A/N : I gotta say, I LOVED some of the ideas people came up with about who walked in on them. But, me being me, I have to disprove them with a sarcastic comment.
Meiko: is a student. And alcoholic senior, actually. Maybe she wants her flask back?
Luka: -shot- and here I thought she was having hot lesbian fun times with Miku.
His wife: ...Is he keeping some sort of harem? (LOL song reference.)
Kaito: because he obviously has keys to everyone's houses. He's going to walk in with an ice cream cone, look at them, and be like "Yeah... I'll come back later, Sensei."
Gumi: -gives cookie-
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Chapter 11:
Gakupo gave one last fleeting look to Rin before running out into the hallway to greet whoever the hell just came into his house. She sighed, crossing her arms and then uncrossing them before jumping off the counter and ignoring her shaky knees to see who had came in.
Whoever it was had short green hair and an orange outfit, making Rin think she looked like a carrot in her bitter mood. The woman was talking excitedly to Gakupo, and he was just smiling at her. And then, she leaned up on her toes to wrap him in a hug and peck him on the cheek.
It was at this point that Rin decided she should most definitely leave. "You seem busy," she said, trying to keep the malice out of her tone. "I'll just get my stuff and go." She turned, walking down the hall and into the room where she had cut her hand.
Kneeling on the ground, she picked up her belongings and tried to ignore the sting of tears in her eyes. She would not cry over this.
"Kagamine." She didn't look up, because he was too smart and would notice her distress. She settled for staring at his shoes from her spot on the floor.
"What?" she spat back.
He froze for a moment before walking towards her and she watched him legs meet the ground so that he was kneeling in front of her. "I... I apologize. You don't know how—"
She stood angrily, her glare probably interrupting him. "I don't understand what, Sensei?" She exaggerated the word, as if it were a swear. "Physics? Or is it chemistry? Or maybe the fact that you have a—whatever that girl is to you!" A wife? A girlfriend? Rin rubbed at her eyes. I don't care.
"Kagamine..." He stood with her, reaching out with a hand to grasp her shoulder. And, after whatever they had just been through, he still didn't call her Rin. Fury sweeping inside her and water welling up in her eyes, she pulled her arm back only to shoot it forward and punch him square in the cheek with her good hand.
She didn't look at him as she quickly gathered her things and left the room. She ignored Carrot Girl's friendly wave, but seriously considered flipping her off. Instead, she swung open the door and ran into the chilly air, ignoring the now-biting wind on her bare legs.
Rin ran the opposite direction of her house, toward no where in particular. She didn't want to go home. Funny how often that's been happening lately. Didn't know where to go. She just needed some space.
Eventually, she ended up at the park. There was no one else there, and she was grateful as she perched herself onto a swing. She just sat there, staring at her bandaged hand and zoning out until a shadow loomed over her. When she looked up, she was surprised.
"Luka?"
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Rubbing his cheek where he was sure there would be a bruise, Gakupo picked himself off the floor just in time to hear his door slam shut. He winced. That girl sure knew how to throw a punch.
A pretty girl with green hair had seated herself on his couch. Sighing, he asked, "What brings you here, Gumi?"
She smiled, hands on her hips. "What? A girl can't come around and say hi to her big brother every once in a while? Aren't you happy to see me, Gaku?"
"A call would have been nice," he grumbled. To think that a few minutes ago he'd been on cloud nine. And now? His cheek was quickly swelling and he had just molested one of his students.
Was she going to tell anyone?
She should.
Gumi laughed at him, unaware of his inner turmoil. Or maybe she was just ignoring it. She always knew him best, so he figured the latter. "So?" she asked. "Are you going to tell me what that was about?"
"It's—" A student. A complication. A chance for happiness. Illegal. Hurtful. Wrong. The best thing that's happened in a while. A confusion. "It's nothing," he finally said.
She narrowed her green-blue eyes at him in a glare. He knew that look, it was the I-don't believe -you-for-a-second look. "You're a terrible liar, Gaku." Was he? "Now tell me what's going on! She looks young. And her lips were all swollen..." Her eyes widened in realization. "Oh, Gaku!"
His lips thinned in annoyance. He loved his little sister, he did, but sometimes her prosperity to state the obvious drove him crazy. "I told you, it's nothing."
Now she gave him the you're-an-idiot look. "You know you can talk to me, right? And that I wouldn't go and tell on you. But, make sure you know this, if it is what I think it is, you can't get in a shitload of trouble and you know it."
Gakupo nodded because, yes, he did know it.
He just chose not to heed his own warnings.
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They'd been sitting there silently for a half an hour. Luka had taken the swing next to Rin, though she hadn't said anything and hadn't pressured Rin into talking at all.
"What are you doing here?" Rin finally asked.
Luka smiled. "This is where me and Miku first started hanging out. And where we had our first kiss. This place makes me feel safe." She cast her a sidelong glance. "Does it do the same to you?"
Rin instantly had a flashback of when she was sitting with Gakupo. "You make me feel... safe." She bit her lip. "No. I just needed a place to go." She choked back a malicious laugh. "God, everything's so messed up."
The pink-haired girl frowned. She hadn't known the blonde for very long at all, but she knew Miku loved her, and so there had to be something there besides these depressed feelings she was obviously harboring.
"What happened?"
Tears sprung into her blue eyes for the umpteenth time that day. "Everything." Her voice was cracking. "You don't need to sit here and listen to me. I barely know you."
The taller girl didn't say anything, but she put a hand on top of Rin's. It wasn't in a flirty or provocative way, either. It was a way in which made Rin feel like she could actually talk to this girl.
So she did.
She told this person who was practically a stranger all about Len and what he had done to her. She told her about a man who she couldn't have because of some stupid rule. She told her about getting a taste of a forbidden fruit only to find out he didn't tell her something probably important about himself and having someone interrupt. She told her about lashing out at him.
But, she realized, she didn't tell her a name. Even after all they had been through today, she didn't want him to get in trouble.
Luka was quite for a long while, taking this in.
"Society sucks," she finally said. "It makes you believe things that aren't necessarily wrong, but things that you wouldn't believe on your own. I mean, it glamorizes sex, but love? There's so much rules and regulations. Gender, age, race, nationality... it shouldn't matter. And if this guy's all you make him out to be, I'm sure he'll feel the same way."
Rin smiled at her newly found friend, and then stood. "You're right," she reasoned. "I'm going to see him. And-And I'm going to tell him how I feel." She started walking, stopped and turned. "Luka?"
"Mmhm?"
"Miku's lucky to have you."
The two girls smiled, and then one turned, continuing on her journey.
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Gumi had just left Gakupo's house, muttering something about having to meet someone. She'd slammed the door on the way out, and he knew she was angry with his hesitance to tell her things.
But he really couldn't. He still wasn't completely sure what was going on.
A knock on the door interrupted him, and he got up to answer it.
Standing on his door step was Kagamine Rin, her hood pulled up to shield her eyes but he could still see tear-stains on her cheeks.
She gave him a toothy smile. "Can I come in?"
For better or for worse, he nodded.
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A/N : I really liked this chapter, actually. I can't wait to see what you guys think of it.
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