Chapter 9

Rin let out a groan, as he stood on the escalator. The stupid piece of machinery was taking forever to get up to the second level, and Rin was losing his patience. The demon had gotten a second night of no sleep and was cranky beyond belief. Last night he had slept on the roof of the dorm, to avoid Yukio. The demon had even left early to avoid his brother attacking him with questions.

At this point, all Rin wanted was to avoid Yukio yelling at him again. The whole thing with Bon had created a war between the two, and Rin didn't want the teen to be caught in the crossfire, but there was a chance Bon would get stuck in all this. He would feel terrible of the teen did, but it wasn't like he could prevent it. The teen would be constantly watched by his brother, and if the teen made a wrong move, Yukio would be after him, His younger brother was already on edge because he had to teach his class, do his homework, make lesson plans; and be an exorcist. With the whole Bon ordeal, it would only get worse.

"Rin."

A hand touched his shoulder and the demon jumped slightly, turning his head. Bon was standing behind him, panting in exhaustion. Rin looked at him in shock and looked past the teen to see Shima and Miwa near the bottom of the Escalator, looking at the two in confusion. The two teens finally reached the top of the escalator and got off, Rin dragging the teen to the bathroom. He didn't want to risk Yukio seeing them, and if Bon's friend followed them it would be worse. The demon let go of Bon's hand and checked to see if the bathroom was empty, then locked the door. Rin turned to the teen, and rubbed the back of his head in frustration, as he saw the teen was trying to catch his breath.

"What do you want?" Rin growled, standing against the door so he could open it if he had to run.

"I wanted to apologize." Bon said, quietly. "What I did last night was not right. I shouldn't have pushed you into the situation, but-"

Bon looked at the demon and gave him a small smile, before wrapping his arms around him.

"I don't regret any of it."

"Wait!" Rin pushed the guy away, so he was at arms length. "What do you mean you don't regret it? You were all over me and you bit me!"

Rin just stared at the teen in shock and felt a chill run down his spine. The guy hadn't regretted last night. He actually liked Rin that close to him. The demon bit his lip, as his bangs fell into his vision, and felt his temperature rise. No one had wanted to be near him before, nor anywhere close to him. To Rin this was something completely different than anything he could have hopped for. Someone that wanted to be near him and enjoyed being near him.

The demon frowned at the hair blocking his vision and tried to push it back, so he could properly see the guy in front of him, but it fell back in place. He growled in frustration and held his bangs up with one hand, the other on Bon's chest to keep the teen away from him. The teen laughed, as Rin messed with his hair and reached over; messing up Rin's hair. Rin growled at him and pushed him away from him.

"Will you quit that? I hate when you get all touchy, like that!"

"Jeeze, I just thought it was funny. "Bon frowned at the teen against the door. "What's gotten into you? You were perfectly fine yesterday, and now you're acting all jumpy. What's with you?"

"Yukio." Rin muttered.

"What about your bother?"

"He found out about last night!"

"Wait. How'd he find out?" Bon grabbed into the demon's shoulders and looked at him in surprise.

"You left a bite mark on my neck, dumb ass! It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together!"

Bon let go of Rin and stepped back, rubbing the palm of his hand against his forehead. The demon watched the teen pace around the bathroom and turned his gaze to the floor. Now he felt terrible. Bon was upset and it had all been an accident. If only he hadn't fallen asleep in the teen's arms, of fell out of that stupid bed, then none of this would have happened. He was still trying to make sense of all this and so far his brain was one jumbled up puzzle, with a lot of pieces missing. It was just all too confusing and made Rin's chest hurt.

"It's all my fault." Bon said finally, looking at Rin. "I should've taken you to Yukio yesterday. Taking you to my dorm was a mistake. I'm really sorry, Rin."

Rin didn't say anything, as the words reached his ears. He couldn't let Bon apologize for this. It was his fault for blurting it out last night. If the demon had kept his mouth shut, it wouldn't have come to this.

"No, it's my fault."

"Rin, don't apologize for something you didn't do anything. I-"

"But it's my fault!" Rin blurted out. "Yukio noticed the bite mark and he automatically assumed we did something. Then…then I…"

Rin felt like he'd tear his heart in two, looking at the tiled floor. He couldn't tell him. Bon would hate him, not like the guy was already upset.

"Rin?" Bon tilted the demon's head up and looked at him in worry. "Tell me what happened."

The bell rang and Rin panicked. If he missed class Yukio would kill him, and the last thing he needed, but Bon wanted to know what happened.

"Bon, the bell rang. We're going to be late. We should g-" Rin spoke, as he turned to open the door.

The next moment he was pinned to the door, Bon's body against his and his hands in Bon's grip. The looked at the teen in fear and felt his voice get caught in his throat. Rin's heart started beating rapidly in his chest, as the demon bit his lip. The demon was so vulnerable in this state. It wouldn't take much for the teen to overwhelm the demon in his grip. One movement could lead them onto the road to disaster and he had a felling this was going to have the same outcome as yesterday.

"Rin, tell me what happened."

"I-I… I can't."

"Why not?"

"You'll hate me."

"No. I won't."

"Bon-"

"Rin, please."

Rin let out a sigh and looked down at the tile. The demon felt like he was going to regret this.

"While Yukio and I were fighting, I let it slip that you kissed me. I don't know why I said it. I just blurted it out. I was trying to end the argument, but I just made it worse. He told me he wouldn't allow this and ordered me to fix this, but I can't. I don't want to hurt you."

Bon let the demon free from his hold against the door and wrapped him in a hug, holding Rin against him. Rin looked up at the teen in surprise and let the teen hold him. It hadn't been two minutes ago, that Bon had been upset, but now he was acting like it had never happened. Like last night had been perfect, taking out the fight with Yukio, and they were back in Bon's dorm room.

"Rin, it's alright." Bon said, softly, holding the demon against him. "If that's how it is, we'll act like nothing happened."

"But you bit me!" Rin growled. "And Yukio's pissed!"

Bon laughed at the demon in his arms and buried his face into Rin's hair.

"Don't worry, Rin. I'll fix all of this."


Rin let out an exhausted sigh and sat down at his desk, next to Shemi, dropping his book on the table top. They hit the table with a long bang and the girl beside him jumped a little, as Rin picked up the top book and opened up to the first page. Yukio gave him a weird look, and looked at him from the front of the room, setting the piece of chalk down. His brother had just finished his last class and was letting anyone stay after to study.

"Nii-san, what are you doing?"

"What does it look like?" Rin growled, pushing his bangs up. "I'm trying to study, so I can catch up with my classes."

The whole room went silent and Rin looked up to see Yukio staring at him utter shock, almost like Rin had grown an extra head, or told his brother he had a sex change.

"What?" Rin growled.

"This is bad omen." Yukio muttered.

"What do you mean bad?" Rin yelled, as his bangs fell back in his place. "Jeeze, I can't get my bangs to stay up!"

"Here."

The whole room went silent, again, and Rin looked up to see Bon standing in front of the desk; holding out a fairly large hairclip out to him. The demon looked at the teen in front of him and cautiously looked at Yukio. His younger brother looked a little on the angry side, but was surprised by the teen's gesture. Rin looked back up at Bon and saw the guy give him a wink. The demon smiled and took the clip from him, before looking at the clip in confusion to cover up his smile.

"Thanks." Rin muttered.

"Yeah, no problem." Bon rubbed the back of his head. "I used to use it when I was studying to keep my hair out of my eyes. You can have it."

Rin gave the teen a nod and Bon set his hand on the desk, before walking over to his brother to ask him a question. A piece of paper lay on the desk where Bon's hand had been and Rin picked it up, before unfolding it. The demon quickly read through it, before stuffing it into his pocket, as Bon thanked his younger brother and left the room; smiling at Rin. Rin felt his cheek turn pink and he quickly shoved his nose in the book, trying to concentrate. He failed miserably and grabbed the hairclip Bon had given him, clipping his bangs to the top of his head and looking down at the book.

All that was going through his head right now was the note Bon had given him. He had read through it pretty fast, but the words that were on the page had seemed to leave a mental imprint in his brain; making it echo in his head:

'Rin,

I did tell you I'd fix all this. I couldn't let this bother you, so I came up with this solution. You can keep the hairclip. I really don't need it. I hope this stops the fighting between you and your brother. I don't' want you to be upset for my sake.

Bon~

P.S. Meet me after you done. I have to tell you something.'

Rin shook his head, before the note replayed itself, and pulled the book toward him to focus his attention. He couldn't think about why Bon wanted to meet him, or what he had to tell him. Yukio was still watching him and he had to catch up with his classes. Bon would have to wait.


Scarlett: *squeals with joy infront of computer screen*

Rin: What's up with her?

Bon: she got some reviews

Rin: Wait! people are reading this crap!

Scarlett: *throws a book at Rin* It's not crap! You try bring a girl writing from a guys point of view, and in third person! It's not easy!

Rin: She's scary, when she's angry

Bon: Agreed...*turns to hidden camera* please enjoy and review...it just might keep her from strangling Rin

Rin: Hey! When did the camera's get here!

Rin and Bon do not belong to me. These characters belong to Kazue Kato.