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Absolutely nothing could have prepared Len Kagamine for this outcome. Not even the fact that he knew what was coming.
"You want me to ... what?!"
His mouth stood agape as he stared at the smirking girl standing before him.
"Yes, exactly!" She chirped excitedly and stepped closer to him. She took both of his hands into hers and energetically spoke up once more, “So, will you do it?”
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(A few hours prior)
It was a completely normal day at Crypton High. At least, as normal of a day as it could get in a high school attended by the most talented young musicians that the world had to offer.
Truth be told, even though most of the students were ridiculously talented, a lot of them seemed to be crazy in one way or another. There were many rumours told and spread, but nobody knew if they were true or not. Sometimes it was better to not know if students like Gumi actually had a doppelganger of some sort or if someone like Miku is said to have been accidentally pregnant once ... or the worst, if Meiko actually had a thing for cannibalism! Of course, all of that had to be complete nonsense.
That's what Len Kagamine, aged 15, thought as he was talking to his best friend Kaito about it.
"Yeah, but what if at least one of those were true? Would be quite scary, right? I mean, do you think Miku actually had the child then?"
"Err ... who knows," Len sighed "I don't really care. I still don't think any of this is true."
"Oh, I know, I know. There's really only one rumour that caught your interest," Kaito laughed as he sat down on his chair, right beside Len.
"Not really." The blonde still denied, trying not to blush from the mere thought of her.
"Oh yes! I bet you would totally want to know. Because then, you could finally decide to ask her out instead of beating yourself up for it."
Len sighed again (he wasn't planning on admitting that Kaito was indeed right) and looked out the window. "As I said, it wouldn't make a difference. I can't imagine that she would reject me just because ... I'm not wearing a maid outfit for her."
"Who knows what kind of kinks Rin has?" the blue-haired boy questioned casually, as if it wasn't a big deal. "Apparently they're so important that she doesn't want to be with a guy who can't fulfill her desires!" He continued and almost pat himself on the shoulder for his genius observation.
"What? No!"
Len blushed for real this time. It would be certainly interesting to know what Rin liked but …
"I'm still sure that's bullshit!"
"Well, if that's the case, why haven't you asked her out yet?" Kaito smiled teasingly.
"Ah, you see. Guys ask her out all the time and they never succeed. It doesn't work like that. I have to attract her first, so she would consider dating me in the first place."
"And how do you plan on doing that?" His blue-haired friend raised a brow.
"I DON'T KNOW!" The blonde let his head fall violently onto his desk.
"If you do that over and over again, you might die one day."
"Whatever," Len murmured and raised his head again only when their teacher, Miss Megurine, appeared at the front.
"Ohh, so hyped for geography! I do wonder if we will be taught again at which radius the earth moves or what our teacher's favourite glasses are," Kaito said in irony and started drawing doodles, which were supposed to be some sort of ice cream smileys, into his textbook.
Len only glanced at him and wondered how in the world he was going to survive this day.
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Thankfully, the day didn't get much worse, but that didn't stop Len from being exhausted. He stepped in front of his locker, thinking about the day he really started to notice Rin for the first time. He had never really been interested in girls before (yes, he still survived puberty and yes, he was still a perv in some way) but all of that changed after attending Crypton High.
A few weeks in and he was already assigned for a project to do together with some students of his class, including Rin. They had to work a lot together and since the other group members weren't quite as eager for their studies, a lot of work was left to Rin and Len, who sometimes even met up in their free time to get stuff done.
During this time, Len couldn't believe what was happening to him: his heart started to beat faster than before, he couldn't stop looking into her blue mesmerizing orbs and every time she smiled, his world turned upside down and got invaded by stupid tiny unicorns. It was obvious he liked her, basically everyone noticed who saw them together for probably under a minute. And it was true. All he could ever think about since then was to be near her, to make her happy, to kiss her. She was always so kind and sweet to him, but of course, that could have been because they became friends of some sort.
But did she- no, would she even like him back?
And if she would, she certainly wouldn't ask him to wear a maid outfit, right?
Either way ... even if she did. And even if she asked someone to wear one in case they asked her out ... wouldn't that person still wear it? There must be some sort of reason nobody still hadn't done it, especially considering she had quite a lot of admirers, right? Right??
The blonde put the books he didn't need back into his locker and closed it. Just before he wanted to make his way out of the building, he spotted a head of blonde hair. There, right on the other side of the hall, stood the most beautiful girl inside and out aka Rin Kagami glaring at her cellphone as if it exploded every second.
Then she rolled her eyes, furiously typed something in and put it hastily away, face full of frustration.
He was wondering what was wrong and since he was looking for a conversation starter that didn't sound awkward ("Hey! I'm the guy you did this project with four weeks ago! And you know what, I kinda really like you. Go out with me?") he had to take his chance!
"Um, hey, is everything right?"
He slowly, SLOWLY, approached her and still ended up standing about three meters away from her. He facepalmed mentally, why was he always so shy around her?!
"Oh, hi Len!"
Her eyes started to glow again as she spotted him and closed the insignificant but still noticeable gap between them. The male blonde flinched at her proximity as he could smell orange shampoo or perfume mixed with her own scent.
"Yes, I'm good. Just texted with someone, nothing really important. And what about you?"
She looked up at him like an innocent, cute puppy and he had to swallow. No, it couldn't be! She would never force someone into a maid outfit, especially not a guy.
"I'm-I'm fine too, thanks!" He tried to smile but he bet it looked more like a pained face.
"That sounds wonderful!" Rin laughed "Too bad we barely talk anymore. It hasn't anything to do with me, has it?" She questioned while her happy expression started to fade!
NO! He didn't want that, he had to see her smile!
"Oh my god, no! I really wanted to keep in touch. But I wasn't sure you ... wanted it too?" He nervously grabbed his shirt. At least he had a better grip on it than on his feelings.
"Of course, I did!" Rin pouted heavily. "I gave you a lot of hints that I enjoyed your company and even texted you a few times but you never wanted to hangout and well ..."
"That's-" Len mentally slapped himself. "You see, I can't be friends with um ..." Someone I like.
"With?" The other blonde made another step forward and now Len would only need to lean forward …
"With ah, someoneilike. Bye." He was about to make a run for the door but underestimated Rin's strength which expressed itself by her clinging onto him like a monkey on a tree, making him almost fall face down on the floor. "YOU WHAT?" She squeaked and he swore, no one in this whole school could manage to have a voice this high. "Explain yourself, Len Kagamine!"
"Okay, okay. But please let go of me!" The blonde tried to push her away slightly. Getting hugged by her felt actually pretty nice. She put some distance between them and crossed her arms, her expression full of ... he couldn't quite name it.
Surprise? Curiosity? Hope?
Clearing his throat, he braced himself for the worst outcome.
"So, when we started to spend more time, I noticed how cute you were and I don't know ... I kinda started to really like you. More than as a f-friend." He stuttered as he rubbed his neck. While remembering reading somewhere that self-confidence made you appear more attractive. Well, great, he should have exercised this at home, dammit!
"Oh ... so you. Oh!" Rin was at a loss for words but caught herself fast, faster than Len could say 'Banana Shake.'
"So you like me, yeah?" She smiled now and had her adorably cute sparkle back. He sighed, this time out of relief.
"Yeah. I just want you to be happy, want to make you smile." he half-smiled back. Oh god, she didn't look disgusted or appalled at all! Would she really ...?
"You probably want your answer soon then, am I right?"
"Um, you can take your time, of course."
"Ah, that's not what I was talking about, Lenny~" She kept up her cutesy act, but a sly, very very mischievous smile had manifested on her face and even though he still desperately denied it with all of his being, he knew what came next. And he feared it.
"Well, if you like me so much, would you wear a maid outfit for me?"
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"You want me to ... what?!"
His mouth stood agape as he stared at the smirking girl before him in shock.
"Yes, exactly!" She chirped excitedly and stepped closer to him, taking both of his hands into hers.
"So, will you do it?" She dreamily bit her lip as she looked at him like he was a treasure that she had been looking for since forever.
"Um, o-okay, wait a second. Are you serious??" His hands got sweaty, his soul left his body.
"Yeah."
"This is no joke?"
"Nope~"
"But why?"
"This is my one and only request! If you're willing to do it, then you show me that you really would do anything for me and that I mean a lot to you."
Len was on the verge of a mental breakdown. And yes, totally willing to do this for Rin, but very very scared and embarrassed of what he was going to see in the mirror. Also, if this was in fact really a joke, he would make a fool of himself in front of the girl he liked but who just pranked him for it. Although he was sure Rin wasn't this kind of mean.
"But you already do, you know! I could prove it in so many other ways. Like, say, taking you on dates and doing some cool stuff, have fun." He hoped she didn't take it the wrong way when he said 'fun'. He also didn't mean it that way, of course!! Not yet, at least …
"Hmm~ but everyone could do that, right?" Rin wondered and tapped her fingers on her chin.
"W-well, you see," he just had to take every excuse he could find, even if it wasn't an excuse. "I'm still a guy! I'd look horrible in it. Would you really want to see that?"
"You?" Rin tilted her head, looking innocent as always, even though he now clearly knew she SURE AS HELL wasn't. "Ah, but with that baby-face like yours, there's no issue! Besides, you look prettier than some girls! I'm sure you could pull it off~"
"Oh. Um, thanks."
Of course, that wasn't a compliment he wanted to hear, especially not from the girl he wanted to impress. Len had always been struggling with his quite feminine appearance and face. Hell, even his voice was freaking high! Sadly, Rin was right. With the right clothes, he would look like a girl. Even more so with his hair down. Oh god.
"And you want to see your future- well hopefully future boyfriend dressed up as a girl? I mean, you sure you won't find that unattractive?"
"No." Rin giggled "I think it's really cute."
There was no way he could avoid it any longer, couldn’t he?
"Ah, geez ... when and where." He asked as he was fiddling with his shirt.
Rin's face fell for a moment in shock, then lit up like a Christmas tree. Like she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"So, it's a yes?" She almost wanted to hug him, but he saw how she was still holding back in case she misheard.
"Yeah ..." Len sounded not so sure (he was merely questioning his sanity) but it was enough to convince Rin to throw herself at him.
"Yay!! Lenny, I knew you would!" He felt her arms around him and flinched. So warm and welcoming and orange-y. So kind and beautiful and sweet. So sly and cunning and clever. How could he ever withstand her?
He really wanted to make her smile.
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