How long has it been exactly? Months? I haven't updated since 2014. My God, I'm sorry. But I did put in my description that if you all were to get attached to my stories, you must be prepared for the delayed updates. Please forgive me and my idiocy. Enjoy!

"I told you, child. I have the power to harm you in more ways than you can believe. You are lucky that I did not immediately dispose of you when you were a baby. You may only think of yourself, but your actions have consequences for me, also. This is your last warning, child. I will no longer warn you of your doings, again. Another wrong step and I will damn you to Earth for eternity. You have been warned."

I groan at the sickly familiar voice and attempt to open my eyes. Light evades my sight and I groan again. I feel sick; like I have a summer cold or something. Which is impossible considering it's the end of January and fresh snow is still falling from the skies. Grogginess overcomes my body and a rough sigh escapes my lips. My father's words are still clear in my mind as I change into a plain, black tee and a pair of navy joggers. I throw my hair up into a sloppy, high ponytail before brushing my teeth and splashing my ghostly face with water. I pinch my cheeks to add some color to them and head out to the kitchen.

I feel my heart slightly pick up when I see a certain blue-eyed demon drooling on the kitchen table. Ukobach is no where to be seen. I pad over to Rin and grab the chair next to him. His eyes open slightly and I wince at my poor ninja skills.

"Angel," he murmurs with glazed eyes. He is half asleep. His hand reaches out and takes hold of a strand of my hair, running his hand down it. I hold my breath as he slowly runs his hand down my arm and intertwines his fingers with mine. "Angel," he mumbles again and I glance at him, a blush tinting my cheeks. "Beautiful Angel," he sighs before closing his eyes again, a light snore immediately leaving his mouth.,

I release the breath I had been holding and study Rin's sleeping form for several minutes. I never noticed how silky his hair actually is. Or how much tanner he looks compared to the others here. I prop my head up on my free hand and sigh. Rin's hand hasn't loosened since he's fallen back asleep. If anything, it tightened. How is Rin so toned? I could see line of his muscles through his shirt. I allow my eyes to travel his whole body. Over his legs up to his weirdly colored hair and shielded eyes….that are no longer shielded.

I gasp and fly backwards, forgetting that my hand is in Rin's, and Rin falls on me. I struggle to breathe as Rin slowly lifts himself from me with his arms. I blink and my silver eyes meet his blue ones, causing my heart to speed up in an odd beat.

"Um…" I start, opening my mouth.

Rin's gaze lingers on my lips for a moment before he meets my eyes again. "I-"

"Onii-chan! What are you doing?" A familiar voice yells and I wince. Rin scrambles to get off me and I scramble to push away from him. Yukio is in the doorway, his eyes wide with, what seems to be, shock and a bit of annoyance.

"Goddamnit, Yukio, you scared me," Rin swears as he plops himself back in a chair.

I push myself up and grab a chair as well, my head throbbing a bit as I do so. I shake away the feeling of grogginess, though, when Yukio takes a seat next to me. Wide-eyed, I look at him in confusion and he looks at me with annoyance.

"Onii-chan, if Winter is going to be violated while being here, I'll just send her to the normal dormitory."

I blink.

Once.

Twice.

"What?" I finally blurt out.

Yukio turns towards me. "I said-"

"No, no, I heard what you said. I mean, what do you mean violated? I'm not being violated."

"I just saw with my own eyes my brother on top of you," he counters.

"Yeah, 'cause I pulled him onto me."

I immediately flush at my sentence. "I mean, not like that. By accident."

"Accident," Yukio repeats back, unsurely.

I nod.

"But-"

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you're trying to take her away from me, Yukio."

I turn to look at Rin with a chastising expression. "Rin, don't accuse people of-"

"So what if I am?"

Shocked, I turn back to Yukio to see him staring intently at me.

"What?" I ask.

"What if I am trying to steal her away from you? What does it matter?"

Then, I do the stupidest thing: laugh.

Both boys turn to me as if I have just gone senile, which might be possible.

"Yukio, stop kidding around. Some ladies might take it seriously, you know."

"I'm not kidding."

Well, that is the end of my laughing. I look at Yukio with very discerning eyes and attempt to depict his thinking process. There is no plus to dating me, mostly flaws. Liking me serves absolutely no purpose in the world. I have no social skill and lack coordination when it counts. Eventually, I just sigh.

"Yukio, I saw very much how you liked Shiemi. There is no way that you go from liking someone as pretty and beautiful as her to liking someone as obnoxious and unlady-like as this." I motion towards myself just for good measure.

"Winter-"

"Hi, Winter."

I blink and look around to see a certain black cat lounging around by the window. The open window. "Why in the bloody hell is the window open?"

Rin and Yukio both turn to me and shrug casually. I huff and stomp over to the freezing portal, shutting it, before going back to sit down beside Yukio.

"No wonder it was so goddamn cold in here," I mumble incoherently under my breath. "Come here, Kuro," I call to the cat and smile when he sits himself on my lap.

"How do you know it's name?"

I send a weak glare towards Yukio. "You might have forgotten, Yukio, but I'm the same as- ow!" I send a full on glare towards Rin. "What the hell?"

He slightly shakes his head and I giggle nervously. "I mean, I can hear his voice, remember?"

Yukio blinks at me, his gaze almost penetrating through my lie and into my sanity. "Right, but shouldn't you be getting to school now?" He asks and I look my phone to see that it is well past twelve in the afternoon, almost hitting one.

"Well, crap," I murmur to myself.

"She isn't going to school today."

I turn towards Rin and look at him curiously.

"What?" Yukio and I both ask at the same time.

"She's sick," Rin says, glaring at his brother darkly.

Yukio's eyes fill with, what seems like, worry and he slides his hand on my forehead, checking my temperature with his own. I blush slightly at the contact and look away, glancing at my red hair with a bit of disdain. Suddenly, Yukio's hand is removed from my forehead and I look up to see Rin holding Yukio's wrist in a tight grip.

"I said, she's sick. There's nothing to check. And you," he points to me, "come on."

Rin takes a hold on my hand and pulls me up and away, forcing Kuro to hop off of my lap. We go into his and Yukio's room before Rin slams the door and pins me against it.

"Rin? What are you-?"

"I don't know."

I struggle against his hold, but end up just failing miserably. "If this is your way of showing me that you are stronger than me, it's just pissing me off."

His gaze is not on me, but on my forehead.

"Rin."

He looks down at me before looking back up again.

"Rin."

He tightens his hold on my wrists and I huff loudly.

"Rin-"

The rest of his name is muffled by his lips on mine. My eyes widen in shock as I gaze into Rin's blue orbs before I slowly close them and accept the kiss. The kiss is sweet, like popsicles on a hot, summer day. Like fireworks on the fourth of July. The kiss is...right, like cookies and milk or cheeseburgers and fries. The kiss is amazing, his lips moving on mine, hesitantly, but expertly. The kiss is...wow.

Okay, guys, let me just apologize. *Kneels down and takes out samurai sword.* I will now disembed my innards. Okay, yes, I have been watching too many Samurai related shows, sue me. Not the point. Anyway, I am happy to say that I am back after many, many months, though I do find what I've done irresponsible and rude. I gave you all a bit of fanservice, though, so are we okay now? I've been reading through this story and always cringe when I find a mistake or error. Trust me, I know I am definitely not the perfect writer, but I am happy to say that I know I have grown in our time away from each other. Please leave a review and tell me what you think of this chapter. (I also have a website if anyone cares. Inbox me if you're interested.) Thanks a lot, gadies and lentlemen, bye bye!

~TheLovelyWriter204