Miku's POV:

   "Miiiiiikuuuuuuu..." A voice came into my dreams. Then I was being poked, and shortly after that I was being shaken gently. "Miiiiiku!"

I opened my foggy eyes and blinked to adjust to the light and focus. Len had a grip on my shoulders and was shaking me awake. He smiled. "Okay good. You've been asleep for two hours and it just occurred to me that people die in their sleep sometimes."

"Mmmmmmgggg...I'm only seventeen..." I mumbled and let my eyelids droop again.

"Yeah but the universe is trying to kill you today." He reminded me. "Plus, if I reheat the mac'n'cheese anymore it's going to burn."

   With a moan I rose from the couch and followed Len into his kitchen where he spooned my lunch into a bowl.

"Thanks."

"Don't get too excited, it's kraft."

"Well thanks anyway." I laughed and ate it.

"So, considering all the happenings, should we just stay inside all day and do nothing?" He suggested, seating himself on the counter. 

"Doing nothing is my favorite thing to do." I grinned and set aside my bowl. 

"You mean besides sleeping and dying?" He nudged me playfully.

I laughed again. 
I can't believe it. Not am I only over someone's house, but that someone is a guy. I haven't even flinched once! I'm so proud of myself, but in a ridiculous way. Even weirder, I trust him enough to just fall asleep on his couch. I wonder if when all this is over, if we'll still be friends. 

I mean, dying has got to bind people for life, right? 

"Okay, be right back." Len hopped off of the counter and ran off.

   I noticed that there was a notebook with a pen lying right next to it by the stove. Not that I'm nosy or anything, but I just so happened to notice that it was open and had a vast amount of scribbled notes.

'...the truck drives by the high school and swerves to avoid the cat at exactly 3:15. Then it collides with the telephone pole, which falls across the road diagonally, the end landing in front of some antique shop. The pole makes contact with the road and sidewalk at 3:16. Then there's the issue of the rotting bridge. It doesn't let out at a specific time, make sure Ito be ahead of Miku so she can't lean against the pole...'

Wow, Len was really trying hard. And that wasn't all of it, there was more.

'Bank robber exits the bank and takes off his mask at 3:28, can't be avoided-carried a gun. Theatre burns down with the fire starting at the entrance at around 2:00.'

On another page there was a table that listed all the different ways he had tried to save me. Inside the box of each one was a darkly written "x." 

   At the very bottom of the page was one last note that read: 'Next option idea: sacrifice. Make sure Miku doesn't try to help like she did at the theatre.'

I stared at the page for a couple minutes before putting the notebook away and sitting back down. Len was going to try and get himself killed in my place? But what if that worked! Then he would stay dead! I didn't want him to die in my place!
It was better if I was the one who stayed dead. Len has so many people that would miss him if he was gone, I've only got him.
Well I'm not going to let him.

   In the next minute Len came flying back into the room, his face concerningly pale. He was pulling on rubber boots. "We've got to go."

"Huh? Why?"

"He's here."

It was my turn to pale. How had Meito found us!?

"Come on, we'll go through the back door." Len urged and grabbed my wrist, pulling me to my feet and bolting to the back door.
"Since you and I weren't at school yesterday, he's probably figured out that I influenced you into not going."

   We snuck through Len's yard. Sure enough I saw Meito standing in front of the house. He was glaring up at it as if the house was a barrier he couldn't get through. However, I knew he would break inside eventually. It was safest to sneak away.

I stared at Meito for too long by accident, drawing his glare to me. It didn't take long for him to spring into action.

"YOU'RE DEAD KAGAMINE!"

   Len ran like a madman, dragging me with him across people's lawns. He crossed onto the sidewalk and kept looking back to see how close Meito was. Meito was pretty fast, but Len was running so fast that I kept almost falling on my face. I am not fast.

To confuse our pursuer, Len kept taking random turns and running patterns. 

When Meito was back around a couple corners, we ducked into an alley. Len tugged on my wrist so that I came twirling into his arms. He put his chin over my shoulder so that I heard his breathing in my ear.

My stomach tightened and I felt all weird and fluttery.

Meito ran by the alley. We had escaped unnoticed. Len let out the breath that he had been holding as Meito had approached and released me.
"Alright. We can't stay here, so let's head towards school. He wouldn't expect us to go traipsing towards that death fest."

I nodded and let him lead me back out into the open. A couple times he would stop and look around to make sure Meito wasn't back.

My cheeks were hot. I'm glad Len wasn't looking at me, otherwise he might have noticed. Ugh...I can't have a crush on him! That's....it's so ridiculous...just because he's saved me a million times and is willing to take my place...
Besides! He could never like me. I've got so many issues, and it's probably annoying that I keep dying.

Not that I can help it or anything.

We came to the spot where the truck had crashed into the pole. There weren't any other disasters over here in my memory or Len's book so I figured we would be safe.

We had to walk through a giant puddle to avoid all the police men that had taped off where the pole was.

All of a sudden I blacked out.

What, did I drown in the puddle or something!?