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Sweet Sacrifice

Chapter 25

"You smell amazing." Everleigh whispered as she buried her nose into the side of Shu's neck, climbing into the boy's lap.

All they had was time to kill since the rain hadn't let up yet, and Everleigh was growing hungry. "Do I really?" Shu humored, inhaling.

Her scent, though it always got him hot, seemed even more enticing at that moment.

"Yes… you do… may I?" Shu asked, humming.

"You're asking me for a taste? Now I know you're a newborn."

Vampires didn't ask for permission, they didn't care if their pray wanted them to sink their fangs into whatever part of their body the attacker chose. Vampires didn't care, it was all instinct. All impulse. All on their own survival. Vampires simply took.

Everleigh growled seductively, giving the side of the boy's neck a kiss. Shu had witnessed Everleigh's killing style, so it was safe to say he was a bit intimidated by having his lover's fangs at his neck- though he didn't show it.

Ocean blue eyes squeezed shut, a lean, muscled torso pressed desperately into another, this one more firm and toned. Everleigh bit down onto the side of Shu's neck, her fangs digging into the soft flesh. It hurt, true enough, but nothing compared to the pain he felt all over when he'd stared into her lifeless eyes. Slowly, Shu could feel Everleigh drawing his blood, a low moan catching in his throat. Everleigh continued to hum contentedly as she felt Shu's hands on her hips, holding her in place, as he stroked the soft skin beneath her sweater.

"Stop your squirmin' Shu," Demanded the girl. "You're getting me more excited."

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"Hey… hey Yui… Yui… you asleep?"

Poke.

Poke.

Poke.

"Yui?"

Poke.

Poke.

"I was…" Came a muffled reply from under mountains of pink satin and frills. Yui peaked from under her covers, her eyes squinting, as she stared at her boyfriend.

Ayato was wide awake and staring back at her. "Glad you're awake," He said.

"Do you know what time it is?" Yawned the girl. Everyone seemed to be on some crazy, vampiric schedule but her.

"Do I care?"

Yui sighed, sat up, and switched on her bedside lamp. "What is it, Ayato?" She asked, giving her boyfriend her complete attention.

"I missed you," Said Ayato. "I didn't see much of you today."

Yui relaxed a bit. She was still a bit restless for being woken up but now she didn't really mind it all that much.

"I missed you too," She smiled lovingly. "Today was busy for us all. Even Reiji seemed more tense than normal."

"Reiji is always tense so he really doesn't count." Said the boy. "But we're all a bit under stress. Everleigh is getting used to feeding, and with her being a newborn she needs blood more than the rest of us do. We can get by with more human food than blood, but she's not to that point just yet. Reiji, as well as the rest of us, are just worried she will draw attention to us by our father."

And that was something none of them wanted and could afford. Especially since their father had already taken it upon himself to approach the newborn while impersonating someone else.

"Have you put any consideration into changing me?" Yui asked.

Ayato nervously scratched his head. "Well yeah," He said.

"Well?"

"Well what? I want you to be completely sure you want this before I change you. Everleigh was forced into it, I don't want you to have any regrets. Ain't no turning back once you have fangs."

Yui glanced down at her hands. Her warm palms and pale skin with just the right amount of blush in just the right places. Her hands weren't like Ayato's or Everleigh's, she still had human blood coursing through her veins, she still had a heart beat. If anything Yui felt left out being the only human in the mansion. She and Everleigh had faced everything together up until that point, but now? She felt deserted and alone. But that wasn't enough to make her take the plunge just yet.

Ayato cupped her chin, lifting her face so that hers was leveled with his own. "When you're ready," He said. "I'll change you."

His kiss was gentle despite his rough, playful, and sarcastic nature, as well all his kisses and intimate gestures. Yui wove her hands into his rusty locks, there was nothing she loved more than the taste of every inch of him.

"Can I go back to sleep now?" Yui asked, breathlessly, once Ayato tore his lips away from hers for a second.

The boy smirked playfully as he pounced, pinning her into the pillows.

"You're kidding right?"

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It was much later in the evening when the rain eventually cleared. Shu and Everleigh returned to the mansion, careful so they didn't track debris into the mansion. Correction, Everleigh went crashing through the front door in an attempt to be quiet but making far more noise than she intended to. Shu simply shook his head, having Everleigh around was definitely not a bore.

Everleigh, as hot water filled the bathtub behind her, stared at her naked reflection in her bathroom mirror. All along the left side of her torso were pink blotches that were nowhere near part of the cherry blossom branch tattoo that snaked down her side. They were from Shu, naturally, and the more she searched, the more blotches she found.

After a much needed bath and change of clothes, Everleigh returned to her room for some sleep. Or at least that was the plan before she found Laito sitting Indian style on her bed, a few sheets of paper in his hands.

"Little peacock," He welcomed her.

"Hey Laito," Said the girl. "What's up?"

"I wanted to bring you these," He said.

"And these are…?"

"The score for the next dinner."

Everleigh pinched the bridge of her nose. "That's coming up?" She asked. She'd been so preoccupied with her new life, keeping up appearances, and her studies that she'd lost track of the days almost completely.

"Every month, Little Peacock." Chided Laito. "And yes it is."

Everleigh took the papers into her hands, looking them over. "This is new," She arched a brow. "Why something like this?"

Laito shrugged, "You've inspired me to try something new."