Chapter Two

Kokoro

Thank you, for bringing me into this world

Thank you, for the days we spent together

Thank you, for everything you've given me

Thank you, I will sing for eternity

_Kokoro Kiseki

Len and Rin Kagamine

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I freeze as a strange nervousness takes a hold of me, squeezing at my rapidly pulsing heart. Will he even recognize me; he is smiling and laughing as the girls from my school barrage him with questions. He has grown so tall, and even I can admit that he looks handsome, even though he's my big brother.

I elicit a lot of mean looks from my classmates as I squeeze through the crowd to get to my brother. Finally I give up, because every time I try to get in I get squished back out. So I resort to standing back and yelling

"Onii-chan!"

Our eyes met and within seconds I was in his arms. He held me close against him, just like he used to when we were children, and my words got stuck in my throat.

"Rin!" he said against my hair, he held me at arms length and surveyed my face.

"You've gotten so beautiful little sister."

I swallowed heavily, my mouth felt like it was full of mush and I felt like I was going to cry. I dug my fingers into his shirt and buried my face into his chest and we stood like that for god knows how long. Finally I pushed him back a little and smiled.

"C-Come and meet my friends Oniichan." I told him, taking his hand and leading him to where Miku and Luca were watching by the fence. I beamed at them as they looked between us.

"Miku, Luka-sempai, this is my big brother Len."

Miku whispered while Luka just stared, Len's grip on my hand tightened a little as my two best friends summed him up with there eyes. He grinned at them, his eyes summing them up as well, it seemed like he liked what he saw.

"It's really nice to meet you Kagamine-kun." Said Miku with a suggestive smile. Luka nodded and stepped forward.

"Yes, really nice."

I snorted, were they seriously hitting on my brother right in front of me? He looked like he was happy with the attention, but he never removed his hand from mine.

"Miku and Luka right? Do you mind if I call you by your first names?" he asked. Miku and Luka both giggled, I had never seen them act like this before.

"Only if we can call you Len." Said Miku. I felt like I was gonna puke, the lust in her eyes was tangible.

"But of course." He said.

It was too much. I ripped my hand out of his and stalked back towards the school. Onii-chan, Miku, and Luka would be mad at me, maybe, but I didn't care, not at the moment. I ignored them as they called me back, especially Len who had a panicked edge to his voice as he did so.

I found myself in the school library. I sat in one of the plush chairs and leaned my head back against the back of it, shutting my eyes. It was Len's first day back into my life and he was too busy hitting on my friends to have anything to do with me. I clenched my hands on the chair arms. Of course, Miku and Luka hadn't necessarily been innocent in the matter.

I mean…how gross is it to watch your best friends hit on your brother? And vice versa…

"Miss?" I opened my eyes; staring back at me was a strange boy with white hair and mismatched eyes, one blue one green. I sat up quickly and almost knocked heads with him.

"I-I'm sorry!" I stuttered. The boy straightened up and nodded, twitching shyly.

"I-It's just…the library isn't a good place for sleeping…" he said. I nodded, even though I disagreed. He stepped back a little, but he kept his strange, beautiful eyes on me. I stood up and blushed, realizing that I was still in my track uniform.

"I'm super sorry." I whispered.

"It's nothing…" he paused and looked away, his pale cheeks flushing with color.

"I'm sorry if I'm being nosey…but…you seem distressed…if there's something wrong you can…you can talk to me…I'm a pretty good listener." He said.

"Oh…it's nothing, just…my brother…" I said softly, sitting back down on the overstuffed chair. The boy sat down on the chair across from me, and folded his hands on my lap, watching me intently.

"What about your brother?" he asked.

"He just came back from…I mean, he just came into my life again after 10 years, and the first thing he does is start hitting on my friends." I said. The boy quirked an eyebrow at me, and waited for me to continue.

"But that's not all, my friends are hitting on him back…he's probably still out there with him…having a great time." I felt my eyes begin to water. I had always expected my reunion with my brother to be emotional and memorable. And it had been, just not in the ways I had expected.

Suddenly I felt the boy's cold hands on my cheeks, wiping away my tears. He stared earnestly into my eyes as he did so.

"If I were him…" he said, his voice barely above a whisper.

"I wouldn't be able to take my eyes off of you."

"What's your name?" I asked, breathless from the proximity of this strange boy. He smiled.

"My name is Utatane Piko, miss Kagamine, I've been in your homeroom class all year." He said. I blushed even deeper. How had I not noticed him?

"Rin?" both me and Utatane-kun jumped and turned to the door. Len was standing there, breathing heavily, looking very upset. He looked between me and Piko, anger quickly blooming on his face.

"Am I interrupting?" he asked, glaring at Piko darkly, Piko shrunk back.

He didn't wait for Piko to answer. Instead he crossed the room with long confident strides and grabbed my arm, towing me out of the class room.