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Tainted Love?

Chapter 4: Extreme Decisions

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Rin's P.O.V

I doodled on my notebook, not really paying attention to math. Lalalalalala~

Ring! Ring! Ring!

I cringed as the bell rang, dismissing us to lunch. It's not that I didn't want to see Teto... It's just that I was afraid of what she would say in regards to the ball. Knowing my mother, the whole town probably knew about the ball.

I walked down to our eating spot and sat down. Hmm, wonder where Teto is.

"Boo!"

I squeaked and jumped.

"Hahahaha!" Teto exclaimed as she sat down next to me, "You get scared so easily!"

"D-Do not!" I stammered.

"Sure you don't." Teto said and took out her bread to eat, "Sho-munch munch-how're things going with the ball?"

"How did you know about that?" I asked, peeling an orange innocently, "And where's Piko?"

She rolled her eyes, "You know your mother is anything but silent when it comes to these things. Oh and Piko's absent today."

I sighed, she knows my family all too well... And Piko's absent? He probably didn't want to pay for my lunch.

"So that means you and Len are going to spend a lot of time together...and dance all night long." My maroon haired friend said with a curious smirk.

I blushed and she stood, grabbing my hand and placing another around my waist.

"He'll hold you like this," she signaled brought me closer to her, "and then pull you close... So close you might even kiss."

The blood violently rushed to my head and I pushed her away.

"Hahahahahahaha!" Teto began to laugh uncontrollably, her small maroon pigtails bouncing up and down, "Your face was priceless! That was so funny!"

"What was so funny?"

I froze and Teto wiped some stray tears from her eyes, "H-Hey Len."

"So is someone gonna tell me the joke? 'Cus Teto was laughing pretty hard so it must be good."

"Ah! You should've seen Rin's face! She was blu-"

I jabbed her with my elbow and Len raised an eyebrow, questioning my actions. Ah... He looks so cute, "She was?"

"She was blu..ue! Yeah blue! She was choking on an orange but her face was pretty funny." Teto lamely made up an excuse on the spot.

My brother's handsome face flashed worry and he turned to me, "Are you okay?"

I blushed and ignored Teto making kissy faces at us behind his back, "Y-yeah, thank you."

"So what brings the golden prince to visit us?" Teto asked while nibbling on her bread.

Len rolled his cerulean eyes at her nickname for him, "I came to-"

"Leeeeennn~!"

I was about to start swearing loudly when I saw a teal blue dash past us and tackle Len but the voice stopped me. It wasn't Miku's shrill high pitched voice... It was Mikuo's.

"Len! Miku told me I was being immature!" The male Hatsune whined, "She's being mean to meee~!"

Len sighed as Mikuo pulled on his sleeve, "Aren't you the eldest one? Shouldn't YOU bully her? Not that I'm saying you should."

Mikuo let go of his sleeve and regained his composure, "I am but Miku's impossible sometimes. Che, if I try to bully her I'll get in trouble with our parents but of course Miku would never do anything bad."

I refrained from laughing out loud. Mikuo was like a kid one moment and then he quickly acted according to his age the next. He truly is something.

"I should call the Elder Sibling Abuse Hotline." Mikuo said with a satisfied nod.

"And there's a such thing?" Teto asked, enjoying the last morsels of her bread.

"Nope! That is why I'm going to create one!" The teal guy stated and he turned to face me, "You can be my first guest of honor."

I blushed as he winked at me.

"See, she's red again! I'm telling you, it must be my sexiness affecting her." Mikuo said and that made me blush even more.

Len frowned, "If you're so sexy then why isn't Teto blushing?"

Mikuo studied my friend for a while, "Teto's wierd...It's that simple."

Teto growled and punched him in the arm.

"Owww!" Mikuo exclaimed, "I need my arm thank you! Or else how am I supposed to dance with Rin?"

"Huh?!" Teto exclaimed, "Rin is going to dance with Len ALL night!"

"Hmm, Miku said since we're the guests of honor she's gonna dance with Len. That means I get Rin."

I blinked rapidly. That teal witch is going to dance with MY brother?! A-and I'm going to dance with Mikuo? Nonononono... Hm, for some reason Len looked pretty mad. Doesn't he like the teal nuisance?

"Ah. We'll see about that." Teto muttered and she was going to say more when the bell interrupted us.

For once, I was glad for the bell to ring.


Len's P.O.V

I stormed off to class, leaving Rin and her friend behind. Can't Mikuo spend a single day without flirting with my twin? I mean if he's gonna do it you'd think he'd wait until I was gone but noooo...

"Len!"

I turned around, "Hey Miku."

"Can we walk together?" She asked.

I nodded, we're going to the same class anyway so why not?

"Are you mad?"

I looked at her quickly, "Um, not mad simply bothered."

"Why?"

"Your brother was flirting with Rin."

She frowned, "I know he may be immature sometimes but what's wrong with him liking Rin?"

The question slightly caught me off guard. I can't really answer that it irritates me because I'm in love with her right?

She giggled, "You don't have to respond. You're just being an overprotective brother."

"I guess..."

She looked at the floor, "You care for Rin a lot don't you?"

I lightly blushed at her question, "Sometimes more than I wish I would."

"Sometimes I wish Mikuo were like that with me." Miku said in a lower tone.

I raised an eyebrow, "What? Mikuo cares for you a lot Miku."

The tealette snorted, "I'm sure he does."

The rest of our walk was silent but I made a mental note to speak to Mikuo about Miku. I never thought that Mikuo and Miku would have problems among themselves...

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I got out of the car and walked towards the main house. I had afterschool soccer practice with Mikuo today so Rin came to school with Teto and Miku.

I edged open the door and walked inside. Servants gathered around asking if I was hungry and I shook my head, shooing them away. I quickly climbed up the stairs and headed towards our room. I reached the door and knocked softly.

No answer.

I turned the golden knob and opened the door to reveal an empty room... No Rin.

Mother and Father as usual weren't home. Had Rin gone out with Teto? No...

I left the room and went back downstairs. Then I suddenly realized where she could be...

Taking long strides, I walked towards the ballroom. I heard music slightly coming from inside. As quietly as possible, I slipped inside.

Rin was dancing gracefully to a piece of classical music in the background. Her eyes were closed and her outstretched hands were clutching an invisible partner. Her golden hair shone brightly in the sun-kissed room and her dainty feet brought her from one end of the room to the other. Like this... She was most vulnerable. She was dancing her very soul out. I could even sense her movements were tinged with sadness. Rin was so absorbed in her solitary dance that she didn't even notice my presence in the back of the room.

When she neared me, I walked up to her, taking the place of her invisible partner. She gasped in surprise but soon her expression of confusion melted into one of pure radiant happiness. We spun around in the room, something we hadn't done in a long time... That's when I realized that I hadn't broken our promise of unity and dance because we didn't have any time, thought that was my favorite excuse... I had been the one who slowly began to break away from Rin. For if I spent time with her like this...I might shatter the fragile mask of woven lies I wear. That would leave me fragile and vulnerable in front of Rin. Then I don't know what would happen.

The melody ended and we slowly came to a stop. We halted right in front of a long mirror that was in the ballroom. Rin and I always loved to play in front of it, laughing about how we seemed to be exact copies of one another. Now, as Rin and I gazed into the mirror, we were no longer the same... I had grown a couple of inches taller than her and my face was more chisled and sharp. Rin, in turn, had delicate features and I would never have her blossoming chest, thank god. All these little details were reminders that we would never be connected in that way again... We would never be able to laugh and prance around, free of all worries, happy with life.

Rin slowly extended my hand and placed hers over it. My fingers were longer than hers. As she looked back to the mirror with a forlorn yearning in her sea-blue gaze, I knew that she was thinking the same thing. It's funny how more can be said with a single touch than a hundred words... And with only our hands in contact with one another, we were saying goodbye to our childhood...the days that would never return.

A single tear ran down Rin's face and I felt my eyes moisten as well.

"Shhhh," I said and hugged her close, "Don't cry, my princess."

Rin's body shook in my arms, "I-I want to go back to those times...I don't like this!" She pounded her fists against my chest in protest...Not to me holding her, but protesting life itself.

"Nothing can remain the same forever..." I whispered, "Time runs it's course and change comes, either for worse or for good."

"But why?!"

"That's the way of life..." I mumbled and lifted her chin with my index finger, "But no matter how life changes us, even if I somehow grow horns or something, I'll always be beside you, protecting and loving you. Forever until I die."

She smiled and I wiped the crystalline tears from her cheeks, "I love you Len."

I felt my heart clench at that simple phrase... Rin was simply saying she loved me as would any other sibling. Yet... I loved her in a completely different way. I swallowed and smiled forcedly, "I love you too Rin."

"How much?" Rin asked, looking up to me with beautiful sea blue eyes that melted my heart.

My heart began beating rapidly, not expecting her question. H-heh, what could she mean by that?

"W-well," I said, fumbling for words, "I-I love you a lot."

She raised an eyebrow and her bottom lip was slightly pouted, "But how much?"

Geez, can't she just drop the conversation?! I can't tell her that I love her in a non-brotherly way... Can I? Nope, cross that out immediately. Rin would be repulsed and terrified. That would be worse than having unrequited forbidden love.

Rin's questioning gaze remained firm, silently demanding an answer.

I bent down slightly and whispered in her ear, "More than I should."

Her cheeks flushed red and she lightly brushed my own cheek with her fingertips, "How so?"

I swear you could hear my heart beating away like a frenzied woodpecker, "I-I-I don't know."

I'm such a bad liar.

Rin stood on the tips of her toes and kissed my cheek, "Thank you for always being next to me Len... I don't know what I would do without you."

I was left slightly dazed as the spot where she kissed me was left burning. Not thinking straight, I leaned down and placed my forehead against hers, "It will forever be my pleasure."

I refrained myself from pressing my lips against hers. She was so close... So tempting.

I momentarily closed my eyes and then something made my eyes snap open in alarm. There was something really soft on my lips. I opened my eyes to reveal a shocked Rin who was standing there, frozen solid. Then it hit my like a ton of bricks...

In my moment of confusion I had slowly leaned down unconsciously and...kissed Rin. Her blue eyes were open so wide I thought they were going to pop out of their sockets.

I immediately pulled away and stumbled backwards, "I-I'm so sorry Rin."

Rin stood there and her right hand slowly rose to touch her lips.

"Please... I didn't mean to do it! I'm sorry!" I exclaimed and ran out the room, my face heated.

I ran all the way to the bathroom and locked myself in. How will I be able to face Rin now? I'm so stupid...

I want to die. Someone please kill me now.


Rin's P.O.V

"I-I'm so sorry Rin."

I remained frozen, not knowing what to do. Len had closed his eyes and next thing I knew he was kissing me! Kissing me... Len was kissing me. My heart thumped wildly and my cheeks flared as I slowly touched my lips.

"Please... I didn't mean to do it! I'm sorry!" He exclaimed and ran out the room.

I admit I felt slightly disappointed. He hadn't meant to kiss me though I wish he had. Len, being clumsy and all, had slowly been losing his balance and I had been stupidly standing there staring at his handsome face. Put them together and tada, you have a an accidental kiss.

Ah, the fool is probably locked in a closet somewhere reprimanding himself for kissing his sister since he doesn't love me in any other way. Geez, I feel kinda guilty now... I mean, he's probably trying to kill himself right now and I'm happy as can be, enjoying the feel of his lips against mine...Way to make me feel like the most disgusting person on the planet...

But he still kissed me! Whether it was an accident or not, he kissed me! I can now die a happy person... I need to tell Teto! Or go find Len and tell him I don't mind and it was simply an accident before he throws himself off a building or chokes on a banana.

I ran out of the ballroom and headed to our bedroom when someone stopped me.

"Rin!"

I cringed as I heard my mother's voice call out to me. I turned around slowly, "H-Hello Mother, you're early today."

She nodded curtly, "Yes yes, where's Len?"

I blinked rapidly. This is one of the few times she has ever asked for Len, "H-He's in the room."

"Go get him." She ordered and turned around, "We need to talk and I have something to show you."

I nodded and left, a feeling of dread welling up within me. It's not normal for her to want to see Len... Geez now to find my brother.

I went to our room and checked the closet. Surprisingly enough, it was empty. Hmmm...

I checked all the closets in the upper floor and they were all empty as well. I need to pee now...

I went to the bathroom and the lights were off so I assumed it was empty. Yet when I tried to turn the knob, the door was locked.

"It's occupied! Come back never! I'm not coming out soon."

Heh, so he has evolved from the closet-hiding stage? I rolled my eyes at Len's comment, "Open up Len, it's me Rin."

"Oh...more reason to stay in here then." He said from the other side, "I can't believe I did that! I'm so sorry! It was an accident, I swear! I never meant to do that! Great, I'm rambling now!"

"Len, it's okay-"

"No it's not okay! I just kissed you! Y-you're my sister! It was all an accident, I swear!"

Hm? What's that sound? Oh, it must be my heart breaking.

"Len, I know it was an accident. It's fine. No bid deal, don't worry about it." I said in a soothing voice.

"R-Really? So y-you're not mad?" He asked.

"No," I said, smiling to myself, "I could never be mad with you. So can you come out please?"

The switch turned and the door opened. Len, slowly peeked his head out, "Okay."

He hung his head, "I'm sorry."

"It's okay Len! Stop killing yourself over it! I mean it's not like there was another motive behind it or anything. Simply an accident right?"

He blushed and gulped, "Y-yeah."

I rolled my eyes once more, this guy isn't going to relax anytime soon... My heart sped up as I realized what I had to do. I reached up and planted a quick kiss on his lips. Len's cerulean eyes widened and he stood here, unable to say anything.

I turned around so he wouldn't see my reddened face or hear my drumming heartbeat, "S-see? That meant nothing... Nothing at all!"

"Rin-"

"M-Mother wanted to see you." I interrupted because if we stayed here any longer I might say something I would later regret. Something like: Len, please don't be mad but I love you in a non-sibling way. That would be horrible...

He raised an eyebrow, "She wants to see ME? As in the unworthy son she always claims I am?"

I nodded, slightly hurt that Len thought about himself in that way but glad that he forgot about the whole kiss incident.

Len followed me to our room where unfortunately, our mother was waiting.

She gave us a stern gaze, "Didn't you say Len was in your room?"

"I was in there but I needed to use the restroom, is that a problem?" Len asked.

Mother scoffed at his remark, "Don't talk to me in that tone!"

"Sorry, just stating the obvious."

She was going to say more but I interrupted, hating to see them fight, "M-Mother what did you want to talk to us about?"

"You two have been sleeping together for too long. Rin has been growing and Len is a maturing boy... You can't sleep in the same room! You're about to turn sixteen for goodness sake!"

I cringed. So this is what it was about.

"So due to those circumstances your father and I have decided it's best for you to have seperate rooms."

"I'm not going to hurt her. Nice to know how much you trust me." Len muttered.

"It's not that I don't trust you but there's h-hormones and things like that!"

I blushed. This was quite embarrassing.

"The empty room at the end of the hall will be your new room Len. You have this whole week to slowly move your things there." She stated and shot him an accusing glare, "I hope that brings change."

I frowned. Why was she getting mad at Len? If anything, I'm the guilty one in all of this.

"Whatever you say Mother." Len said curtly and the tall and proud woman left without another word.

"B-but I don't want to be far from you."

Len smiled and hugged me, "It's only a couple yards away. I'll visit you every night and wake you up every morning. No big deal."

I nodded, feeling completely dejected.

"Help me move?" He asked hopefully.

I smiled sadly, "O-okay."

Maybe it's better that he's moving... It'll be more difficult for something like what happened in the ballroom to occur.


Len' s P.O.V

We packed in silence. Well it was more like shoving my stuff into boxes so I could carry them down the hallway. I didn't mind sleeping in a different room from Rin... What I hated was that we were slowly growing more apart. I feared that with time, Rin and I would grow to be total strangers to each other. That thought is terrifying.

Though more terrifying is what would happen if I let my emotions get the better of me. I kissed Rin on accident. The worse part was that every time she said it meant nothing I felt like I was punched in the gut over and over again. Is it horrible to want to kiss her again? Yes, yes it is. Then she went and kissed me quickly. That time hadn't been on accident and I got flustered quickly. Rin had done it to prove we had no feelings for each other in that way. That really hurt. She was trusting that her actions would prove that our kiss had no other meaning...but instead it caused dreadful yearning to swell within my heart.

I bet our Mother suspects that I love Rin more than I should and that's why she always treats me coldly with disapproval. I try to play it off the best I can but sometimes it's impossible.

I picked up some things from the floor and turned around quickly, bumping into Rin. I hadn't known she was standing there but now it was too late and we both fell onto the bed.

"Ow, I'm sorry...Rin..." I let my sentence fall apart as I registered what was going on.

I was on top of Rin, her arms pinned under mine and her face flushed a vivid red. I blushed too as we were caught in a very awkward situation.

"L-Len?"

My heart beat sped up exponentially. Did she absolutely need to stutter?! That isn't good if I want to get out of this without messing up and doing something I'll later regret.

"Y-yeah?"

"Remember that day in the classroom? Were we going to...?"

"K-Kiss?"

She nodded slowly and I blushed incredibly. Slowly, she stroked my cheek, "Would that have been an accident too?"

I blinked rapidly, totally caught off guard, "I-I-I-"

Suddenly, the door flew open to reveal our mother standing there, not amused at all, "What is going on in here?!"

What did she mean... Oh... OH BANANAS.

I quickly got off Rin, and she stood up as well, "It's not what you think!"

Rin ran up to her and pleaded alongside me, "Len simply tripped and fell on top of me that is all! He was busy packing and didn't see me standing there."

She frowned but nodded, accepting Rin's story. She always believes her...

"I hope there isn't another side to this story."

We both shook our heads fervently. She left and I left soon after, done transferring all my things to my new room.

I opened the door to my room and threw myself on the bed. That had been too close... If our mother didn't suspect my love for Rin wasn't sibling love then she probably did now. Yet those things that Rin asked and said... They fill me with foolish and dreadful hope that she could feel the same way as I do towards her. Geez I'm so sick... I need to do something so that my mother won't separate me even further from Rin... If she finds me involved with more suspicious behavior around Rin then she'll surely send her to boarding school. I can't allow that to happen...

Rin and I used to play that she was the beautiful princess and I the knight in shining armor... Now it truly came down to that. As her knight I would have to bury my feelings for her in order to protect her...

There is only one way for my mother to completely doubt I have feelings for Rin...

I checked the clock in my new room. It was 6:30. It's too late now but tomorrow... Tomorrow I will ask Miku Hatsune to be my girlfriend.


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