... Okay, forget the dates on the previous chapters, no matter what (until i can do this right) Len is eighteen, Rei is nineteen, and Rin is seventeen.

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Forget it. No one ages in here except when I write a birthday chapter.

I'm lame. So FORGET AGES.

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There.

A World Without Crime

Ch.8
Rain

Kagamine Household

Rin's POV

I hated days like this. It was cloudy with a high chance of rain. I hate rainy days, but I liked snow. I wished it would snow instead, snow was more delicate. I visited Oliver that morning, Len could've come but he was feeling uneasy. I left him with a note and his breakfast on the table.

"Bye Oliver," I waved as I walked towards the door. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Wait." Oliver said, "Be careful around him." I blinked. What did he mean?

I scratched my head. "Do you mean Len?" Oliver nodded. I patted his head, "Don't worry, he's a nice person." He stared at his feet and didn't say a word. I repeated my goodbye and left with my umbrella.

The rain made muddy puddles all over the streets and sidewalks and made my boots wet. I stared at them but I didn't care. I thought about what Oliver had told me.

'Be careful around him.'

What was that supposed to mean? Sure, Len was scary every now and then, but he was quiet and kind.

I walked into the bakery I normally went to. 'I should buy some bread that Len should try.' I thought. Then someone caught my attention.

There was a black haired boy with golden eyes talking with a blue-haired man and a brunette woman.* He looked like he was nineteen. What shocked me was how his face was somewhat similar to someone...

Len...?

I stared and stared, I couldn't stop. Then he looked at me and smiled. I blushed in embarrassment. 'Staring, is not nice.' I thought to myself as i turned away. He wasn't ugly, he was kind of...

I don't know, cute?

I shook my head. He was like Len.

Wait, what?

I quickly paid for my bread and was about to leave when someone gripped my shoulder so that I would stop. I turned around.

It was the golden-eyed boy. "You forgot your change." he said calmly as he handed me some coins.

"T-thank you..." I stuttered. I took the change from him. He didn't let go of my shoulder yet. I noticed the two adults he was talking to were wearing sunglasses.

He smiled. "What's your name?"

"Uh... Rin."

"Cute name. Mine's is Rei." He extended his hand, "Nice to meet you."

I shook his hand, "Um... you too." This guy was too weird.

He released me and gestured at the blue-haired man. He stared at me and slowly passed Rei a flyer. "Have you seen my brother?" Rei asked as he passed me the flyer.

It had a picture of Len on it.

I paused, "N-no, why?" I said. What if these people were lying about being his brother? Len would've told us if he had a brother.

"He ran away from home because he found out he was adopted." Rei said nonchalantly. He had no sense of care in his voice, so what if he was trying to abduct Len?

"Well, don't ask me," I firmly said, "If he's your brother, you should know where he goes." I stormed out of the bakery, seeing Rei's surprised face last before I left.**

'What was that?' I wondered. The way Rei talked about Len was really bad. The tone, the mood... Angry tears flowed down my red cheeks. Len was a human being and that...that...bastard Rei talked about him like a dog. With a flyer and everything.

If Len was that important to him, then he should've went to the police. No one should treat their family like that.

"Hey." Len greeted me from the couch when I got home. "Are you okay?" I nodded. He walked up to me and patted my head, "There, there." Everything was quiet except the sound of rain hitting the window.

I decided to tell Len about my encounter with his 'brother'. "He said you were adopted." I told him.

Len closed his eyes for a moment. Then he opened them. "If you see him again, or anyone suspicious asking about me, tell them that you don't know who I am."

I stared at him. 'Huh? Wha- what do you mean by that?! Why are you-?' I couldn't deny what he planned on, but why?

I looked at Len's face carefully, to see if he was joking. I thought about how similar his face was compared to Rei's.

Oh.

Well...

*As you should know by now that they are... actually, if you didn't know, I shouldn't let it out.

**Where did she put her bread and umbrella?