Utilitarianism

Chapter 4
Fear

Until dinner, Rin and Len hung around in the park, talking and relaxing. Rin had been rather amused at the gaps in Len's English skills, but she tried not to show it. The grass they were sitting on was lush and green and the sky was a pretty orange colour, Rin couldn't have asked for better weather.

"Rin, this um-" Len began.

"Len," Rin asked, knowing that he was finding it hard to speak in English, "Do you know any other languages?"

"Ah, yes!" Len exclaimed, as he had done every time he thought of something that day, "Japanese, English, French and the German!"

Rin paused for a moment, gawking at the boy beside her, "Seriously?"

"My mother is French and my father is German, so I learned the languages." Len said, grinning, "Do you learn..?"

"Uh, I learnt German at school..." Rin muttered, "...Lola and Leon are foreign?"

"Yes, they met in Japan." Len replied, a sad smile on his face, "They traveled lots."

"Why did they travel?" Rin asked, looking at Len more carefully now.

"They design clothes, I had to model..." Len muttered, he looked a little embarrassed, "The girl clothes..."

Rin laughed, but she couldn't help it. Len as a cross dressing model? Pssh. Brilliant. Len looked hurt by her laughter though, he looked on the verge of tears...but that only made Rin laugh more.

"It is not funny..." Len muttered, blushing hard. He turned away from Rin and thought about all the reasons he regretted saying that.

There was a flash of pink hair and Len was tackled to the ground.

"Len! Ahh...Len!" Luka exclaimed as she hugged him, "Samishikattayo!"

"Luka?" Len asked, but he was grinning, "I miss you too."

"Still gaps in your English, huh?" Luka laughed, "Where did they lock you up?"

Rin just watched as they shared a conversation, but she felt a little left out.

"Rin found me!" Len exclaimed, pointing to Rin, "I thank her."

Luka looked at Rin and smiled, she was obviously pleased. Rin decided that her new maid had found her to tell her that dinner was ready.

"Lets go back." Luka said, walking off.

Once the trio arrived back at the mansion, Luka placed dinner in front of Len and Rin. It was spaghetti, and it looked and smelt good. Rin could feel herself drooling at it, but she couldn't eat yet, because Luka had matters to settle.

"So, what are we going to do about you, Len?" Luka asked, her tone and pose suggesting that she was tired. She pushed a lock of pink hair behind her ear and sighed.

"I - eh - do not know?" Len questioned, looking at Rin. A moment later he turned to Luka, "Nanto omou?"

"English please, Len." Luka said, "Rin can't understand you."

"Eh? Ah! Sorry!" Len exclaimed, "What you think?"

Rin laughed but Luka looked serious.

"I think you should hide Len." Luka said, "Run away, even. If your parents find you, you are dead."

"I stay." Len stated, "Here."

"You'll die." Luka warned him, but Len shrugged.

"I will kill them first." He said calmly, an air of confidence in his voice.

Luka shivered and Rin did too, he was a little scary by that point. He obviously wanted revenge for what they did, in whatever way possible. In fact, his eyes literally shined with the thought of killing his only family.

"That's - erm - good to know, Len." Luka muttered, "You should treat your cuts quickly before you forget and Rin can start her food, okay?"

Luka handed Len a bottle of disinfectant and a few bandages and ushered him out of the room, giving her time to talk to Rin. Rin was already eating her food when Luka spoke.

"You've probably noticed that Len is a little bit of a yandere..." Luka muttered and Rin looked up from her food, "But don't worry, he should be fine if we keep him away from his parents..."

"And what if he isn't okay?" Rin asked quietly.

"I suggest you run." Luka said, "The kid is a black belt..."

Rin was completely silent.

"But don't worry, he's only ever flipped me once!" Luka exclaimed cheerfully, "I was only in hospital with a broken leg for 6 weeks or whatnot, so it's fine!"

"...6 weeks?" Rin asked, gob smacked.

"Yeah, his worst victim was when he got into a fight in Germany..." Luka shivered, "The poor German kid was in a coma..."

"C-Coma?" Rin would have spat out water if she was drinking any.

"Yeah, I can't remember the reason..."

"Is it likely he will do anything to me?" Rin asked, snapping Luka out of her thoughts.

"Just make sure he doesn't fall in love with you, or like the poor Japanese girl, you are screwed." Luka stated eerily.

"Poor Japanese girl?" Rin questioned, "What happened to her?"

"She hasn't been seen since."