"Mika, I thought we agreed I was going to drive," Yuu pouted at the vampire as he quickly claimed the front seat, making a huge ordeal at waving at him with a goofy grin and quickly slamming the door before Yuu could catch up. Damn vampire speed, he didn't stand a chance.

"We agreed to absolutely no such thing," Mika called his bluff with another easygoing smile as he turned in his seat to face Yuu as he begrudgingly crawled into the passenger seat, the blonde propping an elbow up on the chair. "It's for your own safety! Who knows who all we'd kill if you drove... have you even driven before?"

Yuu responded by sinking down in the chair and crossing his arms over his chest, not answering. He had technically driven but his experience with Kimizuki wasn't one he wanted to reflect on as any valid proof because it would only prove his friend's point. He kicked his legs up on the dash and crossed them stubbornly as Mika laughed and started the car, the engine making the same growling noise as before.

"The look on Yuu-chan's face says he did once and crashed."

Damn Mika reading him so easily. Was it because he was perceptive, or perhaps because he'd known him the longest? Yet there was still four years of change. A huge amount of time where each boy had grown different in some aspects and sometimes when he looked at Mika, Yuu saw a total stranger. But right now as the boy stared out at the road with eyes shining with amusement, he saw the same Mika as the one in the vampire city.

"...Mika," he said under his breath, and judging by the way the boy straightened he knew he had heard but hesitated before Yuu spoke again. "Hey, Mika."

"Yes, Yuu-chan?"

Yuu didn't speak for a minute, scuffing the toes of his boots on the windshield and staring for a moment as he tried to think of a way to phrase what he wanted to say before finally forcing the words out like they tasted bad. "Did you- I mean- when you were sick..." he drifted off and kicked one foot with another, forcing himself to get the words out. "Do you remember what happened before that?" Yuu's face was on fire and he knew it, but Mika didn't comment on that.

"Mm!" The vampire confirmed with a bright smile, making Yuu freeze and slowly look towards the slightly confused but still relieved looking boy. A dark shadow passed over the vampires face for a moment as he reflected though, which only made Yuu uneasy. "That bastard Ferid showed up out of the blue and hurt you, and ran away before I could pummel him to ashes." It was such a strange thing to hear from Mika's mouth, the deadliness in it as he narrowed his eyes. He turned to Yuu abruptly with his eyes serious. "I won't let him get close enough to even think about touching you next time, Yuu-chan. I swear."

"Mika! The road!" Yuu snapped, and the vampire rolled his eyes before turning his head back to face the road. Yuu knew he could probably pull off driving without even using his damn hands, but he needed a moment to recover and pressed a fist to his mouth, grinning in relief. Well, thank God, it seemed Mika didn't remember flipping out on him and... the... Incident.

"Oh!" Mika looked like a lightbulb went off in his head as he added to a very perplexed Yuu, "I remember that I also got really mad at you since you tried to stop me. I'm still not forgiving you. I'll punish you sooner or later..." he promised with a scowl, and Yuu quickly cut him off praying to God that was all he remembered.

"Oi, I get it! I just didn't want you to get hurt was all."

"Hurt." Mika scoffed and the sound was so cold it frightened Yuu, it was incredibly unfamiliar. He glance over and saw the blonde's fingers clutching the steering wheel so tightly deep marks were made and he blinked. Once again a reminder that the four years of loneliness really had affected Mika. "As if. Now that I'm a complete monster, Ferid is like a maggot in comparison. I could have crushed him easily."

"A-And had every single vampire on your bad side within a matter of seconds."

"I'd crush them, too." Mika narrowed his eyes. "I'd crush anything that tried to hurt my family."

Yuu swallowed at that. His family. Falling quiet, finding protesting useless, a thick silence descended over the teens before Mika finally broke it seeming entirely different than before.

"You must be hungry, right, Yuu-chan?" His expression was eager as he reached backwards- completely releasing the steering wheel- and grabbed the bag in the backseat holding their food supplies. The car began to swerve and Yuu started to panic before the bag was dropped in his lap and the car was steered expertly back into place. In a matter of like, a second and a half. Damn smug vampire idiot.

"Eh... now that you mention it I haven't really eaten anything since yesterday." Yuu mused as he pulled out a granola bar, about to open it when something small and eight-legged leaped off of it and onto his face. Before he realized it Yuu released a terrified squeaking noise as he went totally still and stared at the spider on his nose in horror.

In the next moment a hand slapped across his face, sending the spider flying but also making quite the mark on Yuu's cheek. He immediately whirled his head around to a giggling Mika who was trying his damndest not to keel over laughing, but eventually lost that battle and had to clutch his stomach as laughter peeled out of his stomach in endless waves.

"Dumbass! That hurt! You're mister vampire with deadly accuracy and yet you have to slap my whole face just to get a spider off, what's the deal with that!" Yuu crossed his arms across his chest, food forgotten in his humiliation and anger.

"I couldn't help it~" Mika crooned through laughter as he finally died down to muffle giggles much like a schoolgirl's. "Yuu-chan looked so scared! There were so many spiders in the apartment but you looked like you were about to cry. Plus it was the perfect payback!"

Yuu sputtered angrily before lurching towards Mika and battering his chest with punches that didn't even affect him slightly as Mika cringed away, still bubbling with laughter and muted giggles as he lifted an arm to shield the attacks and quiet his laughter. After a few minutes of pummeling Yuu gave in and wrapped his arm around Mika's chair as he leaned over, dropping his chin on the blonde's shoulder and yawning. Mika grinned triumphantly at his victory.

"You're so annoying, Mika. I definitely didn't miss you I'm the slightest," Yuu complained, even though it was an obvious lie.

Mika smiled warmly and lifted his right hand to place it on top of Yuu's that was draped over his left shoulder, intertwining their fingers and letting them rest there. "I didn't miss you either, stupid Yuu-chan," he lied back with a stupid grin, his soft blonde hair falling in his face and brushing against Yuu's neck, which for the life of him he tried to ignore even though it tickled like hell. "Not even a bit."

A/N: my god these two are so cute with their play fighting and teasing each other omg... it's hurting me to write this fluff it's so sticky sweet i swear there will be actual plot to the next chapter LMAO