Chapter thirty-six: Quiet

Rin found himself yawning for probably the millionth time that day. Yesterday's incident was still in his mind and his sleep patterns weren't getting any better. If anything they were getting worse. He was eating lunch with Godaiin. The other boy was watching him eat slowly, wondering what had happened to him. He'd noticed Rin's behavior almost right away. Rin was always the happy peppy kind of guy, but now he was this sleep deprived zombie.

"Hey, is everything okay Rin?" he asked.

Rin swallowed another yawn as he realized he was making his friend worry. He nodded his head. "Yeah I'm fine."

"Are you sure? You've been like this for over a month. What's going on?" Godaiin asked.

He watched the worry on his friends face before sighing. "Okay, just don't get freaked out or anything okay?"

"Um, I'll try not to," Maybe he shouldn't have asked. If this was a demon thing Godaiin really didn't want to know too much.

Godaiin watched Rin shift and play with his food. He sighed and looked up at the sky. "It's about Izumo. I've been…I've been having a lot of dreams about her."

"Oh…oh! Yikes man. That sucks," Godaiin said. "Your brother must hate you right now."

"Don't remind me. It's not like I want them they just pop up," Rin grumbled. "Maybe it's because I told her I loved her."

Godaiin spat out his drink. He coughed and chocked as he regained his composure. "You what!?"

Rin backed a bit away from his friend. He had gotten to close way to fast. "Um, I told her I loved her," he repeated. "Is that bad?"

"N-no, but dude you're fifteen," Godaiin said. "You aren't supposed to say that."

"W-well I can't help on how I feel dude!" Rin snapped. "I just…I just really love her. It's not like, trust me I know the difference."

"Okay how?" Godaiin asked. "Izumo was your first girlfriend right? How do you know that?"

Rin glared at him. "I just know okay!...I just know," Rin sighed. "It's hard to explain.

Seeing the look on his face Godaiin was convinced Rin really did feel for the girl. He sighed and set his lunch down.

"So…does she love you back?"

Rin's eyes widened at that. It wasn't like he hadn't thought about that before, but it was a question he didn't like thinking about. He knew Izumo liked him, and was having trouble with this whole love crap so he didn't push it. Rin was giving Izumo as much room as he could and with that the relationship seemed to be doing really well. Minus his weird demon hormones of course.

"Dunno. But I'm not going to rush her," Rin looked at Godaiin. "If you knew Izumo a little better you'd understand."

Godaiin sighed but nodded. "Yeah I guess I get ya. Just don't go into deep okay?"

Rin smiled. This was probably the first time he ever had a friend outside of cram school worry about him. It was nice. "I won't. Don't worry, Izumo knows when to stop."

"There you are!"

Shura looked up from watching Rin to see Izumo standing there. She was out of breath and looked ready to slap the older woman. Shura whistled at Izumo's scarf hiding the hickeys. The older woman knew exactly what the girl had to hide and wanted to tease.

"Oooh did Rin get a little frisky?" she asked snickering. Izumo was bright red and glared even harder. Shura laughed out before calming down. "Okay, but seriously what do ya need girlie?"

Izumo sighed softly and walked to the window next to Shura. She leaned on it looking down at Rin eat with Godaiin. Finding Shura had been a pain in the ass and she had run all the way up there to catch her. Izumo needed a tiny break before she could say anything.

"…Rin sort of lost control yesterday," she told Shura softly.

The older woman stopped her laughing and became serious.

"How out of control? Like when he smelled your blood or-"

"His pupils were red. Like when he draws the Kurikara," Izumo explained.

"Was it drawn?" Shura looked at the girl with a worried stare. She gently pulled down the scarf to get a good look at Rin's work. While smaller than yesterday they were still notable. It was smart that the girl wore the small scarf.

"No," Izumo went red as she watched Rin. She couldn't even look into Shura's eyes when she started to talk again. "Um…we were making out and it sort of got out of hand."

"Oooh I see. How out of "hand" are we talking about?" Shura moved her fingers to make quotation marks in the air.

"I didn't have sex with him if that's what you're asking," Izumo glared. Jeez why did every adult assume she wanted to jump Rin's bones? She was starting to get annoyed by it.

"But you were close?" Shura asked.

Izumo nodded blushing a little. "I had to pull on his tail to make him stop. He felt terrible about it though. Is he going to be okay?"

A long sigh escaped Shura's lips as she rubbed her neck. In all honestly she had no clue. Rin was the spawn of Satan, not some regular half demon kid….then again there wasn't really a normal one to begin with. While somewhat common folks with demon blood now a days are decedents of half demons rather than directly one. All they really had to go on were a few records and Shura had read most of them. But looking at the worry on Izumo's face she didn't need to know that.

"Yeah he'll be fine," Shura smiled and patted her back. "Just sounds like ya need to take it slow that's all."

Izumo let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. "That's good…um…we decided to do that last night by the way."

"Good, good," Shura said nodding.

The air became quiet between them as Shura debated something inside her head. She sighed and decided that Izumo had the right to know.

"Listen Izumo, I gotta tell ya something you're not going to like," Shura said softly.

"What is it?" the girl tilted her head. It must be serious if Shura was saying her first name.

She watched Shura debate a bit more in her head before she finally nodded. "First off I am totally on your guy's side. Rin and yours you know? But I hate to say this but I sorta have a job. Personally I'd rather not say anything at all but…" she sighed once more. "If Rin and you get physical, physical I will be force to report your whole relationship to the Vatican."

"Why? What does that have anything to do with them," Izumo's glare came back just as sharp. "This is a personal matter and they have no right to stick their nose into it!"

"I completely agree with ya girlie but," Shura could only groan. "Look they know that you two have gone on a few "dates" and that's all. They think it's some fling and you two will separate, but if you start getting serious, you have to understand the Vatican will try to intervene. They will try everything they can to keep Rin and Yukio the only two with Satan's blood running around."

"Why? Just because he's Satan's child? That's insane," Izumo snapped. "Rin and Yukio have lives you know! The Vatican can't just keep them in a bubble forever."

"I agree with ya. Just, if things do go that far keep it to yourselves alright?" Shura said. She put her hands on Izumo's shoulders. "Ya get it. Do not let me or anyone else find out how physical you two get. Because the minute someone higher up hears about it they'll come after you two to stop more things from happen'. And it will not end well. Especially since you said Rin almost lost complete control without the Kurikara being drawn."

Izumo stared at Shura and gulped. She'd never really seen Shura this serious before. Izumo found herself shaking. Great now she couldn't really go to Shura for advice any more. She looked at her feet and nodded. If that meant she could stay with Rin shed' be okay with it. Izumo knew she was smart. She'd figure something out.

"I…I understand. Thank you for the help so far," Izumo said nodding.

Shura looked at her face before smiling a little. "You're welcome. Listen, if things do come that I'll do whatever I can ta help. I'm not much but I'm somethin'."

"Thank you Shura," Izumo nodded once more.

Shura chuckled and rubbed Izumo's head gently. "Alright. Welp my jobs done here. Pass that on to Rin and make sure he doesn't freak out okay?"

"W-will do."

The air was getting chillier. Autumn was there and Izumo's mood was so sour she couldn't enjoy it. She loved this time of the year. But what Shura warned her about plagued her mind. The thought that the Vatican would separate her and Rin scared her. Did they really think that it would be terrible if Rin had kids or a relationship? If they only stopped and got to know him then maybe they'd see the great guy she saw.

Izumo laid down flat on a bench outside of school. She was under a tree staring up at the orange leaves. Under this tree she had been trying to gain some courage to tell Rin what Shura had told her. She knew Rin would freak out the minute he heard the warning. He'd probably march right up to Shura and demand to know what was going on instead of listening to Izumo. Or worse, he'd demand to talk to the Grigori right then and there. She groaned and covered her face. What was she going to do?

"You okay Izumo?"

Opening her eyes and removing her hands she looked to see Rin. She studied his face for probably the hundredth time they'd been together. He had such a sweet stupid face. Sure he looked rough around the edges but if you took the time most would see the good part of Rin. It shown through so clearly in his eyes that some days it was hard to look at. Today was one of those days. The guilt from yesterday was still there and the worry about her current attitude was so god damn clear. She'd wish he would stop looking at her like that.

"No I'm not," she said, which was the truth.

She watched as the guilt come right to the surface. The pain on his face made her bit her lip.

"A-are you upset about yesterday?" he asked softly.

"…Sort of," she sat up so Rin could do the same. "Can you sit down? I need to talk to you."

"Sure," Rin's voice was soft. He set his bag down and sat where her head had been. He gently pulled her down so her head could lie on his lap. She blushed but didn't object. "What's the matter?"

He brushed her bangs form her face and with his free hand gripped held one of hers. He rubbed his thumb across the top of her hand trying to calm her down. Looking back up at him she knew she could do this. Yeah she could totally do this. With her head like this he was trapped. He couldn't jump up to go do something stupid without hurting her.

"I was talking to Shura today," she said softly.

"Hm? Yeah, what did she say?" Rin asked.

Izumo took a deep breath. "I was asking a bit about you and she warned me about something."

Rin frowned down at her, now he looked scared and worried. "Warned you about what?"

Izumo opened her mouth to speak, but found out she couldn't figure out how to say it. She closed her mouth and thought about it. She closed her eyes so she wouldn't have to look at Rin's. They made it so hard to say anything bad.

"Um…well…apparently if we…get…" Izumo sighed again. Jeez why couldn't she just say sex to his face? It felt stupid that she'd got all hot and bothered by a simple three letter words. "If we have sex, and the Vatican finds out…it won't end well."

"What do you mean it won't end well?" Rin asked. She could hear the anger in his voice. But he was doing his best to control it, something she was thankful for.

"I'm not sure. I think they'd probably make us break up or something like that. Apparently they don't want you have kids," Izumo said softly. She kept the Yukio part to herself. Rin would be pissed enough without knowing that.

"Wh-what!? What the fuck!? They…they can't do that! It's fucking bullshit!" Rin yelled. "J-just because I'm Satan's child shouldn't mean shit about my kids or anything like that! I'm fifteen fucking years old! Shit!"

She felt him grip her hand tighter. When she opened her eyes she saw he was crying a little. Tears fell down on her cheek. Izumo sat up slowly only to have Rin pull her onto his lap into a hug.

"That's not fair! Shit…they can't do that…" he whispered. "They can't do that."

"Rin I-"

"I won't let them take you from me!" Rin yelled out. "I won't!"

Despite him sounding like a five year old Izumo could help but hug him back. It was sweet and heart breaking to hear him say that while crying. What was it about her that made him act this way? She'd never get him that was for sure. After a bit Rin calmed down. Izumo moved and sat next to him, holding his hand.

"Then we don't let them know anything," Izumo said. "We keep it to ourselves."

Rin looked down at her. The look of determination was clear. Izumo looked a little frightened but he knew she wouldn't let that get to her. He kissed her cheek.

"Thank you," he sniffed and sighed. "Jeez I can't believe I broke down like that."

"Don't be embarrassed. If I was told someone was trying to make sure I couldn't be happy I'd be the same way," Izumo said sighing.

"Huh, I wonder if Yukio knows," Rin said softly.

"Probably not. He's pretty low on the ladder right?" Izumo asked.

Rin nodded. "Yeah he is."

They both went quiet after that. Rin wrapped his arm around her shoulders and brought her close.

"Well I can promise you one thing," Rin said softly.

"Hm? What's that?"

"If we do…ever…boink," Izumo couldn't help but snort and giggle. "Hey don't laugh you're ruining my moment. I'm just saying that if you we do ever have…s-sex…fuck this is awkward." He took a deep breath and started over. "If we do ever have sex and for whatever reason you get pregnant or shit like that I'll protect you."

Izumo was red and looking at the ground. "W-well who says I want kids. I'd be a terrible mom."

"Nah you wouldn't," Rin said snickering. "But seriously…I'll always protect you. Okay? Don't think I won't ever have your back."

Izumo looked at him before sighing. "Same here. I'll protect you too."

Rin pulled her into a hug and kissed her lips gently. He pressed his forehead against hers and grinned.

"Rin we should prepare for the Vatican finding out about our relationship though," Izumo said.

"Meh, I'm not good at that," Rin groaned. He leaned back, but kept his arm around her shoulders. "I'm more of, whatever comes, comes kind of guy. You know that."

"Yeah and I'm a planner," Izumo grumbled.

"Then you plan it and I'll listen," Rin corrected.

Izumo looked at Rin feeling herself smile. Maybe that was why they worked out so well. She always took a step back to think while he listened to what she had to say. They made a pretty good team if she thought about it. With a sigh Izumo leaned against Rin and closed her eyes.

"Alright Rin. I'll figure something out then."

"Good," Rin snickered softly. "So…what do you want for your birthday?"

Izumo opened her eyes and looked at him. She went to yell but stopped. This was just how Rin was. Serious crap happened, he was serious for a bit, and then went back to his goofy attitude. That was just who Rin was. Yelling at it wouldn't do anything, so she accepted it. She sighed and leaned against him once more.

"I don't know Rin. Surprise me."

This is going to be another double chapter day. Lol I did it again. I wrote another chapter that just didn't seem to fit without one between it so I wrote another chapter last night. I seem to do that a lot don't I? Oh well. This chapter was inspired by Love Psycho. I loved the idea of Rin and Godaiin talking so I whipped this up real quick. Also I decided to bring in a bit more plot earlier than I planned so here you guys go! The next chapter should be posted later today.

Once again I don't really have much else to say. If you think about it the Vatican probably wouldn't want Rin having little kids running around. They'd probably stop him and junk like that. So more with that will come up. I'm working on that stuff as we speak(read? I dunno). That's all for this chapter, Also I think Shura while sort of lazy does take her job sorta seriously. So she's trying to cover her own butt and Rin's and Izumo's at the moment. She likes the couple so she's been keeping a few things secret as you guys can tell. But serious stuff is serious as you all know. Also it gives me more plot to work with.

Like I always say I love your guy's reviews! They were so wonderful! I'm so happy you guys enjoyed the last two chapters! I hope you enjoy this one and the next then! I'll try to fix my typos when I have more free time by the way!

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