Rin sat in front of her mirror, brushing her short hair. She tied her white ribbon into her hair and smiled at her reflection. Today she was going to visit that person's house again.
Rin wouldn't admit it but she was actually excited to go back there. The music Len played yesterday just drawn something out of Rin and it was just...beautiful.
She hadn't felt so moved in such a long time. She hoped to hear more music from him again. Rin smooth out her orange dress then grabbed her bag from her side and skipped out if her bedroom and down the stairs. She grabbed an apple from her small fruit basket as she pass by the counter near her kitchen.
She didn't really have time to eat breakfast so she might as well settle for a fruit instead. Though she would mostly prefer an orange instead, maybe she should buy some on her way.
Rin walked over too her front door and opened the door. She froze as she saw a certain teal haired female standing in front of her. Her hand was curled up into front of her, apparently ready to knock on the door. Miku looked just as surprised as she processed what happened before she dropped her hand to her side then she smiled.
"Hey Rin-chan! I just came by to visit you again!" Miku announced. Rin blinked at her before she nodded. Miku stared at her for a moment, scanning her appearance before she tilted her head. "You're going somewhere?" Miku asked in curiosity and mostly surprise. Rin nodded again and stepped out, closing the door behind her.
"Wow. I umm not sure how to react to this." Miku said, bewildered. "But I'm happy that you're actually going out of your house in your own free will. I thought I had to drag you out again."
Rin rolled her eyes at that as she locked the door. "By the way, I'm still upset with you, leaving me in the park yesterday. It was so mean, you know. I was worried." Miku huffed. Rin of course, didn't respond and just stared at her with a blank expression. Miku then sighed. "Anyways where are you going? You leaving the house s willingly is...kinda odd."
Rin mused for a moment before she reached into her pocket to take out her phone. She began to punch the little buttons on her phone before turning her phone to her.
'I can't tell you.'
"Huh? Why not?" Miku pouted. Rin pressed onto the buttons once more.
"It's a secret.'
"That's really mean, Rin-chan." Miku huffed. "After what you did to me yesterday." Rin rolled her eyes at her before walking pass her. "Geez! Rin-chan! Don't leave me again!" Miku exclaimed and Rin only waved carelessly. "Ngh! Fine! I'll come visit you again next time, okay? But you better explain where you went next time!" She called after her and waved goodbye.
Rin just shook her head as she walked down the street. Really. Miku can be immature sometimes. Though it was good thing Miku decided not to follow after her or she wouldn't be able to tal- er communicate with Len.
Rin briskly walked down the road and glanced up at the sky. It was a really sunny day and she smiled. It was so peaceful and calm. She wondered if its been like this for a while. Being locked up in her house all this time, she didn't think about anything from outside. It was kinda...refreshing.
Rin immediately spotted a certain house from the distance and smiled as she dashed towards it. She approached the front door and reached for the handle but then paused.
Wait. She already made this mistake. She really shouldn't do it again unless she wants to get caught for trespassing again.
Rin then diverted her hand to the doorbell instead and pressed it. The chime of the doorbell resounded inside the house and Rin waited. It took a few minutes before she heard muffled sounds beyond the door then the door opened, revealing a familiar blond haired male. "Who is it?" Len questioned. They stood there for a moment as Rin took in his appearance.
He wore a simple white dress shirt, dark pants and black shoes. The bandage wrapped around his eyes seemed clean and new which of course was to be expected. Rin blushed when she realized that a few buttons on his shirt were undone, revealing just a little chest to which Rin decided to look away in embarrassment.
Thank goodness, Len couldn't see or it would've been awkward.
"Is someone there?" Len questioned once more and Rin looked back to his face. That's right. He doesn't know she's there. Rin pondered for a moment on how she could tell him it was her and decided to simply reach out and gently caressed his hand.
Len paused before he smiled. "Kagami-san? Is that you?" He asked gently and Rin nodded. Len smiled, despite not being able to see her. "Well, come in." He said and stepped aside. Rin nodded once more and walked into the house. She then took a quick glance around. Yesterday, she didn't have the chance to look around the inside of his house. It was a rather nice house.
"I didn't expect you to come back so quickly." Len said as he slowly followed after her. "To be honest...I was expecting you to barge in like yesterday."
Rin turned to him and blushed in embarrassment. Len chuckled to himself. "Anyways shall we go up then? I'm sure I can play a new piece...if you're okay with that." Rin smiled at that and nodded. Len turned and struck a hand out as he moved forward, obviously searching for the stairs.
Rin blinked and quickly moved towards him, gently grabbing his arm. Len tensed a bit before slowly relaxing." Thanks." He said as Rin led Len the way, up the stairs and down the hall. It was a good thing she remember the way to that room as they moved through the hallway and stopping in front the door.
Rin grabbed the handle and opened the door before leading him inside and setting down on the seat of the piano. Len nodded in thanks as he fiddled with the key cover and lifting it up. He lightly caressed the keyboard, tracing the each key with familiarity then pausing.
"Oh that reminds me. Do you want anything to drink? Juice? Tea?" He asked and Rin was about to shake her head in response but pause since Len wouldn't be able to see her anyways. She then remembered about the agreement they did. Rin reached out for one of the keys.
A low tune echoed within the room and Len nodded. "Alright then." He said before turning back to the piano. He touched the keyboard and adjusted himself. "Well then, I shall play you a piece now." He announced. "You wanna sit next to me?"
Rin blinked and smiled as she carefully took a seat next to him. When Len felt her sit next to him, he angled his head down to the keys and began to play.
The tune was a little sloppy and unbalance but Rin couldn't help but smile. Even though the sounds were disorganized, it was the effort Len was doing in order to produce this tune. It was just beautiful. Rin's eyes softened as her smile dropped slightly. She was a little jealous because...despite his disability he was still able to do what he loves...It was just...
"So how did you like it?" Len suddenly spoke up, breaking Rin's thoughts. "Did you like it? Or was it no good?" He continued. Rin looked down at the piano before reaching for the high notes. The high pitched tone resounded and Len nodded. "I see. That's good." He said and turned his head back to the piano.
"To be honest...I wasn't really satisfied with it." He admitted. "The tune was just so out of order and was unbalanced...I'm kinda surprised you thought it was okay." He said before angling his head to her. "But...I'm happy you thought so." He then smiled and Rin smiled back.
Rin took this chance to glance around the room for the first time since she got there. Yesterday, she wasn't able to look around so she gaze around with curiosity. The room was fairly simple with the piano in the middle of the room. The curtains were drawn close and there was a large bookcase at the side, filled with all sorts of books. Beside it, was a desk with music sheets scattered over it.
Rin looked over to the other side of the room and her eyes paused at a certain place. At the side was large trophy case. Inside it were all sorts of trophies, in different shapes and sizes. How had she not noticed this? Rin stood up and walked over to the trophy case, peering into it with curiosity.
Most of them were large trophies that say '1st place' and all sorts of titles. Others were certificates and medals. All indicating 1st place awards. It was amazing. To think someone actually won all these awards.
"Kagami-san?" Len called out in confusion. "Is something wrong? Where did you go?" He then reached at the side, searching for her. Rin quickly moved back to him and lightly touched his hand. She then took it and gently traced on his palm.
'You have so many awards.' She wrote. "Oh. You mean those." Len said. "I used to participate in competitions when I was a kid until I reached high school but then I just decided to quit on joining and just decided to play for myself."
'You're amazing. I mean to win all those trophies in first place too.' Rin wrote once more and Len shook his head. "Honestly...It wasn't really as great as you think. I'm not saying this to brag but I was hailed by others as a music prodigy and I wasn't really too happy about it." He sighed heavily.
'Why not?' She questioned. Len shook his head. "Its a long story. You wouldn't be interested." He said in a dull tone. Understand that he didn't want to talk about it any further, Rin decided to stop for now and glanced back at the trophy case.
Why wouldn't he be happy about this? If she was in his position, she would be proud with all these accomplishment.
In the past, Rin would join in singing competitions. She would sing her heart out and would do her best but sadly..she would usually end up second place and in worse cases, dead last. Rin frowned to herself. She was really jealous...
Before Rin could scribble on Len's palm once more. They heard the door click and open, causing the two to freeze. Rin turned to the door to see a tall blue haired male standing at the doorway. He wore a dark blue sweater with light blue pants. Wrapped around his neck was a blue muffler scarf. In his hand was a plastic bag.
The man blinked as soon as he spotted the female. "Who are you?" He asked curiously. Rin didn't know how to react to this or how she could even respond until Len spoke. "Kaito?"
The man named Kaito reverted his gaze to Len. "Hey, I didn't know you had a friend here." He said as he walked into the room. Len then snorted. "Well, you were taking too long to get here so of course, I needed the company." He said and Kaito shrugged. "I just went to buy some stuff for you before coming here, since you always complain after all."
The blue haired male turned back to Rin and smiled. "Nice to meet you, miss! My name's Kaito Shion. Len's friend and helper" He introduced himself. "And what's your name?"
Rin blinked and waved her arms around in panic as she can't speak. Kaito looked at her with confusion until Rin remember her phone and pulled it out of her pocket. She quickly typed into her phone and flipped it over to Kaito.
'I'm Rin Kagami.'
Kaito blinked at the message and was about to question her but then he noticed the bandage wrapped around her neck and instantly shut his mouth. He once more smiled at her. "Its nice to meet you then, Kagami-chan." He said. Kaito then reached into his plastic bag and pulled out a bottle of water.
"Here you go, Kagami-chan." Kaito said as he offer her the bottle. "Sorry its just water. I didn't think the shota here would have any guest after so long." Rin blinked and reluctantly took the bottle with a nod.
"Who are you calling a shota, you ice cream obsessed freak." Len grunted as he crossed his arms. "That's not a nice way to speak to someone who came all this way to take care of you." Kaito sighed as he reached into his plastic bag and pulled out another bottle. "Here. I got your favorite banana milk juice for you."
Len perked up at that and blindly reached for it. He carefully fiddled with the bottle in his hand and smiled. "Thanks Kaito!" He exclaimed as he opened it to drink and Kaito nodded. He then glanced over to Rin. "Len here is a fanatic with bananas so if you ever want him to listen or to calm down, just throw him a banana and he'll be a good little boy just like this." He explained.
"Why do I get the feeling that you are comparing me with a dog just now?" Len deadpanned and Kaito laughed. "I didn't say that. You did." Kaito said. Rin watched as the two talked to one another. They seemed really close to each other, as expected of two friends. She stared at them with interest.
"Ah! It looks like we have left out your little guest, Len." Kaito said and looked at Rin apologetically. Rin flapped her hands around and shook her head with slight panic. She honestly didn't feel left out, in fact she thought it was interesting to watch them interact with each other.
"Oh yeah." Len gasped before he turned his head to Rin's direction. "I'm really sorry, Kagami-san." He apologized. Rin shook her head and reached for the low keys of the piano.
Len smiled slightly as he heard the low tune of the piano. "Anyways just ignore this idiot here and how about a play you another piece?"
"Hey that's very rude." Kaito sighed. "After all the effort I made to come all this way to help you."
Rin blinked. The way he said it sounds a lot like someone she knows. Len on the other hand, snorted. "I don't remember asking you to come here everyday. I'm doing quite well for myself."
"Pfft, you can't even cook breakfast for yourself without me. You should be thankful that an awesome guy like me would come by to help your little shota self." Kaito teased.
"Okay! That's it! Where are you, you jerk so I can strangle you with that stupid muffler of yours!" Len exclaimed as he stood up and waved his arms around to figure out where Kaito was. Kaito merely took a step back and scoffed. "Hey! Don't call my scarf stupid and that gives me all the more reason not to tell you where I am."
Rin simply continued to watch and smiled. If she could, Rin would've laugh at the sight. These two were just so much fun to watch. It was just too interesting.
Soon afterwards, the three of them began to talk and laugh with one another. Rin, having no voice to speak in, simply typed into her phone to communicate once in awhile. It was actually really fun. Its been awhile since Rin had some fun...not after that incident.
Rin smiled a little sadly at thought as she slowly reached for the bandage around her neck. Kaito noticed the action but said nothing about it. He instead, glanced at his watch. "Huh, its already lunch time." He noted. Rin checked the time in her phone. It was already past 12.
"How about I make lunch for us?" Kaito suggested. "I'll make it a special one for the little lady here." Kaito smiled at Rin to which she blushed slightly. Len hummed thoughtfully but remarking. "It better not be just ice cream again. I'm too good with having ice cream for lunch again."
Kaito then pouted. "Don't be so mean, Len. I wasn't going to that! Besides ice cream is one of the holiest foods of all time so don't judge!" He huffed before he turned to leave the room. He paused at the entrance and smiled at them over his shoulder. "I'll call you guys when I'm done. Kagami-chan, please help the shota in going down the stairs later alright?"
"For the last time, stop calling me a shota!" Len yelled. Kaito only laughed before disappearing down the hall and down the stairs.
There was silence between them as they sat in the middle of the room. Rin wasn't sure what to do next until Len sighed. "Sorry about Kaito. He can be such a pain." He grumbled. Rin shook her head.
"You know...Kaito is actually a fellow musician." Len continued. "He's a violist and pretty good one at that. Though he always complains about me gaining more attention than him." He shook his head but the edges of his lips just curled up. "But he's a really good guy. An idiot but a really good guy." He chuckled lightly and Rin smiled.
"Anyways do you wanna listen to another piece?" Len offered and Rin brightened, immediately pressing the high key.
"Huh? What the- its already past nine?" Kaito gaped as he looked over to the clock.
Currently, the three of them were at the living room, talking to one another. Right after eating lunch, Kaito suggested they listen to some music and chat a little more to which the two blonds agreed. And here they were.
"Seriously?" Len said in slight disbelief. "We've been talking for an entire seven hours straight?" Rin blinked in surprise as she glanced over to the wall clock as well. She didn't realized she had spent the entire day with the two. It was just surprising.
"I guess time really does fly when you're having fun." Kaito laughed before getting up. "It's getting pretty late so Kagami-chan, you should probably get home for now. It would be dangerous for a young woman like to walk in the late of night."
Rin nodded in agreement before she stood up as well. She looked over to Len and gently brushed her hand against his as a way to at least let him know she was leaving now. Len nodded in response and smiled . "Bye Kagami-san." He said as he waved in front of him.
Rin smiled and was about to make her way out of the room. "Kagami-chan!" Kaito called out, causing Rin to pause and turn to him. "This might be sudden but how about I escort you home for today?" He offered and Rin's eyes widened in surprise.
"As I said before, its dangerous for a girl to be walking alone in the night, a cute one at that." Kaito smiled and Rin blushed slightly before shaking off the blush and shaking her head in protest. "But its dangerous Kagami-chan. Don't worry I won't do anything at all." Kaito frowned slightly.
Rin shock her head once more. It wasn't because she was worried about being alone with him but...
Rin looked over Kaito's shoulder and looked at Len, who was silently sitting on a chair, with concern. Kaito noticed her expression and smiled. "Oh don't worry about Len." He said. "I won't take long and besides he'll understand." Kaito then turned to Len. "Right Len?"
Len, who was listening, nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine. In fact, you should go home too Kaito." He grunted and Kaito scoffed. "Not until I tuck you into bed like the little kid you are." He said.
"Shut up!" Len huffed. Kaito simply chuckled before turning back to Rin. "See? Well then, shall we go now?" He said. Rin was still hesitant but slowly nodded. Rin took one last glance at Len before leaving the room. Kaito glanced over his shoulder and exclaimed. "You stay put Len!"
"As if I can go anywhere!" Len yelled back as the two left the house.
Kaito let out a sigh as he soon as he shut the door. "I swear that guy gets crankier every time I see him." He grumbled and Rin smiled awkwardly. Kaito returned the awkward smile and began. "Well, lets go?"
With that said, the two began moving down the street in silence. Unlike hours ago, they didn't say a word to each other. It wasn't awkward or anything like that but rather the silence was oddly comfortable.
"You know..." Kaito bean, breaking the calming silence. "I never would have thought Len would have anyone over besides me."
Rin looked over to him and tilted her head. "Well, I can't tell you much but a lot of things had happened and Len just decided to isolate himself for a while. I was pretty lucky to get Len to actually let me into his house at the time since he seemed pretty determined to left alone." Kaito explained.
Rin stared at him with surprise. That sounds...a lot like her. Ever since she lost her voice, she didn't want to be around anyone. Miku was the only exemption because she had the spare key to her house. Honestly, she still wanted to lock herself away from the world but...there was something about Len's music that actually brought her out from her home.
Rin looked down at the ground in deep thought as Kaito continued. "Now that I think about it...I'm probably his only friend at the moment."
Rin looked up at him once more in confusion. "Actually Len knows a lot of people but he doesn't really trust them much. He wasn't really the social butterfly so people are usually the first to approach them. I can't really say much about him but I think I'm the only one who actually knows more about him that he thinks..." Kaito paused and turned to her. "To be frank, I was pretty shock to see Len actually speaking with another person besides me after so long...a girl at that."
Rin blinked at that. Kaito gazed up at the dark sky thoughtfully before looking back down at her. "Now that I think about it...how did you meet Len? I don't remember Len having a female friend before...or are you two perhaps..." He trailed off.
Rin blinked once then twice before her face turned red as she realized what he was implying. Rin immediately shook her head in a frantic and panic manner. There was no way she would be in a relationship with that guy or anyone for that matter.
At the time, Rin pretty much dedicated most of her time working on her singing. She barely had anytime to actually be in a relationship with anyone. Miku had once tried convincing her that she should at least try dating a guy instead of focusing all her time and energy on singing but Rin simply ignored it.
As of now, it was obvious that she had no chance of dating anyone at this point. Who would even think of dating a mute girl in the first place? And about the matter right now, there was no way she would date someone she had just met yesterday! What's more, a blind person. That would just make things even more complicated than it was already.
Kaito hummed. "I see. Well, sorry for asking such a question. It was pretty stupid of me." He laughed awkwardly as he sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "Its just that...I've been really worried about the guy. Isolating himself like that isn't really good thing and I'm worried something might happen without me knowing since I'm pretty busy myself these days..."
There was a moment of silence between before Kaito began again. "That's why..." Kaito stopped on his tracks, causing Rin to follow as well. Kaito turned to Rin and bowed. "Please visit Len again some time. He can be a little cranky at times and he can be a real pain but I hope you'll go see him again. After all...he really needs someone to talk to when I'm not there."
Rin was baffled at the very sincere action. She never really expected anyone to ask her so sincerely before. Kaito genuinely looked like he really wanted to help Len. A part of Rin was really touched to see a kind person like Kaito to sincerely want to support his friend. It was rather sweet.
The edges of Rin's lips curled slightly and she reached into her pocket. She pulled out her phone and began to type into her phone before flipping it to Kaito. Kaito lifted his head and read the message.
'Don't worry. That was plan anyways.'
Kaito smiled and straightened himself up. "Thanks." He said. "I'm sure Len would appreciate that a lot."
The two smiled at each other as they continued on their way. They talked (type in Rin's part) for a little while about small topics until they reached Rin's house.
"So we already arrived to your house." Kaito noted as he looked over to the building. "Well then, I'll be going now." He said and Rin nodded.
Kaito turned to leave but then paused mid-step. "That reminds me..." He muttered before he turned around, walking back to Rin. He pulled out his own phone from his pocket and looked back to Rin. "If you don't mind, would you mind giving me your phone number?"
Rin's eyes widened in surprise and Kaito quickly added. "Its not what you think. As I said before, I'm pretty busy myself these days so there are times I can't go to Len's. It can sometimes be a little hard for me to message or call Len since he obviously can't use his phone so I just thought that I could message you once in a while if I can't go there." He explained.
Rin blinked and mused about it for a while before she nodded to him. They quickly exchanged phone numbers and Kaito nodded. "Okay." He said. "I'll be leave this time so see ya, Kagami-chan."
With that said, Kaito waved goodbye to Rin, to which she waved back before she turned to get to her house. She entered her house and leaned back against the door. Today had been a rather peaceful day.
She walked deeper into her house and made her way to her living room, where she leaped onto her couch with a silent sigh. She thought about what Kaito had told her and rolled onto her back, staring into her white ceiling. Len was just like her.
She doesn't know the entire story but she thought they were quite similar. Locking themselves away, trying to avoid contact with anyone. Rin wasn't sure why he decided to do that but...somehow she can understand how he was feeling.
'Should I bring something for Kagamine-kun next time?' She wondered to herself as she laid there on her couch.
"You know, I didn't think you'd had a girlfriend Len." Kaito teased as he sat down the couch next to Len.
Len snorted. "She's not my girlfriend." He said dryly and Kaito laughed. "Yeah, I know." He said. "As if a cute girl like her would ever be interested in a shortie like you."
Len's brows furrowed and punched Kaito's shoulder as he was sure on where he was. Kaito yelped. "Ow! I'm kidding!" He said. Len frowned at him before his posture relaxed. "Hey...was she really cute?" Len asked curiously.
Kaito raised a brow. "What? I thought you guys known each other before...you know.." He trailed off and Len's lips turned to a thin line. He really didn't wan to remember that... "If I had seen her, I wouldn't be asking." He deadpanned.
Kaito chuckled awkwardly. "Right...anyways yeah, she was really cute." He said. "She looked about your age. Short blond hair, petite figure. She was a real cutie!"
If Len could, he would've rolled his eyes. "Uhuh...did she ever told you why she isn't talking?" He muttered. Kaito just shrugged. "Nah, I didn't ask. I thought it was too personal. She actually had a bandage wrapped around her neck so I didn't mention it."
Len fell silent. A bandage... Len reached for the cloth wrapped around his eyes in deep thought. She was...a little similar to him in a way. He began to wonder what happened to her and does she do in her time.
"By the way Len..." Kaito began. "How long have you known Kagami-chan? I never imagined you would be friends with a girl before...well, without any caution anyways."
Len sighed. "I've only known her yesterday."
"Huh? Yesterday? You actually went out?" Kaito questioned in disbelief. Len sighed. "More like...she got in."
"What? How?" Kaito questioned. Len turned to him with a thin line on his lips. "Well, there is a certain idiot here who forgotten to lock the door before leaving."
"Eh? I did?"
"Well, at least you didn't deny you're an idiot."
"That was very mean, Len."
"Just shut up and help me get to bed. I'm tired."
"Yes sir."
A/N: Heya guys! Its been a while! I finally manage to finish a chapter of this story! It took some time but here it is!
While writing this, I thought I should give some more screen time for our favorite blue haired, ice cream obsessed vocaloid that we all love. Next time, maybe I should do the same for Miku.
Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It took some time for me to write this since I don't get much inspiration and ideas so please excuse the late update ehe (^^")
Well guys, I can't say much because I'm a little busy with my (apparent) social life so I might not be able to update for awhile (No surprises here)
Please review and maybe fav this story while you the time. Stay tuned for more RinxLen moments alright?
Well then, farewell for now!
-Yugao702