OH LOOK. AN UPDATE. 8D And because I feel like it, there are going to be some references from "The Guy Next Door" in here. Let's see if you can spot them :D
I don't own anything, but the plot!~
BTW, Flashbacks are in Italics.
"What?" I asked, surprised. The entire cafeteria was silent, watching us stand there with Len looking casual and me looking at him in shock. "Are you kidding me?" He looked away, nonchalantly as if he'd asked this question millions of times. As for me, my heart pounded so loud, I bet everyone could hear it. He looked back at me and shook his head.
"Here, just think about it," he offered. "You don't have to respond now." He turned to everyone looking. "As for all of you. Stop watching we're not a television show." Everyone quickly scrambled back into their previous actions and I kept my eyes on Len. He looked a bit disappointed, but he shrugged it off the minute he turned to look at me. "Rin, are you going to order?" I shook my head back to reality and ordered an orange muffin while Len got some orange soda. "You know, I've never tried those muffins."
"Orange muffins?" I asked. "They're really good..." Len smiled and kissed my cheek. "You know what I don't understand? Why you're always trying to get me. Even you know you could do better...you know, if you changed your attitude and stopped being so cocky." We took our snacks back upstairs to the higher ranks's resting quarters and I sat on the cream colored couch.
"It's because...you know what, that's a good question," he said, sliding his arm around my shoulders. "I can do better." I gave him a look and bit into my orange muffin. This guy...is he for real? Seriously, I've never met someone so...irritating. He looked into my eyes and pinned the bridge of his nose. "Alright, stop that. I know what you're doing."
"Hm?" I asked. "What am I doing?"
"You're...nevermind," he said, looking away. He pushed himself off the couch and went off to the kitchen, probably to throw away his crap. I placed my half eaten muffin on the glass coffee table and walked to the window. The sun was high in the sky and the battle raged on, observable from up here. The only reason aerial attacks haven't already taken this tower down is because of the force field that surrounds the area. Basically, it's a giant DNA scanner. The everyone in Vocaloid is injected with a certain DNA before entering and allows the person to walk in. It blocks everthing else unless granted permission by Kiyoteru down in the gate section.
"Rin! Rin!" I turned around and saw Gumi running to me, panting. "It's message from Luka!"
"What is it?" Gumi fished around in her pocket and pulled something out. "She told me to tell you 'Kaai' and to give this to you." She opened her palm and my heart raced as if it wanted to explode. In the picture was Len, Rein, Ren, and myself, around the age of fifteen.
"What's this?" Len asked, walking to Gumi and snatching the picture. His eyes widened and he crushed the picture easily. "Is that it Gumi?"
"Um...Luka also said that 'Rein let Yuki onto the field'," Gumi quoted. Rein...that absolute BASTARD! My fists balled up and I wanted to punch something. Rein and Ren were, if my freshened memories serve, close friends of mine. For some reason, I remember him severing all contact with both Len and myself after I told him we were dating. As for Ren... Len never supplied me with the knowledge of Yuki's father. And now, I know. The memory shot into my head like a bullet. A fight.
"So, what you're saying is that it's my fault our friends won't talk to us?" Len snapped. I dropped his hand and turned to face him. "Because I know damn well it isn't my fault! You're the one who decided on your own to tell them! I even told you that they had crushes on you!"
"So you're saying this is all my fault?" I snapped back. "I didn't want to lie to our best friends-"
"Well, we don't have any friends now, do we?"
"You have those stupid bitches, Sonika and Rui, who always beg at your feet as friends!"
"Hey! Don't you dare bring them into this!" he snapped, angrily. "They're not stupid and they're not bitches! You're just fucking jealous that they're so fucking pretty."
"THEN WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST DATE THEM?" I shrieked. I felt tears gather into my eyes as I ran in an opposite direction. I slowed a bit, hoping he'd call me back, bu he was angry too.
"MAYBE I WILL!"
I heard a knock on my door and groaned, not wanting to get up to answer it. If it was someone I knew, they'd just get the key under the mat or something. As I shifted, I accidentally touched soft, firm skin next to me and gasped in surprise. I looked to my side and Ren stared at me with his serious gray eyes. I sat up in surprise, pulling the sheets to my body. All the events of last night...oh no. The hangover was the first thing to hit, other than the realization. I just cheated on Len. Ren knew I did...
"Are you alright, Rin?" Ren asked, reaching over to me. I slapped his hand away and screamed at him to get out. I was stupid. So stupid! Ren quickly slipped on his pants and dashed out the door like a madman, leaving me sobbing in bed, completely naked. As if things couldn't get any worse, it was Len who knocked on the door and saw me there. One look and he knew the truth. I looked at him, expecting to see anger...but all I saw was hurt. His look was so painful, I felt guilt eat me whole from that one stare. I couldn't stand one more minute of it and sobbed into my hands. This was all my fault!
"Rin!" Len called. "Hey, calm down!" I was standing there, tears flowing from my eyes as if I were fifteen again, sobbing in bed. Len looked straight into my eyes and pulled me into a hug.
"STOP!" I shrieked into his chest. "WHY? WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LOVE ME?" I was shattered into fragments.
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