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CHAPTER 2: Tutor?
|| This is like halfway into the school year. Yes Lenka got onto the dance team ||
"...And then the president at the time forced all of the Japanese-Americans into internment camps. Rin, could you tell us which president signed the document?"
"Eh? Oh, Abraham Lincoln." half the class laughed at her answer while she just gave a grin. The other half shook their head, some rolling their eyes. I was part of that some.
Megurine-sensei shook her head as well. "Miku, who was the president?"
Miku Hatsune. The class representative. "Franklin D. Roosevelt. He signed the Executive Order 9066."
Sensei sighed in contentment. "Good. Now, who were-"
Riiiiiiiing
Over already?
"Ah, remember your homework!" Everyone is already scrambling to get to lunch, Sensei. They're not listening.
I was still packing up when Megurine-sensei called back a couple students.
"Rin, Miku, could you come here please?" The two girls looked at each other and did as they were told.
"What's up?" I heard Rin say.
Their conversation didn't involve me, so I stopped listening. I was just walking out the door when I heard a 'Len.'
"Huh?" I turned around to see the three of them looking at me.
"Do you do anything after school? Any extracurricular activities or sports?" Sensei asked.
"No." I replied.
"Ah, good! I'm assigning you as Rin's tutor."
...
Wait. Tutor?
"Huh?" I said once more. Rin rolled her eyes at me.
Miku, being the nice girl she is, stepped in. "Well, I can try to fit her into my schedule if you really don't want to."
Megurine-sensei shook her head. "No, you have so much on your plate already. Len isn't that bad of a student, and he's not busy." That bad? Really Sensei?
Miku gave an apologetic glance both mine and Rin's way.
"Sure I'll do it. I just didn't expect this." I said.
Miku and Megurine-sensei smiled at me. "Arigatō*!"
After School
I was putting my books back into my locker like I always do.
Oh wait. I'll need the history one.
With a sigh, I grabbed my history textbook and made my way to the library.
"Len! Hey, where ya going?" I turned around towards the person who called out to me. Kaito of course.
"I have to tutor someone." I said.
"Oh. So you're not gonna be walking home today?" he asked.
"No. And not ever, actually. Well, not until she ups her grades." Kaito's expression immediately changed when he heard 'she.'
"Ooh~ Who's the girl, hm?"
I rolled my eyes at his question. "I have a girlfriend." And he knows it. She's been walking home with us every day now. Still doesn't talk a lot though.
He seemed to have lost some of his energy when I said that. "Whatever. You don't even know her." he said bitterly. Continuing, he clasped his hands together and had a starry look in his eyes. "You could have a real romance and actually fall in love with this girl an-"
"Baka."
Heh. Good timing, Meiko.
"Ow!" Her blue-haired boyfriend yelped, holding his head where she had just struck.
Meiko looked at me. "So, what's this I hear about tutoring?"
I nodded. "Megurine-sensei wants me to tutor Rin because Miku is busy."
"Rin? As in Rin Kagami?" Meiko inferred.
"That's the one."
"Oh. She's cool. Tell her I said hey." With that, she dragged Kaito with her and waved goodbye.
"Will do." I said before she left, and continued towards the school library.
I felt a light tap on my shoulder and looked behind me. "Hm? Oh, hey Neru."
She waved back at me. "A-Are you walking home today..?" she asked quietly.
"Ah, I actually won't be walking home right after school anymore. I have to tutor Rin for the time being. Sorry." I explained.
Neru looked a bit downcast. "Oh... O-Okay, that's alright. Well, see you some other time, then." she sighed, walking away.
"Bye." I called. She was only a couple meters away so I'm pretty sure she heard me.
Hope I don't run into anyone else.
Luckily, I didn't.
Opening the library doors, I looked around for Rin. It wasn't hard, as she's the only person who wears a giant white ribbon. How does she even get it to stand up like that?
But yeah. There she was in the corner table with her head in between her arms.
I walked up to where she was seated and took a seat in the chair across from her.
"Ne, Rin?" I poked her upper arm.
She groaned in response and straightened up. "You should've given me time to fall asleep." she joked.
I ignored her comment and pulled out my history textbook along with a worksheet and a pen. "Could you get your stuff out?" I asked.
Rin gave me a weird look and proceeded to grab her own materials. "Hey, you don't have to be so uptight." she said.
Uptight? Me? ...Bitch. Don't offend my pride.
"I'm not being uptight, I just want to get started." I said.
"Sure sure..." she trailed.
We got situated pretty easily, and started by reviewing the beginning of the chapter. The first hour wasn't too bad. Not too great either. Rin kept getting distracted and wouldn't stop bringing up other things, which was kinda starting to get on my nerves. At about 4:48 pm, 78 minutes after we started, she completely lost interest in working.
"Ughhhhhh this is so pointless! Why do we have to learn this anyway?! All these people are DEAD." Rin groaned.
I looked up from my textbook to see that she had fallen into a slouch. "I don't want to do this either. Tutoring you is a complete waste of my time." God, this girl is annoying.
She scoffed, straightening up and grabbing her pen. "What would you be doing? Got a girlfriend or something?" Oh my god shut up.
As if my silence was a 'yes', she continued. "Oooh, Lenny has a girlfriend. Did you have to cancel your plans with her? Is that why you're so saaaad?" she sneered.
"Your voice is annoying me." I said.
She gave me a dirty look and just went on. "Tch, I bet I'm right. Get your little love sickness shit in a bottle and throw it somewhere." Okay that didn't even make any sense.
Putting the textbook aside, I glared at her. "Yes. Yes I do have a girlfriend. And judging by your attitude, you don't have a boyfriend. Now shut the fuck up and learn so we could both go back to never speaking to each other." she glared straight back at me, and I was the one who broke eye contact. Tch, stubborn girl.
With a sigh, I asked her the next question.
Later At The Kagamine House
"I'm home!" I called as I took off my shoes.
Mom peeked down the hall, towel in hand. "Len! Where have you been?! You're two hours later than usual!" she scolded.
I glanced at the time to see that it was nearly 6 pm.
"Sorry Mom, I'm tutoring a classmate after school from now on." I explained.
She knocked me on my head. "Well tell me next time! Jeez.."
I rubbed the side of my head where she hit me. It didn't really hurt, I just wanted to see if she'd feel bad.
"Dinner starts when your sister gets back from practice. Your father's picking her up today." she said, turning back into the kitchen. Well. Guess she doesn't feel remorse for striking her child. Wow Mom.
Dinner
"Pass the asparagus?"
"Here you go."
"Thanks."
Our family ate at the dinner table, having a conversation.
"Oh yeah, Len, didn't you say you're tutoring somebody now?" my mom brought up.
"Yeah. We start at 3:30 and end at 5." I said.
"Who are you tutoring?" Lenka asked. She always wants to know who's involved.
"Rin." I told her.
"Rin? Rin Kagami?"
"Yeah." Are there no other Rins in our school or something?
"Ohh Rin! She's on the dance team! She's really good." my sister beamed. "Do you think you could break up with your girlfriend and go out with Rin so she could come over and teach me her skills?"
I rolled my eyes. "Me and Rin? I don't think that's ever gonna happen. She's pretty bitchy if you ask me."
"Len! Don't say that when referring to a girl!" our mom said, cutting in.
"It's true though."
"Len!"
"Alright, alright!"
Dad chuckled at our actions. "So, Lenka. Which one's Rin?"
"She's the girl with the ribbon. Kinda looks like me except her hair's shorter." Lenka explained.
"Ah, her. And she's in your class, Len? I thought she was a Freshman!" Dad exclaimed.
Heh, she is pretty short.
*Arigatō means "Thank you" in Japanese
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