The Prince n the Indifferent 2

chapter 2 : A Little Bit About Rin



RIIIIING

The school bell finally rang; signaling that the school is over for today. Much to the students' relieve.
The teacher had just left the room, and the class is becoming noisier.  Students are packing their belonging, putting them back into the bags, getting ready to go home while chatting with each other.
Akira does the same too, but not the chat. He throws his books and pencil case into the bag silently.
And when he had finished of putting everything into his bag, Keisuke tapped his shoulder.

"Let's go home together, Akira." He has his typical..stupid smile on his face. Well, that's what Akira thinks of the cheerful brown haired boy.
"yeah." The answer that came from Akira was as plain as always. And the two heads to exit the classroom.
Apparently, someone has been waiting for them in front of the class' door.

" yo!" greet the blond guy in front of the door.
" ah, Rin!" replied Keisuke happily as he make a little run towards the door; towards the blond.
Akira just wave his hand towards the smaller blond as he follow Keisuke to come closer to the blond.

" ah.. it's so inconvenient to have you guys attend a different class with me..this year sucks." Complain the blond as he cross his hands behind his head.
" ahaha don't be like that, Rin. We're still able to go home together, right?" says Keisuke as they walk along the school's corridor.
" oh right, my uncle will be picking us up for today. So we won't need to walk under the summer heat~"
Rin take a glance at Akira while he said so; since he knew that somehow, Akira is not really fond of his uncle. But yeah..judging from Akira's personality, you can say that Akira likes no one. He even act all bothered when he's around his friends. Like Keisuke and Rin himself.
What an introvert..

Akira notice the look that Rin was giving him and he just simply shrugged; as if saying that 'I'm okay with it.'
Even Akira can be cooperative at time, can't he?

" So Motomi-san is not at work today?" asked Keisuke curiously. Rin's uncle; Motomi, works for a local newspaper. Though sometimes, he even has to travel to another country in order to get some direct news. All in all, it means that Motomi is a busy person.  So it feels kinda unusual that this uncle can come to pick the boys up after school.

" ah he's having a day off for today. And it seems like he had just gotten a promotion of something… so we could get him to treat us after this~ fufu.." answer Rin playfully.
Keisuke looks interested in what he had just said, while Akira just stand there; being as stoic as ever.
Oh how boring is that…
Rin wink at his monotone silver haired friend; in a fail attempt to get a reaction from Akira.
The trio continues their walk along the hallway as they chat.

"oh wait! I need to take something from the music room~"
The blond stopped his steps and run to the nearby room, followed by Keisuke.
It's the music room.  
Akira shrugged and wait by the room's door; standing by Keisuke.
"didn't you usually leave it here?"

A giggle came from the blond as he reaches his sleek black Gibson Les Paul and put it neatly into its case.   
"well~ there won't be any band practice for a week after today. So I shall take it home for today."
He flung the case onto his shoulder and walk towards his friends who has been waiting by the door.

Rin is a member of the school band; a guitarist, to be exact. His musical skill is indeed remarkable, thus, even being one of a small-built, compared to other of his age, Rin is actually one hell of a popular guy at the school.   
He's also popular for one more thing; never touch his guitar or you'll be in trouble. Rin never actually mention the reason why he really keeps that possession of his ever so dearly. Basically, that's the only possession which he keeps so well. Though no one manage to get a clear answer from the blond; the master of changing a topic or subject of a conversation.

They chat all the way until they reach the school's front gate. And there, they see the brown haired male, with his usual white shirt and brown suspender pants.
"yo, boys!" greet the man with a smile on his face, he put his cigarette off his mouth, casually drop it to the ground and smash it under his step.  
Behind him, a dull dark blue car. And being picked up from school by a car usually surprises other students, yet nobody looks mesmerized or anything, since it's not a luxurious one, actually.

" hi~" and that's all Rin's reply before he jump and slid into the car through the car's opened window, then simply seated himself comfortably on the front seat; beside the driver's seat. He even managed to did it while having a bag on his hand and a guitar case on his shoulder.
Well, that's Rin for you. Sometimes it makes people wonder if Rin was supposed to be born as an acrobatic for his remarkable flexibility.

The other boys bow politely at the older man and gets into the car.
After they've all gotten inside the car already, Motomi start to drive away from the school ground and turn on the radio. The soft and calm melody starts to fill the silence, blending smoothly with the sound of running engine of the car.
Keisuke start to break the silence with a simple topic, regarding the music that fills the silence.
"  RADWIMPS huh? Their music always sounds so poetic aren't they..?"
Hearing the statement Rin shifted slightly and glances over towards the back seat; where his two friends are sitting. " yeah, they're good. I'm considering them as artist though, rather than just mere..boy band." Said the blond; showing interest to the topic of discussion.
Both had always expected that Akira won't be taking part in such discussion, but things seemingly not always go as expected. Akira, still with his not-all- too-interested expression of his, mutters a sound of agreement to what Rin had said.
It was as plain as "mhm." But it rather surprised the two.
" So Akira likes them?" asked Rin as a quick response, this indeed has taken his interest. Something that the stoic Akira would like, then it must be worth knowing.
"well.. I guess you can't really say it as 'like'; if it's all about being a big fan or whatever. I just simply appreciate their music." Akira proceeded to shrug lightly as he stated his..rather long statement. It's considered long; coming from an Akira.
There was a small gap before another reply came from either the blond or the brunette, but Motomi had decided to take this chance for him to talk.
"..ah you guys, that reminds me that you may not be aware of something. Rin's older brother is actually a musician as well, you know..he's in a band."
Keisuke practically almost shot up from his seat and move forward towards the two people on the front and the driver's seat in excitement and curiosity. "hee? Really? Rin had never told us such a thing! Ah, guess it's not unexpected either huh? Seeing how Rin is also a cool guitarist.."
And for the slightest moment after that, the look on Rin's face change..into an unreadable one. It's somehow threatening, yet it seems like Keisuke wasn't able to catch the hint, so he just merely tilt his head a little to show confusion. And it didn't take long until Rin decided to chuckle nervously and change the topic into "where should we ask this old man to treat us?"

Akira stays silent all the time after that awkwardness occurred; though it didn't last long since Rin easily brushed away the topic, and because Keisuke is more to a simple minded.
While Akira himself is never one to pry into other people's personal life anyway. And the fact that Rin had never told the duo –and probably the entire school about it must be because he simply doesn't want to talk about it. Whatever matter lies behind that attitude of his blond friend; is not a line for him to cross.

Then they finally decided to go to a small café which Rin suggested. Akira feels that he sure had heard the girls in class talking about this café as well. If he hadn't misheard anything, this is not just a café where people just stop by to order some coffee, but the café really got some fancy cakes and stuffs. Things which girls..and Keisuke, would like, for sure.

It didn't take long for the car to stop in front of a relatively small, but nice looking café. Indeed, it looks kind of fancy; for it being located in a town in Japan- yet, it's exterior and interior would make you feel like you're in some classic café in France.
The car's engine got turned off, and they all get out from the car.

" oi, you two guys could go ahead, I'll be talking a bit with ossan about a family gathering plan. We'll be joining you in minutes." The blue eyed wave his hand through the thin air, as to dismiss the two guys and tell them to go inside the café already.
Akira was the first to turn around and gets inside the café, followed by Keisuke.

"..I didn't think that we ever have any plan for this..family gathering?" Motomi raise his eyebrows curiously, yet he actually knows what his blond nephew is up to. He's not that dense after all..

Rin slammed the car door behind him and glare daggers at his uncle. His expression went so serious that it's so unrecognizable from the cheerful and laidback Rin everyone in school knows.
He hissed through his gritted teeth, "..don't ever mention something about him being my brother. Especially not in front of those guys."

Ah..it has always been like this, hasn't it? Rin could never get over the fact that he hates his brother—the older brother whom he used to adore so much; His half brother.
Motomi sigh and run his hand through his brown locks. " fine, fine.. it's your own personal matter anyway.."  He said as he reached out to his pocket to get a cigarette and a lighter.

He blows puff of smokes as Rin decided to just stormed inside the café, not bothering about continuing the conversation.