'You dumb little bitch!'

Ever since Rin and Len turned 3, their parents have hated her. The reason, she does not know why, but it hurts. Badly. They have been verbally and emotionally abusing her for about 6 months now, but no hitting. That is until now.

The words echoed off of the wall along with the sound of a slap being heard. Rin fell to the ground with a red mark on her right cheek.

'How dare you say that you stupid little slut!'

'D-dad please...stop!' the 3 year old Rin muttered silently.

'What did you say you dumbass little bitch?' her father yelled at her and slapped her again in the exact same spot.

'WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME?!' he yelled furiously in her face. He raised her fist, ready to punch her.

Rin braced herself for the impact that never came. When she opened her eyes, she was shocked at what she saw. There was Len, her twin brother, standing in front of her in a protective stance. Their father's fist was just centimeters away from his face.

Len had his arms and legs spread out, glaring daggers at the man, a look of utter disgust on his face.

"Don't. You. Touch. Her." He growled, venom and hatred in his voice.

"You shouldn't be doing this! I swear if you so much as lay a hand on her, I'll-" but he was soon cut off b y their mother who momentarily and lazily looked up from her magazine. A sly and amused look was plastered on her face.

"Yea, you wouldn't want to kill her or go to jail for hurting the slut." she said with that amused look still on her face. She chuckled as she made her way behind Len, to Rin and pulled her from the floor by her hair. She cried out in pain, but was soon silenced by her mother slapping her.

"SHUT UP!" She yelled in Rin's face. "Now listen here little brat" she spat out. "If you EVER talk back to me or your father again, you won't be let off this easy. Got it?"

"Y-yes m'am" she stuttered quietly.

Her mother just looked at her with complete hatred in her eyes. She spat on her face and let go of her hair, dropping her to the ground.

"Now, as a punishment you have to go to bed right now with no supper or snack" she smirked at her.

Rin just bowed silently, muttering an apology, and trudged upstairs to her room. When she got to her room and shut the door, she collapsed on the floor. She didn't bother to cry. What good would it do? So, she just sat there,not making a sound. She could hear the brief conversation from downstairs.

"Len, why are you going up? You did nothing wrong. It was all your sister's fault." She heard her mom say.

"I'm tired. And don't bother waking me up for dinner. I'm not hungry at all."

She heard his footsteps as he came up the stairs. Then she heard a gentle knock on her door.

"Y-yes?" she asked.

As soon as Len heard her voice, he felt terrible. She sounded so...so...so...broken.

"It's me, Len" Rin heard his gentle voice say. As soon as she did, she jumped up and almost slammed open the door. She met the similar, sad looking eyes of her twin brother. When she did, she immediately jumped into his awaiting arms, and buried her face into his chest. He responded by wrapping his arms around her, and stroking her hair affectionately.

"Shh...shh...Rin...It's okay, I'm here." he said brushing his fingers through her hair.

"Len..." she said covering his shirt with her tears.

Len picked her up bridal style, and carried her over to their shared bed. Rin had no idea how he was able to do that, considering they were only 3. He laid down next to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly. She snuggled up closely to his chest and laid her head against it.

After a good 45 minutes, she finally calmed down.

"L-Len... Thank you for always being here for me..."

"No problem. Besides why wouldn't I be? You're my sister after all." He said and smiled at her. That smile. That gorgeous smile that she never got tired of. His smile brightened her day, and could make her smile no matter what.

"You know what? You're the best bro-" her sentence was stopped short when her stomach growled. She grinned sheepishly and chuckled nervously.

"Ehehehe...I guess all that crying and how long ago lunch was made me hungry..."

Len just looked at her.

"Oh! I grabbed something for you on my way up here."

"What is it?" she asked excitedly, for Len's surprises were always good.

"Close your eyes" he commanded.

"But-"

"Just do it, or no surprise for you"

"Fine..." she pouted and closed her eyes.

"Open your mouth' he said.

She opened her mouth hesitantly.

"She felt him put something in her mouth, and she slowly chewed it. She almost instantly identified it, and when she did she glomped him. It was a chocolate covered orange slice, one of her favorite treats!

"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! Do you have more? Please tell me you have more!" She was so hyper, that she knocked the chocolate covered banana slice he was about to eat right out of his hand, and made them fall back on the bed with her on top. She noticed, that the banana slice fell on his nose, so being the silly girl Rin is, she ate it right off of his nose. (Not forgetting to lick the chocolate off too.)

"R-Rin!" he exclaimed with a beet red face.

"Oh sorry! But do you have anymore?" she asked excitedly.

"Yes I do, now do you want them?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" she exclaimed while bouncing up and down.

"Well, if you do, you have to get off of me first", he said with a bored expression.

"Oh" she chuckled nervously. "Right..." She got off of him and he gave her the orange and set a container of chocolate dip in between them.

He of course had a banana and started dipping it in the chocolate. And with that, they enjoyed their snack together.

After they had finished Rin perked up with a question.

"Hey, Len?"

"Hm?"

"How is it that you always make me feel better when I'm sad no matter what you do? It's like when I'm with you nothing bad can happen, and no one can hurt me." she said.

"Hm...I don't know. Maybe it's because I care so much about you that I'm willing to help you with anything, no matter what?"

Her face turned slightly pink, but she dismissed it. Rin let out a sleepy yawn.

"Len, I'm tired."

"Yea me too, Let's go to bed"

Rin snuggled close to her brother and he wrapped his arms around her in a hug. Len kissed her forehead and muttered tiredly, "I love you, Rin"

"Love you too, Len", was her sleepy reply.

And with that, the Kagamine twins drifted off into a peaceful sleep.