Not realizing the time, Carla decided to start walking back to the house. The sun was rising, the day had passed, and he had spent all night wandering the grounds beyond the manor. Putting his hands into his pockets as he began his trek back. Finally arriving at the front door, peering up at the building itself. The barrier in place would hold until the blood moon. Yui's full awakening would be soon, assuming that they could properly drain the taint in her veins. Looking back down as he pulled his right hand out of his pocket, pulling his glove off to study the state of the Endzeit. As the material gave way, Carla would clearly see the disease working its way through his body. His nails on his right hand had turned nearly black, and his veins were clearly visible in gray, purple, and black outlines depending on the size of the artery.

Taking a deep breath, exhaling a sigh and putting his glove back on. He didn't have much time.

Walking up the stairs to his room, he smelt Shin's scent inside of Yui's chamber. Likely still guarding her, deciding that rather than step in to see the situation; sleep would be more important. Shuffling the remaining distance, bracing his body as he walked down the hallway, he had finally reached his room. Opening the door, walking through it and closing it. He pressed his back up against the back of the door, his form sliding down to the floor. A thud sounded as Carla had put his head against the door. Turning his eyes around the room.

"Is this worth it?" He asked himself aloud.

The words floating through his mind as he looked around. All that had mattered to him this entire time was the succession of his race. The revitalization of what was once the pinnacle of all demon races brought to its knees by his father. His mother locked in a cage as she lived out her final days, asking Carla to do the unthinkable. Kill this father. His father had left his lineage no other choice but to dethrone the corruption through an ideal purification method. Death.

Carla pulled his knees up so he could lay his elbows on them. His hands were coming together and working the gloves off of each hand. Tossing the gloves aside, Carla held both of his hands up in front of him. Turning them over slowly, frontwards and backward. Thinking about Yui as he did so, she was thrust into this by him. Shin had been less than himself towards Yui but also did as was instructed by him. Carla was pausing in his movements, his hands sliding to his face. Laying his head in his hands, taking another deep breath.

"Why does she frustrate me so much?"

Frustrated that Yui didn't succumb to him, but at the same time, a small part of him was thrilled that she didn't give in as quickly as he would have liked. Asking himself the logic behind it, why was he thrilled that she didn't give in as easily as he wanted her to?

"Perseverance, resistance, strength," Carla voiced aloud.

Yui possessed those traits; traits of which he admired in both himself and Shin. Thinking along his lines of logic further, Carla had begun to realize that Yui infuriated him sometimes because of her stubbornness. Was he too not stubborn in trying to force her to placate his desires? His wishes? It made him no better than the way his father treated his mother.

Moving his legs around, sliding his shoes off with his opposite foot. Pushing the shoes away from his sitting position with his feet. Keeping his legs crooked, adjusting his arms to now reach for the collar of the jacket and shirt he was wearing. Sliding the jacket off and then moving to the shirt; starting with the buttons. Deciding to get up off the floor as he had enough strength to make it to the bathroom for a quick shower before going to bed. Carla threw his shirt aside, ran his hands down to his waist, unbuckling his belt, the button on his pants and finally unzipping himself pulling his trousers off. Pulling his socks off and tossing them into a nearby hamper. Turning the shower to a hotter setting and stepping into it.

The cold hustle of the water across his skin alerting his senses before the water turned to that of a warmer nature. Running his head under the water as the droplets hit the back of his neck and slid down his back, his waist, backside and finally drizzling down the back of his legs as it fell into the drain. Taking another deep sigh as the steam filled his lungs, the hot water now scalding his skin. Smiling to himself that he could still feel pain, the Endzeit working through his system, it hadn't entirely made him numb yet.

Carla rubbed shampoo and soap over portions of his body before rinsing off; grabbing for a towel just outside of the shower. Spreading the folds of the cloth and rubbing his face, then hair, and finally down his body. He wrapped it around his waist as he walked towards the mirror. Moving his hand up to the mirror to wipe away the steam, gazing at his body to see the Endzeit had worked its way over most of the mass of his torso. Covering up around his left shoulder, along with the back area, and all that remained untouched was his head, neck, left arm and frontal left chest area where his heart lay. Sighing at the development of the disease, Carla became unsure if he would be able to help Shin with Yui's purification. He couldn't risk the odds of her becoming infected. Justifying in his mind that he wouldn't be able to get near her in fear of sending his race into ruins.

Unfurling his towel as he left the bathroom, the air nipping at his flesh as he made his way to the bed. Pulling the covers back, sliding his bare form into bed. The sheets always feeling pleasant against his skin, pulling the covers up to his chest and staring at the sunlight coming in through the window.

"Everything looks better after sleep," he thought to himself. He would need to rethink his strategy with Yui if things were to succeed.

A sound was catching his attention before he closed his eyes. It was the sound of Yui laughing. Smiling to himself at the sound, he hadn't heard her laugh but was glad that he had at least got to listen to the last female of their race find some semblance of happiness.

Shin had awoken before Yui, still with his arms wrapped around her body. The scent of the night prior still lingering over both of them. It made him hungry for her flesh and blood all over again. Moving his left hand up to her face and brushing back strands of her hair to see a stamp from the night prior on her shoulder. Sliding his tongue out in a soft manner and running saliva over it to heal it up. The taste of her skin was tantalizing Shin as she still lay asleep; deciding to have some fun with her while she slept.

Transforming into his wolf form, carefully moving about under the blanket that covered his body. Shin scooted himself down towards the foot of the bed. He found the bottom of Yui's blanket and moved it over with his snout. Sticking his nose in the lower part of the opening and licking Yui's ankles. At first, her body just stirring a bit, but Shin continued his movements trying to get a rise out of her. Finally, laughter finding its way forward and her body squirming under the covers. Yui was moving her body up to grab at the blankets. Shin's tail is moving back and forth under the sheets in plain view for Yui to see that it was him.

Yui began patting his tail over the blankets in a playful manner, "Two can play this game!" Not thinking much of it and turning her body into that of her dominant progenitor form, a white Jaguar. Pawing at his tail over the blankets, sliding her other paw under the sheets to try and catch his tail. Yui had begun purring at their game which caused Shin to poke his head out from under the covers.

Growing wide-eyed as his head rounded the bottom of the blanket to see a white feline playing with his tail. Shifting back immediately out of his wolf form, "Yui?" Asking out of instinct as it still smelled like her, but Shin finding himself suddenly out of his element.

Pausing in her movements, one paw still under the blanket now feeling Shin's leg where his tail was previously. Her other paw resting on his knee through the blanket, "Yes?"

"When did you…" Shin began to ask her before her movements changed.

"What?... Oh no! I'm so sorry!" Running her body back under the blankets and hiding herself.

Shin chuckling at the sight, a lump of Yui under her covers, but her thick white tail still sticking out resting on her pillow.

"You forgot a piece," Shin teased, reaching forward and tugging gently on the end of Yui's tail that stuck out.

Giggling at the sensation of Shin tugging on her tail. It tickled a little bit the way he touched the end of it. "I didn't mean to, it just happened."

"It's fine. Just surprised is all. Come out."

Turning her body around and getting out from under the blanket to be greeted by Shin. "Did you know you could do this?" he asked.

"Not really. Its only happened once before, and it was by accident."

"Oh."

"Sorry," Yui muttered.

"Don't be…," his voice pausing taking in the view, "You're beautiful," Shin stated, still in awe of Yui's progenitor form. Scooting forward to inspect her closer. His curiosity was getting the better of him. Yui's golden eyes set off by the pure white fur and a pink nose. As Shin continued to inspect her, he could see her tail fluttering behind her. Reaching his hand up to see Yui scoot back and fold her ears behind her. "It's okay. I won't hurt you."

"Haven't you seen someone like me before?"

Pausing in his movements, he had, but it had been several thousands of years, his aunt Menae being the last feline progenitor that he had seen,"It's been a while," he replied to Yui. Still fuzzy on the details as most of his memory was still missing from that time.

Deciding that the night before she was washing Shin; he had let her wash him. His touches would likely be similar. Rationalizing in her mind that it was okay, relaxing her ears and moving slightly towards Shin. Her front paws were carefully finding their footing amongst the sea of blankets, not wanting to step on Shin, but at the same time get closer to him. Finally stepping a few paces forward, Shin's hands began at her shoulders. The sensation of his hands on her fur felt different but still pleasing. Wandering his hands up along the bottom of her ears, the bottom of her chin, and down her chest.

Blushing as his hands feathered across her body, the sensations warming her up and placing tantalizing sensations in different parts of her limbs. A light purr beginning to formulate as he picked up her front paw. Pushing on the pads of her front paw felt like he was massaging her hand. Her claws coming out from each pad as he pushed, inspecting her further.

"Amazing," Shin said.

"What is?"

"Your form is flawless, and yet you haven't awakened fully." Shin finally putting Yui's paw back down, smiling at her, "Shower?"

Tucking her ears back, a low rumbling growl coming out of her chest, "Alone! Yes!"

Chuckling under his lips, both of their bodies still littered with blood from the night prior. "Fine fine. I will meet you downstairs." Tossing off the blanket, adjusting his sleepwear that he had on, picking up his eye patch and glasses from the night prior and exiting the room.

Yui was stepping out of bed, still in her Jaguar form, walking over to the bathroom and pushing the door open with her snout. Sitting on the cold floor helped her focus her senses. Allowing her to shift back into her human form, finding herself on her hands and knees. Standing up and heading to the shower, remembering that she had told Shin she would run with him today, deciding not to keep him waiting.

Several hours later, they were both sprinting across the fields in their wolf forms. Yui fully capable of keeping up with Shin and when it was her turn, outrunning him. Spending both of their energies, Shin had Yui follow him to a nearby open field, the sun beginning to set, the fall breeze wisping past their fur as they stopped to rest.

"That was fun," Yui chimed through her wolf form. Feeling more in tune with her change since her awakening was growing closer.

Shin was licking his snout, moving a few steps forward and standing adjacent to Yui. Putting his paws in front of him and stretching before laying down; resting his head on the tops of his paws while looking at Yui. His bushy tail wagging back and forth at first slowly and eventually picking up more speed the longer he looked at her.

Yui could hear his tail swooshing back and forth, turning her gaze from the sunset to his presence, "What?"

Smiling inwardly, lifting his head up and licking his chops again before speaking, "Do you ever have dreams?"

"I have several," Yui stated before blushing. Remembering that some of them were rather vivid and sexual, "but you will have to be more specific." Smiling at Shin and his vague question, nudging her face towards him to denote a playful mannerism in her words.

"That green pendant I gave you, whenever I am close to it, I have have these dreams that seem like memories when near it. Do you get those too?"

Yui thinking about his words, she wouldn't call them dreams, but more like a physical connection to a distant relative when the pendant was near. That was before Menae had drained her remaining life energy protecting her from Cordelia. Thinking a little deeper, Menae did say any remaining energy she had would be in the pendant. Yui's paw twitched as she remembered the last encounter she had when Cordelia was in the process of being banished. Yui relived the moments in her mind, Shin's voice had brought her back to the present.

"Yui?", he tried. "Yui," he called again. Finally getting up, putting his snout near her right ear and nuzzling his nose into it, "Yui…"

Startling Yui, her body standing up on all fours looking at Shin, "Yes?" Flicking her ear reactively as it tickled the sensory hairs in her right ear.

"Welcome back," he chuckled.

"Sorry, I was thinking about what you asked."

"And?" he waited for her response, looking at her attentively as if waiting for a command.

"You could call them dreams. Mostly, though, they have just been visits with your aunt."

"What?" he asked surprised. Moving closer to Yui, wanting to hear what she had to say.

"She told me things and had shown me memories of what happened. A long time ago," blushing as a memory flashed of what Shin and Carla used to look like as children and how adorable Shin was when he was younger. "She also explained to me what happened to your race, sorry, our race."

Shin sitting on his hind legs, positioning his forearms in front of him and staring intently. Hoping that what Yui could tell him would jog his memory.

As Yui finished, Shin sat in silence and contemplated what she had seen and what she had experienced. He envied her for those experiences as his memory was still fragmented at best. While her blood did help him regain some of his memories, it was still only a partial.

"Are you okay?" Yui asked, staring at Shin who seemed to be displaying a look of discomfort.

"Let's head home. Carla might be worried that you have been out all day and we haven't started your purification."

Smiling to herself as she knew Shin wouldn't be able to resist her challenge, "I'll race you to the house! Winner gets to…" her voice trailed to Shin's ears as she took off sprinting.

"Hey! Wait!" Shin bolted after her; the race was on. The prize to the winner sounded good either way.

Finally arriving at the house a good thirty seconds before Shin, Yui had won. "So, I get the prize. Right?"

Shin growling at her while smiling under his fangs, while he still lost, he had fun in the process.

"In that room, there is a blanket waiting for you so you can turn and go to your room to get dressed," Shin instructed. Thinking that this was her first time turning with him since she arrived, she likely wouldn't have put anything in place to help her transition.

"Oh, good thinking!" Yui innocently stated, pushing the door open further with her nose and walking inside the dark room. Turning her form, closing the door and feeling around for the blanket. Finally wrapping it around her body, holstering the material under her arms and around her chest. Her shoulders, neck and face bare of the blanket. Yui walked out to be greeted by Carla talking to Shin.

"You did what?" Carla asked Shin. Irritated that he tired Yui out so much with her befouled blood.

"It was just for fun. She has been in this house since she arrived."

Carla looking down at his brother who was still morphed, irritated that he had the nerve to speak against his plans.

"She has to awaken properly before the blood moon. Otherwise, we lose any immediate chance of restoring our race!" Carla agitated with Shin, raising his voice a few decibels higher than normal.

Yui looking on at the two of them, unsure of what to do. Gripping the sheet further to her chest as she watched Shin hunker down before Carla. "I'm sorry, Nii-san. It won't happen again."

Carla keeping his additional commentary to himself before something graced his being.

Yui outraged with the way Carla treated Shin was uncalled for. Deciding that she had finally had enough of Carla's behavior, furling the sheet in her left-hand tighter while briskly walking up to Carla and slapping him across the face with her right hand.

"You are such a jackass! He does nothing but obey your every command, and you treat him like this when he decides to help someone!" Yui's face going from that of controlled to tears forming in her eyes. Her lips quivering as she finished the last bit of her sentence. "Is he merely a pawn to you?" She continued, tears streaming down her cheeks and onto her hand that held the blanket.

Shin awestruck as Yui berated Carla for a few moments more, tears rolling down her face and onto her neck, chest, and hand that held the blanket. Looking at Carla, he was stunned. Holding a gloved hand to the left side of his cheek, taking in Yui's words. Likely contemplating their meaning and how he had been towards Shin. Not only to Shin but how he had treated Yui.

"Yui… don't," Shin reminded her, pulling at the blanket with his snout. Trying to get her to back down. Finally pulling enough that Yui became concerned with the amount of flesh being exposed rather than giving Carla a piece of her mind.

Seeing that Yui was done, Carla massaged his face lightly while turning around and began heading into the kitchen. Taking her words at their full weight. He had been contemplating his plans and actions the night before, this cemented his logic.

"I can't believe him!" Yui chimed while stomping up the stairs with Shin next to her.

"Just let him be," Shin told Yui. Knowing that Carla was likely getting more desperate as his end drew near. Probably not having much time as the scent of death was strong on Carla tonight, more so than any night prior. Shin frowned as he and Yui continued up the stairs to her room. Deciding that he was in no mood to snack on her tonight, he would instead spend some time by himself.

"I'm sorry," Yui muttered while looking over at Shin.

"For what?" Shin inquired.

"If my coming here is the reason why he's upset," Yui clarified.

"It's not that. He... just needs time," Shin told Yui, thinning the truth through his teeth.

"Well, goodnight!" Yui smiled at Shin.

Looking up at her, wagging his tail at the memory of the day, "Good Night!" Getting closer to Yui and rubbing himself on the outside of her blanket. While he wouldn't be able to mark his scent on her directly, it was still satisfying to at least commemorate the blanket wrapped around her. Knowing that if he did try and claim Yui, Carla would most certainly protest. He would have to be careful about any further involvement with her. Escorting Yui to her room, Shin returned to his.

Closing the door to her room, walking over to the bed, an outfit was lying about with a note on top of it.

"Wear this to dinner."

The bottom of the note had a crest stamped into it. Running her fingers over the hard wax, looking closer at the insignia, it was showcasing the family crest of Carla and Shin. Knowing that she had been out nearly all day with Shin, it would have been Carla that placed this here. Putting the note on her nightstand and leaning forward to pick up the garment, it seemed more like formal evening attire at first glance. The top segment of the gown left open, a dark pink sash housing itself over the bust to hold up the dress. The sleeves translucent but flowing over her hands. The fabric on the central segment of the dress tapered to be slim fitting but cut up higher in the front to allow for feet to move freely without tripping over the bottom. The sash that ran over the breast tied into an elegant bow in the back.

Dropping off the blanket from her body, Yui cleaned her body off with a sponge in the bathroom. Making sure that nothing from the previous activities would get on the dress that was laying strewn on her bed. Still slightly confused as to why she was agreeing to have dinner with Carla after just telling him off, but also curious as to what he had planned if he had done this before scolding Shin. It was at least worth the curiosity of going to the dining hall to see what this was all about.

Opening her dresser to slip on some panties, stockings, and a corset before slipping the dress on; adjusting the sash to run it across her chest, and moving her hands in the sleeves to set the fit. Finally moving some shoes on, Yui walked in front of the mirror to brush her hair. Finding a small clip to put her bangs into it before smoothing out the sides of her hair. Looking around for a lip color only to see moisturizer sitting on the table. Pulling the lid off of the tube, putting a tiny bit of her finger before pulling a needle from nearby that lay on her dresser. Likely a sewing needle to repair clothing, but useful to prick her finger. Letting some of her blood mix with the moisturizer before applying it to her lips. Satisfied that she could improvise blending the color together with her lips before stepping out of the room.

Wandering down to the dining hall, Yui looked around to see two plates set, candles lit and multiple flower types adorning the table. While it smelled wonderful due to the number of flowers present, no one was there. Deciding to wander into the kitchen where likely something was being cooked, as it smelled magnificent, Yui found herself quietly stepping towards the door as she could hear someone talking.

"Stop it!" Carla panted. Trying to get his body under control. Experiencing a level of pain that he had yet to feel while carrying the Endzeit. Gripping the counter top nearest to the stove with his remaining strength while trying to regain his composure. His breaths coming in short strides, his heart beat slowing down. "Not now. It's too soon! Not now!"

Poking her head around the door to see Carla talking into the stove. His body trembling while something on the stove continued to cook. "Carla-san?"

Turning to face Yui, "Get away from me!" Showing to Yui that the Endzeit had crept up his neck and onto the right side of his face. His golden eyes were fierce but his skin paler than normal. "Oh, my God! What's wrong?!" Yui let go of the kitchen door and ran to Carla to assist him any way she could. Coming up behind to grab his right hand that was bracing his posture against the counter.

"Here, sit down!" Guiding him over to a nearby stool that sat near the kitchen island. Continuing to hold his hand, Carla was able to move with her over to the seat to sit down without falling over.

"Get away!" Yanking his hand back away from Yui.

"Did you hurt yourself?" Yui quickly grabbing his right hand to take a look to see if he may be burned himself only to see dark black lines running to and from every part of his hand. His fingernails completely black, and his skin looking more porous than she was accustomed to seeing. Gripping his hand tighter and pulling it towards her to inspect it, Carla used what little of his strength he had left to pull his hand away from her, "Don't touch me! It will kill you too."

Looking at Carla in awe, wondering just what exactly he was talking about. "But…" her lips quivered, "maybe I can…"

"No, you can't. Just get away from me," Carla reiterated to Yui.

Thinking that maybe what she said earlier was a bit harsh, now seeing that Carla was in a lot of pain for some reason. Not fully understanding the circumstances, deciding it best to just ask him. "What is it?"

Carla wincing in pain, gritting his teeth and groaning through his chest as another pang of torment hit his system, "Endzeit."

"Is it a virus? Or a disease?"

"Poison," Carla clarified for her.

Smiling stupidly to herself at a bit of hope she just gleamed, "Well, poison can be cured, can't it?" Thinking that she had a brilliant idea.

"Not this one. I have tried everything, and nothing has worked. Even the Demon Lord, Karl-Heinz, couldn't find a cure for it."

"Oh," Yui breathed in a disappointed fashion. As her breath escaped her lips, the scent of her lip concoction traveling towards Carla's direction. Stirring a primal interest in him that his mind was temporarily distracted by its presence instead of the numbing pain wracking his body.

"That smell…" Carla muttered while looking up at Yui.

"What smell?" Yui wondered while continuing to peer on at Carla. Oblivious to what he could be referring to. "Oh, the food! It's probably burning!" Turning around towards the stove and stirring whatever it was that Carla was working on. Tapping the spoon on the edge of the pot before turning around towards Carla. Instead of seeing Carla still seated, he was inches from Yui's face. Before having a moment to move out of his way, Carla had gripped her head in both of his hands. Smelling instantly that whatever it was, it was coming from her lips, pressing his to hers and holding her face steady. Pulling back for an instant to lick his lips only to dive back into hers, this time slipping his tongue into her mouth to gather more of whatever it was that tasted so good.

"Carl-mphh!" Yui tried to call his name, only to have her lips stolen away again by him. Her mouth open from speaking, allowing him to infiltrate her quickly and steal a deeper kiss. Trying to push herself away with her hands on his chest before a sensation ran over the small of her back. His ungloved hand trailing down her back and pulling her closer.

"I'm sorry," he muttered after the second kiss before going back in for a third. His lips lingering longer and longer the more he kissed Yui. Yui had stopped struggling with him after hearing his apology. Unsure what it was for specifically, but the fact that he had even apologized for something was different from his usual behavior.

"Why do you taste so good?" Carla spoke after breaking from the most recent embrace. Looking over Yui's facial features, rosy cheeks were her new normal and her eyes fluttered in delight at the sensation she was being blessed with.

"It's my blood. I'm sorry, I probably shouldn't have."

Carla still wincing at the returning pain, but it seeming less intense than before.

"I didn't have any lip color, so I mixed some of my blood with a tube of moisturizer that was on my table. I'm sorry! I should have warned you."

Licking his lips while looking up at Yui, it was hard to believe that she tasted this good in such a short amount of time. Carla gazed over Yui's appearance as she donned the attire he had left for her, "You look... breathtaking." Carla braced himself against the table and sat back into the stool.

Knowing that his words were a compliment for her, turning her head down to look at her feet. Asking herself why he was nice to her all of a sudden. "I'm sorry I slapped you earlier," she spoke. Looking up at Carla while still blushing intensely, her body warming up from being briskly fondled by him during his affections. She felt a little guilty about berating him when Carla and Shin's argument wasn't her business.

"It's okay," Carla sighed. He had come to the conclusion that it really did him no benefit to mistreat Yui or attempt to forcibly take her. Even if he could impregnate her before the Endzeit took him, Yui could just as easily choose to abort the child and or kill the child after its birth as a means of animosity or resentment towards his treatment of her. Like this, ending the progenitor line and instead of rebuilding, would ensure its failure as a whole. He was really doing himself and his race no favors with his behavior towards Yui.

"Go rest in the dining hall, and I will finish this," Yui insisted to Carla. Already grabbing a nearby apron and draping it over her neck while fastening the tie behind her back.

Carla steadied himself out of the stool and began to walk over to a nearby clothing hook to pick up his jacket and scarf that he typically wore. Yui quickly taking a few paces towards him and putting her hand over his, "Leave those." Smiling warmly at Carla to inadvertently tell him that she preferred if he didn't wear them. Eyeing over the veins that still showed on his face, and along with his right hand, that was perched on the clothing hook.

Taking his hand off the hook and nodding at Yui, turning towards the dining hall and heading to his seat. Sitting down in the chair that he had set for himself previously, Yui strode out a few minutes later with something in her hand. It was a wine glass filled with something that smelled sweet. Pondering to himself if she thought to bring him a pre-dinner drink, not wanting to insult her taking it from her hand and holding it in his fingertips while he inspected the glass.

"You'll feel better if you drink it," she voiced to him before turning back to the kitchen.

Sniffing the top of the glass and swirling the mixture around, sweet, aromatic, and thicker than he would expect a wine to be. Deciding that he was already in enough pain, he highly doubted he would feel much more of it given that the Endzeit had a numbing effect. The liquid slipping through his lips as he took the first sip from the glass. Moving it around in his mouth over his palette briefly before coming in awe of whatever it was. It tasted magnificent despite still having some bitterness to it. As was accustomed to most red wine, it was typical to have some bitterness.

As the liquid hit his system, a warm fuzzy sensation came over his core, his cheeks flushing a bit, and his body experiencing a euphoric feeling of a pleasant interaction. Yui was right, drinking this did make him feel better. Bringing the glass to his lips again and taking another sip, doing his best to nurse it until Yui had finished in the kitchen. Another wave of euphoria rushing through his system, his body temperature warming up to that of a flushed warm that he wasn't accustomed to. Unbuttoning the top few buttons of his shirt with his hand opposite of his wine glass. Deciding that he was enjoying the drink extensively, gulping the rest of the fluid down. As he pulled the glass away from his lips, watching as the red color continued to stain the glass. This was no ordinary wine that she had fed him, so what exactly was it? Moving his pinky level with the glass as he set it down to ensure it didn't clank against the table, continuing to eye the liquid as it slid down the inside of the glass into what remained of it. A small red liquid puddle now at the center of it.

"It's ready!" Yui chimed, coming in from the kitchen with the dinner that Carla was making. "It took me a bit to figure out what it was, but then I remembered seeing this somewhere!"

Setting down the casserole dish between the two of them before taking her oven mitts off. Unfurling her apron and scooting her chair into the table as she put her hands together to say grace under her breath. Carla watching on with interest, wondering what exactly she was doing. Before he could ask, Yui had finished and was smiling at Carla as she helped herself to a spoonful of what was in the dish.

"What?" She asked Carla who seemed to only be staring at her, "Are you okay?"

"I feel better actually. What was in that drink?" Carla inquired, sincerely curious as to what it was. Thinking that if he could replicate what she mixed together, that he could use it as a temporary means to prolong his life. Long enough to see the fruit of his labor.

Blushing as the end of his question came about, "Something that I thought you might like," Yui replied. Delicately placing a forkful of food into her mouth, Carla still staring at her. Trying to avoid telling him what she did, but ultimately knowing it would be unlikely that she could keep the secret from him. Especially if it had its intended effect.

"I feel better like you said. What did you mix together to get that drink?"

Yui experiencing a rising heat in her body, trying to avoid telling him that he knew exactly what the drink was, just didn't recognize it. "Well…" Yui stalled. Carla picked up the ladle for the food and spooned himself a helping of the dinner being served.

"I have been told it has healing properties, and its good at helping people remember what has been forgotten," Yui tried to explain her behavior before telling Carla what she had really done, "and it heals up wounds quickly when I need it to." Squirming in her chair, avoiding eye contact with Carla as he was slowly getting the truth out of her.

"It sounds like an amazing potion. What's it called?" Carla placed the ladle back in the dish and began to pick up his fork. Surprised to find himself with an appetite.

"It's me."

Getting ready to put a forkful of food into his mouth, "What do you mean 'it's you'?" Carla put the food into his mouth and thoughtfully chewed as Yui divulged the truth.

"It's my blood. I put it into a glass for you to drink since you don't want me touching you. I figured this way you can still get better without worrying about whatever it is that you are worried about."

Getting up out of his chair in a hurried manner that Yui began apologizing to Carla immediately. His tall figure towering over Yui's chair, his hand coming up over her body. "I'm sorry! I shouldn't have. Please don't hurt me!" Putting her fork down and covering her head with her hands in fear of his retribution, cowering at the possibilities of his cruelty. Instead to feel his arms wrapping themselves around her body, and whispered words slipping past her ear, "Thank You."

"Ehh?" She quirked.

Unwrapping her arms from her head to see Carla sitting back down in his chair. Peering at him as if seeing him for the first time. His back hitting the back of the chair, scooting it in further to the table and picking his fork back up, putting another piece of food into his mouth. His eyes looking on in wonder at the floral decor before them as if never noticing that they had been there all along. "So beautiful," he commented. Yui still staring at his face before his eyes shifted towards her, knowing that he was commenting on her again. Turning her head down and staring at her food in embarrassment. Her legs tingling from the sensation that Carla hugged her. The small of her back reminiscent of his hand previously as he kissed her repeatedly in the kitchen. A light tickling sensation coming through her chest and into the pit of her stomach. She remembered this feeling, the butterflies all too readily making their way back into her body as she sat before Carla.

Picking at her food with her fork, she couldn't eat another bite. It was very filling, and the corset didn't leave much room for indulgence. Turning her eyes to Carla who had been getting up out of his chair and walking towards Yui, slipping his gloves back on. Bowing graciously at the hips with his hand in front of his body, across his chest. His white tussles of hair moving over his head and face as he bent before her, "Beautiful maiden, may I have this dance?" Turning his golden sunburst eyes towards Yui, melting her heart with her hand being taken in his. Her body quivered as her mind flashed back to the first time he had asked her to dance with him. Remembering the night at the party to be unfavorable, telling herself to treat this as a new beginning. Holding her hand still best she could in his hand, "Yes, Carla-san." Yui catching a quick peek at his chest through his unbuttoned shirt, guilting herself for looking.

"Are you feeling okay?", Carla asked while pulling Yui from her chair.

"I'm all right."

"Didn't put too much in that glass did you?", teasing her lightly to watch more blush fill her cheeks.

Turning her head down between the two of them, "No it's not that." She wanted to smile, but conflicting emotions were combating one another internally. Wondering how she could have such feelings for someone that treated others so poorly, but trying to justify the current situation with his new behavior.

Moving Yui further out to a nearby ball area, the floor immaculate and shiny as far as the eye could see. The room lit with a dim light that turned the otherwise vacant room into one that appeared to create an aura of opulence. The warm glows kissing Carla's hair and skin, making him seem more alive than before. Yui couldn't help herself, her mind trailing to when she initially met Carla and his brother. The images of her mind portrayed a deep discontent and fear sewn into both of them. Shin had already proven to not be as such, and Carla was heading in that direction as well. Asking herself why the two of them were acting that way in the first place. Remembering that both of them had been locked away in the demon realm for an extended period of time, that plausibly the reason why their behavior was so altered from that of what Menae had shown her.

"Where are you?" Carla whispered into her ear as Yui's face rest on the right side of Carla's chest.

Her eyes closed, enjoying the sensations she was experiencing while thinking through everything she had experienced with him, "I'm here Carla-san…"

"Don't wander too far," he whispered back.

"I won't," she sheepishly replied. Nuzzling her face into his shirt. It smelt good. Smiling to herself, pulling her face up to kiss Carla to see something she wasn't expecting. "Oh, my God… what happened?!" Yui's internal alert system going up. Carla's face was completely black, his golden eyes barely showing and his hair missing from his head.

"No! I just wanted to help you!" Yui shrieked. Backing away quicker from Carla who was now approaching her. Her screams becoming silent as Carla fell on top of Yui, clawing at her dress, biting into her flesh like a hungry creature. The pain not registering on her body, but fright taking her just the same. Screaming to Shin for help, only to see him enter too late as her vision faded to black with her blood-curdling screams as a distant echo.

Waking up in a cold sweat, frantically patting the bed around her and grabbing her face to make sure she was intact. The alarm going off several seconds after her waking up, a startled scream escaping Yui's lips and hysteria setting in. Tears streaming down her face as shock set in from the dream. A quick knock coming at her door and before she could say anything, Shin opening it to see Yui distraught. Rushing to the side of her bed, sitting down on the edge and cradling her in his arms. Rubbing her back and arms to try and soothe the shock out of her system. Tightening his grip as her body shuttered.

"What happened?" he asked.

"I don't know… We were dancing, and then Carla-san just… just… went dark! He tried to kill me!" Yui blubbered through her sniffling and tears.

Shin looking to the door, knowing that his brother was just outside listening to everything that she was saying, "Those things didn't happen. It will be okay." Trying to comfort her, knowing that she likely had a reactional dream to the dinner that she and Carla had the night before.

"I don't want him to die!" Yui shouted in between her tears, gripping onto Shin for dear life as she poured her soul out.

Carla listening in surprised that Yui felt that way. At dinner the night prior, he was surprised that she had relinquished her blood for him to not only make him feel better but to make him happy. He was feeling a great deal better today. Unfortunately, they never got to dance as the corset Yui was wearing was on a little too tight and she passed out as Carla tried to pull her up from the chair to dance. Deciding that he had heard enough, Carla began to leave the side of Yui's door.

"He's a good person, I know he is! He doesn't deserve this!" Yui continued. Beating her left fist against Shin's chest in protest of the Endzeit threatening Carla's life. Shin was awestruck on how she could say that about Carla after slapping him the night prior.

"You both are. What your father did wasn't right, you deserve better than this!" Yui ranted further.

Carla stopped his departure to listen a bit longer. He had never told Yui about their past, and yet she knew as if she was there. How was that even possible? Knowing that often times progenitors could see visions when their blood was shared, but rarely if ever could one see so far into the past to have a perfect detailed record of their history. Taking his leave and walking down to the awaiting car out in the front of the manor.

"It will be fine, it's okay," Shin rubbed the back of Yui's head while her face leaked all over his school jacket. Smelling that his brother was a distance away, he knew what would make Yui feel better.

Pushing her body off of his as his hand slid to her face, looking at her intently before opening his mouth, "You helped him feel better last night by giving him your blood. You can't see the marks on his skin like you did last night. It will be all right." Rubbing the tears with his thumb, massaging the moisture into her red blotchy skin that presented itself on her face from crying. "The car is here for school when you are ready, come join us."

"School?" she sniffled while looking up at Shin.

Not saying anything to Yui and simply admiring the sorrow in her eyes that she felt for Carla. It was genuine. A pinch of pain hitting his chest as he knew that even though she didn't show it openly, he would be competing with Carla for her attention. Feeling like he was more the alpha male than his brother when it came to leading, he didn't want to lose Yui to Carla.

"Yui?" Shin spoke to get Yui's attention.

"Yes, Shin?" She adjusted her glance while pulling the covers further over her lap. Her eyes still red from crying, and her skin flushed from the ordeal.

Shin leaned forward to kiss her firmly, holding it in place for several seconds before letting Yui's face go. Getting up from her bed and walking out the door, looking back at her a final time before closing the door behind him.

Rubbing her knees together under the covers, pondering the sensation she just experienced. Wiping her eyes with the covers that lay across her body before remembering she needed to get dressed for school. Wondering how it was that she was being permitted to go to school when the Mukami's and Sakamaki's attended the same school. Asking herself why Carla and Shin weren't worried about their interference with her awakening. Deciding that she needed to be extra careful and on her guard. Otherwise, something might cause displeasure to her current hosts which would create problems for her.

Stepping past the mirror to grab her brush before she caught a glimpse of her features. Her hair had turned nearly white, a platinum blonde; her skin paler and her eyes brighter. Yui turned around in the mirror to inspect her back side to make sure a tail hadn't sprung from her like it did with Shin. Running a few strokes of her brush through her hair and stepping out the door fully dressed. Bounding down to the car and settling into a seat.

Carla peering over his scarf at Yui with Shin sitting near him smiling devilishly at her, his single eye admiring her features. "You wear those well," he chimed.

"Same as usual," Yui replied, but still blushing at his comment.

Carla was crossing his arms and leg while continuing to look at Yui. Marinating with the words that she boldly declared just after waking up, wondering just how exactly she knew so much about both of their past lives. Karl made sure to seal up as much as he could, but yet Yui could access it with perfect clarity. Remembering that she said her blood had healing abilities, debating if drinking her blood granted that clarity which is why she had the capacity to do so. Still not understanding how specifically it could combat the Endzeit with just a small portion. How much would be needed to cure someone of it? Too many questions and not enough answers. For now, it was time for school.

"Be careful today," Carla voiced.

Yui nodding her head. The remainder of the car ride silent until they arrived at school…