Sorry for being late guys D:
I'll let you get to the story though c; (Oh! FYI, This whole fic is going to be in Len's POV)
I wake up to hear Rinto blabbering about his head hurting. I pull my hair back into a ponytail and I glance at the clock and, oh what a surprise, 7:30am. Why must he do this to me?
I slide out of bed and walk into the living room to see Neru still on the floor, sleeping and somehow Haku got here too. I look around for Rinto and his mumbling is coming from the bathroom.
I walk over and knock on the door.
"Jeez, not so loud." I can hear the cringe in his voice. I open the door to see him on the floor with a towel draped over his head.
"What are you doing?" I sigh.
"Trying to get over this damn hangover…" He grumbles and I sigh heavily.
"Do you want me to get you some breakfast?" I ask.
"Yes, please." He says and curls up in a ball. I walk out of the bathroom and into the kitchen to look for something to make. I find pancake mix and decide, why the hell not? I start mixing the batter in a big bowl and I see Neru and Haku waking up.
"What the hell?" I hear Neru mutter, followed by a few grumbles from Haku. I start pouring the pancake batter in the pan and start cooking it, hoping that I don't burn it or anything.
Hooray for me, I don't burn any of them. I place the last pancake on the stack of eight. I put some syrup on the table and see Neru and Haku staring at the pancakes.
"You guys can have some if you want." I say. I may as well try to be nice.
"Okay." They say and walk over to the table and grab two pancakes and put syrup on them and start eating. I walk over to the bathroom and grab Rinto off the floor and drag him over to the table.
"Oooh~ this looks yummy." He says and takes two pancakes and starts eating them.
"Do you guys want anything to drink?" I ask, still trying to be polite.
"I'll have orange juice."
"Us too."
"Okay." I open the fridge and pull out the orange juice and pour it into four cups. I walk over to the table and hand them their drinks and I sit down and grab the last two pancakes for myself and start eating. I stay quiet because all three of them have hangovers and I don't feel like getting into arguments.
They finish before me and Neru and Haku say goodbye and leave. As I finish, I notice the huge mess everyone left. Rinto finishes and he rests his head on the table. I'm going to be stuck taking care of this whole place. I snatch up all of the plates and cups and throw them into the dishwasher.
I hear Rinto wince every time the dishes clatter together. I chuckle and drag him into his room and throw him in his bed and cover him up.
"Sleep. You'll feel better." I smile.
"Thanks Len…" He mumbles and closes his eyes. I walk out of his room and close the door quietly. I put away the syrup and start picking up all the cups, cans, and bottles. I grab a trash bag and start shoving them in there and throw used napkins and plates in there.
-Time Skip-
Finally, I finish cleaning up. I didn't do anything major like vacuuming because Rinto would've been on my case about it for being so loud. I check the fridge for anything to make for lunch and I find nothing. Terrific.
I walk back to my room and grab some socks, underwear, a Killers t-shirt, and some dark jeans. I walk over to the linen closet and grab a towel and take a shower.
I get out and dry myself off and whatnot. I get dressed, brush my hair and put it back in the ponytail, brush my teeth, put on deodorant and all that other hygiene stuff. I walk out of the bathroom and over to Rinto's room and I open the door, trying not to be too loud.
"Hey Len," He says sleepily, "what's going on?"
"I'm going to the store to get some food since we used it all for the party." I pat his head, "I won't be gone for too long just…don't get into any trouble while I'm gone."
"Yes, mommy." Rinto mocks and smirks.
"Be back soon." I say and I shut the door to his room and put my shoes and a sweatshirt on. I shove my wallet in my pocket, nabbing a few bucks from Rinto's and walking out the door.
I enter the elevator and press the button for the lobby. I get off at the lobby and exit through the main entrance and walk around the block to the market. I grab a shopping cart and start going through the aisles and start thinking of what I need. May as well make a list in my head since I have an okay memory. So we need milk, eggs, bread, I guess I could grab some Spaghetti-o's, more burgers, some fries, and…hmm…what else?
"Oops! I'm sorry!" A voice squeaks and I look ahead to see our carts crashed into each other's.
"No, no. It was my fault." I say with a smile.
"Len?" The voice says and I look at her.
"Rin?" I say and she giggles.
"How do we always meet like this? Crashing into each other, I mean." She grins.
"I guess we both don't pay enough attention." We chuckle.
"What're shopping for?" She asks looking into my cart to see nothing.
"Nothing specifically. Just stocking up." I say and she notices I'm not with Rinto.
"Does Rinto have a hangover?" She smirks.
"Yeah." I say.
"Well, let's shop together and then maybe I can help you with getting Rinto over his hangover!" She beams.
"Okay." I smile and we both walk together and grab the stuff we need.
-Time Skip-
"I think that's all I need, you?" She asks with an almost full cart.
"Nope. I got it all." I reply and we push our carts into check out.
"That'll be $40.76, sir." The cashier says and I hand her the money. She hands me a receipt with a smile, "Have a nice day."
"You too." I say. I stand in wait for Rin to get her items checked out and it seems she's having a little trouble.
"How much did you say it was?" She asks in a shaky voice.
"I said $90.43." The cashier grumbles, obviously getting frustrated. I look to see Rin's fingers fumbling around for her wallet in her bag and she can't find it. I step in and hand the cashier the money and Rin looks back at me, shocked. The cashier gives Rin the receipt, "Have a nice day."
"Y-You too…" She says. She pulls her cart next to mine and I smile.
"Do you want any help with your bags?" I ask.
"Why'd you pay for my groceries?" She asks suddenly.
"Well, you couldn't find your wallet so it thought I'd help," I grin, "and it's only the right thing to do."
"Thank you." She squeaks and hugs me. With my face feeling like I just stuck it in a fire, I pat her head.
"It's no problem, really." I say, trying to suppress the feelings of butterflies in my stomach. She looks up at me, smiles, and let's go of me.
"Could you help me put away my groceries and then we can go over to your apartment to take care of Rinto?" She questions, dragging some grocery bags behind her. I chuckle and grab a few.
"Sure." I say and we continue on our way back to the apartments. Once we get into the elevator and she presses the button for floor 5.
Once the elevator stops on her floor we step out only to find Miku and Kaito heading in our direction. I frown and Rin urges me to move forward to her apartment. They always have to show up and make my days rainy, don't they?
"Come on Len." Rin says and we arrive at the door of her apartment. She pulls out her keys and shoves them in the doorknob and twists it, opening the door and entering. I walk in after her and the smell of oranges attacks me at the front door.
I look around and see her place way brighter than mine and Rinto's. I see photos hung on the walls, some of them are of her and some purple haired guy. In her kitchen there are a bunch of citrus accessories, and brightly colored cabinets.
"Okay…let's see…cereal goes in this cupboard, dairy and all the stuff that needs to be kept cool obviously goes in the fridge, ice cream in the freezer, and I'll get the rest." She says. I do as told and try my best to put everything in the right places.
-Time Skip-
After helping Rin put away her groceries, we head back to mine and Rinto's apartment. Still carrying my groceries, Rin opens the door for me. I saw no reason to lock it since Rinto was there and hangover or not, he would probably beat anyone to a pulp that tried to break in.
"I'll go check on Rinto while you put your groceries away." Rin says and quietly walks over to Rinto's door and opens it silently. I start shoving stuff in the fridge and the cupboards and finish in a matter of minutes.
Rin walks out of Rinto's room and into the kitchen with me.
"Rinto wants a bowl of soup." Rin says.
"Alright…" I say awkwardly and I open a can of soup and put it in a pot on the stove, "Could you take over? I wanna see how Rinto's holding up."
"Okay." She says and we swap places in the room and I head for Rinto's room. I walk in and see him lying face first in his pillows. I walk over and sit down on the floor near the edge of the bed.
"How are you feeling?" I whisper, trying not to invoke any pain in Rinto's head.
"Shitty." He says bluntly, "Is Rin making me soup?"
"Yeah. Is chicken soup okay?"
"Mhm."
-Time Skip-
After a few hours of taking care of Rinto, Rin left at around 6 and, it being 9 now, it's dark out. I sit on the couch watching TV and I hear Rinto come out of his room.
"Feeling any better?" I ask as he sits next to me.
"A little…" He says. I stare at him for a minute and a question pops into my head.
"How many drinks did you have anyways?" I ask.
"Uh…" He says start to count off with his fingers, "Like 7."
"Seven?!" I yell and Rinto squints and holds his head.
"Not so loud." He says reaching around blindly to cover my mouth.
"Sorry, but why would you have seven drinks in one night?"
"It was a party. What else was a gonna do?" He asks and I facepalm.
"I'm going to bed. It's been a long day." I say standing up and walking to my bedroom and grabbing some pajama pants and another tank top and walk into the bathroom.
"Okay. Goodnight." I hear Rinto say from the living room. I brush my teeth and take out my hair tie and walk back into my bedroom and crawl into bed and lie awake for hours, thinking.
You know how people always say when they got out of prison it was great? Yeah, I think I'd rather be back in prison. Every one of my old friends hate me, not that I don't mind Miku and Kaito hating me. But the others found out that I was in prison and I don't think they knew the reason why. I feel sort of unwanted, you know? I mean maybe Rinto needs me a little but not really and I don't think Rin really thinks about it.
Though something about her attitude towards me is…different. She actually talks to me and not just one word conversations. She also seems like she enjoys hanging around me, either that or she's just faking it to get close to me and hurt me like Kaito did.
I never did explain the whole situation between Kaito and I, did I? Well now's story time!
Okay when Kaito and I first met, I was just starting my relationship with Miku and that was back in sophomore year of high school. He had just moved to the area so Miku and I thought we would be nice and talk to him and let him hang out with us. All through the rest of high school and the two years of college we all took, we were all best friends. Little did I know, they were both meeting behind my back. Then, the year after we all got out of college I found out Miku was cheating on me.
Then Rinto came to the prison to talk to me and he told me that Kaito told him his whole scheme. So it turns out Miku and Kaito have known each other for very long and they dated before I was dating Miku and then they split and Miku moved to where we are now and she started dating me. Then when Kaito moved here, he still had some feelings for Miku and she did too. So he befriended me the most to get to Miku.
I blame them both equally for what happened. Miku could've broken up with me then and dated Kaito again. I would've been hurt and probably angry at Kaito for a little bit and then got over it. But nooo. They just had to do everything behind my back.
Jeez, storytelling is tiring. I curl up in a little ball under the soft covers and I close my eyes and hope to find a good day tomorrow.
-Time Skip-
A few weeks have passed since I got out of prison. Nothing much happened on those days except Rinto going to work and Rin came to visit a number of times. I didn't run into any problems so over all, I've been pretty good.
It's nearing Halloween, one of my favorite holidays! Only a few more days until it arrives so Rinto, Rin, and I have been shopping for candy and decorations. Rinto wants to throw a costume party and he's forcing me to participate. Rin told me the other day she "has just the costume!" for me.
I hear a knock on the door and hop up from the couch. I open the door to see Rin standing with a bag in her hands and a smile.
"I have your costume~" She sings and skips into the apartment. I grin and close the door behind her, "Is Rinto still at work?"
"Yeah, he'll be home soon though." I say and her face lights up.
"Oh goodie!" She chirps, "Now, take this and go try it on." She hands me a ball of clothing and a small bag. I walk into my bedroom and start undressing and getting dressed into the costume I was given. I look in the mirror and…oh dammit…
Apparently, Rin's idea of a perfect costume for me is black cat ears, a black tail, a black leather turtleneck half shirt, black jeans, and a fluffy orange scarf. I walk out of the bedroom with my best poker face on.
"Really?" I say and she just starts giggling.
"You look so cute~!" She smiles and pats my head, "Oh! A few more things!" She pulls out a small bag, grabs my wrist, and drags me into the bathroom.
"What're you doing?" I ask as I see her pulling out make-up from the bag.
"I want you to look exactly how I envisioned it! And you had make-up on in this vision, so suck it up." She announces, trying to put eyeliner on me.
"I don't want make-up on!" I say trying to dodge her and running around the apartment.
"Come back here!" She instructs, chasing after me.
Since I'm dressed like a cat, why not try to act like one for the moment being. I start hopping on the couch, still trying to get away from Rin. I run into my bedroom, running around and over the bed and then running into the living room again. I hear Rin giggling behind me and she tackles me to the ground.
"Got you now~" She chuckles, but I flip her off of me and pin her to the wall, holding her hands above her head, both of us panting.
I hear the door open and we both look to see Rinto standing in the doorway with a poker face on. He just turns around and walks out, closing the door behind him.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?" He yells bursting back through the doors and I let go of Rin, "Care to explain, Len?"
"I-It's not—" I start but he cuts me off.
"AND WHY ARE YOU DRESSED LIKE A KITTY?" He asks, flailing his arms around in the air.
"It's the costume Rin made for me for Halloween, and SHE WAS CHASING ME AROUND WITH MAKE-UP SO I HAD TO DO SOMETHING." I say.
"Oh~ Make-up? That's sounds like fun! I'll help you Rinny." Rinto says and puts on a maniacal smirk.
"N-No!" I yell but Rinto already has me on the ground.
"Have the make-up on, or no bananas for you." He threatens and my eyes widen… not my bananas…
"You wouldn't…" I grumble.
"I would~" He sings, "NOW LET RIN PUT THE MAKE-UP ON." He says and lets me up. Rin giggles, grabs the make-up, and grabs a chair.
"Sit please." Rin says putting on some black framed glasses and getting the eyeliner and starting to apply it to my face.
-Time Skip-
"Done!" Rin straightens her back and gives me a thorough look, "Come!" She grabs my wrist and drags me into my bedroom in front of the mirror. I look to see a fake lip piercing, black lipstick, eyeliner, and a paw drawn on my face.
"Oh I almost forgot something!" She says, digging in her pocket and pulling out a fake earing with a fish skeleton dangling from it. I look at her with an ultimate poker face.
"Do I really have to wear this at the party?" I whine.
"Yes! Don't worry, I'm going to wear one similar to yours. We look similar so I think it will look good." She smiles and I can't help but smile too, "I'll come over early to help you get ready too."
"Okay…" I sigh, "Can I take this off now?"
"NOT UNTIL I GET A PICTURE!" Rinto blurts out holding his phone, "Now hold still…" Click!
"You better not put that on Facebook…" I mutter.
"Do late~" He sings.
"SEND ME BACK TO PRISON!" I yell, running at Rinto who squeaks and starts running. Rin just stays behind and smiles.
-Time Skip-
"CARVE THAT PUMPKIN FASTER!" Rinto cheers and I grunt.
"ART TAKES TIME, MAN." I respond and bite my bottom lip. I continue carving the pumpkin and in a matter of minutes I finish my masterpiece. I take a step back and look at it.
"Wow. Where'd you learn to do that?" Rinto asks and looks at me. The carvings I made were of merry-go-round horses all around the pumpkin.
"I dunno." I say. Rinto reaches for his pumpkin and starts carving it, "What're you going to make?"
"Something." He says and continues to carve the pumpkin. I smile and walk into the bathroom to wash the pumpkin guts off of my hands. That was my least favorite part when carving a pumpkin, de-gutting it. It always stung my fingers and it felt weird.
I walk back into the living room to see Rinto already done. I look at the pumpkin and, wow, I never knew he had such talent for this stuff. The design that was carved onto his pumpkin was of a dragon standing up and breathing fire, wings spread. And this was no derpy dragon; this was like one you'd see in those movies like Eragon.
"What do you think?" Rinto asks with a smirk filled with pride.
"That's…amazing. When did you get so talented with carving pumpkins?" I ask.
"I dunno." He says, "BUT we have a busy day tomorrow, we need to set up for the party and all that great stuff. So let's get some shut-eye."
"Uh, shouldn't we clean up the pumpkin stuff first?"
"Oh yeah. We probably should." He replies and starts putting the carving knives in the sink and I start throwing slivers of pumpkin in the trash and we finish quickly. We both walk into the bathroom and brush our teeth and walk our separate ways to our bedrooms, "Goodnight Len."
"Goodnight Rinto." I say and close the door to my bedroom and change into the some pajama pants and no shirt. I crawl into bed and fall asleep quickly.
Okay! Finally done. Sorry again for taking so long, I had testing all week at school and everything is kind of crazy. But hopefully I'll be able to get the next chappy up soon. Don't forget to R&R!
Mochi BE GONE! *snaps fingers, smoke appears and I disappear*