It wasn't until noon that they started to wake up. The storm had calmed, and the sun was shinning in through the window and right on Rei's face. He opened his eyes slowly and looked down at Keaira, she was snuggled up to him, her usual comfort bear, on the floor by the bed. He smiled. She looked so beautiful, peaceful, calm down in his arms. Like the world around them could crash down all around them but it wouldn't matter because they were in each others arms. He lay in that blissful moment as long as he could before reality crashed down on him. Blood. He needed blood. He swallowed nervously. He couldn't call Christa up, because it might ruin the wonderful morning he was having with Keaira, He sighed knowing good a well that Keaira would never agree to let him feed off her, not again. There were animals...yes, he could get an animal from the woodland areas behind their houses...but what if she woke up with out him. What would that do to what they had last night? Did they even have anything? He sighed. Yes, he knew they had something, but she'd never see it that way. He looked down at her full red lips and wanted nothing more than to kiss them, wake her from her slumber and make all her pain and anger go away. His eyes betrayed him, and he found veins in her neck pulsating with blood and tempting him. He felt his fangs extend, but he pulled away. He was a jerk, a bastard, an asshole, a deviant and an bad ass, but he would never let anyone accuse him of feeding off of Keaira without permission. He pulled away from her and got out of bed, running a had through his blonde hair quickly, shaking and scratching his head lightly trying to figure out exactly what he was to do. He forced his fangs back as she started to stir.

"Rei?.." blue eyes opened slowly and sneered at the sunlight. "What.." she sat up and yawned. "What happened?" she checked her neck first of all, but no...no pain and no marks. She wasn't suprised really, just shocked at herself for actually checking.

"The storm." Rei answered quietly. "You..." he coughed. "Well...I'm gonna go on ...get a shower and ...go out for a little while."

"To feed." she stood up and pulled her hair back in a quick pony tail.

"Yeah.." he looked away. "You gonna be ok here by yourself?"
"I've been home alone several times throughout the years Rei, I'm sure I can handle it." she said in a half yawn as she grabbed a short silky robe from her closet door and threw it on quickly. "But..." she looked over her shoulder at him. "Thanks for your concern." she said in barely a whisper. Rei did his best to resist the urge to take her in his arms and kiss her. What was his problem lately? He shook his head. Sure yeah, Keaira was hot, and sure yeah, they'd grown up together...but. No. He shook his head again and swallowed.

"I'm allowed to worry about you ...ya know." He said almost defensively. She sighed. "Who are you gonna feed from now?" she asked quietly. "Going to go call Christa over for an afternoon romp..?" she said the last part in an almost spiteful voice, and as she turned around he was inches away from her face.

"Maybe I'll just bleed you..." he had his fangs extended. "See if you're still such a bitch then?!" Keaira didn't even blink. The one site that most girls would freak out over, she just yawned. "Fine...better me than some unsuspecting bimbo right?" She walked around him. Rei was in awe. Had she just agreed to let him feed off of her?

She walked over to the bed, pulled her hair to one side and leaned her neck out. "Well...go on." she shrugged sheepishly. Walking slowly and trying to decide if she was serious or not, he sat down on the bed beside her.
"You...you're just teasing me K..." he said licking his fangs in anticipation.

"I said do it you idiot...so do it.." she looked over at him. "But not much...I have to work the shop today..."
Without another word, Rei sank his teeth in, so to speak. A flood of emotions waved over both of them. This hadn't happened before when they were younger! Rei was sure of one thing, it was great. She was so rich, so ... desirable. Keaira felt something as well, and it was nothing that he was sending to her mentally, it was some sort of a gut feeling.

~Do you...feel it?~ she asked quietly in her mind.

~You too huh...~ was his response. ~Maybe we should test the theory..~

~Soulmates?!~ She opened her eyes wide as he pulled away.

"Definitely..." Rei answered verbally before drowning her mouth in a bloody kiss.