Author's Note- Yay, another chapter. I really should stop writing these at 4am nyeheh. They'd probably come out better if I didn't but oh well. Enjoy!

"GOAL!!"

"Kyaaa, Len! You're so awesome!"

"I wish I was as strong as you!"

"Ne, you should play us sometime!"

Len Kagamine grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head. A small crowd had gathered around to congratulate him on probably the 10th goal he had scored. It was PE period; the sport today was soccer. And because of all those goals, his team won, meaning they got the extra credit for the day.

"Yo, Len," a boy slung his arm around the blonde's shoulders and led him away, despite many girls' protests, "How do you make all these girls fall in love with you?"

"E-Eh?" turquoise eyes widened, "I made someone fall? Where? When?"

"No, not literally fall, baka!" the boy facepalmed, "Look over there, see those girls? They're all swooning over you! They like you! Practically collapsing when they look at you!"

"AH! N-Nami fainted!"

"Quick, someone call the nurse!"

"Where's her inhaler?!"

"Um, Takeshi," Len quirked an eyebrow, "Nami has asthma, and we worked out a lot today, I don't think..."

"OF COURSE SHE DID!" Takeshi snorted, "Look at how she's blushing!"

"HELP, SHE'S SUFFERING A HEAT STROKE!"

Len sweat-dropped.

"Len, great job today!"

Both boys looked behind them, where a teal haired girl was waving and running towards them.

"M-Miku!" Len couldn't help the pink that tinted his cheeks, "Thanks! You too, your team put up a good fight!"

"Not as well as yours," Miku shyly stopped in front of him and kicked at an imaginary rock on the ground.

Takeshi looked back and forth between the blonde and the teal-haired girl. Why were they both blush-ooohh. He got the message. "Hey, Len, I think my team needs me. See you back in the locker room!"

Len blinked, confusedly waving at his departing friend. Wait, they were both on the same team, didn't that mean they needed him too?

"Len," a voice drew his attention back to the teal-haired girl.

"Oh, haha, sorry Miku," he nervously scratched his head, "Kinda zoned out there for a second."

"It's alright," her green eyes softened, "Ne, did you finish the math homework last night? There was one problem I couldn't quite figure out and was wondering whether you could help me with it during the second half of lunch."

"Sure, no problem!" Len grinned, "A friend in need is a friend indeed? Ha ha ha…" What, did he just say that? Really?

Awkward pause. Len's face flushed. Smooth, Len. Real smooth.

Miku suddenly started to giggle. The pink on Len's face turned deep crimson as he attempted to laugh with her. Before long, the laughter escalated until both of them cracked up and and shook off the awkward tension.

A certain blonde haired girl, on the other hand, radiated an intense, killer aura as she watched the scene from her position at the water fountains. Several kids who came to refresh themselves suddenly ran back to the field screaming that a scary demon had suddenly possessed the area.

"Oi Rin Kagamine, stop sulking, you're scaring everyone away!"

The demon girl blinked when two legs obscured her view. Turquoise eyes traveled up the twin limbs until they found themselves face to face with the legs' owner:

"Hi, Teto."

Kasane Teto shook her head and placed her hands on her hips, curly red pigtails bouncing at the action, "Honestly, why have you been in such a bad mood lately?"

"I'm not in a bad mood," Rin pouted and slumped against a wall, "I'm just tired."

"You are too in a bad mood! Your face says it all!"

"No way!" Rin turned around and gazed at her reflection in the water fountain's faucet. Sure enough, she was scowling, "Tch, well it's nothing important."

"You know, if something's wrong then you should really tell someone. It's not good to keep it inside. If you won't tell me then at least tell Meiko or Kaito or Len or... hey! Are you even listening to me?" Teto frowned and flicked her friend's forehead.

"Hey, ow! What was that for?"

"What were you looking at?"

"Nothing," Rin raised her water bottle to her lips.

Teto didn't believe her. She bent down and followed Rin's line of sight. It led to the field, where a certain blonde boy and teal-haired girl were laughing and holding onto each other for support.

"Eh?! Why are you looking at them? Are you jealous? Gasp! Rin, don't tell me... YOU'RE IN LOVE WITH YOUR OWN BROTHER?!"

"WHAT?!"

Teto suddenly found herself sprayed with the water Rin had been about to swallow.

"I was just kidding," the redhead took the towel that hung on Rin's shoulder and dried her face with it, "But you should be happy for him. Be proud, he's your brother, people like him don't come around often."

"I guess," Rin frowned. She didn't like to be lectured.

Kei-sensei's shrill whistle calls could be heard in the distance.

"Whoop, time to go in, Rin!" Teto leaned down and dragged her scowling friend up, "Oh come now, lunch is next! At least you don't have to sit in a classroom."

"Eee! Look," a girl squealed, "the top two buttons of his shirt are undone! I can see his collarbone, how dreamy~!" She pointed at the side of the girl's locker room, where a boy stood leaning against the side wall. He had what looked like two wrapped bento boxes, one in simple yellow cloth and another in light pink with little flowers imprinted on it.

"That other lunch box must be for his sister Rin," she pouted, "I'm so jealous, I wish Len would make lunches for me. Lucky girl."

"Aa~ his cheeks are still flushed from all that exercise," another whispered excitedly, "Kawaii…"

"And his hair!" a third clung onto her friends' arms, "that tousled look looks so good, don't you think?"

"H-He's looking this way! M-Mari, go say something to him!"

"W-What?! Why m-AH!" the girl's face radiated bright red as she suddenly found herself pushed towards the boy she had just been ogling.

"Can I help you?" Len raised an eyebrow as this girl almost collided with him. She stared up at him like a deer in headlights. Her friends hid behind her, but both stared with equally bulging eyes. Len found this to be rather disturbing.

"U-Um," Mari uttered after one of her friends gave her a firm kick in the back of the leg, "Y-you're L-Len Kagamine, right?"

"Yeah," Len smiled in an attempt to lighten the mood, "That's my name."

"A-Ano, we were j-just wondering... W-WOULDYOULIKETOHAVELUNCHWITHUS?!"

"PLEASE?!"

Len jumped back, startled. He definitely did not see that coming. Well, actually, he had been getting quite a few offers to eat with people. Was everyone in this school starving or something? "I'm sorry," Len offered an apologetic grin, "I can't today. Maybe some other time?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

Why didn't anyone say anything? Did he hurt their feelings? Len opened his eyes but instantly sputtered at the sight that greeted him. All three girls were hovering dangerously close to his face, and they stared with dinner plate sized eyes at his... lips? What the-?

"KYAAA~!"

Rin yawned as she exited the locker room but then nearly choked when she heard high-pitched screaming come from her left. Looking over to investigate the cause, she saw three girls from her PE class jumping around a very confused looking Len. Her eyebrow twitched. Figures. Just as she stepped forward to tear the girls from her "brother", Teto's voice resonated in her mind.

"You should be happy for him."

Rin tensed. She lowered her head.

Without another word, she turned and went the opposite direction.

"The breeze feels nice up here," Rin decided. She yawned and stretched herself out on the roof of the school, where there was nobody around to bother her. No Neru, no Miku, no Meiko, no Kaito, no Len, and definitely no screeching fan girls. She couldn't help but feel kinda bad for leaving him, but Teto said she had to be happy, right? She wasn't supposed to get upset and interrupt them. And besides, Len was smiling. He was probably fine with it. Rin snorted and turned over, trying to push those thoughts to the back of her mind.

The warmth from the sun caressed the exposed skin on her face and thighs, while a slight wind played with the loose golden locks that framed her face. Fluffy clouds drifted across the azure sky, offering some mindless entertainment to the already bored girl.

"Maybe a nap would be nice," Rin yawned again, "Yeah, just a quick one…"

"Are you sure you'll wake up in time for the next class?"

"AIEE!" Rin scrambled to her feet, "Who's there?!"

A boy slightly taller than her grinned and held up a hand in greeting. He had short blonde hair that was pulled up into a disheveled, high ponytail, and radiant cerulean eyes. "Yo."

"Len?" Rin blinked, scarcely able to believe he was standing in front of her, "What the… how did you-?"

"You look thirsty," Len crouched down and set two wrapped packages on the floor. He dug into the pink, flower-print one and pulled out a bottle of an orange flavored sports drink. "Here, bought this for you."

"T-Thanks," Rin slowly reached for the drink, all the while eyeing him suspiciously. How did he manage to find her here?

"I was looking all over for you," Len said while unwrapping the yellow package to reveal a neatly packed bento box. He broke apart his chopsticks and began shoveling rice into his mouth, "Meiko and Kaito were waiting at the usual spot," he continued between mouthfuls, "but you never showed up. Oh! You forgot your lunch too." He swallowed and grinned, offering the pink, flower-print package to her.

Rin accepted it and sat down beside him. She untied the cloth and began eating, though not with as much passion as Len. But Rin couldn't let go of the question.

"How did you know I was on the roof?"

Len opened his mini carton of banana milk and took a sip, "I just had a feeling. Maybe my Rin senses were tingling." He winked.

Rin couldn't understand why her cheeks felt warmer.

"What're you doing up here anyways? Mah, well, I guess the breeze is really refreshing," Len sighed and fell back with his hands behind his head. He had already finished his lunch and put everything back together. It felt nice, Len decided, to be alone like this, although he couldn't exactly shake the faintly tense mood hovering in the atmosphere. He glanced over to Rin, who still sat with her back to him. Her shoulders seemed rigid, and her overall person radiated an aura that felt like she didn't want him around anymore. But that wasn't true... was it?

"Hey, is something wrong?" Len tentatively broke the silence, "Teto came up to me and told me you needed to talk."

He saw her tense. "I'm fine."

Len furrowed his eyebrows and sat up, "Why can't you tell me?"

"What're you talking about?" Rin turned to face him, "I said I was fine."

"Has someone been threatening you?"

"Huh?"

"It's true, huh?!" Len instantly leapt to his feet and grabbed her by the shoulders, "Tell me, who is it? I won't let them get away with this!"

"A-Ah!" she winced, "Len, you're hurting me!"

The boy's eyes widened and he quickly let go. He looked down at his hands as if somewhat horrified. "I'm sorry Rin, I-I didn't mean to. I'm just worried- everyone's worried. You haven't said much lately, so we were kind of jumping to conclusions."

No response. Rin pulled her knees up to her chin. Len sighed. He scratched his head. Rin shadowed her face with her bangs.

"I guess," Len gathered up his bento box and stood, "If you don't want to talk about it-"

"I've been a real idiot, huh," Len was taken aback at how quiet Rin's voice was, "Acting all stubborn and selfish these past few days even though I've had no reason to. I guess this is what they call hormones, haha."

"Rin?" Len tilted his head in confusion.

Rin turned to him with a smile. This time, he could tell it was genuine. "Thanks for caring, Len." He blushed. It had been a long time since he had seen her truly smile, and it made him feel content inside.

Len shifted his weight from one leg to the other, "Not just me, Meiko, Kaito, Teto, and even Miku were worried about you too."

"Miku?" Again, that girl. She could feel the anger slowly crawl forth.

"AH! That's right! What time is it? Crap! I was supposed to meet Miku halfway before lunch was over so we could go over a homework problem she was having trouble with. Crap, crap, I hope she isn't too mad." Len towards the door containing the stairwell, "Gotta run now, see you later, Rin!"

"Yeah... see you later."

As soon as the door had shut behind him, Rin fell back and watched the clouds float by.

What was she thinking? There was no reason for her to be jealous, especially of Miku, who had done nothing wrong. So why did she have to get upset when Len talked to other girls? In the end, he was still essentially human. He had feelings, hopes, fears, dreams, and aspirations of his own; if Rin happened to fade from them then nothing could be done about it. Sure he was created for the purpose of protecting and staying with her, but it would certainly be impractical if he stayed forever… right? Someday, either he or she would get married, and it wouldn't be right to always tag along when the other person's spouse is around. Yeah, sooner or later they'd have to go their separate ways.

Rin felt a slight pang in her chest when the thought crossed her mind. Though she would never admit it to his face, Len had certainly grown on her. Every day she awoke to his face. He was constantly present, constantly taking care of her. He had pretty much become an essential part of her every day life, and to be honest she rather liked it. Definitely much more than being alone. So maybe that's why she got jealous.

"Ugh, look at me," Rin groaned in frustration, "I act like I'm in love with him or something."

…

Love?

…

In love with Len?

Len, her vocaloid, Len?

…Did that thought seriously just cross her mind?!

"AAAHH!!" Rin wildly kicked the air while shaking her head, "No, no, no, that's so wrong! That's like… NO! I'm only 14, I can't truly love anyone yet… can I?"

"Daddy, what's love like?"

"Love?" Mr. Kagamine blinked from atop his newspaper, "You're only 6, Rin. I don't think you'd understand yet."

Rin pouted and hugged her bunny plush closer, "Why not?"

Mr. Kagamine laughed and set down his paper in favor of his daughter, "Why do you ask? Do you have someone you like? Is it Kaito?"

"Eeew," Rin stuck her tongue out as her father placed her in his lap, "No way! Meiko likes him, not me."

"Is that so?" a slender, golden eyebrow raised in interest.

The young girl squirmed so that faced her father, "All the princesses in the stories and movies fall in 'love', then they kiss the princes on the lips! Why do they do that?"

The elder Kagamine smiled and smoothed his daughter's ribbon, "Love is a hard thing to explain, Rin. It's when two people like each other very much, so much that they'd go crazy if the other person was gone. Just the thought of something bad happening is enough to make them uneasy. People show their love through things like kissing and hugging, but at first it might not be obvious."

"Daddy, did you love Mommy?"

At this, Mr. Kagamine tensed. He averted his daughter's gaze and stared at the carpet, a haze seemingly fell over his eyes. Rin poked her head closer to see what was wrong. "Yes," Mr. Kagamine's voice was barely a whisper, "Yes I loved her very much."

"How come you haven't gone crazy?"

"Oh, but I have. I've been out of my mind ever since I took over as boss at Mirror Corp" he sighed and hugged her, "But seeing your face keeps me happy because Daddy also loves Rin very much. One day you'll meet someone that you will care for a lot, and then Daddy'll have to let you go…Actually, you'll be meeting someone very special very soon. I think you two will become very close."

"Who?" Rin instantly perked up, interested at the thought of making a new friend, "Who is it?"

But her father only smiled: "You'll see."

Len arrived three years later.

"In any case, even if I do it's not like he has feelings for me either," Rin sighed and rested her chin on her knees, "He's only around because Mom wanted me to have a brother. I bet if he was allowed to be his own being he'd move out in the blink of an eye. I mean, I do treat him pretty horribly. He does my chores, wakes me up every morning, cooks, cleans, packs my lunch-" Rin suddenly stopped herself.

"You," Leon pointed an accusing finger at Rin, "You use him to do useless household chores and sing you lullabies! How dare you mistreat such a fine specimen; you don't deserve him!"

Rin lowered her eyes. Perhaps Leon was right. Maybe she really didn't deserve him after all. Maybe it was time she started preparing to let Len go, starting with alleviating the burden of having to care for her. Yeah, she'd wake herself up now, and make her own lunches. Len could still help out with her chores, of course, but as for everything else Rin was going to do it herself. She was 14, she didn't need him to baby her anymore. When she was littler, yes, but now they were in high school. Len deserved to have his own life instead of preoccupying his with hers. If he wanted to hang out with Miku or Neru then fine, that was none of her concern. She was going to be completely independent now.

That way, it'd hurt less when he leaves.

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