"Heart"

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~RIN~

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I could feel Len's arms around me, though I still couldn't move, I couldn't speak either. I wanted so badly to wrap my arms around him and reassure him. I felt a flutter in my chest and my rigid body collapsed under its own weight, my scanners were broken and the broken static playing through my head whenever I tried to play my song. I focused as hard as I could, activating my speakers so I could play it to Len. I tried my hardest, I could feel myself shutting down, but I needed to do this.
"I was just a robot that was made
By a smart and lonely scientist
The result could only be called a "Miracle..."
It was all I could manage before I shut down, I had a feeling I would never wake back up again.
"CV... 02."
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Life form "LF002" detected. I opened my eyes. How long had it been..? How long had it been since I'd last opened my eyes..? Professor Len was older than before, he had aged several years. And I looked the same, short blonde flippy hair... The blue eyes and the hairpins and headband. It made me sad, I'd never grow up past 16. I'd never spend my life with Len because he'd always die before me. "It worked..." Len's voice was a low whisper, his blue eyes widening, causing lines in his forehead and corners of his eyes. "It worked... You're back..." He whispered before his body slammed into mine, his arms tight around my back as I felt him sobbing into my shoulder. I smiled, stroking his hair gently with a small sigh. How I'd missed him... In all his glory, sad and happy, sick and healthy. I would never leave my professor alone... 

I sat by his side as he coughed into his hand, my hand covering his other, a sad frown on my lips. My scanners were telling me his vital signs were going down fast, he was ill, and his physical body was too ill to survive in his robot form, we couldn't make him a bot, there was no way to keep my professor alive. I sat beside his bed as he died in front of my, coughing and spluttering, his expression pale and his skin almost translucent. I sat next to his, my thumb rubbing over the back of his hand as I sighed, feeling a dryness in my throat and a stinging behind my eyes. Is this what it was like to cry when you physically couldn't anymore? I stared down at my professor, leaning my head down to gently kiss his forehead. I had been deactivated for 13 years. Len was dying in front of me at just 29. I whimpered softly and stroked his hand. His vitals were going down fast, he was minutes away from death. 
"Professor Len..." I whispered, nuzzling his cheek with my nose. "I love you, Professor..."
He couldn't answer me, he just gave a last smile as he closed his eyes, the breath leaving his body as my scanners stopped, he was gone, my professor was dead. 

I had to leave so they could take him away, but everyone in  the building was rushing to him trying to keep him alive, but it was no use, it was impossible. I was wandering through the hallways, and came to rest standing in front of the memory vault. Nobody was left in this area of the building to guard it, and the door was open, so I walked in. It looked scifi- there were floating balls of light everywhere and a keypad the same as in the capsule room in the centre. I wanted to find my own memories, I wanted to know what I was missing. I went up to the keypad, it had a standard qwerty keyboard, so I typed in "CV02" but nothing came up. I frowned, typing in "405Y," once again nothing came up. My frown only deepened and I sighed, sinking to the floor. Maybe it was no good, should I just give up hope..? I blinked for a moment, before I stood back up, my fingers fast across the keyboard as I typed in "Rin Kagamine."
In a smooth motion a glowing orb swung down in front of me. I blinked in confusion and awe, staring at the orb and going so far as to touch the smooth ball. I felt my scanners disappear and for once, I felt clueless on anything. I could no longer feel each breath of wind on my skin, I couldn't see the dust mites in the air, there was a weight on my chest and I had no scanners or alert messages, or any robotic parts, my body felt like skin, like real skin, not mechanical parts, because I wasn't made of bytes anymore, I was made of flesh and bone. 

The sensation was warm and shocking, but the emptiness in front of me filled up with bright colours, like seen from a child's point of view. I saw a blurry image of a little girl with long blonde hair, and the focus of the "video" was moving, as if crawling towards her. The image changed all of a sudden, to a taller, more sure of themself view of a park, the "camera" bobbing up and down as if walking. The camera turned, showing a pond full of ducks, then turned the other way to show the girl with the long blonde hair and a bright smile. The image once again changed, to Len and Meiko taking me away, that's when the sounds started. The image changed to a bathroom, with Len bend onto his knees in front of the bath, bent over to look at the camera with a smile. "Could you lay back please, Miss? I'm going to do your hair." His voice was so young, so youthful. "I'll be sure not to change a thing when you receive your new body, down to the last detail will be the same." The sentence still made me happy, happy he didn't want to change anything about me. "You're all done, Rin." Len said sadly. "I promise I will change nothing, you will be the perfect animatronic."
And the video ended, and I was left alone, salty water trailing down my face and cheeks. 
"December 27th..." I whispered to myself, my eyes widening as I dropped to my knees again, looking up at the blank screen. "I'm a Capricorn..." I whispered, more tears running down my face. It seemed like the next orb was on an autoplay, so it played after mine was finished. I didn't know who it was, but it started in the SBOI, a little brown haired girl and a little pink haired girl near the camera, the girls and the camera skipping around. As the last one did, it skipped, showing a pair of hands, fumbling with each other and then showing a door, to which it was opened by me? Was I watching Meiko's memories? It skipped again to the same bath scene showed in mine, though the camera was looking down at me. I was watching Len's memories play out in front of me, and I could hear Len's thoughts in certain parts. It skipped again, to the fire, to where I saved Len, then to where I shut down, he really couldn't see that I was okay. I blinked up at the screen, it was showing everything I missed, Len putting me back together, then 13 years of trying to activate me, then the day it worked, the day I woke up. Today. The last skip, to him in bed, me leaning over him and kissing his forehead, and I could hear his thoughts. 
"Professor Len..." I whispered to the camera. "I love you, Professor..."  
His thoughts, unlike his voice, were clear and sure. "I love you too, Rin, I've always loved you."
Then the screen went black, and Len's memories were gone, gone for good. I trembled, taking the orb from its rack and hugging it close to my chest, sobbing loudly into it. I wanted him back! I wanted him back so much! But he was gone, he was dead and I couldn't stop that. He really had left me. I don't know how long I spent in there, crying into the orb, i stayed until my legs were numb, my eyes were stinging and I couldn't feel my arms anymore from how hard I was squeezing the orb. But I wouldn't leave, I'd stay with my professor, I wasn't a bot anymore, somehow I was human, I had changed when I'd touched the orb. My voice was low and broken, but I didn't care, I'd sing for him. 

"I was just a robot that was made
By a smart and lonely scientist
The result could only be called a "Miracle"
There was still something lacking in me
Something that can't be made easily
My creator said it was a "Heart"
A special program

Days turn to months, years have passed me by
I'm all alone, with no one by my side

All that is left is just to decide on a wish
I want to know who that person was
And why he did everything for me
Toiling away working hard to make
Me a "Heart"

Now a miracle begins for me
Working with incredible speed
Why do my tears seem to fall
So endlessly...

And now why am I trembling like this ?
I can feel my "Heart" beating fast
Is this what he made for me ? My very own "Heart" and soul

Mysteries, in my heart, in my heart, mysteries
Now I can finally see what happiness means to me
Mysteries, in my heart, in my heart, mysteries
Now I can finally feel all of the sadness in me
Mysteries, in my heart, in my heart, again
How deep are these feelings inside of me ?

Now I finally see why I was born
The reason why you gave me a "Heart"
All alone, brought in this world, I'm by myself

Yes, now on that day and at that time
Memories fill up in my mind
As my "Heart" takes in the pain and overflows

I can finally say
Real and sincere words
I dedicate this song to you

Thank you so much...
For giving me the chance to live in this world with a "Heart"
Thank you so much...
For all the days that we have spent together
Thank you so much...
You gave me everything that I always needed and more
Thank you so much...
I'll sing for all eternity
Thank you so much...
Professor Len..."

I guess that the moral of this story is that no matter how much we try, no matter how much we want it... Some stories just don't have happy endings.

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