Chapter 26~
"And that's how we beat the ghoul." Bon finished, as him and Rin sat down at Akira's table.
"Then I got the lights on in time." Rin said, letting out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah. If you hadn't, I'd be demon food."
"I don't I'd eat you." Rin pointed out.
"And why's that?"
"Because You real loud and I doubt they'd want to eat you because of your hair." Rin joked, getting a frown from the teen.
"What's wrong with my hair?"
"There's nothing wrong with it!" Rin quickly said. "It's just, in science I learned that there are insects that have bright colors or certain patterns that make predators think they're poisonous."
Bon stared down at the demon in disbelief and tried to get a grasp on what the demon had just explained, which was hard to do; considering Rin barely said anything intelligent like that, before. The demon was always talking about beating Satan and the demons they came encounter with, in class and outside. For Bon, this was probably the first time he heard Rin talk about something that had nothing to do with demons. Which gave Akira, with his ability to come in at the wrong moments, and his friends the chance to walk over and sit across from the two; ruining the conversation.
"Which demon is Rin ranting about today?" Akira asked, as he started munching on his lunch; while Kito and Kiru sat on either side of him.
"Actually, he was talking about poisonous insects." Bon replied, unsure if the words had actually come out of Rin's mouth.
The whole table went silent and the demon nervously played with his fingers. Before Shima walked over to the table and Akira burst out laughing, causing Rin to blush furiously.
"Looks like those study sessions are paying off." Akira said, making Rin perk up in an instant. "What'd you get on the test?"
"An eighty-five."
"Nice one, Rin-chan." Shima said, as he sat on the unoccupied side of Rin.
"Shima-"
"Just calm down, Bon." Shima frowned , as he set down his lunch. "I just need to ask Rin about Yukio."
"You're actually going to try and get through to him?" Bon asked, as the demon beside him looked at the two.
"Yeah, why?"
"No reason."
"So, what do I need to know?" Shima asked, as he looked at the teen's boyfriend.
As Rin happily started talking about his younger brother, to Bon's best friend, Akira turned to him and gave him a small smirk.
"What?" Bon demanded, frowning.
"What did you two do?" Akira asked, messing with the food on his tray.
"What do you mean?"
"I haven't seen Okumara-kun this happy, in all the time I've known him."
"The first time you two met, he punched you in the face." Bon pointed out, pissing off Akira.
"That doesn't matter. I just want to know what you did." Akira said, frowning. "How'd you two go from sad and depressing, to demon happy and lovey-dovey?"
"His brother."
"How'd that go?"
"Not as well as I would've liked."
"Threatened to kill you?"
"Practically. He put a gun to my head."
"Ouch. I'd watch were your step, chicken."
"How many times do I have to tell you to quit calling me that?" Bon growled, causing Rin to look over at him.
"Just ignore him." Rin said, before the blush creeped across his face. "I think you're a really hot chicken."
Bon felt his face turn red and Rin quickly turned back to Shima, his face crimson, to tell him the rest about his younger brother. Across the table, Akira let out a snicker and tried to keep himself from laughing, as Bon glared over at him.
"You did that on purpose." Bon muttered.
"But you got a cute response, didn't you?" Akira asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Shut up."
"And that's practically everything." Rin finished, beside him.
"Really?" Shima gave the demon a defeated look.
"Yeah, why?"
"I have no chance, then!" Shima practically yelled, messing up his hair and sighing. "We have nothing in common and there's no way he'll open up to me!"
"You don't know that. You've got to try, first."
"Forget it! I'll just go back to trying to get you to accept me, Rin-chan!" Shima said, grabbing Rin's hand.
"Rin chan?"
Akira burst into laughter, from across the table, and Bon let out a growl; pulling Rin away from his best friend, the demon now sitting right next to him.
"Shima, don't you even think about it." Bon threatened, glaring at his best friend.
"But, Bon! This is practically impossible!" The teen whined, frowning. "Can't you just shared Rin-chan?"
"No way in hell."
"Bon-"
"Shima, I said no-"
"Fine, but I'm not giving up." The teen pouted, grabbing one of his mangas out of his bag and opening it up.
The demon beside him looked at the book in confusion and grabbed it out of the pink-haired teen's hands, looking at the cover.
"Rin-chan, what are you-?"
"Where did you get this?" Rin demanded, pointing to the girly shonen manga cover.
"I bought it." Shima said, looking at Rin in confusion. "Why?"
"Why?" This is Yukio's favorite manga!" Rin practically yelled, before he smacked Shima in the head with it. "I already explained that to you! Where you listening to me?"
"I got lost near the middle." Shima confessed, making Rin growl in frustration.
"Anyway," Rin continued, Bon seeing the slight red hue in the demon's eyes. "Is this the only book you have?"
"No, I have the whole series."
Rin stared at Bon's best friend in disbelief. as he nearly dropped the book, making Bon stared at him in confusion.
"That's over forty books!" Rin practically yelled.
"Forty-five to be exact." Shima corrected. "The next one isn't in stores till Friday."
"Where are we going with this?" Akira asked, and pointed to Shima. "And who is this?"
"his name is Shima," Rin said, and shoved the manga back into Shima's arms. "and you could use this to get to Yukio!"
"I can?" Shima was looking at Rin, confused beyond belief.
"Yes! This Yukio's favorite manga, and he only has the first book." Rin explained. "I've only seen the book once."
"Why only once?" Akira asked, frowning.
"Because he hid it since I found it a month ago." Rin explained, frowning. "He saw me reading it and almost freaked out. Then I got yelled at."
Rin hung his head and mumbled something, not even Bon could hear, as Shima looked down at the manga in his hands and grinned.
"So, I could let him borrow it."
"Exactly my point!" Rin said, looking at Shima. "He'll notice you have something in common and that will be a start."
"thanks, Rin-chan!" Shima practically yelled in excitement, hugging the small teen. "I'm going to go find Yukio!"
Without another word, Shima got up and ran off; leaving the whole table stupefied. Bon just stared after his friend and shook his head, turning back to his lunch. In all his years Bon had know him, he had never seen Shima this determined. Yes, the teen always set his sights on all the hot girls; but he had never seen Shima like this. Asking Rin for help, wanting to know more about Yukio, and whining about how he didn't stand a chance. The idiot had even forgot his lunch, in his hurry.
"Kyaaaaaaaaaaaah! Okumara-san!"
Shima let out an agitated groan and tried to get a hold of himself. The minute he had found Yukio he ended up finding the teen surrounded by three freshman girls crowded around him, at his usual bench, lunches made for him. Rage built up in the pink-haired teen, as he watched them. There was no way he was going to get to the teacher, now. Not with those girls in the way.
"You've got to try first."
Rin's words echoed in his head and Shima looked down at the manga, gripping the book tightly. All he had to do was walk over to him and hand him the book. No, that wouldn't work. The teen rubbed the back of his head and his teacher noticed him standing by the tree.
"Shima-kun, do you need something?" Yukio called out to him, making the girls turn and glare him down.
The pink-haired teen bit his lip and forced himself to nod and walk over, the three girls glaring at him. By the time he got over to his teacher, he was giving him a smile and the girls had been asked to move aside.
"Here" Shima handed the manga out to Yukio. "I was talking to Rin and he said you liked this series, and you only had the first book. I thought you'd like to borrow it."
His teacher took the book from Shima and looked down at it, his widening a little and showing the small hint of happiness Shima had been hoping for. The pink-haired teen blushed slightly and gave his teacher a smile, before the three girls immediately butted in; pushing Shima out of the way. the teen stumbled and caught himself, only to turn around and see the girls adoring his teacher.
"I didn't know you read that series, Yukio-san!" Squealed one of the girls.
"Yukio-san is so sensitive!"
"Oh, Yukio-san!"
Shima frowned and let a sigh in defeat, feeling like he had failed; even thought he had handed his teacher the book, and headed back for the cafeteria. Now he was going to have to go back, practically empty handed, and eat with the rest of them; who hall had boyfriends of their own. Well, except Miwa; who was taking refuge in the library today to finish a project. Which made Shima the only single guy at the table and feel like a third wheel, well, more like a sixth wheel.
"Shima-kun, wait!"
The pink haired teen turned to see Yukio walking over, the girls not far behind. By the time Yukio made it over, the girls were glaring down the pink-haired teen; again.
"Why don't you come eat lunch with me?" Yukio asked, the girls giving Shima a death glare.
"Uh, well, you see. I kind of left my lunch at Akira's table. "Shima said, then added. "by accident."
"I've got a lunch Ukobach made me. You can eat that, if you'd like." His teacher offered, reaching into his bag and handing him a small container.
"What about you?"
"Well, you see-"
"I made Yukio-san a lunch!" Yelled the girl with blonde hair.
"So did I!" The black haired girl put in.
"Eat mine, Yukio-san!" Yukio said, laughing a little.
"Alright, Okumara-sensei." Shima said, giving his teacher a smile and taking the lunch; and following him back to the bench.
"What is that? A tree?" Rin joked, as him and Bon were drawing on a piece of scrap paper, waiting for class to start.
'What if it is a tree?" Bon asked, frowning. "Is my person that bad?"
"Is that really a person?"
Rin grabbed the paper off the desk and held it up to the light, examining it. The teen beside him frowned at the demon and snatched it from him.
"If you think it's that bad, I'll just erase it." The teen grumbled, grabbing his pencil.
"No, I like it!" Rin quickly said, snatching the paper from the teen, before he could erase it. "It's nice."
"But you just said-"
"Forget what I said. I like it." Rin said confidently, before digging through his backpack and pulling out a binder.
"What as you doing?" Bon asked, frowning at him.
"I'm keeping it." The demon declared, as he slid the paper into the clear pocket on the front of the binder.
"If you're keeping it, let me fix it. It looks terrible." The teen said, reaching for the binder.
"No way! I like it the way it is!" Rin practically yelled, pulling it away from Bon and keeping it from his reach.
'Well, I don't like it!" Bon said, irritated, as he tried to get the binder from the demon.
"Well, I'm the one keeping it and I like it the way it is!"
"Give it to me, Rin!''
"It's mine!
"Guys, do you know where Shima is?"
The two of them froze and looked at Miwa, who had just walked in and shook their heads; as Rin dropped the binder and the two went for it, Rin grabbing it before Bon did.
"Why do you ask, Miwa?" Bon asked, giving up on the binder clutched to Rin's chest.
"Well, I haven't seen him since he went to eat lunch with you guys." The bald monk explained.
"Last we heard, he said he was going to go give Yukio a book he wanted to borrow." Rin said, stuffing his binder into his cramped bag.
"Oh."
The small teen gave a nod and Rin got out of his seat; so he could sit down, just as they could hear Yukio walk in.
"Everyone sit down, class is starting."
The whole class looked over to see Shima walking behind his younger brother, a big grin on his face. The pink-haired teen gave the three of them a wink and walked over to take his seat behind Bon. Rin sat beside the teen, instead of sitting beside Shemi, and pulled out their textbook; as Yukio started teaching.
"So, how'd it go?" Bon asked, leaning back in his seat; his body facing the front of the class.
"It could've been better if his fangirls weren't there." Shima whispered, leaning forward so Bon could hear.
"I forgot to mention them." Rin groaned, rubbing his forehead. "Sorry."
"It wasn't too bad, though." Shima said, smiling. "I ate lunch with him."
"You did?" The two off them turned to look at the pink-haired teen, who was grinning; before Yukio told them to pay attention and Bon had to face the chalkboard.
"Yeah, it wasn't that bad." Shima whispered, as Yukio went back to teaching. "We mostly just talked about the manga I'm letting him borrow."
"Told you it'd work." Rin said, grinning.
Shima gave the demon a happy nod and went to staring at his younger brother, as he taught the class. Rin let out a small chuckle and tried to focus on the lesson, when Bon threw a small piece of paper at his head. The demon let out a low growl and grabbed it off the table, glaring at Bon as he rubbed his forehead. The teen gave him a quick motion to open it and went back to the lesson, so Yukio wouldn't yell at them. Without a word, Rin opened the piece of paper up and read the small note; Bon had just given him.
"Rin~
I talked to your brother, and after a lot of arguing, he finally said he'd let me take you on a date tomorrow night; if it's okay with you. I'll pick you up at six and you can whatever makes you feel comfortable, keep your tail hidden.
Bon"
Rin reread the note in excitement and looked up to see the teen smiling at him, making Rin blush. The teen nodded to the note in the demon's hands and raised an eyebrow in question, silently asking the demon if it was alright. Without a second of hesitation, Rin beamed at Bon and gave him an excited nod; making his boyfriend smile and nod, before turning back to the chalkboard. The demon suppressed a happy sigh and looked down at the note, his heart racing. He was finally going to have his first date with Bon, and the demon couldn't wait. He'd been dying to be alone with his boyfriend; and he was finally going to get what he wanted.
Scarlett: *munching on cookies and working on drawing*
Yukio: *walks in and over to Scarlett, shoving a printed copy of this chapter in her face* What is this?
Scarlett: Chapter 26 *pushes papers aside and keep drawing*
Yukio: Did you even read what you wrote?
Scarlett: *sighs and turns to* Considering I wrote it yesterday, counted all the words, and typed it today; yes I did. Five times.
Yukio: Then why are you shipping me with Shima?
Scarlett: *turns back to drawing and continues* because I can…and we need to distract you from your brother complex
Yukio: *frowns and ye twitches* I don't have a brother complex
Scarlett: *turns to and raises an eyebrow* really now?
Yukio: *doesn't say anything*
Scarlett: That's what I thought *turns to drawing and continues*
Yukio: I'm going to go talk to Shima and straighten this out *leaves room*
Scarlett: *smirks* good luck with that
Rin and Bon do not belong to me.
These characters belong to Kazue Kato.
And to you guys, I've decided that inbetween some chapters, I'm going to be awnsering comments and any questions you have. I'll awsner anything about the story, plot, realtionships on characters, or you can just me about myself. You can even ask Bon and Rin. Anyway! Enjoy and review!