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'W-w-what, I don't have a crush on anyone.' stammered Rin. Neru raised an eyebrow at her.

'Oh yes you do!' Teto exclaimed. Rin's face went a little bit pink.

'Well... OK, maybe I have a little crush on someone.' she mumbled.

'Wait, I know who it is... wait, this is just a guess... is it Kagamine?' said Neru. Rin bowed her head, but nodded all the same, and Teto and Neru squealed with pleasure.

'I knew it. I knew you had a crush on Kagamine. You two would make a beautiful couple together!' squealed Neru, hugging Rin tightly. Teto joined in with the hug.

'But there's no point anymore really.' sighed Rin, squeezing herself out of Neru's and Teto's combined iron-grip. Neru knew what Rin meant; she had noticed that Miku was lingering around Len most of the time wherever they went, and Neru had also noticed, feeling sorry for Rin, that Len had become more distant from Rin with every passing day. Neru shook Rin by the shoulders.

'Girl, Kagamine's a boy. He'll have the Urges.' said Neru exasperatedly.

'... The Urges?' asked Rin, frowning. Neru found herself rolling her eyes at Rin. OK, so Rin may be smarter than the average sixteen year old, but when it came to teenager things, it was obvious that she was just downright stupid.

'He'd want to do things to you. Things that only an adult can do.' stressed Neru. Rin still looked confused. Neru slapped her head with her palm.

'Technically, he'd really want to fuck you, badstyle.' Teto said in a simple tone, taking a book from the shelf. Rin's face went the shade of a fire brick.

'Gross.' Rin shuddered, shivering a little. Neru smiled a little. Rin was still a child at heart, she may be responsible around people and all, but she didn't understand specific terms. That's why she was glad to have Rin as a friend because she was just so... innocent. Teto was so dirty-minded that she made Neru look like an angel, and that's saying something.

'Rin, it's time to come down for breakfast.' said Lily, opening the door slowly. She smiled at Neru and Teto.

'Excellent, you're all together. Well, come down and grab summit to eat, we're gonna take ya in twenty minutes.' said Lily in a sweet voice.

'Oh, OK then Mama Lily.' beamed Rin. Lily laughed a little, and then closed the door. Neru looked at Rin, who was blushing slightly.

'What?' Rin asked defiantly.

'Why call her Mama Lily still? Your sixteen for fucks sake!' exclaimed Neru. Only the little kids call Lily "Mama Lily", so what's the point of Rin calling her "Mama Lily"? Rin looked down at her feet for a whole thirty seconds, that seemed to drag on like hours.

'She reminds me of my mom a lot, ya know? It's the same with Leon too; he's like the mirror image of my papa. It's like... well, it feels like... like my mom and papa never died at all.' muttered Rin. Neru felt uncomfortable. She knew that families were a touchy subject for Rin to talk about. But the thing was she never actually knew why it was such a touchy subject. All she knew that her parents died in a fire. That was it. Rin never said how the fire was started, or when the fire had started, or who started the fire. Rin had scars on both of her arms, that's why she always wore tops/dresses with long sleeves, but Rin hadn't even told Neru how she got them.

'Oh... I'm sorry.' Neru muttered.

'Its fine.' said Rin, a small smile on her face. They left the room and walked down the stairs and onto the landing when Neru walked into a blonde haired man with blue eyes, Leon. Next to Leon was a very small girl, who had bright green hair and pale green eyes, who was wearing an adorable little pale green dress with white bows around the hem of it and bright red shoes, holding a mini suitcase that seemed to big, even for her.

'Hey girls, can you do something for me?' He asked. Neru glanced at Rin, who seemed to be transfixed by the little girl.

'This little angel is Gumi, Gumi Megpoid. She'll be living with us for a while. I know you need your breakfast, but would you mind showing her to her room? It seems that she's not fond of me to be honest.' said Leon gently, gesturing to the girl. Neru glanced at the little girl, who was clinging onto Rin dress and hiding behind her, staring a little at Leon as if he was some kind of beast.

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Rin didn't really know why she was so fond of this little girl, expect she knew one thing: Rin was exactly like Gumi on her arrival to the foster home. If Gumi had blonde hair with a little white bow and blue eyes, for Rin, it would've been like looking at an old family film. And this little kid was fond of Rin too, very fond of her. But why though?

'... Would you mind then?' Leon asked. His voice snapped Rin out of her thoughts.

'Of course not, Leo!' replied Neru chirpily. Leon smiled.

'Excellent! She's sharing a room with Prima and Miko. Expect a raise in your allowances girls.' he said. He gave them a quick wink, patted Gumi on the head (who shrieked a little), and walked off into the sitting room. Neru smiled, and bended over towards Gumi.

'Ya don't need to be scared at Leon, mate. He's our friend here.' said Neru sweetly. Gumi shook her head, and when she opened her mouth, she had a high, faint voice.

'Men are bad people. Men scare. Men hurt.' she whimpered. Neru looked taken aback. Rin glanced at Teto, who looked somewhat disturbed. Rin understood why she looked so scared of Leon: this little girl had been hurt badly. Rin crouched down, so that Gumi was above her in height. She had only realised that Gumi was clutching a little rag doll with yellow wool for hair and a silky pink dress.

'They here, sweetie. My name's Rin. Leon isn't really bad. He's good. He's very nice. He'll never hurt you. I promise.' whispered Rin, loud enough so that only Gumi could hear her. Rin was expecting Gumi to argue back, to say that he was a vile man like every other man. What Rin didn't expect, was for Gumi to fling herself in Rin's arms. Gumi clung onto her tightly, her small nails digging into Rin's back. Rin, who didn't want to force the girl off her, picked her up. Gumi was very light for her age, a stone or so lighter than the other kids her age at least.

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Gumi didn't the girl who had the short skirt on, she looked scary, her eyes were very yellow, and the colour yellow made her nervous. But she liked the girl with the bow, she liked her a lot for some reason. The girl reminded Gumi of her bunny Snuffles. Gumi missed Snuffles, seeing that Snuffles was her best and only friend. She missed him a lot; she could actually still remembered what he looked like: he was a soft honey colour with a white patch on his left eye. Gumi loved the way how he'd nibble on his carrots, but she didn't like it how he nibbled on her carrots when she wasn't looking. She wanted to bring Snuffles with her, but one of the people in black said that they couldn't find him. She didn't even know why they were there to take her to this place. Her mom and dad claimed that they were looking after Gumi, and Gumi believed them. Wasn't it normal to be beaten and starved by your parents when you make a mistake? That's what they told her, they said that every parent did it. They were doing it for her benefit, and she didn't mind... but she didn't like it how her father crept in her room at night and-

'Come on, Gumi. You need to come down now.' said the girl with the bow in her hair. They had reached outside a door, which had words carved in them, that read:

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It was obvious that they needed help with their spelling, even Gumi knew how to spell the words "and" and "room". Rin knocked on the door three times, then opened the door. There were two girls sitting in the middle of the carpet playing with dolls. One girl had black wavy hair that reached her shoulders with a little white flower in her hair and light green eyes, wearing a dark pink dress matching slippers. The other girl had brown hair that reached her shoulders and dark eyes that looked red, and she wore a pink sleeveless shirt and bright yellow shorts with white sneakers. The girls looked up at Gumi. Gumi felt her insides squirm.

'OK you two, be nice now. This is Gumi Megpoid. Gumi's gonna be staying with you from now on.' the pink haired girl stated. The little girls on the carpet nodded. Rin set Gumi down on the floor and crouched down so that Gumi was looking down at her again. Rin pointed to the black haired girl, not taking her eyes off Gumi.

'That little girl is Prima. The other girl (she pointed to the brown haired girl) is called Miko. OK?' asked Rin. Gumi nodded. Rin stood up and made her way to the door.

'You three be good now, alright?' asked Rin sternly, glancing at Prima and Miko. They both nodded, positively beaming at Gumi. Rin closed the door behind. But Gumi didn't want to be alone! She didn't know these girls, what if they were going to be nasty to her! One of the girls tapped Gumi on the shoudler; Prima.

'I like your doll.' giggled Prima, pointing to the rag doll in Gumi's hand.

'My grammy made it for me.' said Gumi proudly. She loved her grammy Aimi, it was a shame that she died. Miko smiled at Gumi.

'We're playin' "Princess Fairies". You wanna join in?' asked Miko hopefully. Gumi giggled and nodded. She was only here for five minutes and she loved the place!