1 year ago
The winter night in Japan had been chilly, but this didn't defer Arisu from the place she was looking for. To the eyes of everyone else, young Arisu looked like an innocent tourist. But her real objective was finding a man, specifically a Level D, who was involved in the massacring of her home that sunset 10 years ago. Thanks to the help of Ichiou (who a few months back revealed the information of the list of vampires that were involved in the annihilation) Arisu was able to pinpoint their location, as well as find out information on most of them. But she never fully trusted Ichiou, knowing from her mother's experience of how deceitful the Vampire Council can be. This was why she was in Japan alone, while everyone else thought that she was enjoying herself at music camp.
Arisu soon found the building she was looking for; a prostitute bar for vampires, who were allowed to drink their whore's blood as long as they didn't kill. She took one last look at the picture of her target:
Keisuke Motto. Level D, one of Kaname's little bitch, no family, likes to come to this sort of place frequently as well as clubs.
He was young, maybe in his early twenties. He could've had potential... he could've been able to do so much more than live with this pathetic life. It was a shame. She quickly burned the picture and went inside through the back door. As soon as the door slammed shut, Arisu was instantly engulfed by the smell of strong, disgustingly sweet perfume and burnt hair that had been on the curling iron for too long. Girls were slathering on loads of makeup, fixing their revealing costumes, or quickly scurrying about. Between them a short, stubby man was shouting and directing orders.
"Hurry up we need more of you whores up there! It's a Friday night you guys know today's crowded. Cam! Get your ass up on that pole over there! Hey who are you?" He stalked towards Arisu in the corner, who stuck out among the girls in her long dark trench coat.
He jabbed his finger at her, "You can't be here. This is for employees only!"
Yet she smiled at him unfazed, "I'm Erika's replacement. She's not feeling well, so she sent me instead along with her apologies." Okay, she thought. That technically was a lie since I kinda snuck into her apartment and knocked her out... but when she wakes up she's seriosuly not going to be feeling well... so I guess there's some half truth to it.
The disgruntled boss looked Arisu over a bit, in which she tried not to shiver from distaste.
"Hmm... I guess we could use you. And we have a lot of guys here tonight. What the hell just make me some money...uh?" He stopped, signalling for her name.
"Suji" she replied.
"Yeah, Suji. I'm Jason. So get changed over there, put some makeup on, and get dancing in the corner next to the pink-haired girl, Emi. If you do well I'll promote you to a better area." He winked at Arisu and went back to directing the rest of his lot.
Ten minutes later, Arisu was sitting in front of one of the many vanities and finishing her thick coats of mascara,eyeliner, and bright red lipstick. Fortunately for her, she already came in a short brown wig and fake blue eyes so she managed to save herself some time by not doing her hair. Finally, she stood tall on her 6 inch stilettos, and strutted out to meet her target.
Having never been in a bar like this, Arisu could not deny that she was a bit overwhelmed. But she remained poised and kept her focus on her mission at hand. Fortunately for her, Keisuke was only a few tables away from the area she was designated to dance in. With her suggestive moves and her purposeful seductive stares to him, Arisu easily caught Keisuke's attention, and was pulled to him as he beckoned her to come. He sat her on him, and slowly moved her hips to grind into him. Though Arisu seemed to enjoy it on the outside, inside she was begging for her intestines not to puke. In another perspective, Keisuke was good looking, like all vampires. But because of his actions and Arisu's real goal in mind, she found him the more revolting.
"You got a name?" he grinned.
"Suji." Arisu answered. "Yourself?"
"Keisuke."
"Well, it's nice to meet you Keisuke," Arisu smirked as she roughly grounded her hips into him. He pulled his head back and moaned.
"So," he panted. "Why haven't I seen you here before."
She giggled and winked, "Who said I wasn't here?"
He smiled and grew more attracted to her, especially the part of her neck that flowed with fresh blood.
"So," he whispered seductively (... well, in Arisu's view, a failed seductive), "Do you want to get a room?"
Just as Arisu anticipated, she giggled flirtatiously and responded with a quick 'I'd love to,' and took him upstairs, while signaling to the boss what she was doing. He gave her a thumbs up and left her to proceed.
They entered an empty room and locked the door. Then Keisuke quickly laid arisu down and started to lick her neck. But before he could bite down on her, he was stopped by the first word that came out of her mouth.
"Massacre." he pulled away to look at her in confusion, but was shocked by the cold stare he received.
"Remember ten years ago? The havoc you and your filthy beings brought on the prosperous mansion of the Inoue family?"
Realization dawned on him and Arisu gave a dark chuckle. "Oh yeah. That one."
Keisuke berated himself for succumbing to the seduction of the female noble. He knew it was impossible for someone of her status to even be in such a grimy place as this. Arisu smiled devilishly as panic started to rise within the vampire. Before he could dart for the door, she wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his torso and spun them over to her on top.
She leaned down and whispered, "Why, we have plenty of time, love" and with that she broke his right arm in a grotesque way, making it look unnaturally deformed. He screamed in agony and Arisu silenced his lips with her finer while smiling in such delight.
"Don't worry. With all the music and the screams of whores and chants of dirty men, no one will even know you exist. Now answer a few of my questions, and I may let up on you. Who knows, maybe you can even get a little taste."
She winked and then quickly turned serious. "How many of you were there on the night of the massacre?"
She removed her hand and he sputtered, "I-I don't know. Two dozens of us? Maybe three? Half of us didn't even come back alive! And this was so long ag-"
"Ooh," Arisu interuppted. "Not impressed," and stabbed him in the abdomen with a knife that contained an anti-vampire blade, purposefully missing all his vital organs. He let out a bloodcurdling scream while Arisu tsked. "I need specifics Keisuke."
"T-thirty! Im mostly sure!"
Arisu pressed the knife deeper. "Mostly?"
"Ahhh," he hissed. "I'm sure! I swear it God it's thirty!"
"Good. And how many of you came back alive?"
"Only eleven of us made it to the rendezvous point!"
"Including yourself?"
"Yes." He admitted, with hate and pain filling his eyes.
Arisu slowly got off him and the pathetic vampire begged.
"Please... Please help me. I answered everything you asked." Arisu sighed and cut a little slit on her wrist and brought her hand close to his mouth but stopped right before it.
"Final question. Who Ordered the attack?"
"I-I don't know..." His eyes widened in fear as Arisu narrowed her eyes, unsatisfied. "I mean, none of us knew anything! We were only following orders!"
"Oh so you were ordered to rape and kill everyone in a gruesome, humiliating death?"
"I-I-"
"Disappointing" Arisu spat and twisted his neck.
She left the room and went down stairs and tossed Jason $300 as she past him. "Keep the change. He's still up there, probably tired." Jason nodded but his eyes raked over Arisu's blood smeared body and looked at her a little curiously.
"What?" she shrugged. "Guess he liked it dirty."
Jason just chuckled and started to count the money.
"Happy Valentines Day" Arisu muttered as she walked away without a backward glance.
Present
"Mmmppgghh," Arisu groaned as she rolled herself into a sushi on her bed. "Why are the Day Class girls so loud at this ungodly hour?"
"Well, it's not ungodly for them," Rima stated, absentmindedly while drying her hair. "But at least you got to sleep for an hour before they woke you up."
"Meeehh," Arisu grumbled. "What's going on today anyway?"
"Nothing much. Just normal classes... Oh yeah and Valentine's day... and maybe a pop-"
"What?" Arisu shrieked, who immediately got up in her blanket potato sack and hopped over to the calender on her desk. "Bloody hell it is!"
Rima rolled her eyes at Arisu's 'lack of attention'. "I thought that you would at least know when Valentine's day was, considering how much you've been going to town to prepare our 'gifts' for us."
Arisu rubbed her head in embarrassment. The truth was, Arisu was too busy going into town hunting for one of the vampires on her hit list on top of doing her company work, while using work and Valentine's-day-present-shopping as an excuse to everyone.
"Eheh, time flies ey?" and Arisu proceeded to 'unroll' herself, and get dressed in long sleeve clothing, a fedora, and sunglasses.
Rima looked over at her, "Aren't you going to sleep?"
Arisu shook her head, "I'm up anyway and I should pick up your gifts. Don't worry about me and go to sleep. Be back soon."
"Mkay. Night." and Rima flopped down into her pillow while Arisu grabbed her keys and quietly left.
Fortunately for Arisu, knowing that she wouldn't have enough time to get Valentines gifts for everyone, she already had her secretary prepare them for her. She pulled over and went to a shaded area in a small cafe where they agreed to meet.
A few minutes later, her secretary, Katsumi, a half-French and half-Japanese 23-year-old slim yet tall woman, arrived with a few bags of snacks that Arisu asked for. Her face lighted up when she saw Arisu motioning her over in the corner.
"Arisu-san!" she beamed and hugged and kissed her cheek.
"How have you been? We've missed you since you left for the academy."
Arisu laughed, "School has always been a bore, as you know."
Katsumi snickered, "Yeah I wasn't really a fan of high school either. Dont worry, it ends eventually."
"Thank god. So.." Arisu said, eyeing the bags. "I assume you got everything I asked you for?"
"Of course. I'm not your right hand woMAN for nothing."
Arisu chuckled. "That's right. Otherwise I wouldn't have entrusted part of my company to you in my absence. Speaking of which how is the Japanese branch here? Are you adjusting okay?"
Katsumi grinned, "Steadily increasing sales and no crises... Yet" she added nervously.
"Don't worry," Arisu encouraged. "You'll be fine... And I'll be visiting often to do work and oversee everything once in a while... And you can always reach me on my cell and I'll be there. But I'm not so sure about the U.S branch."
"Don't worry," Katsumi reassured this time. "I've checked up on them from time to time. Your sister is running it fine."
"Yeah.. I'm surprised that she didn't run it into the ground already," Arisu joked.
Katsumi giggled at the thought. "Same here. By the way, have you talked to her yet? She really misses you and complains how she has no one to harass."
Arisu grimaced. "No. But I probably need to contact her soon before shows up out of nowhere in Japan."
Talking about her sister made Arisu realize how much she really did miss her, and this made her feel a bit nostalgic. Though she was close with her sister because of the harsh childhood they endured, there was still so much that her sister didn't know about Arisu... Such as the fact that she was a vampire and that she had a vendetta against one of the most powerful beings in the entire world... Oh and that she wasn't really Arisu Kaiyori because that was just an already dead person's identity that she took. She never even knew what happened to Arisu before they met. Nobody but Kuran, his killers, and Arisu knew. Katsumi didn't know anything either. She probably didnt even know that Arisu's sister and her weren't even blood-related.
"Anyway," Katsumi babbled on, snapping Arisu out of her reverie. "I should get back to the company before someone torches it or something."
Arisu smirked in amusement and nodded.
"Is there anything you need?" Katsumi asked as they paid.
"Nah not now."
They both got up and hugged each other at the door.
"Call me whenever!" Katsumi shouted as they parted ways.
"You too!" Arisu responded, and smiled to herself. It felt good to talk to her old friend. She started to notice the sun getting stronger and quickly tossed the bags into the trunk of her midnight blue minicooper, with black and white checkers on the sideview mirrors, and sped back to school.
"I'm baaaacckk!" she sang as she barged into the main room.
Oh yeah, she laughed at herself. They're all probably still sleeping... doi. She quietly skipped down the hallway and entered her and Rima's room. Not wanting to wake Rima or wanting to go back to sleep, Arisu sat silently at her desk with her laptop, and sifted through the rest of the profiles of the Night class and Day class students, courteously provided to her by the unknowing Headmaster Cross.
Eventually, Rima started to stir a little, in which Arisu began to change into her Night class uniform.
"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" Arisu shouted as she yanked open the curtains, to reveal the bright yet slowly setting sun.
"Urgghh," Rima hissed. "Turn it off!"
Arisu giggled. "You can't turn off the sun silly boy. Now up up up! I let you sleep in longer than usual."
"Then go give Shiki a wakeup call!" she grumbled.
Arisu huffed. "Fine. But when i come back you better be dressed!" and with that she went off to Shiki and Ichijo's room.
"Ugh thank God" Rima muttered. It wasn't easy having a roommate who could be very unpredictable in the morning: either a hyperactive alarm clock or a dead yet undead zombie.
"Shiiikiiii" Arisu sang. "Wake up that tiiiki-" ooh does that sound wrong? Meh. "-or i'll give you a heeeckey" and with that she headbutted into the boys' room, only to see an almost naked Ichijo putting on some pants. There was frozen silence as their shocked eyes locked from green to grey and grey to green.
Both their faces turned red as Ichijo exclaimed, "Gah!" and Arisu quickly said "Sorry!" and slammed the door.
Meanwhile Aido and Kain passed by the red-faced blonde giving her weird looks as well as Aido leaning in and saying cockily, "Aww are you blushing at my beautiful looks. Dont be shy my-"
"-in your dreams blondie" Arisu retorted as she boldly gave him a nipple twister.
Aido pulled away in shock and surprising pain and Kain stared at the other two blondes, smirking but silently doubling over in laughter.
"Y-You" Aido sputtered, a blush now growing on his cheeks just as Ichijo opened the door fully clothed.
"Ah, sorry about that Arisu-" he stopped and looked at Aido who was red from shock and anger and holding his man boob.
"It's fine!" Arisu squealed as she pushed herself and Ichijo into his room and locked it before Aido could grab her... and maybe freeze MY boobies off, she thought.
"I am so getting you back," Aido hissed outside, before he stomped away.
"Judging from his reaction I could already guess what you did to him," Ichijo laughed.
Arisu smirked, "Probably."
But then they remembered their awkward encounter before Aido, and relapsed into a strange silence. Trying to break the tension Arisu casually teased, "Ichijo, I didn't know you were a briefs kind of guy! Aw"
Ichijo started turning red. "S-Shut up! Oh yeah why are you here?" he asked, trying to change the subject. It worked... sorta.
"Wake up call for Shiki," Rima answered as she entered the room.
Ichijo pouted, "Don't any of you knock?"
The girls shrugged. "Sometimes. But you don't always either."
Arisu walked to the edge of Shiki's bed and tried to wake him.
"Shiki? Shiki! Wakey wakey!"
Rima rolled her eyes. "It's gonna take a lot more than that."
"Ohoho," Arisu grinned. "Challenge accepted," she proudly stated in her best 'How-I-Met-Your-Mother-Voice'.
"Shiki? Hello.. hello.. hello?" Arisu echoed while tapping his head like it was a glass fish bowl. He groaned a little.
Arisu sighed and put her hands on her hips."Shiki whateveryourmiddlenameis Senri. If you don't wake up now I'll have Takuma girl here give you the kiss of life and sell pictures to the Day class girls and maybe get myself bitchslapped by the Kanaminator or just get boringly suspended."
"Huh?" Ichijo looked dumbfounded for a moment, then realized. "No way why me?"
"Because he would enjoy it if it was Rima... sicko."
Rima just stood there, wondering how in this world was it possible for someone like Arisu to be so... 'special' yet so intelligent in running her own successful company at a young age. Oh wait, she realized. It's because she IS special.
Meanwhile, Arisu continued to attempt to wake Shiki by yanking off his covers and slapping his ass a five star.
Shiki gave the blonde a death glare. "I'M. UP."
"Took you long enough. Now hurry up and change and quit glaring before you turn into Zero."
Ichijo chuckled at the last part. It only took a person one day to already figure out what kind of person Zero was.
Shiki sighed. After spending a little less than two months with Arisu, he knew it was useless to counter her with anything... Not to mention how energy consuming it was.
Finally, the four vampires went downstairs to the front and Arisu dumped the contents of the bags (that she got from Katsumi earlier) on the coffee table and told everyone to feel free to take whatever they wanted.
Rima and Shiki stared at the beauty.
"Wait," Ichijo looked at the petite blonde. "You went out all this time to buy boxes and boxes of pocky."
"Selectively every single flavor that exists in this world, yes... And it wasn't an easy feat. See! Mint, dessert, green tea, ew banana, and whatever" Wow. Arisu reminded her self to give Katsumi a bonus later.
"Poocky!" Aido screamed. "Ooh I want this one and this one and ooh! This one will be for Kaname-sama... And this one will be for Kaname-sama and- oomph" Arisu smacked Aido on the chest, specifically his other man-boob.
"Leave some for the others, fatty!" then she turned to Shiki and said sweetly, "But you can grab as many as you want Shiki because I probably gave you a really bad mark on your ass that'll be there for a while and I'm sorry."
"Eh... Its okay, I got pocky" Shiki nodded as he shoved some pocky sticks into his mouth.
But it was quiet as everyone, minus Shiki, Rima, and Ichijo, stared at Arisu and wondered what in the hell goes on in their rooms. Arisu sensed their curiosity.
"Sorry... What happens in Ichijo and Shiki's room, stays there." She chirped as she winked directly at Ichijo, trying to indicate she got his back... or not because people were probably getting even weirder ideas... and Arisu probably knew. Perverts. Ichijo started to blush again, remembering the events earlier; and now everyone was looking back and forth between the two blondes speculating if there was something going on between those two. Because like Shiki and Rima, Arisu was always hanging around Ichijo... Or maybe Ichijo was always hanging around Arisu?
But their attention was adverted as they felt Kaname's presence coming down the stairs. Everyone, including Arisu formally bowed and greeted, "Good morning, Kaname-sama."
He nodded and gently told them to be at ease before leading everyone out the door.
The day class was loud as ever, and clearly more noisier today because of Valentine's day.
Arisu sighed, already feeling her energy draining since she used up a lot earlier, not to mention on a day when she only got one to two hours of sleep and only one cup of coffee (with Katsumi). Maybe blood tablets will help. She tossed a few in her mouth and chewed, waiting for them to dissolve like cotton candy.
The class exited the moon gates and listened to Yuuki giving directions for girls to not go past their gates and to hand them only their chocolates; and for the Night class to participate by going to their right line and accepting their gifts properly because the girls were serious. Arisu, Kain, and Shiki simultaneously yawned while Aido exclaimed that he's 'got to get himself all the chocolates', only to be reprimanded by Kaname to keep his behavior in check. Arisu sniggered and muttered, "Fatty," which made Aido flip his head around and glare ice beams into her face... Not literally. After Yuuki blew the whistle, the Night class boys walked to their stationed line, except for Kain and Shiki, who Arisu and Ichijo happily had to forcibly drag to their areas.
After dropping them off, Arisu caught up to Rima who was near the end of the stations walking toward the classroom building. Both were stopped by a few guys and girls who confessed their admiration for Rima and her 'doll-like beauty' and Arisu smiled and nudged Rima forward to accept their chocolates. She also didn't miss shiki glancing at them out of the corner of his eye. She smiled to herself pleasantly and left Rima to gather her gifts.
However Arisu was also surprised herself when she was stopped by a few boys and girls, who asked her to accept their chocolates and flowers, and claiming their admiration for works and her beauty. Arisu thanked them for their feelings and apologized for not preparing a gift for them, even though they reassured her it was fine. But then she remembered she had some samples of her new upcoming 'Like me' perfume that she was about to release to the public soon (after Shiki and Rima shoot for her), and gave a the girls a sample each.
"It's new, not even on the market, and you ladies are the first to try it," she winked. "Please keep it a secret. This is my gratitude for the chocolates." The girls squealed and thanked her and promised to not tell. As for the boys, well... Arisu couldn't really give them a ladies perfume, not to mention she only had a few samples left. So she gave each of them a kiss on the cheek and thanked them also. It wasn't a big deal for Arisu, considering it was normally common from where she was in England and France (and sometimes even America), but to people here it seemed more of a bigger deal. She caught Ichijo's eye while she was leaving, and waved and gave him a thumbs up as in 'good luck', while he continued to collect mounds and mounds of chocolate from his fangirls. Rima caught up to her.
"I think he's gonna have a heart attack," she motioned to one of the Day class boys that Arisu kissed.
She shrugged, "As long as he doesn't die, I think we'll all be okay." Rima snickered and they entered the classroom building.
"Thank God the friggin' quiz is over," Arisu sighed as she stretched her body and looked up at the bright moon in the dark sky. It was their break time and few students were wandering about, while some use the toilet and most stayed and examined their Valentines gifts they received earlier. Arisu was currently strolling around the grounds with Shiki and Rima, who were strolling with Kain, Ruka, and Aido. Before she knew it, they were surrounding a very pissed off Zero who was pointing an anti-vampire gun to an angry Ruka's neck.
Ruka's glare did not falter. "Why does Kaname-sama show even the smallest consideration to someone like you? I can't stand by and allow this."
Zero's glared hardened as well as his grip on his gun. "Well," he mocked. "I've been looking for a good fight."
Aido's glare hardened as well and the grass started to freeze at his feet and around Zero's shoes.
"That attitude pisses me off," he hissed as the pond behind Zero also started to freeze over.
Kain tried to diffuse the tension "Come on Ruka don't be over jealous..."
Arisu helped him out. "Yeah, you too Aido. We don't want to get in trouble with President Kuran."
Honestly, Arisu couldn't care less about what happened to them, but she cared about Zero's existence because things would be difficult if he was dead. Then she wouldn't have a possible powerful alibi... And its obvious Zero hates Kuran almost as much as herself. But no one can ever hate Kuran more than her. It not like he killed Zero's family, she thought, remembering that according Ichio, Zero's family was killed by Shizuka Hio, another pureblood.
"Zero," Kain tried to console. "You should calm down to-"
Thud
Arisu blinked and assessed that Zero flipped Kain over on his back the moment his hand touched his shoulder.
"Ah... How pathetic." Shiki and Rima remarked in unison.
"Not helping," Arisu murmured while Kain muttered, "Shut up."
Now annoyed, Kain looked at Zero darkly. "I tried to warn you..."
Leaves of on a tree behind the vampire started to burn.
Great. Now you made the hulk angry. Well, I guess I won't be surprised if Kain gets angry to the point he explodes into the orange 'Thing'.
But fortunately for Arisu, she did not need to continue to stop the fight (or reveal her other powers), for Yuuki landed in front of Zero with her anti-vampire rod.
"Hold it right there!" she yelled. "Fighting is prohibited as it says in the student handbook. If you really want to fight, I will be your first opponent, as a prefect of the disciplinary committee."
Wow. Yuuki just killed the mood, Rima and Shiki thought. Not that they were really expecting a good fight or anything.
"This is lame," Arisu sighed, uninterested since Yuuki got there.
"Yeah, I don't feel like it anymore," Ruka said as they turned away. "Let's just go back to class."
Kaname wasn't there, much to everyone's relief. But Ichijo seemed to know what happened, maybe because he overheard or saw, but he reprimanded the group, and warned that this will be reported to Kaname later.
However, no one really reflected on what happened, because all of a sudden, the smell of blood wafted into the classroom. One by one, student's eyes started turning red. Rima looked at Shiki a little worriedly, knowing Shiki didn't have the best control when it came to blood. She tossed him a few tablets which he easily caught in his mouth, and watched him calm down. The other students, minus Ichijo, Kain, Rima, Shiki, and Arisu, seemed a little more restless.
"Who's blood is that?"
"It sure seems tasty..."
"I wish we didn't have to take these stupid tablets."
"I want some..."
"Now, now," Ichijo scolded. "Just because Kaname isn't here doesn't mean we can ignore the rules."
But even Ichijo couldn't have much control over the class, because he was no pureblood. The vampires' chatter over someone's blood was started to actually annoy Arisu. Maybe it was because she never had human blood and used to hunt animal blood, but Arisu could not understand why the rest couldn't control themselves.
"Just shut up and eat your tablets," she muttered, which earned her glares from half the students in the classroom. She rolled her eyes. Somebody's cranky.
Finally, Kaname did come back and easily took control of the situation... well by commanding everyone to settle down. But it worked and the rest of the night went as it normally would.
Later that night around dawn, back in the dorm rooms, Aido seemed to be thinking hard about something, while absentmindedly spilling and freezing his drink.
"What are you so fixed on?" Kain randomly asked as he dried his hair.
"Hmm... The smell of the blood," Aido murmured. "We weren't given any explanation for it..."
Kain yawned. "I'm not too worried about that."
"But," Aido's face hardened. "It was the smell of Yuuki's blood," he said as the whole glass froze.
Meanwhile, Arisu, who was retrieving a water bottle and happened to be passing by, stood there for a moment, then smirked to herself.
It seems Aido is not very fond of Kaname's precious Yuuki. This can create some interesting conflict.
She continued to walk and nearly approached her door in which she saw Ichijo pacing by a little awkwardly.
"Ichijo," she beamed. "What's up?"
His green eyes snapped up at her and smiled.
"I was in this interesting part of town sometime this week, while completing orders for Kaname, and I saw something strange that I thought you would like..."
Arisu laughed. "I don't know if I should be insulted or appreciative."
He laughed and whipped out a hamburger... Not an actual hamburger, but a pillow with a cute face on it.
She took it. "For me?" she asked, almost disbelieving.
"Yes silly." He laughed at her reaction. "I thought that you might be missing your homeland a bit, so I got you a little memento to remind you of a piece of America. Also, it seemed that you had enough chocolate and flowers." Ichijo bit his lip, hoping she would like it since it wasn't a typical Valentine's day gift.
Arisu was happy, actually sincerely happy. No guy has ever been so thoughtful to get her something like this. Sure, she received jewelry, flowers and other stereotypical gifts, but Ichijo's felt really touching.
"I love it! Thank you so much!" then she frowned. "I'm sorry. I didn't get anything special for you."
Ichijo continued to smile, as goofy as always. "It's okay! I got pocky from you remember?"
"But that was for everyone..." then Arisu had an idea. "Although..." she motioned for Ichijo to lean down a little so she could whisper in his ear.
But as soon as he did, she put her hands on his shoulders and reached up, and soft planted a kiss in the corner of his smiling lips. It wasn't like the normal greeting kisses she shared with everyone. It was a longer, tender, yet innocent kiss that showed more affection.
"Happy Valentine's day, Takuma," Arisu whispered.
Then she quickly slipped into her room and bidded a small 'goodnight' to the surprised vampire and shut the door. She heard him whisper 'goodnight', and walk down the hallway back to his room. Her back slid down the door and she buried her madly blushing face into the pillow he gave her. It smells like him... Though Arisu was blushing, she smiled in a very guilty way, knowing she had gotten closer to Ichijo like she planned. But thanks to his unknowing cooperation, their relationship sped faster than she had predicted.
Little did Arisu even know that temptations were going to haunt her in the future...
