Troubles and Jealousy

Chapter 3

Rin groaned as her alarm clock went off. She rolled over in bed and slammed her palm down on the snooze button, and quickly dozed back off. This doze was short-lived, however.

"Rin-chan, time to wake up!"

Rin growled something unintelligible into her pillow, not opening her eyes. The male outside obviously couldn't hear, however.

"Rin-chan? You up?"

Rin sighed, throwing her blankets away. "I am now, BaKaito." Sighing, she got out of bed and threw open her door. Kaito was standing there, his hand poised as if he was about to knock again. As soon as he saw Rin, his face turned red.

"A-ah, R-R-Rin..."

Rin looked down at herself and immediately saw the problem, her eyes widening. She didn't really have any pajamas, so she slept in her bra and underwear. Her face turned bright pink. "A-ah..." Without saying a word, she shut the door in Kaito's face.

"Jeezum, Master, what were you thinking? You know I'm not good with mornings, and yet you insist on making me do a song with Kaito, Leek Freak, and Len..."

"U-Uh.. R-Rin-chan? A-A-Are you.. Okay?" Kaito leaned against the door, hoping to hear something from Rin who was blushing madly as she searched for clothes to wear instead of walking around all day in nothing but Bras and Panties.

"Hang on, BaKaito! Unless you wanna another eyeful..." Rin paused in her yelling to Kaito to mumble under her breath, "Friggin' lolicon..." She then continued to yell to Kaito. "By the way, if you have a nosebleed when I come out, I'll ram an orange so far up your-"

"My nose isn't bleeding!" Kaito's panicked voice went through the wood of the door.

Rin sighed, finally finding her shorts under a pile of dirty clothes. Her shirt was behind her dresser, her sleeves were in a ball in the corner of her room, and her shoes and socks were in her closet.

Getting dressed, she looked around. "Come on, come on... oh, wait!" Getting on her hands and knees, she crawled under her bed, triumphantly coming back out with her suspenders in hand.

Fixing them so they hung from her waist just right, she opened the door. Kaito flinched slightly, then relaxed when he saw she was fully dressed. "Come on. I still have to do my hair, but you shouldn't be standing out there like an idiot. We are a couple, after all." The word couple tasted like ash in Rin's mouth.

Kaito sat on Rin's bed as she ran a brush through her short blonde hair, then fixed the four white pins in it, before finally putting on her big bow.

"Yoo-hoo~! Rinny, are you and Kaito-nii ready?" Miku opened the door (without even knocking, Rin noticed) and poked her head into Rin's room, smiling when she saw the two. Then she opened the door, revealing Len behind her.

"Gimme a sec lee... Miku. Just let me fix my bow..." Rin turned her attention to the mirror as she fixed her slightly crooked bow, looking at Len through the mirror. The blond boy was staring at the ground, looking nervous.

Miku smiled in return to Rin and glanced to Kaito, who appeared to be slightly uncomfortable with the aura surrounding them.

However, they had to wait for Rin to finish fixing her bow.

All of them were drowned into silence, but since Miku was too cheery, she broke it. "I'm so excited for our song~! I think that all of us will have fun while recording!" She grinned, a happy glint shining in her blue-green orbs.

Rin's face remained emotionless, but when she saw Len shoot his head up to Miku and smile... Her eyes narrowed. Stupid Miku... Rin thought, wanting to slap that happiness out of Miku.

Rin sighed and flatly stated, "Done," turning around to exit her room, followed closely by a happy Miku, an uncomfortable Kaito and a nervous Len.

The four walked into the sounding booth, each taking up a pair of headphones. Behind the glass wall, there was a figure. He was so covered in shadow that you couldn't really make out any features. Miku waved to him. "Hello, Master-sama~!"

A low voice echoed through the room. "Hello, you four. Are you ready for your song?" All of them nodded. Rin made a point to stand inbetween Kaito and Len. Miku stood on Len's other side.

They practiced for awhile. The song was basically about a group of friends, who all loved each other no matter what. There was a part where Rin and Miku sang together in harmony about how much fun they always had with their "girl time," having sleepovers and such. The line wanted to make Rin puke.

And Miku, of course, was having a great time singing, obviously oblivious to Rin's dislike of her. She sang happily until the song ended with Len and Kaito doing a line together.

Rin was happy when the song finally ended. "Was that good Master-sama?"

"Of course, Rin. You guys can take a break now." At Master's words, Miku squealed and hugged Rin.

"Aww, Rinny, your voice sounds so cute!" She went to give hugs to Kaito and Len, giving them each her own complements.

Rin faked her smile as Miku hugged her. But seeing Miku hug Len longer than Kaito... it made her want to kick Miku to the wall. The fact that Len was hugging her back didn't help much.

That was fair, wasn't it?

Kaito on the other hand, was smiling sadly as he watched Miku hug Len. But after Len, it was his turn.

Miku beamed at his sight, and wrapped her arms around his neck, slightly jumping forward because of his height.

Rin bit her lip and looked down. Of course she felt jealous when Miku was hugging Len, but she also felt jealous when she was hugging Kaito! Why? It was just Kaito, after all.

Kaito patted Miku's back, then went over next to Rin when the hug ended. Rin looked up at him. He was getting good at this acting!

"I'm gonna go get some water~! Wanna come, guys?" Miku smiled. Len nodded, and Rin shook her head.

"I'll stay here. I wanna listen to the song." Kaito gave the short blonde a small hug.

"I'll bring you back some water." The three left, leaving Rin alone.

Rin sighed as she stood in the middle of the room, walking towards the couch where some of Their things laid.

Riiiiing...

Rin blinked, hearing something ring from Len's bag. His phone just missed a call. Better tell Len about it. But first...

Something urged her to read some of the messages from Len's inbox. And she did.

The texts were all from Miku. Of course. Rin sighed, her eyes scanning over the most recent messages in his inbox.

"Yes, yes, YES! Of course!"

"Aw, Len, you're so romantic! Well, I think tomorrow night at the Crypton Cafe would be just perfect!"

"Don't be silly, Len! Any girl would love to go out with you, trust me."

"OMG, that's so sweet!"

"Of course, Lenny. You can talk to me."

Before she could read anymore, she heard Miku's high-pitched giggle, and quickly closed the inbox, putting the phone away. The three walked back in, and Kaito handed Rin a water.

Rin sighed, thinking over what she had read. Well, Len had asked if he could talk to Miku. Then he had said something that was "sweet". Then Miku said that any girl would want to go out with him... and he was romantic! And then she said yes!

Was he... planning on asking Miku out at the Crypton Cafe tomorrow night?

Rin's eye twitched from the thought and decided that she could just at least stop thinking about it. She couldn't even decide whether or not to tell Len that he has a missed call. She sighed.

"Ne, Rin-chan. Are you okay? You seem a little stressed there," Kaito innocently asked, putting a hand over her shoulder. Rin looked up and blinked, nodding for reassurance. Kaito flashed a soft grin and sat down beside her.

Miku was happily chatting with them about the song, but stopped until she met Len's eyes. Rin noticed, but Kaito kept the conversation going obliviously. Len was frowning at Miku, and she looked like she can read his mind.

Damn. What the hell is going on between them? Suddenly it looked like Len allows himself to be read by Miku or something, Rin thought, wanting to ask Len what he was thinking about. But, pah. It only will make her stupid.

Len believed Miku enough to share what he thought about, but... She was the first one whom Len shared thoughts with. Unfair!

Miku suddenly turned to Rin, grabbing the blonde girl's arm. "Heeeyyyyy, Rin! Len and I were going to go out to the Crypton Cafe tomorrow night! Did you and Kaito want to join us?"

Rin was shocked! Why would Miku want her and Kaito to go with her on a date with Len? Unless... of course! The tealette wanted to rub it in her face! She couldn't be content with winning, she had to flaunt it, too!

Rin could have happily strangled the other girl, but she kept calm. Kaito tried to answer. "Oh, Rin-chan and I ha-"

"Kaito-nii and I would love to go." She turned to Len. He looked a bit upset. Maybe he didn't want Rin to be there? Too bad. She wasn't going to make this easy for him.

But Len wasstaring at Kaito. Kaito on the other side, had eyes wide with shock. He didn't knew that Rin would have accepted the invitation. Well, he WAS a little idiotic, right?

Kaito blinked and shook his head. "Rin-chan, may I have a word with You?"

Rin turned around, only to find herself being dragged by Kaito.

"W-What the hell are you- Mhmm!" Rin was interrupted by Kaito pulling a hand over her mouth before she could start shouting.

"T-Tell me what's the plan? I'm getting confused over here," Kaito managed to state, checking if ever Len and Miku were listening. Thank goodness they weren't. But it seemed like they were having a discussion of their own.

"I was reading Len's texts... he was talking to Miku. I didn't know what Len said, but I think he's planning on asking Miku to be his girlfriend at the Crypton Cafe!"

Kaito's eyes widened in shock. "And you want to go to stop them?"

Rin snorted and rolled her eyes. "No duh! Do you think I'm giving up without a fight?"

Kaito smiled and hugged Rin in a brotherly way. "Of course not, Rinny. You'll get him!"

Rin felt... safe in Kaito's arms. But why shouldn't she? He was like her brother, after all! "T-thanks, Kaito-nii," She hugged the blunet lightly before taking his hand. Just to keep up appearences, of course. "Let's go back now."