Hi there!
Welcome to chapter 3 of Troublemaker!
I finally managed to finish chapter 5 haha. Now I'm in middle of chapter 9.
This chapter may seem short, but I try to keep them between 1500 to 2000 words. :V
I want to thank everyone who reviewed, favorite and alerted this story! I hope I can keep with you guys standards!
Warning: This chapter is awkwaaaaaard!
Disclaimer: I do not own vocaloid :C
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Chapter 3 – Awkwardness
Rin woke up feeling extremely irritated. She needed to relieve that rage in something. In someone, to tell the truth. In someone with long pink hair! She stood from her bed and called Rei.
"Rei, get me a fight, now. I don't care who, I don't care if it school time, I just need to break someone's face, now!" she the hung up her cell phone and started to get dressed.
She put on an orange hoodie, gray shorts with yellow chains, combat boots and fingerless gloves. She put on her yellow mask. Her phone rang just after she finished to get dressed. Rei told her that he got her a fight and that she should be there in thirty minutes.
Rin arrived the place Rei told her. It was a new highway which the building works were incomplete, no one would go there. Rin met Rei, Miki and her other friends, Teto and Gumi, were there too. Gumi, who was wearing heavy makeup, even if it was just morrow, with her various ear piercings, approached Rin and the two greeted with a high-five.
"I'm betting everything on you! Don't disappoint me, Reaper!" Gumi said, smiling.
"Of course not. You can be sure that you'll earn a lot of money today." Rin answered with a smirk.
"Make me proud, Yellow!" Teto cried excitedly.
Just like Rei and Miki, those two knew about Rin's true identity, but when they were in public, they called her by her nickname.
Rin's opponent was a tall guy, muscled, and seemed a little older than her. His nickname was Big Al. Rin didn't feel intimidated by his size; she was used to fight guys bigger than herself.
The two went to the middle of the great circle of people that had been formed in the street. Used to finish her fights with knockouts, Rin let Big Al start with his blows and, like always, she dodged everyone of them with great ease.
However, Rin's mind started to travel to another place. To another person, telling the truth. Luka's class was the last one of the day. Would Len stay after class to "talk" with her? Maybe he would arrive at home late for lunch because of that.
Distracted, Rin stopped dodging Big Al's attacks. Taking advantage of her moment of distraction, the guy unleashed a blow, a punch, that hit Rin's masked face. The yellow porcelain broke, cutting various parts of the girl's face. She felt a lot of pain in her eye, it was probably going to get purple later. This time, Rin's mind got back to the fight and, seeing only red in rage, she hit a kick at Big Al, whom was left unconscious on the ground.
The crowd cheered for Yellow Reaper. Rin left the circle and her friends came running for her, asking if she was ok. Wearing only half of her mask, Rin waved to them, saying that she was fine, and went home.
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Len arrived at home and sighed when he noticed that it was empty. Today would be the day that Luka would talk with Rin, but Rin hasn't showed up in school. After changing his clothes, Len started to make lunch.
Half an hour later, Len heard the front door opening and closing. He turned the fire off of the noodles and went to the entrance hall. What he saw when he got there left him terrified. Rin had blood all over her face and he could see a lot of cuts that seemed deep on her skin. Her eye was swollen and bruised.
"R-Rin, what happened to you?"
"I broke my mask…"
"What?"
"A guy punched me and broke my mask."
"A punch?" Len sighed when he understood what she was talking about.
He noticed she was holding her broken porcelain mask in her hands. Half of it was totally destroyed. She probably took a heavy blow, for that to happen, a really strong punch. He almost felt proud of her, for still be able to stand still, however, the anger he felt for her to get into a fight again was bigger.
"Sit on the couch." His voice came hard, Rin couldn't disobey him.
He took a first aid box. He had bought a lot of them, because of her. He took cotton and disinfectant from the box and started to clean her wounds.
"It's going to sting," he warned when he passed the wet cotton on her cuts. She winced in pain.
Len finished the treatment, afraid that some of her cuts needed to be treated by a doctor, but she wasn't going to see one, even if he asked her. He stood up and she looked at him with a puzzled expression.
"I'm going to get ice for your eye."
The blonde came back you a ice bag and gave it to Rin. She took without saying anything, taking the cool bag to her eye, smiling when she felt the ice relieve some of the pain. Len sat by her side, waiting for her to say anything, but she just stared at the wall, quiet.
"Rin…" he called, but she ignored him.
Sighing, he hold her shoulders and forced her to turn to him. She still wouldn't look at his face. She was staring at the floor, while holding the ice bag to her swollen eye.
"Rin," he said firmly. She finally looked at him, "Rin, you have to stop. Look at what you're doing to yourself. Your classmates and even the teachers are afraid of you at school. You're pulling people away. What would your mother say if she saw you now, Rin?"
"She would be glad to see me just like she was when that guy beat her. Because she liked it, to let him do that every day!" she spat, annoyed.
"Don't say that, Rin." his tone was severe, but gentle. "Aren't you tired? Because, you know, I am. I'm tired of seeing you coming home hurt like that, I'm tired of having to pick you up in jail. I'm tired of…" he stopped when she shove him away from her and stood up suddenly.
"At least I'm not the one who is fucking our English teacher!" Rin yelled, running away from the living room.
Shocked and confused, Len listened as Rin's footsteps vanished through the stairs and then her bedroom door closing hard.
What just happened here?
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After the discussion, Len lost his appetit and went to his job. Len worked at a Café, which owner was a woman called Miku. Miku was a happy-go-lucky person and no one could stay sad beside her. Well, no one but Len, who was feeling really upset.
"Is something wrong?" she asked when she saw how cranky he looked.
"Rin…"
"What did she do this time?" Miku knew how much of a troublemaker Rin was, but she also knew about Len's feelings for the girls, even if he tried to hide it.
"Rin… She thinks that I'm having a affair with my teacher…"
Miku stopped and stared at the boy to see if he was being serious. Seeing how serious his expression was, she didn't doubt it. She the information sunk in her throat; she couldn't control it and started to laugh.
"Hey, that is not funny!" Len shouted, annoyed.
"But… It's a misunderstanding, right?" Miku asked, trying to suppress her laugh.
"Of course it is!"
"So, just talk to her and you will fix the things up." Miku smiled kindly at Len.
The bell at the front door rung, warning that another client had arrived. Len and Miku turned to the door and saw that it was Kaito, Miku's fiancé, whom arrived. Kaito approached to two of them and soon noticed Len's upset expression.
"What's with the long face, Len?"
"You won't believe it, Kaito! The Love of Len's life thinks that he's having an affair with his teacher!" Miku almost yelled.
"What? For real?" and then Kaito started to laugh, followed by Miku.
Len puffed his cheeks in annoyance and went away from those two, to serve a customer. How could they be so mean? His anger vanished when he saw that they had stopped laughing and now Kaito had his arm around Miku's waist and they shared sweet words and small kisses. Len smiled, imagining himself and Rin doing the same thing some day. His daydream was stopped when he heard the client saying he was taking too much time to get his request.
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So, Miku and Kaito appeared!
Not much happened in this chapter. But things got awkward for Len! Lol
How will Len fix things up with Rin? Why does Rin have to misunderstand things?
Many people do this, so I'll do too:
Chapter question:
What paring is your OTP and which one do you hate the most?
Mine is LenxRin and I hate Len x Everyone other than Rin. Cloti (Cloud x Tifa, final fantasy 7) used to be my OTP for 7 years, and I used to hate Clerith the most lol ( I still like Cloti and still hate clerith, but they're my OTP anymore).
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Curiosities:
1 - I don't like KaiMi, I'm a KaiMei fan, but this fic will be KaiMi, lol I don't really ship Miku with anyone.
2 – I was going to write a story where Len is a male prostitute. Haha. No.
3 – This fic focuses on Len and Rin, so I don't think you'll see much development of the other characters.
4 - I was supposed to upload this chapter just tomorrow.
You know the Potato? She needs food, feed her with reviews :V