PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

Each chapter title is the name of the Evanescence song it's based on

The lyrics in each story might not have all the choruses or maybe skip a verse

lyrics= bold print, story=smaller print

Song: Missing

Characters: Shiki (his POV)

Background: This is him saying he doesn't know what he's doing in life, his feelings for his mom and even some feelings for Ichijo.

Please, please, forgive me

But I won't be home again

Cross Academy had become a second home for Shiki. The young vampire had found a life where he was accepted; but once he started to think about the home he left behind, his happiness ended.

I know what you do to yourself

He worried about his mother; every time he had left home she had broken down. Comforting her only made things worse when she thought he was his father.

I breathe deep and cry out

"Isn't something missing?

Isn't someone missing me?"

Shiki was desperate. He needed to find a purpose; someone to care for him, comfort him, love him.

Even though I'm the sacrifice

You won't try for me, not now

Who could understand those desires? Ichijo did, but being with him means leaving his mother defenseless.

Though I'd die to know you love me

Why did he have to choose between them? Why couldn't he love them both?

I'm all alone

Isn't someone missing me?