ARG! I HAD TO TRY AND WRITE THIS CHAPTER OVER 4 TIMES CAUSE MY FREAKING COMPUTER KEPT ON CRASHING, AND NOT AUTOMATICALLY SAVING MY WORK! AND, WHEN I FINALLY DID MANAGE TO WRITE A CHAPTER, IT WAS UTTER CRAP (reason why it took so long to update). Oh, and I wrote 3 long oneshots (2 Fairy Tail-NaLu- and 1 Vocaloid.) Try them out if ya have nothing to do, and feel like being nice I guess. Well, I guess all that matters is that I have written this chappy, now.
Oh, and let me clear this up now: RIN'S CHARACTER COLOR IS YELLOW, AS WELL AS LEN'S! I know a lot of fan's think it's orange, but it's now. Orange is Gumi's color. Also, GREEN IS NOT GUMI'S COLOR; GREEN IS MIKU'S COLOR. I'm saying that cause about, like a kagillion people think that Rin's color is orange, and... yeah.
Disclaimer: The things I would do if I owned Vocaloid... the world has never known... Also, I don't own anything else you may recognize in this chapter.
Rin's P.O.V
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING, BOY? DOES THAT LOOK EDIBLE TO YOU?!"
"I'M TRYING MY HARDEST! IT'S NOT MY FAULT THAT SOME HAPPENS TO BE A TERRIBLE TEACHER, SO WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO?"
"WELL, YOU ARE A TERRIBLE STUDENT! I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS WHEN A PERSON WANTS THEIR BACON TO BE AL DENTE?"
"NO ONE DOES, YOU BIG HEADED FREAK!"
"YOU TURDCAKE!"
"GAY WHALE!"
"I... I HOPE YOU DIE!"
"I HOPE YOU GO AND STEP ON A LEGO!"
Silence.
I gaped at Len, unable to comprehend that he had actually just said that to me. "You... you actually want me to step on a lego?" I asked in a chocked whisper.
"Sockless, too," Len continued without any hesitation. (A/N: It realllllly hurts) I gasped, and then forced myself to sit and calm myself down.
"Yeah, well I hope you- OH MY GOSH, OUR BACON IS BURNING!" Commence two teenagers flipping out, and then one proceeding to burn herself while moving the pan off the stove.
Len is the worst student ever. He doesn't listen to what I say at all- does the complete opposite, in fact- and doesn't seem to understand a single thing that I tell him. And he wonders why I call him stupid. I tried teaching him how to cook a simple breakfast (eggs and bacon), but even that seems too complex for him.
I winced, raced to the sink, and then rinsed my now stinging hand. "Haha... that's what you get," Len said, and I glared at him. After applying the correct salve and bandages, I turned to him and said, "Well, since I burnt myself and stuff, and since it's really bad, not to mention my left, aka dominant hand, it looks like you'll be doing most of the chores for the first couple of days." His jaw dropped.
"W-What?! Chores? I have never done such a... such a servant like thing in my life," Len said in a terrified voice.
"Why do I feel like this is turning into Ouran?" I mumbled to myself. "Anyways, you need to learn. I will not do all of the chores by myself for the next two months by myself, okay, boy?"
"I hate you."
"Good."
I think that I just took the longest walk in the history of Rin-walks. It lasted 4 hours just cause I wanted to stay out of the house. Len is seriously THE WORST STUDENT in the entire freaking world, and he pisses me off. Every time I tell him to do something, he does the exact opposite, and he doesn't appear to know what the words 'Pay Attention' mean.
So, as of right now, I was sitting on the ground, leaning against the trunk of a tree, and reading a book while I drank the orange slushie that I had made myself. It felt nice to relax, especially since I would have to be stuck with Len for such a long time.
"-maroyaka yasai juusu fuwa fuwa yasai juusu ichiban osusume na no wa midori no juusu
po-ppi-po-ppi-po-ppo-ppi-pou po-ppi-po-ppi-po-ppo-ppi-pou bejitaburu na po-ppi-po-"
"Shut up, Miku," I mumbled as I answered my phone. It was Luka.
"CONGRATS, RINKINS," was the first thing I heard when I answered my phone. I pulled the phone away from my ear, wincing in pain.
"The hell, Luka?" I complained. "What are you congratulating me for?"
"Well, I figured that since you and Len have been stuck together for such a long time, that you would be engaged to him by now."
"We've been up here for a day. And, that will never, ever, EVER happen. So stop saying such stupid things."
"Aw, Rinnykins, ya know that it's going to happen. Remember that one time you were singing karaoke, and then you almost kissed?"
"We didn't 'almost kiss.' We were just standing close to be able to share the same breath space."
"Riiiiiight." I heard a shout in the background that sounded something like 'Here are all of the things you requested, Lady Luka. Any more you wish?' "Oh, I got to go, Rin. That's Gakupo... seems like he got everything that I wanted. See ya in a couple of months."
"Okay, see ya. Oh, and Luka?"
"Hm?"
"Don't overwork Gakupo. Remember, he is your boyfriend, not your manservant."
"There's a difference?"
When I got home that day, I was meet at the door my a fist.
"OW! OW, OW, OW! LEN, WHY THE HELL DID YOU PUNCH ME?" I screamed as reflex tears streamed out of my eyes.
"Well, sorry, BUT YOU NEVER BOTHERED TO MENTION WHERE YOU WERE GOING!"
"So?" I asked while carefully checking to see if my nose was broken. Everything was fine, it just hurt a lot.
"So, I was panicking for the last couple of hours, wondering where you were. Do you have any idea how worried I was?" Len asked, an annoyed expression on his face. I soften a bit, a tiny bit touched by his concern.
"Thanks, but I'm fine. Or, at least I was, until you punched me in the face," I said, yet I was smiling.
"Sorry about that," Len said, and then mumbled something so quietly I couldn't hear him.
"Pardon?" I asked.
"I said, sorry for this morning. For, you know, not listening, and then laughing when you got hurt. I didn't actually mean that," Len said while looking at everything except for me. "I'll do the chores for the next couple of days, I guess. I should learn sometime, and I guess now is a better time as every. I also made dinner. It's just Ramen Noodles with some vegetables thrown in."
"T-Thanks, Len. It's fine, we can live off of that for tonight." He lead me into the kitchen, where two bowls were sitting on the counter. We sat down to the table to eat. I struggled to eat, since I had burnt my left hand (and am left-handed). I kept on dropping my chopsticks over and over again.
"Just use a fork," Len said while observing me in semi-amusement, a smirk playing on his lips.
"I would, but Kiyo doesn't seem to have any in this house."
"What? Really? I would have expected Kiyoteru to have some since he has a young kid." A lot of households in Japan don't have an forks, unless they have young children, since young children find chopsticks hard to use.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I guess Yuki is a fast learner. There's nothing else to it. Anyways, I guess I'll ju-"
"Say 'Ahhhhh'," Len said, while holding his chopsticks into the air.
"Excuse?" I asked, one eyebrow raised.
"I said, say 'Ah.' I'll feed you."
"Oh."
"Hurry up. My arm's getting tired." I opened my mouth, and willed myself as hard as I could to not blush or think about indirect kisses. I mean, this is Len. I don't like him, not one bit.
"It's good," I mumbled to myself.
"Really?" Len asked as he gave himself another mouthful. I nodded my head, and he feed me once again.
Don't blush, don't blush.
Another indirect kiss.
Don't be one of those pathetic girls from a Shojo Manga.
We finished the meal (me barely breathing, trying so hard not to blush). "Rin, are you okay?" I nodded my head. "If ya say so. Anyways let's move to the couch, and, I dunno, watch some anime." And, so we did. I flipped on the T.V, happy to see that the movie 'Spirited Away' was rerunning again.
"Yes!" I cheered. "I love this movie so muuuuch! I think I've seen it over a billion times."
"Really?" Len asked as he made himself comfortable, aka giving Rin a panic attack by resting his head onto my lap. "Tired," he said. "I made dinner, so let me sit here."
"Fine. But why were you so surprised that I love this movie? I'm pretty sure everyone does. Please don't tell me you don't. If you do, there is no hope for our relationship."
"Relationship?"
"Hurry up and explain, shota boy."
"Fine, fine. It's just that I've never seen it before, so I-"
"WHAT?!" My mouth was down to the ground, and if Len's head hadn't been in my lap, I would have jumped into the air. Well, I still can, but then Len's head would hit the coffee table, and I would get in trouble.
I don't like getting in trouble.
"My dad doesn't approve of animation."
"What about anime?"
"I don't... really watch anime."
This is unacceptable.
"BOY, WE ARE GOING TO WATCH ALL OF MY FAVORITES AND MORE DURING OUR MONTHS HERE, OKAY?! I DON'T GIVE A SHIT TO WHAT YOUR FATHER SAYS, BUT ANY SANE PERSON CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT ANIME!"
"But all the insane people watch anime."
"EXACTLY!" Len said something like 'That didn't make sense,' but I ignored him. "Anyways, we are going to start tonight. I guess since Spirited Away is on, we can watch that first. You sure you haven't seen any Miyazaki films?"
"Name a few."
"Howl's Moving Castle."
"Nope."
"Princess Mononoke?"
"Princess Mono-who-k?"
"My Neighbor Totoro? Come on, everyone's seen Totoro."
"Everyone except for me."
"The Girl Who Jumped Through Time."
"Rin just shut up and let me watch the movie." I did, allowing him to be wrapped up into the magical world of Spirited Away. As we watched, I brushed his hair with my fingers, admiring the silkiness of his golden strands. After Spritied Away finished, I popped in Howl's Moving Castle. And then My Neighbor Totoro, and so on.
When we finally finished watching, we both stumbled upstairs. It was around six in the morning, so we both crashed.
"I don't know why you make such a big deal out of cooking," a voice said, but I ignored it. I was having such a wonderful dream-
There was this party with all of the characters from Miyazaki's films. I danced with the Radish Spirit from Spirited Away, and then Pazu, from the Castle In the Sky, and so on. The dance floor had suddenly cleared, and then I saw a man, not much taller than me, step forward.
His golden-blonde hair was as spiky as ever, and pulled back into a ponytail. Even though he wore a beautiful gold-and-black masquerade like mask, I could still see a pair of azure eyes behind it, a mischievous glint in them, and also some sort of... want, I guess you could say. But, that wasn't possible because he was staring straight at me. He was wearing something like Len's Servant of Evil costume, except not as servant-y. I was back into my Daughter of Evil dress.
The man stepped forward, and the song "Merry-Go-Round-of-Life" began playing, from Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle Soundtrack. The music started off slow, and he spun me as we danced closely together, a mix between a slow dance and a waltz. "Why hello, my lady," he said kindly. "Are you having a good time?"
"Yes," I had said, breathlessly, and then added on silently to the end of my thoughts, 'Especially since you are here.' "Are you enjoying yourself as well?"
"Quite so," he said with a charming smile. "You look quite stunning tonight."
"Thank you." We danced some more in silence, until he broke into it.
"The music is about to speed up. Just would like to warn you." There was slight pause in the music, and then it speed up dramatically. I liked it more like this- we moved around the room swiftly, almost crashing into Chihiro and Kohaku, who were wrapped up into their own world as were we.
Len's voice cut into my dream once again. "Oh, Rin. Wait up."
"I guess that is the call for my leave," the man said, his mouth turned down.
"Will I see you again?" I asked quietly. It wasn't like I had fallen in love with him, or something (THIS ISN'T A SHOJO!); I was just curious.
"Of course. I'll see you in your dreams. And, when you wake up, I'll be right next to you."
I sighed, and opened my eyes to see that I was facing the wall. As Len gibbered on about who-knows-what, I thought about my fantasy from last night.
It had been such a wonderful dream. Being in a world of Miyazaki. Dancing with a mysterious (yet beautiful) man.
"Rin, are you even listening?" Len asked, and I sighed and turned to face him.
Exact same shade of Azure.
Exactly two centimeters away.
I let out a shriek, and pulled my head back as quickly as possible. "What are you doing?" I hissed.
"I got tired of attempting to wake you up. So, I laid down on the bed next to you. Anyways, I tried making breakfast- it wasn't that hard, when I looked up a recipe. You make everything so complicated, Rin." I sighed, and took out my yellow notebook. "What are you doing?" Len asked, generally curious.
"Writing. I just had the best dream of my life." It started something like this:
Azure is such a beautiful color, nay?
Lame ending, but I felt like ending it there, so I did. Go being lazy, and it being late at night (well, not that late, but let's pretend so that I can have an excuse).
I went all Miyazaki crazy cause I had a dream somewhat similar to this. It was pretty awesome. When I woke up, I was practically crying because I was so happy to have such a dream, sad that it had to end. I thought it would be pretty cool to write, and I did, and then I thought that it would be cool to include it into a fanficition. So I did. Explanation done.
OH! I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE: What is your favorite version of the song "Magnet"? (like, the original, Mika/Luka, or Miku/Kaito, Len/Rin, Neru/Len, and so on). I'm taking this as a poll, results next chapter. I was just generally curious. Mine is Gakupo/Luka, personally. Please review your answer.
Oh, and review in general. Pretty please?