Chapter 22

"Long lost words whisper slowly to me. Still can't find what keeps me here when all this time I've been so hollow inside. ...I know you're still there."

-Evanescence

Max stared out at the sky and watched as the sun slowly rose in the east. He had woken up when it was still dark outside before anyone else and had crept out of bed, which was really hard since Rei had a death-grip on him. Ever since he had woken up an uneasy feeling had settled over him. No matter how hard he tried to shake the feeling off it still remained. Seeing the sun in horizon however did help ease the feeling a bit, but only a bit.

Sighing defeatedly, Max willed himself to move away from the window he had been staring out of and tried to focus on something else, like breakfast. Tyson probably wouldn't be up for a while, but that didn't mean Max couldn't make himself something to eat. Pleased with his decision, He began grabbing ingredients, pots, and pans, but stopped half way through when he realized something very important. He had no idea what he was going to make for breakfast.

Feeling extremely embarrassed about what he had just done, Max blushed and quietly laughed at himself. Note to self: Decide on what you want to eat before you pulling out random ingredients and pots and pans. Since he was still unsure what he wanted to eat he decided on just having a glass of milk.

Once he had finished pouring himself a glass of the cool beverage, he sat down at the wooden table and stared out window again. No matter how hard he tried the feeling that something terrible was going to happen wouldn't go away. It didn't make any sense. Everything was perfect now, wasn't it? He had Rei and he was pretty sure that Tyson and Kai had hooked up the other night—when he checked on them that morning it was pretty clear what they had done earlier—so what could be wrong? Maybe another werewolf or vampire had found out about the friendship between Hiro, Anthony, Rei, Kai, Tyson, and himself? No that wasn't it, it was something else he was positive, but what? What could possibly happen?

Tyson had said that he was worried that the feelings he had for Kai were created from lust and not real love, maybe Tyson had been right and now the tension between Kai and the blue haired boy was going to grow? That did sound possible but once again something in Max made him disagree with it.

Still pondering over the reason for his uneasy feeling Max took a sip of his milk, never noticing someone entering the kitchen and standing behind him.

Maybe Tyson and I will get in a fight with Kai and Rei? Or maybe Kai is going to run into Hiro in a dark alley somewhere and beat the crap out of him. Tyson will be so devastated when he finds out! Wait, I'm acting like Kai has already done it. Maybe he has? No that can't b- "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Max screamed when two strong arms wrapped around his waist and cut off his train of thought. Instinctively, the blond began struggling in his captor's hold.

"Max! Max! Calm down it's me!" Rei shouted at his struggling blond lover. When he woke up that morning he had been very upset to find his lover missing and had left the bedroom to go in search of him. After searching for a few minutes he found Max sitting at the table with a thoughtful look on his face. Thinking how adorable the boy looked, he had decided to surprise the boy but was shocked when Max started panicking. Holding onto his lover still he continued to call out the blonde's name.

Rei's voice hit Max's ears and he stopped his struggling. His scream died on is lips and he took deep breaths of air. He could still feel his heart beating rapidly and placed a hand over it. As he slowly calmed down Max leaned back in Rei's embrace. Licking his lips Max barely managed to say above a whisper, "Sorry."

"It's okay," Rei said in a soothing voice. "Sorry about surprising you, but you looked so cute there I couldn't help but hug you. Is something wrong? You seem a little edgy today."

Max shook his head, but his face shone with worry. "I just woke up this morning and something seemed a little off. Almost as if something terrible was going to happen, and I guess it's gotten to me."

A few silent seconds passed between the couple. Wanting to comfort his lover Rei pulled Max off of the chair he had been sitting on and into a warm embrace.

Feeling himself being lifted off his seat and into the strong and loving embrace of his lover Max gasped in surprise but accepted the affection he was receiving. Burring his head in Rei's chest Max could hear a soft purr and in that instant something flashed through Max's eyes.

Salty tears formed behind his eyes as he looked out at the night sky. He felt so alone and abandoned. Slowly the tears fell from his eyes and stained his cheeks. As more tears fell he felt someone hug him. Without hesitating the he buried his head in the person's chest. A little chuckle left his lips as he heard a soft purr being emitted from the one who was holding him.

Max broke away from the secure hold Rei had on him. When the vampire looked at him curiously the blonde gave him a reassuring smile. "Thanks for comforting me Rei, but I think I should make some breakfast for Tyson and me. If you need any blood then I'll give you some after I eat, okay."

Rei studied Max but couldn't find any reason that proved the blonde was upset still so he sighed and nodded his head in defeat. As the blonde began moving around the kitchen Rei watched his every move trying to figure out why Max had broken away from his embrace so suddenly.

When Max had his back facing Rei a small frown took over the blonde's features. What had that been? Could it have been… no it couldn't be could it? That couldn't have been a memory could it?

X.X.X.X.X.X.X.X.

The sun beat down on him as he searched for his friend. He was sure that he had seen the older boy around here somewhere and there weren't that many hiding spots, so where could he have gone? The wind blew across his face and stung his eyes making him close them until the wind stopped blowing.

As the wind grew stronger his hat flew off his head. In a desperate cry he opened his eyes and tried to grab the hat before it flew away but it was just beyond his reach. Not wanting to lose the gift his brother gave him he chased after the cap yelling at it to come back, but it continued to fly away from him.

Not seeing where he was going he felt a sharp pain in his foot and was suddenly falling to the ground causing his legs to hurt even more. Tears poured from his eyes as he watched his hat fly away from him, but more tears came when he saw his knees were scraped and bleeding. Not only had he lost his hat but now he was hurt, and since he had run off from his brother in hopes of finding his friend there was no one there to help him.

He began to sob and let the tears roll down his face. A minute must have flown by before he finally stopped crying. Someone was in front of him and he felt a weight on his head. Carefully he reached his hand up and touched his head and felt the soft material of his cap. A smile spread across his as he looked up to see his friend with a smirk on his own face.

Tyson's eyes slowly fluttered open as his dream came to an end. It had felt so real and had left him with a sense of peace and familiarity. Still a little sleepy Tyson snuggled closer to the person lying next to him. He could feel the person chuckling more than hearing it and with a growl he managed to say, "Be quiet. I'm tired and you didn't let me sleep even after three times last night. I don't know why I love you."

Kai smirked at Tyson's words, "As if you didn't enjoy it, or were all those moans of pleasure really moans of pain? And if I remember correctly, I got you to cry out my name."

"Which I really wish I hadn't because I knew you were going to be a jackass if I did," Tyson murmured as he buried his face into Kai's bare chest.

"And I got you so tired it got to the point in which you couldn't hold back anymore," The smirk on Kai's face seemed it have become more devious as he spoke.

Hearing the triumph in Kai's voice Tyson pulled away from Kai and settled for burring his head in a pillow. "You just like listening to me scream, you sadist!"

Chuckling Kai leaned down and gave Tyson a light kiss on the cheek. "If I'm a sadist then you must be a masochist." Not giving Tyson time to reply he grabbed his clothes and left the room to take a shower, maybe later he would get the chance to take another shower with Tyson.

Hearing Kai leave the room before he got a chance to counter Kai's comment he growled and wrapped the sheets tighter around himself. "That damn Kai. I swear he's not getting any for a week."

Silence filled the room as Tyson lay on the bed. Feeling bored he sat up on the bed. And people say it hurts to move after having sex, he thought cockily. Holding onto the sheets tighter so they wouldn't slip, Tyson tried to stand up but once he was standing he fell back onto the bed with a cry of pain.

Sitting on the bed, Tyson's eyes were slightly moist, but he wasn't crying. "Damn it, Kai! I told you after three times we should stop but you had to say that we had to make up for all those other damn times! I was a virgin damn it! You're supposed to take it easy on virgins, you moron!"

Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Tyson gently touched the nape of his neck where Kai had bitten him the other night. He hadn't expected that the blood bond would require Kai to drink some of his blood. Heck, he hadn't expected that after Kai drank some of his blood Kai would have to give him some of his blood in return, it sounded like a normal vampire transformation but it wasn't. Apparently, if the vampire doesn't suck it's victim dry before giving them its blood then a blood bond was created, instead of the victim becoming a vampire.

Thinking over everything Kai had told him Tyson didn't realize when his thoughts went back to the vivid dream he had.

The dream had been so real, and it definitely wasn't like the other kind of dreams he had. Normally his dreams didn't make any sense but this one did and he could feel everything. As he replayed the dream over in his head again he entered a trance like state.

"Now go back to your brother," his friend said in a calm yet commanding voice.

He shook his head and tried to touch his friend who was crouched down in front of him, but his friend pulled away from his touch. A frown spread across his face as he stared at his friend. "But I want to be with you."

"That's nice," his friend responded, "but you need to go back to your brother."

Hurt stabbed at his heart when his friend brushed him aside. Pouting and feeling the tears that he had been crying a while ago come back he managed to stutter out, "D-Don't you love me?"

His friend stiffened and looked as if he were trying to decide on something. It looked like he was having an inner battle but in the end his friend answered. "I'm very fond of you but I can't say more than that at this point and time."

Confused by his friend's answer he nodded his head and accepted it nonetheless. Turning around to leave he quickly glanced over his shoulder and looked at his friend. "You'll follow me right? I don't want to be alone if I get lost."

Seeing his friend nod he smiled and ran off in the direction he had last seen his brother.

"Tyson. Tyson," Kai waved his hand in front of his lover's face. When he came back from the bathroom Tyson had been in some sort of trance and was staring at a wall. Feeling a little unnerved by his lover's lack of response Kai grabbed Tyson by the shoulders and shook him roughly.

Feeling his body being shaken Tyson snapped out of his trance like state and stared into Kai's crimson orbs. Seeing the concern in Kai's eyes Tyson tilted his head to the side in a curious fashion. "What's the matter Kai?"

Seeing Tyson was out of his trance Kai relaxed a bit. "Nothing you were just in a trance."

A trance? But how could I be in a trance? Wait! I was thinking about my dream and then the dream continued! But how? Dreams don't continue do they? Maybe it wasn't a dream. Maybe it was… Tyson didn't continue his thought process and just stared nervously down at the bedspread.

Seeing Tyson was upset Kai pulled the boy closer to him, but Tyson seemed to jump away from his touch. Oh great. Not this again. "What's wrong?"

Silence passed between the two as Tyson tried to will himself to speak. "I'm not a hundred percent sure but I think," Tyson took a gulp of air before he continued with what felt like a death sentence. "I think that I might be regaining some of my memories."

Silence filled the room, both boys were deep in their own thoughts. They both knew with the regaining of these buried memories their life was about to take a turn, but for better or for worse only time would tell.

The End Owari