Rin's blood was everywhere.

"HAHAHA! I DID IT!" Yukio screamed to the pitch black sky of the forest.

"I DID IT AND NO ONE COULD STOP ME! HAHAHA! YOU HAD IT COMING NII SAN!"

He looked down to the ground where Rin's pale bloody body lay still being drenched in the rain.

His eyes shut and lying on his side in his bloodied school uniform.

"YOU HAD IT COMING NII SAN!"

He laughed a loud deranged screech. Through the laughter tears started to stream down his face as he brought the small knife to his lips and licked the blood of the silver blade. His teal eyes were wide and hysterical.

"I... WON'T MISS YOU!" His laughter started to have hiccups in between. His hair was disheveled and the sleeves of his exorcist coat were pulled up.

"YOU JUST COULDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH I LOVED AND HATED YOU! Despised

you.."

He fell to his knees as the rain poured down his face and the laughter became mixed in greater with his criest of anguish.

"Forgive me father..."

He screamed and it hurt. It hurt like hell. He held the knife up to his chest, ready to strike

himself.

I hate myself...

"YUKIO! YUKIO! Wake up! Your just dreaming!"

He sat up straight as another cry was ripped from his throat.

"Oh. I'm sorry did I wake you?"

"Yukio!" Rin glared at him.

"You scared me half to death and your crying."

Yukio brought hand up to his face and felt the wetness, his face was indifferent though. Wow, it had been a while since he'd cried, huh? He thought to himself.

"Yukio, do you wanna talk about it?"

He stared at Rin's face.

"No."

Rin's glare turned into concern.

"Well, alright. Get dressed so we can go back to the office."

After taking several deep breathes to steady himself he replied with a composed,

"Okay."

They sat there in silence as they waited for Ms. Yuushi to come out of her office.

Rin noticed Yukio's usual cold expression, but knew he was probably freaking out on the inside…Right? He had to have been. It seemed like he had completely forgotten about the nightmare from earlier. The demon found that strange but knew that it was probably just his twin's way of dealing with it so he let him be. Only when Yukio turned toward him briefly every now and then Rin would give him a warm smile.

"Mr. Okumura, she's ready to see you."

The exorcist stood without a word and saw that Ms. Yuushi had opened her door just a crack. Rin felt a surge of de ja vu, because now Yukio was the one he was here to support.

He smiled at his younger twin before the door shut and the waiting began…

He waited and waited… and waited. It felt like it had been hours! Rin sighed and made an over exaggerated flail of exasperation as he fidgeted in his chair. Is this what she meant by ADHD? Pfffft! What did she know? Oh. Right. She knew a lot.

He looked at the clock that was hanging on the wall, taunting him. Yes that's what it was doing, taunting the poor demon!

Rin rested his head in his left palm and felt his eyes get heavy. Just as they were about to shut he heard the sound of a door creaking open. He became excited immediately. Finally they were done! To be honest he was rather anxious himself, to know if Yukio had this Schizer-whats-er-call-it.

He saw Yukio and Ms. Yuushi come out and heard soft murmurs but he couldn't hear what was being said, only the blank expression on Yukio's face. Yukio walked over and quickly sat in his seat, staring straight ahead.

"So how'd it-"

"She wants to see you."

"O-Okay."

Rin stood and walked toward the office before giving Yukio a worried look. Ms. Yuushi let him inside her office and shut the door behind him.

"So… Is Yukio alright?"

"Rin, sit down."

That didn't sound good. He took a seat.

"Listen, I know this is difficult to say but… Yukio does indeed have the disorder I suspected."

"B-But… No he doesn't! He's just quiet! How can you-"

"We ran a test on his brain also, not just his behavior."

"What 'behavior'? He's always like that! Well... Not when we were kids but he's always been quiet! Honest!"

"Rin, I understand that but it's true."

"Well what were you guys talking about in here just now?"

"He told me of the events in Kyoto. Well... his events in Kyoto."

"Oh..."

Rin frowned a bit at some sour memories.

"So will he be alright?"

"Yes."

There was silence and it was making Rin feel distressed.

"You are the closest person to Yukio, right."

"Yes." He answered right away.

"Well I'd like you to take this home and read it alright?"

"Okay." He took the envelope from her. "What is it?"

"It's his treatment."

"Huh?" He rose a brow in confusion.

"You see, with Schizoid Personality Disorder, the best treatment is exposure."

She noticed his dumbfounded expression and decided to elaborate.

"He needs exposure to social activities and emotional closeness. You basically need get him to talk more and try to get him to be expressive, whether it's feelings of unease, laughter, or even anger."

He sat there letting the words process.

"You're really all he has. He needs you."

Yukio needed him. Yukio needed him. He never thought he'd hear those words.

"Alright so... What else do I need to do?"

She smiled at him.

"You mentioned you had friends. Does Yukio have any friends?"

He froze. The words bounced round in his skull for a while... Yukio... friends... He had friends. Shiemi and the others... Right? Actually whenever everyone's hanging out he... stands off to the side or doesn't get involved even if he's relieved of his duties as a teacher once in a while. It's not like Yukio didn't like them. That couldn't be it. It's definitely not like they purposefully don't try to include him in fun activities... He just chooses not to. Yeah that's it. He chooses not to.

"Yeah, he has friends."

"Does he ever interact with them?"

Rin smiled sheepishly.

"Well... I guess you could say that."

She smiled back at him.

"Also Rin, is there anything you need to say to him or anything he needs to say to you? A conversation you want to have?"

He scratched his head in confusion.

"Um... Not that I know of, no."

"Mm." Her expression was unreadable.

"What's that face for?"

"Oh nothing..."

Rin had a feeling there was something she wasn't telling him, something that Yukio might have shared within the safe confines of these walls that he wasn't supposed to hear. It unnerved him a bit. He loved Yukio. He was his little brother damnit!

"Well, just get him to be more expressive, social ect. Is there anything Yukio enjoys doing?"

Reading?

"Um... not that I know of."

He felt a pang of pain. He and Yukio had grown so far apart didn't they?

"Ask him." She smiled wider.

"Okay. I will." He nodded.

Then another thought occurred to him.

"Will he have to take medicine or something?"

"Oh no. It's not that kind of a problem."

"Ah."

"Just try to make sure he's happy alright?"

"Um... Okay."

Yukio was happy usually. Well not over the top I-won-the-lottery happy but he smiled... okay a small one, but a smile is still a smile!... Right?

Noticing the distressed look on his face she leaned forward and touched his shoulder, startling him.

"He'll be alright."

They shared a smile once again.

He opened the door slowly to see his younger twin sitting there with his hands in his lap as he looked at them. Rin took this momentary silence to study him. He didn't appear depressed or unhappy.. or happy for that matter. It was hard to tell with him. The demon cursed himself, and he thought he knew Yukio so well, but it was a long time go since he could say that. And it sucked. It thoroughly sucked.

Yukio's head slowly looked in his direction when he realized Rin had come out of the office.

"So... we're done and we can leave."

Yukio said nothing and began to walk out. The secretary from before shot Rin a sympathetic look and he smiled at her. He trailed after his twin. Yukio would be alright. He smiled to himself. He had Rin.