Title: Butterfly Love (Chapter 4)
Series: Vocaloid
Rating: T
Characters: Rin Kagamine, Lily (Kagamine)*, Len Kagamine, Miku Hatsune, Neru Akita (Kagamine)*
Pairings: Rin x Len

Summary: "How come you're not nervous about going to a new school, Onee-chan?" Rin asked, looking up at her older sister. "Because it's been my dream to go to this school. I never thought we'd ever be able to get in, with the way we're living and stuff, but when I found out we made it in I was thrilled! I mean I could understand why you'd be nervous and all since it's a new school, and I hear it's as big as a mansion, but I guess I'm used to this kinda thing with all the running around mama and papa did when we were younger. You were still too young to attend school, but when I started going to school, every year I had to switch schools. Now I'm pretty used to it, but I get why you're not." Lily explained. "Don't worry about it though, it's not a big deal. And if you get lost, just text me!" "Alright." Rin said. Lily could sense that Rin still felt uneasy, so she hugged her comfortingly. "It'll be okay, Rinny~ Trust me!" Lily smiled. Rin smiled back, and the two continued to walk until they made it to the school.

Lily checked her phone quickly, and saw she got another text from Neru.

To: Lily
From: Neru

Finally found an outfit that Lenny agreed on! What store are you at, we'll meet up with you guys now! :3

The blonde smiled as she looked at the sign of the store she was at (she wasn't paying attention to the store she was in at the time, she was just concerned on finding her sister and her new friend) and typed and sent her reply.

To: Neru
From: Lily

Sweet! c: We're at Old Navy! It shouldn't be too hard to find, it's only on the second floor!

She was about to put her phone back in her pocket, but she quickly got another text.

To: Lily
From: Neru

Be there in a few!

Lily couldn't help but grin, "Everything's going all according to plan. Now to just give Rin and Len some alone time." she thought to herself as she hurried into the changing room.

In the changing room, Miku was trying on the outfit Rin had selected for her. Lily saw Rin sitting on a nearby bench, checking her phone. She already guessed Len hadn't given her his number yet, so she assumed she was playing a game. Rin wasn't one for social media, and Lily was grateful, for she wasn't one for social media either. If she ever wanted to get in contact with anyone it would either be through texting or calling. It was that simple, in her opinion.

Miku appeared from behind the curtain, "Sooo, what do you guys think?" she asked, twirling around once.

"It looks perfect, Miku!" Rin said happily.

The tealette squealed, and hugged the small blonde tightly. She quickly let go, and she turned to Lily, "Now it's your turn!" she said.

Lily sighed, "If you guys insist, let's get looking." she smiled.

"Yay!" Rin squealed. She was so excited to pick out an outfit for her older sister, she dashed out of the changing room in search of the perfect outfit.

Lily used the chance to pull Miku to the side and explain the situation, "Alright, so Neru is with Len and they both got their outfits set. They're on their way here now, and once I get my outfit we can go find a cafe or some place to relax and eat. Then, we'll get ourselves a table and tell Rin and Len we'll get the food, but we'll actually be leaving them so they could get to know each other." she grinned, "Now of course we won't literally leave them behind, Rin would freak out if we disappeared all of a sudden. Plus I want to see what happens too, so we'll be spying on them from other spots around the place so they won't see us."

Miku smirked, "You're a genius, Lily."

"Why thank you!" The blonde placed a hand on her chest, and turned to smile at her teal-haired friend. "Well, it was also Neru's idea, so I can't take total credit."

"I figured as much," Miku giggled, "Now let's go see how little Rinny is doing before she wonders where we are!"

"Yeah, good point!"

The two hurried out of the changing room, and it didn't take long for them to find Rin. They weren't surprised when they saw she had about 5 different outfits on each arm, running around the store trying to find more. The two couldn't help but laugh at the sight. Eventually, Rin noticed they finally came out of the changing room, and she quickly ran over to them, panting as she tried to catch her breath.

"Onee-chan pant pant I found pant pant these outfits pant but I couldn't decide pant pant-"

Lily cut her off with a small laugh, "Rinny, you're so cute!" she ruffled the smaller blonde's hair, "I'm sure whatever outfits you picked out are fine, you picked out an amazing outfit for Miku, didn't you?"

Rin felt her cheeks flush, and she tried to hide a smile, "Y-Yeah, well here you go, Onee-chan!" she passed her older sister the many different outfits she found.

"Thanks! Now you guys wait here for Neru and Len, and I'll go and try on these outfits!" Lily said, running back to the changing rooms.

"Wait, Neru and Len are coming?" Rin asked.

"Yeah, silly! Neru just had to talk to Len real quick and they went to different stores trying to find us, but now they're on their way up." Miku explained, making sure to leave out important details.

"Oh, okay!" Rin smiled. Her smile quickly faded as she realized Len would see her in her new dress, and she blushed bright red, "I can't wear this with Len around!" she cried.

"And why ever not?" Miku asked, "I don't think Len will mind, it's just a dress after all. In fact, I'm sure he'll like it!" the tealette nudged the small blonde, and Rin felt her face flush darker.

Rin didn't know how to respond, so she just covered her face with her hands to hide her blush, and Miku couldn't help but hug her tightly, squealing. The teal-haired girl looked up to see two blondes heading her way, and she gave a thumbs up to Neru. She also gave Len a look that said 'She's mine' and Len felt his face flush. "Speak of the devil~" Miku whispered in Rin's small ear.

"Hey, Miku! Hey, Rin!" Neru said happily, "Where'd Lily go?"

"Oh she went in the changing room, Rinny here helped her pick out some outfits, right~?" Miku nudged Rin lightly.

"Y-Yes!" Rin said quickly, blushing harder. "I-I should go see how she's doing, actually!" she dashed to the changing room before she could hear anyone's response.

Miku couldn't help but burst into laughter, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but she's just so adorable!" she giggled.

Neru nodded, "She sure is. Don'tcha think so, Lenny?" she asked with a smirk.

"S-Sure." He said quietly, turning away from the two to hide his blush.

Neru grinned and gave Miku a thumbs up. The tealette held back a giggle, and held up her thumb as well.

Soon enough, Rin returned with Lily in a new outfit, "Shall we go?" The older blonde asked.

"Yeah, let's hurry!" Miku quickly grabbed onto the smaller blonde and ran towards the exit. Lily sighed, Neru laughed, and Len was still trying to hide his blush.

xXxXxXx

The five finally found a nice cafe that was on the first floor of the 10 story mall. It wasn't anything fancy, but it certainly was clean. There were a bunch of round, silver tables spread out with 4 to 5 silver stools at each table. There was a counter towards the back, and there was a small line where people were ordering their food. Neru figured the best place for them to sit would be farthest from the counter and the line, so she pointed out a table closest to the window. The five of them sat down and got comfortable before Miku stood up with Lily and Neru.

"We're gonna go get some food for all of us, you two wait here and watch our stuff. We'll be back shortly!" Miku said with a smile.

The two just sat there and watched as the three of them walked away. They immediately caught onto their plan, why else would the three of them go just themselves? Rin knew Lily would've stayed with her, and Len knew Neru would've stayed with him. The fact that all three went together as soon as they got there made it obvious. Len sighed, and Rin looked down to her lap.

"I-It doesn't have to be such a bad thing that they left us behind." Rin said softly.

"I never said it was a bad thing." Len said, rather cold. He didn't mean to sound so cold, and he saw Rin tense up, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean it like that."

Rin shook her head, "No, it's alright." she said.

"I'm sorry about before too, I know I haven't handled everything that's happened so far the nicest way possible. Let's just start over, alright?" Len said with a smile.

Rin felt her face heat up, but she returned the smile, "I'd like that very much!" she said happily.

The two blondes began to feel more comfortable around each other the more they talked. It was mostly random things they talked about. How their first day of school went, childhood experiences, other fun times, etc. The other three were observing them from afar, and they couldn't help but squeal at the scene. Rin and Len got along so well, it looked as if they were already dating instead of just getting to know each other.

"You did what when you were in 2nd grade?" Rin asked, trying her hardest to hold back her laughter.

"Well I really had to use the bathroom and the teacher wouldn't let me, no matter how many times I asked her, which was about every five minutes. It got to the point where I couldn't hold it in, so I attempted running out of the classroom, but the teacher caught me before I could. A few minutes later I attempted the window, but as soon as I got up on the window I ended up peeing all over the place. The other kids in the classroom were hysterical and the teacher made me go to the nurse's office to get an extra set of shorts and stuff. When I got back to the classroom the teacher gave me a time out, but even in time out I still managed to piss the teacher off." Len explained, grinning the whole way through, "That teacher was a bitch anyway!"

"Oh my God, you're going to make me pee, Len!" Rin tried her hardest to pull herself together, but the laughs wouldn't end.

"Well there's the window." Len smirked. The female blonde laughed harder, banging her fist on the table as she tried gasping for air, and Len couldn't help but laugh himself. She really was cute, like the others said before.

"Ah, that was a good story." Rin said, finally calming down as she wiped the tears away that formed from her endless laughter. "You tell the best stories, Len."

"Well thank you." Len smiled. "What about you? Do you got any good pee stories?"

Rin giggled, "No, I don't have any pee stories, but there is one story I have where I annoyed a teacher so bad she actually got up and quit the next day and we had a new teacher for the rest of the year." she said.

"I actually find that really hard to believe, I'd like to hear this story, if you don't mind." Len said.

"Well, it was in 4th grade, we were going over a Science test, and there was a question that she marked me wrong, but when she went over it the correct answer was the same one I had written down. I raised my hand and told her, and she said there must've been a reason why she marked it wrong. She didn't come over to check my work though, so I was getting upset. I raised my hand again, telling her I did it exactly how she explained it, but she still didn't believe me. I raised my hand a third time, and she just ignored me because she knew what I was going to say. I got really upset and I burst out into tears, screaming and crying like I was a 2 year old. The teacher lost it and walked out of the classroom. That was the last time I ever saw her. Of course at the time I was scared, thinking I was gonna get in trouble or something, but now that I look back on it it was actually pretty funny." Rin said, grinning, "I know that story wasn't the best, but that's the only thing I could think of."

"She quit over a silly little question? She was really that lazy to just walk over and check your paper?"

"I know! That's what everyone else told me when I was crying, so they told me not to worry about it."

"Good kids. How was the new teacher you were assigned?"

"He was awesome! He had this system where we would take an easy quiz every other Friday, and whichever kids got 100 would get donuts!"

"Wow that's sweet, I wish I was in your school."

Rin laughed, "The tests were really easy too, most of the class would get a doughnut every time! He tried making the quizzes harder each time, but they were all still incredibly easy. No one ever told him though." she said.

"Do you think if I went to your school and said I was a 4th grader and I got his class, he'd still give me donuts?" Len asked.

Rin giggled, "I don't know, I guess you'd have to go and find out. Just as long as you don't piss your pants on the way there." she teased.

"I'll just have to make sure my bladder is empty before I go!" Len smirked. Rin laughed, and Len smiled, "I'm so glad we decided to hang out today, I'm having a great time with you, Rin."

Rin blushed and nervously looked down, "I'm having a nice time with you too, Len." she looked up and smiled softly.

"You don't have to be nervous, I'm not going to bite." Len smiled, "Of course, unless you want me too." his smile turned into a grin, and Rin felt her whole face go red. "Well, first we should start with phone numbers. I'll give you my cell number, and if you want my house number I could give it to you too."

"Okay." Rin nodded, "I'll give you my cell number too. We don't have a house phone, Lily and I have our own cell phones so we never needed one."

"What about your parents?" Len asked.

Rin flinched. "They... They're not around anymore." she said quietly, "They...-"

"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked, if you don't want to say I understand." Len said softly, "I'm sorry I brought it up."

Rin shook her head, "It's okay it's okay, you don't have to apologize for anything. And I want to tell you." she smiled sadly, "My parents, they... they died. When I was very young. It was.. hard. Really hard. They went on a cruise for a week. They planned on being gone for only a week. It was on the news. There was a huge storm, and lightening struck the ship. There were no survivors. After the incident, I never left Onee-chan's side. Everywhere we went, I had to hold onto her hand. I felt that if I let go, she'd disappear too, and I'd be left alone. Which is why, now, I'm very dependent on her, and she's very protective of me too." she gasped as she felt Len's finger on her cheek. She didn't realize she had started crying.

"I'm so, so sorry, Rin. That must've been so hard for you." Len said softly.

The smaller blonde nodded, "It was very hard at the time. I never thought I'd be able to get over it. Even with Onee-chan constantly by my side, it still feels like something's missing. Something that can never be replaced."

"Rin... I know we only just met a few hours ago, but keep in mind that I'll always, always be here for you whenever you need someone to lean on." Len said softly, taking both of Rin's hands in his own warm ones.

"Len... Thank you so much." She smiled. Len returned the smile, and somehow they felt closer now than they had just a few minutes before.

The two blondes closed their eyes simultaneously, hands locked and fingers intertwined, and they leaned over the table until their soft rosy lips met. Lips moving in sync, Len freed one of his hands and placed it on Rin's flushed cheek. He ran his hot tongue over her warm lips, but the innocent blonde didn't get the hint. This was her first kiss, and she wasn't sure how she should respond. She pressed her lips against his more, and Len freed his other hand to place it on her other cheek and bring her in closer. Rin moved her hands to Len's wrists, not telling him to stop but to tell him to keep going. She still wasn't sure how to react, but all she knew was she liked where things were going.

The two were interrupted by a loud "AHEM!" and quickly separated, their cheeks flushed red. "We're baaack~" Neru squealed.

"And we brought food!" Lily added, smiling.

"Let's dig in!" Miku finished, her eyes sparkling with hunger.

Lily sat down next to Rin, Neru sat down next to Len and Lily, and Miku sat next to Rin and Len. Lily passed out everybody's food; even though she hadn't asked Rin or Len what they wanted she knew what Rin would usually get and Neru ordered for Len, and they all began to eat. Everyone was starting conversations amongst themselves, all but the two younger blondes. However, Len slipped Rin a little piece of paper, and it caught her curiosity. She unfolded the piece of paper, and saw it was his cell number and house number. She smiled, realizing they never did get to exchange phone numbers. Rin ripped a piece of her napkin, grabbed a pen from her bag, and wrote down her cell number. Underneath she wrote a small message, and then passed it to Len. She watched him read the paper, and he smiled up at her. Rin returned the smile, and the two blondes finally began to eat their food.

xXxXxXx

The five of them stood outside the 10 story mall. The sun was beginning to set, and everyone was saying their goodbyes.

"It was nice to spend the day with you guys! I hope we all get to hang out like this again soon!" Miku said happily.

Lily smiled, "Same here." she said.

Neru returned the smile, and ruffled her little brother's hair. Len whined, and the others couldn't help but laugh. He felt himself slightly blushing.

"See you all tomorrow!" Rin said with a smile, and Miku gave her one last tight hug.

Everyone began to split their ways. Miku lived closer to Neru, so she stuck with her as she, Neru, and Len made their ways home while Lily and Rin walked the opposite direction back to their small house. Unfortunately, they had no car, so it was a long walk home. Lily hadn't gotten her driver's licence yet, but she was currently working on it. She planned on taking a driving class in school, and she was surprised that the school actually had one, for the school was mostly known for it's music, so she didn't expect them to have a driving class. Once she learned what she needed to learn, she would get her licence, and she had saved the rest of her parents' money for a car. Whenever she or Rin needed to travel to faraway places, which wasn't often, they'd get money to take the bus. Rin never went out in public alone, so Lily wasn't worried about her getting lost or anything. Plus she always had her cell phone on her too.

The two blondes made it home around 45 minutes or so. Their legs were sore from walking all day, so they immediately plopped down on the couch. Lily only sat for a few minutes though before she got up to prepare dinner for her and her little sister. She opened the refrigerator, and she noticed it was full with more food than there was before she left with Rin to go to school this morning. Their aunt Meiko would come around the beginning of every month to give Lily $1,000 to take care of themselves for the month, and she would go food shopping for them so they had food that would last them the month, and those were the only times Lily or Rin ever talked to their aunt Meiko. She was always out partying and getting drunk, so Lily wanted her to stay away from Rin as much as possible.

As the older sibling was making dinner, the younger sibling was playing a game on her cell phone. Her game was interrupted when she received a text from Len.

To: Rin
From: Len

I had a nice time with you today, Rin! I hope we get to spend more time together outside of school. Maybe one day during the week, after everything is settled with school and stuff, you'd like to hang out some time?

Rin smiled as she began typing her response.

To: Len
From: Rin

I had a nice time with you today too, Len :3 Yeah, same here! And that sounds like a great idea~ c:

She went back to her game, and in minutes she got a response.

To: Rin
From: Len

Sweet! Let me know when you're settled in with school and stuff, I know you're new around here, and then we can plan on what day to hang out!

As Rin was typing her reply, realization finally set in.

"Wait. . .I just met him today, and we already had our first kiss!"

~ To be Continued ~

Hope you enjoyed the next chapter! Please review if you'd like! c:

~ Kyoko