Chapter 3: Revelations

What happened? I can't see anything. Its pitch black. Neither can't I hear anything. Where am I? I feel so tired… and weak … I can't move my body. Slowly I opened my eyes. What is this place? It's so bright. My sight was slowly put into focus. I see 4 figures in front of me. One of them was sitting beside me resting his forehead in the palm of his hand. Two of them we're talking to one another. And the last one was standing next to the person that was sitting beside me.

"Where… where am I?" I asked, regaining conscious. I looked at my arm and it had a tube strapped to it as it was connected to a bag that had liquid in it being hanged by a pole.

"Yuri! You're awake!" someone said relieved as he hugged me tightly. Ichiro. "Where were you?! I called out for you but you didn't respond!" he hugged tighter. "I thought you were dead!"

"I'm okay Ichiro. I'm right here aren't I?" I said as I hugged him back. I felt a tear run down my neck. But it wasn't mine. It was Ichiros. "Shhh don't cry. I'm here." I stroked the back of his head to calm him.

"Don't run off like that again!" he exclaimed as he hugged even tighter then he let go. He went back to sitting down on the chair beside me. Another figure came into view. Kaito.

"I bought you some roses." He said as he settled them beside me on the desk. He had an disappointing look on his face. "Ichiro explained everything to me after what happened."

"!- what did you say to him?" I asked Ichiro as I raised my voice. "What did you tell him?!" Ichiro didn't bother to make eye contact with me.

"I told him what he needed to know." He said calmly folding his hands together. "He knows now."

"Knows what?! Tell me now!" I yelled as I felt my eyes water up. I clenched my hands.

"I know that .. you're not human." Kaito said as he looked at me.

"!- I'm sorry …" tears quickly ran down my face. "I'm so sorry …." I bet he doesn't want to see my again. I didn't tell him the truth. "You must hate me right now …" I wiped the tears off my face with my sleeve. "You saw the way they laughed at me…go ahead and laugh."

"I don't hate you. Why would I?" he said curiously.

"Yes you do! I'm not what you are!" I yelled at him as I got up. "I'm not normal! Can't you see!?" I rolled up my sleeve and cut my arm. It healed quickly after that. "See!...Why can't you accept the fact that I'm not hu-!" Arms wrapped around me tightly. My eyes widened.

"I don't care if you're not human! I don't care if you think I hate you cause of that! Because to me… you ARE human not matter what. You talk like one, sound like one, laugh like one, and even have the smile like one. When I see you smile, it makes my mind go crazy! I can't think straight!" he declared. I can't believe what I'm hearing. My arms wrapped around him tightly. Is this what he thinks of me? I blushed. "My feelings for you won't change…" he said. I blushed even more. What did he just say? He let go and leaned in and put his forehead against mine. "So don't worry about it okay? I like you for you." He smiled.

"Okay …" I said with a smile. He then kissed me on the forehead. I blushed again. He went back to standing next to Ichiro. "Thank you for the flowers." I thanked him.

"No problem." He smiled. "Oh and I'll keep you secret and also, keep this between you and me alright?" he said as he winked.

"Yes!" I said with a smile. Just then, two figures came forward. Them! "What the he-.."

"We're sorry about how we acted towards you earlier! Please forgive us for our actions!" Natsume and Ryoku apologized as they bowed down.

"Don't worry. They're one of us now. After we found you, they explained everything to us,er, I made them explain. Anyway, they told me that you've changed them somehow. What did you say to them Yuri?" Ichiro asked.

"Ummmm …." I thought. "…You should be ashamed. Liking a person just because of looks. It's not about looks. It's about how you feel about that person and how that person feels about you. No matter how pretty or ugly you are, it's how you share the same feeling. Scums like you shouldn't be here in this world. What low-lifes."

"Well?" he waited for respond. "What did you tell them?"

"Well….it wasn't telling…it more like ….yelling." I answered. "Ha..ha..ha.."

"What was it?"

"I said that they were low-lifes, losers, and scums and that they should be ashamed for hitting on me even though we've meet for 15 minutes. And they tried to get their way with me?...ha…ha..ha.." I said as I put my hand behind my head. There was silence. Kaito and Ichiro turned to Natsume and Ryoku. "Kaito? Ichir-.."

"YOU BASTARDS TRYING TO MAKE A MOVE ON MY SISTER!" Ichiro shouted and tempted to go towards them but Kaito was holding him back. "IF YOU TRY TO DO THAT AGAIN, IM GOING TO-!" Kaito covered his mouth from saying anymore. "MMMMM! MMM! MMM! MMMMMMM!"

"….Well be outside…" Kaito said calmly as he dragged Ichiro out the door.

"YOU TWO BETTER NOT DO ANYTHING TO HER OR ILL-!" again his mouth was covered by Kaito. He knocked Ichiro out by knocking him on the head and dragged him all the way out.

"Call us if you need anything…" he said as he slowly closed the door.

What was that about? I thought as I stared at the door. I turned to where Natsume and Ryoku were at. "I'm so sorry you had to see that…my brother can be …over protective at times since I'm his only sibling." I said as I smiled.

"We're sorry about earlier…" Natsume said. "We acted without any thought."

"It's just …." Ryoku said but stopped what he was going to say then continued his sentence, "We've haven't had anything to drink for so long since we got here and about what you said earlier ...we never thought of it that way before. When we smelled your blood, and took a taste of it, We've never felt emotions like yours before. You're different from the others somehow, I just can't put it into the right words."

"It's true." Natsume added. "And to make it up to you,…."

'What is it?" I asked curiously.

"You lost a lot of blood back there so… in return…drink my blood…" he said as he walked over.

My eyes widened. "What?..." I can't…even though I lost an enormous amount of blood, I can't drink his. It's not the right thing to do. He sat down next to me, leaned in, and pulled down the collar of his shirt to wear I can see his neck. I felt my eyes turn the color of a vampire's lust…red. His veins in his neck were filled with a vampire's desire..blood. I leaned in a little bit closer. His scent…smells good…his skin…so tender…his blood…so tempted. Slowly I opened my mouth to where my fangs and his neck almost touch. …I can't. I leaned back.

"What's wrong?" He asked as he too moved back.

"I can't … I'm sorry …" I said as my eyes turned norm.

"It's fine.,.." he said.

"Hey about earlier …" I added. "I forgive you … both of you …but I want you two promise me something…"

"What?" he said as he was about to stand up.

"Promise me you both don't act like this again okay? You two should be yourself." I smiled to both of them. Their eyes widened and blushed. Then they smiled and nodded their heads. "Again..sorry about my brother earlier…ha..ha..ha.." I apologized again.

"Oh it's no big deal." Ryoku said as he put his hands in his pockets. He laughed a little. "Natsume and I can be like that towards eachother sometimes so were used to it." We began to laugh at the same time. The door opened and Kaito and Ichiro walked in.

"I have my eyes on you both of you..especially you …" Ichiro veened at Natsume.

"Um no thanks. I'm not into guys. Sorry, but I'm into someone else." He looked at me with a kind smile. I blushed. M-me?

"WHY YOU LITTLE-.." Kaito covered his mouth from saying anymore …again. Ichiro eventually stopped. The three of them started laughing except Ichiro who was folding his arms and looking away annoyed and stubborn as always.

"Sooo… does this make us friends now?" Ryoku asked.

"Huh..I've never thought of that …"Natsume added. "What do you think Kaito?"

"Not so sure …how about it Ichiro?" Kaito asked.

"I guess…" Ichiro answered. I'll take that as a yes. I thought.

"Alright!" Natsume shouted as he put his arm around Ichiro. "We're all friends now!"

I laughed. "Come on Ichiro! At least try!"

"Fiiine.." he replied with a slight grin.

We had some laughs for a couple for a while. Strange… somehow I don't feel different anymore…I feel like this is where I belong. I've made some new friends. I smiled while watching Natsume tease Ichiro. There they go again …

"Oh! We've forgot to mention something to you!" Natsume said as they both stopped what they were doing.

"What is it?" I asked not knowing what they were going to mention.

"Since all four of us are all good now…." Ryoku said.

"We made an agreement…"Kaito added.

Then at the same time, they pointed their finger at me. "To stay by your side!".They smiled.

"Ehh?!" I said blushing. "Y-you guys aren't serious right?!"

"We're not kidding." Natsume said.

I looked down. "What did I do to deserve this motherrrrrr?"

"So how are you feeling?" Ichiro asked as he sat on the bed beside me feeling my forehead.

"I'm okay. I just lost a lot of blood. That's all." I answered. "Where are my clothes?" I looked around.

"They were stained so I had Natsume wash them for you." He said.

"Oh. Then…who took my clothes off and changed my into these pjs?" I asked looking at each one of them.

"I did…" Ichiro said as he looked away. "Don't worry I didn't look."

"YOU IDIOT!" I smacked him on the side of the head. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL THE NURSE!"

` "OWW! WE'RE WEREN'T GOING TO LET THE NURSE SEE YOUR BLOODSTAINED CLOTHES AND NOT EVEN A SCRATCH ON YOU BECAUSE YOU'VE HEALED!" he shouted back. The little lightning connected our foreheads together.

"Are you able to go home today?" asked Kaito.

"Hm? Oh yeah." I said as I got out of bed. 'I'm okay. How long was I out for?"

"Two classes. You were out for two classes." Ryoku said.

"That long?" I said as I got up getting my clothes. "Ugh I have to make up the work then."

"That's all taken care of…" Natsume added. "We told the teacher that you've collapsed down the stairs and you hit your head towards the end."

"….Was that the best excuse you can think of?" I asked.

"It was either that or telling what actually happened." Ichiro said as he got up.

"I shouldn't have asked…" I said. "Now….PLEASE GET OUT SO I CAN CHANGE! Ichiro stay here. I mostly trust you so just watch out from over there." I pushed everyone out the door except Ichiro. I sighed. I went around the curtains to change into my uniform. "Oh I forgot to ask you, who carried me here?"

"Oh I did." Ichiro replied looking away.

"Thank you." I thanked him as I finished changing and folding the pajamas neatly and placed them on the chair. "Sorry I made you do all that."

"It wasn't a big deal." He said. "Those three helped out too, you should thank them too."

"I will."

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" he asked.

"I said yeah. I mean I know I lost a lot of blood but I can handle it."

"Don't try to resist …" he mumbled.

"What did you sa-.." suddenly I felt his arms wrap around me and let go.

"I heard what Natsume said to you earlier. That he offered you to drink his blood…"

"I didn't drink it though…"

'I know…but….When I heard him say that, I felt the feeling of jealousy that's why I want you to drink mine and only mine…"

My eyes widened. "What?"

` "Don't try to resist Yuri, the longer you wait, the harder is the control your thirst…."

I felt my eyes turn red again…No. I mustn't. No. He leaned in closer to where my fangs can make contact with his neck. I can't. If I do, I won't be able to forgive myself. I don't care if I wait, I don't care if it makes it harder to control my thirst.

"It's okay." He said.

If I don't drink it, I'll end up insane.