Rin was currently sitting in the Kasane's kitchen, her hands wrapped around a porcelain mug of tea. It had long gone cold, and as the light overhead made its surface shine, a tear dropped into it.

Ted and Teto, who were sitting on the opposite side of the table, shared pained looks before Teto reached out a hand and softly put it on Rin's. Turquoise eyes blinked confusedly then looked into hot pink ones.

"Rin, we need to talk about the plan…" Teto murmured softly. Rin, who had been so confident and lusting for revenge in the car, had completely broken down again as soon as she had set foot in the house.

Rin sniffled and wiped her eyes on her wrist. "Y-you're right. Sorry, Teto-chan." She replied.

She brushed a few strands of blonde hair out of her eyes before sitting up straight and wiping her eyes once more.

"Ok, what do me and Ted do?" She asked. She now had a grim determination on her face.

Teto smiled slightly. "Well, you both already know that in this plan you two will be 'dating'." She put up both hands and made quotation marks with her fingers at the word dating.

Ted blushed lightly again, but Rin nodded, looking at Teto interestedly.

"Ok, so, since today is Saturday, I think you should go back home tomorrow afternoon. Say you came to my house, and Ted comforted you. Make sure it sounds like Ted is the love of your life, and look Len straight in the eyes while doing it." Teto said this in such a way it reminded Rin of a army general.

Ted blushed more and suddenly took great interest in the wall next to him.

Rin, however, nodded once more and put her head in her hands.

"So basically, Ted is my dream guy?"

"Exactly."

Rin made a clucking noise with her tongue and took a sip of her tea, grimacing a bit at the temperature.

Teto looked at Ted with the same determination Rin had.

"Nii-san, this is VERY important. When you're around Len, always ask him about Rin. Such as what she likes, what her favorite foods are, if she was free that night, etc., etc."

Ted glanced back at his younger sister, a color reminiscent of his hair painting his cheeks.

"M-me and Rin will actually have to go on dates?" He squeaked.

Teto looked at her brother like he had just answered a math question with a color.

"YES, baka. The whole dating charade will totally FLOP if you both never go on dates or see each other outside of school," She looked at Rin at this point, "Which reminds me, Ted should go to your house sometimes and vice versa. You two don't need to do anything, just maybe talk or play board games or something."

Rin shrugged. "That's fine with me. I have a television in my room so we could both just watch movies to take up the time."

Ted nodded, still blushing. "And Teto will be here, so if you come over you two can hang out."

Teto clapped her hands together. "Perfect! The plan is slowly taking form.." She rubbed her hands together with a high-pitched laugh.

Rin and Ted stared.

Teto stopped abruptly, taking her hands apart. "Sorry, it fit the mood. Now, Rin-chan, lets go up to my room and watch Spirited Away."

Rin smiled. "Alrighty!"

The next morning Ted drove Rin back home. He made a point of walking her to her door and hugging her tightly before walking back to his car, blushing crimson.

Rin knocked on the door, motioning for Ted to wait.

As soon as the door began to creak open, she squealed out, "BYE TED-KUN! SEE YOU AT SCHOOL!" with a fake cheery smile on her face, waving to the now disappearing car.

Len stared at her. "Why were you with Ted?"

Rin glared icily back. "What? I spent the night at his house then he drove me back. Is there a problem with that, Len?"

Len felt his stomach squirm with a strange desire to rip his hot-pink haired friend limb from limb. He pushed that away and stood to the side, making room for Rin to walk in.

"Why did you leave in the first place?" He asked as she brushed past him.

"Oh, I was just thinking of Ted-kun a lot, so I..went to see him.." She quickly made herself blush and trailed off.

Len stood gazing at her with an odd expression on his face.

"Did you two..do anything?" His voice sounded odd.

Rin blushed more. "W-well, maybe we kissed a bit in his room, but nothing more then that." She looked at him, silently gloating at his shocked expression.

"Y-you're dating Ted?" He choked out.

She nodded. "Yup, and I can't wait to see him again." Her voice held a fangirlish flutter. "Well, I'm going to bed, I didn't get much SLEEP last night. See ya." She walked off her to room, leaving a slack-jawed Len staring after her.

Rin giggled as she and Teto talked on the phone later that day.

"Ooh, so after you waved bye, he sounded weird?"

"Mhm," Rin nodded, twirling a strand of her hair on her finger, "And his jaw practically hit the FLOOR when I told him I was 'dating' Ted."

Teto gave a devious giggle on the other end.

"This plan is so awesome." She choked through giggles.

"No, Teto. It's epic." Rin grinned up at her ceiling while laying her feet off the bed she was laying on.

Meanwhile, Len was pacing his room, running his hand through his soft hair.

It didn't matter Rin was dating Ted. He didn't like her like that, she was practically his sister.

He had been with her practically all his life. It was natural to want to protect her, make sure no one hurt her, rip Ted to shreds..

No, he would have to contain that 'brotherly' feeling.

He snarled and kicked his desk leg. Pain shot up his leg as he stubbed his foot, but he didn't care. Rin was dating Ted, RIN was DATING TED, RIN WAS DATING TED.

He sat on his bed and put his face in his hands.

It was of course natural that Rin would get a boyfriend. She had curves in all the right places, though she was a bit flat, and her turquoise eyes sparkled whenever she grinned. And her smile..

Len shook his head and sighed.

Maybe he did like Rin a bit more than a close friend…

For a moment, Len imagined himself holding Rin close and kissing her.

He blushed crimson.

"Shit." He muttered.

The walk to school the next day was not full of laughter and teasing as it usually was. Len walked straight and didn't turn his head once to meet Rin's eyes.

Rin tried to take this cheerfully, as she knew the plan was working, but she still hated not hearing his voice. His eyes were cold and his lips remained straight.

Rin looked at her feet as their shoes made soft tapping sounds against the pavement.

Soon the chatter and laughter of other teenagers greeted their ears. The front of the school sprawled before them.

"Rin," Len said, surprising Rin, "Want to come with my to my locker..?" He looked at her with those turquoise eyes that made her melt..

"Sorry, Len, I have to meet Ted at his locker." She replied. It was true; Teto and Ted would be waiting for her at Teds locker.

It was all part of the dating charade. At least, that's what Teto said.

Len nodded slowly, his eyes dulling, and walked into the large red building.

Rin bit her bottom lip and resisted the urge to follow him, instead walking into side doors that lead to the lockers.

As she walked through the crowded halls, she saw the spite of her soul.

Miku Hatsune. Popular number one.

Rin narrowed her eyes as she walked past her. Currently, the tall girl was babbling like a brook to her friends about the popular senior Kaito and brushing her fingers through her long sea-green hair.

"-and Kaito was like, 'Miku I'll see you at my house later' and so when I went he took me to his room and we started-"

Rin tuned her out. Ugh, she did NOT need to know what Miku and Kaito did at his house.

She saw Teto wave at her from Teds locker. She smiled and walked over, dodging through bustling bodies as she did.

"So, how'd it go?" Teto pressed her.

Rin shrugged, remembering Len's hurt face when she denied him. "Eh, pretty much going how we want it to."

Ted nodded, smiling at her sympathetically.

Suddenly, Teto eyes widened as she looked over Rin's shoulder.

She leaped forward and pushed Rin closer to Ted so their lips crushed against each others.

Rin was kissing Ted.

Fuck.

Aaahh, feels good to have a story I actually WANT to write. So, chapter TWO of "Bittersweet Serenade". Only took me about fifteen minutes. :3

So, yeah cliffhanger! What's going to happen in the next chapter? Drama. Lots of it.

Oh, and thanks so much to my reviewers! Love and hugs and baby kittens to you all, I really appreciated it! You guys are what propelled me to make this next chapter!

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