Seven Minutes

Fudge. It's been a hey of a long time since I uploaded this crap. -T_T-

Forgive me, please? XD

Not a chance, huh? Might as well begin writing then. .

Len POV

"Look, Len, I don't understand why you gotta be so disagreeable. We were just messing around with the girl." the guys pleaded as they silently snickered on the side. Now, you may not know something about me. It's the fact that I can't stand rapists. People who do things without the girl's agreement. I've never had sex with girls who don't want it.

"Let her go and go to your classes." The tiny brunette squeaked in surprise and cowered in the corner. I gently latched onto her arm and tugged her towards me. "Come on, Princess. And don't wander around the dark gym corridors alone after hours, hm?" She nodded, whimpering, and followed behind me like a lost sheep.

"You're okay now." I murmured, seeing her off. She smiled at me with relief and darted off, clutching her mildly dirtied dress around her.

"Why won't you talk to me?" I heard a soft, complaining voice.

Talker identified: Rei Kagene.

"Because you're a bastard!"

Talker identified: Rin Kagamine.

Wait, WTF?

I jerked behind the school building, sneaking a glance back. Rin was huddled in her coat, scowling bitterly up at Rei. Her eyes were dark with anger, and a cold-induced pinkness dusted her cheeks. She had relapsed within it.

But sadness. Rin was sad, and she would cry soon if someone didn't save her. I could see the sadness, the longing. Who was he? Her ex, right?

"Go away, Rei. You already told me the only reason you liked me. Pretended to like me," she added as an afterthought.

"Jeez, Rin, I didn't know someone like you could bitch about something like that."

"That?" Rin scoffed, stepping back. I could see tears gathering in her eyes and immediately knew the guy was a jerk. She lifted her mittens to her eyes- Damn, but she was childish. It was like seeing a cute anime or something. "You think it's such a- trivial thing?"

Time to do what I did best- Annoy.

"Hey, Rin!" I called, flying out of the air like one of those crazy-ass flying squirrels. I tackled her, grinning darkly. "What's up?"

"Ah!" Rin struggled, pushing me off of her. "Wh- I don't- Eh?

"Kagamine." Rei had one hand pushed into his back pocket. He raised a stark eyebrow at me and his liquid amber eyes met my icy blue ones.

Personalities clashed. My aura screamed back off.

"Kagene," I said with a necessarily polite smile. Rin was still fighting the one arm I had wrapped around her abdomen. His eyes followed the movement until they locked on my arm. I continued smiling, almost wanting to scream, U MAD BRO?

He sniffed. "You rebound quickly, Rin." Rin stopped struggling for a moment, eyeing Rei with what looked like hurt. Seconds later, she just looked pissed.

"I do not rebound." Rin said tentatively. She pulled my arm away and slammed it into my side. As I shook it and winced, Rin sniffed and turned around. "And Kagamine and I are not friends."

"Well, ouch."

Rin dusted off her jacket and crisply walked away from both of us.

"You're on, Kagamine." Rei said calmly before walking off.

"Challenge accepted," I chuckled. Now, to meddle around a little more in Rinny's love life...

Miki POV

"This is your incredible plan?" I cried incredulously. Teto and I were now huddled up in a tree, spying on Mikuo's house. "You can see his room from here!"

"That's the idea, Miki!" Teto waved binoculars around happily. "I can see his room! If you could see Piko's room would you sit in a tree?"

"Eh-" I chose not to answer that.

"Exactly," Teto said smugly. "Now, shut up so I can stare at my future husband."

I rolled my eyes and sat back. "You're such a creeper. And I thought you liked Ted?"

"I do not!" Teto scoffed, after almost falling out of the tree in shock. She shot me a dirty glare and sniffed. "I like his eyes. I think they're pretty."

"Why don't you ask Kaito who Mikuo likes?" I mumbled. "Kaito knows everything."

Teto jumped on the branch. "My dear Watson, you have outdone yourself! That's brilliant!"

"Quoting Sherlock, now?" I questioned grumpily. "And I know I'm brilliant."

"Not you, stupid! The idea!"

Outraged, I sat back and scowled at her. She had begun descending the tree rapidly- Like a monkey or something. I watched her drills bob as she raced into her house across the street. She returned with her cell phone and rejoined me at the top of tree.

"What, you taking pictures of Mikuo shirtless?"

Teto laughed. "Lol, no. I'm going to call Kaito. I'm not Tei, Miki." I stared at her, deadpan, for a few second before sighing.

"You're approaching her level." I said disparagingly. She slapped me and I shut up as the dial tone emerged from the phone. Teto put it on speaker and took a deep breath.

"Hello?" came a sleepy-sounding voice. Gosh, that boy either slept or ate ice cream. Jeezemus. "Who is this?"

"That's not important," Teto said impatiently. "Look, Shion-"

"Kasane, stop wasting my time. I can't help you."

Ouch. Harsh.

Teto was unfazed. "Kaito," she persisted. "I really need to know who Mikuo likes! I will love you forever!"

"You're not the one I want to love me forever," he complained.

...What.

"And besides," he continued. "It would be a violation of the Bro Code. I'm sworn to secrecy, Teto."

Dude, seriously? I chimed in my input.

"Teto just wants to know if she should try at him or if it's hopeless." Teto nodded, too annoyed to add anything more.

"... Talk to Miku." he said finally. "She can help you. I can't break the Bro Code! And Teto... Please don't get your hopes way too up."

Teto's smile faltered and I winced.

"Okay!" she said cheerfully. She disconnected the call and frowned abruptly. "Jeez, I don't want to talk to Miku. She's always bothered me. But for the sake of my future hubby, I must do it! Since they're siblings, all I have to do is go down and ring the doorbell."

And she did just that. She dropped down calmly again and walked up to the door. She pressed and held the doorbell for a good few seconds, and I joined her on the porch. Teto still looked slightly upset. I made a mental not to talk to her later.

Teto's god himself came to the door. "Oh. Kasane. I hope you haven't been stalking me." he stared at her- And I instantly blushed. THE DUDE WAS WEARING A FREAKING TOWEL.

"Wear some clothes!" I shrieked immediately and spun away from the boy. He was NAKED BENEATH THAT TOWEL DAMMIT.

"W-Well, uh-uh..." Teto was stammering. "You d-d-don't have t-to-"

"You're so weird." he said, but it seemed halfhearted. "Why are you here?"

"I actually need to see Miku," Teto finally said confidently, her face as pink as her hair. "Not you. So you don't have to be so egotistical."

"Oh, really?" he looked almost thankful. I hated that about him- He knew Teto liked him, so why didn't he give her a chance? He sighed and stepped aside, letting us in. "I'll grab her."

Rin POV

After the encounter with Rei, I felt like returning to being a wallflower. I sat in the far corner of homeroom and glumly seceded into the dark confines of my mind. My chin rested in the curve of my palm as I serenely stared at absolutely nothing in particular.

"Rin! RinRinRinRinRinRin-" Gumi blared like a broken record. "Rin guess whaaat?"

"What." I stared blandly at her.

"You're so excited," she mumbled beneath her breath. Casting me a withered look, she grinned. "There's this new guy- And oh, my gosh, he's super good looking."

I stared blatantly."Um... What do you mean?"

"I mean he's so bad boy! Like Rin, he's got dark violet hair and bandages all over his body. Apparently he only has one eye!"

"Sounds reckless, and not charmingly."

"Seriously, Rin, if you don't like the idea of a boyfriend, doesn't mean you should criticize everything about each guy-"

"Gumi," I deadpanned. "Bandages. Something about him screams careless." I'm sorry, I know I was being judgmental. But I was really grumpy.

She sighed and walked back to her seat. Just as the bell rang. She shot me another disparaging look and sighed to herself. I couldn't help it! I was pissed and angry right now. Nothing took my fancy.

That is, until Taito Shion actually walked into the room.

Okay, now a little bit of insight. Let me tell you now, this guy was good-looking. Like really good-looking. He had dark, shiny, violet hair- Like, hell, he actually took care of his hair. His face was in 'ULTIMATE SCOWL MODE' and he indeed had only one eye. Bandages wrapped almost without abandon around his face. His jacket was unzipped, his shirt unbuttoned- You could see the bandages wrapped around his chest and the outline of them on his torso. I couldn't remove my eyes from his face. His cheekbones were so angled, his entire face sharp and glass-cut. It seemed like you could cut your hand just running it along his skin.

I shook my head to snap out of it. No- I wasn't going to fall in love this year. But honestly? This guy intrigued me.

Maybe I would try to talk to him.

Taito POV

"I'm Taito Shion." (And I hate life.) "I like music." (As much as I hate people.) "Please take care of me." (Like I care if you bother, I don't want sympathy.)

I've had sort of a messed up life. My mom married a druggie and didn't know till it was too late. She got our asses out of there before something really happened but we were dirt-poor. We both started working and finally we had enough money to actually carry on our lives.

As for my bandages? I was abused by my dad. Thank god my mom was there or else the bastard would've taken out my other eye. Thankfully, she also had a friend who was a doctor- Or I would've been dead.

Anyways, I hate people and my overlook on sociality has been badly warped. So I was not thrilled about being in this school.

I spotted a seat in the back corner next to a girl whose head was turned to the windows. She looked calm, happy, almost- And I almost instantly hated her. Why was she so happy?

(I have anger issues.)

But on the other hand, she was pretty much alone back there. I wanted a lone seat, too. It was either with her or next to that guy with blue hair. And he looked beyond happy- Ridiculously ecstatic. What was up with the people in this school?

You're probably wondering what's up with the subtext. I'm a writer.

(As if that explains anything.)

Anyways, my feet took me straight to the back of the room and I dropped my stuff harshly on the desk next to her. It rattled, but it didn't seem to bother her. In fact she didn't even blink.

"Why are you next to me?" and it sounded bitter. You want to play the jerk game? I'm in.

"I felt like it. But don't flatter yourself."

She finally faced me head on. Ah, tears. She'd cried recently. I can read emotions really easily. I wondered briefly if anyone else had seen. Knowing the amount of shallowness this place screamed, it was probably something extremely trivial.

"What, your mother didn't buy you an iPad?" I mumbled beneath my breath. It was a bit harsh, yes, but I couldn't help it. It seemed like everybody in this school had such a great life.

"I heard that," she said quietly. And then she smiled- And it was so acerbic that I was slightly taken aback. "And no, she... Lost to cancer." That subtle light was in her eyes and she shrugged offhandedly. "I live alone with my dad."

Was I supposed to care about her or something?

(Actually, I cared. That was mean. What I said.)

"Sorry." Knee-jerk reaction.

"Rin." she mumbled, and my glance drifted along the board.

"Taito." That was redundant. First girl who's never asked me about my bandages upon sight. "Why were you crying?"

Now she jumped. Finally, a normal reaction.

"Um, I was talking to my ex."

"And..." I persisted.

"It's none of your-" she paused, contemplating, and then gave me a strange look. "Something about you," she stopped again and tilted her head. "Something about you makes me want to spill everything."

I smirked at that, a small gesture of cocky arrogance.

(I'm actually not proud of it.)

"I... Have that effect on people."

She sighed. "He used to emotionally abuse me. Small stuff. We broke it off- But not before he threw in sex."

"Small stuff." I echoed.

(What a lie, it wasn't small.)

"Yeah." Her hands wouldn't sit still. They fidgeted, twitched, played with the pencil, tapped it- It was driving me crazy, but I didn't want to comment yet, because I was sure it would come out sharp and angry. I like things calm and quiet and she wouldn't stop-

"Will you put the damn pencil down?" I snapped quietly.

(Dammit.)

"..." she looked a little bit hurt, but she shrugged and put the pencil down with a small click. I now felt douchebag-y. I've never felt so tangled over a small, fragile, girl before. I sighed before taking an observatory look at the book she was reading.

"The Watch That Ends the Night? It's good." I said. She had good taste in poetry novels.

"Yeah," she enthused. I could see a bit more personality shine from her face. Her eyes lit up and her cheeks took upon a dusky rose. "You'd think nobody would read it because they think they know how it ends, but it's so beautiful- And such a tragedy at the same time-"

I gave her another odd smile- And when I say odd, I mean strange. I can't smile that genuinely because it's been a hell of a long time since I've smiled like that.

(You liar, it's because you can't.)

It's because I've never met someone worth smiling for.

Kaito POV

I don't know what it was, but I have a feeling that that Taito guy is trouble. Whatever. Watch out, Rin, you can't afford to be messed up anymore.

I watched their conversation with sharp eyes- Rin looked blank, then interested, then sad, then hurt, then happy, then enthusiastic, and now she looked neutral again. I made a mental note, and then returned my gaze to Luka.

Ah, Luka. Such beautiful blue eyes. Such cotton-candy pink hair that flowed like a river of silk. Still ogling her, I began to wonder simultaneously what Mikuo was doing.

The Hatsunes had an odd habit of skipping school one day a month. Miku was kind of a yoga meditation freak and she said that one day off exercised a healthy routine.

On the other hand, I wonder why Teto and Miki skipped school today- And if Teto had gotten her answer. Poor Teto- She's been chasing after Kuo for so long. I feel bad, honestly, because Mikuo will never spare her even a glance.

You could say Kuo is indebted to someone- To look away from other girls.

I'm not indulging any more. Either ways, I had to chuckle when I noticed Len's eyes also trained o na certain blonde girl.

In case you haven't noticed, I'm really spontaneous. I'll be thinking about one thing and then, suddenly- Another thing. So I wasn't really surprised when I started thinking about Miku.

Miku, hm. She looked a lot like Mikuo- And usually you don't see such a resemblance like that cross between siblings.

As I was mulling that over, I realized something startling. I thought back over my notes on everybody in the school and stunned, found that it was true!

I didn't know who Miku liked! And I know who everyone likes! Len likes girls, Mikuo likes- (nice try), Luka likes Gakupo, Gakupo likes Luka, Rin likes no one, Rei likes Rin, Rui likes Len, Neru likes Len, Miki likes Piko, Piko likes Miki- Holy crap! That's surprising.

Oh yeah, and if you were wondering about the Gakupo and Luka thing- Yes, I am the only one who knows that Luka likes Gakupo.

I found out recently. Very recently, like yesterday.

And it shocked me- She must have been sleeping with Len for compensation. But Luka liked Gakupo.

So why didn't I try to bring them together?

Simple: Because I'm selfish.

Well that's it.

I actually really like Taito's personality- And don't worry! Rin and Taito will never go past friends. I assure you no love from either of their sides. As for The Watch That Ends the Night, it is a really beautiful book about the Titanic. Check it out if you have time^-^. Now, about Luka and Gakupo- I have KaiLuka as a pairing, but note that I also have MikuKai. So don't jump yet- And remember that as a still budding author I can't please everyone, I'm sorry! For those who hate Luka and Popo, please don't abandon. DX

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