Vanilla Smoke (Blue Exorcist)

Chapter 6

This is a longer chapter, Enjoy!

       Shuku loitered in the cafeteria of the dorm and slowly sipped on a shake while leaning up against a wall near the door. Yukio was sitting at a table not too far away, sparing a moment to cast a glance over at Shuku. Rin was probably still asleep in his room.

"You know Shuku, your welcome to come sit down over here if you'd like." Yukio offered, a bit nervous around Shuku.

Shuku gave a careless shrug then strolled over and sat down next to Yukio, and continued sipping his shake while Glasses ate his breakfast. The silence was awkward.

"Where's Rin?" Shuku asked boredly, breaking the silence.

"Still asleep. He wouldn't wake up when I tried to wake him. So, I never see you in the dorm, where are you usually at?" He asked.

"Places. I found this pastry shop I go to often a while ago. Price isn't bad since either. Other than that, I go to the park to study and train a bit. You should try a bucket of ice water, that always works." Shuku responded, then offered.

Shuku took another sip of his shake. It was silent for another minute before Yukio broke the silence this time.

"Um... I heard you got into the school on a full scholar ship like I did, I mean, we share a few classes." Yukio gave Shuku a closed-eyed smile, this was getting real awkward.

"Yeah, I breeze through most of my classes anyway, though. The only thing I really have to study is history." Shuku took another sip of his shake. History hadn't really been something he focused on. Much too boring.

Yukio and Shuku sat in silence for a moment before Yukio said something. "I would like to hear the story behind that eye of yours. A few exorcist have unusual scars given to them by demons, but I've never heard of one like yours before." Shuku took a deep breath, and knitted his brow in thought with a grunt and closed his eyes before answering.

"A high-level demon gave it to me when I was about 10. I passed out afterward and my eye was a different color and light sensitive. Nothing more to it." Shuku skimmed over, not really wanting to talk. He preferred the silence much more to this conversation.

"A high-level demon? Was an exorcist call to deal with it afterward? High-level demons are supposed to be called in as soon as they are spotted. If you were attacked by one, how are you alive?" Yukio prodded with sudden interest, not noticing Shuku's discomfort about the subject.

"This isn't a demon open for exorcists to deal with. A smart dragon is foresightful enough not to kill something it may need in the future, especially when that something can't be replaced." After that statement, Shuku got up, slung his bag over his shoulder, and left.

Yukio blinked. That hadn't been the response he had hoped for. Hearing the sound of Rin running down the halls, Yukio prepared himself to deal with his older brother.

<><><><><><><Later that day, after school w/ Okumura brothers><><><><><><><><><><>

Yukio and Rin walked around the store grocery shopping. Since lunch was too expensive, they had decided Rin would make them lunches in their dorms kitchen, since only Shuku was there with them, and Yukio was fairly sure he didn't cook.

"Hey, Rin? What do you know about Shuku?" Yukio asked, what exactly had he meant earlier in the day. Dragons weren't exactly a demon one could find nowadays, they were extinct. The bigger question, why would one attack Shuku, but not kill him? Not that it's a bad thing, but... it just doesn't make sense.