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I hate vampires. Foul creatures that feed on others, just like monsters. Strike that, we are monsters, creatures of the dark. Why can't I be born human? It would've been much better if I was born human. I would live a soft life, nothing like the nightmare I'm in right now.
I don't know how much time passed as I sat in that tiny room, day after day. Each day, or I don't know how long, the woman or the twins would come in, talking to me, trying to feed me food, or comb my hair, which had grown to about my waist. I would just sit quietly and still, letting them do whatever they please with me or shrug them off., because I believe they're not really there. Even when the woman and the man came in with happy looks saying that they legally adopted me, I showed no emotion and continued to huddle in my corner of the room. Every day, I would think about the situation I was in, how everything might just as well be a dream or a test. Even after months, I continued that idiotic thought, thinking that someday, my mother and father would appear at the door to my room instead of the Kiryus.
Don't worry. You're just hiding in one of the servant's rooms. Mother will come any minute now, telling me to get dressed to go to the Aido's mansion.
But an even longer time period passed and no one knocked on the door, no one came to pick me up, no one to tell me that everything that I've been through today (or whatever day it was) was just a dream.
During the long months, something grew inside me that even I do not know what it was, dark and possessive that I couldn't shake off that feeling. My thirst continued day after day until I thought I would disintegrate into ashes from thirst. The only thing that kept me alive was the small box of blood tablets that started to wear thin. I know I can't live off of them anymore and that eventually I'll have to drink fresh blood. But I don't want to, because that'll make me a beast, make me one of them.
Something flickered in the nearby mirror and I jumped to my feet. It wasn't a reflection of me, or anything else in the room. It was Mother, still wearing the dress I've last remembered her with, her hair waving down to her waist like a waterfall as if none of the massacre happened.
I must be hallucinating again.
I waited for the image of my mother to disappear, but she didn't. I looked at the mirror in horror as my mother reached her hand out, as if to touch me from the looking glass
"Never forget who you are, the daughter of a distinguished aristocrat family in the vampire world." My mother said. Is she mocking me, taunting me?
"Shut up!" I screamed and I threw the closet object I can find at the mirror: the lamp from the side table next to me. As soon as the lamp came in contact with the mirror, both shattered into a million pieces of glass, scattering about the room. I hunched into a ball and sobbed. My mother – or whoever that woman was in that mirror never went through what I went through these past months. Like she knew how I felt when I sat in the room every day, waiting for her to finally pick me up, waiting, and waiting for someone who will never come!
After I had thrown the lamp at the mirror, the image was obviously gone. Exhausted, I dropped to the floor, sobbing. Before long, I fell asleep amidst the pieces of glass.
No more. The "distinguished pro-monarchy" aristocrat family is long gone, dead. Ruri Kurebayashi has died along with her parents. The Ruri here now is Ruri Kiryu, daughter of the family of hunters.
The next time I woke up, I was surprised to see the room clean of glass, showing no signs of violence that happened hours earlier. The mirror was back to normal and so was the lamp, as good as new.
What the-?
I looked around the room to see pale orange light seeping through the heavy curtains that seals off light from coming in. Must be dawn or evening. I remembered the events from last night and was determined to become a new self, to become Ruri Kiryu because Ruri Kurebayashi is dead. I got up from sitting position to find that my feet had become jelly-like from sitting on them for so long while sleeping and had trouble standing up.
Great way to start your new life Ruri.
I popped open the closet that I have never even touched before to find rows of clothing that seems to fit me. I picked out a simple dress with only a little lace and frills at the collar and at the hem. There were prettier dresses with lots of lace and cute things sewn on, but I ignored them and slammed the closet shut. To prevent myself from thinking of unnecessary things, I gave myself a series of simple commands to follow, like "Now get dressed, Ruri. Now you have to eat some blood tablets, Ruri." I act on the orders in slow, robotic motions until I feel like I'm ready to present myself as Ruri Kiryu to my family.
Finally, to make myself presentable, I study myself in the mirror and almost screamed at how horrible the reflection was. I looked like I was tied to the end of a car and was pulled for about half a mile. My hair had cowlicks everywhere, standing up in odd places, making me look like a fool. To top that, my deep honey gold hair had lost its sheen and was dull, lacking its full color and had grown almost to my waist.
God, I look like a ghost who went through hell and back.
I grumbled as I grabbed a comb from the side table and started yanking through the knots. Getting through all the knots in my hair took hours of combing, yanking, and pulling my hair until it finally floats down in a glossy curtain. I noticed that the tips of my hair and a large strand of my fringe were still curled into ringlets while the rest of my hair was straight.
Good, you've made yourself presentable.
Slowly tip toeing to the door of my room; I cranked it open and silently sneaked outside into the hall. The hall lead to other halls and both ways looked exactly the same. I realized that I had no idea what the house was like and was completely lost in directions until I heard voices coming from the right. I took deep breathes, pinched my cheeks to make my smile more natural and walked down the hall until I reached the end to see the Kiryus eating breakfast in the dining room.
What perfect timing Ruri Kiryu! It's time to learn how to not be nocturnal and eat breakfast like a normal human.
I smiled and stepped out from the hallway. Both of the twins immediately saw me and fell still, mid-chew, their open mouths revealing a mash of scrambled egg. The rest of the family noticed afterwards and stopped to look at Ruri with bewildered eyes. Haku, or Father, whose name I finally learned from seeing an old letter from the hunter's association in the closet, paused in the midst of buttering his toast, and Wakana, or Mother, continued to pour tea into her cup even after it spilled over onto the saucer. It wasn't until one of the twin boys, Zero or Ichiru, poked Mother in the arm did she realize what she'd done and stop pouring.
"You're…you're out of your room Ruri." Mother stammered. Her eyes were wide open in surprise and happiness, something I haven't seen in a very long time.
"Yes Mother."
"You look lovely in that dress," said Father.
"Thank you Father."
I smiled daintily at Mother and Father and carefully made my way towards the dinner table. With a gentle sweep of my arms and a slight tilt of my head, the entire family was staring at me as if I was some kind of angel.
"Sorry for being late to breakfast. I slept in yesterday and couldn't sleep." I said, and took a scone from a basket of rolls and started to butter it. Sneaking a look from buttering at the family, I was relieved that the looks on their faces were either surprise, happiness, or a look of wonder. I think I made a right choice in the death of Ruri Kurebayashi and the rebirth of Ruri Kiryu.
Yes, because this is the true me now.
Yeah, so Ruri wouldn't be acting like a vampire now. But keep in mind, she can't survive on blood tablets alone. So tune in and see Ruri's attempt to live a human's/hunter's life.