And here it is the fifth chapter! woo-hoo! So I stayed up kinda late to finish this and I was watching a bunch of cosplay videos while completing this. I appreciate everyone who had reviewed and I'm glas to get some feedback from you guys. Thank you !
The Evening that Follows
Rin's POV
When I woke up I was actually only half awake, meaning I was kind of aware of my surroundings, but I was still half out of it.
"That was a really cool movie! Too bad Rin fell asleep," Teto-chan was saying. Her voice fluctuated a little so that it sounded like she was stretching. That wouldn't be surprising considering they had just sat through an entire movie.
"Well, we better get going," Miku-chan's voice announced.
"No use trying to wake Rin up. No matter how hard you try she'll never wake up, so you better just carry her Mikuo," Len said. The shota was too weak to carry me. It wasn't that a weighed a lot (cause I most certainly didn't) he just had absolutely no upper arm strength and was lucky he could hold his trumpet up for a full song.
It was then that I realized that there was an arm around my shoulders and someone's hand was gently rubbing my shoulder. Also, my head was pressed on a shoulder that was quite comfortable if I do say so myself. I was trying to think of who it was that my head was on when I was being shifted around so that I was now in that person's arms and I was being carried bridal style. Upon some kind of natural instinct I linked my arms around the person's neck and buried my face in their collar bone.
"R-Rin?" Mikuo's voice didn't sound very far away from where my head was. It then clicked in my head that Mikuo was the one carrying me.
I was about to start blushing and freaking out but then I remembered that they still thought I was asleep (though I was completely awake by now). There was no need for me to freak out. I might as well enjoy the freedom that was bestowed upon me while it lasted. God knows when I'll get another chance like this, so no way was I gonna waste it.
Mikuo smelled like leeks (probably cause he and his twin were so addicted to those disgusting things) and oddly enough coconut. If I remember correctly the Hatsunes have shampoo and body wash that smells like coconut for whatever reason. Probably cause they realized people don't like the smell of leeks and they're trying to hide the scent. As creepy as it sounds I have to admit that I loved the way he smelled. And I felt so safe in his arms. I mean don't get me wrong I can easily defend and take care of myself, but I just felt like I wouldn't have to worry about getting hurt or anything like that while I was in Mikuo's arms.
"Otouto-kun, why do you look so nervous?" Miku-chan asked in a teasing tone.
"W-what's that supposed to mean!" Mikuo stuttered in reply. I could see the blush on his face in my mind and I felt him stiffen up a little. Poor guy; with the three of them standing around he wasn't going to be saved from any teasing or torturing.
The rest of our group laughed as we exited the movie theatre. There was a lot of talking as people jabbered on about the movie they had just seen or they movie they were going to see.
I was simply enjoying being so close to Mikuo and I had to work hard to make sure a blush and a smile didn't appear on my face. It was very hard to do so, but I was having amazing luck and was managing to keep both off my face. I knew I was going to have to 'wake up' soon, but I wanted to hold out for as long as I could.
"I'll see if I can wake her up now," Mikuo said. For some reason it sounded like there was sadness in his voice and I had no idea why. "Rin, you need to wake up."
I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt and acted like I was waking up. "Hm, where am I? What time is it?"
"We're right outside the theatre and the movie is obviously over. It's six thirty," Mikuo answered both of my questions in a bit of a quieter voice.
I then pretended to notice that he was carrying me and I was able to let the blush loose that had been trying to break free this entire time. "Y-you can set me down now…i-if you want." I added the last part as an after thought. The possibility was nagging me that maybe Mikuo actually didn't want to set me down. I did my best to not let that thought take to much control so that I could later be disappointed.
"Huh, oh right; sorry." Mikuo struggled around for words. He set me down gently and when he removed his arm from around my shoulders her let his hand glide across my back in a stroking like manner.
The blush on my face grew even brighter at that and I looked in the direction opposite the teenage boy.
"What do you say we all go home and play our instruments together?" Miku-chan suggested. "Teto-chan has her clarinet at my house, so we just have to stop by my house and get our instruments."
"That sounds like a great idea!" Teto-chan agreed instantly. Her glance shot to my hand and her face looked crestfallen. "Maybe we shouldn't play our instruments."
"I don't have to move my thumb a lot, so it should be okay." I was determined to not be what dragged my friends down. I wasn't going to be the reason that they couldn't play their instruments.
"Are you sure? You don't need to hurt yourself for this," Len asked worry thick in his voice.
I sighed with exasperation and insisted, "Yes I'm sure my hand will be fine. Like I said I don't have to move it around a lot so there's no worries." I was a very stubborn person and no way in heck was I going to let this injury defeat me and run my life.
The rest of the walk to our houses was complete in silence. All of us were shivering the entire way since the sun was going down and none of us had any warm clothes. We were all dressed for summer since it had been warmer earlier that day.
"We'll be back soon!" Miku-chan called out as she and Teto-chan continued on to her house.
Surprisingly enough it hadn't taken long for us to get home. I wasn't complaining of course, but I thought it would've taken longer than it had. Stepping into the warm, spacious house, I ran up the stairs to retrieve my flute while Len and Mikuo put their instruments back together.
My flute was resting in it's usual spot on my desk. I grabbed the handle with my right hand and made my way back down the stairs. By the time I got down there Mikuo had half his instrument put together. It only took me a couple of seconds to get my instrument together since it's just three pieces and by then Miku-chan and Teto-chan had joined us with their instruments.
Miku-chan was lucky and didn't even have to put anything together in order to get her instrument ready to go. "So, what are we gonna play?"
"Good question." I plopped myself down into the big comfy spiny chair that was downstairs and turned on the computer to go onto the internet. "Let's look something up or at least attempt to." I searched music from the anime La Corda D'Oro and very easily managed to find something that had all our instruments (there was even an oboe part even though that instrument isn't in that show). I got all the separate sheets of music and started printing them off one by one. We had a humungous pile of ink and paper, so there was no worry about us running out or anything like that. "Okay we don't have enough stands, so let's all improvise."
Everyone set their music case up around the kitchen table and placed their music on their respective case. This was a great way to see your music if you don't have a music stand.
We all decided that since Miku-chan didn't have to use breath to play her instrument she should count us off. It was a little hard for her since she had to keep her violin between her chin and shoulder, but she got used to it. "One, two, three, four…" and we all started playing.
Even though this was our first time playing the song we were all advanced players and we managed to play it with very little mistakes. I inwardly sighed with content as the sound of my flute washed over me. I didn't have that terrible airy sound that a lot of flute players get. My sound was crystal clear and there was no hesitation. I'm not trying to brag and act like I'm the best flute player ever, but I have been told by everyone who has met me that I'm an amazing flute player, so I wasn't being conceited. All of our sounds blended almost perfectly together and everyone looked content and happy. Music always made us calm and happy. It didn't matter what kind as long as it wasn't a genre or artist we didn't like; music put us in a happy place that calmed us down.
After we played the song through we just had to play it again and we ended up playing it through five times never getting bored of the sound. The clock on the microwave declared in bright green numbers that it was seven thirty.
"Aw man. I have to go home now." Teto-chan pushed her bottom lip out in a pout. With a sigh of sadness she started to pack up her clarinet. "You guys are lucky you live so close to each other. You don't have to leave each others' houses that early."
I smiled sympathetically at one of my best friends. "Don't worry. We'll see you at school tomorrow and duh we'll hang out again." I gave her a hug once she had her instrument packed up and Miku-chan joined in on the hug.
"Bye guys, see you all tomorrow!" Teto-chan called out when she was at the end of the driveway waving to us the whole time.
"See you tomorrow!" I called back and waved a bit before shutting the door. "So, what now?"
"Well, it's not late enough for you guys to go home yet, but at the same time we don't want to get too involved in a movie or video game or something," Len was thinking out loud again, which was kind of annoying. It just annoyed me a bit whenever the shota thought out loud. I have no idea why this was the case.
"Why don't we just see what's on TV?" Miku-chan suggested.
The rest of us nodded our heads in agreement and we headed out to the living room. Miku-chan and I sat on one of the couch while Len and Mikuo sat on the other end. There was just barely enough room for us and the four of us were squished together. Meaning that Mikuo and I were pressed up against each other. Awkward. I could've sworn I saw Miku-chan and Len give each other a nod and a smile like they were planning something, but I couldn't be sure. I was getting very suspicious of all three of them though. Miku-chan, Teto-chan, and Len had all been acting kind of odd today and it made me wonder what on earth they were scheming.
Len clicked the TV on and the first show to appear on our screen is 'Whose Line is it Anyway?' (A/N this show is amazing; you should watch it). It was a hilarious improv show from America and though it could get rather inappropriate sometimes, we loved it anyway.
"I actually think I haven't seen this episode," Mikuo piped up after thirty seconds of watching the TV like a bunch of zombies.
"Yeah I don't think I've seen this one either, which is rather shocking." I admitted as well. We all watch this show all the time so to find an episode we haven't seen was rather shocking and almost felt like there was something wrong in the world. It wasn't a bad thing since it gave us something to watch, but it was still really weird. After a few minutes of watching I slouched down a little on the couch and threw my feet up on the table. Might as well get comfortable since I was getting tired again.
"Otouto-kun, we should probably go," Miku-chan sat up and said through a yawn and a stretch. She fixed on of her amazingly long pigtails and got up off the couch.
Mikuo got up as well and the two tealettes headed to the door. I followed them and when I turned around to see Len going upstairs instead of saying goodbye I was rather surprised. He wasn't usually rude like that; he would always say goodbye to his friend before he went off to go do whatever it was that he did in his alone time.
"Well bye Rinny-chan. I'll see you tomorrow." Miku-chan gave me a hug and started skipping down the sidewalk to get to her house.
"Bye Miku-chan!" I called after her. "Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow as well for clean up duty again."
Mikuo nodded his head and looked down at the ground shyly. "Rin, there's something I've been wanting to ask you."
I felt a blush creep up my face. I swallowed nervously and asked hesitantly, "And that would be?"
"Would you…go on a…date? With me? Tomorrow?" Mikuo seemed to be having trouble forming a complete sentence and he was rubbing the back of his head with discomfort.
My face officially turned a cherry red. I folded my hands together nervously in front of me and said in a soft voice, "Sure, but after clean up duty of course."
Mikuo instantly perked up and he had a bright smile on his face now, though he still looked a little embarrassed. "Great; so after clean up duty tomorrow we can come home and change and then we'll go." He bit his lip like he was debating something. After about three seconds, he grabbed my shoulders firmly, but gently and kissed my cheek softly. His soft lips lingered a little longer than when they had on my hand and it was long enough that I had time to close my eyes this time. He quickly let go and ran off hollering over his shoulder, "See you tomorrow!"
I waved and shouted back, "Yeah see you tomorrow!" I shut the door and let out a dreamy sigh as soon as I had locked the front door. In a trance like state I showered, changed into my pajamas and crawled into bed. There was still a tingling sensation on my cheek where Mikuo had kissed me and I smiled happily to myself and let out a little giggle. I couldn't wait for after cleaning duty tomorrow. I was finally going to go on my first date with Mikuo!
Oh ho ho, looks like little Rinny-chan gets to finally go on her first date EVER! and lucky for her it's with Mikuo. So yeah I did my best with this chapter and it took me a few days to write, so hopefully it's good. Rate and review!
