Equilibrium (A Blue Exorcist Fanfiction)

Everything

"Huh...?" Rin looks at me, clearly confused.

I sigh and put my hands on Rin's shoulders, doing the same thing he did to me before he revealed his own secret.

"When I fought Maru, I did something that caused a shift to happen. After that, it wasn't me who was in control anymore..." Sitting back and taking my hands off Rin's shoulders, I cup my hands together in my lap and find myself looking down instead of at him. "But I've been living with the thing that took over for 4 years now. That's what I meant by 'I'm sharing a body', Rin."

The room fills with silence but there's no awkwardness this time. Despite that, I can't bring myself to say anything else. The built up courage that I had is now gone but I don't regret what I've done.

"You were right back there, you know?" Rin breaks the silence and I look up at him only to find him looking downward just as I had done earlier. But his eyes meet mine and he smiles. "That's ok though. I'll do what I can to get to know you better."

I sit there, confused, and try to think back to when I said something that had to do with what Rin's saying now.

"Remember me?" Riyon says out of nowhere.

Oh, right...

"Well, uh, that was Riyon who said that... But, the same goes for me as well. I wanna learn more about you."

Now, Rin's the one who looks confused. Again...

"Riyon's the one I'm sharing a body with." I add. His confused look goes away.

"I kinda figured that..." He laughs and scratches his head. Then, he turns serious all of a sudden. "Riyon, huh? So he can hear and see everything that happens?"

"Yeah."

"Congratulations, you told him your big secret." He says with sarcasm in his voice, immediately triggering a very irritated look on my face.

"Did I make you mad with my questions?" Rin asks. "Haha... Sorry..."

The way the smile on his face dropped and turned into a frown was hilarious and I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

"No, Riyon just--" I interrupt myself with my laughter but then calm myself down so I won't do it again. "He said something and it kinda got on my nerves."

"Does he do that a lot?"

Haha, well...

"Yeah. And sometimes he's more irritating than usual."

Rin hesistates. But then he quickly speaks again. "...I guess I have a lot of work to do." He pokes my forehead.

I remember that I did the same thing to him earlier. I can't stop the wide smile from spreading across my face. "We both do."