A/N: brought to you by Tsuki-Chama's wonderful betaing :3
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Len's POV
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"Len…"
Kagamine Len has started.
"Len…"
All functions… all functions normal.
"Len…"
Booting saved memory.
"Len…"
My eyes shot open.
…
I don't budge an inch as I slowly start recollecting my memory.
…
Oh…
…
How embarrassing! To let Rin see me in that kind of state… unbelievable…!
…Ah, damn that old hag…
My lips involuntarily twitch upwards as I lift up my shirt and trace my fingers down the immense gash on my abdomen. The knife she held cut my vital circuits and wires, which caused me to malfunction. If I felt physical pain, it would have "hurt" wouldn't it?
Who knew, for someone with a scrawny, frail body, would have the energy to fight back?
Tch, it doesn't matter. Her carcass is rotting in there now. She's just another big surprise for Rin.
Rin…
"Len," her heavenly voice echoes through my ears once again. Even in that kind of situation, you call out my name… And it was the last thing I heard before I blacked out.
That's why I adore you, Rin. To be more exact, I love you. I love love you. Love love love love love…
Ah, where am I?
As I take in my familiar surroundings, I recognize where. The dining room? How long have I been out? Hours? Days? Months? …Years? No, not years, nothing has changed.
I slowly stand up, noticing how loud my gears have become. So noisy… so noisy…
"Len…"
I rotate my arms and move my legs. I can still move normally… but my gears, they're so noisy. Noisy noisy noisy noisy…
…It seems that my internal memory component is broken slightly, but it'll fix itself in due time.
But more importantly, where is my lovely angel?
"…You're awake."
Speaking of, I turn to the direction of the voice behind me and I grin. "Rin!"
As I gaze upon her, I see she's holding her hands behind her back, staring directly at me… smiling! "…How are you doing?"
"I'm fine!" I say eagerly.
"…That's good…"
"Rin, how long have I've been out?"
Without her smile faltering, she answered, "About two days… I didn't go to school, because I don't want to leave you by yourself…"
My chest feels warm with affection. After all the good deeds I've done, I knew it would pay off! "How sweet of you…" I walk up to her, but she backs up with each step I take. What? Why? "…What's wrong?"
"…Nothing," she says, still grinning. She glances to her feet and says softly, "…You know, the two of them know you're a robot now. They were both fuming at me… though Miku tried not to show it…" She pauses, clearing her throat, "So much for the 'Vocaloids', huh?"
'The Vocaloids'? Is she talking about me being a Vocaloid?
She opens her mouth, but closes it again. She does this about three more times, until I asked her,
"What's wrong, Rin?"
She looks up at me and repeats, "Nothing." And She becomes quiet, but the eye-catching smile on her features is speaking to me right now…
I'm tempted to walk closer to her, to touch her, to embrace her, but she's still smiling, and I don't want to look away from it. "Rin?"
"…Mm?"
"You have a lovely smile," I say, smiling warmly myself.
"…Smile?"
"Yes, your smile."
"Oh, this one?" She smiles wider.
"Yes, that one! It's so beautiful…"
She slowly nods her head, "Oh… I see... Anyway… I'm going to bed… it's late…"
"Late?"
She blinks at me, "It's ten o' clock…"
"Oh. Shall I walk you upstairs to your room? Do you need company? Do you? Do you?"
"…No, I'm fine. You should… rest up a bit."
Before I can say anything else, she bids me good night, and saunters leisurely upstairs. I watch until her legs are gone from my sight. I walk to the stairs myself, but I don't go up. I intently listen to the sound of the door closing.
She's in her room now.
Such a lovely smile… a lovely lovely smile. I don't want it to go away. Although it's not my smile, it's a smile nevertheless. I haven't seen her smile in so long…
Smile smile smile smile…
Even I'm smiling!
I can she her now, as if she was right in front me, beaming her prefect white teeth, a sight that makes my heart flutters with a sensational feeling.
I don't want it to go away, no no no…
I'll eradicate any threat that causes her smile to waver.
Any—
"You know what happened to him!? Where is he!?"
Threat…
"WHAT MORE PROOF DO YOU NEED!?"
...
Ah, that's right… Meiko… you know, don't you?
No, you don't know exactly, but you're getting to close to the truth, and that would mean no big surprise for Rin if you tell her or anyone else…
There's that feeling in my chest again, that blissful feeling…
"Heehee…"
…I'll eradicate any threat.
I walk into the living room, and look for Rin's backpack inaudibly. When I find it near the door, I rummage around inside.
Rin charges her phone every other day… and I doubt she would charge it now if she doesn't plan going to school… Where is it…?
Ah, here it is.
I open the cell phone and click to her address book… Huh, Meiko's number isn't on here… But how did she call her the other day? Now that I think about, they found out that I called his phone back then… I check the recent calls list and I find my answer.
"There you are."
Without hesitation, I dial the number.
Ring…
Ring…
Ring…
Ring…
I half expected it to go to voicemail, but I hear the phone click.
"…What?"
"Oh, I didn't expect you to be awake at this hour."
I hear her hold her breath and click her teeth. "You…," she growled.
I grin wickedly.
"What the hell do you want!?"
"Let's work out a deal, Meiko."
"Like hell I will!"
Predictable.
"I should have done this before… I'm going to call the cops—"
"This is about Kaito."
She gasps loudly on the receiver, "K-Kaito? ... I knew it! Where is—"
"I'll tell you," I say, with velvet in my voice, "But you'll have to hear me out."
She swallows loudly.
"We have to meet up somewhere… how about the park down the street from the school?"
"Why do we—"
"There, I'll tell you where Kaito is."
"…Why should I believe you?"
"You don't have to."
"Tch, then I should just call the police! They'll get the answers from you."
"But there's no way you can prove it that I know where is he is. And if you do that," I say slowly, "you'll never know where Kaito is."
She inhales sharply.
This is perfect. This is just too perfect! I'm grinning as wide as my mouth can allow. When it comes to that idiot, she becomes just as dense.
I think to myself. I shouldn't end the show here! Only when it was getting fun… "Oh, but not tonight."
"Eh?"
"We'll do it whenever you feel like. Oh, and don't take too long; this is your only opportunity. If you tell anyone else, then I won't tell you where Kaito is. Call this phone when you make your choice." And I hang up without hearing her response.
Hahaha! Who answers their phone so late at night?
She's so idiotic, it's laughable.
…And to not make the same mistake twice, I erase her number from the recent calls list.
The next day comes quickly, and it flies by just as. We both didn't go to school today, so instead we stayed home. My machinery and memory units are functioning more efficiently than a couple of hours ago. Rin however, wasn't smiling like she was yesterday. She looked sullen all day today… I wonder what happened?
We didn't talk to each other much, but only because she kept hesitating to talk. Every time she begins to say something, she closes her mouth and shakes her head. I asked if she was okay, and she always replies with "I'm fine". With the small conversations we had, we spoke about nothing that happened the other day, which makes me glad that she can see past it.
On the news, there was something that caught my interest; a man who lost his memory just because of some firm knock on his head. Humans really are fragile, aren't they?
Another day passes by without incident.
But the next day, Rin's phone rings.
She had a slight surprised look on her face when she stares at the phone on the table in front of her, vibrating with each ring. Wordlessly, she reaches out and looks at the caller I.D displayed. She then breathes in harshly, "Meiko?"
I fake my indifference as I continue watching television.
After a few rings, she answers, "…Hello…?" Her features turn from stunned into bewilderment when I heard Meiko speak promptly. Afterward, she slowly took her phone off her ear and held it out to me. "…It's for you."
Forging my astonishment, I received the phone in my hands and held it to my own ear. "Yes?"
"I'm at the park. I'll be waiting," she hangs up immediately, and so do I.
"What did she want?" Rin questioned.
"She wants me to meet her somewhere," I said lightheartedly. "Haha, what's with her and meeting at places, huh?"
Rin chuckles unconvincingly.
She must be worried about me. "Oh, don't worry, I'll come back as soon as I can," I say beaming at her.
Her eyes flicker at me then her head moves up and down. "Yeah… I know you will…"
I get closer to her, and she looks slightly uncomfortable, but I don't pay any mind to it. "When I come back, I'll have a big surprise for you. So, look forward to it, okay?" I smile brightly and turn to leave without looking back.
When I reach the park, I realize that I left the metallic bat back at home in the bushes. This is a problem… So much for getting rid of her at first sight…
It's about dusk now, and the skies were a fusion of scarlet and ginger. There were a few people lingering here and there, but when I found her, she was in a secluded area. I smirk to myself. What is she planning?
"Hey," I say, she rapidly spins around to me the very instant I speak.
"Where is he?" Meiko asks me harshly.
"Someone is a little impatient today," I tease with my voice full of honey.
She glares at me and clinches her fists. "Asshole… I should have known it was you… Everything points directly to you! The phone… and your ridiculous …robotic breakdown… just proved your guilt! So just tell me where the hell he is, before I change my mind and call the police!"
"…Hahaha," I giggle darkly, "Okay, I'll tell you."
She straightens up, never taking her fierce look off me.
"…You know what my favorite thing besides Rin is?" She draws in her eyebrows at my question. "I love screams."
"What—"
"Human screams are like… ear candy to me. That final, deafening scream before their life ends. Have you heard it before?"
Meiko's eyes gradually widen.
"I suppose not… but, have you heard Kaito scream? A singer's cry is even lovelier. Even more so when they're on the brink of death and you can just tell that they have many regrets." I wave my arms in the air as if I was conducting an orchestra. "Hahahaha, oh it just makes my heart flutters with merriment!"
I can hear her breathing ruthlessly as her orbs become even wider.
"And you know what's the cheery on top? The gurgle sound they make then they aren't able to speak anymore! A divine sound that is!" I laughed thunderously. "Kaito… Kaito's done that very well, you know. You should have seen him! The blood on his face was like rose pedals…"
Her mouth quivers as her pupils' contract. "You…"
I cocked my head to the side and giggled. "Me…?"
"YOU KILLED HIM!? YOU KILLED HIM! YOU KILLED HIM! SON OF A BITCH!!"
I cackle and all of a sudden, she sprints up to me and I find myself on the ground, with her on top of me. I felt slender hands around my neck.
"I'LL KILL YOU… I'LL KILL YOU! GODDAMMIT, I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU! AAAAAHHHHH!"
I'm still laughing as her hands ruthlessly squeeze my neck harder.
Tears are freely falling down her face. Delicious tears…
"MY FRIEND… MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND…! I'LL KILL YOU, BASTARD!!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
…The rage is gone from her face as she realizes that I'm not dying, or even remotely hurt. "Dammit, why?! Why aren't you…!"
I look at her, grinning dementedly. "'Why?' HAHAHAHA! Are you really asking yourself that?!" I lean up, despite her force trying to push me back down. I answer in a sugary, yet sickening way, "…Because, I'm a robot."
She rapidly widens her eyes, and within the same second, I grasp onto her own throat. She retreats her hands from mine and they dash to my fingers encircled around her neck. I stand up and put her onto her knees. "Sigh, too bad I left the bat at home… you're lucky…" I compress my hands around her neck harder as my lips slide upwards. My chest feels so heavenly. I whisper sinisterly, "Do you want to join him?"
With her eyes squinted, Meiko continues to struggle to pry my fingers off her.
"Haha, oh~ so you won't answer the question? How foolhardy of you …I should kill you, right now. So that way, you won't ruin the surprise..."
She starts to lose energy as her eyes start to roll into the back of her head.
"…Actually, I saw the most interesting thing on TV the other day… humans losing memories with a bump on the head." I release her throat and mercilessly grabbed a handful of her hair. "I want to try it out… but I wonder if the more hits you receive, the more you'll forget?"
Coughing and exhausted, and despite almost dying, she continues to have that same glare on her face. "Even if… I do forget… I'll never forget… your damned face—"
"HAHAHAHA, YOU WON'T FORGET IF YOU FORGET? We'll see, won't we?!"
I held her hands behind her back with one hand, and hair still in the other. I smack her face onto the solid ground. Lifting it up, I asked, "Did you forget yet?" She doesn't answer, so I do it again, "How about now?" I see the blood flowing down from her nose and tears mixed with the red liquid down her cheeks. A gorgeous sight…
But something was missing.
"…Why aren't you screaming?"
She doesn't answer.
"WHY AREN'T YOU SCREAMING!?" I'm at the best part of the kill, and I hear nothing?! I slammed her head on the concrete again.
"Scream already…"
And again.
And again.
Oops, I don't want to kill her yet!
I let go of her head and hands, and she limply falls onto the ground.
She lost consciousness.
Oh, I guess I over did it? I hope she isn't dead. I wanted to kill her in a different way. Well, it's not a real lost if she dies. I just wanted to make things interesting.
…
I look at the unmoving figure before me, slumped on the ground with a diminutive amount of blood around her cranium. "Beautiful," I said in awe. I glance ahead. "Beautiful… beautiful, isn't it Rin?"
"Yes, it is," she smiles at me.
"I did a good job, right?"
"Yes, Len! I'm set free!"
"You are, Rin? You are…"
"I am…"
I drew patterns with Meiko's blood on the floor with my bottom of my foot.
"I am…"
I tilt my head at her, "I am? Yes, you are. Show me the surprise, I wanna see! Okay, sure, I'll go get a shovel. So wait for me…"
"I'll be waiting for you."
I lean my head to the other side, "Will you smile my smile, Rin? …Teehee, of course I will, Len…"
I giggled, and then laughed psychotically, walking away from the woman on the concrete ground.
A/N: confused?
good, you should be
its not like you're reading a sane person's mind or anything
amazingly, despite being 10 pages, its the shortest chapter (besides ch1)
anywho… 3-4 more chapters left (maybe)! I already thought of a nice ending and I cant wait to get there ;3 this is the last len chapter i think.
and again, like always, thank you for the reviews everyone! I bathe in them all day ;3;
i-i always like m-more reviews/comments/encouragment ;_;
please? ;_;
