Staring at her slack body that occasionally shivered, Subaru felt a strange need to go to her, to pick her up and make sure she was really okay but being the youngest his brothers would see that as him just being like a human since he wasn't quite as experienced as his five older brothers. However when Ayato got near Yui something in him burned hot, hotter than any flame and much more intense than he ever thought and his eyes seemed to burn like vicious red flames as his vision took on a strange reddish tint.
They don't touch her. HE was only to touch her. She understood him and he understood her, he cared for her-on a level. She cared for him, but more than anything Yui had grown on him and he didn't want any of his perverted brothers' touching her unconscious body so he growled low but clear for them to hear it as he rushed over swooping down and picked Yui's slack but burning hot body up into his arms and glared at his brothers' who stared at him with surprise when Laito smirked at him but not with any humor and his eyes were cold and calculating.
"Ohoh, seems little brother here is finally stepping up." Laito said but his tone didn't have it's usual leering playfullness, no it was cold and as hard as his eyes had been as he looked at the youngest.
"What do you mean Laito?" Kanato asked as he hugged Teddy to his chest tight as he looked at his triplet with confused violet eyes then looked at his younger brother.
"Yeah, what do you mean? And Subaru let go of Chinchinashi!" Ayato snapped out at him but the white haired boy did nothing but held onto the girl tighter and he felt her skin was burning hot and he frowned a bit to himself.
"What Laito means is that Subaru has fallen for the little human and has no more intention to allow us to feed off of her, not without a fight. In humans terms it's like a male cat, for example, refusing to let other males go near it's mate. That's exactly what Subaru has done with the girl. Only in vampiric or demon definitions he's Imprinted and Mated with her already. They may not have had sex to put the Mating in effect but he has most definitely Imprinted with the girl." Shu said in a calm even tone but even his dark blue eyes seemed livid as he stared at the youngest who just glared, his eyes seeming to flare up hotter and more venemous.
"I. . I thought that was just a stupid story they spread around the manor! I didn't think it was real, Karl sure as hell didn't believe in it." Ayato blinked as he said it the disbelief as he stared at Subaru who just looked back at them all.((A/N: I have no idea if it is a manor they live in so let's just pretend it is until I am proven wrong!))
"You're so stupid Subaru! She's sickly, she's no good for you!" Kanato snapped out as he narrowed his eyes at his brother who growled at him which was unnerving.
"Shut your filthy, sugar addicted ass up!" Subaru snarled out as he stood up straight with Yui's head cushioned against his chest and he stared at his brothers. "I'm not doing anything with this girl, she is indeed sick but Seiji no doubt wanted US to look after her. So until she's better she's not to be fed off of. Not anymore, so you'll all have to take your prissy asses to the blood bank and get blood that way."
"You're being irrational." Reiji frowned as he said it and he sighed out softly then his eyes flickered to still body of Yui. "Let's take her back home then. It'd be for the best so she can get some rest, it'd be better that I way I would guess."
"Fine." Subaru walked forward replying shortly as he climbed into the car and held Yui to him tightly. Imprinted? Mated? It was terms he'd heard of once before but to think it'd happen to him-HIM of all people!- and for it to be some human girl was surprising to him but he was true to his word.
He wasn't going to do anything with Yui, not now or ever, not when she was burning up so badly it was like she had a fire burning in her veins and he waited rather impatiently for his brothers' to get in the damn car and when they did he was near close to ripping them apart and when the car lurched forward a low pained moan slid from Yui's lips and he held her just a bit tighter wondering what it was he was getting himself into.
The softness of the pillow beneath her head. The feeling of cool silk sheets against her burning palms. The soft but firmness of the matress beneath her body. The way her knees were bent and her head was tilted to the side and the way her lashes felt against her cheeks felt the same. It all felt so natural. And the best part was that her headache was gone! She felt a smile pulling at her lips as she opened her eyes slowly and yawned out loudly and stretched gently when she felt something was off and she sat up slowly and her brows pulled together tightly.
Was her night gown always this big? Was her bed always this expanse and huge? Was the step from the bed always that high? She felt panic stirring in her chest and she pushed it away and slid out and off the bed and padded across the floor then tripped on the hem of her night gown and she thudded to the floor and she blinked in surprise. What the hell? She stood up and when she grabbed her night gown to pull it up she stared at her hands and felt the blood drain from her face. No. Oh no.
'Please please please let this just be a dream.' Yui thought to herself as she shut her eyes softly and clenched her hands tight and when she opened her eyes again she let out a breath and refused to panic. 'I know. I'll go to the brothers'! If they freak out. . if they see something wrong with me then I'll panic. But until then I will not panic!' She thought to herself again fiercely as she held her night gown out of the way of her feet and ran forward quickly to the living room where she followed the muffled voices. She paused in front of the door as embarrassment flooded her at how she'd been acting that morning and she pushed the door open and walked in to have six pairs of eyes land on her then five gasps filled the air.
"How did a child get in here? And why does she looked like-?" Ayato asked his green eyes wide as Yui scowled a bit.
"I'm not a child! I'm Yui!" She stamped her bare foot hard as she scowled then sighed feeling unnerved by how high her voice was then she looked at Ayato fully. "I'm sorry for how I acted towards you earlier."
"Y-Yui?" Kanato asked a bit shakily which was strange and Laito stared at her looking just as shocked as his brother.
"There's no way that's Bitch-chan. It can't be." Laito said without his usual leer as he stared at Yui. She noticed Shu was asleep while Reiji stared at her with a calculating look and Subaru. . he just stared at her so intently it made her break out in goosebumps and her heart picked up speed a bit from just looking at his red eyes wondering how she could have wanted to rip him in half earlier with his brothers.
"I don't know what you're talking about but you know it's not funny!" Yui huffed out as her arms crossed and she felt unnerved with how they felt when Shu suddenly sat up and looked at her intently then walked out of the room leaving her alone with the brothers' and before she could say anything he walked back in holding a mirror with a cloth over it.
"Before you talk further I'll show you what we see Yui. You must know it too. Must know the changes." Shu said simply before pulling the cloth away and Yui's eyes widened as a gasp slid from her lips.
No way! It wasn't possible! This just didn't happen to human girls at all! No no no something was wrong! But the longer she stared at her reflection the more Yui felt fear pound through her intently and she let out a shaky breath. In the mirror reflected a little girl, around maybe four or five, she had bright almost vibrant blonde hair and her hair still had the usual fade of white tips.
Her hair was more curly however, like they'd turned into the ringlets she had when she was a little girl but when she lifted her hand-half hoping this was a dream still- the small hand in the mirror echoed her movement and she saw her own pink eyes widen in alarm. It was true. Her suspicions from when she woke up suddenly made so much sense that it was scaring her. Somehow, someway, when Yui woke up this morning she was off and had a head ache but turning into a CHILD was crazy!
She felt tears suddenly well in her eyes and watched it happen in the mirror and she could say the child looked cute but knowing it was her she felt more scared as the tears slid down and she started to just wail and cry as her small hands turned to fists that moved up and rested under her eyes as she cried out with sadness. The brothers' seemed unnerved by her sudden crying but the mirror was finally moved away and out of all the brothers' the one she chose to run to? That was Subaru.
The one who held her was Subaru too. The one who stroked his big hand down her ringlets was him also and it was him that wiped her tears away. This side of Subaru. . it was one she'd never experienced, she was so used to him saying he was disgusting, a creature unworthy of her presence and what not but the way he was comforting her was like he was a different person. Why did she feel this new sensation for Suaru? And why did she have to feel it when she was so small? She lifted her small head from his shoulder as her water eyes met Reiji's light red ones as he walked over and knelt in front of her lightly.
"Yui, you need to tell me exactly what happened. I might be able to reverse this but I MUST know what caused this." Reiji said seriously and though she could see he wasn't fond of her at all but she also had the feeling he was doing this for someone else.
"I can but. . .I just feel so sleepy all of a sudden." Yui said softly as her small little pale cheeks flushed a bright red which made her ringlets stand out sweetly and cutely as she kept her small little arms wrapped around Subaru's neck and the vampire lifted her so suddenly she let out a squeak.
"If you're tired then let me lay you down and you can sleep." Subaru mumbled as he walked her out of the room and down the hall with Yui buried against his chest tightly and she listened to his heart.
"Subaru?"
"Yes?"
"Why. . .are you being so nice to me? You weren't that nice to me to begin with you know." Yui mumbles softly as he walked and he sighed out gently as they finally reached the stairs and he climbed up them gently and the movement had Yui's eyes slipping shut gently.
"I am being nice to you for certain reasons. It's temporary though so don't go getting used to it." He said stiffly sounding so much like himself it made her honestly happy at that moment and she felt her lips tugging into a smile as she held back a yawn but her cheeks still felt warm surprisingly.
"I know. I wouldn't expect this to last." Yui whispered gently in her new voice and it brought back memories of being held in her father's arms as he carried her to bed and she couldn't help but feel warmed by that thought.
She nuzzled his chest softly as he approached her room and she felt him jerk slightly which made her wonder if she did the wrong thing but he sighed out softly. What emotions were in that sigh. Was it sadness? Exasperation? Happiness? Tiredness? What was it!? She opened her eyes a bit as he entered her room and pulled her blankets back and placed her in bed and her ringlets spread over the pillow and she looked at him tiredly as he looked down at her and she felt her heart squeeze at the emotion in his eyes.
She shut her eyes then, unable to even keep them open, the trip to the living room seeming to take it out of her surprisingly and she let out a soft breath and though her cheeks remained red and hot, hot enough to bother her she fell asleep feeling rather comforted by Subaru's cold presence in a way she'd never exactly experienced.
