Chapter 3
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Like always, Rin got to class way before everyone else so that he wouldn't have to see their eyes full of fear that would emotionally scar him.
"Today's the day. After today, I'll have nothing to worry about." Rin decided that after this day, he would just give up and stop trying. He would stop trying to make it seem that nothing was wrong, that he wasn't dying on the inside, stop trying to gain their trust and friendship, and finally today was when he would disappear from everyone's lives and leave the school.
Time passed, students shuffled in to class, taking their seats and waiting for the teacher to arrive and give their lecture. No one throughout the whole day, bothered to look his way and notice his shattered left eye. As soon as class ended, Rin quickly exited the classroom to his dorm and grabbed his luggage, leaving a note for Yukio. He opened his secret room, grabbed his violin and some art tools, he even took Kuro with him, not wanting to leave his familiar with no master again.
"Okay, that's pretty much it. Come on Kuro lets go."
"Where are we going Rin?"
"We're leaving the academy."
"Why? "
"I'll explain later, so lets go."
"Okay, I'll go wherever Rin goes."
"Thanks buddy."
Rin and familiar sneaked out of the academy without a trace as to where they were headed towards. He didn't want to go to the monastery, because that's where they'll look first. With the money he already had, they managed to get a room.
"Hey Kuro, I'm going out for a bit, so behave while I'm gone okay? "
"Okay Rin."
He grabbed his violin and headed out to the streets. To make some money, he decided to play the violin in the park. People swarmed and gathered around him, as he played the sad melody he always played when he was alone. A lot of people threw money in the violin case, he played a few more songs and wrapped up his performance. Just as he was packing, he saw a bunch of guys trying to hit on this girl who obviously felt uncomfortable and unwilling to go with them. Like always, he sprung into action beating them up and blood covering his hands once again. Just like always in the past, he would always lose his cool and spring to action.
When he was in preschool, he would beat up his classmated, breaking bones and sending them to the hospital; something a preschooler couldn't do. Everyone called him a demon or a demon's child, it would always boil his blood whenever they would say that. It made him even angrier and he would get blood on his hands, throwing things at the teachers, screaming. Only his father, Father Fujimoto was able to calm him down, reassuring him that he wasn't a demon or the son of one.
Flashback
"Ahhhh!" Rin was screaming, blood covering his hands and clothes, throwing toys and furniture at the teachers.
"Rin, calm down. Come over here."
"Shut up! Leave me alone! Leave me alone!" Rin started to throw toys and furniture at his teacher, breaking glass and making a mess.
"Look...Rin!" Father Fujimoto arrived at the daycare, avoiding the toys Rin threw at him.
"Daddy..."
"Do you understand what you've just done? You beat up your friends and they're suffering the hospital now."
"They weren't my friends!"
"What?"
"It's their fault! They called me a demon! They called me a monster and mocked me!"
"It's your fault for being violent!"
"Ahhhhhhh!" Rin started to throw more things at him, screaming in anger.
"That's dangerous. How can you raise a child like that? He really looks like a demon!"
"Please step back, this is dangerous." Father Fujimoto simply replied to the teacher and approached Rin and hugged him. Surprised, Rin punched him in the ribcage causing his ribs to break. That day, his father went to the hospital and also that was the day when he was told meaningful and important words from his father.
"Listen, Rin...if you keep on like this, you'll be all alone. Use your strength for someone...for a more good and kind purpose."
"What...how am I supposed to do that?"
"Struggle! If you try hard to be nice to people, one day you'll become like that."
End of Flashback
Heh, demon huh? He chuckled at how he would be so angry, so mad that he was called a demon, a child of a demon but here he was. A demon, and not just a demon but the Son of Satan himself, the Demon Lord.
"T-Thank you very much!" The girl bowed in gratitude.
"It's nothing." Rin grabbed his violin and started to walk off, but the girl grabbed onto his arm, stopping him.
"Umm..."
"What is it?"
"I would want to express my gratitude in any way, so..." The girl shyly looked down at the ground, embarrassed.
"Hey."
"Y-Yes?"
"Aren't you scared of me?"
"Huh? Why would I be scared of you?"
"I mean, I'm the guy that beat up these guys to a pulp, almost killing them and I'm not what I seem to be you know. Are you sure you're not scared of me? You'll regret knowing me."
"I think that you're a kind hearted person."
"She's going to be like the others. Now, friends and kind but later she's going to leave me like everyone else... But, maybe I can trust her for now." Rin thought to himself. He didn't really want to be alone anymore, solitude wasn't for him.
"I'm Rin. Okumura Rin."
"Oh. I'm Saki Fujiwara. Nice to meet you Rin." She smiled.
"Well, I would really want to repay you."
"Well then, can I ask of you to be my friend?"
Saki looked shocked for a moment, but smiled and answered, "Yes, of course!"
Rin smiled sheepishly, glad in the inside that finally he wan't alone for once. They continued to talk to eachother at a nearby cafe.
"So, how old are you? I'm fifteen."
"Huh? Me too, I'm fifteen."
"Really?! Which school do you go to?"
"I went to Cross Academy."
"Oh... wait, you 'went' there, not anymore?"
"Yeah, I kind of got tired of the school and I kind of had reasons to leave."
"Oh... well then, why don't you enroll at my school?"
"Hmm... where's that?"
"Aomori Academy."
"Well, it won't be so bad to enroll there for the time being." Rin thought.
"Okay, I'll consider it."
"Yay! If you do enroll at my school, you better come see me first okay?"
"Alright. I'll make sure, I won't forget."
"Do you play the violin?"
"Huh? Yeah sometimes."
"Oh! Look at the time! I need to go home!"
"Oh, okay. Since it's dark and I don't want you to get into another one of the situation from earlier today, so I'll walk you home."
"It's okay really!"
"I really want to, it's okay."
"Fine then." They walked together, laughing and joking around.
"Can we exchange numbers so we can keep in touch?"
"Sure."
"Well, thanks for bringing me home. You should hurry up too, your parents must be worried."
"I live alone, so I'm not in a hurry."
"Oh, sorry for bringing back bad memories."
"It's fine. See you tomorrow."
"Yeah! See you! It was really nice meeting you! Oh! Rin!"
"Yeah?"
"Make sure that you play me a song on your violin one day!"
"Yeah, sure!"
"You promise?!"
"Yeah!"
"Okay. Don't forget okay!"
As Rin got home, he felt happy and smiled genuinely, humming a tune to himself.
Kuro jumped onto him, "Rin! You're so happy today! Yay!"
"Hi Kuro. Nice to see you too."
"Why are you so happy today?"
"Something nice happened."
"Huh? What's that?"
"I'll tell you later. It's a surprise."
"Awww..."
"To make it up to you, by making your favorite sukiyaki."
"Yay! Sukiyaki!
Rin cooked the food, and they ate happily. Rin cleaned up, to see Kuro sleeping on his bed soundly.
"Heh. He already fell asleep."
Rin went to the rooftop, looking at the sky, stars, and moon. He dozed off and was again haunted by the memories of the past, feelings of lonliness and sadness washed through him. Quickly, he got off the roof and took his pills to calm down. Shaking and not able to wait for the medicine to take effect, he started cutting his wrists, "One, two, three." He watched as the crimson liquid once again flowed down his arm, falling. Rin cleaned up and wrapped his wrists. He got under the covers and with great difficulty, fell asleep only bothered by slight nightmares but better than other days.
Well, this is it for now. Sorry for not updating in a while, I had a lot of tests this week and I kind of had writer's block for a while. I seriously didn't know how I was going to go with this story. Gladly, I came up with the idea to add Saki Fujiwara. I still don't know how I'm going to end this story. Hope you guys enjoyed it! Please leave your reviews! ^_^ ~3
Writer: Aren't you happy you made a friend?
Rin: Yeah, thanks. You better not do anything funny.
Writer: Well, you never know what I'll write.
Rin: You better not, or else I'm going to burn you with my flames!
Writer: Then I'll do something worse to you then.
Rin: Grrrr...
Writer: Heh, heh. Got you good huh?