Rin and Haru are recovering from the recent separation. This is based on the manga, not the anime. I love these two (especially Haru :3) but no one seems to have written anything about them. So here you go, RinRu! (It's from the point of view of Rin.)
I sit on the fence, feeling the wind on my face. It feels like something new, like a new future. Haru's standing next to me, leaning back on the fence with an arm behind me.
'What are you thinking?' he asks me, his voice soft and easy to listen to. It's a pity Haru doesn't talk more, his voice is so beautiful, like I could just sink into it.
'I was wondering what we're going to do now we're not part of the Jyunishi anymore. I mean, you'll want to finish school, right? But what are we going to do, where will we go?' I turn to look at Haru, but he's still staring into the distance.
'I think... I think you could become an artist, Rin. I saw your drawings, they're actually pretty amazing. Mind you, there were quite a few of me in there too, huh,' he says quietly. If it was anyone else, they would've laughed saying that last sentence, but Haru stays absolutely serious.
I don't know what I want. I wish I could've done so many things as a child, but I actually have no ideas for the future. Drawing is something I do when I need to express myself, my canvases are like my diary. But I've never asked a real artist what they thought about them, maybe they suck.
'Haru... What do you want to be when you get older?' I jump off the fence lightly, standing in front of him. He's still looking above my head though. Tall bastard.
'I... I think I'd like to travel. I don't want to stay in one house, doing one job like everyone in this city. I don't want to go to university, to be brutally honest even graduation will be a pain,' he says, distantly. I'm not surprised.
Ever since he was small Haru's wanted to be different, and I didn't know how to be different. He's always been there, showing me how, instead of choosing one of two paths, to run straight down the split between the two, or how to fly above them both and create a path in the sky.
'I'd love to travel with you... Haru,' I say, hesitantly. It's always hard telling anyone what I feel, but Haru's used to waiting for me to finish. 'If I could... I'd show you the whole world. I'd draw it out for you on the back of your hand, and then you'd be able to go anywhere.'
'If I had the world on the back of my hand, I'd be God,' he says. I'm stunned, but he keeps talking, 'But I don't want to rule anyone or demand things. I want to stay one of the inferiors. God has her own problems.'
Akito... I still hate her. Finding out she was a woman made me hate her more. She threw my womanhood in my face like a knife to the head, and now she thinks because she's female, everyone will forgive her. I'll never feel any affection for Akito again. The horse spirit was the one who loved her, not me.
'Haru, it's getting cold. Let's go-' I was about to say 'home', but we live in different houses. I'm supposed to be living with Kagura's family right now, and Haru used to live in the main house, but he hasn't been back there for a while. I say 'living' because we never stayed, and I don't plan to waste more time in Kagura's house.
'I know a place we can go,' he says, and he takes my hand and leads me through the forest. That fence is right on the edge of the city, and right now, what would be the point of going any further? We have no money and Haru's still in school.
Thinking about the fence, I suddenly realise how much I miss the horse spirit. If she was here now, and I transformed, I could run for miles and never look back. I actually enjoyed being the horse spirit sometimes, because I was fast and beautiful and stronger than I could ever be in reality.
Haru turns back to me, 'She's never truly left you, you know. You're still a beautiful, black, wild horse to me.' How on Earth did he...?
'Haru, you never fail to surprise me,' I say suspiciously, and start walking again. 'Where are we going anyway? I don't remember this pla-' I break off because I suddenly do.
Once again, Haru has come up with the oddest and most amazing idea to suit only us. He's so dear to me, the closest in the world.
He's lead me to Shigure's old house. It's abandoned now, Yuki's gone to university, Shigure's moved back to Sohma house, and Kyo and Tohru have pretty much got married somewhere else.
'Like it?' he grins at me slyly. He's planned this, I can tell.
'Haru, we'll be breaking and entering this place if we stay here. It's illegal, we'll be criminals.' I protest, even though I've always quite liked Shigure's house in the middle of nowhere. It suits us.
'Well, we already look the part,' he says, stepping right up close to me, and fingering the black choker I'm wearing. I look deep into his eyes. They're odd, Haru's eyes. At first, everyone assumes they're brown, but if you look close, you'll see that they're black, with tiny flecks of gold around his pupils.
He kisses me gently, and I let him. It's so easy, kissing Haru. It makes me feel guilty sometimes, if I think too hard about it. It's like, when he kisses me, he's not asking for me to kiss him back, he's giving me himself. Haru is so kind. That's why I get so scared for him sometimes. He'd give me everything he owned if I asked for it, even though he'd have nothing.
I'm the opposite. I've always been a selfish, defensive person. I want to keep the things that are mine. When someone asks me for something, I think about what I'll lose, not what they'll gain. But if it's Haru asking...
Hope you enjoyed it! R&R if you did, R&R if you didn't. What should happen next? (I don't want to bring in too many of my OCs because I love these ones too much, but I'll read your suggestions!) RinRu Forever!