Akarin: T^T I'm a horrible author! *cries* I'm sorry I didn't update until now! Thank you to all the people who still reviewed~ My writing style changed again- I swear I will change the past chapters to suit it sometime in the future. Please enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: Vocaloid is owned by Yamaha and the other companies that made them.
Len Kagamine opens the door to the house he had supposedly been raised in with a hazy look on his face. He had not seen his mother in person for quite some time, nor his siblings. He is suddenly un-confident, unlike his usual self. He pauses before turning the doorknob, revealing a more-than-flashy banner which read 'Welcome Home'.
"Len-kun~" His mother hugs him as he steps into the house.
"Hello, Okaa-san." He says politely.
Len's mother has a strange look on her face, almost like a slight grimace, before she settles back into her smile. Len smiles back at her.
"Where's your father?" His mother asks.
"Mr Kagamine is still negotiating business with a local company. He will not arrive until evening. He apologised in advance." The man who had been accompanying Len says.
The man's name is Ted Kasane, supposedly a boy of Japanese descent. He accompanies Len as his friend and bodyguard. Although only two years older than Len, he had stopped attending school and works for the Kagamine industry.
"P-Please come... in." Len hears a voice half-whisper from the inside. It sounded like a girl's.
His phone suddenly rang.
From: Neru K.
To: Len K.
What are you waiting there for?! Come in already! The food's half-cold and you've been standing there for at least 10 minutes. I even made your extremely shy twin (Rin) say it, so JUST STOP DAWDLING.
Yours Sincerely, truthfully, and very annoyed-ly,
Neru Kagamine (Your OLDER sister)
Len feels puzzled. The girl who had just texted him was actually only metres away. She could have just said it.
"You could have just said that." Len overhears Rin whisper to Neru.
Rin's phone suddenly rings.
"You could have just said that too." Rin says to Neru, louder this time.
Neru simply puts away her phone.
"I'm sorry. Please excuse me." Len and Ted say as they enter the house.
The house his mother and siblings live in is much smaller than the house he lived in in London. Nevertheless, it was immaculately designed and home-like, a trait which would not have been possible for the London mansion.
"It's a nice house." Len mutters as he takes off his shoes.
"Domo arigatou gozaimasu." His mother says back. [A/N: The most polite way of saying thank you in Japanese that I know]
"Hmm..." Len hears Rin in the background.
"Er... Nothing!" Rin says quickly as she realises Len is looking her way.
And Len fails to notice the faint pink tinge on her cheeks.
The dinner had been eaten in silence, with the clock ticking ever so slowly in the background. It only makes the experience more intimidating for Rin, who had been sitting next to Len the whole time.
Soon after, Rin's mother races to the her study and does not return.
Rin overhears her mother crying as she passes the study to go to the bathroom. She tries to open the door, but it is locked. Firmly.
Ring. Ring... Ring... RING!
The doorbell, Rin thinks. Her father must have arrived.
"I'll get it!" Ted says, and Rin hears footsteps towards the front door.
Rin doesn't like Ted. He looks sort of like Teto, her overly-caring senpai, except he has a cold atmosphere aroung him, like he wants no-one to touch him. Rin knows that Len and Ted are friends, but their relationship seems more of that between a bodyguard, and well... the other person.
Rin hears the door open, and the footsteps of her father.
Her phone rings.
From Neru K.
To Rin K.
:No subject
GET YOUR A$$ OVER HERE. NOW.
Your father's asking for you.
And it's uncomfortable as hell here.
PS- How long does it take for you to go to the bathroom?
[A/N: No swearing :P]
Rin races down the stairs, forgetting her bathroom trip altogether.
"Good evening." The occupants of the dining room chorus dully.
Neru does not say anything.
"Rin-chan!" A voice Rin knows too well says.
Rin had been so focused on her family's... dullness, that she did not see Miku wacing frantically at her.
"I met you dad, like, on my way back from the supermarket and he invited me over and now I finally get to meet the mys- I mean your twin!" Miku says in excitement. Rin only catches a few words here and there.
"Oh." was all Rin could say.
"Anyway, we were just talking about Len and Ted's transfer to our school." Miku continues.
"Oh."
Wait... Ted too?
Great...
Rin rolls her eyes.
"Miku is you friend, yes?" Her father asks.
"Mmmhmm." Rin nods yes, just slightly.
Somehow her father's presence sends shivers down her spine.
Her father nods back, with a stern expression that said something like: I don't get it, but fine.
This is the worst family reunion ever. "Erm... Miku... er... needs to come to the... study... with me because... I just remembered we have a festival soon and the student council is responsible for it...!"
It's a good thing we have 5 studies.
"What?!" Miku says at first. "I mean, of course."
As they leave, Rin fails to notice the faint pink on Len's cheeks as he continues to stare at Miku.
Akarin: Thank you for reading this chapter! *I have something planned for Len*
If you have time for this question, please answer! (the story might change due to the answers): MiKai or MeiKai?