As Shin watched Carla's actions against Yui, emotions of confliction skittered through his mind. Damning himself as he should feel happy that the two of them were getting along so well. At the same time, jealous that he didn't get to share an embrace with Yui like that. Instead, his brother had stolen the spotlight. Victoria remained next to Shin watching their behavior unfold. Hearing the fevered whimpers of her friend as she was within Carla's clutches began to blush as their movements continued. Thinking of her husband who she'd rather be violating rather than watching Carla and Yui on the bench.

Finishing their kiss, Yui looked up at Carla, peering at his eyes for an extended period before she whispered in a hushed tone to him, "I liked that."

Smiling at her compliment internally, deciding to rather than reply to Yui to address the intruders behind him, "What do you want?" He spoke in a louder voice, obviously not speaking to Yui.

Poking her head up over his shoulder to see the look on Victoria and Shin's face, quickly becoming embarrassed and hiding within Carla's chest under the folds of the jacket he wore. Too embarrassed to say anything, but wiggling her toes in her shoes as thoughts ruminated within her mind. She did enjoy his kisses, and specifically the way he held her. A familiar sensation returning in her body, one that elected lustful desires. It seemed more natural that her body was responding to them without Cordelia present. This was simply who she was, her blood naturally calling to those that she was inherent to select from. It was a fate she couldn't avoid.

"Why did you take her from her bed?" Shin asked. Victoria still standing with blush colored across her face.

Carla looking at Yui, "Do you want to tell them or should I?"

Blushing a little further while sheepishly smiling at Carla, Yui didn't know what to say. While she was hesitant to go on the walk with him, but she was happy she did. She experienced a side of him she had never seen before. Still too embarrassed to say anything, shaking her head to let Carla know she wasn't going to say anything to them.

"She belongs to me, you have no right to question my authority," Carla spoke.

Dumbstruck by his behavior, one moment being affectionate and the next back to his usual self of proclamations of his kingship; Yui didn't want to be around him knowing that his logic hadn't changed despite his behavior hinting otherwise. Wiggling herself quickly from his grasp, standing up, and walking back towards the house. Carla watched Yui as she moved away from him, slightly confused as to what caused her reaction. As she passed Victoria, her friend winked at her and followed her in. Shin gave a loud scoff to his brother before stomping back into the house after Yui.

With complete silence over the gardens, Carla sat on the bench to contemplate his actions and Yui's behavior in response to them. Thinking to himself that even when they were together in town, Shu had tried to pull Yui away from him and had been successful at creating jealousy by kissing her in front of him. Did he just not perform the same action against Shin? Would he react the same way? Why would he care when Yui is intended for the King?

Several questions and lines of logic to consider, most notably Yui's behavior when claiming her. She had always been resistant to that method, yet Shin seemed to have better luck getting her to warm up to him. What was Shin doing that he wasn't?

Getting up off the bench and dusting himself off before heading back towards the house, he could see Shin escorting Yui up the stairs; carrying her instead of having her walk, Yui's expression seemed to be that of relief. Finally, out of sight, Carla decided to take a walk further out beyond the property instead of returning inside. He had a lot to ponder.

Pushing the door open with his foot, Shin maneuvered Yui through the entry way and set her back down on her bed.

"Thank you, Shin."

Lightly smiling at Yui, trying to hold his tail back from wagging. Victoria satisfied that Yui had returned to her place of rest, "It looks like my work here is done! I am going to go home."

Shin nodded at Victoria, a little relieved that she was finally leaving. Despite being a friendly Vibora, Shin would be that much more at ease without her around.

"You can't stay?" Yui pouted.

"I think you're in good hands." Turning to Shin and smiling. Picking up the nearby chest that she arrived in, Victoria kissed Yui on the cheek goodbye. Whispering in her ear, "Be careful, but have fun!" Stepping a few paces back and giving her a broad smile. Turning her gaze to Shin, "Take care of my best friend…"

Shin was staring on for a brief moment wondering why the third degree before realizing that her words had a double meaning of "or else."

Sighing to herself as she sat before Shin, but still embodying a chilling feeling, deciding a bath before bed was always welcomed. Getting up to go to the bathroom, "I'm going to take a bath before bed, thank you for bringing me up." Yui smiled warily at Shin as she braced herself while walking into the bathroom.

Scratching his head, unsure of where Carla went but he also needing to clear his head of the internal confliction he was feeling with seeing Carla lip locked onto Yui, "I will be back. I am going to go for a run."

Giggling to herself, smiling at Shin's words. In her mind thinking of Shin's wolf form and how fluffy and cute he looked.

"What?" he sneered.

"Nothing!" Shutting the door behind her, escaping into the bathroom. Turning around to start the water, testing it with her fingers as the faucet pumped hot water over her hand. Swirling her hand around and adding some nearby bubble bath mixture. Sliding her clothes off her body while looking at herself in the mirror, her skin completely healed. Her hair growing pale in color, more to the white she was used to seeing herself in when her progenitor form had peeked through. Pushing her face closer to the mirror to see the round of her iris turning to that of a point. Her awakening was happening. Smiling to herself, pinning her hair up behind her head and slipping her right foot into the water. Still a little hot, adding more cold water until it didn't burn her skin. Finally putting the rest of her body in and moving her back against the edge of the tub opposite of the faucet.

Sighing as the steam filled her lungs, closing her eyes and intently listening. She could hear the crickets outside, chirping as the late night breeze swept the landscape and the leaves rustled in the breeze. Her senses mellowing out to the point that Yui began to doze off in the tub as the sound of the bubbles popping and swirling from the steam in the bathroom soothed her mind.

*SPLASH*

The sound startling Yui awake. Her first instinct was to grab her legs and huddle her body up to where she sat. Looking frantically around the room, she saw something in front of her.

"What the fuck is this?" something growled from in front of her. Biting at the suds that littered the top of the water.

Getting her fear under control long enough to see that Shin had jumped in the tub with her and had bubbles all over his snout and head. Smiling to herself at the ridiculousness of how he looked, "Hold still, I will get them off." Moving forward and using her hands to wipe away the bubbles from his face and snout. She quickly went back to covering herself realizing that he was in the bath with her and she was completely naked, "GET OUT!"

Looking on at Yui, wondering why she is freaking out, "Stop yelling!"

"You are in here while I am naked! GET OUT!" Yui continued to cover herself while shouting at Shin.

"It's not like I can see anything! Besides, I need your help getting my fur clean…" Shin told Yui, admitting that there were certain parts he just couldn't get whether he was human or wolf, it didn't matter.

Still shaken up by Shin's sudden arrival in the tub, looking around to grab the bubble bath and adding more of it to the tub to make sure Shin couldn't see below them.

"Why did you put bubble bath in here anyways?" Snorting at the bubbles getting up his nose.

"I like bubbles…" trailing off to a time when she and Victoria would take baths together at the orphanage, adding lots of bubble bath mixture to the point that it would overflow from the tub on just the bubbles alone, "they remind me of… nevermind."

"Tell me," Shin reiterated.

"No, it's okay. You said you wanted to be washed?"

Shin standing up on all fours in the tub, walking near Yui and putting his face while pointing his snout right at her face, "Tell me, or I am not leaving."

Yui quivered below the water, unsure of how to respond. Slightly alarmed that Shin was standing so close to her while completely naked, or that he was in the tub with her naked in his wolf form and could tear her to bits anytime he wished. Yui felt vulnerable, but knew that Shin didn't back down, "Victoria and I would always take bubble baths together at the orphanage."

"So you mean… she was human before she was one of them?"

"She was my friend before any of that," Yui reiterated to Shin, scrunching her face at his words as if they were an insult.

"Fine. Fine. No need to get so worked up over it!" Sitting back down and facing towards Yui, "I'm ready to begin."

Scooting her body closer to Shin, slipping her fingers under his eyepatch and removing it to see his eye shut. Staring at it, "Does it hurt?"

"No. Not anymore."

"Oh…" her voice trailing while setting the eyepatch on a nearby bath table. Rubbing the water around Shin's neck and back of his head, taking off his necklace and joining it with his eyepatch. Softly running the water up around his ears, being careful not to get any water in them. Yui's hands caressing tenderly around his face, neck, and shoulders. Finally reaching below the water line to find his first paw, lifting it up and putting it on the edge of the tub. Pouring some liquid soap on her hands, rubbing them together before applying it to Shin's fur. Moving his other front paw up after putting the other one down and massaging the soap into his coat, running her fingers in between the pads on his paws.

Shin was watching Yui intently as she bathed him. Enjoying the sensation so much that he found himself relaxing, she continued to rub the soap over him meticulously. Enjoying the scrubbing around his neck and ears, finding himself moving his head into her hand as she scrubbed. The dirt, debris, and loose leaves falling out of his fur.

"Stand up," Yui instructed. Both of her hands up awaiting Shin's back. Shin obeying and turning his body sideways as his tail drooped over the edge of the tub. Yui's fingers scrubbing into his fur from his shoulders down his back to just above his tail. Shin trying to keep his sensations to himself couldn't help but feel his muscles continue to relax, his excitement growing. The feeling of Yui's hands on his body was something he had missed.

"Do I wash your tail?" Yui looking on at Shin in a confused manner, "What about your back legs?"

Peering at Yui, debating if he could trust her with his tail. His pride and joy lay in his tail. She was gentle, as long as he instructed her, she could wash it without a problem. "Be gentle, and only go in one direction when you wash it."

Yui following his instructions carefully, making sure not to cause discomfort to Shin. Finally finishing, Yui rinsed his body, making sure all the soap was clear of his face and neck.

"All clean!" She smiled at Shin.

Hopping out of the water, causing most of it to leave the tub; leaving just enough water that the bubbles clung to Yui's body. Shin was taking the excess water off of his fur by shaking himself frantically; he felt great!

Grabbing his eyepatch in his mouth from the nearby table and going into Yui's room to finish the process. Yui filled the tub with more water, cleaning the rest of her body off and stepping out. Wrapping a towel around her body, she pulled the plug and began heading out into her room. Screaming as she left the bathroom to see Shin sitting in a chair in the corner of the chamber.

"Why are you still here?"

"I want to talk to you."

Peering over Shin, he had slipped on some sleeping pants but left his shirt off. His signature eyepatch over his eye and his teal glasses over it, his necklace missing, likely still on the bath table. "You can talk to me later; I need to get dressed," Yui confirmed.

"Fine! I will wait outside until you are done!" Shin stated. Getting up out of his chair, walking past Yui, who had her head sticking out of the bathroom, and finally stepping outside her room. Yui was coming out of her retreat of the bathroom, opening up her dresser to find her night attire to be a nightgown of sorts with frilly ruffles around the sleeves and along the bottom. Sliding it over her body, it ran over most of her body stopping just above the top of her knees. Opening another drawer to find panties folded neatly in symmetrical rows arranged by color. Thinking to herself, "Whoever did all this put a lot of thought into it." Slipping a pair of new panties on, before turning to the door.

"Okay!"

Opening Yui's chamber door, pausing and staring at Yui's stems as she walked over to the bed. Her bare legs tantalizing Shin, the flesh on her arms having a similar effect. Watching Yui unclip her hair and begin brushing it in the mirror.

"Let me do that," Shin asserted.

Pausing in her movements, staring at him briefly while she contemplated his offer. It couldn't hurt, "Okay." Sitting down on the bench in front of her vanity and handing the brush to Shin who was now behind her.

Shin taking the brush and running it through her hair in an awkward manner, not accustomed to using a brush as fancy as the one that she held.

Yui began peering at Shin in her mirror, working up the courage to ask him why he was here, "So what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Do you remember the first time we met?"

Staring at his reflection with a quizzical look on her face, "At the Demon Lords Manor?"

Kicking himself mentally, completely forgetting about that time. Yui was in Shu's arms. Therefore, he had done his best to rid himself of that memory. "I mean the time after that…"

Yui looked down at her lap, heat rising to her face causing her to blush.

"So you do remember…" The edges of his lips were curling as he could see Yui's real embarrassment at the memory. Setting the brush on the vanity before resuming his spot behind Yui, feathering her hair behind her head with his fingers. With Yui's gaze still turned downwards, Shin lowered his face to her neck and planted a soft kiss on the side of it. Whispering, "I remember it with perfect clarity… the way you tasted… smelt… that beautiful creature."

Quickly standing up to get out of Shin's range, a familiar feeling forming as her bud began to swell with excitement.

"Thank… you," she muttered.

"I'd like to see her again," Shin clarified.

"Oh," Yui blurted. Rubbing her right hand along her left arm, trying to figure out how to respond to Shin's request.

"You need rest; I don't expect you to tell me right now."

Walking over to her bed, getting under the covers and pulling them up to her armpits and chest. Shin was coming over and sitting on the edge of the bed near Yui's torso to bid her good night. Quickly surprised by Yui as she leaned forward and wrapped her hands around Shin's body.

"Thank you."

"For what?" he asked.

"For watching over me with Victoria. I know it was you and not Carla."

Peering at her briefly, wondering how exactly she would have known. Nodding his head, accepting her thanks. Moving in to give her a kiss on the cheek before Yui spoke, breaking his interest.

"Shin…"

"Yeah?"

Reaching her hands up to Shin's face, softly rubbing around the edges of it. Her fingers tracing the edges of his face, his one eye staring back at her intently. Her fingers sliding under the back edges of his teal glasses and sliding them forward. Folding them up within her hands and setting them to her right side on the bed. Shaking as her hands resumed their position on his face, scooting forward and tucking her legs under her body to give her better positioning to get closer to Shin. Yui couldn't explain it, but she was inexplicably drawn more and more towards him the more time she spent with him. A certain kindness about him that she could see below all the layers of his cruelty and harshness that he exhibited were just a cover.

"What are you doing?" he asked Yui.

"I am curious…"

"About what?" Shin replied, grabbing both of her hands with his, pausing her movements. Looking over Yui, the expression on her face was one of desire mixed something else. The blush on her cheeks and her eyes a mixture of the gold and pink that they often fluttered between. Not understanding the entire reason, but as Yui transitioned more to that of her progenitor self; Shin was naturally drawn to her. Moving her hands in his to his lips and kissing the top of her hand softly. Shin released her hands, Yui's fingertips wandered back to his face.

Yui twirled a piece of his hair behind his ear while her other hand unhooked the strap that held his eyepatch in place. Gently taking it off and making sure not to let it cause Shin discomfort by flying out of her hands. Wrapping it neatly in her hand and setting it with his glasses.

Unsure of what Yui would think, slightly unnerved that she was interested in his missing eye, but specifically she seemed to be exploring his features. It was exhilarating but terrifying to let someone this close. Wanting to reject her out of fear of negative commentary, he was pleasantly surprised.

Yui reached further forward and planted a soft kiss on Shin's closed eyelid. Yui smiled at her gesture before planting another kiss on Shin's forehead.

"What is that for?" he asked.

"I wanted to," Yui replied.

Shin's hands were enjoying the sensation of Yui's attention; he wanted more. Without Shin realizing it, he slid his hands to Yui's knees that peeked out from under her gown. His fingertips were sliding towards the back of her legs, caressing the flesh of the back of her calves.

Her heart racing, no doubt Shin able to hear her excitement. Yui was trying to figure out what was going on. The room seemed to be getting hotter, her body pulsing in different areas as she planted a second kiss on Shin's forehead. While she had shared a kiss with Carla several hours' prior, the way Shin had kissed her that night; she wanted to remember it. She needed to feel it again.

An ache was forming in her chest, the sensation almost as if it was crushing her heart. Her mouth dry, her throat parched.

Leaning forward, wanting to plant a kiss on Shin's cheek, but instead finding herself whispering her desires into his ear, "I want you to kiss me the way you did that night." Pulling her face away from his, looking down at his shoulders in slight shame at the fact she had enough nerve to make a request of him.

Shin took her left hand to his right, pulling it towards him with a toothy smile on his face, "I will give you so many kisses you won't be able to forget tonight."

Yui's heart caught in her throat, finding it hard to breathe. Shin began planting kisses along her hand, wrist, and forearm. Biting her skin lightly along the way, with every incremental tease he inflicted on her arm, her body heat radiated a tiny bit more. Moving forward towards Yui, purposefully coaxing her to lay back on the bed. A sigh escaping her lips as her head hit the pillow. Running further kisses up her bicep and getting to her shoulder. Biting a little harder, but still not breaking the skin. Trailing kisses to her neck, down her collarbone, and to the peak of her cleavage. His hand was sliding down the outside of her nightgown to her hip.

Scooting himself further down, kissing on her knees. Looking up at Yui to see her mouth slightly agape, panting slightly harder while her heart beat so quickly it sounded like prey that was terrified of the predator pursuing it. Grinning at the idea that Yui was his prey, and he was finally catching her.

Shin nibbled on her knees one by one before moving his face in between her knees. Making his way to the inside of her thighs, caressing the outside of her thigh with his hand in a soft manner. Her scent was growing more intense the longer he continued to tantalize her. Running more kisses further down her thigh, getting to the soft flesh that adorned the upper segment of her leg; nibbling on it softly as his nose tickled the material of Yui's panties. This time Yui not utilizing her hand to cover herself, but instead gripping the bedding that lay under her.

A gasp of air leaving her lungs as a sigh of release hit her body, Shin's fangs ripping into the tender flesh of her inner thigh. Taking a mouthful of her blood into his mouth, it had grown substantially better in taste since last time; likely because someone else wasn't occupying her body. Taking a few gulps and swallowing them down to help with Yui's purification process that they had yet to start, finally taking a longer gulp before holding it in his mouth. Leaning up to Yui to grant her the request she so sinfully whispered to him.

Taking everything in her body to not want to lean up and tackle Shin, forcing her mouth upon his. Not only was she thirsty, but the way Shin was tantalizing her senses right now, she didn't know if she had the power to resist him. Gripping the sheets tighter as Shin neared her mouth. He slipped his lips over hers, parting them to match her motions, the blood flowing from his mouth into hers. Instead of fighting the liquid coming into her system, this time accepting it readily – greedily swallowing it to grab Shin's face then with both of her hands to hold it to hers. Slipping her tongue into play with his, the taste of her blood lingering on both of their palettes.

Shin could feel the power emanating from Yui's body now that the blood had hit her system. Both of them feverishly kissing one another, the blood smearing on their freshly washed faces. The liquid trickling down both of their chins. Yui was leaning up to lick at Shin, and Shin was licking at Yui. Carnality rising in Shin the longer he lapped at Yui. The taste of her skin underlying the taste of her blood; he wanted more. Pushing the shoulder of her nightgown down and sinking his fangs into her shoulder. His left hand was coming up behind Yui, pulling her to him while he drank.

"A-h…" she panted, "I'm thirsty too."

Yui's body had already begun to turn to that of her more aggressive progenitor features, her nails running along Shin's skin. Her fingers weaving up along the side of Shin's head, grabbing a clump of his hair and jerking his head to the side, causing him to stop feeding on her. Relishing in the scent that Shin was giving off, it was so delicious that she couldn't resist. Running her thumb nail along the flesh of his neck slicing open a small sliver, causing crimson to pulse out. Licking at it tenderly, relishing the taste of his blood.

"So good…" she muttered. Licking the wound again to heal it before planting light kisses down his neck to his chest, her hand that was in his hair following suit. Sinking her fangs into his chest, causing his body to flinch. Yui was taking several large gulps, the sensation reminding her of the time Shin had pulled her into the empty classroom. The warmth of his body, the way his heart raced, and the scent that lingered on his skin. Taking a mouthful of his blood and bringing it up to Shin's mouth, sharing her treat with him. Shin leaned her body into his as she fed him a drink of his blood. His fingers trailing through her hair, tugging her head away from his mouth to look at Yui.

Admiring the way she looked, a bloodied beast enjoying its feast that lay before it. For her, he was that feast. The idea was resonating with him, loving every minute of it.

"I want more," Shin growled to Yui. Unable to contain his excitement, shoving Yui to the bed and pinning her wrists to the bed. Biting into her forearm, drinking several gulps before moving down to her chest, biting through the material of her nightgown and suckling several draws; staining the material in her blood. Moving further down, using his teeth to pull up the gown. The pale flesh of her stomach in view, sinking his fangs into it to hear Yui cry out, "Sh-in!"

Smiling to himself at the way his name sounded off her parched lips, taking another bite of her flesh just above her panty line. Nuzzling his nose along the creases of her flesh, licking at the stamp on the inside of her thigh, sinking his fangs into the mark again and sucking intently. Yui's legs were relaxing, moving his hands to under her hips and pulling her forward towards him.

So entranced in his blood lust, that he failed to notice Yui's body had lost some of its movement. Licking his lips before moving his head up to see Yui's eyes closed before him. Worried that he may have gone too far he braced his hands along both sides of her face, moving his lips close to hers.

"No… more…" she muttered.

Shin was adjusting his fingertips to her throat to take her pulse, not realizing that he had taken too much. If Carla saw her like this, he would immediately be blamed and punished severely. He needed Yui to regain some of her strength and quickly. Bracing Yui under him, then flipping both of their bodies opposite of each other. Yui was now laying on top of him, her head resting on his torso, her legs dangling to the sides of his hips and her hands slumped over the sides of his body.

"Drink." He instructed. Moving Yui's head forward towards his body.

"I can't."

Sighing annoyed with himself that he did take too much from her. His excitement was immediately killed by the now extreme stress of the situation. Shin scooted Yui up to an opening he still had on his chest, adjusting her body so that her lips and mouth would easily find it. After enough coaxing, finally getting Yui to brace her fingertips along his skin on his chest and slip her fangs into the opening. The scent of her body was returning, her eyes periodically opening to look up at Shin.

His mind wandering to something else as Yui continued to look up at him as she drank. Shuttering at the thought of joy, the sensation of Yui on top of him sating her thirst was enough to renew his interest. Cupping his hands on her legs and rubbing them softly as she continued to take from him. Brushing the hair away from her shoulder that he had drank from, Yui's movements switching to licking up her treat from Shin's skin.

Turning their bodies to the side, rolling Yui over to lay under the covers and moving his body on top of the blankets, pulling another one over himself. Pulling her into his arms, kissing her neck and smelling her hair.

"I will run with you tomorrow."

Shin's ears perking up, "What?"

"Tomorrow. Run," Yui was able to mutter before falling asleep. Exhausted from the amount of blood Shin drained from her.

Licking his lips again, both of them stained with many stamp marks and blood drizzled over their clothes and skin. He wished they could lay like this forever. Hugging her body tighter, burying his body against hers best he could through the blankets. Continuing to guard her as they both lay in her bed.

Shin's mind wandering to the pure white fur of her wolf form, her ears so soft and perky that he wanted to touch them. As the thoughts ruminated in his head, his tail wagged a bit as he dozed off into a dream.

A dream where he could run with Yui.

Forever…