"Huh? You've officially lost it, Aido!"

He kept his head down, not looking at me. His hand slid down my wrist and to my hand, holding it softly. "I wish... I wish you could remember... But at the same time... I hope you never remember that day... Any of it... I'm so sorry..."

My eyebrows rose with what I couldn't believe was sincere concern as I looked at the back of his head, unable to see his face. "Aido..."

His hand squeezed mine tightly, "I wish... I'm so sorry..." He turned around and pulled my wrist, pulling me toward him. He wrapped both his arms around me in an embrace, surprising me. I quickly felt something wet touch the top of my head and I looked up at him and saw something that made me want to cry for some reason. I saw his eyes closed and tears running down his face. He slowly opened up his eyes and looked down at me, "Jamie... I... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..."

He pushed my head into his chest and closed his eyes again, resting his chin on the top of my head comfortably. I immediately cancelled the idea of pushing him away for some reason that I couldn't quite understand or explain. But something inside me told me to hold on to him for as long as I possibly could. It was unexplainable. Finally, I gave into that voice in the back of my head and wrapped my arms around him, hearing and feeling his gasp. I felt his heart rate speed up rapidly, but soon it returned to normal and he tightened his grip on me, like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years.

And for some odd reason, that stuck and repeated in my head. Like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years. Like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years. Like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years. Like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years. Like we were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years.

"Aido... Have we... Have we ever met before..?" I heard another gasp and did my best to ignore his speeding heart.

"I..." He sighed and started stroking my hair, "Yes... Yes, we have met before. WHen we were little and I..." He slowly let go of me and grabbed both my arms gently and pulled me off of him, "I have to go... I'm sorry."

"But... Aido..."

He didn't look back as he walked away from me, doing his best to hurry along to where ever he was originally going. I watched as he turned the corner and I just stood there, hoping that he would come back to me again. But then the first voice, that one that hates that irritating man, came back into play. 'What the hell are you waiting for?! He's not gonna come back! Just go to fucking bed already! Damn, woman...'

I sighed at my own voice in my head and turned around, walking back to my dorms. I was fairly tired, even if it was almost 10 o'clock in the morning.

I closed the door behind me and laid down on my bed, kicking off my shoes and stretching. I closed my eyes and did my best to relax, trying to sleep.

I awoke to see someone at my bedside. It was Aido Hanabusa. I glanced over at the other bed in the room, seeing that is hasn't been touched since this morning. I looked back over at Aido, "Why is it... That every time I wake up, you're right next to me...?"

He gave a light smile and continued to stare at me, giving me the odd feeling that he wanted to tell me something important. "What is it?"

"I just... I just wanted to see you. That's all... And I... I wanted to do something..."

"Huh? Okay, well... What did you want to do...?"

"I..." He stared at me in an odd way. Or at least, I thought it was an odd way. My eyes widened as he brought his head down near mine. A little too close to mine, actually. He continued to bring his head down closer and closer, eventually his face was an inch in front of mine. "What... What're you doing?"

He pressed a finger against my lips and brushed my face with his hand, "Just... Relax... Okay...?"

He slowly closed my eyes and closed his as well as he brought his lips down on mine. Immediately, thoughts began spinning in my mind. What should I do? Should I push him away? Kiss him back? Go all Bruce Lee on his ass and kicked him out? What the hell should I do...?!

Something foreign entered my mouth; I swore it tasted like blood. I slowly and regrettingly started pushing him away, only to find that he wouldn't let go of me. My eyes opened and I punched him square in the chest in a failed attempt to get him off of me. He grabbed both of my shoulders and pushed the liquid into my mouth and down my throat. All of a sudden my body felt like it was on fire; the inside burned like I'd been turned inside out and put into an oven or something. I tried to scream, but the sound was muffled by his mouth. I started thrashing and pushing myself away from him, only to end up passing out.

I woke up again in a room I didn't recognize, automatically on guard. My head spun as the door opened, "Oh. You're up. Well, good timing I suppose." I looked at the man who came in; I think his name was Akatsuki or something. "Aido told me to keep an eye on you while he was out." He leaned up against the door frame and was stratled when I shakily stood up. "Woah, woah! Take it easy! You're not supposed to be up for a couple days! Waking up early is... Unusual, but you're still supposed to be resting right now, you know."

I unwillingly sat down, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"You're one of us now."

"I'm... What? Are all of you insane or something?!" I grabbed my head as it spun a bit and looked down at what I was wearing, "Uh... Who was the pervert that got me dressed?!"

"That would be Aido... Even after all these years, he's still got a thing for you. But he's still a gentleman, of course. He wouldn't have peeked even if you told him he could."

"Aido... We know each other from somewhere... But I can't remember when though..."

Akatsuki lowered his head and walked over to the bed, sitting down beside me. "I guess... I should explain. Aido could never bring himself to tell you in the beginning, and I don't think he'll tell you now either. So, here it goes. Vampire's are real. Aido and all of the night class is as well, including me. And now you too." He closed his eyes and when they reopened, they were a bright red. I slowly moved away from him, "it's fine if you're scared or freaked out. I don't expect you to accept the fact immediately." He closed his eyes again and they returned to their normal color. "But it's the truth. Vampires are real. And now, if you want, I'll explain you and Aido."

I slowly nodded my head and returned to my original sitting position, doing my best not to run out of the room. He closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then began to speak.

"It was when you were both born. That's when the Vampire Council decided to have the first ever human family to attend a gathering and see if humans could handle it. You're parents were the only ones who could attend. You had to be watched by one of Aido's caretakers. Aido was a bit reluctant to have another person to take the attention away from him, but you and Aido almost immediately bonded, and from then on, you two were almost inseperable from each other when your parents were at the gatherings. But one day the Council found out about something... Disturbing. Your mother wasn't the best human in the world, but she was close to the worst. She was quite a handful... And never in a good way. And she was also a vampire hunter. One of the best and merciless hunter's in the entire history of hunters. And one day, she chose to come after one of us. Aido. She had the thought in her mind that he was somehow tainting you, trying to get you to turn on your own parents. She was wrong, of course. You had been best friends for years. You were both only 5 years old. He was just thrilled with the idea of having a human for a friend, since he'd never seen one before you."

He looked over at me, "You following along so far?"

I nodded my head and urged him to continue, "Yeah... What happened next?"

He thought again and began speaking again, "So, he was very interested in you. You were a new species he'd never seen before. Obviously, he wanted to observe you. He was so fascinated with you... How you did things, how you spoke, how you thought... He wanted to spend as much time with you as possible. But then, his little experiment turned into something way more than that. He wanted to spend every second he could with you, and even though you were both only kids... He loved you. He really did. And when your mother aimed her blade at Aido... You stepped in the way. She thought he'd completely turned you against her, which he didn't. He was your friend... And you knew that you were supposed to protect your friends. He was helping you build a sand castle when your mother went berserk. She snuck out of the gathering one night and came to the house. She snuck in a slaughtered at least 19 vampires that night... Almost 20, if it hadn't been for you. As soon as she aimed her blade... You jumped right in front of Aido, thinking that would stop her. She started screaming and screaming... Not saying anything, just screaming at the top of her lungs. She raised her blade and swung it down on you, only to be stopped by Aido. He pushed you behind him and actually caught the blade. Imagine that, a 5 year old catching a blade swung by a full grown vampire hunter...

But it actually happened. He was so mad... He really cared for you. A lot. He would've died for you if it came down to that. He wouldn't even have to think about it, he would've just done it. Your mother was quite strong though... So Aido really didn't have much of a choice. Your mother was kind of... Crazy. And Aido... He just wanted to protect you. That's all. And your mother was a serious threat to everyone around her, including you. So you have to understand.. He was just doing what he had to do in order to protect you."

I looked over at him with curiousity, "Akatsuki... What did he do..?"

He sighed and hesitated before looking over at me, "Aido... He killed your mother in order to protect you."

I felt my heart stop for a while, "But..."

"She would've killed both of you if he didn't. And now, once again to protect you, he's turned you into a vampire in order to save you."

"Save me?! Save me from what?!"

"One of the biggest threats to you."

"Threat...? What kind of threat?"

"After your mother died, someone else went a big crazy... And now, your father is out for your head."