Took me forever to get around to start writing the next chapter, I'm finally done procrastinating though and can finally start writing it. And thanks for the 10 reviews, I didn't expect that many on the first chapter! :D
Review Responses:
Liia-P: Thanks you so much, your review made me all happy! :D Sorry the next chapter didn't come as soon, I'm running behind on my story updates right now and I'm trying to catch back up.
AliasStars: Really? I never thought my writing style was all that good, but I'm happy you like it thanks :D
Neko01: Well thank you :3
dempa sama: I never heard of that series before you posted your review, I read it a few weeks back and it's a lot like this story. Or at least the babysitting part is, the love part with Rin and Len is a little different. Thanks for pointing that out :D
Anon: I've never been a big fan of the playboy Len and I swore to myself when I joined this website I wasn't gonna write one, but that obviously didn't work out too well XD
Shriekmon: Why thank you, and he knows her from I guess seeing her at school and his apartment complex and what not XD
TheSapphireRose: I agree about the playboy Len idea being used way too much, I don't even like the playboy Len stories all that much either. But I thought the babysitting thing would make the plot a bit different than the others, I'm glade you like it :D
SecretLove5: Thanks :D
Scarlet Rose02: I agree playboy Len is over used, but I'm trying to make it different than the others. Thanks for the review :D
Len POV
"Len-chan, wake up!" I heard a young voice shout in my ear. "Come on, wake up!" I heard the voice shout again, I slowly opened my eyes and saw the sun creeping through the blinds in my window and Yuki standing by my bed with a distressed look. I lifted myself up from my warm bed slowly and rubbed my tired eyes. "Len-chan, why do you always sleep in so late?" Yuki pouted.
"Well how late in the day is it anyway?" I asked stretching tiredly. Yuki pointed to the electronic alarm clock on my dresser that read 8:43am on it, "Too late? For me this is too early, especially since we don't have classes today." I grumbled as I put my feet down onto the high quality hardwood floors. "Why did you get me up so early anyway?"
"I was hungry, you didn't give me dinner yesterday." Yuki stated a hint of annoyance in her voice as she followed me out of the room and down the long hallway.
"What are you talking about? I fed you yesterday." I said trudging my way into the kitchen and flung the fridge door open for something to drink, but there was only an almost empty carton of milk.
"But a box of pocky and an onigiri you bought from the store doesn't count as dinner!" Yuki pouted crossing her arms and puffing out her cheeks.
"Well at least you got fed. Anyway, I thought we had enough to go out for food yesterday but I only have 38 dollars for the rest of the week. So we can't be wasting it on expensive things like going out to eat." I said as I slumped down onto the couch in the living room and clicked the TV on.
"Then what are we gonna eat?"
"I'll go get food from the store later on today, okay?" I grumbled flipping through multiple channels watching the changing scenes on the screen go by.
"But I'm hungry now." Yuki demanded.
"Well what do you want me to do? I just got up and most stores are probably not even open yet."
"Please~ I'm really, really hungry!" Yuki begged tugging at the sleeves of my yellow shirt.
"Ugh, will is shut you up if we do go shopping?" I grumbled turning the TV off.
"Yes!" Yuki chirped and ran back to her room before anything else was said. I let out a sigh and lifted myself off the couch and back to my room too. I peeled off my pajamas which haven't been washed in a while, which reminded I'm also going to have to start doing the laundry and all the other housework my aunt usually does. I'm going to end up having no social life if this goes on for long.
I grabbed a light blue button up shirt from my desk chair which I'm pretty sure is clean and a pair of jeans. I got dressed, grabbed my phone and walked down the hallway and waited at the front door for Yuki. I'm not a very patient person so after a few minutes of waiting, I got pretty frustrated.
"Yuki, are you coming or what?" I shouted as my voice rang through out the large apartment.
"I'm coming, just wait!" I heard Yuki's voice muffle back to me. I heard a thump, a door slam, and the light pitter patter of her feet running down the hallway. "Okay I'm ready!" She shouted as she appeared at the end of the hallway.
She was wearing an obviously dirty lime green sun dress with a few stains on it and was also all wrinkled with a bright orange cardigan on top. To put it simple, she was completely mismatched and she picked out clothes from her dirty clothes hamper.
"You're not going out in public like that." I stated flatly.
"What? Why not?" She whined, "I like this dress!"
"Well obviously, since you wore it before," I took another look at her ridiculous attire, now I also have to pick out the kids clothes? This list of stuff to do is endless. "Come on, let's go find something else to wear."
"No!" Yuki protested crossing her arms, great, now she's being stubborn with me.
"Why not?" I asked kneeling down so I was her size.
"'Cause I really like this dress."
"Yeah but it has stains all over it and it's all wrinkled from being in the hamper."
"So? Maybe people won't notice."
"No, they will notice. Now come on let's find something that's clean." I said sitting up and walking towards her room till I noticed she wasn't following me and was standing at the end of the hallway feet planted and arms crossed. "Really?" I sighed under my breath. "What will it take for me to get you changed?"
"Nothing, I wanna wear this!" She shouted back angrily at me, where does this kid get all her stubbornness from? I sat and thought for a minute to run through all my options, but all of them were useless and I didn't feel like dealing with her.
"Fine, I guess I can't change your mind. Let's just go," I sighed frustrated, as annoyed as I was she seemed to light up when I told her she could wear the clothes she wanted. "Come on, let's hurry up and get the damn food."
Yuki trotted happily in front of me down the apartment complex as I trudged behind her. I looked down at my cell phone clock and saw it was only 9:12am, I shouldn't be up this early when we don't have any classes.
"Hey Len-chan, it's that oneechan from yesterday!" Yuki called out from in front of me. Before I could even see who she was talking about she took off running down the sidewalk.
"Hey! Yuki, don't run like that it's dangerous!" I yelled running after her. She soon came to an abrupt stop in front of a blond girl with a dog, and of course that blonde hair belonged to Rin Kagami.
"Oh, hey Yuki, what are you doing up this early? And where's Len?" Rin asked kneeling down to Yuki's height.
"Yuki, why do you always run ahead of me like that?" I grumbled as I finally caught up to the two.
"Sorry Len-chan." Yuki chimed not even paying attention to me but seemed to be distracted with something else. I leaned over a bit to see she was distracted by the dog. "What kind of puppy is this?"
"A shiba inu, his name is Tadashi." Rin said standing back up until something caught her eyes. "Yuki, don't you think those clothes are a bit dirty? And mismatched?"
"I tried telling her but she was too stubborn and wouldn't change." I answered for Yuki giving her an annoyed glance.
"You really can't handle kids, can you?" Rin asked smirking with amusement.
"Well she refused to change, what was I supposed to do?" I snapped back and Rin let out a sigh.
"Well you can't let her go out in public looking like that, I'll help get her changed."
"Well good luck with that, she's as stubborn as a mule." I muttered under my breath as Rin knelt down to Yuki's level again.
"Yuki, if you let me help you change your outfit, I'll let you play with Tadashi whenever you want." Rin cooed to Yuki. Pft, Like that's actually going to work.
"Okay!" Yuki chirped and she started running back up to out apartment.
"I told you I could do it." Rin smiled victoriously as she followed Yuki upstairs.
"I don't think bribing counts." I muttered as I followed too.
"I wouldn't call it bribing. Let's just say I made a deal with her."
"No matter how you look at it, it's still bribing. But whatever floats your boat."
All three of us walked back into the apartment where Rin followed Yuki down the hall into her room, I just waited out in the living room flipping though channels again with Rin's dog sitting next to me watching the television screen.
"Len-chan we can go now!" Yuki chimed running down the hall, this time she was wearing a light pink T-shirt with white capris that looked clean, or at least cleaner than what she was wearing before.
"I told you I could get her to change," Rin said coming down the hallway.
"And like I said, bribing doesn't count," I stated turning the TV off and lifting myself off of the couch with the dog following me. "Okay, now let's hurry up and get this shopping over with."
"I want Rin to come!" Yuki demanded.
"Look, I don't think Rin even wants to come-"
"Actually, I was about to go shopping again since I forgot a couple things yesterday," Rin said cutting me off.
"...Fine then, let's just go." I sighed grabbing the house keys off the coffee table and stuffing them in my pocket.
"Come on Rin-chan, let's get to the store before Len-chan!" Yuki declared running out of the apartment before we could even say anything.
"Why does that damn kid have so much energy?" I asked myself under my breath as I slammed the apartment door shut.
"Because she's a kid, you just have to be patient with her. Which is obviously something you don't have." Rin said walking beside me.
"She's not my kid, why should I be the one to take care of her?"
"She's your family, you should be willing to take care of her for a while."
"Yeah, I should but I'm not. I have more important things than taking care of some kid-"
"More important things? Like what? Playing with girls till their no fun and moving onto the next one? Len, you really need a reality check. Be glade you have a family that loves and pays attention to you." Rin snapped back at me angrily, what the heck is her problem?
"Look, for one thing this has nothing to with you. And second, if my family really did love me and gave me attention they wouldn't be making me take care of this kid."
"Yeah, well sadly you're the only family she has right now so suck it up," She said angrily stomping up ahead of me and down the stairs, why is she so mad? I don't understand why she cares so much, it's not like she has anything to do with it or it'll affect her in anyway. I really don't understand this girl.
"Hey, Len!" Rin came running back up the stairs a moment later with worry written all over her face.
"What's the matter?" I asked nonchalantly.
"It's Yuki, I can't find her, she was right up ahead of us but now she's out of sight!" Rin frantically yelled in panic.
"Look, she's probably right around the corner. Stop freaking out over little thi-"
SLAP
Rin had slapped me right across the face, cracking the silent air as her hand collided with my cheek.
"No, you're the one who needs to stop taking things so lightly! Stop being so self centered!" Rin shouted at me at the max of her anger. Before I could say anything else she ran off, leaving me dumbfounded. I truly don't understand her, it's not like the kid could've gone far!
I continued my way down the apartment stairs, no Yuki or Rin in sight. Maybe she's already at the store? Yuki knows the way there, she probably already has a cart full of food. I walked the rest of the way to the market, glancing out of the corner of my eye every once in a while on my way there just to make sure I didn't accidentally pass her.
I walked through the doors of the grocery store where the cold air hit my face as I walked in. I saw a few people shopping, but I walked around a little searching for the twin tailed six year old girl, but she was no where to be found. I double checked a few times and still couldn't find her, great now I have to go find her. As I walked out of thee small store I could feel a vibration come from my pocket, I flipped my phone out and saw the new message,
From: Prima
To: Len Kagamine
Hey, I heard you broke up with that Gumi girl yesterday
and wanted to know if you wanted to hang out today ;)
I sighed after reading the message, now Yuki is messing with my social life! I swear when I find that girl she's getting a piece of my mind! I quickly messaged her back telling her I was busy and turned off my phone so I didn't get anymore messages that would distract me. I started running looking for the young girl angrily. I couldn't find her anywhere though, I checked the park, the surrounding stores, back at the apartment and everywhere. After hours of searching my anger turned to worry, what if something really did happen to Yuki?
I took a look at the sky and the sun was already setting and turning a light pink color, if I didn't find the kid soon it would be too dark to look. I ran down the apartment building stairs and started towards the park to go see if she was there again.
"Len!" I heard Rin's voice call out, I turned and saw the familiar blond hair and white bow running towards me, "Where have you been?"
"Looking for that troublesome kid, that's what!" I said annoyed, Rin's face went from anger to shock.
"Really? And you haven't found her yet?"
"Yeah, why what have you been doing all day?"
"Well I didn't think you would actually search so I went searching for her myself."
"Yeah well it looks neither of us did a very good job of that," I said sighing in frustration.
"Is there anyone that knows Yuki that could help us?" Rin asked in a bit of a frustrated tone. I stooped and thought for a second, I bet our neighbor Luka would help.
"Yeah I think I might," I said gesturing for her to follow me up the stairs. We made our way across the outside halls and stopped in front of room 203, I knocked the door a few times and heard a few shuffled foot steps and the door soon swung open revealing the pink haired woman as her face turned to relief when she saw me.
"Len, you're finally here! I've been trying to call you all day but your phone has been off!" Luka exclaimed, what the heck is she talking about?
"Len-chan!" I heard Yuki call out from behind Luka, I saw her holding a box of juice in her small hands. I was about to give her an ear full and scold her, but before I could say anything she ran to me and threw her arms around one of my legs and started sobbing.
"Yuki?" I questioned not really knowing what to do, why is she crying?
"Yuki's been her all day," Luka suddenly explained, "I found her this morning when I was running to my husbands office to drop off his lunch, she was just sitting in the park crying and said she had gotten lost. I tried looking for you at your apartment then tried calling you, but you never picked up. Where have you been all day anyway?"
"Looking for this kid," I said picking the small girl up in my arms trying to calm her down.
"Heh, well isn't that kinda ironic? Well you're welcome for taking care of her all day, it's surprisingly nice having a kid around the house since I'm usually by myself all day. Well, call if you need anything else," Luka said lastly giving a wave and shutting her door.
"Len-chan I'm sorry I ran off, I promise I won't do it anymore!" Yuki cried as she hugged my neck, I patted her on the back to try and calm her down, all anger I had towards her had subsided for some reason.
"Wow Len, guess you have a soft spot for kids after all~," Rin cooed as I gave her a glare, "Try not to lose her again, okay? Well, I guess I should get back to Tadashi now."
"W-wait Rin," I said grabbing her arm to stop her
"Yeah?" She asked looking a bit surprised by my sudden action.
"W-well I just..." I stopped, what did I want to say? "I guess I just wanted to thank you for today. I-I guess I'll see you later?" I asked felling my face get a bit hot, what the heck is going on? Despite my strange reaction she gave me a sort of warm smile.
"Yeah, I wouldn't mind that," She said, is her face getting a little red? "B-but only for Yuki of coarse! I have to go now, bye!" She suddenly said changing her attitude and storming off down the hallway. What a weird girl.
"Len-chan, can we go home now?" Yuki asked tiredly with her eyes all red and puffy from the crying. I set her down as I pulled the apartment keys out of my pocket and opened our apartment door. The house was completely silent, usually when I come back to the apartment aunt Meiko is occupied with trying to teach herself to cook and Yuki making noise with her toys or watching TV. "Len-chan, I wanna watch a movie and go to bed," Yuki stated rubbing her tired looking eyes.
"Go put on some pajamas then, I'll see what's on TV," I sighed, she tiredly walked down the hall as I plopped down on the sofa and flipped through movie channels to find something to watch. I normally wouldn't do this, but I felt kinda sorry for the kid. After all, her mother just went missing yesterday and then she got lost today. If Luka didn't show up who knows what could've happened. I guess I really will have to start looking after her till Meiko gets back, she better get back soon though because I can't handle this for long.
"Len-chan, I got my pajamas on!" She chirped as she ran into the living room, I turned and saw her wearing pajama pants patterned with pink stars and a navy green over sized button up pajama shirt that was wrinkled and didn't match. I let out a frustrated sigh.
"Am I seriously going to have to pick out your pajamas too?"
Took a while to finish this because I've been busy trying to get my cosplay ready for Otakon, sorry for the late update. After the convention I'm going to try and update more because I've been really busy lately. Well, please R&R!
Love, Setsuro-chan~