Love is War

Ch. 3 Letters

Third Person POV

I bet you're wondering what was written on that letter Rin just read, huh? No, it's not Len's letter to Neru. It wouldn't make sense for Rin to read a letter meant for Neru. It just wouldn't. Really.

This is what the letter said:

Dear Rin,

Believe it or not, this morning, I received a package that was for you. I was asked to deliver it. You WON'T BELIEVE who it's from.

I don't know much about the package much less what's in it but all I know is it's for you, it has something to do with your step-father who disappeared and that it's from Len.

Len said through a letter for me that whether something happens to him or not, he needs me to get this package to you. And even though he said that, I think there's a big chance He's still alive.

The report of him and Kaito going missing started many days ago and this was delivered to my house only today. I know it could've been something like a late delivery due to the war and whatever but still.

Have faith.

Akita Neru

Which apparently resulted to Rin recklessly tearing off the package's cover desperate to find out what's inside as soon as possible.

~o~

Miku's POV

I heard a noise from Rin-chan's room. It wasn't that noisy. It was just something like a small noise like... papers being ripped, THE PACKAGE!

I ran to Rin-chan's room and although it didn't make any sense to do it, knocked on the door. I have to respect her privacy. I went inside and saw her tearing off the covers of the package and pulling on the strings.

I ran to her. "R-Rin-chan! A-Are you okay?!"

She looked up at me with wild eyes. She looks sort of scary...

"You have no idea."

My eyes widened. It's been a long time since I heard her say something.

"W-Why? What is it?"

"This package, Miku-chan- it's, it's...!"

"What? What?"

"It's from Len!" She shouted and continued to pry off the cover. How many layers does that package have?

Wait. Did she just say...? OH MY GOD!

"F-From Len-kun?! H-How?!"

"I can't explain now! Just please help me get this cover off!"

~o~

That package must be really, REALLY important. It had way more layers than I thought! And then, after those layers is a white box! What the heck, Len?!

"Miku-chan," I heard Rin-chan say. I turned to her and saw the box was opened. "Look."

I looked inside and it seemed to be a collection of a few items. There was an envelope too. I picked it up and gasped.

"What?" She asked.

"Th-This is a letter... for you..."

"Really? From who?"

"L-Len..."

"WHAT?!" She grabbed it from my hand and practically tore the letter out of the envelope.

Her eyes moved fast and she started crying with a confused expression.

"W-What does it say?"

She showed me the letter and I read silently.

Dear Rin,

I miss you a lot, you know? But I have to do this. And I promise as soon as this war is over, I'll come running back home as soon as and as fast as I can!

Oh hey, you know what? They put me with the Air Force! How cool is that? I'm finally following in my father's footsteps! But I never expected it to happen this soon or for this reason. Really, I didn't.

And I found out a few things about him too. Turns out, he was a Five Star General! How freaking awesome is that?! Of course, I don't expect any less from my dad!

I guess some people could be a little nicer. They knew I was his son and put me on the team so, yeah, that's it. I guess they could've been a little nicer if there wasn't a stupid war going on.

Anyway, during some extra free time (yes, we actually found some free time on our hands), I asked a few people about him and they said he was very mysterious- That all he did was fly, lead, shoot and other Air Force stuff and he wasn't so often about himself.

I felt awkward when I heard that because the only time I saw him was when I was around 4-5 years old and he wasn't home most of the time but when he was, he always played with me and throw me in the air and he was really fun.

Anyway, they gave me a few things that were his and I thought I should give them to you so you could see. I love you!

Love, Len

I couldn't believe it. Actually I could. Yes, the package could've just been delivered late but still! There's still a bit of chance that Len-kun and Kaito-kun could still be alive!

"Rin-chan, there's a chance!"

"It's very small," She replied. She held the letter against her chest and smiled a little while crying.

"No matter how small the hope left is, just keep believing in it!"

"Thank you..."

I smiled. "You're welcome. Now check out those things Len-kun sent you."

"Okay!"

I feel so happy! I've actually managed to get the Rin-chan who's acted dead for a long time to cheer up!

I looked at the things Rin-chan was pulling out. One was a cute and colorful rattle that had small fruits chained to it like bananas, oranges and apples.

There was a tag on it that said 'For my son to be." I guess that was before Len-kun was born.

"Miku-chan, look!" Rin-chan said excitedly. She was holding a picture frame. I looked at the picture. There was a muscular blond man with a moustache. It wasn't a funny one. It was just a plain –and neat- moustache.

"That one is Len's mom," She said, pointing at the pretty lady beside him holding a blond baby. She had blond hair of a normal length in a ponytail.

"And that baby must be Len-kun, right?" I said.

"Yes! He's so cute..." In the picture, Len-kun was cradled in his mom's arms and he was asleep, holding a banana. "Hahah, that must be his first banana to eat or something."

"That so cute," I said, smiling.

"Here's another picture," She said, handing me a picture of Len-kun running around in a blue sailor uniform. It looked like he was in a cruise ship or something.

"His family is rich," She said. "That's their cruise ship."

Something was written on the picture with pretty free style script. 'This is your son, 6 years old.'

"His mother must have sent this to his father while he was away at work," I said.

"Yes..."

We spent the rest of our time there looking at pictures and laughing and saying how cute he was in most of them.

Then, we went downstairs and showed it to the others. Neru-san came downstairs and joined us. The house was less gloomy than usual and I was happy. Really happy.

~o~

Rin's POV

"Good night, Rin-chan," Miku-chan said, standing by the door.

"Good night," I replied. She left my room and closed the door.

Today, I found some time to clean my room up a bit. They left the package in my room and right now it's on my nightstand.

I waited for a few seconds to make sure no one needed to enter my room again today and turned on the lamp, got up from bed and locked the door.

I went back to the package and stared at the letter before bringing out the other one. I'm the only one allowed to read this one. When I saw the note 'Only for Rin' on it, I shoved it in my pocket so no one could see it.

I put on the pin lights so I could see better.

Dear Rin,

I'm not dead. Yes, you read that right. And no, I did NOT read this while being shot or being blown off or something. I'm writing you this letter to let you know, if something happens to me, I'll be at Cupcake Island.

That is NOT A JOKE. You might laugh or think this is some kind of spam in the form of a letter. I know it sounds completely ridiculous and stupid but please! Trust me!

Cupcake Island. Uncharted. To the East of our country. No one knows about it but a few people, Kaito and me. The only people you can take with you are Neru and Gakupo.

Very Urgent.

Len

PS: Cupcake Island. No joke.

I covered my mouth at the sight of 'Cupcake Island' written in black and white.

"Pffft...! Must... control... keep it in...! For Len!" I covered my mouth again when I shouted 'For Len'. I hope no one hear me.

I'll think of a plan tomorrow.

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