#rin: oh. uh. i have a medical condition. liquid diet only!

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rotating some more thoughts about the aoex vampire au:

rin feels so betrayed when he finds out the artificial blood is supposed to taste good actually, and it just doesn't for him because he's directly descended from the original vampire. come on!

nothing quite fractures a tentative friendship like watching your dhampir classmate duke it out with one of the baal, who calls rin his brother. amaimon still breaks up the camping trip.

just as the exwires were warming up to rin, they find out he's the son of the original vampire, Satan- and that he's just as blood dependent as a regular vampire, in spite of only being half.

things are, needless to say, deeply awkward between them as they head to kyoto. which is also the first time they've seen rin off campus, and abruptly realize that outside of mephisto's barrier sunlight hurts him.

rin's not exactly expecting a warm welcome in kyoto, but he mostly just winds up getting the cold shoulder since they're so focused on the impure king problem.

(rin also has to haul an entire cooler of artificial blood with him, lmao. at least for all of his scheming, mephisto ensures he never runs out.)

shiro and tatsuma still become friends, so tatsuma already knows who and what rin is when he arrives in kyoto. he's the first friendly face rin talks to there, so he instantly likes the monk.

rin's regenerative abilities are much more limited on a diet of purely artificial blood. drinking human blood really accelerates his healing process, though. it also allows him full access to his flames.

or: in order to defeat the impure king and save everyone, rin needs to use his flames. in order to do that, he needs human blood. but to do that, he has to go back on his vow to the Vatican. which means they'll execute him once this is all over.

rin does it anyways.

suguro offers, which is what really catches rin off guard. huh? I thought you guys were creeped out by me?

suguro: i wasn't creeped out, stupid. i was just pissed you thought I would judge you for it when i already knew you were a dhampir.

friendship successfully reestablished!

(rin passes out after defeating the impure king. the sun is coming up. he's wearing his pajamas and a camo poncho. shura sighs and pulls up his hood and carries him down the mountain on her back, so he has as little skin exposed as possible.)

touring kyoto with your dhampir bestie! rin's not about to let a minor issue like it being a bright, sunny summer day get in the way of spending time with his friends.

suguro: you say you want to take a photo, but will even show up in it?

rin: huh!? of course I will!

local dhampir at the beach, wearing a full body wetsuit, a hoodie, and sunglasses, sulking under a beach umbrella. it's okay. he can have his chance to play once the sun goes down.

(or: the exwires find out that rin has wings)

(izumo doesn't think they're cute. not at all!)

the Vatican ultimately does not execute rin, which is something the exwires didn't even know was on the table.

rin gradually becoming more comfortable around his friends! being more open about eating around them. they grow more comfortable around rin too, offering him blood when he needs it. they trust him.

(godaiin inadvertently befriending a dhampir.)

rin going to shimane is so funny. his checked luggage filled with artificial blood packs. at least he was able to save up and buy one of those cooler bags. much more practical!