A\N: Woot! Another chapter out! Hopefully I didn't screw up the chapter with this one! This chapter is a tiny bit bigger than the last chapter, so enjoy! And I added a quote to the beginning of the last chapter that goes with the end of chapter 2. Actually I'd like to say something to the reviewers here 'cause I end this chapter on an emotional note and I don't want to ruin it, do you can skip this if you want to.
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"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."
—Henry Van Dyke
—Chapter 3—
There she was floating on an endless horizon, pitch white and light everywhere. Her stomach churned with nausea, bile gurgling to the surface of her throat. "Where am I?" The blonde questioned aloud and her quiet echoed for miles.
A sense of sharp pain stabbed into her stomach, and memories flooded her mind. "Miku!" Was the first word that left her mouth. She frantically twisted and turned, looking for her older friend, but no one, nothing was in sight.
The blonde ambled around, searching for something to guide her to any place that wasn't here. "Hello?" she received no answer, and her eyes well up with water once more. I hate being alone. Being alone makes me... Makes me feel empty.
Rin fell to her knees, lips quivering. The memories of Miku and that generic guy kissing only made it worse. Her face scrunched up as she tried her best not to cry, but it didn't work. Water cascaded down her cheeks, falling onto the floor.
A mellow voice bellowed in her ears, "Why are you crying, young one?"
Freaked out, Rin kept to herself, curled into a ball. The tears fastened, everything was so confusing. The blonde's sobbing voice was muffled by her blazer's bloody sleeves.
"Do not cry, my child. I will send someone to fetch you. We will soon meet, Kagamine Rin," the voice whispered on a slight breeze.
The voice was soothing, relieving Rin of her fears. I must be going crazy. This is just a dream, right? Suddenly, the ground rumbled, causing Rin to steady herself by placing her hands on the warm floor. A large set of red doors opened from the midst of no where, allowing Rin to see a person walk out from it.
The mysterious man stepped out from the doors, long purple haired tied into a ponytail. He walked up to Rin, dressed in old Japanese clothing, a katana hanging from his waist. "You're Rin, correct?" He asked with a gentle smile, afraid of scaring the girl away.
The blonde reluctantly nodded, staring at the man in fear.
"Come with me. You are not supposed to be here, child," he held out his hand. "I'm Kamui Gakupo and I'll be taking you to see someone."
Rin acquiesced, taking his hand and slowly rising from her spot of the ground. She lightly sniffled, dried water staining her pale cheeks. Timidly she questioned him, "Where are we?"
"It's a place called Limbo. A place that the living should never visit," he answered, taking them both through the gigantic, red double doors.
The other side of the doors revealed a luscious courtyard, reminding her of Cypress high school's courtyard where she had done her sketch. Eyes widening, Rin pat herself down, feeling for her drawing. "It's gone!" She mumbled, panicking.
"No worries, Rin. Your drawing is safe with your friend," Gakupo stated, mellowing Rin out.
"Ah, okay," she thankfully replied. "Who are we going to meet?"
"The holy one."
"The holy one?"
"Yes, the holy one," Gakupo chuckled at the youngster's naivety.
She raised an eyebrow. "This is one funky dream," Rin mumbled aloud, allowing Kamui to hear her thought.
The samurai slyly grinned, "this isn't a dream, Rin."
"What do you me—," her question was interrupted.
"Hello, child of mine," someone spoke, the exact same voice that had spoken to her earlier while in that Limbo place.
"Um, hello," she replied faintly, scared of angering who seemed to be the holy one.
The old man walked up to her, instilling fear into her heart. Stiff, she took a step back, afraid of what was going to happen next. "Heed no concern, child. I'm here to let you find your way back home."
Rin's throat closed in, "What do you mean by find my way home?" She gave a nervous laugh, "this is just a really bad dream, right?"
The holy one gave her a sorrowful expression. "Let me show you something, Rin." He walked across the courtyard, which really had a striking resemblance to the one she was in earlier, so exact that it freaked her out.
"Follow, Rin," the holy one made a hand motion to which Rin silently complied. "We're currently at Cypress High School," he said, earning a mortified gasp from the child beside him.
She stared at him in wide eyes, waiting for an explanation of what was happening. It's just a dream. It's just a dream. A really bad dream.
"Look here, through this window," the man pointed to the hallway that had Windows, allowing everyone to see inside. "Someone is going to pass by. I want you to tell me what you see."
Rin's eyes widened, intently watching the hallway from outside. Her hands press up against the clear Windows, making no finger prints. Straining her ears, she listened closely, heartbeat flooding her ears. Faint footsteps echo throughout the hall.
Rin swallowed thickly, sweat forming at the back of her neck.
The person came into view. They were hunched over, holding their books to their chest. Unkempt hair reached their back, hiding the bags that were painted under their eyes.
Sharp pain stabbed at her heart, "No. No. No. This is a bad dream. Just a bad dream," she stuttered uncontrollably, unable to breath correctly.
The holy one shook his head, "It seems you don't understand yet, child." He placed his hands onto Rin's back shoving her towards the wall. She flinched, ready to hit the wall face first, but it doesn't happen.
The blonde opened her eyes, she was now inside the desolate hallway. Outside was the holy one with sorrowful eyes. Rin's eyes lock onto the student walking down the hall. "Hey!" She shouted, running up behind them. "It's me, Rin!"
Feelings of fury over flooded her raging heart. Several cuts and scars covered their body. "Listen to me! Hey! I'm right here!" She shouted in their ear, earning no response whatsoever. Growling, she clenched her fists, and marched back over to the holy one.
"What kind of sick joke is this?!" She demanded to know. "I can understand if you're playing a trick on me, but you can't just do that to my best friend! What the fuck is going on?!"
The holy one understood Rin's anger. "It's not a dream. It's been four months, child," he stated, explaining what has happened. "Four months since you've gone into a coma."
The blonde scrunched up her face, "Huh? I don't understand at all!" I just want to go home.
"You remember being hit by a car, yes?" The child nodded her head. "You were supposed to die, according to how much blood you lost."
Rin's head dipped downwards in realization, eyes downcast. "So am I dead? Am I never to speak with my friends again?" Her voice cracked, "I want to see them... I want to see her." The blonde's pale hand shook at her side.
"Young one, you do not belong here. Your soul left before your body even died, and the doctors managed to save you, which is why you're here," he said softly, stroking Rin's hair. "I'll help you. But you'll need to find your own way back home."
"And how am I supposed to do that?" She whispered under her breath, having a hard time digesting the information.
"Here," the holy one pulled out something from behind him. In between his index and middle finger was a single ivory feather. "Take it."
Rin's arm extended, gently taking the death from his had as if would brake when she touched it. "A feather?"
"Eat it, child, and it will grant you the power to leave," he gave her a simple smile. "You have a long road ahead of you. Don't let it go to waste."
She didn't question him after what happened, and pressed the feather against her tongue. It tasted like nothing, but brought tears to her eyes. Realizing that she was crying, Rin swiped at her tears. "Why am I crying?"
Of course, the holy one had an answer for her question. "This feather was made from your memories. They will awaken the powerful feelings inside of you."
Rin bitterly chuckled, "I didn't know memories were edible, Sir." Taking a deep, elongated breath, she shoved the feather in her mouth, finding difficulty in swallowing it.
"You must down it. No matter how hard it maybe," he added, nodding his head in sympathy.
Her heart began to burn with feelings she had hidden deep beneath the surface. Rin choked, gagging harshly as every movement became painful. Her limbs began to twitch uncontrollably, and she could no longer think straight. Coughs rattled her rib cage, making it even harder to breathe.
The blonde fell to the ground, screaming in agony as her heart burned with sorrow. A deafening ring entered her ears, making her clutch her ears in discomfort. She was drowning in a sea of distrust and misery.
The holy one took a step forward, picking the girl who battled her self off the ground. "Rin, remember it is what you truly desire that will wake you up from your slumber. Only the one whom you love most will see you when they call upon your name." He summoned a large pair of doors that stood tall.
The blonde could hear what he said, but was unable to process any of it. Her body stay limp in his arms, un-moving yet hot as fire.
The holy one walked to the edge of the door, opening them with a single wave of his hand. On the other side was the endless sky. "Don't forget what drove you forward all this time, Rin. It'll be the one thing that keeps you from disappearing."
And he threw her out the set of doors, letting her fall towards the ground at several miles per hour.
Opening her eyes in realization, she began to scream for her life, all pain subsiding and being replaced with Adrenalin. "WAIT HOLY ONE!"
As her body dived through the air, she closed her eyes, waiting for the impact on the ground.
But it never happened.
"Huh?" Rin awoke in a start, sweat dripping profusely down her skin. "Was it just a dream?" She mumbled, placing a hand over her chest, feeling for a pulse. It was there. "Thank goodness," she sighed, leaping off whatever she was sitting on.
Rin peered at her surroundings, she was currently at the school sitting at her desk. Class was currently in session.
Oh crap! The teacher'll get mad at me! Quickly, Rin sat back in her desk, watching the other students fill out their paperwork. Staring back at her own desk, there were no papers. Confused, Rin held up her hand, waiting for the teacher to respond. However, the teacher looked around the class, ignoring her raised hand, and kept on working. Excuse me? Rude if I do say so myself.
"Sensei!" She called out, expecting the teacher to get up and hand her the school work. He kept on working. "Sensei!" Rin yelled a bit louder.
There was no response. "SENSEI!" She screamed, wondering why he wasn't answering. Having enough of being ignored, Rin slipped out of her seat, accidentally hitting someone's papers off their desk.
"Ah! My papers!" The student called out, picking them up off the floor.
This, the teacher noticed. "Hmm? Is the breeze too much? Could someone close the window?"
"I'll do it!" A student sang out, easily closing the window from her seat.
They all seemed to go on with their day, acting as if she wasn't there. "Sensei! I need a paper!" She stated, walking up to his desk.
The male scribbled something on his paper, taking a drink of his coffee.
"Why is everyone ignoring me?" She demanded, looking around the classroom with an evil glare. They obviously didn't answer. Rin scoffed, fine I'll just leave.
The blonde walked up to the door, extending her uncovered arm out. Huh? I'm not wearing my blazer? Just as she began to check out her clothing, the bell rang. Students rushed out of their seats, opening the door before Rin ever could.
Rolling her eyes, Rin stepped out into the now crowded hallways. Hallway. Hallway? Hallway! Miku! Her heart instantly started beating rapidly against her rib cage. No way! It was just a dream, right? I have to go check on her. What period was I just in? Um, uh, last period right! Miku should be on her way to the student council room!
Rin took off to the west wing, trying to pass by people without touching them. Coming to a sudden stop, she saw a blob of blonde hair walking down the hallway. "Len!"
The boy kept walking with his head facing downwards.
"Len, hey!" She called out to him again, but received no response. Whatever, I'll talk to him later.
She made a trek over to the student council room without any problems. Opening it up, she stepping inside, having no concern to who saw her.
All eyes looked in her direction, their eyes double in size. She glanced around, but couldn't find her older friend just like last time. "Hey, where's the president?"
They kept quiet until one spoke up, "someone's probably just playing a trick on us." The member stood up, timidly moving up to the door right in front of Rin. "Yeah, no one's here. I wonder who it was."
The student council shared a laugh before the member closed the door with a swift swipe. Rin has had enough with being ignored. I'll just do things my own way.
Rin stomped over to the president's desk, but something with it was off. Instead of the usual name tag that read 'Hatsune Miku' was no longer there, and was replaced by an entirely different name. This is one sick joke...
The older Kagamine twin slammed the door open, leaving the student council members freaked out.
Ugh! Why is everyone ignoring me?
She asked herself. Right then, in that moment, she felt disaster pinch at the insides of her stomach. A feeling of repulsion came crashing in like a giant wave. Rin took off, her body leading her somewhere that she didn't know.
Heavy, labored breaths escaped her mouth, where was she being lead to? The blonde's inner radar was going off. Something bad is happening and I know it!
Sprinting out of the school, her body turned at a 90° angle, moving towards the shopping complex that she and Miku would pass on the way home. Feet pounding against the pavement, they lead her to the entrance of an alleyway. Whatever is beyond here has got to be bad.
Suddenly, she heard a faint whimper come from further into the alley. Rin's teeth grit, she knew that voice and who ever was causing that whimper was going to pay for their mistake. The blonde took hastened steps into the dark alley, coming upon the very girl she saw earlier huddled against the dusty wall.
Cerulean orbs locked onto eyes that she had seen before. In front of her stood seniors with the worst reputation in the whole entire district. They were known for harassing students and pushing them so far that said student would quit school.
"What happened to fighting back? Have you finally lost the will to do so after killing your best friend?" A senior said, stepping up with his hand in a fist.
The dirtied tealette pressed herself against the wall, her eyes clenching shut. "You wouldn't dare hit her," Rin stated, her voice low and dangerous. However, a question hung at the back of her mind. What do they mean by she killed her best friend? I'm right here.
The senior took a fist full of the tealette's hair and pulled her face upwards. The blonde growled loudly, raging pumping in her veins. The senior raised his fist into the air, letting it fly towards the tealette's face. "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER WITH YOUR FILTHY HANDS!" At the last second Rin caught the punch, creating confusion amongst the rest of the seniors, including the tealette. Readying her leg, she sent it into his stomach with full force, sending him onto the ground.
"Dude! What happened, did this bitch do that to you!?" The second one stated, standing at full height, which was definitely taller than Rin by two heads.
The blonde's eyebrows furrowed into a 'v' shape, lips thining into a straight line. "You do not call my best friend that, when you yourself are a piece of trash!" Rin exclaimed, fist meeting flesh of his cheek.
"What the hell is happening?" The last unharmed one spoke, voice shaky and full of fear.
Rin answered harshly, "The end of your horrid reign is happening." The blonde pulled at his matted hair just like his friend had done to the tealette, and shoved his face against the wall. "This is what you get for messing with someone that you should have never even spoken to," she growled, kicking him towards his group of beaten friends.
"You're a fucking monster!" They screamed, pointing at the girl curled up against the wall. Having enough of their harmful words, Rin kneeled down to her friend, watching as the trio of seniors left with their tails in between their legs.
The blonde lifted her hand, wiping away the tears that had formed from the tealette's eyes. "It's okay. They're gone," she said, parting teal hair, and revealing downcast eyes. "They won't becoming back for a while. Well, at least not as long as I'm here."
—
Miku stayed still, tense and curled up against the wall, terrified of what had just happened. Suddenly, a comforting wind caressed her face, causing her bangs to part in the breeze. Silently, she stood up, brushing the dirt that had accumulated on her school uniform.
Taking a shaky breath, she picked up her fallen book bag. Thank goodness. I thought I would've had to go home with new injuries to explain... The tealette gave a breathy, bitter laugh, eyes reflecting depression.
I wonder if Kaito's mad at me for being late. Miku sauntered on to the main road that led to the mansion that sat up top a lofty hill.
Her feet dragged against the pavement in lazy steps, taking less effort than she usually did. Thoughts in disarray, Miku blankly stared in front of her, calmly walking on the side walk.
"HEY! WATCH OUT!" A voice screamed from a few meters away. Whipping her head around as fast as she could, her eyes locked on to an incoming baseball. Unable to react fast enough, all the tealette could do was flinch, holding her hands in front of her face.
The ball never made contact with her body, instead falling to the ground with a soft thump. The object quietly rolled back towards the younger student who had failed to catch the ball. What just happened?
The male stared at her with wide eyes, soon apologizing for his mistake, and picking up the ball, resuming to play again with his friends.
Confused, Miku resumed walking back to the mansion, keeping to herself. Wary eyes glance around, watching for activity that could potentially prove dangerous.
Promptly, when Miku entered the mansion, she kicked off her shoes, nearly placing them to the side where everyone else's was. "I'm home!" She stated dully, receiving many 'welcome home!'s.
The tealette's lips curved into a slight smile, her family could always cheer her up.
"I'm gonna go change!" Miku exclaimed, walking through the hallways and into her room. Flicking the light switch on, the room was filled with an amber glow. Opening her closet, she attempted to grab one of her shirts, but was interrupted by someone knocking. Huh? My door is open, isn't it?
The tealette peered over, checking the door, which was wide open.
Knock. Knock. The sound came again. Miku gasped, the window?
Tip toeing over to the window, she moved the curtains out of the way, getting a clear view of the city from below the hill. No one was there.
Probably just the wind, right! God, that sounds like a line from a horror movie. She rolled her eyes, closing the curtains.
Knock! Knock! Wide eyes stared at the window in doubt. Okayyyy... That's creepy. Shaking her head, Miku quickly changed into another pair of clothes, rushing out of the room due to the creepy noises that kept happening.
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"Miku, open your window!" Rin yelled, annoyed of being locked outside. When Miku had opened the front door, the blonde was too busy messing around, ending up getting locked out of the mansion. Knock. Knock. Hitting the tealette's bedroom window again, she waited for a response.
The curtains moved with a swish, allowing Rin to see Miku inside of her room. Though, Rin raised an eyebrow when the tealette rolled her eyes and moved the curtains back into their original place.
Knock! Knock! Rapping on the window once more, Rin never received any sort of answer. What the heck?! How am I supposed to get in now? Wait...
The blonde gave a sly grin. Miku has a skylight in her room, right? Time to make a cool entrance and scare her for not letting me in.
She chuckled mischievously, running to the other side of the mansion and stopping below the second floor balcony. Stepping back a few feet, she sprinted towards the wall, pressing her foot against it and using the momentum to grab the rails of the balcony. Ah hah!
Slowly, but surely, the blonde was able to raise herself over the guard rail and onto the floor of the balcony. Snickering to herself, Rin jumped onto the part of the roof that curved downwards, meaning the first floor's roof. Thunk! Landing on her two feet, she steadied herself. Hair flowing in the wind, the blonde tucked it back behind her ear. Huh, maybe I need to redo my hair clips, she thought, not considering that she never had them on in the first place.
Shrugging to herself, Rin somewhat angrily stomped along the roof, creating a Tack! kind of sound with each step. Hohoho, Miku you do not know what's comin' for you. That reminds me... Why didn't I just knock on the front door? Eh, whatever it's too late now.
Taking a breath through her nose, she took a leap to the second floor once more, stepping on several of the shingles at a time. Coming upon the sky light, she kneeled down peaking inside the still lit room. Ah, there she is.
Grinning like a Cheshire Cat, Rin slid her fingers under the window, pulling in failure. Ugh, of course these don't open. Stuck on the roof, how smart of me. They can probably be opened from the inside. Banging on the window, she scowled, wanting to just get inside already.
Frustrated with how the day has been going, Rin simply banged on the sky light, gaining the attention of the tealette. The teal haired girl, snapped her head upwards, staring at the sky light in fear. Continuing to hit the window, Rin growled at the fact that Miku was not opening the sky light or attempting to do anything but stare with wide eyes.
Raising her fist high in the air, she let it fly towards the sky light at a fast pace. However, her fist does not hit the sky light, instead it went through it, allowing her body weight to fall into the window. "Gah!" Rin had landed onto the kotatsu that sat into the middle of the room, shaking it with a lot of force.
Miku immediately took a few steps back, pressing her spine against the wall. "This is way too creepy for me. I think I'll take my leave now," she stated to herself, scampering off to the dinning room.
Scrambling to her feet, Rin chased after the girl without another thought as to why she fell through the ceiling. "Woah, wait up!" Stomping through the hallways, she ended up at the dinning room where Miku was sitting next to Kaito and Len.
The banana lover seemed to be quite uncomfortable as he his arm was being squished by Miku's hand. "What was that?" He inquired, staring in Rin's direction.
The older Kagamine twin scoffed, "Oh, now you seem to notice me." Childish smile on her face, she plopped down on top of the table. "Y'know, I was really beginning to think that everyone was just ignoring me."
Terrified, Kaito spoke, "The table. Why is the table dipping downwards?" Shivering, he looked towards Len, "Len, fix the table."
Immediately Kaito received a response, "Eeeh!? Me!? Why can't you do it?!" The younger twin shook his head, "no way!"
"Stop being a baby, Lenny, and fix the table," the blue-haired vocaloid answered, flipping his hair as if he wasn't scared. "Okay, you know what? How 'bout you just touch the table on that side," he said, pointing towards the side Rin was sitting on, who was curiously watching their conversation play out.
Stretching her arm out, Rin accidentally knocked over a fruit from the basket that stood off to the left side of the table. The red fruit rolled towards the tealette, stopping right in front of her. "Whoops, sorry. I didn't mean to knock it over," the older twin laughed, rolling the fruit back into it's original place.
Len gulped down a puddle of saliva that had formed in his mouth, "Can we just go?" Unbeknownst to the others situated at the table was his left leg that was uncontrollably twitching.
A sly grin found it's way to Kaito's mouth. "No, you have to touch it, Lenny. Or else I'm going to post 'those' pictures of you on the school bulletin board."
The other male gasped, "you wouldn't." Kaito stretched his lips. "Okay, okay, fine! I'll touch the stupid table!" Len reached his hand out, shaking to the extreme, "here I go..."
Closing his eyes, Len extended his hand, almost touching Rin. Raising an eyebrow, she sat still, but soon couldn't breathe.
His hand had passed through her.
Jumping off of the table in shock, the table rumbled back to it's original position. A breathless noise passed through her throat, "You've gotta be kidding me."
The trio sitting at the table jumped backwards, "Len, you angered it!" Kaito shouted, pointing accusingly at the boy. "Run, run it's gonna come for us!" He screamed, rushing out of his chair and into the hallway.
"Kaito-Nii, wait for me!" Len was the next to run away, leaving Miku all by herself who stayed still, shoulder's tense and un-moving.
Is it possible..? Fear blistered in her throat, agonizingly freezing everything all the way down to her heart. "You," the word rolled off of her tongue. "Are you the one that saved me?"
Rin beamed with happiness, "you can see me? Thank goodness!" She exclaimed, before realizing that if Miku could see her then Miku would've recognized her.
Hesitantly, the tealette reached out and took the fruit, rolling it between her fingers. "What am I talking about? I'm just talking to myself aren't I?"
The blonde's lips fell, "No! I'm here! I'm right here, Miku!" What can I do to tell her that I'm here? Quickly, Rin took the table by it's edge and shook it.
Tense, Miku opened her lips to speak again, "Stop moving the table," she commanded, heart thumping against her rib cage.
Rin removed her hands from the table.
I may just be imagining... But let's just give it a shot. Smirking slyly, Miku chuckled, "Hey, do you want to prank Kaito and Len?" Wriggling her eyebrows, she placed the fruit back on the table. "If you want to, squash the fruit. If you don't, put the fruit back into the bowl."
With a wide grin, Rin raised her fist, letting it go and smashing the fruit. It's contents splatter across the ivory table, but that doesn't remove the evil smiles they both share.
"Alright, let's do this!" Quietly exclaimed Miku, already growing used to the idea of something that was not human talking to her. She pumped her fist in the air before saying, "what should we do?"
Contemplating, Rin took a grape, popping it into her mouth, expecting to eat it. However, the grape fell through her, landing on the floor. "What the—" The blonde took the grape again, trying to eat it once more, but once again it fell to the floor.
"Huh? What're you doing?" Miku questioned, taking said grape off the floor and eating it. It fell on regularly cleaned floor, so she deemed it edible.
"I'm trying to eat, but I can't," Rin whined, stomping around the table to open the pantry. Knowing that Miku couldn't hear her, she took down a bag of fresh oranges that sat on the shelf. Placing them on the table, she peeled a single orange, laying the pieces out on the table.
Quietly, Miku stole one of the orange pieces, eating it slowly. "Y'know, you seem good. Not evil or anything like that. Do you like oranges?"
Rin would've answered, but of course the tealette would never hear her response. Using the format they did earlier, the blonde took a fruit and squished it on the table.
Chuckling, the teal haired girl spoke, "I'll that as a yes. I think I might be going insane, talking to something not human like this."
The blonde didn't know how to respond. She was still human to some point, she thought, feeling over her beating heart. "Am I even human at all anymore?"
Getting an idea, Miku stood up, grabbing a piece of paper and a pencil before placing the items on the part of the table that didn't have squished fruit. "Can you write your name?" Picking up the pen with ease, the blonde began writing down her name.
"Miku-Nee, I've come to save you!" A frightened Len interrupted, making Rin drop the pencil halfway through her first name.
"Wha— Len!" Miku glanced over to the blonde haired boy who held a plastic sword in hand. "What're you doing?"
Len took a stance, holding the sword out in front of him, "I've come to save you from the ghost inside this room." He took notice of the Crimson liquid that splattered across the table, and gasped.
"Len, calm down. There's nothing going on," Miku stated, looking over at the paper with the letters 'Ri' scrawled ontop. A pool of saliva formed in her mouth, but she quickly swallowed it down. It's gotta just be a coincidence.
"But—But—look at all of this!" He pointed to the fruit remains, "You couldn't have done this! Only someone awful and disgusting could ha—"
Rin smacked him with an orange slice, painting his face orange with food. "Who're you calling awful and disgusting?" She growled.
"AH! IT ALREADY WANTS REVENGE BECAUSE I TOUCHED IT!" Len ran out of the room as fast as he had entered it.
"I've never seen him run faster," Miku chuckled, getting up from her chair. "Well, I think I'm gonna go take a shower. Don't peek," she winked towards Rin's general direction.
Rin could feel her cheeks lit aflame, but she kept quiet, watching as Miku silently left the dining room. Looking back at the table, the blonde sighed. "Who's gonna clean all of this up?"
Shuffling away from the mess, the blonde ended up in front of her room. Dust covered the frame and followed onto the door knob. Unnerved, Rin pushed the door open with a slightly eerie creak.
"I guess it's been four months since I've been in my room..." She sighed bitterly, taking in the amount of dust that blanketed her belongings. Searching through her room, something came to mind. My sketch...
Slightly panicking, Rin ran around trying to find her sketch that she finished on that very day. Unfortunately her room did not hold her sketch anywhere. Breathing heavily, she left the room, dashing into Miku's room. Maybe it's in here. She was with me after all.
Sprinting into the tealette's open roomed, Rin searched through everything in a hurry. "Where could it be, where could it be?" She questioned, frantically moving things before shoving them into it's earlier position. At the end of her search, Miku's room was in tatters. "I may have gone too far, but seriously don't tell me that it's gone. I actually like that one very much."
Unbeknownst to Rin, Miku had come into her room, covered in only a towel. "I did say that you shouldn't peek, but I should've added that you can't mess up my room," she laughed.
Spinning around as fast as she could, Rin became wide-eyed. She dashed out of the room, slamming the door closed. God, I have such a bad problem! I mean getting worked up by seeing her... In a towel. To be honest, I did always have a problem seeing her in general, too.
Breathing moderately fast, her cheeks had slowly faded from red to pink. "Wait! I'm not mad or anything like that!" The blonde heard from the other side of the door, that ended up opening.
"Gah!" Rin quickly hid her face behind her hands. Miku had opened the door while still clad in only a satin towel.
"Oh well, maybe they'll come back," the tealette mumbled, retreating to her room to get changed. Of course, during this period of time, the blonde quietly stood outside of the room, waiting for the other girl to get dressed. Once Rin deemed that Miku had changed, she re-entered the room.
The door slightly creaked as she opened it a few inches to slip through. Closing it behind her, Rin let an elongated sigh out. "Thank god, you're dressed."
Noticing that the door had moved, Miku looked for the invisible figure, "So you couldn't resist me. Not a lot of people can," she quipped, making herself laugh. Clad in her leek pajamas, the tealette stood up with her laptop. "I have a speech project that's due next week, but I kinda want to get it done early. Want to help me?"
Rin pondered aloud, "Should I help her or not?" Walking around the room thinking, she eventually turned up in front of a white board that had messy music notes scribbled all over it. "I guess I will. She always helped me with mine." Plucking a dry erase marker from it's spot, Rin uncapped it, and wrote 'yes' on an empty space.
Clicking a few keys on her laptop to start recording, she the laptop around so that the laptop would record the white board. Grinning, Miku spoke loudly, "Oh, I never thought of you writing on the white board. I never even actually considered that you understood Japanese in the first place."
And Rin, being the nice person she decided to be, wrote down, 'that's because you're stupid.' Chuckling to herself, she waited for the tealette's reaction.
"Rude, much?" Miku inquired, setting the electronic down on her desk, while it was still recording. "Anyways," she started, while wiping the white board off, "I'm doing a speech for Japanese class, and I need to make a video for it so that I can see how long it takes and what I need to change."
Writing down on the board once more, 'What's it about?' Rin sat down on the floor, kneeling.
Miku silently watched as the letters wrote themselves without any other movement. "I have to talk about something that's very precious to me."
'I see. So what do I need to do?' Rin scrawled down, glancing up at her friend that stood there with a sorrowful expression. "What's wrong, Miku?" The blonde inquired before remembering that Miku couldn't hear her.
Lightly slapping her cheeks, the tealette brought herself back from her thoughts. "Umm, uh— I just need you to hold my laptop up so that it can record me better 'cause I might move around. It's already recording so you can just go ahead and hold it."
'Sounds easy,' the blonde wrote. 'Start whenever you feel to do so.' Getting up from the ground, capping the pen and putting it away, she made her way over to the laptop. Rin picked up the electronic and held it facing towards the tealette.
Taking a shaky breath, Miku began, "Hi, I'm Hatsune Miku, and I'm here to tell you about something precious to me. This thing just so happens to mean the world to me."
As soon as the tealette had started her speech, Rin could tell something about it was off. Raising her eyebrow in confusion, she kept recording.
"It's a person actually, specifically my—my best friend." Teal orbs silently watch the floor in interest. "We met back in second grade. It was the first day of school," the tealette spoke quietly.
I have a really bad feeling about this. She always told me that I was her best friend.. so does this mean... Rin's eyes fully opened as she realized who Miku was talking about.
"I pulled a leek out in the middle of art class, and this one girl, with the biggest bow that sat upon her head, couldn't stop laughing because everyone was staring at me in a weird way," the sentence was followed by several bittersweet chuckles. "The teacher told her—her to be quiet, but she couldn't, and she eventually got detention."
Remembering the moment herself, Rin attempted to muffle her own laughs in her sleeve. However, the fake laughter of her friend brought her back to reality. Miku's voice was slowly becoming drawn out and quieter, igniting worry inside the Blonde.
"But it was okay, 'cause I—I got detention for eating in class, t—too."
Miku looked up from the floor, and Rin's heart stopped.
Her eyes were glassy, as if they were a clear tank of water. "It's been eleven years. W—we've been friends for eleven years," Miku managed to choke out. "She m—means ever—rything to me. B—but I did something so horrible... I—She... She—my best friend.. I can't e—even imagine how m—m—my life would've been w—without her. "
Miku took a deep breath to calm her raging heart beat.
"S—she was always by my side, and I was glued to h—hers," The tealette let out a soft hiccup. "H—hey, don't stop recording, just give me a second."
Rin nodded sympathetically, even if Miku was crying, she was always one to get something done. However, this time, Rin wasn't so sure that Miku could go on any longer.
"I remember this one time... The fifth graders and the fourth graders had a shared recess. My b—best friend, R—.. I—I can't even say her name." The older female attempted blinked away the water that was threatening to spill. "M—my best friend, immediately latched onto my side... I—I was so happy for something so l—little. But something happened that day. A few of the six graders tried bullying her, and I was so o—over come with anger, that I gave one of them a good h—hit on the c—cheek," Miku spoke, her lips curling up into a nostalgic smile. "Of course, I—I got d—detention, and I was really sad about it 'cause my p—parents got mad at me for getting de—detention on the first day, too... Though, sh—she cheered me up." The tealette's lips dropped back down, forming a dejected expression. "While I was in the cla—classroom, my b—best f—friend, appeared from the window, making the m—most stupidest faces I'd ever s—seen."
A lump formed inside of the blonde's throat as she watched her best friend sob and dig her fingers into the flesh of her palm.
"S—she—she means a lot to me, and I'm not l—lying when I—I say she means the w—world to me. She really d—does," the tealette continued.
Rin stood there silently, unable to speak.
The tip of Miku's nose slowly hued pink, a sign of trying to stop one's self from crying. "B—but I—I Horr—I... I did s—something so h—horrible. S—so—so—So horrible..."
The blonde stood still with her teeth grit to the point where it hurt. She was on the edge of completely dropping the computer to comfort the tealette. I know that you can't see me. I don't know if you'll ever see me, or even hear me. But I do know, that if we could see and hear each other, I'd tell you that it's not your fault.
Lips quivering, Miku whispered. "I'd d—do anything for h—her, and I know s—she'd do anything for m—m—me," her voice cracked.
Carefully throwing the laptop onto the bed, Rin ran over to her friend who was on the edge of falling to her knees. "M—Miku!"
The tealette's knees buckled out, making her fall to the ground. "I—can't," sniffling harshly, her sentence was interrupted.
Rin threw her arms around Miku's body, gingerly embracing her. "Please don't cry!" She said aloud, water threatening to spill out of her own eyes. "You're gonna make me cry if you do."
Sobbing her heart out, Miku covered her face with her hands, trying to hid her pitiful expression. Through stifled gasps, she mumbled, "I—I just—just... I l-love her so much..."
Hearing those words, tears poured out of cerulean orbs. If only... If only you could see me. Rin's face scrunched up in an emotion that she had never felt before. "I love you, too! I love you so much, so much that you wouldn't even understand," The blonde wept, but her words fell on deaf ears. "I love you so much that it hurts to see you like this. It kills me inside."
Rin rested her forehead against Miku's, tears dropping from her chin. Suddenly an idea popped inside her head, and the blonde sprung up from her position on the floor. She snatched a red pen from off of the Tealette's desk, and pried one of Miku's hand from her face.
'Please don't cry,' Rin wrote messily on Miku's Palm, her tears already smearing some of the ink. "If only you could hear me, then maybe you wouldn't be so sad. If only it never happened." Throwing the pen to the ground, Rin held Miku in an embrace once more.
Miku's loud sniffles had slowly become nothing but soft sobs that left Rin's heart in shambles. The blonde rest her head on the tealette's shoulders, looking into a mirror that sat against the wall.
Her reflection was missing, leaving Miku's reflection to be crying alone.
"If only I hadn't run away, I'd be right by your side. Like always."
