Okay, She stands corrected...
Because of her ankle, Len ended up following her almost everywhere, claiming he was "worried" about her. At first she felt a tad bit touched that he cared but then it just got annoying and kind of creepy.
And finally it was the end of the day and the 'annoying insect' as Rin quoted was right on her heel as she carefully walked out of school.
"Stop following me! Got away!" Rin yelled as they exited the gates. "Uh, for your information Rin, we live under the same roof." Len said in a matter-of-fact tone as he walked behind her.
Rin twitched and picked small stones at the side of the sidewalk. "Get away from me you stalker!" She shouted as she started throwing the stones at him.
Len yelped and dodged the rocks being sent his way. Rin made a sudden move to run but completely forgotten about her ankle and fell to the ground, grunting in pain. Len instantly ran to her side. "Are you okay?" Len asked worriedly. He reached out for her but Rin swat his hand away.
"I'm fine." Rin sneered and tried to get up but fell once again as the pain seemed unbearable for the girl. "No, you're not." Len said and scooped Rin up in bridal style again. Rin squeaked and flung her arms around. "Let go of me!" She cried out.
"Hey! Stop!" Len groaned when her hand accidentally smack his head. "Stop squirming or I'll drop you!"
After a few seconds, Rin stopped and crossed her arms, huffing. "Geez, you weren't like that when I picked you up at Gym class." Len grumbled and Rin glared. "I'm fine ok! Just put me down already!" Rin demanded.
"You can barely walk now so let me at least help you out."
As much as Rin hated it. He's right but she's just too damn proud to ask for help especially from him. She looked at her ankle then at the distance. She didn't have much of a choice did she?
Rin clicked her tongue and stayed quiet, trying to ignore the triumphant grin of Len's face.
"Are we there yet Len?" Rin muttered, embarrassed at the stares of the passing pedestrians. She could hear them comment on how cute they were and such. They've been moving for quite some time now...
"Nope not yet." Len replied as he continued walking. Rin glanced around to see it wasn't their usually pathway.
That bastard. He was taking the long way home on purpose!
"How adorable!" Rin glanced at a woman who giggled and smiled at them. Rin blushed and tried burying herself into Len's chest. She felt him chuckle from the way his chest vibrated which actually annoyed her.
"You're enjoying this aren't you?" Rin accused and she glared up at him. Len smiled. "Maybe."
Rin frowned and slapped his chest, only for him to laugh some more in amusement. "Jerk." She pouted as she crossed her arms. Len found the action adorable and chuckled. "Relax, we're almost there."
Rin sighed and stared up at the sky. The bright orange color seem to spread around them and she smiled a bit when she remember a distant memory from a long, long time ago-
Then Rin noticed Len stopped. "Len?" Rin asked, curious on why they stopped. "We're here princess." Len said playfully.
Rin turned to the side to see the huge shell white mansion. Rin mentally cheered at finally being home. She tried jumping out of Len's hold but Len tightened his grip. Rin looked at him in confusion.
"You didn't think I would let you go outside the house now?" Len smirked and Rin stared at him in shock. "Len let me go! We're here already so put me down!" Rin cried out as she struggled against his hold but Len ignored her ranting and walked towards the door.
"Hey Miki! Open the door will you!" Len shouted pass the door. There was a minute of silence then the sound of the door clicking open to reveal a pink haired girl wearing a French maid outfit. "Len-sama welcome home." Miki bowed.
Miki Furukawa is actually Len's personal maid and probably the only servant in the whole house as Len had dismissed most of them for being too strict or stingy as they were all Len's father's servants.
From what Rin heard, Len had made all the servants move out and go back to his father whom he didn't actually have the greatest relationship with and was living overseas due to his work, leaving Miki as the lone maid in the house.
Miki was technically home schooled and was already at college level despite being the same age as them, therefore she didn't need to go to school and watched over the house while Len and her are away to school.
Miki blinked when she saw her boss carrying the familiar blond girl bridal style. She raised a brow at Len then looked at Rin, who was now deep red from the embarrassment.
Len smiled and walked into the mansion as Miki close the door behind them. Len climbed up the spiral stairs, followed by Miki as the approached Rin's room. Len looked at Miki, nudging his head towards the bedroom door. Miki understood the silent request and opened the door for them to enter.
Rin was oddly silent the whole way since she couldn't say anything out of embarrassment as Len gently placed her on top of her bed, careful not to bump her injured ankle. Len smiled at her and turned to Miki.
"Miki, mind start making dinner while I go back to my room?" He asked. Miki opened her mouth to ask why he was carrying Rin in the first place but when she noticed the pale white bandage wrapped around Rin's ankle, she shut her lips and nodded. Len nodded back before turning his attention back to Rin, bending over to her.
"If you need anything just call me, Rinny." Len gently caressed her face with his hand, causing Rin to shiver under his touch. At other times, Rin would've yelled at Len to stop calling her 'Rinny' but at the moment, she couldn't get the words out of her mouth then he moved out of the room, leaving the two girls alone.
It was quiet for a minute when Miki comment "He's really kind." She smirked at the blond and Rin simply glared at her and huffed though it didn't stop the red blush from spreading on her cheeks.
Rin couldn't concentrate.
She had a lot of homework to do and she can't concentrate on any one of them. The dull ache shooting from her ankle was one thing but the image of Len carrying her so closely to his chest was starting to freak her out.
She didn't like Len, that was for sure and she was 100% positive that they would never be together with he's reputation as a playboy and hers as a heart breaker. Now that she thought of it, she never did have a relationship before but then again she never did had an interest in dating someone since she thought it would be troublesome.
Maybe she should go out with someone...
Rin shook her head at the thought and turn back to the piles of books and papers in front of her. She needs to focus! First was science so Rin started looking for her science book through her desk but couldn't. Rin started to worry. Where could her book be?
She started searching her whole room. Opening drawers, her closet, almost everywhere she could think of. Rin stood at the middle of her now messy room and frowned. Where could it be?
Then Rin remembered Len took her book a few days ago and hasn't returned it yet so it must be with him. Rin walked out of her room and to the room a few door away from hers. Knocking at it, she called. "Len! I know you're in there! Open up!"
There was a few minutes of silence and nothing happened. Rin frowned and reached for the door knob, despite knowing how rude it would be to open a person's bedroom door without permission but Len wouldn't mind, right?
"Len?" She called softly, opening the door a bit more wider. This was the first time she ever entered his room so she felt nervous for some reason.
Rin was very surprise at the neatness of his room. She honestly expected it to be messy and unorganized with clothes and magazines scattered everywhere but instead she gaped at the room.
The wideness of it wasn't out of the ordinary, Len being rich and all, though when Rin got into her new room for the first time, she was really shock at how huge it was. Heck, the closet was the same size as her room back at her home!
Rin pouted. She always thought that her bedroom might be cleaner than his but standing her made her understood on how wrong she was.
Rin mentally slapped herself. This wasn't the time to get jealousy over his awfully organized room. Noticing Len wasn't inside, she moved over to his desk where a number of books sat and picking and moving them a side.
When Rin finally found her book, she turned to leave but paused when she noticed some picture frames hanging on the wall beside the desk. One was of his father, the other was of his other relatives, and the third...
Rin blinked at the small picture and felt the sides of her lips curl up. It was a photo of them when they were still kids, holding hands and smiling. They were so close to each other at that time and nothing could separate them that was until everything changed when they entered middle school.
Len was so sweet, innocent, and shy at that time when he suddenly turned into the trash he was today, in Rin's view anyways.
Where did the Len she once knew gone to?
Rin sighed and glance at the last photo. Her eyes widened and she blushed. It was a picture of her in her yellow prom dress a few months back before she started live here. Nothing was wrong with the picture but Rin could've sworn she hid those kinds of pictures away so Len wouldn't find them so how did he get this from...her closet?
Rin face palmed, this was Len were talking about of course he would find some way to get a hold of it.
'Wait a sec. wouldn't that mean he actually when into my closet!' Rin thought in horror and anger. When did he get this anyway? More important, what was he doing in her room in the first place?
Then there was the sound of the bathroom door clicking open. So he was inside the bathroom huh? Rin span around to say something but froze.
Len was wearing only a towel. Apparently he was having a bath, no wonder he wasn't around the room. Len froze as well when he noticed the familiar girl standing like a statue near his desk.
There was a tense silence in the air, Rin felt her cheeks flush and she screamed, grabbing a book on the nearby desk and threw it at Len, who wasn't fast enough to comprehend the whole situation into his head. The book hit its target (and on his face at that) and he stumble backwards.
Rin noticed the towel was slipping from his form. Before she could even get a glimpse of what was under that blasted piece of cloth, she closed her eyes tightly as she hugged her book closely to her chest and blindly sprinted out of the room, not even caring about the pain shooting up her leg.
The moment she reached her room, she collapse on the ground and (comically might I add) panted as if she ran a mile or two. Rin reached her cheeks and felt how warm they were.
She couldn't get the image out of head now. His wet hair was dripping and the drops of water were falling onto his lean chest, sliding down and- Oh my god! She felt like a pervert just think about it! She shook her head before picking herself up and falling on to her bed instead, sighing as she tried burying her burning face on to the pillow to compose herself.
God, dinner was going to be awkward...