Rin wept bitterly for hours on end, so much so that she had to flip her soggy pillow over. She had never felt so sick in all her life. She was sick of pretending, sick of knowing things she wasn't supposed to know, sick of acting as though everything was fine between her and Len. She knew what steamy things Len got up to in private with Miku or Neru when he simply said they were singing. She knew what catty things Len said about her in private to the other Vocaloid boys. She knew that she hated being with him. She never wanted to see him again, that was one thing. So then, why was she crying? Most of all, she hated herself for being upset at this.
"Rin...Rin-chan?" A tearful voice came at the door. Not her brother, not Rinto. The sweet, timid voice behind the door belonged to Kagamine Lenka herself-the one person Rin wanted to see more than ever. "C-can I come in?"
"Y-yes...yes, of course..." She muttered back, wiping her face on her arm. Lenka pushed the handle down and crept in, tactfully closing the door behind her. She sat next to Rin and hugged her silently.
"I hate him." Rin said bitterly. "I hate him and all the rest of them for not understanding." Lenka already knew who she was talking about.
"And...I hate Rinto...so we're agreed boys are a waste of time..." Lenka sniffled, rubbing her cheek on Rin's blonde hair. Rin let out another sob. "They're awful! I hate them! Especially Le-" She broke down again, unable to say his name. Lenka hugged Rin tighter and cried with her for a while, both of them incapable of saying anything.
When Rin had calmed down a little, she wiped her eyes again and looked tearfully up at Lenka. "I don't...even want to talk about it...I just want to forget about it." The older Kagamine nodded solemnly. "Me too..." She swallowed nervously. "Um...i-if you want...I have an idea...to help us both forget..." Rin frowned a little. "Huh?"
"W-well...can I show you what I mean?" She blushed and swallowed again. When Rin nodded, she smiled nervously. "Th-then...close your eyes, Rin-chan..." Rin obediently shut her eyes, squeezing them as tight as she could. Lenka took a deep, fearful breath. Then, very gently, she pressed her trembling lips against Rin's.
Rin let out a tiny gasp. She turned her head away, her whole face becoming bright red. She shivered and traced her fingers over her lips, the lips that had previously only belonged to Len. What was this feeling? Whenever she had kissed Len, it had simply been ordinary...yet now, she felt as though fireworks were going off in her head. She looked back at Lenka.
Lenka was going bright red too, her face and neck a deep shade of magenta. "G-gomene...Rin-chan...if...you don't want..." She stood up and bowed apologetically. Rin shook her head quickly and grabbed Lenka's hand, pulling her back down beside her. She seemed to have lost all self control and was now acting on instinct. "I...I do want..." She murmured, looking down at her own feet.
Locking eyes slowly, Lenka squeezed Rin's hand. There seemed to be an unspoken epiphany between them both. All this time...and they had never realised...that the ones they wanted most were right in front of them. Rin closed her large blue eyes again. Lenka took this as a signal and chuckled slightly, before tilting Rin's chin up with a finger and kissing her again.
Zing! There they were again! The fireworks! Rin shuddered with shock and took Lenka's other hand. She had never thought something as simple as a kiss could feel so strange, so special. Feeling Lenka pushing gently, she copied her movements and deepened the kiss, snaking one arm around her neck. "L-Lenka..." Rin whimpered into the kiss. Lenka responded by running her tongue tentatively across Rin's bottom lip, carrying another unspoken question. The younger Kagamine obediently opened her lips slightly, and all of a sudden the kiss became a lot heatier than she had expected. Their tongues battled for dominance and, not to Rin's surprise, Lenka won. She slid her tongue delicately between Rin's lips and teasingly began to pull her closer in her arms, taking her inspiration from the fan fictions and manga she had read for precisely this reason.
Rin whined. How was Lenka so good at this? And why had Len never attempted this? She didn't know and, honestly, she didn't care. All that mattered was Lenka, and Lenka's lips on hers. They were floating in their own world, Rin's arms around Lenka's neck, holding her close, their lips mirroring each other.
They seemed to lose track of time there, sat on Rin's bed, entwined in each other's arms. Perhaps it had been hours, minutes, seconds, they didn't know. Time seemed to slow down.
The kiss eventually broke, and Lenka wrapped her arms gently around Rin's shaking form.
"Rin-chan?"
"Y...yes?"
"...am I allowed to call you my girlfriend now?"
"...maybe."
