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Bleeding hearts: chapter two

It was afternoon now, and it was getting extremely hot. Everyone was sitting in the living room, Kamui and Subaru on the comfy blue couch while the seals sat around them in chairs. Inuki had taken a liking to Subaru and refused to leave him alone.

"So, why are you two traveling dimensions?" Sorata asked. Subaru and Kamui turned to one another but not at anyone else. Subaru held a worried gaze and Kamui turned away to stare at the back wall.

"Should we-?" Subaru's voice trailed off, not finishing his question as Kamui shook his head in disagreement. "They might know him, and I'm not taking that chance," Kamui said through gritted teeth. Especially when it comes to your life...

Sorata and Yuzuriha continued to interrogate the two boys. However, most of the time, their questions were not answered. Kamui either ignored them or gave them a deadly glare that told them to shut up and Subaru just looked down at his feet worriedly till--

"How are my favorite vampires!?" A hyped up voice cried out with delight, making everyone except for the other Subaru to jump up. It sounded like the owner of that voice had had a little to much to drink.

Out of the younger looking Subaru's hands appeared Yuuko Ichihara. Well, more her hologram. She turned to look at each individual face till she met the other Subaru's gaze, her smile widened.. "And my favorite onmyouji!!" Yuuko cheered as she clasped her hands together.

"Please don't talk to me," Subaru muttered with a grimace look. Yuuko pouted as her jaw dropped with disbelief. "Fine then! And you two!" Yuuko exclaimed as she pointed a accusing finger at the two seated on the comfy couch. " "You never answered me!"

"Watanuki!" Kamui called out to the faithful part-timer who just appeared beside Yuuko.

"Yeah?" Watanuki said as he blinked questionably.

"How much has the witch had?" Kamui inquired with a groan as he rubbed his temple with annoyance.

"Almost one," Watanuki answered bluntly as he waved a half full shot glass. The liquid inside swayed with the direction of the short wave.

Watanuki closed his eyes as he let out a heavy sigh. It must be torture to be Yuuko's part-timer.

"Wait! How do you know Watanuki? You two came to me before him!" Yuuko exclaimed, slapping her hands against her hips.

"From the last time you did this, remember? Subaru nearly fell off the edge of a cliff." Kamui proclaimed.

Yuuko rubbed her chin as she pondered back on that memory. "Oh yeah...That was very funny!"

"It was not funny!" Kamui retorted with irritation in his voice.

"But seriously. I gave you vampires the means to travel dimensions ages ago, but you never talk to me!" Yuuko cried out, waving her arms in the air in a frantic fashion. Watanuki slowly walked away.

Wait a minute..." Sorata blinked a few times as his head slowly turned to Subaru and Kamui. "These two...are vampires!?"

"Yes." Yuuko nodded.

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Positive?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Yuzuriha and Sorata gulped down heavily and slowly swifted their chairs away from their guests. The other Kamui's eyes widened. Subaru just blinked. And Arashi stared at the two with a blank look.

The other Subaru blushed furiously, feeling embarrassed as the other Kamui seated next to him frowned and crossed his arms.

"S--So if you two are vampires..." Sorata began to speak, his voice sounding shaky. "Just how old are you? Seventeen!?"

That actually brought the two to laugh a bit. For the first time in a while, Kamui spoke. "If you add five hundred years you would be bang on target!"

Sorata and Yuzuriha turned to each other worriedly and scooted their chairs back more. The younger looking Subaru felt more embarrassed as he blushed a light shade of pink. Kamui scowled down at Yuuko who waved a quick goodbye and disappeared from sight.

--

Sorata and Yuzuriha sat down in the corner of the kitchen, making sure that they were the only ones inside before they started to chat quietly.

"Okay. To stop those two from sucking our blood until we're bone dry, we should get some crosses to wear around our necks, maybe stab them in the heart with a stake while they're asleep pr stick them out in the sun for a while-" Sorata began.

"Wait! Don't forget the garlic!" Yuzuriha proclaimed.

"Oh yes the garlic, and lets also splash them with holy wa--"

"Is our presence that much of a bother?" A voice interrupted quietly from behind them. Yuzuriha spun around to find Subaru standing near the entrance of the kitchen looking a bit confused as always.

"N-n-not at all!" Yuzuriha stuttered. Subaru looked at them questionably as he blinked cutely and then left them alone. A while after Subaru left, Yuzuriha checked to see if he was gone by peeking her head out of the kitchen. She nodded to herself and turned back to Sorata who now has a notepad in his hands and a pen.

"What're you doing?" Yuzuriha asked curiously as she skipped back over to the monk who was jotting some things down, sticking his tongue out and having his eyes firm with concentration.

"I've drawn out a plan!" Sorata exclaimed as he showed the girl what he drew. He drew several poorly drawn stick figures with cute beady eyes. Next to the poorly drawn stick figures was a bucket, crosses, and arrows being pointed at them.

Yuzuriha didn't quit understand, so she snatched the notepad away from the monk and examined it closely. "So is the plan giving the drawing to the vampires and trying to scare them with it?"

"No!" Sorata snatched the notepad back and pulled Yuzuriha closer to him to whisper in her ear. "The plan is--"

--

The sun was blazing outside, the heat was overwhelming and it felt like two hundred degrees. Sorata and Yuzuriha stepped out into the back wearing sunglasses to block out the harsh rays of the sun from their eyes.

Yuzuriha gazes up at the sun, nodding in approval as she turns back to Sorata who nods also. They step back several feet away from the entrance, keeping firm glances on it cautiously.

The two stood at their position in the irresistible heat for a minute till Yuzuriha exhaled deeply before shouting.

" Kamui! Get out here quickly! Subaru's melting like ice cream!"

Sorata quickly runs over to the grass, throws off his sunglasses and screams in a very bad Subaru imitation that sounded like a dying drowning baby duck.

"I'm melting! Help me Kamui! I'm melting! Melting! Ah!"

But there was nothing except the mysterious sound of crickets chirping in the background.

Sorata frowned, he stomped over to the entrance and screamed, trying to pull off the best imitation of Subaru but it now sounded like several dying drowning baby ducks.

"KAMUI! I'M DYING OVER HERE YOU DUMBA-"

Yuzuriha quickly jumped in to cover Sorata's mouth. "Sorata-san, Subaru won't say that! Do it like this. "

Yuzuriha stood in front of the entrance, exhaled deeply when she finally yelled out in a Subaru imitation that was just as horrible as Sorata's since it sounded like several high pitched dying drowning baby ducks.

"KAMUI-CHAN! I'M MELTING LIKE THE WITCH IN THE WIZARD OF OZ! NOW I'M OOZING GREEN SLIME! AHHHHH!" Yuzuriha dramatically falls to the ground, Sorata watches her do so with a sweat drop.

"Yuzuriha-chan, I don't think--"

Then their ears perked up when they heard running footsteps running hurriedly over to the two. Yuzuriha and Sorata turned to see the older looking Kamui with a deep frown and crossed arms.

"Well you guys shut up!? Subaru's trying to take a nap! Geeze you two sound like drowning baby ducks or something!" He bellowed more noisily than they were. And while Kamui was lecturing, the two seals notice that Kamui wasn't melting or burning up by the sun's heat.

The sun was shining directly on Kamui, the blazing rays bathing over him. It made his pale face look illuminated, and eyes glisten like precious gems. The sun was only making him look hotter in the cute way, not burning up in a crisp.

Plan to drag Kamui out and make him die first becuase he's creeper and will freak out if he finds Subaru a pile of ashes and the two would clearly be dead in seconds but came up with a plan to drag Kamui out to watch him melt or burn or kick the bucket has clearly failed horribly.

But maybe if they wait a bit long--oh Kamui has went back inside and convincing him to come back inside would only be a death wish.

So it's time for plan B!

--

Subaru, Kamui and Arashi were talking to each other over a cup of tea, except that Subaru and Kamui weren't drinking the tea of course.

The conversation wasn't leading to anything special till Arashi asked courageously, noticing that the two weren't drinking their tea.

"Is it true that you have to live off human blood?" Arashi asked.

"Yes," Subaru answered with a nod. "But... we are very different to what legend portrays. For one thing, we're not immortal. We just age slowly and heal most wounds. But we can be killed. That is why so many disappear in our world. Many hate us vampires, fear us because they believe that we will kill them for their blood."

"In this world you are said to be evil. But I don't believe that you are," Arashi exclaimed slowly.

"Why?" Subaru asked.

"You two seem scared. And you fear us, more then we will ever fear you. You must have seen a lot."

"Yeah..." Subaru replied as he dipped his head downwards sadly.

Suddenly Subaru let out a sneeze. He turned around and saw Sorata and Yuzuriha standing behind them with garlics around their necks. Subaru let out another sneeze, rubbing his nose timidly.

He breathed in, ready to sneeze again, but he put his gloved hand up to his nose and sighed. But then he smelt the garlic again and sneezed once more.

Kamui glared at the two wearing the garlic necklaces. They smiled in triumph. Subaru sneezed yet again. "Subaru, are you still allergic to garlic?" Kamui asked.

Sorata and Yuzuriha both stopped their gleeful and triumphant smiling. "Wait, why is it only affecting him?" Sorata asked, tilting his head to the side curiously.

"Subaru is allergic to garlic. He's one of the few vampires who can be affected by garlic because of that. When it comes to that, we're just like humans!" Kamui growled, glaring at Sorata.

"I hate it when people get superstitious," Subaru said quietly, covering his nose and trying to ignore the scent.

"Yeah, next they'll be getting out the holy water," Kamui growled.

And right on cue, Sorata and Yuzuriha got out buckets full of water from besides their feet. They aimed it at Subaru and Kamui, and sent the water flying.

Unfortunately for the seals, they didn't have very good aim. As soon as the buckets were empty, Sorata felt like strangling himself.

Instead of getting the vampires, they had hit Arashi. She was now dripping wet and had a fire burning in her eyes.

Arashi stood up and bonked Sorata on the head. Then she sat down again, her revenge taken.

Of course, someone else wasn't so forgiving. Inuki growled at Sorata, and then bounded after him as the monk ran for his life.

Inuki came bounding back, and sat down in Subaru's lap again. Subaru smiled softly, petting the inugumi gently on the head.

Sorata came back, now he was the one dripping from head to foot. Kamui couldn't help laughing. The idiot should know that every action has a consequence.

And so, plan B with the backup throwing regular water at the vampires to make them burn plan didn't work.

So now it was time for the final plan that they could think of, plan C!

--

Night time finally came upon the once warm sky which now turned to black with twinkling silver stars scattered across it as they danced dimly.

Yuzuriha and Sorata cautiously opened up the door to Subaru's and Kamui's room and slowly tiptoed inside. The room was dark like the night with the thick white curtains blocking out the outside.

On one of the beds lay Subaru who was sleeping soundly in the soft blankets and sheets. His breathing was slow and steady, hugging the thin fabrics tightly as he swayed a bit.

They were surprised that Kamui wasn't in the room, but it was also a good thing since they have to do this quick.

The two came over to the bedside to see the younger looking Subaru turning his head to face them. He was still sleeping peacefully but kept his grip on the sheets strongly. His peaceful features were now suddenly varying into pain.

But the two didn't notice that as Sorata drew out a stake (or something similar to one considering he was doing a horrible job making it.) from his back pants pocket.

Sorata raised the stake up in the air, the long piece of wood enveloped in shadows except for the deadly sharp point. Another struck of pain made Subaru moaned in anguish, his eyes tightening, face paling as beads of sweat started to form.

He was still sleeping yet it was like he knew there was a stake being pointed at him. Maybe the same thing was happening in his dream--or more specifically, his nightmare.

Sorata lowered the elevation of the stake, now having it on his side. He turned to Yuzuriha worriedly who was bitting down on her lower lip with concern.

Before the two could do anything, the door opened as it shot out streams of gold and white light into the room.

"Subaru."

The seals shrieked, they scurried around before ducking under Subaru's bed, covering their head for protection. Sorata didn't realize that he let go of the stake and it was now rolling across the floor till it came to a halt at Kamui's feet.

Kamui picked up the stake and examined it with narrowed eyes. His face was in the shadows except for his eyes which mysteriously turned golden. He crushed the stake in half with his bare hand and the pieces fell onto the floor.

Sorata and Yuzuriha shivered in fear, watching Kamui in horror as he came over to the bed. They gulped down heavily, but Kamui didn't bother to hesitate to look under the bed to see them.

Instead he came over to Subaru's bedside, rubbing his shoulder a bit in comfort. He brushed Subaru's bangs out of the way, trailing his fingers through his hair before whispering into his ear.

"I'm here, Subaru. Don't worry."

Subaru had stopped whimpering and his swaying has ceased. Kamui smiled softly, patting Subaru one more time before climbing into his own bed to go to sleep.

But unfortunately for Sorata and Yuzuriha, they would be staying under the bed all night. Which concludes that plan C: stabbing Subaru in the heart with a stake and hiding his body some where where and replacing it was a scary looking life size doll didn't work.

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Kamui woke to bright sunlight drifting through the windows. He put his hands over his eyes to block out the sunlight, but then decided that the best thing to do was to get up.

Kamui got dressed and quietly tip toed down the stairs. He walked into the kitchen and tried to get some food down from the cupboard.

Unfortunately, because of his height, Kamui couldn't reach the cupboard. He stretched himself as far as he could, but still couldn't reach.

Then Kamui felt warm breath on his neck and a hand reached over him and grabbed the breakfast food for him.

Kamui looked around to find Subaru behind him, the onmyouji directly behind him, so close that Kamui could feel every breath the older seal took.

Kamui felt blood build up in his cheeks that were burning red-hot. ""T-t-thank you, Subaru," Kamui said. Kamui felt Subaru move away and silently cursed at himself.

He had felt so strange, so happy when Subaru had been close to him. This feeling scared him, because he loved it so much.

Kamui jumped up unexpectedly, not knowing why he was thinking of this all of a sudden. His amethyst eyes darted around all directions hesitantly before managing to sit down at the table to eat his breakfast.

He felt his cheeks heating up, trying to hid it but Subaru didn't seem to notice at all when he sat just across the younger seal.

Kamui looked down at his food, his face becoming red a bit. He then shook his head frantically when Subaru asked:

"Kamui, have you seen Yuzuriha-chan or Sorata-san lately?"

Kamui blinked, pondering on why he hasn't heard any squeals from the pocky obsessed girl who's always up early in the morning to act like everyone's alarm clock and Sorata who makes as much noise as he tries to flirt with Arashi by calling out her name every single second.

Kamui just shrugged and cotinued to eat his breakfast.

Meanwhile, Yuzuriha and Sorata were still stuck under the bed. Sorata sighed sadly. " Fate is mean to me."

Yuzuriha pouted. "Fate is mean to all of us."

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