~~I'm back and finally I have finished the dreadful school assignment... not. I was busy doing that and at the end I still couldn't finish it.
I really didn't expect people to answer my question *laughs* I'm happy hearing your answers! I like almost all of the producer mentioned by the reviewers, do we have the same taste of music? Ahaha...
It's right that Miku had taught me about a certain mathematics formula, but then, the very nice teacher just happened to give us something more. Something different and something harder to understand, so it's something I don't understand.
Why do we have to study mathematics anyway?! Other that that, my brain isn't working as usual—if usually I can't understand, this time, I really can't understand.
Besides, I can't get that thought out from my head… That Miku is a freaking stalker! If usually people 'stalk' others through the internet, the creepy look that Miku gave me the day before implies that she really stalks me, by that means following me where ever I go!
Well, there's this agreement. Miku won't tell that… 'secret' to anyone; she has promised me that, and somewhat I believe in her. "You can cut my pinky if I broke the promise," she said, but well… even if she really broke the promise, I wouldn't go that far. I'm not a fan of gore.
That's not the problem! If she turns out to be my best friend and I gain enough trust for her, I will eventually tell her that matter by myself. But she stalks me! She stalks me for God's sake!
"So, Kagamine-san, would you mind to solve this problem?" The teacher's voice snaps me back to reality, and there she is, looking at me with a chalk in her hand. "Go ahead."
I stare at the board in horror. What is that even about?! I don't understand…
Chapter Seven
First Date, Okay.
I glance—I mean, glare at Miku at the other side of the class. It's all her fault!
But then, I shouldn't blame all of this, this isn't entirely her fault. I was at fault as well by not paying any attention to the class. Now, I can only hope that someone will raise his or her hand and do that thing—Miku, come on! You're smart so you must understand that problem, now go ahead and take my place!
"Let me do that one, Sensei."
The teacher turns her head to the speaker and smiles. "Oh, okay then. You can take this chalk here and solve that."
I mentally sigh in relief when I hear that. Then I watch as Len walks forward and takes the chalk from the teacher. He solves the… whatever problem easily while I'm still staring at the board dumbfoundedly.
"Good job, there. You may go back to your seat," the teacher says after he's finished.
… And I'm still looking at the board, screaming 'what the hell is that all about?!' loudly in my head. Well, maybe I just have to ask him to explain the whole thing later. Besides, I have to thank him for saving me. Now, I have to concentrate to the lesson.
… Or so I said.
"So, mind to expain me all of these?" I show my notebook to Len, right after the lunch break bell rang. Most of the students had gone out from the class to have some lunch… Miku is gone as well, which somehow makes me glad. "Honestly I have tried to pay my best attention to the teacher, but… erm, I still don't understand."
He stars at the book, and then looks up to me who's standing beside his desk. "You weren't even paying attention. Don't think I didn't see that."
"I have tried, but something just happened to be inside of my mind," I sigh as I say that. "So, maybe you can re-explain this to me? Um, anyway, thanks for saving me there. I would continue staring at the board dumbfoundedly forever if you didn't do that."
He smiles as he hears that. "I know that. That's why. I'm not that type of person who likes to come to the front of the class to write on the board, anyway, but it's no problem," he said. "But honestly, that was a bit hard to understand. It took me a while to actually understand it."
'A while', he said… Smart people seriously have different point of view than average people, doesn't it?
"… So, do you want to teach me or not?" I ask after realizing he hasn't said 'yes' or 'no' to that. "Well, if you're too busy, then I'll ask someone else to teach me. Or maybe I will study by myself. It's okay."
"Actually I'm planning on going somewhere after school," he informs. "Do you want to come with me? I can teach you there."
That sounds like a good idea. Besides, I have nothing to do after school, so why not? "It sounds fun, sure, I want to!"
I wonder where he's going to take me. Knowing Len, maybe somewhere calm and not crowded. Maybe the library, or the park, or the hill. But then, it's going to be the two of us, right? The two of us going somewhere together.
Now that totally sounds like a date. Yeah, a date, my first date. I smile as I think about that—maybe it's really going to be fun, going for a date.
Why do I find it hard to concentrate?
"Then, actually, all you have to do is just subtracting all of these, then divide it by this number," he explains and he points the parts of the notebook by his mechanical pencil.
I nod, although my eyebrows are knitted in confusion. The hell, I still don't understand…
Len looks straight to at face, which makes me look away from him. It feels uncomfortable being stared at like that. "You looked confused," he states after that. Well, my confused face should be obvious.
"W-well, honestly yeah… Can you explain it once more from the beginning?" I say as I felt my face heating up. It's really embarrassing, I should be able to understand it more. Now, I probably look like some kind of idiot (and I really mean that) in his eyes.
Chuckling a bit, he says, "Of course." And then he repeats what he had previously taught me, only this time he's explaining slower so I'll be able to understand it. Meanwhile, I try my best to hear his explanation despite the…
"Sure it's fun, right? We should try that together!" and, "Uh, excuse me... May I..." and, "Right, I'm coming!" and, "Mama! I want this!" and, "You sure? I think this kid meal is better... See the colorful plate?" aaand, "Hey, where to go next?" because we are inside a freaking family restaurant full of noisy people.
"And now try to solve this," Len say, pushing the book towards me.
I look at the question, and write down the salvation under it. Now these numbers aren't that foreign anymore…
"Why in a restaurant, anyway?" I ask him while still doing the math. Then I glance at him who is writing down something in his book while slurping the orange juice silently.
"Because I had planned to go here," he said.
"Hmm… What do you want to do here?" I ask while writing the result. Then I push the book forward, passing it to him.
"Ah, to find inspiration and write lyrics afterwards?" he said.
I stop my hand from pushing the book any farther. "Here? Like… here?! In this noisy place!?" I snap in disbelief. "I honestly thought you're going to take me to a calm and peaceful place… And you can get inspiration in this place, seriously? All you can hear is people talking about many different things."
"Ah, sorry about that—you don't seem to be able to study in a crowdy place, don't you. But well, you don't need to be in a calm, peaceful place to get inspired…" he says, pulling the book closer to him. "And I enjoy listening to people's conversation."
That last part sounds… stalker-ish and creepy for me.
He reads what I had written down on the book. "You got it right. Here," he said, handing back the book to me with a satisfied grin.
"Oh! I finally understand it! Thank you very much, Len!" I say happily.
"You're welcome, Rin," he replies shortly before looking back to his notebook and write something. I wonder what he's writing… Lyrics, perhaps?
While I'm trying to see what's in the book, he looks at me while smiling. "Why don't you tell me you want to see it?"
"Eh?! I'm okay if you don't want to show it to me, besides I'm just curious, but…" I trail off as I see him pushing his book to me. I silently read what was inside of the book. Well, it really is lyrics—with some parts of it are in English. Eh, I don't understand the English part, it's too advanced for a normal high-schooler like me. But then, he wrote it…
I slowly look up to him, hoping that I wouldn't be noticed. I think I just noticed something…
"… Hey, are you a foreigner or something?" I ask him straight-to-the-point. "You don't seem to be a Japanese, you know… And you actually write down your name with an L. It's not 'Ren', it's 'Len', isn't it?"
He raises his eyebrow at my question. "No, I'm Japanese," he replies rather quickly. Then he starts a new topic, as if trying to avoid the previous subject, "Now, we have nothing else to do, let's leave the restaurant. Maybe if there's still enough time, we can go to the park and have a talk…"
I quickly drink all of my orange juice while nodding at him. After that, we tidy up our belongings and put it back into our own bags before leaving the restaurant.
Maybe it's just my feeling, but I feel like being watched from behind…
~~Review replies:
Lynn 'Ne'-chan: Miku is insane, well, if you think about it sure there's something not right with her head... But hey, Miku and Rin aren't enemies in this fic, be thankful to me! *shot* No, I was just kidding. Thank you for the review!
RPR-san: I know you don't want to list all of them because it's so many... I assume they're your favorite producer amongst your other favorite producer, then. Thank you and peace!
emanon-san: Er, I really think of me and my friends when I read that, 'weird people attract weird people'... I just noticed that when I read your review. Well, thank you for the review!
TrustMeImAnIdiot-san: Because none of them stalked Rin besides Miku... I really mean the stalking where you're following people around without being noticed... Anyway, thank you for reviewing~
cosmoslogic-san: Oh, I see~ School assignment is sure... ruining the peaceful moment in our life, isn't it? I've thought of something 'brilliant': Len's username is LEN... No, I will think about it later, or maybe I will consider your ideas, I can't think of anything right now -_- Well, thank you for giving me ideas! No, what EV stands for hasn't been explained yet, you're not missing it, don't worry~
Nya-o-san: Thank you very much, Nya-o-san! But no, don't stalk me.
Thank you for all the readers and the reviewers and... everyone who supports this story!