Chapter 6 - Photo Shoot

Len's POV

"Len…"

Oh no… Not this dream again… I looked over at the boy who had called my name. He had thick round glasses, a navy blue sweater that was clearly a couple sizes too big, faded blue jeans and black Converse shoes. He also had the same blonde hair I had, the same shade, the same hairstyle, the same cerulean eyes hidden behind two circles of thick glass…

I hate him with every fiber of my being.

"D-Do you miss me, Len?" His stupid stuttering voice…

"No," I gave him a look of disgust, "not even a little."

He closed his eyes, an almost melancholy look creeping on his face, "Things were a lot s-simpler when I was a-around, huh? Not having to pretend to be s-something I w-wasn't."

I gave him a glare, "I hate you, I never want to go back, EVER."

"But," he gave me that look he always gave me whenever we have this conversation, that infuriating sad look, "I'm the r-real y-you…"

"You WERE."

He started to cry, and I hated it. He's so weak… He gave me a disgustingly strained smile, "Len, a-are you-" A sob, "tr-truly happy this way?

I nodded, showing absolutely no doubt or regret in my words, "Yes, I'm truly happy without your useless self."

"Wh-what about R-Rin?"

My eyes widened. "E-Excuse me?"

He smiled a weak smile that made me want to slap him across the face, "Sh-she'll find out… About y-you and y-your l-lies…"

I want to wake up so badly. C'mon, Len, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up-

"Y-You're not w-waking u-up anytime s-soon, L-Len."

I glared at the stupid boy, "Shut up, I know I'll wake up!"

"LEN! YOU BETTER WAKE YOUR SORRY SELF UP OR I'LL THROW THE COVERS OFF OF YOU!"

"Is that Rin?" Old Len answered me with a nod.

"Uh-huh," he smiled sadly at me, "I guess this is g-good-bye 'till n-next t-time."

I glared, "Yeah, whatever."

At this point, he dissolved into dust and disappeared (good riddance), along with the rest of the black abyss.

I woke up with a rush of cold air, "Oh, what the-"

"That's what you effing get," I glared at the blonde as I threw my legs over the side of my bed. Ah~ I wonder what mom's cooking tod-

A snicker fills my ears and I look over at Rin with a questioning look. "What?"

Aside from Rin trying to hold in her laughter, it stays silent for a good five minutes. But I'm not really one to be patient, so I glared at her and asked, "What's so damn funny?"

At this point, Rin let out her restrained laughter as she said, "D-Dude… Nice boxers…!"

I raised a brow and self-consciously looked down.

Oh God, kill me now…

"GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"

I glared over at Rin's direction; a thing I've been doing a lot of since she came here. "Will you stop?!"

She snickered, and I had to refrain myself from slapping her across the face. "I wish I could have a memory wipe. I seriously do. Then again, that was just too damn funny. I mean," she stops to eat a bit of her orange-covered pancakes (ew, gross) and then continues, "who in the world wears banana-covered boxers with smiley faces on the-"

"You wear banana boxers with smiley faces on them? Dude, that's so you, it's scary."

I could feel my face get warm as I turn around to see none other than Mr. Idiot. But, I'm not going to let him get away with it. Oh hell no... Which is why I smoothly say, "Says the guy that sleeps with laughing ice-cream-covered girl shorts."

Oh, if I had a camera so that I could have the picture of his face to blackmail him with... "TH-THEY'RE NOT GIRL SHORTS, OKAY?! It's not my fault Miku got them a couple sizes too small..."

The second sentences was mumbled, but I still picked it up. And it was funny imagining Miku giving Kaito that kind of stuff. He he...

"DUDE, IT'S NOT THAT FUNNY, GET UP FROM THE FLOOR AND STOP LAUGH- NOT YOU TOO, RIN!"

"Will you people keep the noise down?! God, you teens are giving me a headache!"

I try to stop my laughing, but...! "G-Good m-m-morning, mom...!" Oh God, am I crying?! I need to pee...!

I can barely look at my mom's angry face. It's just... Too funny! I can't breathe...!

"Len, you barely touched your breakfast. You better eat 'cause we're leaving in a couple minutes."

Upon hearing this, I immediately stopped laughing. "What?"

I said nothing as mom frowned and sat herself down on one of the chairs. "Don't you remember? God, I reminded you like a billion times!"

... The hell is she talking about?

"I don't remember you telling me anything," I turn back towards my delicious banana pancakes and start eating. "Where we goin'?"

"Your grammar's atrocious, isn't Aoki teaching you anything?" Whatever. "Anyways, we're going to get you some new clothes. You have a model shoot today at five."

"PFFT!"

OH, WHAT THE- EWWW... I cringed as I looked over at Rin in complete disgust. "RIN, WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH YOU?!"

She giggled in that annoying way of hers and said, "Shota here's a model? Oh God, that's rich! I mean, what kind of girl wants to see such a muscle-less, toneless, completely over-of-the-top vampire white-"

"ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT!" I'd never admit this, but... That really hurt me deep, man!

I saw Kaito, who had suspiciously wandered into the kitchen only to come back with ice-cream, nod in agreement from the corner of my eye. Now, I'm seriously angry. "She's right, bro. Every time you go to the beach, I see not even half a percent of muscle on you. In fact, I'm not even sure you can lift even one-fourth your weight."

Rin and Kaito laughed while I just turned around and kept eating my breakfast. Jerks...

"Oooh, now try to- YES! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANT FROM YOU, BABY!"

Modeling was one of those things that came easily to me. However...

"Yeah, work that Vampire White skin tone, Len!"

Keeping up a grin while wanting to punch Rin in the face was a WHOLE other thing entirely.

"Don't pay any attention to her, Lenny," the only one in the world that understood how hot I am, the amazing SeeU, said as she kept snapping pictures of me. "You kinda remind me of Kurusu Syo-kun from Uta no Prince-sama~"

"Thank you, SeeU-chan(even if I don't know who the hell Syo is). I'm glad somebody understands my sexiness." I looked at Kaito and Rin for a reaction, and the first one to argue with me was none other than the ice-cream-brained idiot.

"Dude," he took his shirt off (which, by the way, was the LAST thing I thought he'd ever do in here) and put on a black vest and a loose tie, both of which came out of MY wardrobe, thank you very much. Anyway, he did a little spin and winked over our direction, a bouquet of blue roses magically appearing on his right hand in the process. "Y'know I'm sexier than you are."

I was about to say that no, it wasn't even theoretically possible, when SeeU gasped in amazement (causing me to do the same, but out of horror) and pointed the camera towards the idiot. "Can you do that again, please? My boss'll be super happy if I get your shot for the front cover!"

"SEEU!"

Oh, I'm about to kill somebody... But no, she just ignored me and kept on taking pictures of the ugly dope. Front cover my butt. I made the contract so I'm positive to go on the front cover of Vocalia Magazine. The idiot's an eyesore, I swear it!

"SeeU-chan, shouldn't you go back to taking photos of Hiyama-san?"

Everyone, myself included, turned to look at the now-open door. A girl that looked older than pretty much all of us stood with her right hand placed on her hip, a warm smile on her slightly-freckled face. "Well? Hiyama-san didn't sign that contract for nothing."

I turned back towards SeeU, who had a childish pout on her face. "But Kaito-kun here's just as gorgeous as Len-kun! Can't I take pictures of him, too? I mean, he does have a rather nice built while Len-kun-"

"DON'T YOU DARE, SEEU! I'LL END THE CONTRACT AND TAKE THOSE CAT EARS ON YOUR HEAD AWAY FOR GOOD MEASURE!"

I glared at her as the shocked girl put her hands up to said cat ears in defense. "MY PRECIOUS! YOU WOULDN'T DARE...!"

Did...

Did she just hiss at me?

Oh HEEELL no-

"Somebody grab him!"

I twisted around in Rin's arms (I know, I can't believe it either) as I tried to make a grab for at least SeeU's wavy locks. "Let me go! Nobody insults me and gets away with it! Let. Me. GO!"

"Woah, dude, chill," at this point, Kaito tried to restrain me as well as SeeU ran off to hide behind the girl that just entered. "Y'know we're just teasing you, right? We're all sorry, now calm down! It's not that big of a deal!"

My lungs feel constricted as I looked up into the eyes of my tormentor. He had a hideous smirk on his face, one that could compete with even the Cheshire Cat's mischievous grin. The food I had for lunch twists and turns inside my stomach, making me feel uncomfortably nauseous. He kicks me once more, and I swore I would've thrown up, had it not been for my will to not do as such.

"You're so weak, Hiyama." He looks down at me, those frightening amber eyes filled with so much hate... Hate for me. "Your body has got to be the scrawniest thing I've ever seen. But, it makes it easy to do this!"

He kicks me several more times, his companions eventually joining in on his 'fun'. The vile and stomach acid clogged up in my throat made me feel no better, and all I wished for was for me to sink into an endless abyss of rest and never, ever wake up ever again-

"LEN!"

I take a breath and immediately reach for my stomach, refusing to let him beat me up ever again. "Go away! I've had enough of your sick games, Dell!"

Taking another deep breath, I look around the room to see everyone's shocked faces and, for the first time since that day, I ran. I don't even care about the photo shoot nor the fact that my mom would become incredibly angry when she finds out I ran off. I just...

I needed to think everything over.

A.N./ I know I haven't updated much recently, and I feel extremely sorry for not posting this sooner. You see, school's becoming a pain in my behind. But, as my homeroom teacher says, "The more you know, the less crap you have to take." XD Ugh, I also went into some kind of 'literature depression' in where I refused to write or read anything. It was kinda weird, and I have no idea on what it was that set that off... Oh well. :/ I'm back now, so that's good, right? c: And, as you can see, my writing skills have gotten better! x3 I still have much to learn, though!

B.L: He's blushing 'cause he knows he'd into Rin-chan but he won't admit to it... TSUNDERE ALERT! XD

Yandere Yangire Lover: I'm so glad you like it! I try to make this story funny so my readers will enjoy it more, and thank you for the compliments! x3

LlamaTaco: *gasp* It was 42, how did you know? O.o (Naw, I'm just kidding, it was 4x something something yadda yadda xD) Kiyoteru's age will remain a mystery in this story unless I decide to tell it. ;) He's not that old, though, so don't worry! Also, I made Neru, the famous tsundere, Len's aunt for a reason. owo

Kireina Yume: Mmm... Not gonna say anything for now, so all I'll say is... Maybe. x3 Thanks~

LucyHeartfilia125: It did kinda sound like that, huh? x) But, no, there won't be anymore Rin-chan suicide for a long time...

MizuneMinamiki: When I said advanced math I actually meant Algebra, but that makes no difference next to Calculus, huh? cx I do admit it was a HUGE accomplishment for me, but... I wrote a chapter for another story that was almost 4K words~ CX I was so shocked that I celebrated! Stuff may or may not happen... Things can go far with Rin-chan. xD

Esther Yao: Updated~ I'm sorry for keeping you waiting for so long... TnT

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