A/N: My first fanfic! Trying to be as creative as possible. Vocaloid can't be out of character, right? I think this fic is partly based on SPICE! I made tons of changes here and there, though, so it wouldn't exactly be following the PV. Note I underlined the word "Tons". You'll get to know why... soon.

This is not incest. There is no incest.

Disclaimer: I don't own the great Vocaloid because if I really did, something reeeaally bad would happen, and trust me, you do not wish to know!

Chasing Time

Chapter 1: Infatuation and leeks?

Today was the day I had been looking forward to. I almost danced when I heard that my neighbor was moving out… and someone new was moving in. That sounded kind of cruel, but you absolutely cannot believe how much I hated my current neighbor- he was just freaking annoying with that loud mouth of his, talking and babbling about irrelevant things when he knew I wasn't listening. You know what a machine gun is, right? You can use that to compare it with the speed of his mouth.

I rubbed my eyes several times and tried to at least focus on my dumb homework. Well, I wasn't planning on finishing it anyway. I was too tired to even concentrate, for heaven's sake! I sometimes wonder why the teacher even bothers to give us homework when he knows himself we would not finish it. Well, some would, but not me. I don't care.

I scribbled my name harshly on the piece of assignment and grumbled softly before throwing it aside. Time to sleep, maybe… It was still kind of early, but I just feel like sleeping right away, you know. This wouldn't be my first time sleeping through the day, anyway.

'Beep, beep, beep'…

I shot my cell phone a glare and briefly tried to think of ways to murder the person who had unconsciously interrupted my beauty sleep. Great job, whoever you are. Now I have to think of ways to hide your body… With a groan, I got off my bed and sauntered over to where the table was, grabbing my stupid cell phone and almost crushing it into bits.

My eyes scanned through its content before I smashed the button to "View the message", muttering something inaudible in the process. I was kind of lucky I lived alone… right here. I would die if I didn't because I was famous for abusing English Language.

Rin~ How's your new neighbor? Seen em' yet? How do they look like? –Miku

I should have guessed anyway… Miku lived near me- she was just a few blocks away from me. She could come any time she wanted, and since my parents were almost never home, no one could stop her from staying overnight in my house almost everyday. We had lots of fun together, and she was no doubt the 'One I could count on in times of trouble'.

I haven't really gotten to know my neighbor yet, anyway. No traces of them yet. As much as I wanted to see them, I couldn't.

Haven't seen them yet. You wanna come over to wait with me? I'm bored anyways. :-D LOL. –Rin

I ruffled my hair before sending the message over to Miku. I sat on the chair behind my computer on the table and switched it on, rolling my eyes when my cell phone let out a 'beep' indicating that I had gotten a reply. She was really fast at messaging, I'd admit…

Not today, yeah. I got some leeks bought from the market, and I want to eat them up right now. Can't resist the urge to eat em', you know? Hehe. XD –Miku

I almost choked myself to death when I saw the word 'Leek'. Miku has an obsession with leeks, just so you know. She told me she liked them because of "how they looked like green, cute and deformed... things". For your information, I used to love leeks for its vibrant colors until the day Miku told me that after shoving about twenty of those... things inside my mouth. Since then, I've always hated leeks because of that sentence and the... overwhelming taste, should I say... that has had me mentally scarred for life.

OK. I don't even wanna know how much you bought… Well, I'll see you in school tomorrow, then, huh? –Rin

I sighed and laid my head on the hard and cool surface of the table. What to do at this time… What to do when you have nothing to do…

Then I heard it almost immediately. There was the sound of footsteps outside, and a bunch of mumblings, followed by the sound of heavy objects being dragged across the road. You know the sound of nails against a chalkboard? Yes, that. Horrible sound it was… Maybe it was my neighbor moving the stuff into their apartment or something?

I rushed outside, not bothering to change out of my pajamas and looked out of the door for any signs of a human being. There was none, and I frowned in disappointment, biting my lips in annoyance.

I was about to really turn around and forget about the stupid neighbor due to my impatience, but I saw something- or rather, someone that caught my attention. It was fast, but I caught sight of him. Blonde hair, slightly tanned skin… That was what I saw before he slipped past me, towards the entrance of his apartment.

Whatever. I figured I had to be dreaming or something. I thought he looked like me; but I had to be hallucinating. Stupid drowsiness kicking in after all the assignments and tasks… Argh.

Not much of a deal anyway. I would have to see my neighbor sooner or later, so…

There was the shuffling of footsteps before it stopped right in front of me.

I stopped what I was planning on doing, and stared.

I found myself attracted and totally mesmerized by a pair of sapphire deep orbs gazing straight at me. I couldn't take my eyes off him, and I didn't know why! The corner of his lips was sort of curled up into a grin of some sort. H-he was wearing some dark blue tee with a black tie on it, and a pair of white shorts reaching his knees. He looked like a girl with that blond hair of his tied up in a high ponytail. I didn't find myself attracted to his choice of clothing or hairstyle, but I was attracted to… t-to him.

Everything about him was so unique… I didn't know what I was saying, but it was true. I had never met a teen that had managed to leave an impression like this onto me. It was like love at first sight, you know? I think I was infatuated with him.

I didn't realize how long I had been staring at him until I heard someone shouting at me.

"Hey… You alright or something?" It took me a moment to register what he had said. Not only were his looks heavenly, but also his voice… it was angelic.

"Uhh… Yeah… Y-yeah…" I stuttered and felt a blush creep up into my cheeks. Why was my heart pounding so quickly? Oh, please don't tell me I managed to fall in love with a stranger within what, five minutes? Less than that? This was definitely going into 'Rin's genuine records'.

"What's your name?" He asked me, and I was too shocked to even open up my mouth to speak. I opened and closed my mouth repeatedly like a fish and looked down in shame when he burst into laughter.

"My name is Len. Kagamine Len. Pleasure meeting you." He took my hand and shook it lightly, causing my blush to deepen. I looked away, unable to find myself drowning into his pair of luminous eyes.

"I-I… I-…" Crap. I didn't even know how to say my own name!

"It's alright. I'll be going, then, I guess? You know, I got to arrange my stuff and all… Guess we'll be seeing each other rather often, then?" Len let off a soft chuckle before releasing my hand, watching as my hand went limp by my sides.

I heard him whispering to himself… Something amongst the lines of "only the first day and she's all like this", and I swore I could have seen him winking and smirking at me before walking back into his new apartment.

Maybe it was just my imagination…

Yeah… It had to be my imagination.

I wonder what I would tell Miku tomorrow? "Oh, I met him, you know. He's so cute and I fell in love with him! Hard to believe, but true!" or maybe "He's so cute you'll dig your eyes out just to see him!" I'd pick option one, since option two didn't sound so attractive to me. I'm thinking if Miku would like him. He seemed to be a nice gentleman, so I don't think that would be a problem and all. How old was he, anyway? He looked kind of young, maybe around my age, so I estimated him to be around ten to twenty.

"Rin! Are you in there, buddy?" I tilted my head such that I could see who was at the door. Miku stood there, waving at me with one of her... leeks. Wait, why was she here, anyway? I thought she was supposed to be eating and munching up leeks?

"Hurry up and get your ass here! Open the gate, the gate!" I mumbled something in annoyance and jumped off the couch, sauntering towards the direction of my guest. I plunged the key into the keyhole violently, almost as if I wanted to smash through it, and swung the gate open. Miku immediately made a dash towards the couch and sat on it.

"Well, you told me you wouldn't be coming, so I didn't prepare anything. Thanks for the sudden visit. Thanks a lot." I grumbled with sarcasm dripping at every word I said after locking the gate. Seriously, I was hoping for her to come. Now that she did come, I felt like I wasn't in the mood for anymore chit chats.

"Hello? This wouldn't be the first time I'm popping by your house, anyway! Why so mad?" She grabbed the television remote controller resting on the armrest of the couch and proceeded to surf through all the wide varieties of channels available. "Besides... I just wanted to see if the neighbor's here, you know... Wouldn't hurt to make a few friends. The previous kid living beside you was fun to begin with, and it was such a loss he had to move." I rolled my eyes at what she said about the "kid being nice". Her definition of nice was very very different from mine.

"I just find it funny that you'd come all the way here just to see a new neighbor of mine." I made my way towards her and sat down on a stool nearby, staring at her.

She stopped when she reached a channel on... how to prepare leek soup. I made a face and turned around to stare inside my room. My room was positioned in a way that it could be viewed when you sat on the couch or anywhere near the couch. It was painted in yellow, so it was also quite the attention-seeker. Man, I wished I could just step in there and transform my room into some sort of a gaming console. I had all sorts of games, but I had also completed every single one of them. I needed new ones, yes, but I haven't got the money to buy them. Maybe if my parents come back for dinner some time next week I could ask politely...

I'd always stare at the funny looking window in my room when I had nothing better to do. It was better than staring at the pile of homework your teachers gave you to do.

"Rin? Looks like somebody's outside." I turned to look at Miku with a puzzled look. "No, not me. The gate, silly!"

Oh, yeah... The gate. Who could it be, then? Please please please don't let it be Neru or Meiko. I'd die if they came into my apartment!

Blond hair, slightly tanned skin guy. Why did he look so familiar? He had his back facing towards me, but I could tell I had seen him somewhere before. Where? "Uhhh, hello? Who might you be looking for?" I boldly asked.

He turned around to face me with a cheeky grin like that of a Cheshire Cat's, folding his arms like a man demanding for something. "I haven't got your name yet. I was wondering when you were deciding to give me the honor to know your name."

L-Len!

"U-umm, s-sorry for j-just n-now... Y-you can call me R-Rin, and d-do you w-wanna come in t-to -" I stopped halfway when I heard Miku growl at him. That was Miku for you - a little too overprotective of her friends, perhaps? Well, at least I know that she genuinely cares for me, unlike some backstabbers in our group of friends like that stupid -

"Get out. Get away! What on Earth are you doing here, huh? Why would you want to know her name? What is wrong with you?! She didn't say it, and you have no rights to demand for her name like that!" My jaw dropped - was th-that really Miku?! I have never ever seen her this angry before. Tons of things happened, but she had never yelled like that before.

Len was equally pissed, I could tell, even though he was trying to hide it. Seriously, what was wrong with Miku?! He was just an innocent guy wanting my name! "I live next door, Ma'am. I thought I'd get to know my neighbor better if I got to know her name."

"She's my friend! Leave," Miku hissed ferociously, but widened her eyes when Len just remained standing at where he was. "I told you to leave! And don't touch her, or even talk to her ever again! You won't hurt anyone this time!"

Why was Miku acting as if... As if she knew him from the start?

"I think you might have mistaken me for someone else, Ma'am. In any case," Len spoke confidently with a wry smile, looking as calm as he could be before continuing, "... I don't think I should let you affect me. I'm sorry, but I really don't know why you think of me like that. If it is my attire you are -"

"Leave. Right. Now." Wow, it seemed like I didn't own this house anymore. I didn't even h-have the damn courage I needed to stop this conflict before it got any worse. I think I was afraid of Miku... She looked pretty scary with that death glare of hers. Even I couldn't have managed that glare.

"... I'm sorry?" Len questioned, tilting his head to the side innocently.

"SHUT UP AND LEAVE NOW OR ELSE I'LL GET THE HELL OUT AND KICK YOU DOWN THE STAIRS LIKE-" This has got to stop. Right now.

"ENOUGH!" I was standing up with my teeth clenched tightly, my face red with anger. "I don't know what the problem is with him having my name, and I don't think I care! I don't think my name is poisonous and I sure don't think my name is contagious! He has every right to know my name, Miku."

I turned to face Len with a nervous grin, hoping to settle the matter right now. "I'm sorry."

"... I should be the one apologizing, I guess. Glad you're understanding, Rin. Well, I'm going to go now, I guess. I wouldn't want to cause anymore trouble for you here..." He eyed Miku and frowned, slowly walked back into his apartment. I made sure he was completely gone before glaring at Miku.

"Rin, you don't know shit about him. He's not a good person."

"That's right; I don't know shit about him. Maybe that's the reason why I can't stand you flaming at him like that. Look, I don't know what the hell got into you, but I'm almost sure he had nothing to do with all of it! All he wanted was just a name and I -"

"You think this is all because of your name?! You think... You think everything started because of your name?!"

"Why else would you be so mad at him? You snapped at him when he asked for my name. Isn't it obvious?" Miku was getting me confused.

"Well, I'll tell you it's not! He's not a good person! You... Are you being fooled by his looks, too? Why? Is it because he's too much of a pretty boy for you to pass up? You can't judge people by their looks, Rin! I can tell you- no, I can assure you he's not a good one, even-"

"It's not."

"... if he is a pretty guy like that. He isn't what you imagine him to be, like-" She ignored me and continued with her sentence.

"It's not."

"Listen to me, Rin. I know him more than anyone else. Kagamine Len, right? He's using his looks to trick you. Look, you are already defending him like this-"

"IT'S NOT!"

"Fine! Say what you want! I don't care anymore! Do whatever you want!" Miku was clearly getting annoyed at me now. Come to think of it, we've been friends for so many years and this is the first time we have ever quarreled like this. I didn't want to lose her, though, and that was probably why I tried to avoid all sorts of conflicts with her the past few years.

But this...

There was an awkward silence between the both of us. I never felt comfortable with silence. I didn't like silence, because it made me feel insecure and... lonely.

I pouted my lips and snorted, urging myself to cool down. "Miku, Snap out of it. He's a nice guy, you shouldn't be saying incorrect things about him like that. Come on. Wanna have some chips to go with some coke? That would cool you down." I offered briefly, hoping that she would at least accept my offer and change the topic to something else. "Maybe some leeks to go with them? I can cook, you know."

"Rin..." She groaned, slapping her forehead and making her way towards me until she was towering over me. "Was he spying on you? Has he been spying on you, Rin?!"

I didn't feel good anymore. My mood was starting to change into something dark. It wasn't anger, but it was a balance between that and confusion. "No, he wasn't, and he never will. Will you stop acting like this, Miku? You don't make any sense at all."

There was a few minutes of silence between us before she eventually spoke. I had a really bad feeling about this...

"… I'll be off. I have some homework to complete." Miku snatched the silver glittering key from the basket sitting on the floor and walked towards the door. "I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Rin… Don't be late for school."

We both knew it was a lie. She was angry with me for refusing to believe her. We all make mistakes, right? Nobody is perfect in life. I guess humans are all extremely stubborn creatures, huh? We don't grow without mistakes, I guess.

"I... I don't want a second 'me', Rin..." I didn't turn around to see if she was gone.

I only turned around to look when I heard the door slam shut.

'Beep, beep, beep'…

What was that…? I flipped myself over the bed and groaned.

'Beep, beep, beep'…

What in the world? Messages? Yeah… That sound had to be it… Messages… W-wait a minute, what time was it now? … Two a.m.?

Oh… I fell asleep just now. It sounded stupid, but I really did. I was too tired to think about anything or to do anything, so I went sleeping. Not a bad thing anyway, seeing that I really had nothing to do at all.

Huh? Hmmm… Miku should be asleep right now. Who would be messaging me this late at night? I grabbed my cell phone and flipped it open, not bothering to sit myself up on the bed. My silky blond locks were in a mess, but I wouldn't really care anyway. Nobody's here to watch you, right? Appearance does not matter. Not for me.

It took me a while to be able to read whatever was written in the message, though my eyes did hurt…

"Two messages received, huh? Wonder who it might be?" I stated, reading the contents out from the first message by 'Meiko'. I should have known she was the only one who had the tendency to send me messages when she knew I was fast asleep in bed!

Send this message to ten people for a month's worth of sake delivered to your doorstep! The more you send, the more you get! Sit back and drink all you want, and worship the drunken lord of –

Holy cow. Who on Earth would believe these stupid chain mails?! I mean, come on… FREE? You have got to be kidding! I didn't want to read on, just because it was some freaking dumb drunken message. Argh. Now on to the next message…

… An anonymous sender sent it. I guess I was getting kind of popular, huh? To think that I would be able to make a name for myself…

Hello, cutie. We didn't talk much, but I guess we'll be seeing each other in school tomorrow?

No name. No class. Nothing. How in the world was I to know whom the sender was? Was this a ploy? Pranksters nowadays…

Wait a minute! 'Cutie'? That was stupid. The only people who have called me that would be Miku and Meiko, when she was drunk. I don't think the message was from Miku, because she'd always leave her name behind when she messaged me. I did the same too, since I kind of picked that up from her. Meiko was kind of impossible, since the only time I ever managed to receive a decent message from her was when I was down with flu, and this was what she sent me:

Drink ^ sum gud sake tuh recover, tomaaatoooooo~ Gonna luv it lyk u haf nv ever done be4!

This was decent enough. Especially when it came from her, you know. It took me a few minutes to find out what she meant by 'tomaaatoooooo' and the rest of the sentence, but whatever. I never wanted to receive messages from her again. Time to reply to that anonymous message, anyway.

Who in the world are you, huh? Speak, or I'm running you over with my road roller! -Rin

This was dumb, like I was revealing myself to the enemy. The road roller was my number one ally, if you guys didn't know. It comes to my help frequently when I get into trouble. I don't know why, but when I mention the "Road Roller" to anyone else in class, they'd laugh their heads off. Maybe they didn't believe I had one?

'Beep, beep, beep'…

Seriously…

You'll know tomorrow. I kind of liked you since we met each other, you know… Just like how you liked me. We could hit it off quite well, wouldn't you say? Well, I'll see you tomorrow in school.

P/S: Don't dream of me that often. Don't stare at me like I'm a nutcase or something. I'm real, yes I am.

My eyes were bulging with anger at every word I saw popping out from that stupid cell phone. Who in the world was that?! Messaging me like that, not even telling me who the heck she or he was! Wait a minute… It could be Neru, trying to confuse me with her stupid lame tactics again!

How did that sender find out about my number anyway? Everything… In school tomorrow, huh?

'Don't dream of me that often'… Somehow, I managed to not think about that stupid anonymous sender as I drifted into dreamland with my hands clutching tightly onto the cell phone.

I was too busy thinking about my new neighbor.

I was too busy thinking about his eyes to remember anything.

NOTE: Don't worry cause Len will be a good guy. You'll see...

Sigre is included in this fic, for your information. In a crazily soon to be fluff-filled fic like this you might think it is impossible. But I'm sureee it will work out. Well, I'll try to fit everything in one by one and reveal everything slowly…

I'll include angst. I myself am sort of a huge angst lover so… :-D You get the point. But not right now. Not right at the introduction (This chapter) of course.

Insane Hex: Yay! I hope it wasn't bad… You can guess who the sender of the message was, but it should be pretty obvious. XD

Dotty: You made it obvious! BTW, sorry for the crappy grammar and vocabulary. The authoress has language problems. Severe language problems! Right, Paper?

Paper: Uh huh. She also has some characterization problems. She doesn't know how to present characters in their correct personality. In short, she's messing with their personalities, leading to random Ooc-ness. She hopes you guys will forgive her.

Insane Hex: This is dumb. Why is the authoress talking to herself?

Paper: -Shrugs- Leave her alone, spoilsport… Uhh, review? It makes Mrs. Authoress happy ^^". –Hands a paper and pen to the readers- Review, guys! Review review!

Chapter 2: Two Sides Of A Coin

"I have never hated somebody this much before. Should I be happy that he has set his eyes on me, or should I cower in fear? I should have listened to her in the first place. That way, I wouldn't be here… right now. In any case, I won't let him intimidate me!"

What you see may not be what you think it is.

Till' next time I guess!