(AN) I was having a real debate over whether to work on this story or the other one (in order to procrastinate on my homework) and just decided to do this one because... I don't know I just did. Just like I don't know why I decided to write this... Oh well, this is what ADHD does to me I guess. Also, I want to make something clear. No, I am not misjudging what a five year old is like. I've spent time with kids, I know what they're like. It's just that Rin is... special. And trust me, I've known kids like her. ANYWAYS! Story time!

VampireSiren: Yeah, because we all know that Laito is prettier than most girls! I have to say Ayato isn't very pleased with it no, no. But that's why I did it~

snowblackxx: I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT PUTTING -CHAN AFTER NEKO! But that sounds fun so I'll think about it. As for that... It's weird how I think Laito would be the best parent (you know, without the massive sex drive). But remember, Rin will not be little forever... Or maybe I'll have her be a 2 foot midget the rest of her life, I don't know... Well I do, but I can't tell you~ :3 I'll also try to please you if I can~

It was the first time in what felt like forever that she looked at herself.

She looked fairly pale, but compared to the boys she was darker. She had a round face that was framed by raven curls that fell to her midback. Her hair looked quite messy, but she didn't know what she could do to fix it since the left side of her head was puffed up a little more at her attempt to brush it.

Looking back at herself felt very foreign. It felt as though she weren't even familiar with the person looking back at her. But, she knew for a fact that she was looking in a mirror. That didn't change how odd it all felt. It didn't feel like her… Though, if she thought about it enough, it felt closer to looking at someone she knew a long time ago… Maybe.

And, she did like something about herself, her eyes. They were a pair of dark teal, dark enough that they are easily noticeable, but still light enough to clearly tell the color. She liked them very much, and thought they were almost as pretty as Laito's.

Though, she didn't know how she felt about the fact that the only clothes she could find were ones that seemed to be for a more...ladylike person. There were ball gowns, collar shirts, ties, slacks, black and blue skirts, and black shoes polished to the point that she could see herself in them.

In the end, she just settled for a knee high black and white dress with a small plaid pattern. The only reason she settled was because it was the only thing that didn't have frills, layers, or bright pink. She also like that it had a round skirt, so she could move more easily. As for shoes she just decided to go bare foot since every other pair was horribly uncomfortable.

So, taking a little twirl-happy with the spin of the skirt-she gave a little hop and walked over to the door. Taking a quick glance at the two handed clock hanging on her wall, she saw about twenty minutes had passed.

'He… Re… Reji-REIJI! Reiji said three hours, so I have… I have… A lot of time!' She thought with a happy grin, and dashed out her door.

Not even bothering to open the door she trailed down the fancily decorated hall and waited until she ran into someone. She had looked out her window and saw how high she was, meaning the building she was in was big, meaning there's a lot of room for people, meaning there should be more people… But, it seemed empty. Painfully empty...

She began to slightly remember the farthest her memories could take her. Somewhere that was cold and dark, and where she was left all alone. Despite having saw them not too long ago, she was suddenly worried that she'd somehow made them up, and that… And that she was really alone again… She… She didn't want to-

"Rin-chan~."

Her heart ceased to plummet, and she turned around-not fazed as to how he came out of nowhere-and smiled up at Laito.

"Laito~." She happily chirped up at him as he smiled down at her.

"No more 'Onee-chan?'"

She just shook her head-her smile having trouble going away. "Nope, 'cause Ayato was laughing at you." She said it as though it were a simply matter of fact.

Laito somehow just seemed amused by what she said, and he leaned down to her and reached out his hand to her.

She just blinked up at him as he grasped some of her hair in his hand. "If Reiji-kun sees your hair like this he won't be very happy."

She thought about it, and, with the image of Reiji in her head, thought about how she didn't want to make him upset. "I tried to brush it, but it only got worse."

To this, Laito's smile grew, and he got down to his knees-coming eye to eye with her. "Turn around."

"Ok." She said with no worry, and spun herself around.

As soon as she had her back to him she felt his hands grab at her hair, and she felt him moving it all around. She didn't know what he was doing, but she didn't really think much of it either. She was just enjoying the attention of another for the moment.

"Laito?"

"Yes~."

"How long until dinner?"

"In about two hours."

'Oh.' She thought happily. She had been quietly fantasizing about what could possibly be ready for dinner ever since it was first mentioned. She didn't quite know what different kinds of food there were, but she did feel a longing in her mouth and stomach.

"All done~." Laito's voice snapped her out of her blurry fantasies of food.

Then, she touched at the back at her head and felt a tight braid, and wondered how he did it with all the puff. Either way she appreciated it, and decided to look at it in a mirror as soon as she ran into one. She felt it from top to bottom, and there was no stray hair. It was perfectly done.

She turned around to a waiting Laito and gave him a big toothy smile. "Thank you, Laito~!"

"It was my pleasure, Rin-chan's hair is messy, but it's so soft~. How about I'll brush it for you later."

To this her teal eyes lit up, and she looked at him with admiration. "Really~?!"

"Yup~."

"Thank you so much, Laito~!" Then she lunged at him and gave him a large hug.

She decided out of all the boys she'd met, Laito was her favorite.

With her in his arms, Laito stood up and she giggled happily at the feeling of being picked up.

"Oh!" Remembering what she thought about while dressing she looked down at her carrier and gave him a hopeful look. "Laito, can I meet Kanato and Subaru?" She was curious to the rest of her new 'family.'

Laito gave her a thoughtful look. "I could show you where Kanato-kun is, and Subaru can be saved for later."

"Then I can meet Kanato?"

"You'll have to be careful, because Kanato is a difficult person."

She wasn't worried by the warning much, and it didn't help that Laito said it with a smile.

"I will! I will!" She declared proudly.

"Ok, I'll show you Kanato-kun, if…"

She tilted her head confused at him. "'If?'"

"If you call me 'Onii-chan'~."

Slightly confused to why that would be the condition, she didn't give a hesitation to smile at him happily and respond. "Ok, Onii-chan~."

Once again confused, she looked as a slight blush came to his face, but thought little of it since he still continued to smile. "Alright then, let's go meet Kanato-kun."

"Yay~!"

. . . . . . . . . . . .

"Here we go."

Feeling half sad that the piggyback ride was over, and half excited to meet a new person, she looked up and saw that they stood in front of a door that looked about every other door in the manor.

Laito went down on his knees to make it easier to jump off, and once she did she immediately went for the door and smiled up at it.

Before she could reach up to touch the knob, Laito already did it for her, and opened to the door wide to reveal a large room with a darkly soft feeling to it. She also saw a scatter of toys around a tea set in the middle of the room. What made her eyes light up was the sight of a small-compared to the others-boy sitting along with the toys.

He looked angrily at them both as they walked in, and held on tightly to the teddy bear wrapped in his arms. "Why did you disturb my tea party?" He sharply told them.

However, Laito just continued to smile. "Hello, Kanato-kun~. You missed meeting Rin-chan, so I brought her over~."

Kanato looked over at her with a sharp look, and she could tell from a mile away that he wasn't pleased.

Laito slightly gave her a push on her back to move forward, but he didn't need to because she was already moving to get closer-making sure not to step on any of the dolls or stuffed animals.

Kanato was giving her an unpleasant look, but, oddly, she couldn't help but see past it and just think he looked very very very very very very very very cute.

She smiled down at him and extended her hand. "Hi, my name is…" She paused for a moment, realizing she wasn't quite used to her name, and quickly tried to remember it. "Rin! What's yours?"

He just stared at her for a while with a dirty look. He looked at her up and down, as though trying to analyze her. "Why do I have to tell you?" He asked her with a low voice

She-Rin-actually paused and thought about the question seriously. Just when he looked ready to speak again, Rin finally came up with her answer. "...I actually don't know. Reiji and Laito already told me."

He gave her an odd look, but still continued to look impatient. "Then get out."

"But I wanted to meet you." She said, not really acknowledging his bitter look.

Which in turn made him more impatient. "Why? Why did you want to intrude on my tea party?"

She became confused. "I didn't-"

"But you did!"

"...I did didn't I?" She realized.

"Yes, you did!"

"I'm sorry."

"'Sorry'? Sorry is all you say?!"

"No, I said 'I'm sorry.' That's two words."

He gave her another odd look. Well, it was more as though he thought she were odd. "...I don't like you."

"Why?" She said, genuinely curious.

"Because you're weird."

"I am?"

"Yes."

"Oh. Well, I like you." She spoke with a smile.

"You don't even know me."

"I don't know a lot, but I like what I do."

"What do you even know?!"

"I know that you have purple hair and pretty eyes. I think they look nice~."

His eyes slightly widened at what she said, and she could see that, somehow, he seemed slightly pleased. "...You like my hair?"

"Yup! Very much!"

"I do to."

"You should it's pretty."

"...Teddy says you're weird."

'Teddy?... Oh! It's the bear in his arms!' "He did? Sorry I'm weird Te-"

"Don't talk to him like you know him!"

"Oh, sorry-"

"Stop saying 'sorry!' It's annoying!"

He spoke to her harshly, but she really did just think about what she should say next, as though it were a puzzle. "Hm... Oh! I won't talk to Teddy again, Kanato... What do you want me to call you?" She realized that Laito wanted to be called 'Onii-chan' and that Kanato might have a preference as well.

"Don't you know my name already?"

"Yeah, but do you want me to call you 'Kanato-kun', '-san', '-sama', or just your name?"

He seemed to actually think about it before answering. "... I don't care."

"Than I can call you 'Kanato-chan?'"

He scrunched up his face at the title... But he eventually just nodded. "Mmm."

"Ok! I won't talk to Teddy again, Kanato-chan."

"...Good."

"Kanato-chan?"

"Hm?" He actually began to look genuinely interested in her, now turning his body to give full focus to her.

"Is it ok if I can be your little sister?"

"Why would you want to be?" He tilted his head at her-making her think he's even cuter.

"Because I want a family."

"...Do you want a happy family?"

She paused for a moment, confused to what that meant. "'Happy?'"

"Because if you do, then you don't want this one. We all hate each other."

"Hm…" She thought about it. Reiji didn't look too happy about the others-especially Shuu for some reason. Ayato also seemed pretty mean to them. Something with them didn't feel right about them as soon as he looked at them. It was obvious to even her-five years old-that something about them was wrong. "Ok."

"'Ok?'"

She nodded happily. "Yup. I'm ok with that. As long as I have a family."

"Why?"

"Because it's better than being alone~!"

"...Hahaha! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

"...?" She could only stare at the laughing boy, not sure what she had done or said to have triggered his laughter.

"Hahahahaha-! Oi, why are you staring?" And once over again, he looked at her irritated.

"Cause I don't get the joke."

"It's not a joke, I just think what you said was funny."

"OOOOh!... I don't get it."

"You don't need to."

"Oh, then that's good!"

"...I like you better, but still not a lot." He said while giving her a look as though he were trying to figure her out.

But she remained oblivious, and only smiled down happily at the improvement. "Ok, I'll be fine with that! As long as I can talk to Kanato-chan~!" She was happy, she really was. She'd met another new person. More people meant less likeliness of being in the dark again, of being alone again, and of feeling that horrible cold she had what now felt so long ago. "Well," she finally concluded, "it was nice meeting you, Kanato-chan, but I have to go meet…" She trailed off, now realizing she'd forgotten the name…

She turned to face Laito with a tilted head. "Onii-chan, what was his name again?"

Laito looked pleased at her calling him that, and smiled at her. "'Subaru.'"

With a smile, she turned back to Kanato. "Yeah, him."

To this, Kanato looked upset once again-she wondered why he flip-flopped so much. "I don't like him."

Her smile didn't waver in the least. "I know, you told me you hate all of them already." She said, not quite understanding what it meant to hate.

. . . . . . . . . . . .

"Sorry, Rin-chan~." Laito said without actually sounding sorry.

Rin pouted up at him as he looked at his phone. "Why do you have to go?"

Laito snapped his phone and looked down at her with his lips curling the same way when he smiled, but his eyes-in a way she couldn't understanded-somehow seemed different. A finger went up to his lips and a secretive sort of way as he gave her a little wink. "Something I might tell you about when you're older, Rin-chan~."

She blinked up at him not quite knowing what his tone meant, and even gave him a slight tilt of her head.

"Besides, Subaru shouldn't be too far." He looked forward, and Rin followed his gaze to the entrance of the rose garden. "This is his favorite place to be, so he'll come as soon as he notices someone else in his territory."

At that phrasing, Rin felt a little excited. Somehow, she began picturing a big dog with snarling teeth and messy hair. Oddly, all she wanted to do was pet it.

"Well, bye bye, Rin-chan~."

Rin turned around to say her farewells, but saw that Laito was already gone. She blinked at the empty space, and felt a little sad at the loneliness again.

Then, she just turned back and began to walk down to path, hoping she'd find 'Subaru' soon.

Somehow, just the thought of being left alone for too long made her terrified that she'd be left all alone again in that horrible pit of black.

(AN) AAHHHHHHHHHH! I DON'T KNOW IF I DID KANATO RIGHT!... Anyways~. Please Review :)