Hey! Here's chapter 10! Double digits! \(^_^)/ I'm proud of myself for finishing chapter in two days. The down side is, there's probably multiple grammar and spelling mistakes. T^T BTW, there are a lot of time skips in this. I hope it doesn't get confusing.
Now for some replies!
Children of Light- There are a couple hints in here. The hints only help if you know about ALL of the Vocaloids. Not just the really popular ones. Honestly, I was going to have 'Anonymous' be Gumi. But she doesn't seem to be the obsessive type at all. I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Arrow-Chan3-...Well. Obviously you hate fan girls. What game are the characters from? Just wondering. Thanks for the good luck!
Kagamine-RinCVO2- Neru is a good guess. But, Rui's the foster mother. Why would she do that to Rin? It's not a bad prediction! I'm just wondering why you'd think Rui would do that to Rin.
B.L- I only read the 1st and 3rd books of Dork Diaries. But I plan on reading more! (My mom won't let me buy them. She says they're too easy. And she says I can get the others at the library if I want to. :P) Also, I look for it at the library. (Probably next weekend.) Thanks!
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Vocaloids.
? POV (Before Rin had dinner)
Good. She's keeping her distance. What a good girl she is. It's a good thing she doesn't know my real appearance. Otherwise she'd see that she could beat me to a pulp in 5 seconds flat.
I glanced at the clock. 6:00 PM. I better head over to Rin's house. I plan on making sure that she's obeying. Sure she is at school, but she lives right next door to my Lenny. Someone's gotta keep a close eye on her. And that someone is me.
Plus, even if she isn't with Len right now, I can still make her scared of me. Who wouldn't be scared?
My parents were at an opera right now. Those take forever. I know I'll get home before them.
Even if I don't, that doesn't matter. All that matters is that no one will take away my future husband.
Len POV (A month later)
...For some reason, I just got chills down my spine. Should I be worried? Well, I am worried. But I'm worried about my friendship with Rin. Would something like that cause chills down my spine? ...Whatever.
All that I know is, I have no clue what to do. I tried asking Lenka if Rinto said anything about Rin. She said that Rinto's concerned too. He said she's been constantly checking her phone and out the windows. I have a prediction. I'm just not sure if I'm right.
Meanwhile, Teto is still ticked off that Rin won't eat lunch with them. She keeps on blaming me. Not to mention that every day she tries choking me to death. Miku just always has this concerned and dazed look. Just like me, neither of them know what to do.
Miku deals with it like me. Her and I think about the situation every second of the day. Teto deals with it by aimlessly blaming someone. That someone being me.
I was thinking about all this when my phone started vibrating. I got a text from Miku.
To: Len & Teto
From: Miku
Meet me the library. I might've figured it out. Emphasis on might've.
I was surprised. What's Rin been telling Miku?
To: Miku
From: Len
Ok. I'll be there.
I put on my jacket and left a note for Lenka.
Miku and Teto were behind the public library.
"About time you got here!" grunted Teto.
"How the heck did you get here so fast!? I just got the text!" I exclaimed.
"Never mind that! Do you two want to hear what I have to say or not?" broke in Miku. Her voice was dead serious. Teto and I both quietly nodded.
"Ok. I just want to say, this is a theory. In other words, I might not be correct. Ok?"
"We got it! Just tell us please! I need to know what's wrong with Rin!" begged Teto. Her eyes were full of desperation.
"Ok fine! But...if I'm right, you won't like what you hear. Not one bit."
"Miku, don't worry. We'll be able to handle it." I assured her. But honestly, I was prepared to stab whoever to death for hurting Rin. Obviously, if I told Miku that, she'd never tell us. She took some deep breaths.
"You can't tell Rin I told you guys this. Lately, Rin started texting me again." started Miku.
Miku POV (Flashback- just to make this faster)
Ugh! It's been two weeks since Rin started acting this way! What happened!? That's it! I'm texting her! I've tried to keep telling myself, 'It's her personal business. Just wait until she's ready to tell me.' But no! I'm sick and tired of waiting! I need to find out!
To: Rin
From: Miku
U better tell me rite now wat's wrong! Teto, Len, & I hav been worried sik! TELL ME!
...Was that too forceful? Well, too late now. She probably won't reply for a-never mind.
To: Miku
From: Rin
I'm srry. I can't tell u. If I do, I'd be endangering every1 I care about.
I have to raise an eyebrow. What does that mean? Hold on...
To: Rin
From: Miku
Rin, is some1 threatening u?
No. There's no way. Who'd want to threaten Rin? Why would they want to threaten Rin? There's no way in he-
To: Miku
From: Rin
...I can't answer that.
I widened my eyes. I swear my pupils are only little tiny dots right now.
To: Rin
From: Miku
Wat!? Why!? Why would this person do that!? Who!? Don't u dare tell me u can't answer me!
Who the heck wants to hurt Rin!? I'll teach that person a lesson! Oh! I need to tell Teto! Ah! Another text.
To: Miku
From: Rin
There's a reason why I can't answer any of those questions. If I do, u, Teto, & my whole family will get hurt.
Oh my gosh. That's why she couldn't tell anyone. She doesn't want anyone to get hurt because of her. Wait.
To: Rin
From: Miku
Wat about Len? Wat'll happen 2 him?
I already figured out what she's doing. She's telling me, but not telling me. Just in case this person somehow has access to text conversations, she's making sure that they'll still think that she's trying her best to keep it a secret. Hopefully, her fake best will be enough.
To: Miku
From: Rin
There's a reason why I didn't mention Len. I can't tell u why. But Len's appearance sure has changed.
What's that supposed to mean? What's up with the last sentence? What does that have to do with anything?
Wait. Maybe the person didn't threaten Len, because he's the reason why Rin's being threatened. Len's appearance...his looks have improved since he lost the glasses. Honestly, he looks kinda cute. ...Ah-ha!
The person threatening Rin is a girl! She's threatening Rin because she feels threatened by Rin. She doesn't want Len to fall for Rin again! Or for Rin to fall for Len! But she's going as far as threatening to hurt me, Teto, and Rin's foster family? That's just insane.
To: Miku
From: Rin
Srry. Got 2 go. Just got a whole bunch of texts. It's from a new frend of mine. Bye!
...That's weird. Why'd she bold a whole bunch of random letters? And why'd she bold 'It's from'?
Wait, a whole bunch of texts? It's from...wait a second. Aunonomy? What kinda name is that!? Hmmm...If I unscramble the letters...Anounymo? No...Annymouos? No that's not it...Anonymous? That's it!
It's from Anonymous! The person that's threatening her!
Oh my gosh...Rin. What do I do now?
Len POV
Miku was in tears by the time she was done telling us everything. Teto had a dark look on her face. I had no clue how to reply. It really was my fault. I was the reason Rin was being threatened. It's my fault. Why didn't I just stay out of her life?
Moments later, Teto pinned my shoulders against the wall.
"Why!? Why do you always do this to her!? Why do you always hurt her!? Why is it that she can't be happier for more than a week without you screwing it up!? Moreover, WHY CAN'T YOU JUST STAY OUT OF HER LIFE!?" screamed Teto. She was ferociously punching me.
"Teto! Stop! This isn't Len's fault! It's the b**** who threatened Rin. That's the girl you should be blaming.", Miku cried as she pulled Teto away from me. When Teto's arms were away from me, I slumped down onto my knees.
"No. She's right. Rin can't be happy around me. I'm a bad luck charm." I choked out. It hurt to say this out loud. It hurt so much.
"That isn't true! Whenever you two talk to each other, her eyes are shining like diamonds! She loves being around you! The lunch after you two became friends again she told us. She told us with anticipation in her voice. She told us with gleaming eyes." exclaimed Miku. I was about to deny everything she said, when Teto spoke up.
"It's true. Rin really wants to be friend's with you. She was begging me to forgive you for 7th grade. I was about to reluctantly agree the day she stopped eating with us. Heck, if anything, your probably the best thing that's happened to her." admitted Teto. She had her back turned to me. Her shoulders shook a little. She was crying.
"I...I always thought it was gonna be the three of us. That Miku and I would be the closest to her. That no one else would be able to know her nearly as much as we do. But you came." Teto's voice was shaking as she said that. Miku and I went over and patted her shoulders.
"I'm sorry Len. It wasn't right for me to treat you like s***.", I grinned.
"Darn right it wasn't. But I forgive you. We are...friends. Right?" I offered her my hand.
"Yeah. Sure.", she smiled a little and shook my hand.
"Ahem. What about me?" asked Miku.
"Oh! Sorry Miku! I thought you already knew we were friends! If you want we can shake on it too!" I exclaimed, quickly holding out my hand. She and Teto started laughing.
"Here I was thinking, 'Wow. He's actually pretty cool!'. But nope. Your still your quiet, shy, flustered self!" joyfully exclaimed Teto. I could feel the heat on my cheeks.
After they were done, Teto asked, "So, what now?"
"...I'm not sure. This is quite the predicament. From what it sounds like, Anonymous has a lot of sources. From text conversations these past few weeks, I've put together that Anonymous has a lot of info on Rin. Such as, where Rin lives, the names of everyone in her foster family, where her foster siblings go to school, the list goes on." quietly said Miku. Her voice shook on the last sentence.
"How the crap is that possible? This stalker chick couldn't have that many resources!" cried out Teto.
"She does apparently. Enough to scare Rin out of doing anything."
"That's true. My sister Lenka said that Rinto told her that Rin sits in her room all day. He said once he peeked in her room and she was constantly checking her phone." I added. I think that just made Teto even more angry.
"Well, we can't just sit here while Rin's getting stalked!" remarked Teto.
"What do you suppose we do? Somehow find out who the stalker is?" I questioned.
"Uh, duh! Of course we're gonna find out who's doing this! Well, I am.", Miku and I looked at each other hesitantly.
"Teto, do you know how hard that's gonna be? We have no idea how to track this person down!" exclaimed Miku. Teto couldn't say anything to that.
Meanwhile, I thought back to a childhood friend I have.
"Actually Miku, I might have a source. A very good one might I add.", Teto and Miku nodded at me to continue.
"His family specializes in technology. They can probably track down who 'Anonymous' is.", I was glad to find a way to help. The two beamed at me.
"Well!? What're you waiting for!? Call him!" cried Miku.
"Oh! Yeah!", I quickly scrambled for my phone.
The whole time I was talking to him, there was one thing on my mind. Rin.
Whew! Honestly, I scared myself. In Miku's flashback, I was just creeped out for some reason. Maybe it was how Rin had to answer mysteriously to Miku's texts? I don't know. I'm kind of a scaredy cat. (_ _) Honestly, I'm impressed with myself. (As conceited as that sounds.) I've always wanted to write something like in Miku's flashback. Someone finding a secret way to tell someone else information. I just find that cool.
Book of the Chapter: Koko ni Iru yo! (I am Here!) Ok, once again, this is a manga. It's really sad, there are very few funny parts. But it's still really good! I kind of don't like how people just hate a book if it's sad. Even if the story itself is good, they still hate it just cause it's sad. I really enjoyed reading this. No matter how sad it was! (And how darn mad and frustrated I got.)
R&R!