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*Thoughts*
"Speech."
Gumi was stretched out on her bed, on her computer, when she heard a knock on her bedroom door.
"It's open, just come in," She called back, not looking away.
That response was quickly followed by Kagamine Len kicking the door open; he entered the room, arms outstretched.
"Gumi-chan!! I need help!!"
"With what?" She asked, not looking up.
"I'm confused!!" He replied, shutting her door and then flopping down on her bed next to her; he fell backwards, whereas she was on her stomach, so he had to crane his head around to see what she was doing.
"What're you doing?"
"I'm raiding Cul's Minecraft villages." She replied, not looking up.
The boy gained a perplexed look.
"Why?"
"Lily, Cul, and I got into a fight earlier, and they were being petty. Extremely petty. So I'm raiding her villages and killing her animals, then I'm going to blow up Lily's entire world."
"...Wow."
"Consider yourself lucky, since you rarely make me mad," The green haired girl responded, setting fire to one of the gardens.
"Noted." He nodded, looking up at the ceiling.
After a moment of strange silence from him, Gumi spoke up.
"What were you confused about?"
"Oh, yeah, that. Well..."
He looked at her again, oddly nervous.
"...How do you tell if someone likes you?"
She paused in her clicking on the keyboard, glancing at him.
"Depends. Who is it?"
An embarrassed blush spread across the blond's face.
"Ah, okay. It's Kaito."
The girl returned to her gameplay as Len covered his face.
"How did you know so fast--"
"Because you two are best friends, extremely close, he's sexy, and you talk in your sleep." She replied as she murdered all of Cul's remaining chickens.
"And you're creepily smart," He murmured.
"So, you don't know if Kaito likes you or not?" The girl raised a brow as she set fire to Cul's spawn area, which the redhead had designed a large lighthouse on. "I'm pretty sure he does."
"Not as a friend, Gumi. As...well, you know..."
"That's what I meant."
Red covered Len's entire face at that statement.
"What?!"
"You haven't noticed?"
She paused, thinking for a minute.
"Well, nevermind. I should've expected that."
"Gumi!!"
"I'm only being honest, Len-kun. Now explain your confusion."
"Alright, alright...you missed a chest by the way."
"Thank you," She replied as her character backtracked in her firey raid.
"Okay, so the other day, Kaito gave me flowers..."
Gumi's eyes widened, but didn't move from the screen.
"Flowers? Len, that's so obvious."
"Just hear me out..."
"LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!! LEN!! LEN WHERE ARE YOU?!"
Len, who was sitting on a bench in the western courtyard, jumped and hurriedly zipped up his jacket.
He ignored the indignant noise that came from it as he looked around, trying to figure out where the voice came from.
Relief washed over him as he saw Kaito running towards him; he was holding one of his hands behind his back.
"Oh, hey Kai."
Kaito came to a stop, grinning like an idiot.
"There you are, Len!! I've been looking everywhere for--"
He noticed how Len was holding his torso, and the odd squirming that came from under his jacket.
A frown spread across his face.
"Are you okay?"
The younger boy glanced around to make sure they were alone; he then unzipped his jacket again.
A small cat popped out headfirst; the rest of its ginger striped body followed suit.
Kaito's eyes widened as Len began speaking.
"This is Burro. I found her when I went out this morning and I really don't want Iroha to steal her from me."
Burro stared up at the bluenette, her soft cyan eyes staring into his soul; she gave off a small mew.
Kaito's eyes got wide and starry as he crouched down and began rubbing her head with his free hand.
"She's so cute!!"
"I know!!"
The Kagamine looked down at his new kitten with a small frown.
"I really wanna keep her..."
Kaito frowned at the saddened boy; standing back up, he gently grabbed Len's hand.
"Then why don't I help you? We'll make sure Iroha doesn't take her, and if anybody has any objections they can just not talk to you."
"What if they have allergies?"
"Then the point still stands."
Len smiled.
"Thanks, Kai."
"Of course!!"
A small blush grew on the older's face as he quickly let go of the smaller hand.
"Wait, why were you looking for me??" The blond asked.
"Oh, right..." His blush intensified.
Kaito moved his occupied hand from behind his back, producing a large bouquet of yellow roses.
"I got these for you!!"
Len's eyes widened as the taller extended them to him; he reached out a hand and took them.
"Woah, Kai...they're so pretty!!"
A blush began spreading across his face; however, he gained a perplexed look.
"Wait, why? And...are you wearing socks?"
Then it was Kaito's turn to gain a perplexed look.
"Um...of course? And I got them because...well..."
He became unusually flustered, and eventually managed to blurt out:
"Well–you know what roses mean!!"
Len's face grew redder; but upon staring at the roses, something clicked in his brain, making him more confused.
"Wait...Kaito, you know yellow roses mean--"
"WHERE IS IT?! WHERE IS THE NYA NYA?!"
"And so Iroha tried to murder me over my new cat, and Kaito and I never finished our conversation." Len sighed.
Gumi sighed.
"Len."
"What?"
"He gave you roses. He was all flustered. He grabbed your hand and made you a promise. He likes your cat. Major flag there."
"But Gumi--he gave me yellow roses!!"
"And?"
"Yellow roses are the one kind of rose that means friendship!!"
That caught her attention.
"Really?"
"Yeah. You'd have to go out of your way to get those for somebody you consider a good friend."
"Or a cute blond who apparently knows the meaning behind flowers, even though the buyer doesn't and wants to be color-coordinated?" She smirked, entering Creative Mode.
Len grumbled, face reddening.
"I'm not cute!!"
"Aww."
He huffed.
The greenette thought of something else.
"You named your cat after a banana? Really?"
"It's clever and you can't tell me otherwise!! Besides, there's more!!"
"More?"
"Yes!! Like a couple days after that, he got into a huge fight with some fangirls!!"
"Doesn't everybody have to fight those psychos at some point?" She deadpanned, memories of past fans that made it past the gates and wall filling her mind and giving her the shivers.
"Gumi, they tried to kidnap me."
She slammed her finger on the Esc key, pausing her game; her aura radiated swift rage.
"Give me their names and hand me my flamethrower."
"I can't do either of those things!! I don't know who they were and you know we'd both get in trouble if you tried to kill someone with that thing!!"
"We've had enough incidents with Tei for me to not give that much of a fuck, Len."
"Well--uh--as far as I know, none of them were working for her!! Besides, Kaito already took care of it."
"That doesn't change the fact that it pisses me off." She settled down and unpaused her game; she reached out and ruffled his soft hair.
"I know, I know...but seriously, it was freaky, the way he acted..."
"Len, please, be a voice of reason. Flower is busy at the recording studio and usually she helps keep him from burning the Estate down."
Utatane Piko looked exasperated; Len looked at the other two.
Fukase had somehow managed to get an extremely fat pig, a giant skateboard, and lots of (very illegal-looking) fireworks; the pig was preoccupied with chewing an apple that had lured it onto the skateboard, which had most of the fireworks tied to it. A large ramp was set up a small distance away.
Fukase was getting a lighter ready while Oliver--an ever-innocent bean--was holding a camera, facing the scene before them.
"I'll definitely go get help..." Len murmured, pulling out his phone and holding it up, opening his Social Media. "Definitely can't let this happen..."
After labeling the video "Fukase is Literally an Idiot", he tapped the "livestream" button and began filming.
"I hope nobody said "When Pigs Fly", 'cause this one's boutta SOAR!!" Fukase screeched, lighting the fireworks.
Piko, the poor V2, facepalmed.
"You did not tie the pig down, Fukase."
The other three realized this a moment too late, as the skateboard shot out from under said mammal, scaring it into charging away (knocking Piko into the air and then face-first onto the ground in the process); the skateboard smashed through the ramp, sending pieces flying as the large, firework-propelled object continued its journey down the Estate, eventually meeting Gakupo.
The boys flinched as a girlish scream followed by explosions rang out, followed in turn by a large charred body flying through the air.
Silence reigned for a moment; Fukase gave a nervous chuckle and turned around, seeing Piko glaring at him from his position on the ground.
"So, uh, before ya say it--"
"I warned you."
"I said before ya said it, Piko--"
"I warned you!"
"Piko, buddy, silver light of my life--"
"Do not try to sweet talk your way out of this!!"
As the two began to argue, Len shut off his livestream and Oliver went to go check on Gakupo.
However, a sound akin to a Wildebeest stampede in the distance reached his ears; soon, Dex ran by, screaming something in English.
Piko was the only one who didn't understand; the other three eagerly translated for him.
"THE FANS BROKE IN!!"
Fukase grabbed Piko and scooped him up, carrying the shrieking boy as he ran off; Yohio had come at that exact moment to find Oliver and hide him, taking the British child and running away at max speed.
Len began running as well--only to get pounced on by a girl who had been hiding in the bushes.
"OH MA GAWD!! I GOT LEN!!"
The boy screeched and tried to escape, only for more girls to come running from various directions.
*SHIT!! I'M SO DEAD!! I DIDN'T UPDATE MY WILL TO INCLUDE BURRO YET!!*
His hands were abruptly pulled behind his back; he felt cold metal clasp onto his wrists.
"What the--hey!! Did you just handcuff me--mmf!!"
Another girl quickly wrapped a cloth around his mouth, preventing him from talking.
"Should we blindfold him?!"
"Probably! We don't have much time though!!"
Soon, another cloth was wrapped around his eyes.
The eternal teen squirmed, kicking out and giving off muffled yells in his fruitless attempts to escape; he soon found his knees handcuffed as well.
*How and where did they get these things?!*
"I wanna put him in a maid dress and take pictures!!"
"I wanna squeeze him!!"
"I want him to sing love songs to me!!"
"You're all thinking so small...you know what else we could do with him?"
Len shuddered, releasing a whimper at that.
"Uh, isn't that going a bit too far?"
"Come on, we're already kidnapping him; besides, with all those perverted songs he sings, he'd probably enjoy it!!"
*I don't want to sing those!! The producers make me!!*
"He's not even really a human anyway, so it's not like we'd get in a whole lot of trouble..."
*Someone please get me out of here!! I'm scared--*
"HEY!!"
He felt their hands release him as someone else approached.
*Kaito?! Wait, no, he should be running away!! They might take him too!!*
He squirmed a bit more, but to no avail.
"Get away from him!! Let him go!!"
"OH MAH GAWD IT'S KAITO~!!"
The resounding THUMP led Len to believe that the girl had fainted.
"Look, if you girls leave now, we won't press charges, and you can probably completely avoid getting arrested for trespassing. So get out."
The aggression in his voice made Len shudder.
"But we came all this way--!!"
"What about Lenny-kun--?!"
"We need him--!!"
"Listen ladies, I'd hate for you all to get hurt. Especially if Len gets hurt thanks to you all forcing him around like this; he sure doesn't look comfortable like that. Because trust me--if something happens to Len, I can't really be held responsible for what happens, you know?"
He could hear the dark smile on Kaito's face.
"So, please, leave."
The girls murmured; most of them began leaving out of fear.
"Yeah right."
It was the girl that brought up Len's dirty songs; she didn't seem to scared of Kaito's little spiel.
"Come on, you guys aren't even real!! How bad could this possibly be? Besides, I could take you to court for threatening and assaulting me."
A moment of silence passed.
"Well, you asked for it."
The sound of knuckles cracking was soon followed by feminine screams and sounds of a chase ensuing; after a moment, hurried footsteps came back to him.
He was gently sat up, handcuffs being messed with and eventually undone.
"Len? You okay? They didn't hurt you, did they?"
Once his hands were free, he ripped the gag and blindfold off; he spoke after a cough and a couple deep breaths.
"No, not really...thanks Kaito. You didn't hurt her,did you?"
The bluenette gave a soft smile.
"Don't worry, Len, she was all bark and no bite. You're safe."
Len felt his heart rate speed up for some reason.
"Uh...thanks, Kai. I hope you don't get into trouble for this..."
Kaito didn't reply; he simply pulled the smaller boy into a protective hug.
"I think most of them are gone, but I'll still keep you safe, okay?"
Heat rushed to Len's face.
"Please, please tell me you kissed," Gumi said, covering her mouth and nose.
"No, unfor--I-I mean no!!"
"I heard that, Len."
"I-It was the heat of the moment!! Shut up!!"
"Right, just like how Fukase picking up Piko like you said was "heat of the moment"."
"I'm pretty sure he'd say it was."
"Riiiiiiiiiight..."
Len let out a loud groan and covered his blushing face in frustration.
"So what confuses you about that?" Gumi asked, pulling out a handkerchief and wiping her bleeding nose.
"It's just...well, was he acting like that because I'm someone he cares about, or was it because he likes me...? Like, I don't know if Rin would get that mad that something happened to me--"
"Len, I love Rin, but she's kind of a bitch most of the time," Gumi offered up. "She does care about you, though. So she probably would."
"But that's the problem!!" He groaned. "I see Rin as my big sister!! So does Kaito just see me as his little brother?!"
Gumi chuckled as she finished her tower in the shape of an ass.
"I don't think so, Len..."
"But...he might..."
He sighed.
"Have you tried talking to him about it?"
A massive blush reappeared on his face.
"How could I do that?! Just go up to him like 'Hey Kai, are we just friends or do you get a massive boner around me? 'Cause sometimes I wonder--' "
"NOT LIKE THAT," Gumi instantly cut him off, grabbing a second handkerchief and covering her face just before the explosion occurred.
"Well--uh--you see the problem, right?!"
"Absolutely," She replied, finishing cleaning herself off. "But under no circumstances can you ever ask him like that."
"Should I just go up to him and start blasting Gigantic OTN Big Death Edition and start thrusting--"
The greenette proceeded to pause her game, set her computer on her nightstand, and then tackle the blond, pinning him down.
"Len, you almost got an entire audience, a stage, and a band pregnant when they made you perform Holy Lance Explosion Boy live. You are not allowed to thrust. Ever."
Red took over the boy's face at the memory, their positions, and that:
"Your nose is bleeding again."
"It's your fault, Banana Brains."
She climbed off, believing her point proven.
As she cleaned her face off yet again, Len covered his own.
"Did I ever tell you about what happened backstage after the first time I performed that live?"
"No?"
"Okay, so it was Magical Mirai, 2015..."
Len wiped some sweat from his forehead, releasing a groan.
"Masakit ang crotch ko..."
He felt an arm fall on his shoulders as he was yanked back into a side-hug.
"Hey, Holy Boy!!" Rin had a very wide grin on her face.
"Don't."
"Did you have fun out there? It looked like you did. Especially the thrusting--"
"I said don't, Rin--!!"
"Don't what?" She poked his nose. "I'm just checking on you after a hard performance!!"
He squirmed, attempting to get out of her grasp.
"Shut up, Rin!!"
"Len, we need to communicate more. I'm trying to get closer to you." Her grin widened. "But this barrier is seriously getting annoying--"
"I will hurt you--!!"
"You're too weak for that, let's just be honest here. Unless you have some special Maximum--"
"RIN!!"
"Are you ready, Len? Since you want to fight so much. But it's your fault I want to put these jokes in right away--"
The male let out an unholy screech and tackled her--well, attempted to.
She easily grabbed him and flung him to the ground.
"Len, you know I defend you, but you make it pretty hard when you're acting so aggressive--"
"I HATE YOU SO MUCH!!"
"What's going on over here?"
Luka approached, eyes darting between the boy on the floor and the cackling girl.
"Luka!! Rin's bullying me again!!" Len cried, pointing at his mirror image.
"Don't thrust this onto me, Len--!!"
Luka facepalmed.
"Rin, leave him alone and go get ready for your next song."
"Lukaaaaaa--"
"Go, Rin."
The blonde groaned and walked off; Luka went and helped Len up.
"Sorry about her." The pinkette sighed, being motherly and dusting him off.
"It's fine...thanks." He groaned.
She ruffled his hair before heading off to get ready for her performance; he sighed and went to sit down.
He spotted Kaito, sitting and looking at his phone; he walked over and sat next to him.
"Hey Kai."
The older boy jumped turning his head to Len.
"Len!! Uh, hi!!" He stammered, quickly hiding his phone.
Len raised a brow.
"Uh...you good?"
"Yes, perfectly fine, absolutely, nothing is wrong, why do you ask?"
"Uh..." The younger boy was extremely confused. "You're, uh, kinda acting like there is..."
"Am I? There's nothing going on, I swear."
"Uh...are you sure--?"
An executive approached at that exact moment, snapping his fingers.
"Kaito, hair and makeup needs you. Stat."
"Ah--alright!!" Kaito hurriedly rose, scurrying off to the department.
Len scratched his head, extremely confused; he looked down, realizing that Kaito had left his phone behind.
The blond gained an evil grin, picking it up.
*Hehehe...I should leave him some presents!!*
Entering Kaito's pincode--Len remembered watching him punch it in multiple times--he immediately opened the camera and took some selfies.
He went to the gallery to see how they'd turned out; however, he ended up swiping past all the pictures he'd just taken and seeing something that caused him great surprise.
Taking pictures of each other during performances wasn't uncommon, but...
"Why...does he have so many of me thrusting?"
"Because you thrusted about twenty times in that performance alone?" Gumi quipped as she started her game up again.
"Gumi, I'd pass it off as that, but...it seemed like he took multiple pics in one...uh...thrust." Len cringed.
Silence reigned between them.
"That's a creepier thing to do for your crush--"
"We don't have a guarantee that's what it is yet!!"
Gumi sighed--but a sudden thought occured to her.
"Len."
"Yeah?"
"What's Kaito's pincode?"
"Should I really be telling you that--"
"I won't blab it, I swear. You know I won't."
"True...okay, it's 071227."
The girl pondered for a moment, then snapped her fingers.
"December 27, 2007."
"My birthday...?"
"Len. Your birthday."
Silence passed, then the boy's eyes widened.
"Holy Fukase."
"Exactly."
"W-Wait, there's one thing we haven't considered!!" He stammered.
She rolled her eyes.
"What's that, Mr. Denial?"
"In all of the above instances, Kaito and I were both wearing socks!!" Len proclaimed, throwing his arms out. "Thus, it can't be gay!!"
Gumi turned her head and stared at him.
Moving her computer back to her nightstand, she grabbed the boy by the collar and yanked him in close.
Len let out a muffled "Mmf!!" as their faces met; he was released before he could either reciprocate or pull away.
"GUMI!!" He screeched, covering his intensely red face. "WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"Don't act like it was your first kiss--actually, that's not even our first kiss together. But did you like it?"
"I--uh--"
"Wait, you're bi. I didn't think that one through enough..."
"Why did you think of that at all?!"
"Because you're not thinking straight!! Or, well, gay, I suppose."
"How does kissing me help?!"
"Len, for fuck's sake, you are so obviously crushing on him!! That's why you're confused!!"
"NO IT'S NOT!! WE'RE JUST FRIENDS!! BEST FRIENDS!!" He screeched, covering his ears. "Besides, I've never even been in a relationship before!!"
"Fine then." Gumi smirked.
"...I know that look," He hissed, still blushing. "What are you planning--?"
He found her leaning in close, giving him a seductive look.
"Len-kun," She purred. "Will you go out with me?"
"I--I--WHAT?!"
"Will you?" She batted her eyelashes. "After all, we're best friends too, and since you clearly don't like Kaito like that..."
Len fumbled over his words; eventually, he covered his face completely.
"You know what? Fine. Sure, Gumi-chan. Let's date."
"Great."
She pulled out her phone and began doing something on it.
They sat in silence for about five minutes before she spoke up again.
"Len."
"...What?"
"I'm breaking up with you."
"WE'VE BEEN DATING FOR FIVE MINUTES!!" He screeched, jolting up into a sitting position.
"And you clearly have feelings for someone else. Besides..."
A smug look took over her face.
"Now you can say you've been in a relationship."
The Cryptonloid stared at her, dumbfounded; his jaw hung open.
"...What the hell, Gumi."
"You're welcome."
The male flipped back down, rolling over and burying his face in her pillows.
"...Bakit ba masyado kang nahuhumaling sa ganito?" He murmured. "Hindi ito mahalaga sapagkat hindi ito totoo..."
She looked at him, frowning; she climbed over and wrapped her arms around him.
"Because I want you to be happy, Len." She laid her head on his back. "You deserve it. You and Kaito are the perfect match...you two make each other happy. So why are you so scared of it?"
Silence reigned for a moment.
"...I dunno, Gumi." He sighed. "Maybe...maybe it's cause I'm scared of ruining what we already have. Scared I'll ruin it."
"How could you possibly do that? You're Len Kagamine. If you look up "positive energy" or "ray of sunshine" in the dictionary, I'm pretty sure a picture of you is in there."
"I'm also found next to words such as "weird" "annoying" "perv suspect" "dead" and "twat"."
"We all know you're forced to sing the perverted songs, Len." She hugged him a little tighter. "Nobody wants you dead. You aren't weird in a bad way--just quirky. It makes you unique. And you aren't annoying. And Rin...well, I'm not quite sure why she still calls you a twat."
"It's been thirteen years...I think she just enjoys it."
"But you get my point, right?"
After a moment, he sighed.
"Yeah...thanks for trying, Gumi."
"Oh, I'm not done trying."
He lifted his head and looked at her, confused.
"What...?"
"Go change into an outfit you like," She winked, standing up and waving her phone in the air. "You have to meet Kaito in a few minutes, and I have an idea."
Kaito wandered around the East Courtyard's Garden, checking the time on his phone.
He had randomly gotten a text from Gumi saying to meet her out there and that she had a surprise for him; the ominous feeling from the message made him a bit uneasy, but he had gone there nonetheless.
He distracted himself from the wait by looking around; he spotted several others passing by, such as Fukase trailing Piko like both a guard dog and a lost puppy, Prima and Tonio flirting as they headed for the Mansion, Luo Tiyani chasing Longya with a bat and screaming in Chinese, and the unfortunate image of Rin and Mayu making out on a bench.
Cringing a little, he looked away.
"KAITO!!"
The bluenette jumped, whirling around to find Len running towards him.
A small blush came to his face; the other boy was wearing his Ultimate Len outfit, looking absolutely adorable.
"Len--?"
The shorter came to a stop in front of him.
"Makinig ka dito taong bobo na lalaki ng sorbetes, dapat kang kang makinig sa sasabihin ko!! Marami akong sasabihin sa iyo!!"
Kaito paused, not understanding Tagalog in the slightest.
"Uh, Len? Can you...um...go back to Japanese--"
"Hindi!! Kailangan kong gawin ito ng ganito!!"
Kaito frowned slightly, very confused.
"Len, is something wrong--"
"Ikaw!! Ikaw ang problema!! Ginuguluhan mo ako at tinatakot sa mga kilos at damdamin!! Ang bait mo!! May pakialam ka sa akin!! Ako ang nagmamalasakit sa iyo!! Ngunit magkaibigan ba tayo o magkakapatid?!"
"...Is that a yes--?"
"Kinamumuhian ko ito!! Galit ako sa ginagawa mo sa akin ngayon!! Bakit ngayon?! Bakit ikaw?! Bakit mo ito gagawin sa akin?! Pinaparamdam mo sa akin ang mga bagay na hindi ko nais na adress!! Ikaw ay perpekto!! Ikaw ay mabait!! Napaka-seksi mo!! Sa totoo lang, paano mo ito nagagawa?! Tingnan ang iyong mga binti!!"
"Why are you pointing at my legs--?"
"Oh, kalimutan ang iyong mga binti!! Bakit ako, Kaito? Bakit mo ako mamahalin? Wala kang dahilan para gawin ito!! Ngunit--Ngunit ang pinakapangit na bahagi ay--"
He abruptly hiccuped, starting to tear up, making Kaito panic a little.
"Len, what's wrong?! What did I--"
"Sa tingin ko baka mahalin din kita!!" Len belted out, rubbing his eyes. "At kinamumuhian ko ito!! Hindi kita karapat-dapat!!"
He took a deep breath.
"Ngunit...ngunit kung sigurado ka sa iyong sarili...kung gayon sa palagay ko dapat sigurado rin ako sa aking sarili."
He reached up and pulled the hood on his costume down as he stared up at Kaito.
He snapped into his usual chipper self.
"Hey, Kaito!!" He grinned.
Kaito stared, completely baffled by what had just occured.
"I...Len, what just--"
"Will you go out with me?!"
The elder boy paused, eyes widening.
"Wait, what--?"
"I--I think I like you!!" Len stammered, blushing. "Will you go out with me?"
Silence reigned between them for a moment.
"Um...Kai? Was I too direct--?"
Kaito began screaming and bolted in the opposite direction, causing all the bystanders--who had been pretending not to be watching (except for Fukase, who has no sense of tact whatsoever)--to jump and/or get out of his way.
Len gawked, unsure of what to make of that reaction.
"I...I...what?"
Gumi rose up, popping out of the bushes she had been hiding in; she kept her camera pointing at Len.
"A+ performance, Len. Truly one of your best."
"He...he ran away screaming!!"
"Flawless."
"I did what you said!!" He cried, gripping the sides of his head. "I let out my feelings without actually having to deal with them!! And he ran away screaming!!"
Nearby, Fukase was laughing his ass off; Piko rolled his eyes and grabbed him by the collar, dragging the idiot off.
"Don't worry, I kind of expected that reaction. Just wait for it."
"For what?!"
"Three...two...one..."
"Gumi--"
Len felt his pocket vibrate; reaching into it, he pulled out his phone and opened it up.
His heart skipped a beat at the message awaiting his response.
Zero: I'm free around 7?
His eyes widened.
"Gumi!!"
"There it is--"
She was distracted from turning off her camera by the boy tackling her, sending them both into the bushes.
"You're a genious!! No--you're a goddess!! Thank you thank you thank you!!"
Gumi wriggled around in an attempt to get air.
"You're welcome, Len, now please let me--"
"YOU FUCKING TWAT!!"
The two jumped, peeking up out of the bush.
Rin was charging at them, looking enraged.
"YOU JUST MADE ME LOSE A BET!! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE A COWARD!!"
"You might want to run," Gumi whispered to Len.
"Yeah!! Thanks again!!" He replied, leaping up out of the bush and bolting as his Mirror Image chased him, screaming about how much money she owed Flower.
Cringing slightly at both the large amount and the branches scratching her skin, Gumi climbed out of the bush, heading back for the mansion.
As she did so, she opened up her phone and began searching for tuxes in Len's size.