Chapter 2: So that's what it is

~~~Rin's P.O.V~~~

I ran my wet hands through my hair as I let the warm waters caress my skins. I sigh exhaustedly, leaning my head against the shower walls, my bang back in my face as the water from above sprinkle onto the top of my head. My hands travel to the wrapping around my neck, and I blushed and sighed at what happened just moments before.

.o0o.

I helped Len stand on his own feet; he was still woozy with the whole 'head against concrete' thing, so we trudged home with me just barely being able to carry him. Once we'd made it to the house, Len informed me it would be best that we avoided going in through the front door, so we scaled the house, climbing in through my window.

Once we were in, I grabbed the first aid kit in my drawer and told Len to sit on the bed quietly, not wanting anyone to know we were home yet. Len argued, saying I should handle myself first, so nothing bad happens to me. After going back and forth with him on the matter, I forced him into submission, making him sit on the floor at the end of the bed. I searched his scalp for anywhere he might have bleed at, but ended up finding none.

"Len, I don't—"

"Of course, you don't; I tried to tell you that before you even started looking that you wouldn't." He said, gripping his bang out of frustration. Despite me wanting to say something smart or snappy back at him, I held my tongue, trying to wiggle his hand out of his hair gently. "What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry." I said, entangling my fingers with his once I got them out of his hair. He sighed as I wrapped my arms around his shoulders, and because of the leverage I was in, I put my chin on his head, kissing it gently like he would one time or another. "I'm sorry."

He turned with his arms around me, putting a hand on my back, bringing me closer in the hug. "Rin, don't apologized. None of this is your fault…" he gave the side of my head a quick kiss before pulling back. "How's your shoulder?" he asked, moving his hand up to touch the wound before I gave him permission, and I flinched away in pain, hissing slightly when his fingertips came in contact with it.

"It hurts." I laughed, my voice shaking as I reached for the first aid kit. "This'll probably be an ugly scar when it heals." Len's hand grabbed the wrist of the hand reaching for the box. I looked at Len a bit shocked. "Len—"

"Rin, do you trust me?" he asked, not really looking at my face, his head turned downward, but I nodded, not knowing where this was going, before realizing he couldn't see the nod. I answered yes. "Can you continue to trust me?" I answered him with a yes, and he hesitated before looking at me, and I gasped, seeing he had golden eyes, and fangs—two pairs at the top, one on the bottom "Even right now…?" I was shocked, but nonetheless, I nodded, and he moved to take off the sweater I was wearing. I was alright with it… but I might have flipped out and hit him once on the head when he reached for the bottom of my tank top. "Rin—" he said as his eyebrows met.

"Wh-what are you doing!?" I yelled, reaching for the bottom of my shirt. He rolled his eyes, rolling the bottom of the shirt up again, only for me to start swatting at his hands. "Len; cut it out!"

"Rin, would you stop?! Your shirt's coated with blood; we have to get that off you first."

"Oh." I let go of the shirt, letting him pull it over my head. I blushed before looking away, gripping the sheets under me tightly, trying to resist reaching up and covering my bra. I looked down at my shoulder after a moment, seeing little specks of blood where my shirt collar was, showing it was really soaked with blood.

Len moved in my line of vision, and I closed my eyes as his lips brushed against my collarbone. I gasped when his parted lips met the skin on my shoulder before his tongue tapped me. I nearly jumped away from him, but he grabbed me, wrapping his arms around my waist, pulling me closer to him as he lapped at the blood on my skin. "Nn…" I groaned as he got closer to the wound, little tears landing on my lashes as I felt pain.

"This is going to hurt a little, but I need you to work with me." I nodded, biting my bottom as his tongue moved closer and closer to the wound, and I started to tense up, "Rin, try to relax, okay?" I nodded again, but couldn't seem to. I continued to try to force my muscles to relax, and seemed to have accomplished, but all of it went to waste when his tongue ran across the actual wound.

"Ah!" I yelled, almost jolting away from him completely, but his arms held on to me tightly as his tongue followed the scratches all the way to the back of my neck, running over the trail they made a few more times. My hands pulled at the back of his shirt, but loosened their hold once the pain started to lessen. "L-Len…" I panted heavily as he took deep breaths against my neck before planting small kisses on my neck. "L-Len…?"

I was left shocked as he rose off the ground, pushing me onto the bed, and climbing up it. He placed one of his legs in between mine, his knee dangerously close to 'me' as he attacked the side of my neck with kisses, and nips. My grip on his shirt tightened again as one of his hand ran over the length of my stomach, falling over my sides, making me moan, and groan. His other hand went into my hair, gently grabbing it and using it to tilt my head to the side. I opened my mouth to ask him what he thought he was doing, but didn't get the chance because his lips connected with mine, he forced my lips to stay opened with his, his tongue scanning the inside of my mouth, and I tasted the bittersweet irony taste of my blood.

He raises the leg outside of him, bringing my knee almost to his waist, my calf lying on his lower back as he caressed the skin of my inner thigh. He sucked on my bottom lip before moving down to my collarbone, and I moved one of my hands to my mouth, biting on one of my fingers as he moved downwards with his kisses.

My mind was spiraling, I was dazed, I wasn't sure if this was a dream, or real life anymore. Had I fainted from blood lost? Was Len even thinking rationally? Was I thinking rationally?

But before anything else could happened, Miku walked into my room, her long, waist-length, teal hair in a ponytail, and her more blue than green teal eyes widened at the sight. She was holding a small box of movies I promised to watch with her a few days ago. Len stopped all movement, but everything was hazy to me, I was panting, and I wasn't really sure what was happening at this point anymore. I was only brought out of my trace when the box hit the floor, and Miku charged at Len, screaming, "Y-You… YOU WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING!"

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After Miku had all but thrown Len out of my room, she'd wrapped the bandage around my neck, telling me to shower and meet Meiko downstairs after I was finished. I know I didn't want to, I'd been attacked, and basically all I wanted to do was go to sleep, and forget this day even happened. I'm sure that wouldn't work, however, because whatever I'd gotten myself into, I was neck-deep in it.

I groaned as I grabbed my regular hair and body wash, that wasn't here when I left, quickly washing it into my hair and skin, finishing the process in hopefully less than ten minutes. Once I got out, I put on my under garments, a grey tank top, and my orange pajama pants before making my way downstairs, and taking a deep breath before heading into the kitchen. Meiko, Miku, and Len were sitting at the table, looking as if they had come to an agreement of some sort. "Rin…" Meiko said solemnly, seeming at a loss of words. "Have a seat, sweetie, then we'll talk."

I took another deep breath before taking my seat. I already had an inkling of what this conversation was about, but I should always expect the unexpected. It seemed like a while before anyone talked, but then Meiko cleared her throat, "Rin, it seems… it seems you've been involved in something unusual." She finally says.

"What do you mean by unusual?" I asked hesitantly, watching Miku nervously tap her foot against the floor, her nails against the table. Len looked off to the side, hands folded in front of him, looking as if he was trying to calm himself as Meiko sighed again.

"Rin, when I decided to take you in, do you remember what I said to you?" she asked, and I nodded my head.

"That things aren't always as they appear…" I said slowly, watching her nod before leaning against the back of her seat. "And that… I should be careful of what I believe because—"

"What you believe in may not be exact." Meiko finished, nodded slowly with a small smile on her face. "I told you that for a reason, you know. That reason being you living in this house is not something most would believe in."

"I'm... not sure I understand where you're getting at," I objected, "Why would I living here not be believable? Is there… is there something I'm being kept in the dark about? Something that I wasn't supposed to find out about?" Meiko nodded, and I took a quick look at Len. "And Len's involved in it?"

"Everyone's involved in it, Rin." Miku said with a quiet edge in her voice. I looked at her, and she nodded. "Although it may sound… rather silly what I'm about to say, I think after the night you're had, you'll be a bit more open-minded than others." She licked her lips, suddenly feeling nervous. "The truth is you were never supposed to live here with us, and that's because if you lived with us, you'd notice some abnormal things."

"But I haven't noticed anything abnormal."

"We've been extra careful so you didn't." she smiled sadly, "Have you noticed none of us truly lived here until you were in high school?" I nodded. "That's because we don't age, and if we did live here while you were here, growing up, you would have noticed we weren't aging with you." She cut herself off, not knowing how to finish, but I already figured out what they were trying to tell me.

I bit my lip, "You guys aren't human, are you?" I looked down at the table, making sure my bang covered my view of the three of them. When I wasn't given an answer, I continued, "What are you guys… exactly?"

Again, a silence filled the room, no one seemed to want to make a sound, me included, but out of all of us, Len was the one who found the courage to answer me. "We're vampires, Rin." Usually, this'll be the part where one would freak out, trying to run away and stuff like that, but I stayed surprisingly calm, nodding my head at the answer.

"…What happens now that I know?" I was a little nervous to know the answer to this question; vampires seem to want to stay hidden from humans, so if I know, what will happen to me? Will they erase my memory? Or will they be forced to kill me?

"You see, with you, Rin, it's a special case." Meiko said, making me look up at her with my head tilted in surprise. "It's a bit hard to explain. I don't quite know where to begin with this; it's been so long since something like this has happened."

"What's happened?" I asked, watching Meiko rub her forehead as if she's thinking really hard about something. Miku decided to pick up from where she left off.

"Rin, you know how Meito's our doctor?" I nodded, "Meito's also a vampire—don't worry, we haven't taken advantage of that; Meito's a legit doctor for humans and vamps." I nodded again, relaxing a bit hearing this. "Meito does blood work, and while doing yours, he found something… interesting in your blood."

"Interesting?"

"Hibernated vampire blood cells."

"Excuse me?" she seemed a little excited when she said that.

"Miku, you're getting too excited." Len scolded, glaring at her and she returned the look. "You're getting ahead of yourself; you'll confuse her even more."

"Shut up, Len, I got it." She looked back over to me, "Okay, so let's just think of it like this: vampires have different kind of blood than humans, therefore, different blood cells, correct?" I nodded, "If a vampire where to turn a human into a vampire by giving them their blood, the vampire cells would take over the human cells, turning them into vampire cells, and turning every cell in their body a vampire cell. You, on the other hand, have human blood cells; yet have a few vampire cells."

"Why haven't they taken over? Better yet, why do I have vampire cells in me?"

"Like I said, they're hibernated vampire blood cells. They're very inactive for some reason; maybe it's because you haven't had any taste of vampire blood, but Meito said he can't be too sure."

"And my second question?"

"It's a very weird case, no one's seen anything like it in a few thousand years." Meiko said, "When I took it to the council, they didn't know what to make of it, but then, once they went down your family tree, they found one of your ancestors was a vampire."

"Wait, so I could just one day turn into a vampire out of nowhere because one of my ancestors was a vampire?" I asked, Meiko nodded, a somewhat saddened look on her face.

"The thing is that we don't actually know when the cells might activate themselves, or if they'll activate all together or one at a time. Or if they'll activate at all." She said, looking at me with a type of sad happiness. "I'm really torn about this whole thing because a part of me is really happy you'll get to spend eternity with us, but I can't help but feel bad that you didn't really get a choice, you know, with you being born human and all."

"It's… fine, I guess." I said after a long moment of silence, scratching the back of my head. "It's not really your fault. I guess it would be pretty unavoidable at one point, anyways." Miku smiled at me, her being the only one really ecstatic about the whole thing.

"Len, why don't you go shower, I'm sure you'd like one about now." Meiko said, watching Len nod and leave the room, not looking at me as he left. I was about to get up and go after him, probably yell at him for ignoring me, but Meiko stopped me. "Rin, it seems Miku would like to have a word with you."

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I pulled the jacket closer to my body, watching Miku do the same from the corner of my eye. "Sorry for this, but I didn't want Len to hear us talking." She apologized.

"No, I understand." I said, "Vampire super hearing, I totally understand." She giggled before her face became solemn.

"Please don't be mad at Len right now, all this is happening too fast for him, and the whole ancestor thing is really sensitive for him."

"Why's that?"

"It's not so much that your ancestor was a vampire, it's more so who that vampire was." I nodded, telling her to continue before she sighed, sticking her hands in her pocket. "When I met Len, I was about a hundred years into my vampirism. He was such an ass, but he had such a sweet spot for this one girl, Rilianne, your ancestor."

"So Len was in love with her?" she nodded. Well, that's a bit… heartbreaking… I sighed and Miku laughed softly, patting my shoulder once before putting her hands back in her pocket. "Why's it a soft subject?"

"Well, like you said, Len was in love with her, that's pretty much it."

"That can't be it." I protested, "If that was it, then why'd Len react the way he did in the kitchen." Miku was silent again, and I was sure she was weighing her choices carefully. "Did something bad happen to Rilianne?" her silence was enough to tell me. I took a deep breath through my nose. "Tell me."

She sighed. "Rilianne wasn't a full vampire, born of a vampire and a human, so she had some of the privileges that most of us didn't. For example, she could have children while other vampires couldn't."

"What do you mean?"

"Vampires are the undead, therefore, vampire reproduction is kinda unnecessary, so our bodies technically don't keep alive our reproduction system. There are special cases where a vampire is pregnant before or during the vampirism, much like the case with Rilianne's parents, but if the baby lives depends on how aggressive the vampire blood cells are. But other than the special cases, vampires can't reproduce. Rilianne, on the other hand, could have children. Probably because she was part human, but, again, we couldn't be too sure."

"You mean, Len and her…?" wouldn't that make Len my so many greats grandfather? Would that mean I have the hots for my grandfather!? Oh God, I'm a sick person…

"Okay, no, Len and you are not related in any way, so please get that mortified look off your face." Miku rolled her eyes. She stopped walking, folding her arms over her chest before getting a look on her face. "Maybe I didn't explain thorough enough."

"Obviously."

"Well, look, Len and Rilianne did have a thing going on, and they were going to the council so Rilianne and he could be proclaimed 'soul mates.'"

"And that's important?"

"It's kinda like being married, except vampires are bonded together by law, body, and blood for life. No death do us part or anything."

"Oh." I looked down before looking back up at her. "Is there a ceremony?"

"Yeah, it's almost like being crowned queen and king, but more complex. The two stand in the middle of a magic circle, kinda, and instead of saying vows and junk, they both prick their fingers a bit so it bleeds." She cups her cheek, smiling a bit fondly. "Once the blood hits the ground, it mixes. A few magic words are said, and, bam, they're soul mates; a Royal and their Beloved."

"Wow." I do have a few more questions, but I figured if I asked Miku we wouldn't really get too much into it.

"So, yeah, it's a pretty big thing. Anyways, before they could do that, Rilianne went missing. Len went livid, and nearly destroyed a whole town while looking for her; the council had put Len in solitary confinement for about fifty years." I gasped, and Miku nodded her head. "It was a hard time for all of us, and even during those fifty years, we couldn't find Rilianne. Unfortunately, the search was closed, and Rilianne was proclaimed dead while Len was away in confinement, and when he got out and found out the news, he was really depressed. He locked himself away in his castle, doing anything to avoid all of us, and we didn't see him for, give or take, two hundred years."

"Two hundred years?!"

She nodded, "We're not sure on what he did for that long, but twenty-five years into his isolation, a girl wondered into the grand hall where the council stays. No one knew what to think, because the girl had no memory of anything or anyone there, but she resembled Rilianne so much, it was almost scary. When Meito examined her, she had Rilianne's blood inside her, but it was hibernated as well. Through further examination, we found it wasn't Rilianne, but an offspring.

"Unfortunately for her, her blood never activated, but she was able lived out the rest of her life as a human, being closely watched by the council, of course. She went off to get married, have kids, and die. When Len found out, the generations had dwindled to the third one, and by that time, Rilianne's blood seemed to have found its way out of the bloodstream."

"But somehow, I seemed to get it." I sighed, looking at my wrist as if I could see the blood running through it. Miku nodded, sending me a sad look. "Len thinks everything was his fault?"

"Most likely; Len was never able to forgive himself for Rilianne's disappearance, so finding this out must be a kick in the butt for him. Like his history repeating or somthing." I sighed, "Don't be too upset, Rin, I'm sure if you just give him a little time, he'll be fine."

"Just give him some space?"

"Yeah, he just needs his hour of self-pity, and I'm sure he'll be fine by the morning."

I nodded; just give him his man space. I mean, I would want some space too if something like this were to happen to me... well, it is, but you get my point. "I understand, Miku." I said, giving her a soft smile as we turned to walk back to the house.

"I'm glad—oh!" she said, stopping before getting a smile on her face. "That means we have to get you to IA by the end of the week." She sang, skipping towards the house. "Oh, I can't wait to tell Miki; she's going to be so excited!"

"Wait, who's IA? And why the end of the week?"

"Well, we're all going to see the council one time soon; we do have to look presentable, of course, we're going to see a seamstress tomorrow to have a few dresses made for you."

"I don't even like shopping." I complained, watching as she looked over at me evilly.

"Which is why this is going to be so much more fun for Miki and I." oh my gosh, help me.

~~~CHAPTER: END~~~

I was really going to do the whole 'oh well, Rin's actually a vampire reincarnated thing' but I just read another fan fiction with that idea, and not only would I feel like I stole that idea from that person, I wouldn't be able to use it as good as she did, so I didn't do that. So I just went with that idea, hope I didn't confuse anyone who actually reads this. If I did, just PM me about it, and I'll try to explain it to you.