Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy! This is just a bit of a bonus chapter, so you all can see things from a different POV, which happens to be Laito's. (: I thought some of you might find it interesting! It paraphrases the story up until the more recent events, where it goes into a little more detail. (: I hope that you guys enjoy seeing how different things look from his POV!
He truly hadn't thought anything of her upon first meeting her. He had been after the newest bride because she had escaped Ayato's protective clutches. Upon locating the bride, he is frustrated to find the bride has someone else with her, but it doesn't matter. He gets what he wants, and it's always so much more fun when someone else is watching. Besides, The bride smells familiar and addicting, and he isn't about to let his selfish brother get her this time. The only thing that piques his interest about the human girl is the fact that she doesn't bow down to him like so many of the other female students do. After all, the Sakamaki's are like royalty to the school. Still, this brown haired girl stares defiantly up at him and threatens to turn him in for sexual harassment. In fact, she not only threatens, but she follows through with reporting him. Even though he's expelled, it doesn't make any difference. It never does. This will just fall under the countless other times he was expelled for stupid things.
He decides to keep an eye on her. He finds that she isn't exactly as fearless as she thought she was. Over the next days, weeks, months, he could smell her fear coursing through her blood. He fully expects her to break after all the cruel pranks Ayato, Kanato, and himself play on her, but she seems to silently accept it as part of life. Which he finds amusing. She's stubbornly determined to help the newest bride out, which only serves to baffle and irritate him. Why would someone go so far for someone they just met?
That is where he found his frustration growing. If Ayato isn't around the bride, the brown haired girl is. Laito expects Ayato to isolate the bride, but he doesn't seem interested in doing so. In fact, he seems to tolerate the girls' strange friendship. It makes Laito wonder if it has to do with the bride herself. Laito keeps closer to them when they are alone and finds the girl called Mai trying to convince the bride to run away. Luckily, the bride's foolishly already wrapped around Ayato. Still, this is another source of frustration for him. How dare a human think they can take away a vampire's prey? Did the girl not realize just how powerless she is? Perhaps it's time to scare off the little human. His attempts at scaring her fail just as much as the pranks did, but it doesn't stop him from trying. After all, he wants to scare her off, and he always gets what he wants.
The moment the bride's scent changes, he lost interest in her. He didn't mind sloppy seconds, but he found a more interesting playtoy. Besides, he suspected his interest in her has been slipping for quite a while. The defiant look on Mai's face interests him more. He can't help but wonder what her broken look would look like. A shudder runs down his spine as he imagines the tears running down her face along with the completely obedient look in her eyes. A cruel smile breaks out over his face.
Unfortunately, he's not the only one that gains an interest in her, but he doesn't feel threatened by his brother. After all, Kanato's interests are always fleeting and created from boredom. Or, perhaps it is simply due to the bride's scent on Mai. Still, Laito decides to do something in order to prove to both Kanato and Mai that she is his plaything until he's done with her. After he's had his fill, he'll let Kanato do as he pleases. This is the leading thought behind tasting her blood for the first time. He has had his familiars following her for a while, so he knew where she lived. He can't help but feel a sense of giddiness that he always felt before the very first bite. He's already waiting outside Mai's house when the bride arrives. Now, he just needed to wait for the right time to spring.
However, this is not how he expected it to go. It started out going so well. The bride had gone over for her daily visit, so Laito just slides up behind her when Mai opens the door. A pleasant thrill runs through his entire body at the sight of clear fear on her face. She reacts just as he expects her to. She attempts to shut him out, but it's easy for him to get inside her house. The scent of her blood hangs heavy in the air. It smells surprisingly sweet, but it has an undertone that he can't quite figure out. The simple thought made his mouth water. It is all made even better by the fact that she is wearing a look of pure terror. The moment she swings the silly bat at him, his anger ignites. She should just submit to him and allow him to drink her blood. It's only made worse by the fact that she manages to kick him. Still, he can't help but feel even more interested in breaking her.
Despite her protests, he does bite her. He keeps it painful for her as punishment for daring to strike him. After all, he gets what he wants and right then he wants her. The taste of her blood rushing into his mouth is almost bittersweet, though he thinks it has something to do with her emotions. Still, he drinks a few more mouthfuls before releasing her. To his utter disappointment, it takes her a few minutes to recover. During that time, he takes a moment to take in her scent. She smelled faintly of lavender and honey. Like all things in their lives, his moment with her comes to an end.
The days drift by once more, and he finds himself watching her more and more. To his utter enjoyment, he finds that he can play with Mai, and it bothers Yui, as well. This came as a pleasant surprise, since he now has the attention of two women without really trying. The days seem to drift by, and he finds himself enjoying tormenting the brown haired girl. It's even more enjoyable when she tries to fight against him, though it frustrates him when she denies his help when she was playing billiards against Subaru. He finds a small tendril of annoyance in the pit of his stomach to see his plaything having fun with someone else. Was she like his mother? Would she only enjoy herself by playing with a third person?
Was he not enough?
If that's what it takes to make her happy, then he could oblige. This prompts him to drop her in various situations in which she would end up in the path of one of his brothers. Unfortunately, she manages to escape all of them with the least amount of damage. The only time she actually feels the pleasant sting of pain is when he gives it to her. Still, he thought that all shallow women needed more than one man's attention in order to feel happy.
Time seems to tick by, and he notices something exciting. She's starting to look at him more and more often with clear attraction on her face. He's positive that he has become the center of her life. This thrills him beyond belief. It feels like he had worked harder than ever before to wiggle his way into her heart. Everything seems to come crumbling down when Reiji decides to punish her. While Laito is all for her being punished, it still bothers him that she is starting to smell more and more like Shuu. There is always the lingering scent of Ayato on her, but it is due to her proximity to the bride.
The day that he gets invited to her house surprises him, though it's a that she was trying to avoid one of Kanato's tantrums. His brush with Richter at her house doesn't help his mood, but it comes as a relief to realize that the older vampire has no interest in Mai. Despite his brothers going, he finds himself having fun. The dessert is surprisingly good, and he is able to steal glances at the two girls during the movies. Yui is terrified and keeps hiding behind Ayato, but Mai seems genuinely interested in the gore going on. Yui's the first to fall asleep, though Ayato's not long after her. Mai moves to the floor to avoid having Yui and Ayato's feet in her lap, but she is in and out of sleep only moments after Ayato. Laito watches from his position in a chair. His frown is evident on his face. Kanato moves down to sit beside Mai and uses her shoulder as a pillow. The original excitement has worn off since Kanato didn't seem to do anything to her, and a small, barely noticeable, tendril of annoyance begins coiling through the pit of his stomach. He watches Mai lean her head head over into Kanato's once she slips into a deeper sleep. Kanato isn't far behind her. Laito is the last one awake, though he doesn't mind. His eyes shift to the blonde stretched out on the couch. Laito knew that there are likely marks all over her body. It's clear that his brother's clutches are already sunk deep inside the stupid blonde girl.
She reeks of Ayato, after all.
His green eyes shift to Mai. Over the last few months, her scent has slowly, but noticeably, been shifting. It isn't as sweet as Yui's, but she no longer smells like a normal human. Something has changed in her, and he knows what it is. She has attempted asking him, but he doesn't plan to tell her. Where was the fun in that? Laito shifts his body once it starts to react to the mouthwatering scent. He has been playing nice to try to get her to drop her guard, and it seems to be working. She isn't nearly as cautious around him. She even agreed to let him drink from her without fighting, though he's a little disappointed that she agreed to that so easily.
He slowly slinks out of the chair and moves closer to her body. He leans in close to inhale her scent. It sends another pleasurable jolt between his legs, and he releases a soft groan. Her scent is mixed with Kanato's making it smell even better. He leans in to lightly nip her neck, and she releases a soft groan that makes his body react even more. His face flushes, and he pulls back to look at her. She shifts her sleep, seeming to turn more towards Kanato's body. A frown overtakes his face, and he reacts without thinking. He reaches over to shove Kanato. It doesn't come as a surprise that the purple haired vampire lets out a whine, but he extracts himself from Mai and rolls to the floor. While Laito watches, his triplet curls around the stupid teddy bear their mother had given him.
Laito's eyes turn to meet Mai's partially opened ones. A thrill runs through his body before he realizes that she's still asleep. She shifts into a comfortable position before drifting back off to sleep. He considers reaching out to heat her body up, but he decides that he doesn't want to deal with Ayato's whining. With a soft growl of frustration, Laito settles his head into her lap. He closes his eyes and lets himself drift off to sleep.
His dreams consist of her finally submitting to him. Unfortunately, he's woken right in the middle of a particularly good dream when Mai's breathing changes, but he doesn't open his eyes. He just listens as she wiggles out from under him and disappears further into the house. His manhood is stiff due to his dreams, and he considers following after her, but the sound of Kanato muttering in his sleep distracts Laito for a moment. It sounded like Kanato's singing under his breath. He listens to the sound of Yui's heart beat, and Mai's returning footsteps. Still, impatience fills his body. He decides that he would completely claim her tonight. After all, he's already feeling the effects of the moon.
Much to his frustration, he is chased off by the two girls, though he doesn't return home like his brothers do. He finds himself following them at a distance. He frowns upon finding them going to a church. Even though it doesn't hurt him to enter the grounds, he still finds it stupid to worship a deity that he doesn't believe existed. To make matters worse, the girls begin to clean the church. He finds himself watching Yui more than Mai though. Yui's scent kept giving off a horribly familiar scent that he didn't think he would ever smell again. Memories start to surface, and he finds himself longing to feel her embrace again. That's when his eyes focus on Mai. The girls were on their way out, and Yui looks like she is in pain. A smirk spreads over his face, and he follows after the girls once more. The familiar scent wafers back to tickle his nose, making him more and more impatient. To his surprise, his thoughts isn't on his first lover, but the girl not far in front of him. His throat is burning, and he is starting to feel restless. His green eyes lift to look at the moon before dropping back down in time to find Ayato has appeared to steal Yui away. Laito knew exactly what he plans to do.
After all, Laito is planning to do the same thing. He was tired of playing nice with his toy. It's time to show her just who her master is. He moves forward when Kanato appears. It wouldn't do to have Kanato steal her out from under him. He doesn't hesitate to rip her away. Despite dropping her in the room that would be hers, he could hear Kanato's tantrum at having his prey taken away. He frowns at the thought of Kanato chasing them, and he immediately sets about claiming every part of her.
Thrills race up and down his spine and make it hard for him to control himself when she fights against him. As a reward, he decides to give her a bit of foreplay. Women like romantic views of lakes under the moon, didn't they? He decides to show her such a view by dropping her in the middle of the woods. He isn't about to just lead her there. This would serve as her foreplay. Nothing is better than a rush of adrenaline. He carefully leads her toward the lake by making noise in the wrong directions. To his absolute delight, she is covered in cuts when she finally arrives at the intended destination, causing the scent of her blood and sweat to hang heavily in the air. Still, he can smell faint traces of Kanato on her body. This causes that tendril of annoyance to start in the pit of his stomach again. He doesn't want to lose the first time with her to another. It doesn't matter what happens to her afterwards, but he always enjoys the first time. It's what helps break them the most. Humans were so attached to their virginity. He always viewed that attachment as foolish and unhealthy. He's only helping them break through their silly notions of love by showing them the pleasure of lust. He decides to drop her in the lake, but it seems to chill her body and anger her further. He decides that she has had enough foreplay and takes her back home. It was time to claim her.
He makes sure to heal her cuts as a show that he cares enough to pay attention to her. Afterwards, he ensures that she enjoys herself. After all, he's not that selfish. He makes sure to use contraception, though he doesn't think that she cares. The scent of her tears don't really bother him. Many of the other girls he's been with has cried. It just seems that she is simply enjoying herself that much. Once he is done, he leaves to dispose of the condom before returning. He frowns when he finds her already falling asleep, so he releases her and crawls into bed beside her. After all, women like to be cuddled afterwards. She doesn't bother fighting against him, so he feels as if she truly enjoyed herself.
The days once again go by, and he notices a change in her. She tries to avoid him, but he doesn't mind. This has happened before, as well. He still crawls in bed with her, even at her own home. She never once complains about it. He did notice that she would always stiffen when he touches her, but he doesn't pay much mind to it. It isn't unusual for the women to behave that way after their first time. For some reason, humans taught their children that lust is a bad thing, so she's just embarrassed by what happened.
He's surprisingly happy that she didn't submit to him yet. After all, that would just kill the game.
Still, it bothers him that she would no longer look him in the eyes. Her words are clipped and to the point. In fact, she seems in a rush every morning to get to Shuu's room, and she tries to avoid sitting by him in the car. In fact, it seems as if she has grown closer to Shuu over the course of a few weeks. At first, he decides to bring up that she can bring Shuu to bed with them if she could get his older brother motivated, but he stops himself when he finds that the thought was causing that small tendril of annoyance to grow. He has never felt threatened by the lazy vampire before, but it's becoming clear to him that something is going on between them. It's like Cordelia and Richter all over again. These thoughts spur a nightmare of his childhood. When he wakes, he finds himself alone in her bed.
To make it even worse, his familiar told him that while he was gone she used Shuu's shoulder to sleep on. This frustrated him more than he thought it would. He justifies it by reminding himself that she is his toy, and someone touched her without permission. To make matters worse, she is avoiding him. She clearly isn't grateful to the fact that he went out of his way to give her enjoyment while they slept together. Perhaps it was time to punish her? Next time, she will ask him for permission before reaching out to another man. He would easily give it to her, but she needed to learn her place.
He's surprised by her call. To his absolute delight, she sounds scared. A thrill rushes through his veins. He already knew where she is due to having his familiars follow her. He simply appears before her and makes her move toward a park, since she's stubbornly clinging to her human ideals of having private conversations about her love life. Once at the park, he gives her a kiss, but she doesn't even bother to react. Anger fills his stomach, so he decides to bite her in an effort to get a reaction from her. Once she jerks away from him, he decides it's time that she admits that she is his. He watches her run, and a thrill runs through his body. He always enjoyed the hunt. Unfortunately, it's over sooner than he would have liked. He attempts to gently convince her to admit that she loves him, but she stubbornly denies to. He decides to force her to say that she loves him by threatening to bite a tender area.
Hearing her admit that she loves him is like music to his ears. He decides to test her resolve by taking her to Kanato's room. Fortunately, she still has some fire left in her and refuses once more to meet his demands of destroying Kanato's belongings. Despite her avoiding his kiss, the sound of her laughter sends a pleasant chill through his body, but it also causes him to feel a sense of frustration. In an attempt to silence her laughter, he reaches out to grab her throat. The look of fear on her face sends a pleasant thrill down his spine, so he decides to reward her. He shoves her back then leaves to see where she would run to for comfort. To his displeasure, Yui appears, and they retreat to his good for nothing older brother's room.
Unfortunately, he gets a call to appear before his father, so her punishment will have to wait. He doesn't have any problem with that though. After all, it'll give him time to decide on a fitting punishment.
