A/N: A lot of thanks to Clavemien Nigram Rosa: You're my first reviewer! (Althought I'm sure you knew that) Seriously though, thank you for telling me to update! I nearly died of happiness when I found out I had a review :D Here a cookie! *Waves cookie in the air for Clavemien Nigram Rosa*

DISCLAIMER: Since... Since I already died inside the first time I said this, I... I guess it'll be alright to say it again? I do not own Vocaloid. BOOM! Ahh... It wasn't alright. (That was my heart exploding... I think...?)

Five years ago, Kagamine Rin would have sped down the palace steps, giggling childishly the mintue news of the arrival of her beloved reached her ears. But, that was in the past now. Rin had been raised not only as a lady and a princess, but also the sole succesor to a throne and a king for her people. She would not indulge in such unsightly behaviour. True, she kept some of her old spunk and mischeviousness, but Rin was a changed person. She no longer had no worries in the world; instead, the weight of her family name rested upon her.

Slowly, Rin descended the stairs, carefully hiding her anticipation just in case that "Kagene Len" was not the "Kagene Len" she used to know. Who knows? There might very well be another with the same name existing in the world. She would embarrass herself by charging on childishly.

'Ah, Rin-chan!' Gumi called, waving frantically at the bottom of the stairs. Gumi had excused herself while Rin was preparing herself to meet Len. Rin smiled warmly at Gumi even though she felt slightly exasperated at the older girl's silly waving.

'Gumi,' Rin chided affectionately, 'Don't wave so wildly. Is Len here?'

'Yes! He's, um, waiting at the Lounge, I think.'

'Is he?' Rin stopped walking and took a moment to steady herself, firmly lidding the excited little girl inside of her, and added, 'Tell me, Gumi- Does this Len have blue eyes and blonde hair?'

'Why, yes, Rin-chan. How... How did you know?'

Rin couldn't help but beam brightly, now utterly convinced that her new suitor was really her Len. 'I jsut know Gumi. C'mon, let's go!' Rin picked up her skirts and rushed towards the Lounge as fast as she could while still walking. Behind her, the green-eyed maid shook her head, smiling, 'I wonder what's gotten into Rin-chan.'

Rin slowed herself significantly as she entered the Lounge, spotting the boy on the couch almost immediately. She was unable to keep the wide beam off her face, and she finally succumbed to her childish desires. Because, the moment Rin set eyes on him, she knew. She just knew that that boy in front of her in his neat black suit and boots was the Kagene Len that she used to know, in all his blonde-haired, blue-eyed glory. Unable to restrain herself any furthur, Rin jumped right into his arms, startling the boy.

'Len! You came back!'

The boy, Kagene Len, pushed back from Rin's hug abruptly, an obviously surprised look on his face. His next words chilled Rin and maybe, just maybe, even broke her heart a little.

'I'm sorry, but... Have we met before?'

~.~

'A-Ano... Rin-chan?'

Megpoid Gumi cautiously peeked into her mistress and friend's room. Rin had been sulking on her bed for the past half hour and Gumi was worried about the petite blonde. After meeting her fiancee, Rin had excused herself as early as possible and stalked right into her room, the slam of the door echoing thoughout the palace. For the next thirty minutes, Rin had spent her time fuming mad and screaming her voice hoarse at anybody whom dared disturb her tantrum. Anybody that is, except for Gumi. The younger girl had allowed only Gumi into her room and even then only until the dessing table.

Gumi had wondered if something had gone wrong during the meeting. Maybe Rin didn't like her new suitor? Or maybe Rin's father had done something to annoy the fiesty girl again. If it was neither of those... Gumi frowned a bit as the last possiblity crossed her mind, but she quickly dismissed it. The king would not demand that of Rin just when a new suitor had been found.

'... You can come in, Gumi.'

The green-haired maid breathed a sigh of relief as she trotted into Rin's bedroom and stood at the very edge of the dressing table. 'Um... Dinner is ready, Rin-chan. The king asked me to get you to, uh, come out of your room and go to get your food.'

'...'

'Please... Please come out, Rin-chan.'

Please come down?

Everything reminded her of him now. Rin bit her lip and forced herself to answer in a mock casual voice, 'Sure. Ah, could you wait for a bit, Gumi? I'll get ready by myself. Be out in ten mintues.'

'Yes, Rin-chan.'

There was a shuffling noise -Rin had to smile despite the ringing pain in her heart when she remembered how hard Gumi had tried to stop her bad habit of dragging her feet across the floor- and the soft closing of the door before silence and Rin knew she was alone.

Alone.

Alone.

Alone.

Len had saved her from that, that painful nothingness. Rin had been alone once, and Len's beautiful smile had saved her from that. And then he had promised to never forget about her, and to come back to her side, and that she would forever be the only one in his heart. Were those all lies? Or were they meant as truth?

Either way, those promises were already broken.

~.~

'I'm sorry, but... Have we met before?' Such a simple enquiry, and yet it broke her heart. Shattered it and stomped on the fallen pieces, really.

'Y-Yeah, of course, Len!' Rin had exclaimed, forcing a wide, desperate smile onto her face. 'Of course we've met. Silly Len! Don't you remember?'

'... I'm sorry, but... I don't recall ever having seen you before.' It was then that panic had started to build, and that panic had soon gave way to hysteria. Wild, desperate, screaming hysteria that had clawed at Rin and had threathened to tear her apart.

'Of course you remember, Len!' Rin had said, her voice rising alarmingly, 'Of course you remember. You have to remember! Do you? I'm Kagamine Rin, I used to be your childhood friend until you moved away. Don't you remember me? Don't you remember our promise?' If this was five years before, Rin would have already started crying and shedding tears, but this Rin of five years later shed no tears. Instead, she forced back those glistening beads and clenched her fists.

'You... You really don't... Remember...' Rin had whispered, disbelief shining in her wide cerulean eyes. Len had shaken his head with an apologectic smile, 'No, I'm sorry. I really don't remember you. Maybe you mistook me for someone else?'

'Ah, yes. I must have mistook you for someone else, I'm sorry.'

~.~

Rin smiled bitterly as she relived those moments. She had no doubt in her mind that this was the same Len she knew as a child. What pained her and puzzled her to no end was the fact that Len had truly forgotten her, despite all his promises and his reassurences.

'R-Rin-chan, are you coming out soon?'

'Ah! I'm sorry Gumi, give me a minute.'

No, it didn't matter. If Len had truly forgotten her, then she would make him remember. Rin would definitely make him remember her and then maybe, maybe, she might be the one to prove her existance before the deadline her father had ordered for Rinto to return was up. Rin's fist clenched at the thought of Rinto.No, she would definitely make him remember everything, she ahd to make him remember everything, and then he would take her away and they would live together happily forever. Rin knew that the old flames of love she had felt for the nearly-identical blonde boy had not died down completely and now, at the mere sight of him, those flames had risen once again and that old love came back, stronger than ever.

Rin slipped off her bed and padded to the door of her room. She took a moment to steady her features and released a big smile, for herself if not for anyone else. 'I'm ready, Gumi!' Rin called lightly, surprising the jade-eyed girl outside her door. Rin laughed as Gumi jumped slightly, before adding, 'Ne, Gumi, what's for dinner?'

'Um... I'm not acutally very sure, Rin-chan.'

'Mm... Let's go and find out, then!' Rin cheered, and grabbed Gumi by the arm, racing down the stairs now that there were no more visitors to be polite and formal in front of.

She would make Len remember everything, absolutely everything. Everything, that is, as long as he continued to stay by her side.

Rin didn't know what she would do if Len fell in love with someone else.

.

..

...Of course he would fall in love with someone else.