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Sweet Sacrifice

Chapter 10

"He kissed you?!" Yui shrieked in horror. What had her so worked up she didn't know. It wasn't like she was completely oblivious to the various "activities" the two occupied themselves with those days.

The evening had long since ended with everyone going their separate ways, with the exception of Yui and Everleigh.

Flashback~

When Everleigh didn't pull away disgusted and ranting at their first real kiss, Shu pressed on, deepening their kiss. Everleigh was overwhelmed by the fierceness of their lip lock, such force yet gentle in nature. Everleigh had never felt so swelled with such emotions before. Hands went up, tangling in fine curls as she pulled him closer. But Shu was the first to pull away, Sapphire eyes searching her pale.

"Yes," Everleigh groaned. "His kisses me… and then walks away! Dafuq(pronounced da fuck)!" The girl buried her face into her pillow and screamed.

Yui continued to pace her friend's bedroom floor, while Everleigh lay sprawled across her bed on the verge of a mental breakdown.

"He kissed you…" Yui repeated again. It sounded like she was trying convince herself that the tale of events had actually occurred with her friend.

"Yes, now can we please figure out what I should do?" Groaned Everleigh. "I mean we've already slept together numerous times, he's drank my blood… harasses me constantly... and he chooses now to kiss me and fuck with my head?! Really!"

The two of them had of course kissed before, naturally. But none of their sloppy, heated kisses made her heart flutter like the one they'd just shared. It wasn't raw with need, want, or lust. It wasn't filled with demands of 'remove your clothes' or 'fuck me harder'. It was soft and innocent, it was pure. And even now as Everleigh thought about his gentle puckers against her own, it left her cheeks flushing a brillant shade of red.

Everleigh got to her feet so quickly it startled Yui, the girl slightly jumped back.

"Where are you going?" She asked as she watched her friend march haughtily.

"To talk to him and see what the hell his problem is!" Said Everleigh. "Bet he's on drugs.."

"You're going like that?"

"Like what?"

"…that."

Yui was referring to the facial cream the both of them still had in various spots on their faces represented by white dots that smelt highly of mint.

"Yes."

"…you are?"

"Am I supposed to cut my skin care short because I have to go talk to some guy?"

Point proven.

Everleigh marched on to Shu's room, bursting through the door without even bothering to knock, just as the boy stepped in. Shu bore nothing but a towel at his waist as he toweled his hair, just having finished his bath. Everleigh blushed, although it was nothing she hadn't seen before. Shu gave her an odd look, his brows furrowed, as he scrutinized the many white specs that were placed randomly about her face.

"You!" She pointed.

"Yes?"

"What the hell was with that stunt you pulled earlier?" Asked Everleigh.

"Care to elaborate?"

"You kiss me just to walk away? Just up… and walk away? But I'm not even worried about that! What is with you? You're so confusing! All this time you're around here acting like you hate me, but then you're drinking my blood (and a hell of a lot of it I might add) and screwing me? What sense does that honestly make! I don't know if this is just a game to you and you really don't give a crap about me or-"

Everleigh was silenced by Shu's lips against hers.

"Why are you always so loud?" The boy asked as he pulled away.

Everleigh hadn't even noticed that he'd moved from his spot, her cheeks grew hotter. "Can you stop that please and just answer me?" She asked, flustered and upset.

"I never said I hated you," Said Shu. "And this is no game, I assure you. I figured I would rather present my feelings than let Laito have you… but I thought the way I felt towards you was obvious." He stifled a snicker at the look she gave him.

"How in the world would that be obvious?!"

"Do you have to ask?"

Silence.

"Exactly."

XXXX

"So… he likes you…?"

The girls sat out in the courtyard among the rose bushes.

"Yep…" Everleigh sighed as she stared up into the sky, watching as the clouds passed them by.

"And you like him?"

It took a moment before the girl answered. "I don't really know, I mean I don't know much about him other than the basics."

"The basics?"

"Yeah, ya know? Cute, quiet, vampire, good in bed? The basics."

Yui blushed, she too staring up at the clouds. "I guess I'm the same with Ayato… there's so much I don't know… that we don't know… for one, how did we even end up here?"

"Your dad, remember?"

"No, I mean… they were hell bent on not letting us get away. Why?"

"Maybe because your dad trusted them with our care?"

"I highly doubt my father knows they're vampires. There's no way he'd willingly send us here." Said Yui. "There's got to be something else that they're not telling us."

"Then why not ask?" Suggested Everleigh as she sat up.

"What?" Yui panicked as she sat up. After it took them so long to get on somewhat good terms with the boys, Yui had no desires to make them dislike her and her friend once again.

"Yeah! Hey! Hey Subaru! Can you c'mere?"

It was times like that where Yui simply hated how bold her friend could be at times. And it was just her luck that the youngest of the brothers was returning from lord knows where. Subaru, hands jabbed deeply into his pockets, made his way over to the girls with a less than caring look on his face.

"Heeeeey." Everleigh greeted him.

"You need something don't you?" Questioned the youngest boy.

"You know me so well."

"Well you have been invading my house for the past six weeks, I catch on pretty quickly." Said Subaru. "What do you want?"

"Why are we here?" Asked Yui. "Why is it that every time we tried to leave, you guys went to great lengths to get us back?"

"You're asking this now?" They didn't answer him. "Our uncle arranged for your stay with your father, no, your father has no idea we're vampires. For all he knows, we're extended family. You see…" He paused to collect his thoughts. "We're of mating age, and our uncle (who thinks it's his civil duty to be of some assistance) insists on helping us find mates."

"And that's where we come in," Said Everleigh. "But there are two of us and six of you guys."

"I know," Said Subaru. "He couldn't very well bring six different females into the house at one time, do you know what kind of mayhem that would've caused? That is why he stared off with two. Send two each go around until finally all of us have been paired off."

"And why is this so important?" Asked Yui. "You're all still so young, marrying… or mating shouldn't be a top priority so soon." They still had their whole lives ahead of them to do such things, why not enjoy their youth?

"It is when your father is the king of the vampires," Scoffed Subaru. "Because of that, everything has been planned out for us. With or without our consent."

"So… I'm guessing we're being paired… or mated with Ayato and Shu? Since… well, ya know…" Questioned Everleigh, moving her hands around a bit.

"Not officially, but yes." Said the boy. "My uncle has to right it for it to become official, so if you two escape artists are preparing to leave again now is the chance. If you stay you'll be turned and you won't be able to leave again."

"Meaning if we stay… we'll never see our families again."