As Aido strode closer, I grew more nervous. He was beautiful, especially in the fading sun. He was wearing a button down, white shirt under a blood red vest, and slacks. "hello Hikari-chan, you look absolutely ravishing" he said, bowing down slightly, taking my right hand gently and kissed it. I face heated up because of this, I just hoped he couldn't see it. "Um, you didn't bring a coat" I said, turning my head to the side to hide the blush, "don't you need one?".
"I trusted that you would return it" he said as he retrieved his coat. "you're lucky I remembered it" I said as I handed it to him, "my friends were pushing me out the door".
"so who lent you that necklace" he said, touching it lightly and smiling sweetly, "it looks beautiful on you". "It's actually my grandmother's necklace. She gave it to me when she died" I said, looking down at my feet. When I looked up, Aido was looking softly at me. All I hoped was that he couldn't hear how loudly my heart was pounding in my chest.
"well, shall we get going?" he asked, steering me towards the car, "Headmaster Cross granted us permission to go out tonight until ten" he said, helping me into the car and then going around to the other side.
"T-ten? That long?" I stuttered, looking at him from the side as he started the car. "well, it's half an hour to where we're headed." he said, driving away from the school, "so we have three hours to our selves". 'Four hours alone with Aido?' "you know, I don't really know why I'm doing this." I said looking out the window. "what do mean? I thought you wanted to know what the big secret was." he said, looking at me quizzically. "I know but, I promised myself that I wouldn't go out with a play boy ever again" I said quietly. "again?" he asked. "did you date someone at your old school? A 'playboy' as you so kindly put it" he said, a little irritated by my remark.
I started, what I said was so quiet, I was sure he wouldn't hear it. "um, yeah, I did. 'how did he hear that?' I thought. "so what was he like?" he asked, nearing the town where I had spent the day with my friends. "hey, so um, what are our plans for the evening?" I asked, changing the subject. I didn't want to talk about Yori, especially to Aido. He looked at me as if I was keeping a secret from him, but seemed to let it go and drove into town.
He parked the car close to the café. He got out and walked around to my side to help me out. When I looked around, I saw a bunch of people on the side walk staring at us, or more precisely, they were staring at Aido. I can't say I didn't expect this, but it was still a surprise.
"So what are you looking at?" he asked as we walked towards the café. "nothing, just looking at your fans." I said looking around at the girls staring lovey-dovey at Aido and glaring daggers at me. "just ignore them, I'm here with you tonight" he said, bending down to whisper in my ear. 'tch, yeah, me today them tomorrow' I thought as we walked into the shop.
The café was half full, but still noisy. From my trip this afternoon, I had expected there to be only a few waitresses who worked here, they all looked like they were busy, but one look towards the door, and 'suddenly' they were free. "Hi Aido! How are you? You haven't been here in a while. Are you here alone?" they all asked at once, barraging him with questions. While he flirted with the waitresses, I was lying on the floor. Why? Because I was, once again, pushed by fan girls. "ah, actually, I'm here on a date" he said looking around, "but, where did she go". "down here Aido", I said sitting up.
"Hikari, why are you on the floor?" he said, helping me up and handing me one of my crutches. "oh, you know, you were flirting with the waitresses so I thought I'd take a nap on the floor." I said, sarcasm and bitterness, evident in my voice. "it's funny how you say one thing and do another. Just like him" I said, whispering the last part. Again, I was sure he didn't hear, but what I didn't know, was that he did. But he chose to shrug it off and had one of the many waitresses there lead us to a private booth.
"I'll be right back for your orders" she said smiling sweetly at Aido, and glaring slightly at me. 'jealous much?' I thought as she walked away. We sat for a while. We Didn't talk much except for idle chatter. The waitress came back and took our orders. "parfait please" said Aido, smiling warmly and causing the waitress to giggle. "heh heh, right away Aido-kun" she said walking away giggling like a school girl. "Oh, hey wait, you forgot to take my order!" I called after, but she didn't seem to hear. "Ha Ha! It's okay Hikari-chan, we can share." he said, grinning at me. 'of all the girls in all the world, why did God chose me to go on a date with a flirtatious idiot?' I asked myself.
The dessert came and the waitress left. Aido picked up his spoon and started to eat his half. I didn't want to be rude so picked up my spoon and started eating. Just like this afternoon, the dessert was sweet. I peeked up at Aido and I he was smiling at me. His half of the dessert gone. "wow. You know we still have a little more than three hours left right" I asked, amazed anyone alone could eat that much in less than ten minutes. Well, except for Yuuki. "well, I wanted to talk to you somewhere more private" he said. "about what?" I asked, putting down my spoon.
"I think its time for your confession" he said, looking at me from across the table, all traces of his usual happy, flirty mood gone. "What?" I asked, taken aback by his sudden mood change. "I want the truth about your twisted ankle, I also want to know what kind of person you used to date." he said, leaning his elbows on the tables and placing his head on his hands. "there's nothing to talk about. He was a player, just like you, and he took an interest in me" I said looking down at my hands.
"so why did you brake up with him?" he asked. "I realized he had a side of him that was dark. Something I hated. He seemed nice, like everyone said, but he…" I trailed off, not wanting to reveal what happened. "what did he do?" Aido asked, concerned now. "nothing, it's nothing, I don't want to talk about it here." I said getting out of my seat. "alright, wait for me outside, I'll pay the check." he said, also getting out of the booth.
As I waited outside for Aido, I couldn't help but notice it get colder. So I knew I couldn't trust my friends with the weather. But, I also felt as if I was being watched. But as Aido came out the door, the feeling went away, as if it disappeared. Aido told me to follow him to the local park so I walked with him for a few minutes. I still couldn't shake the feeling of someone watching me though.
After about ten minutes, we came upon a small lake, inside of the park. Aido told me to sit down on the park bench that over looked it. In the cool, dark night, the lake reflected a cloudless sky with a full, bright moon above it. I loved it. "Hikari, why did you brake up your boyfriend?" asked Aido, looking forward at the shimmering lake. "Aido please forget it. I don't want to talk about him." I said, facing away from, and looking behind me. I had the same feeling as before.
"No, I want to know why you made that promise." he said looking at me now. "It's nothing, I said forget it." I said, getting frustrated now. 'why can't he just leave it alone' I thought, 'it not like he should care. After all, all play boys think alike. There's no grantee that he's not like Yori.' "Hikari, please tell me." he pleaded, putting a hand on my shoulder. "Don't touch me!" I said, getting up and walking away.
"Hikari wait!" he yelled after me, grabbing my arm to stop me. "Let go of me!" I yelled at him. "Hikari please calm down." he said, pleading again, slightly tightening his grip so as not let go of my arm. "Let go of me! You're hurting me again Yori" I yelled at him. He froze, releasing my arm. I backed away from him, soon realizing my mistake. I had had a brief flashback to when Yori and I were arguing. He had grabbed my arm and squeezed it tightly, causing dark purple bruises to form on my upper arm.
"Hikari, who is Yori?" Aido asked, in a calm, questioning voice. "he's the guy I broke up with." I said, keeping my voice low and even. "is he the one who hurt you?" he asked. I couldn't answer, because even if I told him, I knew he wouldn't care.
I would be the one who would get hurt. Get played with. I wont answer for a play boy. I wont date a play boy. I don't want to be seen near a play boy. Especially if it was someone who would end up being just like Yori. Someone who hurt me, every way they could.
"Hiakri, please answer me" he said, taking a few steps forward. "Aido, leave me alone." I said to him. "I wont answer you even if you blackmail me again." I said, taking a few more steps back until I hit the trees behind me. "blackmail? Why would I blackmail you?" he said, confusion sweeping across his face. "to get what you want! A toy to play with!" I yelled at him. "Hiakri, you're not a toy." he said, obviously hurt. "to you I am!" I yelled, "God! Why am I always a toy for play boys like you and Yori?". "people like you are who I hate the most!" I yelled. "Hikari…" Aido said. Just then, there was a rustling behind me.
"hahaha. A lovers quarrel?" Said a young man, with a slightly deranged face, and eyes the color of blood, as he walked out of the trees behind me. "say, why don't you come with me. I'll make your pain go away." he said, roughly picking me up and running into the forest. "AHH! Let go of me! Put me down!" I yelled at him. "somewhere, where your boyfriend wont find us." he said, running faster than a human could possibly run. "he's not my boyfriend you perv!" I yelled, "someone, anyone, HELP ME!"I screamed at the top of my lungs.
He suddenly put me down and grabbed my shoulder roughly. I wanted to run, but I knew I couldn't run with a twisted ankle. I hoped someone would find me before anything happened. I heard my name called from somewhere far away. But, I was barely listening, because, I watched as the deranged man come closer to my neck. I saw in my peripheral vision, sharp, elongated fangs, gleaming in the little moonlight there was here. Fleeting thoughts rushed through my head, but one stood out the most: Vampire. I cried out as he roughly bit the side of my neck, spilling my blood onto the ground.
Someone kept calling my name over and over again, they were getting closer, but I started to pass out from the great loss of blood. When my vision became blurred, someone ran out towards us. I was released and fell to the ground in a small pool of my own blood, I couldn't keep my eyes open anymore, but I could just hear who had saved. "filthy level-E's, they are a disgrace to our kind." said the man whom had saved me.
I soon realized it was Aido, I tried to say his name, but I couldn't say anything besides a low moan from the pain on my neck. "Hikari, please try to stay awake." Aido said, gently picking me up, "don't worry, he's gone now. We'll get you some help" I could feel the wind going by and the soft thuds as Aido's shoes hit the ground. I wondered where we were going, but after a few minutes of running, I blacked out, and lost all my senses.