"So these are your parents"

Me and Yui went to the kitchen to grab something to eat. She brewed for herself a cup of tea while I as a rule got a cup of coffee. Man, I love aroma of that heaven in liquid form. Also, for something to chew on we made toasts with avocados. Just a calm moment to enjoy while we can. Talking about nothing and everything, topics turned to a family direction. I showed her a photo that Rin gave to me on his visit.

"Yes, I see resemblance" Yui hold up the photo comparing their faces with mine "You have your fathers eyes"

"Really?" I took a sip of coffee.

This surprised me because I always thought that girls mostly takes after their mothers.

"Mhm, they seem to be as joyful as yours"

"Yeah"

"I'm sorry" Yui apologized "Didn't want to upset you more" she handed over the photo to me.

"Nha I'm fine. Growing up I wasn't alone, that some comfort"

Yui nodded "Even tho I was adopted but I felt love from my father. And regular church visitors known me good enough as well as I them"

"Company is important" I took a toast from a plate and took a bite.

"Probably, it would be nicer to grow up with siblings" the girl giggled "What your brother did back then was unbelievable. Are the other brothers the same?"

"Well, there were some moments…"

*A flashback*

It was an early morning in Alaska. I didn't found any of my brothers down stairs. Probably they were still asleep, I thought to myself. With a red robe and sneakers I went outside to get the mail. After taking the letters out I checked from who their were, when out of nowhere, two loud pops startled me. Now on the metal box was two blue and green spots of paint.

I looked at the house and on the second floor's opened window's windowsill I saw sitting Mamoru (the fifth son) with a paintball gun in his hand.

"What the hell, Mamoru?!"

"Calm down, calm down. It was false alarms" he chewed on a chocolate-bar "How many brochures did we get?"

" Umm about five I guess"

"Thooose sons of bitches. I knew they won't listen"

"What are you talking about?" I asked him.

"Kaya, I was playing fair and squarer. I stuck the notes to the mailbox asking not to give us brochures. Did they listened? No. I waited till they come and personally asked them to not give us those things. They didn't listened. And now I will let my paintball gun talk instead of me…with a background of me shouting"

I walked towards a door rubbing my temple, asking God for some questions.

"Kaya" Mamoru called me.

I took a step back and looked up at him.

"You're my favorite sister"

"I'm your only sister"

"Can you make me something to eat"

Without saying anything I walked back into the house.

"…..Does that means yes? If so, waffles would be nice"

*End of flashback*

"That sounds…extreme" Yui stuttered not sure what to say.

"That's Mamoru and we're related. So yeah"

I drank the last bits of my coffee and placed a cup in the sink.

"Welp, unfortunately for Reiji, I have to go and talk with him about the unfixed hole in the wall"

"It's still there?"

"Yeah, I got used to it but not to sound from Subaru's room. He does a lot of smashes and curses. Besides, he gets annoyed when I start to talk at loud in my room."

"Good luck" she smiled

"Was it to me or Reiji?"

"Let's say for both of you"

Knock knock knock "Reiji" knock knock knock "Reiji" knock knock knock "Reiji"

"Go somewhere else. Unlike you, I have more important things to do"

"Reiji, don't be an angry chihuahua. I wanted to talk with you about the hole in my room"

He didn't responded.

"It won't take long, I promise"

"Sigh…you may come in"I walked in and gave a furrowed eyebrow vampire a smile. From the looks of his table situation he's been working on some potions again. Wonder, who will become the next test rabbit. The vampire turned his eyes on a book.

"Make it quick"

I skipped my way to the desk like a little school girl and lowered my head examining purple, red and yellow liquids in the test tubes.

"Don't touch it" without turning his head to me the vampire somehow knew that I was about to leave my finger prints on one of a tubes.

"Sorry, ahem" I cleared my throat "About the issue, can I expect it to be fixed?"

"I might consider it"

"So no?"

"You're not as dumb as I thought" he putted the book back in a shelf and took a black leathern back one. Flipping yellow pages as he walked passed me. Standing in front of the table he lifted one of a test tubes and made a liquid inside it to twirl.

"Is this is how you gonna play?" I placed my hands on hips.

"Good grief" he sighed "the gap between our intellectual levels are far too distanced. In this situation I have stronger argument why should I leave this problem to be solved by someone else and-" Reiji blinked twice, watching me "What's the meaning of this?"

I took off my sneakers and climbed on his table and cross sitting on it. This was kind of fun turn of the events.

"Stop doing that. Such deplorable manners" his looked at me from my head to the toes.

"No. You insulted me, that's why I'll be sitting on your desk all day, hehehe" I chuckled in low voice.

"This won't work on me" he went back to his research "I have immunity from your nonsense"

"If you say so"

"The fact that your socks aren't matching bothers me more. Sigh…you're like a little child who needs adult's supervision"

For a moment we were silent. I looked around the room from the ceiling to the floor from shelf to shelf, from table to table.

"Can I ask you a scientific question?" I broke the silence

"I doubt that you can form one"

"Does Laito have any fears? Weak points?"

"The answer is obvious to my question but why do you need this information?" with non-interested voice he stated.

"Vengeance. But I need to gather some information on my target before acting"

"The battle between you and Ayato is enough for this house. Pass me the book next to you." he closed the one that he had and gestured me to pick up the other one. I did what he asked me to. Before giving him the object I looked at the title which said 'Changes in cells'.

"Don't overreact to the point of paranoia., Reiji. Mine and Ayato's relationship is healthy. For now I'm not planning pulling any pranks on him. At this moment, Laito is my priority"

*In Ayato's room*

The red-head vampire was sitting on the back of the red couch with his elbows on his knees. With intense look he scoped the bedroom. His started to move his leg nervously and kept biting his lower lip from uncertainty.

"That damn Orokana is planning something on me . I can feel it. No." he straighten his back "She already did something. She just want to make me think that I'm safe. Oh no, I'm not that easily fooled."

He licked his upper lip and leaned against his legs with elbows again.

"What have you done in here?"

*Back to Reiji's laboratory*

"I must disappoint you, but I'm bussy with other things. If you so desperate for this knowledge then go the other" Reiji glared at me.

"Can't. I'm sitting on your table all day. Remember?"

"This tactic won't work on me, remember?"

"How about if I start to sing?" I wiggled my eyebrows.

"I'm more comfortable with silence"

"Do you know 'Piano Man' ?"

"No, and I don't want to"

" ~Sing us a song, you're the piano man , Sing us a song tonight, Well, we're all in the mood for a melody, And you've got us feelin' alright~ "

He leaned with his hands against the desk lowering his head and taking a deep breath.
Probably it was too much. I'm not sure. But again, that is something that you should be expecting from a person wearing not matching socks.

"I must change my tactic, don't I?" he pushed his glasses up and glared at me with nothing good promising eyes.

"Would you prefer some other song?" I asked.

"No"

"You love me" I whispered.

"Get out" he gestured with his head towards the door.

"My heart hearts me" I did a heart shape with my hands.

The next moment I know, my butt hit the hard surface of the corridor's floor, along with my sneakers snacked the back of my head. With no words, he shut the door.

"For this I will Taylor Swiften you!" I hissed while putting on shoes.

Confusing guy, isn't him? One moment he seems like a harmless criticizing butterfly and just like with a snap of the fingers he turns into tossing machine.

He said to go and ask others about Laito-thing. From who shall I start? The smart move would be go and ask Ayato or Kanato. I think I might be able to get something from Kanato but at this time of the day he is the most sensitive and probably will go all tantrum because he got hungry to fast. So this leaves me with Ayato. Come to think of it, I started getting uneasy around him. Probably because his name and face associates with biting too much. But their all names associates with that.

'Kaya, just suck it up and go'

I engorged myself.

Knock knock knock "Ayato" knock knock knock "Ayato" knock knock knock "Ay-"

"I could smell you coming from the distance. So one knock is enough. Tch. When you can't get more annoying" he leaned in the doorway folding his arms.

"It's nice to see you too" I peeked over his shoulder to his room. The sight made me questioning furrow my eyebrows. "Why all of a cushions on the floor?"

"Don't play stupid" he changed his posture to getting ready to attack. With fist clenched, standing big and tall in front of me with the eyes deeply daggered into mine.

'I've never noticed how animistic looking pupils he has. It's kind of...'

'Imagine me mentally slapping you across the face. Bam! Snap out of it!'

I shook my head and recollecting what he said, I spoke.

"W-what do you mean?"

He pointed in his room.

"There's a booby-trap somewhere in my room that you installed"

Oh dear Lord, he got insane. It's like one of those movies clichés when woman starts applying lipstick on her lips and seconds later, on the rest of her face. He can do that with takoyakis.

"I didn't do anything...yet"

"Aha!" now he was pointing at me but I slapped his finger away. He didn't react to that but still kept satisfying look on his face "You thought that you can out smarten me"

'He really thinks that I did something in his room, huh?'

"Can we talk about this later? I have a question"

"What's it to me?"

"A crown made of takoyakis"

"I would prefer something else" he shoved his hands into his pockets.

"Well I would prefer going to Hawaii but you don't see that happening" I took a deep breath in.

Anyway, straight to the point, does Laito have any fears, weak points, something from that opera."

"Reasons…?"

I opened my mouth but then closed it because I couldn't think of any good argument which would convince him.

"…I can't believe I'm blanking on this" I mumbled to myself.

"Tch, idiot" he closed the door.

"Idiot, huh? Well alrighty then" I licked my bottom lip and knocked again. He opened the door and with unamused expression he glared at me, like alarming me to get from his sight in ten seconds "I hope you will sleep well in that iron maiden of yours" giving a little grin I walked away leaving him with a false hint.

Knock knock knock "Shu" knock knock knock "Shu" knock knock knock "Shu"

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"Is he out?" I cracked open the door so I could pop my head in. In the eldest son's room I found himself, sleeping on the bed, with a volume turned all the way up on his mp3 player.

With not fully unbuttoned cardigan, the vampire was lost in the sea of violin melodies . A faint breathing came from his slightly opened mouth. A hand placed on abdominal, rising and moving down as he inhales and exhales. Modern days sleeping beauty.

I stood next to his bed like a creep, watching him being asleep. With hands behind my back, I leaned closer only a little bit.

"You look so peaceful" I whispered and with my two fingers, I gently squeezed his nose, cutting the air path. 1,2,3…and those sapphire orbs glared at me.

"Agh…"he shoved my hand aside "What are you doing?"

"The year 3458. Aliens took over the planet we need you to put on a suit like from the game' Halo' and defeat the intruders"

"Hee?" he smirked "What a nerdy foreplay. Fine. I'll play along"

"Oh no, you failed the mission. The game is over. Fatality….Sorry, you're not gonna be the next America's top model. The tribe has spoken"

"Tch, troublesome women" he sat up "Why else would a women come to the men's room at this hour?"

"To hit his hangover ass with a heated pan because three nights in a row he was drinking in the bars and only coming back only now with lost wallet, shirt and socks?"

"Get to the point, Yagami" Shu irritated scratched the back of his head.

"Does Laito have any fears or weak spots?"

"Like there's not enough commotions going on in this place" he went back to sleep, turning on his side showing me the back. "Leave. Or should I toss you out through the window?"

I looked at the window behind me and back at Shu.

"Throwing people around runs in your family's blood"

It was unsuccessful attempt on three out of five Sakamakis. But I'm still left with left with two more options. With this attempt I might shoot two rabbits with one shot, if I just play my words right.

And here I stood, in front of the door which seemed to get bigger and I getting smaller. This will be dangerous but it only means that it will work.

Knock knock knock "Subaru" knock knock knock "Subaru" knock knock knock "Subaru"

"Go away!" from behind closed door he shouted.

"...Hello, you too...?" I leaned against the wall, picking my nails, just being casual " You know, I still can't get hang of what each of your yells supposed to mean. Are you welcoming me? Are you flipping me off? It's confusing more then a rocket science.

"I was flipping you off! I'm not in the mood for your chit chats! Go bother someone else" he hissed.

"And this leads to my question to you..."

"I know nothing about Laito"

Well that was unexpected. I reached a point of screw-it and entered the dark and cool room where Subaru was laying on the top of a coffin. He lifted his head with a angry face.

"Who told you that?"

"This mansion has a great acoustics. It just happened that I overheard your conversation with Shu when I was on my way" he got back at laying position bringing his hands behind his head.

"Really? Nothing? What kind of person he is?"

"A hentai. That you don't want your room be next to"

"Did you guys lived next to each other?"

"Tch. It was the first week when we moved here. But then I moved to this room. Damn, male-slut, not for once he volume down" he sat on the top of a coffin and looked at me "Tch why I'm telling you this? Get out"

"I will but before that one more thing" I was backing away as he came closer to me.

"Which part of get out you don't understand?"

With my back I hit the edge of the door, accidentally closing it. But with Subaru approaching me like a tank, I quickly opened it and stepped back in the corridor, just leaving slightly opened door. Subaru roughly grabbed the edge of the wooden door and pulled it opened just enough for his body to still be showed.

"It's very important for both of us"

He slightly blushed "T-there are no such thing, you dumb-ass"

"The hole in the wall" I pointed with my finger to where the damage is.

"With this question go to Reiji. I already got scolded by him"

"Welcome to my world-"

And he slam the door in my face. It didn't go as planned. This time I managed to talk with him longer before being kicked out or bitten. Totally just made progress. But I still had one trick under my sleeve which shouldn't kill me.

"Subaru, it's fine by me that this issue won't be solved. Since that incident brought us closer together. We basically sharing the same room because I can every step that you take"

From the other side of the door I could hear him loudly coming towards my direction. He opened the door rushing and almost bumping into me.

"Where are you going?"

"What do you think?!" he yelled not even looking back at me.

I was surprised that it actually worked. With these bluffing skills I could go big in a poker league.

Although, I do remember playing poker with my brothers. At that time I was about thirteen. Uncle thought all of us, just to keep us busy for few hours. When we youngsters were playing it, we used snacks instead of money. We played to the point when our own rules came to the game that it didn't even seemed like a classic poker game.

Back to the present. I hoped that Subaru will be able to convince Reiji to repair the hole. But now I was left with only one boy from who I can pick out needed information. Kanato. Let's just pray that he is in a good mood.

"AGHHH! CURSE THESE CURTAINS!"

From someplace in the mansion Kanato's voice echoed through all building.
"Correction. I'm left with no options"

Curse that fedoras model as would Kanato say. I can't believe, there are no ideas in my head. What next? I won't be able to think of a new nickname for Reiji and others?

I hate this drag. Anything would work, I would still have the same satisfaction of revenge.
This made me think if I'm the bad person here. But then again, how many times did he call me Perra-chan?

"Orokana!" from around the corner Ayato shout out my name and with loud steps rushed towards me. Not even watching his strength, the red-head grabbed my wrist, squeezing it tightly. "Your pranks are getting on my nerves. For your own sake, I suggest you to surrender and just tell me what the fuck you did in my room?" the vampire hissed, with his fangs now clearly showing. It was clear that he was losing his mind.

"You know this is unnecessary- O-ouch!" I was pointing out the fact that he grabbed my hand to many times like this. But he shut me down by tightening the hold of my wrist.

"Don't change the topic. Now spill it out!"

"Okay, okay…jeez. You really wanna know? Fine!" yelled back at him.

He let go off me keeping those furious eyes on mine.

"I did the same thing that I did to Laito"

"What do you mean?" now with a calmer voice he asked.

"Nothing, you bubble-head. All this time I was just messing with you"

"You what?!"

"Don't act so surprised. You knew this will be coming"

"You!"

He once again tried to grabbed my wrist but I stepped back.

"You're his brother so it's almost the same. That's practically good enough for me. The only thing which in some way is similar to a prank that I did to him, was a week ago. When he came to my room and out of blue asked me to leave noticeable scratch marks"

*A flashback*

"Where did I put my other sock?" I got out from under my bed and looked around the room one more time with the red and black striped sock in my hand.

"Perra-chan?~ I'm coming in"

The door creaked and the next moment I know Laito was already standing on the other side of bed.

I climbed on my bed and started moving pillows and sheets out of my way hoping to find what I was looking for. The eyes of the vampire followed every movement of mine, I could feel it.

"Who dared to enter my kingdom?"

"The one who will take your crown away" Laito played along.

"You wanna be the king of funky-town. Judging from all of the comments I get, that's the only place I could rule"

"Nfu~ Perra-chan, I would love to keep on this play but there is something else on my mind" he carefully place the fedora on my bed, took off a hoodie and underneath shirt out of his pants.

I did a double check 'cause I thought, I was seeing things. I quickly stood up on the bed and took a step back.

"Please tell me you have a third nipple that you want to show me or otherwise, don't even try to do any vampire-ish business here"

"Perra-chan," he tilted his head "you have such a dirty mind. As much as I want to continues this conversation, I need a little favor~" he turned his back to me and lifted his sweater along with shirt "Leave your nail marks on my back"

"...What?"

"No questions asked. Just do it"

"What is happening?" I asked myself.

*end of flashback*

"That asshole!" Ayato yelled "Tch. I knew there was something suspicious about those nail marks"

"What are you talking about?"

"It shouldn't concern you" he looked at me and then turned away his eyes away "he owns me...Oi! Laito!"

Just behind, the other vampire was casually passing by, minding his own business until he heard Ayato calling him.

"Remember our contest" Ayato grabbed my shoulders and turned me around, pointed at me. "You jackass, her marks doesn't count"

"What contest?" I looked from Ayato to Laito, from Laito to Ayato.

"Just a little siblings contest" Laito walked towards us "How to put this in a delicate way...whoever will get a lady first, will have the right to request anything from the loser"

Laito gave Ayato satisfied smirk. It took me a moment to realize why Laito was so calm about this all situation.

"What did he do?...What did you do?" I asked both of them.

The brothers exchanged similar looks to when one is about to spill out embarrassing thing about the other while the victim tries to shut the traitor sending threatening with intense staring contest.

"Because I'm a good brother towards Ayato, I will only say that it was epic" Laito giggled making his sibling more furious and ashamed, I guess that' the word to describe vibes coming from the red-head.

The vampire's grip on my shoulders got more painful which made me let out an 'ouch' sound. I slapped his hands and step to the side, escaping from his claws.

"Now, if may. Bye bye, Ayato-kun~" Laito said before disappearing.

"That fucking…" the boy gritted his teeth before turning his head to me.

"What did you do?~" I teasingly asked him.

But he didn't wait for any invitation and pressed me against the wall, wrapping his arm around my waist and giving a little lift so only my toe tips were touching the floor. The vampire pressed his lips on the nape of my neck which made let a small gasp.

'Why it's hot in here?'

Just a second later he bit down into my skin and started to take big gulps of my blood. My nails dug on his forearms, clenching jacket's material in my hands, trying to push him away from me.

Ayato pulled his fangs away and whispered into my neck.

"He's afraid of bugs"

"To tell me this, the biting part was unnecessary"

"Shut up" he said before tightening the grip around my waist and continued to feed on me.

As a rule, he only stopped taking my blood when I passed out. But this time for me it felt different somehow. The pain was the same, the process felt the same. This warmth in my body was something new.

*the next day*

It was a beautiful morning in the Sakamaki mansion. One of a triplets entered green carpeted room. Laito started his day early by going on a hunt. While it was still a good weather outside he was going out more often. For a vampire summer time and the begging of the autumn is like a hunting seasons.

So after some exercise, the boy was getting ready to get some sleep. He took off his shoes and tossed them near the bed. Humming a random melody, the vampire walked up to the dresses and opened the first drawer. The humming instantly stopped. The eyes widen from the fear. He froze in the spot, all muscles paralyzed. The mind was saying 'move' but body didn't respond to commands. The crawling things on his neatly folded clothes set all alarms in his head. And finally it snapped.

"buRN THOse disgusting thiNGS!" the vampire yelled running out of the room.

The first in line to see the show was me. Laito's shout could be heard all over the mansion so it was the matters of seconds when I'll pop out next to him.

"Whathappened? Whathappened?Whathappened?" from around the corner I quickly came with my hands flapping like bird's.

"!Those things somehow crawled in my dresser!"

'Damn, he really is afraid of bugs'

Laito closed the door with his foot. The boy was heavily breathing with a few sweat drops on his forehead. Then like realization hit him who was behind this. I received a suspicious look mixed with post-fear emotion.

"What?" I asked innocently.

"Who told you?"

"Who told me what?"

"You know what"

"Do I?"

Laito closed his eyes and let out a playful chuckle under his breath. He lifted fedora and brushed his hair back and putted fedora on.

"Perra-chan, you do know this means war, don't you? ~"

"Bring it on, Chris Hemsworth haircut"