The next morning Rin stretches out his back after the alarm that Yukio set went off between there beds. He rubs his eyes, as a yawn escapes past his lips, it's still a bit to early for his taste, but for Yukio it was the right time to get up at 7 in the morning. The bed was so comfy that he hardly wanted to leave it, but he knew if he didn't get up by the time yukio got out of the shower he would get lectured at.
Although he was glad that he got to walk around and sleep with his tail free that for the last two days of a train ride he had to endure it cramping up. They had a few things planned today to do, that's why his younger brother was so adamant to get to the hotel yesterday, and get some rest. At first they were going to explore this city, and then go to the beach to cool down.
The door opens and out walks Yukio dressed for the day, as he looks over at Rin "It's your turn to shower. While your in the shower, this hotel provides free breakfast for the people staying here, do you want anything particular to eat?" The younger asks, slipping his phone into his pocket.
Rin nods getting up, his tail swishing happily behind him "Some pancakes, eggs, bacon, and a pint of orange juice. Are you getting the same thing?" He asks walking to the dresser where his unpacked bag has been unloaded to search for something to wear. He pulls out a blue shirt with the words Kyoto on it that Bon got him awhile back, knee high cargo pants, some boxers, and a pair of sneakers.
He lays them on the top of the dresser, getting a duffle bag out from another dresser, opening it. Yukio raises his eyebrow at his older brothers actions.
"What are you doing Rin?" He asks with his hands on his hips, just watching Rin stuff an extra pair of clothes into the duffle bag, along with bringing his sword out laying it next to the duffle bag.
"Oh since were going to the beach, we need an extra pair of clothes, towels and such don't we?" Rin answers wiping his forehead, smiling at Yukio "Do you want me to pack an extra pair of clothes for you?"
Yukio just nods as he goes to the door "Yes that would be nice, now take a shower, and I'll go bring our breakfast up to our room." With that said he's gone and walking down the hallway.
Rin goes ahead and packs the rest of the bag closing it, and goes to take a refreshing shower. He's only in there for 20, when he comes out dressed and carrying the clothes from Yato over to the dresser, and putting them in a separate bag, and into the duffel bag. That man was nice, but not as nice a Yukine or Hiyori was, never the less he enjoyed his time with them yesterday.
Yukio should be back pretty soon so he dials Bon's number to chat with him, bringing the device up to his ear as it rings. The other end picks up, and it's Bon that's on the other end, he sounds tired just like he woke up not to long ago.
"Hello you've reached The Sugoro family inn, how may I help you?" Bon asks not knowing it's Rin yet.
"Hey Bon, how are you holding up over there? There not working you to hard are they?" Rin laugh lightly, leaning back on the bed and turning on the TV, a smile on his face.
Bon seems surprised on the other end, but eventually Rin could tell he was smiling through the phone "Hey Rin, I'm doing fine. Did you and Yukio find your way there yet or did you get lost?" He joke around with his favourite demon.
"We got here, were at the hotel right now. I just got done taking a shower, and Yukio is down in the lobby getting us some breakfast. That reminds me, I met some new people yesterday, and they seemed like nice people too. I think if you were here, you would like them." The older brother answers, looking out the window, the noise of the city barely audible with the window closed.
"Really now? What are they like? What's there names?"
"The girl she's about the same age as us and she's also the one that gave us directions to this hotel, her name is Iki Hiyori. Then there's an older guy that looks to be in his twenties named Yato, with a younger boy that looks a little younger than me named Yukine. Although I just met them yesterday at an ice cream stand, so I don't really know a lot about them." He picks up the remote flipping through channels "What about you, are your parents happy that your there?"
"Yeah, my father and I have been rekindling as you might say, and he's a lot happier now. Moms happy that the two of us have made up, and it's all thanks to you for making it happen. They both said thank you, and want you to come visit sometime." Bon responds sounding happier than he's ever been before.
"Maybe we'll do that during fall break or christmas break this year. We can go to that hot springs in Kyoto tower!"
"I don't see what your fascination is with that tower, it's not that cool, but what the heck we'll invite everyone and do the exact thing you suggested while the whole impure king thing was going on." Bon laughs on the other, but then Rin hears someone on the other end talking to Bon silently. A second later his boyfriends voice comes through again "Sorry to cut it short Rin, but someone is expected to sign in the inn, so I have to prepare the room for them. We'll video chat tonight ok?"
Rin nods unconsciously "Ok, I don't think Yukio would mind at all, after what he don't know is that i hear him talking to Shura like a lovesick puppy at night when he thinks I'm listening to music. I'll see you tonight."
"Ok bye."
"Bye." Rin hangs up after the other end cuts off, and he puts the phone on the nightstand to watch TV. It isn't shortly after that, that Yukio walks into the room with there breakfast.
"Sorry it took so long, but they still had to prepare things, and cook some stuff. Here's yours." Yukio puts the tray on the nightstand while he tends to his food. Rin takes no time at all to start stuffing his face, and looking forward to today.
Yato, Hiyori, Yukine, Kazuma, and Bishamon are all sitting around under a tree conversing with each other. Yato told Bishamon and her exemplar about the twins, and they were interested in meeting them. It's humid outside, but slightly cooler under the tree as they relax now that they are all friends.
They all have a drink and snacks munching on them, when Hiyori breaks the silence "You know it was strange?"
Everyone looks at her curiously, and Yato asks "What do you mean?"
"Well yesterday after Rin got out of the bathroom, and I went in there, I found a brush on the floor by the sink. I wouldn't have thought much of it if not for the length and color of the hair." Hiyori says leaning against the tree, lowering her drink from her mouth. "The hair was a bit longer than his own hair, definitely darker, and it had a sort of silky feel to it, with a hint of course hair in the mix. Like the tail of a horse or donkey."
Yato raises his eyes at that, wondering where the hair came from, and decides to ask his own questions "Did you at least collect a few samples of the hair to test in your dads labs? Anyways i think he's hiding something under his shirt, but we need to get either him or his brother alone to talk."
Kazuma buts into the conversation curious as he is "Would they be willing to talk though?"
Yato shrugs "Don't know, I know Rin is an exorcist in training, but as for his brother Yukio I have no idea if he's training to be one, is one, or he's a regular citizen. Then again he could see us just as if we were just anyone standing there, so one of the first two choices."
Kazuma looks down "What business would exorcists have around here? Is the excuse for summer vacation, to cover something bigger up? Once in a blue moon does an exorcist come around here, they mostly stay away from this city because of us." He looks up over to Yato, his hand on his chin as he's thinking things through "You did say something about him having a strange aura though, could it be possible that he's not human?"
"Why would he not be human, that doesn't make sense. Most exorcists hate anything to do with demons, and the far shore being, why would they let something that's not human to become an exorcist?" Bishamon questions Kazuma, looking unsatisfactory for some reason, not knowing what to think, and is fixing to say something else when a shout from far off makes them turn there heads to look.
"Heeeeyyyyyyyy, you guys!" Rin shouts running up to the group a duffel bag slung over his shoulder along with something skinny covered in a red cloth, with a smile on his face. He gets up to them, with Yukio casually walking up behind his brother.
"Rin I told you not to run off like that we don't know this city very well." Yukio nags at Rin, flicking him on the back of the head.
Rin acts like he didn't hear him, and sets the stuff on his shoulders on the ground, before sitting down himself "Me and Yukio were just checking out this place before heading to the beach, and then I saw you all. What are you'll doing anyways, having a picnic?" His eyes then land on Kazuma "Wow! You look just like the four eyed chicken of brother I have!" He says pointing at Yukio shocked.
Kazuma takes a good look at Yukio, and see's the resemblance quite well. As Yukio just glare daggers at Rin for calling him a four eyed chicken, almost hitting the older brother.
"I guess there is a resemblance. My name is Kazuma, I assume that your Rin the older brother." The shinki says, holding out his hand to shakes Rin's with a smile.
"Yeah I'm Rin, but how did you know who I was? Did Yato tell you?" Rin asks, glancing over at Yato. He sees Bishamon behind Kazuma then, and waves at her. "Hey what's your name?"
She knows that if she uses her name Bishamon that he'll recognize the name, so she opts to what Kazuma calls her. "You may call me Veena, I'm friends to everyone here. Yato told us so much about you."
Rin looks over at Yato curious as to what the man had shared with his friends "Really, like what did he say? Was it anything bad? Anything good?"
"No, no just what he's learned about you so far since meeting you yesterday. After all you can't really get to know someone in just one day, right?" Bishamon responds waving her hand casually in front of her face. This boy doesn't seem that bad, he actually seems pretty nice despite what Yato had to say earlier. It's then something twitching under his shirt gets her attention, it's the same thing that Yato described.
"Hey what's under your shirt?" She asks as he stiffens up at the question.
"It's nothing to be worried about, so do you all want to come to the bea...?" He goes to ask, but Yukio taps him on the shoulder, when Rin looks at him he motions a few blocks away. "Hold up my little bro needs to talk to me, I'll be back." He stands up grabbing the red clothed thing and leaving to follow his brother.
When the two are out of hearing distance to the other group behind some trees, Yukio turns to Rin with a glare "What are you doing inviting them to the beach with us?"
Rin shrugs his shoulders not seeing what the problem is yet "I'm just inviting them to the beach is all. I don't see what's wrong with that."
Yukio sighs rubbing the bridge of his nose "Do I have to spell it out for you?" He grabs Rin's shirt and lifting it up a bit "What if they see you have a tail? They'll be questioning if your even human!"
"They're just humans themselves so how would they even see my tail, i thought people that couldn't see demons couldn't see things like my tail?" Rin shoots back, before leaning against the tree with his arms crossed "Besides we'll be in a public beach anyways, so I don't see what the harm is."
"Even so that doesn't mean you can just wip it out like you can back at school. What if your shirt gets wet, and the lumps of your tail poke out under the wet material, what would you do then?" Yukio says glaring at his older brother, hands on his hips awaiting an answer.
After a long moment of Rin thinking he scoffs "Fine we'll only go to the beach, I'll tell them to just forget it." He scoffs in Yukio's direction clearly pissed off, but trying to not let his flames come out. "Let's just enjoy our time here, and try not to fight ruining this whole vacation Yukio." He walks past Yukio to retrieve the bag.
Back at the group they see Rin walk up quietly as he picks up the duffel bag, clearly pissed about something, but trying to hide it.
Hiyori leans forward "Um what about the beach? We would love to go with you."
Rin snaps back at her a scowl on his face "No just forget I even mentioned anything. Me and Yukio will just go ourselves." He trudges past them to catch up with his brother, leaving everyone puzzled.
What in the hell was that all about? is what everyone is thinking.