A/N: Short chapter, but one I think you'll all like ;) I'm currently busy doing some training for work. Let's hope I get a job from this! *EXCITED*

Chapter Nineteen

Kaito watched Kagamine-kun's back as he walked on ahead. Neither had said a word, not because they we're arguing or anything; he just didn't know what to say. What was he going to say? How was he going to approach this topic? Clenching his arm tightly, Kaito peeled his eyes away and stared at the world that passed him by with each step. The lights were slowly flickering to life and the sun begun to set behind the houses. The sky was lit up in a beautiful orange colour that slowly smudged into the dimming blue sky.

"I'm glad Hibiki is feeling better," Kagamine-kun suddenly said, startling Kaito a little.

"I guess…"

He couldn't see Kagamine-kun's face so he didn't know how he reacted. Kaito glanced away again, sighed and stopped walking.

"Len…?"

Kagamine-kun stopped and turned around to face him, a questioning look on his face. He looked cute with a puzzled look. "What's wrong, Shion-senpai?"

Kaito opened his mouth then changed his mind. Instead he asked: "Why am I to only one you address as senpai?"

"Because you are?" Kagamine-kun asked immediately, looking even more confused. "What else would I call you?"

"Kaito?"

Kagamine-kun stared at him blankly for a minute then went bright red. "I-I can't call you…call… I can't call you by your first name! That's disrespectful!"

"It would if I was a stranger… but I'm your friend, right? Why can't you just address me as Kaito?"

"I-I can't!"

Kaito frowned. "Honestly, I feel as if you're putting me at a distances by addressing me as Shion-senpai; kind of makes me feel as if you don't trust."

Kagamine-kun looked embarrassed and glanced away, clearly unable to meet his eyes. "I-I suppose I could… try… to call you…" his voice trailed.

"It's pretty easy, want me to teach you?" Kaito asked, trying to lighten the mood. He even grinned.

Kagamine-kun didn't smile back. "…S-Senpai… is something bothering you?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Because you've been quiet up to now. I have this feeling you were going to ask me something else… what's bothering you?"

Kaito looked away again, crossing his arms defensively. "Nothing's bothering me-" -except everything. Except for all the secrets you're hiding from me… for all the secrets everyone else is hiding from me when it comes to you. I want to know everything… I don't want to be in the dark anymore.

"Something is," Kagamine-kun pressed. "I know you, Senpai." Kagamine-kun begun to chew his lip nervously. Did he always hold his body like that? Kaito never knew that Kagamine-kun held his body in a way that also told him he wanted nothing to do with Kaito. Defensive, untouchable.

Kaito shrugged, walking forward and past him. "Doesn't matter; come on, it's getting dark and I still have my stuff to get from your place."

"You could just get that tomorrow."

Kaito stopped walking, turned back and looked at Kagamine-kun who hadn't moved an inch, but at least turned around to look at him. "You said it was fine earlier… what changed your mind?"

Kagamine-kun looked away. "…No reason in particular."

Liar! Kaito narrowed his eyes slightly. He'd be treading on dangerous territory if he asked, but he certainly wasn't going to drop this. Not again, not anymore. "You were pressing me about something, so I damn well can press you now. What's the problem with me going back to your place all of a sudden?"

"No reason," Kagamine-kun shrugged. "I didn't say there was a problem."

"You implied it."

"I didn't," Kagamine-kun said, suddenly defensive. He looked like Kaito had offended him in some sort of way; not that Kaito knew what he'd done, exactly… except press him. Fair was fair. If Kagamine-kun was going to press him about things, he could do the same!

"You did! You said I could come by tomorrow. You implied you didn't want me going back to your place."

"I didn't!" Kagamine-kun snapped. "I suggested it. You said it yourself. It's getting dark!"

Well, he did; but that wasn't a good enough of a reason. "The more we dilly-dally around, the darker it will get."

"Well, I wasn't the one who started to argue."

Kaito felt his brow twitch. Since when was Kagamine-kun so snarky. Narrowing his eyes, he turned back around and stomped off.

Kagamine-kun opened the door to his apartment and let Kaito in first. Neither had said a word to one another, both clearly in a grumpy mood. Kagamine-kun stood near the door, making it clear he wanted Kaito gone as soon as possible, though Kaito purposely dawdled. "You know," Kaito began as he searched his bag for his train ticket. "I feel kind of left out."

"Why?"

"Because Hibiki and Aiko seem to know something I don't… and I really, really, don't like that!"

"It's nothing," Kagamine-kun said, leaning against the wall beside the front door.

"Nothing?" Kaito snorted. "Oh sure, it's nothing. That must be your favourite word to use, because it's always nothing?"

"Why the hell are you being an asshole about it?"

Ouch! "I'm not."

"You are; you're being an asshole!" Kagamine-kun snapped out. He looked frustrated, which was exactly how Kaito.

"Ok, do you want to know my problem," Kaito asked, turning to him. "My problem is that I feel like you don't trust me at all. You're putting me at such a great distance yet you're letting everyone else close to you. My problem is what your problem is with me."

"I do trust you."

"No, you don't;" Kaito snapped out, feeling hurt. "You don't trust me at all. Not one bit, otherwise you'd let me on this. I thought I was your friend?"

"You are," Kagamine-kun replied. "You are my friend."

"But not one you trust."

"I didn't say that."

"You implied."

"I did not!" Kagamine-kun cried out. "I never implied it. You're just making that up to make yourself like the victim. It's not easy, you know; it's not easy talking about things that affect you on such a personal level."

"You know about my legs."

"By accident," Kagamine-kun pointed out. "You said it in your sleep; that's completely different."

"No, it's not," Kaito replied. "It's not different. I told everyone else about it as well."

"After Meiko-san mention it and I had that outcry."

"That wasn't any easier, Len! That was still a difficult thing to do!"

"Why are we even having this conversation," Kagamine-kun threw his hands up, fed up with everything. "All we do is argue!"

"Because you're being stubborn! I'm worried about you!" Kaito snapped back. "Of course I'd get angry, I want to protect you!"

"You can't protect me," Kagamine-kun cried out. "This is my problem. Mine and mine alone!"

Was he serious about this? Kaito growled, a deep low growl. It was time. He knew it; it was time! "Damn it, Len! I'm in love with you! Of course I'd want to help you!"

Maybe Kagamine-kun hadn't heard it straight away because he opened his mouth to make a remark, stopped, stared as his eyes widened with shock. "W-What?"

"I'm in love with you. I have been for… I don't know, since I first met you. I may have not noticed it until recently, but it's the truth. I am in love with you, Kagamine Len!"

A/N: Did anyone notice that last chapter and this chapter Kaito was subconsciously calling Len "Kagamine-kun" instead of "Kagamine-chan"? Next chapter is gonna be a very long chapter so it will take some time. I am meant to be on hiatus... but I just couldn't resist xDDDDDD