It's been a couple of days since Kotori discovered that Honoka, Umi, Nico and Nozomi were vampires. She promised them that she wouldn't tell anyone. Kotori kept her word and kept the vampire secret from everyone. She was confronted by Maki and she told her that she better keep her word that she doesn't tell anyone. She told her that if she told anyone the secret than she'll never forgive them. Their families already knew about her and agreed to let her live. Kotori even kept it a secret from her own mother. It pained her to do that but she promised that she wouldn't tell and Kotori always keeps her promises. Everything was still the same as before and Kotori's crush on Honoka didn't change either.
"I've decided that it's time for me to step up my game! I'm gonna ask Honoka out on a date!" Kotori thought.
Kotori needed to figure out how to bring up the topic of her and Honoka going out. She also needed to figure out where they should go one their date. Kotori had to think long and hard about what she was going to tell Honoka. She had a lot to think about. Kotori also thought that she should ask Honoka if they could have a sleepover. Kotori was prepared to ask her all of this tomorrow at school. The next day at school Kotori arrived at school and looked around to see if she could spot Honoka anywhere. She was able to spot her near the lockers. She ran over to Honoka and stopped in front of her. Honoka saw that Kotori was in front of her. She smiled and said good morning to her. Kotori smiled back and said good morning back.
Kotori decided that it was time to ask Honoka out. Kotori was nervous because she was afraid of being rejected but she decided to ask her anyway.
"Honoka" Kotori said
"What is it Kotori?" Honoka asked
"Would you like to go on a date with me?" Kotori asked
"A date?" Honoka asked
"Yes, would you like to go somewhere with me? Like an amusement park or a movie?" Kotori asked
"I wouldn't mind going on a date with you" Honoka said
"Really?" Kotori asked
"Sure, when do you want to go on this date?" Honoka asked
"How about seven?" Kotori asked
"Sure! That sounds good to me" Honoka said
When Honoka was out of her sight Kotori was screaming inside her head.
"She said yes! She said yes! I can't believe it!" Kotori thought
Kotori went home and changed into her casual attire. She waited for Honoka to come. She heard the doorbell ring and went down to answer the door. She saw that Honoka was there in her casual attire as well. They headed off somewhere to have their date. Honoka suggested that they could go to an arcade for their date. Kotori didn't really care where they went as long as she was with Honoka. They played some of the arcade games. The first game that Honoka wanted to play was a dancing game. Honoka's score was higher than Kotori's. Kotori was frustrated that she lost but she had fun and that's all that mattered to her.
"How are you liking it so far Kotori?" Honoka asked
"I'm really enjoying the time that we're spending here. I'm glad that you chose the arcade, I've never had this much fun playing games before" Kotori said
"I'm happy that you're having fun" Honoka said
They decided to take a break from games and get something to eat. They ordered some pizza and started to eat the pizza. After the pizza they ordered some ice cream. Kotori knew that Honoka would order some strawberry ice cream. It wasn't ordinary ice cream though, they decided to order milkshakes. It was time to go home and they were sad that the date was over because they didn't want it to end. When they were in front of Kotori's house, Honoka was about to leave but Kotori stopped her.
"Wait Honoka!" Kotori said
"What's wrong Kotori?" Honoka asked
"Would you mind having a sleepover with me please?" Kotori asked
"A sleepover? Right now?" Honoka asked
"Yes! If you can't do it right now I understand, but I want to have a sleepover with you sometime" Kotori said
"How could I possibly turn down a request like that? I'll be happy to have a sleepover with you" Honoka said
"Really? You'll have a sleepover with me?" Kotori asked
"Of course I will. Just let me rush back to my house and get some of my stuff and I'll come back here" Honoka said
"Okay" Kotori said
Honoka ran down the street using her super speed. Kotori was amazed at Honoka's speed. Kotori remembered that Honoka was a vampire. Kotori thought back to the time when she discovered that her crush was a vampire. She heard that there used to be vampires a long time ago but she thought that it was only an urban legend or a rumor that some people started. Honoka came back with a bag full of her stuff. Honoka told Kotori that she asked her parents and they told her that she could have a sleepover with her friend. Both girls were upstairs in Kotori's room and they were already in their pajamas. Kotori really wanted to know more about vampires so she took a gamble and asked Honoka about vampires.
"Honoka, can I ask about vampires?" Kotori asked
Honoka thought for a minute and Kotori saw that Honoka was thinking about what her response should be. Kotori also remembered that vampires must not be discovered no matter what.
"If you don't want to talk about it then I understand" Kotori added
"It's not that I don't want to talk about, I'm wondering if it's okay for me to talk about it with you since you're a human" Honoka said
"Does everyone's families know about me knowing that I know that you're vampires?" Kotori asked
"Yes, they do and we managed to convince them to let you know about our secret as long as you don't tell anyone else our secret" Honoka said
"That's good to hear" Kotori said
"But I'm still wondering if it's okay for me to tell you about us" Honoka said
"I think its okay to tell me since I already know your secret, it shouldn't do any harm" Kotori said
"You have a point. If there's anything you want to know about vampires then I can answer them" Honoka said
"Well the first thing I want to know is that there was a legend that vampires are weak to sunlight but you're able to walk around in the sunlight with no discomfort at all. Why is that?" Kotori asked
"Well, we have a special sunscreen that allows us to in the sun" Honoka said
"Sunscreen?" Kotori asked
"Yup, you already know about Maki right?" Honoka asked
Kotori nodded at Honoka's question.
"Believe it or not there are some people who are allowed to know about our existence" Honoka said
"Really? Why is that?" Kotori asked
"Because some of the humans are the descendants of the humans who helped save the vampire race a long time ago" Honoka said
Kotori was speechless to hear that the urban legend about vampires living with humans was true.
"Maki is a descendant from one of the humans who saved the vampires" Honoka said
"Really? Maki's a direct descendant? I had no idea" Kotori said
"Well, the humans who help vampires to this day can't allow anyone else to know that they help vampires" Honoka said
Kotori was speechless at this point. She had no idea that this secret was such a big deal to them.
"The humans back then invented a type of sunscreen that allowed them to walk around in the sunlight" Honoka said
"That's amazing" Kotori said
"I know it is. Too bad I got burned that one time" Honoka said
Kotori was shocked to hear that Honoka got burned from the sun one time.
"When did that happen?" Kotori said
"It was back when you still didn't know that I was a vampire. I told you that I burned myself while I was cooking. The truth is that I lied about that. What really happened was that I wanted to take a look at the city at night so I snuck out and went downtown to have a look. Since vampires have the ability to fly I was able to see the city from a very high altitude. But a storm came out of nowhere and the wind was so strong that it blew me off course and I ended crashing. I was okay but I knew that there was no way I could fly on such a windy weather. So I decided to wait it out. Unfortunately, as soon as the storm was over the sun was coming up. That sunscreen can withstand anything, it can't even be washed off by water. But it only lasts for 24 hours. The sunscreen on me wore off and I was trying to get away from the light. I sat down but my hand went into the sun and got burned. Luckily Umi came in and saved me" Honoka explained
Kotori remained silent and took in all the information. Kotori needed to know why it was important to keep it a secret.
"Why did you keep it from me?" Kotori asked
"It's not that I didn't want to tell you but I couldn't tell you" Honoka said
"Why do you need to keep it a secret?" Kotori asked
"Because we don't want to hunted" Honoka said
"Hunted?" Kotori asked
"To explain this to you I'm gonna have to tell you our entire history. I'm gonna give you the short version so you fall asleep from boredom" Honoka said
Kotori nodded and waited for Honoka to tell her the story.
"Basically, one vampire decided to suck a human's blood without permission. The humans back then would offer their blood to us voluntarily. But one vampire sucked a human's blood without permission. One human saw what happened and killed the vampire that attacked the human. The trust between us was broken and some humans trained themselves to be vampire hunters. They were able to kill a lot of us and the vampires realized that vampire hunters were a danger to our entire race. So they fled into the night and disappeared along with the humans that were still loyal to them. It was decided that in the new generation that vampires should hide themselves from humans except for the human descendants that helped them. The reason we want it to remain a secret is because we don't want some vampire hunters to come after us again" Honoka explained
Kotori understood why it was important them to stay in hiding. They were afraid of being killed off by vampire hunters.
"I understand now" Kotori said
"I'm really sorry about keeping this a secret from you Kotori" Honoka said
"Its fine, you were doing because you didn't want history to repeat itself. You don't have to worry about me telling anyone. I'm actually more determined to keep your secret hidden than before" Kotori said
"Thanks Kotori, I'm sure you'll be accepted by the vampire race by doing this for us" Honoka said
"I hope so" Kotori said
"I have to apologize for what I did during thanksgiving. When I leaned in close to you I almost bit you because it was time for me to suck some blood" Honoka said
"It's okay, don't worry about it" Kotori said
Kotori decided to ask something else.
"You said you used to suck human blood but why did you switch to sucking animal blood?" Kotori asked
"Well, after the vampires fled with some of the humans, it was decided that the vampires didn't want to suck human blood anymore. They came up with the idea of sucking animal blood. They sent out one vampire to see if animal blood was just as good as human blood. It turned out that animal blood was just as good as human blood so we switched over to animal blood so we didn't have to suck out human blood anymore" Honoka said
For the rest of the night they talked and had fun with each other. They even had a pillow fight and asked if there was any one that they liked. They eventually went to sleep.