Our Secret

Chapter 10

Another Vampire

The town was bustling like it always is. Nothing could possibly brake the flow of traffic.

"Hey there, cutie." One of the guys in a business suit was called over by a small girl in a very cute outfit. "You wanna bang me right here, right now." Without wasting anytime, the man followed her into the alleyway. Once he passed the corner, she sat up on a couple of boxes and spread out her legs. "Damn, this is you lucky day." She started to unbutton her shirt and that's when the man lost all focus in what he was doing. At the same time, the girl reverted her tactics. Her eyes turned red and fangs appeared in her mouth. She suddenly leapt at him and sucked out all of his blood. He tried screaming out for help, but the girl covered his mouth and made sure that they were in a secluded place. Once the deed was done, she cleaned herself up and thank him for the meal.

After that, she left him on the ground for everyone passing by to see.

…

The school days were always long and there were always a few students that stayed late doing various things. Once the activities were over, they packed their things and headed home. However, there was one girl that was all by herself.

"Hey, are you walking home alone?"

"Yeah."

"Me too. You wanna walk together?"

"Sure."

"Which way are you heading?" The girl pointed west. "Hey, I'm heading that direction too. Let's go." The two of them smiled and headed off together.

Once the sun was clear of the horizon and orange light was all that was left to see, the girl took her a different path and told her that it was a shortcut around the business district. When they got out of sight, she tackled the girl to the ground and sucked her blood. There was nothing she could since she was all by herself with no one around so she too shared the fate of that man in the city. Meanwhile, the other girl did the same thing. She cleaned herself up and thanked her for the meal.

After that, she left her on the ground for everyone passing by to see.

…

It was monsoon season and no one dared go outside. Unfortunately, there were a few people who commuted to work by foot or the occasional students that would be daring and brag to their friends. One of these students was walking down the street as cool as could be when he noticed a girl on the side of the street cuddled up in a ball. He walked over to her and knelt down in front of her.

"Hey, are you okay?" She sniffled a few times before looking up and answering him.

"I didn't listen to my older sister and I ran off on my own. Now, I don't know where she is and I can't find my way home."

"Oh, well, I can try to help you out. I know this area pretty well. Do you know any landmarks that are close to your house?" She wiped her eyes and looked around.

"I think it's somewhere around that park right there."

"Alright, stand up. Let's go try it out." He stuck out his hand and the girl took it politely. She looked around and no one was around. Once they got into the park, she tackled him to the ground and dragged him into cover. That's when she revealed her fangs and dug them into his neck. He tried fighting back, but she was just too strong. After a few seconds, he quickly lost strength from the extreme loss of blood. She cleaned herself and thanked him for the meal.

After that, she left his body there for everyone to see.

…

It was finally the weekend and Nozomi decided to sleep in for a bit. She still couldn't really wrap her head around staying at Eli's house, but Eli wasn't treated it like some strange thing so she had to respect that and act herself too. Once her urge to sleep was satisfied, she climbed out of bed and stretched out her body. She looked over to Eli's bed and saw that she wasn't there. I guess that's what you'd expect from the Student Council President. She got on her feet and walked down to the living room.

"Good morning Eli-chi." There was no response. When she looked inside the living room, she saw that Eli was standing in front of the TV, intensively watching whatever was on. Nozomi quickly made her way next to her to see what was up.

"In latest news, yet another body has been found in some area of the city. No one has been able to figure who the murderer is, but detectives have found that each victim was killed in the same way. A peculiar weapon that stabs the victim in the neck. Other than that, we can't say anymore. We'll provide you with more information as we get it, but this makes 3 deaths in the span of just one week. For more information, you can go to our website to stay up-to-date." The news suddenly went to advertisements. The living room was completely silent.

"So… What does that mean?"

"I… I don't really know, but we can't be rash about this. My parents should be returning soon so they'll be able to find out what is going on. Until then, I think it best to stay here until they come back."

"Until who comes back?"

"Momma! Poppa!" Eli's little sister jumped form the second floor and jumped into their arms. "I thought you weren't coming back for another week."

"We were, but when we heard things were going on around here, we couldn't leave our daughters to fend for themselves."

"Excuse me, but we can handle things just fine by ourselves."

"So I see." At that moment, her father turned his head and focused all of his attention on Nozomi. "Oh, and who might this be?"

"Oh, this is…" Before she could finished her sentence, her father appeared right in front of Nozomi in the blink of an eye. He lowered his head and got a good whiff of Nozomi's scent. Meanwhile, Nozomi had no idea of what to do so she just stood there as solid as a rock. "She's not a vampire, and yet she's in our house."

"About that. It has to do with the things that are going around here."

"You wanna explain that for me please," he asked while still keeping his attention on Nozomi.

"There have been several murders in the past month and they're all related with a signature death mark. To me, it looks like a vampire, but…"

"But you shouldn't presume things. Your mother and I will look into this. Meanwhile, do you have a name, young lady?"

"N-Nozomi. Toujou Nozomi," she said nervously.

"Nozomi. You know, you kind of look like- Ugah!" Eli suddenly elbowed him the gut and that made him stop where he was. "Excuse me. That was a slip of the tongue. Well Nozomi," he grabbed her hand and kissed as if he was in the Middle Ages, "it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance.

"Alright, that's enough of the formalities. Hi, I'm Eli's mother. Ignore this old man, he acts like he's living in the past all of the time."

"Excuse me for loving the glory days." Nozomi was speechless. She just watched her family settle in. Out of nowhere, Eli grabbed her hand which caused Nozomi to look at her in surprise.

"Don't mind them. Once you know them, they're pretty normal… aside from the obvious." This one comment managed to calm Nozomi down a bit as her mother called them for some breakfast.

End of Chapter 10