I Am Deaf

Chapter 16

Len POV

Why did Rin lie to them? Oh well, she's looking pretty miserable, so I won't pry for now.

For now.

That means much prying will be done eventually.

"Rin." I cleared my throat. "Rin." I tapped her on the shoulder. She nodded, her eyes questioning yet weary.

"You should take your medicine again, sweetheart." I said. Her bottom lip curled up into a pout, and her eyes closed.

"M-mm." She shook her head, and then slouched forward, looking drained. "Len, I just wanna lie down... and go to...sleep." Her head drooped forward, and I realized she probably dozed off.

I chuckled to myself, picked her up, and plopped her on the bed. Suddenly, my phone started blaring out, "Spice!"

I know.

Bad Len.

Anyways, I tuned out Rin's steady, even breathing, and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Lenny-kins!"

"Uh, Mom?" Sweat drop

"Have you started packing our stuff? We're moving in less than four weeks, sweetie!"

"Um, no...?"

"Why do you sound so hesitant?"

"Mom, I have a girlfriend."

Silence.

"WHAT? I HAVE TO MEET HER! Tell me EVERYTHING! And don't you dare skip out the details! Is she cute?"

"Mommm, of course she's cute! She has long blond hair, like, shoulder length, huge sapphire eyes, and..."

"Does she have clean teeth?"

"MOM."

"Seriously! If you kissed her, then..."

"Fine, yeah, she does. They're beautiful."

"Hmmm. If you've seen her teeth, it probably means you've kissed."

Mom and her deduction skills.

"Yes..."

"OMG!" My mom squealed like a ten-year-old. "WAS IT NICE?"

"Y-yeah, it was great..."

"I'll have to talk to her parents."

"Um, uh, she's kind of living with me."

"What? Why?"

"She's an orphan... sort of."

"Shouldn't she live in an orphanage?"

"Actually, her dad's abusive. Really abusive. And her brother is dead."

"..."

"And mom, she's deaf."

"Oh, dear! She sounds so sweet, and kind, and all! How did her brother die?"

"Uh, um, murder."

"Len... should you be hanging around someone like that?"

"MOM. SHE DIDN'T MURDER HER BROTHER."

"I know, but... Well, can I talk to her?"

"She's deaf."

"You interpret!"

"Ah, okay?"

I set the phone down and shook Rin's shoulders. "Rin, Rin, my mom's on the phone, she wants to talk to you."

"But..." Rin yawned and rubbed her eyes.

"It's kay... I'll interpret."

"Mmkay."

I put the phone on speaker.

"Hello?" Rin yawned again.

"Hi! I'm Mrs. Kagamine! Call me Lola!" I relayed it to Rin.

"Hello, Mrs. Kagamine-er, Lola." Rin said politely.

"I heard you and my son have a thing going, huh?" Blushing, I repeated it to Rin. She turned pink.

"Y-Yeah, Len's really sweet, and he's been really nice to me when not many people would. Plus, he's been helping me with my family troubles."

"Sounds like our Len! I heard about your family problems, could I help?"

Never in my life had I seen Rin looking so abruptly panicked, with such wide open, frenzied, eyes, and a trembling figure.

"Hello? Hello?"

"Uh, mom, connection problems, I'll call you back in a few minutes."

"Okay!"

I set it down and turned to Rin, who was shivering, literally. Her bow was trembling along with her.

I frowned, anxious and worried.

"Okay, what's going on?"