Sorry it's been awhile. Things have been a bit busy with me. Lots of problems with my family and with myself for that matter. Oh, and my hamster died. R.I.P Sakura. Rest well in the great wheel in the sky! Something else that's random, I fake tattooed a heart on each of my hands, one with an L and the other with an R. They were supposed to be for 'Len' and 'Rin' but then I realised I just looked like an idiot who needed help knowing their 'left' from 'right'. OH WELL! Anyway, enjoy the chapter!

I do not own Vocaloid!

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There's A First Time For Everything

Chapter 5: First Laugh

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It was Saturday morning, the day Rin and I would go to the theme park. I found myself, once again, in front of Rin's pretty house. I'd pressed the doorbell and I was patiently waiting for someone to answer it. The door soon opened to reveal her father. He didn't look very happy.

"Hello Mr. Kagamine," I said, trying to show I wasn't nervous. "Is Rin here?"

"Len, isn't it?" he asked with a serious look. I nodded. "Well, Rin is out the back. Why?"

I gulped. "We're going out-"

"WHAT?! GOING OUT?! I NEVER SAID RIN COULD HAVE A BOYFRIEND!" he bellowed in my face. I instantly became flustered.

"N-no! I meant we're going out today. To an amusement park. Rin just wanted to show me it. I promise you, sir, that I am not dating your daughter," I said rather quickly. My cheeks were on fire.

"Hmmm…" hummed Rin's father as he started stroking his chin. "I don't really trust you but there's something about your character that tells me you don't lie. Does Rin have any homework this weekend?"

"No," I answered. "For having the best presentation in science, our teacher let Rin and I off for the weekend."

"Fine," he sighed. "Come, I'll take you to her."

I sighed in relief and Rin's father led me through the house. He opened their back door and gestured for me to walk through it. I nodded and walked past him only to have it shut right behind me. I guessed he had other things to take care of.

"Len, hi!" called a voice. Rin was a few feet away from me. She was wearing a blue frock with leggings and was crouched next to some wooden box that had legs.

"Hey," I replied as I walked over. I decided not to tell her about the misunderstanding between her father and I. "What're you doing?"

Rin giggled and stood up from the wooden box. She was holding something rather large and white in her arms. She walked over to me and chirped, "Len, meet Kohanna!"

I looked at the white bundle in Rin's arms and found some red eyes staring back at me. The thing was fat, had long, floppy ears and a twitchy nose. "A rabbit?"

"No, I crocodile," Rin said sarcastically. "Isn't she lovely?"

I reached out to stroke Kohanna. She didn't flinch and was really soft. I wouldn't mind having a cushion like that. Kohanna gave a little sneeze and I smiled. "She's sweet," I said. I looked at her size again. "Very big though."

"Oh yes, Kohanna is a bottomless pit when it comes to food!" Rin laughed. "She's also an old girl now. She was a gift from Rinto for my fifth birthday."

"Rinto? So that picture in your room, the rabbit that's with you and Rinto is Kohanna?" I asked in interest.

"Yup!" Rin smiled and rubbed Kohanna's head. "I was just feeding her before we left." She walked back over to the wooden box (which I now realised was a hutch) and carefully put Kohanna in. "Shall we be going then?"

"Huh? O-oh, yes!" I said. I'd forgotten about the theme park. "Let's go."

Rin led me back through her house. She grabbed a peachy coloured shoulder bag and we made our way back outside. It was a really nice day. Rin blabbed on about the theme park again as I listened. Soon enough, we'd arrived at the front gates. Looking over them, I could see the tall rides such as the Ferris Wheel and a roller coaster. I was beginning to feel excited.

"Hello there, Rin!" said a man with brown hair and dressed in red by the gates. He was on a level in one of those ticket boxes.

"Hey, Meito," said Rin with a cheerful smile. "Tickets for two please."

"Really?" Meito said and seemed to be interested. "You've got someone with you?"

"I sure have!" Rin cheered. "Meito, Len! Len, Meito. Len here is my best friend!" she exclaimed. I scowled. Why did Rin have to be so enthusiastic about everything?

"How come I haven't seen him before then?" asked Meito with a brow raised.

Rin smiled sheepishly. "It was only official yesterday. We've come here to celebrate our friendship!" she said with a fist pump. I scowled again. The way she put it sounded so childish.

Meito laughed. "Well, in that case, here," he said and handed Rin two tickets. "Free of charge."

"Really, Meito?" Rin gasped with sparkling eyes.

"Of course! This is, after all," he gave me a wink, "a special occasion."

"Thanks!" Rin chirped and hopped off. I went to follow her when Meito reached down and lay a hand on my shoulder.

"Listen, lad. This is the first time Rin's come here with a friend in years. She's like family to us staff here. Look after her, ok?" he said. I nodded quickly. Meito winked again and gave me a light push in Rin's direction.

As I caught up with Rin I thought about what'd just happened. Rin really was very lonely. But I was glad that she had all the people working at the theme park to watch her back. I wasn't going to let Rin or Meito down.

"There you are, slow coach!" Rin giggled. She grabbed hold of my sleeve and marched me off to the nearest ride, The Waltzer. I'm not the biggest fan of being spun around madly but did it really matter? No. I was going to keep Rin happy that day and just enjoy myself. We got strapped in and felt ourselves fly around in circles. I was a little dizzy coming off but I soon regained my balance and Rin dragged me off to the next ride.

By lunch time, I was really enjoying myself. We'd been on about five or six rides and had given a go at several booths. Rin seemed to know all the staff. We'd just finished a conversation with a young woman owning a sweet stall. Her name was SeeU and she was very bubbly with long, golden hair and cosplay cat ears. I noticed she liked adding 'nya' on the end of many of her sentences. Like Meito, she'd had a quick word with me as well.

"I can tell you and Rin are gonna be friends for some time," she'd said, "so look after the poor thing, alright? After her brother left and the incidents at school, she's lost her spark. But let me tell you this, I haven't seen Rin this happy in ages. It's you! I know it is, nya!"

It was hard to believe the bouncy, enthusiastic Rin I knew was once a miserable girl. I just hoped I never see her sad. For some reason, I really liked Rin's smile. I don't think I'd seen such a pretty smile before. And when Rin was happy, I was happy so it made sense to keep her happy, right?

"Len-Len!" chirped Rin.

"What did I say about that nickname?" I growled through gritted teeth.

Rin gulped. "Oh, yeah. Sorry! I was just wondering…. Well, I really wanna go on the roller coaster! I think we better go now because if we have lunch first, we might feel sick," she explained.

"It's alright with me," I shrugged. We walked over to the roller coaster queue. It wasn't that big as most people were buying their lunch. I was rather excited. I'd never been on a roller coaster before. When I asked Rin what they were like she said they went WHOOSH, ZOOM, WHEE! Well, that was her description. She then started telling me a story.

"Two years ago, I remember getting into my seat in this very roller coaster. I pulled the safety harness over my head, all the way down so the bottom rested between my legs. The coaster started and began the vertical climb up. About half way up I checked my harness and realised it wasn't on properly! It wasn't clicked in and was loose. I couldn't get it to click in. I was nearly at the top now and panicking. Just as the coaster carriage was going over the top I heard the click and the coaster whooshed down. I NEALRY DIED!"

'Thanks, Rin. I don't want to ride now.'

It was our turn and I found I was shaking. I was fine before Rin told me that story! Rin yanked me into the carriage so I couldn't really turn back. My hands were shaking so much I couldn't get a good grip on the safety harness. Rin sighed, reached up and helped me pull my harness down over me. I felt so relieved when I heard the click.

"Wah!" I cried out as the carriage jolted forward slightly. It began its long, nerve wracking journey up. I don't know why I was so scared. My harness was tightly on but my teeth were clattering. 'Don't look like a scardey cat in front of Rin. Don't look like a scaredy cat in front-'

"BWA!" The carriage had given a violent shake. Rin chuckled.

"Here," she said and slipped her delicate fingers into my sweaty palm. She smiled warmly. "There's nothing to be scared of. It's just a ride."

I looked down at my lap feeling rather embarrassed. "R-right."

The carriage slowly went over the top and WHOOSH! I let out a girlish shriek as we found ourselves hurtling towards the ground. Rin was making 'woo hoo!' noises while my eyes were clamped shut. Once I felt myself turning upside down that was it. I gripped Rin's hand tightly, leant over and buried my face in her shoulder. Rin gave my hand a reassuring squeeze in return. I honestly didn't care about my dignity. I just wanted the bloody ride to stop.

Thankfully, the air I could feel zooming past me started to slow down. When we finally came to a halt I hadn't resurfaced from Rin's shoulder. I knew I was bright red and after my actions, there was no way I could look her in the eye.

Rin coughed and said, "Come on, Len. People are waiting for us to get off." She was tugging on my jumper.

I slowly lifted my head up and quickly averted my gaze downwards. Rin lifted the harness off of me and I stood up with shaky legs. We climbed out of the carriage and started walking towards some food stalls. My hair was all in my face due to my hair tie being lost in the rush of the roller coaster. I basically looked a state.

Rin sat me down on a nearby bench and ran off yelling something about drinks. My stomach was turning around and around and I could barely see. I luckily spotted a nearby bin away from most of the people, ran to it and threw up. I swore to myself I was never riding a roller coaster again.

I was still bent over the bin when I felt something rubbing my back. I looked around to find it was Rin. She gave me a sympathetic smile put her arm around my shoulder and slowly walked me back to the bench.

"Sorry," she said. "You were fine until I told you the story."

"It's ok," I croaked. "I'm pretty sure it would've been the same with the story or not."

Rin had fetched me a cup of water. I drank it thankfully, set the cup down when finished, put my head in my hands and let out a long sigh. "Sorry you have to see me in this state."

"Oh, it's alright," giggled Rin. "But I must say," I tensed when I felt her grab a lock of my hair and twirled it around her finger, "I'm liking the new look."

I looked up at her in disbelief, shook my head and smiled. "What are we doing now, then?"

"Well, I doubt you want food. I've had a burger so I'm good. Do you want to go home?" she asked.

"Is there anything else you wanted to do?" I checked.

"Well, actually," Rin started, "they just built a haunted house. Please can we go in there then we'll go home straight away? Promise!" She put her hands together in front of her face.

"Alright then," I grunted and forced myself to stand. "Coming?"

"Yay! Thanks Len-Le-'

"Rin."

"Right, sorry."

We made our way to the back of the park where we found the haunted house. It was about three stories high, painted purple, had yellow windows and was surrounded by black trees. I didn't feel scared. I've noticed horror doesn't tend to frighten me that much. It's just when things make me jump I get extremely disturbed. The school bell for instance.

Rin grabbed my arm and pulled me to the front doors. "Let's go battle some ghosts!" I rolled my eyes and followed her.

It was dark inside. I stepped forward to hear a creak from the wooden floor boards. There was a fireplace, a table and a living area. Everything was really detailed. It must have taken so long to design and build. I looked around the walls to find all sorts of paintings of monsters and creepy looking people. It was obvious that as we walked the eyes were following us.

In the room over, there was a strange scraping noise. I wasn't bothered but Rin… well she didn't look petrified. Her face looked scared but her eyes were filled with amusement. We looked up at a big mirror on the wall. There was writing on it, written with some sort of fake blood reading, 'You're next.'

There was a crash from the next room and Rin whimpered slightly. "You're the one who wanted to come in here," I said.

"I-I know th-that. It's j-just a bit sc-scarier than I'd first th-thought," she stuttered.

"HEE HEE HEE!" cackled a voice. Rin spun around with wide eyes. I noticed some speakers in the corner and shook my head. The least they could've done was drape a cloth over them.

"Let's go see what the crash was," I suggested and wondered into the next room.

"L-Len! Don't l-leave me!" yelped Rin and she ran after me.

We seemed to be in the kitchen. Knifes were scattered out across the floor, several covered in that fake blood. There was a severed arm that was obviously made from rubber in the corner. Rin shivered and went to have a nose in the cupboards. In the first one, fake blood started dripping out of it. Seriously, they were over using the blood. The second must have had something Rin found deeply disturbing for she slammed it instantly. I lost interest and went to examine the fridge. There were spiders hanging all around it.

"HOLY ORANGES ON A FREAKIN POGO STICK!"

CRASH! BANG! CLATTER!

I spun around to find Rin on the floor. She was tangled up in a net and had a saucepan on her head. Her arms were crossed and her cheeks puffed out in a pout. She looked so daft. I started to feel weird…feel…really happy…feel…

"BWAHAHA!" I laughed out. I bent over, clutching my ribs and slowly sank to the floor. I was laughing so hard I could feel my eyes watering. My chest was tight and my jaw hurt. I hadn't laughed that hard in ages.

Rin gave a 'humph' but then her eyes widened and she gasped.

"What?" I chuckled as I sat up and wiped my eye.

She gave a huge grin. "That was the first time I've ever heard you laugh!"

I stopped laughing but kept my big smile. "You're… You're right." Rin looked at herself, then back at me and we both burst into giggles. It wasn't until then that I remembered how much I loved laughing. 'Thanks, Rin. Really.'

"Now," said Rin when we'd finished our chuckles, "can you please help me out of this net?"

"Just a second," I said and smiled deviously. I grabbed my phone from my pocket and snapped a quick picture of Rin in her pitiful situation. I looked at the picture and it was perfect. From realising I was taking a picture, Rin had that adorable, little pout plastered across her face. Wait… adorable?

I finally helped Rin out of the net and she dusted herself down. She then looked at me with a sheepish smile. "I think that maybe I'd like to leave now," she said.

"Alright," I agreed and led her out the way we came. I was actually quite glad she wanted to leave. I'd had a nose at the next room and there this fake shadow of a monster of something zooming around the room. Goodness knows how Rin would've taken that.

"Holy orange on a pogo stick? Really, Rin?" I asked in a teasing tone.

"Well, at least I didn't throw up due to a roller coaster that wasn't even that scary!" she fought back.

"OI! That was my first time on a roller coaster. You've ridden that thing loads of times," I grumbled and looked at the ground. I was still humiliated at the fact Rin had seen me be sick.

"True, true," Rin sighed. "Anyway, it's getting on a bit now. I wanna buy some candyfloss and then we'll go home. Ok?"

"Ok," I smiled and followed Rin back to SeeU's sweet stall. She looked happy to see us again and asked us about our day. As Rin responded I thought about it myself. Besides the roller coaster incident, I'd had a pretty good day. I was enjoying my time with Rin. She'd had a big impact on my life since I'd moved to Cho and it was definitely for the better."

"Kagamine Len…and Rin?" someone asked behind us.

I looked around and saw two people. A boy with short, blue hair who was holding and ice cream and a girl with long, teal, twin tails. It was Shion-san and Hatsune-san.

"What…" Hatsune-san started slowly, "are you two doing here together?"

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Ooooo, CLIFF HANGER! Mwahaha… INTERESTING FACT ABOUT ME: That story that Rin was telling, that actually happened to me! It was on the ride Speed in Oakwood Park. I seriously thought I was going to die! XD

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