A/N:
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SORRY FOR SUUPPEEERR LATE UPDATE
oh yeah, also for those who were curious with how Yuki will 'make up for it'... THEY HAD SEX. Yeah, I said the 's' word.
Morning came, the sun's rays crept through the windows of their room and laid upon Yukio's sleeping eyes. He stirred and shifted on his side; his arm searching to embrace a certain someone. Though, to his surprise, he felt that the space next to him was empty. A beryl eye groggily opened to peer the spot beside him to fully inspect, and there really was no one there. He groaned and closed his eye again and stretched. He sat up as he scratched his head before yawning. That was one of the best sleeps he got these past few months considering that he has been on the edge since he had to study to pass and get the scholarship for high school, pack his things for the dorm, prepare lesson plans, and other things.
He got out of bed and reached for his glasses. After putting on some clothes, he went downstairs to the dining hall only to be greeted by the crisp sound of food being fried. A smile crept on his features as he stealthily made his way into the kitchen. His suspicions were right, there by the stove, Rin cooked their breakfast wearing simple clothing with a mint green apron adorning his front to protect his apparel for any unwanted stains.
Rin hummed as he tossed and flipped the small sausages in the pan, unbeknownst to him, Yukio was making his way to him silently like a wolf honing in on his prey. The half-demon flinched when he felt arms wrap around his waist suddenly, "Ah, so you were here, Onii-san." The younger male buried his nose onto his older twin's neck, where the neck connected with the shoulder, and inhaled taking in his scent. "And I wanted to cuddle with you in bed..." He droned.
"Haven't you have had enough?" The older male turned off the gas stove and one by one plucked out of the pan the perfectly cooked sausages and laid them gently down next to the sunny side up eggs on the near plate.
"Well, it was more than enough actually, but I wouldn't mind getting more." Yukio pulled his face off the alluringly scented soft skin, though he didn't exactly pull away since he was only inches away from his lovely brother's face. They stared at each other's eyes for a moment and Yukio, of course, took the initiative to lean in further glad that Rin closed his eyes signalling for him to go for it.
The younger felt something touch against his lips, but it didn't really feel like a pair of lips. He opened his eyes and grimaced when he realized that Rin pressed a piece of sausage onto his lips. Rin chuckled when Yukio frowned and opened his mouth to take the food in his mouth. "Good morning." Rin greeted,
"Hm, yeah. Good morning." The latter replied. He made a motion to attack again though a pale hand came forth over his face stopping him midway.
"Ukobach is here." Rin reminded him still with that kind smile,
Yukio turned his head to the side and saw the aforementioned little demon by the rice cooker holding with a scowl a spatula as his hands crossed over his torso. The younger twin narrowed his eyes by a fraction and smiled at Ukobach and let go of Rin, "Good morning and thank you for helping nii-san here." The demon didn't changed his expression, though he waved the spatula as a sign of affirmation. "So, uhm, yeah. I'll just wait in the dining area." Yukio excused himself a bit awkwardly. It was like he was caught cuddling his wife; and his father-in-law was in the same room.
Once they settled for breakfast, Yukio opened up a topic, "Nii-san, are you sure you're going to teach Moriyama-san how to cook?"
Rin grumbled, "Do I have a choice?"
"She sees you as a friend."
The half-demon's brow shut up and held in a scoff before whispering, "Makes one of us..."
Friends are very valuable and important to have. Shiemi believes that and she was so happy when she met Yukio years ago, he was her first ever friend for she never went far from her home. She was truly blessed that she met someone as kind as him. And now that she's got the chance to study outside, she's determined to make friends. The blonde thinks that she has made progress when it came to her social skills, because now she didn't only have Yukio as her friend but also his twin brother: Rin.
At least, that was what she thought, that Rin was her friend. Turned out, he really didn't see her as such. How'd she found out? She overheard the boys' conversation about her relation with the half-demon since they would eat lunch sometimes and chat often during breaks. Suguro teased if she was his girlfriend, of course he'd denied and Shiemi was relieved. But then the older male followed up a question that if she's just his friend, though much to her surprise, he also denied that -rather aggressively she might add.
From then on, she had become wary of the boy. She was utterly confused though, he had been kind whenever he teaches her in cooking. But now that she thought of it, Rin would act a bit distant even when he was nice to her.
She sighed as she walked through the dimly lit corridors of the cram school, 'I should really make some friends...'
"For today we will be learning on how to summon demons, and with luck, make them you familiars or aid you in battles." Neuhaus started lecturing as he finished making a summoning circle. "Though, I don't expect all of you to be able to summon since being a Tamer takes talent, one that only a few possess thus making the said meister to be the rarest among the others."
He then gave them a paper for summoning and instructed them to put a bit of their blood on it and chant whatever came into mind. Kamiki, being the most confident, step forth and was able to summon two magnificent foxes. Their professor was astounded and praised her. Her ego went on a party seeing that almost everyone else failed. Though, a certain blonde haven't given it a try yet,
"Uhm... come out come out whatever you are~!" She called sweetly and surprisingly enough a small green demon appeared.
Neuhaus assessed her little summoned creature, "Hmm... a GreenMan, very rare. I suppose that we have two potential Tamers this year." He nodded "Good."
Rin grimaced at his summoning paper, 'Heh, I'm gonna be a Knight anyway. I need no monsters fighting for me.' he thought with a nod reassuring himself.
Later that evening, Rin and Yukio stood by the porch of their dorm -or rather more accurately, Rin was crouching while Yukio was the one standing. "Ne, I wasn't able to summon any in our class today." Rin spoke trying to start a conversation.
"Aah... that's okay. Not everyone could do it." He gently smiled at his brother.
Rin hummed, "Can you do it?"
Yukio thought for a while, actually he can summon some water spirits (A/N: Manga) but he never really went that far with it. Besides, if he told Rin that he could summon, it'll make his Nii-san feel inferior compared to him again, "No, I can't." He smiled again and the other grinned happily knowing that he's not the only one.
"By the way, who are we waiting for?"
Yukio was about to answer when he saw a group of people up ahead, "Oh there they are."
Rin turned his head forward to see, "Wha! What are they doing here?!"
"Since your exwire evaluation is nearing, we'll be having an internal study camp, and I chose our dorm since it's convenient and there's no one else living here other than us." Their young professor explained.
The students -besides Rin- studied the venue, "It's a like a haunted hotel..."
The class was settled in a vacant room. A long table was set up in the middle and the students were busy answering the sheet of paper given. After a few minutes, Yukio asked for them to hand them over and that they're done for the night.
"Hey Paku, let's go take a bath!" Kamiki hollered to her best friend who nodded and followed her out. Shiemi also seemed to tail over to them...again.
"Aah, the ever friendly ceremony of girls taking baths together~ I wanna go see." Shima thought out loud dreamily.
Bon turned to glare at his friend, "Ey Shima! Don't forget you're some sort of monk you know."
The pink-haired was about to convince Suguro but the voice of their professor cut him off, "And don't forget that your teacher is here." The perverted teenage monk froze and gulped. Then loomed to whisper, albeit loudly, to Yukio,
"Aw come on now, you're a student too. You should join us."
Yukio pushed up his glasses. The prospect of seeing young women bathing does sound inviting, but of course, he has Rin and they have done things that far encompasses the thrill of peeking at naked bodies. So the offer didn't have caliber anymore, "I don't engage in such frivolous pursuits." He said in finality.
Meanwhile, Shiemi tried her hardest to follow her two new 'friends'. She finally caught up to them when they stopped by the door to the ladies' bath. She smiled gleefully, "Oh! This will be the first time that I'll take a bath with my friends!"
Kamiki, turned to her with a scowl and nudged her pointer finger on her chest, a motion that tells her to stop. "Sorry, but I'm not comfortable with another person other than my best friend, Paku, to see me naked. You should just wait out here while we go."
"But-!"
"A friend would understand." The shrine maiden smirked at her knowing what cards to put on.
The blonde was crestfallen; she looked down, "O-okay."
"Great! See? Being friends isn't so hard. How's about you go buy me some fruit milk so you went be bored."
Shiemi could only nod and head off. As she walked down the corridors, she couldn't help but ponder. Sure she's happy that she's got some friends, but why doesn't it feel as rewarding as she thought it would? She didn't mind helping her out and running errands, but why does it feel like she's not being seen as a friend by the other girl. Maybe that's how things are at first? She sighed as she trudged; she really was clueless about friendships and such.
"Hey, where are you going?" Shiemi looked at the person who grabbed her kimono sleeve and stopped her. Rin stared at her questioningly as he sipped his juice box.
"I.. I'm going to buy fruit milk for Kamiki-chan." She replied meekly and pulled her sleeve to free herself
Rin raised a brow and grabbed her wrist stopping her from going anywhere, "Stop that!"
"Stop what?"
"Doing things for her! It's weird."
Shiemi harshly took her wrist and glared at him with teary eyes, "I want her to be my friend! That's why... that's why I have to do what she says! You wouldn't understand because you have friends!" And she ran off crying.
Rin's eye twitched with irritation, "Wha... Why are you angry at me for?! Come back here!" The little blond girl screamed when she saw Rin angrily running after her. After a minute of chasing, he finally caught her by the nape of her kimono. Rin was about to bonk her on the head when a scream from the girls' bathroom got their attention.
The blue eyed boy let go of her, "Get Yukio! I'll see what's going on there!" With that he ran off to the place where a form a distress seemed to originate.
Shiemi stared at his retreating back, 'He didn't hesitate to help... I want to be like him!' Instead of doing what he said, she followed Rin.
She got to the bathroom and saw Kamiki on her knees shaking with fear, Rin standing in front of her holding up his unsheathed sword, and Paku's lying unconscious form beneath a large demon. "Rin!"
"What?! What are you doing here? I told you to get Yukio!"
"I know! But... but I want to help!"
"Tsk! Fine, I'll distract the demon while you tend to Paku, you can do that right?"
"Un!"
Rin ran over to the demon luring it away from his hurt classmate. He knew that he has no chance against the enemy if he doesn't draw his sword, but he can't let them see his flames. In his thoughts, the demon knocked him down and pinned him on the tiled floor. He moaned in pain when it stepped down on his throat,
''Pardon me... young prince... but I was ordered by my master...''
The half-demon gasped in question by what he heard, he was about to ask on who it was talking about but the demon added pressure on his throat; he released a soundless scream and made the decision that he'll draw his sword lest he dies there. Unfortunately, he could no longer move his body from the pain and lack of air. He could feel his consciousness dripping away but a barrage of gunfire and the release of the hold on him brought him back.
"Nii-san!"
Rin coughed and wheezed desperately taking in air. He saw the demon leaping up on the walls and made it's way out through the windows.
"You okay?" Yukio pulled him up gently looking completely worried,
"Yes." The older twin gave him a reassuring smile, "How's Paku?"
The young exorcist walked over and saw Paku conscious, though in a weak state. Yukio put a hand on her forehead feeling her temperature while he studied her wound, "She's still hurt, but not in a grave situation." He turned to Shiemi, "Good job, if you hadn't helped her sooner, she could've gotten worse." He smiled at her and she nodded happily. Paku put a hand on Shiemi's lap to get her attention.
"Thank you very much, Moriyama-chan" Shiemi, couldn't be happier right now.
Because of the threat posed earlier, the students were sent back to their own dorms. The twins were on the on the rooftop of their dorm to get some freah air with Rin squatting and Yukio standing next to him with his arms crossed over his chest. They savored the calm breeze and the solemnity.
"How did that demon get in here?" Rin asked as he stared off into the night horizon.
"Even if there are barriers protecting the school there are still those that manages to sneak in. Though, I didn't expect one to infiltrate here in our dorm since Pheles-san has enforced seals all around the dorm." Yukio replied and then hummed as he continued to wonder. "I'll just inform him later about what happened."
Rin could only nod. The younger looked at his brother from the corner of his eye and studied him a bit more. He looked bothered. Well, how couldn't he? He almost got killed. Yukio saw the remainder of the bruise on Rin's neck that was starting to fade. An ugly purple getting darker in the center, it hurt him to see the flawless white skin getting marred. 'If only I was there sooner.'
He walked up in front of the half-demon and knelt down in front of him. Rin stared at him curiously, "Yes?"
"Sorry about earlier."
The older smiled up at him and sat on the floor, "Silly, what are you sorry about? You came to save us just in time."
Yukio sighed, "No, I should've been there a lot sooner." he put his hands on the others neck and trailed the bruise, "So you wouldn't have-"
"It'll heal quickly." He replied reassuringly and held on Yukio's wrist gently pushing it away from his wounded skin. His smile never left. "Tomorrow it'll be gone."
The younger man scowled, "It's not just about the mark, it's about you getting hurt and almost getting killed. I shouldn't have let that happen; I'm supposed to protect you. I don't... I almost...almost lost you." He closed his eyes tight at the horrors of Rin dying because he failed to be there. His physique shook a bit almost crying at that thought.
Without Rin... everything will be so cold, so very cold. It will be like living in a world of abyss with no promise of hope nor joy. In a place where he was alone and freezing, waiting for his time to die.
A warm hand laid gently on his cheek bringing him back from the melancholic what if's. Yukio opened his eyes and saw the kindest and most beautiful smile that he will ever set sight on.
"I'm still here..."
From the person he loved and the most.
"...You were just in time..."
Spoken in a voice that was the most pleasant of a sound.
"...I won't die on you, if I did, I promise I'll watch over you so you won't be alone. You won't see me, but I'll be there. I'll always be with you, okay?"
Words that saved him from the woes coursing in his mind. The bright blue eyes that enlightened every shadow. the smile that gave all the happiness in the world.
How could an angel be a called demon?
END CHAPTER
ah... I really did try if I could make pure romance. Is it okay?
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