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Here's chapter 7 of Troublemaker!
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Chapter 7 – Does Rin hate Neru?
Len woke up feeling a little dead that Day. After Rin ran from his room, he almost cried of regret and frustration. She was drunk and, even so, she had more self-control than him. He was taken aback when she scream that "no", wondering if she thought he was taking advantage of her intoxicated situation.
And maybe he was. He didn't want things to go that far, he just wanted to enjoy something he knew it would never happen again. Even if she wasn't in her right mind. But now he knew he was wrong. He should've stopped her when she started to kiss him.
Rin fled before they could talk. It was weird, because he was the one who always woke up earlier and made their breakfast, today, however, when he woke up, Rin had already gone. Maybe she hasn't fled, probably she couldn't even remember what had happened last night, she was drunk, after all. He was relieved when he saw her in the classroom. She hadn't skipped school this time.
Len kept glancing at her during classes. She looked fine. Seemed normal. Of course, sometimes she would complain with Miki that she had a headache, but it was normal that she had a hangover after drinking so much the night before.
"Len! Len!" with his attention focused in Rin, He didn't realized someone was talking with him. It was Neru.
"Oh, hi Neru. Sorry, I was lost in thought. What is it?"
"No problems. I was wondering if I can go to your house today. To finish our biology project, you know."
"Of course, Neru. I'll talk with my boss and I'll call you. Can you give me your number?"
"Sure!" Neru's eyes were shining while she wrote her number for him.
When Neru returned to her desk, Len's attention went to the teacher who just entered the classroom. But he would always end up changing his attention back to Rin. What was going through her mind right now?
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Rin woke up with a terrible hangover. Her headache got worse when she remembered what happened the night before. She had gone to jail again, but was too drunk to care. When she and Len were alone in his room, she can't even remember what were they doing, she simply kissed him.
She remembered thinking she was too drunk and wouldn't remember what she did later, that's why she would enjoy it. She believed she could put the blame of her action on her inebriated state. How much of an idiot she was.
But she felt good when Len started to kiss her back. It meant something, right? Of course not, she shouldn't get herself full of false hope. He had only been taken by surprise. Sure, he could've stopped her, but he didn't.
When the kiss started to evolve to something more, Rin felt bad. Would she really do this? Would she continue what they were doing like that, drunk? No, she couldn't do that. Len didn't deserve that, she didn't deserve that.
Using the little logic she had in her drunken state, she tried to be the responsible one for the first time of her life. She had to stop; she had to end this, not caring of how good it felt.
She didn't understand why she screamed and ran that way. Leaving behind Len, who probably was very confused. He probably was thinking he did something wrong. But no, she was the one who started it. She ran because she knew she wouldn't be able to control herself and would end up doing something she would regret later. That they both would regret later.
She felt like a coward, when she stood up with difficulty, changed into her uniform and ran out of home before Len could wake up. She knew they needed to talk, but she was too coward to face him. He was afraid to listen to what he had to say. She was afraid to hear that he had made a mistake. She was afraid of rejection.
Rin arrived at school really early, what surprised every student and teacher there. Some thought she was up to something bad, but Rin wasn't in her best mood even to keep her menacing presence. Who looked at her that morning, saw that she seemed vulnerable.
Miki arrived shortly after and Rin got relieved that she had arrived before Len. She could distract herself with the girl and use her as an excuse if Len came to talk with her. Miki also seemed to be in a terrible hangover and that made Rin smile a little.
"What's up, Miki? Did you manage to fool your mother?"
"Yeah, thanks for helping me there. My mother got angry at me for showing up at home very drunk and I'm grounded, but at least she didn't say anything about the boarding school." Miki seemed happy, "What about you?"
"I went to jail, but Meiko helped me up, like always. I have to stop giving trouble to her." Rin giggled.
"Just that? What about Len, what he did?"
"Nothing, like always. I'm the one who messed up yesterday..."
"Hm? Really? Do you want to talk about that?"
"Not really..."
"Hm, I see. You know, I was noticing how that boy who hangs out with your brother is such a cutie. Piko, his name, right? You could help me. Like, talk with Len or something. Tell him how amazing and fabulous I am, stuff like that, so he could talk with Piko." Miki changed to subject and Rin silently thanked her friend for being so comprehensive.
"Dunno. I think that boy is too much for you, Miki. You know, he too cute and you're so… Poor girl!" Rin laughed when Miki stuck her tongue out.
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Len went to his job without making lunch. He was hungry and he doubt Rin would want to see him that moment. He arrived at the Café and noticed it was pretty crowded. How could he leave Miku and the other girls alone there?
The blond put on his best host-fake-smile and started to serve the tables. None of the clients, even the frequent ones, realized how fake his smile was. Miku, however, did.
"Hey, Len. Are you okay? You seem a little down today..." she said when she pulled him to the back of the café.
"I'm fine. It's just that something happened yesterday… I don't know if it was a good or bad thing, it's… Confusing." Len didn't look at her eyes.
"And what have happened? Or it's something personal?"
"It is personal… But… I think that…" Len felt he needed to talk with someone, but didn't want to be a burden for Luka again, "Rin kissed me last night."
"What? And why would that be necessarily a bad thing?"
"I don't know. She was drunk and started the Kiss... But then she ran away after that. We haven't talked since then."
Miku didn't know what to say. People say that the drunken actions are the sober thoughts. That meant that Rin at least desired Len. Sure, Miu had already noticed that the other day, when Rin gave a show in front of the other clients. Len noticed that Miku was lost in deep thoughts and decided to change the subject. He didn't want to bother other people with his problems.
"Hey, Miku. I know the Café is pretty crowded today, but, could you free me for the rest of the day? I need to do a school project and my partner is going to my house today." Miku smiled at the boy.
"Of course you can go home earlier today, Len."
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A few minutes after calling Neru, Len arrived at home. He needed to clean the place, he didn't want Neru to think he was a pig-like of a guy. He cleaned the living room, the kitchen, the bathrooms and his bedroom. When he entered Rin's room, there were old pizzas on the floor, dirty clothes on her bed and a dead spider inside a glass pot. Was that a cockroach?
"I think it's better if I just close the door to this dark wood!" Len closed the door and went back to his room.
Len left his annotations of the biology class prepared, his computer and other stuff that He and Neru could use in their Project. When he finished, he went to the living room, sat on the couch and turned the TV on. He got surprised when Rin appeared at the kitchen's door.
"H-hey! I didn't see you arrive." talk with her felt so awkward right now.
"Hm. What are you doing?" she asked, eating a banana.
"I'm waiting for Neru to come so we can start our biology project."
"Neru? Ew!" Len laughed while Rin went back to the kitchen. Rin doesn't like Neru?
The doorbell rang and Len knew it was Neru. He opened the front door and found the girl very well dressed with a large smile on her face. The dress was delicate, light blue with pink flowers paint all over the fabric. Len couldn't control his mind and his imagination changed Neru for Rin wearing that dress.
Len told Neru to go to his room and the girl followed him happily. Neither of them noticed a very cranky Rin staring from the kitchen's door. Len and Neru accommodated themselves at Len's room table and they started to work on their project.
Rin looked at the clock, it was already seven at the night and they were still there. How could he do that? They just kissed in one night and the other day he bought a girl to their home! Ok, she ws being pretty insensate. Neru was Len's partner for the project! Sitting on the couch, Rin tried to concentrate in the movie passing on the TV, but she always changed her attention back to the room, to check if there weren't any weird noises coming from there.
"Done!" Len smiled at their finished project, "Hey, Neru, it's already seven o'clock, don't you want to have lunch?"
"I would love, if it's not a bother!"
Len and Neru went downstairs and Len told He was going to prepare something for them to eat. That left Rin and Neru alone in the room. Rin kept glaring knives at the girl, who seemed totally distracted, looking at their family pictures.
Minutes later, Len came back and called them to eat. The three of them sat at the table and ate in silence. Rin and Len couldn't look at each other and Neru could feel the tension in the air.
"Erm... So, Rin, how long have you been living with Len?" Neru tried to start a conversation
"Six years," answered Rin harshly, scaring the girl.
"Erm… So, Len, I think it's already too late and I should go home." Neru stood up.
"I'll take you to the door." Len stood up and led the girl to the exit.
Len would have offered to take Neru to her home, because it was late, but Neru have gone there with her car, which was parked in front of the house. Rin stayed at the dinner table huffing a little, but soon she stood up and went to the living room as well.
"You know, Len, I really had fun today. I think our project is perfect," said the girl, looking shy.
"I also had fin today, Neru. I'm sure we will get a good score on this project." Len smiled gently at her.
"You... You know, Len... I..."
"Hm?" Len tilted his head, puzzled.
Now is my chance! Neru thought. Before Len could do anything, Neur's lips were glued with his. Neru got a little disappointed the he stayed still, without returning the kiss, but she enjoyed it anyway. They separated and Len had his eyes widen as dinner plates.
"Oh, Rin..." said Neru, looking above Len's shoulder. Len turned around slowly.
"R-Rin…"(1)
Everything happened so fast. In one moment Len was staring at a very furious Rin, the other Neru was pinned against the ground, Rin was on top of her, punching and scratching the girl. Neru screamed and tried to break free, but it was all in vain.
"How dare you?" It was what Rin yelled while she destroyed the girl's face.
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Huehuehuehuehue! I'm laughing so hard at the end.
(1) This would be the part where people would make Rin run crying, thinking that Len is a motherfucker player and Neru is a bitch. But my Rin is stronger than that :V
So, things are awkward for Len and Rin now, but they won't talk about that. The reason: Len thinks Rin was too drunk and forgot what happened and Rin wants Len to think she forgot what happened!
Things will get bad for Rin now haha.
Question of the chapter:
What was the weirdest pairing you ever saw in your life?
Mine was SephirothxRed XIII from Final Fantasy VII.
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