Len woke to the faint light, peeping through the curtains, seeming to aim right for his eyes as if wanting him to wake up. Groaning, he reached out and grabbed his clock off his nightstand, squinting his eyes slightly. 8:46AM it read. He saw that Rin had already left for school as he bed was empty and neatly made.
He sighed and decided to go back to sleep, not having to get up for a while anyway; he hadn't gotten much sleep last night after what had happened.
Just as he began to drift off, he heard a light knock on the door. He decided to ignore it, hoping whoever it was would think he's asleep and go away. They were persistent however, the knocking a little louder this time.
He grumbled something incoherent and threw the covers off, walking to the door. He opened it to reveal a smiling Kaito, holding a plate of waffles. Len sighed and resisted the urge to slap his forehead. Instead, he put up a smile and took the plate from Kaito.
"Thanks Kaito-nii. But you didn't have to bring it to me you know," Len kept the slight irritation from sleep deprivation out of his voice, unconsciously keeping the smile out of his voice.
"I know. I just wanted to," Kaito rubbed the back of his head a little, a small chuckle only slightly audible.
"Well, thanks anyway," Len closed the door and leaned against it, his eyes drooping closed. He snapped them back open almost instantly and stood up, walking back to his bed. He put the plate on his desk, not feeling all that hungry as he just wanted to sleep.
He climbed into bed and pulled the covers up to his chest, the familiar warmth enveloping him. He closed his eyes and within seconds, he was asleep.
Kaito stood staring at the closed door for a few seconds before slowly turning and walking downstairs, wanting to find something else to do. Everyone else had already gone about an hour ago and he was bored. He decided that making Len some breakfast would kill some time and make Len wake up. He needed someone to talk to.
He flopped down on the couch, grabbing the remote and flicking through the channels. He grumbled when he found nothing of particular interest and just settled on a random channel, eventually tuning out of the show anyway.
He snapped back into the real world when he heard footsteps lightly padding up or down the stairs. He craned his neck around, assuming it was Len and his hunch was indeed correct. Then again, who else could it have been anyway?
"Hey Len, get enough sleep?" Kaito turned his body around so that Len wasn't facing his back. In response, Len just yawned and rubbed his eyes, walking into the kitchen. He had forgotten that he left the waffles on his desk.
Kaito merely shrugged and turned his attention back to the TV. It had changed to another movie while he wasn't paying attention. Shrugging once again, he kept watching.
Len came back in a few minutes later with a small banana flavoured muesli bar in his hands. He sat down next to Kaito and glued his eyes to the TV.
"What movie is this?" Len mumbled through a mouthful of muesli.
"I dunno, some horror movie. I think it's The Grudge. Or something like that, I wasn't paying attention," Kaito replied and shrugged slightly.
"Ah," Len finished his muesli bar and threw it into the bin next to the couch. Although horror movies weren't one of Len's best preferences he watched anyway.
Kaito knew that Len didn't like horror all that much but wasn't sure if it was just because he didn't like them or they scared him. He kept a close eye on his just in case. And his suspicions were confirmed when Len jumped a little and turned his head away from the screen.
"You alright?" Kaito lightly tapped Len on the shoulder which caused him to take in a sudden sharp breath and he tensed up, his eyes squeezing shut, "Len? What's wrong? Is it the movie?"
Len turned his head slowly and relaxed, taking a deep breath, "S-sorry Kaito-nii. I don't know, I'm usually okay with movies like this,"
"Well, it might be because of… that. So I can change the channel for you, okay?" He reached over and picked up the remote but Len snatched it out of his hands before he had time to do anything.
"No! I-I mean… I can watch it. It's alright," Len still held onto the remote, clutching it to his chest and squeezing it tight when he saw a scene that he didn't like.
Kaito couldn't stand watching Len push himself like this just to watch a movie so he reached out his arm and wrapped it around Len's shoulders. Len tensed again slightly but otherwise didn't move although he was still gripping onto the remote.
Kaito sighed and pried the remote from Len's hands, pulling his head in to rest on his shoulder, "Len, if you don't like the movie say so. You don't have to force yourself," He changed the channel to something more appropriate for him. After all, you're never too old or too young to watch SpongeBob SquarePants, right?
Len huffed lightly and pushed himself off of Kaito, once again gluing his eyes to the screen. Kaito stood up and walked into the kitchen, hearing his stomach rumble lightly. He came back in moments later with, obviously, an ice-cream.
After close to an hour of watching episodes of SpongeBob that they had seen many times before, Len heard the door open and Luka walked in, carrying what looked like, almost 10 bags, all full of groceries.
"Hey guys, can you get off your lazy buts and come help me?!" Luka called, struggling to even close the door.
Both boys got up in sync and walked over, each taking about 3 bags from Luka.
"Geez, that was heavy. Thanks," They all put the bags on the table, placing everything into its correct shelf and soon they all flopped onto the couch, Luka burying Len's face into her shoulder.
Len flailed his arms slightly before beginning to giggle and wrapped his arms around Luka's waist and started to tickle her, trying to get her ribcage. She began laughing like crazy trying to push Len's arms away but her arms turned to jelly and she couldn't do anything but laugh.
Len smirked in victory and stopped tickling, quickly jumping off the couch and turning to run up his stairs and into his room, knowing that revenge is inevitable with Luka. However, he was grabbed by a pair of hands and lifted up high, then thrown back onto the couch. It wasn't Luka but Kaito.
"Len, you should know not to tickle your nee-chan. Well, I'm pretty sure she has something to say to you so I'll just move out of the way for now," Kaito said, smirking evilly and stepping out of the way to allow Luka to sit down next to him.
She wiggled her fingers menacingly and Len tried to squirm away but Kaito held him down from the back of the couch.
As soon as Luka started tickling, Len burst out, his legs kicking out, arms spazzing in all direction. His laugh was high pitched and loud, no matter how hard he tried to keep it in.
The tickle fest ended when Len finally squirmed out of Luka and Kaito's grip so they formed a truce. Len felt extremely tired and so he just decided that he wanted to sleep but his legs wouldn't obey him and he just laid across the couch, putting his head on the pillow and falling asleep.
Luka clicked her tongue and grabbed a blanket from the hallway cupboard, placing it over Len's sleeping form, "You'll catch a cold if you sleep like that," She whispered, ruffling his hair lightly.
Kaito smiled at Luka, "You really are just like a mother," She smiled lightly and turned her head to face Kaito.
"I have to be. Especially at a time like this. You understand don't you? The feeling of wanting to protect something so bad but you know that eventually they won't need you anymore," Kaito merely nodded, "You love him, right? If so, you have to protect him everything else. If anything else were to happen, I'm scared for what's going to happen to him. Don't ever leave his side,"
Kaito's smile slowly faded and his head drooped forward, hair covering his face, "I know. But then there's Rin. She's always with him, knows everything about him and can always be there, no matter what. That's hard for me to compete with,"
"You don't have to compete. Just be yourself and he'll notice you. He always has so it's no different anyway. It'll be okay Kaito. Just give it some time," Luka tried to assure Kaito but he just stood up and walked up the stairs, into his and fell onto the bed, his head in the pillow.
Luka sighed and patted Len's head for a few more minutes before she heard the phone. She picked it up and listened, barely saying a word, her eyes widening and her hand flying up to her mouth. When the call was over she was frozen for a little but soon made her legs work again and walked up the stairs to Kaito room, knocking lightly.
"Come on, I was slee—hey what's wrong?" Kaito answered the door and saw Luka about to break down.
Luka answered in a small voice that was just about to crack, "The school just called. And Rin's not there. No one knows where she is,"
Hey guys. Sorry I haven't updated for a while, though I doubt a lot of you care anyway. And when I do update, I leave you guys on a cliff-hanger. Well, I just went back to school today and it sucked so I'm not in the best mood right now. I hate school. I mean, who actually does? Well, if you go to a school with awesome teachers and never had to do work, I'd wanna go. But anyways, I was preparing all my stuff for school, y'know, books and stuff. So I haven't had any time to write. But here it is, finished and updated. Future warning, depending on if I get homework or not or if I go out somewhere, I may not update for a while. If that is the case, then I'm sorry in advance but there's nothing I can do. So, just keep waiting and hopefully the next chapter will be up soon.