A/N: The second chappie! Damn I almost cried during this one, so much emotion, got carried away with it, happens to me all the time with my fics... Anyway, the fast updating: I figured I'd just tried to get this out of the way quickly and I had time to write. Enjoy!


Bloody Romance!

Part Two

"What's on your mind Malik?" Ryou's voice asked and the boy snapped out of his thoughts. He had been spacing out on his food and his friend looked at him with slight worry.

"Just... Sorry I spaced out." He smiled sheepishly, it was a bit faked though. "So, how are things?" He changed the subject as he didn't really want to talk about what was going on in his head. Since the last time he met Mariku he hadn't been able to stop thinking about what he said; "...I'm not some cruel monster." Was he not really?

"Well, better I think-"

What kind of person was he beyond the fact that he was a vampire? Was he grumpy? Merry? Talkative maybe? At least he hadn't seemed like an angry person, teasing Bakura like he had and he had never yelled in Malik's presence. Maybe a bit dark though...

"...I mean-" Ryou's voice drifted in and out but Malik wasn't really paying attention to it, too deep in thought again. Maybe he really was a happy-go-lucky guy who liked flowers and baby bunnies... Malik snorted at the thought; yeah that was probably it, sure.

"You're not really even listening, are you?" Ryou asked with a funny look.

"Um... Not really, sorry."

Ryou sighed. "If he bothers you so much, seek him out and talk to him."

"I can't do that!" Malik jumped up, getting the attention of most of the cafeteria. "He'll... steal my soul or something!"

"Malik, that's demons, he's a vampire." His friend told flatly. "The worst thing he can do now is suck out your blood and I heard from Bakura that it's not that bad."

Malik just stared at his friend in shock. He was not hearing this... He needed to leave before Ryou actually convinced him that it would be a good idea to talk to the vampire. Malik turned to leave, excusing himself with some lame excuse.

Reaching their room and jumping on the bed, he decided that it would be best to do what he always did when he didn't have a half decent plan; go with the flow. Even though the darkness was quickly falling the weather outside looked nice and inviting so he decided to go on a walk. That would probably clear his head.

Walk-flying out of the building and then settling to walk down the path that lead to the woods and town near by. The air felt cool as the summer was quickly fading and he wondered if he should have taken a jacket with him. Too lazy to go back and get one, he just continued on the trail, not really paying attention on where he was going, just letting the trail take him somewhere.

Something brushed past him and he turned to see what it was. The being who hunted his thoughts was now walking in step with him on his side, facing forward.

"Nice weather for a walk, isn't it?"

Malik looked at him warily. "Yeah..." The other just continued to walk with him calmly, not seeming very threatening but he kept his distance just in case.

"No need to be so tense, I won't hurt you." The being was still facing forward but gave Malik a sideways glance before looking away again.

"Hmph, fat chance of me trusting your word."

The other chuckled quietly but after that they both became silent, just enjoying the nice weather. A late bird sang in the distance and a few twigs cracked under their feet but apart from that it was quiet, calm silence. The sun had set by the time they reached the edge of the town, both stopping near where the forest ended and the town began. Malik was reluctant to go to the town and figured that he would turn back now. He glanced at Mariku who was looking at him with an expression he wasn't able to read, it was something aching to curiosity and... longing...

"What?" Malik asked now on his guard again.

"Come." The vampire offered him a hand. "There's something I wish you to see."

The boy glanced at the hand and then back at Mariku again, not sure of what he should do. "Where would we go?" He eyed the other suspiciously.

"You'll see." Mariku said with a small smirk. "Come with me and find out."

Curiosity kicked in and the half human hesitantly took the offered hand after a short inner debate. Before he noticed it, they were standing in a small opening in the woods. The trees looked unfamiliar so he figured that they weren't in the same forest anymore. A small stream went through the opening and on the other side of it was a cave. It was more like a hole in a pile of stones than an actual cave though but he had to admit that this place was rather beautiful.

"My favorite spot." Was the short explanation he was given before he was pulled with the vampire by the hand he was still holding. He followed while looking around though still keeping on eye out for the other. Once near the cave they stopped and Malik carefully peeked in, looking away almost immediately. There seemed to be dried blood in the cave.

"What is this place?" Malik asked uneasily, glancing at Mariku.

"I used to bring all my victims here, back in the day when vampires still killed the ones they fed from. The blood is from the ones brought here, before I killed them." He yanked the hand a bit and got the boy's full attention. Mariku tilted the other's chin up to make him look him in the eye. "Your blood will never stain these stones." He said seriously, gazing deep into the eyes of the boy.

Malik found himself to be enchanted by the gaze, drawn to the eyes. "I..." They were so close... It was really weird but at that moment, he hoped that the other would kiss him, here in the dark forest that was only lit by the faint moonlight. It almost seemed like he would but then he let go of him and turned away, walking to the stream. Malik fought the disappointed frown that was threatening to form on his face and followed.

"...How long has it been since you last killed?" He asked out of curiosity as he too stopped and looked down on the stream.

"To feed or otherwise?" Mariku glanced at the boy from the corner of his eye.

"Um, whichever."

"To feed... not since the contract so about fifty years ago, otherwise not so long ago. Why do you ask?"

Malik shrugged. "I just wanted to know... Is it easy? To take a life, I mean, for you?"

"I was raised a vampire you know, my parents were too so that's something I had to do from early age. One gets used to it when it's a part of life."

"Oh... What kind of peo- I mean... uh... Did you have good parents?"

A short amused glance. "They took care of me and raised me, what more can I ask? That's better than some human parents."

Malik gave a small glare. "My mother is a human, you know." Annoyance dripped from his voice. "She raised me and my siblings alone when my father left her."

"Fairies are like that, they don't stay still and change mates like socks." Mariku stated though a hint if distaste could be detected in his voice.

"Gee, thanks, first you mock my human side and then my fairy side, you really know how to make me feel so special." A bit of sarcasm there. "I thought fairies had long lasting relationships."

"Well, to humans they seem long because their life is so short, but fairies live a few hundred years and have several ones during that time."

"I think that if two... beings... can stay together for even one hundred years then that's a long relationship."

Mariku directed his piercing gaze on Malik. "That's nothing compared to forever." He said quietly and the other swallowed slowly.

"Forever is a long time..." Malik whispered, unable to look away even though he wanted to. "It's hard to love someone that long... Few can do that..."

Mariku placed a hand on the boy's cheek before letting it travel behind his neck, stroking it a bit with his thumb, turning fully to Malik and leaning close. "Some can." Breath hitched in the other's throat at the words before lips stole it away.

At first he was unsure of what to do and just let himself be kissed, frozen in place. Then, slowly, hesitantly he wrapped his arms around the vampire's neck, closing his eyes and kissing back.

The kiss lasted only a short while, just lips touching, before they parted. The full reality of it all hit Malik like a punch on the face and he pushed away from the other, taking a few steps back.

"I-I... Please take me back..."

The other nodded, once again offering his hand. "Fine." His voice had became cold and eyes kind of empty. Malik suddenly felt really bad but he took the hand and soon they were in the familiar forest in front of the school again. Once there, Mariku let go and turned wordlessly away, disappearing into the darkness. Malik looked after him, the bad feeling refusing to go away, and he turned to go back to the dormitories.

It crossed his mind that he might have actually hurt the vampire with his behavior. The other seemed to hold lasting and devoted relationships in high value, being a vampire and all, so it seemed unlikely that he would have just kissed him and said all those things in spur of the moment or just for the heck of it. The thought made Malik feel like the lowest scum on earth. He felt like he had lead the other on, only to push him away harshly, like some kind of little whore. That was a bit like what his father had done to his mother, the reason he hated the man. The thought only made him feel even worse, he truly was the worst kind of scum...

Ryou was already asleep when he finally reached the room and sat on his bed. He would have to make this up somehow, to say that he was sorry about the way he had handled it and to tell that he wasn't ready for that kind of relationship. He didn't see Mariku like that... Did he? Malik shook his head silently and laid down. Tomorrow... He would find Mariku tomorrow and apologize.

xxxxxxx

No such luck.

He had kept an eye out for the vampire whole day and even went looking for him after school from the grounds surrounding it but hadn't seen a glimpse of the other. Could it be that he had just left? Somehow he didn't want to believe that; he needed to say he was sorry first. Really needed to. The thought of him just overreacting did cross his mind a few times, maybe he hadn't done anything wrong and was just imagining it. It might as well be that the vampire had acted like he did for other reasons, maybe it was some kind of vampire thing for all he knew. But then, it might not be it at all and if he didn't find out and see if he needed to apologize, he would just feel bad about it for a long time. Now that he thought of it, he wasn't even sure why he was feeling as bad as he was. Shouldn't he just not care at all after everything the other had put him through? He just couldn't make himself not care so he concluded that it was because he was such a wonderful person, but only out loud and not really agreeing with himself.

When it became apparent that Mariku was not just going to show up anytime soon, Malik hated to admit it but he was kind of disappointed. Not only because he had wanted, still did, to say he was sorry but also because now it seemed that the other hadn't been all that serious with his words, if he had been, he would have tried harder. He should have tried harder.

xxxxxxx

Mariku had stayed out of the school grounds for the past few days and didn't feel like going back any time soon. Why had the other let him kiss him in the first place if he was just going to push him away? Only to push him away... One couldn't really blame the boy for acting like he had but the vampire still felt betrayed. Then again, what had he expected? Malik was the crossover between human and fairy after all.

That little slut had made him hunger after him and then just rejected him! But even after that, Mariku still wanted the boy as his and the hunger was just too strong to ignore. Malik would be his even if it was just for the blood. Only his.

And to think that he had even taken the other to his spot, to the place where he never took anyone to return them alive. He had promised to never kill him and offered something he had never offered to anyone else; his eternal love and devotion. And for what!? For that... that whore to so bluntly reject him! He had dared let himself hope that maybe, just maybe, there was something there. The instinct had told him so, the special way for one of his kind to tell when the right person was around. Had that betrayed him also?

Mariku set to find the boy, he was hungry again and wasn't about to let something so delicious to slip away, even though he might not be willing to be his.

The boy was in his room, seemingly studying on his bed. The vampire went and knocked on his door, just like he had done last time and the boy opened, eyes widening and mouth falling open a bit. Mariku didn't waste time to toy with him like he had last time but just grabbed him by the throat and pulled him out. The already wide eyes, widened more in shock and fright.

"Ma-Mariku..?" Malik choked out his question as he was dragged away, heading for that empty room again. Mariku said nothing and kept his face devoid of all emotion, not looking at the boy as he couldn't find himself enjoying the fear visible on his face. He didn't want to see the shocked question in those eyes, he wanted to savor the memory of the way those beautiful eyes looked back then, in his spot just when the vampire had promised him everything he had to offer.

A faint whisper caught his attention. "What was that?" He asked harshly, not facing the boy who struggled to breathe.

"...I'm sorry..." Was the choked out whisper and Mariku turned his eyes on the boy's, just as he opened the door to the empty room, to see if there was any dishonesty. If there had been, the boy had been dead but the vampire found only honesty. "...so sorry..."

Mariku threw the boy onto the floor of the room. "You're sorry, are you?" He asked and directed a crushing gaze on Malik who rubbed his throat and gasped for breath. "Sorry? Why are you so sorry? You shouldn't have a reason to, after all, you only did like your blood told you to. All I know you could be just saying you're sorry to save your slutty ass." He didn't yell but rage was evident in his voice.

"I..." Malik took time to breath now that he could before continuing, looking up at Mariku who was waiting to hear his answer. "I really shouldn't have... handled it like that... When I realized it, it was already too late and you were gone... I truly am sorry, Mariku, please believe me." The boy was looking Mariku deep into the eye, eyes shining with honesty and regret.

"It's too late to be sorry now." The vampire told.

"Wait... Hear me out first." Malik spoke. "I felt really bad for what I did, I wanted to find you to tell you so, I even looked for you but... Back then, in that beautiful place you took me, all the things you did and said... No one had ever done anything like that for me, said anything like that to me... That moment was just so... so full of emotion and I kind of got caught up in the moment..." The boy had looked away sometime during that but now he looked back into the other's eyes. "I'm sorry..."

Mariku stood silently in place, progressing all what he had heard. Malik got up from the floor and took a careful step towards him, looking almost shy for a moment.

"Y-you came here to feed, didn't you?" No answer. Malik bit his lip, looking nervous. "You can, if you want to, it's the least I can do so..." He trailed off and tilted his head to a side, brushing his hair away and revealing the pretty neck, offering it.

Mariku let a hint of surprise leak on his features. Was this for real? Was the boy really offering it so willingly? He remembered his hunger now that his anger had dimmed down, gazing hungrily at the inviting neck, licking his lips. The blood flowed in the veins, he could hear it, it was calling to him. He met the boy's eyes, he looked a bit hesitant but was trying to hide it.

"Are you truly... offering this to me?" Dared he even hope?

Malik nodded. "Yes." He bent his head a bit more and leaned closer. "You can have it."

That was it. Mariku almost launched himself at the boy, wrapping him in his arms. With a possessive growl he bit his fangs down without much of a warning, emitting a gasp from the other whose eyes went wide for a second and he grasped the vampire for support.

The blood flowed into Mariku's mouth, tasting even sweeter now that it was willingly given. He bit down hard, wanting more, needing more. The pleasured cry was enough to drive him crazy with want and he growled deep from his throat, moving his fangs to get more blood from the wound, sucking harder, pressing the body closer.

"Ah..! Mariku..." The boy weakly put his other arm around the vampire's neck, throwing his head back, surrendering to him. That just fueled up his hunger and he moved to lay the boy on the bed, pressing up against him and sucking out the wonderful liquid.

All too soon he felt the boy's arm leave his neck and realized to stop before he went too far, maybe already having crossed that line in his hunger. Mariku looked at the now unconscious form that lay under him with slight worry. The boy breathed, at least he was alive. The vampire took the boy in his arms and walked out of the room, off to find someone who could help. Luckily for them, the boy's friend had gotten back from where-ever he had been earlier. He gasped at the sight of them and looked worried but quickly set to cure his friend.

As Malik gained consciousness, he blinked at his friend who was looking at him with worry, sending angry and wary glances at Mariku. Malik smiled faintly and took his friend's hand on his.

"Don't be angry at him, I was the one who agreed to let him feed from me." He said quietly and got a nod from his friend who squeezed the hand briefly before directing his gaze at Mariku.

"You have to be more careful with him."

The vampire nodded. "I will."

The other boy looked a bit wary but nodded and lead them to his and Malik's room. "You can put him on the bed."

Mariku still stood in the doorway, unable to get in. The boy, Ryou, looked at him for a second before realization seemed to hit him. "Oh sorry, I forgot, I guess you can come in."

Mariku went and lowered the boy in his arms onto the bed and the other boy tugged him in gently. The vampire decided that it would be best to leave now and walked out of the room and the building. He would go and meet Malik later, he needed his rest.

xxxxxxx

Malik tiredly opened his eyes, feeling drained, quite literally. He was in his room again, Ryou was reading on his bed, Mariku was nowhere in sight. Now he felt rather disappointed... It was true then, the vampire had just came back for his blood and nothing else. It wasn't for him, only for the red liquid in his veins. But what had he expected? The last time Mariku had done something for him, and not his blood, he had rejected him, handling the situation really badly. If he only hadn't let himself be kissed then... Then what? Mariku would still be showing some kind of vampire like affection towards him? Was that what he wanted? But if he wanted Mariku's affection, why had he pushed away when he was truly given it? And if he didn't want it at all, like he had been telling himself, why had he let the other kiss him back then? All this thinking was making his head hurt...

"Oh you're awake. How are you feeling? You lost quite a lot of blood..." Ryou said once he noticed that Malik was awake.

"I'm fine, it was my idea anyway. I had no idea he would get so..." Carried away? Eager? Passionate? "...so um, wild." Wild? Of all the words he could have chosen... He felt like hitting his head on a wall now that he saw Ryou's raised eyebrow. The expression reminded him of Bakura, so much so that it was quite creepy. "Um yeah..."

"..o..k..." Ryou said, Bakura-like expression fading. "Do you need anything? Are you hungry or...?"

"A bit, I could use some food right now."

"I'll go get you something ok? Be right back." With that the other boy left.

Now that Malik thought back to it, to the last time the vampire had fed from him, maybe passionate would have been the right word to describe it after all... He felt his face heat up a bit. There had just been something so intimate about it... It had felt quite nice... though he wasn't even kidding himself with that; it had felt wonderful, just to throw himself into it, give in and drown into the feeling. Was that what a close relationship with Mariku would be like? If he were to just throw himself in and give in into it, would he drown?

The window on the other side of the room opened, Malik's attention snapped to it and he sat up, and the vampire stepped in. Their eyes met but neither said anything, Mariku just walked across the room and sat on the edge of the boy's bed.

"Hi..." Malik said quietly, as if afraid to break the silence. The vampire raised an eyebrow, looking somewhat amused.

"No 'you'?" He asked, with a small smirk playing on his lips. "Well, there's hope for the mankind yet."

Malik found himself smiling at the other and to his a bit strange sense of humor. "You came back... Why? I though you didn't care."

"I thought I'd try and be a bit nicer, you know, to give and take."

"To give?" Malik frowned now. "So I give you blood and you... give niceness?"

"Well, what else is there for me to give? Since I already offered you all I have and you didn't want it, there's little besides that I can give you anymore." A sense of bitterness could be heard in Mariku's voice as he said this.

The boy lowered his head. "I... I already said I was sorry."

"I know that." Was the bit harsh sounding answer. "I have never before..."

"Make me feel a bit worse, why don't you?" Malik snapped suddenly. "I told you I'm sorry, what else do you want?"

Now that Malik was no longer facing his covers, their gazes locked again and he felt like he had suddenly forgot how to breathe or speak or think. The vampire reached to touch his cheek, tracing his fingers on it with surprising gentles.

"You."

If there had been a chance that his brain hadn't shut down on him, now it was completely shot. The boy just stared, unable to do anything else. His brain was blank and he didn't even breathe, his lips hung slightly open, like there had been something he wanted to say but couldn't do that.

Mariku leaned in and pressed his lips against his, eyes closed, moving his mouth ever so slightly. Malik could have easily pulled away at any moment, nothing was stopping him, except for his own inability to do that. The hand was placed more firmly on his cheek as the kiss became a bit deeper. The boy found his eyes closing and leaned closer, the other taking that as a sign to go on and slipping his tongue past the still parted lips. Malik moved his own tongue to meet the other, pressing closer and moaning softly as the foreign muscle traced a random pattern on the roof of his mouth.

The kiss was slow, painfully and pleasurably so and felt like forever, even though it only lasted for a short while. When they pulled apart, Malik still found himself unable to breathe probably, breath stolen away once again. Mariku traced a finger down his cheek.

"Breathe my fairy..." He whispered quietly, looking deep into the eyes of the other. The boy gasped for breath once he realized that he really had to unless he wanted to pass out.

When his breathing had evened out a bit more, he also found his ability to speak. "Mariku... I... I don't want to jump into anything..." The vampire nodded and got up, eyes not yet leaving the other.

"You have time, I'll be here forever after all."

Malik found himself once again smiling at the display of a sense of humor. "Are you leaving already?"

"Yes, I must go but I'll be back." With that the vampire was out of the window. The curtains flapped a bit but otherwise there was no sign that he had ever been in the room.

The boy flopped back down on his bed, staring at the ceiling, the smile had never left his lips. The vampire might be dangerous in his anger and perhaps not completely sane but he was one hell of a kisser.


A/N: xD yeah... I liked this chapter and that's said something, I almost never like my own work. Funny how I enjoy writing this even though I don't like the pairing... Maybe I had a little Bronzeshipper in me, just waiting to be released.

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