Author note: Realised that this story needs a lot of editing. Unfortunately it's not done by a beta, so please excuse the grammar and spelling mistakes you will still find there. The editing will be done in time.

Chapter 1

The beginning

Juuri was inside her room being anxious. In the office downstairs, Juuri's oji-sama was thinking at her proposal. After an hour of thinking he called Haruka into his office.

"Do you know why I called you Haruka?" He knew about Juuri's wish for a while now. Also he knew about her expressing her wish loudly in front of their oji-sama. Haruka could guess what he wants to talk with him about.

"You want to talk with me about Juuri.

"Yes, you have right. Please take a sit." And like this started a long, serious discussion between the two. After Haruka exited his oji-sama's office he went straight to Juuri's room.

knock knock

"Come in Haruka!" said the voice from inside. He pressed the handle and opened her door. She was sitting on a chair anxiety obviously marring her features.

"Oji-sama took a decision. He called you into his office."

"Ah, okay!" she sat up from her seat and joined Haruka. Haruka must know what oji-sama decided. Why didn't he tell me? She was thinking on her way to her grandfather's office.

Shortly they arrived at her grandfather's study. For a fleeting moment fear went down her spine thinking at the man beyond the door. Haruka's eyes fell on his sister, knowing perfectly well the thoughts which crossed her mind. You shouldn't feel fear. You have no reason to. He repeated the words to himself and knock.

As they opened the door, a dark room opened before their eyes. This man must redecorate the room. She thought. He should let the light coming into the room. She completed into her mind as her eyes fell on the black curtains. Her eyes searched for the man who called her, and gasped. He was standing in the corner of the room, hidden by the dark. Thanks to her keen senses she could tell his mood wasn't the best, a gloomy aura surrounding him. Fresh air filled her lungs as she felt she needs it.

Without a warning, her grandfather started to speak.

"I thought I your request" his eyes were boring into his granddaughter's "and after a long, but fruitful discussion with Haruka I have decided to honor your request." A smile showed at the corner of her mouths "but with one condition."

"I will do everything you request oji-sama."

"I am glad because…in order of you to experience a human life for the next three years…your brother Haruka will come with you."

"What? Why should he come with me? I don't want to." she whined like a small child. The elder man, for a moment smiled at his granddaughter pouting face, remembering him about the times when she was young in age, an infant. Long gone were the times when she jumped into his welcoming arms and asked to be spoiled by him.

"Juuri" he raised his voice, stopping her little tantrum. Probably he seemed angrier than he actually was considering that his favorites froze in their spot, his grandson taking a defensive position in front of Juuri. "You aren't a child anymore. Stop being one. I decided to honor your request don't you think you should honor mine? If you want to live as a human for the next three years then you should agree with my words. Or else you won't go."

"I understand. I will do as you say."

"I will take care of everything. Including the school and the place where you two will be staying." They said nothing at all as they left the study. All they had to do now was to wait. Wait for everything be in order by the time they would be leaving.

o.O.o

A week later Juuri checking her luggage for the hundred times in the last hour, impatience filling her small body. "When they will call me downstairs? Maybe I should check on Haruka. Probably he knows something." She was about to leave her room, when the man she was seeking for knocked at her door.

"I sensed your agitated state of mind. Something happened?" how many times had she seen him? A millennia? She wondered. She had no idea why, today her heart would beat faster in his presence, joy filling her when he would smile her.

"Everything is fine. I wanted to check if you're ready." She dropped her gaze to the floor beneath her feet to hide the blush on her cheeks. "And if you know when we should be leaving."

"We will leave shortly. And yes, I am ready as well. I will return to take your luggage downstairs." As he was smiling to her, his fingers run small patterns on her cheeks, strange emotions seizing her as he was touching her.

"I will wait for you." the words slipped through her lips as he was leaving.

o.O.o

"Oto-sama, oka-sama I will miss you so much." She was into their warm embrace, saying goodbye.

"Take care of you Juuri" her mother said while she was tightly hugging her youngest child. "And please do not make too many troubles to Haruka." the mother lifted her eyes to the later and smiled gently as she continued to talk. "And you Haruka please keep your sister on a tight leash. Be careful not letting it loose."

"I will take great care of her oka-san. I already know what I need to do."

"What do you mean with that Haruka?" instead of giving her answers, he just gently smiled. "Are you mocking me?" she asked again.

"Will you miss me?" the one who asked this time was her older brother, Rido. Her eyes turned to him and smiled to him.

"I will miss you all. It's the first time when I will be away from you. I will write you when I will feel lonely."

"Sayonara!" the word slipped through her lips as she climbed up inside the car. As the car was getting away from the Kuran mansion, she waved to her family who was still standing there, until they disappeared from their sight. Three years, for a night creature like her, an immortal, will seem a second. She was happy that for a mere second she will live in the human world as a human. She was happy that she was getting to know how humans are like.

her attention was caught by the man beside her, his heart beating thumping into her ears. While at first she was upset by him coming with her into the human world, she was now happy for experiencing this life opportunity with him. She was thankful for Haruka coming with her instead of Rido. She didn't want to know how it would be if her companionship would be the other brother. A chill went down her spine at the thought.

While she was immersed in her thoughts, the man beside her never let his eyes leaving her form. His eyes caught any change in her expression, her mind an open book to him. "Three years…I will make sure to be filled with happiness for you." the smile he gave her went unnoticed by the woman.