It was still quiet in the morning throughout the castle. The first person to leave his room was Hizaki. He actually got up earlier than usual. Why did he get up earlier than usual? Because he wanted to check on Teru. He didn't think Kamijo would let him check on the youngest vampire. After all, Teru was being punished by staying in his room alone. Making his way to Teru's bedroom, Hizaki knocked on the door softly before entering."Teru?" He spotted his friend lying on the bed, facing away from him."How are you feeling?"

Teru moved a hand up to rub his eyes a little."Sorry, Hizaki, but I don't feel much like talking." He knew he was in trouble and wanted to keep to himself until he didn't feel so terrible anymore.

"You feel bad, don't you?" Hizaki stepped over to the bed and sat down behind Teru, gently touching the others arm."Come on, Teru. Please try to cheer up. I know you didn't mean to hurt Rubi."

"But I hurt him, whether I meant to or not." Teru grabbed his blanket and pulled it up over his head."Hizaki.." he whined like a child."I've been bad..Now I don't know what to do..I hurt Rubi..And Kamijo's mad at me..Yuki is really mad at me too..I have no doubt about that.."

Hizaki laid down and snuggled against Teru to give him at least a little comfort."You just need to apologize." He grabbed the blanket and pulled it down a little to uncover Teru's head."Also, you need to learn to control yourself."

Teru was silent for a minute or two before he rolled over to face Hizaki."Do you think I can do that?" He was really lacking self-confidence at the moment.

"Yes, of course." Hizaki sat up and gave Teru's shoulder a light tap."Now, get up and come with me."

"Why?" Teru sat up and looked at Hizaki curiously."What are we going to do?"

Hizaki smiled confidently."We're going to get Kamijo, and he's going to teach you how to control yourself better." He didn't think that should be a problem. Kamijo wanted Teru to control himself better, and Kamijo was the one who had taken up the responsibility of teaching Teru how to do certain things when Teru had first come to this castle anyway.

"But, Hizaki." Teru protested."Kamijo's mad at me. I can't go to him."

"It'll be alright, Teru. I promise." Hizaki gave him a reassuring look."Stop worrying and come on." Getting off the bed, he grabbed Teru's hand and pulled him up."Let's go to Kamijo's room and wake him up."

As he was being pulled toward the door, Teru looked down at himself."Wait, Hizaki! I'm still in my pajamas!"

Hizaki looked at Teru's pajamas and didn't seem to see a problem."I know. They're cute." He proceeded to pull Teru out of the room and down the hall. When they reached Kamijo's bedroom, he stopped and turned to Teru."Wait right here. I'll wake him up."

"Okay." Teru stood beside the door and leaned his back against the wall.

After giving Teru a small, encouraging pat on his head, Hizaki then went into Kamijo's bedroom. Stepping over to the oldest one's bed quietly, he tapped Kamijo's shoulder a few times."Kamijo." He waited for a moment and got no reaction. So, he tapped the others shoulder a few more times.

Kamijo gave no reaction until Hizaki started poking his cheek."Hizaki.." he groaned quietly."If you're trying to wake me up, that's not going to work."

Crossing his arms, Hizaki huffed."You're awake."

"No, I'm not." Kamijo denied.

"Of course you are." Hizaki sat on the bed and leaned over Kamijo a little.

Kamijo's eyes were still closed."No, I'm not. I'm still sleeping, and I can prove it."

Perking an eyebrow, Hizaki uncrossed his arms and placed them on his hips."Oh really?"

"Am I in bed?" Kamijo asked.

"Yeah." Hizaki was slightly confused.

"Are my eyes closed?" The oldest one smiled a little.

Hizaki sighed."Yes."

"There's your proof." Kamijo chuckled when Hizaki lightly hit his arm."However, since you want to wake me up, I'll tell you how."

Deciding to play along, Hizaki leaned down closer to Kamijo."Okay. How can I wake you up?"

"You have to kiss me." Kamijo answered.

Now, Hizaki chuckled."Alright. I think I can do that." Getting closer, he kissed Kamijo's lips gently.

Getting such a nice kiss, Kamijo finally opened his eyes."Okay, I'm awake now."

"Good." Hizaki straightened himself up and placed his hands on his lap."Teru is waiting for us in the hall."

"What for?" Kamijo sat up and stretched a bit.

"We came to get you, so you can start teaching him how to control himself better." Hizaki said with a bright smile."You're going to help, aren't you?"

Kamijo chuckled and nodded."Yes, I'll help."

Hizaki got off the bed and went back over to the door while Kamijo slipped on a shirt, since he'd just been in his pants. Opening the door and looking out into the hall, Hizaki became confused."Teru?" He didn't see Teru anywhere.

Kamijo stepped over to the door as well."Where is he?"

"I don't know. I told him to wait right here." Hizaki didn't think Teru would chicken out and run off. There had to be a good reason for Teru to run off.

~X~

Yuki had woken up a bit early and found Rubi already awake."Rubi, why are you up so early?" he asked as he sat up.

Rubi was sitting by the window, staring outside. When he heard his lover speak, he turned toward him and smiled."I just woke up a little while ago and couldn't fall back to sleep."

"Oh, alright." The brunette got off the bed and stretched before stepping over to Rubi."I'll go and get you some breakfast."

"Can I go too?" Rubi didn't want to be kept in the room.

"I guess that should be okay." Yuki held a hand out for Rubi to grab. Once his lover grabbed his hand, he helped him up then led him over to the door."Your bites should be closed enough. They're not bleeding, so you should be fine." He didn't want Rubi to be attacked again.

Leaving the bedroom with Yuki, Rubi laced his fingers with his lover's, holding onto his hand securely."Yuki, can you do me a favor?"

Yuki perked an eyebrow at Rubi. What kind of favor could the human possibly want?"Maybe. Depends on what the favor is."

Looking up at Yuki's face with a smile, Rubi really wanted what he was about to ask for."Will you call me 'hun' again, like you did last night?" He wanted the vampire's cheeks be covered by a dark red blush."Please?"

Turning his gaze away from Rubi, Yuki tried to hide the redness in his cheeks."No."

"Why not?" Rubi grabbed onto Yuki's shirt with his free hand and tugged on it."Please, Yuki. I really liked it."

"I don't want to." Yuki used his other hand to grabbed Rubi's hand that was tugging on his shirt."It's too embarrassing." he admitted."I won't say it if you ask me. I'll only say it when I want to."

"Okay.." Rubi slumped his shoulders and sighed. Then, he got an idea."Well then, can I call you 'hun' instead?" He had no problem with saying it.

Yuki froze for several seconds then made an expression that showed how much he wanted to protest against that."No, no, absolutely not."

Rubi stomped his foot once to throw a miniature tantrum."But why not, Yuki?" Rubi wanted them to become closer and act even more like a loving couple.

"I'm just not into that kind of thing." Yuki wasn't used to being all loving. Sure, he could be loving toward Rubi whenever they were in the privacy of their bedroom, but he just couldn't do it when there was a chance of someone seeing or hearing them.

Making a mad expression, Rubi pulled his hands away from Yuki's."Fine. But if neither of us can call each other 'hun', you can't hold my hand or hold me or kiss me."

Now it was Yuki's turn to make a mad expression."You're being ridiculous, Rubi. You know I like to do those things."

"Well, I liked it when you called me 'hun'. You won't let us do something that I like, so you can't do the things that you like." Rubi turned away from Yuki and stormed off toward the kitchen.

Moving a hand up to scratch the back of his head, Yuki sighed."Oh boy." He began to make his way toward the kitchen, walking slowly to make sure he wouldn't catch up with Rubi too quickly. He wanted to give them both at least a little time to chill. On the way to the kitchen, he noticed that they had both passed Teru, who was standing by Kamijo's bedroom. Stepping back, Yuki went right over to Teru and glared at him. He was still mad about the fact that Teru had bitten Rubi.

Teru's eyes widened when Yuki stepped over to him."Um..Yuki.." He wanted to get out an apology to keep the other from getting too mad but lost all his thoughts when he saw Yuki crack his knuckles."Yuki, please don't be mad."

"I'm going to break your face." The brunette gave Teru the sort of expression that told him to 'run or get beat'. When Teru took off running down the hall, Yuki ran after him.

~X~

Kamijo and Hizaki were about to start looking for Teru, but they soon spotted him. Teru had run down the hall, made a u-turn, and came back around, running at full speed to get away from Yuki, who was chasing him. Hizaki tried to run after them, but Kamijo grabbed his shoulders."Stay here, Hizaki." the oldest one said with a calm tone.

"But, Kamijo." Hizaki protested."Yuki's going to hurt Teru. We have to stop him."

"Yuki has the right to be angry with Teru." Kamijo sighed softly."Don't worry. We'll try to stop him before he gets too much out of hand."

Hizaki pulled himself out of Kamijo's grasp."No. I'm going to try to stop him now. Teru's my best friend. I'm not going to just stand here and let Yuki hurt him."

Kamijo motioned with his hand toward the way Teru and Yuki had gone."Alright, fine. I won't stop you. Though, I doubt you'll be able to stop Yuki on your own. He can be very wild when he gets angry."

"You're not going to help me?" Hizaki scrunched his brow when Kamijo shook his head."But Teru doesn't stand a chance against Yuki."

"That may be true." Kamijo leaned his back against the wall calmly."However, amongst all of us, Teru is the fastest runner. So, even if he can't stand a chance against Yuki after being caught, he has a very good chance of out-running Yuki. This will most likely just end when they both get too exhausted to keep running around."

"Whatever. I'm going to help Teru." After saying that, Hizaki ran after his friend and the brunette.