Hardened

Chapt13

Len
The Kagamine sighed as he dumped all the chocolate he'd received for Valentine's Day on the table. He still had to take the ones that he managed to shove in his bag out, too. Despite receiving so many flowers and sweets, he was really beginning to hate the holiday. Rin snickered. "Looks like you still got the charm, Lenny boy." Len scoffed.

"I wish I didn't." He mumbled. Rin raised her eyebrows.

"Eh? But you have so much chocolate..." Rin said. She looked down at a small box containing homemade fudge. "All I got was fudge from Kaito. But fudge is pretty good." She said, shrugging. She eyed Len for a minute before a grin stretched across her face.

"Did you get Miku anything?" She asked. Len rolled his eyes.

"No. Why would I?" He asked. Rin just giggled and played with her hair before looking up at him innocently.

"Well, I dunno if you've heard, but Valentine's Day is the perfect day to express your love for someone..." Len snorted and shot her a glare.

"I don't like her."

"You think you don't. But you do." She chirped. Len scoffed. It was fruitless, trying to argue with Rin, so he instead kept his mouth shut. "So did you know that Miku's going on a date?" This grabbed the blonde's attention. His head snapped up and he looked at Rin intently.

"Oh, really?" He said. "With who?" Rin shrugged.

"I think with some guy named Leon." She said. She giggled. "Jealous?" Len crossed his arms. Jealous? That was preposterous. He sniffed in disdain at the accusation.

"Hell no!" He said. "Is it so wrong to be curious?" Rin shrugged as she stuffed a square of fudge in her mouth. She chewed thoughtfully for a bit then finally swallowed the chocolately goodness.

"Course not. But considering you're in love with her-"

"I am not."

"-or considering that you're crazy over-protective of her, I thought'd you care a bit more. I mean, I don't really like this guy. I'm pretty sure Miku's only going out on a date with him is because he convinced her to give him a chance because he wants that ass. I'm not rooting for his team, y'know?" She said, pausing. She sighed. "But whatever she wants to do, she's free to do so. Unless it's against the law. In that case, no. I mean, I just wanna see her happy so I told her that I'd help her out." Len was quiet, considering this for a moment.

"Why do you not like him?" He asked, vaguely interested. Rin bit her lip.

"He's like one of those playboys." She said. "The man whore type, y'know? I don't want innocent, pure Miku to end up with someone as filthy and impure as him." Len scowled. Playboy? Hell no, he thought, somewhat sourly, someone like him doesn't deserve someone like her.

~*~
Len nearly choked on his beverage when he saw Miku at the top of the stairs. There he was, just hanging around the kitchen and eating, when Rin's voice suddenly rang out. "Oh Len~" She called sweetly. Len didn't look at her- he was too busy texting IA. She was telling him more about Yohio and how to use it, stuff like that. 

"What?" He called, his mouth full of banana as he did so.

"Look up! What do you think of Miku? I dolled her up pretty good, hm?" Len sighed. He grabbed his bottle of water and took a swig and looked up, just to humor Rin, and then his eye caught sight of Miku. He was so shocked that he forgot how to properly drink for a moment and so, he found himself choking. He slammed the bottle down on the table and proceeded to cough violently before he finally looked up again.