Chapter Four
I walked through the hallways after dinner, rubbing at the bite marks Kanato had left earlier. I wished he had toyed with me more but apparently once he was full he no longer found a use for me and simply left, leaving me panting on the ground half naked.
Still, I suppose I shouldn't have expected to be molested entirely so soon. However, it did give me hope that maybe one of the brothers, perhaps Laito or Ayato, would go all the way with me. I could even feel myself yearning for it. That fuzzy feeling between my legs that had been caused by Kanato straddling me already seemed impatient. I didn't know how I would be able to control myself the next time anyone else did something like that.
I stopped in my tracks when I saw, only a few metres away, Shuu sitting on the ground with his back rested up against the wall. His eyes were closed and in the quiet I could faintly hear the scratchy sound of music coming from his mp3 player.
I walked past him slowly, wondering if I should stop and talk to him but there was no need.
"Hey you," he said tiredly, causing me his jump. He opened one eye and looked at me. "I know what you're doing."
I tilted my head and looked at him questioningly.
"What do you mean?" I asked innocently.
Shuu didn't answer but instead he dragged himself to his feet and opened the door he had been sitting next to. He walked inside slowly and as I peered through the entrance I saw it was a bedroom. Was it his bedroom?
"You" he said, directing the comment at me, "come in and shut the door."
I hesitated but eventually did as he said.
The room was dark with only the moonlight shining through the tall windows. His room was a lot bigger than mine and all the ornaments and tapestries made it look far grander. I wondered if this was because he was the first son. I didn't want to ask though. Instead I stood quietly next to the door I had just closed, staring at Shuu's back.
"Lock it" he instructed.
My hand was shaking slightly as I turned the lock on the door until it gave a satisfying click. What was he going to say to me? What was he going to do to me?
"Um, Shuu-san?" I said, the question inflected in my voice.
"My brothers... they haven't noticed yet..."
"Noticed what?" I asked when his voice became quiet. He still had his back to me.
"You've changed. You used to be scared of us but now... now you enjoy it. I can tell."
I bit my lip unsurely as my heart started to beat with panic. Had he really figured it out so quickly? How could he tell?
"I- I don't enjoy it!" I protested, "You, your brothers... you're all hurting me."
"But that's what you want, right?" Shuu continued calmly.
"Of course not!"
Shuu turned to look at me and his blue eyes seem to shine in the dark, fixing me with a stare. I gulped back any other words I'd been preparing at his look. There was no fooling him. I felt like I was exposed to him.
"I saw the way you acted with Laito yesterday, and with Kanato just now. You were certainly having fun. I wonder how such a naive girl like you could come to have such perverted fantasies. But you know, if you keep up your pathetic attempts at seduction I am sure it will work eventually" Shuu said. I look at him with astonishment but his face remained unreadable. "I wouldn't be surprised if a few of my brothers wanted you already but have stupidly mistaken their emotions for blood-lust rather than body-lust. Sooner or later however, they will understand and they will take you whether you want them to or not. They will make it hurt."
I squinted my eyes at him, taking in his words. He knew. He knew and I didn't think there was going to be any way to convince him otherwise. My shoulders drooped in defeat.
"I don't care if they hurt me" I replied as I came to rest my hand on my hip. "That's the point."
"You're a virgin, aren't you?"
I blushed and my look turned fierce. Perhaps if he had brought such a thing up only a few days earlier I might have been mortified but even I knew myself enough to know that I was after one thing in particular with all of the brothers.
"So what?! I don't care about that!" I scoffed.
"I'm just saying that you don't understand. Perhaps if you weren't a virgin you would know for certain if their sadistic methods are what you really want. Perhaps you're only thinking like this now because you think it is all you're going to get."
"Of course it is all I'm going to get!" I snapped back at him. "I doubt I could convince one of your brothers to sleep with me in a normal way as some kind of stupid test. Not with those teeth of theirs."
"Hmm. You're right. You wouldn't be able to convince one of them."
I looked at him sharply as he continued to maintain the eye contact. The way he said it... it was like he was implying...
"Are you saying that you..."
"I'm not attracted to you, Yui" he said coldly. "You're hardly my type. And remember, I am a vampire and all I want is your blood. However, I will be your first if that is what you want."
"Why would you do that for me?" I asked suspiciously.
"Don't be mistaken, I'm not doing this out of kindness. In return, you have to let me take your blood every second day without complaint or struggling. Honestly, you make it too difficult. Sometimes I'm too tired to hold you down."
I bit my lip and tilted my head to the side. So he was trying to bargain with me? He was going to let me lose my virginity in exchange for blood. He clearly thought I was going to have a rude awakening after experiencing it for the first time. I wondered if it was really so bad? Some of the books I had read said it hurt the first one or two times. That hadn't scared me so much. After all, I was quickly realising how much I liked the pain. However, I thought it probably would have been nice to know exactly what I was getting myself in to.
"It's a deal" I said eventually. I saw a flash of a smirk reach Shuu's mouth but his face quickly went back to blank. "But only if you promise not to tell the others anything about this. It's not fun if they're not chasing after me like I'm some kind of prey."
Shuu nodded and then walked over to his bed. Suddenly the shivering in my body came back and my heart began to beat loudly in my chest. It was really going to happen. My anticipation was going to be satisfied. Someone was finally going to take me.
Next chapter continues right from this point. Hope you're looking forward to it ;)
