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Rin was the type of person who had never been bothered with "love" or crushes whatsoever - he had his crushes here and there, especially in Australia, but nothing ever went too far. Honestly, he simply didn't care about it (or maybe he didn't want to) - He'd think about it later in life, when he's a full-grown working adult that needs to build a family--
Or so he thought.
It was the usual afternoon at the Samezuka dorms. The long, tedious, nearly overwhelming classes were over for the day (which Rin was thankful for-- if he had to stay one more second listening to the old man talking and drifting off into other topics that have absolutely nothing to do with the class, he'd snap right then and there) and his stomach literally wouldn't shut up - Even Sousuke picked up on it and commented on it, nagging Rin on how "you can't just starve yourself", "you're to be supposed in top form", "watch that diet, you idiot" (which Rin replied to with "yes, mom", making Sousuke roll his eyes but neverthless, snicker), and that was when he decided it was time to grab some snacks.
. . .Except there was practically nothing left in their mini-fridge.
"Sousuke?" Rin's confused voice echoed through the room. "Sousuke, what happened to the food? We got robbed or somethin'?"
"Frankly, yeah, by the Samezuka ghost that lives on the out-of-order toilet and appears after you knock on the door three times and spin once."
The shark hissed at the mocking response. "Sousuke, I'm serious--"
"So am I."
"Sousuke!"
"Are you an idiot? If there's no food there, it's because it was eaten."
"Yeah? By who?"
Sousuke - whom was now leaning over the top bunk's frame - shrugged. "Beats me."
"What do you mean, "beats me"? Just what the hell did you eat today? Last night this thing was filled with food that, by the way, I bought!"
"A man's gotta eat," Sousuke grumbled, rolling back onto his bed.
"Sousuke, you freaking monster! Seriously! You sure as hell eat like one! No wonder your dumps freakin' clog the toilet, huh?"
A few moments of silence followed. "...At least I don't have a kink for cute little girls in thigh-highs."
Rin's face went even redder than his own hair (if that was even possible). "Wh-- Where did you even find my-- Hell, where did that comeback come from?! You--" He groaned in a mix of anger and embarrassment, quickly grabbing his jacket and his dorm's keys. "I'm gonna grab some food, and don't you dare to touch anything that's mine, you fuckin' idiot."
"Grab some coke on your way."
"Fuck off!" He hissed back. (but even so, they were best friends, and best friends buy drinks for eachother.)
As soon as Rin left the room, Sousuke couldn't hold his laughter in.
"Fuckin' asshole," the redhead muttered under his breath as he dug his hands into his pockets, looking at his suddenly interesting shoes stepping on the hall's floor. "Dumbass." Rin muttered again, except this time he was caught by surprise that ended in a loud thump and a dull pain on his head. It all happened too quickly for him to even process what happened. But as soon as he saw Momo, it clicked. The dumbass had been running on the halls. Again.
"Mo," he rubbed his aching head as he growled. "mo," Momo's face went white. "TAROOOOOU!"
That shout surely scared a few students in their dorms...
Momo let out a pathetic, fear-filled wail as he bowed down in front of Rin, constantly repeating "I'msorryI'msorryI'msorry! Rin-senpai, please don't kick me out, please don't make me swim extra laps, please let me in the relay team--"
"God, shut up, alright, calm the hell down--"
"I don't have much time left, and I gotta go so--"
"You're not going anywhere. Where you going, with all that speed, anyway?" The captain sighed, offering a helping hand to Momo once he stood up himself.
"Shhhh! She'll hear you! She's a demon, I tell you, a demon! I'm gonna die, and if I die, I'll die a virgin, and I don't want that!"
That's his reason for not wanting to die? ". . .She?"
"My sis'!"
"Oi, isn't that rude? If she came all the way here to visit you, you should--"
"Niiiii-chaaaaaannnnnn!" An unfamiliar - to Rin, at least - girly voice echoed through the hall. (whoever it was, it was probably already driving some students crazy in their rooms. "GIRL? WHERE?!")
The otter winced. He had never looked this terrified. "Rin-senpai! Please, I beg you, do not tell her where I went!"
"Hey, if she came all the way to visit you, you should be thankful! MOMO!"
"I promise I'll explain later! Bye-byeee!"
"MOMOOO!"
In a blink of an eye, there he goes - he was gone, running faster than Rin ever saw himself. He clicked his tongue. "Tch, seriously..." What was he supposed to do? Was telling the so-called "devil" sibling the right thing to do? Well, there was no time to think, either way, because in a few another seconds...
Someone else had the nerve to crash against him.
"For fuck's sake, this is the second time--!" When he returns to the dorm, Sousuke might think he got beat up, he thought. Slowly opening his eyes after the hard fall, he saw Momo's hair...
No. Wait. It was nearly the same colour, except...?
"Ouchie, ow, oww... Momo-chan, what the hell! You didn't need to run away from me a... nd... Oh." The young girl - presumably the same age as Momo - squinted her eyes at the redhead. "You're not... Momo-chan. ...Oh my! I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I am so deeply absolutely very sorry!"
To be honest, Rin thought he might go blind or just insane. This was the second time in a row he hit his head, so he still couldn't process things very well, except for the slim figure covered by a dark blue uniform, who belonged to a face with slightly chubby cheeks, and trailing his gaze further down, he could see...
Thigh-highs.
Those were definitely haunting him today.
Nearly jumping into shock, Rin groaned and rubbed his forehead to calm himself down. "It's... It's alright, don't worry about it... Here." Once again, he offered a hand to help the smaller, somewhat cuter version of the otter standing up. Said girl was oddly silent - and even more strangely, her gaze was definitely fixated on him.
He was starting to feel a little uncomfortable. "...Yeah?"
"You're..." She let out a trembling breath.
"You're...?" Oh fuck no. He forgot this was a Mikoshiba we're talking about for a second.
This is not happening.
"You're... P-Pretty cute, you know...!"
This can't be happening. Not to him, too.
Rin could only blink a few seconds in shock before he groaned loudly and facepalmed so hard he might just have another bruise to add on today's collection.