"Rin! Rin! What the hell are you doing in there!" The streak haired boy yelled as he held out an arm for Rin to grab.
Rin screamed at the snakes snapping at him.
Yukio just stood there with a shocked expression.
The only witnesses were Shiemi and Bon who were behind them looking at something else, but
they saw nothing. All they heard was Rin scream and they turned to see what was going on.
"I can't reach!"
"Yes you can hurry up!"
Rin reach as high as he could and finally their hands touched. Bon pulled Rin up as fast as he could. Rin fell on the dirt pavement after he was pulled out of the pit. Soon all the other exquires came to see Rin panting and looking extremely shaken up. All eyes landed on their silent teacher
who was still shocked.
"What happened?" Bon asked loudly.
"Uh... I-"
"I fell." Rin interrupted. His eyes were on Bon. He wouldn't look at Yukio.
"Really?"
Bon turned to Yukio again.
"Yeah he... slipped."
The silence was incredibly heavy until Shima laughed nervously at the ood looks their teacher
was getting.
"Just be more careful next time Okumura-kun."
"U-Uh.. yeah." Rin's eyes were wide and glued to his brother.
"I'll be more careful."
"He pushed you?"
"No! He didn't push me! I said I just felt something push me but it wasn't Yukio!"
Dr. Yuushi was not very convinced.
"Rin," She started, trying to carefully choose her words. "Yukio was the only one standing next to you. Do think it's... possible that he might have pushed you?"
Rin's jaw dropped and his blue eyes widened.
"What? No! And if he did it was an accident!"
"Rin." She sighed.
"I know you don't want to think he would do something like tha-"
"He didn't!"
"Rin... You were..." She didn't using this word but what other word is there? "pushed."
Rin just stared at her. Nothing could shake this denial.
"He didn't! I-I trust Yukio!"
Rin's eyes filled with tears and he quickly wiped them away.
"I know you do but from the story you told me... It sounds like he pushed you."
"Whatever."
"Rin. I'd like to speak to Yukio now and hear his side of the story."
"A-Alright."
Rin opened the door to the waiting hall and looked at his quiet brother. He saw that for once
Yukio was particularly troubled.
"She wants to see you."
Teal eyes looked up at him but Rin couldn't look him in the eyes for some reason. The taller boy
stood from his seat and walked past Rin into the office. The demon stared at the door for several
moments after it shut.
Yukio wouldn't...
Rin fell into his seat as the events of yesterday played out in his head over and over. Yukio didn't
push him. He wouldn't... would he? Rin ran a hand through his navy black hair. He stared off
into the distance with wide eyes, memories of little kid Yukio swimming through his mind.
Yukio wouldn't...
/-_
"Yukio-"
"I didn't push him." He repeated for the fourth time. She sighed, trying to keep professional.
"I know you didn't. I just want you to consider that maybe... you thought abou-"
"I. didn't. push. him."
She clenched the notebook in her hands. This is so confusing. One says he was pushed but he
wasn't, the other, the only one who was there when it happened, says he didn't push him. Never
in her several years of work had she come across something so troubling.
"Yukio. Do you remember what you told me the last time I saw you? You told me all the
troubling things that *man said to you in the forest, remember?"
He nodded and stared at his hands in his lap.
"Yukio, maybe you were harboring these feelings at that time when you were in the zoo. No one
is accusing you of anything, the story just... dosen't add up." He clenche his hands in his lap.
"It's okay to tell me the truth Yukio. You can tell me how you were feeling at the time of the
incident, whether it be, confusion, anger, jealousy."
jealousy...
"JUST SHUT UP! ALRIGHT I PUSHED HIM!" She sat there and watched as he stood from his
seat and towered over her.
"I PUSHED HIM OKAY? I-I DIDN'T MEAN IT! I-I DIDN'T WANT TO KILL HIM, I JUST...
wanted him to get hurt."
He clamped his hands over his mouth. Where had that came from? He sat down and his voice
went back to normal.
"I-I don't know what happened. Really! I was standing there, watching Rin lean over the railing
and my brain sort of went on auto-pilot... I just... pushed him."'
She stared at him for a while.
"I'd like to speak to some witnesses."
"Well you see..."
"Wow... Iguanas, how exciting." Ryujii sighed as Shiemi gawked over the baby iguanas. Shima
went off to go flirt with Izumo and Paku and somehow... Takara and Konekomaru ended up
together (bless his soul). So that's how this awkward pair came to be.
"Don't you want to go look at some more... interesting reptiles? This place is filled with all kinds
of exotic animals."
"No I'm fine here."
She continued to stare wide eyes at the iguanas that weren't doing much. He sighed, boredly.
"I've never done this before."
He paused and looked at her.
"Done what?"
"Been to a zoo. That's why I was so excited when Rin invited me."
She smiled as she continued to stare at the oh-so-fascinating iguanas.
"Yeah. Even if he's annoying, Rin's still a good guy."
He felt like he'd barf. He'd never say anything like that to the brats face.
"Oh and Yuki-chan too!" She added.
Ryujii nodded.
"Yeah he's just... quiet."
"Yeah." She smiled. "They just fit so well toge-"
"WAHH!"
They stared at each other wide-eye at the blood curdling scream.
"Rin?" Shemi questioned. They took off in the direction of the scream and what Bon saw was
disturbing, Rin in the snake pit, writhing in fear, trying to climb out, and a very still, faintly
smiling Yukio.
"He was smiling?" Ms. Yuushi asked, a bit startled.
"Well, no. I'm not sure. I could have seen wrong." Bon scratched at his streaked head.
"Thank you very much for your time Mr. Suguro."
"Oh. Your welcome." He paused for a moment in thought.
"So are you like a physiatrist?"
She knew he'd ask those questions. She also knew that Yukio hadn't told anyone about his
disorder. So she lied. He would let people know when he was ready.
"Well, kind of. You do realize that your teacher could be charged if it were proven that he
pushed him. I'm sort of like a lawyer. That's why I'm involved."
"Oh."
He stared at her for a while trying to buy her story.
"I'm sorry too have taken your time. You're free to go."
"Thank you." He bowed to her briefly and left.
/_-
"""
Yukio entered the silent bedroom and removed his exorcist coat, when he heard a sigh from the
other side of the room. He looked over at the other person in the room for a second then went
about his business. He sat at his desk and started to read when he heard a voice.
"So... How'd that mission go?"
"Good." was the short firm reply.
This was how things had went for the past three says. The demon would start a conversation,
only to be shot down again. Rin frowned and began to panic in his head. He needed Yukio to
open up. He needed him to talk. It was obvious there was a goddamn elephant in the room for
Christ's sake. They both knew that the events that transpired at the zoo was no accident, even if
Rin tried to deny it. They both knew that was a true but it seems that they silently decided to
keep that bit of information to themselves.
"Are you busy-"
"Yes."
"Oh... Okay."
As the exorcist continued to read he felt the azure eyes on his back. He stffened a bit.
"Yukio,"
He jumped a bit but remained hunched over the desk.
"What?"
"Look at me when I'm talking to you!"
Yukio slowly turned around to glance at his twin with that neutral, stoic expression.
"Well, what is it?"
"I dunno... I'm bored and I just wanted to talk."
Yukio glanced at Rin's tail that was slowly swaying, which meant he might have either really
been bored or angry.
"About what."
Rin noted that it didn't sound like a question, like he knew exactly what Rin wanted to discuss.
For crying out loud it had been three whole days since the incident. It wasn't like they were just
going to say absolutely nothing about it. Rin scratched the back of his head and Yukio pushed his
glasses up a bit on his face. The tension was so thick, it was unbearable. The conversation they
never wanted to have. They both knew that this went deeper than just Rin being pushed into a
snake pit. It went much deeper than that.
The older twin took a deep breath and blinked a few times.
"I know it was an accident."
Well. Yukio wasn't expecting that.
"Really." was his stoic reply.
"Yes. I know you wouldn't do anything like that on purpose."
Teal and blue eyes were locked and half lidded with serious expressions.
"You really are an idiot aren't you?" There was no anger in that statement.
Rin flinched in surprise. His twin really hadn't spoken more than two words to him at a time for the past three days.
"Wha-"
"How dumb are you really?"
"I-"
"I did it on purpose."
"No you didn't! I-"
"You really don't get it. I tried to kill you. Get angry. Be angry."
"H-Huh?"
"You really are stupid. I tried to kill you. You could have died and yet you-you still continue to
feed me and be nice to me and try to talk to me and-You just don't get it!"
The demon's jaw went slack at hearing those words.
"Yukio, I-"
"And another thing. I hate you..I mean I-do but I dont.."
Rin watched wide eyed his brother abruptly turned around and buried his face in his arms. Rin
stood immediately and went over to him.
"Yukio! Yukio!"
He tried to pry his arms away from his face but he wouldn't budge.
"Yukio please! I-I forgive you!"
He wrapped his arms around his shoulders but gasped when he was pushed away violently.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" For just a second his eyes... His eyes... The pupils were extremely
red and there was a blue flame in them. They were menacing and... demonic.
Rin fell back on the floor, gaping in horror. No... it couldn't be... he...
Yukio stood from the chair and began roughly wiping at his tears as he walked out of the room,
leaving a very shocked and confused Rin.
But... it couldn't be?... Yukio... is the normal one?