Love is War
Ch. 2 A Package
Miku's POV
I carefully wiped Rin-chan's tears away. I wish I had a hanky or something.
She's been like this ever since Kaito, Gakupo and Len left. Well, not exactly.
When they left, she locked herself in her room, cuddled with her Len Plushie and watched the news, making sure Len, Kaito and Gakupo were safe. But mostly Len.
Then, one night, she just... died. She was breathing and her heart was beating as much as ours but it was like the very life just drained itself out of her.
We didn't know why. But Rin-chan's eyes were glued to the TV. Not like usual when she watched her favorite animes but because of her concern for Len-kun's safety. So we knew that the news could've been the only reason.
And we were right.
We watched the news downstairs in the living room and were all heartbroken. Len and Kaito were with the air force. Len-kun could've been happy. He could've been so happy and excited and screaming his heart out. He's always wanted to be part of the air force... as we've heard from Rin-chan anyway.
"Someday, I'm gonna join the air force and find our dad!" Rin-chan would mention him saying.
Their dad was on the air force and one day he disappeared. And Rin-chan was adopted. When she was adopted, Len-kun's dad was already gone and the person who came to pick her up was Len-kun's mom.
She was like a surprise new pet for Len-kun except she should've been his sister. But she couldn't think of it that way.
She loved Len-kun. More than as a step-brother. And most of the time she would beat herself up at the thought of her having such unclean thoughts...
Len-kun's father disappeared and he vowed to follow his footsteps, join the air force and find him one day.
He and Kaito-kun were with the air force. But their crafts both disappeared after a smoke grenade from the enemy came.
Rin had hope. She had hope that Len-kun and Kaito-kun were still alive. Hope just like the hope Len-kun had in his heart no matter how many years passed by since his father disappeared.
But faith and hope wasn't something you could learn in school or through a tutorial video. It was something you had to find. Rin-chan hadn't found it yet.
After 2 days of reports of no trace of their craft and a few others, Rin-chan's hope along with part of her soul died.
I held her hand tightly. She wasn't the only one concerned. I was afraid. Afraid for Kaito-kun.
I know he and Len-kun are still alive. I just know it. And I just have to keep believing and hoping. We don't need any more part of cute girls' souls dying.
I pulled Rin-chan closer so she could lean on me and started singing 1/6 softly and slowly.
"Someday I'll break the chains of gravity, and take you to the satellite..."
~o~
Luka's POV
I stared at the little bit left of my food and poked it with my fork. Then, I heard a knock on the door. It's a good thing I wasn't the panicky type.
"Is it one of those fucking soldiers again?" Meiko asked quietly but her voice and face were filled were anger.
"Calm down, Meiko. I'll go take a look," I said as I stood up from my seat.
I went over to the door and without unlocking the small chain, I opened it an inch and looked outside, very surprised.
"N-Neru-san?!" I hurriedly unlocked the chain and let her in. Then, I locked it again. When she came inside, she collapsed on the floor and dropped a package she must have been holding.
Neru-san's hair was in its usual side pony-tail but it was braided but messy and wet. I looked outside and only noticed now that it was raining hard. Must be perfect for Rin-chan's mood...
She was wearing a brown coat and a yellow hard hat helmet. She was dirty and I was helping get some mud and leaves off of her. Meiko came and helped.
"W-We're..."
My eyes widened and I turned to her. "Huh? What do you...?"
"We're... wasting... time..." She said in between gasps and pauses from pain. Who knows what she's been through on her way here...
At the corner of my eye, I saw Miku-chan come downstairs. "Oh my God! Neru-san! What happened?!"
She ran back upstairs and came back with a wet towel. I looked back at Neru-san as Miku-chan ran towards us and noticed a bit of blood streaming in a small line down from the middle of her forehead.
"I heard the door open," Miku-chan said as she helped clean her up. "And came as soon as I could."
"We... We're... wasting time...!" Neru-san scrunched her face up in pain. "Ugh!" She held her side. Miku-chan's eyes widened and she covered her mouth in shock.
~o~
Miku's POV
I held the package tightly in my hand as I walked up the stairs. I was so scared. Neru-san was injured. It wasn't very deep though. Just deep enough to make her pass out from the pain.
Meiko-san and Luka-sama are downstairs treating her and later, they'll bring her to Kaito-kun's empty room. They examined the package Neru-san had with her and said it was for Rin-chan. Now, I'm going back to Rin-chan's room to give it to her.
Hopefully, it'll be something that would cheer her up. Even just a tiny little bit. I knock on her door softly not expecting an answer. I just come in anyway.
"Rin-chan..."
She doesn't react. She's still watching the news. I sigh and leave the package down beside her.
"Neru-san is here. This is for you," I say softly and leave the room, closing the door of course.
I sigh and run back downstairs to help Meiko-san and Luka-sama bring Neru-san to Kaito-kun's room.
~o~
Third Person POV
Rin watched the news and ignored the package sitting beside her. Well, not entirely.
Neru came all the way to their house in the middle of a war just to deliver that package and Miku, who had much better and more important things to do, stayed with Rin just to comfort her and even sang her a song and went downstairs and back again to give the package to Rin.
Although she looked as lifeless as ever, she thought it wouldn't be fair to have them waste their energy for nothing. Without turning her head, she looked at the package and moved her hand towards it.
The only ones moving now were her eyes and arms. She set it down on her lap. She stared at the envelope sticking to the package with strings. She took it off the package and opened it.
Her eyes moved slowly, then she had a confused expression and they moved faster. Then, her dark sea-blue iris seemed to shrink and she threw the paper away and ripped the strings off and recklessly tore off the package's cover.
~o~
Neru's POV
I put a hand on my side. It was patched up. I stared at the ceiling. It cast some shadows from the window.
The light was coming from outside- The light of the exploding grenades, the flashlights of soldiers looking for anyone out of their homes, the strong street lamps that survived missed gun shots and the moon.
I was too distracted of my thoughts about the package I delivered to wonder whose room this was. Actually, I already knew. It was easy. Judging from the posters of delicious-looking sundaes on the wall, I this is definitely Kaito-san's.
Before I passed out, I saw a blur of teal holding something square-ish and brown. That must have been the package. Miku-san must've given it to Rin-san.
~Flashback: That Morning~
"N-Neru...?" I heard Haku's voice say my name. I turned from my notebook to her voice and saw her by the door.
"Haku? When did you come in?"
"S-Sorry..." She said with her usual sad and depressed-looking eyes.
"It's okay," I said, turning back to my notebook.
"U-Uhm... Th-There's a package for you..."
I turned back to her. "Wasn't expecting that. Who's it from?"
"I-I d-don't know... S-Sorry..."
"That's okay, leave it on my bed."
"O-Okay..." She did as I said and left the room.
I couldn't concentrate on what I was writing. I kept thinking of the package. I sat down on my bed and opened the envelope stuck to it. I opened the envelope, took out the letter and gasped.
Dear Neru-san,
This is Len. If anything happens to me. Well, whether or not something was gonna happen to me, I'm sending this package to Rin.
The reason why I sent it to you first is because if something DOES happen to me, Rin will probably lose part of her soul and you're sort of like a link for us and you know more about my dad than everyone else.
Yes, it has something to do with him. Please deliver this package to Rin. I'm so sorry for troubling you but please...
And remember, I think of you as part of the Kagamine Family.
Kagamine Len
PS: Rin's only allowed to see inside.
I couldn't believe what I just read. It was from Len! I thought he was dead! Well, no matter what, I have to get this package to Rin!
~o~
I sighed. Rin, I hope that package reached you...
A/N: Neru, you can go ahead and hope the package reached Rin. I just hope this chapter was good enough TT^TT
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