Chapter 2: Give and Take
"Rin, get your butt out of bed!" My sister yelled as she ran into my room, dog piling onto my bed.
I groaned under her weight. "Ugh, get off me you fat cow!" I said sitting up and shoving her off, laughing triumphantly as I watch her fall off the bed and onto her butt.
"Ow that hurt you troll! And I am not a fat cow!" She yelled rubbing her butt as she got up.
"Haha! Says you...Your fault for running in here anyway!" I said glancing at my surprisingly silent alarm clock. If I really should be getting up it should be screaming at me by now. "Its only a quarter till 7! We don't have to be at school till 8!" I yelled at her, giving her the death glare. How dare she wake me up before 7... Stupid cow.
"Well mom wanted you up early to get your stuff together for practice today." Neru huffed at me. She is such a spoiled brat.
I sighed angrily as I flung the covers off of me and got out of bed, shoving the still babbling Neru out of my room.
"Also mom said-" I slammed the door in her face and locked it. "Hey, why you!" I cut her off by yelling, "Go eat some grass or something you cow!"
I heard and angry huff before footsteps walking away from the door. Yay! My win!
With nothing better to do I grabbed an orange towel and hopped into the shower, hoping to scrub the sweat from practice last night and the sleep out of me.
I walked out and towel dried my shoulder length blond hair as I plugged in my Ipod, hoping for some music to rock out to.
Hitting 'shuffle' I walked over to my overflowing, unfolded, drawers and tried to find something to wear as the first song filled the room.
'Borderlands' by Len Kagamine started to play loudly as I hummed along packing a zebra duffel bag full of stuff.
I started to skip around the room, holding various tops over my torso in front of a mirror to see how they looked. Now fully singing out the chorus.
Normally I hated the fan girl,'Kyaaa!' type of people but I couldn't help but love Len. It seemed to me he was the only one who could make music that I could stand, that I could really understand and dance to.
I zipped the duffel bag, finishing just in time to the end of the song. I grabbed my bag and my Ipod and walked downstairs.
"Good morning Rin!" My mom chirped cheerfully as I walked into the kitchen for breakfast.
"Mornin!" I said as I grabbed an orange out of the fruit bowl. I didn't know what it was with my obsession over oranges was but it was the only fruit that I could truly tolerate. That and bananas.
"Remember, I'll come after lunch to come pick you up for practice." Mom said, cutting a cucumber in thin slices.
I nodded popping a orange piece in my mouth.
Suddenly my phone began to vibrate and I looked at the ID.
From:MiKu~LuVz~LeEkS
To:Orange-foreva-Rin
Hey Rinny! Hope ur ready for today!
From:Orange-foreva-Rin
To:MiKu~LuVz~LeEkS
As ready as ill ever b... kinda nervous
From:MiKu~LuVz~LeEkS
To:Orange-foeva-Rin
DONT BE SO DOWN ON YOURSELF! Did u not c all the ppl starin at u yesterday? U WERE GREAT!
From:Orange-foreva-Rin
To:MiKu~LuVz~LeEkS
It wasn't that good... anyway, i'll c u at practice.
I didn't even wait for a reply from Miku I just stood up and set my plate back in the sink. I didn't feel like eating anymore. I'm not sure what it was but yesterday put a bad feeling in my stomach.
Miku had always been one of those 'I'm-better-than-you' types, and not just in attitude. She had the talent to back it up. For years I've lived in her shadow, but shes still my best friend and I would never change that for the world.
I decided to walk to school early, since I didn't have anything better to do. I just wanted this day to be over...
I walked into the building and put on my indoor shoes and walked to class. Even though I walked to school early it was still only 5 minutes before the bell and the classroom was already full of people.
I sat down at my desk and pulled out my supplies and looked out the window, daydreaming.
I hated this school. I would do anything to leave, but I could never do that. Maybe thats why I clung so close to my singing. It made me feel complete... happy. I didn't have many friends besides Miku... actually, Miku was my only friend. I would talk to people.. but nothing more than that.
It wasn't long before class had started with the teacher walking in. He was tall with brown hair and wore a blue suit as usual... I'm not even sure if I knew his name. Oh well.
The day wasn't much different from the others, the teacher saying boring stuff and me just staring out the window invisible. And thats how I liked it.
Finally lunch had arrived and I eagerly pulled out my bento and was about to plug in my ear buds as I waited for Miku when a conversation sparked my interest.
"Ne, ne! Have you heard the new album by Len!" A girl, Teto, practically screamed. She was a small girl with pink drills on the side of her head.
"Yes! OMG HE IS SOOO DREAMY!" A girl from another class screeched.
Album? I didn't know he had a new one out. I'll have to download that later...
"Ha! Len Kagamine? That little fag? He wouldn't know talent if it slapped him in the face!" Cried one of the guys from our class. Mikuo was it?
What a little ass.
He took the album from Teto's hand.
"Hey give that back!" Teto yelled jumping, but her attempts were fruitless for he was much taller.
"There is no way he can sing that high unless someone kicked him where it hurts!" He yelled.
I'm pretty sure this douche is the only on on the planet who doesn't like Len... that or hes just jealous he gets all the girls and his ugly face couldn't get any.
I was getting angry... the more I listened to their conversation the more enraged I got. Not just because he was insulting Len, but because he was just making himself sound like a huge ass and that made me angrier than anything...
"I mean I can't believe they'd sign this little-"
His sentence was cut short as I slammed one of my books shut. I ignored their stares as I calmly picked up my stuff and walked out of the room.
The last thing I heard before closing the door was, "What a loser."
I looked down as I walked down the hall. Were my actions a little to childish? Was I over reacting? I got out my phone and called my mom.
No way am I staying here. I have a career to start.
I practically stormed into the practice room, using the pass code that Miki gave me to get in. I expected the room to be empty.. seeing as practice didn't start for another hour or so, but I was wrong.
There on the stage was the glasses kid, lying on his stomach humming softly to himself.
I walked up to the stage, getting a closer look. He was wearing a black wife beater, yellow shorts and black and yellow Zitechs. He had a black hat again and had bulky yellow headphones on with a black 02 on the sides.
'So thats why hes humming.'I thought to myself.
"Hey," I said sitting in front of him, hoping he saw me.
He did as he smiled up at me and took his headphones off, resting them at the nape of his neck. "Hey."
"What are you doing here so early?" I asked not really caring.
He shrugged and sat up so I could see him fully.
"Don't you have school?" I asked a little more interested this time.
He shook his head no. "I'm home schooled." He said leaning back, putting the weight on his hands.
"Doesn't that get lonely?"
"Not really, I have friends. I travel to much to go to a real school."
I made my mouth in a little 'o' shape and began to rock back and forth.
"Why aren't you in school?" He asked with a small smirk looking at me with curiosity.
I blushed a little and decided to change the subject. "What were you listening to?" I asked remembering him humming.
"Spice." He said quickly... A little too quickly.
"Your listening to Len Kagamine?" I asked a bit skeptical.
"Yeah. What about it?" I shook my head.
"You were really good yesterday." I said smiling.
He blushed a bit, scratching the back of his head and looking away. "Thanks... so were you."
That caused me to blush a bit as well, I tried to push it down to ask another question but he beat me to it.
"So whats your name?"
"Rin Kamui." I said looking down at my hands.
He smiled. "Thats a pretty name, I like it."
I blushed a bit more and started to ask a question. "Whats your name?"
"L-"
"Rin!" His sentence was interrupted by the sudden appearance of Miku.
'Crap, So close.'
"You left me!" She said as she stormed onto the stage.
'Double crap.'
"Sorry Miku its just that-"
"Just what?" She yelled looking me in the eye as if challenging me.
I glared at her. Shes been getting on my nerves here as of late and this is just one of those instances. Why is she yelling at me anyway? This is so stupid.
"Never mind." I mumble, standing up with a small stretch.
Miku was about to counter until she was cut off by the appearance of more contestants and Haku.
"Hello all!" Haku sang loudly as the others took their place on stage.
Behind Haku stepped out a girl about in her late 20s in a pair of sweats and a sports bra.
"This will be your choreographer, treat her with care ok!" Haku said as she walked out of the room.
Practice began as we learned the choreography and worked on the song again. The moves were simple for the most part as we learned of how things would be set up and when people would get center stage.
After about a half hour of practice we had a water break and I decided to walk up to glasses boy, trying to avoid Miku as much as I could till she cooled off.
He was currently talking to a pink haired woman in her early 20s but waved when he saw me approach.
"So how is it so far?" He asked me taking a drink from a water bottle. His face was flushed slightly and sweat dripped from his forehead, plastering his bangs down.
I smiled. "Fine."
"OH! This is Luka! He said indicating to the pretty pinkette next to him.
She smiled at me and I shook her hand. By the time practice resumed Luka and I had already become great friends... witch was rare for me. Normally I was to shy and awkward to speak to people but glasses boy made it so much easier.
By the time practice actually ended I was drained. I walked over to my duffel bag to get ready to go when I noticed a piece of paper lying on it. I picked it up and unfolded it, reading the semi-neat handwriting.
Dear Rin,
Sorry that you got yelled at by your friend... and for running you over in the mall the other day. I enjoyed our talk, txt me sometime k?
XXX-XXX-XXX
I smiled to myself. I just made a 2 new friends today, got yelled at by one, and acted like an idiot at school. Huh, not bad.