Chapter 15

Len.

I was at my locker when I felt someone tug my arm.

"Ahh!" I was surprised to see a grinning Rin, "You scared me!"

"Come on, Len!" She said, "You're coming with me!"

I got my stuff and followed her downstairs. "I wasn't planning on running away, you know," I frowned, "Besides, what's wrong with you?"

Maybe I shouldn't have worded my sentence that way. She stopped halfway down the stairs and looked up at me, a step higher.

"What do you mean, 'what's wrong with you?'" She asked, eyes wide with surprise, "If you don't want to come, then fine!"

"No, Rin, that's not what I meant!" Rin hurried down the stairs as I called after her, "Rin, stop!"

"Maybe I'm doing too much!" I heard her voice echo, "I'm more of a burden than a friend, aren't I?"

"No, you're not!" I yelled back, tumbling down the stairs and barely hanging onto the railing, "Listen to me, Rin!"

I huffed after her, catching her just before she left the stairwell. I grabbed her by the elbows as my back slammed against the glass of the door. She squirmed, blond hair falling over her face.

"I just meant...that you don't seem like yourself," I whispered, taking one hand off of her elbow and pushing her hair out of her eyes, "Did you get into a fight or some thing, Rin?"

"What would you know?" Rin whispered, looking away, "We hardly know each other."

"I'm worried, that's all," I whispered back.

Rin shook her head. "It's nothing."

"All right, all right," I said, giving up, "Let's just forget about this, okay?"

"...Okay."

"Come on," I pulled the door open, "Let's go to the music club."