"What happened to you?" Was the first thing Kaito said as soon as he opened the door and was presented with the sight of his girlfriend, dripping wet from the rain. "I didn't have an umbrella." Rin said curtly as she walked into his apartment.
"You should've called me then." Kaito sighed a he lead her to the living room, where she immediately sat on the couch. "I could've come and helped you out of the rain." Rin frowned and looked down at her lap. "I...didn't want to trouble you so I..." She trailed off.
Kaito noticed Rin suddenly became quiet but didn't comment about it and momentarily left the room before coming back with a clean towel. Rin nodded in thanks and began drying herself while Kaito sat next to her. "Still...you shouldn't have ran in the rain, you could've at least have one of your friends bring you here or drop you off at the station. What will you do if you do if you suddenly get sick?" He scolded.
Rin snorted a laugh. "Gosh Kaito, you sound a lot like my mom you know?"
"Hey, are you saying I sound like a woman?"
"No, I'm saying you're sweet for caring." Rin chuckled before kissing him lightly on his cheek. "Thank you Kaito." Kaito blushed lightly at the sudden action then smiled. "Anyway you should take a shower, you left some of your clothes here so you'll be fine. I'll take your wet clothes later and place them in the wash."
"You seriously sound like a girl, Kaito."
"...Shut up."
Rin giggled as Kaito left the room. There room was once again filled with silence. She quietly reached out for her bag and took out her phone. She sighed in relief when she found it wasn't wet and began dialing onto it.
She calmly pressed the phone onto her ear as she waited for the person to pick up.
"Hello?"
"Teto, its me."
"Rin? Oh thank god. What the heck happened back there?" Teto demanded angrily, although Rin could hear the concern in her voice. "Sorry...something just came up."
"What's so important that you'd run out like that?" She questioned. "Hatsune-kun was really hurt because you just sudden brush him off like that..."
Rin's chest tightened and she sighed. "I'm really sorry, its just...something."
"No, its fine but I don't think you should be apologizing to me..."
Rin bit her lip. "I know, I know...I'll apologize to Mikuo tomorrow."
"Good, anyways where the heck are you? I'm already here at home with Gumi and you're not here?"
"I'm at Kaito's place..." She paused hesitantly. "I'm planning to stay here for the night."
"Wait...you're at Shion-san's place?"
"Yeeeaahh?"
"...Was this important matter all about Shion-san?"
"No, well Yes..." Rin sighed, rubbing her eyes tiresomely. "Look, its complicated alright? Anyway I'm staying over for tonight so don't wait up for me."
"Are you sure? I mean we have school tomorrow so-"
"I'll get up early so there won't be a problem, besides Kaito doesn't seem to mind." She said, although it was partly a lie since she hadn't really said anything to Kaito.
"Oookay...just don't do any funny business there tonight." Rin could hear the smirk on Teto's face and she rolled her eyes. "Oh shut up." She groaned. "I'll see you guys tomorrow alright?"
"'Kay, Oh and one more thing! Be sure to tell me the details about it at school!"
Rin scoffed. "As if there are any details for me to say. I'm just sleeping over okay?"
"Whatever you say Rin, whatever you say." Teto giggled. "Well, night Rin-chan!" With that, she hanged up. Rin snorted as she tossed her phone onto the table. She leaned back against the couch and stared up at the ceiling. She closed her eyes for a second to rest her eyes for a bit, that was until her phone began to ring once more.
She groaned and leaned away from the couch to grab her phone. Without looking who the caller was, she answered the phone with a grunt. "Hello?"
"Rin-chan..."
Rin's eyes shot open at the familiar voice. "Mikuo?" She glanced at the stairs to make sure Kaito wasn't close by to hear and she stood up to move to the corner of the room. "Hey um...Is something wrong?"
"Well...you did just bailed from me so I was...worried that maybe something happened to you."
Rin mentally slapped her head at her stupidity. "Yeah, I'm so sorry about that. I um...remembered something urgent and pretty much freaked at that point."
"Really now...was it so important that you had to run through the rain?"
Rin could hear the frown in his tone. "Mikuo, I'm truly sorry for what I did. I just didn't have time to...explain so I hope you can forgive me." She said. There was a long pause at the other end and Rin bit her lip. "You're not still angry...are you?"
"...No, I'm not angry, just...shock that you just ran away from me like that. I actually thought that I might've done something wrong to you." Mikuo laughed sheepishly. "No! You didn't do anything wrong!" She exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah...I'm actually more shock at the fact you introduced me to your friend as a simple 'friend' and not as your boyfriend." Rin gulped at that. "Yeah um...Teto tends to react over things like this that's why I didn't really tell her about...us."
"Really...I see." Mikuo said in understanding. "By the way...where are you right now?"
Rin paused at that. Her mind raced and she tried thinking of what to say. "Um...at a friend's house."
"A friend huh. You mean Kasane-san?"
"N-No, she lives with me actually for reasons."
"She lives with you? Then Megpoid-chan?"
Mikuo and Gumi were actually acquainted to each other, much to Rin's surprise when she found out about it. Gumi explained that they knew each other when they were in grade school. The reason Rin didn't know Mikuo back then was because she was from a different class with Teto while Gumi was in another where she was classmates with Mikuo.
Rin often felt a slightest bit of jealousy when she heard they knew one another even back then. She sucked in a breath. "No actually...Gumi is also living with me for now because of our parents' work."
"Oh...so who is this friend of yours?"
"..."
"..Rin?"
She didn't want to tell him. It would only hurt him. She thought of lying to him, tell him it was a female friend she was staying over but before she could think properly, her lips began to move on their own. "I'm staying over at a guy's place."
"Huh?"
Rin closed her eyes and mentally face palmed at her stupidity. "You're in a guy's place?" Rin could hear how shock Mikuo was and she bit her lip. "Um..." She started timidly. "Y-Yes but only for tonight."
"You're staying over at a Guy's place!"
Rin cringed at the tone in Mikuo's voice. It wasn't really loud but the way he said it was what made her fidget. "Its just for the night."
"Why are you even in a guy's place?"
"It was the closest place I could find. Please don't be upset ." Rin whimpered softly. There was a moment of silence, even through the phone Rin could feel the tension in the air.
"I'm not upset..." Mikuo muttered. "I'm just shock you're at another guy's place...thats all."
"...Could it be that you're...jealous?" Rin questioned. Mikuo was silent at the other line and Rin couldn't help but smile a bit. "Are you?"
"...Is it wrong to be jealous when their girlfriend is with another man?"
Rin couldn't stop the smile from stretching a bit more. "Aww, Mikuo please don't be jealous...He's not going to do anything." Mikuo snorted in the other end. "Yeah right, what if he does do something?"
"He's not, I can promise you that." Rin paused. "He's just a...friend."
"...You sure you can trust this guy?" Mikuo muttered. Rin gave a small chuckle. "Yes Mikuo, I'm very sure about it."
"...Alright." Mikuo said. "I trust you...but if he does something, make sure to call me right away! I'll kill that guy if he hurts my girlfriend." Rin giggles awkwardly but couldn't ignore a sickening feeling down in her stomach. "Thank you for the concern Mikuo...Well, good night."
Rin could hear Miku whine in the phone. "Do you have to go now?" Rin then sighed. "Mikuo, its already getting late and we have school tomorrow so we can't talk all night." She reasoned but there was another reason why she wanted to end the conversation (even though she honestly didn't want to either), she was worried that Kaito might accidentally come back and hear the conversation.
"I guess you're right." Mikuo sighed. "Well, good night babe." Rin smiled. "Yeah, night."
"I love you Rin." Rin paused. She placed a hand on her chest and gripped the fabric of her still soaked blouse then closed her eyes as a tiny smile once again reappeared. "Yeah.." She mumbled. "Me too.." Rin pulled her phone away from her ear and ended the call. She then frowned sadly. What was she doing? She could taste the bitter after taste of all the lies she was saying. No, she didn't lie that she loved him. She genuinely loved him but...why is it so hard when you deeply love someone?
"Rin, who were you talking to?" Rin froze when she heard the familiar smooth voice of Kaito's behind her. Kaito stared at her back worriedly "Rin?"
Rin didn't say a word until she turned around and smiled. "Its nothing Kaito...just a very good friend."
The lies just keep on pilling up.
A/N: Hey guys! Its been a while! Sorry for the very late update, I just started school...again. Yeah, school can be such a bummer especially when all I want to do is have fun instead of burying my face with books- and not the kind of books I would actually enjoy reading. Anyways if I find time I can a sure you that I will make another chapter as soon as possible.
Also I hope you support and read my newest story: Carousel. I honestly worked hard on that. It has Romance, Family, and Drama (something I'm not actually good at.) but its mostly about Family. Although I seriously hope you'd read and fav it because the whole Family story thing is something new for me so I want to see how good it is.
For now, this chapter is in Rin's pov so the next one will definitely be (you guessed it) Len's point of view so please be patient until then.
Yes, I know the chapter is kind of short but so is my time in front of my computer because my mom has unexpectedly put a curfew on how much time I can spend in front of this thing. (A very shocking and annoying thing to do, I mean is she trying to place me in a mental hospital because I can literally go insane without internet) Anyways I hope you read the next chapter real soon.
Ciao my dear readers!
-Yugao702