A/N: Charredh- Mock exams in two weeks' time~ D: it's time to study /sob
Hairuhi-No other choice already…anyway, I see that this chapter got published early…earlier than previously, I mean. That's good. :)
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Len's POV
I looked at Rin's door one last time, confirmed that she is not going to come out (Rin why…) and quickened my pace home. If I want to see my mum I better be fast.
"…"
Surprise surprise, I lost my house keys. Thank god I put my bike outside, but the umbrella...
Well, forget the umbrella; I needed to get to my mum now.
Fortunately I was too lazy to lock up my bike the last time I used it, so I mounted on it and rode out.
The first few drops of cold water started falling on my arms.
I look up at the sky and groaned, seems like the sky is going to blow up anytime...I need to find my mom soon.
...I thought it was only going to be a drizzle, it erupted to a full scale thunderstorm. I am...really wet now...
Throwing my bike into some corner of the building, I walked in boldly and looked around. People questioning my sanity and appearance, turned to stare at me; I stared back at them until when they turn away.
Now, to find my mum...she should be going now...I walked quickly to the departures.
...And yep, she is there, about to go in. I called her, "Mum!"
Mum turned to me, she had that shocked expression for a second, and then it faded. I trotted to her and grinned. "Hi. Uh...bye?"
"Len, how did you get so wet?" She frowned. "Didn't you have an umbrella?"
"Well, I lost my house key and my girlfriend refused to lend me hers." I answered with a straight face. "Anyway, be careful on your business trip."
Mum blinked at me. "...Did you forget that the spare key is always placed in that flower pot at the door? And didn't you break up with Miku already?"
"Yeah, I kind of forgotten…erm, yeah, I broke up with Miku…" Oh, shit. A slip of my mouth…I don't know why, but the floor suddenly became very interesting and I can't stop looking at it.
"...Okay, I think I understand...go home and clean up, understand? Take care of yourself when I'm gone. I know you can survive the next few weeks without me." She smiled and patted my head. "Bye, Len."
I waved my mum goodbye and looked at her as she walked into the departure lounge. I guessed it's time to go back home.
The rain just would not stop. I rode at full speed home, seriously if I stay out here for another second I am going to be struck by lightning.
Unfortunately, this caused my eyes to be covered by my hair and I did not see Luki at my door. I ran into him, naturally. "...SHIT."
Luki made a sort of weird eagle-like screeching sound as I rammed into his ass (his back was facing me). His umbrella went flying out of his hand as the poor guy's body came in contact with the wet ground.
"LEN, DON'T YOU HAVE A GODDAMN BELL ON YOUR BIKE." He coughed.
"Oh my god, I am so sorry! I didn't see you there since that my eyes were covered by my bangs." I tried to pick him up and clean him up since that he don't look too well…
"Damn you Len..." He snorted and got up while holding on my hand tightly. "Why are you wearing you uniform and dashing around on your bike...with Rin trailing behind?"
"What Rin?" I looked behind me to see Rin standing just over there, with a blank face.
"…"
"…"
"…"
The awkward silence was broken after a few moments by Rin. "Erm…I'm sorry to interrupt your make-out session…er, don't mind me, continue continue." Rin fast-pace walked away immediately.
…What…? I looked at myself, and then at Luki…well…he looked pretty wrecked…
…Oh my.
"What the- Rin! Come on, we're not doing anything here!" I ran after Rin, screaming my head off.
"...Len, I saw you reading a comic with two males making out in a bookshop earlier..." Rin turned around and pursed her lips.
Luki went like, "Pffft." behind me. My face became red. "Really Len? So the rumours of you being homosexual actually were true?" Luki grinned mischievously. Oh gosh Rin did I not tell you...?
...Those rumours which Luki spoke of were spread by jealous boys in our school.
"Yeah and...you need to be beware, Luki..." Rin called back to him. "Anyway...see you...and here, this is for you. I found this in my bag for some reason." She put a set of keys into my palm (my house keys!) and dashed off.
I turned back to Luki, he seems very cautious of me… "Oh my god, dude. You know I like girls and do not feel anything like that towards guys. You got to believe me…!"
He hesitated, and then picked up his umbrella from the ground. "Dude, I was only joking. We've been friends for years, 'kay. I believe you. Try saying that to Rin, though. Oh and another matter..."
His face became serious suddenly. "You 'borrowed' my PSP a while ago...I'm here to get it back."
"…huh…? Why at a time like this…?" And why so serious…he could be so scary sometimes…
"Why? Man, that thing has been with you for nearly 3 months. I want it back—" A fierce roar of thunder reminded us that we're still having free showers from the sky. "...Let's talk indoors, Len."
When I was finally done looking for the PSP and kicking Luki out, it was already quite late. I fell on the couch and shot a message to Rin.
Please tell me you're still playing the game.
I waited for a few painful moments and quickly look at my phone when it finally rang.
I wonder why you still want to play the game…
Because it's all a great misunderstanding, homophobe.
"..."
I backspaced the word 'homophobe' before pressing 'Send'.
Explain yourself.
Oh good, she is finally giving me the chance to explain. I sat up to type more efficiently.
Straight guys read yaoi too. Also, I was curious. Rest assured that I'm perfectly straight. I didn't want you to tell Mikuo because he'll have another thing to blackmail me with. Is that enough of an explanation, dear?
My fingers hurt from typing so much and so quickly. Rin, you must understand...
I carefully read the next message that she sent.
:/ Well…I guessed I sort of understand… Wait, what you mean, 'another'…?
...I was kind of wishing you would not ask. I tapped at the screen, thinking of how do I reply her while not telling her that Mikuo blackmails me with that giant banana plush in my room on a weekly basis.
Uh...Hey Rin I need to go. Have a nice day honey~
...What? I need a nice, long and hot shower now. I just cycled from my house to an airport miles away and back in the rain.
As I was making my way to my room, Rin replied back.
Ok. By the way, I know about your giant banana plush now. I just asked Mikuo. :)
...Shit. I thought Mikuo promised he would not say anything if I let him copy my homework...?
I would have called and sworn at Mikuo right now, but putting my phone against my wet ear is a very bad idea. Also, I did not really have the energy to yell at anyone now...
Ignoring Rin's message, I threw my phone on my bed and walked into the bathroom, taking off my shirt at the same time. I...need to think about how to kill Mikuo in the shower.
Miku's POV
Seriously, both Len and Mikuo have the silly habit of not password-protecting their phones.
And Mikuo have a tendency of leaving his phone on top of the TV. Really, it's so easy to implore his privacy sometimes.
The constant buzzing from it was too annoying for me to bear, so I decided to check those annoying messages from him, then realize they are from Rin asking for what Mikuo blackmails Len with.
Well, that's easy. His giant banana plush. The one which he used to poke me with when we were still together...
I'm so over that manwhore.
I typed my reply furiously while trying to be as Mikuo-like as possible, then pushed the send button.
...Rin must never like Len, or she will be hurt.
Len's POV
Someone is calling me.
Aww, goodbye shower head. We can continue our rendezvous later.
I turned off the steaming water reluctantly, went out without even bothering to get a towel (no one is at home now) and tapped on my phone for the loudspeaker.
"Hello?"
"Hi Len."
I stopped squeezing water out of my hair when I heard her voice.
"...Where did you get my nu...number, senpai...?" I thought I changed it...?
"It was in my brother's phone, silly." Miku giggled playfully. Kind of made things 3 times scarier.
"Uh...Ok...Why are you calling me, anyway?"
"I just realize something, Len..."
When girls whom I had broken up with say that, I can easily predict their next sentence.
"...I still love you."
See what I mean? All of them use the same line.
"Can we be together again?" Miku continued. "I miss your touch, Len...even after we broke up, I still think of you everyday...you are my only one... (Blahblahblah)"
People from the Drama club will be people from the Drama club.
"But I don't like you anymore." I interrupted as bluntly as possible.
"What?"
"I don't like you anymore, Miku..." Oh shit. Did I just say that twice? I'm so dead...
"..."
"...Miku...erm...senpai?"
"Well, so do I, Len. I hate you. That was to steer you away from Rin." Her voice changed back from sweet to menacing. Oh god. That was fast.
"Don't you ever dare go near Rin's heart. I'm warning you." She snarled, and then hung up.
Oh my banana. I glanced at my phone once more before crawling back into the protection of my bathroom.
I will need to change my number again, and this time I am not telling Mikuo anything.
I twisted the water on again, letting the stinging water hit my head and fall off my hair while regretting every single word I said to Miku just now.
I have a very good reason to be afraid. Miku is by far the scariest girl I have ever met, even scarier than Rin. I had some pretty bad times with her when she was in her "unhappy" mode...
I shivered despite the temperature of the liquid raining on me.
Judging from her voice just now, I do not think she is going to aim for Rin's head if anything happen. I relaxed when I thought of it. Well, so now Rin's safe but I am most probably not. At least it is better than two people dying.
...Right?
Also...technically I am not going near Rin's heart because that is impossible (what, I cannot reach into her chest and touch her heart okay). Ok I am safe as well. No one is going to die after all.
Ha ha ha. That's funny...I'm already in love with Rin...oh man...this is bad...
...
...
...
...Suddenly I want to hear Rin's voice.
I turned off the water for the second time, but took the effort to dry my body with a towel this time. Then I got out, picked up my phone again and dialled Rin's (my) number.
Ring...
Ring...
Rin...
"LEN DO YOU HAVE TO FREAKING FREAK ME OUT EVERY TIME YOU CALL ME?"
"...I'm...sorry? Rin I—"
"NO. I'M NOT ACCEPTING YOUR DARN SORRY. I WAS HAPPILY OVER THERE MINDING MY OWN BUSINESS, THEN YOU HAVE TO CALL AND SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF ME WITH YOUR PATHETIC RINGTONE WHICH I CAN'T SEEM TO CHANGE BECAUSE YOUR PHONE IS CRAZY AND I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT ANYTHING FROM IT ANDROID SUCKS AND—"
"I love you." I blurted out. There was silence on the other side the moment I said that.
"Rin?" I added.
"...What? Can you repeat that again?" Rin mumbled, now somewhat calmer.
"I...love you?" I said as quietly and cautiously as her. Then without waiting for her reply I laughed.
"Just kidding, girl. You were freaking out so much so I thought of a way to keep you quiet."
"..."
"What, too disappointed to reply?" I smirked.
"Len, do you have any idea how much I hate you now?" Rin growled.
"Um...no?" I scratched the back of my head even though she would not see it.
"Goodbye, you motherf**king gay nincompoop. I hope you know one day." She finally snapped and swore loudly.
"No, wait! Rin, I called to ask you something." I said quickly before she hung up...she hung up.
Dammit Rin, I was going to ask if I can come to your house to study together later.
"Hi Rin, Len calling again—"
"Goodbye." She sounded really hostile.
"Hey, wait Rin! I want to talk to you about something."
"You have 1 minute."
"Well, first off, I don't engage in sexual intercourse with my own mother. It's gross." I blabbered quickly. I have to, if I were to make this one minute worth it.
"...Even for you?"
"Even for me...what?" Rin, are you saying I knock up random people regardless of their relationship with me?
"Did you say anything?" Rin cooed sweetly.
"Erm...no. Next question; can I go to your house to study later?"
"No." Rin answered immediately and firmly.
"Please...?"
"Get off the telephone already; you're wasting your own money and breath."
I pursed my lips, thinking about how can I get into her house legally this time...
"What if I tell you I've orange sorbet?"
"I've sorbet at home too." Rin snorted. "Your sorbet is nothing."
"Erm…it have a lot of oranges in it…like, made from over 30 kinds of different delicious oranges in the world, all in that one sorbet…" Wow, that sounded so fake…please Rin, please fall for it…
"Including mikans?"
Thank you so much God-that-is-looking-out-for-me. "O-Of course! I kind of tasted one before and it will melt in your mouth and fill your taste buds with amazing flavours!" I made some slurping sounds to exaggerate the taste of the sorbets.
"You're lying." Rin said flatly. "God, your lying skills sucks!"
"No! Wait!" I quickly surfed through the internet and search for 'Really Delicious Orange Sorbets' then scanned through millions of Google image pages, finally finding one picture that looked quite delicious, even for me, and immediately texted it to Rin. "Look, I took a picture of it! Don't you just drool all over it?"
There was a short pause on the other line, and then Rin sighed, "It's from Google, isn't it?"
"Ok, yes, that image was from Google...but I really do have orange sorbet! It even has orange pulps in it!" I am starting to sound desperate…which I probably am…
On the other side of the phone, Rin let out a loud sigh.
"I take that as a yes, then." I grinned.
"...See you at 5pm." Rin grumbled grudgingly before hanging up.
I looked at my phone and smiled triumphantly at myself. Now, I've to get changed and buy some sorbet before 5pm...
A/N: Hairuhi-Ok, done. I should probably get to undone homework now. D:
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