Dreams
"I'm sorry. I can't make it... for your first debut. Your costume... I'm sorry... I've no time to do it for you at all."
"Len..."
"I'm sorry."
Chapter 15: Her Stay
Rin opened the drawer and eyed longingly at her one and only cigarette pack inside. She closed her eyes and shut the drawer close. Shaking her head, she opened it again and stared at her little treasure with lots of tension drawing out from her. She looked away, gritting her teeth furiously, then she looked back with beady eyes.
"Fine! I'll smoke when I'm outside!" Rin took the packet and threw it into her luggage. "That senile cab driver won't know if I secretly smoke outside. Anyway, I won't be smoking in his apartment."
She grinned evilly and snickered with her mouth covered, trying to prevent her parents from hearing her. She grabbed her pillow which was lying on the floor and picked up her luggage before leaving her room. Her parents were still in the foyer, as if expecting her to appear sooner or later. But it was true. She had already made up her mind to leave this household until she decided to return.
"Rin, that luggage..."
"I'm sorry." Rin bowed to her parents again. "As promise, I'll leave here unless I couldn'tt live up to the bet. Just three months... I am going to do my best."
Her mother's eyes widened as she stood a step forward and cried, "You couldn't be that serious, Rin! Three months? What can you actually do within that short period of time? Models don't get famous within a blink of an eye! Think realistically, Rin Kagamine! Just listen to us! We're providing everything for you! With us, you can be famous in many other areas. You don't have to be..."
"Being a model isn't about being famous," Rin interrupted. "You don't understand anything, Mummy!"
"If you want to leave here, just leave! I don't want to see your face anymore!"
Rin and her mother turned to look at the fuming man who was pointing at the door. He was panting heavily with his fists clenched tightly.
"Get out! And chase the air!"
Rin tightened her grip around her pillow as she was trying to refrain her tears from coming out. She was not sure if she was scared, sad, or relieved, any of which could be the reason why she felt like crying. Putting that aside, she forced a grin and bowed again.
"Thank you, Daddy." She straightened up and headed towards the door, then she turned around to have a last look at her distraught parents. "Please inform me when ALICE Studio calls. Thank you again."
With that, she left with tears in her eyes as she had a smile plastered on her determined face.
-:-:-:-
"I'm so stupid! Why didn't I think of that?" Rin shrieked and hit her head against the wall many times while Len and his mother just stared at her in disbelief. "My parents cannot contact me even if ALICE Studio calls my house number! I'm so stupid!"
"Ha! Stupid," Len mocked and snickered softly, but his leg was immediately kicked by Rin.
"What am I going to do? What if... what if I'm not meant to be a model at all? Fate set me up like this so that I must forgo this dream."
"You're just thinking too much, Dear." Len's mother tried to calm Rin down. "Besides, I'm sure there is another way to go about this problem."
Rin turned to look at the woman and asked curiously, "Like what?"
Len's mother rubbed her chin as she wondered aloud, "Maybe... call the studio..."
"Ah!" Rin shouted and stood up enthusiastically. "You're right, Ma'am! Why didn't I think of that? I think I've the office number. I will directly call the staffs and tell them about my alternate contact number! Thanks, Ma'am!"
"Sure..."
Len leaned against the couch and questioned in disbelief, "How did you even make it into Law Studies?"
"Hmm?" Paying no attention to his words, Rin picked up the house phone and looked at Len quizzically. "Did you just say something?"
"No, maybe it's just the wind," he shot back sarcastically. "And whose contact number are you going to give them?"
"Yours, of course."
"What? Hey! Not my handphone number!" Len cleared his throat and glared at her. "Wait... do you even know my handphone number?"
"Oh yeah..." Rin scratched her head in embarrassment and started laughing awkwardly. "So... what's your contact number?"
Len's face fell and hit against his palm, letting out a soft groaned as he muttered, "I am not telling you."
Upon hearing that, Rin's jaw dropped.
"You... you... you..."
"Dear, why don't you use my house number instead?" Len's mother wrote something down on a small strip of paper and handed the paper to Rin. "Here you go. You can use it."
Rin blushed and whispered, "You... don't mind?"
The mother smiled warmly and replied, "Of course, I don't mind. Unlike stupid Len."
Len cleared his throat again, glaring at the two sniggering ladies in front of him. Rin quickly dialed for the office of ALICE Studio and almost immediately, someone picked up the call.
"Hello, this is Rin Kagamine, one of those who applied for the audition. I'm sorry that I have to make some changes in my personal particulars..."
"Oh... It's Rin Kagamine," a familiar monotone female voice was heard over the line. "I think I called you this afternoon but a man told me that you aren't interested in the audition."
"Eh? You did call?" Rin was shocked and looked at Len with a desperate look. "My parents didn't tell me anything."
There was a brief silence before the woman continued, "So, are you still interested?"
"Ye... Yes!"
"Good... the date of the audition is..."
-:-:-:-
"Don't you think it's prudent for a man to allow a girl to sleep on his bed?"
"I knew it. I should have left you alone."
"Hey! What do you mean by that?"
"Because of you, I have to sleep on the couch. Go home, Miss."
"Because of you, my parents ditch me! Take responsibility, young man!"
"I want my pillow back..."
"There! You can have it! I have brought mine along."
"Hey! Don't throw... Ouch!"
In the other bedroom, Len's mother cringed upon hearing a loud slam coming from her son's room. Ever since Rin had stepped into their lives, the house was very noisy. One could hear Rin's shrieks and shouts, mainly due to Len's teases and stubbornness. And she had to act as their middleman to prevent them from starting childish quarrels. Yes, childish was probably the right word to describe them. They were like elementary school children, arguing over minor stuffs like the bed.
She got out of bed and opened the door, only to see Len lying on the floor with a pillow covering his face. The door of his bedroom was closed too. Well, it was obvious that Len was chased out of his own bedroom in the end.
"Len, go and sleep in the living room," she said sternly. "Be a man."
Len immediately removed his pillow and stared at his mother with puppy eyes. "Not you too, Mum."
Her eyes narrowed at her son and she repeated slowly, "Be a man."
Len cringed in annoyance and sat up cross-legged with his arms crossed.
"The two of you really look like siblings, looking so alike and always getting into useless fights. I wonder if fate does pull us together to live like a family." His mother chuckled and slowly closed the door. "It's good to be noisy, but not this late, children. It's really past midnight and our neighbours might complain."
Then, she closed the door, leaving Len sitting on the floor, sulking.
"And now, she treats us like children," he grumbled and looked at his bedroom. "Fine... I'll sleep on the couch. Are you happy now, Miss Kagamine?"
Having received no response from Rin, he stood up and headed towards the living room. Meanwhile, Rin was pressing her ear against the door with a flustered look. Did Len's mother just say that they looked like siblings? Of course, she did! Rin shook her head and moved her head away from the door.
She cupped her reddened cheeks and muttered softly to herself, "Len and I... siblings..."
She giggled and leaned her body against the door. She could not believe it. She was staying at Len's apartment and sleeping in his bedroom. She bet that it was every girl's dream to sleep in a hot guy's bedroom.
Hot...
She immediately stood up and banged her head hard against the nearby wall.
"Rin... that senile cab driver is no hot guy!" her voice came out coarse but soft enough for herself to hear only. "As if it's my dream to sleep in his bedroom!"
She stomped towards the bed and sat on it while hugging her pillow. She scanned the room. His room was surprisingly neat for a boy, except for a small box situated near a wardrobe with lots of things sticking out of it. Curious, Rin put down the pillow, walked over and took a look inside. There were a few notebooks, old fashion magazines, small pieces of pink cloths and a sewing kit.
Her eyebrows raised. To correct herself, Len's room was not only surprisingly neat, but also contained girlie things. And pink cloths? Did Len like pink? What a horror! It was as if Len was trying to make clothes for a Barbie doll.
She gasped loudly and quickly shook her head to clear her absurd thoughts. Did Len even have a doll? She covered her mouth and her wide ocean-blue eyes scanned the room again. What if he really owned a doll? Did that means it was here somewhere? Why would a hot guy keep dolls in the first place?
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, causing Rin to jump in fright. She stumbled across the room and opened the door almost instantly. Staring at her face to face was none other than the 'hot' guy whom she had just mentioned- Len Kagamine. Her jaw dropped and she slammed the door shut without thinking.
"Hey, open up!" Len knocked the door harder with his fist. "I want to get something."
Rin bit her lips. Why did she respond in that way? Why was she getting all flustered in the first place? Why must Len appear just when she was about to find out about his doll fetish? That Len Kagamine!
"Open up or else, I will just enter..."
"Shut up!" Rin shouted and opened the door. "Hurry up and get what you want! I'm going to sleep!"
"Thank you." Len smiled at her as he walked in and took his blanket which was on his bed. "I'll be taking this, Miss. I do hope that you've brought your blanket along."
Gaping at the grinning man who was heading towards to door, she gritted her teeth and stomped her foot angrily.
"You do think you're a hot man, don't you? You're so wrong, Sir! Taking the blanket away, leaving a poor girl shivering in the cold! Is that how you even treat a girl?"
Len could only watch her in rage with wide innocent eyes before his lips started to curl into a smirk.
"Yeah, I think I'm hot. Don't you think so?" he said in his usual low husky voice and Rin immediately stopped stomping her foot.
Her face turned a darker shade of red as she looked at him. She looked so embarrassed and vulnerable that Len felt very bad for teasing her. Nevertheless, her expression was funny. Chuckling to himself, he waved to her and walked back to the living room. Then, he heard a loud slam coming from his bedroom.
Well, it was obvious that Rin was throwing her temper again. As he lay down on the couch, he began to wonder why Kaito would like this woman. What was so good about her?
'Beep!'
"Hmm?" Len stared at his handphone quizzically and he slowly picked it up. "A message from Kaito?"
That was rare. It had been a long time since Kaito messaged him. He opened the message curiously and found himself in a somewhat intangible mess.
'Hello Len, are you free on Friday night? There is something important I need to talk to you. Please reply. -Kaito'
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Chapter 16: Suspicion
"Thank you for the ride, Shion," Rin said and bowed to him politely.
He immediately turned to her with a smile and asked, "You're welcome. But... is this where you really live?"
Her body stiffened.
"Why? Of course... I mean, I'm temporary staying here," her voice quivered and she started laughing weakly, trying to hide her anxiety.
Well, that was obvious.
"Len lives here."
She nodded frantically and blurted, "Yeah, I know. I'm staying with hi..."
Her eyes widened as she immediately closed her mouth. She saw how Kaito's smile vanished right on the spot and his face was replaced with a frown within a split second. What was she going to do? Kaito might get the wrong idea.
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