"We're here!" Rin sang as she let go of Miku's hand and ran ahead of her. Miku quietly gasped at the sight. The girl's house was a mansion!
"Miku-Chan~," Rin called. When Miku walked closer, Rin said, "This is my brother, Len."
Her brother, Len, looked exactly like Rin. The only difference between the two was his blond hair was styled into a ponytail. Instead of a dress he wore black shorts and shirt with white ruffles on the chest, and his socks were black and orange stripped.
"It's nice to meet you," Miku happily said to the boy.
"No, it's nice to meet you," he said as he took her hand and kissed it. "Would you like to come in?"
Miku nodded. She had to stifle another gasp when she entered the children's home and noticed that the mansion was unbelievibly bigger on the inside than it was on the outside. "Where are your parents?" Miku asked.
"They're gone," Rin laughed in a way that sent chills through Miku's spine.
"But they should be back at sunrise!" Len quickly threw in, as if he were in panic. He straightened himself and calmly said, "How about we have a snack? Does cinnamon sticks sound good?"
"Do you have syrup?" Miku asked, eyes lighting up at the mention of sweets.
"Only the best!" Rin cheered as she ran off to the kitchen, or so Miku assumed. The blonde came back quickly with a tray of cinnamon sticks, tea, and, of course, syrup.
"This looks delicious!" Miku said, smelling the sweetness of the delicacies. "And smells so good, too!"
As she she reached for a cup of tea Len asked, "Would you like some cream?"
Miku, who could never once turn down sweets in her entire life, agreed in a heartbeat. After Len added the cream, Miku sipped from the cup and tasted what seemed too good to be true. "Hmmm, this all taste so good!"
"I'm glad you like it, Miku-Chan!" Rin said, using the friendly honorific over the polite one. "And about that game, would hide-and-seek be okay?" she asked rather sheepishly.
Miku didn't understand why the girl was being so shy about the game request. "Any game is fine by me. If you want to play hide-and-seek, then hide-and-seek it is!"
"Really?" Rin's blue eyes lit right up. "Just one problem," she almost whispered, "neither of us know how to play hide-and-seek."
"How do you not know how to play hide-and-seek?" Miku asked with disbelief, chocking on one of the cinnamon sticks. All children know how to play hide-and-seek, right?
"Other kids never saw us as worthy playmates," Len said in a voice that scared the living daylights out of Miku. "We were always cast aside while everyone else played as if we weren't even there."
Miku could understand what these kids were going through. Since none of the kids had ever wanted to play with her, Miku had to be her own best friend and play with herself all the time. "Well, no worries!" she declared as she stood tall. "I'll teach you how to play."
Rin jumped up and hugged Miku's waist tightly. "Thank you so much, Miku-Chan!" She looked up at her. "Oh! You got a little syrup on your face." She then lifted up a finger and wiped Miku's cheek. "All better!" she chimed.
"So how do we play?" Len asked, eagerness written all over his face.
"Simple," Miku said, "you hide and I stand here and count to one hundred. After I finish counting I have to try to find you, and first person to be found has to be the seeker next."
"Sounds easy," Len said as he nodded confidently.
"You'll never find me!" Rin declared with a high pitched laugh.
"Okay," Miku said, "here I go." She covered her eyes and began counting "One. Two. Three." And so on until she reached one hundred. It was hard finding the children in such a big house, but the two enjoyed the game so much they had Miku play with them for four more rounds. Miku even went as far as to teach the children tag and red light, green light, her favorite games as a child.
"I'm feeling a little sleepy," Miku said hours later as she held her head as Rin excitedly bragged to her brother how much better she was at most of the games than he was.
"Would you like to take a nap?" Len asked, aware of Miku's statement.
"I don't want to trouble you," Miku said quietly, not wanting to over-stay her welcome.
"It won't be any trouble!" Rin sang. She then grabbed Miku's hand. "Come with me, I'll lead you to a nice room."
Miku was pulled from the parlor and up the stairs. She followed Rin all the way to a spacious room.
"Sleep here as long as you like," Len said, surprising Miku because she didn't know that he had followed so closely behind the girls.
"Okay, thanks," Miku said. This children were somehow off to her. Sure, they loved to play like any other child, but the way they looked at her made her feel she should be afraid. Very, very afraid.
Rin, holding Miku's right hand, and Len, holding Miku's left, led her to the bed and continued to hold her hands until she had drifted into a deep, dreamless sleep.
Author's Note: Gah! This chapter seriously sucks! I promise the next chapter will be better. Maybe not good, but better. I'm sorry for my awfulness. T-T
You know what? I haven't done a single review response in forever. I think I'll do that for this fanfic! :)
HarmonianTraveller: Thank you!
zhane17: Is this soon enough? :3
XxNeptunexX: Thank you.
nekopyon: Oh really? Well write it, kid. Write it! XD I'm pretty sure any scary thing you write will keep me up for nights.
rt: Yes, Rin-Chan is fourteen, but when writing this I thought fourteen was a little too old to be called a child so I made her and Len-Kun a couple years younger. Twelve, in my opinion, works better than fourteen would have.
Review if anyone wants me to talk to them! If not, well that's cool too. Your choice.
-Ray