Chapter 3

"Long time ago, I, Subaru and our parents did not live in Tokyo. We live in a town, it's peaceful and full of joy. You can say it's place for a vampire, demons, and artificial being gather and live our life happily as a family." He looks trembling when he started his story.

"Nii-chan, you don't need to tell me this if you don't want to." I'm worried about nii-chan, he's throwing up, got a fever and now trembling. Will telling me his past worsen his conditions?

"I decide that I will tell you this, so I'm okay." He smiled at me, that's the most gentle smile that Kamui nii-chan has ever show to anyone, and to me too.

"So, one day. Someone's come up and knocking the door of our house. Subaru opened the door and he saw a one-eyed man with critical condition. He was bleeding and nearly pass away. That guy's name is Seishiro."

"Seishiro. I feel like I ever heard that name, nii-chan."

Kamui nii-chan look at me again and said, "I hope you just meet a different person with same name. He's dangerous, Yuzu."

He continued his story, "That guy said he's almost killed by someone mean and he needs a vampire blood in order he can continue living. Because he has lost nearly all of his human's blood."

"Eh? Vampire blood to continue to live? Just like Fai nii-san that drank your blood?"

"Yes."

"Continue. Not our parents, neither the neighbor nor people in our town is agreed to give Seishiro a vampire blood from any vampire there, including me and Subaru. Blood is sacred for us. It means our life that cannot be easily given to anyone except to people we love the most or someone important for us. But I don't know what method that one-eyed guy use to seduce Subaru that makes him gave Seishiro his blood. We know that after we saw Seishiro's mouth covered with blood, and Subaru's hand was bleeding. My parents and I saw it right after Subaru gave that guy his blood. We and all the people in town were really angry with Subaru's action. Subaru said that Seishiro will stay forever with us– no, I mean him if Subaru give him his blood. But it was all lie, big fake lie. After he received Subaru's precious blood, he left. He left Subaru.

And lately I heard that he is targeting me and Subaru again, I'm pretty sure he's targeting Subaru's blood. Then we both decide to travel together and leave our hometown. And also let our parents leave safely and peacefully. I swear I won't let that guy touch Subaru or my family anymore."

Kamui onii-chan told me this with such an intense tone. Is this what makes him hardly trust people? Is this the reason why is he so unsociable? That word is running on my mind.

"Is it okay if you told me this?" I asked him

"Yes," he said "I trust you."

His warm expressions and gentle voice make my face flushed again, I don't know that he could be this gentle. Somehow I can feel his warmness, his love for his brother is so deep. Really deep that make me feel they are more than a brother, but one heart in a two.

"Your cookie made me remember of my mom's homemade cooking. It's really nice. My mom said a good cook is always cooking with their heart and filled their cooking with love. This must be it." He smiled again

Looking at his smile, I feel dazzled, he often appear really cold, unable to smile to anyone, perhaps he just smiles to his brother. But now onii-chan in the front of me is smiling, something he never shows before.

"I don't know… that nii-chan could smile."

"Hm?"

"Eh? I-it's nothing!" What's with me, saying that? How if he became offended?

Come to think of it, Kamui nii-chan is really pretty, his eyelashes are long, and his skin is snow white with a perfect slim body posture. With adorable smile, he's such a beauty. People often see hem with a cold face and he's sort of difficult to approach. If he could smile like that to everyone, there is no doubt that he will be popular within boys or girls less than one day.

After that, we talk a lot, about nii-chan's daily activity, my daily activity and all. He also told me how annoyed he his when he meet Fuuma, a person who is nii-chan himself acknowledge it, good at combating but he is trying to take the precious water from the government building at Tokyo away. Without we realized it, two hours passed away.

Suddenly, Tomoyo nee-chan and the others voice came from downstairs. It seems that they already come home.

"Well, I think I should greet Subaru and the others." Nii-chan said, lifting his body and moving himself to the stairs.

"Wait!" I said, "You still unwell, you better rest."

Nii-chan turns around and came closer to me, then he said softly while smiling; "I feel better because of you."

I look directly at his eyes, as he continued his words before going downstairs, "Thank you."

My very first "Thank you" from onii-chan, the very first day we have a proper conversation, the very first time I saw his gentle expression and his smile. Today is the day that I know more about nii-chan, from the side that no one beside his family knows. And that makes me happy. I wonder if today we become closer.

Continued to chapter 4.