Chapter 1
Another summer means another heatstroke. That always happens here, where people usually stay home with a nice, cool, glass of lemonade. However, a certain Kuromajo Akira decided to roam out into the city because there's literally nothing to do at her home.
Usually, she stays back in her room and let the day pass on slowly. But after moving to a new home, she feels insecure anywhere near the original owners of the mansion where she now resides in. Who are six brothers that aren't exactly human.
Slowly, though, she's been feeling a little different lately from her usual shy and tolerable self. She's been a bit more hot-headed, and maybe some streaks of sadism lie within her.
"Isn't there anything to do around here?" a sigh escapes from her as she complains to none other than herself.
Her pace becomes slower as she thinks about the new family that's keeping her; especially that other girl, Komori Yui - in which happens to look very similar to herself; setting aside their differences in eye and hair color, also the flowered hairclip.
Her jade-emerald green eyes glare exasperatedly at the glaring sun, "It's so bright today…" she mumbles quietly.
Setting her gaze back to the ground, she glances around for any signs of her new housemates, already feeling disturbed by the thoughts of any of the brothers suddenly bumping into her and starts harassing her in public. But that's not likely, right?
She lets out another sigh and quickens her pace to let out all of her thoughts. That is, until a familiar fedora catches her attention. Her expression changes from calm to slightly panic, and she starts to step away from one of her housemates known as the playboy Raito.
Too bad for her, though. He catches sight of her even before she started walking away.
"Oh, Akira-Chan! Aren't you supposed to be at home?" his voice cheery as usual, stepping closer to her with a rather kind smile.
"Does that bother you or something? I can do anything I want, I have my rights" she replies sharply while whipping her head away from him.
He laughs a little at her behavior, "Akira-Chan's acting like Subaru-Kun; rejecting her feelings like that" a smirk plays on his lips.
"I'm nothing similar to that snow-headed freak!" her voice obviously annoyed at Raito's comparison.
It wasn't always like this. She usually let comments like that slide away and she'll back away from fights. But being around the six brothers changed her little by little, she accepts a fight if needed and does not take in losing easily. While Yui, on the other hand, is still her same, timid self.
"Ah, I don't have time for this" Akira's low sigh of boredom definitely gives Raito an idea.
"If you're that bored, then I'll entertain you for the time being. And maybe you can also have a fun time enter-" he's silenced by a pinch on his cheek.
"Don't even think about it you stupid pervert" she says threateningly, her green eyes giving out a sadistic glint.
"Akira-Chan is cute when she's mad, but she'll look even cuter when blushi-" his other cheek is also now being pinched.
"Don't you know when to shut up?" she releases her grip on his cheeks and walks away.
The day finally ends with a rainy night. Akira runs quickly back to the Sakamaki mansion, slipping on the stairs and almost falling. Her wet hand opens the front door and her body is greeted by the comforting warmth of the gigantic mansion.
"God dammit, Reiji will kill me if I get the floor wet…" she looks at the small puddle of water on the carpeted floor, too late.
"Oh well" she runs up to her room to have a nice warm shower and then change her clothes.
Upon reaching there, she sees a familiar fedora placed idly on her bed. One though quickly makes its way into her mind, "that filthy, idiotic, perverted, playboy- I hate-" she is then silenced by a hand covering her mouth.
"That's quite a lot of names to call me, Akira-Chan~" Raito's usual playful voice is clear to her ears.
She pushes away from him and tumbles onto her bed; not quite lying down. Her cheeks stain a light pink and expression shocked mixed with anger.
"What the hell! Why are you here?" she tries her best to calm down.
"I was bored, and unlike you, I decided to directly look for entertainment rather than wasting my time walking around aimlessly" he steps closer to her.
Already having an idea of what he's going to do, she instinctively backs away even further from him and causing her to drip rainwater onto her once dry bed. Though, she doesn't mind this as the only thought in her mind is to get away from him as quickly as possible and avoid him until further notice.
"This isn't a good position for you, right? You should go over to my room, where the bed is nice and dry. Then take off your clothes so you won't catch a cold and be scolded by Reiji for being so reckless" Raito's smirk only grows wider at her reaction.
"Did you think about it? Looks like I'm not the only pervert here" his voice happy, in a bad way for her.
Looking desperately for an opening, she doesn't find one and just keeps scooting back; away from him. The next event wasn't predictable to her. A loud shriek escapes Akira's lips as she falls onto the floor and making her uninvited guest laugh.
Trying to sit up, her hand rubs the back of her head gently as she lets out a pained groan. After finally being able to sit, she gives a very annoyed glance at the male vampire who is still laughing his life out.
"Stop laughing! It's not funny!" she keeps on rubbing the back of her head.
Still, his laughter isn't subsiding. This only causes the already hurt girl a bit more pain; mentally, for being laughed at.
"I said stop!" she keeps on yelling at him.
Now trying to stop his laughter, his emerald eyes look at her with amusement. His index finger wipes a drop of tear from his eye and then takes another look at Akira. "You look cute when you're mad, you know that?".
His words results the coloring of light shade of pink on her cheeks, her also green eyes averting their gaze away from him, too. Trying to ignore him, she stands up with much effort considering her still aching body. Managing her way to the door, she opens it and looks at the male on her bed.
"Leave, I want to take a bath" she says in an annoyed voice.
"But I want to stay here, maybe even join your bath" he smirks at the idea.
Having enough of this nonsense, she finally snaps.
"Out" her voice unusually demanding.
To her surprise, though, he replies her with a chuckle. Looking straight into her eyes, his amusement grows at the way she's glaring at him.
"If only you would say that you want me with that voice" his voice sounds relaxed with a hint of need.
Akira, on the other hand, is unfazed by this and keeps on glaring at the vampire who's still atop her bed, completely forgetting that she's still soaking wet. At least, to her pleasing, he gets off her bed and walks over to the door, his smile still plastered on his face for some reason.
Right as he steps out, she lets out a loud sneeze. A little startled, he looks at her, his eyes glinting at the idea that he's having.
"Is Akira-Chan catching a cold?" he steps back into her room and slowly closes the door.
"N-no, I'm fine!" she states her condition rather forcefully.
Too bad for her, though, she sneezes again and makes Raito move about an inch closer to her.
"Are you sure? That was obviously a sneeze" he looks down at her form.
With clothes still soaked, of course that by now the freezing feel in almost unbearable since there's nothing to warm her up. Yet she denies the fact that she needs to be warmed up before her cold becomes much worse.
And to her complete surprise, Raito takes off his outer layer of clothing and wraps it around her, also holding her close to give her more warmth.
"If Akira-Chan catches a cold, then I'll have nobody to play with" his voice unusually soft and caring.
Akira's face turns a somewhat dark shade of red and her body begins to tremble a little at the contact. Her green eyes averts down to the floor, looking at the still dripping water. Already knowing that he won't be releasing her anytime soon, she forcefully submits to his hold also because she desperately needs his warmth.
"Hmm? Akira-Chan is being so obedient to me" he's happy at the fact that she's finally accepting him.
"I'm just cold, that doesn't mean that I like being near you or anything like that… Pervert" her voice muffled by the cloth of his clothing.
Sighing, he holds her tighter to warm up her quivering body. And to her liking, she enjoys every little bit of the moment with a smile invisible to him.
Suddenly, though, - completely unexpected to her –, Raito lifts up her chin to make her look into his emerald eyes.
"Now then, how does a bath together sound, Akira-Chan?" he smirks teasingly at her blushing face.
So they did.
