(Miku's P.O.V.)
It's been a long time since I've last seen Len. He hasn't been to a single group day since I had my breakdown. All I can think of is where he had gone. I try to stay close to Rin, but she doesn't seem concerned over her brother's absence.
After the fourth day of Len's absence I began to worry. I looked over at Rin who was having the time of her life. After a while I noticed that the blond was drawing . . . with blood. I walk towards the happy girl to greet her.
"Hey Rin, may I join you?" I ask.
Rin looks at me with her blue eyes as she held out her hand. I, not knowing what to do, give her my hand and in one, fluent motion she brings my hand to her mouth and bites down on my finger.
"Ouch!" I cry as I wipe my hand away from her. "What was that for?!" I demand as I shake my hand out.
"You need blood to draw," she answers, "it's all you can use when they give you nothing to write with."
I stare at the girl for a few minutes. Rin had gone back to drawing with her finger as her blood leaves stains behind. Then it hit me.
"Rin," I say in surprise, "did you just talk?" Rin nodded her head. "I . . . I didn't know you could talk."
"Well I can," she says, annoyed, "I just prefer not to."
I continue to stare at her. After a while I decided to join her in her finger painting. "So," I say, "you really can talk?"
"There are words coming out of my mouth so I think so," she mumbles, saying it as if she wishes she hadn't opened her mouth in the first place.
I chose my next words carefully, "It's unusual when someone you always see stops being seen. At first you see them all the time, then next thing you know, they vanish into thin air."
Rin immediately stops what she's doing. A smile crossed her face as she replies, "There are only two exciting things that happen here: One, when new people come, and two, when old people go."
Based on her answer I wasn't sure that she understood what I had meant. "How often do people go?" I whisper, making no attempt to disguise these words.
Rin looks at me with the saddest face I've ever seen on her. "There's no way to tell if they simply go missing or just disappear."
I was confused. A missing person and a person who has disappeared is the same thing. What was she trying to say?
"What do you mean?" I ask, hoping that she would explain. To my disappointment, she just laughs and continues her drawing. After maybe ten minutes I give up on an answer from her.
Whatever Rin knew she was not saying.
Author's Note: Sorry for the short chapter, but at least I updated. When I write a chapter it feels oh so long but when I go back and read what I have written it seems so short. What kind of logic is that?
Review pretty please with a cherry on top! Or else Len-Kun will never be coming back. *horror music plays* Rin-Chan! Turn that off right now!
-Ray