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[exaomori]

Who: Rin and Shura
When: After Rin confronts Yukio about the secrets he's been keeping
Where: The carnival... somewhere....
What: A student-teacher chat about Stuff
Warnings: idk, maybe mentions of suicide?



[So fine, maybe this afternoon had gone pretty poorly. Running into a brainwashed Shima who trapped her in an illusion involving Hachiro was bad enough, but then running into Yukio and his new little familiar who was a copy of Hachiro's weakened form was just rubbing salt into an open wound. And on top of that, someone had to tell Rin about what happened to Shima. She'd count on Yukio to do that, but...

Well, she didn't think that was going to happen. So now she has to go track her student down, first checking on the cookhouse, then his trailer. And if she can't find him there, well then his ass better be somewhere obvious. She's not in the mood to play hide and seek this particular evening.]

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[exaomori]

[It wasn't as if Shura expected anything less from him. It wasn't as if she hadn't had a similar reaction back home, though she had been too busy trying to get him out of the civil authority's grasp to think too long or hard on it.]

Far as I know, just his eye. If there's more, he hasn't told me.

[If Yukio could get to that point where he could tell Rin on his own--well, that'd be great. But instead, it happened like this. But since Yukio wasn't locked in confinement, this might go better than it might back home.]

I don't know what or why, Rin. It ain't like he told me nothin' on his own. I found out back home, but that's...

[That is another story entirely, enough to draw another sigh from Shura.]

I'll answer whatever question ya got as best I can, but it's gonna be one at a time, so keep yer mouth shut for a sec and listen to me. Far as I know, it started in Kyoto. Yukio wasn't goin' to his checkups for a while after we came back. I just thought he was gettin' overwhelmed with other stuff, and when he did go back, his tests came back normal. Whether or not Satan's using him as a way to maintain some sort of presence in this world or if it just happened because of chance, I don't know.

[It was possible that Satan had always been present, simply unable to assert his presence until Yukio had finally cracked enough to let him through. Shura's had time to think about the possibilities, but none of them made sense. She just didn't have enough information.]

But you know him, Rin. He hates to lose, and he hates bein' weak. He's been tryin' to handle this on his own the whole time cause he's scared he ain't strong enough.

[flashover]

[Ha. Like Yukio would ever tell him on his own. Maybe only once it was all completely over!

Still, he at least does what his teacher asks, and keeps his mouth shut long enough for her to finish what she has to say. ]

Which is so dumb! [ he says, once she's done] He's... he's incredible! He's always been so strong and so smart! Why does he think he's weak? [Rin whimpers a bit and presses the heels of his palms into his eyes] He's my brother, my twin, and all this was happening without me noticing... I'm the worst, Shura.

[exaomori]

You're both idiots. [Shura replies automatically. They were both dumb. They were both sixteen. That was just part of being a kid. For all that Shura had made stupid choices at their age, she at least had made them under Shiro's watch. She couldn't provide them with the same care Shiro could have, and Hachiro's contract was a breeze compared to their burdens.

Shura pauses, shifts her weight to her other hip.] And neither of ya are bad, so quit thinkin' that.

[Her hand lifts, reaching up to stroke his hair, even if it means she has to get on her toes to reach him with his changed form.]