|Silence is the Color of his Hair|Len Kagamine C15

The school is still abuzz with the spreading of Rin's picture of Len and me. Everywhere we went, people would always ask us about it, and we'd always answer with a "not right now" or a "maybe later".

But today at lunch, Kaito told us his brother, Akaito had come home. He never told us the reason why Akaito left in the first place, but I suppose it'd be nosy of me to ask.

So we all decided to go to Kaito's house after school to meet/visit Akaito. At least it was something to get my mind off of what was happening at school. So when we finally made it to Kaito's house, he had us sit on the couch while he went to fetch Akaito. But as we waited, I couldn't help but feel nervous. If this was going to anything like when I first met the kids at school, I didn't want to meet Akaito. Luka did mention that Akaito's personality was a little bit like Len's, so would Akaito be cruel and tease like Len had? I began to become restless, my hands would nervously rub together and my foot tapped on the ground.

Unrelenting thoughts coursed through my head. Would Akaito hate me and turn everyone else against me. Or would he simply be open and hit me on the spot?All these thoughts continued as I fidgeted. Swirling conversations were happening around me, but I was too cooped up in my thoughts to notice. It wasn't until warm hands clasped on my own did I pay attention. My head jerked up at the sudden warmth and my eyes met the most vivid red eyes I had ever seen.

"Hey, there's no need to be so nervous." His soft and soothing voice told me as one hand moved to stroke my cheek.

Luckily, I was able to stifle a blush so this mystery boy couldn't feel the sudden heat rush to my face.

"That's our friend Emiko, Akaito. She's not too good with meeting new people." I heard Rin's voice call out.

Akaito smirked and placed his hand on the top of my head. "Hm, well nice to meet you, I'm Akaito Shion."

"I'm Emiko Kami." I said meekly.

While we introduced ourselves, I could feel someone staring intently at us. I turned around and met up with an angry blue gaze.

It was Len, and if looks could kill, I'd probably be dead. He, after all, doesn't like me. I'm sure the only reasons he kissed me was to mess with my head and curve his boy hormones. But he did look genuinely upset, I can't imagine why, though.

Len's POV
What made him so special?! When Emi felt nervous, all Akaito had to do was talk to her, and she calmed down. If that were me instead of Akaito, Emi probably would've lashed out at me.

Akaito continued to trace his hand over Emi's face, touching the outline of her mask. That was when she finally reacted, Emi pushed Akaito's hand away from her mask and returned to her emotionless facade.

I guess that's just a natural defense to Emi. If you block people out, then they won't be able to get close to you and hurt you. Her wall probably just crumbled for a little but until it was put up a few second later.

But Akaito didn't seem too discouraged, he kept his smirk on his face as he brought his hand back to Emi's face. Again, Emi pushed his hand away while inching little by little away from him.   

"Stop Akaito, you're scaring her!" Kaito called out.

Akaito took a quick glance at his brother before placing his hand atop of Emi's head again. She seemed to relax as he ruffled her hair fondly.

My hands clenched into fists as I watched the scene unfold. Akaito tried for the third time to remove Emi's mask, and she didn't stop him this time. With soft movements to Akaito's hand patting her head, Emi seemed almost in a sedated state. She didn't even flinch when Akaito peeled the mask off her face.

But what made me most angry was when the mask did come off, Emi's eyes weren't filled with fear and emptiness like the first I had seen her. No, they were calm, as if Akaito had momentarily stopped the turmoil in her head.

"Aww, you guys look so cute together!" Miku cooed.

I glared at Miku, though she didn't notice.

In this game of love, I regret to say that I'm losing to a new opponent...