He gives me a weird look before he stands up straight. I lead him to an alleyway, the only place we can be alone that isn't near Mayu at the moment. "I have two things that are bothering me."
"Okay,"
I smile a half smile and lean against the wall opposite of him. "I'll start off easy. The Kaito thing? The you carrying me?"
"I thought it was someone from the castle, and I wanted to hide you. So you didn't get captured." He's already looking at the ground.
"Len, I need you to look at me." I say sternly. He looks up at my face. "Why didn't you tell me I kissed you, huh?" His face goes pale and he looks away. "Len, look at me."
"I can't."
"Why not?" I scowl, and stand up from my leaning back position. "Because, I..."
I cross my arms as he looks at me again. "You should have told me."
"I know,"
"Then why didn't you?"
He looks away again. "Len, look at me!"
"Because I'm in love with you, Rin."
I feel everything around me fade. I try to process what he just said to me. Len.
He loves me. I've never been loved like that. Everything comes back and he's looking away again. His face is bright red and he's shaking. "H-hey, Len."
"Yeah?"
"Look at me, alright?"
His blue eyes meet mine as I wrap my arms around him. He stands, shocked
He stops shaking and he lets go of me. "I think I'm in love, though." I say, this time looking at the ground.
"Rin, I need you to look at me."
I do so. I look up at him, right as his lips meet mine. I don't understand what's happening, but I don't really care. This person loves me. And I... love them. With all my heart.
I kiss him back. It's not long, because he pulls away. He holds my hand and we walk back to the room. I sit on the couch as he goes into the kitchen to talk to Mayu.
The conversation is quiet. It is probably dark, as mine was. But it is a
lot longer. Mayu walks out first.
She looks at me. She stands in front of me and stares. Her expression is unhappy, but then she walks into the bathroom.
I stand up and approach the kitchen. Len has a beer in his hand as he sits in one of the chairs and kicks his feet up. It's dark in here, except for the last bit of sunlight shining through the window.
I sit down next to him. He holds my hand. "She's getting her own place. She taking a third of the money and she's going to rent another room at another place."