Hi people! It's been a while. Sorry for that. School has been terrible. I think you can all relate to that. Anyways, I bring to you, on this Christmas day, a new chapter of Contests! I hope you like my present to all of you! Merry Christmas! (If you celebrate it) and Happy Holidays to all!

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In other words, I was busy with a bunch of work. Hehe, sorry!

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Have any of you seen Kyoukai no Kanata?

Alright, I guess that's enough questions for now!

Yeah, but I hope you enjoy this chapter and I hope to edit that other chapter sometime later.

Happy Holidays!

Len's POV

"Kaito, what are you doing?" I asked. I opened the door to his bedroom and found him hiding his CHOCO CHOCO DELICIOUS! ice cream in some kind of secret department.

"Oh, hey Len!" He exclaimed while quickly turning around. "I'm not doing anything! Why do you ask?" he said trying to sound casual.

I rolled my eyes at Kaito's attempt to hide the secret department. As I was closing the door behind me, I muttered, "Hurry up and hide that before the maids come. I'm sure our parents won't be happy seeing whatever's in there."

He grinned and did as he was told, "Thanks for keeping the secret!"

"No problem," I responded while walking over to the large sofa. Grabbing the TV remote on the coffee table, I turned on the TV to the news channel with low volume. They were broadcasting yesterday's photo shoot of the suitors. Polls for the most attractive suitor had already been set up by the public. I swear, they all were crazy.

Kaito tip toed over and leaned on the sofa headrest with a sly glint in his eyes, "Anyone catch your eye?"

I shook my head, "No, not really. I haven't even formally met all of them."

He sighed and nodded. Glancing towards the screen, he noted, "The results for my suitors are up. Some of these ladies are attractive!"

I looked directly into his thoughtful eyes, "Please tell me you're not thinking anything dirty."

He rolled his eyes, "Len, Lenny, Len-Len. I'm not that much of a pervert!"

"Yeah, you are that much!" I replied. "And don't called me those weird nicknames."

He threw a pillow at me which I dodged with ease. I was about to boast about my wonderful skill when another pillow hit the back of my head. Glaring at Kaito's smirking face, I picked up several cushions for ammo. I strategically made plans of where to hit Kaito at certain places of the room. A small evil smile tugged at my lips. This would be perfect.

My genius thoughts were interrupted when I heard loud knocking on the door. I quickly put the cushions back and turned off the TV. Kaito gestured for me to throw the pillows back at him. I threw back each of the blue pillows in hope that we would make in time before the person entered the room.

The knocking continued, but it was even louder than before. I grabbed two books from Kaito's bookshelf and put one down on the coffee table. I opened the one I kept to a random page and started pretending to read it. Kaito gave me a thumbs up before opening the door.

Our father stood there looking slightly miffed, "How many times do I have to knock to get your attention?"

"I was reading a book, father. I was so absorbed into the wonderful story, to the point that I didn't notice any noises. Forgive me," Kaito replied smoothly.

King Shion sighed, "I see."

He peeked into the room to see me 'reading' a book. "Ahh, I see you are here, Len."

I smiled, "The contest is a little overwhelming so I thought I'd relax my nerves with Kaito."

He nodded in sympathy. "I remember when I was in your position. Do not fret for I understand how you feel. I hope you both choose the right suitor. A suitor that will make both you and the country happy."

"I'm sure we will," I replied.

Our father looked satisfied with my answer, "Enjoy your free time."

He gave us one last look of sympathy before leaving. Once we couldn't hear his footsteps against the old wood of the castle, Kaito closed the door.

"That was close!" Kaito said.

"No kidding." I replied while walking over to the bookshelf to put away the books.

"Did you really come here to 'relax your nerves' with me?" Kaito laughed.

"Please don't say that. It sounds disturbing coming out of your mouth." I blatantly stated.

He grinned and and opened the door. "Len Kagamine wants to relax his nerves with me!"

"What the heck did you just do?" I demanded in anger.

He laughed, "It's alright Len. No one's really going to believe it."

"If that wasn't true, I would kill you right now." I growled.

Kaito smiled cheekily and looked at his clock, "We have to prepare ourselves to meet the ladies now."

I looked towards the clock and sighed, "You're right. Let's go. Meiko's going to kill us if we're late."

"No kidding," Kaito agreed.

Rin's POV

"Len Kagamine wants to relax his nerves with me!" someone shouted.

I would've thought it was a fangirl of the prince, but it was undoubtedly the voice of a guy. I supposed there were some gay guys who liked Len. Wasn't security supposed to take care of unauthorized people in the castle? I sighed and decided that there was no point thinking about such a useless topic.

I got off my couch with a sudden burst of energy after doing nothing all day. Miku and I were planning to visit the library. TV was fun, but books were a totally different thing. I walked out my door and locked it with my key card.

"Miku? You ready yet?" I called. I was pretty sure she could overhear me through the door.

I heard her footsteps as she ran to the door. Miku opened it with a big smile on her face, "Yep! Let's go!" she said and locked her door as well.

We started walking in a random direction. "So, where's the library?" Miku asked after a couple of minutes of silence.

I paused, "I don't know."

She looked horrified, "You don't mean you're going to tell me..."

"We're lost," I confirmed.

Miku searched her pockets to see if she had her phone with her, "I don't have it."

I checked to see if I had mine. I whipped it out and quickly dialed Oliver's number, when I found it. Unfortunately, I got a text message informing me that I was out of money for my prepaid plan. "No good," I moaned.

She sighed, "It won't do us any good to panic. Let's just look around and see if we can find some help."

"How are you so calm?" I asked.

She shrugged, "I just thought of the most logical thing to do in the situation. It's to stay calm."

My eyes narrowed, "Who are you and what have you done to Miku?"

She rolled her eyes, "I am Mikuo Hatsune, Miku's twin brother. I'm also a guy dressed up in a wig." she said.

"I knew it," I said nodding, like it all made sense.

Miku sighed and walked ahead of me, "Come on Rinny."

I scowled, "Don't call me Rinny!"

She smirked and continued walking, "Rinny! Rinny!"

"Miku stop it!" I ordered.

She stuck out her tongue, "I'm not Miku, remember" She paused, before saying "...Rinny?"

Cracking my knuckles, I was ready to strangle her. Her eyes widened to size of saucers as she took a few slow steps back. Those steps quickly transformed into a run.

"Miku. I'm going to kill you!" I screamed as I started pursuing her.

"Catch me if you can! I'm the gingerbread man! ...I mean woman!" She yelled back.

I facepalmed. This girl didn't always act her age. I wondered how she passed the college exam.

I noticed I was gaining too much speed so I tried slowing down. Quickly, I learned that the shoes that the palace had given me weren't meant for running. They started slipping off my feet and onto the marble tiles. I tried slowing down, but I kept sliding from the lack of friction between the slippers and perfectly polished floor. In the end, I fell backwards and landed on my bottom..

"Oww," I groaned, rubbing the area of pain.

Miku, who seemed to be struggling with the shoes as well, was sliding right into an empty knight suit with a spear directly positioned in front of it. I panicked and kicked off my flats. If we made a mess of things I was sure that it would be 'off with our heads'. Running at full speed, I tackled her right when she was about to hit the suit of armor.
"My hero!" she cried, throwing her arm around me.

I punched her on the shoulder. She winced. "Now I know that you're the real Miku. She does a lot of stupid stuff." I stated.

Miku scowled, but didn't protest. "Thanks for the save."

I smiled, "What are best friends for?"

"Bailing you out of jail?" She questioned.

I grinned, "A, we're too amazing to be in jail. B, if we were in jail, I'd be in there with you."

She returned the grin. "How could I ever forget that?"

"I dunno," I said while looking towards the ceiling and crossing my arms against my chest. "You've offended my trust in our friendship."

"No! Don't! Rinny, give me another chance!" she cried.

"I'm not sure if I can do that Miku…" I paused while pretending to contemplate. I looked off into the distance. "I don't know if I-I can trust you anymore..."

"Rin, please!" she begged. Real tears from her wide blue eyes were threatening to seep out.
"I-I'll give you another chance," I said pretending to think about it a lot.

"Thank you Rin!" she said. Her tears were spilling now, but they were 'tears of joy'.

Miku gave me a hug and I hugged her back. She was about to say something when we heard someone clapping from behind us. We froze, both shocked and embarrassed. I could feel my face burning up.

I turned around to see Meiko with Prince Kaito and Prince Len. Prince Kaito looked deeply moved by the performance. Len smiled with an amused expression. Meiko, on the other hand, was bursting with laughter.

"You guys are adorable!" she said when she finally caught her breath.

"T-thanks" Miku stuttered. She was the color of a ripe tomato.

"Oliver told me that you two were interesting, but that was brilliant!" Meiko continued.

I didn't think it was humanely possible, but I turned even redder. "Sorry." I mumbled and looked down.

"I'm not scolding you both," she said shaking her head. "I think I like you guys even more now!"

We looked at her in shock. I knew the extent of our weirdness. It was limitless. Compliments were unheard of to us. "How?" Miku asked, baffled by Meiko's actions.

Meiko shrugged, "I like how you both are being yourself even in a fierce competition."

We looked at each other in realization. That explained why we dressed similarly! I felt happy that Miku didn't want to change for the sake of the competition, but I supposed her reasons were completely different from mine. After all, she did have a little crush on Prince Kaito. My feelings for Prince Len were nonexistent, unless you considered hate a feeling for him.

"Oh! Right. I need you two in hair and makeup now. You'll be seeing the prince's in three hours," she said.

We titled our heads to see the princes behind her. "Um…" Miku said pointing at the them..

Meiko gestured at them, "Pretend that these kids were never here."

"Okay," I said. They were about to leave when I shouted, "Wait!"

Prince Len and Prince Kaito paused to turn around. Confusion was written over both of their faces.

"Please forget that you ever saw th-that scene," I sputtered.

Kaito grinned, "Nope! Sorry, I don't want to." He winked at Miku who turned red once again after having her face return to its normal color.

Len just smirked, "I'll think about it."

They continued walking away from us. My face grew hot with anger and embarrassment. I wanted to kill them both.

Meiko saw my murderous expression and laughed, "Come on, Rin. Let's get you ready to meet the Prince for the 'first' time," she said.

"I wonder if he'll be a jerk," I replied sarcastically.

She squealed, "I already know who I'm going to ship for this competition!"

I didn't know why, but I felt like that was bad news.