~Yukio's POV~

The next few days flew by. Nothing really happened other then Rin going back to his normal, goofy self, and for that I was happy. He went back to the way he always was. Waking up late in the morning, playing with Kuro, training with Shura, and he didn't have any more of his 'plans'. Of course, that may have been a result of how wet it had been outside over the last few days.

I was still a little bit anxious over a few things, though. A few things were not clarified with Rin, such as this Kurosune figure, when he was in the bathroom and he said 'Little does he know' and a few other things. I can assume he was referring to his earring as Kurosune since the appearance of the earring matches the name, and he may have just been pretending it could hear him so he could talk to 'somebody'... The rest of it isn't explained though. He is also a bit drowsier then normal, but that may have been due to the previous lack of sleep and will probably go away once he makes up for all the sleep he lost.

I was secretly a little bit happy when I entered the cram school classroom and Rin was the only one who wasn't there. Everyone sat in their usual seats, except for Shiemi, who was back to sitting in the desk in the middle of the second row, next to Rin. I did a quick name call and began to unpack my briefcase on the desk. About 10 minutes later, Rin opened the door and quietly sulked back to his seat, looking down, his face flushed from either running or embarrassment. Just as he sat down, I adjusted my glasses and addressed him. "Okumura."

He gulped and raised his head. "Yes?" I continued to glare him down as the class watched - except for Takara, of course - . "You're late." I said stiffly, raising my head to look up at him. He gulped again and nodded. I sighed, sitting down. "Detention." He opened his mouth to argue, but seemed to think better of it before looking down into his backpack again, desperately searching through it. After watching him for about a minute, I spoke up again. "Is there something wrong, Okumura Rin?"

He hung his head a little bit more. "I forgot my textbook." He mumbled. I rubbed my forehead, taking a piece of chalk out of the drawer and beginning to write on the board. "Shiemi, please share your textbook with Okumura."

I continued writing on the board. "If everyone would please turn to page 378 of their textbooks." I heard the flipping of pages.

(Line Skip)

At the end of class, Rin blinked sleepily before his eyes suddenly widening and he grinned a little bit, grabbing his backpack and running out of the classroom before anyone else even finished packing up. I sighed and continued to pack my briefcase. By the time I was done, I was the last one in the classroom. I made sure to turn off the lights and lock the door behind me, when I heard a 'poof' behind me. When I turned around, Mephisto Pheles stood there.

"Hello, Sir Pheles." I bowed. "Hello, Okumura~" He replied, grinning. "Is something the matter, Sir Pheles?" I stood up straight, adjusting my glasses once more.

"Hmm, that depends~" He turned around, his umbrella slowly spinning in one hand. "What do you mean, Sir Pheles?" I was curious as to what Mephisto was getting onto. "Have you noticed anything abnormal with Rin?"

I blinked. "Yes, it was something like a depression. After hearing him say a few certain things, I came up with that conclusion." Mephisto just smirked again. "Are you sure?"

I began to feel cold and the color drained from my face. "What do you mean?"

"I mean exactly what I said. If nothing is wrong with Rin, then maybe it was just a figment of my imagination from all the paperwork I've had recently~ Well, goodbye, Okumura!" He disappeared with another 'poof', the pink smoke quickly fading.

I blinked a few times and shook my head, hurrying off, trying to dispel the anxiety. As I neared the building, new worried pooled in my mind. 'What if Rin is gone again?' I gulped and began running, storming into the building and going straight to the room I shared with Rin. I threw the door open, panting. Apparently, Rin had been swiveling in the chair, since he put his feet down to stop himself and stared at me. I felt the anxiety quickly dispel as I fell to my knees, a few laughs escaping me.

"Four-eyes!" Rin got out of the chair, on his knees in front of me, his hands on my arms. "Are you okay, four-eyes?" He sounded and looked really worried.

I shook my head, slowly standing up, while he remained on his knees. "I'm alright, Nii-Chan." I took off my exorcist coat and hung it on the bed post. He just stared at me for a few minutes, still kneeling on the floor, wide-eyes. I turned around to look at him, a golden glint catching my eye, but quickly disappeared. "Well, you're the doctor, not me." He finally sighed, closing his eyes and turning his head and sitting back down in his chair. I just smirked and rolled my eyes. "I thought I gave you detention."

He smirked back. "As if I would actually go." I tried hard not to laugh. It was true, there wasn't a very big chance of Rin actually going to detention if he was just told to go. I sighed and unpacked my briefcase at my own desk, beginning to do my normal school homework. About 15 minutes passed when Rin spoke up again.

"Hey, four-eyes, I just wanted to tell you that I'm going to the park today, since I don't have training with Shura and it's not wet today."

I nodded. "Alright, Nii-Chan. Be back before dinner."

"Don't worry, four-eyes. I promise I'll be back in time for dinner." He grinned, leaving the room. I sighed, shaking my head and continuing to do my homework.

Well, this is my first time placing a note inside a chapter. I just wanted to admit to this chapter being rather short, and probably rather desperate-sounding. Whenever I have a writer's block it tends to not go away until I write and publish a chapter like this... and I feel bad for making you great people read this...

I'm still deciding on whether or not I should do like a huge emotional bit for the next chapter, but I'm short on ideas.. I know how I want it to end, but I'm unsure about what to put in this part right here, because I don't want it to end yet... Post your ideas please, I have none right now. .

Das vedania you wonderful people!