Hope this isn't too mushy lol... just had to update! I've been dieing to write this part... haha. The next chapter will be longer i promise=) Thanks for r+r! A big shout out goes to you Anlia! Thanks for always being there buddy!


"Mr. Aido what's going on…?" My father asks.
"I need blood… don't let me suffer" The man pleads sarcastically.
"Daddy what's going on"
"Nothing my daughter…" My father quickly responds. Just then, I hear a large bang. I turn around and see the man covered in ice on the wall.
"You won't harm them"
"Hiroaki what's going on…?" I ask in shock. Where did the ice come from? Hiroaki turns his gaze towards me, and looks at me with saddened eyes.
"Vivien… I wish I can tell you" He says in a broken voice.
"We might as well tell her the truth already Aido" I hear a familiar voice suddenly say.
"Matsu…?" I mutter in astonishment. He walks up to my father and lightly places his hand on my father's forehead, suddenly; my father collapses into the ground.
"Father… what did you do to him?" I snap at Matsu.
"Aido, take him to a safe place… away from Max. I'll stay here and talk to Vivien" Reluctantly, Aido nods his head in agreement. Just then, Hiroaki and father disappear.
"Vivien, do not fear us… do not fear me" Matsu mutters.
"What are you… tell me" I said, taking a few steps away from him.
"If I tell you, then I'm afraid of what might happen" He responds.
"Nothing will happen Matsu, just tell me already… what are you?" I ask in a calmer tone. Matsu takes a few steps closer to me and lightly pulls me into his arms. My heart began to beat rapidly by the feeling of his touch. What was I feeling for this man… this being?
"All I could tell you is that human I am not"
"Then what are you… tell me please" I plead.
"Nothing would make me happier, but what would guarantee me that once I tell you, you won't run away?" He asks. His eyes told me that he wanted an answer from me, but what could he possibly want to know?
"Is Hiroaki going to keep my father safe?" I ask.
"I assure you that he will"
"You hold me in your arms so sweetly, why do you hold me so?" I whisper to him, without looking at him directly.
"Do you not realize why Vivien" He whispers in my ear, sending shivers down my spine.
"It can not be that you love me… why would you? Before you and I met, you had a love, didn't you?" I ask.
"I never said I did, you wish to believe that Vivien. Why don't you want to see the truth?" He mumbles.
"What truth… there is no truth Matsu" I said, almost in tears.
"Then why are tears forming in your eyes Vivien?" He asks.
"I will not answer you, you do not tell me anything I want to know… so why should I answer you?" I snap.
"Why are you so cruel to me?" He asks in a broken voice.
"Let go of me… someone can come in" I lie.
"No one can see us, we aren't where you think we are" I look around me. The clinic suddenly changes into another world. A world that looked just like the garden we went to. The garden of hope…
"The garden of hope…?" I ask in astonishment. I look around and see that we were by the beautiful river, surrounded by trees, flowers, and the cool spring breeze. This all seemed like a beautiful dream…
"Vivien I must know, if your heart belongs to someone" I push him away from me, but instead he pulls me back into his arms. What was I to answer him?
"What should I answer you…?" I ask.
"The truth Vivien…" He responds.
"Matsu… I don't want this" I mumble and add, "I'm just so confused, lost… forgive me" I said with tears coming down my cheeks. He lightly kisses my tears away. I wanted him to hold me closer, I wanted him to kiss me… yet I also wanted him away from me.
"Just tell me what you feel, then and only then will I tell you what you want to know" He responds.
"I want you to hold me closer; I want you to kiss me… Why do you make me feel this?" I ask and add, "Yet I don't want to need you the way I feel I do" I confess. He looks at me and smiles.
"Do you really mean that, or do you just pity me?" He asks.
"I mean every word" I reply.

I grow weak when we talk
I'm confused when we touch
I should just walk away
But that's asking too much

Matsu pulls me closer to him and leans in for a kiss. I felt tears come down my eyes. I was happy he kissed me; my heart felt a great joy knowing he was near. No feeling compared to the feeling that Matsu awoke in heart. Not even the feeling my heart felt for Hiroaki compared to this…

"Please don't make me feel this" I mumble, I slowly open my eyes and look at him.
"Vivien, you've made me the most joyous man alive. I want nothing more in this life than you… your love" He says.
"Then you must tell me already… what are you?" I ask. He lightly cherishes my cheek with the palm of his hand and says,
"I'm an old being, cursed to live in nothing but darkness" He responds and adds, "A being that some people deny to believe in and a being that many fear" He says… what did he mean by that?