Chapter One

Adolescence

Don't turn off the light if I'm sleeping alone at night.
As I scream "no," I will pound my pillow with my right hand.
Saying things like "I'm scared of ghosts," you're such a baby, my princess.
Your watery eyes, however, are hinting to me something different.

_Adolescence

Len and Rin Kagamine

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"57 seconds." Said Miku, holding up the little yellow timer for me to see, I grinned and took it from her.

"You're slow today Rin." Said Luka on her other side. I shrugged my shoulders; maybe I was a little slow. My average time was about 25 seconds around the track. Running was fun, but it wasn't my passion. Just because I was good at it didn't mean I wanted to do it for the rest of my life.

I wanted to sing. I remember singing all the time when I was little…with my brother. I shook away the thought; thinking about him only brought me pain. I looked up at my two best friends who were staring at me irritably. I shrugged and grinned.

"I'm a little distracted is all; tomorrow is a bad day for me." I wiped my hands on my track pants.

"Why?" asked Luka. Miku put her hand on her shoulder and shook her head. She was right, it was better to not ask. Miku handed me a bottle of water and I sat down, pulling my knees up to my chest. Miku sat down next to me and placed her hand on my back.

"You always get like this, this time of the year." She said. Luka huffed and sat down on my other side.

"I hate being the only one who doesn't know what's going on!" she said. I gave her a half-smile.

"Alright, alright, it's just about my brother…" I said. Luka quirked an eyebrow,

"I didn't know you had a brother." She said, I shrugged.

"My mom and dad got divorced when I was small, my brother moved away with my dad, and I haven't seen him since." I said, taking another sip of water. Luka didn't say anything. Miku continued to pat my back. Miku and I had been friends since first grade, we had met Luka just this year, but we had all made fast friends, we were the three amigos, and we were always together.

"In other news…" said Luka slowly, awkwardly trying to change the subject.

"I hear we're getting a new transfer in homeroom." I looked up at her.

"Oh really? Boy or girl?" I asked, Luka shrugged.

"All I know is that we have a new transfer." Miku nodded.

"I heard about that too. But there isn't anything else…mysterious…maybe it's one of those dastardly sexy foreign exchange students…" I chuckled.

"You live on a healthy diet of trashy romance novels don't you?" I asked her. Miku feigned an insulted expression.

"I eat leeks too."

We were interrupted when a sophomore ran up to us…it was the girl with the raspberry corkscrew curls…I think her name is Teto. She paused panting heavily.

"There's a super cute boy at the gate! He's looking for you Kagamine-chan." She said, her face was flushed. I looked at Miku and Luka, they shrugged. Reluctantly I followed Teto.

Before too long I could see a cluster of girls huddled around the gates, chattering and squealing about god knows what. Who was looking for me? Suddenly, the crowd shifted, and I caught a flash of blond hair, the same color as mine. When I saw the face I knew exactly who it was. It had been 10 years, but I knew, It was my brother.