"Baka, Baka, Baka!"

Rin and I chuckled as we walked down the street. I was finishing off my mint-chocolate ice-cream, and Rin was sipping on a box of juice. Orange juice.

"Good rehearsal today," she said absentmindedly. "You did well, Miku."

"You were better!" I laughed, catching the drips of mint-y chocolate-y goodness as they melted and oozed down the waffle cone.

"What? I like you I love you? Please," Rin smiled. "That's the only song in which I can stutter and blush without getting anything wrong." She sang a line of her song, stumbling on purpose. "Ano ne atashi, anata no koto… su susu su su susu … suki DAISUKI!" she blurted, and we both laughed until we ran out of breath. Rin wiped her eyes, and took a sip of her orange juice.

"By the way, Rin..." I muttered. "How's… Len?"

Rin gasped, and stood there choking on her orange juice for about ten seconds, her face turning a bright tomato red.

"What kind of question is that?" she gasped after she recovered, sending me her death glare.

I threw my hands up in a surrender. "A normal one?" I replied, answering her question. Rin's had a crush on Len since the beginning of the year, and the two were pretty friendly toward each other.

"Pfft…" Rin frowned, blushing. "He's doing fine, I guess. How's…" She smirked at me. "Kaito?"

"You know he doesn't like me."

"You never know."

"He probably likes someone else."

"You don't know that."

"Mmhmm."

"Nuh-uh!"

We continued arguing on the sidewalk for a moment, shouting does not's and does too's at each other, before Rin shut up for a second and blushed pink.

"C-can I tell you something, Miku-chan?"

Rin shifted in her spot for a second and refused to look in my eye. I had a dreaded, sinking feeling in my chest that wouldn't lighten up. I swallowed the lump in my throat and murmured,

"Yeah… Anything."

"I…I know who Kaito likes…" She shot a look at me and quickly looked back down.

"Who?" I whispered, staring at her, thinking, how could she, how could she keep this from me, and how long has she known?

Rin looked around, cupped her hands around my ear, and stood there for a moment, breathing slowly.

"M…" she cleared her throat and proceeded.

"Meiko." she whispered, and stepped away.