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[Idiots. All of them.

Bon was tired. After a day of tending to the sick, as well as tending to family obligations, there was not much else to do but take a bath and sleep. But there was so much to worry about: the mess with Todo, where this sickness was coming from, Rin's demon heritage...

Bon frowned. Rin was a constant worry. As if there weren't enough troubles in Bon's life already, now there was one more idiot to worry about. He was lazy, he was stupid, and he happened to be the son of Bon's sworn enemy, the one Bon was going to defeat.

But somehow, Bon couldn't be mad at him. Mad at the lies, yes, but not at Rin's heritage. He couldn't help it, right? It wasn't like a child could do anything about who their parents were. Rin was at fault just as much as Bon was at fault for the Suguro family problems.

Speaking of family problems...

Bon looked left, then right. Nobody else was in the changing room. Good. Carefully, Bon lifted up the sweater and shirt, and carefully pulled them off. The bindings on her chest were still holding strong, though they were becoming uncomfortable as time passed. She was growing, she figured. Pretty soon she would no longer be small-chested enough for bandages, and she would have to use actual bras.

It wasn't that she was uncomfortable with being a girl. No, Bon was fine with that. But what she wasn't fine with was all the assumptions that went along with it. Girls did this. Girls did that. Girls didn't get their ears pierced, or dyed their hair, or acted in the way Bon always had.

Bon wasn't about to change who she was just because society told her to, but the pressure was on her. Especially since she was a scholarship student, too: Nobody expected a tomboy to be tough and smart. So, it had just been easier to hide her gender under bandages and pants. It was only three years, after all. Once she graduated and got her Meister, how she acted wouldn't matter at all. Once she was an exorcist, nobody could take that away from her. She could be who she wanted.

But for now, she could pretend to be a boy. Shima and Koneko knew, by virtue of having grown up with her. Her teachers (including Yukio) and the staff at the school knew, since her actual gender was listed on her school records. But everyone else? They had no clue.

At least, as long as nobody saw her topless, they wouldn't know. Hopefully no idiot boys would wander in to the changing room and stumble upon her in her half-dressed state.]

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... what.

[No.

Seriously.

What?]

You've been sleeping for two days. Some people thought you weren't going to wake up.

Christ...

[Rin is just going to slump back and drag the blanket over his head.

Nope. So much nope.]

[God Rin you are such a child.]

I'm kind of surprised that you're not starving, after two days of not eating.

[He just saved Kyoto from dying in a horrible death of miasma and rot, he damn near burnt himself out via his flames and Bon's barrier power, he's allowed to be a little bit childish right now.]

No, I just feel sick.

I'm not surprised.

[Dehydration still isn't a good thing, though.]

Want some water instead?

[He's a demon, he can handle a little lack of water--

Wait no he can't he feels like shit.]

... yeah.

[Bon stands up and walks over to another part of the large room when Rin says that. A few moments later, she returns with a glass of water in her hands.]

Here, drink this.

[By the time she gets back, Rin is sitting up at least, though holding his head with one hand as he does so. He doesn't get headaches often, but given what they've been through it's reasonable that his head would be splitting right now.]

Thanks...

[If nothing else, Bon can sympathyze with the head-splitting pain of a migraine.

She'll sit there, waiting paitently while Rin drinks down his water. She's waiting to see if the water actually does make him feel better, or if he needs something else.]

[It's... something. Though at this point he's likely to need an entire bucket of water just to feel even remotely hydrated right now.]

... I feel hot but it probably ain't that warm in here, is it?

No, that's probably the pile of blankets you're laying under. Maybe a cold bath would help?

Uck... maybe. I feel pretty gross, too.

If you think you can walk, I can show you where the baths are.

I think I can. Help me up?

[She'll stand up and hold a hand out to him.]

Just don't pull me down, okay.

C'mon I ain't that bad off--

[Except he is.

And what happens as soon as he tries to get to his feet?

His knees go weak and he falls backwards, dragging Bon with him.]

[Aaaaaand Bon goes tumbling down, falling on top of Rin with an undignified yelp of surprise.]

I-idiot! I warned you!

Sh-shut up! It was an accident!

[And who should be walking by right then but a certain pink haired pervert?]

Whoa, what's going on in here?!

[Oh god

Bon just freezes in horror, and for a moment she actually wishes she could just crawl in a hole and die.

But she quickly regains control of herself, and she pushes herself off of Rin, whirling around to face Shima quickly.]

Nothing's going on! Get out!

[Yeah Rin is kind of... wondering the same thing. Because wow this is awkward.]

Not everythin' is that kinda thing, Shima! Get the fuck out 'fore I kick your ass out!

[If Shima had known just how weak Rin was currently, he wouldn't have seen that as a threat. But he doesn't, and that's all he needs to squeak and slam the door, running the hell away.]

Jesus... forget it, just leave me here...

[Oh god Shima just saw her on top of a boy he's going to tell everyone and Bon's going to get teased and Bon's mom is going to kill Rin-

Oh right Rin still isn't feeling well.]

I...okay.

[She needs to go hide her face for a while anyway, so she'll just go crawl under the blankets of the futon near Rin's. She's tired of this shit too, she can just hide here for a bit.]

... what're you doin'?

[He thought she was going to leave.]

What does it look like? I'm not going out there while Shima's lurking about! And besides, you shouldn't be here alone anyway.

... y'know that's only gonna make him think worse things.

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