Facing the Consequences
Summary: I didn't have the slightest idea as to why she always waited for me late at night, healed my wounds and always gave me a scolding the instant I wake up. It was a regular routine, but why did she think it was okay to leave?
An update? Oh shoot. It's almost as surprising as a Tales game localizing! Shamefully advertising: Tales of Graces F on the PS3. OHMYOHMYOHMY.
Over six thousand words (though that's only because of the plethora of author notes at the bottom).
"Hey Rin," I started while we walked towards school together for the first time in a long time. She picked up her head, drowsiness was still apparent in her eyes while her head was subtly nodding up and down. "Why are you being…er...friendlier to me now?" I just had to know why. Why, all of a sudden, was she talking to me without hesitance or anxiety after our first big fight that happened a while back? I would've thought she'd hold a grudge against me because, after all, I was the one who promised to stick by her.
She gave it some thought and yawned loudly. I sweat dropped, oh thanks a lot sis.
"Eh…I dunno…I guess…" she paused, yawned and then smacked her lips together while stretching her arms. "It's because I reflected on what you said and well…" She shrugged. There was a lot of pausing in what she was explaining. It was like some dramatic moment on some television show where the heartwarming yet suspenseful music would start playing to bring in more of an atmosphere.
"Mind hurrying it up?" I pushed and she sent me an annoyed glare, which shut me up – amazingly.
She stopped her stretching and swung her arms by her sides. "Well I thought that I was being an ungrateful brat who pushed everything on your shoulders. I know, totally out of character of me to admit that I was wrong, but I was. You went through a lot for me and I should've been nicer about it since you didn't really enjoy your own life." I was left speechless by her sudden revelation. So then…
"Why did you start avoiding me?"
She shot me a look of confusion, almost as if I was supposed to know the answer. I shrugged in response, wearing an expression that was completely and utterly clueless. I can't read minds, she's lucky I could read the atmosphere most of the time. Then Rin brushed her hair over her shoulder, grumbled a few words under her breath and gave me a gaze of complete dullness. Well if you don't wanna say anything then don't say it! …Even though I'm really curious.
"What do you think?" I was contemplating it, then my sister shot her hand up at me and silenced whatever I was going to say. Before any minds start to wander, I was going to say that I thought that she decided to live her own life without me being involved. It's probably because I thought that she'd hate me forever after my huge tirade of her practically taking over my life.
Anyone would be mad at something like that, right?
"Forget the question, I know it's probably you thinking that I was pissed off and wanted to live without you being involved." She hit a bulls-eye with that remark. "You are right though, I was pretty pissed off, but I got over it after some sleepless nights. I was thinking of a way to try to apologize to you about it, but I thought that a simple apology wasn't going to work."
"It could've…" I mumbled with a shrug as we continued our walk. By the way, we took the long way there. It was just two more streets than the direct way to school. "I am pretty simple-minded, if you could so kindly remember the times that Meiko's called me that."
Rin giggled and I grinned. This felt nice, having a regular sibling relationship, that is. I've only seen these on television and with the type of relationship I had with Rin prior to the recent events, I never really thought about how it would feel like.
"Anyway, continue on." We made a turn onto another road. A few people passed us by, some were on foot, chatting energetically on the side walk. There were others who were jogging and listening to their music players and only one or two were on bikes, riding to school.
"Yeah so…I was wondering how I could make it up to you and when Meiko was giving you a hard time, I thought that helping you would be the best first step in mending our relationship…" She quieted down, almost as if she was cautiously looking over all of her previously said words. Then Rin gasped lightly and a look of panic struck itself on her face. "Of course, I didn't really stick up for you just for that."
"What?"
"You're my brother, and siblings need to stand up for each other, right?" she questioned and I hesitantly nodded, confirming her. She smiled and then her cheeks puffed up in frustration with her fist gradually clenching around the bag's handle. "Also, Meiko was seriously pissing me off. What's her problem anyway? She always gets upset if something involves Miku, and then Kaito and Anne have to try and calm her down!" Rin shook her head and I started getting nervous. I knew the reason why they were nerved whenever Miku was present or mentioned.
As said before by Kaito, they were the reason why Miku's brother died.
"Y-Yeah…" I murmured cautiously, trying to hide any signs that I knew about it. Rin would probably hassle me as to why and how I know. She'd probably start interrogating me on things I don't wanna say and how it's none of my business to have learned.
"Any idea why they'd get all frazzled when it concerns Miku?" she questioned and I laughed nervously, while pushing her towards the school building. "H-Hey! Len!" she protested, flailing her arms around while I kept pushing her nearer and nearer to the learning facility.
"Sorry, Rin! But we're late!" I lied and kept shoving her, creating a small pathway inside a huge crowd of people. "Outta the way!" I demanded roughly, Rin was still yelling at me, but I happily ignored her. I could hear people whispering around us, but whenever they did, I cleared my breath and smirked at them devilishly. They staggered back, probably surprised that I could hear them due to the noise level outside the school building.
When we got out, I gave one final push to Rin and she slightly stumbled on her feet. She landed not-so-gracefully and held her skirt down, afraid that anyone was going to see her privacy. I rolled my eyes. I wasn't interested, but I did feel the sudden brotherly protection that I kept under wraps. Just because I didn't care, didn't mean that the other dogs in this school didn't. Uh-oh…brotherly affection was on the rise. Rin puffed her cheeks and smacked me over the head with her bag.
"Jerk!" she cried out, stomping her foot while yelling incoherent words that I could care less about. A short summary of all of them translated that I was being a jerk for pushing her around without a good reason. If you add in a few more insulting words then you'll get the full read of what she's saying.
"Yeah, I get it, I'm the biggest jerk you've ever dealt with," I muttered tediously and yawned. I guess I was pretty tired too.
She tapped her foot and relaxed her shoulders. "Whatever, you don't belong solely to me anymore, so you can do whatever." She placed her hands behind her head, her bag weighing down her back. Then her eyes caught something from behind me and I turned. There I discovered Tei nervously and happily approaching me, along with other girls glaring at her presence. I sweat dropped, I completely forgot about Tei during our conversation. Rin made a huge, exasperated sigh, almost as if she was disappointed in me about something.
"What?" I asked while returning to her with a scowl etched on my face.
She rolled her eyes and gave me an accusing glare. "Oh don't mind me, I mean, just because Miku isn't here doesn't mean you have to go around leading other girls' hearts astray."
"W-What are you talking about?" I paused and slapped my hand over my face. "Are you talking about Tei? We're just friends."
"Of course you are," her tone had no doubt laced in it, but I was still unsure. She's been having some major mood swings in how she's been interacting with me so I was still kinda edgy around her. "Because your heart only beats for Miku." I cringed and she laughed. "I still kinda hate her, but I know that you don't, and as a sister, I should be supportive. So yeah, you have my blessing."
"What?" I exclaimed angrily. What is going on her mind right now? Was she right in the head? "Rin, you're jumping to conclusions again!"
She scoffed and I scowled. "Yeah, I was before, but you know I'm right about this one. You can't deny your feelings; you're an open book!" The bell went off before I could retort back and Rin grinned in delight. "Anyway, I gotta go." She was about to leave, but it looked like a thought occurred in her mind. "If you see Miku again, tell her that she should come home; I wanna apologize to her."
"S-Sure…" I was dumbstruck. Rin was actually growing up and taking responsibility. Was this really our Rin? She was really growing up when I wasn't looking, wasn't she? She stuck out her tongue, spun around and started running towards the school freely. I watched in her a daze; it was almost as if she was finally acting on her own will, like she broke down several walls to get to where she is now. Several people started flocking towards her and a grin cracked on my lips.
I guess it was my turn to grow up, huh.
"Kagamine-kun, we have to get to class now," Tei called out, breaking my train of thought.
"Right," I agreed and started moving along with my hands behind my head. Tei started catching up with me, landing on the same pace that I was on and started telling me something that happened to her recently. "Eh? That so?"
She nodded happily, almost having some sort of lively glow on her face. "Yes, the teacher says I've improved on singing," she said, stutter free. I had to grin, this was a good change. Rin wasn't so wrecked anymore, so that was one broken girl down. Tei was getting better now, so she was almost off the mental list and all there was left was Miku. She's always on this strange personality swing so…I gotta see where she is on the scale. Was she broken, in need of help or was she completely fine and I was merely jumping to conclusions?
She was a cryptic puzzle.
"Kagamine-kun," Tei called out in panic and I groggily picked my head up. I guess I fell asleep during the teacher's lecture on this poem they found so phenomenal.
"…Yeah?" I croaked and sluggishly picked my head from the desk, feeling sore. I stretched and heard several cracks ringing from the room.
"U-Um…" She fidgeted and played with her ghostly colored hair. I made a swift glance around the room and saw that almost everyone was gazing to where I was situated. Tei looked completely pale – more so than usual – and her eyes were slightly widened. In short, everyone was rubber necking to where I was sitting and gaped like a fish. If I wasn't so tired, or not me, then I would've been deathly curious as to why and what they were staring at.
Strangely enough, there were people fawning and screaming at the door too, having their cell phones out and possibly in camera mode. I know I'm pretty popular and all, but this was some pretty serious attention I was getting.
"Over here," a boy called and I snapped my head to the most obvious direction, the first place I should've looked, and that would be: right in front of me. When I finally did, a boy with white hair and heterochromatic eyes had a serious and distasteful look on his face. It almost looked as though he was bored with what he saw and I didn't necessarily take it to heart. He didn't look like anything special so I have no possible clue as to why people were making him being here a big deal. Unless there were some of my fans here mixed in the other gaping fish—er students.
"Hey Tei," I called, looking towards her and briefly ignoring the boy in front of my desk. "Who is this guy?"
There was a collective gasp that went around the room. People began whispering and I could tell that this was going to be the latest gossip at the moment. Len Kagamine doesn't know who this white-haired kid was! Oh what a tragic way to live!
Tei fidgeted on her seat and twiddled with her thumbs. It looked like she was ashamed of my question as well. Oh c'mon, Tei! Here I thought that you out of all people wouldn't judge me.
"Th-That's Piko!" she mumbled loud enough for me to hear. I nodded slowly, still not understanding why he was so significant.
I heard the Piko guy sigh in exasperation. "You really are slow, aren't you, Kagamine-kun?"
"How does Piko know him?" someone in the room whispered – well more like spoke in a normal tone. No one here knew how to whisper anymore.
"Are they affiliated?"
"No idea."
"Do you know why he's here?"
"No clue, I thought he had a concert in Osaka."
"I heard that too."
"I have tickets there!"
"Piko! I love you!"
I slapped my hands over my face and grumbled into them. Annoying fans. I just wanted to enjoy my nap! Wait…fans? Eh…Piko… Piko… It's starting to sound familiar and then I snapped my fingers in realization, causing a quieter tone in the room. I scanned the white-haired boy; he was wearing our uniform, not as sluggishly as I was and his hair wasn't as messy either. He looked proper, but had a prideful air surround him so…
"No clue of who you are," I blurted out carelessly and shrugged. Tei sighed and quickly shut her mouth with panic scribbled all over her face. "Now, go away so I can enjoy my lunch break." I waved my hand at him, second guessing myself if it was evenlunch break.
Several people gasped at what I said and I mulled it over in my head. Can't these people tell that I don't enjoythem watching this? If I wanted to make this public, I'd have it televised or recorded or fed to the internet or whatever.
"You really are an imbecile," Piko retorted and I shrugged. This was nothing compared to what Meiko says when she's in a bad mood. It occurs to me that Meiko is a really big pain in my life, sheesh, it's like having an older sister or something; not that all older sisters are bad or anything, just needed to use an example – I can't think of any right now, you got me.
"I know that," I huffed and leaned back on my chair. He slammed his hands on the surface of my desk and Tei flinched, backing her seat away ever so slightly. "Would you go now?"
He glared at me while I gazed back.
"I'm really hungry, Piko, so please move." He didn't and I scoffed. Stubborn boy. "Okay, just to please you… What does the great Piko want with a little citizen like me?"
"I wanna talk about the Joker."
That shut up my sarcasm.
"So glad you're happy to oblige."
It sounded like his sarcasm had some bite in it.
"Len! Len!" Rin cried out while I flipped to another channel on the television. I tore my eyes from a commercial on the channel I landed on and replaced my line of vision onto my sister. She had disbelief all over her face and it looked like she was debating something in the dark recesses of her mind. It was either that, or she was trying to annoy me.
"What?" I've been saying that a lot recently.
"Y-You met Piko!"
Oh him again? I resumed watching TV, ignoring the ball of disbelief that was hovering beside me. She jumped onto the other cushion of the couch and I tried to shrug away her intent stare; it was really easy by the way.
"Len! Tell me what happened!" she demanded and started shaking my left arm like crazy.
"H-Hey!"
"Tell!"
"R-Rin!"
"NOW!"
"Stop!"
"LEN!"
"What's all the commotion?" Meiko's question rang in the air and both of us froze. The monstrous being loomed over and we looked up at her. She looked dead tired, her hair was messed up and her clothes were in disarray. "I'm trying to sleep and this is how you respect one of the people looking after you?"
"Sorry!" We chorused, glanced at each other and burst out laughing. Wow, twin telepathy was a strange thing. It was safe to say that Meiko was confused with the way she raised her brow at us, silently questioning our actions.
After a moment of silence and her crossing her arms under her chest, she grumbled. Then she fixed her baggy jersey and shuffled away, after muttering how much of a lousy pair we were. I stuck out my tongue at her fleeting back, ready to make a retort until Rin pulled me back into our previous conversation before it got interrupted by the older lady. She had that air of determination flaring in her eyes and I sighed, exhausted with the Piko hype.
"So what's up? I didn't know you knew big celebrities." She fell back, comfortable on her cushion while I grabbed the remote and resumed flipping through channels.
"I didn't even know he was a celebrity in the first place."
She gasped and I rolled my eyes. Again with Piko; what was so important about him?
"He's the biggest male artist as of right now!"
"Oh…so…what?"
She scoffed, rolled her eyes and flipped her hair over her shoulder. Ladies and gentlemen, my sister is a freaking typical teenage girl and I didn't realize it until now. This new development will definitely be the death of me once we somehow grasp the living of a normal life.
"Andfor some reason, he wanted to talk to you."
"…Can you get to the point?" She scoffed again and gave me a crossed look. "I'm slow, please spare me," I stated sarcastically and again, she rolled her eyes with disdain.
"Whatever, okay so Piko is this big singer who sings duets with this guy Seki—"
"I know he's a singer, Rin, there's no need for a fangirl's back story of the guy."
"Pfft. Fine, stay ignorant."
"I happily will, now if that's all that needs to be said then—"
"Oh hold up! We're not done here!"
I groaned in annoyance and relinquished my deathly desire to resume watching TV. Although, there was nothing special on, I just felt too winded from the talk I had with Piko today. I didn't think any higher of the guy at all, but he struck a very twisted cord when he mentioned Miku. Oh wow, I just realized that Rin is the only one who's not affected whenever our previous maid is mentioned; another new development to make quite the impression when it comes down to it.
I could feel her intent glare suffocating me and I sighed, turning off the TV and dropped the controller on the coffee table, hearing it clank against it. "Okay fine, I guess I'll tell you," I murmured and finally took the time to look at her. She looked incredibly ecstatic.
"About time," she commented with a displeased scowl.
"Hey, I've been spoiling you all your life, you don't have to act like such a diva," I replied nonchalantly as usual while sending her a scowl which morphed into a smirk when her own expression twisted into one of revelation.
"Fine!" she stated with rosy cheeks, embarrassed that I caught her with a simple remark.
I smirked proudly, finally rid of that being said. "He said he's been watching me for a long time, fell in love, and wanted me to go on a date with him," I told her with the straightest face possible. It was hilarious to say that her face dropped and soon it was painted red. She slapped her hands on her cheeks and was as flabbergasted as could be. I restrained my mouth to stay in a straight line, but I was enjoying this too much. It wasn't every day that I could make a joke like this, especially to Rin.
"R-Really? S-So…" Oh, she's stuttering now… I kinda wanna extend the joke further now to see her reaction. "…Then he really is going out with Sekihan!" she exclaimed with excitement on her face. I grimaced. …That's not where the joke was supposed to head into. Her eyes sparkled and I felt dread taking hold of me; I didn't know Rin was into that kind of stuff. I guess that explains…it explains nothing; I was merely trying to think of something else other than her weird fetish or hobby or whatever it's called.
I coughed into my fist, afraid that this was going to continue, and had to do it again to get her out of her strange girlish fantasies. "Eh…no." I paused and saw her dazed face turn into one of disappointment. "First things first: That was a disgusting thought, and second: I was kidding."
"Oh…" She puffed up her cheeks and glared at me. "Jerk! You don't joke about that kind of stuff!"
I rolled my eyes. You can, but you just don't wanna explain your sudden personality change.
"What really happened then? No more joking, okay?" she demanded and I just shrugged, nodded and agreed in a reckless manner.
With I sigh, I hesitantly started telling her my tale in the shortest way possible. "Fine, no more joking; Piko wanted to talk about Miku for some reason, apparently he thought I knew where she was."
"How would he know about Miku?"
My eyes started to wander around the room, frustrated. I don't like the kid, thus I don't like telling stories about him, even if this was my first one. "I'll just tell you the whole story then."
"So I'm guessing you're not one of those celebrities who shine a smile and act polite to win everyone over?" I commented with a smirk, acknowledging the fact that Piko wasn't very subtle with his dislike towards me and everyone that blocked the pathway leading to the roof. He'd say a nasty comment at every twist and turn, either because I said something sarcastic and he'd combat it with a blunt remark. How'd someone like him get so famous with everyone here, anyway? Even I was nicer to the others than he was.
"People can pretend all they want, I just wanna live life the way I want to live it," he replied, never looking back at me as we traversed up the steps to the rooftop. He graciously swung the door open and somehow it was bizarrely empty. Students usually gathered on the rooftop during break, right? …Unless this wasn't a break… Did he drag me out during class?
"Hey, is class still going on?"
"Yeah." So blunt. This guy was definitely not celebrity material at school. Wait, why didn't our teacher stop us? "I didn't want to be hounded by students and teachers during break and I have no idea where you live, so confronting you during a lesson was a fine idea at the time," Piko explained. He suddenly spun to face me, then he waltzed passed me and kicked the door shut. I gaped at that.
"H-Hey!" I exclaimed and a gust of wind brushed past us. He turned around again and gave me a serious look.
"I don't like interruptions, so let's get down to business here."
"S-Sure…" It looked like he was taking charge of things and since I had no idea what was going on, I guess I allowed him to without realizing it. He leaned against the door, putting his hands in his pockets and made a quick scan of me. I froze, unsure of what to do while he stayed silent. "…About erm…the Joker?"
"Yeah." He broke eye contact, twisting his head to face east – eh…west? I don't remember, my head's still sorta jumbled from his personality – and his white hair brushed against his cheeks. "Do you have any idea where she is?"
Eh? There was some sincere worry in his voice and it made me cringe. "…No…" I answered in a low and deep tone. "Why?"
"It's none of your business to know my reasons, is it?" Piko snapped back and I flinched. This kid had a serious attitude problem, so maybe he is a celebrity after all. I wouldn't doubt it now that I had a good talking with him, but if he didn't shut his mouth right now then I'm ready to punch him until his personality changed. He pulled out one of his hands from his pockets and started twisting a few strands of his white hair. "Are you lying to me?"
"I could be," I mused and cracked a grin, folding my hands behind my head. "It's none of your business to know my reasons, is it?" I think I saw him cringe at what I said. Oh this was just too good!
"You're skating on thin ice, Kagamine."
"Oh I'm so scared!" I cried, feigning fear of course. This kid looked like a ghost with his feminine features and thin body. I was practically born fighting on the streets so I highly doubt he could do any fatal damage on me. "But fine, I'll be serious," I informed, shrugging casually and shoving my hands into my pockets.
He didn't respond for a few seconds and resumed twisting his hair strands. I acknowledged that as a force of habit, probably used while he was frustrated or something. "Okay, be serious."
"Tell me your reasons first; I can't freely give you answers if it had anything to do with Mi—The Joker getting hurt." I almost said her name! I don't even know if this kid wanted her dead or alive or if we were even referring to the same Joker at all. Kaito and Leon once said before, 'If you wanna win a situation, it's a good idea to take a cautious approach' or something like that; that's the gist of what I got from their lectures anyhow.
He gave a look of recognition and I guess I should be welling up with pride if the great Piko finally recognized me as a human being. It's a really nice thing to know, y'know?
"So you refer to her as Miku? I guess I can give you a degree of faith in what you're going to say," he told bluntly, thus, I was confused. So…because I knew someone's name, meant that I could have a smidge of trust; I guess that's how his world rolls, mine was not like that.
"Er…thanks?" It was questionable as to whether or not give gratitude for his ambiguous statement. Piko suddenly stepped away from leaning against the door and gave me another quick scan. Should I feel nervous, violated, what?
"So you want to know my reasons?"
I nodded. "That'd be great, I guess?" I murmured, unsure of the sudden apprehension that befell on my shoulders.
He smirked and it sent a chill down my spine. This guy was giving me the impression that he liked freaking people out. "Well, Miku-chan told me to be nice to you guys so…" I'm guessing he either admires her, likes her – I cringed at the thought of that being the reason he was curious of her whereabouts – is close with her…maybe he stalks her and lost track of her and thus wants to find out by asking me. "Whatever you're thinking, stop and also, rephrase the inaudible commentary," Piko informed with disdain in his voice and expression.
I winced; surprised that he could figure what was going on in my head without me saying anything. "Uh…okay…?"
"I'm in the same business as Miku-chan, Crypton, y'know, the modeling agency you and your imbecile pack took your photo shoots in." It didn't even sound like a question, it sounded like it was a demand for me to remember every miniscule detail of what went on in that agency. I'm not making it sound like a chore; I have a very vivid memory of what happened there. No, it's not because of Miku or anything. …Back to what Piko was saying. "I guess a better way to phrase it is 'Ku-oneesama', but I didn't want to be part of the sheep she's herding around the studios."
Ouch. This guy wouldn't know respect if it—
"I don't like getting off-topic either."
And there went a fact unfinished.
"I'm madly in love with her, and if I don't know where she is then I'll go crazy looking for her." His face was serious and his eyes were intent as he explained his reasons as to why he was looking for her.
"W-What?" I, accidentally, exclaimed. I backtracked and tried to keep my cool, raking my hand through my hair and looked at Piko. A smirk was on his face and he started laughing, much to my displeasure. So he was playing a joke on me, eh?
"Yeah, you're definitely the jealous type," he noted with a Chesire Cat smirk version. "Now that that's out of the way, I guess you were telling the truth that you didn't know where she was."
"How'd you get that? A-And I'm not jealous! Why would you think I was jealous?" It occurred to me that I was spluttering all of these defensive remarks and questions in one breath, which, much to my chagrin, made Piko laugh once again. His laugh had the traits of both a female and male's voice, which made me extremely curious as to how he could hit both ranges. Maybe that's why he's famous?
He shrugged his shoulders and I fumed in response.
This conversation was going nowhere, fast.
"I'm not an imbecile, that's how."
I sent him a glare, which he coolly brushed off as if it was nothing.
"Besides, she already has affection for you, and I don't bother girls like her; I just hate getting into a messy love triangle with an imbecile and a girl with a revenge-complex." He scoffed, and decided to continue while I shockingly allowed him to. Revenge-complex...? What was he talking about? "I keep telling her to get over the past and start anew, that is what I've been doing after all. She probably still thinks that Vocaloid—"
"Vocaloid?" I questioned. That was…the club Leon and Lola ran, right? They ran a club before getting into some sort of gang war and that's when Leon lost his life and Lola had a hold on hers. "What do you know about Vocaloid?" I demanded, pushing him against the wall and holding the collar of his shirt.
There was a shocked look on his face as he stared down at my clenched fist holding his shirt and then he waved it over to me. I could feel that my face was twisted into probably what I was feeling right now. A distorted pool of emotions were gathering and increasing within me: apprehension, confusion, curiosity…anything that relates to those three words perfectly described my inner being. I pulled at his collar once more, harsher, more desperate to know what he was talking about.
Vocaloid meant something about Leon and Lola, which meant that there was something important left in Vocaloid…that meant that there… My eyes widened. This could be a childish thought and a desperate grasp of having the alien feeling known as hope in my life, but…
Piko smirked, and grabbed my hand. "Hey Kagamine," he called, breaking my thoughts once more. I looked at him, this time with serious attention, and watched his devilish face smile evilly up at me. "Did you know that absence makes the heart grow fonder?"
"W-What?"
"What I mean is…" He paused, his eyes glinting with mischief. "Are you ready to face the consequences of your dear uncle, Leon?"
Apologies once again for being late with an update. This was actually done...about a week or two ago, but it was on a computer that didn't have internet service, then just today my dad found a flash drive to use and I finally got this uploaded!
Piko being a jerk? What was I thinking after writing him to be such a sweet soul in Selective and Sweet? Oh right, I thought it'd be nice to make him have a completely different personality (for some reason, I can see him like this like how I can see Len having tsundere qualities). Yes I had to reference to Pico (the actual singer) and Sekihan only because some of my friends are fans of the two. Two, in particular, are...ugh...fans of them being paired together; I'm not, I do enjoy listening to them sing together (Their vocal range is AMAZING).
Rin explains her part of why she's been like this, Piko starts to uncover what's happening and Len is receiving news that have their own degree of vagueness with each passing moment.
Just to make things clear:
Kagamine twincest dismissed? Seem's fast? Slow? Strange? Unrealistic? TELL TELL TELL.
Rin and Len are in good terms now, it does seem pretty fast-paced, doesn't it? If it does, please tell me so in the next chapter I could explain it all or something...
Ugh, great, a cliche? Really, Ventus? I thought you knew better than to toss in cliches in a fanfiction! Especially one like this! BAD VENTUS! I hope you do some explaining in the next chapter as to why you toss in a celebrity in a school where the main character and major characters attend!
No! No! No! It's not true! Please! They're lies, I swear I wouldn't insert such a cliche as that in this kind of fic! Pl-Please I can change! He's actually not a cliche, he's part of the plot, I promise! He was originally in the plans anyway, but he molded his own personality; what a jerk. It'll be explained in the next chapter...maybe.
Did he just say Leon? OH SHEESH. HE DID. HE FREAKING DID.
Yes, yes he did.
Okay enough playing around, I guess I can tell you some of my ideas for what I have planned for next chapter:
For those who have read The Forest Chase (A SF-A2 Miki x Mikuo fanfic), it's heavily based on Little Red Riding Hood. I thought about referring to another little Tale that I somehow found fitting for a certain aspect of this story. You'll find out about it next chapter and see a returning character talking about it. Symbolism, tons of it. ...Blame my AP Language Art Lit. summer reading.
By the way, I'll probably be updating faster with this, then see if I can get to Whatever it Takes (Len x Miku) when FtC is done and finish up Three Reasons (Miki x Kaito fic).
~Ventus