Brotherly Hatred | ✔️ | Blue Exorcist

Bandages

"I can go home now?" I felt so relieved I actually could've cried. I wouldn't though, not here in public.

"Yes you can, but..."

I stared at him and waited for him to answer, but he hesitated. "But what? Come on, you're killing me here."

He looked like he wanted to roll his eyes, "I'm not killing you. However, before you leave, you're required to go through a psychiatric evaluation."

I gawked, "what the hell?! Why do I have to do that?" He raised an eyebrow and glanced down. I realized what he meant and I blushed.

"It's just protocol, and well, you look like you need it. I'll take you over there... and maybe grab some bandages as well." I bit my lip and I felt extremely embarrassed to have been caught, I literally couldn't have any secret lately. He opened the door and ushered me out into the hallway. I kept my head low as we passed a few people, I heard some of them talk to Officer Mori but I didn't pay attention to them.

I felt him grab my shoulder, preventing me from walking any further. I turned to look at him and he knocked on the door in front of us. Someone called from behind the door and he pushed down the handle. We entered the room and another man in a police uniform sat in a desk chair, looking over paperwork. He glanced up and smiled, "You must be Rin, am I correct?" I nodded and he sat back in his chair. "Well, come sit down, let's talk." I wasn't sure how I felt about this, but I didn't really have a choice. I sat down in a chair opposite of him and he licked his lips. "Shiro, can you grab some medical supplies." He stated and my eyes bugged.

I turned around in my seat and called out before he left the room, "you're name is Shiro?" He glanced back and gave me a puzzled look.

"Yeah, why?"

I slumped a bit and chewed on the inside of my cheek. "It's nothing I guess..." he blinked a few times and turned to walk out of the room. I shifted so that I was facing this new person. He looked slightly amused by my actions and I huffed. "What's your name?"

He chuckled, "you can call me Derik, is it okay if I call you Rin?" I shrugged, why would I give a shit what he called me? I was just happy I wasn't considered a rapist anymore. Speaking of which, he kicked off our conversation. "How do you feel now?"

I shrugged again, "happy, I guess? Everyone's had some sort of vendetta against me, it's about time things were set straight." He nodded, turning to a clean page on a notepad. "Excuse me, but who are you exactly? Aren't you a cop or something? Why are you doing this evaluation thingamajig?"

He chuckled again, he seemed a lot more carefree than Officer Mori. "I'm a police officer, but I also have a degree in psychology. I may not be able to prescribe medications, but the station is fine with my skills. When someone is in distress here, they come and see me." Huh, I never would've guessed that. He tapped his pen against the notepad. "So, what are those, Rin?" He pointed his pen at my arms and I chuckled humorlessly.

"Yeah, I have an issue..." I looked down at my still bleeding wounds and tried to wipe away the blood. I just ended up smearing it and making it look worse, oops.

"Why would you do something like that?"

I glanced up at him and shrugged, "I was nervous." To think that only a week ago, I would've never thought about doing something like this, it's amazing how life changes so quickly.

He hummed, "so you do that when you're taking an exam at school? Or what about when you are talking to a pretty girl?" I saw his point and I added onto my previous statement.

"Well, its more than that I guess. I was nervous, scared, and annoyed. I didn't know what to do, I just felt lost, and if I didn't do something I thought I would lose my mind." I found myself picking at one of the wounds and I had to shove my bloodied hand into my pants pocket.