Your Guardian Angel

Chapter 3
In Her New Life

*Rin P.O.V*

The boy next door? ...does she mean that guy that saw me naked? Miku-san left in a hurry and I could feel my heart beat faster. And faster... damn. How was I suppose to do this? Arghhh... My face flushed and I remember our encounter earlier... Then it hit me. Mentally, I mean, but whatever! HE SAW MY BODY! I almost screamed, but I held it in, no matter how painful it was. Nemi mewed in confusion when she saw me and I gently stroked her cute little head.

"I-it's nothing, j-just g-go back to sleep..." Nemi nodded her grey streaked head and went back into her little cat nap as I left my room, looking around the hallway. On my door was a copper name plate that had my name on it in a pretty, girly print. The door on the right of me had the name 'Teto' engraved in a silver name plate with the same girly handwritting. The door on the left of me had a golden name plate that said 'Len'. Well, let's hope I live through this. I went to the door and knocked on it three times before the blonde boy from before opened it.

"Hey," he said simply. He looked at me up and down, then smirked. "I think I liked you better without any clothes." My mouth dropped. I was completely stunned as... I have no analogy, but really! So, I did what every normal person would do. I slapped him. Hard. Well, I tried to. He stopped my hand before it reached his cheek with that same, annoying smirk that I knew I'd be seeing a lot of. "My name's Len, it's nice to meet you Rin~" He laughed and walked of downstairs.

"JERK!" I yelled after him. I quickly started to follow him, but he was already down half the stairscase. "Well, here goes nothing..." I jumped onto the banister and tried to slide down the railing like I've done as a little kid. Thank goodness that still worked. I looked around the living room, the entire place scattered with toys and video game and some little children. I walked around the living room till I got to a ball pin and the first thought I had was that I should yank up who ever's in it. I dug my hand into the ballpit and felt a bit of a shirt, so I yanked it straight up.

"Ow!" I smirked back at that blonde's face.

"Got you, jerk," I hissed at him. He rolled his eyes and dusted himself off.

"What are you doing in the little kids' area anyway?" he asked, with a huff. "Shouldn't you be in the big kids' area?"

"What do I look like? A kid?" I hissed.

"Actually, yeah," he said. "How old are you?"

"Fourteen," I huffed.

"That's pretty kiddish to me," he said.

"Fine, how old are you?" I asked, glaring.

"Fifteen," he said, smirking. I wanted to clear that smirk right off his face.

"That's just one year older than me," I hissed. "It's not much of a difference!" He smirked and winked at me.

"Want me to prove you wrong?~" he asked. I smacked him hard, making sure to hit him this time. He sucked in his breath and surprisingly took it like a man, no matter how girly his pony is. He smirked at me when he saw my slight impressed reaction. Damn, I wish I had an ego smasher or something... "Nice try, Rin, but just because I look soft, doesn't mean I am." He laughed and made his way into the kitchen. I couldn't tell if it was a good or bad day today.

At the dinning table, things were pretty lively. There were about eight kids, including me into this house. Four children, four teenagers. All the teenagers were mostly girls except for Len. Their names were Teto- who, by the way is a glutton for french bread, I think it's called- and Lily, a girl who kinda looked like the mean blondes in the movies. Any bets that she was mean? Well, she never talked. Most talk at the table was from Teto or Miku. Teto, asking for more bread, Miku telling the younger kids to eat and stop playing with their food. The little kids? Oh, they were...psh...I never remember remembered any of their names except for Sonika. She was the cute, little, calm, green haired girl.

"So Rin," Miku said. "How do you like it here?"

"It's pretty cool," I said, nonchalantly. Teto almost jumped out of her seat.

"Rin?" she asked. "That's the cutest name EVER!" I was afraid she was going to jump me. Len, beside me, laughed.

"Well, it certainely matches my name," he said, smirking at me only.

"Don't worry," a soft voice said. "He's always a jerk when you first meet him." I looked at Lily. Everyone looked at Lily, but Miku was the one to talk first. Well, squeal.

"Lily!" Miku said, happily hugging the blonde. "You spoke!"

"Lily's been mute for months after she arrived here," Teto explained in a whisper to me. "This is the first time we've ever heard her speak except for Len. Mostly because Len annoyed her so much." I nodded at Teto.

"Any chance I might be able to ignore Len like her?" I whispered back. Teto thought about it.

"Lily was disowned by her step parents because she was too rebellious," Teto said. "But before that, Lily was trained in patience. So if you have patience like one of a monk's, you'll be fine."

"I don't," I told her.

"Good luck," she said. Then she took a giant bit out of her french bread. I wonder...do they go-

"Rin, by the way, we enrolled you in school!" Miku said, cheerfully. Well, that's my question answered. "You'll be in the same class as Len. Teto and Lily are your sempais, so just go with them if you need help or anything!"

"Miku-chi, did you buy more ice cream?" Kaito asked. Miku rolled her eyes and he smiled. "So you did?"

"Yes, yes, I did," Miku said, with a giggle.

"Kaito-san is actually about 26 years old," Teto said, whispering to me. "But he acts like he's a child. Miku-san's about 23, though."

"I see..." I told her, but I was more focused on school. In fact, the last education I've had was years ago... "Teto? What's school like?"

"I'm glad you asked, Rin," she said. Then she gave me a devious smile.