Disclaimer: I dont own vocaloid

Sunday, August 19

Well, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday went by fast. Rin finished the project by herself since she knew I was stressed. We turned it in early so I had one less thing to worry about. But that thing was quickly replaced.

The word about me and Rin dating got around. Neru must have texted her friends, and they texted their friends, and so on. Now, the whole school knows! I'd be perfectly find with it...if only we were dating for real. I'd love for the world to know that Rin and I date.

It was 6:30am. I leaned over and yanked the plug of my alarm clock out of the outlet so I didn't have to listen to that stupid ringing in five minutes. I rolled out of bed and stood up up. I walked to my drawer and grabbed a clean shirt and put it on.

Yawning, I put my jeans on and put my hair in a ponytail. I brushed my teeth and put water on my face to help me wake up. Then, I went down stairs because I smelled food.

I saw Meiko in the kitchen cooking, Rin sleeping on the couch, and- Hold up. Why is Rin in my house? Did Meiko let her in?

"Meiko? Why is Rin here?" I whispered, trying not to wake her.

Meiko stepped out of the kitchen. "Um, she came here last night when you were sleeping. She said that she needed somewhere to sleep and that this house was the closest house she knew." She went back in the kitchen.

"Okay. But why is she on the couch? You couldn't take her to a guest room?"

Meiko laughed. "Hey, I'm your maid, not her's. I don't get paid for helping her."

I rolled my eyes and lifted Rin up bridal style and walked her to one of the guest rooms. She was lighter than I had imagined. She looked adorable sleeping, I couldn't help but smile.

About half way there, her eyes opened and she blushed a little while my whole face was red. I almost dropped her.

We stared at each other for a second. "S-sorry!" She hopped out of my arms. "I'm sorry for coming over like that. I just needed some place to stay." Rin started to run, but I grabbed her hand.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Nothing, but I really need to- "

"If nothing is wrong, you wouldn't be here, Rin," I cut her off.

"I just- "

"The truth," I said.

Rin paused. She was no longer struggling to get out of my hold, so I let go. "The truth is...I'm here because my dad hit me."

I stood there, waiting for more information, but I got none. "Your dad...hit you," I stated. "Like a spanking?"

"No, he was drunk last night. He got mad at me and he hit me on the eye. More like punched."

"Are you okay? I don't really see a mark." If you looked really hard, you could see that the skin around her left eye was darker than her right eye.

She pulled me into the bathroom and splashed some water on her face revealing a hideous shiner that was being covered up with make-up.

"He did that to you?" I asked, ready to punch him.

"To answer your previous question: No, I'm not okay," she said.

"If he did that to you, why are in such a rush to get back home? Aren't you afraid?"

She looked at me through the mirror. "Len, he was drunk. I'm sure he didn't really mean it. I'm in a rush to get back home so he doesn't call the police and report that there is a missing child," she explained.

"It's like 6:30. I'm sure he's sleep."

"Maybe, but we don't know that for a fact."

"At least have breakfast with us. You must be hungry," I insisted.

Then after a lot of disagreeing, Rin finally gave up. "Fine." She sighed. "Why do you have to be so considerate all the time," she frowned.

I smiled and took her hand again, leading her towards the kitchen.

"Meiko, Rin will be joining us for breakfast this morning," I informed her.

She giggled. "I know. I could hear you guys' conversation all the way down here."

Time skip: After breakfast

"Thanks for the breakfast, Meiko," Rin and I said simultaneously.

"Your welcome."

"Well, it is now seven o'clock and I really need to go. Len, I'll text you if something else happens." I nodded. "See you tomorrow." She waved.

I watched her walk out the door. I smiled and blushed a little. Meiko smirked.

...But there's something different about Rin. I don't know what it is, but I can tell something is wrong...

My butt vibrated- I got a text. It was from Neru. Man, I forgot about her. She wanted me to meet her in the park. She probably wants to talk about her feelings... At seven? I texted back saying "at noon" then I went to get ready.

After I took a shower, put on some presentable clothes, and watching some tv, I headed down towards the park.

I found Neru in the middle of the park, sitting on a bench. She wasn't wearing what she usually wore. She had on a medium sized, white flowing dress that made her appear more angelic.

Then, I thought about what Neru was going to say to me. If Neru's going to talk about us, which she most likely is, what should I say?

I sat down next to her and she wasn't startled at all. "Hey."

Neru looked at me. She started talking immediately. "Okay, I know you and Rin aren't really dating." I opened my mouth to deny. "I overheard you two talking about it during school on Thursday." I closed my mouth.

She continued. "But my question is: Why did you agree to it in the first place?" I opened my mouth again. "But, I don't really care." I closed my mouth, yet again. "As long as we can do this."

She leaned over and kissed me.

At first I was shocked she would actually kiss me after pulling a stunt like that. I thought she would slap me.

Then all my thoughts went away. I felt the click. I closed my eyes and put my hand on her waist. Our kiss deepened and soon enough, we were french kissing.

The kiss felt like it was going on for hours. And it might have been. Man, the last time I've kissed Neru would be right before summer break. Now we're back in school. Its only been like a month but it feels like its been forever since then.

I hestitatly broke the kiss and we looked into each others eyes. She doesn't know that I love Rin. At the thought, I looked away, down at my feet. Neru stared off into the distance.

"I should go." I stood up.

Neru stopped me. "Len, wait." I turned to face her. She took a deep breath. "I just want you to know that I still feel that click when we kiss." she said softly. "You probably don't feel the same way."

"...I felt the click." Once again, I speak without thought.

"Then why are you leaving me?"

I paused. "Because I can't love you."

"You can't or you don't want to?" she asked quickly.

I stared at her blank expression, trying to hide my emotions that I had inside. Then, I turned and walked home. I didn't even look back at Neru.