Here's the ninth chapter. I almost had nothing to write in it but thankfully some music got me out of my writer's block. Last time, Len was going insane without Rin to be there to talk to. Was he really missing her or he just went crazy for a while? We'll see. Enjoy. ^-^


Chapter 9

Tuesday passed. No Rin.

I've tried to contact her, but there was no possible way. I knew Miku and Luka had her phone number but there was no way I was going to ask them for it.

Wednesday was here, and it was the day the project was due.

Everyone was getting ready to present their own projects while I was sitting around like a dumbass. What was I suppose to do? I didn't have anything to present. My partner wasn't here. Were we going to fail? Rin wouldn't allow that, would she?

Right now, the teacher wasn't here which was strange because she was always here early. I wasn't panicking, yet, but I was a bit worried about the grade we were going to get. Rin wouldn't be too happy about that.

Just then, the door opened, well, I heard it open but I didn't really look up. It could've been the teacher for all I know, but it did get me a bit antsy.

"Hey you!"

I blinked as a familiar voice called out to me. I turned around to see a girl with short blonde hair that reached just above the shoulders and gorgeous blue eyes. She walked over to me and pulled up a chair in a haste.

"Hey, I guess I was able to make it on time," she said as she took out her materials from her bag.

I looked at her like 'Who the heck are you?' I'm sure I haven't seen her before. She couldn't be another new student, could she?

"Uh, who are you?" I asked.

The girl looked up to me and gave me a confused look. "You don't know who I am?"

I shook my head.

"Does my short hair really make me look different or are you just horrible with recognizing people?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Seriously, who are you?"

The girl laughed. That laugh...it was so familiar. I then hesitated.

"No way..." I whispered.

The girl smiled and poked my head. "It's me, silly. Rin Kagamine."

"Rin?" I nearly choked. "What...what happened to you? Well, what happened to your hair?"

Rin ran her hand through her hair. "Does it really look that bad?"

"No, I mean, you just look different."

"I did it for a good cause. I didn't just cut it because I was bored of my long hair. I really liked my long hair, but I decided to donate it to people who need it."

I looked at Rin as she smiled and got out a two page essay and the lyrics of the song. This girl...was that what she was doing all this time? Just donating hair? As much as I would miss her long hair, since I got used to it, she doesn't look bad with short hair. In fact, she looks cuter and less intimidating.

"So, I think we're screwed," Rin said. "I only got the essay and the lyrics of our song. We didn't even get the music to go with it."

"You told me you were going to call me since last Sunday. I didn't get any call, and I can prove it to you," I said.

"I didn't call you."

"So then, what are we going to do?"

"We could just wing it and just sing."

"And sound really horrible?"

"It's worth a shot."

I frowned. "Seriously, Rin. What were you doing this whole time? You missed two days of school already. Well, two and a half since you just came in."

"Emergencies, you know. Had important issues to deal with."

"Is everything alright?"

Rin smiled sadly. "Of course."

My frown only got worse. She was lying to me, I could tell.

"I'm sorry, Len. I should've told you before. Now we might get a bad grade for this project we've been working hours on," Rin said.

"Why are you apologizing to me? Weren't you the one who didn't want to get a bad grade on this? I don't care," I said.

"Of course you do."

"I don't."

"Everyone, sit down."

Just then, a teacher came in and everyone sat at their desk. Rin stayed by mine.

"As you know, your teacher isn't here today," the teacher said. "So, I will be here to take her place. I will be your substitute."

I felt the stress from the class to lower and turn into relief.

"I know you were ready to present a project today, or so it says here in the agenda I was given," the teacher said. "So, you're only going to have to wait until your teacher comes back. In the meantime, you will have these packets to work on." The teacher began handing out the packets as the students cheered, not because of the extra work but because no project was due today.

"Saved by a miracle," Rin sighed of relief.

"Miracles don't happen. Stop believing those silly fairy tales," I said as I leaned against my chair.

"Miracles do happen in real life. You just have to believe."

I rolled my eyes. "You're as immature as ever."

Rin pouted. "Immature? Look who's talking."

"I don't believe in such things that I can't see with my own eyes. They're just a bunch of lies."

"You're a sour lemon, you know that."

I shrugged.

"Hasn't a miracle happened to you before?"

"I told you there is no such thing as miracles. It's called luck."

"I've got a miracle these past days."

I smirked. "What was that? The miracle of getting a discount for cutting your hair?"

Rin frowned and looked down. "The miracle of life."

"Huh?"

Rin looked back up and waved her hand over her face. "In short, you're such a party pooper, ruining people's dreams and beliefs."

"I'm just saying. Magic and miracles and other stuff like that don't exist. All in fairy tales."

"Do you have something against fairy tales? Weren't they told to you as a child?"

I turned to the window. "Yeah, but I grew out of them. They were nothing but lies."

Rin took out a pen and wrote down her name on the packet she just received. "Did something ruined your childhood that badly?"

I frowned. "More like some people."

"Hmm?"

I turned my head back to Rin. "Forget it. We need to focus more on the task in front of us."

Rin blinked. "Are you...okay? You don't have a fever, do you?"

I sweat dropped. "Just get to work. Which actually reminds me..." I took out my notebook and handed it to Rin. "The class notes you missed are all in there. You're welcome."

Rin looked through my notebook and found the ten pages of notes written in my horrible hand writing. "You did all this, for me?"

"I did it because I knew you were going to be bothering me about them. You were going to whine and cry and-"

"I had Miku and Luka to back me up."

I stopped. Completely stopped as my world turned dark with misery and shame.

Rin giggled. "You know, for being such an unbearable ass, you actually have your soft side."

That comment made my cheeks get hot. It was a new feeling. Another first I had from this weird girl.

"Aww! Is Len-kun blushing? So adorable!" Rin teased me as she pinched my cheeks.

I pushed her away and turned back to the window. "Leave me alone."

"Now you're being tough again. Grr."

"Shut up."

"And mean too."

"Shut it."

Rin giggled. "Let's get to work then."


"And so she has returned after two and half days of absence," Kaito said.

Gakupo came in later with a bag full of eggplants. "I wonder what in the world she was doing."

I said nothing as I took a sip from my water bottle.

Kaito points out to the window. "Luka and Miku should figure out. They're outside talking to her again."

I turned my attention towards the window as I saw Rin with a smile on her face as Luka and Miku talked to her.

"Why do they always sit outside to talk? Why can't they be inside with us?" Gakupo said.

"Because they talk about girl stuff. Guys shouldn't be into stuff like that. You know, gossip and such," Kaito said.

I turned back over to my food and began eating.

"You know, Rin cut her hair," Kaito said. "She really does look different with her hair short."

"She looks cute," Gakupo said. "Not that I'm hitting on her or anything."

"Same thing I thought. I guess it's because she has that young face and the short hair makes her more childish and cute."

I took a sip from my drink.

"Len, bro, why are you so quiet all of a sudden?" Kaito said.

"I don't have anything to say," I said.

"I'm sure there are a lot of stuff going inside your head right now, but you don't want to say them."

"Unless it has to deal with Rin," Gakupo said.

"Probably."

I spit out my drink and wet Gakupo in front of me.

"Hey!" he said.

"Why do you always think I'm thinking about Rin? I don't like her nor does she like me," I said as I turn to Kaito.

Kaito raised his hands. "I was just saying. I mean, there's nothing wrong with liking her."

"Of course there is! I swore to myself that I would never fall in love because it's not worth it. Did I not told you that before?"

"Geez, bro. You don't have to get offensive about it. There's nothing wrong with liking someone. It's just human nature."

I growled and stood up. "I don't want to deal with this again." I walked away and exited the cafeteria.


As school ended, I headed off towards the gate and got ready to walk down the path to home until my eye caught a hint of blonde. I turned around to see Rin talking with Miku.

I stood there for a while as I examined Rin. She looked different and it made me a bit uneasy. It wasn't the fact she had her hair short but something about her made her look different. I just wasn't sure what.

Suddenly, in the middle of my thoughts, I noticed Rin looking over to me. I blinked and turned away, ignoring the fact I was even looking at her. I sighed and began walking my way once more.

"Don't ignore me!"

I stopped walking and turned around only to see Rin dashing towards me but wasn't able to stop in time and collided with me, causing for both of us to fall.

"Ow! Why did you stop?" Rin said.

I lifted my head and did the same. "You wanted me to-" But as I opened my eyes, I saw just how close my face was to hers. Rin didn't see to notice, however, since she was rubbing her head from pain. I instantly felt my cheeks get hot as my eyes locked themselves down to Rin's pink lips. They looked so soft and tender, and I could see she wore lip gloss. I wonder what flavor it was.

"Len?" Rin said as she opened her eyes, and I immediately looked away. "Len, are you okay? I didn't mean to run over you, but you shouldn't have stopped that suddenly."

"I-I'm fine..." I said.

Rin got off me and dusted herself as I also got up and tried to make my blush go away.

"So, now that I got your attention," Rin began. "We should totally work on our project."

I took a deep breath and hoped that with that my blush would disappear as I turned over to Rin. "Work on our project?"

"Duh! It's going to be due one of these days. We shouldn't just push it aside because the teacher isn't here. It gives us more time to get everything ready."

I decided to keep my cool from now on and put on my mask. "If you say so, girlie. I mean, I'm the one who has to do the music while you do nothing at all."

"Hey! I did the hardest part. You need to do something at least."

"I did the lyrics."

"We both did."

"I'm the one who came up with the idea."

"We both did."

"I'm the one who-"

"You're the one who complained about everything."

"You're the one who was being a bossy bi-"

Rin pushed me against the wall as she grabbed my collar. "What were you going to-" But before she could finish her sentence, I noticed Rin looking a bit dizzy. That caught my attention.

"You okay?" I said.

Rin shook her head to clear the dizziness out and let me go as she held her head. "I'm...not feeling good."

"See? This is what you do to yourself for-" But I was cut off once more as Rin began to get limp to which I had to grab a hold of her before she fell to the ground. "Rin, are you okay?"

Rin closed her eyes half way. "Len...I need to get back home...now."

Without hesitation, I carried her in my arms as I took her to her house. I don't know. It didn't think. My body moved on its own without second thought. Something was wrong with Rin. She was not feeling good. Was it me who caused her this? Was she beginning to get stressed out all because of me?

I would casually look down to Rin as she would sometimes have her eyes half way open or closed. She would say words like "I'm sick" or "I'm weak". That's when I began to think of the reason she missed these past school days. Maybe it was because she was sick, and she was still affected.

"Len..." Rin whispered.

"What is it?" I said.

Rin raised her hand and hit my face with little force that it didn't even felt like a hit from a teenager but from a child. "You're an idiot..."

I frowned. If she didn't have the strength to hit me as much as she used to, then she was sick. But from what? She didn't have a fever nor did she coughed. Was it a sickness from the inside?

As I reached her house, I carried her over to the front porch and knocked on the door. In a few seconds, a woman came out to which I was thinking was Rin's mom.

Without words, she knew Rin was not feeling well. "Oh my Rin! Please bring her in, quick!"

I followed Rin's mom inside the house as she guided me to the living room where I placed Rin gently on the couch. A man later came in with a concern look. It was obviously Rin's dad and I was ready for the yell about touching his princess but instead he sighed and got out the phone and began dialing.

"Oh my sweetie, I told you it wasn't time for you to go back to school," Rin's mom said as she caressed Rin's cheek.

"Ma'am," I began. "What's wrong with her?"

The woman looked up to me, opened her mouth, but shut it back up.

I raised an eyebrow. "What is it? I'm her partner of this project we're doing together. You can tell me."

"You're the player," the woman said.

I frowned. "Player..."

"The medics are on their way," the man said after his talk on the phone. He looked at me with heavy blue eyes.

I gulped but I just had to know what was going on. "What's wrong with her? Why can't I know?"

"Son," the man began but didn't finish.

It was killing me inside to not know what was going on. Was I really so distrustful? Is that why they didn't want to tell me anything?

"Len..." I looked down to Rin who looked up to me with tired eyes. "We have to finish the project..."

I wasn't sure why but I felt a knot grow in my throat. I walked away from everyone and out the house.

Just as I stepped outside, rain began pouring. Was this an omen? It was sunny a few moments ago. Was the weather tied somehow tied with the way Rin was feeling?

I walked out of the Kagamine's property but turned to look at the house. I wanted to be there with Rin but at the same time, it felt like I would only make things worse. No one wanted to tell me anything, so I wasn't going to make use.

I walked towards a bus stop and got under the roof. I took out my phone and dialed Miku's number, hoping she would pick up.

"Hello?" Miku answered.

"Miku, I need to know something," I said.

"Len? What is it?"

"What's wrong with Rin?"


Oh no! Rin! What's wrong with you?! No! This must have something to do with the days she was absent. It has to be, right? Even Len grew a bit worried about her. Meaning he does care about her well being. Save her Len!

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