~Rin's POV~

"Don't worry, four-eyes. I promise I'll be back in time for dinner." I left the room with the Kurikara and my backpack, heading up to the room silently.

As I entered, I was careful to lock the door behind me. I grabbed a violin case and replaced the books in my backpack with it, before leaving the room and locking the door behind me as I left.

As I made my way through the building, I stopped mid-step in my tracks. I could feel the back of my neck becoming cold as I slowly turned around to stare at the mirror. I didn't have to pull up my shirt to be able to tell that it was up to my waist and wrists. I held my hands up and turned them whilst staring at the mirror, staring at the two, glowing white spots that had taken the place of my pupils. They were shaking slightly. I could feel my eyes watering as the sentimentality came back of leaving everything behind. Yukio, Kuro, the clergymen, even my classmates and even the town itself.

I shook my head and wiped my eyes, turning around and continuing down the stairs.

Please don't be sad... Kurosune doesn't want Rin-sama to be sad. Kurosune is going to miss everyone too, but Kurosune loves and places Rin above all else, and Kurosune will follow Rin-sama wherever he goes, no matter what. The voice was shaky and sounded as if it were crying.

'Please don't cry, Kurosune...' The thought came too late, as I could hear her sobbing. 'It's okay, Kurosune. Everything will be okay. Be strong.'

O-Okay! Kurosune will be strong for both Kurosune and Rin-sama! The voice said, having apparently stopped crying.

'Okay, Kurosune. I'm trusting you.' Okay! Kurosune will make sure not to let Rin-sama down!

I felt myself laugh a little bit, as our little conversation continued as I walked to the bus stop.

What are you going to do about it? She suddenly said, popping back into my thoughts.

'Do about what?' I was slightly confused.

The blood lust. It's a sunny day, and when it's a sunny day people will go to the park, and out of these people there are mostly children, and among the children there are clumsy children, and among the clumsy children are the children who fall and get scrapes and start bleeding... The voice babbled on as I just listened quietly. It was calming to listen to Kurosune talk. She just had that way with words, regardless of what she was saying.

To our luck, we got there just as the bus got there and we quickly hopped on before it drove away. I sat down in the back by myself, leaning my head on the window and staring out of it blankly, when an idea popped into my head.

'Kurosune?'

Yes, Kurosune is listening, Rin-sama.

'Could you... would you... please sing for me, Kurosune?' I was really begging at this point rather then asking, but I wanted to listen to her voice.

Of course, Rin-sama! Kurosune would never say no. The voice replied, laughing a little bit. As though having read my thoughts, she began to sing a slow, soft and gentle song that, I would guess, was in Latin.

I hummed quietly to the song as it calmed me. Eventually I became more and more sleepy because of it, and my eyes closed as I drifted into my thoughts.

(Line Skip)

The song came to a gentle end, having seemingly gone on forever. Rin-sama, wake up... Kurosune's voice snapped me out of my thoughts and my head jerked up.

'I'm up. What is it, Kurosune?'

We've arrived, Rin-sama should get going before the bus starts going again.

'Oh! Thanks for waking me!'

No problem, Rin-sama.

I rushed off the bus before the doors could close, staring at the park before me, adjusting the Kurikara on my back.

Now, the park wasn't just a random piece of forest that was left alone. This one was man-made - even the trees had been purposely planted there. It was a huge oval-shaped level piece of land. Around the edge, there was a tree for every 10 meters, with 2 short identical bushes on either side. The trees were up to 50 feet tall and had huge crowns and blocked out a lot of the sun, casting most of the area around the edges of the part into the shade. Of course, there were the normal things one would find at a children's park. Props, swings, asphalt, hopscotch areas, all the usual; except everything here was placed so that it was entirely unique. Of course, it was Mephisto's doing. It was packed right now, but the areas around the trees had scarcely any people.

I made my way to one of the long sides of the park, continuing until I reached the tree at the edge. That area in particular was not populated at all and was rather far away from the extremely populated areas of the park. I leaned against the tree and leaned my head back until I felt it hit the bark of the tree, as I squinted at the crown of leaves above me.

The leaves were rather indistinct, and I couldn't see past them, due to how bright the sun was. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I felt the cool shade across my face, and time seemed to slow down. Every so often, a cool breeze would pass by and sift through my hair, and I would grin a little bit at this. I quieted my mind and my heart and strained my ears, and found what I was listening for.

Everything around me seemed to sing. The grass and the wind, the trees and the sun. It felt so close yet so far away. The sounds of the playground and all the children dulled until it was just a speck of dust in the back of my mind. I took another deep breath as I sleepily opened my eyes and opened the violin case, taking the violin in one hand and the bow in the other. I adjusted the violin against my collarbone whilst adjusting my grip on the bow. I tapped my foot absentmindedly while I searched my memory for a song I wanted to play, when I found it.

I carefully positioned the bow slightly above the strings of the violin, a small grin creeping onto my face as I closed my eyes and leaned my head back again, playing 'River Flows in You'. At some point I thought I heard slight footsteps but I brushed it off and continued with the song, feeling myself sway a little bit back and forth in time with the music.

Oh, the beautiful music. It didn't have to be a word, it wasn't an action, it wasn't a thought, yet... It had such a huge impact on our lives and thoughts and culture.

I slowly set the violin and the bow down at my sides, my eyes remaining closed and my head remaining against the bark of the tree, when a sudden voice snapped me out of my thoughts.

"I never knew you could play the violin."

My head jerked upwards and my eyes opened, only to feel something hard bashing against my skull and having my head tossed back from the force of impact, just to bash against the bark of the tree.

"Aaah..." I mumbled, clasping a hand over my eyes and forehead.

"Owww... Hey man, that wasn't cool..." I heard the voice in front of me. I slowly lifted my head up, removing my hand from my face, to see Shima on the ground in front of me, rubbing his own forehead. Konekomaru and Bon stood at his sides. "What're you guys doing here?"

Shima shrugged, getting up, having stopped rubbing his forehead. "It was a nice day so we thought we'd go out somewhere."

"Oh." I fumbled with the violin and the bow, placing them back into the case and putting it back into the backpack.

"When did you learn the play the violin?" He started again.

I sighed. I wasn't in a hurry to go anyway, since I had at least another solid 2 hours before dinner, I didn't feel good anymore, and I really didn't feel like coming up with an excuse, so I'm just going to come out with the truth on this one.

"I always could."

He blinked. "How come you never told us?"

"It was never important and had nothing to do with anything." I stood up, slinging the Kurikara and my backpack over my shoulder, turning around, about to walk away from the park.

"Rin, wait." This time is was Konekomaru who spoke.

"Yeah, Konekomaru?" I made sure not to use his nickname. I could feel my temper slowly rising, and images of them splayed on the ground, covered in blood, having been brutally murdered and tortured went through my mind. I tried to shake these thoughts from my head but they just didn't leave.

"Well... Rin... The real reason we came was to say that we're sorry."

I could feel my temper pause where it was. "What do you mean?"

"We're sorry for treating you differently after we found out. We shouldn't have, you were always like that. You were also always the same Rin that we became friends with. The only difference was that now we knew."

I shook my head, turning it to look at them. My expression was solemn, and, for the most part remained still. I didn't have to use a mirror to tell that I looked scary, or at least was scaring them as Konekomaru's eyes widened a little bit, but it was mostly surprise on his face.

"What do you mean nonsense?" Bon piped in, anger clear in his voice.

"I mean it's nonsense that you're saying sorry. It's total bullshit." I replied harshly, closing my eyes.

"The fact that you think it's nonsense is bullshit!" He yelled, his hands already closed into fists.

"No, it's not. I think it's nonsense due to the fact that I'm the offspring of the being who caused the Blue Night." I was monotonously, turning my head to face forward again.

I could hear Bon sigh. "Just because Satan caused the Blue Night the same year you were born doesn't mean it's your fault, much less that you are like him."

I shook my head, sighing. My afternoon had been ruined, and my head hurt like a bitch. "I think I'll go to a cafe..." I mumbled, brushing off what he had just said.

"Listen, just accept our apologies already." He said. I could hear his efforts in trying not to demand.

"Keep your apologies, and save them for a time you'll need them, because this time is completely unnecessary."

"Are you listening to yourself!? You were our friend and for us to treat you that way was completely terrible on our parts! I mean... I know you might not want to be friends with us after this... but just please accept it?" His voice quieted and calmed a bit.

I blinked back a few tears. This is really tearing me apart. "I do still want to be friends with you... I guess all that's left is one thing. You're forgiven." I sighed, saying it quickly and rapidly. I could tell that Shima was fist-pumping without turning around, but I wasn't sure about what Konekomaru and Bon were doing.

"Oh, and could you please continue calling me Koneko?" Konekomaru voiced in again.

I sighed, trying not to laugh. "Sure, Koneko. And Bon." I smirked, walking off. "Cya on Monday, guys."

"Bye!" Shima yelled. I could tell that he was joyful from his tone of voice.

I smiled to myself as I got on the next bus back to the school grounds, sitting where I had sat on the way here.

This was a fun trip. Kurosune finally spoke again.

'And what would you mean by that?'

Rin-sama made amends with some of the people that Rin-sama cares about. Is Rin-sama not happy?

A wave of realization hit me. 'I... I am happy. I'm really happy.' Kurosune just laughed a little and began to sing for me. I felt my mind drift away as my eyes slowly closed and time seemed to pause.

I was happy.

I understand that this chapter was a bit scarce. See, while I was typing it the first time the mouse got pushed and clicked on something, courtesy of a sibling sleeping next to me, and I didn't get to save, and while that part took me 2 hours, I only had about an hour left so I had to make it a little scarce to finish in time, otherwise I would've had to restart for the 7th time (I did count since the first time I had to redo it.. and I feel miserable now..) due to certain circumstances with my computer. I am terribly sorry, but I wanted to finish this chapter before I forgot what I had already planned for this chapter. Again, apologies... I feel so miserable. At least it was nice and long. Das vedania.