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'This is a classroom?' asked Rin in disbelief. This wasn't a class; this was literally heaven on earth. Neru flung herself on one of the beanbags.
'Ah, I could get used to this.' she sighed, grabbing one of the laptops and switching it on. Akaito sat next to her, leaning against her shoulder.
'You know how to work your technology, Neru.' said Akaito in awe, while he watch Neru type at her lightning speed. Neru smiled at him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. Rin started counting how many were in the class. When she counted, it turned out there was only twelve of them in the class. There was her, Neru, Teto, Len, Dell, and Akaito. That made six. There were two cheerleaders that she didn't like, Lucy Thomas, with her brown hair let loose and her greenish grey eyes, and Louise Edge, who had blonde hair and light blue eyes. They both wore matching outfits; crop top, jeans and boots. That was eight. There was a girl with chocolate skin, brown eyes and black hair; she was wearing a red dress with white polka dots and sandals. She didn't look bad actually, but she looked familiar. That was nine. And there were two jocks that Rin had never spoken to in her entire life. One had blonde curls and blue eyes, whilst his friend had ginger hair that was neatly trimmed with really greyish green eyes. And that just left someone that Rin never wanted to see... it was Mikuo.
He was literally the boy version of Miku; Rin thought that they were actually twins, but then again, people thought that she and Len were related, so she couldn't really say anything. Mikuo was wearing a teal green shirt that matched his hair perfectly with black skinny jeans and grey converses with a black hat on his head. He looked shattered, his eyes were slightly red and puffy, and he was a little bit pale.
'Miku dumped Mikuo this morning.' Len muttered in Rin's ear.
Oh.
That explains why he looks so miserable. He caught Rin's eyes. His cheeks went a bit pink, and he went to sit on one of the beanbags. Rin felt sorry for him. She never really liked him much, but she liked him more than Miku. She and Len sat on a double beanbag, and they grabbed a laptop each. She logged onto her school account, and then she just stared at her screensaver. She glanced at the digital clock. The teacher was fifteen minutes late.
'I wonder where are teacher is?' asked Rin, setting the laptop down onto the floor.
'Who cares if the teacher's late or not?' groaned Len, who was playing Pac-Man.
'I care thank you very much. I want to get into Barnard when I leave high school, and the last thing I need is to fail a class.' snapped Rin. Len raised his hands up above his head. Rin was very serious about education.
'Calm down Rin, gosh. I was only joking...' mumbled Len, looking down onto his lap. Rin sighed, and patted his hand.
'I'm sorry. I know you're having a laugh, but... Barnard is a big thing for me. If I get good grades, well, I'd be lucky.' said Rin. The door opened to reveal a woman, with short black hair and grey eyes. She was wearing a T-shirt that said "Bite Me" with black jeans.
'Sorry I'm late guys.' breathed the woman, flinging herself onto one of the beanbags. Rin stared at her with wide eyes. She couldn't be the teacher. She looked younger than Rin herself.
'I'm Mrs. Haine. But you can call me Lin." said the woman cheerfully. The class said "Hello Mrs. Haine" in unison. Lin frowned at the class.
'And I thought I had a fun class to teach!' pouted Lin, crossing her arms. She uncrossed her arms and stared at the class with a hard expression. Like any old teacher.
'OK, so today we're just gonna introduce ourselves. We'll say what we like to do the most. No-one has to be shy. Say whatever you like, and be loud and proud. As long as it isn't porn.' added Lin gravely. The jocks looked down onto the floor. Everyone was a little bit embarrassed with what they said. Lucy said that she enjoyed Drama, which came as a bit of a shock for Rin. Rin always thought Lucy hated Drama. Louise said that she enjoyed looking "fantabulous", which earned death glares from Neru, Teto, Rin, even the nice looking polka dot girl. The black haired girl muttered her name, which was Nessa Cassidy. But no-one could catch what she enjoyed the most.
'Come on, Nessa. I can't hear you!' said Lin, leaning closer. Nessa glared at her in annoyance, and took a deep breath.
'I like writing stories...' muttered Nessa darkly.
Ah.
Rin knew why Nessa was so familiar. She was the girl who entered the creative writing competition in 3rd grade. She won first place, and she transferred to a private school for Literature. The blonde boy was called Jordan Broadhead, and he said that he enjoyed Drama as well. That came as a definite surprise for Rin. The ginger boy said that his name was Harvey Ward, and that he enjoyed playing rugby in his spare time. For some reason, Rin was expecting that. When Akaito said his name, he said that he liked to write and read... poems. Rin had to refrain herself from laughing. Neru just decided to be harsh and laughed at him. Then Dell said that he enjoyed reading, and Teto said the same thing. Typical Neru, she said she enjoyed texting the most. Len was quite reluctant to say what he enjoyed to do the most.
'Come on, Len. Don't be shy." said Lin, nudging him in the ribs a little. Rin glanced at Len. She was really eager to find out what he enjoyed doing the most.
'I like doing-" started Len. The bell went off suddenly. Rin groaned a little. The bell for second period just had to ring now, didn't it? At least she didn't have to say what she enjoyed doing the most, right?
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Len exhaled deeply in relief. Saved by the bell, he thought to himself. Everyone got up onto their feet, including Lin.
'OK class, I'll see you tomorrow.' sang Lin as they stampeded out of the classroom. Len looked to his left. Rin wasn't there. He looked to his right. Rin wasn't there either. He saw Teto and Neru walk off together, and he saw Dell and Akaito walking towards the football pitch. So… where could Rin have gotten to? Len turned around. He saw Rin was standing in the class doorway talking… to Mikuo. Rin looked a little bit uncomfortable. Len moved closer to hear the conversation.
'You look amazing, Kagami. Shorts really suit your body figure.' said Mikuo. Rin let out an awkward giggle, looking anywhere but Mikuo.
'So… I was w-wondering, if you wanna c-come down to my place after school today?' asked Mikuo sheepishly. Rin covered her mouth with her hand.
'Rin needs to babysit the kids tonight for Lily.' said Len darkly. Rin looked at Len with shocked eyes. She had a thankful look on her face. She removed her hand from her mouth.
'Can't you do it, Kagamine?' snapped Mikuo. Len and Mikuo weren't the best of friends. They hated each other with a passion that would probably never die down.
'She's not feeling well, and the kids look up to Rin like a sister.' replied Len in a monotone voice. Mikuo opened his mouth to protest.
'I'm really sorry, but Len's right Mikuo. But maybe I'll come down some other time, ne?' suggested Rin cheerfully. Mikuo blushed a little bit, but then he nodded enthusiastically. He glared at Len and walked past him, not careful to knock his shoulder against his.
'What a dick.' muttered Rin darkly, rubbing her arms with her hands.
'I know, right? Makes me seem like a polite brat.' said Len, rubbing his shoulder. Rin giggled. Len smiled at Rin and hooked her waist with his arm.
'Hey! Don't go all lovey-dovey now, I need to get to my Pre-Algebra class." said Rin with a chuckle. Len didn't loosen his grip. He planted a small kiss on Rin's forehead.
'I wanna show you somethin, it won't take long, I promise.' said Len with a pleading tone to his voice. He grabbed Rin's hand and dragged her up the stairs that led to the top floor of the school. He touched the roof handle, and then glanced at Rin.
'Close your eyes.' said Len. Rin rolled her eyes at him, but she closed her eyes. Len waved his hand in front of her face. Rin didn't flinch. Len opened the roof door. He grabbed Rin's hand and led her to the top.
'This is my own little paradise.' beamed Len. Rin gasped. On the top floor was where the plants were kept. There were a few dozen type of flowers, mainly roses; some were pink, some red, some were even yellow. Len would usually go up there to think to himself. It was peaceful. It was his little private getaway.
'Wow Len, this is so beautiful.' sighed Rin in awe. Len smiled at her.
'This is just our spot from now on, 'kay?' asked Len. Rin nodded at him, smiling brightly. He wrapped his arms around Rin's waist casually. Rin jumped a little bit, but she snuggled into him softly. Len patted her on the head. He loved her so much. It was like a constant pain that he enjoyed. He was glad that he met Rin. It was probably the best thing he ever did in his life.