The blonde sighed heavily.
"Where have all my beautiful flowers gone to? They've all withered and left me..." She closed her eyes slowly, exhaling once more. "What to do?" she questioned, absent-mindedly tracing her finger through the dry dirt. A once yellow buttercup next to her crumbled as her hand accidentally brushed against it. The blonde looked opened her eyes and looked down, slightly surprised, then having a sad expression cross her face.
"Maybe you should find a new hobby." suggested an approaching voice. The girl looked away from the flower towards a blonde boy with his hair tied in a short ponytail. He offered his hand to the crouching girl, "It's not something to get upset about, Rin."
Rin took the boy's hand in hers, and allowed him to pull her off the ground. "Yeah... I haven't really had much luck with the flowers, huh?" Rin forced smile, her lips quivering a little from her bitterness of losing the flowers. "I just thought that I might have some luck with, like, the must unkillable flower ever."
The boy next to her, looking at her with a curious expression forming. Rin looked into his eyes, the same shade of blue as her own, and discovered that his expression was amusement. His lips lips twitched at the corner of his lips, fighting a smile. Rin found it a little interesting, that a boy that looked exactly like her, could be displaying a completely different emotion than she felt.
"Hey, Rin, Len! Good morning~ You're coming today, right?" shouted a high pitched voice. The twins turned their heads to look at a girl with blue hair tied up on the sides of her head, who was standing on the other side of their white picket fence.
"Ah, we'll be there in a couple minutes, Miku!" responded Len before turning back to the confused expression on his sister's face. "Remember? We were going to meet Kaito and Meiko at the cafe for lunch." Rin nodded and smiled at her twin's excited expression. Her flowers' death had made her distressed, and had caused her to forget about the plans of the day. Before turning to enter their home, Rin glanced back at the twin tailed girl.
Miku was wearing a spaghetti- strap white dress that ended before her knees. The hem was adorned with black lace, and the waist the dress had a thick, black stripe with two thin, white stripes running within it. Her white socks reached up to her thighs, and were ruffled with black lace at the top, as well, her shoes were black, Mary- Jane style flats. The girl looked up from the book she was reading, Oedipus Rex, and examined Rin. A mocking smile stretched across her face as she leaned against the fence with her arms.
"Don't make me wait all day! Rin, you'd better hurry and get dressed. Your pajamas are so... cute," Miku finished sharply. "But I'm sure you've blinded a few people with them. You know, with their scaryness." Rin self- conciously looked down at herself. The white, long- sleeved cotton fabric with matching white pants, both covered in images of oranges and orange slices, caused Rin to scowl at Miku's remarks.
"Screw you!" Rin yelled, storming past a shocked twin to reach the door.
"Rin..." Len trailed off, trying to calm his sister. He followed her through the black door of their house, shut it, and grabbed his twin's arm before she managed to escape. "Hey, don't be mad at Miku, okay? You know how she is... If we had known who our neighbor would've been, then we probably wouldn't have moved here. But you know we can't do much about it now, so..." Rin smiled out of amusement as her twin tried to find the words to say. However, she knew that what he said and what he thought were far from the actual truth of his heart, but Len would never tell his sister the reality of his feelings.
Rin knew, from the first time Len had laid eyes on the blue- haired neighbor, that he was in love. Her ditsy exterior, and reputation for being oblivious, giggly and excited, hid her intelligence. Miku may have been clumsy and had terrible hand- eye coordination, but her love for classical literature, math, science and having a cute personality had caused Len to have feelings for her.
But Rin also knew her brother would do anything to make her happy again. When they were children, Len would follow Rin around obediently, listening to all of her thoughts and ideas. He adored his sister, and enjoyed her company; Rin felt the same towards her him as well, always finding out his secrets and helping him daily.
Rin turned around to face her twin, and took both of his hands in hers. "Thanks, Len. You know that means a lot to me, coming from you," she smiled warmly. Len returned her smile almost twice as bright, and let go of her hands saying,"We'd better hurry or we'll be late. You know how Kaito gets when waiting..." The twins burst out in laughter, thinking back when Kaito was left alone at an ice-cream parlor. After a cone of each of the twenty eight flavors, Meiko, Miku, Rin and Len had to force him to leave the store, eventually pulling him home in a wagon. After the event, the neighborhood learned that Kaito could not handle being alone for too long.
Rin wiped a tear that had appeared in her eye from her laughing fit. "I'd better get dressed before it's too late," she said suppressing a few giggles. Len nodded, and walked towards the kitchen, still laughing a bit. Rin turned the door knob to her room and entered, flicking on the light switch. After safely shutting the door, Rin pressed her back to the door and slowly slid down until she was sitting on the carpeted floor.
Her smile disappeared, her face holding the slightest look of anger. Her brow furrowed deeper and her hands shook as she squeezed them into tight fists. Despite her moment with Len, she still couldn't get over Miku's attitude.
Taking a few deep breaths, the blonde calmed herself, and slowly rose to her feet. Crossing the room to her closet, she glanced out the window. Barely, just barely, she could see a blue ponytail crossing her field of vision.
Moving closer to her window, Rin closed one eye and made her right hand's pointer and thumb into an 'L' shape. Aiming her pointer finger towards the oblivious figure, Rin made an upward jerking with her hand.
"Bam."
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