Guess what! I just finished 12th out of over 150 girls in the Crystal Lake Cross-Country Invite. And I got my best time ever! To celebrate, I thought I'd write this chapter, and finally update this chapter. It's about time isn't it. ;)

Time to reply to some reviews.

Black Butterfly of the Night- This is going to be my longest story. Yay! And I'm still confused on the concept of a utaite, so I don't really have a favorite one.

valkyrievampire888- Good luck in the 8th grade. For me, the 8th grade was awesome. So make sure to enjoy it, because after this, it's high school.

RPR- Is .hack an anime? If it is, I wanna know what it's about, because I'm running out of animes to watch. I just finished Ouran High School Host LCub. Btw, I'm pretty pissed. I wanted Haruhi to end up with Hikaru.

CatPhones- Most of the guys at my school are losers. And none of them look like Len. :(

Len's POV

I spent the rest of the week (excluding Friday) working on my gaming skills at Miku's house afterschool. I mean, by skills are already pretty badass, but a little practice never hurt anyone. But Rin's starting to get suspicious. For example today when we were working outside on our booth.

"Len, why do you and Kaito keep walking home with Miku?" Rin asked me completely out of the blue. "Are you jealous?" I smirked back at her. "N-no!" she yelled, defensively. "I just happen to be upset that my best friend is spending all her time messing around with a stupid boy like you!" Rin huffed. She grabbed a paint brush and turned away from me, starting to paint the booth.

Someone please remind me why I have a crush on her again. Anyway, today is Thursday, the day before the school festival. Miku invited me over to her house again for one final practice round. Kaito stayed home because he said he had too much homework.

"Let's practice sparring," Miku said, handing me a controller. "But don't you need 2 players to do that?" I reminded her. "Oh yeah," Miku thought to herself. "Well that sucks. If you don't know how to spar Rin won't go out with you for sure."

"I think I have a solution," I told her. I quickly logged into my avatar Shotaboy. He popped up on screen, right besides Miku's. "Len, I thought you said you hadn't played this game before?" Miku asked suspiciously. "Is there something you aren't telling me?"

"It's my brother's avatar. He gave me the username and password…er… yesterday," I lied. "You have a brother?" Miku sounded confused. "I could swear you were an only child."

"Nope," I said quickly. "Now can we start practice."

Miku and I practiced sparring for at least half an hour. And as I expected, I beat her every time. "You are a natural gamer!" Miku complemented me. "But you need some help in the romance department. Just because you can play videogames doesn't mean you'll automatically win over Rin's heart."

"And I'm sure you're quite the romantic," I chided sarcastically. "I am a girl after all," Miku smiled. "Now listen up! Rin's a girl, so she's a sucker for romance, no matter how tomboy-ish she may seem. And I have the perfect plan."

Miku explained to me how tomorrow night was going to work. Rin and I would help run the booth during the day, and I would impress her with my awesome videogame skills. Then when it gets dark, the school is going to be shooting off fireworks (don't ask me how they found a way to afford that). Miku is going to ask me and Rin to sit with her and Kaito to watch them. Right before the beginning off the fireworks, Miku and Kaito will disappear to watch the fireworks someplace else. That's when Miku's says I'm supposed to ask Rin to be my girlfriend.

"It's foolproof even for you!" Miku smiled, as she finished explaining her plan. "It better work. I don't want to end up with a crying Rin again," I reminded her. "It'll all work out just find," Miku reassured me.

"You better hope so."

*Time skip to later that night*

- Shotaboy signing on-

I signed onto Crypton, hoping that OrangeTsundere was logged on. I wanted to show him some of my new moves. Lucky for me, he was.

"Haven't seen you for a while," OrangeTsundere said, as my avatar appeared onscreen. "I've been a bit busy," I told him. "With that girlfriend of yours?" OrangeTsundere asked intrigued.

I sighed. "She's not my girlfriend yet. I've spent most of these week with one of her best friends practicing to make her fall in love with me. There's even a whole plan for me to ask her to be my girlfriend tomorrow!"

"You really have everything planned out, don't ya?" OrangeTsundere sounded impressed. "But you know, the best way to make her fall in love with you is to just be yourself. And it's obvious that plans don't normally go the way you intended. Remember how you tried to show her your 'good points?'"

I recounted dropping a hammer on my foot, and having Rin laugh in my face. "That wasn't one of my brightest moments," I confessed. OrangeTsundere started to laugh. I noticed that it seemed higher pitched than normal, it was much more… feminine.

"It's weird though," OrangeTsundere started to talk again. "I remember there being a boy I knew dropping a hammer on his foot. He really isn't the smartest out of all the people I know. And he puts his hair in this cu…I mean weird ponytail. Sometimes I think he wants to be called a shota, but the girls are all over him."

I felt my face pale. A boy who wears his hair in a ponytail, adored by all the ladies, and isn't good with tools. That sounds too much like me. It could just be a coincidence though, right?

"Hey, what was this guy's name," I asked cautiously. OrangeTsundere was silent for a moment, but quickly answered.

"Len."

What the hell? How is that possible? Does OrangeTsundere go to my school? It's obvious now that the boy he's describing is me. But how does he know about the hammer incident. The only ones who were there was me, Miku, Kaito, and Rin. And OrangeTsundere isn't Miku because she's LeekFreak. I'm also 100% positive Kaito doesn't play Crypton. That just leaves…Rin.

How did I not see it before!? OrangeTsundere? The words fit Rin to a tee. That's why OrangeTsundere's laugh always sounded girly. He actually was a girl. And I have been getting advice on how to get Rin to fall in love with me from Rin herself.

"Shotaboy? Where'd ya go?" OrangeTsundere, I mean Rin said. She must have noticed my silence. "I have to go!" I said quickly. I signed off of Crypton as fast as I could. This was just my luck.

Rin's POV

*Time skip to Friday*

School was cancelled due to the festival, so there was no point in waking up early. I planned to sleep in until the afternoon. Of course nothing goes as I planned though.

RING! RING! My phone was ringing, and I was pretty sure who was calling. "Miku, why are you calling me so early in the morning?" I moaned into my phone.

"First of all it's 10 o' clock, and second of all the festival starts in an hour! Get your lazy bum out of bed and help the rest of us set up the booth!" Miku explained, quite loudly.

"But Miku I'm sleeping…" I trailed off, feeling my eyes get droopy. "Rin…NOW!" Miku yelled. That woke me up. "Be there in a few," I said quickly, before ending the call. Man, miku could be scary when she really wanted to. I stood up and searched my closet for a pair of shorts and a t-shirt.

Once I picked something that actually matched (at least in my mind), I grabbed an orange from the kitchen and headed to school. Taking my own sweet time, I strolled along the sidewalk nibbling on my orange. My phone started to ring again after a few minutes of walking, but I decided to just ignore it.

After about a 30 minute leisurely stroll, I finally arrived at school. Most of the booth were already set up, and I could smell lots of food being cooked. Hmm, maybe this festival wouldn't be too bad. "Rin, where have you been?" I heard someone yell. I turned to see Miku fuming, and headed in my direction. Oh crap.

"H-hey Miku," I smiled and waved. "I was just…"

"I don't even want to hear it. Just come help us finishing setting up the booth!" Miku explained, as she grabbed my arm. She dragged me all the way to the booth, where a very amused Kaito and Len were waiting. "And so the sleeping princess awakes," Kaito joked, as Miku let me go. "Shut up!" I snapped.

"Stop bickering and help!" Miku handed me a Crypton controller. "Set up the game," she commanded. Quietly, I plugged in a few controllers and set up the gaming system. I turned on the laptop we were using to control the game and positioned in an area that the players could easily see. "How's that?" I asked Miku, when I was finished with my work. Miku nodded in approval.

"Guys, it's 11:00. People should start coming in," Kaito reminded us. And he was right. Students, teachers, and other community members surrounded the school grounds. "Rin and Len you two have the first shift!" Miku said. Before I could protest, Miku grabbed Kaito's arm and the two of them quickly ran away.

"I guess we're in charge," I said to Len, who was standing silently behind me. "Yeah," he said softly. Why is he so quiet all of a sudden? "Cat got your tongue?" I asked. "It's nothing," Len mumbled, then said nothing else. The two of us stood there in awkward silence for a while.

"Well, let's not sit here and be boring!" I exclaimed all of a sudden. "There's a perfectly good videogame waiting right here to be played." I grabbed a Crypton controller and handed it to Len. "You do know how to play, don't you?" I asked. Len nodded and took the controller.

I grabbed my own controller, and looked around the school grounds. It was flooded with people, but our booth was near the back. That meant we had at least 20 minutes before anyone came near us. I logged into my avatar, and a message popped onscreen.

- OrangeTsundere signing on-

"Do you have an account?" I asked Len, who was just staring at the controller in his hand. He nodded silently again, and logged into his account. That surprised me. I didn't think someone as popular as Len would play videogames.

- Shotaboy signing on-

What the heck? I rubbed my eyes, and looked at the screen again. But the message had already disappeared. I guess I was just seeing things. Besides how could Len be Shotaboy anyways? Shotaboy is too awesome of a dude to be Len.

Len's avatar loaded onscreen, and it did look very similar to Shotaboy's. It's probably just a coincidence though. "You ready to go?" I asked Len. He smiled for the first time that day. "I'm ready," he said, his voice filled with confidence.

I took out my sword, and prepared to fight. Len's avatar did the same. At that moment, another message flashed on screen.

- a Ghost appears-

A ghost? That's one of the rarest enemies in Crypton. They hardly ever appear and are almost unbeatable! Since it's a ghost, weapons are ineffective, and so are most magical spells. I turned to Len with a look of panic. However his face was calm and collected.

I watched as onscreen Len's avatar raced towards the ghost with a sword in hand. "What are you doing?" I half-asked half-yelled. "Swords are useless against a ghost!" Len looked at me, and smiled. He turned back to the game screen, his avatar still charging the ghost. I watched as Len's avatar waved his sword at the ghost, and as I expected it went right through.

"Rin, swing your sword at the ghost," Len commanded. Confused, I made my avatar run towards the ghost. I hope I don't regret this. As I swung my sword at the ghost, Len did the same. Our swords hit the ghost's transparent flesh at the same moment. And it disappeared into nothingness.

"Len, that was AMAZING!" I cheered. "How did you learn to do that?" Len just shrugged. "A lot of practice." I looked at Len with a newfound respect. This shota actually has some serious gaming skills. But I guess he must not tell anyone, be the popular guy he is and all.

"You impressed?" Len laughed, after seeing the look on my face. "A little," I admitted. "You're pretty good." I could swear I could see Len's cheeks turn a bit red, but it must have been my imagination. "You're not too bad yourself," he complemented back.

Len and I spent the rest of the daytime playing Crypton. Except a bunch of girls surrounded our booth, begging for a chance to play a game of Crypton with Len. However, I politely told them to all beat it. Our booth was for serious gamers only. That didn't keep them away though. I could feel all there piercing stares at me, as Len and I played together.

Some other guys came over too, but they just came to make fun of me. "Look at that loser," they laughed. "What kind of girl plays videogames?" But they shut right up when Len glared at them. "Sorry Len!" the boys quickly apologized, before running off. How unfair is it that Len could play videogames without anyone giving a second thought, but everyone hates me for it. It did make me happy though when Len defended me. My cheeks redend a bit. I wonder why that is.

Miku and Kaito didn't come back until close to dark, but I didn't mind. Len and I had more fun playing Crypton, than we would have had walking around the festival. "Did you two have fun?" Miku asked, when she and Kaito returned. "The most fun I've ever had," Len smiled at me. My face began to heat up, and it wasn't even that hot. "Do you two wanna join us to watch the fireworks?" Kaito asked.

"Do you want to?" Len asked me. He gave me a smile that made my chest feel funny. "Sure," I smiled back.

Like what you read? I have an ending in mind, but it's kind of cheesy. I don't think it's a good enough ending, but I'm having a hard time thinking of anything else.

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