A/N: Jeez I haven't update this one in forever... I'm sorry D: *hides from everyone*
Satomi's POV
Today is the start of Winter Break for those of us at Cross Academy. Many of the Day and Night Class students have already left or have been picked up by their parents. Having nowhere really to go to, Takuma insisted that Akahina and I come with him, Kaname, Amaya, and the others to the Aido villa for break. We've packed our luggage and wait outside the Moon Dormitory.
Becoming impatient to see my fiancé, I begin to pace around. I must be aggravating Akahina because she keeps shooting me glares and snarling at me to knock it off. She's already upset enough that I couldn't decide what to pack or even choose what to wear this morning. I can't help it, I don't get to have a private moment with Takuma very often. Now, I get to spend all of break with him. I don't have to worry about his fans watching our every move. He's all my own.
Akahina huffs, pointing behind me and I turn around to see Takuma exit the dorm with my cousin and Kaname in tow. I beam, squealing, "Takuma!" I run up as fast as my legs will carry me in my ankle-cut, heeled boots. I jump into his awaiting arms, wrapping mine around his neck playfully. I laugh as he twirls me around in the air before kissing me as a greeting.
"Hello, Satomi," the flaxen haired vampire murmurs, "Sorry to keep you waiting." He pulls me close to kiss me again.
I throw my arms around his neck again and lean into him. I giggle, "It's okay, because you're here now." I return a kiss to his lips.
"Can you two please stop? You're embarrassing yourselves..." Ruka gags rudely, rolling her eyes and interrupting our moment.
Kaname sighs, "Now, now, Ruka. It's quite alright. They don't see each other much."
"They see each other every day before class."
"That's not private."
"This isn't private either!"
I glare while Takuma just laughs it off. It's not like either one of us can help it that the whole Day Class female population, minus Akahina and Yuuki, chooses to stare at him, even when they know he's taken. They also don't back off with giving him gifts and chocolates every now and again, even if that means shoving me out of the way to do so. I know he has no interest in them, but it still makes me jealous and upset. It's like the girls don't recognize our relationship. Well, I'm sure that they don't want to either. And that is the worse insult to me.
Rima mumbles, switching topics, "It feels sort of strange that we're all going to the Aido villa but Hanabusa isn't coming with us."
I see Akahina flinch at that. Neither Takuma nor Amaya had said anything about Hanabusa not coming with us. We thought he would be joining us like everyone else. And recently he's been acting more fidgety than usual, but I'm sure it's just a phase with him. Probably is anxious for all of his fans to return to campus so he can his attention.
Ruka scoffs, flipping her hair, "As long as I'm with Lord Kaname, I really don't care."
Amaya scolds, seeming annoyed, "Yes, Ruka, we get it. For the fifth time you've said it... just... stop..." My cousin smiles at me and gives me a quick hug before joining Akahina, sparking up a casual conversation with her.
"Is Shiki not coming either?" my best friend asks, noting the lack of the maroon haired boy. I can clearly tell by her tone that she's bothered by Hanabusa's absence. She'd been talking about spending a few moments alone with Hanabusa. Akahina has the same problem as me, his fans won't back off either. Though, they usually will leave him alone if they are together. Of course, they aren't together-together... so that also is why they see him as fair game. Because technically he is...
"He's going to visit his mother," Rima answers, sounding not too thrilled about it. I don't really understand. If I could, I'd love to visit my mother during break. I don't have that luxury like most on campus.
Kaname ends the loitering, sort of chuckling, "Come, it's time to go." He's right. The car must be waiting for us. It is probably not the best idea to keep our driver waiting any longer since it will be a long car ride to the station for our train. And if we miss that, Kaname is surely going to murder us one-by-one, starting with the lovebirds, AKA my fiancé and I. We all follow him as he makes his way down the steps to exit from the academy.
Takuma and I pick up the rear, holding hands with our free hands. I can't help but grin, I'm so excited for this trip. Finally, I can relax. I can finally spend some quality alone time with my fiancé away from the eyes of other girls that will kill just to swoop him up. I whisper happily, "I can't wait to spend all of break with you!"
"Me either," he whispers back, squeezing my hand.
Akahina coughs, turning her head to us, groaning, "Uugh! Can you two wait until we get to the villa to be all sappy?!" She turns back around and whistles a cheery tune once I shoot her a look. She's lucky she's too far for me to kick her down the rest of the steps.
After a day long train ride and another 5 hour drive, we finally arrive at the Aido villa late in the afternoon. We all are greeted by the servants of the Aido family and enter. They instruct us to where the bedrooms are and head that way to unpack. Soon, we have to split up due to our arranged rooms. Kaname, Takuma, and Akatsuki head one direction while Ruka, Amaya, Akahina, and I head the other.
"Satomi? Where are you going?" Takuma calls, pausing, "The room is this way." He points the way he's headed with the other boys. It would be just my luck to have to room around the boys. Though, I'm kind of used to it since having residing in the same building as them before. Yet, I still can't get this jittery feeling out of my stomach.
I turn around, nodding, "O-oh." I look back at my cousin and best friend. They shrug at me like it's no big deal. Oh, if it was them, they'd be freaking out too. Well, maybe just Akahina. "I'll meet up with you two later." I hurry after the others. Not long after Takuma and I split from Kaname and Akatsuki. I figure Takuma must want to show me to my room himself. I blush and giggle contently to myself. He's so cute when he's being all gentlemanly like this.
"Here we are!" Takuma brightly chirps, opening the door and entering inside.
Wait. If this is my room... why is he entering? I shrug, guessing that we must be sharing. I guess that's not really an issue since he is my fiancé. I'd have to get used to it eventually. I glance around, taking in the gorgeous room. The decorative and fancy wallpaper, the comfortable looking lounge furniture, what looks to be a large walk-in closet, it reminds me much of my old home where I'd lived with my parents. Continuing my examination, I see that the bathroom is off to the side and there's one canopy bed. Then, I stop. There's one bed... and two of us. My heart rate increases and my cheeks heat up. We have to share the bed.
Takuma sees I'm lingering in the doorway and cocks his head, asking, "What's wrong, love?" He puts his luggage down on the small lounge couch in the room. My betrothed then joins me over by the door. My heart nearly skips a beat as he touches my face, looking concerned.
I mumble, averting my eyes to the floor, "T-there's only one b-bed..." God, even I can hear how ridiculously flustered I sound.
Takuma begins giggling uncontrollably. He holds his stomach, doubling over as he laughs. My face flushes even redder in embarrassment. The vampire boy holds up his hands as I hiss at him for laughing at me. "Is that such an issue?" he questions, coughing to regain himself. Obviously he sees no issue or isn't nervous about it at all.
"I... I s-suppose not... s-since we're engaged..." I mutter, still not able look at him. I face the door to shut it behind us. I lean my forehead against the painted wood. Akahina will tease me for weeks about this... I make up an excuse as to why I am so flustered, "I... I was just surprised a-as all...!" I suck in my breath as Takuma pulls me to him, my back practically pinned to his torso. I can feel even the slightest movements of his muscles as they tense and relax.
Takuma whispers in my ear with a chuckle, "You know... you're almost irresistible when you're flustered like this." He nuzzles my neck affectionately.
I blush even redder as I feel his breath on my neck. I stutter, "I-is that s-so?" I'm so nervous. We're behind closed doors. My heart is pounding in my chest, I'm certain Takuma can feel it. It doesn't help that I can barely breathe either with my racing heart. My brain is frying, I can barely think straight. Nothing is computing or processing correctly.
My fiancé turns me around, smiling, "Yes... I'm lucky..." He sweeps me up in his arms, kissing me soundly on the lips. Takuma carries me over to the bed where he sits me down. He laughs lightly as he removes his lips from mine. The platinum blonde leans over me, moving his mouth to my neck. He gently bites around my collar bone, causing a slight moan to escape from my mouth before I can stop myself. He laughs as I blush and bite down on my bottom lip, embarrassed beyond belief.
"Y-you're going to leave a mark!" I complain, trying to hold back any other sounds I might make as he continues. Of course, it's beginning to be quite difficult as my instincts try to fight off my self-control. If anyone hears us, I'd just about burst into flames and die...
"You know as well as I do that's not true," he retorts with a small chuckle before moving to my lips again. I throw my arms around him again, kissing him back. He tangles his fingers in my hair, shuddering in pleasure as we mash our lips together. Now, this I can handle. This I'm fine with.
What I'm not fine with is the sudden knocking at our door, interrupting our full-on make out session without the watchful eyes of the Day Class. Does the universe hate me or something? Am I ever going to get a private moment with my fiancé that isn't interrupted by someone?
"Satomi? Takuma?" I hear my cousin's voice ask cautiously through the door.
Immediately breaking my lips from his, I curse quietly, "Well, shit..."
Fiercer banging echoes from the other side as Akahina impatiently shouts, "You two can stop sucking face for a few hours to spend time with the rest of us! At least I hope that's all you two are doing now!"
Takuma and I both flush and avoid looking at each other due to the fact that my best friend has just sexually assaulted our minds. I didn't need those images in my head and I certainly don't want them floating around in my husband to be's head. "I'm going to kill her..." I grumble to myself aloud.
My flaxen haired fiancé gets up silently to answer the door himself. I remain sitting on the edge of the bed, faced away from the door as I try to wipe the blush off my face before my best friend and cousin see me.
"Sorry for the intrusion," Amaya apologizes before motioning towards Akahina, "This one here wouldn't shut up until you two would join us all for tea."
Takuma beams back as if nothing happened, "It's quite alright. Satomi, darling? Do you want to join them for tea?"
I nod, knowing if I declined, Akahina would never leave me alone with him. "S-sure..." I say, standing up and joining them to head to the common room to lounge about while having tea.
While walking down, Akahina whispers in my ear, "So... what were you two really doing?!" Is my love life seriously not private?! Is it not sacred?! Why must she be so nosy in business like this?!
"Nothing that concerns you," I answer quickly and quietly. She really doesn't need to know what goes on behind closed doors between me and Takuma. If I want her to know, I'll let her know.
"Oooh... so it's that kind of nothing," she snickers back. I'm seriously going to strangle her in 2.5 seconds if she doesn't stop.
I flush, snapping, "Oh! Get your head out of the gutter! Nothing like that happened! And even if it did, you don't need to know!"
Amaya lightly bops Akahina on the head, scolding her for assuming something like that. She turns to me and sighs, "I'm sorry if we did ruin a romantic moment... She was going to barge in there unannounced if I didn't agree to go get you two with her." That would be just like Akahina. I'm so glad Amaya was able to stop her. Though, note to self, from now on for the remainder of break, if I'm alone with Takuma... lock the door.
"It's okay," I reply.
Ruka, Rima, and Kaname are already waiting for us in the lounge. Well, Kaname is actually out on the balcony. Akatsuki is nowhere to be found as well. Perhaps he'll be joining us too. Thinking not too much of it, I sit down next to Rima on one of the couches while tea is prepared for us. Once it's brought out the aroma alerts me to the fact that it's rose tea. I'm not too fond of rose tea, but as taught by my mother, I politely drink it anyway.
"I like rose tea!" my fiancé smiles, all lively and bubbly. Guess that means I know what type of tea to prepare for him when we are married.
Ruka nods, murmuring while lightly inhaling the wafting smell of tea, "Yes, the fragrance is lovely."
"If I mix in the rose jam, will the flavor become more intense?" Takuma questions while eagerly scooping in globs of the jam into his tea. He looks like a child in a candy store.
I scold as I notice the huge amount he's using, "T-Takuma! You're going to use it all!"
Rima adds, "Personally, I like jam on my biscuits and not in my tea." She's obviously digging at my childish fiancé, though she's within reason.
The Aido family butler then appears out of thin air holding a tray of assorted biscuits out for Rima. "I brought you biscuits, miss. I hope you enjoy them." What? Does he have this room bugged or something? And how the heck did he bring fresh biscuits here so fast? You know what, I don't want to know...
"There's no use for them now," my cousin notes, pointing to the now empty jar of rose jam that my future husband has used all up.
I pale in embarrassment which soon turns to somewhat annoyance. "Takuma!" I shout, lightly nudging his arm. I already have one immature teenager, Akahina, to take care of, I do not need another... especially since he's a year older than me... "I'm so sorry guys..." I mutter an apology that I shouldn't be giving. I look at Takuma, shooting him a silent look that reads "really?!"
He blushes in embarrassment at being scolded and caught acting in such a manner, even if it is somewhat normal behavior for him, in front of his fiancée. To avoid further scolding from me, Takuma switches the topic, "I don't understand. Why didn't Hanabusa come along with us too? I mean, Ryo is here."
Akahina's face reddens as everyone glances at her. I look at her to which she defends, "We're not dating! D-don't glare at me..."
Funny, I actually wasn't. In fact, it's almost a surprise that they aren't dating. Honestly, I don't know what to classify them as. It's like they're more than friends but less than boyfriend and girlfriend. I answer calmly, "I did no such thing. He's a vampire, you're a vampire... I just don't want you two causing any mischief..." Very true. Between the two of them, only God knows what they'd do. They're a good... whatever they are... but it's not a good idea to leave them unattended for a long period of time...
"Anyway..." Ruka coughs, "I don't know. And for some strange reason, Akatsuki has shut himself in his room. I don't know what's going on with them." I can tell that this is somewhat upsetting and worrying her. She knows those two better than the rest of us. She's been around them her whole life.
I console, "I'm sure he's just got something to do."
To avoid ruining our vacation due to focusing on our worries, the subject is soon switched to our plans for the next few days. Ruka and Rima haven't really decided what they'd do. Akahina, Amaya, and I decide to browse a few of the nearby shops tomorrow, then in the evening I'd make it up to my fiancé by allowing him to take me out to a restaurant. Under normal circumstances, like if we were still on campus, I would have objected. Knowing my classmates in the Day Class, they somehow find out where we'd be going and stalk us throughout our date.
Kaname eventually walks in, alerting to us that dawn is approaching. We all bid each other good night as we part for our rooms.
Walking back in, I stretch my arms above my head, feeling stiff from sitting for so long. Takuma tells me that he's going to take a shower, striding straight into the bathroom. I change into a nightgown while he's preoccupied in the shower. My flaxen haired fiancé comes out while I'm brushing my hair while sitting on the bed. I put the brush on the nightstand and look over to talk to him.
Takuma is shirtless, with pajama pants on, busy towel drying his soaked hair. I avert my eyes, blushing. Even though I'm engaged to him, I still feel awkward around him.
He sits beside me once his hair is dry, tossing the towel in the small hamper in the corner of the room. Takuma laughs, "Your face is red." Great, he's teasing me again.
I glance over, seeing his flushed cheeks, scoffing lightly due to embarrassment, "So is y-yours... I'm... I'm just nervous..."
"Me too..." Takuma admits, hugging me close to his chest, "Sorry. I just want to stay like this."
This is new. He never seemed so serious. This seems a little different from his usual romantic gestures. Still, I kind of like it. "O-ok..." I squeak as a response. When I rest my head on his shoulder, I smell his washed hair. I inhale the sweet aroma of lavender wafting off of him. I unintentionally murmur, "I like how you smell..." As soon as I say it, I almost slap a hand over my mouth.
Takuma's muscles suddenly tense. "Satomi!" he shouts, picking me up slight to place me in the middle of the bed. He towers over me with flushed cheeks, his emerald eyes looking at me with hungry seduction.
Totally not expecting this at all, my own eyes tremble while my breathing picks up pace. I open and close my mouth, but no words come out. A million thoughts race through my mind. This doesn't seem like the Takuma I know. I'm nervous. I've never seen him like this. I can tell he's different as he leans down, kissing my lips, they seem much more passionate and hungry than usual.
Suddenly, just as I begin to kiss back, Takuma pulls away. Looking back into his face, I freeze, my eyes widening. His usual gentle eyes are scarlet. I've never seen his eyes like that. I'm awestruck. But my daze is soon over once he moves his mouth to my neck, raking his tongue along the side. I gasp, jolting my head back in surprise. No, I'm not ready for this. I'm not prepared for what I originally thought either, but I definitely am not prepared for Takuma to drink my blood before we're married.
"N-no..." I squeak quietly. I am almost positive I didn't say it loud enough.
Yet, Takuma pauses, his fangs just brushing my neck. "Huh?" my fiancé asks.
Voicing myself much louder, I push on his chest, crying out, "N-no!" Takuma gets off of me and I sit up, my face completely red. I casually use my peripheral vision to check out Takuma. He seems to have returned to normal. Still, I stare at my lap, fiddling with my thumbs as I whisper, "I'm... I'm not ready for that..." It's not like I don't love him... it's just that I didn't feel comfortable with something like that just yet. I didn't enjoy it when Akahina had to, so I think that is the root of where my anxiety came from.
Takuma cups my face gently with his hands, forcing me to look at him. His face looks so apologetic. He murmurs, "Satomi, I'm sorry... I guess I got carried away..."
"I-it's okay, I'm not mad... I was just surprised..." I reply. I slip underneath the fluffy blankets as my fiancé releases my face. He follows suit, facing me with a smile on his face. He pulls me close, kissing my forehead.
I close my eyes, relaxing as he runs a hand through my hair. I sleepily mumble, "I love you, Takuma..."
"I love you too, Satomi..." he mumbles back, sighing happily as he cuddles with me.
I fall asleep in the warm embrace of my fiancé, completely forgetting about the event that happened minutes before. I know he'd never do anything to intentionally hurt me, so I figure it's better to not dwell on it. No, if I did, it'd ruin my vacation alone with him.
A/N: So as I've explained in other updates in another story I'm working on, I've had a few things take priority in my life.
Of course, I now have a job as well. I'll do my best to update...
I apologize for this chapter's lateness. I was having major writer's block with Satomi and Takuma's romance... since I've never ever ever have been in a romantic relationship for a lengthy period of time. Because #single life swag...
I'm sorry if it seems stupidly awkward... I did my best...
And I call myself a hopeless romantic... such a lie XD
Hope you guys are well. See you all in the next update.