After driving for about an hour, Yui and I finally stood at the front gates of the incredibly large gothic-looking mansion that was to be our new home. The taxi behind us pulled
out without a single word, leaving us alone.
"This is really where we're going to stay?" Yui breathed, though I barely heard her over my music. I pulled the ear buds out and switched my iPod off, wrapping the cord around the device and shoving it into my back pocket. It would be rude to meet our host family with such distractions on.
"I guess," I sighed heavily. The cool air smelled of something sweet, like flowers. Roses, maybe. And something musty too, like ozone. I could smell the storm coming on the wind.
Beyond the gate was a large and empty front yard, the only thing to decorate it was a lone water fountain right in the center. Beyond that was the mansion, as tall and as wide as a boarding school. The pointed roofs and multiple chimneys pierced the overcast sky.
It may have been the way the house looked; like something you would see in a supernatural horror movie – those Victorian mansions that were bound to have a few ghosts haunting it – or the fact that every window was dark, giving the manor an abandoned look, especially with how one wall was completely covered in ivy. Whatever it was, I felt chills race down my spine just looking at it. I was already getting bad vibes. Was it too late to call the taxi back?
"Why isn't there anyone out here to greet us?" Yui asked as she placed a hand on one of the bars of the wrought iron gate. Immediately, it swung open slightly with a creak. She blinked at me.
"Good question," I nodded. Why would no one be here to welcome us? Didn't they know we were coming today? "Maybe no one is home?" It certainly didn't look like anyone was, or had been for the last few decades. The only signs that the house was inhabited were the neatly trimmed bushes that lined the perimeter, the cut grass, and the running fountain. If it hadn't been for those things, I definitely would've called the cab back.
Yui pushed the gate open further, gripped the handle on her luggage and started towards the mansion. I bit my lip and followed her, wheeling my own suitcase behind me.
Passing by the fountain, I could now clearly see it was made of stone and included three tiers. A statue of a gargoyle sat at the top. Of course it had to be a gargoyle.
As Yui and I continued toward the house, the first drops of rain splashed on my face. Not a second later, a flash of lightning like a whip across the sky split the clouds open, and rain poured down fast as the sky roared with thunder.
Simultaneously, Yui and I hurried towards the house and took shelter on the front steps, where there was a roof over our heads. Already, my hair and clothes were damp.
I faced the grand wooden double-doors that loomed over me, and hesitated before lifting the knocker and knocking three times.
Thirty seconds later and there was still no answer.
"Excuse me!" Yui shouted at the door. I wanted to scold her, since this was a giant house and it could take someone more than thirty seconds to get to the door. But I was feeling impatient myself as the winds picked up speed and chilled my already wet body to the bone.
I reached for one of the brass handles with every intention of attempting to let myself in, but before I could touch it, the door swung open a crack, just like what had happened with the gate. I quietly gasped and turned to look at Yui. Her sherbet pink eyes were wide with a mix of surprise and anxiousness.
Did these people just forget to lock their doors or something? Restless now, I grabbed my suitcase and pushed my way inside.
The mansion was just as creepy on the inside as it was on the outside. And cold. The room I stepped into was more of a hallway, it was dim and lined with large marble pillars attached to the marble floors. Beneath me was a red carpet that continued straight across and up the flight of stairs. At the top of that staircase, I could make out more stairs branching off to the left and right, leading further into the mansion.
But the layout was just the second thing I noticed, because the first thing I noticed was that there still wasn't anyone in sight.
Yui stood beside me as she glanced around. The door closed behind us.
"Hello?" I called out. My voice echoed throughout the room. "Anyone home?"
"This is unusual," Yui commented. We started down the hallway together, quietly toting our bags along. The end of the hall expanded into a larger room illuminated by an elegant crystal chandelier suspended above our heads.
I paused at the foot of the first staircase and looked around. There was no way to know which way to go. Up the stairs? What about the halls to our left and right? There even rooms on this floor behind the staircase, but they were too dark to draw my interest.
"Is anyone here?" Yui called out. Outside, the thunder replied to her with a low rumble. Lightning flared through the window located at the end of the hall on my right. But other than that, there was no sign of anyone.
"Maybe we should split up," I suggested half-jokingly.
"Isn't that how people die in horror movies?" Yui asked, causing me to chuckle.
"Usually. But I'm serious. Someone has to be home, right?"
"O-okay," Yui hesitated. I didn't like the idea of leaving her alone either, but what else were we going to do? This house was too big to explore together. And we couldn't just wait in here for who-knew-how-long until someone found us.
"I'll take the left wing," I nodded at her as I strayed from her side, leaving my suitcase behind. She nodded back at me and turned to face the right.
I followed the red carpet down the left hall, wandering about aimlessly. Soon enough, I was no longer within range of Yui. Remaining calm, I glanced into every room I passed.
Until one caught my eye and I entered. It was a strange room lined with bookcases as tall as the ceiling, but there were no books on them. Instead, there were random knick-knacks and odd trinkets placed on the shelves.
I carefully glanced at each one as I slowly moved about the room. Perhaps the one that caught my attention the most was a small desk clock that quietly ticked. The little thing looked simple at first glance, but upon further inspection I could see beautiful carvings in the wood that gave the clock some character. I could easily imagine it sitting on the mantle of a fireplace.
"Can I help you?" A voice suddenly demanded. I jumped away from the clock and whirled around to face a tall man dressed in a dark suit standing in the doorway.
I held a hand to my chest as if to help calm my racing heart. "Jesus Christ," I gasped. "I didn't hear you approach. You scared me."
The man remained silent as he stared at me with a hard expression. His hair was longish and an odd gray-black, and his eyes were a pinkish-red that glittered mysteriously behind his glasses.
"Sorry," I shook my head shamefully as I just realized my situation. "This is your house. I..I'm Clary." The man said nothing, just continued to stare at me. Maybe he didn't recognize my nickname. "Uh...Clarisse Komori is my full name…my sister Yui and I were sent here to live with you?"
"Live with us?" He repeated. Just as I was about to explain, I heard someone scream –
"Stop! What are you doing?!" the voice shouted. The sudden sound of a desperate scream in this strange house was so jarring that it took me a second to realize it was Yui who was screaming.
With my heart already racing at a thousand miles per second, I quickly pushed past the mysterious man and sprinted down the halls.
"Yui!" I shouted as I rapidly approached the main room where we split up. Just up ahead, in the right wing of the hall, I could see a red-haired man pinning Yui to a couch as he hovered over her.
"Clary!" Yui cried.
"What the hell are you doing?!" I gushed, not able to believe what I was seeing. "Get off of her!" I was just about to shove him off Yui when –
"Ayato," a familiar voice calmly but sternly addressed from behind me. I turned around to see the man from the other room standing there. "What's all this commotion?"
"H-how did you get here so fast?" I stared at him. As a former star sprinter on my old track team, there was just no way he could have gotten here seconds after me and not even have a strand of hair out of place.
The man ignored me. "Need I remind you this is our Entrance Hall? We use this area strictly to receive our guests." He scolded the red-haired one with his arms crossed. "I must ask you to take your activities to your private room."
"Excuse me?" I gaped at him. Did he not see that my sister was clearly in distress? "Sorry, but there's no 'activities' going on here." I stepped forward and took Yui by the wrist and pulled her off the couch, away from the red-haired boy. She clung to me tightly.
"Oh whatever," the red head scoffed. "You're such a buzzkill, Reiji. Who are these girls, anyway?"
"I'm Clary Komori. This is my sister, Yui. Our father told us we were supposed to live here but we don't know why."
"Why wasn't I told about this?" the gray-haired one, who the other called Reiji, demanded. "Ayato, explain it to me at once."
"Huh? How would I know anything about it? This is news to me too." He looked at Yui, who was still gripping my arm. "You never told me you were moving in with us, Pancake."
"That's because you attacked me out of nowhere!" Yui retorted, stepping away from me as she angrily faced him. "I didn't have a chance to tell you anything."
"What was that about, anyway?" I demanded. "Are you mental? Do you always attack people you've just met?"
Ayato scoffed, which just angered me further. I was about to snap at him, when Yui interjected.
"Hold on. You said 'Pancake'…were you talking about me?" She asked. I blinked at her. Of all the things to ask these people, she asks that? And why was there a faint blush on her cheeks?
"Of course I was, stupid. Seriously. If you haven't noticed, you're as flat as a pancake. God," Ayato huffed. His gaze flickered to me, and his eyes seemed to glow green like a predator in the darkness. "But she isn't. Too bad for you, Pancake. Looks like your sister got all the good genes."
Yui glared at him. And I was even angrier than before.
"Seriously, what's wrong with you?" I snapped. "First you attack my sister then you act like it was nothing?" I turned to the other one, Reiji, for help. "Does he have some sort of disorder that we should be aware of or something?"
"Disorder," Ayato scoffed. "Give me a break."
"This really is rather strange," Reiji said before I could say something else. "I don't understand why I wasn't informed of your arrival."
Was this guy not listening to me at all? Why was he not doing anything about the situation? This other person had just attacked Yui…why wasn't he the least bit worried? Shouldn't he be calling the cops or something?!
"Excuse me," Yui said politely. "But who are you?"
"I don't think it's a good idea to talk about this here," Reiji said. "Please, follow me. See that their luggage is taken care of." He turned and started walking away.
Just as I was about to ask who he was talking to, I turned around to see an old man in a butler's suit already holding our suitcases. I stared at him in shock as he bowed to me and silently backed away into the darkness of the house. Where did he even come from?!
The sound of Reiji's footsteps grew fainter the further away he walked, leaving us alone with the other one. I turned back around to see him staring at Yui with a pouty glare. I quickly took Yui's hand and pulled her along with me as I started after Reiji, wondering to God what was going to happen next.

Hi everyone! I'm new to this website and this is the first story I've posted on here so that's pretty exciting :) I usually post my fics onto Quotev but I decided to expand my horizons a little and post on here aha
I hope you're enjoying my DiaLovers fic so far, as there is a lot more to come. I'm so in love with the anime and its characters and I'm going to put a lot of time and effort into this story! I sincerely hope you decide to stick with it, even if Shu isn't your favorite because Clary will share a few moments with some of the other brothers as well haha
And I know there isnt a lot of info about Clary right now (in regards to her appearances, more of her spunky personality, her past, etc.) but that is because I want to unfold the story in a novel-like way from her POV first. Once I feel like I've revealed all there is to know about her, I'll post her biography. Then I'll be able to focus more on developing the relationships with the boys - Shu in particular - which is why we're all here, right? XD

Anyway, since I am new here, I would greatly appriciate your thoughts and opinions! Please let me know how I'm doing :)

And here's the link to the same story on my Quotev ~ story/7780764/Bloodlines-Diabolik-Lovers

I hope to see you in the next chapter :)