Here's the new chapter everyone's been waiting for. I hope you enjoy.
If you are confused while reading, I use single quotations '' for thoughts and italics for something written in notes or books, always have, never will change. I know some people ask for me to use italics in thoughts but no, I'm just letting you all know now, it's easier for me this way, please understand.
Disclaimer: I do not own Diabolik Lovers or any of it's characters, all rights go to Reject. I do not own the OC in future chapters, he is borrowed from another, please do not steal. I'm using the OC with permission from the owner.
After Kou lead Subaru into the hot spring inn, he practically shoved him into the baths to warm up. Subaru did protest at first but Kou was insistent. Telling him to at least warm up in the hot spring before doing anything else. Some time passed and Subaru was sitting in the hot water with a scowl and red tint on his cheeks from the warm water.
"Come now Subaru-kun, don't look like that. That scowl will stay on your face permanently if you do." Kou teased.
Subaru scoffed. "Hmph." Sighing, Kou moved to get in with him.
Subaru noticed this after he heard the water ripple slightly. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?"
"Hm? Getting in of course." Kou steps into the hot water right beside Subaru. The albino scoots further away, he chuckles. "What's wrong? We're both guys. Or are you nervous?"
Subaru keeps his head averted and eyes to the water. "Nothing like that. Just thought I was supposed to be here by myself."
"Aww. And leave me bored? Or did you just want me to stare at your body the entire time?"
"Like hell!" He turns to yell at the vampire, his face heats up when he notices Kou just standing over him with a smirk.
The blond grins, "You sure? It's what it's sounding like to me."
Subaru stammers before making a complete sentence. "I-I-I.. n-no.. Cut it out, you're just putting words in my mouth." He moves his eyes to look at the steam rising from the water on the other side.
"Hm? Well, whatever you say then. You don't mind if I sit here with you right? Thanks." He plops right down next to the albino, arms stretched out on the edge of the pool. Subaru grumbled lightly with Kou chuckling in response.
The two sat in silence again, just like at the school. Subaru mulled over what was going on and his thoughts, especially about what Reiji had said. Sure the Mukamis were annoying in their own ways, even this guy took the cake. Being everywhere Subaru found him to be, like he was a lost stray dog. The dog had taken a liking to Subaru and attached himself to the vampire. But he didn't mind it, not anymore at least. Plus he now had a roof over his head and a warm room to sleep in tonight. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted when Kou laid his head on Subaru's shoulder. He jumped, "What are you doing?"
The idol yawned and looked up at him. "Eh just a little tired. Got a concert here tomorrow night so I just got back from rehearsal earlier. So I'm pretty much worn out."
"Well go to your room then, don't sleep here."
"I'm not. Besides, you can come sleep in my room. I'll show you the way when you're finished."
Subaru glances at him. "Sure you can stay up til then?"
Kou smiled, "Yeah."
Not what Subaru wanted to hear but it was something about this that made him feel warm inside. It wasn't from the water, so he was confused as to why he felt so warm. He spent a few more minutes inside before suddenly getting up, letting Kou slip into the water as he had his entire person leaning against Subaru. He popped up from the water sputtering. "Hey! That wasn't very nice." He gets up and joins Subaru in the bath house to grab a towel and dry off. The two put their clothes on and gather their things, Subaru followed Kou to his room in the back, away from most of the other guests.
They walked quietly in order not to awaken the sleeping guests. Kou opens the door to his room and walks in with Subaru following. Didn't look too fancy, just looked like a normal onsen inn. Closing the door, Kou moved to the bedroom side of the room and pulled out a couple yukata and handed one over to Subaru. "Come on, take it."
Looking at it wearily, he took the yukata and moved to the otherside of the room to change. Kou did the same on his side. Subaru laid his clothes and belongings to a corner in the room. Kou came over and sat down with him, holding a bottle and glass. "What's this?"
"Food silly. Ruki says I can only carry blood around if it's hidden and well I place it in an empty wine bottle. Come on, take a sip. Doubt you had any for a while now." He pours the liquid into the glass, the sweet scent was enough to make Subaru's stomach growl. Kou giggled and handed the glass over. Subaru took it and sniffed, smelled alright so he took a sip.
"Good huh?"
"It's decent." Taking another swallow. Kou sets the bottle down in between them.
After some quiet, he spoke up. "Hey, you wanna come to my concert tomorrow? I can get you in free. Backstage of course."
"No."
"Aww why not?" He pouted.
"Not interested in that stuff."
"Okay~ then how about coming karaoke with me next Saturday? It's my day off."
"Why should I?"
The blond shrugged. "Dunno. I guess I just like hanging with you Subaru-kun."
"Huh? What's that supposed to mean?"
Kou looks at the other for a minute before getting up. "Never mind. I'm going to bed, gotta get up early in the day to prepare for the concert." He walked over and laid out his futon. Subaru downs the rest of his drink and puts the glass and bottle up before fetching his futon. He placed it out near his clothes, away from Kou and laid down. Kou turned off the lights and headed to bed. "Night Subaru-kun~."
"Hmph." Was his response. The next morning, or rather evening, Subaru woke up feeling restless. Yawning, he got up to go fetch the glass and bottle when he stumbled on something. Looking down he sees a book with a note on top. Groaning he reaches down and picks up the note. It read:
Ya-ho, hope you slept well Subaru-kun~.
I'll be out til later tonight or early morning. So here's something to do while I'm gone.
Don't get lonely or bored without me 'kay?
Subaru crumpled the note, tossed it in the trash without a glace, perfect shot in the basket of course, and turned to look at the book left behind. Flipping aimlessly through it's pages, he grew bored and left it on the floor. The next couple hours passed as he had his blood, had retrieved a snack from the vending machines, and took another bath. When he got back, the book was laying on the table in the middle of the room with a plate of dinner. He moved the book aside and ate the food before it became cold.
After dinner, he relaxes in the lounge chair near the window. He still was feeling restless and didn't know why. His eyes moved from the sunset scenery on the mountains outside to the abandoned book. He sat in place for a bit before moving to pick it up. He walked back over to the chair and sat down. He opened the book and began to read. He didn't know how much time had passed. The vampire was just getting to the climax of the story when he felt like someone was watching him. He jumped, closing the book and looked around to find Kou standing right behind him.
"Hm? Don't stop on my account. You looked like you were absorbed in the book. Was it that good Subaru-kun?"
"N-no. It was just a way to pass the time." He lays the book down in the chair and heads over to his spot in the room to sit.
"Well I'm back. So let's celebrate."
"Celebrate what exactly?"
Kou moves over closer to him. "Well my concert was a huge hit. It was mostly a fundraiser event or something so it was a success. So let's celebrate. I got saké." He holds up a large bottle and a couple cups. He sat the bottle down in front of Subaru and sat down in front of the bottle. "Come on, a couple drinks won't hurt." He uncapped the bottle and poured some in the cup to hand to Subaru before making his own. Subaru reluctantly took the drink, Kou clinked the cups together. "Cheers!" He drowned his cup in one gulp.
Subaru looked warily at his shot before swallowing the liquid. It was strong, the hot liquid going down his throat made him cough and gag. "Not used to alcohol? Eh don't worry about it. You don't have to drink it if you don't want to." Kou said, yet poured both of them another shot. Subaru looked at the liquid, as if contemplating his choice before gulping it down as well. The two continued their drinking while Kou rambled on about his concert and how crazy it was. The vampires finished the bottle just some time before sunrise, and by then the two were passed out on Subaru's futon.
On the second night of Subaru's stay at the inn, he woke up with a splitting headache. Just sitting up made him feel dizzy. He groaned,sitting up, holding his head in his hand. Something cold touches his cheek. Looking up with bleary eyes, he saw a hand stretched out with a glass of water and a couple of pills. "Here, take them. It'll help most of the pain go away." A voice beside him softly said. He took the pills and drank the water, he sat in place for a little while the pain was slowly fading and his eyesight was becoming clear again.
"Feeling better yet?" Subaru turned to look at the door to the room, he could see the blond coming in with a couple of cups. He closed the door quietly, moved to sit down on the futon with his friend. He passed one of the cups to Subaru, who took it without asking. The scent was dark and strong, he sipped it without thinking. Since he had it before, the usual dark coffee with Kou. The taste woke him up, making him feel warm inside.
"This is good." Subaru says, smiling just a little.
"Hm?" Kou questions as he sipped his coffee.
"Nevermind."
"... Hey, Subaru-kun.."
"What is it?" Subaru turns to look at Kou, only to find the other boy's lips on his own.
…
Closing the book, Subaru sighs. It was getting late and there was school tomorrow so he was definitely going. Lessen the chances of running into him again. He placed the book on the table and got up. He went over to the windows to close the blinds, making sure to lock all the doors in the house, including to his room. He opened his coffin door and slipped inside. Closing the door shut and locking it from the inside, just to feel safe. He relaxes inside and tries to sleep, disturbing thoughts and memories restraining him from having empty dreams. Sighing he felt around the box's velvet for a pocket space. He reached in and pulled out a set of earplugs and a music player. He got it some time ago to help when he couldn't sleep. Placing the earplugs in, he pressed play on the device, closed his eyes and listened to the music until he could fall asleep.
Daybreak turns to dusk in just a few hours. The evening sky was lit in an orange-red glow, peeking through the windows of the old house. Subaru slowly woke from his sleep and stretched before unlocking the coffin and opened it to get out. He closed the door then walked over to the blinds and pulled it slightly aside to look out. The sun was setting at a slow pace, yet he knew he had to get ready still and go out. He didn't have time for breakfast as he wanted to make it there before the crowd of noisy students, so he went to the bathroom to wash his face, brush and change. He then went down into the kitchen and opened the fridge. It had some human food and drinks inside, mostly blood bags near the bottom.
The blood bags were medical blood that humans would mostly donate to other humans. When staff weren't looking, some vampires in the field would take some and give to others like the Sakamakis to drink when they didn't have a human bride to feed on. Subaru grabbed a few and placed them into his school bag. It had a flap underneath the books to keep the bags hidden and chill. He closed the fridge and headed out the door. Unlike back home, he would ride in a limo with the rest of his siblings to school. Here he walked to school, like everyone in the town. Subaru got to school on time, having to make a few detours on the way. He climbed the stairs up to the top floor classrooms. The vampire made his way to the empty seat in the far back row, next to the window, laid his arms on the desk as he sat down and sighed. Another boring class lecture to come, but it was better than skipping out to explore the town again.
Classes were slow tonight, Subaru slept through most of them. Once it was lunchtime, he waited until most of the students left before grabbing his bag and walking out into the hall, to the corner staircase at the end of the hall. No one used it, most thought it was cursed. Subaru could smell death when he went there during lunch, but at least it was quiet. He sat underneath the stairs, in the dark corners. He pulled out his lunch and bit into the bag, it wasn't as good as fresh from the body, but it's a good substitute.
...
It had been a week since the hot springs sleepover and Subaru's first kiss with Kou. He was naturally confused about it and it bothered him for a while, even while Kou was asking him in their usual lunch spot about hanging out the next evening. Subaru didn't hear him but nodded anyway to show he was paying attention even if he wasn't. 'Stupid me. Why did I agree to this nonsense?!' He questions as he walks around town the next evening with Kou. It was a Saturday and one of Kou's nights off from doing work as an idol.
"Wow, it's busy here even if it's night. Come on Subaru-kun, let's go check out some of the shops that are still open." Kou grabs Subaru's wrist and pulls him over to a shopping center to browse through items. The two spent a good couple hours checking out clothes, goofing around; more like Kou messing with Subaru to rile him up in a playful way, and actually having conversations for once. The conversations were short but it was progress for the couple. They hung around the area until the shops were beginning to close, then the two headed over to a twenty-four hour karaoke and bar, well Kou was dragging Subaru in again. Kou pays for a private room with a meal and drinks, then pulls the albino along to go in.
"Great, why are we here?"
"To have fun." Kou chirped. He went over to grab the controller and started to save some of the songs he wanted to sing. Subaru sat in the booth opposite of him, watching. He just couldn't understand it. How could the blond act so cheerful and happy all the time. Even after their kiss, he remembered Kou pulling back and grinning, like he had pulled a prank. Subaru was flustered after, all the more better for Kou as he was quick to grab his phone and snap some photos of the blushing Subaru. The picture taking helped retrieve Subaru out of his stunned self, he reached to grab the phone to destroy it but Kou used the flash to temporary blind him. Not fair as he was just getting over a hangover.
"That's what you get for leaving so suddenly the other night, making me almost drown in the spring." Is what he said in response, making sure to save his photos for later. Subaru was annoyed and grumpy for the rest of that day. Kou left the inn a few hours later and offered Subaru a ride home, which he accepted, sitting far away from the other vampire as possible, trying to prevent anymore close touching. Kou didn't seem to mind, he just stayed on his phone talking to his manager and brothers for most of the ride home. When they got close to the Sakamaki residence, the blond moved his seat closer to Subaru.
"What are you doing?"
"Tsk, tsk. Always with the questions. But to answer, I just wanted to spend a little time close by in case you wanted to do something.. risqué again?"
Subaru's cheeks tinted red sightly. He looked away before replying. "Don't know what you mean."
Kou laughed softly, "Aww, you're so mean Subaru-kun. But you know what?" He reached over and hugged the boy from behind. "I know you're also sweet and caring inside. I'd like to see that side one day, ya know?"
Subaru didn't respond then, nor when he left the vehicle to head into his home. Kou had left him with something else to think about, yet it was becoming overwhelming to have so many confusing thoughts about the other's actions and words. He was distracted until he reached the inside of the manor, there he found Reiji in waiting. "Mind telling me where you were these past few nights? Cutting school too I might add."
"Shut up. And piss off." Subaru growled, not in the mood to deal with him again. He stomped off towards the stairs.
"You were out there with that half blood again? Well answer me."
Subaru stopped and turned. He gave Reiji a death glare, "I don't have to answer to a scum like you. And before you give me crap about my mother, I remember yours didn't care to look at you. Just Shū as he was more important than a bookworm. And you killed your mother as well, not because she wanted you to but because you were jealous. So to hell with your insults, you're nothing but second rate to Shū anyhow." He turned and left for his room, which his familiars had tidied up for him. He didn't hear anymore from Reiji after that, even though he thought the elder vampire was going to storm right in and insult him once more. But he didn't. Subaru thought it was weird at first but decided not to worry on it and go to bed.
"Oi. Subaru-kun~, you in there?"
Subaru blinked and saw Kou right in his face, staring at him with some concern in his eyes. "Get out of my face before I scar it."
"Poo, so mean. Anyway here, open up." Kou had a fork full of food and nudged it at Subaru's lips. "Come on, you got to try this, it's delicious."
Subaru exhaled softly before looking at the food. Just some pasta noodles. He rolled his eyes and opened his mouth, allowing Kou to feed him. It wasn't too bad, a little undercooked in his opinion.
"Hey, here. Pick out a few songs and we'll play them after we eat." He shoves the controller in his face and shows him how to work it. Really Subaru wanted to eat but in the end he chose a couple songs and was allowed to eat. The vampires finished their meals then started their karaoke singing.
An hour and a half later, the pair was walking down the street, full from their meal and exhausted from so much singing and yelling. They walked close together, just enjoying each other's company. Subaru still was thinking about the previous week before's kiss, how it was warm and tingly when the blond pulled away. He finally got the courage to ask.
"Hey…"
"Hm? Something up Subaru-kun?"
"Why did you kiss me that time?"
Kou turns to look at his friend, confused a little. "What do you mean? Don't tell me it was your first." Subaru didn't respond and continued walking. "Wait so it was? I took your first?"
"No it wasn't."
"Oh? So who was it then? Subaru-kun~! Come on, tell me who it was." He walked faster before he moved in front of Subaru to block his path.
Subaru sighed before answering. "Yui."
"Oh. Well was mine better?"
Subaru averted his eyes but the faint blush on his cheeks said yes. Kou watched him carefully before putting his arms behind his head. "Hm." He turns to walk down the street and into an alley nearby. Curious to where he was going, Subaru followed. He followed until the blond reached a wired gate at the end of the alley.
"What are you doing? Why are we here?"
Kou turned around. "Hm? Just walking."
"But why are we in a place like this?"
Kou shrugged and put his arms down. "Well I wonder that too. Tell me, do you not like me Subaru-kun?"
"What's that got to do with this?"
"Just tell me."
Subaru was quiet for a moment. "No, I guess not. It feels weird being around you but I don't know why."
Kou walked forward until they were a few inches apart, "Looks like someone has a little crush."
"N-no I don't! That's silly-" Hands were placed on either side of Subaru's face, stunned, he couldn't breathe.
"Yes you do. And you know what Subaru-kun?" He leaned forward to whisper in the other's ear. "I really like you too." Subaru's face heats up, Kou chuckles and leans back a little before giving him a little kiss and stepping back. Subaru follows, this time on instinctual desire, thoughts shoved out of the way as he goes over to kiss him back. He doesn't notice Kou's eyes narrow with a smile, he pulls the albino to him, slamming up against the wired fence as the two enjoyed their heated kiss of passion and desire.
...
Pencils scratching on paper, a few sighs here and there, and ruffling of paper, was all that filled the silent classroom after lunch. Just another day, another test in class. Sure Subaru was immortal but he had to at least pass his classes or he'd be on a one way plane ticket back to Japan. Father's orders were strictly clear. He sighed, signed his test sheet, flipped the paper over, and put down his pencil. He held his head in his hand as he looked out the window into the dark, cloudy night sky as he waited for class to be over. A few minutes passed before the teacher asked everyone to pass up their test sheets to be collected, then allowed everyone to talk amongst themselves for the rest of the class time.
Subaru just ignored them and passed his sheet up, still watching the slow nightlife outside in peace. Street lamps flickering, bugs getting zapped by the light, a few passerbyers here and there, nothing too exciting or out of the ordinary. A sudden screech in his ears forced him to look over at the group of girls in his class. They were shushed by the teacher for being loud, but he watched to see with little interest, what was going on. 'Probably just a bug.' He concluded, noting that girls didn't like bugs for some reason, like a certain perverted brother he knew of. He closed his eyes slowly before moving them to go and look back outside.
"Oh my gosh, I can't believe you scored a ticket to the concert!"
"You are so lucky! I wish I could go to Kou's concert."
Kou? Subaru looked around until he saw one of the idol's poster on a girl's desk. His eyes narrowed at the sight of the poster then at the girls. 'Crap. More fangirls, just like last night.' The girls continued to chat and giggle amongst themselves, gushing over the blond idol. The more his name was said, the more Subaru cringed. The more the girls said how much they loved him and wanted his attention, Subaru wanted to throw up. After a couple more minutes of the nonsense, Subaru got up abruptly, chair screeching loudly. All chatter stopped as the albino made his way to the door to exit.
"Ah Sakamaki, you're not allowed to leave class yet-" His teacher tried to stop him.
"Restroom." He took the restroom pass hanging off the wall and left quickly as possible. He pocketed the pass and walked along the empty hall, far from the ignorant fangirls. The idol would never love them, nor give them the attention he gave Subaru. Attention he didn't ask for nor wanted in the end. He slowed down in his walk and stopped near a window, looking over the front entrance of the school. He rested his hand on the cold glass, trying to calm down his beating heart, racing with anger and restlessness. "Damn it. Damn him. Why can't he just leave me alone?!" He slammed his fist against the glass, letting it vibrate and threaten to crack. Sucking his teeth, he looked out the glass before seeing a reflection in the top corner of another student.
Just turning his head a little, he could see a pale, platinum blond haired student standing behind him with a cigarette in between his fingers. It was lit, he could smell the slight scent of smoke from his spot. He was wearing mostly all black, save for the dark navy jeans with holes. The student looked up as he put the cigarette in his mouth to take a drag, he waved a casual hello. "Skipping too? How quaint." The student sucked in then blew out a bit of smoke before giving a small smile to Subaru.
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