Rin received his rank and got his own little ceremony where he was titled Upper Second Class Knight and Tamer, the official Weapon of the Order. The Cram School held a small party for him afterwards. Rin was given a uniform and badge along with an Exorcist I.D. All of the Arc Knights bid him good luck as the Order's Weapon.
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Over the course of the next few days, Suguro had managed to earn Lightning's approval to be his apprentice.
Lightning also asked Suguro to bring Rin along with him sometimes to ask him questions about being a half demon and having the Nine-Tails in his head as a sort of alternate form.
"She just screams 24/7. I hate her." Rin looked more dead inside than usual and Suguro thought it was hilarious.
"That's gotta suck." Lightning agreed. "So I hear Ryuji here is your favorite person. Even above your own brother?" Lightning wondered. Rin nodded.
"He's amusing." He answered. Lightning grinned. "As a sociopath with a similar mentality to yours–I get that."
Suguro looked nervously between them. They both turned to him with nearly identical predatorial grins and he backed up.
"Wait, what are you two doing?" He questioned cautiously. Without answering, they both pinned him to the wall and proceeded to mess with his morals as a Buddhist.
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"Aren't they both underage?" Yukio pointed out to Shura while she told him the information she'd acquired on Rin. They were keeping him under watch for now, just in case the Nine-Tails acted up.
"Not only that, poor Suguro got some action from two hot guys and he's only a First Year!" She huffed. Yukio snickered.
"What, are you jealous? Your skimpy outfits aren't helping you anymore?" He smirked.
"Hey! I always get attention from the kids when I walk by! Now, no one in the ExWires cares!" She complained.
"What exactly did those two do to Suguro anyways?" Yukio wondered, somewhat curious. "Oh, I'm pretty sure Rin stole his first kiss and Lightning stole his second and after that, it was pretty much just Rin marking him up while Lightning asked him questions and took notes on his answers. Suguro was putty in their hands. Poor guy's never gonna be free from those two nutjobs now." The woman chuckled. Yukio made a face at the crude explanation.
"Huh. Didn't think Rin would take it that far." He mused. "He would if he had someone to double team his favorite person with, apparently." Shura snorted.
"That's unexpected, but also not. It was only a matter of time." Yukio sighed.
Rin was too much like Mephisto in the way he liked to play with people in his games. He'd once conned a guy out of 50,000¥.
Shiro had been so proud, he didn't even reprimand Rin for it, just bought him high quality food to cook with the money.
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"I heard you traumatized Suguro-kun." Shiemi giggled the next day. She and Rin were on a mission together.
"He'll be fine." Rin brushed it off. "Didn't you steal his first kiss?" Shiemi asked.
"Huh, word gets around quick." Rin noted. "Yeah, but that was it. Gave him a few marks. Had him mumbling nonsense in no time. Probably corrupted his morals a bit." Rin told her.
"Why'd you do that?" She wondered, but before he could answer, an Exorcist came up to them and handed them Holy Water dispensers.
"Coaltars have infested a house. The client is crazy about old houses, so don't damage it." The man told them.
"Old houses? It's not even a house at this point. This is a wreck." Rin pointed out. "It seems like the Coaltar Lord Koks isn't here, but if you run into him, come get me." The man walked off to talk with another Exorcist.
"Rin, are you alright with Holy Water?" Shiemi fretted, frowning.
"I'm fine. It's just a spray and my regeneration will take care of it later." Rin answered.
"Later? I thought it was immediate?" Shiemi said.
"No. The smaller the injury, the longer it takes to–oh fuck!" The floor collapsed beneath them and they freefell. Rin landed in a pile of shards and felt something jagged stab his leg. He gritted his teeth and looked down at the shard of wood in his leg. Correction, through his leg.
Wonderful.
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Hours later and Rin could easily walk around the dorm kitchen with only a slight limp, throwing ingredients into bowls and mixing them together while something that smelled delicious cooked on the stove.
"So you live here with your brother because the Order is paranoid about you losing it?" Godaiin summed up.
"Yes. Although, it does give me enough privacy to do whatever I want since Yukio isn't home very often." Rin confirmed. Godaiin, like the Cram School group, had decided he liked Rin and hung out with him when he could. Rin didn't understand why people suddenly flocked to him even when he seemed so cruel to them.
"And your brother doesn't try to stop you from doing what you want?" Godaiin wondered.
"I'm physically stronger and faster than him. He can't stop me." Rin answered. Godaiin imagined Rin would have a smug smile on if he really cared about that fact.
"Your parents are fine with you being around a broke low-life from the Tokyo slums?" Rin changed the subject.
"They think I'm doing it to look good, but I don't care as long as I'm allowed to hang with you." The teen said honestly. Rin hummed. He turned off the burners and left the food to cool.
The half-demon walked over and got uncomfortably close to the human. Godaiin didn't even flinch. Rin got closer to where their noses were almost touching. Still no negative reaction. Rin let a smile slip onto his face. "You don't joke around."
"Nope. I wanna be your friend. I'm not scared of you." Godaiin agreed. Something tugged at Rin's chest. He didn't understand the feeling, but he didn't hate it. "And if I decide to just stay here and stare you down?" Rin decided to push even more. "I hope you like staring at mud-brown eyes." Godaiin told him. Rin smiled wider and Godaiin saw it reach his eyes.
That.
That was actual happiness.
Did Rin even realize he was feeling something? Godaiin didn't say anything about it as Rin went to plate the food. Let the half-demon realize it on his own that it just took a little care and positive reinforcement.
A knife was suddenly not even an inch from the space between his eyes. Godaiin was too surprised to move. He did his best to not let it show in his eyes that he almost screamed.
A chuckle. "It's okay. Anyone would scream if a knife came at them like that." Rin assured him.
"Would you?" Godaiin challenged. Rin thought for a moment before a smile graced his face once again. "No. I wouldn't."
They sat down and ate dinner peacefully. Rin helped Godaiin study for a test in one of the classes they had together and then Rin walked Godaiin back to the Boys' Dorms. He did this as an inside joke between them since Godaiin was always creeped out by the demons that crept around the school.
Go figure he was afraid of a baby goblin or coaltars, but didn't even flinch at Rin threatening him.
Soon, Rin would find himself enjoying Godaiin's company. But first, he'd be thrown into Shura's past and Yukio's feelings.
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It took me until this chapter to actually plan out where I wanted this story to go 😅. I can confirm, it will be gay.
Jesus, forgive me 😂
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FanficRin doesn't care. He hasn't been able to since he was six. He knew he was emotionally detached from the start, even before Shiro had taken him to a psychologist to be officially diagnosed with severe Emotional Detachment due to trauma. He also never...
