Research was the least of anyone's worries. Minus Ryuji's at the moment. He had to find out if there was anything that could help Rin, other than... their deal. Desperation came easy and caused his nerves to wind up in a little ball and bounce around in his head. He really didn't want to do THAT with Rin if he didn't have to. Research lead to nowhere quick and without anymore books to read about this subject, he gave in. The ball unwound, little by little as he laid his head on his pillow. He owed a lot to Rin, and they were just starting to seem like friends. Then Rin had to start... ovulating of all things.

Ryuji sat up in his bed. He assumed Rin was a male... but demonic sexes are different from human... and just because Rin is strong, that doesn't mean he'll be the "man" in the relationship! The teen nearly gagged a bit at the thought of Rin, possibly pregnant. But then he remembered Rin's cooking ability and way with children and rationalized the possibility. It was disgusting, but made enough sense to switch paths of books. He picked up a book that was thick and covered with dust. The dust blew off and, the title seemed too cutesy to be a scientific document of Demonic reproduction. He sighed and opened to the table of contents of Your Demonic Baby and You. The very first chapter was what covered the symptoms of a mating season. Ryuji found Rin's symptoms and groaned.

Nothing. All he could do for Rin was wait. But, well... there was one hope... Apparently, Rin attempts to seduce a lot of people, during this period he can track and study a person by their body language and movements, just to find a suiting way to do so. Only people that he can't study in an instant could make a good lifetime partner for him. Someone he has to watch and learn from for years before erecting a bond and being able to use that person to take care of him, for whenever he gets like this.

There didn't seem to be anyone like that so far. Ryuji gave up once more and fell asleep.

Class went as normal, and Alex was still teaching them. He was given clearance to tell the others what was wrong with Rin, and a warning to not even try to go visit him. Ryuji scoffed. Class let out and he picked up a small book about dealing with female demons. He walked in an opposite direction than normal, not going unnoticed by his friends.

"Hey, Bon, the dorms are this way." Shima yelled.

"I know, I have something to do," he yelled back.

The pair ran towards him, "Where are you going?"

"To see Rin."

Konekomaru's eyes widened, "Bon, we were told not to!"

"And? I've already gone to see him. He's not that dangerous. Just... stupider."

"Bon, he's desperate to mate with anything. He'll do anything to get in your pants." Shima was looking worried.

"I know, I've been there. He didn't try anything with me." A lie, but necessary, they didn't need to know about the deal. He continued down the hall until he came out of the door under the bridge to Rin's dorm. Sneaking past Yukio was easy, and climbing into the room was even easier.

Rin was asleep, passed out from screaming and growling so much. Ryuji couldn't just leave though. A deal is a promise with consequences. And one that he made to a friend. So he waited, until Rin's eyes fluttered open almost half an hour later.

"Hey." Ryuji said as he read. "you ready to play?"

Rin looked confused, "play what?" Of course... if he can't even remember his name, what made Ryuji think he could remember five minutes of yesterday, most of which he spent screaming and trying to seduce people!

The teen sighed and put down his book. He leaned over and put his head in his hands, berating himself for not remembering that.

Rin saw the blonde tufts and laughed, "Oh yeah, our little deal from yesterday." Ryuji looked up, slightly confused. "I just have to guess your name right?" The other nodded. "Umm... Sukiyaki."

"No" slight disgust showed on the human's face at being guessed as a food.

"Takoyaki?"

"There's no 'yaki' in my name." he growled.

"...Kusomajime."

"WHAT?! WHY DO YOU THINK MY NAME IS KUSOMAJIME?"

"Your face is always so scrunched and angry looking."

Ryuji growled, "That's three strikes. You're out for the day."

"WHAT, NO, I WANT MORE GUESSES THOSE DON'T COUNT."

"THEN YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN NAMING OFF FOODS AND INSULTS."

"I'M SORRY, I'M JUST HUNGRY!" Rin whimpered a bit as his stomach growled to emphasize his point.

Ryuji sighed and pulled out a box of pocky from his school bag. "I thought you might have been. I'm not giving you more guesses, but I will give you something to eat."

He gave him a stick and Rin bit it in half, letting the rest of it fall. Ryuji sighed and gave him the other half, and another stick. This continued until the pair had eaten them all. "It's not much, I can try to bring you more tomorrow." Rin seemed to purr contentedly.

"Thanks."

Ryuji got up from his side of the room and started towards the window, "are you forgetting something?" Rin asked with a smirk.

The human sighed and walked over to Rin and kissed his cheek. "Noooooo, i can't just have a little cheek peck!" he whined. Ryuji went down to his lips and pecked them like he did with his cheek. Making Rin pout more. "Give me a real kiss!" Once more, Ryuji kissed Rin, but this time, stayed long enough for in to suck on his lip for a moment, before the free one pulled away with a red face. Ryuji rushed out of the window with a quick goodbye, leaving Rin to smile and lick his lips happily. Remembering the kiss constantly, and fondly.

Ryuji's roommates didn't question his lateness, nor paid him any mind. The luck of not having to share a room with his friends played out more and more with the course of events. He crawled onto his bunk, only to find a girl there with swirling blue hair and deep blue eyes.

"Who're you?" he asked. She smiled and did not reply, merely sitting up for a moment to pull him closer. His roommates were asleep in their bunks and some strange girl just came into their room and sat on his specific bunk.

She kissed him and purred happily, before cuddling to his side. Ryuji couldn't move, she was a beautiful girl, but he couldn't let that distract him, he had reading and research and... memorizing... to do...

Before he knew it. The sun shone in his window. The girl was gone. but after asking around his roommates: she was never there.

Sorry for the delay lovlies, I've been dealing with some bullshit involving family, I could probably list off every terrible thing that happened and add about 500 words to this, or you can just believe that it was bullshit and be happy that I'm better now.

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