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Rin stood up and put the book on her desk. "Whee!"
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Veru curled into a ball of fur on his bed. "Once classes start, it'll get even more boring..."

Rin walked with Someria to Veru's room. She knocked lightly on the door.
Veru sat up and looked confused. "What? You forget your key, vampy?" He stood up, walked over to the door and yanked it open. "Listen, just put the key on a chain around your neck and you'll never lose it." He looked out and saw Rin and Someria. He blushed, but it was hidden in his fur. "Oh... Sorry.... I thought it was the v- Er.... Thia..."
Rin smiled. "Sorry about this. We need your help though."
Veru gave Rin an odd look. "Help? From me? What do you want?"
Rin looked embarrassed. "We, uh... Need some fur..." She blushed slightly, asking a werewolf to hand over some of his fur was just weird.
Veru looked at them both oddly. "Fur? Why'd you need that?"

Veru took a step back and looked at Rin. "She's creepin me out..."
Rin smiled humorlessly. "We really need that fur, Veru. Would you please help us out?"
Veru sighed. "Ok, fine. Give me a haircut..." He opened the door and sat on his bed. "I'm not exactly sure how a werewolf styles their fur, so I'm going to trust you not to make me look like an idiot."

Veru frowned. "And I said go ahead and give me a haircut. Just don't make me look stupid."
Rin smirked. "Thia would jump at this chance."
Veru growled. "I'm just glad you guys came without her. I know she'd love a chance to make me feel even stupider than I already do."
Rin looked at Veru in confusion. "Huh? Already do? What'd Thia do to make you feel stupid?"
Veru blushed, but it was hidden in his fur. "Uh... Nothin'. Just hurry up and cut off what you need."

Rin practically turned green as she picked up a pair of scissors. "Yeck. This'll cause me nightmares for a while..." She carefully trimmed some of the shaggy fur off the back of Veru's neck. She pulled away a small clump and sighed. "Jeez. When's the last time you cut this bird's nest?"
Veru growled slightly. "I'm not exactly a normal guy. I don't run down to my mother's house for a trim when I feel like my hair's too long. I almost scared my friends to death when I got turned into this giant mass of fur..." He sighed. "You got all the fur you need?"
Rin nodded. "Yeah, but since you need it, I'm giving you that haircut. As much as it pains me to trim someone's fur, I'm gonna be your barber today." She started clipping the fur that hung in Veru's eyes. "So, in being your barber for the day, I get to chat with ya. Now, what's with your aversion to Thia? You guys seem friendly enough, when you're not trying to rip each other's throats out."
Veru sighed. "If you MUST know, Thia's not that bad. It's just the whole 'Vampires and Werewolves are enemies for life' and all that crap."
Rin nodded. "Ok. But you two seem like friends. I still don't know how you two met, so I guess I'm still kinda biased."
Veru sighed, wanting to shake his head but knew he shouldn't. "I met Thia both before and after this whole werewolf mess... I really don't want to go into details..."
Rin gave him a knowing look. "Yeah, my first meeting with Thia wasn't exactly a cake walk." She rolled her eyes and smiled. "I guess there's something good that came from meeting Thia, though."
Veru turned, pulling his head away from Rin, and gave her a confused look.
Rin laughed. "I wouldn't have made such interesting friends! You guys are really cool and I like talking with you." She smiled brightly. After a minute she mocked anger. "Now get back here so I can finish. Unless you like looking like you got run over by a lawnmower?"

Veru turned so Rin could finish giving him his 'hair'cut. "No problem, Someria. I'm getting a free haircut for donating." He smirked, clearly joking.
Rin grinned. "Not even close, Veru. You get my bill on Monday."
Veru looked at her with shock. "HUH?!"

Veru hung his head, he'd never made anyone laugh that hard.
Rin giggled and finished Veru's haircut. "I was kidding about the bill. I think Someria's feeling so much relief that she couldn't help herself." She smiled as she handed the scissors back to Veru. "Thanks for the fur."
Veru grinned his wolfy grin. "I'll just have to trust you didn't give me a mohawk during that." Rin giggled again and pat the top of Veru's head. "No mohawks here! Don't worry, I think Thia's jaw will drop when she sees this."
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Thia finished 'inquiring' about the lack of meat in the meals and walked back to her room. She nearly fell over when Someria burst into laughter right around the corner. "Huh?!"