Yukio was able to blink away the stinging feeling in his eye after he washed it and then he just looked at his 'big' brother with the most naive yet calm expression ever as he asked. "Why?" He would like to know the answer why Rin wanted to spend so much time with him lately.

Knowing the water would soon cool off,Yukio wanted to just leave the tub but there was a small complication .Rin. The aquamarine eyed male wasn't quite fond of the idea of standing up in front of him.Not that it was a big deal,he just didn't want to. Yukio averted his eyes with a small blush,not knowing how to inform his sibling of that.

"W-why...? Well of course because your are my brother and I love you." Rin replied smiling softly as his cheeks turned a dark red. It was so true being able to be close to Yukio was all he ever wanted though sometimes he wondered if it really was alright. The wish to get even close got more and more intense lately and the demon boy felt like it might became too strong.

Sighing softly as Rin rested his head on the tub he opened his eyes again and looked at his brother. "We should get out right?" He asked feeling like he soaked enough as well there seemed to be something bothering Yukio so the older male decided to get out first. After he was out he grabbed a towel and dried himself off.

Yukio didn't reply to Rin's words,only feeling a warm blush covering his cheeks.Though he was glad that his brother got out the tub and the younger one had his eyes averted as the other did so.

When the other Okumura was drying himself off Yukio quickly grabbed a towel and got out from the bathtub himself,covering himself up,yet instead of drying himself off here we stormed out to their room.

Rin threw the towel over his head and dried his hair before letting it rest around his neck. "Ah...that bath with you was really relaxing we should do that more often." The demon boy said as he looked around for his brother noticing that the other was already gone.

Sighing softly Rin wrapped the towel around his waist and walked back into their room. He saw his brother there. He didn't speak to him though but instead grabbed some clothes to put them on. Just letting the towel lay around on the floor as he flopped down on his bed.

Yukio was done drying himself off in their room as Rin returned.But then the younger one realized that he left his glasses in the washroom so he took his clothes at the same time and went back to the washroom.It almost seemed like was trying to get away from his sibling.

After he got dressed Yukio returned and sat at his desk,trying to focus on his work for tomorrow's class.He hasn't been getting many missions lately and had the time to be home more but that usually was a sign that soon he'd get a huge mission.

Rin frowned softly as he watched his brother from his bed. Was he avoiding him again. He actually thought he had stopped but it didn't seem that way now. Sighing Rin followed Yukio's actions with his eyes.

"Do you still have a lot of work to do?" He asked getting up and taking a look over his younger brother's shoulder. He didn't really understand how his brother could manage to do so much work every day. But he was proud of him that he did it.

Yukio calmly looked at his 'big' brother who was resting his chin on his shoulder. "Teachers have to revise too.Before each lesson I have to revise. And prepare tasks depending on the subject. " Yukio paused. "I'm used to my routine"

"Also,you should study more." Yukio just had to point out the obvious.It was not like Rin didn't have the time to,he just didn't want to and before his brother could even protest Yukio calmly added. "You haven't caught up to most things so I really do insist that you study...unless Nii-san prefers being over my lap." Yukio smiled a bit even,he couldn't avoid using the opportunity to tease Rin.

Rin nodded softly as he listened to his brother's explanation. Blowing out a puff of air the demon boy stood up straight again. "I'm really proud of you, you know. And seeing you work so hard makes me want to work hard too." Rin said with a soft smile as he then retreated and sat in front of his own desk.

He couldn't suppress a sigh though. Learning was such a pain to him still he would do it for his brother and for himself. Grabbing some books and something to write he at least tried to study. Especially since Rin really didn't want to me spanked anymore. So studying was the better thing right now. It was quite hard to concentrate though since sometimes thoughts of Yukio spanking him came up in his mind.

Yukio was pleasantly surprised that Rin didn't object and the fact that his 'big' brother said he was proud made a small blush appear on Yukio's face. The aquamarine eyed male averted his eyed shyly and focused on work again.So passed the rest of the day,like any other and so they retired for bed.As always Yukio was the one who stay up late working.The coming day arrived and the two only parted in the academy to head to their classes but soon after Yukio was called into the office to discuss certain events and plans. It turned out that his expectations were true,he would be getting a big mission but this one would require for him to be far away for quite some time,at least a month.Yukio wasn't ready for this yet this didn't seem like an offer that he would reject.He asked for time to think,saying that after a few lessons time he'd return to the office with his final answer.They left it at that and Yukio returned to his class.

Even though he had slept for quite a while even didn't go to sleep that late Rin felt tired as he got up the next morning. But he didn't really mind so after the morning routine he walked to the academy with Yukio and parted after a while.

Sitting in his chair in his class room he yawned and just watched some of the other students before the lessons started. Soon it was over though and lunch time came closer. And after again another boring time of listening to the teacher break was there. Of course Rin didn't hesitated to go and look for his brother to go and eat lunch with him together.