Dance of Sapphire

Citrine

Rin dreamt pleasant dreams for once.

He saw a kind smile, and dark blue eyes, filled with mischeif. He saw the glimmer of a gem, and a soft blue light. He felt warmth, like the feeling of his power when he used it. He heard a sweet whisper.

And then a shrill beeping and his brother screaming.

That was how Rin's day started.

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Classes went by. Rin didn't sleep, for once, but he didn't pay attention either. He was trying to find out what the smile was from as he doodled on all his papers. It was all he remembered from his dream.

Lunch came by. Yukio wasn't with him to eat because he was sent on a mission somewhere, so Rin ate alone.

Finally, Cram school. Rin's newly dubbed "Worst Part of the Day."

He did sleep through these classes. They stressed him out too much for him not to. He knew he needed to learn these things, but most of these skills, he wouldn't be using, so what was the point in listening?

Eventually, he was woken up by Shiemi to get with Suguro and work on fusion dancing. He groaned, but got up anyways.

"You be the girl." Rin immediately said.

"Hell no! You be the girl. You're prettier than I am. And smaller." Suguro argued. Rin sighed. All his life he'd been mistaken for a girl up until after middle school. The curse of having the gem from his mother: his body was very similar to hers. She'd been short, and pale. Just like Rin. Sometimes, Shiro had called him by his mother's name–Yuri. But that was when Rin hadn't known all these things about gems. He'd just figured he was her spitting image. He didn't know he looked like a carbon copy of her!

He grumbled, but let Suguro guide him as the girl just like yesterday. Today though, the taller gem made it hell.

"So," he began. "Why do you always sleep in classes?"

Rin rolled his eyes. "They're boring. I can't just sit still all day. Regular school is fine, but by the time Cram School comes around, I'm too restless." Rin answered.

"Oh come on, it's not that hard. Just take notes. That's all you gotta do." Suguro laughed. Rin glared at him.

"I can't even concentrate, much less take notes in these boring as hell classes." He growled.

"Pffft, how did you get all the way to a high school then? What, are you a rich kid who's parents paid for you to get in?" He taunted.

Alright, that was it. "I have ADHD and Dyslexia and I was raised in a poor Monastery, you asshole!" He yelled, pushing away from the Ruby. "God damn, for such a smart guy, you're an idiot!" He stormed off and went straight to Kirigakure-sensei.

"I wanna dance with someone who doesn't waste their breath insulting me." He demanded. The woman stared at him for a moment and then sighed.

"Alright. Suguro, switch with Shima. You get Takara. Shima, come dance with Okumura." She called out. The Ruby looked miffed about getting the weird puppet guy and Rin would've felt sorry for him if the guy wasn't such a jerk.

Shima walked over to the Sapphire. Of course, Rin had to be the girl again, but Shima at least had a slimmer body type that fit easier with his, so he didn't feel like he could be snapped in half like a twig in Shima's hold like he did with Suguro. They danced and it was(almost)graceful. Shima was pretty smooth in his movements, while Rin was clumsier, tripping sometimes. But the Citrine didn't make any rude comments or tease him for it.