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anywho, sorry for the chapter being late. i wrote the chapter, but my computer crashed and i had to rewrite the thing all over again. i hate when that happens...so i apologize if this chapter is either shitty, or has mistakes. once again, balls out writing. either way though, i dedicate this to the people who actually read it and reviewed. -thank you.

Rin gradually woke up by the pouring rays of the sun that seeped through her blinds through the window. Reaching for her phone she took a look at the time. It was seven exact. "Sad..." she yawned. Slowly propping herself up, she decided to take in the warmth and soak up the bleeding sun.

She smiled to herself seeing the white clouds rolling on with their life. She was lucky to have a beautiful skyline abound to her to look at. But she always thought the clouds were the lucky ones. They had no problems. Sighing she got up from her bed. It was time for her to get ready, hopefully nobody was in the bathroom at the moment.

Crossing the hallway with effortless steps, she found the bathroom door closed. She groaned, but either-way knocked on it to see who it was. "Hello?" she called aloud. "Yes?" A melodic voice questioned back, though it sounded muffled through the door. In an instant, Rin knew it was Miku. "Damn..."

Miku tends to take the longest in the bathroom so Rin hates it when she beats her there. That's the reason why Neru wakes up really early to take a shower and get ready. 'Damn it, I only take ten minutes when I'm first.' Rin thought bitterly, crossing her arms.

Seeing she would take awhile, she walked down the hall towards Lily's room. She was the only one who had a bathroom in her room, and lucky her. Rin didn't bother to knock, because she knew that Lily didn't really care. Plus Lily was just too used to her barging though the door anyway.

Stepping into the room, Rin spotted her already in the bathroom combing her hair and fixing up.

"Hey, kiddo." Lily greeted with a smile, putting her comb down. Rin only gave her a peace sign in return. Going towards the sink, she grabbed her toothbrush from the holder. She always kept an extra in Lily's room for times like these. Taking the toothpaste and squeezing it, Rin sighed. She turned on the faucet to dip the brush in water before putting it in her mouth.

"Hey..." She mumbled to Lily with suds flowing through her mouth.

"Miku beat you to the bathroom again?" Lily asked, now fixing her long bangs. Rin simply nodded. She didn't want to admit it, but she was sometimes embarrassed in using Lily's bathroom. The reason was because she always felt like she was raiding personal space, and that alone didn't feel good. A look must have showed on her face because Lily put a hand to her shoulder.

"I told you it's fine that you come here anytime," The touch almost made Rin feel a bit better. She then spit the paste into the sink. "I know," Lily laughed a bit, and handed her a cup to gargle. "Here. Anywho, you have to help me later today okay?"

Rin gave her a confused look. "Help you what?" Lily proceeded to pat her on the head. "You'll see, dear sister. You'll see. Ohh, and here's your bow. I forgot to give it to you yesterday because you were in your room the whole day." Lily handed the thing to her.

"Thanks." Rin replied, taking the smooth ribbon to her hands. She took a quick glance at the mirror. Now that she looked at it she and Lily have a very strong resemblance to each other. The only difference she could make out was that she was older and had longer hair.

But now really thinking about it, she realized there was more to it than just that. Lily looked more mature, more sophisticated, beautiful effortlessly. When Rin looked at herself all she saw was a not so pretty girl. Just average. But then again, those was her thoughts.

"I look like shit..." She said, more to herself than out loud. Lily eyed her by the side for a second. "It's because you didn't fix yourself yet." Rin just frowned. "Yeah, but either way. I think I look like shit."

Lily sighed, finally understanding what she meant. She grabbed the comb and pulled Rin so that she was in front of her. "What are you doing?" She just stayed silent for a moment, combing through Rin's pretty locks. With no answer, Rin asked again. "Seriously, what are you doing?"

Sighing a bit, Lily finally gave in. "I'm obviously combing your hair, Rin."

It was Rin's turn to sigh, as she couldn't do anything as she just stared at the mirror, watching Lily combing her hair. 'Mirror, mirror, can you even picture me at all...?' she thought sadly. Ironic how her last name had the very thing she was looking at. She almost hated it.

"Rin, you may think you're not pretty but you really are." Lily told, while combing. Once it was tangle-free she took the bow from Rin's hands, then tied it a top her head. "Take a good look at yourself in the mirror. You're fabulous Rin. Trust me." It freaked Rin out a bit that Lily sort of just read her mind, but nonetheless she just sighed again.

"How so? Compared to you Miku, and Neru. You guys are fabulous. Everyone adores you guys. I'm just..." Rin was cut off when Lily continued her point.

"Rin you're oblivious about it, but a lot of guys think you're hot and they hit on you. And some girls envy you. The only reason why the guys don't make a move is because you act to much like them, and the girls love you too much." Lily then took some black hair clips from a drawer, and tucked them to Rin's bangs. "Trust me, Rin. You're-"

It was Lily's turn to get cut off. "Awesome? Of course. I don't care whether or not I'm pretty, Lily. I know that all of you guys are great. You don't have to tell me twice. Hell, I don't even care if I have looks or not. I'm just too much of a genius. So it's okay sis, you really don't have to tell me." Rin shot, sticking her tongue out. Honestly she didn't care.

Lily gave her a weird look, but got what she meant. She had to restrain herself from not ruffling Rin's hair and ruining the work she did on it. "Ohh, you." Rin flashed a grin. "I'll get ready now. Ohh, and by the way...did you cook breakfast today?"

"Nope. Why? Did you want something today?" Lily replied, heading back towards the room. Rin shook her head. "Nahh, it's cool. I think I might just have cereal, or an orange again."

"Okay hun, but let me know next time. Alright?" Rin nodded, and with that headed to her room to change. Going through her clothes she pick out her outfit once more. She decided to go simple. Today it was a pair of dark skinny jeans, a white v-neck and a black Juicy Couture hoodie.

She smiled to herself, she actually felt better this morning. Maybe it was because she didn't have any true problems to deal with. Eventually being satisfied, she headed downstairs. Once hitting the kitchen Rin instantly smelled syrup in the air. When she really looked, she saw Lily preparing waffles and Neru already eating some.

"Waffles, Lily?" Rin asked with an eyebrow raised. Once again she took her usual seat across Neru. Lily nodded, getting another plate. "Yeah. I didn't have time to took what you guys wanted, but I decided to toast some waffles for you guys." Then and there two waffles just popped out the toaster. Putting them on the plate, Lily then put it on the table in-front of Rin.

"Eat up, kids. We have a day ahead of us." Lily lectured, she then went by the toaster again to make waffles for Miku.

"Ohh, here." Neru chirped, forgetting she had the butter. She slid the small tub to Rin, then handed her the butter knife. "Thanks Neru." Rin replied, grabbing the syrup that was already next to her. It was then Miku came in with a 'tra la la'. That was no longer unusual as it was now customary for her to do that every time she entered a room.

"Morning Miku," The three other girls said in unison.

"Morning to you as well, my beautiful family!" And there goes that bright smile. It almost made Rin and Neru grit their teeth. Lily came over and gave Miku her own set of waffles. She then sat down with all her younger sisters. "So what's up you guys?" she started the morning conversation.

"Nothing much." Neru replied, almost finishing her first waffle. Rin nodded as well. Miku on the other hand was to busy looking at a piece of paper as she ate. It was silent a bit after that. Awkward silence.

Rin was about to say something just to break it, but Miku spoke up. "Lily-Onee, can you fix my right pigtail? I can never seem to get it." Rin slowly formed a smile. 'Good. She broke it for me.'

"Okay scoot over here then." Miku nodded and did what she was told. Lily slid the hair band out of Miku's hair, and started redoing it. It almost was cute as Miku nibbled on her food while looking at her paper. It was like she was a cute child again.

Until the moment was ruined when she decided to opened her mouth to speak. "So I was really thinking of writing a song about Cinderella and Juliet. So I did, but I don't know what to call it yet..."

After that all her words just blurred to Rin. 'I stand corrected on how I felt better. Now my morning is ruined. Again.' Her eye twitched and her teeth started to grind inside her jaw. It made Neru almost choke on her water. 'Miku, maybe shouldn't have opened your mouth.' she thought.

"So this is what I got so far. It really isn't much." Miku continued happily, without even realizing Rin's or Neru's tension around her. She took a deep breath then released her pretty vocals. "Watashi no koi wo higeki no Juliet ni shinaide, koko kara tsuredashite...sonna kibun yo."

Her voice rang and zoomed like an echo through the room. It almost calmed the atmosphere because of it's beauty, but Rin just cringed at the lyrics. Sure, Miku may have a voice but she was annoyed how she was still using Juliet and love in the same sentence.

Rin already gagged of thinking about putting Cinderella and Juliet in a song. It almost made her throw her food at everyone. If she had the choice of hearing that verse, or hearing nails being scratched on a chalkboard she would have chosen the latter.

"That was great Miku." Lily finally smiled, clapping a little. "Yeah, that was...good." Neru continued, a small smile forming on her mouth too. Then all eyes darted to look at Rin, and she felt as if she was being interrogated. Miku even already gave a broken smile to her, as she was already expecting a bad comment.

Rin gulped. She really was going to continue her rant, but the look Miku gave her...well she didn't want to break her pride just yet. It wasn't fair. She'll just save her rants for school. So she bit back her tongue, and gave her calm reply. "I thought it was...pretty good, Miku. Though, I must say you should write about something else."

To say the least, everyone was shocked at her reply. Miku's smile turned into something more cheerful. "Thanks Rin! It means a lot coming from you. Well, anyways...I need more of a story behind it. Hopefully someone will give me a bit of inspiration."

'And there she goes again. Now she won't shut up...again.' Rin thought with a sigh. She then started to pick at her nails to kill time. 'I should be a murderer for doing so. See? I am a genius with my words. My words flow like ink.'

"Hey, does anyone know the formula for potassium cyanide?" Neru asked shattering everyone's thought process, while taking a look at her chemistry homework. She was always the one doing homework last minute.

"KCN." Lily and Rin stated knowingly together. Miku just giggled at the timing. It was perfect. "Thanks," Neru bowed a bit, writing it down on the paper. After giving it a thought, Neru turned to look at Lily. "Hmmm, hey Lily?"

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering, can you give us a ride today?" Lily gave her a skeptical look, but sighed. "Alright, fine. You're lucky that I'm in a good mood. And you're also lucky that I'm busy today that I need to use the car." Neru grinned, satisfied. "Yes..." Rin and Miku gave her high-fives for her efforts.

Lily stood up, and fixed her shirt. "Alright then you guys, put your plates in the sink and we'll head off."

The girls nodded. In less than seven minutes everyone was already out the door, and Lily clicked the open the doors of the slick-black vehicle so they can all go in. "I call shotgun!" Rin called dashing to the Suzuki first. "Not fair, Rin! I asked Lily for the ride!" Neru shouted behind her.

"Too late, sweetheart! I got here first!" Rin winked with a smirk. Neru gave out an annoyed growl, but nonetheless she took a seat in the back along side Miku, who seemed quite content on where she is.

"Alright, off to school." Lily concluded, finally getting into the car. Less than a block of driving though, they spotted Miki and Teto walking. Rolling down the windows as the car slowed, Rin shouted at the two of them. "Oi, you two red-heads! Turn around." And so two heads turn.

"Rin!" Miki and Teto called at the same time, running over to the car.

"Hurry up and get in, before I get a ticket for stopping here." Lily called from the driver's seat. "I call the trunk!" Teto screamed, hopping to the very spot almost smashing Miku's and Neru's heads.

"I'll scoot to the middle so you have room, Miki." Miku moved over quietly like a mouse with no complaints. "Thanks," Miki smiled, taking her seat. "Alright, are we all in?" Lily double-checked, turning to look at the back seat. All the girls gave thumbs up. "Hai!"

"Alright. Be careful okay, Teto. And...we're off!" And with that, Lily stepped on the gas.

Dropping Miki off, once again the girls departed to their proper classrooms. And once again, the on going lectures never stop. Teachers talking non-stop about different things. 'Nevermind, I want to be a murderer. So I could kill time for lunch.' Rin could already see it happening.

Finally as time passes, or got killed...according to Rin, she finally found herself back in Kioteru's class. But she groaned at what he had to give them. The board read summary in huge letters. Japanese, and english. It was almost mocking.

"Okay class, since we didn't finish our lesson plan yesterday, we shall continue on today." Kioteru started off. "Aww..." The class went, some banging their heads on the desk.

"No whining, guys." Kioteru looked at them. "Okay. I want you guys to write an summary about what you read about Romeo and Juliet. I also want your opinion towards the end of it. Now, this does not have to be long but it must be written well. When you are done, you guys can relax." he finished.

Finally, binders click, folders open, paper rips and pencils make their marks. Rin made a face as she tapped her pencil to her desk. 'Alright...I'll just say my opinion and rant. Sensei won't mind right? He said write what happened and opinion so...' she smirked.

Okay then...dear, sensei. I would like to say that you told me to write what happened in my own words, and give my opinion. I shall do that in this shitty thing I would like to call a short summary. So this is what happened. Refrain from jumping out of your seat.

This dude named Romeo liked a girly, but he got depressed about it. So he decided to go the other family's party to see her, but he ended up finding this one other chick named Juliet and he was like...woah. So then he tried to see her, then he like eventually figured out that the families were enemies.

Then a couple of pointless things, blah, blah, blah, then like they put Juliet to sleep with this one thing...cantarella, right? Anywho, so she looks dead but no one told Romeo so he finds her then screams his balls out and go 'Why? Why cruel world?' and like I don't know...goes delusional?

Ahaha, joke. I never really cared for this part. No, actually I never really cared for this story all together. Maybe someone should have kicked his balls for doing so...

Anyways, he ends up killing himself. Juliet finds him dead so she kills herself too. End of story. My opinion on this was absolute bull for many reasons, and I could probably finish a whole essay on ranting about it. But I shall make it short and sweet. This was shit because it just was.

Nobody would do this! No one. Really, unless you're some weirdo who wanted too...honestly, I would punch you if you did so. Love is stupid. Yeah, and Romeo is a freak show and Juliet can't stand up for herself even if she tried.

You know, I'm done all because you know I think that this was bull and...blah, blah, you know...I just would shut up now because I'm tired of writing this piece of bull. No never mind...this isn't a piece of bull. It's pure poetry by Kagamine Rin. I'm a genius.

Proudly finishing her last sentence, Rin smiled. This thing was poetry. Maybe not her best work, but definitely something. She didn't care how many times she used the word bull. Honestly though, she wanted to write more and actually truly rant.

But laziness got the better of her, so she decided to turn it in as it is. She went up to her teacher and smugly handed it to him. Kioteru was amazed as she was the first done. "Good job, Rin. I'll check your work with the others later." Rin nodded, and gave a sarcastic thumbs up. "Read it any time, sensei."

She headed back to her seat with a bit of satisfaction. But she knew that this war isn't over. She knew that people would still be raving about the ball, love and other cheesy things that she doesn't want to think about at the moment. She looked at the time. There was still so many minutes that hadn't been clocked. So she put her head down, and decided to take a quick nap.

"Rin..." A voice spoke a while later. Rin stirred a bit. When she looked up she saw Teto waving a hand in-front of her. Her friend smiled now that she was wake. "Finally! You sleep like a fucking log, girl."

"Ughh...I feel like shit. What time is it?" Rin murmured softly, now sitting up and rubbing her eyes. "Lunch, doll." Teto commented happily. Rin groaned and pouted a bit. "Already? You shouldn't have woke me up." Teto faked a gasp.

"Fine then," She turned around and crossed her arms. Rin only sighed, defeated. "Okay, okay. I'm alive."

"Glad you could join us, Rin." Neru greeted with a salute. Miku smiled at the scene, a light hearted giggle escaped her mouth. "Hey, sleepy-head."

"Hey..." Rin managed to say. She didn't want to say much all because she was worn by writing and thinking. Plus she was still recovering from the sleep that she just took.

"Hey, girls!" Another voice joined in behind the group. All eyes shot to Mikuo, and the usual crew. "Dude, quiet down. It's rude to disturb them." Gumo told him with a worried look. Ignoring his friend Mikuo still continued his so-called taunts. "Who are you guys planning to go to the ball with?"

Neru once again growled at him, but pursed her lips into something of a smirk. "Why don't all of you guys come here, and I'll tell you." In a heart beat, the guys came over in a flash. Neru smiled. It was as if she had them at her finger-tips. "I think I might ask Len." She took her sweet time rolling the name off her tongue.

Miku smiled as well, and went along with it. "Me too." Mikuo instantly burst into laughter while Nero made his jaw drop. Gumo and Piko shook their heads at the whole thing all together. "Hahaha, that was priceless! Len! Hahaha." Mikuo held his stomach. It took nearly all his strength to stand up, yet alone keep his composure.

"Ugh...why is it always Len?" Nero questioned as he looked at the ceiling. "Len always gets the girls." Gumo commented, still shaking his head. "Totally," Piko nodded. At that point Rin was just confused. She gave a questioning look to the whole thing, everyone had knowledge of this but her. Even Teto was laughing her ass off. "Who the fuck is Len?"

It was then that all laughter and all fun was just vaporized and destroyed by Rin's simple question. Even Mikuo who was laughing like a hyena on crack stopped dead on his tracks. "Are you for real, sister?" Gumo asked, looking at her with eyebrows raised.

Rin gave all of them a blank look. "Yeah, for real, who is he?" Mikuo then started heaving his sides, almost crashing to the floor. "Ahahaha!"

Rin eye him tauntingly, almost wanting to kick him then and there. Neru leaned in and really looked at her. "How do you not know who Len is?" Rin rolled her eyes, almost giving up. "I don't know who the hell he is, guys. Why won't you guys give me a straight answer?" she urged on sourly.

Miku decided to break the ice. "Len is one of the most popular guys in Yamaha Academy. A lot of people know him, even here."

"It's really weird how you don't know him." Piko started, snapping his fingers. Neru nodded at his sentence, and took an even closer look at Rin. "Yeah, I mean...now that I think about it. You guys look a little bit alike. No...actually too similarly alike. You guys could pass as twins!"

Rin was now becoming scared and regretful that she even asked. This is not good at all. "Ohh, my gosh. I just realized you two have the same last name!"

Speaking of Yamaha Academy, lunch happened to have quite a lot of chatter as well. "Hello people!" Gakupo happily greeted, walking into Gumi's classroom. Behind him were Ted, Kaito, Luka, and Meiko.

"Hey Onii-chan, and people." Gumi waved, smiling. Len shook his head. "You guys are slow. What took you?" Meiko went over to him and gave him a noogie. "Sorry, kiddo. These guys take forever." Everyone now took a certain spot either standing or sitting.

"So you guys, who do you plan on going with to the ball?" Miki started, thinking it was a good but random topic to ask. Luka was the first to reply. "Hmm...I don't know..." She tapped her chin. Gakupo's eye twitched at her gesture and sentence. She still didn't really get his feelings.

"Ohh, that's easy!" Meiko shouted as she put an arm around Kaito. "I'm going to take this favorite fool of mine." Kaito stammered at feeling her touch. "Mei-chan..."

"I think I'll just go with the girls for fun." Gumi added, another bright smile coming along. Gakupo glared at her for a second. "You better, young miss." She just stuck her tongue back at him.

Luka then turned to look at Len. They almost forgot him. "What about you, Len? Who do you think you'll go with?" Everyone actually leaned in to listen. Pondering the question for a moment, Len looked back at all of them. "I really don't know...I just want to enjoy myself if I go."

Ted tapped his foot while looking at the clock. "Come on, Len. Give me an answer before I take my leave to see Lily."

"You know Len, you could just go with anyone. Uhh...well maybe except Lily's sister, Rin." Gakupo concluded as he actually thought about it for awhile. "Wait, why not her?" Len questioned. By the sound of Gakupo's voice it sounded like she was a bad person. Len didn't like insulting girls. Yes, he was that much of a gentleman.

"Hey, what's so bad about her?" Gumi questioned, eying her brother. "Who's Rin you guys?" Len whined, trying to ease the tension that Gumi was giving. "No way. You don't know Rin? That's odd, you guys even have the same last name." Miki pointed out like it was nothing.

Len gave her a raised eyebrow. "What?"

"It's true." Kaito continued. "It's weird how you don't know her, Len. Quite a lot of people know her from here. She's known for being very boyish, and is very popular." Len nodded at his words. "Okay...but what makes her bad?"

"That very reason." Stated Gakupo. "She's just a tad bit more boyish than Gumi and Miki put together, and you know that they're not exactly the most girliest girls you meet. Plus she sort of looks like you, Len."

"Hey!" Miki and Gumi shouted, now glaring at Gakupo. "Nii-chan, how could you?" His sister pouted, making a face. Len sighed ignoring the whole thing already. They already lost focus. So why bother? Ted heaved a sigh along with him. "Alright then you guys. I'm going. Anyone want to come to Crypton with me?"

"We!" Gumi and Miki sang in harmony, raising their hands. Ted simply winked at them. "Alright ladies, if you will, please follow me." They giggled, following him out the door. "Hai!"

"Say hi to Mikuo and everyone else in Crypton for me!" Len called out before they left.

"Show off..." Kaito mumbled. "Agreed," Gakupo mimicked him. Turning to see the rest, they already saw Len, Luka, and Meiko already engaged in their own conversation. "They do sort of look alike...huh?" Kaito stared at Len for a moment. Gakupo couldn't agree more. "It's almost a bit uncanny."

Rin gave everyone around her a look of disgust. This Len dude was starting to freak her out. And that hardly ever happens. Same last name? Same look? Same birthday even? She hopes to never meet this guy. Ever.

"Could it be that they're twins?" Gumo was now really intrigued by all of it.

Rin growled at the question. "Dude, no way! My mom wasn't the kind who kept secrets from me. Not only that but you guys could totally ask Lily. We are the only siblings related to each other, and that's that. So shut it, before I punch your face in."

Noticing Rin's distress Teto managed to find her voice. "Can we just drop the whole topic you guys? This is too much."

"Agreed." Mikuo finally said, taking in a deep breath to kill his laughter. Neru rolled his eyes at him, and decided to continue her own conversation. "Who do you plan on asking, Miku?" This made Mikuo shut up and listen. Miku put a hand to her mouth, and blushed.

"Umm...I don't know." She started fumbling with her fingers in thought of it. Neru flashed a mischievous grin to her. "Why don't we ask one of the Shion brothers? You could get Kaito while I ask Akaito." She snickered. Rin, Mikuo, and Nero face-palmed at the sentence.

"N-neru, you know we can't. Kaito is dating our godmother, and you know Akaito has a girlfriend." Miku stuttered, a small blush came to her cheeks. "Godmother? Miku what in the world are you talking about?" Neru looked at her like she was crazy.

Miku leaned forward to make her point more valid. "Remember, Kaito is dating Meiko! And she's Rin's, mine, and your godmother!" Neru waved a hand to dismiss the sentence. "My gosh Miku, you're so random. And yeah, yeah, whatever...you know I was only joking."

Despite the previous conversation, Rin now looked on with an amused expression to her face. It all melted when Mikuo suddenly tapped her shoulder. She sighed in annoyance. "What?"

"Any chance you can hook me, and Nero up with your step-sisters?"

"Why? Couldn't you guys do it by yourself? Is it because you don't have the balls to do so? Ahh, yes. I think it's because you don't have balls to even do it." Rin mocked with a smirk, clearly amused once again. Mikuo furrowed his eyebrows, and despite himself blushed. "You kno-"

"Ahh, you're blushing! Dude, I know that you and Nero always put off a front to try to annoy them. It won't please them you know. Trust me. I could tell you guys are hella shy behind all of it." Rin knew deep down, they only tease and annoy them because they only wanted the attention from her sisters.

Yes, it could go too far sometimes, but deep down she knew that they were just nice guys who just wanted to be loved. Though they are a bit desperate at times. Teto gave Rin a high-five at the speech.

"She's right. You guys don't have balls. Maybe they dropped out when Rin and I stole your lunch boxes and elementary school and wouldn't give it back. Then I remember we did kick you guys there." Rin laughed hitting her back at the chair to keep her from doing so.

"Haha, I remember that you guys were about to taddle until we called you snitches. Then you were wondering what that meant and when you figured it out, you didn't want to do a thing about it." The memories just made Teto laugh just as hard along side her. Mikuo growled and was about to lash out on them but then got cut off once more.

"Okay, okay!" Rin struggled to breathe. "I'll help you out. But you owe me."

"Fine..." Mikuo grumbled under his breath. All other conversation abruptly stopped into a halt when a new voice rang into their classroom.

"Having talks without us?" Gumi called out, leaning by the door, arms crossed in a pose. Miki did the same on the other side. "How rude."

"Miki, Gumi!" Miku shouted with glee, beckoning to come to where they all were. And they did so, coming in with such class it made Piko and Gumo blush. "So what were you guys talking about?" As they all started talking, filling each other in on whatever just happened for the past five minutes or so Rin felt her phone vibrate. When she took it out, she found she got a message from Lily.

Hey, meet me in my classroom? Need your help now. -Lily

Sighing Rin got up from her desk, grabbing her bag along with her. "Hey you guys, Lily needs me. I have to go. I'll just check up with all you guys later." Teto pouted, arms crossed and all. "Rin, are you really going to leave me with all these girlies? All their going to talk about is make-up, the ball, and other stuffs!"

"What the hell was that supposed to mean, Teto?" Miki asked, giving her a light glare. On the inside Rin smiled. At least she didn't have to suffer through that. She almost felt bad for Teto because of it. That's the reason why she and Teto were close friends, they were alike in many ways.

They liked a lot of the same things, and they hated a lot of the same things. So if Rin thought that it was bad just being there, chances are Teto thinks it's just as bad. "Sorry Teto, I have to ditch you. I'll try to come back. Okay?"

"Rin, what about our deal?" Mikuo whined with a slouch. "You owe me for leaving me..." Teto muttered darkly. Rin flashed a peace sign before leaving. "Peace." She headed out through the empty halls. A few twists and turns and she finally headed to where Lily's classroom was.

"Oi, you're here!" Lily called, happily seeing Rin stepping in. A few upperclassmen gave her high fives and jeers. "Heard of your little moment in class yesterday, Rin. You keep it coming girl."

"Thanks, bro. Now keep it low, before I smack you." Rin joked out with a smirk, cracking her knuckles as if to really punch them. "Ooh, she's about to smack you!"

Lily tapped her finger's to her desk. This was getting out of hand. Standing up she cleared her throat. "Alright, alright. Settle down, go out and grab lunch or something, I need this classroom cleared. Dell, I need you to stay."

Dell Honne nodded at her words, as he opened his laptop. "Hai, president."

"Okay, okay. We'll catch you later then, Lily!" Waving them off, Lily now focused her attention on Rin. "Okay...so what did you want from me? And, hey Dell." Rin flashed another peace sign, taking a seat across from Lily while Dell silently saluted back.

Lily got up and started walking towards the window. She stared at the golden sun as it shown through the windows with a pretty light. "I need you to come with me to Yamaha." The way she sounded was stupidly dramatic, as if she was planning a war.

Rin slapped her forehead and shook her head with a grimace expression. This is what she came here for? "You called me all the way here, just to do that? You're wasting my lunch time. I know you're just going to drag me around, and blah."

Lily knew she was going to say something like that. "How about I excuse you from class?" she had the power to do so anyway. This made Rin perk up her ears. Does that mean she didn't have to suffer from on-going lectures? After giving it a second thought she sighed. "Fine. You're lucky I don't want to go. But, why do we need to go to Yamaha?"

"We need to go there so I can talk to Ted. I mean, we need to plan a ball. I was hoping-"

"Hoping to surprise me?" Ted picked off. He now stood by the doorway, with a pleased expression. "Ted!" Lily and Rin called together in shock. Lily went over to give him a hug. "Hey, Lily."

"I was going to surprise you!"

"Haha, I know. But I decided to beat you to the punch."

Rin followed suit and gave Ted a hug as well. "Hey, Ted! It's been forever, bro!"

"Hey right back to you, kiddo." He ruffled her hair, causing her to pout a bit. He then gave a salute to Dell, who in return saluted back. "So, shall we start planning now?"

Turning serious, Lily nodded. "Yeah, we have a lot to do. Well you knew Dell ever since. He is my vice, but where's Kaito?"

"That idiot doesn't know how to plan, so decided not to bring him along. Though he only requests to add ice cream, and an throw in an ice sculpture. I was about to bring my secretary, but she was busy today so she'll stop by tomorrow." Ted stated, taking a seat.

"Alright. And ohh, Kaito...okay, we could try to make that work."

"Wait! You called me here so I could help you plan this stupid thing called a ball? I thought only you and Ted were about to do that!" Rin shouted at Lily and pointed a finger at her with disbelief. Lily smiled and sat as well. "No duh, Rin. No duh. I told you I needed your help earlier, remember? I need you're self proclaimed 'expertise' to make things interesting."

Rin groaned as if she just went through hell and back, but still came back more dead than alive. She knew this was not going to be pretty, she just knew. But then again, she would rather stay here than go back to class.

"Alright," Lily started, taking out a folder filled with papers. Ted did the same, and then pens started clicking. It made Rin crash her head to the desk, mumbling why. At this rate she could just take another nap.

"So...I wanted to make this a twist from your usual happy-go-lucky party ball. I want the concept to be more original, and something a bit out of the ordinary. We have to come up with the concept today so we could start planning everything out." Lily presented, looking at everyone who was present.

Ted clicked his pen. "Well, what is our budget? Did Leon or Lola say anything about that? Because we can't make our ideas too big if we have a limit." He reasoned. "Well, what Leon told me was that there was no true limit. Afterall, they are rich. But I think he wants us to double check with them anyway." Lily curtly replied.

After a moment of thinking Ted decided to shatter the thought process, and throw random ideas out first. "How about a masquerade?" He suggested. "Nahh. I don't think I could handle the complexity of that. It's too intricate. Plus this is a ball to make the two get to know each other, so keeping our faces concealed like that isn't really a good idea." Lily shook her head.

"True..."

"Okay. I thought of a wild a crazy idea the other day. Dell take note," Lily commanded her vice president. "Always have been, ma'am. Ever since we started." Dell responded, typing everything on his prized laptop.

"As I was saying," Lily continued. "My idea was that everyone has to attend with style, and class. Girls have to wear pretty dresses and lovely shoes, and guys have to wear those cute prince charming outfits. You know? The ones that have the buttons and the straps with the shoulders with the things that dangle..."

"You mean epaulets?" Ted tried, pointing his pen. "Yeah, those! That kind of outfit. Not the dorky kind of prince suit that makes you look fat and puffy, and cheesy for that matter."

At that point Rin just wanted to throw a fit. She was here, because her older sister need help planning a ball? It was almost pathetic in her eyes. 'My gosh...these things are so useless. What's the point in having one if it only lasts for a night?'

What was the point in going through all this trouble if this event only last one night? What was the point in buying an outfit, and fixing yourself if you're only going to wear it and make the look last a night? There was no point.

Even if you were going to use the excuse of seeing your friends there, well you could see your friends any day. So what makes a ball any different? She could think of a thousand...no, a million things to do at the moment. She could even find a billion more interesting things in life than this. 'I would rather watch white paint dry on a wall...'

"Hmm...good idea, Lily. I like it, it's simple. Should we add a corsage?" Ted asked, writing her ideas on a piece of paper. Dell did the same as his keys were tapped in fast pace. Lily nodded her head approvingly at the idea. "Yes! Definitely, but no boutonnieres. Hmm, I think we should make this a twist since there is no boutonnieres...like a more interesting way of doing a corsage for the girl..."

"A more interesting way of doing a corsage, huh? That's hard. I mean, there's usually just the wrist thing and that's it..." Ted reviewed what he wrote. He clicked his pen again in hopes that it would give him an idea. The room stayed quiet after that. Too much concentration was in the air it was constricting, almost suffocating.

It almost made Rin wanted to ruin it to ease her boredom. It was then she noticed Lily fumbling with her signature choker with a buckle. Lily, for some reason always had to wear something around her neck. She didn't feel right if it was just bare.

Rin didn't know why, how, or what possessed her to open her mouth to speak. For some reason she just did. But the instant she did, she totally regretted it. "Why don't you use a choker...?" she muttered without even thinking. Honestly she really wasn't, or she would have caught herself.

"Wait, what?" Lily had to make a double take. Ted dropped his mouth, almost standing up at the brilliant idea. Why didn't he think of this before? "Rin, that's it! A choker!" Lily at that point was totally confused. "Wait, what are use guys talking about? Choker? My choker?"

Ted shook his head. "No, Lily. She meant use a choker as a corsage! So like...I don't know, every girl gets a choker some how and the guy puts the flower on it and...magic!"

"You know...that isn't a bad idea. It make a good twist on the original. It's perfect! Like, a guy puts it on a girl to show that that she is now his. Like marking his territory by putting a flower on her! Ohh that's hot!" Lily swooned, now fanning herself with a paper at the thought.

Ted gave her a look of confusion and disgust, but laughed. "You have a weird way of interpreting what it means." He commented, adjusted his glasses. "Ahaha, I know. It's pretty seductive if you think about it in that way though. Like..." Lily took a strand of her hair and put it to her lip to make a mustache.

She then turned to look at Dell with mischief glinting in her eyes. "You're mine." Her husky voice spoke, with the best male seductive tone she could muster. Dell twitched his eye and cringed. "Eww...don't do that, prez."

Ted had to hold his mouth. "Ahaha!"

Rin would have laughed at the scene too, but she was just looking on with shock and stupidity at what she has just done. Her mouth was even agape. She was rendered speechless at what she just did. 'What the hell...did I just do? I've basically just...gave it to them.' This time she really did bang her head on the desk.

She wanted to slap herself. First her troubles first started with Miku's Cinderella book, then Romeo and Juliet came by and said hello, then this ball dropped in. Now people just won't shut the hell up, and other people are going to rave about this soon. It really bugged her. Maybe it was time for her to curse Miku's book and burn it, along with everything else.

Lily coughed, then returned to her normal position. "So if this is the case...why don't we tell the girls to buy a choker along with their outfits. Or actually, we could give them one at the front. Ohh, and we should also have an array flowers at the front so guys can pick one and give it to them. It's easier for them, I think if we did that."

Ted nodded at the idea put together. He jotted everything down on paper. "Perfect, perfect concept!"

After that time just flied as if it had wings. Papers being written with bleeding ink pens, keys being typed, words spoken to no end. It was like being back inside a classroom to Rin. After her 'genius' idea, she was just sitting pretty with her head down. Sometimes being ask to add inputs here and there, but she really didn't have a choice at this point.

After many thoughts and comments, school was coming to an end. 'Just two minutes...' Rin bit her lip.

"Okay, so I have the visual for what you guys want on my computer but I think we should really go the real place to double check everything you truly want before we truly start anything." Dell complied, reviewing all the work that they put on already. Ted and Lily nodded their heads.

"Alright. It's not far from school, so we'll just take a quick drive tomorrow. How about we go again during lunch?" Lily suggested, dotting the last sentence she wrote. "Okay. Same time, same place. This time I'll bring more help. So...I'll text you if there is more ideas that should be added in." Ted finished, getting up from his seat.

"Okay. I'll do the same with you too. You too Dell, if you want anything added, just let me know." Dell nodded back at her. Then finally the miraculous moment came, the final bell rang. Rin thought she would never hear the beautiful sound ever again. "I'll meet you at the car, Lily!" she called, as she made a mad dash to the door.

As she went pass the door and through the hall a bit she suddenly gasped as a cute little monster with her curly, burgundy pigtails wearing black Converse tried to scare her. "What the hell, Teto?"

"Hehe, that's what you get for ditching me." Teto sang like chimes. "Anyways, where were you during lunch? And how come you never went to class?" Rin sighed. "Long story. But, I got dragged out by Lily."

"Hey, it beats class. Why couldn't you take me along with you? Can Lily excuse me too?" Rin shook her head. "No. And, did you need something? I mean...you're here and all." Teto flashed a grin. "I was wondering if Lily can-" her sentence was now off track as she saw someone coming out the door Rin just came out of.

Long burgandy hair similar to hers, and cute glasses to frame his face. Teto started to blush as she looked at him. "Who's that?" Rin turned around to see Ted and Lily talking in the other direction. "Ohh, that's just Ted."

"He's cute..." Teto whispered. Both she and Rin were shocked at what she just said.

"T-teto!" Rin was more shocked. Teto was the kind of girl who was too sporty to like, or even have crushes on guys. She was starting to loose the only friend who didn't bother with boys. "H-hehe, anywho. So can I have a ride?" Teto asked as a sweat dropped appeared to her.

Rin shook her head and sighed, taking out her phone. "Fine...just tell Lily. First I have to tell Neru and Miku to come over." After saying goodbye to Ted, who headed off on the other direction, Lily walked up to Rin and Teto. "Hey, girls. Teto, you need a ride today?"

Teto's rubie eyes sparkled with delight, as she flashed her toothy grin. "Yes, please!"

Eventually finding Neru and Miku and dropping off Teto, the girls finally made their way back home.

While Lily worked on her things and Miku and Neru did their homework, Rin went upstairs to her room to play video games once again. She thought about how lucky she was to have skipped class, she has no homework at the moment.

The thought instantly died when she sourly thought of the catch up work that might be given the next day. It made her slump back to her bed. Then again, that was a small price to pay compared to what will come eventually.

Sighing and standing up she took a shower. When coming back her thoughts became more clouded and murky. It was irking. 'I can't believe I basically just gave the main idea for the whole ball...I gave the reason for the lovey stuff to happen.'

Now she was just counting the days until all this weird shit was gone. Hopefully the lovey dovey things won't skyrocket. If it does, then she should would probably not even get up in the morning and go to school. Love is stupid. She'll never fall in love...never. Ever.

That was that. That was law. "You could try me cupid! But, I hope to see you fail." She lay to her bed, and look staight at the window. City lights gleaming among the stars with a comforting look. "Just try me." Rin closed her eyes.

She wanted to take her train of thought off the rails and start flying, she didn't want to think anymore. Love is just something. Something stupid that won't get to her. She would gaurantee it.

for some reason though i never really liked how this turned out. like...it seems like shit compared to the previous chapter. if only my computer never crashed...anywho, eitherway, i hoped you enjoyed. please stick with me, i promise that the rin len stuff will be coming soon! real soon!

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