Here's the twelth chapter. Last time, Rin and Len continued to work on their project. Rin also told Len off, practically saying, "I will never love you." Well, we'll see what happens next. Enjoy. ^-^
Chapter 12
"Hello!"
I sighed. I forgot about her. I forgot we were going to continue to work on the project.
"We have another week to work on it. Is it really necessary to work on it today? It's Friday," I told Rin as she ignored me and walked inside my house.
"I know. That's why I came on my account because I knew you weren't going to pick me up. We have to work on it so we don't have to worry about it later," Rin said as she walked over to the living room and placed down her bag she carried.
I sighed as I shut the door behind me and walked over to her. "Here I thought I was going to have the day off."
Today, Rin didn't go to school again. Once again, I was into every lecture given to me. I was beginning to love learning again. But I tried so hard not to show it. It wouldn't be a good impression I would give to people.
Rin smiled and opened her bag. "I got a surprise for you." She pulled out an outfit neatly folded inside a plastic bag.
I raised an eyebrow. "What the heck is that?"
"It's your outfit. I have one of my own as well. " Rin handed me the outfit she had and pulled out another. "This one is mine."
I examined the outfit and wondered how it looked like unfolded. "Why do we need outfits? Are you planning a date with me?"
"You wish. These outfits were my mom's ideas. Since we were going to perform a song to the class, she thought it would be a nice idea to wear outfits and stand out more like real professional singers."
I gave Rin a 'Are you kidding me?' face. "And you agreed to that?"
Rin giggled. "I didn't agree with anything. My mom made them without me knowing. She didn't want 'no' for an answer. I mean, I'm sure they're not that bad. She's pretty good at sewing outfits."
"What I don't get is how in the world she got my measurements."
"She probably came to your house in the middle of the night and measured you in your sleep. She's done that before."
I looked at Rin with a horrid face.
Rin laughed. "I'm kidding. She merely just guessed. She wanted me to bring it to you so you can see if it fits. If not, she'll get down to making another one."
I looked back at the outfit. "I'm not so sure about this. I mean, we don't really need anything to wear to perform a song. It's just a project, not an actual once-in-a-lifetime performance."
"I know but my mom worked really hard on these. Let's just give them a try, okay?"
I shrugged and walked over to my room to change out, leaving Rin in the living room. As I shut the door behind me, I sighed loudly. Rin's mom is weird. I knew that from the first time I saw her. I'm sure her dad is weird too. In fact, I think the Kagamine family is nothing but weird. But I decided not to think about that and changed out to my outfit...whatever it was.
"If I didn't know you better, I would've thought you were a superstar," Rin giggled as she commented on my looks.
I rolled my eyes. "It's nothing impressive."
Of course it wasn't. I mean, the outfit I had was just a white, no sleeve short with a high collar, black baggy shorts, some kind of black speakers attachments for the knees and down and some black attachments for the arms.
Rin smiled and pulled out some white boots and handed them to me. "Here. These are also part of the outfit."
"Boots? Really? Come on," I frowned. "I don't wear boots."
"Well, now you do. Now put them on."
I sighed and placed the boots over the speakers.
"Not like that," Rin said as she pushed me down on the couch and took off my boot. "Look closely." She took off my speakers and put the boots on first then the speakers over them. "See? They look better that way."
I felt like a child trying to learn how to put on shoes.
"Do you want me to help you with the other one as well, little one?" Rin teased.
I grabbed the other boot with a pout. "I can do it myself, Mom."
Rin giggled. "Good boy."
I frowned and put on the other boot just as the other one was placed. "There. Anything else?"
Rin pulled out a set of white head phones and handed them to me. "These are actually mine. I have a whole lot of these stashed in my closet. I thought that they might be good accessories."
I placed the head phones on and adjusted them the way my head could fit. "Anything else?"
Rin pulled out yet another item. "This is a necklace with a musical note. I thought it would be another nice item to add. I think it's more of a choker than a necklace.
I grabbed it and placed it around my neck. "Are you trying to kill me somehow?"
"Of course not. I just thought it was nice."
"Anything else?"
"Nope. That's it."
I stood up with a sigh and examined myself. "I look ridiculous."
Rin clapped. "You look fine. You stand out like a futuristic singer."
I looked at her. "What about yours?"
"Mine can wait until later."
"Why not now?"
"Come on, let's work on the song."
I pouted. "I won't work until I see you in your outfit."
"We'll be wasting time."
I sat back down on the couch and crossed my arms. "Then I won't work."
Rin pouted. "Len Kagamine..."
"Rin Kagamine..."
"Work now or I'll leave."
"Sounds like a plan."
Rin growled. "Why do you care so much?"
"Look, I put mine on. It's only fair for you to put yours on."
"Will you work if I do?"
"Totally."
Rin sighed. "Fine. " She grabbed her outfit and bag. "Where's your bathroom?"
"Why not my room?" I smirked.
"I'm scared to see what you have in there."
I laughed. "It's down the hall to your right."
"Thank you." Rin walked away, leaving me alone.
I sighed and looked back down to myself. Maybe because I'm not used to wearing stuff like this. Maybe that's why I don't like it. Or maybe because it must've cost a lot to make this. Maybe I felt bad that a parent, a parent who barely even knows me, wasted time and money into creating this. Maybe I didn't want to accept it because this sort of stuff is not to meant to be under my possession. I could easily make myself this outfit without wasting much money because I was filthy rich. Heck, I could even hire someone to do this for me.
But Rin's family wasn't like that. I don't know their financial status but I do know they're not as rich as I am. I don't get how they would waste money for someone like me who can get anything under my hands without sweat. I'm sure the dad works hard every day to bring money for his family. I don't even have to work. I'm sure my parents don't work that hard. This family is only trying to survive. They try to get food and shelter to keep them alive. But their strongest point is love for each other.
"There. Happy?"
I looked up and nearly choked.
Rin came in with her full outfit. Hers was the same as mine except with white short-shorts and longer speakers and boots. She began fixing her hair in her usual way as I could only stare at her. She looked gorgeous, very beautiful.
Rin raised an eyebrow to me. "Len, you're freaking me out."
I blushed and looked away. "I...I...sorry..."
Rin walked over to me and placed down the bag she had her earlier clothes. "I don't think it's that bad. We're actually matching."
"Y-yeah..."
Rin sat next to me and I swear I felt my cheeks get even hotter. "Look, how about we start working on the song now. I know since fall break is next week, you won't want to work on it. We can be done with it today and the weekend."
"I-I guess..."
"Len, are you okay?"
I turned over to Rin and nodded quickly. "I'm fine! I'm fine!"
Rin raised an eyebrow. Darn it...
I chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of my head. "Let's get started on the chorus then." I stood up and walked over to the piano, feeling my blush go away. I took a deep breath and turned on the piano. "Okay, from the top."
And so, we began to sing and play from the parts we already had. We worked on improving some parts and continued on working our way towards the end of our lyrics. We were doing great, just fine. Until our separate completely different lyrics came up.
"No, I think we should just go on separate rhythms than be the same," Rin said. "Because we both have completely different set of lyrics, it doesn't make sense to have both of us sing at the same pace."
"So then, what do you suggest?" I said.
"I was thinking to have me sing more spiced up and you'll sing more softly."
"Why do I have to sing softy?"
"Because it's your fault in the first place to ever made me feel so bad about myself, in the sense of the song, of course."
"But can't I be singing to you that I'm desperately trying to get you to know that you shouldn't change yourself? That needs some spice."
"Well, there's nothing wrong with that but I still like my idea better."
I sighed. " We always go with your idea."
Rin shot her head towards me. "Not always. You have your chances too. Now let me take a shot."
"You suck."
Rin huffed and sat next to me. I raised an eyebrow as she took the piano and began playing it...pretty badly.
"Hey, hey! Don't hurt her," I said as I pushed Rin's fingers off the piano.
"Seems like you care more about the piano than our grade in the project," Rin said.
"Of course I do."
Rin frowned. "Let's just get back to work."
"You're always the one to bring us off course."
"Am not!"
"Is too!"
"You're so immature."
"Look who's talking."
Rin sighed. "Fine, whatever. Let's keep moving. I still say I should sing a more spiced up version."
"Okay, okay. I'll let you take this one." I turned back to the piano.
"If you agreed with me sooner, we wouldn't have wasted time."
I sighed and decided to not say anything.
"Don't mind me. I'm sure I'll vanish from your sight any day now," Rin said as she placed her lyrics in front of her face.
I got my lyrics ready. "You better."
Rin hesitated, took a peek at me, then turned back to her lyrics. I looked at her and noticed she was upset. I've done something wrong again. Suddenly, horrible views of Rin getting sick again raced through my mind. My chest tighten with pain.
"From the beginning?" Rin said.
I frowned. "From the beginning."
"I don't know why you get upset. It's not you you're hurting."
I turned to Rin. She looked down with such mournful eyes they almost made me cry.
"Rin...I didn't-"
But I was cut off. "It's you. I should never expect for you not to break a girl's heart. You..." Rin swallowed down tears I knew she wanted to shed. "..Len..." She began to tremble. "...let's continue."
By now, I wanted to wrap my arms around her and tell her I was sorry. But I couldn't because that wasn't what this Len Kagamine would do. The old one would definitely do it but he was somewhere deep inside the dark soul of its alter ego.
I sighed and turned back to the piano. "Let's continue then."
Why does this always happen?
Okay, so I was thinking of doing this chapter of more of a fluff chapter because I literally didn't have anything to write about but fluff. And then as I reached the end, that last part came into mind and I just added it. Not sure if it really fits though because it seems like I've been ending my stuff like that. Drama effects? Maybe.
Anyway, Rin and Len work on their project yet again. The two have their own outfits for the performance of their project, all thanks to Rin's mom. I tried so hard to explain the clothing but I suck. Haha. It's basically their Append clothing. FAIL! xD
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