Chapter 6

Its not what you think

Len sighed and went upstairs.
"Aoki?" He said passing by her room. He looked in and saw she was asleep on top of her bed.

He went closer and sat by her. She was asleep and didn't cover herself with the blankets. Len took the blanket and covered her so she wouldn't be cold.

He looked at her once more. "She's kind of cute.." He thought to himself and smiled. "Oyasumi~" He whispered in her ear and got out of her room, closing her door.

He walked into his room and looked at his phone. No messages. He looked at his window and closed the curtains. He looked at his desk and saw an unfinished song he had started.

He took a pencil and finished it before it was time to sleep. Len looked at the time and noticed it was a bit late already. He left everything as it was and went to sleep.

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Aoki woke up and saw there was a blanket over her. "That's weird.." She said outloud.
She got up and saw a banana Peel on the floor. "Len?.." She asked herself. She put on her Uwabaki (Japanese indoor shoes), picked up the banana Peel and walked to Len's room which was closed. She kneeled down and slipped the banana Peel through the door.

Len was sitting down on his bed playing a game in his phone when he suddenly saw a banana Peel slip through his door. "The heck?" He thought. He stood up and opened the door. Aoki was kneeling down, making sure the banana Peel was in the room.

"Wasn't me." Aoki said standing up. "Then who was it?" Len asked.

"Yoko." She said smiling.

"Who's Yoko?" Len asked in confusion. "the bird outside my window!" Aoki said pointing to her room.

"Okay. it was Yoko." He said petting her head.
"Hehe.." She giggled looking down.

"Is something wrong?" Len asked. "Not at all." She tilted her head curious of what Len's room looked like. "Come in if you want." He said, letting her in.

"I cant.." Aoki remembered how Miku said she had to stay away from Len.
"Any time you want to come in, no need to ask. It's not like I don't know you." He pet her head again.

"Okii!~" She said walking back. "See you later!~" She said running to her room.

'She's pretty cute..' He thought.

"Kaito! ~ Get me an orange for my birthday!" Rin yelled hugging him downstairs.
"I just bought you one yesterday.." Kaito said.
"Bro, I want a banana!" Len yelled walking downstairs.

"We already have plenty.." Kaito pointed toward the kitchen.
"Should we get the road rolla~?" Len and Rin both said happily.

"Fine, I'll get you guys bananas and oranges for tomorrow." Kaito said smiling.
"No, it's ORANGES then bananas." Rin said evilly.

"Okay okay." Kaito said petting Rin.

"Hey Aoki! You can come down to eat if you want!" Len yelled.

"Be there!" Aoki responded as she looked at the window in her room.

"Are you really going to go?" Miku said walking into Aoki's room. "Are you going?" Aoki asked as she saw Yoko fed her little birds. "Whether I do or not it's none of your business. See your little bird friend? You can go live with it if you want." Miku said and walked away.

"See Yoko? they're so mean to me." Aoki sat down on the floor and looked down.
"They're not all mean." Yoko said from it's nest.
"Well.. I guess." Aoki looked to the side of her room where there was a kotatsu. "I guess I can eat here." Aoki looked around her room and saw that Len had left a banana. She peeled of it's skin and took a bite. "I could live like this." She smiled and sat down on her kotatsu.

"Shota!" Miku yelled to Len. "What?" He said eating with Kaito and Rin. "Aoki won't be coming. She wasn't feeling good." She said and smiled.

"Aoki?" He suddenly looked up. "Yeah!" Miku sat by him and took a leek. "I'll be right back." Len said standing up and going upstairs.

"Hey Rin-Chan!" Miku said. "Ohayo!~" Rin smiled and waved with her hand, across the kotatsu from where Miku was. "Guess what I just found out?" Miku looked at Kaito and smiled.

"Does this have anything to do with me?" Kaito said.
"Just a bit." Miku split her leek in half and pointed at him.
"What?!" Rin looked at Miku scared.
"Aoki-chan likes Kaito." Miku pointed at Kaito again and smiled. "Aoki...chan? It couldn't be..." Rin looked down sadly. "She told me herself. Just don't tell her I said so. She wanted it to be a secret between me and her." Miku looked at Rin very seriously.

"But.. I think that she's closer to Len then she is to Kaito. It doesn't make sense." Rin said. "If she's playing with him.. I don't know." Miku said.

"And I'm not here ..huh?" Kaito said looking at Miku with slight anger. "Shh." Rin said putting a finger in front of her mouth as she looked down.

"Aoki, are you okay?" Len said walking into her room.
"Yup!" She said smiling and took another bite of the banana. He sat on the other side of the Kotatsu and looked at her. "Is anything wrong?" Len asked again. "not really.." Aoki looked down. "something tells me there is something bothering you. You can tell me if you want." Len looked at her straight at her eyes. She looked up and saw that he was waiting for an answer. "I feel... sort of left out." Aoki looked at the unfinished banana. "Well, if you don't try making friends you won't feel any better." He said.

"But.. I don't think they'll like me." Aoki looked up and looked at him straight in the eyes.
Len saw the way she was looking at him and felt like he was turning red.
"Well, you have me."He said looking away.

Aoki giggled. "Why are you giggling?" Len asked. "Is something wrong?" Aoki said returning the question. "not really.." He said turning a bit more red. "It's okay you can tell me." Aoki giggled again and waited for a response. "Aoki your funny aren't you?" He said laughing.
"I hope!" she said.