A/N:Okay so here is the new chapter! IMPORTANT:the first three chapters maybe a little confusing and may seem to have no plot, BUT they are there for a purpose.The first three chapters are marking the key events that would lead up to the main plot in later years… if that makes any sense at all… /orz Starting from chapter four there will be P.O.V's and the actual plot and drama will commence… dundunduuuun!So please stay and bear with me, please?
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Without further a do here is the chapter:
Tied by Fate
Chapter 2: The ying and yang
It was a cold day in December. The slowly falling snow adorned the skies. Many children gathered into the main room of a large building, hiding wherever they could. Some ducked behind wooden furniture and others just stood in a corner and hoped to be unnoticed.
They heard approaching voices and someone went out to the window to see. There was three people, a woman and two kids, who were struggling against the soft and mushy snow.
"They are coming!" He shouted and they all resumed their posts. They turned off the lights and were accompanied by the silence in their waiting game.
"Get in children its cold outside." The woman said as she opened the door and the two little kids entered.
"SURPRISE!" All the children yelled at once.
The two blonde children looked around the room in shock and amazement.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIN AND LEN!"
The look a-likes jumped up and smiled broadly. So they hadn't forgotten...
Both Rin and Len were surrounded by their friends and hugged one by one.
Ever since the "twins" had been found they had been immediately loved by their big family. They were cherished and even feared to a certain point. Even though they were only six years old, they protected each other with a fierce loyalty of a person much, much older.
The older boys knew not to mess with Len and taunt him...they knew very well. Once, they were picking on Len and calling him "flower boy" while pulling his hair. Rin came in search of Len and found him being bullied by the older orphans. She ran right in and stomped on the kid's foot. He bent down to massage his foot while Rin grabbed Len's hand and they ran away.
"Nobody messes with my Len." She said as they were running and gave him an evil grin.
"It's okay Rin, I can watch out for myself! I am a man you know!" Len said defiantly.
"You're so cute when you defend yourself like that! You're not a man, you're a boy, silly! Men have beards and ugly mustaches!" Rin said smartly.
That wasn't the only occasion she saved Len. Other times she got revenge for him by leaving spiders, itching powder, ants, crumbs, or anything else that would irritate Len's tormentors in their sheets at night.
Both Rin and Len were tied by a strong intangible bond. Nobody knew how or when their bond had formed... Maybe since the day Len lead Mother Superior towards Rin... But whatever the cause, they were inseparable. They were raised together and they would never leave each other's side.
In the dormitories, it was protocol that girls slept on the left side rooms and boys on the right. They separated Rin from Len and made them sleep in different rooms...yet they somehow ended up together in the morning. Either Rin was in the boy's dormitory or Len was in the girl's. Every morning they would find them tightly hugging each other, looking so peaceful that no one had the heart to separate them.
"They are just kids, nothing will happen. They don't even think that way yet..."
"Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy Birthday RinnLen happy birthday to youuu~"
Everyone clapped and the nuns smiled at how they joined up the two names...they truly were two halves that formed one together... Two halves of a whole...
Since they looked so alike they were nicknamed "the twins" though they weren't blood related. The joyous blonde children began blowing the candles on the golden cake in front of them. It was a small cake, decorated with oranges and bananas, their favorite fruits. Len began struggling with his candle so Rin had to secretly blow on his as well; not wanting to hurt what he claimed as his "man pride". She giggled to herself, Len was always so adorable.
"Cake time~"
"Yay!" Len exclaimed.
Rin laughed openly this time. He was always one to go for the food... especially banana cake.
And so the room was illuminated by the glowing spirits of the children who were merry as can be. Their bell-like laughter chimed into the wind, mixing with the silent song of the snow.
"Present Time!"
Two kids brought two boxes, an orange one and a gold one. The gold one was Len's and the orange Rin's. They opened the boxes and found a necklace in each. Rin's had a silver chain and the pendant was the black half of the yin and yang symbol. Len's had a golden chain and had the white half of the symbol. If you placed them together...
"They form one whole..." Rin whispered.
"The ying and yang..." Len said softly.
"They are lovely! Thank you sisters!" They said in unison.
"You're welcome," the three women replied.
"With these, you'll be connected where ever you go..." Sister Susan said.
The two kids stared at each other. In a quick instant, they shared silent words spoken through their intense blue eyes. Rin smiled and so did Len. The others looked on at the silent conversation that the twins were having. They knew that no matter what they did, they would never be allowed into the world in which only they resided.
"We have another gift for you!" A small kid cried.
"Really?" Little Rin asked, her eyes shining with excitement. Len laughed, she loved surprises.
"Yeah! Come on!" The toddler took them by the hand and led them towards the dormitory hallway.
There were four rooms on each side. Two of both sides were for dorm rooms and another two were used for the sister's room. The last remaining room was a restroom and the other was a mystery to Rin and Len. And to that very room they were led.
"Here it is!" The little kid said while motioning to the door, "Open it!"
Rin nodded to Len and he placed a small hand on the cold door knob. Gently, he pushed the wooden door open, the creaking noise filling the hall.
Inside the room wasn't very spacious, probably a big closet of some sorts. Yet the walls had been painted yellow and orange. There was a bed in the corner along with a drawer.
"This is your new room!" Everyone cried from behind the pair of blonde children.
"What!" The twins questioned.
"It used to be a storage room, but instead we decided to remodel it and give it to you. Since Rin is always sneaking into the boy's room and Len into the girl's we decided it was better to give you your own space. That way we won't have to separate you."
By now Len had begun to cry. Rin sighed and wrapped her small arms around Len's quivering body.
"Don't cry silly. I thought you said you were a man." Rin said to him.
"B-but this is too much..." He sobbed.
"Just say thank you, dummy." Rin chirped.
Len looked up with teary blue eyes. "Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome Len," one of the sisters said, "You children deserved it."
"Well then, how about we play some games now?"
"Hey Len?"
"Hm?"
"I had lots of fun today."
The little boy smiled and got under the bed covers. He saw the Rin's silhouette outlined by the small light given off from the lamp that was on the dresser.
He saw as she wiggled into her nightdress and took off her white bow, golden hair becoming free. She flashed him a "Rin" smile and proceeded to walk over and get in the bed next to him.
For a moment they just stared at each other, cerulean meeting sea blue, entering a world in which only they were allowed.
"Rin?"
"Hmm?"
"We'll always be together, right?"
The little girl raised a golden eyebrow and looked at the shaded figure of the boy next to her.
"Of course we will..."
"Promise?"
"Yeah," Rin said and lifted her pinky, "Pinky promise."
Len hooked her pinky with his own and smiled.
"Then when we get older we can get married!... Though I'm not sure what that means..." Len muttered the last part.
"Hmmm, I think it's something you do when you love someone." Rin pondered thoughtfully, "Like in Cinderella!"
"Oh, then it's exactly what I want to do!"
Rin giggled and hugged Len, pulling the orange covers around them, perfectly snug.
"Rin?"
"Eh?"
"I love you."
"I love you too Len."
"So let's promise to never be separated."
"You can count on that!"
And so the twins slept peacefully, arms around each other. Their necklaces had intertwined and now formed a whole ying and yang. Slowly the snow continued to fall and the moon seemed to illuminate their hearts, letting them sleep peacefully. The trees shuddered and creaked, as if seeing what was in store for the two blonde children.
A/N: Well that's it for now :D thanks for all the reviews on the last chapter! This chapter is for you~
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