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I looked at Yukio, practically staring him down for an explanation, He caught my gaze but didn't make any move to clear my confusion. Instead he looked at the students and said, "As you all know your two classes will be learning together for the duration of two weeks. This is something new the order is trying out to see if it will be implemented into the curriculum. When you become exorcists you will have to work with many different types of people, and this will give you an idea of what it's like. No matter your personal feelings towards each other you have to get along. If you can't learn to work as a team in a limited amount of time, out in the field you would die. Here, you'll just fail this part of the class."

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After the bell rang the Americans got up and left the room, laughing and pushing each other. I watched them go through narrowed eyes, not forgetting the rude things they said before, A loud thud grabbed my attention and I looked towards the source of the sound, seeing the girl with the hat, Lily, had tripped on the way out, dropping her books. She mumbled a curse and kneeled down. After a moment I got up and walked over to her, picking up one of the fallen supplies and handing them to her. She looked at me suspiciously for a moment before reaching and grabbing the book. "Thanks…" She got to her feet.

"So...your name's...Lily, right?" I asked, trying to sound friendly. Lily was the only one who seemed decent so far, so what was the harm of befriending at least one of the American students?
"Yeah…" She shifted awkwardly then looked at me again, "Why do you want to know? Are you going to pick on me like everyone else? If you are don't even bother, I have better things to do."

I blinked and scratched the back of my head. "Uh, no, actually. You seem like the only decent person out of your class, no offense."

"Really? Didn't you hear what they said? I'm a "freak"."
"Yeah well they called me a freak too if you were listening." I dropped my arm down. A frown tugged at her face, but the distrust in her eyes didn't fade. Her green eyes gazed at my ears before travelling down to my tail. They glanced briefly at my arms before meeting my own gaze.

"...What are you?" She finally asked.

I shrugged. "Half-demon. I figure you are too?"

"Yeah…" The tension in her shoulders lessened slightly.

"What are you hiding under your hat?" I asked with genuine curiosity and without thinking reached for her hat. Lily immediately reared back, grabbing her hat and pulling it on tighter.

"Don't touch me." She hissed through pointed cat-like fangs with a strong glare before stalking past me out of the room. I watched her go and rubbed my arm.

"Oops…" I turned towards Yukio's desk as I remembered wanting an explanation, but scowled when I saw he was already gone. I decided to do the next best thing. I turned back towards where my class sat, seeing Bon standing up and waiting, and Shiemi was standing a few feet away, looking down awkwardly. I glanced briefly at Shiemi before looking away and walking over to Bon. "So what the hell-"

"Rin!" Shiemi walked up to us. She offered a nervous smile, "How are you doing? I haven't seen you since I visited you at the hospital...but, um...I just wanted to say that I...um…"

"What is it?" I asked her.

"Um...I'm sorry for being distant. I know I didn't say it at the hospital but I should have because I'm your friend and I was being selfish and not thinking about your feelings and just...sorry." She looked down, an embarrassed blush across her face.

I blinked and then smiled genuinely, "No it's okay. I'm happy to hear it."

She blushed more and looked back up. "And I...I also wanted to say since I am your friend you can rely on me! So if you need anything just tell me!"

I rubbed the back of my head. "Yeah, sure."

She smiled and turned as if to leave before turning back and embracing me in a hug. I blushed and looked down at her. She quickly stepped back and smiled again before turning and walking out of the room. I stared after her before hearing a snort from Bon.
I whipped towards him with a blush, "you got something to say gorilla?!"

"Nope." He lifted his hands in surrender.

I huffed, crossing my arms over my chest.

"Well, I'll see you later." He smiled, dropping his arms. "I got a few tests I need to study for."

My tail twitched and I chewed on my lip. Finally I swallowed my pride and said, "Uh...can I go home with you?"

Bon blinked. "You sure? I'm gonna be studying."

"Well….Yukio's on a mission tonight and...I don't want to walk alone by myself..." I didn't meet his gaze. "I don't want to be alone either."

"Is it because of…?" He didn't finish and instead said, "yeah, of course."

I nodded, looking down with embarrassment, "thanks."

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Bon sat down at his desk, pulling out books and notes for various classes. I sat down on his bed and watched as he organized them into piles according to class and laid them out at the top of the desk. Then he pulled forward one pile and opened the book and notebook, starting to go through them. I moved my attention away from him and looked around his dorm room. Which was much nicer than mine. I got up and walked over to his bookshelf, looking to see if he had an manga. I was out of luck, it seemed, as all the books he had where big, leather-bound books. I let out a huff and sat back down on his bed, wondering what I should do to preoccupy myself.
"Hey Rin, while we're here do you want some help with your homework?" Bon's voice drew my attention and I looked over at him.
I crossed my arms, "I don't need help. I can do it just fine on my own."
Bon just raised an eyebrow in disbelief.
"What?! I can!" I defended myself.
He chuckled, "sure you can." Almost immediately after he closed the textbook and turned so he was fully facing me. I frowned as the air suddenly turned serious. "Hey Rin...if you don't mind my asking, when...when did you start...well, you know, self harming? And why?" I dropped my crossed arms down into my lap, staring down at them. "Hey, if you don't want to answer you don't have to."
"No….it's fine. If you really want to know...I guess we are friends, so…" I took in a breath and looked up at him. "The question is, do you really want to know?"
He frowned, as if he was puzzled by the question before nodding, "Yeah, I do."
"Well...I first cut myself when I was thirteen." I shrugged. Bon's eyes widened and before he could say anything I went on, "I didn't know what else to do. Back then...I...I didn't have any friends." I admitted. "No one wanted to be around me. At school there were always whispers behind my back and rumours going around about me. If anyone new transferred in the other kids would make sure they wouldn't talk to me either. A lot of the kids would pick fights with me on purpose, and even though they started them I always got in trouble for it. Others would tell me to kill myself, one time a kid shoved a knife in my face and told me to go cut my wrists. Even the teachers hated me. A lot of them would fail me on purpose, and eventually I just stopped bothering to try. I stopped trying to do well, I stopped trying to make any friends...I started skipping school and staying away from home.
At home my family was disappointed with me a lot...because I never did good enough in school for them, because I always got into fights...I was always told I should try and follow Yukio's example...That I should try and be more like him. I was getting to the point where I just didn't want to try anymore. Everything just felt pointless...I felt alone, I had no one to talk to, I didn't have any way to ease the pain. So...one time I just...did it. I used one of my old man's razors and just...tried it out, I guess. And yeah, it hurt but...it did help, in a way. It gave me something else I could focus on besides my emotions...and I just...kept doing it." I shrugged, staring down at my hands.
Bon was silent for a while before he said, "And...you just...kept doing that until you met us? Since you were thirteen?"
"No, not..not exactly…" I said. "Um...I kept cutting for a year, but...one time I took it too far. I cut too deep and I passed out...My dad was the one who found me...When I woke up I was in the hospital. My dad was furious…" I let out a small laugh, smiling weakly. "Man, did I get torn apart for that little stunt. He had been really worried, and he was mad that I never went to him when I was feeling bad enough to cut myself...So, we made a deal. As long as he kept what I had done a secret from everyone else, I wouldn't cut anymore. Of course he still checked me for cuts a bunch, but...I did manage to stay clean after that. I guess it was because I realized he cared about me more than I thought, and I actually had someone to go to. But then he died...and my powers awakened and I found out the truth…" I brought my knees up to my chest and wrapped my arms around them. "That's when I started cutting again. You guys became my friends and for the first time in a really long while I actually felt happy...so I stopped. Then you guys found out what I was and turned your backs on me. I started to feel like every time I felt happy something had to happen to tear it apart...That's why I tried to kill myself. I thought...no one wanted me here anyway...and I...I was never going to be happy then…" I put my head in my arms as a few tears ran down my face. I felt the bed dip besides me as Bon sat down.
"I'm sorry, Rin." He said quietly. I felt him wrap an arm around my shoulders and pull me into a hug. I uncurled myself to wrap my arms around him as I cried. He hugged me tightly, "You're not alone. Yukio, Shiemi, and I...we're here for you. And I always will be. You won't ever have to feel that way ever again. Not if I can help it."