A.N/: Hey! Here's my first fic about Blue Exorcist. I really love the manga/anime and just had to write something about it. This'll be a multi-chapter story so stay tuned and for now enjoy!

Disclamer: I don't own Blue Exorcist or it's characters (though I wish I did own a little Rin...)

Friend-zoned

Chapter 1

The athlete reached for the last of his strength as his mad rush was almost coming to an end. The finish line was mere meters away, just a little more and…

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear the da…my alarm clock." Rin lowered his head as he rushed through the door of the classroom where Shura inspected him with tired and bored eyes from her spot seated on the teacher's desk. She was wearing her usual attire only when you looked closer at her face could you see the dark circles under her eyes, probably because of a night spent glued to the TV in the company of her trusted alcohol cans.

"Just hurry up and sit down slowpoke." She sighed then turned back to the board where complicated symbols were drawn. "Right so…Magic circles, was it?"

Rin slumped onto his chair striving to catch his breath since he had run all the way from his dorm, leaving a starving Kuro behind. 'Damn, I'll have to cook something extra good tonight or he'll get mad…' Rin thought, stifling a yawn.

"Good morning sleepy head." Shiemi whispered beside him.

"Mornin', what did I miss?" He mumbled under his breath so as not to get caught by their teacher. Shura was never really alert in the morning but you couldn't be fooled by her yawns and sleepy eyes, her punishments were still deadly.

"Not much, Izumo and Suguro argued again."Shiemi smiled. Neither seemed to have heard her, each seated at one opposite end of the classroom and careful not to meet each other's eyes.

"The usual then."He smirked slightly, ruffling his messy raven bangs to try and somehow get them out of his eyes. "What was it this time? His hair?"

The blonde giggled quietly. "No, just something about mangas."

"Mangas!?" Rin exclaimed excitedly while still maintaining his voice to a –loud- whisper. "What kind?"

"Hey shush you two!" Shura glared at the two teenagers on the second row. The boy sighed, disappointed not to get to know more about his friends readings ('Maybe they read the same series as me!') and Shiemi apologized quietly.

When she turned back to the board Shiemi gave Rin a small smile. "Let's talk later, ok?"

Rin grumbled and nodded. He was never one to really pay attention in class so perhaps he would take a quick nap even though it was Shura's lesson…

He turned back to glance at his friend beside him. Today she wore a light pink kimono with a flowery pattern as always and a green colored cotton jacket over it. He thought it looked nice on her, especially since it was the same green as her emerald eyes. She also had a little flower pin with green beads dangling from it in her hair. He went to look back at her face and noticed she didn't seem to be paying any attention to the lesson, something unlikely for her.

He poked her shoulder and she turned to face him. "Something wrong?"

She shook her head briskly and blushed slightly. Rin rested his head on his hand propped by his elbow and gave her a look that meant 'Then what?'

"It's nothing." She said smiling bashfully then turning to face away from him.

Rin didn't fail to notice the blush on her face and was even more confused by her behavior. At first he thought he would let her be but now he felt he had to know what was wrong with her, that's what friends are for, right?

He leaned on his desk to see Shiemi smiling at someone on the other side of the room. He leaned a bit more so that he was almost flat on his desk and then he saw it.

Renzo Shima, the pink haired bug-fearing coward, also known as True Cross Academy's playboy was giving Shiemi the seductive look as she gave him a sweet smile of her own and blushed like a shojo manga heroine.

Rin's eyes widened as he quickly leaned back in his chair. Too quickly. With a deafening scream, Rin fell to the side and landed headfirst onto the floor.

"OUCH!" He cried out attempting to ease the pain by rubbing his forehead.

"What the heck are you doing Rin!?" Shura exclaimed pivoting on the desk as the others turned to see what was happening.

"Ugh…Nothin'…OUCH!" He shouted again as he received a chalk right between his eyes. "SHURA WHAT THE HELL?"

"YOU pay attention in MY class, is that clear?" The fiery haired woman ordered threateningly.

"Yeah, yeah…Ok." Rin sat back down still rubbing his head.

"Are you ok?" Shiemi inquired worriedly.

"Don't worry, stupidity can't kill." Izumo hissed from her seat on the left.

Rin glared at her and sighed "I'm fine…" 'But why were you looking at Renzo like that?' He couldn't ask her that even though it was honestly bothering him.

"I'm glad." She smiled genuinely then turned back to her text book and after a while, to Renzo.

Rin gritted his teeth. 'Something's up and she's not telling me…I want to know!'

The sun shone high in the sky above True Cross Academy. To most people, it was what you'd call a bright, average summer day. To Rin it was like being stuck in a micro-wave, especially since he had to run back to school at full speed in the beating sun and its heat. He had just run to his dorm to give Kuro some kind of meal before he had to go back to class. The poor Cait Sith had been so mad he had jumped onto his master unexpectedly, giving him a big gash on his left cheek. Demon powers or not, this would take at least until tomorrow to disappear, and with the time it took Rin to put a decent Band-Aid on it, he was almost late for his next class.

He reached the fountain in the center of the school where Shiemi and him used to have lunch together. Keyword here being used to. After she managed to have Izumo tolerate her presence, Shiemi started hanging out with her and Paku a lot more than with him. He had to admit he was a bit disappointed with it…Ok, maybe more than a bit but it was her right to make friends with others, just like he had done with the Kyoto trio, Ryuji, Konekomaru and Renzo.

Rin kept running madly through the streets around the Academy until he finally saw the main building. He could already imagine Yukio's lecture if he was late in class again: 'What were you thinking? Going back all the way to our dorm during lunch break, seriously!?' He grimaced at the thought and rushed to the entrance not noticing the girl standing there uncomfortably before he bumped into her and landed flat his back on the ground.

"OUCH! Dammit, sorry…" Rin closed his eyes tightly waiting for the pain to subside. Wasn't it the hundredth time he fell that day? It wouldn't be long until Ryuji would start calling him a klutz. Not that Rin would let him.

"Ow…"

The half-demon looked up as he recognized the voice. In front of him a petite kimono clad blonde rubbed her forehead with her pale hands.

"Shiemi? What are you doing here!?" Rin finally got up and offered her his hand.

"Renzo asked me to come here" She explained as the raven haired boy pulled her up.

"Renzo?" He asked, intrigued that she called him by his first name.

She nodded "He wanted to talk to me about…" She stopped herself mid-sentence and blushed in embarrassment.

"About what?" Rin repositioned the Komaken on his shoulder as its strap got tangled with his bag's in the fall.

"Nothing!" She briskly turned around to hide her red cheeks and Rin was even more confused than before.

"He didn't stand you up, did he?" His eyes widened at the realization. 'The bastard…' Renzo Shima was a good friend to Rin, he often joked around with him and shared his interest in girls but if he did anything to hurt Shiemi…

"No, no! He was there a minute ago. You showed up right after he left." She clarified waving her hands in front of her.

"What's wrong then? Why don't you tell me anything!?" Rin exclaimed, getting annoyed with this situation.

"It's…"

The bell ringing the start of class interrupted her once again.

"Shiiiiiit !" Rin cursed loudly and started running towards the building's entrance. He turned back to the stunned Shiemi right before he passed the door. "And don't think this conversation's over!"

And with that he disappeared through the big wooden doors leaving the blonde flustered and confused with what to do next. She let out a tired sigh.

"How would he react…?"

A.N/: As usual, reviews are appreciated, even if you didn't enjoy the story all that much I don't mind. Just tell me what you thought!