Chapter 23
After we took Godaiin to the nurse's office we all headed for lunch break in the courtyard. I decided to make myself comfortable by sitting in Ryuji's lap, which seemed to annoy him. I got the feeling that public displays of affection made him really embarrassed. 'So anyway do you guys have any idea how to make people stop seeing demons?' Rin questioned as I took another bite of my rice ball. 'Dunno, never heard of anything like that,' Ryuji responded, 'same here, Mephy might have an idea!' I added, 'basically it says that once a person receives an injury from a demon they are unable to stop seeing them.' Koneko explained, 'he said that he never received an injury from one though…' Rin replied, 'is that even possible?' Koneko questioned, 'if I'm not wrong Godaiin is the son of a Governor, are you friends with him?' Ryuji asked, 'no but I want to be friends with him, he seems like a kind person.' Rin replied as I smiled, 'I'm sure you will be,' I replied as Rin smiled back. 'Oh there they are, Izumo, Paku come eat with us!' Renzou cried out as he gestured over to the girls. 'Geeze he is persistent, why the hell do I have to eat with you guys! Stop asking already,' Izumo shouted back, 'uh Izumo…' Paku attempted to calm her down. 'You're your usual self today too I am relieved!' Renzou smiled, 'poor Renzou…' I smiled softly, 'I don't call him an optimist but a masochist…' Ryuji sighed, 'hey Izumo do you know how to make people stop seeing demons?' Rin yelled out so the whole courtyard faced him. 'How on earth would I know that you jerk!' Izumo yelled back as she stormed off. 'Idiot…' I sighed, 'don't be so loud!' Ryuji stated as he smacked Rin on his head. 'They'll probably think we were talking about a game.' Renzou tried to reassure, 'I guess we will ask Yukio and Shura at cram school.' Rin replied as he continued to eat his bento. 'Mr. Okumura said that cram school is closed today.' Ryuji stated as Rin turned to face him in shock. 'What? Did you meet Yukio?' Rin asked, 'he was there during morning classes I was supposed to go tell the girls about it, I guess I should do that then!' Ryuji stated as he got up. 'I will come with you!' I stated as Ryuji turned to face me. 'You don't have to,' he replied. 'Yeah but you going to talk to other girls… makes me a bit jealous…' I blushed as Ryuji's face turned red as well. 'Fine come on then,' he replied as he sighed. After we told the girls we went to our classes, 'since Rin is going to be gone for dinner why don't you come to our place? I will make something for you!' I smiled, 'you sure that's okay?' Ryuji asked, 'of course I am happiest when you are with me…' I blushed as Ryuji blushed back, 'I will meet you at your classroom after school then.' Ryuji replied as he headed for his class. I wonder what I should make, I thought to myself as I took my seat next to an exhausted looking Rin. 'Have fun tonight, and if Mephy pulls out any photo albums don't look at them!' I cried out as Rin grinned, 'the last ones of you were cute, maybe I should tell Suguro about them…' Rin gave me an evil look, 'no I will just die!' I cried out as Rin just laughed, 'anyway Ryuji is coming over for dinner tonight, I was thinking of making curry since you taught me recently and it's not too hard!' I stated, 'yeah sounds good, I wonder what I will be eating at Mephisto's…' Rin replied, 'my bet… Ramen…' I stated, 'eh really why?' Rin asked, 'oh you will see!' I laughed as Rin looked at me puzzled.
As class ended and I gathered up my bags as a few of the girls walked over to me. 'Hey Mira, Suguro is here to see you, are you two dating or something?' The girls all looked at me with hopeful eyes as Rin went over to talk to Ryuji. 'Ah yeah why?' I questioned as all the girls squealed, 'he just seems so unapproachable, I mean he's super smart from what I hear and a few girls in his class have a crush on him.' The girl named Natsuki stated, 'what really?' I cried out, 'yeah, so I have to ask… is he a romantic? I mean I just can't picture him like that.' Ayumi questioned, 'actually he can be, though he get's embarrassed really easy which I find cute.' I smiled back, 'seriously? I have to see that for myself!' Natsuki replied as they all grinned. 'Well it doesn't take much usually, watch for yourselves.' I smiled back as they all expressed their excitement; I had no idea that Ryuji was popular with girls. I walked over to him and Rin as the girls followed, 'hey Mira ready to go?' Ryuji questioned, 'yeah but first I missed you so much I want a kiss okay?' I cooed as his face turned bright red. 'Idiot there are a bunch of your classmates still here!' he yelled back, 'are you embarrassed by me or something?' I looked at him with hopeful eyes, 'no I uh just…' Ryuji flushed as I could tell the girls were enjoying this. 'Don't worry I was just having a little fun, you are so cute sometimes!' I grinned as Ryuji looked ticked, 'fine you want me to kiss you then I will!' Ryuji yelled out so the whole class could hear as I froze. I'm pretty sure it took Rin and the other girls by surprise as well. It was sudden but Ryuji pulled me close to him as he planted his lips against mine, as I'm sure the whole class was staring in shock as he then pulled back bright red. I froze as Ryuji just smirked, 'bet you weren't expecting that, let's go!' He stated as he took hold of my wrist and pulled me through the door. I couldn't believe Ryuji would do something like that in front of my class; my heart was racing really fast. I felt the rush of my blood as I stopped Ryuji and pulled out my key to my room. 'What's wrong?' He asked, 'idiot… my blood has gotten stirred so you need to help with that…' I blushed as Ryuji blushed back, 'I forgot… but does that mean I made your heart race too fast?' He questioned with a look of pride. 'Not the first time!' I replied as I pulled him through the door and we both landed on my bed. 'So you better do something about it then…' I blushed as Ryuji pinned me down to the bed and gazed into my eyes. 'Yeah…' he replied as he kissed me once again.
After a steamy make out session I started to work on dinner while Ryuji studied as usual. 'You said you had a test coming up right? Do you need help with it?' Ryuji questioned as tears filled my eyes, 'Ryuji!' I cried out as I ran to him and dove into his lap. 'I will take that as a yes!' Ryuji laughed as he handed me the text. 'After dinner, it's almost ready so let me get the table set!' I replied as I got up and slid into the kitchen, 'It's ready so take a seat!' I stated as I brought the pot to the table as well as the rice. 'So you decided to make curry huh?' Ryuji smiled softly, 'is there something wrong?' I asked as I served the food, 'no it just reminds me of home. When I was young and we would all have curry together,' Ryuji replied as he took a sip of tea. 'Well I will keep practicing and someday make the perfect curry for our family!' I smiled back as Ryuji blushed once again, 'are you still on that?' He asked as he took a bite, 'you said before you wanted to marry me right? Kids come after don't they? That is what my mom told me.' I questioned, still a bit unsure how all that worked. Ryuji coughed as he took another sip of tea. 'Yeah well that's still a ways off,' Ryuji replied. 'True,' I smiled as I watched Ryuji attempt to eat while hiding his embarrassment. 'I hope Rin is okay, Mephy can be a handful…' I sighed as I started to eat. 'What do you mean?' Ryuji asked, 'well I just don't think he knows what he is in for. I have had many dinners with Mephy and the dresses he makes me wear can be embarrassing but he also has a habit of making his life like an anime.' I laughed, 'so he's an otaku?' Ryuji asked, 'well that's an understatement!' I laughed back as I felt my phone vibrate. 'It's a text from Yukio…' I stated as I pulled it out, 'yeah I got one as well…' Ryuji replied as we both started to read. 'It looks like the cram school is meeting at 11 tonight…' Ryuji stated, 'that means… we have a few hours to kill.' I smiled seductively as Ryuji sighed. 'Were going to study, getting you all worked up before the mission will be bad for everyone,' Ryuji replied as I pouted. 'Then I guess I will have to get all over you on the mission,' I smirked as Ryuji turned to me shocked, 'you can't do that in front of everyone!' Ryuji cried out, 'then I guess we should have some fun now, then study!' I grinned as Ryuji sighed in defeat, 'your mind is always in the gutter, no wonder you and Shima get along so well.' Ryuji replied as he took his dishes to the kitchen and then headed up the stairs, 'you coming?' He asked as I ran after him.