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Chapter 4

Have you noticed that when all things are fine, something has to goes wrong?

It's been a week since the news report nearly blew my –our- cover. There are still daily reports of Rin being dangerous, but I'm more careful with the TV remote now. I've gotten used to Rin being around the house, and she's made my life more, well, more worth living.

But Rin and I both know that we can't have this paradise forever. Sooner or later we're going to have to come clean to show that we aren't the real criminals. Weird, hey?

I would rather have it later rather than sooner, but the world doesn't always let you choose.

As soon as I walked into the house, something felt off. Because Rin would be arrested if she stepped out of the house, I did all the shopping. I put the groceries in a corner and stared at something white on the ground. Was that-?

Rin's bow.

But where was she?

"Rin?" I shouted.

"Len!"

I looked around hopefully, but it's not Rin.

"Where's Rin?" I ask my Mum.

"Has that policeman been here before?" she asks me frantically.

"What policeman?" It's probably best if she doesn't know that I lied to the police several times.

"The one that's just taken Rin away!"

Oh shit.

I only passed my driving test two months ago, and to be honest I don't prefer driving. But my preferences take lower priority when Rin's in danger. I snatch the car keys off the mantelpiece.

I don't remember the drive to the police station, but I was nicely reminded of it the next day by the three speeding fines I received.

I parked on the side of the road, even though it had a yellow line painted next to it. I jumped out of the car, slammed the door shut and locked the car.

Then I ran. Towards the police van that was now unloading its passengers.

I stopped running when I saw Rin come out of the van.

"Oi!" I shouted at the two policemen that accompanied her. When I reached them, I said, "What the hell do you think you're doing?" They were both taller than me and the taller one said, "My job."

"So it's your job to chuck innocents in jail, is it?" I shouted furiously.

"Calm down, mate," said the second policeman. He seemed less threatening. "We have the right to arrest suspects if we have sufficient evidence."

"Which is?"

"The fingerprints."

"Look." I turned to the taller cop. "Rin would never go and kill someone, let alone two people. She doesn't have that kind or personality. She's got nothing on her criminal record. This isn't fair."

I catch Rin's eye, and she gives me a small smile.

The taller policeman smiled too, more like a leer than a genuine smile, though, and poked me in the chest. "Life isn't fair, kid."

He dragged Rin away from me.

I turned to the other policeman. "You can do something about this," I begged, "You can still change it."

He shook his head. "I can't. But, tell you what, if you find any evidence that proves her innocence, call this number. I don't like seeing such a nice girl get pushed around by Kaito."

He left me standing alone.

I looked at the piece of paper in my hands. Useless. How was I going to get evidence? Then frustration and rage took over and I crumpled the paper into a ball.

"Why? Why out of all the other fucking people in the world does he have to blame Rin?"

I kicked an empty can of soda onto the other side of the road. "If I ever get my hands on that fucking murderer, he's going to wish he was never fucking born."

I walk back to the car and see a ticket for parking in the wrong place. I seize it. And chuck it down the nearest drain.

"That's what I think of your piece of shit."

But my anger gives way to depression, and slowly the extent of what has happened hits me. Poor Rin must be sitting in a cell in that damned police station somewhere, with no help or comfort. Only pain.

Just like the night she was trapped in the hail.

I can't go to sleep. Not in my bed. Not in the bed that Rin should've been sleeping in tonight. So I take my usual position on the couch.

But still then I can't go to sleep. What will happen if I do? Will I have nightmares? Will I see Rin? Will I like what I am seeing? Or will it just cause me to turn into the pathetic rage-filled person I was a while ago?

Am I going crazy?

I lie there for hours and hours, thinking about all my time with Rin, when I brought her in from the rain, when she became friends with my mum, when she kissed me, when she went to the park with me…

When she went to the park with me…

And we shared a bench…

And she said, "Thank you. For everything."