Special thanks to imtoLazyTologin, Shewholeavescrappyreviews, k2lover66 , Suzume Tsuji and captain Kirkland.

Warning: Some mature content.

Len was able to go on with his normal life, just barely though, he could tell himself that she never came and it was just a dream coming out from all that stress he had been buried under for months. Until he found that picture, underneath the couch, hanging around with the dust bunnies. He had found it when he was watching the television when Mike was already asleep, and the next morning the remote control disappeared, he nearly tore the entire place upside down looking for it, and then he crouched down on all fours. Len looked under the sofa and found it, together with the tiny, slightly ripped picture of him and Rin together when they were younger. He can't believe how ridiculously happy and carefree he had looked back then, he had a crocodile-like grin on his face and his arm around a younger, ticked-off looking Rin, who was holding a can of soda. Len laughed quietly, he loved how their relationship was back then, reckless, passionate and young love. It was not a spark, it was fire, burning between them. Every time, he would kiss, run into her open arms, feel her soft hair under his fingers, and she would pout at him, with a small pink blush spreading across her fair cheeks.

Len was a mess inside, how could he feel that way? What about Miku? He didn't want to hurt her feelings, he wasn't supposed to be in love with Rin after all. Rin wouldn't exactly feel the same as well, how long has it been? Six months? Right, and winter has came, Len noticed how he would breathe out a white cloud of vapor every time he exhaled through his mouth and when he spoke. How he suddenly felt cold, when he walked to his car, even when he was wearing his coat. He was wondering about Rin as he looked through his window, at the sight of barren tree branches and the first small powdery flakes falling, how was she doing? He didn't have her number, but she had his. He convinced himself that he didn't love her, he was more than happy with Miku, and the harsh break-up had proved that they obviously weren't meant for each other, with some of those thoughts, Len assured himself, he was fine, completely fine, or was he?

One evening he came home and found Miku had cooked, it was surprisingly good. He picked up the dishes and was about to wash them when the phone rang, Miku was upstairs, so he dumped those dirty plates in the sink and went to pick it up.

"Hello?"

He was met with silence for a while, until a voice stammered. "Hi, Len, it's me."

"Oh, Rin, how are you? I haven't heard from you for a pretty long time." Len had to admit, his gut began to jump at the sound of her voice.

"It's amazing! Anyway, I just wanted to ask you if you don't mind."

"Yes?"

"I was thinking we could go out for dinner in this really nice place, you, Miku and me."

"I appreciate the offer, but I think I need to talk about it with Miku, I'll let you know."

"O-okay then, um, bye."

And with that, she hung up. Len went back to the dishes.

He went up to take a shower, when he found out that Miku was using it. "Ah, excuse me."

Miku turned at the sound of his voice, he could see her figure through the curtain. "Len! You are my boyfriend, right? No need to act so gentlemanly, but it's kind of sweet, though."

"Ha, yeah." Len scratched the back of his head, he felt his face warming up.

"Want to join me?"

"Sure." He took off the rest of his clothes and stepped in.

Len fell on the bed, Miku beside him. She had changed into a nightgown, and her hair was loose. She turned to face him.

"Who was it?"

"What?"

"You answered the phone, who was it?"

"Oh, uh, that was Rin, she wanted to know if we could have dinner together with her."

"Um, I'd love to, but I can't, I need to be at the studio twenty four-seven, ugh."

"Well, that's too bad."

"Just go by yourself, Len, when was the last time you ate out anyway, plus, I don't want you missing out any fun because of me."

"You sure? Are you okay with it?"

"Of course I am, Rin seems like a very nice person."

"Alright, now I know what to tell her tomorrow, goodnight babe." Len kissed her forehead.

"Goodnight to you too, Len." Miku sighed before falling asleep.

Len received a call in the office the next day, it was, no doubt, from Rin. He took the wireless phone out of it's place and propped it between his right shoulder and ear as he was finishing out some very important reports on his computer. "Hello? Rin, I considered your offer, what do you think about Friday?"

There wasn't an answer, just a loud bang, like something fell to the floor and broke. "Sorry about that, who is this again? Oh right, Len, uh, sure, but are you talking about this Friday or next Friday?"

"Next week."

"Um, okay. See you?"

"Yep."

Len hung up and put down the phone, not in the place where it was suppose to be, though, he just left it there, sitting next to his laptop. He knew he would denied it, but he really hoped Rin would call back, and, without him knowing it, his computer crashed.

"Shit!" He cursed, loud enough to make some of his colleagues glance at his direction, realizing what he just said, he blushed deep crimson and went back to his laptop, he tried pressing the power button, but the screen still stayed black. Len buried his face in his hands and groaned, he needed to find another computer, fast. He got up from his seat and looked around the office, staff were busy, Len could see some of them typing furiously on their keyboards and some were striding here and there, carrying paperwork. He craned his neck to look for an empty space with a computer. Lucky for him, since the holidays were just around the corner, many workers were already taking their leaves, so the office building wasn't nearly as crammed as the last few months. He got to the first place he saw and sat there, and pressed the power button, it took forever to load once Len had entered the password, all the computers in the building had the same password. He hastily went into Excel and began to continue his work, it was honestly quite annoying that he had to start his work from scratch. But he tried his best to think nothing of it and concentrate.

Len felt his loafers sink in the slowly-growing heap of snow on the ground. He thought that if the snow was too deep, he might have to get that shovel, and he really wished he wouldn't need too. Len covered his mouth with his scarf and ran into the warmth that was his home. He quickly shut the door behind him and went into the kitchen after taking off his coat and scarf. To his surprise, Len saw a steaming cup of hot chocolate waiting for him. With a note beside it. It was from Miku, I'm going out for a while, I'll be back tomorrow. Much love, Miku. Normally Len would have just went on with it and accept the fact, but now he knew he was starting to feel the growing irritation inside of him, Miku, Miku was a wonderful person, Len knew she cared a lot for him, but this just can't go on anymore. Len shook his head, No! he thought, how could he even think of that? He would never break up with Miku just because she wasn't at home for most of the time. It was all so wrong! Lately what Len had been thinking of didn't make sense, maybe all he needed was a hot shower.

Len had trouble getting up the next day, his body felt like a ton of bricks, and he was light-headed. He didn't want to get off bed or his covers, it felt so cold. Len decided that he needed a few additional minutes of sleep. When he heard his cell phone's ringing, Len reluctantly crawled out of his bed and put his phone on the loudspeaker. "Len! Is everything alright?" Miku sounded frantic.

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

"There's a snowstorm! I can't go home, I'm so sorry."

"That's okay."

He cut the line off and went back to bed.

The rest of week had been tough on Len, starting from that snowstorm that had lasted for two days, and his mixed feelings concerning Miku and Rin. His CEO had made the last few days in the office hell for him. Now it was Friday, the day he had that appointment-he guessed it was the right word-with Rin. Alone, just the two of them. Oh stop! He reprimanded himself, he and Rin were just friends right? Right? Len hoped so.

Just as he expected, the snow had gone from just a harmlessly thin layer covering the ground to knee-deep level. Len had no choice but to go into the musty basement and grab the shovel he kept for these kind of situations, he knew he could have just bought some of those fancy snow blowing devices, but they were just too troublesome to handle, not to mention that taking care of them wasn't worth their costly prices. He dug his way through the snow and managed to clear up the driveway and his car, which he was thankful wasn't a Sedan, or else it could've been buried. He brushed some snow off his shoes and the foot of his jeans before climbing into the smooth, black leather seat, he turned on the heaters and waited for it to get warm enough before he hit the road.

The night before, he had asked Rin where the restaurant was, apparently she chose a place that was quite near, and which was highly recommended by some dining magazines. At least, that was what Rin said over the phone.

Len stopped short for a while when he saw the place. It wasn't very big, but the view that he saw from one of the windows told him that it was quite spacious, and not very occupied at the moment, he didn't get a good glimpse at the interior, though. Len had to admit, the décor was rather impressive. The dark windows, along with the lavender and deep-blue palette, gave the place a dark, nightly feel. Out of the bluish shades, he spotted Rin, she waved when she saw him.

Len took his seat and tried his best to look comfortable, unfortunately it didn't work very well, he knew when Rin said, "Len, is something wrong? You look strange."

Len realized that he might have smiled a little too broadly. He relaxed his face more and cleared his throat. "Sorry for that, and no, nothing's wrong."

Rin managed a laugh, "Oh, that's good. It's too bad Miku couldn't join us, Len, I'm wondering, how have you been? I hope you don't overstress yourself."

Len scratched the back of his head while averting his eyes away from Rin, he didn't mind being stared at, but now, he was feeling terribly awkward, maybe it was just Rin? She did look-dare he said it-beautiful. She wore a black halter dress that fit her figure nicely, her fair hair was down as always, Len noticed it was longer than usual, she looked a lot happier as well.

"Nah, I'm fine. What about you?"

"I love my new job." She said with a smirk.

Just then, Len heard his stomach growl. "Ugh, let's order something, I'm so hungry."

"Food's nice." Len commented. He mumbled while chewing on a piece of chicken.

"Mmhmm." Rin mumbled. A moment passed, Rin set down her utensils and she stared down at her lap.

"What's wrong, you feel sick?" Len looked at the half-eaten contents of her plate.

"Ugh, I'm just full. I can't eat anymore."

"Then maybe I should drive you home, no car?"

Rin shook her head. "I don't have my license anymore, but I'll take a cab."

"No way, it's freezing outside, I'll take you home. Your house is not too far, right?"

Rin kept silent.

"I'll take that as a yes." Len murmured as he took out his car keys. They were jiggling when he strode out, Rin still sat there, she asked a waitress for the bill and placed the money on the table soon after. She really was squeamish, but why? It definitely wasn't the food she ate, maybe it was because she forgot to have lunch that day? And dinner was very late? Her stomach started to hurt, that could be possible.

Len was waiting inside of his car, Rin put a hand on her stomach and took slow steps getting there. When she got in, Len was looking at her with deep concern.

"Do you need to go to a clinic?"

"No, I'm fine, just drive me home."

Len looked as if he wanted to protest, but he did what he was supposed to do, throughout the drive, he kept giving her glances.

Rin felt like she was trapped. She was nauseous and yet, she kept thinking of Len. She still had feelings for him, she admitted, no matter how far she is from him or even if he hated her now, and he had another girlfriend…she still loved him. When she left him, she felt relieved at first, but then she started feeling like something was missing, she was just incomplete without him. Rin felt that she had found her perfect other half, but she had been shallow and stupid, and that led her to break up with him. How she regretted it now, Rin stared at her feet, her face was pale, and she watched the clumps of snow plummeting down through the car windows.

When they got to her house-a tiny building that looked like a white dot among the bigger houses lined up beside it-she immediately rushed to the bathroom, Len followed at her heel. Rin vomited noisily into the toilet bowl, she wished Len didn't have to see her like this, especially in that position. When she was done, she stood up shakily, with Len supporting her arms. Rin flushed it down and turned the tap on, she coughed some more while splashing the cold water to her face.

"I think I'll leave you alone."

Rin nodded without even looking at his direction. She heard the door close behind her, sighing, she turned off the tap and stared at her reflection. She looked sickly pale now, her eyes were bloodshot and her hair was all over her face. Rin then peeled off her clothes and turned on the shower, her growing headache eased at the feel of warm water.

Rin soon realized that she didn't bring any clothes. "Shit." She muttered, Rin wrapped a towel around her and peeked out the door, she was surprised to see Len sitting on the couch. She blushed beat red, "Len!" She called.

"Oh, are you done?" His face twitched when he saw Rin's head, her hair still dripping wet. He knew that she didn't have anything on.

"Well, this is embarrassing, but I need you to get some clothes for me. I'm sorry I'm making you do the work."

"No, it's okay. I'll get them in a sec, just wait."

It was gonna be longer, but then half of it got deleted because I forgot to save, and this chappie was going to take too long to finish so I split it into two.