Chapter 14
The News
Len POV:
I feel like the biggest jerk there is on this stupid Earth.. I shouldn't have been that hard on Rin. It's just that I was too devastated to even talk to her at that point of time. It has been a day after that incident and I knew that she was gone now.. I would never see her again..
As I was drawing nearer to school, all the girls were eyeing me like I was the last designer bag in a store. I just glared at every single one of them and hopefully they got the message that I wanted to be left alone. As I entered the classroom, I sat down at my desk and a random girl popped up out of nowhere and sat next to me for the time being.
"Hi~~ Len~~" she said very slyly
I just ignored her.
"I heard that you broke up with Rin ne~ I was really sad that you were going out with a peasant like her~ You should go out with me ne~"
Before I could say a rude remark, there was another girl and another after that and it was filling up and I couldn't take it anymore! The comments and their questions were driving me nuts! "Len~ Please go out with me!" or, "Oh~ Len! You're single now?" and worstly, "I knew he would break up with Rin this quick! She's a poor, peasant after all!" At that point I couldn't take it anymore and I slammed my desk which captured their attention.
"Would leave me alone? You're pissing me off! All of you!" I yelled.
They were going to say something in response to my remark, but fortunately the first bell rang and all the girls that gathered around my desk, hurriedly ran back to their own desk. I sighed at the long awaited quiet that I was waiting for and I fell asleep. As you can tell, I couldn't sleep at all last night.
~ Flashback of yesterday and Dream ~ (A/N : If you don't understand what this means, I simply mean that Len had a dream of exactly what happened yesterday. I thought that I typed that to where people wouldn't understand so I just wanted to set something straight:3)
I was walking home, slowly. Looking at the ground and not bothering to even look up as I walk. Not caring whether I bump into someone or something. Nothing matters anymore since she's out of my life.. I walked inside my house when I realized that I had arrived and I slammed the door shut which had shocked my mother as I came in.
"Okairi Len~ How was school? Oh? Where's Rin? She's usually here with you after school isn't she?"
I flinched at that name.. 'Rin'. It echoed in my head and it wouldn't die out. It left an indentation in my mind that will never go away.
"School was fine.. Rin is not here anymore." Was all I said before I headed into my room to sit in the corner and sulk or something. I don't know and I don't care anymore. I sat down in the corner and started pondering. Why am I so hung up about this? Why is it that whenever I think that Rin is leaving me, it would hurt this much? A lot of guys would probably tell me to, 'suck it up and find another girl' but I just can't do that with Rin.. She's just too special. She's the one that I actually liked—no loved and I can't get over it like she was a speck of dust.. I just can't.
"Len? Len dear, Are you okay? Open the door.." I hear my mother say from outside.
"I'm fine mother.."
"No you're not… What's wrong?"
"Nothing mother, don't worry about it. I'm fine."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No I don't.. Sorry.. Maybe later okay?" Probably not… But I had to make her leave me alone one way or another right? I didn't want to talk period.
"Okay then.."
I heard her footsteps distancing away from my room. I just sighed and sank into my arms. I refused to cry over this. It's true that when I was a kid I would cry over the littlest things. I was so immature, but of course I got better at it. I guess I just never had a chance to live a happy childhood and it just overcame to me that my habit was crying. Very unmanly I know.. The contradicting part is the many girls wanting to flirt with me.. I swear they piss me off.. Anywho, I just sat there staring into space for many hours.
"Len! Dinner!"
I groaned and ignored her.
I heard her footsteps drawing nearer and nearer to my room. She opened the door. "Len, I said dinner time. Did you not hear me?" she asked softly.
"Sorry, but I'm not hungry.." I said quietly.
"Len, I don't know what happened, but you know I hate it when you decide to skip dinner! Especially after you skipped eating and nearly hurt yourself! You're lucky that Rin—"
"Mom.. can you please not talk about Rin right now?" I cut her off. Hearing her name made me feel horrible again.
"Oh dear.." was all my mother had said before she had sat down next to me. "Len, did you have a fight with Rin?" I needed someone to talk to. Although I seem like a "mama's boy" I needed somebody, anybody to talk to. If I didn't I knew that it would just make my condition worse as it was.
"Rin.. She is.. moving tomorrow morning.." I saw my mom's eyes widen and I just pretended like I didn't see it. "Oh dear.. That's too bad.. I really like Rin.. She was so sweet." I couldn't bear to hear more about her, I unconsciously put my hands against my ears and tried to block out everything about Rin that I was either thinking about and hearing about. I hated this, I hated this hatred feeling. I hated every single part of it!
~END OF DREAM/FLASHBACK~
"Kagamine-san! Please stay awake during class periods!" Sensei had yelled
"I'm sorry, it won't happen again.." was all I managed to say..
When it was lunch break I decided to skip school. I left the building and left for home. I looked up at the sky and it seemed as if it was going to rain anytime soon.
Hmm Rin.. Where are you right now? Are you doing okay? I hope you're happy wherever you are. Right now to tell you the truth I'm not doing so great, but if it means that you're okay then I'll suck it up and continue to live my life as it is… Heh, I'm such a kid aren't I Rin..?
Rin POV:
I changed my clothing from my orange pajamas to my favorite and only white bow, a light orange jacket with a light colored scarf, a skirt, tights, and my boots. It looked a little chilly outside so I decided to wear my 'some-what' thick clothing. I put on my backpack, reached for my stuff that was packed into a suitcase and left my house. The couple that had bought my house had extended out their hands to I assume shake it, so I did so. After they did however, I left and started to walk to the right. I didn't know where to go.. I had nowhere to go.. My whole family hates me, and I hate them.
I would stay with Miku but it's still kind of awkward talking to her since we had recently made up after fighting for so many years. And lastly Len.. He hated me now too, or at least I assume, so why on Earth would I go to his house. I gripped on my necklace despite the fact that I should forget about him. A stray tear had fallen but I quickly wiped it and continued to walk.
That's when it started to drizzle. I ignored the rain. At first it was easy since it was only drizzling anyway, but it soon led to heavy rain. I could barely breathe so I went inside a shop for about 20 minutes just walking around looking retarded with a tiny suitcase. As I left the shop however, the rain had gotten worse and the even worst part was the thunder and lightning. I jump from time to time from the fear of getting shocked. If you guys hadn't guessed already, Yes, my biggest fear is thunder, lightning or any form of electricity. In the past I was never afraid of anything. Even now, I wasn't afraid of bugs, getting hit, gangs, getting raped, but when I was younger my father tended to and attempted to shock me to death or electrocute me. I was afraid of any sort of electricity ever since my childhood. There was a big flash of thunder and I had dropped my suitcase and covered my ears while screaming. "KYAAAA!" There were many people just staring at me. Looking at me like as if I was a psychopath. I picked up my suitcase while shaking and started to walk again.
My hair and bow was drooping wet and so were my clothing.I looked for a nearby clock and, counting the hours, I had been outside for about 6 hours. I was tired and I don't think I can take the lightning and thunder any longer. It was also getting dark now and I needed somewhere to go. After pondering for about another hour, I decided that.. I.. would.. go to.. Len's house. I walked all the way back to where he had lived and when I was in the front of his house, it was about 8:30 PM. I had been out in the rain for about 8 hours and a half. I knocked on their door and Sakura-san had answered the door. She gasped from shock and hurriedly let me enter the house. I was shaking and crying at the same time. Half of the reason was from me being at Len's house and the other half was from the lightning and thunder. I didn't even dare to look up. I just kept my eyes shut. Sakura-san had given me a towel and let me sit in the couch of their living room. I opened my eyes slowly thinking that it was now okay to open them and I saw that Sakura-san had gave me a warm smile. I don't know why you're smiling at me.. I just sat there emotionless quiet and that silence was now over. Sakura-san had got up to leave for the kitchen so I was alone in the living room until I saw that Len had just came out of the shower. He had walked into the living room with a look of shock. He had his hair down, a white shirt, and shorts. His towel was around his neck and his hair was still wet.
"R-Rin?" he called my name timidly.
I just stayed quiet. Still shivering from all the rain that I had walked through.
"What are you doing here? I thought you—moved?" he had asked, confused.
I finally said something. "I-I r-refus-sed to g-g-go.. H-How c-c-could I l-l-leave…?" It was hard to talk since I was crying and shivering at the same time. Len had then unexpectedly ran up and hugged me really tight. "I really thought you were gone Rin…." He said really quietly. I hugged him back while shaking uncontrollably, "I-I'm sor—ry.. For everything.." I said quietly back while I took in the longing scent of bananas that Len had.
When he led go I started to sneeze and cough uncontrollably. He led me to the bathroom and I changed into dry, warm clothes. As I was done changing, I came out with my hair in little pigtails, a white turtleneck and shorts. They were the only pair of DRY clothes I had okay..? I walked over to Len and Sakura-san who were now at the couch together. I didn't look up again and kept my eyes down. Then suddenly there was a big roar of thunder. Although Len and Sakura-san had flinched a little, I immediately dropped to the ground covering my ears.
"KYAAAAAAAAAA! I'm sorry! Don't hurt me! I'll do as you say next time I promise!" I yelled. It had become a reflex that I said that when I heard thunder. Both Len and Sakura-san ran over to me and helped me relax a little. Len looked so much more worried than his mother and I was still timid about this whole situation. I told them what had happened from the my house being sold to the reason of my fear of thunder, lightning, or anything of the electrical subject, to why I was here now. I am now apparently staying with Len and Sakura-san. Of course, they offered and I hesitantly agreed. I didn't want to be a burden to them.. Sakura-san was over-joyed and she skipped to the kitchen again to turn off the stove since the water was boiling in the tea kettle. That had left Len and I by ourselves.
"I'm sorry for being a burden to you guys.. Really"
"You know I hate it when you over apologize Rin.." Len had said.
"Sorry."
"Rin!"
"Oh so—I mean okay.."
Thunder had roared again and I whimpered. Len had hugged me and caressed my back to calm me down. "I'll always be here for you Rin, remember that okay?" Tears started falling down and I hugged Len back gripping at his white shirt, "Thank you, Len.." Although my problem was solved now does that mean that I will have more in the future?
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