„It's been 5 years..." Rin thought, sitting in her Highschool uniform after her first day, „...and I've barely seen or heard Len at all." since that day, Len had locked himself up in his room, only coming out to get food and shower when nearly nobody's around, never speaking, only thinking about that day, the same memories, replayed over and over in his mind. He didn't even keep going to school, he'd just do the homework that Rin slipped under his door from school, making sure to give it back to her by the due date, barely keeping him enrolled. He'd been dwelling in his own thoughts and his mind for half a decade. His formative years, he's 14 now, and him and his twin wouldve gone to their first day of Highschool today. But it was only Rin.
Rin sat on her bed, „Welcome to your Highschool career, Rin, I'm sure you would never have thought it'd be like this 6 years ago..." She muttered to herself aloud. But as she said that, she heard an unfamiliar knock on her bedroom door, she stood up warily, walking over to the door, and she turned the doorknob, and she slowly pulled open the door, and, standing there, in a plain, white T-shirt, long grey sweatpants, with messy blond hair.
Was Len.
Rin couldn't find any words, she hadn't seen him in so long, it was like meeting a stranger, but it all felt so familiar. The two stood silently for a moment, and Rin was about to try and say something, but before she could, Len started moving towards her and he hugged her tightly. Only when he got close enough to hug her, she noticed he was crying, a river of shining tears streamed down his cheeks, falling off the bottom of his jaw.
Rin hugged her twin back, "I-" Rin started to speak before the boy fell to his knees, pulling her with him, "I'm so sorry, Rinny..." the boy stuttered out into her shoulder, his voice rough and hoarse, "I did something horrible, I'm so sorry." Rin put her hand on the back of Len's head, comforting him as she spoke, "It's been... so long..." she said, starting to choke up, joining the boy in tears, "I've missed you so much..." she sputtered out. The two sat for what felt like hours, just, still, sat together crying, until Rin finally got out, "It wasn't your fault, it was a terrible accident, how could a 9 year old have noticed anything wrong with what he was doing.." She tried to console him, trying to ease his guilty conscience as they sat together.
"Please, I've thought about this over and over, replaying in my mind for years, I know what I've done, I need to be punished, please..." The boy uttered, shaky conviction lining his words. "No!" Rin blurted out through flowing tears, "You aren't guilty! You didn't do anything wrong! You were fucking 9!" Len recoiled, shocked at his sister's aggressive certainty, "You practically jailed yourself in your fucking room for years! Even if you were guilty, you've clearly paid your penance!" Len tried to speak up "Rin..." "I don't want you to go away, I want you to come out, I want you to be happy, I want you to live a real life! Just... please don't go away again..." Len spoke up louder, "Rin..." "What!?" Rin blurted out to the floor, overcome by emotion and tears.
"Rin.. please I... I'm sorry..." Rin looked up slightly, listening to her brother's words. "Rin... I don't want to hurt anyone anymore... I've hurt too many people.. I'm sorry.. I'll... I'll stay with you" Rin's tears kept flowing, "I want you to be with me, I've done so much bad, doing what I did, and then selfishly locking myself away... not even thinking about you, mum, or dad, I just wanted the thoughts from my brain, I just wanted them out, and I should've just thought about how it would hurt you.." Rin started stumbling towards Len, "Rin... I... I'm so sorry.." Rin hugged Len hard, "You didn't do anything wrong... you were just a kid..." The twins stayed together for the rest of the day