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I'm sorry for the long wait!
I've been thinking
Is it better if I change my writing style?
And I decided to do it
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Oh, I don't do double checking for this one, so sorry if there are a lots of mistakes (which I'm sure a lot)
Psst, I made a little change in this chapter
Chapter VII : Chocolate Valentine
Third Person's POV
Valentine's Day is coming. An important day for girls to gather up all their courage to give a chocolate to someone they love. It's never been an important day for Rin, but she changed her mind. She's getting herself ready to make one. She's wearing a white simple apron with a small heart at the corner. She also tied her hair into a bun. With Miki as her assistant, she's standing in the kitchen with chocolate ingredients everywhere.
"I'm ready to cook!" she lifts her knife to the air.
Miki is just standing next to her, smiling.
"So, what should we do first Miki-chan?"
"We have to prepare all of the ingredients. Since you are bad at cooking, I will teach you the easy one"
Rin nods.
They're starting to sort the ingredients and utensils. To make a simple chocolate praline, they need dark chocolate, white chocolate, and hot water. They also need a small saucepan, medium saucepan, spatula, and mold. The first step, is to chop the dark chocolate into smaller pieces.
"Ugh," Rin accidentally cut her finger.
"Rin-san!"
"It's okay it's just a small wound. There's nothing to worry about."
Rin quickly wash her wounded finger and cover it with plaster. Miki is hesitating to let her continue at this point, but she's being serious about the chocolate so she let her go.
The second step is to melt the dark chocolate. Rin put the hot water into the small saucepan and she put the dark chocolate into the medium one. She uses the spatula to stir the dark chocolate. When the dark chocolate is fully melted, the third step is to pour it into the mold. Rin chose the heart shaped mold, the simple one. When she's going to pour it, Miki stopped her.
"What's wrong Miki-chan?"
"You stir it above the hot water for too long. It won't turn good."
"Eeehh…" she pouts.
"You want to make the best right? I suggest you to start over."
"Fine…"
Rin is starting over. She re-do everything. She's getting even more wound then before. She's doing okay until she made her chocolate full of water. Her heart shaped mold is not full, so she decided to fill it with water. Miki received a call a minute ago so she left her for a bit. And this is the result. Now Miki is not taking her eyes off of Rin.
She starts over again. Actually, she wanted to give up. But Miki is not letting her. With a mess she created earlier (she stirred the chocolate with too much power, causing it to splattered everywhere in the kitchen) she can't give up. So she's trying again. This time, with more patience.
She's a little hesitating, so Miki offers to help her. She decided to make chocolate valentine too. She thinks if they do it together, it would be a great help for Rin. Finally, they made it!
"Now we just have to decorate it! What do you want to write?"
"Uhm… I-I think a simple one…" Rin is blushing.
They use the white chocolate they melted earlier and put it in a triangle plastic. They cut the tip and they start to decorate. Rin is really nervous. She carefully draws a simple heart line following the heart shape. Now she confused to draw his name or not.
She glances at Miki who's been silence for a while. Her face is red and she's smiling. Curious with what she's doing, Rin peeks at Miki's chocolate.
"Who is this Piko?"
"Eh?!" Miki's face becomes even redder.
"Don't worry Miki-chan, you can do it! Next time you have to tell me who that is."
"O-okay."
"Oh by the way Miki-chan, can you help me make one more?"
"Eh? Sure."
Rin made another one. Once they finished, they wrap their chocolate. They made it as cute as possible. Now, they are cleaning the kitchen. Rin doesn't want Len to grumble when he came back. The cleaning session is done. Miki excuses herself to go home.
Rin is very satisfied. Hopefully she made an edible chocolate like she was hoping for. She's really tired after all the hardworks, so she took a rest. Taking a bath is the best choice in her opinion. She's taking her time in there. After that she sits in front of the television. A smile formed in her face while looking at the chocolate she made. Without she realizes, she fell asleep.
-At 12 AM-
Len is walking home, tired. The restaurant where he has a part-time job is very crowded today. A lot of couples, here and there. Also at school, girls gave him chocolates. It's not that he hates it, it's just annoying if he has to go to a place so far away just to receive a single chocolate. If they put it in his shoe locker or gave it to him directly, it's not a problem. But if he has to go to the rooftop or under the sakura tree he loves (which is quite far from his class), then it's a big problem.
Today is over, so he can take a rest. Or can he? The image of his ruined kitchen flashes in his mind. He has a feeling, he's not going to go to sleep tonight. He can see his house already. The light is still on. Could it be that Rin is still awake?
He opens the door, "I'm home."
He quickly checked the kitchen. It's a miracle, nothing is broken or destroyed. Everything is in place. It's even cleaner than usual. He also checked his surrounding and found Rin sleeping in front of the television, with her head on the table again. He decided to take a blanket and put it on her. He notices there's something she's been holding, on the table.
'Chocolate valentine, eh?' he thought.
Something stung his heart. He knows who will receive that. It couldn't be that he's jealous right? It's impossible.
He accidentally nudges Rin's hand and something fell. It's another chocolate. This chocolate is smaller and rectangle shaped chocolate when the other one is a big heart shaped chocolate.
'Why did she make two?' but he put it back, not thinking farther.
-At School-
"So when are you going to give it?" Miki asks.
Rin's staring at the chocolate. "Break time?"
"Rinto-san is popular. You're not going to make it."
"Then… when the school is over?"
"Hmm… you better put a message in his shoe locker."
"Do you think he will read it?"
"No."
"… then what should I do?!"
"Just give it to him right after the bell rang."
"… Okay then."
The bell rang. This is the moment Rin's been waiting for. But unfortunately, her class is not allowed to go immediately. When the teacher is gone, Rin is running to find Rinto but a green haired girl wearing a google stopped her. She is the class's leader.
"Kagamine Rin, where are you going?" she said with a sharp glare.
"I-I want to-"
"You don't forget that you have a cleaning duty today right?"
"Of course!"
"Then you better get started." she passed a broom to Rin.
It's pissing Rin off. So she sweeps the classroom as quick as possible. She made the class even messier, but it still counts as doing the duty right? Unfortunately for her again, the class's leader is still outside the class. She is not letting Rin go until she finished her duty correctly.
After an hour working under the class's leader control, Rin slowly walks outside the class. She's staring at her chocolate sadly. She sighs heavily.
Suddenly, she hears a voice. It sounds so familiar. When she lifts her head, Miku is walking with her friend in front of her. She notices Rin's existence.
"Oh! Rin-chan! Why are you still here? Not going home?"
"I have cleaning duty today. What about you?"
"Student council was having another meeting. I'm sooooo tired!"
"Wait, is Rinto-senpai still there?"
"Rinto-san? I think he was having a conversation with Lenka-san in the student council room. They must be done by now." Miku said while putting her finger on her cheek.
"Okay! Thank you Miku!" Rin quickly ran to the student council room.
Miku is a little bit surprised, but then she smirks. "So it's true huh?"
Rin is gasping for air when she arrived in front of the student council room. Lucky for her this time, Rinto is just about to leave the room. This is the perfect moment for Rin.
"Rinto-senpai!" she calls him.
He notices Rin and greets her, "Why hello Kagamine Rin-san"
"Just call me Rin."
"Rin-chan then. What brings you here?" he smiles gently.
Rin is waiting for this moment. But why does she feel like running away from here? The pressure in her chest is getting harder and harder. Oh no, she wanted to quit! Wait, she has to do this. If she run away, her hardwork is for nothing. She took a deep breath and look at Rinto in the eyes.
"Rinto-senpai, please accept my chocolate!" she gave him the chocolate, but she's not brave enough to look at him anymore. She's waiting for him to reach her chocolate. Her chest feels way lighter when he took it from her hand.
"I'll accept it. Thank you." he smiles.
Rin is so happy and she smiles unconsciously. She quickly bows her head and run to go home. Rinto is looking at her until she's gone.
"Why are you crying Lenka?" he hears Luka's voice at the corner of the hallway.
The student council meeting is over. Lenka is talking to Rinto for something. Actually, she wanted to give him a chocolate valentine. But she canceled her intentions to do it. She walks, turn left and down the hallway. When she's at the school's gate, she forgot about her paperwork. She thinks she left it at the student council room.
She walks back to get it. But before she make her right turn to the room, she caught Rin ran in front of her. Curious with what's going on, she hid next to the wall and listens to what they're doing.
"Please accept my chocolate!"
That words stung her. She never heard such sincere words before. And she's witnessing Rinto accepts that chocolate.
'The look in his eyes, no way…'
She feels sad all of a sudden. She's looking down at the floor with empty eyes. She's crying, without realizing it.
"Why are you crying Lenka?" Luka is suddenly appears next to her.
"Lu-luka?!" her sister is looking at her blankly. Luka is never been a caring person.
"It's the first time of me seeing you crying."
"No I'm not crying. I'm fine." She wipes her tears.
"You sure?"
"Yup." She fakes a smile.
"Then let's go home. Papa is going to lose his patience if he waits any longer."
"Yeah."
"Lenka?" Rinto who's been listening to their conversation, speak up.
"Yes?"
"Are you… okay?"
Lenka is obviously can't be honest to him, so she made another fake smile.
"I'm fine."
Rinto is not saying another words.
"It's getting dark, so you better go home too Rinto."
Lenka waves her hand at him. She doesn't want to ruin Rinto's happy moment. It's better if she keep her sadness to herself. Cause it doesn't matter to anyone. But of course, she screams inside.
With heart full of happiness Rin felt like she can die now if she has to. But no, of course she doesn't want to die yet. Instead, she's running happily and she doesn't even know where she's heading.
A big sakura tree is in front of her and she notices there's someone there.
"Len!" she calls him and running to him as fast as she could.
Len was just going to go home but Rin stopped him. Pouring words into his brains without letting him to understand what she was saying.
"Explain it to me in five words."
Rin took a deep breath and screams as loud as she can.
"HE ACCEPTED MY CHOCOLATE VALENTINE!"
Len covers his ears with his hands. That words not only stung his ears but also his heart. That's why he doesn't want to hear it.
Feeling useless hearing Rin's blabbing about Rinto, he decided to go home. But once again, Rin stopped him.
"Wait! I have something for you too!"
Rin took out another chocolate. The rectangle-shaped chocolate she made yesterday. She wanted to give it to Len, as a gratitude for letting her stay at his house.
"Here! This is for you!"
Len hesitated at first. Rin made something with her hands is a terrible idea. He can't help but his face is disgusted by it.
"Len! That's rude! I promise this is edible!" Rin pouts.
Len can do nothing and he finally accepted it.
"T-thanks…" He blushes.
"Pfft! I thought you're used to all of this but you're blushing despite I gave you a small chocolate?" Rin continues to giggle.
"Shut up."
And they walk together side by side to go home.
Now, what do you say about my new writing style
Do you like it or not? Please tell me
If you like it, I'm going to re-write all of the chapters and continue that way
If you don't like it, then I'll change to my usual style
Okay then see you!
