Everything was normal enough. I guess, so don't ask me how this all started and where this all started. Because everything that's going to happen next that I'm about to tell you, is undeniably true.
So, it was a normal fall day. It wasn't freezing, but I swear that even with a thick jacket and a scarf on in the clubroom, my skin was going to turn blue. Haruhi was surprisingly absent from the clubroom today. Not that I was complaining, but it was a nice refresher. Being around her all the time couldn't be healthy for me at all. It was already taking a knock at my sanity. Koizumi looked a bit bored, and still wore his usual smile. Asahina was in a corner of the somewhat cramped room and was making some hot tea. And finally, Nagato was at her usual spot reading. It was all so normal and comforting.
Did I mention how Haruhi seems to ruin any of my good moods? Intentionally or not?
Well, she did. And I swear that she's out to get me. Next thing you know, it'll be another Asakura incident. Only with my happiness. She came in the room, slamming the door open and nearly taking it off its hinges. As usual. Though, this time she seemed quite angry and she wasn't one to spare people her side of grief. It's like watching the devil rear its angry flames of hell right onto my soul.
"I can't believe this!" She said, stomping over to her desk. What can't she believe? Has she finally accepted the rules of reality? If so, may the lord be thanked in any way possible. If not, then I might as well grab a nail gun and shoot myself in the foot. "After all the trouble of getting my hands on it, it was worthless!" Would she please explain further? My head's going to explode from curiosity. I swear.
"Getting your hands on what?" I asked. Though as usual, my statement was throughly ignored. Why me? If there's any person at all who wants to trade places with me, give me a call, or hell! Even meet me in person so we can trade off and I can live a normal life. Please!
"I don't even know why every American was so worked up over it! It's so stupid, and they don't even make it at all realistic!" What do you think realistic is? A monkey doing the pop n' lock on fire? You're living right in realistic and ordinary, might as well invite it in! Then again, even if reality managed to introduce itself and slap her across the face, I really doubt that she'd accept it. "And to think that vampires sparkle! What bullcrap!"Wait, sparkling vampires? Is that that Twilight movie or whatever that I hear American girls getting so worked on about?
"I'm sure that it gets its fair share of hate all over the world and in America." I highly doubt that what I said would calm her down. Her little temper tantrums are going to ruin my life. Along with Koizumi's. And as hard as he works, I'm sure that you can at least give him and his agency a break once in a while.
"Vampires are supposed to be scary and what's with the whole vegetarian thing? That's just plain idiocy!" I can somewhat agree to a certain level. Vampires are part of the supernatural and scary monster sections right? Oh wait, this is the twenty-first century with Haruhi in it. Everything's upside down.
"So, you got the Twilight movie and watched it? I didn't think that you knew American." I've seen the movie myself due to my mom forcing all of us down on the couch to burn our eyes out. It was downright torture. I can see a bit from Haruhi's perspective.
"No, you idiot. I went to the stationary store to get some stuff, and the manager invited me in to see it. With subtitles." Oh, so that explains. "Vampires suck blood, like this!" She grabbed Asahina's shoulders and bit down on her neck, causing the emotionally traumatized girl to squeal. Doesn't she ever get tired of bothering her? I know I would. And if any other guy besides the members of this club were to watch this, I'm fairly sure that they'd be slightly turned on by now. Nope, not us. You get used to this sort of thing after a while. I think.
Haruhi then snapped her fingers and what she said next practically ruined my life for good.
"Kyon! We don't have a character for you!" She squealed and sat down on a chair, her previous anger somehow demolished.
"What?" This really wasn't making sense for me at the moment. I can't understand her logic anyway. Like they say, if you can't accept something, might as well deal with it.
"Mikuru's our moe girl, Itsuki's our mysterious transfer student, Yuki is our reading girl who hardly speaks!" Couldn't come up with anything better for Yuki? "And I'm our leader! You, on the other hand, aren't really anything interesting." Says you. Everyone else in this club thinks that I'm some sort of mystery, just waiting to be solved.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Why did I ask this question? Why?
"You can be our vampire! Student by day, and blood-hungry vampire by night! With fangs and everything!" Haruhi, if you're going to kill me, hurry up now and get it over with. Spare me some mercy. Koizumi shot me a worried glance along with Asahina, while Yuki acted as normal as ever. Though she did give me a knowing look. "And to make you being a student easier, sunlight won't effect you at all! That way you can choose your prey and hunt them down later!" Oh god. After a few more minutes of her blabbering, she finally stopped talking about vampires. Thank the lord.
Though the damage was already done.
Haruhi went home early, leaving the rest of us to do practically nothing. Asahina was the second to leave. Koizumi kept shooting me worried glances and Nagato snapped her book shut. Time to go. I packed my things and put away the Othello board. Koizumi hauled his bag over his shoulder, letting Yuki out the door first. Now, it was just Koizumi left in the room with me. And for you yaoi fangirls, nothing happens. He pushed in his chair and stopped me at the door by putting a hand on my shoulder. If anything, this was his sign of major worry.
"Meet me here tonight at eight." His voice was dead serious. That unnerved me, but I guess everyone has their serious moments once in a while. Right?
"What for?" The inevitable question was asked.
"Nothing much. You'll see." With those parting words, he walked in a brisk manner, leaving me to my thoughts in the hallway. What was that? Is Haruhi going to open up another closed space? I shook off the idling thoughts and proceeded home.
As soon as I got home, a burning sensation tore up my insides. It felt as if fire was spreading throughout my veins. I wanted to cry out, but could only stumble up the stairs and mutter that I was going to bed early. It was painful, like Asakura stabbed a million pocketknives into my flesh that were coated with poison, and left me to die. I curled up in bed and just lay there for a while, whimpering in pain. The blackness soon crept into my vision, and I fell asleep in a dreamless sleep.
When I woke up, it was already seven thirty. I was really thirsty, but ignored it as I grabbed my bike and pedaled back up the hill that was my school. I guess I was more on edge than usual, because everything around me was magnified by a hundred. It was almost dizzying. I managed to get into the clubroom, not even breaking a sweat. Koizumi was there, waiting for me. I waved and looked at him curiously. What was he up to?
"Hey." I said. He waved back with a curt smile. "So, what are we here for?"
"Oh, nothing really. Just a few tests." A few tests? For what? I didn't voice this out loud, and simply shuffled into the clubroom and sat down at the table with the esper. A few hours past, and I was really thirsty. My throat was parched to the point where I couldn't speak. I got up and grabbed an empty water bottle before scrambling out into the hallway to fill up the bottle of water. When I got back, I gulped it down, but it didn't satisfy me. Koizumi eyed me suspiciously as I sat there looking at the now empty water bottle.
Another hour past, and it was now one o' clock in the morning. This was a tiring wait for something that probably wasn't going to appear. In that hour, I had gulped down another four bottles. At the moment I really wanted to know why I was so thirsty. Maybe Koizumi was lying about not being able to use his power outside of closed spaces and was manipulating me to gulp down one bottle after another. During this, he was looking at me, as if expecting something to happen.
"Maybe we should go home." I said. He sighed and uncrossed his arms.
"Yeah, I guess so. But I want to check something first." He pulled out a pocketknife, immediately causing me to stiffen, and stood up. What was he about to do? Another Asakura incident? He did say that some members of his agency were eager for results. And killing me was probably one of them.
"W-What are you d-doing?" I stuttered slightly as he dragged the blade across his neck in a slow painstaking manner. He winced as it touched his skin and grazed across it. Blood trickled down his neck, and I found myself staring uncontrollably. Before I could register what I was doing, I had him pinned against the wall, using only my bare fists and held him there. He winced as his head hit the chalkboard. I leaned down and licked the blood, causing him to gasp slightly, but he seemed in control of his emotions quite well. I didn't know what happened next until something warm and sweet was being swallowed from his veins.
I didn't even know that I had taken so much. His voice triggered me out of this trance.
"K-Kyon, s-stop...p-please." It was considerably weak, and I immediately pulled away from him, landing ungracefully on the floor. I slapped a hand over my mouth only to find more blood on it. I licked it up heartily, causing the club member in front of me to blanch. I didn't know if that was in disgust or horror. Maybe both. I stopped what I was doing.
"What w-was that?" Koizumi breathed out a sigh of relief and slumped down to the floor. "I'm so sorry, Koizumi. I d-don't know what came over me."
"Don't be." He said in a voice barely above a whisper. "It's not really...your fault." He coughed and wheezed. Waving a hand nonchalantly, as if brushing off the fact that I had just nearly killed him. If I was in his situation, I'd be freaking out. A lot. Suddenly I thought back to events earlier that day.
'You can be our vampire!' Those words rang in my ears, echoing a few times.
"Kyon. Kyon. Kyon!" I was pulled out of my thoughts by Koizumi's strained yelling. "Accept the fact that you're no longer human." That was hard. I just nearly killed you and I'm supposed to accept the fact that I'm no longer human? This was one of those situations where someone would come out and say, 'he bit off more than he could chew'.
"B-But I-I..." I couldn't even complete my sentence as it trailed off into a lapsed silence. I swore that he had fallen asleep when his blinked his eyes and smiled weakly. He was still attempting to recover.
"Your eyes..." He said. "They're red..." I could barely hear what he said at this point.
"What?" I ran over to the small mirror placed on the desk when I saw myself. There was dry blood caked on my lips, and my eyes were a vicious blood red. Koizumi had finally given in to sleep, but he was still alive. I could tell from the way his chest moved up and down in a harsh breathing. That night, I fell asleep in the clubroom.
This story is based off of Pokepal Karai Natsume's fanfic, In 4 Nights. Thanks for reading, and also check out her story as well. Please review!
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