She woke up with a slight headache, her whole body ached and she was very thirsty. Not a normal thirst, but a thirst that she had never felt before. Opening her eyes, she had to squint due to the light that was dim but bright to her. She didn't recognize where she was, nor could she remember how she got there. When her eyes were adjusted to the light in the room. She noticed that she was in a large bed that had soft drapes at the corners of the bed. The room had a light blue chaise and small couch near the large windows, a dressing table to the left of her bed. And to her right she noticed that there was a young man sleeping in the chair.
Maybe he knows where I'm. She thought to her self as she slowly got up out of bed and walked the few feet to the chair. She gently shook him not to surprise him or scared him. After a minute of gently shaking the man, his eyes opened. He looked right at her and let out a sigh of relief that he seemed to be holding back.
"I'm glade you're awake. You had us worried." He said looking her over.
"Was I out long?" She asked in a small horsed voice and coughed.
"You must be thirsty, would you like something to drink?" He asked.
"Yes."
When he got up, she felt scared to be left where she doesn't remember anything, she raced to him and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"I'm scared." She admitted into his back.
"Want to come along?" He asked in a gentle voice.
She nodded and looked at him.
"I'm Ruki, do you remember who you are?" He asked as he held the door open for her.
She stopped, frozen in place at his question. She thought about it, she couldn't seem to figure out what her name was, or anything that might remind her of who she was.
Ruki watched as the girl fought with in herself trying to find something. He had the suspicion that she may not remember anything about who she was.
"No." She said as a tear roamed down her cheek.
In that moment he knew that he would protect this girl, that she was his sister. He already had a story ready for her.
"Your Maikio Mukami, your 15 about to start at the night school with the rest of us. You were attacked and been out for two days. I'm your older brother." He began to explain.
"We are vampires, so are you? You have never killed anyone with your thirst. But you are the youngest. We are trying to get Eve to choose one of us so that we can change what has been." He continued.
"Ok, Ruki, am I hoping Eve will choose me too?" She asked him as they entered the kitchen. She was still in the nightgown she slept in.
"No, but you have always wanted to help because it would make us happy."
Ruki already discussed the story with everyone, so they were on the same page. That she was still in middle school and she played the violin. They all hopped that she remembered that.
"So how was I attacked?" She asked as her head tilted to the right as she took the drink from him.
"You where on you're way back from violin practice, unfortenently we were hopping that the hit to the head wasn't that sever. When you weren't home on time Yuma went to look for you, found you close to the house on the side of the road with you bike. He brought you back here, and it looked like the person just wanted your wallet, because that was the only thing missing." He explained as he sipped the tea he made himself. Noting that she didn't react to the copper taste of the blood, which was a good thing. Him and the others have been giving small amounts of blood over the last two days. Her color seemed to pep up a bit, or enough that she looked like a normal vampire and not a nearly starved one. She was swinging her feet from her perch on the counter happily.
"I'm sorry I worried you Ruki." She said looking down at her cup.
"It's fine, you'll be better in no time." He chuckled.
This girl was gentle, which will throw off the Sakamaki brothers when she starts school next week. They were in for a surprise.
"If anyone at school asks, you were at a music school till this year. They have never seen you at our school." He said.
"Ok, where's my violin? I want to make sure that I didn't forget that." She laughed.
He had her fallow him back to her room; he suggested that she get dressed before he shows her, her music room. Sure Kou was the pop idol, but the brothers agreed that it might be more believing if she had a music room filled with different violins.
Mai came out with her blue off the shoulder sweater, a black shorts, white diamond thigh high soaks, and her ankle boots on. He noticed that she was braiding one of her half pigtails and wrapping them into small topknots on her head. She did have the blue chocker they found on her around her neck.
"So do I look back to normal and not the living dead?" Mai asked smiling at him.
As they walked to the music room, Mai learned that Yuma, Azuma, and Kou were at school while he stayed at home with her. That she would be going to school with them bringing the next week. So she could get used to having no memories.
As soon as she was in the music room and had her hand on a violin, the muscle memory kicked in and the music played so naturally. Ruki was glad that she at least remembered the violin; it made the story more believable. He watched as she played, and she looked like she loved it. Just like Yuma loved to garden, Kou loved to sing and perform, and Azuma enjoyed collecting knives. He enjoyed reading, and he also added to his list of things if Eve chose him that she would get her memories back.
"So She woke up?" Yuma's voice came from behind him.
"Yes and as we predicted she doesn't remember anything." Ruki said quietly.
"She gets the story we told her?"
"Yes, and it seems that her mousle memory is great, and helps with the whole story too."
"Well now we just have to wait and see how the Sakamaki's react to her." Yuma said watching his sister dance as she played the violin with a smile on her face.
"Yuma! Your back!" She said after she finished playing and saw him.
She ran up to him and hugged him. Yuma was surprised when she knew it was him.
"I'm sooo sorry I worried you. I didn't mean to. " She said.
"No problem squirt. How did you know it was me that was Yuma?" Yuma asked.
"Ruki said you were one of the taller brothers. And you don't have blonde hair or black hair." She said matter of fact.
Ruki chuckled at this personality that she has. Quiet, cheerful, and shy at times. She seemed like a ball of energy after drinking blood and she isn't letting the memory loss stop anything. He just hopped that the Sakamaki brothers didn't cause any trouble for her, and that Yui Komori will seem at ease with Maikio Mukami. Only time will tell.
