Ayato sat down in his chair. "Damn... I can't find Pancake or (Y/n) anywhere."

Laito closed his eyes. "Seriously, where did Little B*tch and Little Angel run off to?"

Kanato hugged Teddy. "I'm so thirsty..."

"Any ideas, Subaru-kun?" Laito asked.

Subaru crossed his arms. "How would I know?" He looked away with a 'Tch'.

"How dare she act on her own?" Kanato murmured. "She's nothing but prey."

"Where did they go?" Ayato growled.

Shu laid on the couch, eyes closed and an arm behind his head. "Just leave them be. They'll come back eventually."

Ayato leaned back in his chair. "Tch."

Reiji was looking to the side. "I hope you're right."

Nobody knew, but Shu and Reiji were freaking out on the inside. Where were you?

~Meanwhile~

"What do you think you're doing? Give me that!"

You opened the door to the dining room with Yui behind. Yuma was holding a fork with a fried pawn on it.

"Hey, what gives? That's my fried pawn!" Kou complained.

Yuma scowled. "Don't just take the last fried pawn like it's yours. Don't you know the meaning of 'equal shares'?"

Kou huffed. "It's first come, first served!" he jumped up, reaching for the fried pawn. He let out a small cry sound when Yuma held it up out of his reach. "Too slow." Yuma looked down at Azusa. "You don't want it, Azusa? You didn't eat much."

Azusa looked down at his plate. "I'll take it... if you're giving it to me..."

Kou sat down while Yuma sighed. "That's not what I asked. Just tell me if you want it or not."

"Okay... I want it..."

Yuma set the fried pawn on his plate. "Here."

"What do I keep telling you?" Ruki held two plates of fried pawns, setting one down. "No ruckus at the dinner table."

Kou grinned. "Hey, there's more! You should've said so!"

He took one and Yuma scowled again. "Don't take it before the rest of us get any! Azusa, don't just sit there. Eat before Kou takes it all."

Ruki looked over at you and Yui. "You eat, too."

Yui nodded. "Okay."

Yui sat down by Ruki while you sat by Kou. Yuma handed you a plate with three fried pawns and bread. Kou held up his plate. "Hey, I got less!"

Yuma waved his fork at him like he was lecturing him. "You just ate a whole bunch of them."

Kou groaned, setting his plate down. You stared at yours with a blank look. You wanted to go home. You already hated this place. You pushed your plate over to Kou, leaning your head on your hand. "Here."

"Yes, more fried pawns! Thank you, M Neko-chan!"

"Hey, you weren't suppose to give them to him!" Yuma set his plate down.

Ruki looked up. "Hurry up and eat. We don't have time."

"Time?" Yui asked.

Kou stood up. "That's right. We have to go to school."

"Oh, me too..." Yui stood up.

Yuma was suddenly in front of her. "Idiot. You're staying here, sow."

Ruki opened the door. "The Sakamaki brothers will be at school, too."

"But..."

Kou smiled. "The one in charge of keeping an eye on the M Neko-chans today is Azusa-kun."

You both looked over at him. He smiled. "Just me and Eve...I'm so happy."

"Why do I always end up as chopped liver?" you said to Yui, who giggled slightly.

After a few minutes, everyone stood at the door. Yui was holding onto your arm, standing next to Azusa. Ruki turned to look at him. "We're counting on you, Azusa."

"Yeah..." Azusa nodded

"See you, sow. Behave yourselves," Yuma said.

Kou leaned forward. "Now, M Neko-chans, Azusa-kun can be a bit of a handful, so be careful."

The doors closed. They were gone.

~Timeskip~

You growled in frustration when, once again, you couldn't open your door. Azusa locked you in, wanting to spend time with 'Eve'. You slammed your fist against the door. "Azusa, I swear, if you don't let me out, I'll-!"

"You'll what?"

You widened your eyes, spinning around to see Ruki standing there. He held up the key. "There's only two reasons why you're here."

"Let me guess," you clenched your fists. "So I don't say anything to my brothers and tell them where you are and what you're doing? I actually don't know some of that but still."

"Yes," Ruki appeared in front of you. "And for extra blood. Encase Eve is taken, someone could use you."

"How many times must I say this?" you growled. "She's. Not. Eve. Her name is Yui Komori and she's a sweet little girl who should've never been dragged into any of this vampire mess that I've lived with my whole life."

Ruki opened the door. "If you know what's good for you, you'll stay put and not be such a mouther."

He walked out of the room. You glared at him before slamming your door shut and flopping down on the bed. You furrowed your eyebrows when you heard a flapping noise. You turned your head, seeing nothing. You walked towards the window, looking as far as you could to the side. Suddenly a bat flew in front of you. You widened your eyes, setting a hand on the window. Its red eyes stared at you before flying away as fast as it could. You smiled.

"They're looking for us..."

Hit me more…

Give me more pain…

When I'm in pain, everyone is happy.

That's the proof that I am alive.

Do you… love me?

~Azusa Mukami