I made a few adjustments on this chapter. Don't know why...
It's not changed that much, but do enjoy! :D

~ ITADAKIMASU!

The outbursts

The blonde's heart raced as his cousin quickened his pace. The forest was dark, death trees standing around them were noticeable in the moonlight. The blonde's hands were sweaty as he smelled the blood closing in on them.

"T-Tetsuo…" he said quickly. "They're close." Tetsuo clicked his tongue, trying to ignore the boy's state and feeling the anger. He knew the humans were close! He could smell blood just as good as the other!

"T-Tetsuo!" Ayase repeated.

"I know Ayase! Just run!" he screamed. Ayase felt a tear on his pale cheek as the bright red colour of his cousin's eyes stared at him, and the boy realised, his cousin needed blood.

"We can't keep running…" he sighed deeply, feeling his legs tremble. "T-Tetsuo… I can't…"

But his words were stopped by a log on the ground. The boy fell over, feeling another tear escape. Tetsuo turned around, kneeling next to his younger cousin.

"Come on, Ayase! They're near! Hurry!" he screamed to the blonde.

"I can't…" the youngest sobbed. "My foot… I can't!"

As Tetsuo removed the shoe of the boy he felt a panic in his throat, the foot was badly wounded, blood covering it entirely. But God, the boy's blood smelled good…

"Ayase…" the eldest took a deep breath, the bright red colour staring towards the wounded foot.

"There they are! Hurry!" a dark voice yelled, faintly noticeable from where the two family members stood.

"Go!" The blonde yelled. Tetsuo removed his eyes from the bleeding foot, looking at his smiling younger cousin who's cheeks were wet from crying. "Go…" he whispered again and this time the eldest listened, leaving the youngest behind in a quick dash.

Ayase stared at the banana-shaped moon. Feeling how his own blood made him dizzy for a taste. He lay down quickly, feeling how the hunger came over him entirely.

He lay himself on his stomach, feeling the cold ground bellow him, against his still wet cheek when footsteps were stopping next to him.

"Is he dead?" a voice asked. By the hearing of it, it was a man with a friendly but still low voice. The blonde shivered softly, trying not to move.

"It would be a pity…" another dark voice said. This one sounded evil and evil was the only word that appeared inside of Ayase. He heard the sound of metal behind him and he knew that one of the men next to him took out his anti-vampire gun.

"… I would hate it if this silver bullet wouldn't run through his heart…" the man proceeded. The blonde boy gasped softly, okay, some people said that vampires are already dead, but the boy didn't want to literally die.

"Turn around." the voice said. Ayase doubted, feeling his legs shiver. "I won't repeat it again. I want to look in your eyes when I kill you." and this time the boy listened.

His foot stabbed a pain through all of his body as he slowly turned around on his side. His blonde hair covering his eyes and face as he finally dropped down on his back. His blue eyes slowly opened.

The man in front of him indeed held a vampire gun, aiming his face. Passed the metal weapon was a tall man, with a severe, manly face. His dark eyes glared at the boy darkly, his hair hanging in front of them just a little bit. The clothes he was wearing, shocked the boy. They weren't like how he imagined a vampire hunter would look like. It was a mere fancy costume with a tie.

The man's eyes stared into the big blue orbs in front of him. The vampire shivered heavily, every inch of him trembling. The bright blonde hair was stuck to his face and one stress was in the blonde's mouth, which was slightly open. His breathing was unsteady and shivered heavily, his fangs were clearly visible as he lay down there.

He recognized the face. Every single part of it hadn't changed in the four years that passed by. He didn't look a day older, not even a second. The only thing that changed were the fangs.

The man took a breath, his face turning into a slight astonishment as he stared at the boy.

"Boss?" one of the other men asked and Ayase turned his face to the voice. Two men stood behind the one in front if him, both of them just as fancy but their eyes were noticeably brighter, even in the dark. And their hair looked black compared to the other. The two men were identical.

"Boss, what's wrong?" the other asked. "He turned, now kill him." Ayase took a deep breath at the last sentence and felt another tear appearing.

"Please don't…" he whispered and the man in front of him widened his eyes as he tightened his grip around the gun.

The blonde boy was crying. Heavily crying because of him. Of course he didn't want to die but he was the first vampire to be this… adorable. His wet eyes made him look like a wounded little boy, which he actually was.

One of the identical men smiled a bit, staring from his bewildered boss to the wounded vampire.

"You know they're all good looking, don't tell me that you have a pity for this one because of that!" he said.

"You never show pity!" the other proceeded. The tallest man sighed, giving an angry glare at the others while he put away his gun.

"You two are going to take care of his foot. I want him healed, at home." he said, giving the boy a last look.

Ayase's heart thumped at the look the man gave him. And he sensed a fragrance of happiness in the dark look.

"But… Kanou-shachou."

"No buts! You guys are my employees. So you do what I tell you to." the man quickly replied, turning away from both his co-workers and the little vampire.

"Come on…" one of the two other men said, picking up the wounded vampire. The other took out his gun pointing it towards the little boy.

"If you even try to put those fangs in my brother, I'll kill you." he said. Ayase nodded quickly. Staring towards the man holding him and walking him out of that forest. They didn't have to worry one thing. The blood he had smelled wasn't their's. It was the man's who just left. Theirs didn't even smell like worth a try.

The blonde was placed on a soft couch as one of the men removed his shoe. Ayase squeaked from pain as the shoe rubbed the painful wound on his foot. The other brother placed himself next to the boy on the couch, looking doubtful at the good looking vampire.

"That looks bad." the one on the boy's foot said.

"It hurts…" the blonde replied. The man looked up from the foot, into the blue eyes and couldn't help but smile.

"I'll have to stitch it." he said. Ayase nodded slowly. He hated needles…

The man next to him sighed deeply, standing up and staring from his brother to the vampire.

"I can't believe we're having a vampire in our house." he said. "Sitting, relaxing on our couch."

"I don't think he's relaxing." the other replied, placing the needle in front of the boy's foot. "I'm stitching a wound on his foot, which is strange since he's a vampire and should be healing by himself, and he's in the house of two vampire hunters, which means we can kill him whenever we want to." the blonde gasped at the pain from the needle and the words from the man.

"Yes, that's right. But we won't, since our boss asked us not to. What's wrong with him? He'd never let any vampire survive!" the first replied.

"Homare, listen." the man by Ayase's foot said. "We're here to do whatever Kanou wants us to do. I'm going to help this boy. That's it. The rest isn't our business."

"I can't believe you'd even consider letting the boy leave this place alive!" Homare yelled.

"That's because you'll be taking him to the boss. I don't have to consider letting him leave here alive." Homare stared to his younger brother at his words.

"You're unbelievable, Misao." Homare whispered.

"No, I'm an employee." he replied and he placed the needle aside. "I'll give you a pain killer if you want to." he said, staring in the boy's blue eyes.

"No thank you…" Ayase replied, feeling rather scared of Homare.

The thing was: why didn't they just let the boy go? That would make it easier… he would be gone and they would be able to forget all about him! And he would be able to return to his cousin, wherever he might have ran to.

"Uhm… Misao-san…" the boy whispered and the two brothers stared at him. Misao smiled, but Homare gave the boy a shocked look that said: 'how dare you talk in our house, vampire?'.

"Why don't you just let me go?" he asked. Misao's eyes widened and Homare laughed softly, shaking his head.

"That's because our boss asked us not to." Misao replied.

"But why not? Why didn't he kill me?" he asked."Does it look like we know answers?" Homare asked. "No! So just shut up and come to the boss quietly."

Misao shook his head, placing the boy's shoe in his hand and smiled. Homare step towards the boy, picking him up and saying a last goodbye to his brother. Ayase just smiled as he was carried towards the car, followed by the look of Misao.

There was pure silence in the car as they drover through the dark night. Homare stared out of his window severely. The blonde looked in the rear-view mirror, straight in the blue eyes of the man and covered himself under the jacket that Homare had put over him.

Homare sighed deeply before looking back out of the window. Okay, the blonde was admirably cute and had these wonderfully big eyes. But every vampire had a gorgeous look. Why would this boy be any different to his boss?

Anyway, this wasn't the time to think about why he wanted the boy. He knew that whatever his boss kept him alive for, weren't any good reasons. Maybe he was about to torture the little blonde. He felt a stab in his heart as he figured that last thing and quickly shook his head.

First of all: he shouldn't be worried about such things, it was none of his business and the boy was a vampire, so either way, he'd deserve to die. He took a deep breath.

He was worried, there was no denying and out of his own experience, he knew that whenever his boss was angry, you should be doing anything to make him feel just the tiniest bit happier. If you'd spoil his mood just a tad more, you'd certainly be beaten to ashes. If that would happen to the boy, he'd be traumatized for the rest of his life.

Homare coughed lightly as he figured he couldn't let that happen.

"Hey, uhm… kid." he said. Unable to remember the boy's name and saying 'vampire' would be rather rude somehow. He hadn't made a good impression on the boy until now so… he'd better do his best.

The blue eyes peeped from under the jacket, back in the rear-view mirror.

"Y-yes?" he asked softly. Homare swallowed. That was just cute.

"I just want to warn you." he started. Ayase's face fully appeared from under the leather thing and he stared bewildered in the other's bright eyes.

"For what?" he asked worriedly, afraid that he might get killed any minute.

"I want you to… be careful when you get to the boss' place." Homare replied.

"Why?" the blonde asked, feeling rather relieved that he wasn't being threatened for once.

"He can lose his temper quickly. And if he does… you can get hurt badly. I just want you to do whatever he tells you to. That's the safest thing to do." the man continued.

Ayase's eyes turned into complete astonishment. The man was worried about him! About the vampire that wasn't allowed in his house!

"Ah… okay." he replied, smiling kindly to the small reflection of the man and, to his surprise, the man smiled back.

"Just don't tell Misao I was worried." he added quickly. Ayase covered himself under the jacket again and smiled widely.

"I won't." he said and he lay back down. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Homare replied and they rode on in silence.

The door of the car opened and the boy felt a soft tapping on his shoulder. The blue eyes fluttered open slowly and stared straight into the eyes in front of his.

"We're here." Homare said. "I'll show you in."

The blonde sat up, feeling how his head slightly spun, and slowly moved his feet out of the car.

As he tried to balance himself onto them a terrible pain ran through his wounded foot and he fell over, quickly caught by the other man.

"You okay?" he asked quickly, holding the slender boy close.

"My foot really hurts…" the blonde whispered. Homare sighed deeply, grabbing the boy tightly and carrying him towards the house.

The blonde took the opportunity to take in the looks of the house. It was huge. Like some sort of… castle to be honest. He always imagined a vampire hunter to live in some small sort of cabin in the middle of a dark forest. This man did live rather apart from the inhabited world, but the small cottage idea was destroyed.

Homare put the blonde down softly, making sure that the boy didn't land on his wrong foot too harshly.

"Remember what I said." Homare quickly uttered. "Listen to whatever the boss orders you to do. And don't talk back when he's certain of something. Also, don't say anything when you don't really know what to say."

Right when he finished the door opened, so Ayase didn't have the chance to reply.

Kanou opened the door, staring from his employee to the pale blonde next to him and he quickly tried to make a smile.

"Thank you." he said friendly to Homare, who seemed shocked in return that his boss actually thanked him.

"You're welcome…" he whispered back, giving the blonde a last look and turning to the car. Ayase coughed lightly as silence followed.

"Come in." Kanou said, making room so the boy could enter the house. Ayase smiled kindly. No talking back and doing whatever he tells you to. Ayase quickly got into the house as he remembered what Homare had told him.

The blonde's eyes opened widely as he entered the house. The hall in front of him was rather small, but the glass stairs leading upstairs must have cost the man over a million yen!

A small bonsai tree was placed next to the door in the hallway, a mirror placed next to it. Right in front of Ayase was a wooden door, and on his right side stood a row of shoes. Probably all belonging to the man.

"You can place your shoes there, if you want." Kanou said quickly as he noticed the look on the vampire's face. Ayase smiled again, a little uncertain about whether that was an order or a request, but he decided to place the one shoe he was holding down and removed the other.

"I can see your foot still hasn't healed." Kanou noticed. Ayase again just smiled. He was certain of what he had just said, he had proof, so the blonde vampire didn't talk back.

Kanou raised an eyebrow at the clear, and obviously overdone smile of the boy.

"Okay, why don't you come in, Ayase." he said and he opened the wooden door in front of him. Ayase followed the man quietly and arrived into what appeared to be the living room.

On his right was an open corner with a couch closest to him and a flat screen television on the opposite side. In between stood a wooden table, with a strange bouquet of flowers.

On his left side was a large table, for ten people to be able to be eaten on. Ayase smiled at the sight, this house was absolutely huge.

"Sit down." Kanou said, pointing to a chair, Ayase quickly did as told and the man placed himself next to the boy, placing himself closely so he would be able to reach for the boy's foot.

He placed the wounded body part on his lap and examined it. Ayase just stared towards the man. His eyes flashing quickly from his foot to the dark eyes examining it.

"Strange… why doesn't heal?" Kanou asked. Now Ayase had to answer, that was a clear question.

"I don't know." he replied. "I'm not really a normal vampire I guess." Kanou looked up from the foot, straight into the blue eyes, smiling kindly.

"I knew that all along." Kanou said kindly. Ayase could feel his face blush at the comment and he had no idea why.

"Who bit you?" Kanou asked as he placed the foot back down on the floor. Ayase stared into the dark eyes and the man seemed very angry. Disgusted at the thought that a vampire had bitten him.

"How do you know I was a human once?" the blonde asked quietly, afraid he had chosen the wrong thing to say or do. Kanou's eyes widened at the question. He seemed shocked, but smiled a bit right after.

"You don't remember me…" he said softly. Ayase swallowed. Remember him? Was he supposed to remember the man? Ayase took a deep breath and shook his head lightly as the man looked back up at him.

The man leaned back in his chair, sighing deeply in the hand he placed in front of his face. Ayase didn't know what to do, but somehow he was sure that he had made the man angry.

"I'm sorry…" he said, but the man didn't react, his hand remained where it was. Ayase looked away, thinking of what to say next. Maybe it was now best to stay quiet. Maybe the reason why the vampire hunter didn't kill him was only because he knew him from the past, and now that he knew that Ayae himself didn't remember him, he might be wanting to take revenge. But in any way, the man knew him from somewhere and he wanted to find out a bit more.

"Is that why I'm still alive?" the blonde asked quietly, unsure of whether it was appropriate to say that. Kanou removed his hand, slightly recovering from the thought that the angel in front of him didn't remember him. He stared into the beautiful blue orbs and grinned quickly as to not show his disappointment.

"That should be the reason." he said. "But it doesn't seem to be a reason if you can't remember." his voice sounded darkly. Ayase's eyes widened unwillingly, he stared at the ground, afraid of what would happen now. Whatever he had thought before might be right: this might mean that the man now did have a reason to kill him? He opened his mouth slightly and whispered, to change the subject:

"My cousin bit me. He's a Full Blood."

"You're talking about Ishii, aren't you?" Kanou replied, his attention growing this second.

"You know him too?" the blonde asked, eyes widening at the thought. If he knew both him and his cousin, he should've known that Tetsuo had always been a vampire…

"I know you thanks to him. But that's the only reason why I'm grateful of him." he only seemed to get more angry with everything the boy said or asked. He sighed deeply, he actually always warned Ishii not to touch Ayase, no matter how good his blood might smell. He didn't keep to his promise… the man clenched his fists.

"Maybe you can tell me how you know me." the blonde said quickly as he noticed the last movement of the man. Kanou shook his head as he relaxed his hands again.

"Thanks to your cousin… that's all I'll tell you." Ayase sighed deeply, he already knew that, and this didn't take him any further.

"You know the relationship between a full blood and a human bitten by it, don't you?" the blonde asked, after a short moment of silence.

"Yes, I do. What's your point?" Kanou seemed like he could kill someone that instant. Of course he knew, but there was no way he'd send his blonde back to that fucker.

"I have to find him. He needs me, and my blood." Ayase said. "In order for him not to drink other humans' blood he needs me." Kanou widened his eyes. What did the boy mean, that his cousin not just once drank his blood but enjoys to do it every minute of the day?

"You mean to say he drinks your blood daily?" he said, trying to stop himself from yelling. Ayase looked up in the dark eyes, looking as though that was the most ridiculous question he had ever heard.

"Of course he does. Every Full Blood vampire drinks the blood of the ones he or she has bitten." Kanou didn't believe his ears.

"Did he tell you that?" he asked softly. Ayase nodded slowly. Kanou shook his head.

"Let me explain this to you." he said as he moved himself closer to the boy, his elbows leaning on his knees as though he was a teacher about to explain a hard-to-get definition of some law of physics.

"When a Full Blood vampire bites a human, that human does become a vampire and eventually a Level-E, unless he or she drinks the blood of the Full Blood that has bitten that person him or herself. It is also true that you are bounded to your cousin now. You're his… servant (he pronounced the word with disgust) , I guess. But nowhere is it said that the bitten human has to offer his blood as a sacrifice. It's up to the Full Blood to respect his followers, not enjoy their blood, unless they offer it themselves." Ayase listened attentively.

"But then I can offer it to him." he said quietly. Kanou shook his head.

"You don't get it. Your cousin has made you believe that you are forced to give your blood. This is not true! So stop thinking that!" the dark eyes stared in the blue ones and silence followed.

So this meant that Tetsuo had actually only used Ayase. Was that it? Ayase shook his head. No, his cousin needed him, and not just for his blood! The blood was just an extra!

"Anyway, just think." Kanou said. "That would mean that you can also drink his blood whenever you want. You two share the same bond, right?"

"But he stands higher then me…"

"That doesn't give him the right to suck you dry!" the man replied loudly. Starting to feel angry with the idea that the boy simply didn't get it. "What about you? Do you ever get something in return? Does he ever give any blood to you?"

"I'm able to restrain myself. I never found anyone that smells that great that I wanted to taste. I'm surviving on animal's blood." Ayase said, forcing his opinion on the already angry man.

"Unbelievable. You want to return to this guy who only needs you for your blood, which you barely have, while you can stay here, safely with me!"

"He doesn't only need me for my blood! He needs me, Ayase Yukiya, in person."

Kanou hit the table and laughed rather annoyed, strangled by the fact that it still didn't get in the boy's head.

"He uses you! Think about it! He doesn't need you, he needs your fucking blood. Period. That's where it ends. Full stop!"

"No! That's not true, you don't know him! You're just a hunter who hates any vampire that appears! I have to go back! He needs me!" Kanou took a deep breath, shaking his head, staring very angry in the blonde's eyes.

Ayase's face turned pale as he now realised he had been talking back in a situation he really shouldn't have, and his thoughts were confirmed as he saw the man's face.

"I think about that differently." the man said as he grabbed the blonde's wrist. "I don't hate you." Ayase tried to pull away from the man's grip, but the more he tried, the stronger the grip got.

"Let me go…" he whispered softly.

"No way, you're not going anywhere. I spared your life. You owe me." the man stood up, not releasing the boy one bit, in fact he tightened his grip even more, if that was even possible.

"Stop…" Ayase said as he tried to release himself, thinking that his wrist could break any minute, but the man only quickened his pace.

The blonde focused himself on releasing his wrist from the tight grip and so he didn't notice the man entering another room. Kanou reached for another wooden door, throwing it open forcefully.

Ayase yelped softly as the man pulled him off the ground and threw him over his shoulder. As much as he was angry, he didn't want any wrist to break and hated the way the boy tried to struggle away from him. The blonde used the short time he had to explore where he was. His body was thrown on a white fabric that felt soft. He took a quick glance around him, noticing the chairs that stood next to the object he lay on. He was certainly on a bed.

Not a split second later he felt his legs being spread apart and something else placed itself in between. Or better yet: someone.

Kanou had removed his necktie and shirt and now placed himself like a giant monster over the boy, his brown eyes glaring darkly.

"I'll show you that I don't hate any vampire I meet." Kanou said. The man was obviously angry because of what the boy had said, it was noticeable in the expression of his face and in the way he talked. Ayase blushed deeply as the man placed himself closer, so now his face was only a few inches away.

And he now understood the situation he was in. The man wanted him. To do it. Here and now, with the creature he normally disgusts so much.

Kanou placed his lips forcefully onto the boy's. Ayase didn't move as he felt how hot the other's lips actually were. The man was obviously excited and angry at the same time, which made his blood boil inside of his body. Ayase could feel it… smell it.

The blood was so close to him… the blood he had thought that smelled really good. Feeling how the other's tongue now slid in between his lips, he quickly closed his eyes.

The only thing he had to do was bite, and the probably wonderful taste would be in his mouth. His hands slightly shivered, the smell overwhelming him. Kanou's hand slid over the blonde's and grabbed it tightly as his tongue explored every corner of the other's mouth.

The tongue was so near to the blonde's fangs. Just one bite, one sip. Ayase opened his eyes, revealing the bright red colour and he bit into the tongue softly, placing his hands around the other's neck as to make sure the man wouldn't move during the process of drinking the wonderful blood.

Kanou groaned as he felt the fang in his tongue. He opened his eyes in a flash and noticed the blue eyes had been replaced for bright red ones. He quickly broke the kiss, pulling himself away from the blonde.

His tongue was bleeding light, he could taste it in his mouth. Ayase sat up, his eyes still in the same state. He stared towards the man and took a deep breath through his nose, smiling right after.

Kanou never thought the boy could be this scary. The bright red eyes glowed brightly in the dark room, and the moonlight fell onto the other's fangs which were covered lightly in his blood.

"One more sip…" said the boy, his voice cold and dark. And he crawled closer to the man, caressing his neck with his long fingers. Kanou swallowed deeply, staring into the red eyes in front of him.

"You smell good." the blonde said. "Just one more bite…" the blonde removed his fingers and replaced them for his tongue.

Kanou groaned pleasurably. The boy placed his hands around the man's body, softly caressing his sides. He always wanted the boy to touch him like this, but not in this state. Not just to drink his blood.

"Such a nice… body…" Ayase proceeded in his dark, but in Kanou's thoughts sexy voice. Cold breath fell onto the wet place on Kanou's neck and he realised the blonde was about to bite him.

"Ayase stop!" he screamed suddenly, pushing the boy away from him, back onto the soft duvets. Ayase tried to bring himself back to the neck, but was unable to because of the man's strong arms.

"You're not like this." Kanou whispered when he saw the red eyes staring into his. "You're not a normal vampire, remember? You're special. Don't make me hurt you…"

The blonde closed his eyes, his eyebrows contracting and shivering heavily. His body gave a few soft shudders and then he seemed to relax. Kanou was breathing heavily.

"Ayase?" he whispered. The blonde's eyes fluttered open. Kanou smiled, pulling the boy in a tight hug. The blue was back.

"K-Kanou?" Ayase asked, saying the man's name for the first time. The man was merely holding him, not removing his clothes as he had feared. Ayase's face was pressed against the shoulder of the man and he could smell a far away fragrance of perfume and… blood. Ayase pushed the man away in a shock.

"Did I hurt you?" he asked softly, staring worriedly in the man's eyes. Kanou blinked a few times.

"You don't remember?" he asked. Ayase shook his head. "You tried to bite me." Kanou added a little later.

"I never had that before." Ayase moaned. "Never… I'm sorry." Kanou was silenced. The part that disgusted him most about vampires was the part where they would place their fangs into another human's neck or other body part. But Ayase seemed just as disgusted and astonished as he was.

"I don't want you to go Ayase." Kanou suddenly said, a few minutes later. Ayase looked up, a sad look in his eyes.

"But I'll hurt you." Ayase said. "I don't want to hurt you… or any other human being." Kanou smiled. That last part 'or any other human being' was a part his mind deliberately hadn't heard.

"You can't stay here anyway, Ayase." Kanou said. "I can't have a vampire in my house. I'm a hunter. I hunt people like you every single day. Either way your not safe in my house. You can hurt me and I can hurt you. But I need you." Kanou said. Ayase stared into the dark eyes and the dark eyes stared back.

The man didn't know what to do. All his life he wanted to find the boy and keep him safe from all harm. Now he was able to, it appeared he was the harm just as much as the boy could be harm to him. But he couldn't go now he had finally found him.

He needed a safe place for a vampire. A place where he could visit Ayase whenever he wanted and the boy would be away from his world. Away from the hunters.

Kanou suddenly smiled.

"Wait here. I'll be right back." he said, placing a quick kiss on the boy's forehead and leaving the bedroom.

Ayase blushed a bit, nodding obediently and watching the man leave the room. He sighed deeply. He did he ever get into this situation…

Kanou grabbed the phone standing on the kitchen table. He opened the cupboard, noticing a pile of papers laying in it. He took those out, throwing them next to the cupboard and taking a small rumpled note that lay under the pile. Kanou unfolded it quickly and showed a relieved smile as he saw that the phone number written upon it was still readable. He quickly dialled it, waiting a few beeps until a female voice picked up the phone.

"Cross School Academy, this is the secretary Someya Kaoruko speaking, how can I help you?" the voice said.

"Someya, it's me." Kanou said, a stuttering a bit.

"Danna?" Someya asked softly. "Is it really you?"

"Yeah…" he answered.

"What's wrong?" she asked. "Are you okay?"

"I found him."