Dreams
Chapter 14: Ride
"Hello. May I speak to Rin Kagamine?"
"She's not in. May I know who is calling?"
"We're calling from ALICE Studio. Rin Kagamine has signed up for the modelling audition this morning and we would like to inform her that the date of her audition is on..."
"Shut up! Rin Kagamine will never be interested in this!"
With that, the angry father slammed the phone down and his fists trembled. His wife stared at him for a brief moment as she sipped her coffee and then smiled crudely.
"That girl... she's really doing it, isn't she? How stupid. There is no way she could even become a model," she spoke in a whispering voice and took another sip of her coffee. "Even if she could be one, she will just fall and return back home crying."
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Len's mouth twitched at her seemingly cute pleading face and he faced his childhood friend who was standing next to her with a weary smile. Why was Kaito here? Did she book his evening schedule for fun? He had work to do!
"Look, I will explain," Rin started. "Shion has lost his bike and he lives quite far from here. So, he needs a ride."
"I'm sorry, Len. I'm sorry to trouble you and Kagamine." Kaito bowed down and looked up to see Len's response. "Len..."
Len tousled his hair with a sigh and replied tiredly, "It's fine. Please hop in."
The three of them got into the cab; Rin sat at the front next to Len while Kaito sat on the passenger seat.
As soon as Rin entered the cab, she said, "After driving Kaito home, will you drop me off at my residence?"
"Why? Do you suddenly miss home?" Len gave her a teasing smirk. "I knew it though. Anyway, if that is the case, it's fine with me."
"No, no, no! You've got it all wrong!" Rin interjected and shook her hands frantically. "I want to tell my parents about it... because I wrote my home phone number on the form."
"Wrong move, Miss. I got a bad feeling about this. You should have written otherwise."
"Like what?"
"My phone number."
"As if I would know your contact number! You didn't tell me!"
Len let out a soft chuckle.
At the back, one could see, hear and feel everything. Their movements, the way they talked to each other, the way they treated each other were different from what Kaito had expected them to be. They were closer than before when they had met during the karaoke session. Rin was laughing and was talking more than she usually would, whereas Len was teasing and speaking normally to her which he usually would not. Maybe he did, but not with the teasing because as long as Kaito had known him, Len was a socially-awkward and serious person.
"But if you return home, I can rest in peace with my pillow tonight," Len spoke in a dramatic tone, earning a shriek from Rin.
"Your pillow stinks!"
"Well, that's because I drool on it every night." Len grinned at her as he said that calmly.
Rin blushed furiously and stuttered in embarrassment, "Shut... Shut up! Your pillow... is... is... so... soaked with yo... your sweat!"
Kaito raised his eyebrows and frowned in deep thought. Something was fishy about their relationship. Had they been seeing each other ever since their gathering session?
"Just admit that you enjoy sniffing it," Len joked with a laugh and Rin immediately pinched his arm.
"Hey, the two of you... are quite close," Kaito broke their conversation. "Are the both of you already friends?"
Kaito nearly wanted to hit his head against the window panel. Of course, they were already friends judging by the way they talked to each other. It sounded as if they were flirting. He shuddered. Flirting was probably not the right word to describe their behaviour. Neither did he want to think about it.
He continued to witness Rin's face turning a darker shade of red as she pressed her fingertips against her lips. He had to admit that Rin looked so innocent and adorable when she did that.
"We're... friends." Rin paused and looked at Len shyly. "Aren't we?"
"Hmm? No, we are not," Len replied in his usual low husky voice which always caused Rin's stomach to do a flip.
"But... yesterday... you said that I'm your friend," she sounded very disappointed.
"Did I? I can't remember."
Kaito noticed Rin's bashfulness vanishing in a split second and she started yelling in the car with her arms swinging around in mid-air like a crazy person, "Yes, you did! Yes, you did! You sissy old man!"
"Kaito, don't listen to her. She's crazy." Len pointed at Rin as he looked at the rear mirror to see Kaito's confused gaze at the both of them. "Is she always like that?"
"Ah... nope," Kaito muttered and looked away while rubbing his chin. "But she is... always... looking for trouble."
Rin turned her head around and yelled again, "What?!"
"To be expelled, I mean," Kaito continued with a cheeky grin.
Len shook his head in feign dismay, muttering softly to himself, "What a bad girl."
"Shut up!" Rin shrieked after hearing his soft comment and punched his arm with her fist. "I don't need your comment for that!"
"Hey! That hurts! I'm driving, you know!"
Kaito laughed but his laughter soon died down as he continued to observe Rin from behind. Those expressions he saw through the rear mirror was different from what he had seen everyday in school. His childhood friend could make her face go beet red, and he could also make her have all sorts of expressions which he had never seen before.
Could someone tell him what their relationship was again?
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Len stepped on the brakes and said, "So, we're here. Have a good rest, Kaito."
"Thank you." Kaito took out his wallet from his bag but he was immediately stopped by Rin.
"Shion, like I said, I'll pay for the ride."
"But..."
"Don't worry. Even if it is Len, he will give you a free ride," Rin assured Kaito, then she nudged Len. "Am I right?"
Pretending to smile at the lady in front of him, Len replied softly with a slight nod, "I will give Kaito a free ride... but not you, Miss."
Rin gave him a glare and snorted. How bias could this cab driver get? And she knew that he was giving her that fake and annoying smile of his. If he was thinking that she could not differentiate his fake smile with his genuine smile, he was so wrong. His real smile was so much sexier than his fake smile. Yes, even his fake smile was gorgeous to her. But the feeling was different when he gave her a sincere smile, or maybe a teasing smirk, she would have an urge to wrap her arms around his neck, bring his head closer, lick his lower lip and bite it... tenderly.
She did not mind if she could ravished him whole either.
"Ehh... Kagamine, thanks. I will give you a treat the next time. Goodbye, guys," Kaito interrupted her dirty thoughts before she heard a soft slamming sound coming from behind.
Rin turned around and waved to Kaito before looking at Len with a hard stare.
"Give me a free ride too!" She pouted and looked away with a blush. "I will treat you to something as well."
"Really?" Len sounded unconvinced. "But I didn't say I will give both of you free rides, did I ?"
"Huh? Don't act like an old man who has dementia."
"Did I? Maybe I am really going senile..."
Even his cheekiness was as annoying as ever, yet as cute as his dazzling cerulean eyes.
Dismissing the fact that he was still continuing his cheeky talk, she continued to stare at him in daze. Her eyes were locked onto his ones, even though he was not looking at her. His eyes seemed to glitter under the orange evening sun, or perhaps he being cheeky was the reason why they sparkled so handsomely.
Unknowingly, her hands slowly reached out to his face, touched his surprisingly broad chin, traced upwards and poked his unbelievable soft cheek.
For the love of God, everything about him was so attractive to be true...
"You seem to enjoy harassing my face," his husky voice broke her sensual fantasy. "I'm driving, mind you."
She blinked and noticed what she had done. With a soft shriek, she immediately withdrew her hand and glared daggers at him. Since when did he start driving?
"There's... an ant on your face! And I helped you to get rid of it!" She crooked a smile and brushed her fingers against her blouse. "It's not harassing. It's called helping a friend."
She emphasised the word 'friend' by dragging it long enough to make Len groaned in annoyance. It was so obvious that she was trying to harass his face for the second time. Yes, that was her second time touching his face. Not only was she bipolar, she was also touchy-feely.
"We're here," Len suddenly spoke as he stepped on the brake pedal, stopping his cab outside Rin's residence. "Get everything done with before coming out. I'll wait for you here."
Rin turned to look at him anxiously. Her mouth opened slightly but was immediately closed, as if she was trying to stop herself from saying something. Instead, she gave him another crooked smile and cleared her throat.
"Well... you better wait here or else, I will never forgive you for making my parents disown me," she said with her arms crossed.
Upon hearing that, Len's face fell. "You're still on with that idea, aren't you?"
Shrugging his words off, she chuckled, stepped out of the vehicle, and muttered, "I'll be right back."
After he saw her entering into her house, Len let out a heavy sigh and slammed his head against the steering wheel. Just when he had thought that Rin had finally agreed to return home, though it was to tell her parents about the audition, why did he said that he would be waiting for her outside her residence?
He should have leave her alone and driven off. Anyway, it was her dream to be a model, not his in the first place.
But why...?
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"Rin... you..."
Rin stuffed her keys into her pocket and greeted her shocked parents with a small smile, whereas her parents were standing at the foyer, looking stunned and speechless.
"Mummy, Daddy, good evening."
"Why did you come back? Ha... you've finally realised that modelling is not suitable for you, right?" Her father held his stomach and laughed mockingly. "That's fast."
Her mother walked closer to Rin, placed her hand on Rin's shoulder and muttered, "It's great that you've woken up, Rin."
Shaking her head slightly, Rin gently brushed her mother's hand off her shoulder and then hit her own chest with a look of determination.
Rin began, "I've applied for the modelling audition and I'm going to pass it. Just wait and see, Mummy, Daddy. I will prove to you that I can do it."
"How persistent..."
"Please excuse me." Rin bowed to them and headed into her room soon after, leaving her parents fuming in anger at the foyer.
"That girl... she is going to get it..."
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