Sweet Like Candy

Be More Chill

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Rin was, unfortunately, not the best student and never had been. She might've been, if she'd actually gone to middle school properly, but she hadn't. Rin had skipped as many days as she could until they threatened to expel her and she somehow still passed. Rin learned better through practical means rather than bookwork. It took several hours with ten minute breaks in between and music for background sound to keep her concentrated. The monastery had been nothing short of demolished and was still being rebuilt. But Rin had lost most of her personal items, including the old Ipod with all her music.

So, her method didn't work that well without her supplies. Yukio was still too busy for her. She didn't have her music, or her soft fluffy blanket and favorite pillow, or enough money to buy snacks for when she needed something to munch on while taking notes at home. And she knew Mephisto had plenty of money to get her everything she needed.

But of course, her new guardian was a cheap bastard. He didn't really care about her like Shiro did. Money was always tough growing up. Rin was the only girl in the monastery and the guys thought it would be hard to care for her.

But Rin had been an easy kid in the fact that she didn't mind doing whatever the boys did. She'd shared clothes with Yukio, she'd played with his toy cars and robots, she'd played Yukio's pretend superhero games instead of playing Princess even though there were times when she wished someone would pretend- save her from a dragon or have a cute little tea party with her. She would've kept her hair short so it was more manageable because she knew she was a difficult kid to care for with severe unmedicated ADHD, but the guys all said she could keep it as long as she wanted and instead learned how to put her hair up better than even she could. Rin figured they felt bad for robbing her of a proper childhood for a little girl.

When she got older, Shiro told her that he'd kept a box for her that had money he'd saved up in it since he knew that women liked a lot of things that cost money. He asked her what she wanted to do with the money and she'd thought about it for a while before answering. Because she could only successfully study a certain way, she asked to use the money for snacks. In turn, Rin would just keep wearing Yukio's clothes or clothes donated to the church. She traded a decent wardrobe for being able to pass middle school. She didn't regret it, but she still mourned the loss of nicer clothes.

Now, Rin had about three outfits, her school uniforms(one with a short sleeve shirt, one with a long sleeve shirt for cold months), and the pathetic excuse for blankets and pillows Mephisto provided her and Yukio with. She basically had nothing.

Which brought her to now, where she was almost asleep on her desk when she heard someone mutter behind her.

"What's with that girl? Why is she even here?" Ryuji Suguro grumbled. Yeah, Rin had barely known the guy for a week and a half and he was turning out to be a Grade-A asshole.

Middle school Rin would have called the guy out for a fight behind the school and then beat the hell out of him, but Highschool Rin wasn't a petty little girl anymore and ignored him.

When Yukio's class rolled around, and he passed back the results of a test they'd taken, Rin had a 20% and a disappointed little brother/teacher. She groaned and let her head drop into her arms. Rin really wished she could have everything she needed to be able to study properly and pass classes.

Right now she'd probably get expelled for failing every class in both the regular school and cram school and her life would be over because she'd be kicked from True Cross Academy and from safety. Satan would likely come for her and she wouldn't allow him to have her so she'd probably end up committing suicide.