Chapter 15
Please Smile For Me?
Len POV:
I was hugging Rin tightly. Trying to calm her down from the thunder and lightning. As soon as I did calm her down, if thunder roared again outside, she would either scream or whimper again.. I've never seen her this scared before.. Heck, I didn't think she was afraid of anything.. but thanks to that failure of a father, her fear had to be anything consulting electricity. As Rin calmed down again, I sighed at the misfortune she was going through and gently let go of her. She herself, loosened her grip on my shirt and wiped away her little tears that were formed in her eyes.
"Are you okay Rin?" I asked.
"I-I don't k-know.." Rin had said while shaking with fear.
I put my hand on her still wet hair and ruffled it. She looked at me with sadness in her eyes. I smiled and gently said, "My Rin.. Don't cry okay? I don't like it when you cry.. You know that too right?"
She just nodded and thats when my mom had come back with a cup of tea. "Here Rin dear, this will help you warm up." she said with a smile.
"T-Thank y-you.." Rin had said. I'm not sure if she was still cold, or if she was hesitating.
"Your welcome sweetie" Mom had replied with another smile.
Rin blowed and slowly drank. After she had drank what was about 4 or 5 sips, she said, "U-Um, I'm going to use your restroom really quickly.."
"Go ahead." I said with a little smile.
As Rin left however, my mom nudged me to follow her. I suppose that she wanted to talk to me.
"Yeah Mom?" I said confused.
"About Rin.. What really happened?" She asked with a serious tone that I am surprised to see. Knowing how not so serious and care-free she is.
"W-What do you mean?" I asked confused once again.
"As in, her father.. I know what happened with her mother leaving her because she told us not too long ago, but what about her father..? The only detail I know about him is that he always tried to electrocute or shock Rin thats it.." She said even more serious than before.
"W-Well, her father was abusive as you can already see, and he would hit her and beat her every single day. Her mom would get beaten too, but Rin had always been beaten ten times more. Her father finally left her when she was 8 and she was free. She worked at an early age, cooking, cleaning, and part-time jobs. Then I met her when this year and hopefully, she learned to be more happier than before. Then her father came back again and started beating her, that's when she showed him a piece of her mind and he got arrested trying to kill her in public. And you already know what happened with her mother.. She's pretty much disowned now.." I said quietly.
My mom looked as if her heart was broken. "Poor Rin..."
But that only lasted like 20 seconds and thats when there was a silly smile laid upon her face. I looked at her with an eyebrow raised and she then almost ran out the door. "What the hell.." I said to myself, surprised at her quick change of emotion and followed her. Rin had come out already and was sitting in the couch hugging her knees. As we came out she looked over at us and proceeded to hug herself. I sat over next to her and then my mom had said something that made me blush.. hard..
"Ehhh~~ Rin-channn~~ We would let you sleep in the guest room, but we don't have a bed over there~~ We need to get one tomorrow~~ That's why you are going to sleep in.. Len's room.." She said with a devious grin.
"W-W-W-WH-HAT?" I had said completely embarrassed.
I glanced over at Rin, who was also red in the face and when she saw I looked, she hid her face in her hands.
"Ohhh~~ It's already 1 AM! You both have school tomorrow so get along to bed, keke~~" She said again deviously before she headed to her own room.
It was soon just Rin and myself, alone in the living room and then I remembered that she had been outside in the rain for about 8 hours and that she must be utterly exhausted. "Rin? Are you tired?" I asked softly.
"H-Huh? A-Ah, just a little bit I guess.." She said eyes half-open.
I smiled and I grabbed her hand, we were walking towards my room. "I'm sorry for what my mom said, she just wanted you to sleep in a bed thats all.. She didn't mean the other way, you know.." I said a little more nervously than I thought.
"I-Its o-okay.." She said nervously as well.
As we walked in my room, I said, "Here Rin, you sleep on the bed. I'll sleep on the floor or something."
"N-No its okay I'll sleep on the-" before she could finish she started coughing uncontrollably again.
"A-Are you okay? Are you sick?" I asked timidly.
"I-I'm fine.." She said weakly after she had finally finished coughing.
"Here.." I picked her up bridal style and laid her on the bed. I tucked her in and pulled up the blanket. As I proceeded to find another blanket for myself, there was a huge roar of thunder that let the lights go out.
"KYAA!" Rin screamed.
"It's okay Rin.." I tried to comfort.
"L-L-Len.. I-I'm scared..." She said very timidly.
I without thinking, wanting to comfort her, climbed onto the bed and laid down next to her. She quickly hugged me and didn't let go. I felt her shake while she was hugging me and pat her back. "Shhh, it's okay.. Everything will be okay.." As I said this however, she seemed to have fell asleep. I smiled at her but noticed that I couldn't get off the bed, Rin was hugging me too tight and if I moved I think I would wake her. "Geez.." I said to myself and slowly fell asleep.
Goodnight Rin..
The Next Morning..
I woke up and found that Rin was still hugging me. I shook her to wake up since it was a school day and said, "Rin.. It's time to wake up.." but she wouldn't wake up. My eyes widened as I touched her forehead. She was burning up.. The rain must have done this... I yelled for my mother and as she came inside she looked over at Rin who was breathing very irregularly. She just told me to get ready for school. I highly disagreed with her, but she said that I should get to school and that she would take care of Rin. That way I would know what we were doing in school and tell Rin about it. I didn't like the plan but I did as I was told. Before I left for school I grabbed a rubber band and tied my hair up, and walked towards my room. I glanced at Rin who had a cold, wet, towel on her forehead and I whispered, "Get better okay?" and left the house. I really want to see her smile.. Rin.. would you please smile.. for me?
Sakura POV:
I predicted last night that she would have a fever this morning from standing outside in the rain that long. I also knew that Rin wouldn't be able to sleep because of the thunder so I lied to both Len and Rin that there wasn't a bed in the guest room. Well we just remodeled it so it wasn't really a lie. Oh well. I entered Len's room and I brought in a bowl of cold water, orange juice (Len told me she like oranges so I thought some juice would help.), and medicine. Rin had awoken and apologized at her being sick.
"It's fine dear~ Here drink some juice. Len said you liked oranges so I have some orange juice for you. And take some of this medicine." I said.
"T-Thank you.." Rin said as she slowly sat up and drank her little glass of juice and swallowed her pill.
Before I could ask her something, she said something that I was confused about at first. "Do you think that my parents regretted having me?"
"W-What dear?" I asked confused.
"I think my parents hated me from the start.. Don't you? I heard Len tell you last night about my family." She said quietly.
"Oh dear, I'm sorry if I didn't ask you about it.. I just didn't want to make it uncomfortable with you.." I had replied quickly.
"No it's okay. I was planning on telling you anyway Sakura-san.." Rin had said reassuringly.
"Oh I see.."
"I think my mom hated me secretly and my dad obivously hated me.. I think everyone in this world hates me don't you th-" She said but couldn't finish because she had fell asleep after taking her medicine.
I smiled gently and moved her bangs out of the way of her eyes. "You may think that about your parents but there are many people here that don't hate you dear." I said quietly before I left the room.
After School..
Len had come back from school and had brought back oranges. I laughed at how much he really did care for Rin and smiled at his return. Rin was awake but remained in the bed because I told her not to push herself into getting up. The whole day today Len would not leave Rin's side and that made me believe that Len really does love Rin. When it had turned evening time, I had walked in his room to see if they were sleeping. I smiled at how Rin was sleeping in the bed and Len fell asleep at the side of the bed, laying his head down at the mattress while holding on to her hand. How adorable..
The Next Morning..
Rin POV:
I woke up the next morning feeling so much better than yesterday and got off the bed. Len had come in at the time and he smiled.
"Good Morning Sleepyhead, feeling better?"
I just nodded and said, "I feel a lot better, thank you."
He just slightly laughed and said, "That's good. You should get ready for school. We have a couple minutes left before we have to leave."
I just slowly nodded and grabbed my school uniform and headed for the bathroom. I brushed my hair and brushed my teeth, then put my white bow and white clips on. I then put on my school uniform and washed my face. I sighed before I left the bathroom, and I headed for the kitchen where Len and Sakura-san was. They both waved at me and I slowly waved back. I was spazzing out, thinking about the unbelievable things that had happened in a matter of 2 days and thats when I snapped back to reality when Len had called my name.
"Rin!"
"H-Huh?"
"Are you sure you're okay?" Len had asked with a tone of concern.
"Y-Yeah.. I was just day dreaming thats all.. U-Uh we should leave for school right? Let's go.." I just said to snap the worry out of him. I don't think it worked but oh well..
Len and I were now walking to school. It was a very quiet and awkward walk though. Usually we would talk about something-anything.. but we weren't.. As we were walking however, I felt people looking at me. Particularly female students going to our school. I was beginning to feel uneasy and I began to speed up my pace at the process. Len was speeding up his pace as well, and he caught up with me.
"Rin, are you okay?" He asked cautiously.
"Yeah.. I'm fine.. Just a little uneasy.." I said straight-forwardly.
"I think I know why.." He had said as a reply along with a shiver.
When we had arrived at the school, we had went to class and sat down in our seats. I greeted people that I haven't seen in a while such as Miku, Kaito, Neru, and Mikuo. I figured that I should greet them just to be polite you know? Sensei then came in the room and school has now started for the day. I couldn't really concentrate throughout the whole day, and I caught Len looking at me with worry more than once. I don't really mean to make him worry about me, I'm really not..
For Len's part, I'm trying my best to smile, but it just isn't working.. The best 'smile' I can pull off is a face that is emotionless. I'm such a fool.. Why can't I do a simple task just as that..? It was now lunch break and I decided that I wanted some alone time.. I went outside and sat down in the tree that I always sat down by. I thought about all the memories that I had made with Len.. All the fun times we had, all the bad, and all the sad times.. That's when I thought of the mother that I thought loved me as her child.. as her daughter.. Tiny tears had formed in my eyes and it trailed down my face..
"I'm such an idiot..." I said to myself..
"Who said you were an idiot?" I heard someone say.
I turned around to notice that Len had found me.
"A-Ah... I am an idiot though.. Both the biological mother and father of mine disowned me, I hoped that they cared and loved me as their daughter, and this whole world is against me as a person.. If I'm not an idiot what am I?" I had said..
"Well, I can't disagree with your mother and father's cruelty, but I'll tell you what you are.. You're Kagamine Rin, the one that help me realize many good things in life, the one that I think is the most important, smartest, and beautiful person in the world, and the one that I love most in this world. I don't know about you but I don't think that those things would make you an idiot would it?" Led had said.
My eyes widened and I cried. I cried really hard. These are things that I have never heard anyone in the world say to me ever.. I hoped that people like my parents would tell me these words, but they never did.. I had always hoped that someone would tell me these things to persevere in life, but no one ever did.. Until today, the person that I love the most tells me these kind, reassuring words..
I had my hands covering my ugly, tear-stricken face but he moved my hands away. I moved my head to the side.. I didn't want him to look at me in this condition, but he turned my head to face him and he gave a heart-warming smile. The smile that I loved so much.. The smile that I didn't ever want him to lose.. He took out a hankerchief and wiped my tears away, and he stood up and reached out for my hand. I slowly grasped it and followed where he was taking me. Apperently, we were going back to the classroom. I'm not sure why we were, we still had about 20 minutes left before lunch break was over, so I asked, "W-Why are we g-going back to class a-already?"
"S-e-c-r-e-t~" He said while winked.
I blushed at his face and I continued to follow him. I then noticed that we were still holding hands.. I blushed even harder at the thought of it and shook my head to get out of the trance. Thats when suddenly we arrived at our destination point, and Len said, "Okay, Rin this is where you will go in alone okay?"
But before I could question he left..
I turned around and opened the door, there was a couple of people including, Miku, Mikuo, Neru, and Kaito. Even Sensei with bright warm smiles. There was a big banner in the room that said, 'Don't Worry About The Past and Be Happy Because You Deserve to Be!' I gasped at what these people had done for me and they all came up to me and hugged me.
They all said in unison, "Don't Worry and Be Happy Rin!~~"
"E-E-Eh?" Was all I said..
That's when Miku said, "Ne~ Rin, you know who planned this right?"
I just slowly shook my head, really not knowing who could have done this..
"Well, it's Len.. He thought that you should smile a lot more and that he really wanted to see it again.." Miku said.
I thought about Len.. How he tried to make me laugh.. I then realized that I should forget about the past and think about the future that I should enjoy.. and then all of a sudden I laughed with a real smile. Everyone in the room looked at me in surprise. I heard people say things that ranged from, "Wahh~ Rin has a pretty laugh and smile, she should smile more often!" to "Wahh~~ She actually smiles?" Everyone all smiled back at me and I quickly ran out of the room to see Len. I saw with the window that he was walking around outside. I ran out the doors and I saw him.. he was drawing nearer and nearer.
"Len!" I yelled.
"E-Eh? Rin?" He said confused.
As I reached him, I bent down trying to gasp for breath.
"Ne~ You okay?"
I quickly got up and the hair that covered my eyes moved and I smiled and laughed sincerely.
"Thank you Len! It made my day! Hehe!"
His eyes widened and he quickly pushed me to the side behind a tree.
"L-Len what are you-"
"Gomen.. I wanted that beautiful laugh all to myself.. I know I'm greedy.. But its not like I hear you laugh everyday now do I?"
I quickly hugged him with a laugh. With tears of happiness forming in my eyes. "I-I love y-you L-Len.. I really do.."
He lifted my chin up and said, "I love you too.." and he leaned forward and our lips met.. Although I was shocked at first, I smiled through the kiss and hugged him tighter.. When we separated from out lips meeting, he laughed and so did I..
I should have realized that I should laugh more often and that I should stop thinking about the past.. The past has haunted me for the past 15 years and I was foolish to let it get through me when I had someone this important to me care about me so much.. I was so foolish.. Probably the most foolish girl in the world.. Thank you Len~ You showed me how to love again..
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