A/N - And here is the promised part two of this. Before I get into the story, I would like like to reply to VictimOfDoubt's review because it totally MADE MY DAY -
1) No, I do not like Rei/Rui either. So no offense taken.
2) Yes, Rei is rather hot, in my opinion. I also think that Len can be hot, but he's mostly portrayed as cute.
Now that that's out of the way, on to the story~
"Are you gonna be okay by yourself?" Lenka looked up and blinked.
"I'll be fine. Why are you asking, Rinto?" Her brother sighed as he leaned his head against the steering wheel.
"I heard what happened yesterday, with that guy-"
"It's nothing. I can take care of myself." Rinto frowned as he looked over at her.
"I can't believe we don't have any classes together," he muttered. Lenka brushed a length of blond hair behind her ear.
"Just think of this as a learning experience. Everything will be just fine." Rinto nodded slowly.
"If you need me for anything, don't be afraid to come get me."
"Geez, you act like I'm a baby or something," Lenka said as she grabbed her bag and opened the car door. Rinto got out as well, and the two siblings went their seperate ways. When Lenka got to the school building she saw that she was early, so she went to the bathroom to check her hair and make sure it wasn't doing anything weird. As she looked into the mirror she heard the door open and noticed a flash of yellow in the glass. She turned to see Neru standing behind her.
"Hey, you're... Neru, right?" The other blond didn't reply, she just glared at Lenka.
Slap!
Lenka stepped back, her hand flying to her cheek. "What the crap?" she snapped.
"That is for kissing my boyfriend, you harlot," Neru snarled.
"You don't understand-" Neru snatched Lenka's glasses and dropped them to the floor. Lenka heard a loud crunch before Neru shoved her to the ground.
"And that is so that you won't ever make a move on him again. Just leave us alone!" Neru turned and left, slamming the door behind her. Lenka just sat there for a second, her cheek stinging as she stared at the door. She started feeling the floor around her carefully until she found the crushed remains of her glasses. Neru had stomped on them, breaking both lenses. Lenka's eyes watered as she felt fear and anger boil together inside her. She was without her glasses again because of that stupid Rei, and now she couldn't get them back. She was practically blind without them.
Zatsune shoved her way through the usual hallway crowd. As she struggled towards her locker she noticed Lenka a few feet ahead. The blond was clinging closely to the lockers, and seemed to be having trouble getting through all the people.
"Morning, Lenka! Need some help?" Lenka glanced back at her, and that's when Zatsune saw that her glasses were missing. The blond girl's eyes were full of tears, and her cheek still had red marks on it. "What happened?" Zatsune asked as she grabbed Lenka's wrist.
"I-I don't-" Lenka was struggling to control herself. She was confused by all the people and felt so completely lost, like a little kid when they're separated from their parents in the store.
"It's okay. Do you need help getting to your locker?" Lenka nodded miserably. "Okay, I'll lead you there." Lenka stuttered out her thanks as Zatsune dragged her down the hall.
When the two girls got to first period, Zatsune managed to calm Lenka down some. The black-haired girl's hands curled into fists as her friend quietly explained what had happened.
"Do you have an extra pair with you?" she asked. Lenka shook her head.
"I have an extra pair at home, but none with me."
"Can someone take you home or go pick them up for you?"
"The only person who could do that is Rinto. I don't know what class he has right now." Zatsune tilted her head.
"Rinto?"
"He's my brother," Lenka said.
"Oh. I didn't know you had a brother."
Rei walked into first period and noticed the two girls talking. He remembered the promise he had made to Zatsune and headed towards them.
"Hey, Lenka-" Zatsune looked up.
"Rei, don't-"
"Rei's here?" Lenka turned and saw a person that she assumed was the black-haired boy walking towards her. He stopped next to her desk.
"Look, I'm sorry for what I did yesterday. It was childish and-" He stopped talking when he noticed the look on her face. The blond looked down at her hands and clasped them tightly together.
"Please, leave." Her voice was cold. Rei stared at her in confusion.
"Lenka, I-"
"Don't," Zatsune muttered. He looked at her. Just go, his friend mouthed. Rei's eyes flicked from one girl to the other, then he finally turned and left.
"Is he gone?" Lenka asked.
"Yeah."
It's all his fault, Lenka thought. If he had just left me alone, this wouldn't have happened.
"I can help you this period, then we can go find Rinto after class. Does that sound okay to you?" Zatsune said. Lenka nodded.
"Yeah. Thanks, Zatsune." The black-haired girl smiled.
"Don't mention it. I told you yesterday that I'm here for you." The bell rang, and was closely followed by the teacher entering the room. Lenka glanced over at Zatsune as people hurried to their seats. She was lucky to have someone who was willing to look out for her, no matter what.
Rei kept looking over at Lenka throughout the class. He couldn't stop thinking about how she had acted, how angry she had been. Was she still fuming over yesterday? Neru glanced over and frowned. She had seen Rei talking to Zatsune and Lenka just before class began, and now he was staring at the other blond. She clicked her nails on her desk and twisted her mouth. She had seen what had happened yesterday when that girl kissed Rei. That nasty little girl. She was going to have to talk to Lenka again after class.
Near the end of class, Zatsune asked the teacher if he could pull up Rinto's schedule on the computer and tell them where he was going to be next period. After the bell rang, she and Lenka quickly left to go find Rinto. Neru followed after them. She noticed how Zatsune was holding one of Lenka's wrists tightly, and wondered once again if the black-haired girl was into girls. She saw them slip inside a classroom, then come out a minute later with a blond guy with them. Zatsune waved good-bye as she left, and the two blonds hurried down the hall. Neru followed a few feet behind. She saw that this guy was holding one of Lenka's hands as they walked and frowned. Was he Lenka's boyfriend or something? The two stopped and he quickly whispered something to her. She whispered back angrily, but it seemed that he had won. They stopped again outside the bathrooms, and Lenka stayed in the hall while the boy slipped inside. Neru smiled. Now or never.
"Hey!" Lenka jerked at the voice. She turned, her face pale, towards Neru.
"What do you want?" Neru got right up in Lenka's face, forcing her to take a step back.
"So, having a boyfriend isn't enough for you? Do you have to steal everyone else's?" Neru asked.
"What?" Lenka blinked in confusion. "I wasn't trying to steal anyone-"
"Liar!" Neru shoved Lenka, slamming her back into the wall. "I told you to stay away from Rei!"
"I haven't done anything to Rei!" Lenka snapped back.
"I saw what you did yesterday-"
"He told me to!" Neru made a low noise in her throat.
"Liar. He would never do something like that. He knows he's mine." Lenka couldn't resist rolling her eyes.
"Listen, you possessive psycho, I only kissed Rei because it was the only way to get my glasses back. He told me I had to!"
"He would never-" Neru was suddenly shoved to the ground. Rinto stood over her, glaring down at her.
"Stay away from my sister!"
Sister? Neru thought. She got to her feet. She looked from Rinto to Lenka, then back again. "I hope you know your sister's a whore who hangs out with a freaking lesbian. I hope you know that nobody will want anything to do with any of you once they find out," she growled. Lenka jerked while Rinto's eyes narrowed.
"You're the only whore I see here," he said. Neru frowned, then just shrugged.
"I don't care what you think, and neither will anyone else." She turned and left. Rinto looked at Lenka and saw that she was scared.
"Hey, ignore her-"
"That was a threat, Rinto," Lenka said. "You know how rumors are. They spread and spread, and nothing can put them out." Rinto shook his head.
"You're giving her too much power. She can't do anything to you."
"Remember what happened at the last school?" Lenka looked up at him, her eyes wide. Rinto frowned. He remembered very well. Someone had started a rumor about them, and it had spread and mutated until they had been forced to leave. Now here they were, and someone was threatening to do it again. He sighed and took Lenka's hand in his own.
"Come on. Let's go home."
The car was eerily quiet while Rinto drove. Lenka finally broke the silence.
"I think when she said lesbian... she was referring to Zatsune. That's the only girl I've been talking to." Rinto kept his eyes on the road.
"Is she really-"
"No, not as far as I can tell." Lenka pulled on the end of her ponytail. "She's the only person who's been nice to me since we got here. I would hate to screw everything up for her."
"Don't worry about it. Everything will be fine." Lenka let out a sigh. "Why is that girl so mad at you?" She looked over at Rinto.
"Do you remember that boy I kissed yesterday?" He nodded. "That's her boyfriend." Rinto winced.
"Catfight in the making," he said. Lenka nodded.
"He's just a jerk. He needs to stay away."
Rei set his lunch tray down on the table and sat down next to his black-haired friend.
"Hey, Zatsune, where's Lenka?" She looked at him and frowned.
"Lenka left with Rinto earlier." He blinked.
"Rinto?"
"Her brother," Zatsune explained.
"Oh. Why was she so mad in first period?"
"Cause your girlfriend blew up at her."
"What?" Zatsune took a deep breath.
"Didn't you notice Lenka wasn't wearing glasses?" Rei tilted his head and thought.
"I thought maybe she was wearing contacts or something." Zatsune shook her head.
"No, Neru broke Lenka's glasses before school. She also hit her and told her to stay away from you." Rei frowned. He looked down at the tray as he thought over what Zatsune had said. He suddenly stood up.
"Keep an eye on my tray for me," he said. Zatsune didn't reply, she just watched Rei as he walked off and headed for Neru's table. The blond girl was talking to some red-headed girl and laughing.
"Can you believe anyone would even want to touch her? I guess that's brotherly love for you."
"Neru."
"Hm?" She looked up at Rei and smiled. "Hey, Rei! Have a seat." She motioned for the red-headed girl to move.
"Can we talk somewhere private?" Neru looked up at him and frowned.
"What do you want to talk about?" He just jerked his head towards the door. Neru sighed. "Fine. Save my seat."
She got up and followed him out of the lunchroom. Once they were in the hallway, she asked him again.
"What is it?" He turned and looked at her.
"Did you do something to Lenka this morning?" Neru jerked back.
"What? Who?"
"You know full well who I'm talking about. Did you break her glasses this morning?"
"What is it to you? You stole them yesterday." Rei's eyes narrowed.
"I was just messing with her. I didn't break them." Neru shrugged.
"I guess she just 'messed' with you, too."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"She was being a whore yesterday, Rei. Who knows how many guys she kissed over the years." Rei gritted his teeth.
"I told her to." For a second Neru looked surprised at hearing what Lenka had said come out of Rei's mouth. Then she just shrugged again.
"... I understand it now." Rei raised an eyebrow.
"Understand what?"
"Understand you. Think about it. She's blond, like me. She wears her hair in a ponytail, like me. Face it, Rei, she's just a watered-down version of me. That's why you did it." Rei blinked as she laughed. "Of course, she's rather 'underdeveloped' compared to me." He frowned, then annoyance spread across his face. "Oh come on, Rei, don't pretend like you didn't notice."
"I did not check out the new girl's chest," he growled.
"Of course you didn't. There's nothing to look at," Neru said. Rei's eyes darkened with anger.
"You're wrong about me. And I have been wrong about you for a long time. You're nothing but a dog." Neru made a small noise as her face went red. "If this is the real way you act, then I think I don't want you anymore."
"Oh, come on, Rei! Don't be so stupid! She's just some stupid girl." Rei shook his head.
"Zatsune has been right about you all along," he said. Neru's eyes flooded with anger.
"Fine! If you'd rather listen to your lezzy friend and go chasing after shrimp, be my guest! Don't come crying to me when you're not happy!" Neru turned and slammed the door open. Rei watched her leave. He walked in a few seconds later and made his way to Zatsune's table. She looked up at him with a question in her eyes.
"I dumped her," Rei said as he sat down.
"Yes! Go you!" Zatsune said as she held up her hand. Rei smiled as he gave her a high five. He had never seen Zatsune's face light up so fast.
"I want to tell Lenka that I'm sorry for everything, " he said. She nodded. "I can drive you over to her house after school, if you want."
"Here we are, the Kagamine house." Zatsune looked over at Rei. "Do you want me to come in with you? Keep her from chopping you into little bits?" Rei swallowed. Zatsune had this way of saying things that was really unnerving.
"Um, no thank you. Do you think she's still mad?"
"Probably," Zatsune chirped. "Here, take this." Rei blinked as she handed him a plastic container.
"What's this?"
"Cookies. Use them as a peace offering." He raised an eyebrow.
"Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously! Now get going!"
Rei got out of the car and walked up the steps. He hesitated at the front door, then rang the doorbell. The door opened a few moments later.
"Who are you?" Rinto asked. Rei swallowed again.
"Rei Kagene. Can I speak to Lenka?" Rinto tilted his head.
"What do you want sis for?"
Sis? Rei thought. This is her brother?
"I just need to talk to her about some stuff. Can I please-"
"Wait a sec." Rinto frowned. "Rei? Aren't you that Neru girl's boyfriend?"
"Well, I was-"
The door slammed in his face. Rei stared at the door for a second, then turned to leave. He stopped as he noticed Zatsune getting out of the car.
"He doesn't want me to talk to her-"
"No dip, Sherlock," Zatsune said as she grabbed Rei's wrist and led him around the house. The black-haired girl let him go and started searching the ground near the house.
"What are you-" Rei stopped as Zatsune took a step back and threw a pebble at one of the windows on the second floor. She did this twice more before the curtains pulled back and the window opened. Lenka leaned out the window.
"What are you doing here?" she called down.
"Rei wants to talk to you. Can he come up?" Lenka looked at Rei and frowned.
"I've got nothing to say to him." Zatsune started to reply, but Rei beat her to it.
"I have cookies!" he yelled as he held up the container. Zatsune laughed as Lenka gave him a look that said she wasn't amused.
"If I wanted cookies I'd go make some," she said.
"But these are already made. All you have to do is listen to me for a minute." Lenka tapped her nails on the windowsill slowly.
"Fine then. Go to the front door."
Rei and Zatsune walked back around the house and up to the door. Lenka opened it and let them in. She introduced Zatsune to Rinto, then caught Rei's eye and jerked her head towards the stairs. He followed her upstairs to her room.
"You wanted to talk, so talk," she said as she closed the window.
"I see that you got another pair of glasses," Rei said awkwardly. Lenka gave him a glare.
"No thanks to your girlfriend," she snarled.
"I'm not with Neru anymore."
"Eh?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Zatsune told me what happened, and I've had enough. I broke up with her." Lenka shrugged.
"So what? Did you come over here just to inform me of your new relationship status?"
"No, I came over here to say I'm sorry. For what I did and for what Neru did. I never wanted you to be embarrassed or hurt." Lenka shrugged again as she sat down on her bed.
"It's not gonna fix a single thing," she muttered as she pulled her bag over to her.
"What are you talking about?"
"Do you know why we moved here? Me and Rinto?" Rei shook his head. "Someone started a rumor at our old school that we were screwing each other."
Well, that was blunt.
"Were you...?"
"NO!" Lenka yelled. "Geez, what is with you and Rinto today?" Rei laughed as he sat down next to her.
"But you left that all behind." Lenka shook her head firmly.
"Neru said she thinks I'm just a whore and that Zatsune's a lesbian. She's gonna spread that to all her friends, and nobody will bother with the truth. It'll be just like the last place." Rei looked down at the floor.
"I won't let it be." Lenka looked at him. "No matter what Neru says, I'll make sure that everyone knows the real facts. I won't let that psycho chase you away."
"Why bother? I'm just some girl you barely know." Rei looked over and met her gaze.
"Zatsune is my friend, and I'm gonna stand up for her. If you're her friend, then I'll look out for you, too." Lenka looked down and studied her hands for a second.
"...That's sweet. Thanks." Rei smiled.
"Don't worry about it. So..." his voice trailed off.
"What?" Lenka asked. Rei gnawed on his lip for a few seconds as he thought.
"...Are you dating anybody?"
"WHAT?" Lenka jumped off the bed and put her hands on her hips. "Here I was thinking that you are a nice boy, and you go and start hitting on me?"
"It's just a question! No need to get so worked up." Lenka made a tch sound.
"I'm not going to go on a date with you, so don't bother even asking!" Rei fake-pouted at her. It was really hard to do, as he was fighting to keep from smiling at the look on her face.
"That's too bad. I think you're really cute, and would love to go out with you." Lenka blushed a deep red as she yanked him off the bed and dragged him to the door.
"Good bye, Rei!" She slammed the door behind him.
"Oh, come on! I was just joking!" Lenka gnawed on her lip for a few seconds, then slowly opened the door. "I think we started on the wrong foot, Lenka. Can we just start over?" Rei said. She nodded.
"Yeah, I think that would be best." Rei held out his hand to her.
"Hi, my name is Rei Kagene, and I think you're really cute." Lenka took the hand and shook it firmly, like they were adults at a business meeting.
"Hi, I'm Lenka Kagamine, and if you ever hit on me again I will cut your body into bits and cook you in an Easy-Bake oven."
AN - And so ends the extremely fluffy story. C:
Note - For those of you who don't know, an Easy-Bake oven is a little toy oven that children can use to bake cookies and brownies and other stuff that will give them diabetes. I think the ovens use a light bulb to bake the food, I'm not completely sure.
