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#Spolier Alert- So this is a continuation of where we left off in the previous chapter. More of Rin and Kou and MakotoxKou [Don't kill me! I'm just mixing in random pairings here and I really think Kou and Makoto make a cute couple.] More drama~

I must warn you, this is the beginning of a lot of drama and emo-ness. So prepare yourselves!

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Chapter 9

"And?!"

"And nothing! I'm telling you it was an accident!"

"Don't lie to me! There was no way in hell that you two ended up like that by accident!" Rin screeched and nearly struck Kou. The girl was pulled back by Makoto a second before Rin's hand whizzed past her face.

"Rin were you just about to hit her?" Makoto's voice was soft but Kou shivered at the menacing tone that underlined it. Rin growled and threw the first thing within hand's reach at Makoto. Kou thanked whatever god was listening that the closest thing to him had been a cushion. Makoto swatted the round pillow harmlessly aside and glared at Rin. Rin turned his glare at Kou.

"Why the fuck are you sitting on his lap?!" Kou flinched and Makoto placed her on the sofa beside him.

"Calm down Rin! We ended up like that because you tried to hit her!"

"Shut the fuck up I'm talking to her!"

"Onii chan!" Rin snapped his head towards Kou and what the girl did shocked all three of them. Kou slapped Rin. Nice and hard. A long silence followed, with Rin's head turned to the side, his hair all over his face and a red welt blooming on his cheek. Makoto just sat awkwardly on the farthest corner of the sofa, brandishing a cushion in front of him like a shield, in case Rin jumped him. And Kou stood between the two, one hand in mid air. She trembled and then began to cry for the second time that day. She slumped down on the floor and sobbed, clutching the hand she slapped Rin with against her chest as her palm started to redden. Makoto was the first to react. He knelt beside the crying girl and wrapped her gently in the hug. That immediately set Rin off. The redhead grabbed his sister and plucked her away from Makoto. The latter frowned but didn't protest.

"Don't touch her." Rin hissed and Makoto raised his hands in surrender. The two teens sat opposite each other and Rin tried to soothe Kou, without taking his eyes off Makoto. Makoto on the other hand was casting apprehensive glances between Rin and Kou. He wanted to console the crying girl but dared not move, lest Rin went on a rampage again. So he did what he could, sat quietly and stared at the siblings. After a time Kou calmed down. Rin turned to look at her and she immediately caressed his face in her hands.

"I'm sorrryyyyyy." She wailed, fresh tears pouring down her face. Rin sighed and places his hands over hers. Then, surprising Makoto, he spoke in a gentle soothing voice,

"Calm down Kou. It's alright. I'm sorry I tried to hit you. I shouldn't have reacted like that."

"Damn right you shouldn't have." Kou sniffed. Makoto breathed a sigh of relief and visibly relaxed. He closed his eyes and draped an arm over them. Rin watched as the other took slow calming breaths.

"You really over did it huh." Kou sniffed again and carefully stood up and made her way towards Makoto. Rin frowned but didn't say or do anything otherwise and Kou assumed it was safe to go near Makoto. She slowly lowered herself next to him and touched his arm. Makoto flinched and jumped to the side, his eyes red and watering. With a certain amount of shock, Kou realized he had fallen sleep. Another lump formed in her throat as she realized the extent of Makoto's fatigue. She turned to Rin and looked at him with pleading eyes. It took a few seconds to work, but Rin eventually gave in to the pathetic look on his sister's face and together the duo helped carry Makoto to the spare room. The second his head touched the pillow, Makoto was fast asleep. Kou tucked him in securely and shut the door quietly. She went back to the living room and saw Rin inspecting his injured foot. He grunted when she sat down next to him.

"Won't be able to run for awhile." Kou frowned. She opened her mouth to chastise him, but he waved her off.

"So tell me again what you were doing?" Kou sighed. She explained again how Makoto had been distraught the past few weeks and had skipped his drills, causing Kou to force him to do thrice the amount. Of course that was over the top and Makoto wasn't able to move after that, let alone stand. She then forced him to come home and they tripped at the door and ended up in such a… compromising position. Kou effectively left out the part about their little talk and Rin didn't seem to notice. When Kou mentioned how they had ended up where he had found them, Rin frowned and glowered at his foot. Kou pushed her luck and went so far as to say that if Rin hadn't startled them, they wouldn't have kissed by accident and Rin wouldn't have hurt his foot. To that the redhead growled but didn't argue. Kou sighed and leaned back into the sofa. It had been a long day and all she wanted was to sleep. But her stomach thought otherwise. Rin raised an amused eyebrow as Kou's stomach gurgled loudly. The girl blushed and got up to find herself something to eat. Suddenly realization struck her and she whipped around to face Rin.

"By the way Onii chan, why are you here?!" Rin gave her a look.

"Why? Can't I come to my own house when I want to?" Kou frowned.

"That's not what I meant. Why are you here now?" Rin shrugged.

"Mum said she was going out for the weekend and she couldn't leave you alone, so she asked me to come and stay over." Kou gave him an incredulous look.

"And you actually agreed?" Rin snorted but didn't reply. Kou sighed and went back to checking the cupboards.

"Well did you eat?" When Rin answered no, Kou decided she might as well make a proper dinner since her brother was home.

A half hour later Rin and Kou were sitting around the table eating whatever food Kou could find. Which was quite a lot. Rin grunted with satisfaction.

"Didn't know there was chicken stew."

"Of course you didn't. Why would you know?" Rin glanced at Kou but she ignored him. Then as an after thought he added,

"Shouldn't you feed Makoto? If you actually made him do as much as you said you did, I'm sure he's ravenous." Kou frowned at her plate. Then she nodded and went to the cupboard. She pulled out more ingredients and started to cook again. Rin stared at her.

"What are you doing?" Kou gave him a look over her shoulder.

"What does it look like I'm doing, Oh brother of mine?" Rin frowned.

"Cooking." Kou made an appreciative sound and clapped two ladles together. Rin's frown deepened.

"And why are you cooking?"

"You know sometimes I really wonder if we're related." Kou didn't even flinch when Rin banged his spoon against the table.

"Damnit Kou! Answer my damn question!" She whipped around and pointed the ladle in his face.

"You tell Me. Didn't you just say Makoto san will be ravenous?! So of course I'm making more food!" Rin frowned again, but this time for a different reason.

"I just realized you both call each other by your first names." Kou made another incredulous sound and clapped the ladles loudly together.

"Will you stop doing that?!"

"Will you stop being a complete idiot?!" The two siblings glowered at each other. Kou was the first to turn away when the oven pinged. After awhile Rin went back to eating.

"So what are you making?" Kou didn't answer for a while.

"Shrimp curry." Rin made a startled sound. Kou looked over her shoulder at him. He stared at her wide-eyed.

"You know how to make shrimp curry?!" Kou rolled her eyes and replied in a biting tone.

"If you actually came home more often you'd know that I can do a lot more." Rin didn't respond to that and Kou felt the satisfaction of having won that battle.

'All's fair in love, war and besting your brother.' She hummed to herself, and her mood relatively improved.

Makoto stared at his plate. He was half asleep and wasn't sure whether to trust what his eyes were showing him.

"How long are you going to keep staring at it?"

"Onii chan leave him alone!" Rin growled but kept quiet. Kou glared at him for a second more and then turned her attention to Makoto.

"Makoto san? Are you alright?" Makoto grunted but didn't make any sign of moving to eat. Kou started to worry. She sat down beside him and then picking up a bowl ladled a double serving of rice and curry. She then proceeded to feed Makoto, much to Rin's chagrin.

"There's no need for you to feed him!" Kou pointed the chopsticks she was holding at Rin and then at his plate and turned her full attention to Makoto. Rin continued to grumble the whole time. Initially, Makoto found it difficult to eat. He just chewed as slowly as possible and swallowed when he thought he could keep down the food. But by the end of the bowl of rice, he seemed to have regained some energy and began to eat on his own. He ate several servings of everything that was on the table, much to Kou's delight and he made appreciative sounds every now and then. Even including exaggerated postures to show how much he appreciated the food. Kou was enjoying herself more than she had expected to. She enjoyed watching Makoto eat the food she cooked with such obvious delight. Rin on the other hand just sat at the head of the table and glowered at the two, alternating between grumbling at his sister's delight and at Makoto stuffing his face.

"Cheh. Don't expect for something like this to happen again!"

"Onii chan!" Kou scolded and Rin turned away but continued to grumble. Kou huffed at the way her brother was behaving but was distracted by Makoto's failed attempt at doling out the stew, which Kou laughed and did for him. After several minutes, Rin spoke again.

"Are you two going out?" The question obviously caught the two off guard. Makoto stopped mid chew and stared at Rin. His cheeks were stuffed with food and several grains of rice adorned his face. Rin thought he looked like a chipmunk. Kou, on the otherhand, was more affected by the question.

"Wha-! Why in the world would you say something like that?!" Rin scowled at the reddening face of his sister.

"So you are going out!"

"We are not!"

"But you Are! You can't hide it from me! I know you as well as I know the back of my hand!" That statement completely put Kou off. The air around her seemed to chill and her bangs fell over her face, covering her eyes.

"You? You know me as well as the back of your hand?" Rin grimaced at the icy tone of her voice but he didn't say anything.

"You are barely home! You never even bother to visit even if we beg you to! You couldn't care less about all the things I have been through!" Kou's voice caught at the end and both males were alarmed to see a fresh batch of tears appear in Kou's eyes.

"You do not know anything about me! Actually-" Kou stood up and smashed the chopsticks she was holding on the table, causing both teens to flinch, "-You don't know anything about any of us! Not me! Not Makoto san! Not even Haruka san! Because the entire fucking time-" Rin and Makoto gaped at Kou as she swore, "-You have been too busy with your own life to care about anyone else!" Kou ended her tirade there. Tears spilling down her already swollen cheeks.

Makoto was the first of the two to react. He swallowed the food in his mouth, gently placed the bowl in his hands down and pulled Kou into a hug. But that didn't seem to placate the girl. She pointed a trembling finger at her brother and spat at him, "Don't you dare claim you know us or anybody else! Because you do not! I know more about Makoto san and Haruka san than you do!" And that seemed to strike Rin the hardest. He roared and stood up, nearly toppling the table over.

"You?! You think you know them better than I do?! Then tell me-"

"Rin." The one word completely cut off everything Rin was about to say. Rin stared at Makoto with a mixture of hurt and fury. The latter simply looked at him.

"That's enough."

Rin put his arm down and slumped into the chair, his face turning several shades darker as various emotions danced across his eyes. Kou continued to silently weep into Makoto's arms. The latter gently led her away from the kitchen and to where he presumed her room was. He pushed open the door, relieved he had guessed right. Before he could turn on the light, Kou threw herself at his chest. Once again, Makoto found himself cradling the girl against him and stroking her hair as she cried into his broad chest. Makoto heard the scraping of a chair downstairs and assumed Rin had gotten up from the table. Makoto hoped for the other's sake, that he didn't come upstairs. Instead, he heard the sound of water running and he could hear Rin scraping the bowls and plates clean. Makoto sighed, then he leaned back against the door, shutting it and slid to the floor with Kou in his arms. The girl continued to sob into his chest for a long time, even longer than before and he knew that it wasn't Rin's comment about them going out but rather what he had said after that that had affected Kou so much. And sadly, Makoto knew Kou was right. Whether or not Rin admitted it, he had run away from all of them. He had always thought Haru had been the one affected the most by Rin's disappearance. But obviously he had been wrong. Despite her strong façade, Kou cared more about Rin than she did about herself. He realized with a start that every thought or action of hers was somehow connected to Rin. Makoto stared at the redhead that moved against his chest and realized with a tight heart that Kou probably loved Rin more than anyone else. And this entire situation had truly hurt her. Makoto's heart fell when he realized that nothing he did or said would make Kou feel better. The only one who could ever help her was the source of her sorrow, Rin. Kou continued to sob for what seemed like an eternity. When she finally quieted down, Makoto tried to move but found she had fallen asleep against his chest. Not wanting to wake the suffering girl, he shifted into a more comfortable position and pulled the cover off Kou's bed and around them. Rin would be awake the whole night he knew and Makoto felt a feeling of satisfaction that Rin would torment himself over the fact that Makoto had spent the night with Kou. Then the meadow-haired teen wondered what he would do the next morning. He sighed and let his tired mind and body drift off.

'Tomorrow is another day…'

A/n: Done with another successful Chapter! Still dunno how long this fic will be. I thought maybe I should apologize for there not being enough RinHaru but then nAaaah~ Since there'll be enough soon x)

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