in the front while I scrambled to mine next to Mikuo's. Kiyoteru-sensei picked up the papers on his desk and began to count them out to each row, everyone passing them back until everybody had one. He explained the test to us and said, " Begin."

Now, being the awesome math god I am, I was able to complete the test without breaking a sweat. I stood up no more than thirty minutes after our teacher gave us the test and handed it to him, smirking. He smiled and nodded, pulling out a red pen. I gave my awed classmates an accomplished smirk as they stared at me in wonder. You know, if you consider annoyance wonder. But hey! I'm still loved!

" Pssst!" Rin motioned to me with her hand.

I looked in her direction and pretended I didn't notice, quickly going back to my seat. I glanced at Mikuo's test and saw he had every question done, except number twelve. The freaking easiest one on the sheet.

" Mikuo! It's order of operations! How don't you know that?"

" I forgot!" he whispered. " You add first right?"

" Parenthesis! Exponents! Multiply, then divide, then-"

" Kagamine-kun."

Crap. Please God tell me I'm not caught.

" Could you take this to the office please?"

HALLELUJAH. God loves me! I quickly stood up and took the small sheet from Kiyoteru-sensei's outstretched hand and headed out the door.

" Len! What's the answer to number two!" Rin whispered.

" Twelve, thirty-four, five, sixty-seven," I hissed.

" Than-hey!"

I closed door before she could whisper yell at me. Is that even a word? Oh well, it is the Kagamine Dictionary, so there.

I turned a corner and collided with Miku. Who would've thought the tealette would've been wandering around school?

" Ah! I'm very sorry Kagamine-kun," she said softly. Gah...curse my sensitivity towards girls.

" It's cool," I said rubbing my head. " And you don't have to call me that you know. We're still friends."

Miku shook her head and stood up, dusting her skirt off even though it was perfectly clean.

" I'm serious Miku," I grinned at her and held out my hand. " Come on. You know you want to grab it like in movies and do that whole ' We're friends!' thing that people do and stare at each other."

She sighed. " Still the same Len I see. Always making everything a joke."

At that, she turned on her heal and left. But you know, I'm glad she feels that way. Why? Because she said Len not Kagamine-kun.

Miku POV:

I bit back a small smile as I walked away from the scene of Len and my's collision. I was actually a bit glad it happened. I mean, Len was a direct connection to Rin, and if he was my friend, then Rin must like me too! Well, not like me, but she can't still be as hostile as before. Hope swelled inside me as I walked through the doors of my science class, grinning at Yowane-sensei before returning to my seat next to Gumo.

" You seem happy," he said, still scribbling down the notes.

" I am happy," I added with a blush.

Gumo rolled his eyes and replied, " You look like one of those girls that ran into Kagamine and found out that he knew their names."

" Well, I did run into Kagamine-kun, but that's not the reason I'm-"

" Hatsune-san. Megpoid-kun," Yowane-sensei said tapping her foot. " Would you like to share something with the class?"

" No ma'am," we both murmured. She turned around and began to explain while writing our notes on the board.

" Tell me later," Gumo whispered. I nodded and opened my notebook, quickly copying the notes on the board.

~Physical Education~

Rin POV:

God, I hate Len. I ask him to give me an answer to the test and you know what he tells me? Twelve, thirty-four, five, sixty-seven! You know what that makes on the paper? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Seriously, if I hadn't caught that, Kiyoteru-sensei would've just given me an F, or tested me to be put in one of the "Special" classes.

" Rin..." I looked up at Teto and processed her wierded out, yet amused face.

" Either I made a really psychotic face, or I just said all of that out loud," I said.

" The last one," she told me. " It's your serve. And you're holding up the game."

I looked around, blushing at the faces of my classmates staring at me. I took the volleyball and threw it into the air, slapping my hand on it's body to launch it through the air. The other team volleyed it over the net, and Mizki slid forward, saving the ball. Teto jumped forward and spiked the ball.

" Oh yes!" I screamed. " We won because we're badass!"

" Kagamine! Language!" our teacher yelled.

" Yes ma'am! Sorry!" I said.

Our team crowded around Teto, who gave us the winning point. I glomped her and looked at the one person out of our loop.

" Hey, Hatsune," I said. " Get over here and praise Teto."

" R-Rin, she doesn't have to-" teto began.

" Kasane-san," Miku said softly. " Um, you were great."

Teto grinned and struck a pose. " Well, I am pretty good at this game right! You did good too!"

Miku smiled, a faint pink splashing across her cheeks. Even though I hated to admit it, Miku was a great player. I mean, you should've seen how agile she was! And don't get me started on her flexibility! Wait, I don't like Miku. Never mind!

" Uwahh! Kagamine-kun is so cool!"

I looked at the other team and saw none other than Akita Neru and some other girl, who I think was Sonika staring at the soccer field. Teto looked out the window and motioned to me.

" Rin! You've got to see this! Len looks awesome!" she cried.

" P-please, h-he can't look that great," I muttered, but I still went over to look. My cheeks warmed as I watched Len run down the field, a thin sheen of sweat coating his body. I know it sounds really gross and cliche, but it was glistening. Like, I'm not even kidding. You know how in anime, the sweat always sparkles and stuff? It looked like that.

" Rin? Your face is red," Teto said.

Stupid blushing! Stupid Len for being hot!

" That's because it's hot in here!" I exclaimed.

" We could go to the nurse," Teto said taking my elbow. " If you aren't feeling-"

" I'm fine!" I lied fist-pumping the air. " I'm just gonna, get some fresh air."

I quickly opened the exit door and sat on the grassy place that sloped down to the field. My eyes following Len's small figure that moved quickly across the field, swerving in between the other teams players. A small giggle came from behind me as the ball was stolen from Len.

" You stare at your brother as if he's your idol Kagamine-san."

I grimaced at the high, silky voice that came from behind.

" What do you want Hatsune," I muttered.

Miku, surprisingly, sat down next to me. Too close. I mean, she was all up in my cheesecake! (A/N: Quick note, this is something my friend says when someones in her personal space XD I love Morgan)

I scooted a few inches away and drew my knees to my chest.

" Len, should join the soccer team don't you think Kagamine-san?" she said.

" Woah, wait," I said holding up a hand. " Did you just call him Len? You don't know him like that!"

" But he said-"

" I don't care what he said, this is what I'm saying-"

" Rin, don't be a bitch."

Len. Why'd you have to ruin the mood? I groaned at met the eyes of my stupid brother, who was staring at me disapprovingly.

" Sorry about that Miku," Len said. " Rin will reconcile tomorrow, by being your slave."

" Say what now?" I exclaimed.

" Rin doesn't have to-" Miku began, but was interrupted by a sweaty Gumo.

" Miku! Rin Kagamine's gonna be your slave?" he asked. Oh great, the school's head in gossip just had to get here.

" Oh yes Gumo," Len smirked. " And be sure to tell everyone."

Gumo nodded, his wet green hair flopping on his shiny forehead and darted back to the soccer field.

" Len. I'm not being her slave."

" You like oranges right?"

" What do I have to do."

Len smiled and put an arm around Miku's shoulders. Um...someone's head is about to be ripped off. Don't say I didn't give you a fair warning.

" You are going to do whatever Mistress Miku says all day tomorrow," he said. " For being a jerk. Now, if she says come to school dressed as a leek, then do it. Even if you get detention."

My jaw dropped open at the preposterous request. Miku giggled at me. Of course. That green thing would laugh at me.

" Len," I whined pulling out my puppy dog face. " Why do you punish your little sister?"

Len made an unreadable face and quickly turned away, his cheeks a bright red.

" Because! I can and I will! And Miku's cool, so you need to apologize, and I know you won't!"

He's smart. Of course he is! As expected of my Lenny! I mean...smartass.

Author's Note: Yay! Chapter 2! I had to get this out as quick as possible since I have projects to do, and homecoming dresses to shop for and my dad's gonna take my laptop and fix it. So this is like the only story I'm able to update right now XD And I've been busy with school. I got a C on my progress report! And I KNOW I had an A right before I fell asleep during that test! . Stupid music class...it always tires me out. Chance and the others need to be more funny like today XD Now THAT was the best game of Elements Bingo ever. Wait, I'm venting. Disregard all that! Review! XD