I'M ALIVE. 0 U 0;; Sorry for the atrociously late update. I've been pretty busy. ; o ;


Chapter Four: 44 out of 100


[RIN'S P.O.V.]

I let a sigh escape from my lips. How on earth did it turn out like this? I want to know what I did to deserve this.

("Fine, I sincerely hope that you do your best then.")

Apparently, when I said this, I had no idea as to just how determined Len was at that time.

"Rin, do you want to go to karaoke after school?"

"No."

"How about going to the theme park?"

"No."

"The mall-?"

"Don't you have tutoring?" I interrupted him when I felt my irritation reach its capacity.

"Not today." Len grinned childishly.

"Len!" It was his friend- er… What's her name again…? Miku? She walked over to us.

"Hey, Miku. What's up-?" And then he was whisked away before he could finish his sentence. Finally, I have some peace and quiet. I slipped into the cafeteria before Len could come back to find me.


[MIKU'S P.O.V.]

I let go of Len's hand when we got back to our classroom, "You've been hard to get a hold of lately, Len." I frowned in disapproval.

"What? That's not-!" I stared at him with a look of demur before he could finish his sentence. "Fine, you got me there…"

"So, how did it go?"

"How did what go?" Len looked puzzled.

"You asked me for a bunch of places that a girl would like to go to on a date yesterday. You can't expect me to not ask you for the details."

"About that…" He mumbled.

"Hm? I can't hear you." I moved closer to hear him.

"I got rejected." Len fell into what looked like a depressed state.

I gasped in shock, "No way! Someone actually rejected the Len Kagamine? Who is this girl? Ah! Wait! It's Rin… Isn't it?"

"Mm…" Len gave a small, almost unnoticeable nod.

I frowned, "What's so good about that girl anyway? If you ask me… She's acting like a brat…"

"You're only saying that because you didn't know Rin when she still used to hang out with us." Len snapped up, out of his depressed state. I gave him a puzzled look.

"She couldn't have been that great…"

"Rin was- is very nice! Maybe you don't see her that way now, but that's only because she doesn't like me and that's partially my fault! That's why I-" Len stopped. "What?"

"Hmm…" I smiled slyly at him. "It's just that you're defending her so much. It almost sounds like you like her." I giggled at the thought. Sure, I don't seem to like this Rin girl much, but the thought of Len getting flustered over a girl that he can't have and trying to defend her was very adorable.

"Of course I like Rin! … As a friend!"

"Heh, heh, heh. He says for now." I gave Len another sly look.

"You scare me sometimes, Miku."

"Boo. Well, excuse me." I took in a deep breath, "If you're going to such lengths just to defend her, then I guess she's not as bad as I think she is. If Neru-tan and you are friends with her then I'll be friends with her too." I gave Len a reassuring smile.


[RIN'S P.O.V.]

"Why are you here again?" I stared at Piko, who I was eating lunch with for a second time this week.

"I'm your consultant. Why wouldn't I be here?" Piko picked up a fry from my tray and munched away at it.

"Hey! I paid for those!"

"Don't be such a glutton."

"I'M a glutton?" By the time I finished my sentence, Piko was already done with my tray of fries. What on earth? Does he have a vacuum for a mouth?

"Ah, that needed ketchup. Well, anyway, thanks for the meal." He got up out of his seat. I reached out and grabbed his wrist before he could get away.

"Hold up! I want my $1.25 back!"

"If I brought money with me today, I wouldn't have eaten your fries."

I scoffed. This… This brat was unbelievable! "You're a con artist!"

"Technically, I didn't scam you."

"Fine, then, you're a thief!"

I heard Piko sigh, "Fine, if you're that intent on getting your money's worth…" Piko sat back down. I let go of his wrist once I was sure that he wasn't going anywhere. "Have you seen the results for the midterms yet?"

"No, not yet."

"Well, you know how you and Len are always in the same class every year?"

Yamaha Academy is an escalator school that ranges from the middle school grade levels to the high school grade levels. I transferred to Yamaha Academy in the seventh grade after my mother's job transfer. And in every single year that I've been in Yamaha Academy, I was placed in the same class as Len… Sure, it was great at first, since I was just another mindless-zombie-Len-fan girl who dedicated most of her time into stalking the guy, but now, I realize what a pain it is. And Piko wasn't helping.

"Yes…" I finally answered.

"And you know how he always gets top scores?"

"Get to the point." My patience was running low.

"Guess who received one of the lowest scores on the midterms for math just recently?" Piko said with a smirk on his face. Was this relevant? I gave him a confused look which soon faded into awe when Piko spoke once again, "Len Kagamine."

"WH-WHAT?" I half gasped and half choked upon hearing Piko's words. "B-But…! But how?"

"Who knows?" Piko said in a singsong voice. "More importantly… Offer him lessons."

"What?" I felt my brain cease all comprehension of our conversation. "What? Wait, WHAT?"

"Offer him lessons in math- Tutor the guy! I mean, I've seen your scores before, you're not that bad at math."

"That's not the point! I mean- exactly how am I going to benefit from tutoring him?" I crossed my arms, giving Piko a doubting look.

"Dear god! Don't you read any shoujo manga?"

"Wh-… Pftt! Of course I do!"

"Huhh, I bet you're one of those tomboyish types…" I fell silent to his comment. "Did I hit a nerve?"

"Wh-… This is off topic!" I argued. Does he have a death wish? Piko, you obviously want me to kill you.

"Tutor Len and you'll be able to get closer to him. Geez, Rin, when you fell out of love, did you lose all of your knowledge on romance?"

"Shut up." I got up and proceeded to the hallway leading to the main entrance of the school. There is no way that what Piko told me could be correct. I approached the bulletin board, where the results for the midterms are posted up and began to scan through the list of names.

Oh, what do you know? Shi- Kaito placed second in his class. Whoa, I knew he was smart. Wait, Kaito is a twelfth grader… And he's not in my class… I'm looking at the wrong list. I moved a few lists over to class 2-C, our class, and ran through the names. Finally, I found Len's name... EGADS! He scored 44 out of 100!


[LEN'S P.O.V.]

The bell rang, signaling the end of class. By the time that I finished jamming my notebook into my backpack, Rin was already out the door. "Rin!" I ran after her in a hurry. "Are you free now? We could go to the arcade and-"

"Kaito!" I was interrupted when Rin broke off into a dash toward the library.

"Ah, Rin wait!" I followed her, but stopped when I saw that what she was running to was a person. Oh, Kaito.

"Hey, Rin-chan."

"Hey, I saw your score on the midterms. You got second place. Congrats!" Rin smiled cheerfully. Wait, she intentionally looked for his score? That's not creepy at all.

"Ahahah, you saw that? How embarrassing. Oh, yeah. Do you want some cake?" He held up a purplish box. What… This guy sounds like a total pedo.

"Huh? Are you sure?" Rin's eyes were practically gleaming.

"Yeah, Gakupo gave it to me, but I can't eat it since I have a toothache and I don't want the food to go to waste." Oh, he's friends with Gakupo… That settles it; he must be a pedo.

"Oh, okay, then." Rin took the purplish box. "I hope your toothache gets better."

"Thanks!" And then I froze at the moment I made eye contact with him. "Oh, hello. A friend of yours, Rin?"

"Uwah…" Rin froze as well. "Ah… Well… More like an unwanted stalker…" Rin muttered. Wait! An unwanted stalker? Hey! Kaito didn't seem to hear her.

"I'm Len Kagamine!" H-How does he not know who I was? I'm practically famous in this school!

"Oh, well, it's nice to meet you. I'm Kaito Shion, by the way." He flashed a friendly smile at me. "Right, I have an appointment with the dentist. I'm going to have to get going. It was nice meeting you, Len-chan. Later, Rin-chan!" He left before I could make an objection. Len-chan? Seriously? I mean… Why Len-chan? I'm a 15 year old for god's sake! I'd be fine if he had called me Len-Kun or-

"Let's go." I looked up to see Rin with a refreshed smile on her face.

"Huh?" Wait… Is Rin smiling at me? "What? Where to?"

"The library, obviously." Rin pulled the door to the library open.

"Why?"

"Because… I'm going to tutor you in math. Your score for the midterm was atrocious." Rin said in an as-a-matter-of-fact voice. Rin was looking at my score too. Rin was looking at my horrible score too! "What's with that goofy smile on your face? It's creepy. Stop it."

"Let's go!" I took Rin's hand and dashed inside the library.

"Uwah! Hey! Let go!" At the time, I was in too much of an elated mood to respond to Rin's complaints.

Hey, guess what, Rin? Even though you don't like me, I can still see that you're still a very nice person. I'm pretty sure we'll be friends again in no time.


Hahahah, I bet you guys thought Miku was going to be all "I hate Rin." ;D

Anyway, not much to say for this chapter, but I did like writing the scene where Len meets Kaito. He's actually a pretty selfish and judging guy… Or maybe he's just jealous. Ohohoho. Who saw that coming? ; u ;

From now on, I'm only going to post up replies to the reviewers without an account… Because I just found out I could PM replies to those with an account on fanfiction. 0 u 0;; Ahah, I feel like an idiot now.

dacritic: Thank you!

vocaloid neko: M-MIKI-SAMA? Oh gosh, that's so sweet. I don't know if I deserve that title. Thanks!