The Guy Next Door

Chapter 17
Rin Akita and Miki Megurine

Rin's POV

I did think a lot about what Miki told me. She wasn't as crazy as the other told me. God damn rumors. Maou and I entered the villa and Len, apparently finished thinking, was in the living room playing video games. Tamako was there too, playing with Len, I mean. Maou decided to go up to his room and I sat down on the couch next to Len. Sen and Retsu were coming in from playing in the pool where almost everyone else was.

"Hey Rin," Sen called. "Where have you been? I haven't seen you all day!" I smiled and rested my chin on the palm of my hand.

"I went to visit Miki and Rei," I told her. I heard the game pause and turned to see Len look at me in surprise. I gasped. They really do look the same... "Um...uh..." The both ponytailed their hair and had the same body structure. Oh man, if Maou had blonde hair and blue eyes, they could be twins...

"Rin, is there something wrong?" Len asked. "You looked as if you saw a ghost." I shook my head, but the worry didn't disappear from Len's face. "Rin, are you sure you're alright?" I nodded and he sighed, turning back to the screen. I leaned my head on his shoulder and watched as he got his ass kicked in a video game by a little girl.

"Rin," Tamako called, getting my attention. "What are you going to do when the summer's over?"

"Huh?"

"I asked you what you were going to do when the summer's over," she repeated. "I mean, you're going back to Sapphiro, aren't you? Are you really going to date Len from that far away?" I looked at her in shock, but she kept her eyes glued to the video game.

"Of course," I told her. "There's no reason to break up with some just because you're not with them." Tamako looked at me for a second and laughed. "What's so funny?" She shook her head and returned to the game. Miku walked into the room, a towel wrapped around her so that water wouldn't spill on the floor. "Hey Miku, I see you're having fun." She smiled.

"Well, I'd rather have fun now and do summer homework later," she said.

"That's why you get bad grades in our classes," I pointed out. "And no, I don't think begging Mikuo will help you."

"Damn straight," Mikuo said, walking behind the couch to the kitchen. Sen and Miku pulled me up from the couch and almost threw me into the bathroom.

"You're going swimming with us!" Sen said, holding a bathing suit.

"Where the hell did you get that from?" I asked. She smiled and threw it at me. "We're not letting you out until you change!~" They shut the door and I sighed. I really need to get different friends. The bathing suit was a two piece and pure white. The bikini top tied behind my back and around my neck. The bottom part was held together with two ribbon strings on each side of my hips. I have a feeling they hate my guts. With a sigh, I change and removed my ribbon to tied up my hair into a ponytail. I stepped out of the bathroom and Sen almost attacked me.

"You look so pretty!" she cooed. "Now, Bunny, let's go swimming!" She dragged me, with Miku, through the living room, but an arm hooked around my waist pulling me down. I gasped and ended up in Len's lap.

"Where are you going looking so sexy?" he asked. I blushed and crossed my arms. He laughed and kissed me on the mouth.

"You're really impulsive," I whispered against his lips. His smirk just widened and I kissed him.

"Okay, I think that's enough love birds," Tamako said, giggling. "If you want to do that, don't do that in front of me." I blushed and Len moved me to his side on the couch so he could stand up. That's when I noticed he wore swimming trunks with her white t-shirt. You know, he owns a lot of white clothing. Sen whistled a Wolf Whistle when Len started stripping off his shirt.

"Strip! Strip! Strip!" she chanted with Tamako and Miku. I couldn't help but laugh at them. Everyone here is just so carefree, it's nice to be here. Len threw his shirt next to me and pulled me up.

"Do you want me to strip?" he asked, seductively. My face flushed and I glared at him with crossed arms, making him laugh. "Alright, alright, let's go swimming." We walked to the pool in the back yard to see the others playing around.

"Hey! Len, Rin, come in!" Meiko called. "The water's awesome!" She was on one of the floating rafts with a sake bottle in the cup holder.

"How would you know?" Retsu asked, floating on his back. "You've been drinking on that raft the minute you stepped outside." Sen ran ahead and dived at Retsu who yelled. I laughed and Gumi got out of the water.

"You know what we should play?" she asked.

"What?" I asked. She simply winked at me and ran inside the house. Len gave me and shrug and dove right into the water. I squated down to look at the water and Len popped up in front of me. "Oh look. I found a merman."

"Ha ha, very funny," he said, sarcastically. "Why aren't you coming in?" That's when Maou squated next to me.

"Well, it won't matter now, will it?" he asked. He hooked his arm around my back and tipped over, dragging me into the water. When I came up and glared at him and he just laughed.

"I think I'm starting to hate the both of you," I said. Miku laughed and glomped my shoulders.

"Don't hate, Rinny," she said. "Kill them and pretend you're innocent!" Everyone gave her a weird look and Mikuo stepped next to the pool, shaking his head.

"You are one sick little girl," he said. Tamako laughed and had a beach ball in front of her.

"Hey, where'd Gumi go?" Tamako asked. Suddenly, she shrieked and fell into the pool revealing Gumi with a water gun behind her. She popped up and glared at Gumi. "Hey! What was that for?"

"This? Nothing," Gumi said. "I just found it. Pretty sweet, right? But anyway, I say we should play Marco Polo."

"Marco Polo?" I asked. "Why?"

"What's more fun then trying to grab someone with your eyes closed?" Gumi asked. Then she pointed to Len. "Guess what, Lenny, you're gonna be it." Everyone got into the water and Sen used a ribbon to cover Len's eyes. We quietly swam away.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Miku asked. Gumi just smiled and the game started.

"Marco!" Len called. We yelled the response and he started swimming towards us. I'm really good at this game, well, at least I think I am. He was standing right in front of me...almost as if he could see me. I quietly backed up to the wall and he followed. At first I thought Len had really great ears, but that was before I noticed the ribbon covering his eyes was white. He placed his arms on both sides of me and smirked. "Got cha." I blushed and he bent down to kiss me.

"Cheater..." I murmured.

"Get a room!" Jun called. I had my eye closed when I was kissing Len, but I gave Jun the middle finger anyway.

"Sen, you gave him a white ribbon just so he could make out with Bunny?" Retsu asked. Sen giggled. Len and I separated after we lost most of our air, and I could feel that my face was hot. I dove down into the water and swam away there, ending up behind him. I snatched the ribbon away and looked at Sen.

"Give him a ribbon that can blind him," I told her.

"But, I like looking at you," Len said, hugging me from behind. Maou didn't look to happy, but he was doing a great job in hiding it when Len tossed him a ribbon. "Maou, you're next." Maou smirked and Sen helped him tie the ribbon around his eyes.

"Can we play?" Miki, Rui, and Rei waved from the edge of the pool and I smiled.

"C'mon in!" Neru called. "Maou's ears suck, so this will be fun."

"No know what, Blondie?" Maou asked, using Neru's nickname. "Just for that, you're going down first." Len and I laughed and Maou started lunging towards Neru's voice. She easily side stepped and laughed when he didn't get her.

"You suck," she said, swimming away. Maou growled and Len guilded me to the corner of the pool where the stairs leading out of the pool were. "Aw, Rinny, don't tell me you're gonna let this red head devil get me." I laughed and got out of the pool. I finally got closer to where Neru was and I positioned myself to dive.

"Hey Maou!" I called. He stopped at looked towards me as I dived at him. I knocked him down and Neru pulled me away just incase.

"Thanks sis," she said. We laughed and I swam back to Len who looked at me questioningly.

"You know that wasn't very nice," Maou said, coming up from behind me. "If I'd gotten hurt, you'd be sorry." I sat next to Len you swung his arm around me.

"I hardly doubt I'd hurt you," I said, laughing a bit. I could tell Maou didn't like Len's arm around me, but sucks for him. I know that there's no way I like Maou in that way. I never had. And I did remember that I said I think about Maou being my boyfriend. We were joking back then. I didn't know... So it's too late. Sorry Maou, you'll still be my best friend.

"That doesn't mean you should stop me from getting my revenge," he whined. I rolled my eyes and Len laughed. He got up and walked to the edge of the pool where Mikuo was. "Hey, Bunny?" I turned to face Maou again. "Are you sure he's not using you or anything? Because I bet that I love you more than he does. You've only known him for a week, but you've known me for like forever." I couldn't glare at him. Maou's eyes were so sad, it made me sad. Not only that, but I could feel Miki watching us as well.

"Maou, I'm sorry, but I only like you as brother," I told him. "Because I know you were with me for a long time, we grew up together and it feels as if we're siblings, it's just wrong."

"But he looks more like you than me," Maou argued back. I could see everyone was watching us. "His older brothers raped you, didn't they? I heard from someone and there's a possibility Len might rape you too!" I slid my hand across the water and splashed Maou.

"You idiot!" I screamed. "Who the hell did I tell who saved me? Why the hell would Len save me from his own brothers, huh? He's no that kind of person, but I kno; I can see you're trying to make him look bad." Maou stayed silent. "Maou, don't talk to me for the rest of this day." I got out of the pool and walked into the villa.

"Rin!" I turned around to see Miki coming after me with a towel. She wrapped it around my shoulders and lead me into the kitchen. "Are you okay?" I nodded. "You really did stay strong... But it hurts, doesn't it?" I nodded and she hugged me. "It's okay, just be friends."

"W...what?" I asked, trying to prevent myself from breaking down. Miki smiled and brought out her ipod, looking for a song.

"My older sister Luka sang this song for this guy," she explained. "It's a really pretty song that's about a girl breaking up with a guy and is asking them to just be friends. I thought that this song might help with Maou." I nodded and placed the earbud in my ear.

"Ukandanda kinou no asa hayaku ni," Luka sang. "Wareta GURASU..." I kept listening to the end and smiled.

"Luka has a beautiful voice," I said. Miki nodded. "Thanks Miki, I'll try to convince Maou's crush to a platonic level." I gave her another hug. "Thanks for being my friend." Her smile gained.

"No problem, good luck."