Me: So I'm sure the few people who are still interested in this story are just like 'where the hell has she been?' and I know excuses are the last thing anyone wants to hear but…that's what you're gonna get. I know I promised speedier updates and I kind of broke that promise BUT I do have reasons. The explanation is on my profile page. Please refer to that if you'd like to know. If not, then don't worry about it.

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As I walked to the classroom I assumed was Spanish the thought occurred to me that I would be taking it with Len. After that glorious revelation, I practically ran to the class. I hadn't seen Len during breakfast so I could only assume he'd gone to class early. Maybe, if he was in a generous mood, he would allow me to distract him during class. Oh, it was simply too exciting! I ripped open a door with the words 'Bienvenidos' printed on it. I scanned my eyes over the people already in class, there was that one rainbow haired kid from before but no Len to be seen. I felt my body slump, did he perhaps have a different class…? I dragged myself to the teacher who just happened to be…missing. Fantastic. Now I had no idea where to sit. Ah well, now I could sit in the back by the window. Just like an anime protagonist. Good thing it hadn't been taken yet. I plopped myself down and waited for either class to start or Len to appear. Hopefully the latter.

For once, my prayers were answered when Len arrived at the door with a certain white haired stalker at his side. My breath hitched, could it be…? WERE THEY POSSIBLY DISCUSSING THE FUTURE OF A RIN KAGAMINE FANCLUB?! What a joyous day! Len waved Piko goodbye before entering the classroom. He spotted me and shook his head when he saw my placement. He began walking towards me. It might as well have been in slow-motion, his hair shined and swished as he walked, and were those flowers blooming around him? Oh, my stomach hurts.

"Rin…Rin…RIN!" I snapped out of my fantasy and looked up to see Len looking down at me in concern.

"Huh?" I gurgled.

"You're drooling," he responded. Oh. I wiped around my mouth. Needed to start being more careful.

"Oh, uh, my bad," I responded with a sheepish grin. Len gave me a long look before sighing.

"Piko has a message for you," Len remarked as he sat beside me.

"Oh joy, what does he have to say?" I groaned.

"He just said that he was sorry for being so forceful," Len shrugged. Well that was a little sweet. Len took a notebook and pencil out of his desk and placed them on a desk.

"He should've said it in person."

"Yeah, well, he was too ashamed to do it in person." Len grabbed my bag and started to take out my supplies for class.

"I'm not a kid, Len, I can get my stuff out on my own." So I was pouting. Immature, definitely. But who cares?

"I know that, but I like to take care of my little sister."

"Gah! Older sister, why can't you get it right?"

"Silence!" a voice boomed throughout the classroom. Len and I stopped out bickering to offer him the proper respect. The teacher was none other than…

"Tonio-sensei?" I muttered in wonder. So he was also the Spansih teacher, what a time to be alive. Maybe we'd get lucky and he'd fall asleep like in band!

No such luck. Instead, it seemed Tonio took the Spansih language very seriously. The classroom was dead silent besides the sound of Tonio's voice and the always pleasant pencil's scratching on paper. Could you blame me for dozing off? Len sure could because the way he woke me up after class was by dropping a book on my head.

"What was that for?" I complained and rubbed the lump on the back of my head.

"How have you not failed yet when all you ever do is sleep?" Len snapped.

"Because my sweet younger brother is nice enough to tutor me," I replied and batted my eyelashes. Hopefully he would continue tutoring me…hopefully.

"I don't think I will anymore. Think about it, Rin, if I wasn't at this school you'd be on your own. What would you do then?"

I deflated, "Come on, Len, please. What about in history?"

"…History will be an exception."

I grumbled under my breath. Fantastic, now I had no choice but to pay attention now. At least class was over. As I skipped along out the door with Len, Tonio stopped me.

"Kagamine, if you ever sleep in my class again I will send you straight to Lola," he hissed. I flinched at the threat. Teachers here were scary.

"Got it, Tonio-sensei," I replied failing to mention his tendency to sleep through his own classes.

"I wish he'd actually punished you," Len grumbled as we left the room.

"I guess I'm just lucky." Or maybe Tonio was just too lazy to actually punish me. Either way I was grateful. "Welll we have the whole rest of the day to ourselves so what do you wanna do?"

"Rin, we can't just mess around here. What WE are going to do is practice," Len replied. My heart sank, here I was looking forward to a potential date.

"You're boring," I complained.

"Maybe, but Rin, we're in a grand music Academy. Let's make the most of it."

"Whatever. I'll just go hang out with…with…Taito!"

Len's eyes widened in horror, "W-Wait, Rin, you can't be serious!"

"1000% serious!" I left Len behind, if Mr. Dull wanted to practice he could do just that! I, on the other hand, would be spending my day with less boring company.

Somehow I ended up in the office waiting for Lola to finish up her work so we could catch a bite together. She appeared from her office looking cheerful and refreshed.

"Alright, Rin-chin, let's go!" she chirped. I nodded and we both escaped school grounds together. Coming in the day before school started, I had never actually gotten the opportunity to search the grounds surrounding Crypton Academy. It was actually a little exciting. "So where would you like to go to lunch?"

As if I would know! I could hardly find my way around school, let alone the town surrounding it.

"I'll let you choose since I don't know where to go," I sighed. An evil grin morphed onto Lola's face, much to my displeasure. It seemed I'd made an unintelligent decision. Lola grabbed my wrist in a vice-grip and started sprinting in a random direction. I was honestly surprised my hand remained attached to my wrist with the way she yanked on it.

"I'll show you a personal favorite of mine!" she announced. Suddenly she stopped, forcing me to collide into her back and fall on my ass. That was excruciating. After regaining my sense, I realized just where we actually were.

"You cannot be serious," I sighed. Lola did not seem to notice my groans of displeasure. Without replying, she pulled me into a maid café.

"Welcome Home, Mistresses!" a pretty maid greeted us with a bow. I made it a point to check my surroundings, there were unsurprisingly more men than women but it seemed to have a gentle atmosphere. We were shown to a table near the back. I rested my head in my hand and stared at Lola from across the table.

"What's the look for?" Lola asked.

"You come here often?" I responded. She shrugged.

"It has good food," Lola explained. Plenty of places had good food…

A maid appeared to take our order. She had such shiny, soft hair that I couldn't help but feel a bit jealous. She was so small, too, like one of the smallest girls I had ever seen. She was just short and tiny.

"Good afternoon, Mistresses, my name is Aoki," she said. Her expression was so soft, just like her voice. "Can I get you anything?"

"How about a smile?" Lola requested. I almost facepalmed at the ridiculousness of Lola's actions. It was just embarrassing. Aoki gave a gentle smile. I quickly scanned over the menu. I didn't want the maid to have to wait after what Lola just did.

"I'll have the omurice and a parfait," I ordered quickly. "And a water."

Aoki nodded kindly and turned to Lola to question her.

"Hmmm…I'll have the Maid Garden Salad and some Maid Tea," Lola ordered. I was pretty sure that whatever Lola ordered didn't have 'maid' written in front of it on the menu. I was beginning to extremely regret ever letting Lola take me out for lunch.

"Alright, I'll return with that as soon as I can, Mistresses," Aoki said softly. She had a very pretty sounding voice, and it gave me the feeling she would make a good singer.

Once Aoki was out of earshot, Lola turned to me and said, "I'll bet that girl is going to Vocaloid Academy."

"What makes you think that?" I asked.

"Well, she had such a pretty voice, there's no way that Vocaloid Academy would let one like her get away," Lola replied.

"There are lots of people with nice voices, Lola-sensei," I responded.

"Yeah, but how many do you think would be working so close to the school?"

"…What do you mean?"

"Vocaloid Academy is only a couple blocks away from Crypton, didn't you know?" Lola explained. Actually, I hadn't known that. It would've been nice to know.

"Remind me again why I'm not just going there," I said.

"They weren't accepting anymore applications, remember?"

"Right, but that doesn't explain how I ended up at Crypton either."

"It was an error on Mast-"

"Was it really?" I asked. I remembered back to what Miku had told me. She was right about something not truly adding up with the whole situation. A girl going to an all boys school was the kind of thing that only happened in shoujo manga or crappy fanfictions, both of which I enjoyed greatly, but still. It wasn't realistic. You never heard about girls going to all boys schools or boys going to all girls schools. It defeated the purpose! Even if there was an error, in most situations another solution would've been thought up. Perhaps it was only an experiment that I had been unlucky enough to be chosen for. Come to think of it, pranks weren't exactly a good reason to expel someone to Boarding School.

Especially a Boarding School for talent and arts, which was hardly a punishment. From what I'd heard, these were schools that people were killing to get into, with intense auditions and everything. Yet, my brother and I had gotten in without any work at all. That didn't add up, no matter how someone explained it. Granted, Len probably got in because I had been prepared to drop out of school just to go back and live with Len to protect him. How'd I get in though?

Lola's eyes were hollow as she looked at me. All traces of good nature were gone, and to be frank I was beginning to fear for my life. "Just don't question, Rin-chin. Just be grateful," Lola said. Her voice was monotone and calm. It was a warning tone. Lola's answer only compelled me to ask more questions. However, having a yandere mom taught me very well when to keep my mouth shut. Now was the perfect time to do just that.

"Okay, Lola-sensei," I sighed. Lola's expression brightened immediately, which was a whole lot more terrifying than if she'd just stayed the same. I would have to learn the truth someday.

Aoki finally returned with our food, much to my relief because with a stuffed face I wouldn't have to talk to Lola anymore.

"Here you are, Mistresses. Is there anything else that you need of me?" she asked.

"No, we're good, thanks," I said before Lola could demand her to sing a song or something equally as horrifying.

"Alright, enjoy your food, Mistresses. Call me over if you need me," she said and disappeared off to charm another table.

"Why'd you do that? I was gonna have her sing!" Lola complained.

"Which is exactly why I did that," I muttered.

"What was that?"

"Nothing!" I started to eat my omurice so Lola wouldn't ask me anything else. She began to slowly eat her salad, a surprisingly sad look upon her face. She looked far away, like she was thinking about something important, but also bittersweet. I would've asked her what was wrong, but I'd already used up my 'intrusive question' card for the day. I didn't want to push her anymore.

Eventually the two of us both finished our food and Aoki retrieved our bill for us. I scoured my pockets for cash and impressively found 200 yen and a crumpled up dollar bill. I had never even been to America before, so the origin of the American currency was anyone's guess.

"Ummm…Lola-sensei…" I began. My first instinct was to demurely use the restroom and sneak out the window, but without a doubt in my mind, Lola would punish me for that. "I don't have enough money…"

"I sort of figured you didn't. Just pay me back another time," Lola said.

"Alright, I'll pay you back as soon as I can," I sighed. Damn, I hated being indebted to people. Lola paid for our meal, and the two of us left the café to return back to the school. "Rin-chin, you're more than welcome to keep hanging around the city, but I have some more work to do. I'll be heading back now, just try to be back in time for dinner."

"Okay, Lola-sensei," I replied. She walked on without me and I wondered what else I could do to spend my day. It would have to be free…unless I got picked up by some high school boys! Then they would have to treat me!

Len would kill me, though. There went that plan. I would just have to head back to school, then. Maybe I'd get lucky and bump into someone I knew along the way. As long as it wasn't Piko…actually, I'm sure I'd be able to convince Piko to buy me some nice things. I would have to have him take me shopping soon, so then I could get him to pay for all of my clothes.

Maybe that makes me sound like a gold digger, but I just consider it a mutual agreement. He'd get my company, and I'd get nice things. Sounds like a fair trade to me!

When I arrived back at Crypton, Len was waiting for me in the office. He looked downright pissed. He looked around me, to make sure no one was following.

"So…you didn't actually hang out with Taito…right?" Len asked. What was he…oh, I told him I was going to hang out with Taito.

"That's none of your business, Mr. Boring," I replied.

"Rin, come on. I'm being serious," Len sighed.

"Why does it matter to you who I hang out with?" I asked. I know, I'm being difficult, but I just couldn't help it!

"Because, Rin, you can't just tell a guy you like him and then go and hang out with other guys!" Len snapped.

"Well, it's not like the guy in question has given me an answer yet so what does it matter to him?" I replied.

"It matters to him, because it makes him think that you're not being serious!"

"Who wants to be serious when we're not even in a relationship? All that'll do is get my hopes up."

Len took a frustrated step towards me and I took one back. Suddenly, he was charging in my direction. He looked like he was going to grab my shoulders and try to shake some sense into me. Whoa, I never usually made him that mad! I stepped to the side just in time, allowing Len to slam into the fall, knocking down some tarp thing off the wall and on top of him.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OH MY GOD, LEN! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU RAN INTO THE WALL!" I laughed. Len made a humiliated growling sound and turned to face me. However, his foot caught onto the edge of the tarp and not only did he fall over, but the tarp made a loud 'RIIIIIIIIIIP' sound and tore straight through the thing. Uh oh. I turned quickly in an attempt to hightail it out of there, but as I did I bumped straight into Lola who look absolutely murderous.

"That tarp was a gift from a very important person right after Crypton first opened and somehow you two managed to destroy it," she hissed.

"W-wait, Lola-sensei! I wasn't the one who ripped it!" I frantically defended myself. That only seemed to make her angrier.

"Both of you, in my office now!" Lola roared. I gulped. Just how important was that tarp to Lola?

So there Len and I sat in Lola's office with our heads hung low. Len's hair was all mussed up from running into the wall and having the tarp fall on him. He glared at me with an accusatory look. Right, like I was the one who ran into the wall and ripped the damn thing! For once, I was the innocent one! Lola looked at us through her eyelashes.

"Now, I'm going to give you both 10 seconds to admit to your guilt," Lola said calmly, "And the sooner you answer, the better off you'll be in the long run."

I really could've argued, I could've defended myself all I wanted but I knew how Lola worked. She wouldn't listen, and I sure as heck didn't want to end up with a horrible punishment like Akaito had when I first got here.

"I admit to my guilt! I was purposely egging Lenny on and as a result he ran into the wall and knocked down the tarp. I take full responsibility!" I exclaimed before Lola could even begin counting. Len and she both looked stunned. They were clearly expecting me to go down fighting. Well, how wrong were they. This was about self-preservation, not pride!

"I-I too admit to my guilt. I knocked the tarp over and ripped it," Len said quickly.

"Wow, that hardly ever happens," Lola responded. Her eyebrows had shot up, showing her clear surprise.

"So…what's our punishment?" I asked.

"Right…do you guys know anything about 'Idol Project'?" Lola asked. Besides the fact that it sounded exactly like the name of an anime, no I did not.

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Me: That is all for now. I have already started writing to next Chapter, do not fret! Also, sorry about any spelling errors.