It's All Fun and Games Till You Fall in Love
Chapter 5: The Big Bad Principal and the Jealous Brother
It had been a full week since Rin and Amaimon's last encounter. The young demon was fast on his feet, and growing better at avoiding Mephisto, which troubled the older demon. A pen snapped in his hand, spilling the ink on his papers as he glared down at them, his teeth clenched.
"What's the matter, brother?" Amaimon questioned, climbing to sit on the older demon's desk, peering down at the spilled black substance as he wiggled the stick of the lollipop that was in his mouth, around in a circle. The purple haired brother didn't answer, standing up and walking to the balcony window and staring out of it, looking up at the bell tower clock as if he wished it to be set on fire. "Brother?" the other questioned once more, hopping off the desk, taking the sucker out of his mouth and tilting his head to the side.
"Nothing." Mephisto turned and walked to the door, taking his hat from the coat rack and setting it on his head, taking his umbrella, and pausing as he looked back at his brother. "Here. Take this money and go explore Japan," he ordered, tossing him a roll of money, then leaving without another word. Amaimon blinked, confused at his brothers sudden anger spurt then strong generosity. He smirked, and slipped the money in his pocket heading out of the office, off to find something to spend it on.
Mephisto hated to lose, and at this point, he was behind and losing far worse than he ever had in the past. This thought alone was enough to anger the demon, but the fact that he was losing against a teenager? It simply boiled his blood.
Walking into the cram classes hallway, he glanced at a paper with Rin's schedule on it and stopped in front of the classroom. Slamming open the door, his cold eyes landed on Rin, whom he pointed to "Okumura, come!" he shouted, causing the students and Rin to stare at him eyes wide.
"Um... What has he done, Mephisto?" Shura asked, looking equally taken aback as the others.
"He's in trouble, that's all you need to know," the principal snapped, glaring at her, then turning his gaze to Rin once more, "Okumura..." he droned, growing tired of waiting for the other.
Rin gulped, and slowly stood, taking his sword, looking to Shura almost pleading her to help him, with a puppy dog glance. Unfortunately for him, she didn't look to him, her eyes glued to the principal, confused. He followed the taller demon out, and down the hall, leaving the cram classes as they headed down the road. "Where... are we going?" he asked, gaining only silence in return as they started towards a wooded area. "What did I do?" he asked, hoping the other would say something.
Mephisto snorted and wheeled around, grinning down at him, "What did you do? Think about it." When the other didn't answer, he's eyes flashed as he narrowed them ever so slightly. "I fed you, let you sleep under my roof... And you're avoiding me." He had a demonic growl behind his tone, which was chilling Rin, as he stared up at the other in horror. He had never seen the demon mad, and now that he had the fact that he was a demon was even more convincing.
"Is..." Rin's voice came out more like a whisper than he intended, "Isn't that the idea of this wager? I'm suppose to avoid you."
Mephisto's glance softened as his annoyed smile turned to a frown of realization. He glanced off to the side, his lips pouted out slightly and he thought. The boy was right. It was apart of their deal. He rubbed his forehead, calming himself down as his clouded mind cleared. "You're right..." Rin almost asked him to repeat himself to clarify what he said, but held his tongue as the older man turned to him. "I should not have gotten mad at you..."
The younger demon stared up at the other, confused. Seeing this look, Mephisto looked away, wondering why he was feeling so guilty for yelling at Rin. He'd never felt sorry like this before for any other being, what was making him feel like this now? Was it sadness for not seeing the other? His eyes widened slightly. That was it. He turned to look at him once again, seeing him looking to the ground awkwardly unsure of what to do. The taller demon took his shoulders and backed him into a tree.
"You were caught again," he whispered in the other's ear making him shiver. He wanted so much to do something, but what? He pulled back slightly, staring down into the dark blue eyes that were staring up at his green orbs.
"We can go eat lunch as my punishment?" the smaller man asked, his voice trembling slightly in fear of what the other was going to do.
"No," Mephisto said softly, leaning his face in closer to Rin's, "I don't think that will do." He pressed his lips against the other's, pressing him back against the tree, keeping his hands on his shoulders so he could not escape.
Rin's eyes widened slightly, his brain going into overdrive as he began to panic. He was being kissed! What could he do? His lips seemed to have a mindset of their own as they pressed back against the taller demon's lips, his hands reaching up to press against his chest and grab a hold of his jacket.
The fact that the other was kissing him back, surprised Mephisto even more than it did Rin. He pressed himself against the other, lowering his hands down to hold the other closer as he slipped his tongue in to greet Rin's.
The smaller boy's face was red with embarrassment, a small cry escaped his mouth, making him pull back and quickly cover his mouth, his eyes snapping shut. Mephisto chuckled, and kept his arms around him, smirking down at the other as he peeked up at him, scared of what his body was doing against his will. "I... should go back to class," he said almost timidly.
"Why...?" the older demon cooed, not letting him go as the other opened and closed his mouth when he found he had no real excuse of why he should go back.
"You're a bad principal, Mephisto..." Rin stated, looking to the side.
The other blinked and raised a brow, "How so?" he asked, tilting his head to the side, briefly marveling at the fact that he called him by his name.
"Kissing and taking your students out of class... that's a bad role model."
The demon let out a laugh and smirked, "Only you, Rin Okumura," he let go of him and took his hand, dragging him out of the wooded area, "You're special I guess..."
Rin blinked, and tilted his head to the side, "So... What does the deal mean?" Mephisto looked back and raised a brow again. "You get to keep me?"
"You're still worried about falling in love with me?"
Rin's lips thinned as he looked away, "No..." he grumbled, shaking his head.
The taller demon smirked and nodded his head, "Never you mind then."
Taking him up to his office, the demon only had one thing on his mind: Rin. What was so special about him? He was the son of Satan, he had amazing powers, he could possibly become one of the most powerful Paladin ever because of those powers, but what exactly was keeping his attention on the boy? He chewed at his lip as he opened the door, leading the other inside as he followed and closed the door behind them.
Furrowing his brows he pulled Rin close to him again, making the other, press away from him, his cheeks ablaze, "Once is enough..." he stated, making the other demon nod in disappointment as he dropped his grip from him.
"You can eat lunch," he instructed waving his hands at the food on the table not to far away. He watched as the silent boy nodded his head, walking over to the food and sitting down just as he had in the past. Plastering the smile he usually wore on his face, Mephisto walked over to his desk and blinked seeing the broken pen and now drying pool of ink from only an hour ago.
That rage that he felt, that he let out, it confused him. Never since he was just a boy had he felt such anger. Two hundred years ago he came to earth and watched as it progressed into his playground. It made him so happy, and kept him from getting mad. But this teenager, this young demon, he avoided him for a week, and that was enough to turn two-hundred years of happiness into dust. That happiness was nothing now. He gritted his teeth slightly, making sure not to let his smile falter.
He tossed out the ink stained papers, and pulled out new papers, signing them away. He figured that the stained ones, if they were important, would be sent to him once again within a few days, if they weren't then they weren't worth his time.
"Does that ever get boring?" Mephisto's ears twitched as he looked up, seeing Rin turned towards him, a bowl of rice in his left hand, chopsticks in the other as he ate, watching him.
"Quite. But with such joy comes some boredom and responsibility, even you should know that much," he cooed, watching the boy's brows furrow together in confusion. "Life is a joy to me. I enjoy running this school, and I especially love teaching younger beings like yourself to become soldiers against Gehenna, even if it is next to impossible to think that Satan will appear again opening a gate, there is always the problem of rampaging demons that threat society..."
At the mention of his birth father, Rin's ears twitched. He nodded his head and looked about the office, rather curiously. "This your place? Or just an office area?"
"My residence is in another location, this is just a set up and spare sleeping quarters for guests, or if I am in need of rest during the hours of paperwork."
"Tch... Didn't think a rich bastard like yourself would be in a small place like this..."
Mephisto smirked and stood, pulling out a money note, tossing it at the other, who grabbed it, barely just missing the floor. "I believe I owe you your allowance?" he asked, a brow raised.
It hadn't really been clear that the other was any form of guardian. He failed to pay them weekly like he promised, he rarely checked to make sure they were doing okay, and never checked if they were emotionally fine. But lately... Mephisto was changing, or so it seemed to Rin. Why was he acting so nice? Surely it couldn't just be because of the bet? He glanced up to the man who was peering down at him with his narrowed eyes. He just couldn't figure him out.
"You should probably head back to your classes. If I am correct, your brother will be teaching you next, and if you aren't in class there might be questions."
Rin nodded slowly, picking up his sword and slinging it onto his shoulder, heading to the door. "Um... Thanks for... you know... lunch," he said, glancing over his shoulder.
"Of course," Mephisto nodded, watching as the other opened the door, glancing upward at the hand that was inches from his face.
Shura stood, blinking, obviously about to knock on the door. "Oh. Yer here." Rin nodded. "Well... Git to class." She moved aside, allowing the boy to pass her, entering the room after he was cleared of the door.
"What do I owe the pleasure of your visit, Miss Shura?"
The woman glanced to the demon, her eyes narrowed slightly, annoyed with the wide all-knowing smile he always gave her. "Whats the deal, Mephisto? Taking Okumura outta class like that... Yer up ta somethin' aren't cha?"
The demon shrugged lightly, walking to her side and picking his top hat off of his coat stand, slipping it on his head, "I do not know what you mean," he sang, re-opening the door and looking back to her pointedly. "Help yourself to lunch, there's plenty to spare. I have a meeting with the Vatican I must attend to, Ta."
Closing the door behind him, Mephisto's brows furrowed slightly as he twirled his pink umbrella slightly. What more could he do to make Rin his? He felt the way the younger man kissed him back, even if it was for a brief moment, was that a sign he was winning? Did winning even matter to him anymore?
He shook his head as he came to a door, pulling out his keys. Of course it mattered. Winning was everything, especially to Mephisto. He was going to win no matter what. He smirked to himself, finding himself almost chuckling. "Rin Okumura... I hope you are prepared... I'm coming at you with full force..."
Entering the door, he did not see a shadow watching him from down the hall. As soon as the door closed, Amaimon narrowed his eyes, glaring at the door handle, not happy with this. He knew his brothers ambitions, and knew what might be coming. He bit hard on a lollipop, crunching it between his jagged teeth. He walked to the door of the office and opened it with his key, tossing the lollipop stick in the trash as he closed it behind him. Staring back at the food he knew was for him, according to Mephisto, he scowled. Rin's stench was all over the room. However, he couldn't tell if it was from before or the boy was here recently. It churned his stomach to think of him laying his eyes on his brother.
"Big brother... why..." he murmured to himself, glaring at a bowl of pot stickers. "I will make you pay, Rin Okumura... for making my brother so blind..."
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wildkurofang: He really does, but that's what makes Amaimon such a fun character to put into the mix of things xD He makes it all too interesting.
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