I'm baaaack! AND GUESS WHAT!
So is Len~ -w- 3
VOCALOID is not mine. Once again.
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CHAPTER FOUR
In a pitch black room with coldness seeping in through the walls, soft sobs could be heard over the blood curdling screams in the background. Hopes, wishes, dreams and love all drained into the floor through tears and blood, washing away the feeling of the concrete sucking at the warmth of the body lying on the ground. His training was almost done, and a brand new hell was not far away...
"Good morning..." Len yawned, swaying into the music room.
Luka, Miku and Rin all looked up at Len, shock plastered to their faces.
"It's after school, Len." Rin said, standing up and walking over to her brother, collapsed on the couch.
"Oh." He said, sincere surprise and realization in his voice.
Miku groaned and came over to join the twins on the couch. Gently Rin pushed back the hair on Len's forehead and felt his temperature.
"You're burning!" Rin exclaimed, snatching her hand away.
Len looked up at her wearily and sighed. "That would be why everything went fuzzy during history."
Rin gaped at him for a couple of seconds then huffed and flapped her arms around. Luka came up from behind the couch and felt Len's forehead, completely wrapped up in worry.
"You need to get home, and fast." Luka order, stalking around the couch and picking up Len's schoolbag.
She rummaged around for a while until she pulled out Len's yellow cell phone.
"Here." She said, shoving the cell into Len's bandaged hands. "Take thi-"
She stopped suddenly and knelt down, clutching Len's hands. Worriedly, she looked them over; inspecting the band-aids covering his palms and knuckles. On one huge band-aid on his right palm, you could see fresh blood from underneath staining the cloth.
"What happened?" Luka cried, her eyebrows furrowed.
"Nothing much..." Len mumbled and pulled his hands away. "I dropped a vase, that's all."
Rin raised an eyebrow and exchanged glances with Miku and Luka.
"Oh well, just call mom and get her to pick you up." Rin sighed, picking up the phone and handing it to Len.
After he took the phone, Len looked up at Rin with bewilderment.
"What?" he said. "You didn't know?"
"Huh?" Rin blinked.
"She told me that she told Dad... Mom isn't allowed to drive anymore."
"What?" Rin yelled, throwing her hands into the air. "Nobody ever told me that! Why can't she drive?"
Len held up his hands in protest. "Her doctor said that she was too unstable!"
Rin's arms dropped, a look of defeat on her face. "Unstable? What?"
"Her mood swings got too serious." Len shrugged, running a hand through his hair. "My psychiatrist agreed, apparently-"
"WHAT?" All three girls yelled, turning their full attention to Len, who had raised his hands again into a defensive position from the shock of the outburst.
"A psychiatrist?" Miku cried, coming closer to where Len was sitting.
"Since when?" Luka got up to stand in the middle of Miku and Rin.
"And why?" Rin demanded, closing the half circle in on the bewildered blonde.
Len put his hands to his mouth, surprised. "Oops."
With a groan, Rin folded her arms. Right when she opened her mouth, a ring came from Len's cell phone. He blinked, then gently reached out and flipped it open, still peering at Rin.
"Yes? This is Len." He said, wearily looking around at his friends looming over him. "Huh? You want to pick me up now? That's good, actually. I was planning on walking home soon, I have a fever so-"
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!" A huge roar roar busted out of the phone, making them all jump and Len force the phone away from his ear. "AND YOU WERE PLANNING TO WALK HOME? ARE YOU EVEN AWARE OF YOUR RULES? REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME YOU TRIED TO DO THAT? I HAD TO PULL YOU OUT OF THE RIVER, DAMMIT! YOU'RE SUCH AN IDIOT! GET OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, I'M TAKING YOU BACK TO MY HOUSE!"
Len cautiously brought the phone back to his ear and spoke into it. "I'll be there soon, don't worry."
Luka turned to Rin and whispered into her ear, but Len didn't seem to notice. Rin simply shrugged in return and shook her head. They turned to Miku and pointed, but she also shrugged.
"Yes, I know... I'm doing fine and I'm taking my lessons." Len said, his tone warmer now. A pause and a blush rose on his cheeks. "... Me too... Yes... I'll be there soon."
He snapped the phone shut and turned to his sister.
"My friend is going to pick me up and take me to his house, happy?"
She frowned, but stepped back and put her hands on her hips.
"Tell me why you have a psychiatrist and when you got it." She ordered, her voice cold and sharp.
Len sighed and stood up, picking up his bag and bass case as he did. "First of all, he's not an it, his name is Dr. Hayate. He's a very... niceman and he's been seeing me for about three years now. I only see him because he's worried that somehow my mom having a split personality would affect me. That's it."
They all stood in silence as a minute ticked by.
"Can I go now?" He asked, switching his school bag from one hand to the other.
Rin stared at him for a moment longer, then dropped her gaze and stepped back. Len nodded, gave her a pained smile, and then ran out of the classroom.
"How come her never told me?" Rin whispered, clutching her arms tightly.
Luka looked over at her friend and smiled. "He probably didn't want you to worry."
"But still." Miku said, walking over to the window and watching a blue car drive away. "He has a lot of things that we don't know about, doesn't he? I for one don't believe that that's the only reason that he could have a psychiatrist for three years. This is deeper than I thought it was."
"Three years..." Rin said, shaking her head. "One year after the divorce. How could I have never noticed?"
"We need to find out what's REALLY going on." Luka murmured. "I'm starting to get worried."
The room eerily quiet, Rin fell back and landed on the couch. "I second that notion."
Just a little side note here... I wont be able to upload my next chappie for a couple of days because my schedule has literally NO TIME FOR MY POOR BABY NETBBOOK (sad though, it is...). PLEASE BE PATIENT! I LOVE YOU ALLLLL! (btw... review :3)