I'm trying to let relationships build and shit. I'm sorry if it seems like it's dragging. I've already written up to like chapter eight and I'm DYING to post it and I can't.

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This chapter is incredibly long. It's like 20 pages if you were to put it on Google Docs.

Please, Enjoy!

CHAPTER FOUR

Cleo had been sitting in the pool room for god knows how long. She had been pondering on the one question of what was going to happen. Things had changed now. It wouldn't be just her and the brothers anymore. There were other humans here, other blood bags. She didn't want them to go through the same pain she does when getting bit. She knew she was mentally strong, due to other traumatic events but she didn't know about the other girls.

Cleo, however, was broken out of her thoughts when she heard a voice. "You've been in here for 3 hours." Cleo jumped and looked up. Standing beside the couch was Ayato. Cleo let out a soft breath, relieved it wasn't Shu or Laito.

"How long have you been standing there?" She asked, pushing her hair behind her ear.

"Long enough," he said, stepping forward. "Your blood scent is strong. It's been strong for 3 hours; I can't sleep because of it." Cleo stared at him for a moment. She figured it out. Shu was right.

"When I get curious or worried, my blood scent gets stronger," she muttered, shaking her head. She yawned, looking up to Ayato. "Well, thanks for waking me up Tomato." She said, standing up and walking past Ayato. Ayato grabbed her arm and pulled her back. He tightened his grip on her arm. "Tomato, let go of me." She said, looking down at her arm.

"Just shut up for once," Ayato said. He pushed her back, letting her land on the couch. She looked up at Ayato, a bit confused but then she remembered that he was still a vampire. Their rivalry didn't affect the fact that Ayato still wanted to drain her dry of her 'addicting' blood. He climbed on top of her and held her to the couch.

"Ayato, get off of me, right now."

"I'm tired of you insulting me and thinking you can get away with it. It's time you learned your place." Ayato said as he tightened the grip he had around her wrists. She winced as he leaned closer. "Why don't you try begging or better yet, scream for Yours Truly?" He said, pressing his mouth to her neck. He bit down on her neck, sinking his fangs in. Cleo bit her lip to stop from making any sound. She could hear Ayato taking gulps of her blood. After quite a few gulps, he took his fangs out, letting the blood drip. He licked his lips, licking up any spilled blood around his mouth. "Your blood-"

"Ayato, get off me!" Cleo had already tried teleporting but it wasn't working. It was possible that she was too weak. She barely had any sleep, used her energy and now she lost blood. Cleo wriggled her wrists hands around, trying to get away but it was no use.

"Stay still and I won't drain you dry," Ayato warned, a smirk on his face. "Your blood and your body belong to Yours Truly now." Ayato leaned closer, going to the opposite side of her neck. He sunk his fangs into her neck, continuing to drink, letting out soft groans as he did so. It didn't take long for Cleo to fall unconscious. Ayato moved away, his grip on Cleo's wrists loosening.

Cleo startled awake, jumping upright. She looked around, not surprised that she was back in her room. She let out a deep breath. She didn't know why but she had been having nightmares for the past two nights. They didn't make any sense and they were a bit terrifying. She sighed, running her hands through her hair. She was boiling. She always woke up sweating, she didn't know if it was from fear or if her room just got that hot overnight. She jumped again when a voice spoke.

"Rise and Shine Little Cleo." Cleo looked to the side to see Laito sitting on the side of her bed. For once, there was very little light in her room. Laito smirked at her, tilting his head to the side.

'Mm, morning?" she said but it was more like a question. She didn't know what time it was or if it was even Monday yet. "What's today?" She asked, bringing her knees up to her chest. She held her hair out of her face as she turned to Laito.

"It's Monday morning, Little Cleo." Cleo sighed. She had school tonight. "You've been sleeping for quite some time." Cleo shook her head.

"What're you even doing up, or in my room for that matter?" Laito's eyes narrowed slightly as he smirked. He began crawling towards Cleo.

"I'm very thirsty, Little Cleo." Cleo raised an eyebrow at him as he pulled the covers off her legs. Then she noticed that she was wearing different clothes. She was wearing a pair of her black shorts and a burgundy tank top. "Mm~ you know exactly how to tempt me Little Cleo," he hummed, gently trailing his fingers up her leg.

"Hey! Hey!" Cleo crawled back, away from him as far as she could go until she was sitting on her pillows. "You keep your perverted hands to yourself. You want to touch someone, find one of your many fangirls to touch." Cleo blinked and the next thing she knew, Laito was right in front of her, his hand wrapped around her throat. He slammed her back into the headboard, making her wince. Laito hummed as he eyed her neck.

"Someone enjoyed themselves last night," he muttered. Cleo gasped, grabbing onto his wrist and arm, trying to get him off. "Kanato, no," he muttered to himself, analyzing the bites, "Ayato." His grip around her neck tightened, making Cleo tap his arm.

"L-Laito!" Laito snapped out of his angry thoughts and loosened his grip on Cleo's throat, allowing her to breathe.

"Hm, Little Cleo begging. How nice of a sound," Laito said, leaning forward. He pushed Cleo's chin up with his thumb and trailed his tongue up to the tip of his chin. "Why don't you beg a little more?" He whispered. Cleo didn't say anything and decided not to fight him. For some strange reason, her teleportation wasn't working.

She tried to push Laito away, however, Laito wasn't budging. So that means her inhuman strength wasn't working either. Reiji must've 'stabilized' her while she was sleeping; or after Ayato finished draining her.

"Mm, Little Cleo, your scent is so strong it's intoxicating," Laito whispered before sinking his fangs into Cleo's neck, right beside Ayato's bite. Cleo bit her lip, trying not to make any noise. Cleo heard his moans of pleasure and satisfaction as he drank her blood. He leaned back after a few gulps, smirking at Cleo's pained expression. "Hm, you should make that face more often. It's exciting~"

"Laito, if you don't get off of me right now-" Laito tightened his grip around her neck, silencing her as his smirk fell from his face.

"Little Cleo, you don't learn do you? You are no match for us. You laugh a lot to try and seem confident but you're just pathetic and weak. You depend on your abilities but you can't actually fend for yourself."

"How about we test that theory?" She lifted her leg and kneed him in his side. She figured Reiji's stabilizer must've been slowly been wearing off. But Laito didn't need to know that. She got off the bed quickly but stumbled slightly. She got up too quickly and the loss of blood wasn't helping. She leaned against the end table before she could fall over. Once she could see, she stood up straight and looked up. She wasn't entirely prepared to see Laito standing in front of her. She gasped, trying to step back but she just backed into her end table.

"You're adorable when you're angry," Laito said, with a smirk. But it quickly disappeared as his eyes narrowed. He grabbed her by her throat again, pushing her back on the end table. The lamp fell off the end table, landing on the floor. The light bulb shattered and Laito looked down to it, sighing. "My, my, look how clumsy you are."

Cleo scoffed and let go of his arm. She reached forward and grabbed him by his throat, surprising him a bit. She pulled her leg up onto the end table before forcing it forward against his chest. He fell backwards, knocking his hat off his head. Cleo hopped off the end table. She didn't bother saying anything else and instead tried to teleport. She disappeared from her room but she had no idea where she was going to appear. She wasn't focused on it properly so she could be anywhere. When she reappeared, she landed on the ground with a thud. But it was a soft thud. She knew that feeling all too well. She pushed herself off the sparring mats and stood up straight. She groaned, feeling the pain in her neck. She needed to do something about this. She was getting bit way too often.

She turned around as the door opened and her eyes met Subaru's. He noticed how pale she was and her drooping eyes. "Cleo?" He said but his voice was distorted. Cleo wobbled before falling onto the mat, unconscious. That seemed to be an everyday thing for her now: falling unconscious every twenty minutes.

Cleo woke up this time to her own accord. She was still having nightmares and she was still dripping in sweat. She let out a heavy breath and closed her eyes. She was getting careless and letting her guard down. She's getting too comfortable around these brothers. Well, she may be able to get comfortable around Subaru. Sparring with him gave her the opportunity to analyze how he fights and how quick his movements are. However she still doesn't know anything about his teleportation or his super speed for that. She didn't even know they had super speed.

Cleo broke out of her thoughts to a soft knock at the door, "CC?" It was one of the girls. Yui, if she was remembering properly.

"Yeah, come in," Cleo answered. She heard the door open and she sat up in bed. Yui walked in with something in her hand.

"Reiji said to give this to you and tell you to get ready for class," Yui said. Cleo did notice that she was in her uniform. Yui held out her hand to Cleo. Cleo looked to see she was holding a juice pack of cranberry juice. She looked up to Yui with a raised eyebrow. However, Yui explained nothing. She bowed her head respectfully and excused herself so Cleo could get ready. Cleo sighed softly and got out of bed. She thought the cranberry juice was either another poison or it was something to help with her fainting.

She went into her closet and pulled out an outfit that consisted of an oversized hoodie that read 'hi, i'm awkward' and a pair of black skinny jeans. She bathed as quickly as possible and went back into her room. She ignored the blonde haired vampire lying across her bed and sat down on the floor, pulling on her combat boots. She pulled her hair out of its ponytail and stood up from the floor. She went into the end table beside her bed and pulled out her mp3 player and headphones. She drank down the cranberry juice and tossed it in the garbage. She left the room without saying a thing to Shu, grabbing her bag in the process.

Shu watched Cleo move around the room with one eye. Her blood scent wasn't strong so she probably didn't care why he was in there. She seemed upset and either she wasn't getting any sleep at night or she was having dark circles under her eyes were getting darker. He watched as she left the room, not looking back at him once. He sighed, closing his eye. "Troublesome girl," he muttered to himself before disappearing.

Cleo made her way to the front hall where Laito, Kanato and Reiji were already waiting for the others. She pulled on her headphones and started her music, leaning against the wall and waiting for the others. Cleo watched as Rana waltzed her way down the stairs, her hands in her sweatpants pockets. Something about this night seemed oddly familiar.

Cleo practically jumped out of her skin when she felt one of her headphones being pulled out. She turned, coming face to face with the Snowflake of the house. As much as he tried not to, he looked concerned for Cleo. "Are you alright?" He asked in a low voice. Cleo knew that the other siblings could hear them, considering their super hearing. Cleo looked between Rana, Subaru, and the other brothers gathered in the front hall. This all seemed so familiar and not in a good way. She looked back to Subaru as Ayato appeared beside him. She didn't leave the odd glances she was getting from the siblings unnoticed.

"I'm fine," she answered, taking her headphone from him. Subaru left it at that and waited for Yui and Shu to show up. Eventually they did, after making the others wait about another 10 minutes which annoyed Ayato and Reiji. They gathered into the Limo and Cleo took her seat in between Ayato and Laito. She could hear those around her, even though they thought she couldn't. Ayato was pestering Yui, calling her pancake and teasing her to submit to him. Cleo opened her eyes and looked around. She had a really bad feeling about today.

Ayato's pestering was beginning to annoy those around him so Cleo took matters into her own hands. She knew how to shut him up. When he leaned back in his seat, Cleo closed her eyes and laid her head on his shoulder. She felt Ayato's entire body tense slightly before relaxing.

"Hm, seems Little CC and Ayato are becoming friends," Laito said. Though he was just teasing the two, he was a bit jealous that Cleo laid on Ayato's shoulder and not his.

"Tch, you wish." Ayato replied but didn't move Cleo off his shoulder.

"So, what's her real name?" Rana asked the siblings. Cleo opened her eyes and they immediately landed on Rana. Rana was already watching Cleo. The siblings said nothing, leaving her question unanswered. Cleo has heard that question before somewhere but she just couldn't put her finger on it. Before she closed her eyes again, she noticed the looks she was getting from the siblings.

Cleo laid on Ayato's shoulder until the limousine came to a stop. Then Ayato finally poked her cheek. "Oi, get off me." He said but didn't move her himself. Cleo sighed and pushed herself off his shoulder. Yui got out, then Ayato did and then Cleo did. Cleo was thankful she was wearing headphones so some of the loud banshee screeches were drowned out. She pushed her way through the crowd, holding her bag on her shoulder tightly. She made it to the front of the school and only got about halfway down the hall before being stopped. She noticed the stares she was getting and the whispers as well. Her headphones were yanked out her ears and dropped to the floor. They dangled out of her mp3 player, dragging across the floor. Cleo raised an eyebrow at the tall, purple eyed redhead standing in front of her.

"It's payback time bitch." Leo cracked his as he smirked down at the smaller girl. Cleo sighed and pulled her headphones back up by its wire. He pulled his fist back and swung for her face but Cleo ducked, standing up quickly. Cleo wrapped the wire around her neck, putting her hands in her hoodie pockets.

"Leo, if you wanted to get payback, you would've done it after I almost broke your nose. You should not have waited until after the weekend." Cleo said, watching the steam blow out of Leo's ears. He swung again but missed when Cleo stepped to the side, ending up behind him. She lifted her leg and kicked him in his back, knocking him the floor. The hallway fell silent and Cleo looked down at Leo on the floor. "Next time, you won't be able to get off the floor." She turned on her heel and walked away from the redhead, disappearing down the hall.

Reiji sighed at the scene, shaking his head. Laito hummed as he walked past Reiji with a smirk.

"I told you," Laito said, "a handful."

Cleo got to her first period class which was JLA (Japanese Language Arts). Fortunately for her, she only had Subaru in this class. She took her seat in the front row of the class next to the window. Subaru came in only moments later, sitting down beside her. This classroom was one of the few where the tables were larger and two people sat at each table. Cleo didn't face Subaru and instead kept her eyes out the window. She wasn't sure why but she felt like this all happened already.

Students began to enter the classroom and once they saw her and Subaru, they began whispering and pointing. Cleo had gotten used to it. She's been through worse. She faced front when the teacher entered the class. Everyone greeted the teacher except for Subaru. The teacher's eyes fell on Cleo. The teacher gave her a smile before continuing on to address the class.

"Our school has decided to host a special event this Halloween," he stated, walking out in front of his desk. He leaned against it and crossed his arms. However, his statement got Cleo's attention. She lifted her head and looked to the teacher. "After, certain events occurred in the auditorium last Friday," he stated, turning to Cleo with a smile. "The school decided that there's talent here that isn't being harnessed to its full potential. So, we're hosting a celebration in the auditorium on Halloween." He clapped his hands together and stood straight. "After hearing about this event, it gave me an idea."

Cleo sighed softly. This wasn't going to end well for her, at all.

"Everyone take out your journals." Everyone did as they were told and turned to a new page, ready to take notes. "I'm going to grade this as a project. Your project is to write about one of two things," he said, walking around the board. He picked up his chalk and began writing. Once he was done, he turned to the class. "You can either write about a moment or a part of your life that left you traumatized or you can write about something that inspired you." He walked back around his desk, beginning to walk around the class. However, Cleo's eyes stayed at the front of the room. "After the events that occurred on Friday, my eighth period class came in and were buzzing about how those events inspired them to try something of their own. Whether, it was to finally publish some of their art or to take up cooking. They wanted to finally do what they always wanted to do."

"Teach, what's the point of all this?" Ryo's voice rang in the back of the class as the teacher got to the front of the class. The teacher sighed.

"For the last time, stop calling me 'teach'. And the point of all this is that I want you guys to write either what stopped you from doing what you've always wanted to do: the traumatizing moment. Or write about what finally inspired you to do that." He said as he leaned against his desk with his arms crossed. The class fell silent, pondering on that.

"Can we do both?" Cleo's voice asked, getting his attention. The teacher smiled at her.

"Of course, as a matter of fact, if you can do both properly, with the right format and everything, I will give you some extra credit."

"This is all due by Halloween?" Subaru asked. The teacher nodded his head.

"It is. You have to have at least 4 pages." Scoffs and groans were heard around the room which only made the teacher laugh softly. "The reason I want these projects to be so long is because I want you guys to actually go into depth about how you're feeling. If something as small as a performance can get you guys to open up about what you want to do, imagine what finally writing it out and presenting it can do."

"Presenting?" Cleo asked, looking up at him.

"Yes. All of these projects will be presented on Halloween." He answered. "If you would like me to read over it first then you present it, that's fine too." Cleo sighed softly, dropping her head onto the desk with a thud. The teacher chuckled softly. "You guys will be fine. Halloween isn't until Thursday." Cleo picked up her head a little bit just to bring it back down onto the table with another thud. A few snickers were heard around the room but Cleo wasn't laughing. This was going to be terrible. "Oh! I forgot to mention, classes will be combined for this presentation."

Fuck. Cleo brought her head up only a little bit before banging it back on the able three more times. Subaru grabbed the back of her hoodie and pulled her off the table, pulling her into a normal sitting position.

"I'm giving you from today to Wednesday class to brainstorm and work on this, in class. And no, you may not work with someone else, Ryo. And no, you cannot write about your 'first time', Lexy." A few snickers and chuckles were heard around the room, some coming from Cleo. "You may begin. If you need anything, you know where to find me." The teacher sat down in his chair and everyone fell quiet, beginning to write; everyone except for Subaru and Cleo. The teacher noticed and looked to them. "Do you two not have an inspirational moment? Cleo, I would assume you'd have one after Friday." Cleo and Subaru just shook their heads.

"I don't think a forced dare counts as inspiration," she answered. So now Subaru knew why she did what she did. He never did like this class and he liked it even less now. The teacher frowned.

"Just try Cleo," he said. "That goes for you too, Subaru." Cleo looked down to her blank paper, watching out of the corner of her eye as Subaru picked up his pen and began writing. However, Cleo just stared at her paper. She had no inspiring moments but traumatizing moments? She had an entire collection of those. But that was a collection that she couldn't open. However, she couldn't sit here for another hour without writing anything. So she decided to open her collection. She turned her music up a little bit to block out all the other sounds around her, including the teacher. She began writing, and she did not stop.

She turned the page, continuing to write. She did that about 3 times. Then after about 45 minutes, she stopped. She took a deep breath that she didn't realize she was holding in. She just took out one of her most traumatic moments from her collection. She just re-lived one of the worst moments of her life. She quickly closed the book and placed her pen down. Subaru glanced up at her as she stood up from her chair and went to the teacher's desk. She placed her book down on his desk. He looked up at her with a raised eyebrow. "You wrote at least 4 pages?"

"I wrote front and back, so technically I wrote six," she said. He opened up the book and looked at the first page. At the very top it said,

Trigger Warning; proceed with caution.

He looked back up to her. "You're sure you want to share this with people?" He asked in a lower voice. Cleo sighed.

"I don't really have much of a choice." He sighed and nodded his head, handing the book back to her.

"Alright, just edit and revise it and make it pretty." Cleo took her book back and sat back down. The day was already bad and it was only going to get worse from here. Cleo put her book away when the bell rang and she was the first one out the class. She had science now and she needed to clear her mind. She wouldn't be able to focus after that period. Subaru left the classroom and saw Cleo heading in the opposite direction of her next class. He decided to follow her to see where she was going.

He followed her quietly to the field behind the school. She went up the bleachers and sat down at the top, in the corner. Subaru, suddenly, teleported beside Cleo, making her yelp and jumped.

"Fuck Subaru!" She let out a heavy sigh of relief, as she pushed her hair out of her face. "You scared the crap out of me!"

Subaru muttered an apology as she turned on the bleacher. She leaned her back against the side of the fence surrounding the bleachers. She brought her feet up onto the bleachers and faced him.

"Why'd you follow me out here?" She asked, twiddling with her fingers.

"Your blood scent is strong. It's been strong since we were waiting in the front hall," Subaru said. Cleo nodded her head. She couldn't let her guard down but she didn't think Subaru would bite her.

"That's why everyone was staring at me," she said, throwing her head back against the fence.

"You did also lay on Ayato," Subaru said, making Cleo laugh a bit.

"I just wanted him to shut up," she said. She moved her feet off the bleachers and slid closer to Subaru. "Can I ask you a question?"

"No." Cleo chuckled softly.

"I'm going to ask you anyway," she said, pulling her hood off her head. "Why do you separate yourself from your brothers, from everyone?" Subaru turned to her, surprised at the question for a moment. Then he scoffed and stood up.

"If you don't get to class, Reiji's going to scold you for skipping." Cleo frowned. He was trying to put a wall between the two. She stood up and grabbed his arm before he could walk away.

"See normally, I'd punch myself in the face for going after you because you'd probably just break my arm," Cleo said. "But you are the only one in that house that I feel comfortable around. Don't put a wall between us." She could feel Subaru tense under her grip. He quickly turned around, getting his arm out of her hand with ease. He grabbed both of her wrists and slammed her into the fence behind her.

"That was your own mistake," he said. He let go of her left wrist and pushed her hair off the side of her neck. He leaned forward but stopped for a moment. Cleo could've sworn she heard him whisper an apology before sinking his fangs into her neck. She winced, and grabbed onto the side of his jacket. Even after feeling Cleo clutch onto the side of his jacket, he continued to drink.

"S-Subaru!" Her voice snapped her out of his trance and he took his fangs out her neck, licking up any spilled blood.

"Stay away from me," he said in her ear, before letting go of her and disappearing. Cleo slid down the fence, sitting on the bleacher platform. She put her hand over the fresh bite and sighed to herself. She's so stupid. Why would she think she could get comfortable with a vampire? She had to find some way out of that house.

Cleo sighed, pushing her hair back with one hand. She wasn't dizzy or light headed, and she hadn't fainted so that means the cranberry juice was working. She pushed herself off the bleachers platform and made her way down the bleachers. She left her bag at the top and went down to the field. She looked around. No one way around her, everyone was in class. So no one would see.

She needed to test out her abilities. She needed to know what exactly she could still do and what the cranberry juice stabilized, if it stabilized anything. She stood on the track. She needed to test super speed first. She took a deep breath before taking off. She began counting and she appeared back where she started. "One second," she said, "took one second to run a mile."

She needed to test her strength but she could do that. Not here. She could test her telekinesis. She turned to the bleachers, standing in the center of the field. She lifted her hand, holding it out to the bleachers. Her bag slowly lifted off the bleachers and when she pulled her hand back, the bag flew to her, landing at her feet. She chuckled softly. At least that still works.

"You have telekinesis?" Cleo jumped and looked up to see Shu standing in front of her. She completely forgot he skips class. She's curious now too, so he probably smelled her. She sighed, picking up her bag.

"Leave me alone Shu. I am not in the mood for you," She said. She didn't bother trying to walk past him, knowing he would just stop her anyway. She could teleport but that wouldn't either, seeing as he can teleport as well. She pulled her bag onto her shoulder as Shu tilted his head, stepping forward.

"What else can you do? Other than, super strength, super speed, teleportation and telekinesis," Shu asked.

"Shu, back up."

"My, my, what do we have here?" Cleo turned to see Laito out on the field beside her. She scoffed, shaking her head, so much for them being in class. "Laito, what're you doing out of class?" Shu asked.

Laito sighed, pouting. "I got suspended again." Cleo's head perked up, turning to Laito.

"Again, what'd you get suspended for before?" She asked, putting her hands in her hoodie's pocket. Laito turned to her, a smirk on his face.

"Would you like me to show you?" He asked, stepping forward. Cleo took a very wide step back, her bag on her shoulder.

"It's going to be a no for me," she said. "But I'm sure Rana or Yui or whatever the other girl's name is." Shu raised an eyebrow at Cleo.

"You don't know her name?"

"Should I?" She asked, turning back to Shu. "I'm going to have to be on my way now. I'd say it was nice chatting with you, but I would be lying." Only a second before she teleported away, she felt a hand grabbing her arm. She took one of them with her. She reappeared in the girl's locker room, having lost focus. She yelped as her back hit the locker. She recognized that scent all too well. She looked up to see Ayato standing in front of her. She wasn't going to lie, it was better than Shu or Laito. Lord knows what would've happened then. She expected Ayato to try and bite her but he didn't. He stepped away from her and leaned against the lockers away from her. "What do you want Ayato?"

"I just came from JLA," he said, crossing his arms. "That 'project' is your fault." Cleo scoffed, tossing her bag onto the ground.

"How the hell is it my fault?"

"You're the one that 'inspired' the teach!" He exclaimed, pushing himself off the lockers.

"You're the one that told me to do the dare because you wanted something to hold over my head! Which by the way; failed. So if anything, it's your fault!" She yelled back, pushing his chest as she did so. "And y'know, if you actually tried to do the project I'm sure it would be easy for you. You want to blame someone? Take the damn blame for once, since it was your own damn fault." She picked up her bag and stormed towards the door. Ayato growled and grabbed her by her wrist pulling her back. "Ayato, let go." She said in a warning voice.

"You think you can just get away with anything?" He asked, tightening his grip around her wrist.

"Ayato, you do not know what you're getting into. Let go of me, now!"

"You don't make the demands!" He yelled at her.

"Ayato, I said let go!" She pushed his chest back with her hand extremely hard and sent him flying back into the lockers. She watched as his back hit the lockers and he hit the ground with a thud. She gasped, covering her hand with her mouth. She watched as he twitched slightly, getting up slowly. She knew he was going to be fine but she did that to him. She quickly turned on her heel and hurried downstairs. She need lunch period to come and she needed it to come now. Luckily for her, the bell rang as she wandered down the empty halls. Sooner or later, the hallways flooded with students and she hurried to the cafeteria.

She entered the cafeteria and found Katsumi and Ryo sitting at their usual table. She hurried over to them and slammed her hands on the table, glaring directly at Katsumi. They both jumped and looked up.

"Cleo? What happened?"

"This is your fault," she said through gritted teeth.

"Cleo, what're you talking about?" Katsumi asked, standing up. "Take a breath, calm down."

"Sit your ass down or I swear to god I will put you down." Katsumi's eyes widened at the threat but Ryo knew she wasn't joking in the slightest. Ryo grabbed Katsumi's arm, tugging slightly. Katsumi sighed and sat down. "You let me walk into that house. You didn't tell me what I was walking into!"

"Cleo, if I did I would be killed!" Ryo's eyes widened as he looked between the two, listening to the conversation.

"So you'd trade my life for yours?"

"What would you do if you were in my shoes?" Katsumi said which only angered Cleo more.

"I would've fucking told you because I am not a self-centered little shit!" She yelled, catching the attention of practically half the cafeteria. "I would not let you suffer for absolutely no damn reason." She said, taking her hands off the table. She took a deep breath. "Just know, whoever dies, their blood is on your hands." With that being said, Cleo walked away, pushing through the students who stood in the doorway. However, Katsumi was not ending the conversation there. He rushed up from his seat, grabbing his bag and following Cleo. He followed her into the auditorium. He slammed the door shut behind him and watched as she went up to the stage, pacing back and forth.

"Are you going to tell me what this is actually about?" He asked.

"I told you what this was about, Katsumi." She groaned, running her hands through her hair.

"Cleo, I know about your abilities. You can handle yourself in that house. And they're not even that bad," Katsumi said. Cleo scoffed, turning to him.

"Not that bad? I cannot go to sleep without one of them already waiting for me! I cannot walk around the house with a question in my head because then they come after me! The one person in that entire mansion that I thought I could be comfortable around just shut me out for no reason! So do not try and tell me that they are not that bad!" She yelled at him. Katsumi sighed, pulling his hair into a ponytail and going up the steps to the stage. "Katsumi get away from me," she said, taking a step back.

"I am not going to hurt you, Cleo."

"Yes but I cannot say the same for you!" She yelled, tears building in her eyes. Katsumi stopped walking. She took in a shuddered deep breath, sniffling. She quickly wiped her eyes, getting rid of all tears. "You didn't send just me into that house."

"Cleo, what do you mean?" Cleo sighed, pushing her hair out of her face and turned to Katsumi.

"You know about my abilities?" Katsumi nodded his head. "Do you know how I got them?" Katsumi frowned.

"All I know is that you were kidnapped and when he returned home, you could do things that you couldn't before." Cleo couched down, holding her head in her hands. "Cleo, talk to me, what's going on? What did you mean by me not sending just you into the house?" Cleo looked to Katsumi standing up. She stared at him for a moment before shaking her head.

"I shouldn't have said that. Please, just leave," she said, looking away.

"Not until you tell what you meant!"

"Exactly what I said," She yelled back, standing up. She groaned, realizing the inevitable, "fine." She walked to him, her voice getting low. "I have a split personality." Katsumi tilted his head to the side, raising an eyebrow.

"That's it; so what?"

"So, she is a murderer! She hurts whomever she likes and kills whenever she wants. She doesn't feel regret or remorse and if you thought my abilities were bad? When she gets in control, she is ten times worse." Katsumi took in everything she just said, trying to process it.

"M-Murderer?" Cleo groaned, running her hands through her hair as she began to pace. "You've killed people before?"

"No not me!" She said but didn't stop pacing. "She has killed people before. And I thought I had her on lockdown, she hadn't done anything in months."

"So wait, what changed?" Cleo stopped pacing and turned to him.

"You sent me to a house full of vampires!" She yelled. "That is what changed!"

"I wasn't the one who sent you there," Katsumi said, trying to defend himself.

"No, you merely came to my house to pick me up and then drove me to the house. Then left me there, telling me I was going to be fine!"

"You're still here, aren't you?" Cleo scoffed.

"You are not helping your case. You sent me there with no background content whatsoever. If it wasn't for the fact that I have a very cocky attitude and I have abilities, I would be dead. And that would've been your fault."

"You can't blame me for this. I'm not the one who told you that you had to go there." Cleo stopped for a moment and thought. She can't blame her mother either. Reiji said she didn't know anything about the vampires. Was this really her fault? Cleo sighed, running her hands through her hair.

"It doesn't matter anymore." She walked to the edge of the auditorium stage and sat down, her legs hanging off. "I probably hurt Ayato and now he's going to tell Reiji. Shu and Laito know about my telekinesis too."

"Telekinesis; that's cool," Katsumi muttered. Cleo turned to him with a glare as he sat down beside her. "I mean, it's not cool, at all." Katsumi took a deep breath as Cleo looked back down to the floor. "Look, you're going to be fine. No one is going to die, alright?" Cleo didn't look up and didn't say anything. Katsumi grabbed her chin gently and turned her to face him. "Hey, you are going to be fine. Ayato is fine. All of the others are fine. Nothing is going to happen, alright?" Cleo tried to smile and nodded her head. "Now come on." He stood up off the stage floor and held out his hand. Cleo looked up at him.

"What?"

"Come on. I know exactly how to cheer you up." Cleo closed her eyes, sighing.

"I'm going to take a wild guess that it involves me singing?"

"Well, we wouldn't still be in the auditorium if it didn't." Cleo groaned as she took his hand and he pulled her up. "Now, I've seen how happy you get when you're singing. So, we're going to sing a song, together. And we are going to continue doing that until you smile." Cleo groaned as Katsumi went to the speaker panel and plugged his phone in. The moment the music started, Cleo groaned louder in disgust.

"I hate this song!" She announced over the music as Katsumi waltzed back over to her.

"Then why do you know the words?" He asked, grabbing her hand. He twirled her in a circle as he sang.

"I got a pocket, got a pocketful of sunshine. I got a love and I know that it's all mine, oh-whoa. Do what you want but you're never gonna break me. Sticks and stones are never gonna shake me. no, oh-whoa." He squeezed Cleo's hand as he let go and stepped back. Cleo must admit Katsumi has got some killer vocals.

"Take me away! A secret place, a sweet escape! Take me away!" Katsumi jumped back in, silencing Cleo.

"Take me away! To better days, take me away, a hiding place!" Cleo couldn't help but laugh as Katsumi shimmied his way over her, taking her hand. He twirled her around as they sang together. They ignored the students that had gathered in the auditorium and those that stood by the door, including some of the siblings.

"There's a place that I go that nobody knows where the rivers flow and I call it home. There's no more lies and the darkness is light. And nobody cries! There are only butterflies!"

Katsumi joined Cleo at the last chorus.

"Take me away! A secret place, a sweet escape! Take me away! Take me away, to better days! Take me away, a hiding place!"

Cleo and Katsumi were breathing heavily once the song ended and Cleo was about ready to collapse onto the ground. The auditorium erupted into applause which got Cleo's attention. She quickly turned, finally noticing the crowd that they had gathered. She turned back to Katsumi. "You planned this." Katsumi smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Cleo couldn't help but chuckle as she picked up hers and Katsumi's bag, following him backstage instead of pushing her way through the crowd. She and Katsumi ended up at their Algebra class together, bumping into Ryo on the way.

"So is this going to be an everyday thing?" Ryo asked, turning to Cleo.

"I sure as hell hope not. Between that, the fights with Leo and Lexy and living with the Sakamaki brothers, that is way too much attention on me," she answered, exaggerating the way as they entered the classroom. They piled into their seats which right beside each other.

"Y'know, I never got a chance to ask why you were staying with them," Ryo said as Shu and Reiji entered the room. Before Cleo was living with the brothers, she knew that Shu always skipped class. But ever since she started living with them, Shu actually started going to his classes; at least the ones with Cleo in them. Cleo was taking a few Third Year classes because she was advanced in them, for example, Algebra. She watched as Shu entered the room, their eyes locking. She turned away when Ryo snapped in his face. She turned back to him.

"What?"

"Wow, you were in a whole trance," Ryo muttered, a smirk on his face.

"Shut up. What was the question?"

"Why'd you move in with them?" Ryo repeated as Shu took a seat behind Cleo.

"Would you believe me if I said I was being held against my will?" She asked. Ryo fell silent for a moment before bursting out into laughter. Cleo watched as he held his stomach, gasping for air through his laughs and banging his hand on the table. Katsumi and Cleo snickered softly as Ryo continued to laugh.

"You; held against your will? HA!" He continued to laugh until the teacher entered the room. The Algebra teacher was her JLA teacher, which was Mr. Tsuni. But even then, he was trying to stay quiet. Finally, in the middle of the teacher's sentence, he burst out into laughter again, making everyone turn to the three of them. Cleo chuckled as well, shaking her head as Katsumi tried not to laugh too.

"What's so funny Ryo?" Mr. Tsuni asked, walking around his desk and leaning against the front of it. He crossed his arms, looking to the three of them.

"Can I b-be excused?" He asked, throwing laughing but his laughter dying down. Mr. Tsuni nodded, gesturing to the door. Ryo stayed quiet with an occasional snicker or snort. He opened the door and closed it, taking a deep breath. The moment Mr. Tsuni opened his mouth to continue talking, Ryo's very, very loud laughter cut him off. Half of the class tried not to laugh but eventually started laughing as his laughter faded down the hall.

Even Mr. Tsuni chuckled softly. "Well, while Mr. Ryo finishes his laughing fit, one of you two want to tell me what was so funny?"

"Well sure, Mr. Tsuni," Cleo said, leaning forward in her chair, making sure to make brief eye contact with Shu and Reiji as she did so. "Mr. Ryo asked me why I was staying with our, oh-so- precious Sakamaki siblings since I never told him. And so I asked him, 'would you believe me if I told you I was being held against my will'? This then caused his laughing fit." Mr. Tsuni processed what she said before nodding his head. He glanced at Reiji and Shu before snickering.

"Okay," he said, chuckling softly. "Can I continue my lesson now?"

"Sure, it's not like I'm holding it against its will," she responded, a smirk on her face and leaning back in her chair. Mr. Tsuni chuckled and nodded his head, continuing his lesson. Cleo smirked to herself as she took notes but it soon disappeared when she felt Shu's warm breath on her ear, his voice whispering

"Don't think this will go unpunished." Cleo bit her lip but leaned forward in her chair, pulling it forward to her desk. She continued to take notes, trying to keep Shu's comment out of her head but failed. She knew that if she didn't think of something quickly, she would soon get the attention of the vampires in the room. Unfortunately for her, it wouldn't go away and she could've swore she heard Shu chuckle very lowly. The moment the bell rang, Cleo hurried out of her seat and went to her next class, trying to get away from Shu and Reiji as quick as possible.

As she hurried down the hall, she got that terrible feeling again. She felt this all happened already and she was reliving it. She sighed as she decided to spend the rest of the day hiding. Normally she wasn't one to hide but her scent was going to be way too strong. She took a deep breath before teleporting. She appeared in the girls' locker room. "Why is it always this goddamn room?" She muttered as she dropped her bag onto the floor.

"Did you really try to hide?" Cleo jumped, turning around.

"Can you assholes stop doing that?!" She yelled, letting out a soft breath. "One of these days, one of you are going to scare the fuck out of me and I'm going to have a heart attack and that's going to be on you guys," she ranted leaning against the lockers. Shu stepped to her.

"You women are so confusing," he muttered a smirk on his face. He went to reach for Cleo but Cleo disappeared and then appeared behind him.

"I could do this all day," she said, leaning back against the lockers again as he turned around. However, she felt unnerved when Shu's smirk didn't waver.

"Someone has already bitten you. You're already weakened. If you get bit again, you won't be able to do anything." He said, stepping forward. That, however, gave Cleo an idea.

"It would really suck if I drank some wine earlier." Shu stopped in front of her, raising an eyebrow at her. Even though it wasn't true, it was worth a try. Shu then chuckled softly.

"No, you didn't. Subaru would've told us." Cleo was surprised that he could tell who bit her by just looking at the bite. Were their fangs really that different? Shu stepped forward and within an instantly Shu grabbed her by her throat. He held her against the lockers as he leaned forward. "Did you let him bite you? Did you submit to him?"

"I didn't 'submit' to him nor will I ever submit to any of you," she said, grabbing onto his arm.

"Shut up," he said, his tone getting harsh. He tightened the grip around her neck, causing her to wince. He watched her carefully. "Next time think carefully before speaking."

"Shu." Shu stopped and looked up to see Reiji standing by the door with his arms crossed. "Save such activities to your own room." Reiji turned his stare to Cleo. "Come with me Cleo. The principal would like to speak with you." Cleo and Shu both looked away from each other, turning to Reiji for two different reasons.

"We have a principal?" She asked, raising an eyebrow. Reiji stayed quiet and merely shook his head, walking away, muttering something about her being an idiot. Shu reluctantly let go of Cleo's wrist and she moved around him. She grabbed her bag and hurried out the locker room, following after Reiji. She followed behind him quietly. There was a very high chance that he was still upset about the whole blood, wine and sharpie incident. She pulled her hood onto her head, staring at the back of Reiji's head. She could slip away and she doubt he would even notice.

"You're indoors, take off your hood." Reiji's voice spooked her slightly but she did as she was told. She followed Reiji into the main office and he walked past the desk, going to the back room. He stopped at the closed door, turning to Cleo. "Do not use any foul language, do not speak unless you are spoken to, and do not-"

"Let's just get this over with," Cleo muttered, opening the door and walking inside. She closed the door before looking up. The office was nice. There was a big brown desk, sitting in front of a large window. The back of the black swivel chair faced her and she couldn't help but snicker softly. That's not suspicious at all. She analyzed the rest of the room, noticing a picture frame on the desk and a bookshelf was that was full of books that had no titles. She turned back to the ominous swivel chair. "You know, normally when I'm called to the principal's office, they actually talk to me." The swivel chair wheeled around, revealing someone who was not the principal. She recognized him from somewhere however.

This man had very long white hair and beautiful golden eyes. He wore glasses but it was obvious that they weren't prescription glasses. He gave her a very wide smile. "Evening, Cleo. My name is Karlheinz." Cleo shoved her hands in her hoodie pockets, nodding her head.

"You look oddly familiar and I'm kind of crept out," Cleo said. Karlheinz merely smiled at her and she could've swore she saw some very sharp canine teeth.

"Please, take a seat," he said, gesturing towards the other swivel chair in front of the desk. Cleo stepped forward and sat down. He noticed that she was watching him as if trying to figure something out. "What is it, Cleo?"

"Whenever I'm called to the principal's office, they never actually talk to me. They just leave me a note and tell me whether I'm suspended or not. It got me thinking whether we actually had a principal or not. And now, I'm finally meeting you, who I have never met before and I cannot shake the feeling that I know you from somewhere." Karlheinz stared at her before chuckling softly.

"You're very observant," he said, leaning back in his chair.

"Comes in handy when you're being held against your will." She replied, raising an eyebrow at him. She noted that he had no serious reaction to that, just like Mr. Tsuni.

"I find it hard to believe a fighter like you would be held against your will," he replied.

"You know, my friend Ryo said the same thing in a very different way." Cleo sighed, leaning back in her chair. "What'd you call me in here for?"

Karlheinz nodded his head. "Right, I heard about your performance last Friday in the auditorium."

"Why is everyone so wrapped up around that? So someone sang in the auditorium, big deal."

"I'd like to know what prompted that," he said, pulling a file out from his desk but did not open it.

"I've said this already, it was a dare from my friends," Cleo said. "So I did it."

Karlheinz nodded his head and opened up the file, turning it around and pushing it across the table to her. She sighed and reached forward, grabbing the file. Her eyes darted to the frame on his table very quickly. She sat the file on her lap and read it over. "Your friends being Laito and Ayato Sakamaki; you moved in with them, correct?" Cleo looked up at Karlheinz.

"Yes, can I ask you a question?" She asked, closing the file and placing it back on the table. Karlheinz nodded his head. "Technically it's two but, why don't any of your books have titles and why do you have an empty picture frame on your desk?" Karlheinz fell silent before smirking at her.

"My sons must have a handful with you." Cleo's entire body tensed and she sat up in her chair.

"You're-?"

"Yes, I am the father of the boys you're living with. I know all about you Little Cleo," he said, smirking at her.

"Do you really?"

"I know how you got your abilities." Cleo stood up.

"How," She asked, "What the hell happened to me?" Karlheinz gave a bright smile, looking up at her.

"I gave them to you."