Chapter 2
Ren's day, or in this case night, started out fairly normal, he only slept during the day so he could work or go out at night to fulfill his blood affinity from stressful young woman. It was no secret that he enjoyed beautiful women, and he did love the sweet taste of a woman's stressed blood over a males stressed blood any day. It was also a way of escaping from his crazy family, he made a rule to never bring his dates home. Sometimes when time wasn't on his side, he would simply encourage his date to let him spend the night, or day just sleeping, he didn't need a coffin. If he did spend the night, oftentimes it did lead to sex, he didn't mind, it was his own way of releaving stress. He did keep in contact with a few women favorites of his who were beautiful after he removed their stress, or if the blood quality was tasty. And he wasn't cheap either, he had no problems treated his dates on expensive high life thrills, he basks in the best the world had to offer since he was from a wealthy family. He had no objections that he was born with a silverspoon in his mouth, but he did work for the family business of stock and trading with European countries. He just grew bored easily when work was too predictable, or when his family life drama gave him a headache. Sometimes it took him two to three women a night to releave his stress and migraines.
With his odd sister, and crazy family, life didn't give him a chance to be bored. He soon learned to adjust to Usui dating his sister, he was an okay guy and took care of her both day and night, he never told him that he secretly respected him for being a man of his word and responsible.
Then life took a turn for the worse, when SHE showed up at his doorstep. His sister's little human friend with the big green eyes, he remembered only seeing her in a distance once when walked to pick up Karin from kindergarten, she just looked like any other odd human child to him, he was only in 4th grade at the time so he didn't really think much of it, and growing up he never really associated with his sisters' friends because he was away at all prep boys schools the majority of his life. Seeing Maki again years later as a young woman was already shocking enough, but what he didn't anticipate was the smell.
He had been angry and upset leaving the family meeting over the discussion of Ms. Tokitou becoming an ally to their family, why didnt they just tell the entire country of Japan while they were at it? No matter what he said, it didn't matter, they were not going to erase her memory, she was their new ally in the daytime.
He had stepped out of the living room to go outside and get some air, and possibly a date, but his senses were pulsing when he caught the sight and smell if the young woman at his front door. He remembered Maki as a child with dark hair and big green eyes, but this wasn't a child staring at him, it was a young woman with the same innocent deep green eyes that captivated his attention. She was short and thin, but she obviously wasn't piete, her curves reminded him of the goddess Venus, but hers were real. Her dark hair had grown down her back and had green highlights that were pulled out of her face. Her cheeks became rosy as she stared back at him in wonder, her natural pink lips parted as she stared. What had him nearly floored, was her smell. Her smell made him nearly lose his mind and physically lose control of his body, her scent was natural. Vampires naturally had very sensitive noses, which is why they didn't like garlic or stinky human foods and spices. Ren did often pick women who didn't wear over powering purfume, and very often requested that they showered beforehand. Maki's scent was a sweet natural smell with only a hint of herbal citris soap, and her blood, gave off an even greater intoxicating scent than he had ever smelled before. At first he thought that it was her stress, but he didn't sense any stress in her at all, and his senses were never wrong. He didn't even react this way when he had his first blood tasting when he was young. His entire body became both weak and strong all at the same time, and his natural instincts screamed at him to take the woman before him as his. He had to grit his teeth because his fangs enlarged inside if his mouth, he had never felt such a carnal longing to be satisfied in his life. In a last ounce if strength, he broke the connection of their eyes and dashed upstairs to his room to grab a bottle of stressed out workaoholics blood and drank till it was completly empty. Even though he was sated, his body and mind couldn't forget the beguiling small and lovely green eyes. He also knew that if he did drink Maki's blood, or worse try to seduce her, his family lock him away in his coffin forever, like they tried with his crazy grandmother.
Ever since that day, years ago, he avoided Maki whenever he could, when she came over, he went out and stayed out (sometimes for days depending how long she would visit), and what made it worse was his family invited her over often because they grew to love her as an addition to the family. He hated it when she was over, because then he would have to make up excuses about leaving and find multiple stressed women per night just to releave himself. He threw himself into his work at the office to attempt to get the girl, no woman, out of his mind.
Just last year, he found out that Maki was dating the pathetic excuse of a vampire hunter that fell for his sister. He had hoped that a guy in her life would help motivate him to move on with his life. But when he saw them together at a Christmas party hosted by his family, he felt a wave if nausea and possesiveness, he never trusted the so called hunter and to witness him use an innocent girl like Maki to get to her best friend made him sick. He had even broken the glass of blood in his hand as he watched the Winner boy praise her and touch her hand and bare shoulders that weren't covered by her dress. Had Usui and Henry not pulled him into the kitchen to remove the glass crystal from his hand he would had done something he would later regret. He was shocked later on to learn that Maki was the one who learned about the boy's deception, and even forgave him for his cruel actions! Usui even asked him why his eyes were glowing like gold lasers? What was she doing to him? He barely talked to her and she was effecting him! Why did she even date that idiot?
As relieving as it was to learn that she was no longer attached, he still couldn't approach her, even in her early stages of stress her smell was more fregrant and nearly drove him to insanity. After her break up he began to stalk her during her first semester at the university, it had to be on cloudy days or during her evening classes or the sun could kill him. He berated himself for his actions towards the young lady, he was able to feed on a few stressed college students to keep his strength, but he couldn't stop himself from getting wifs of her scent, and watch her expressive green eyes. He began to learn more about her just by observation, she was very intelligent both on paper in person. She was innocent but not naive, optimistic when she faced any challenge, and had a sassy wit that she only used to mildly tease his sister and boyfriend. Anju learned about his reckless activities from her bats that followed and spied on him. She informed him that she wouldn't tell the rest of the family of his affections towards Maki if he ceased his stalking. Denying her assumptions that he would have affection towards a pothetic mere human, he did stop stalking Maki without anyone's knowledge (except Anju), but Ms. Tokitou's deep green eyes and tempting scent was constantly linguring in his mind as he threw himself into his work and girlfriends.
Last month he went on a business trip to Europe for a couple weeks to see famly and look up some old flings, however, many were either married or engaged. The happiness they gave off made Ren feel sick to his gut, even vampires can feel the content satisfaction of intimate relationsips, something he couldn't understand. He found himself avoiding the vampire social hours to seek the local beauties to entertain him. But no matter how charming and exquisit the women were, none of them had the smells and eyes he wanted. He felt even more disgusted and disappointed in himself for not even being able to bring himself to even try and make-out with a few before drinking from them. Flying back to Japan he immediantly went home and collapesed on the couch in the darkened livingroom, taking a deep breath he breathed in the comforting scent that seemed to welcome him home. Wait-the smell was familiar, it came from the pillow cushion, it was Maki's scent! That wonderful sweet scent that seemed to tease him and warp him into a coacoon of warmth. He found himself gripping the pillow, nails digging into it as he pushed it into his face to inhale and wished that it was Maki's smooth curves that he was clutching to himself. Maki must have been in this room with his family early in the week before he returned. He pulled back the pillow in suprised recognition when he reached a new thought, he...missed...Maki...when he was gone, when he was away, when she came over and he left for his evening feedings and short lived pleasures...rediciulous!
