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Chapter 2

The next day Rin walked lazily in the singular corridors of Cram school and to the next –boring- pharmacology lesson. The teen sighed, Yukio still hadn't heard about the scandal he had made when getting to class after his encounter with Shiemi…Hopefully…The teacher had yelled so much and so long at him, Rin's classmates had been staring accusingly or with pure contempt at him. He hated that kind of situation. Back before he entered True Cross Academy he would have found a smart come-back to yell at the teacher's face and storm out of the room slamming the door. If he did that now he would probably get Yukio or even "principal" Mephisto on his case for weeks. Better not attract attention. He growled at the thought of Mephisto's idea of a lecture.

"Hey klutz, what's up?"

"Don't you dare call me that Ryuji!" Rin snarled, turning around to face the tall teen and Konekomaru.

"But you are a klutz. I'd be surprised if you didn't trip by the time we reach the classroom." He smirked, enjoying the annoyed look on the young demon's face.

Rin's tail straitened up and he frowned in anger as Ryuji and Koneko walked by him. "I'm more agile than you, rooster."

"What did you call me!?"

"Calm down Bon." Konekomaru tried to quiet his friend down but failed to suppress his amused grin.

"Ha! I hit a nerve!" Rin's laughter echoed through the corridors as he clutched his stomach.

"Shut it!"

"Hey isn't that Shima and Moriyama?"Konekomaru interrupted their quarrel and pointed to the end of the corridor where two teens were talking in front of their classroom's door.

Rin calmed down at the mention of Shiemi's last name. Surely enough the blonde tamer stood there with her little greenman summon on her shoulder. In front of her was none other than Renzo Shima.

"So that's where he was, we didn't see him all morning." Konekomaru mused aloud, readjusting his glasses.

Ryuji just had the time to grumble before Rin forcefully pulled them behind a pillar against the wall in the hallway to avoid being seen.

"What the…!?"

"Shut up!" Rin interrupted hitting his friend and rival on the head. "I want to hear!"

"But Okumura-kun, we're too far to hear anything…" Konekomaru wisely added in a small voice.

A silence passed and true enough, Rin couldn't hear a thing even with his heightened demon senses. He let out a frustrated sigh. 'Shoot, what's going on with these two?' he thought.

Ryuji let out a quiet chuckle as an idea popped in his mind."Hey look klutz! They're going to ki…"

"WHAT!? What's going on?" Rin jumped out of his hiding spot to examine the situation but his tail got in the way. As his right foot was about to touch the ground he stepped on his tail, let out a heart wrenching scream and fell face first on the paved floor.

"Rin?" Shiemi turned around to see her friend whimpering on the floor and holding his oversensitive demon tail. "Are you okay?"

"…More or less" He let out breathily despite the excruciating pain. It hurt as bad as if he had just been kicked hard in the nuts, maybe even more.

"See, told ya." Ryuji smirked and walked past him to the classroom.

Rin let out a growl and Konekomaru gave him an apologetic look, making sure he could get up before following his best friend to the exorcism classroom.

Rin picked up his bag and his sword before dusting himself off. He had just enough time to notice Shima getting awfully close to Shiemi -much too close to his liking- by holding onto her shoulder as he whispered something into her ear then followed his two mates into the classroom.

Rin's tail shot up again as his temper rose only then was he reminded of its poor state when pain surged through his nerves again and he let out a small whimper.

Shiemi turned around as soon as the pink haired boy disappeared through the door. "You're sure you're okay?" Worry seeped through her voice.

Rin cursed under his breath since the pain took so long to go away. He nodded nonetheless "Yeah, I'm fine."

When he looked back up he noticed she had gotten closer to him. "Can I do anything?" She gestured to Nii, her tiny greenman summon perched on her shoulder. Clearly she didn't buy his lie since she offered to cure him with her herbs and plants.

"Nah, it's okay! Don't worry." He smiled to reassure her. Shiemi searched his intense blue eyes through his bangs to try and see if he was telling the truth.

"Is your tail that sensitive?" She asked shyly, playing a bit with her fingers as she took a small step closer towards him.

Rin's cheeks took a rosy tint and he suddenly found great interest in observing the high ceiling. "Hum…Yeah, they said something… I dunno like, the tail's a demon's weakness…" He mumbled, laying the tip of it in his palm.

"Is that so…" Her hand reaching out to touch the tail went unnoticed by Rin and it only occurred to him that she was stroking the dark hairs on it when he felt shivers running up his spine. He looked back down to see her small hand above his, only the hairy tip of his tail separating their skins.

"Shi…Shiemi…?" He stuttered, blushing tomato red.

She seemed to get out of her trance as she jumped slightly and looked up at his confused cobalt eyes, taking her hand off his tail. "I…I'm sorry! I didn't mean to…!"

"It's okay…"

"I just wanted to touch it…" She lowered her head bashfully and Rin blushed even more.

"…Don't worry about it." He scratched the back of his head and averted his eyes, careful not to meet her gaze as she looked up again.

She nodded and giggled nervously. An awkward silence passed between them before Rin remembered what got him in this situation in the first place.

"By the way, what did Shima want?"He asked as casually as he could since he could still feel her touch on his tail.

Shiemi gasped then blushed crimson red as silence engulfed them for a short while again. Rin pushed his luck a bit farther.

"What…?"

"You're not already in class?"

The two teens turned to the person who had interrupted them and were surprised to find Yukio walking down the corridor in his usual brisk gait.

"We were about to…" Shiemi started.

"Don't bother." Yukio cut in replacing his glasses on the bridge of his nose. "Today the Exwires are required for a mission."

Rin's face lit up. "Awesome! Had been a while since we last had a good training!"

Shiemi giggled lightly but Yukio remained serious and composed as always. It could be hard to tell Rin and him were twins sometimes. "Get inside, I'll give you a briefing."

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