Hey everyone! Thanks so much for sticking with me. I intend to upload chapters more frequently... but, of course, I also intend to be excellent at math and speak Japanese fluently, which isn't happening very quickly, either. I appreciate your patience. ^^; This is a rather short chapter, but they should start getting longer soon.
I've stopped using honorifics (-san, etc) because I often forget to use them and, occasionally, I'm unsure of which should be used based on the situation. They also sound a bit awkward to me when used in English writing.
KamuiSakura is starting to become a potential issue here... I need to stay focused! :
Chapter 3
/of vampires and breakfast foods
"Subaru? Kamui?" Sakura rolled over in her bed, blinking sleep out of her eyes.
"Close the shades, Kamui, she's still asleep!"
"It's late. She needs to get up."
"Kamui-"
"It's okay," Sakura yawned, sitting up on the hotel bed. Light streamed in through the small window. Kamui stood in front of it, lifting the blackout shades, a set of lighter blinds still in place for privacy. Which was a good thing, as Kamui was wandering around with his shirt open.
"I'm sorry, Sakura," Subaru huffed. He was already dressed in the Wal-mart uniform. "We probably should be going soon."
She nodded and made her way into the bathroom. It took her a solid five minutes to figure out the shower.
When she reemerged, Kamui was fully dressed. He was pacing anxiously. Sakura wondered if he ever actually relaxed or if he was always loaded with adrenaline.
"There you are," he muttered. He took Subaru's hand and walked out the door, Sakura following close behind.
"We get a free breakfast," Subaru commented, pointing to the main building across from the hotel rooms.
"We don't need to eat-"
"But Sakura does. Besides, you know I like people-food."
"I thought you said we weren't going to talk about that in front of the human."
Subaru blinked. "Oh. I meant food people eat. Not… people as food."
Kamui rolled his eyes, and a chill went down Sakura's spine. For once, she wondered if it really was safe to be travelling around with vampires.
The breakfast room was cozy, with several tables set up along the walls covered in cereals, waffles, bagels, and fruit of all varieties. Several more tables were placed in the middle of the room. Kamui promptly sat down at one of the smaller tables.
Sakura wandered up to the buffet. She'd never seen a good number of the featured foods, so she settled on toast- it looked safe. Subaru followed her, grabbing a pile of bagels and cream cheese containers. They sat down next to Kamui, Subaru opening the cream cheese.
"What's that?" Kamui asked, wrinkling his nose.
"It says 'cream cheese.'" He spread it on a bagel, glancing at a woman across the room who was doing the same thing.
"It looks suspicious. I wouldn't-"
Subaru bit off half of the bagel. He nodded. "Good."
"Don't talk with your mouth full." Kamui glared off at the table again. Finally, he stood and grabbed a donut from an open box.
"Jelly donut?" Subaru leaned over, looking at the box. Kamui bit into the pastry and blinked.
"What is it?" Sakura leaned forward anxiously. She remembered seeing jelly donuts somewhere before. They were usually filled with… jelly. But maybe these were different.
The young man set the donut down on the table. Sakura cocked her head. It was hollow.
"Those are usually filled with jelly," she repeated aloud.
Subaru stifled a laughing fit.
Sakura felt vaguely woozy.