For the first time in a long time, I was free of nightmares. I hadn't remembered sleeping this peacefully in a long time.

When I woke up, I noticed my room was unbalanced; everything was on one side of the room. I immediately remembered what had happened the previous night and bolted out of bed and onto the deck after I threw on some clothes.

We had apparently pulled into a dock. I saw the four Vippaloids (they were all alive) lined up, their wrists chained. Policemen escorted them off of the boat.

I was glad to see they were all fine, but it was a little sad to see them being arrested. They were just misguided, that was all. But they had almost killed off all of the vocaloids, except for me.

But if vocaloids couldn't die, what would have happened to them? Would they have had to undergo eternal suffering, drowning over and over again? The thought made me shudder.

As I was going back to my room, I noticed all of the doors were unbolted.

I decided to talk to Rin when I saw her door. I knocked and she opened the door quickly.

"Oh my gosh, we have to talk." She said and escorted me inside. I noticed her room looked almost the same as mine; same wall, same furniture, but all on one side. She shut the door behind us.

"Oh my gosh! I never thought either of you would confess! And I can't believe he did it instead of you!" Rin squealed.

"Wait, how'd you know he li-?" She cut me off.

"Piko told me he liked you a week or so ago. And I knew you liked him too. But both of you told me I couldn't tell the other in any circumstances. So I was kind of stuck." She explained. "But I'm glad everything worked out!" She added.

"Rin, from now on, please stay out of our business, okay?" I sighed.

"But you're my brother! I have to know what you're up to!" Rin frowned.

"No, you don't. You're not entitled to my life." I replied darkly.

Rin crossed her arms. "Fine." She huffed. "But you can always come to me with your relationship problems~." She said.

"You are not a psychologist." I rolled my eyes.

"Why don't you go talk to him?" She changed the subject.

"I guess that would be a good idea." I agreed and walked out of her room.

"Oh, Rin, one more thing…" I said as I was departing.

"Yes?"

"Don't tell anyone about us! Tell that to Miku too!" I ordered.

She chortled. "Sure thing. I'll call her."

A few seconds after I knocked, Piko's door opened. His face brightened when he saw me. He invited me in.

"You have to fill me in what happened while I was dead." He said and closed the door behind me. He had said it the same way you would say "You have to fill me in on what happened at that party."

"Right…" I sighed and took a seat on the office chair.

"How long was I dead anyway?" He asked.

"Like… five minutes or something?" I estimated. "Worst five minutes of my life." I groaned.

"Alright, tell me everything." He sat on the edge of his bed.

I explained everything; Tei's plan, the ship almost sinking, Ruko, Tei and Teto's deaths, while he listened intently.

"Where are the Vippaloids now?" He asked as I finished speaking.

"I think they got arrested." I shrugged.

"Hmm, well, I guess they kinda deserved it… I wonder where they're going." He replied.

"Yeah, me too." I agreed.

A brief silence followed, and I went to lie down next to him.

I grasped his hand gently as he did the same. A feeling of satisfaction washed over me, like the waves that splashed against the sides of the boat. It washed away all of my pain, anxiety, anger and hate, leaving behind pure serenity. All of my suffering had led up to this moment; when I could finally be at his side, not just as a friend, but something much more.

I felt tears of joy spill out of my eyes. Piko looked over at me and gasped. "Len! What's wrong?" He exclaimed, jolting upwards and wiping away my tears. I laughed and held his hands before they could smear them further.

"You just… have no idea what I had to go through for this." I sobbed, and my tears of joy turned into tears of sorrow as I buried my face into his chest and clutched his back tightly with my hands. I could feel his heart pounding.

He held me close as the bad emotions I had suffered from for the last few weeks dribbled from my eyes.

"I know," He murmured soothingly into my flaxen hair. "I know."

~END~

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