Stockholm Syndrome is not a Myth (Vocaloid Fanfiction KaitoxLen)

Chapter 3

I tried to update as soon as possible! School is hectic and my time for writing isn't as much as it was in the summer (although I had massive writer's block during the summer, hence why there were no updates at all).

"Uh, no sir, I haven't heard from him all day." Piko said into the phone.

"Damn." Leon hissed under his breath. He looked to Anon and Kanon, and shook his head no. Anon crossed Piko's name off the short list of potential suspects. Kanon only continued pacing.

"...Is everything all right sir?" Piko asked, his eyebrows creasing. Piko put down his textbook to focus his attention on the conversation.

"No, actually. Len's been gone all day, and no one's heard anything from him since last night. We're just calling around to see where he's been."

"Well...if he shows up here, I'll make sure to call you. I really do hope you find him." Piko said, sympathetically.

"Thanks Piko, we'll appreciate that."

"Have you tried calling him?" Piko suggested.

"That's the first thing we did. It turns out his phone is still here. He didn't seem to take it with him. All the cars are here and he hasn't spoken a peep to anyone since last night."

"That's really out of character..." Piko thought aloud as he pushed the bridge of his glasses up, wondering just where in the world his friend was. His mechanical pencil tapped vigorously on his knee as he thought.

"We know. That's why we're hoping he's with one of his friends. So far that's all we have to work off."

"Well I hope he's okay..."

"We do too. And if you do happen to meet him sometime, call us immediately, okay?"

"No problem." Piko stated, and Leon hung up.

"He hasn't seen him either." Leon sighed in frustration.

"We're running out of people." Anon deadpanned, already looking at the next person's number.

"Kanon," Leon called. The girl stopped her pacing to look at her father. "Have you thought of anywhere else he could be?"

"Not really, any place that'd he'd normally be at is already closed. And now that we know that none of his friends have seen him..."

"Well," Anon began, "we can't give up yet. Chances are at least one of his friends have heard from him between last night and now."

"But it doesn't even look that way, Anon. The thing is, if one of his friends hasn't seen him, what are the chances that we would even know where he was? We'd have nowhere to start if it turns out no one has seen him. Then what are we supposed to do?" Kanon huffed.

"Kanon, calm down." Leon interjected. Kanon crossed her arms as she dropped herself on the couch next to her sister. "Anon," he said, directing his attention to the other twin, "how many do we have left?"

"...Just one."

"God help us." Leon muttered, rubbing his temple. "What's the number?" he asked, picking up the phone up again.

"Okay, it's..."

"Kaito, open up." Gakupo knocked on the teen's bedroom door.

"No..." the blue-haired boy called from his corner, tears he'd deny crying streaming down his face.

"This is how it's been for the past few days," the blue-haired mother sighed to Gakupo. "He hasn't left in three days. Not since, well, you know...I'm worried for him. He hasn't bathed since he locked himself in there, and I don't think he's eating. I just need you to talk to him." She sounded tired.