Hopefully this chapter gives you more knowledge of where this story is headed, because I have no real idea what the hell is going on myself. I'm kinda figuring it out as I go.
If you're a little younger, I suggest making sure you're alright with some sexual content. Obviously not Fifty Shades of Grey theme, but enough to make me worry about age. But that won't be until the next few chapters.
Horror will also be a theme, so you can't say you weren't warned.
And thanks to that one person-who I can't name because they were logged in as a guest-for reviewing. I honestly wasn't going to continue with this story because I thought no-one would like it.
Happy reading!
Chapter TwoMurderersA light was switched on. I was escorted-which is a nice term to describe being herded down a hallway against your will-into a dark room. With the light on I was able to see it was just a normal dining room. I could also clearly see the six men standing on either side of me.
The boy with the teddy and the man with the glasses were to my right. Neither bothered to look my way as they sauntered over to the large oak table. There were two red heads as well. One of them had a hat on, with vivid green, cat-like eyes. Both of the red headed men went to sit at the table as well, the one without the hat giving me a wink before doing so. So that left me standing with the last two men; one with orange hair who looked like he would rather be asleep or anywhere else, and a silver haired man who I caught staring at me before he quickly glanced away.
'Please, take a seat,' the man with the glasses said. 'We will introduce ourselves to you.'
Was he serious? Images of their glowing red eyes filled my mind again. But did I really want to make them angry? The answer was no, of course I didn't. I needed to play along to stay safe.
Holding in my nerves, sounding confident, I did a little bow. 'Yes. That sounds nice. My name is Yui Komori. Nice to meet you all.'
'Listen, her voice is shaking,' the boy with the teddy smiled, pointing at me across the room.
Was it that noticeable? I cautiously took a seat at the table, staying far away from the others already seated. The orange haired man moved to lean against one of the many bookshelves in the large room. My eyes darted back to the silver haired man, only to find him staring at me again. He gave me a glare before sitting one seat down from me.
'Can we hurry this along? I'm starving,' complained the red haired man without the hat. His choice in clothing seemed to be whatever he had available at the time, because none of it matched.
'The one who so clearly has very little social skills is Ayato. Laito and Kanato are his brothers.'
The two red heads and the boy with the teddy all smiled in union, flashing their brilliant white teeth. It was not a nice smile. I tried to control my fear, but my legs started shaking under the table.
'I am called Reji,' he continued, pushing his glasses up his nose. 'Shu is the one standing over by the bookshelves. And then we have Subaru, the youngest of our little family.' Every word he said was clipped. He sounded like he was bored of the conversation.
Twisting my hands together under the table, I tried to sound polite as I asked, 'So, you are all fairly young? Is there a parent or adult who runs this place?'
Reji seemed to take offence at my questioning. His eyes flashed with irritation. 'We are more than capable of living alone.'
'Yeah, until Cordelia returns,' one of the red heads said. I think his name was Laito. 'Then you turn into the perfect little pet, adhering to her beck and call.'
'Don't set him off, Laito,' a deep voice said from across the room.
I turned to look at where Shu was standing. He hadn't moved an inch or opened his eyes. For all I know he could've been asleep this whole time. Turns out he was listening.
Taking a deep, and somewhat angry sounding, breath, Reji said, 'I think it's time for supper.'
When he said this, Shu pulled out a chair and sat down at the table, between me and the silver haired man. Unease grew in my chest at having one of them so close to me. What exactly where they? They weren't human, that was for sure. No humans eyes could glow such a fierce red. No human could crush a phone in a second. No human could disappear or appear seemingly out of thin air. No, these six men were not human. I doubted they even cared that I was scared or worried for my own life.
That fear only deepened when a food cart was pushed into the dinning room, a body laid on top. I leaped from my chair, sending it crashing to the floor. My eyes were glued to the body. Such a vivid red. At first, with milky dead eyes staring straight at me, I didn't know who the body belonged to. But as I took a few hesitant steps around the table, closer to the food trolley, it became clearer. It was the taxi driver.
'But...how...' My voice was barely audible, even to me.
My eyes flickered to his bare skin, covered only by a thin white sheet at the waist. I was close enough now to see every detail. His neck was sitting on an unnatural angle, like it had been twisted almost the whole way around. I forced myself to ignore the six men watching me as I examined the body more closely. There were marks all over his skin; unnatural, sometimes crossing with one another, and familiar looking. I remembered the time I bit my cousin when play fighting, the mark it had left on her arm. These were the same. Bite marks, with two small holes that seemed to puncture the skin, a few mills apart. Like the teeth of an animal.
'Did you do this?' Once again, I couldn't hear my own voice, but I knew the words came out. When no-one said a word, I repeated myself, this time almost shouting. 'Did you do this?'
It was Reji who replied. 'This is merely a warning to you.'
'A warning?' I spun around, taking a protective stance in front of the taxi driver. Not that it mattered now. He was clearly beyond help. 'A warning for what exactly?'
Kanato smiled in that creepy way of his. 'If you ever try to escape, of course.'
I shook my head slowly, meeting each of their gazes. There was no remorse, or regret, or anything remotely close to a human emotion in their eyes.
'Monsters,' was all I muttered. 'You're all monsters.'
Subaru POVMonsters. No-one has ever called them monsters before. Subaru had killed many in his life, never giving them a second thought. Yet none of them had ever said he was a monster. They had been to frightened, scared and confused to utter a single word. He wasn't sure how to feel about it.
The human girl resembled someone Subaru held dear. From the very first sight, in the foyer, he had been unable to take his eyes off of her. Her platinum blonde hair, shinning white under the bright lights of the dinning room. Her sherbet pink eyes, darkening as anger and fear swelled in her chest. Her porcelain skin that shimmered when she moved. Subaru couldn't help but notice the similarities between this human and his deceased mother.
'I think monsters is rather a mean thing to say,' Laito commented, leaning back in his chair.
Ayato nodded. 'At least we snapped his neck first. Not like he was tortured.'
'Only cause we didn't have enough time,' Kanato stated, hugging his precious teddy to his chest.
It was quiet for a moment or two. Unbelievably, the human girl actually tried to make a run for it. She was a few steps away from reaching the door when Subaru stepped into her path. He watched as she slammed to a halt, glaring up at him. There was fear in her eyes, but also determination and anger. He could clearly see this human had more back-bone than any he has previously encountered.
'If she is going to be difficult, then why keep her around?' Reji sighed. 'The girl will be more trouble than she is worth.'
'Good. Then let me leave,' she ordered with a shaky voice.
Subaru could see she was trying to be brave. He knew Reji was talking about killing her, not setting her free. Usually he would have already ended the life of a human when given the chance. Nothing thrilled him more than sucking the very essence out of someone. It made him feel alive. Though, for some reason, taking the life of this tiny girl wasn't appeasing to him.
Before he knew what he was doing, Subaru grabbed the girl's shoulders, swinging her around until her back slammed into the door. She gasped in pain, the sound pleasing the demon inside Subaru. He leaned down into her neck, taking a deep breath. His eyes shot open as he took another breath just to be sure. It was the sweetest thing he had ever smelt. Lost in his own mind, Subaru didn't react at first when the human girl pushed him away. She made it a few steps before he caught her again.
The girl tried to hit him, but he grabbed her arms and held them tight at her sides. She struggled against his iron grip. Her leg snaked out, almost hitting his groin. Irritated swirled in Subaru. He roughly pushed her against one of the bookcases, sending a few books streaming into the floor. Her eyes widened as pain shot down her back.
They watched each other for what seemed like hours. Subaru's fingers pressed deeper into the flesh of her arms, and he relished in the sight of pain that flickered across her face. She was beautiful, that was for certain.
'Subaru,' Reji called, somewhat annoyed, 'either you stop playing and kill the girl, or let one of your brothers have her.'
No way was he letting someone else have her. 'No. I claim this human.'
The room was silent.
Confused, the human girl murmured, 'Excuse me?'
Shu spoke up. 'Why this human, Subaru. You have never taken interest in claiming a human before.'
'Yeah. We've all had a pet here and there, except you.' Laito finally stopped leaning back in his chair, interested in the current turn of events.
'She's nothing special,' Ayato piped in.
The human girl narrowed her eyes at all of them. 'I am not a pet.'
'Well,' Reji began, 'if you do indeed insist upon keeping this human girl, then prove it. You know the rules to a claim.'
Subaru nodded. The rules to a claim were simple. It was impossible for their kind to feed without killing. Their very nature was a violent one. Once they started drinking from a human, killing them was inevitable. However, claiming a human tested this natural instinct. You must drink from them, yet find the will power to stop before they are dead. This proves you wish to keep them around as some sort of a pet. Each of Subaru's brethren have completed this task at least once. He has never felt the need himself to keep a human around-until now.
The silver haired monster leaned closer to the girl, having to bend forward to nestle his face into the crook of her neck. She stiffed at the proximity of their bodies. Her arms and legs froze. Subaru loosened one of her arms so he could place his hand on her back, pulling her against his chest. He heard the breath leave her lungs, and he could smell the fear coming off of her body. It mixed with the sweet smell of her blood.
Just before he sunk his teeth into her neck, she gave one final shove in an attempted to escape. Subaru slammed her into the bookcase again, this time hard enough to make her cry out in pain. The human girl's legs failed her and she crumpled to the floor. He went with her, still holding her firmly as he slowly opened his mouth, positioning his fangs over the perfect spot on her neck.
She gasped when he finally sank his teeth into her skin. Now she realised what exactly they were. Indeed, they were monsters, but the human girl now understood their true nature. Subaru's strength tightened, almost crushing her bones as her hot blood ran down his throat. It was like nothing he had ever tasted before. Complete bliss; a warm, light blood that he never wanted to share with anyone.
'Monsters,' he heard her whisper into his ear.
Until that point Subaru had forgotten that he laid a claim to his girl. He needed to stop drinking, but it was too good. He was lost in the sensation.
The human girl said something else to him. 'If you're going to kill me, please make it quick.'
Subaru's fangs left her skin a few seconds later. He leaned back to stare into her wide, glassy eyes. She was crying. No human has ever said anything remotely close to that. They always beg for their life, sometimes saying they will do anything they are told so long as they are left alive. But this girl simply accepted her fate. She only asked that it be over quickly. It was the bravest thing he has ever seen a human do.
'Congratulations,' Reji said, standing up from his seat, 'you managed to feed off of the human without killing her in the process.'
'She now belongs to you,' Shu stated.
'I don't belong to anyone,' the human girl snapped, though clearly she had lost some of her bark due to the blood loss. Her voice was quiet and without any real emotion. 'And I am no-ones pet.'
Subaru dug his fingers into her arm once more, causing her to wince in pain. 'Shut up.'
The girl leaned back against the bookshelves. Each blink seemed to last more than a second until they remained closed. Subaru could hear her heart beating faintly, so she wasn't dead. The human girl was just exhausted from the blood loss.
'Care to tell me why you chose this one?' Shu finally had his eyes open, staring at Subaru with a calculated expression.
'No.'
Ignoring his brothers, Subaru lifted the unconscious human off of the ground. She was as light as a feather. He could still taste her blood on his tongue, and he could still smell the sweet fragrance of her blood. It took all of his strength not to dig into her neck and drink every last drop. No, he told himself. If each of his brothers could claim without killing, then so could he. Though they had all made it look so easy when they each had done it.
Without a single word, the silver haired vampire left the dinning room with the human girl tucked in his arms.
