I woke up in the morning, groaning and I flipped over and arms tighten around my waist. I reached out for my phone and looked at the clock and found out it was morning, and I was to have breakfast with the Okumura's. My eyes drifted to the boy next to me, Aiko, and I flicked his nose "Let me go, I needed leave to Rin and Yukio's" I spoke groggily.

Don't worry children, we are both clothed in bed, Aiko just wanted to sleep over for the night, in which I hoped to Jesus and all holy above that Mephisto or Yukio didn't walk in or they would flip their shit in their own special ways. Rin would just approve.

Aiko refused, and I was able to shake him off. I got on my tippy toes as I exited the bed, and looked at Uisce on his bunk "Ready to head to see Kuro, get up or you'll miss your chance" I told him, then headed to my closet and grabbed clothes. My tail cramped from being wrapped around my all night, so I was eager to go and let it out for a second.

"When you leave Aiko, remember to lock the door" I explained as if I was pestering a child. He just groaned in response "Come on Usice"

After I had gotten dressed in the bathrooms, I headed down to the Okumura's. I made my way in the kitchen and sat down, bringing my knees up "Heyo" I waved, grinning

"Morning Kasu" Rin turned and smiled.

I noticed Rin was by himself "Yukio out again?"

I let my tail out and let out a relieved sigh, looking over at it. It was still dented from what had happened not too long ago with Shima's brother, Juzza? I couldn't remember his name now, but I know my tail just looks a bit cooler in my eyes

"Yeah... He's busy a lot now" Rin mumbled a bit quietly, but turned around to look at me "Your tail looks really stiff, what did you do to it?"

I smiled sheepishly "Aiko stayed the night over at my place"

"You're sleeping with him?" Rin asked with raised brows, sounding a bit surprised

"Ugh, why does everyone think that means I slept with him? No, I have not slept with him, he just like, curls up like a kitten around me and sh¶†, that's all, I swear on my dad's grave" I raised a hand, and he nodded slowly.

A comfortable silence fell over for a minute or so.

"So, how's it been with Mephisto and such?" Rin asked, cutting up cooked bacon strips into little pieces and throwing it into a pot of rice and stirring up.

"It's fine. He's letting me having a bit freedom, such as getting groceries, but Usice has to assist and report what happened in all truth, if I left the premises or not" I looked over to my familliar, seeing him playing with Kuro. I smiled at the two, then looked over at Rin

"Hey, Rin, can you turn Kuro human?" I asked him, tilting my head slightly

"Hmm, I haven't because he's not my actual familiar, like I didn't summon him myself and stuff, so without that bond we can't do the spell. But it'd be so cool if Kuro was a human! Then he and Uisce could play as humans and stuff!" I smiled at the thought, then envisioned fan art to do. God, I should really stop shipping real people. Or, well demons in this case.

When Rin was done, he gave me white rice with bacon bits in it with pancakes chopped up as well in a bowl, with either a choice of a Blueberry, Raspberry, or regular Maple syrup.

"You are a god, Rin, I must say that now in all your amazing damn glory" I drooled. getting my chopsticks ready and ate my food.

Rin smiled shyly and sat down across for me and began eating his breakfast as well.

"So, how you doin' with your flames n shit, haven't heard much about reports of it" I spoke up with a full mouth, then swallowed "I mean, haven't heard a peep about progress since we were in Kyoto"

Rin ate a bit of his food "I'm getting a lot more better!" He cheered with a cheeky grin.

I gave him a warm smile "That's awesome, dude." Then ate a bit of my pancakes after dipping it in the bowl with Blueberry syrup "And is Shura being a bitch? Because if she is then you just call me up and I will beat that ass of hers up"

Rin laughed "Kasu you'd never be able to beat Shura, no offensive, but she's way way more stronger than you" He gave a slight apologetic smile.

I rolled my eyes "One day I'll beat her" I grumbled, nibbling on the rice, but then soon let out a slight depressed sigh

"Rin, I miss having breakfast with you guys everyday" I whispered a bit quietly. We haven't had a regular breakfast lunch or even dinner with each other for weeks, and they always were doing something when I wasn't, and when I was doing something they weren't doing anything. I felt my boys drifting away a bit. And soon I'd be going to America for god knows how long without seeing them!

The air suddenly became cold. Rin swallowed his food and it sounded like someone put a microphone to his throat "I promise on your birthday we'll all be together, okay?" He said softly with a smile.

I looked up and stared at him and smiled back "Alright" The air then slowly began lifting...

"Oh god!" Rin suddenly cried, shooting up "I said I'd go over to Koneko's and Shima's today and I'm late!" He screamed.

I watched him quickly run out "Please clean up, I'll pay you back later!" He screamed out.

Once he was gone I kept watching the door way, the air quickly settling back into a cold atmosphere. I felt upset as I turned around and stared at the large amount of food in front of me. My stomatch knotted "Wasn't hungry anyways" I whispered, grabbing the dishes and cleaning up the mess left behind.

I spent the morning the same, just training. My birthday was coming up soon again on the 26th (Still August for the day in IAYL world!), and quite frankly I was a little eager for it, but I felt as if not much would even happen. The boys were busy, so was everyone else. Maybe Aiko, Uisce, and Mephisto would be there to celebrate, that I didn't doubt. Otherwise, I didn't believe so.

I studied on my taming while I ate some of my lunch of just take out. Rin hadn't made me lunch for a while now, oh so surprisingly, so I either made rice or some take out. I always ate one of the two when Rin couldn't cook because the only thing I could make that wouldn't fuck up was Rice, and like I have said before, I couldn't even make Ice correctly.

With all the thoughts shoving in my mind I realized that I couldn't get my head wrapped around what I was reading, finding myself just ghosting my eyes over the letters. For a brief moment, I forgot how to read Japanese. I shook my head and let out an irritated sigh then shoved my books into my bag. Cram school was starting soon anyways.

"Come on Usice" A slight tap with my bag, the demon zipped up and rested on my head as we engaged in a slight conversation.

"What should I do?!" Rin shouted as I approved the classroom the next day "I really want to go!" He cried. Curiosity hit me as I opened the door and walked in and he just continued to shout. I took my seat.

"Wait!" He quickly did a turn towards me as I sat behind Ryuji "Kasu, do you wanna come with me?!" He screamed.

My head lifted up "I have no idea what you're even talking about" I rolled my eyes. I then sat forward and began running my hands through Ryuji's soft hair. It was a fucking lovely ocean of strands of hair "What is he talking about?"

Ryuji sat back and just allowed me to play with his hair. It's come to the point in my life where everyone just rarely questions what I do most of the time. They just go along because they have realized that asking questions just leads to either a disturbing story or a disgusting reply.

"There's a festival being held at the school," I looked over at the boy where he was seated next to Ryuji "but I'm not sure if you'll be able to go because it's for students that attend regular school" Koneko finished.

My eyes fell on Rin again and shrugged "Looks like you have your answer. If Meph will let me go then I'll gladly attend with you. Aiko isn't interested in that stuff anyways, he's more of a tag a wall kind of guy then be around a bunch of kids he doesn't even know"

Shima raised a brow and twisted around his seat then looked around Ryuji "Who's Aiko?" He questioned.

A sly grin fell on my face "Well children, I have a boy I can make out with on a daily basis now" I spoke proudly.

"You have a boyfriend?!" He asked a little louder and a bit disappointed.

I laughed loudly "No, I don't think anyways. We just make out, maybe go out once and awhile, and shit, that's all"

Ryuji scoffed "I'm pretty sure that's the definition of two people who date"

I smacked him on the shoulder softly "Shut up, oh my god" I scoffed "Anyways, how about you guys? Going to this big school festival?" I asked, changing the subject off of Aiko as fast as I could.

"I'm not going" Koneko answered

"Ditto" Ryuji raised a hand.

Rin's face was covered in complete shock "How can you guys be so depressing?! Oh my god!" He whined at the fact his friends weren't as pumped as he was to go to this festival. It most likely was because of the food and entertainment he wanted to go.

The reason for me wasn't because Aiko wouldn't want to attend or even because Mephsito wouldn't let me, I would love to attend because of all the people I didn't know, and for all I could know I would get lost in a crowd of people I didn't know. That would really freak me the fuck out.

"Okay" Izumo spoke up "The Annual Exorcist Qualification Exams are three months away!" She stood up and grabbed her bag "I want to pass on the first attempt. It doesn't help that our lessons are behind due to the canceled classes. To top it off there's no time in the second now that practical training has begun."

My jaw dropped as she exited the class and my hands froze. Whoa whoa whoa, no one told me about no Qualification Exam. What the fuck is this, being three months away when I was going to go to fucking America again and Mephisto didn't tell me jack shit.

The next thing I knew it Ryuji's hair was missing from my hands and he was waving bye to us "Huh?" I looked up and began tuning myself back into the conversation while I pushed away my current problem.

Rin questioned if Konekomaru would try passing on the first turn and he just became his modest self and claimed that he possibly couldn't. I took my seat next to him so I could be better included in the conversation.

"Okumaru is right!" Shima shot up and slammed a hand on the desk, causing us to jump "Even though the Exam is once a year, there's just one every year!" He cried "Is there something wrong with one wanting to enjoy their youth to their fullest?! No!"

I sunk into my seat and hid my face in my hands as I shook my head slowly. Sometimes I hated knowing him.

"You don't want to regret it when you're older, right Okumura!?" He slapped a hand on Rin's back "Now is the only time where we can have all the fun we want!" He shouted happily.

"Shima" Koneko squeaked.

I looked over at him while I sighed "Just let them be"

They continued to boast the idea of living their lives to the fullest, but then Rin deflated when he realized he had no more female friends who would actually go with him. Then Shima offered to introduce him to his female friend's - pft what female friends -and Rin was back on the excited bus.

I shook my head and stood up "Well, I'm going to go train some more for this Exam shit, alright guys?"

Rin looked surprised "But Kasu, you're already trained a lot! I mean, you spend all your mornings just training, you know most of that stuff like the back of your hand!" He said with slight concern

"It's alright, I've got nothing better to do on my free time, right?" I let out a hearty laugh "I'll see you guys around" I waved goodbye to the group and made my way to a familiar dorm that wasn't where I was resided.

"Knock-edy Knock goes the cock, open up kitten" I shouted out as I rapped my knuckles against the wood. The door opened to show Ryuji, him looking slightly surprised

"I told you guys I was going to train, what are you doing here?" despite the way his question was phrased, he moved so I could enter the room.

I walked in "Because you have three months kid. Just sit for a moment and have a nice chat with mama Kasu" I planted myself in his chair situated in front of his table "I just would like to have a moment to talk to someone, Rin and Yukio are always on their heels that they don't have time to talk to ol'me"

Ryuji rolled his eyes and pulled up a rolly chair then took his seat in front of me "You're younger than them"

"Hey," I smiled faintly "Doesn't mean don't have the mind of a 100 year old man whose seen more than you can belive" I shifted in my seat to get more comfortable "Do you want to hear some stories? I love telling stories. Makes me feel better.

He sat back in confirmation

"I remember when I was at least eleven, twelvish, we moved to Texas in America. It was a real small town, and my mom kinda hoped it would fix things. obviously it didn't but that's another story" I closed my eyes "There were a couple of teenagers I would hang out with, I was always one to hang out with people who were older than me, and we would sit back and one of my friends would blast Dirt Road Anthem out of their speakers." A small laugh erupted from me

"Oh god, I was thirteen when it was real dark outside one day and I had tried my first beer, it was late at night and we were blasting that song then the local police men came right when I took my first glump" I began laughing a bit more "And, and one of the police men were one of the kids dads, they were so fucking pissed, he called the kids mom and she drove her ass out there where she grabbed his damn ear and walked him back to the house like that. He came to school with a ear bigger than a balloon." I shook my head, letting out a sigh and stared up at the ceiling.

"What's Dirt Road Anthem? A song"

I nodded in reply "Yep, some country song. But sometimes it was many other songs. Many famous country singers and shit. God those days were the best when we weren't in Washington." My jaw tighten as memories of what it was like when we went back. The guys I had to face...

Ryuji broke my thoughts "What happened in Washington?" I couldn't help but note how adorable it was when anyone I knew that had Japanese as their first born language spoke any english words, their accent so obvious.

A deep breath came from me "Things, kiddo. Maybe I'll tell you one day about it. The most I'll explain so far as of right now is that I took up some bad bad jobs, got mixed up with some bad bad people, and soon I'll have to face that shit again" I sat forward in a one smooth motion and held a pinky up

"You might not know what it was, but just promise me something. Never take any jobs off the streets. Promise me that." My tongue moved to wet my lips, them becoming noticeably chap all of the sudden "I think you have an idea of what I mean when I say jobs off the streets" I looked him straight in the eyes.

Something, I don't know what, clicked in his eyes. He didn't hesitate to stretch his pinky out and wrap it around mine in confirmation.

I spent the rest of the day telling him silly stories which resulted in him completely forgetting about training.

When I came home I sat on my bed and allowed Uisce to curl to my side. Even tho he won't admit it, he's a huge cuddler. I have always had a thing for cuddlers too, maybe because I'm a cuddler myself. Yes, probably because of that. Cuddling is fun. Cuddling is good.

I shook my head and let out a sigh, twisting and letting my eyes shut. I just needed to see Mephisto in the morning and ask him about this Exam shit or something. He obviously knew, I mean he was the fucking Headmaster he plans this shit, so I was just going to ask him when he would mention this shit to me.

Fucking rude

A WEEK AND FIVE DAYS

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I apoligize for taking like, three, two months? I got myself interested in other fandoms and such like Supernatural, Doctor Who, Sherlock, all the good stuff. After I've finished all those stories, after I've gotten pulled from school to do homeschooling, after all of that, my life slowed down. Now I'm returning to the things I love and adore. And just because I haven't updated doesn't mean I forgot about Kasu. I think about her ever so often and I find myself missing Ao No Exorcist, so here I am v/w/v. We might even return recaps and previews again!