It's All Fun and Games Till You Fall in Love

Chapter 7: The Plot

Rin yawned as he stumbled down the stairs, heading for the kitchen. Since it was Sunday, there was no need for him to be up this early, but the fact that he wanted to talk to Shima before Yukio awoke drove him to be up at such an hour. Ukobach hopped onto the counter looking to him confused, not use to him being up at such a early time.

"Mind if I make breakfast this morning?" Rin asked, earning a nod from the other, who plopped down to sit on the counter, watching as he got all the ingredients out. He got to work on making some rice, some rolled omelets and some miso soup on the side. It wasn't anything fabulous, but it would have to do since his mind kept wandering as he cooked the food.

There was a knock at the entrance to the kitchen, making the other jump and look back at Shima who was dressed in his wrinkled suit he had worn to the dance the previous night. "Can we talk?" Rin gave a nod, watching as the other walked to a stool and sat down, his brows furrowed as he thought of where to begin, "I'm sorry how I acted last night," he stated, looking up at Rin, "I wasn't actually drunk. I saw an opening, and took it. But if I had known about you and the principal I wouldn't have done so..."

The demon blinked, Ukobach peering at them both, curiously. "Mephisto and I don't have anything together," he stated, sternly, causing the other to raise a brow.

"So... It's one sided then? Sort of like my situation..."

Rin blinked, staring at him. Was there some indication that he had feelings for the stupid clown? He bit his lip hard. 'I moaned his name last night... But that was because I thought he was drunk...' he thought.

"You can use me, ya know. I won't mind."

"Wha?" Rin's brows raised. Now he was really confused.

"I've liked you for a while... If it would help you out, I don't care if you pretend I'm Sir Pheles like last night."

"Shima... I can't do that to you," Rin finally stated. "That clown of a principal he..." he trailed off. Should he tell him about the deal? "This doesn't leave this room. You can't tell anyone. That goes for you too," he stated, looking to Ukobach who looked almost appalled at the mention of him telling a secret.

"You have my word," Shima stated, peering at him curiously.

"He's playing with me... He made this stupid bet that he would make me fall in love with him with a two month deadline... If I don't he is ranking me two ranks of exorcist, if I fall in love with him I'm his." The look on Shima's face nearly made Rin run away. Why again did he tell the other about this?

"You're serious?"

"Yeah," Rin said, hesitantly.

"And you're loosing..."

"Obviously..."

"Hmm," Shima placed his hand on his chin, thinking. "We could trick him."

"How? The man knows everything."

"We can pretend we are dating. Maybe it's destiny that we were suppose to go to the dance last night... that we um..." he side glanced at Ukobach who only tilted his head, "Maybe all this happened so I could help you out. If you pass up two ranks of exorcist it could open more windows for you," he said with a smile on his face. "And who knows..." he started as an afterthought, "You may even grow to like me. If not, it's okay of course," he said with a half laugh.

Rin sighed, once again chewing on his lip. He didn't want to take advantage of Shima like this, especially when he knew that the monk had feelings for him, but he also wanted to win this game. The idea of falling in love with Mephisto both intrigued him and scared him at the same time. The only fear he really had was if he fell in love with him because of a game, the other really wouldn't love him back, almost like Shima had mentioned, a one sided relationship.

Ukobach hopped down from the counter, walking over to Rin and pushed him off to the side, hopping up and started to work on the food that was beginning to go forgotten at their conversation. "Oh... Thanks Ukobach," the demon thanked, looking from the cooking demon to Shima once again. "I don't want to end up hurting you..." he stated.

The monk gave out a small laugh, "I'm a tough one, I can handle it. Just try it. If you're still uncomfortable later on we can stop pretending and go back to just being friends."

Rin sighed, and nodded in defeat. At least this could possibly get Amaimon out of his hair... But it still didn't solve the problem of the fantasies he was beginning to have of the other. He looked back at the food and watched as Ukobach served out two plates, handing them up to him. He smiled his thanks hand handed Shima his plate, taking a pair of chopsticks and handing them over afterward, taking up his own and beginning to eat.

"This is really great!" Shima complimented earning a wide smile from the cook, who hopped over to his counter, sitting down and eating some of his own, glad to have made another happy with his cooking.

After the two had finished eating, Rin headed upstairs to get dressed. He was a little surprised that his brother was still asleep even though it was nearly 8:30 in the morning, but let him sleep as he headed out with Shima. The two had decided that it would make it more convincing that they were a couple if everyone around believed it as well. It was something the demon argued against, but eventually lost as Shima stated that Mephisto wouldn't believe it for long if everyone thought they weren't together but him.

"So who did Konekomaru and Bon take to the dance last night? I never once saw them with anyone else other than themselves," Rin stated with a half chuckle, half expecting Shima to tell him that they took each other.

"Izumi and Paku," the pink-haired man answered, grabbing the smaller man's hand as they approached town to head out on their fake date.

Rin blinked, "They did? I would never have thought Izumi would go with Bon-"

"She asked Konekomaru."

Rin stopped dead in his tracks, looking at the other, shocked. "What?"

Shima laughed and nodded his head, "I was as shocked as you."

Shima's normally happy eyes suddenly turned stone cold as he looked behind Rin. "Shima... you okay?" the other asked, yelping as he grabbed his arm crushing their lips together, wrapping his arms around his waist. Rin immediately knew the cue that it was Mephisto that the monk had seen.

Mephisto stopped, stilling his umbrella that was twirling behind him, his eyes meeting Rin's who looked at him from the corner of his eye. The purple haired demon looked back, his green haired brother walking behind him, his eyes peering over at Rin curiously. The young demon closed his eyes, the look on Mephisto's face nearly killing him right where he stood. He didn't even look like he cared at all. It was just a game to him. He clung to Shima's sides, a little rougher than intended as he struggled back a surge of emotion that came over him like a wave.

Mephisto grabbed his brothers hand, causing the younger brother to smile and glare teasingly at the black haired demon who was not looking. They walked past them, heading down the street as if the two were just a couple of regular teens making out.

Shima pulled back, keeping his arms around the other, who struggled hard not to collapse where he stood. "Maybe we should head back..." he heard the other man mutter. Rin nodded his head, dropping his grip from the other, and dragged himself down the street, his brows furrowed. "I think you care about him more than you think..." the pink haired teen stated, walking behind him.

"He didn't even say anything.. Not even a second glance..."

Shima didn't know what to say. The normally cocky, smart mouthed demon was breaking before his eyes. He took Rin's arm and led him forward as he stopped walking, his lip trembling slightly his eyes closed tightly. The monk held onto him, leading him the way to the dorm house. He paused at the stairs, and looked at the demon, who stared blankly at the steps as if they were sitting there laughing at him. "Rin?"

"Is the offer still there?"

"Eh?"

Rin's eyes slowly edged up to meet Shima's, tears threatening to pour, "Is the offer to use you...still there?" Shima hesitated for a moment, but then nodded his head, reaching out his hand to him. "I could even... sleep with you?"

"You could sleep with me... you can call me Sir Pheles even... Whatever you'd like." Rin reached out and took his hand and nodded his head. "Is that... what you want?"

"I don't know what I want."

"You want the principal. You're just pushing him away, but of course for good reason." Shima led him up the stairs, looking back at him. "He doesn't care... obviously, and you want that promotion."

"I don't care about the promotion." Shima turned his head to fully look at him. Rin's eyes trailed up again and quickly looked off to the side once more, "Maybe I do... a little."

"Then we'll make Sir Pheles wish he was yours."

"Mine?"

"You aren't going to make him possess you first? Are you?" Rin stared at him a moment then shook his head, "Alright then. We'll make the bastard jealous." Rin blinked, and followed him up the stairs, flabbergasted at the fact that the monk had cursed, and that he was still willing to help him.

Mephisto threw his umbrella off to the side, kicking over the coat hanger and baring his teeth. "B-Brother?" Amaimon blinked staring at his brother as he fumed. "What's the matter?"

"You didn't mention that they were intimate..."

"I did not know, brother..." Amaimon's eye twitched slightly as he watched his brother's anger. "Is there a problem?"

Mephisto's eyes shot over to him as if he was throwing a dagger at him, "Of course there is... He is suppose to be mine. Mine, Amaimon." At his younger brother's lack of a response the other smiled widely, his eyes going back to normal as he walked into the office room of his manor. He listened to his brother's footsteps as the green haired demon followed him, hesitantly looking everywhere but to the elder brother. "Do you have something to say, little brother?"

Amaimon slowly looked up to Mephisto once more. His lips thinned as he stared up at his brother's green orbs. "No, nothing." Of course there was something. His eyes narrowed as he pulled out a lollipop and stuck it in his mouth tossing the wrapper in a nearby trash bin. He searched his brother's face searching for something to say. "What do you plan on doing?"

Mephisto turned around and glared at the floor. He didn't know what he was doing, or what he was going to do. His plan had been tossed out the window, there was no more plan. His anger was controlling him, and he didn't know what he should do. He bit his lip and narrowed his eyes, glaring at the floor. "He had sex with that kid... I could smell his scent all over him..." Mephisto looked back to his brother, who was rolling the lollipop around in his mouth. "I will wash out that boy's smell. He will be mine, and mine alone," he growled.

Amaimon simply nodded, and smirked, "Of course," he said turning his back to him, "I'm going out." Before his brother could say anything, he left the room, closing the door behind him. He stalked out of the house, and down the street, pulling out a key from his pocket and unlocking a door off to the side. Entering it, he slammed the door behind him letting out a demonic cry as his eyes widened, "He cannot stay alive anymore... I will have his head by sunset tomorrow..."

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