Yuzu knew she was being a bit selfish by pulling her cousin out to a place like this. Serena wasn't much of a social butterfly and claimed the flashing lights were already giving her a headache after five minutes at the club.

Still Yuzu rarely got this chance to get out and have fun, and she owned her. So she just directed her to the bar before heading out onto the dance floor. It didn't take long for her to get swallowed up in the beat. It was second nature to her. Music flowed in her veins. Whenever a song played, it didn't take long for the notes to resonate with her being as her body moved on its own.

She went through a variety of dance partners, each one interesting but eventually boring her. They just couldn't keep up with her energy, and besides she had her eyes set on a different prize.

He was hard to make out, hanging around in the far corner, but from what the quick flashes of light revealed, he was pretty cute. Yuzu was also pretty sure that as she tried to get a look at him, he was trying to get a look at her too, so as the latest song slowed down, she made his way over to him.

"Wanna dance, pretty boy?" She could make out his features better up close, and while he was still good-looking, his eyes were such a vivid red. Whatever contacts he used had to be high quality.

"Me?" He looked shocked by her advances. "I'm not sure I could dance as well as you do."

"Is that a no?" The atmosphere was making her flirty tonight. While she didn't want to pressure someone into doing something they didn't want to do, she still wanted him pretty badly.

"Alright then, let's go!" He took her hand and away they flew. He turned out to be right, he wasn't the best dancer she had partnered with tonight, but he was the only one to match her enthusiasm. With each dance his moves grew faster and wilder, his eyes gazing at her with an almost hunger. She was pretty sure her eyes had that same look, so when he finally invited her to a quieter part of the club, she joined him knowing actually what she was getting in to.

"This is nice," He sighed as they found a deserted hallway. "Those lights were blindingly bright."

"They seemed pretty normal to me," Yuzu shrugged, still that wasn't important now. Slowly she wrapped her arms around him, waiting to see if she would be rebuffed. Luckily he seemed just as eager for her touch as she was.

"Just relax now," He whispered softly, as soothing as a lullaby. "You'll be perfectly fine," Yuzu leaned forward for a kiss, but instead there was a flash of white as her partner went for her neck.

"What the hell?!" She pushed him away to his surprise. "I'm not into that kinky stuff like biting! Seriously you should ask first!" He just stared at her, mouth agape, and holy shit were those fangs?!

"I guess I did the hypnosis wrong," He pouted. "I thought I had the right words, but I guess I was missing something else. Sorry for bothering you."

"Hypnosis?!" Yuzu went on red-alert mode. "Just what were you trying to do to me?" Already she found herself ready to send the alert that would contact Serena.

"I thought it was obvious?" He cocked his head to the side like a puppy. "I didn't mean any harm it's just I got turned like a week ago and have been starving ever since and you had such a pretty neck that I kinda go a bit carried away."

"Wait a second?" Yuzu wanted to smack herself for being so dense until now. "You're a vampire? And my neck is pretty?"

He shot her a sheepish grin. "Would I say something as stupid as that if I wasn't? I don't fully understand it myself yet. It's been a weird week for me, so if you could kinda forget about this that would be great. Like I said, super hungry and new to this thing. I'm not quite sure how it's done."

Jesus she almost felt sorry for the guy. The movies and books always portrayed them as suave, seductive ancients, not hungry dorks like these. "This has been a weird night. Can I at least get your name so I can come up with a good excuse for when i get asked about tonight?"

"It's not a problem. I'm Yuya, what about you?"

"Name's Yuzu," Something about that name sounded so familiar. It was eerie. Just then it hit her.

"Wait a second-"

"You're Yuzu Hiragi from elementary school!" He had come to the same conclusion as her. "Wow it's been forever! You've grown up a lot!" She saw the tips of his ears flush slightly. "I guess I didn't recognize you because of the pink hair and the neck thing."

"Oh boy," Who knew that she'd try to make out with her childhood best friend only to learn he was a baby vampire? Ugh, she couldn't just ditch him after all his mom did for her before they left Maiami. "I can't believe I'm doing this."

"You'll let me have a little bite?"

"No," She put a finger to his mouth. "Even if I was comfortable with that, do you even know how to feed without turning someone?"

"Makes sense," Yuya concentrated on anywhere but her face. "What is it then?"

"I'm going to introduce you to my cousin so you don't get any ideas about trying to hypnotizing me again or anything, and then we're going to take you home and try to figure out a way to get you fed."

"Oh my gosh, thank you!" He wrapped her in a bear hug. "Seriously you're the best! Also I didn't know you had a cousin who lived in town?"

"It's a recent development," Yuzu sighed. Tonight was complicated enough without getting into that mess. "Just act naturally and I'll try to explain things to her."

"Alright then, lead the way!"

As she weaved through the crowd with her new vampire buddy in hand, she quickly type out a text for Serena.

- I'm ready to leave, have an old friend that needs a place to crash so he's coming along

- also do you know if you have any turtlenecks I could borrow


A.N. Never meant for this to get so long, but I got carried away. Seriously it was so much fun writing this.