gah :'D I'm so happy people like this story! So here's chapter two! The next chapter there will be a higher rating, and it'll be the final chapter. Hope you enjoy chapter two of this!


As such, Yukio was not his normal self today. His paper had maybe two lines of notes on it after half the class period, and he was staring intensely at the corner of his desk.

Even after Rin had come and talked to him the night before, he was still bothered by his outburst. Well, not so much the outburst itself. He was stressed about what had caused it.

And as far as he could tell, no matter how many times he circled the matter in his head, he had been irritated that his brother had been talking to students other than him. At that thought, he gripped his pen in his hand, threatening to break it. A few of the other students sitting around him looked over curiously, and noticing the expression on his face, faced the front again with a squeak.

Yukio's entire day at the normal school went mostly like that. No matter how many times he tried to shake it off and just take notes like usual, he always wrote down just a few words and drifted off into space again. The teachers, as they knew him to be a diligent student, called on him a few times throughout the day. He managed to save himself once, but as the day went on he got worse and worse.

Finally, it was the end of the day, and Yukio went to change into his exorcist uniform and teach the cram school class. When he got to the front of the class, he realized that in his daze, he had forgotten to bring his notes to teach the class. He sighed, irritated with himself, and announced "All right everyone, today is a self-study day, please review what we've been learning recently," and retired to a chair in the front of the room, where he supervised the working students.

He stared at his brother with narrowed eyes. Rin was talking and laughing with Shiemi, as they tried to do some of their homework from the normal school. Doing other homework was not the aim of this class period, but if it meant his brother wouldn't complain about it later, Yukio was okay with it.

Yukio hardly noticed himself getting annoyed until Rin started talking to Shima from across the room. And when Bon and Rin started arguing like usual, Yukio sighed, smacked his fist on the table and packed up his things.

The entire class watched with surprise as their young teacher walked out. After the door fell shut, it was silent for a few seconds before they started whispering to each other. "Rin, what's wrong with Yuki-chan?" Shiemi asked her seatmate quietly.

"No idea…" Rin said thoughtfully. He had hardly noticed his brothers strange actions, except for what had happened the night before.


Yukio closed the door to his dorm room forcefully, and hung up his coat. What was wrong with him? Every time he saw Rin talking to anyone other than him, he couldn't concentrate and got really angry! He couldn't be jealous, could he?

He shook his head, trying to make the thought go away. But the more he considered the idea, the more it made sense. He was jealous of other people around Rin. He didn't want his brother talking to anyone besides him, he wanted him and his brother to rely on each other, and only each other, like they had when they were just kids. He almost wished for them to depend on each other for more… In the midst of thinking about this, Yukio had thrown himself on his bed, and was now clenching his fist in irritation.

About 10 minutes after he had gotten home, the door slammed open and Rin stomped through.

"YUKIO! WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Rin yelled while throwing his bag down. Yukio curled up on his bed, trying to make himself smaller.

"Nothing, nii-san… I'm fine…"

"You are not fine!" Rin kicked the side of Yukio's bed. The younger of the twins twitched. When had Rin gotten over here? His thoughts were interrupted when his brother grabbed his shoulder. "You let us have a self-study and then just leave? And after what you did last night? Do you really think I won't be worried about my little brother?" Yukio didn't respond.

After a minute, Rin dropped down to sit on the bed, right next to where Yukio was curled up. "Just tell me what's wrong, Yukio…"

The younger twin didn't move for a bit, then twisted around awkwardly until he was in a position to hug Rin around his waist. "I don't know…" He mumbled into his brother's side. Of course, this was a lie, he knew exactly what was wrong with him, but it was far too embarrassing to admit this reason to his brother.

Rin placed a hand on Yukio's head, gently petting his hair. Yukio felt his face getting red. "Nii-san, I-"

"Whatever's bothering you is probably really stupid, isn't it?" Rin said, smiling a tiny bit. "You've always been like that, getting worried over things that don't matter."

"It matters! It isn't stupid!" Yukio said loudly as he sat up. "I wouldn't get so annoyed over something stupid!" He stopped himself as he realized that it really was something quite simple that he was getting worked up about.

Rin smiled and hugged his brother. "Then just tell me what it is, maybe I can help you."

Yukio's face was pressed into his brother's chest and he didn't say anything for quite a while. After several minutes, he finally answered in a way that could hardly be heard. "Nii-san… I think I love you…"