Hai, guys! So, to (again) answer any future questions, I looked over the plot of this story and it turns out; in terms of plot, this story has a very long exposition and an arc in the near future before the actual action rises. Yeah. Be ready for a few chapters of fooling around.

Okay, today's dedication VIP super-awesome person is Lolly1o1. Okay, I just read Lolly's profile, and it is the funniest, most relatable thing I've seen in a long time. I beg of you to check it out, and Lolly: Thank you for making my life just a bit better. You rock!

A Spontaneous Maple Haven and Other Mishaps

The café Yuki led Rin, Len, and Miku into was actually very cozy. By the name of Maple Haven, it was carved into a ginormous tree; and had a grand fireplace in the back. Wooden booths and tables sat in corners of the room; and the kitchen was carved higher up on the tree. Overall, it was the cutest café Rin had ever seen (which wasn't saying much, due to her short 'life').

A small, blonde boy around Yuki's age led them to a booth and bowed respectly. One of his star blue eyes was bandaged; a trail of worn ribbon covering it and twisting to under one of his long bangs. "My name is Oliver, and I'll be your waiter for the day." His message was convincing until he saw Yuki; who was looking through the menu.

"Yuki-chan!" he smiled, and Yuki blushed.

"Oliver-sempai, nice to see you again!" her eyes and cheeks dusted a rosy pink.

Miku smiled knowingly. "Now I know why you brought us here, Yuki!"

Yuki clapped her hands. "I've always wanted to know how to cook, and Oliver said he'd show me the next time I came, so…"

"Go on, have your fun!" Rin smiled, wondering if she was as bright and happy Yuki was when younger.

Len ordered a banana split from Oliver, Miku had a leek-shake (Rin didn't know restaurants had that on the menu), and Rin got an orange soda.

Miku turned to Rin. "I know this is a little late and Len filled me in on a few things, but I still don't know how you two met." She remarked, stirring clumps of leek around in her drink before looking up at Rin and Len. She had become eerily silent, searching their eyes expectantly.

Rin shifted uncomfortably. "Well… you see my arms, right?" she pulled her hands up from the table.

Miku nodded, looking at the calligraphy. "It's very common for people to tattoo themselves in Celestia, and I thought that wasn't any different." She gestured to the so-called tattoo. "Still, I didn't think you were that type of person, so it was a bit shocking."

Rin traced her left arm's scars with her finger, averting her gaze. "I woke up in the Corridorm yesterday night, in a very . . . . . . let's say compromising position, if you catch what I mean." Miku nodded. "I don't remember anything before that."

Len twirled a butter knife between his fingers almost effortlessly. "In other words, she was gonna die and I saved her."

Rin glowered. "That's not want I meant, smarts."

Len grinned haughtily. "You know its true."

She huffed, turning the other way. "Whatever."

Their orders were (unfortunately) delivered by someone other than Oliver; and the three lapsed back into a comfortable silence.

"Wait, wait, wait," Miku pointed to Rin and Len. "So you have amnesia and were gonna DIE if it weren't for Lenny over here.

"Yes. And?" Len cocked an eyebrow and took a humongous bite of the banana split.

Miku chewed on her straw thoughtfully before her teal eyes lit up. "Okay, one; Len, you're a hero! And two; you two should totally get married! Then your story would becomplete." Then, cocking her head and mimicking a critic. "Though that would be the slightest bit cliché."

Many things happened after Miku utterly those unfathomable words. Len coughed up a banana split-take that traveled four feet before laying an ugly mess on the ground. Rin stood up so fast her knocked itself against Maple Haven's sloping walls, enough to rattle er brain in her skull. Miku started talking (more like ranting) about flowergirls and kittens with onions (what?!) and the entire restaurant went silent.

Rin was the first to break the tense, completely-different-from-before silence (still ever-so delirious from Paul Bunyan's hacking away at her head). "NO WAY IN STINKING HELL!" out of hysteric desperation, she waved her hands as if shooing off 14 ft tall cockroaches. "I'd rather… I'd rather be chained by the ankle to a hippopotamus with INDIGESTION!"

Len massaged his temples, looking exasperatedly at Rin; who was breathing heavily from her outburst. "Gee, what did he eat to deserve you?"

Rin eyes were practically glowing white-blue with a kin frustrated anger that everyone has faced. "I take that back- YOU would be the hippopotamus with indigestion! Word of advice- lay off the burritos, Lenny!" she snarled, stressing his name with a vicious sweetness. "Your stomach can't take it anymore!"

Len retaliated just as fast, his blue eyes sparking, but from slight humor. "Ooh, feisty, aren't we Rinny? At such a young, flat-chested age; you want to chain yourself to a boy! Well, I wouldn't blame you; I am quite irresistable."

"I DID say you were a hippopotamus, didn't I? By the way, though…" Rin blonde hair flared up around her and clenched her fists, breathing like a lioness on steroids. Len had just crossed the line. "I . . . . AM . . . . NOT . . . . FLAT-CHESTED!" she yelled, with an expression that would wet the pants of any normal boy. She and Len exchanged gazes that crackled with blue electricity.

Meanwhile, Miku slipped her leek-shake and stared at the two comical blondies like watching a movie. By now, everyone in their right had hurriedly left Maple Haven in fear of ther life. "You two really are like a married couple." She mused, resting her head on her palm.

Len and Rin gradually twisted their heads towards her, blue sparks flying from their eyes. "What . . . . did you say . . . . ?" the asked slowly, in perfect synchronization.

Miku sweatdropped, nervously raising her hands out in front of her as if receiving handcuffs. Slowly she realized, if anyone could unnerve her, it was these two. "Listen, I didn't mean it like that-"

"Len. . .?" Rin eerily sung out his name, a grin that could only be defined as sadistic etching itself across her pale face. "Wasn't Miku the unfortunate one who said you and I look good as a married couple?"

Len pulled himself onto his haunches like a cat prowling its prey. A teasing yet evil smirk played on his lips. "You know what they all say… Green is the enemy."

Miku gulped slowly, backing away towards the entrance. She was was tempted to say "No one says that." But thought against it she knew she would skewered alive. She was fast-but not as fast as Len. As for Rin- the way she was slinking towards Miku proved she had a baby's flexibility.

Rin gave a demented laugh that filled Miku with mortal terror . . . and a little bit of pride. "We will run you down with a roadroller, eat all your leeks, look at your face. . ."

". . . and laugh." Len finished for her, still smirking. Aww, they were finishing each other's sentences! So cute! Miku mentally slapped a palm to her forehead. This really wasn't helping her case. She tried for a smile, but ended up grinning sheepishly. "How about we make a deal?"

Rin smile back, evilly; cracking her knuckles. "I don't know, the demon inside me is telling me to make you pay."

"Great minds think alike." Len smiled breezily, his voice darkening like Rin saw at the cashier in Teto and Miki's boutique.

"So you have two options," Rin counted off her fingers. "You can either stay here an face an inevitable doom, or you can run."

"And since we're so nice, we'll give you a headstart." Len stepped closer with every word he spoke. "3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . GO!"

Miku hightailed it out of there, as fast as her super-speed could take her.

As soon as Miku was out of sight (which took around a millisecond), Rin and Len burst into fits of uncontrollable laughter.

"Did . . . you see . . . the look on her face?" Rin gasped for breath, covering her mouth as an attept to stop laughing. Keep in mind, an attempt.

"I know!" Len's voice had lightened up again. "I haven't seen Miku that scared since . . ." he grinned. "Well, let me rephrase that. I have never seen Miku this scared."

A few minutes passed by, and Rin and Len were just finishing their snacks when Yuki and Oliver wlaked up, smiling.

"Hey, guys!" Yuki chirped. "What's up?"

"You guys look like you saw a farting puppy," Oliver grinned cheekily before puzzling in deep thought. "Its amazing how the internet goes viral over the weirdest things."

"Well, I saw a seemingly kicked puppy!" Rin and Len grinned again and high-fived each other.

"And I was compared to a hippopotamus with indestigestion, accused to be be married, and experienced the impossible in less than 10 minutes." Len half-heartedly raised a fist. "Woo, world record."

Rin stifled a snort and kicked her legs up on the table, feeling very much at home. "Sucks to be you." She turned to Yuki. "Miku . . . uh, went home; so I was wondering if I could use any other form of transportation to the White Room."

Yuki's eyes turned a process blue. "You can use the Electrainic Station."

Rin tried to keep her expression from turning into one of curiousity, but ultimately failed while raising an eyebrow. "What is that?"

Len waved a hand dismissively. "A train that travels at the speed of sound. Techie transportation."

Thus, Rin's other eyebrow was raised as well. "Woah." She echoed.

Len got up to through his trash away. "Woah indeed."

"Which station goes to the White Room?" Rin asked Yuki. Yuki's eyes morphed into a few different colors (she was confused, maybe). "The hospital, you mean?"

"Yea," Rin replied immediately, her cheeks tinting pink. "That's what I meant."

Yuki frowned thoughtfully. "Well-"

"-you don't have to go back to that prison," Len slid back into his seat, having come back from the trash can. "Miku invited you to our dorm house. It's chaos, but it's home."

Rin flushed at his proposal, either from some past-life stubborness or simple embarrassment. "N-no, it's fine!" she mentally knocked herself in the head for her falter. "I don't want to be a burden."

"I suggest you come now," Len and Yuki shared a knowing glance. "However much we try to keep her sane; Miku will have a fit and speed to the hospital in the middle of the night and throw you over her shoulder, demanding you come to our house. If you think she' crazy, you haven't seen anything yet."

"I owe you one, then." Rin felt a soft smile graze her face. It felt good to be wanted by someone Like warm, fluffy cotton candy was winding around in her gut. "But if anyone asks, this was against my will."

Len smiled slightly, one of his real-est smiles she'd seen. Then he cleared his throat and walked out the door, sighing. "This is gonna be a looong night."

"I'd be more than happy to make it even longer," Rin smiled tartly at his back before she said good-bye to Oliver and Yuki. She was exhausted, and ready to go back to the first place she'd call home.

Yayyyyyy! I've been putting this off for like, a looonnnggg time. This chapter was supposed to be the third joint of the second chapter, but I'm telling you, Chappie Two was lonnnng… The weird thing is, Len's much-awaited banana split-take took place here, in Chappie 3! So, bad planning on my part. Anyway, for all of you (like me) vocaloid obsessed music-lovers, I hid a song reference in my story today (don't worry, it's in this chapter). Whoever gets the right answer is going to have a very memorable dedication in the next chapter! *cue cheers and applause*

Anyway, I was wondering if you specifically enjoyed Miku's moeing out earlier in the chapter. It was *ahem* an idea I had verrry recently. Also, that scary part right after Miku announced her little *ahem* idea that I had which led to Rin and Len creeping out; that's kind of their sadistic partnership side that will be showing up a few times in the story. This was a relatively short chapter, but I hoped you liked it!

Vocaloid Fact of da Day: Gakupo hates spicy food and loves guacamole. (You'll hear about this next chapter with Luka-the-Amazing.) Maybe we should call him Guac-kupo! Haha! Yea, that was me trying, sorry.

Anime of da Day: One of my very special reviewers Rikasa (go check her out, she's awesome!) asked me to excuse her for something she should not be worrying about. WE ARE FAIRY-TAIL OTAKUS AT HEART GIRL DON'T LET ANYONE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM YOUR AWESOMENESS! Okay, I will say no more, or else I will … spontaneously combust. Middie go bye-bye by boom-boom. Yeah.

Oh, and a jumbo-sized THANK YOU to weepmarshmellows! You have filled a LOT of things up for me and I really appreciate the positive feedback. Again, thanks so much.

Well, Guac-kupo says review review review and bai bai for now (he's cramping my style)!

~Middie Dearest