NOTES:

YaoiKitty: Nah, I'm sick of putting Sho in the hospital. I feel as though I'm torturing him mentally, which I don't want to do. And thanks! My instructor says that I'm really good for a first time driver, I drive again on MLK day. (For those who don't know, I started drivers training, which is cutting into my time on the computer!)

Myca: It makes me cry in the movie too! Yeah, them hating Son will be a major thing in this fic, you'll see. I wanted Kei to seem more…human so I wanted him to show emotion…plus, in my mind, he's really, really, really cute when he blushes! XDDD, but that's just me. Punnett squares are really stupid, but my teacher said that I'm doing well, so I just glance up at the board every now and then and write my fic in my notebook (so it looks like I'm taking notes)!

Things will be going slow for me updating for the next few weeks, at least until the middle of February (drivers training and all…).

Chapter Seven: Troubles Solved…And Then Again, Maybe Not…

Kei woke up to find himself laying on the couch with Sho's arms wrapped loosely around him. Slowly, he turned around and came face to face with Sho, whose lips were dangerously close to Kei's. Luckily Sho was still asleep, or so Kei thought since he was suddenly pushed forward, his lips meeting Sho's. He pulled away suddenly out of shock, but Sho hadn't noticed.

"Morning." Sho mumbled happily.

"You awake, Sho?" Kei asked slowly, unsure if Sho was still sleeping or not. There was a moment of silence.

"No, I'm not awake," Sho replied, opening his eyes, jumping at how close Kei still was.

"I thought so," Kei said simply, turning back over.

"Kei—are you alright?" Sho asked, pushing himself up, leaning on the back of the couch.

"I'm fine. Can't I just turn over?" Kei asked.

"Sorry," Sho said quickly. "You just seem more distant lately…"

"Lately?" he said, closing his eyes. "I'm just thinking about what happened last night." Kei sighed. "And my wonderful planned evening was ruined."

At this moment, I close my eyes like this
I'm searching for your warmth

"You think so negatively, Kei…" Sho said, smiling. He pushed himself forward, pressing his chest against Kei's back. Slowly, he slid his hand underneath Kei's loose shirt, tracing down the vampire's chest. Kei moaned quietly, enjoying the feel of Sho's skin against his own.

"Sho…" Kei said quietly, closing his eyes and pressing himself closer to Sho's chest. Sho slid his hand farther down to Kei's stomach.

"What?" Sho said, kissing Kei's cheek. "I had fun last night. At least up to the point before the Toshi incident. I haven't been that happy since…" he trailed off suddenly.

"Sho?" Kei said, turning his head slightly to look at Sho, who was still stone silent. "You've never been that happy, have you?" Sho shook his head, smiling a small crazed smile.

"Pathetic, isn't it?" Sho asked Kei, withdrawing his had from underneath Kei's shirt. "The happiest moment in my life is a dinner." Kei stared at him, unbelieving. He turned around, sitting up and placing his hands on either side of Sho's face.

"Why would I think you're pathetic?" Kei asked, wiping away a silent tear on Sho's face. "Your happiest moment is with me, so why are you calling yourself pathetic for having a nice dinner with me?" Sho shrugged slightly, looking anywhere but at Kei, tears falling faster. "Sho-chan." Kei said softly. This caught his attention. Sho's eyes, Kei noticed, held fear and sorrow within their depths. "I love you. And I don't care that the happiest you've ever been is in a restaurant."

I've been left alone to the side
I only convey loneliness

Kei watched as the tears slowed down. He smiled slowly, leaning forward, kissing Sho lightly. As he stopped, he stared at Sho. Sho, however, began to silently cry again, shutting his eyes tightly.

"Sho?" Kei asked. "Are—"

"Ihadanotherdream." Sho blurted out sloppily. It took Kei a few moments to understand, but once he did, he wrapped his arms lovingly and comfortingly around Sho.

"Oh Sho," Kei said as Sho sobbed loudly. He stroked Sho's back comfortingly, kissing the top of Sho's head, just letting Sho cry it all out.

A few heart-wrenching moments later, Sho finally looked up at Kei, his eyes tremendously red. "Kei—" Sho whispered very quietly. "I want it to end." Kei's eyes widened in shock, thinking that Sho was talking about suicide. "I want the dreams to stop. I can't stand it anymore. I can't stand watching you die any longer!" he shouted.

"Sho, calm down." Kei said quietly, realizing what Sho was actually talking about.

Time passes by
Seasons change at a quick pace

"How can I when all I see is you dying!" he yelled again. Kei's mind was frantic with thoughts on how to calm Sho down. Suddenly, it hit him. As fast as he could, Kei crashed his mouth into Sho's, catching Sho's blinding rage by surprise. As he tried to pull away, Kei put his hand on the back of Sho's head and pushed him deeper into the kiss, stealthily sliding his tongue into Sho's mouth. Kei knew that Sho had finally calmed down when he wrapped his arms around Kei.

Sho pulled out of the kiss, instead lunging for Kei's neck. Kei smiled, happy that Sho had calmed down, but was worried that he might take it farther. "Sho," Kei mumbled, as Sho slid down to Kei's chest. "Sho." Kei said again, pulling Sho away from his chest. Sho was smiling. "I assume I calmed you down?" Sho nodded, still smiling. "Sho, why are you—NO."

"Aww. Why not?" Sho asked, snuggling up underneath Kei's chin.

"Why do you think!"

"You hate me…" Sho said sadly.

"No. Because I want your nightmares to stop." Kei replied. "You even said it yourself." Sho looked downcast.

"I know…" he replied, sighing slowly. "But—even though I see…what I see…you just—take my mind off of it…somehow…" Sho looked away, embarrassed. Kei knew how it felt to be so embarrassed, he had been the night before.

Exactly like the memories on that day
I keep waiting to meet you again

"Don't be embarrassed. Remember…you took my mind off of the suicidal vampire me." Kei said, nudging Sho's head with his nose. Sho looked up, his eyes full of lust. As Sho leaned upward and Kei leaned downward, the phone rang abruptly.

"Damn!" Sho said automatically. Kei grinned, reaching over to where the phone lay. As Sho sulked on Kei's lap, Kei pressed 'talk' on the phone.

"Hello?" he said.

"Is this the number for the residents Kei and Sho?" a voice said.

"Uh…yes…" Kei said, wondering why the person was being so formal.

"This is Anisa Takeazu, from the Sunshine Groves Nursing Home." They replied.

"Nursing home?" Kei said, shocked. Sho looked up at him, wondering what could be going on. No one he knew was old…or in a nursing home

"Oh, no, I'm sorry!" the voice said, stopping their formality. "That was the company I used to work at!"

"You had me worried there for a second!" Kei replied, smiling. Sho was still confused.

"Yeah, that's not what I meant to say!" Kei realized that it was a woman talking. "I meant to say that I'm calling from Psychological Crisis Office!"

"Okay, that does make more sense," Kei said, waiting for the woman to say more.

"The hospital has requested that you and Sho should come in—you're Kei, right?" she asked abruptly.

"Yes I am."

I will surround all of you with as much love as I can give
So that sorrow will never visit again

"You and Sho to come in for a short appointment at 9:00 tonight with Miss Natsuko." She finished.

"Oh…well, let me check," Kei said, covering up the speaker and pulling it away from his ear. "Sho—are problems may be solved!" he said happily. Sho smiled, extremely relieved.

"Is—is it—is it the—" Sho stuttered.

"I don't know what you're getting at, but we're free at nine tonight, so we're going." Kei said, holding the phone back up to his ear.

"Wait…we're going to what?" Sho started, but Kei put a hand over Sho's mouth to silence him.

"Nine is perfect," Kei said after Sho tried to bite his hand. He mouthed to him: 'That won't' work, moron!' so Sho stopped.

"Alright, Miss Natsuko will see you then!" the woman replied.

"Okay," Kei said, hanging up the phone. "Don't try to bite me again, you stupid moron!" he shot at Sho.

I want to protect you

"Sorry," Sho said quickly, looking away. Kei's voice softened as he spoke again.

"Sho-chan…" he said lovingly. Kei wrapped his arms around Sho, who was feeling downcast by Kei. He couldn't find words to say, so he simply kissed Sho warmly, making Sho smile. Kei grinned as he looked down at the childish face.

"That's the smile I fell in love with!" he said. Sho blushed crimson.

"I'm not that charming." Sho mumbled barely audibly.

"Have you ever seen yourself smile?" Kei asked. Sho shrugged, still blushing. "It's so…dazzling…and…it's hard to explain…"

"That's not all you fell in love with…is it?" Sho asked, his voice barely louder than a mouse. He was still blushing furiously…and still embarrassed.

"No," Kei said softly, tracing a finger gently down Sho's cheek. "There's much, much more…" He brushed his lips past Sho's slowly, and was surprised when Sho gently pushed him into a kiss……

Still being unable to say goodbye
I'm not even sure of when we parted

That night around 8:30, Kei followed Sho almost reluctantly into their convertible. He did so unwillingly because Sho had ran out to the car and hopped in the drivers seat right away.

"You'd better not kill me, Sho." Kei said as he closed the door, quickly buckling his seatbelt and making sure it was tight.

"You know you can't die!" Sho replied, turning the car on.

"Yeah, but you behind the wheel? Now that could kill me." Kei said to him, leaning over to kiss him gently.

"Okay, okay. So my driving isn't the greatest, so what?" Sho said as he began to back out of the driveway.

"Well, for one thing, you need to look behind you when you're backing up." Kei told him as they almost ran over a dog. Sho slammed on the brakes, jerking the car to a stop.

"Sorry." Sho said, continuing. As they exited their street and made their way toward the freeway, Kei started laughing. "What!" Sho asked him.

"For another thing, you're going the wrong way," he replied as Sho threw up his hands in disgust…

Whenever I find a back that is similar to yours
Even til now, my heart still aches a little

They finally made it onto the correct freeway as Kei began to relax. "Hopefully you won't kill me now." Kei said as he closed his eyes.

"There's less of a chance that I will since we're part-way done with our journey…or whatever it is." Sho replied, laughing.

"That doesn't reassure me," Kei said, leaning over to rest his head on Sho's shoulder, closing his eyes. Ever since the past week or so, Kei had felt weak and tired all the time. He didn't know if it was loss of sleep or he wasn't drinking enough blood…either way, he tried not to think about it. Sho smiled as he put the car into cruise control.

A few minute later, Kei was jerked out of his peaceful trance as sirens blared in his ears. A cop was pulling them over. He sat up abruptly, shaking all thoughts of sleep out of him mind.

"Sho, how fast were you going!" Kei hissed as they pulled off to the side of the road, waiting for the cop to come.

"I don't know!" Sho replied, hiding his head in his hands. "And you know I don't have a license!"

"Sho—that's illegal!"

"You think I don't know that!" Sho said angrily. "I am so dead." As the cop approached the car, Kei suddenly felt a wave of hunger sweep over him, almost as though the cop's blood was calling to him.

Time passes by, you and I both
Have grown to become mature adults

"I have an idea," Kei whispered, not saying anything else…since he really didn't have a plan and the cop had started talking to Sho. Kei zoned out for most of their conversation. He hadn't noticed that he was thrown out of the car by the cop. That is, he hadn't noticed until he had hit the pavement.

"I told you to obey the commands of the law!" The cop was shouting at Kei.

"If I wasn't immortal, you could have just broken some of my bones!" Kei hissed as the cop turned towards Sho. Kei watched from where he had been thrown as the cop (who Kei noticed was around Sho's age) threw Sho onto the car. Sho's head hit the hood, shattering the sunglasses he had been wearing. He shut his eyes tight, hoping that the glass hadn't flown at his face…or scratched the car. Sho kept his eyes shut as the cop then began to search him, but he feared what he thought might be true.

However, Kei watched in anger, his thoughts along the same line as Sho's. He noticed that the cop was searching Sho slower than he should have been and searching only around Sho's waist. Kei watched as Sho jumped slightly when the cop's hands slid "accidentally" under Sho's shirt. A nauseating wave of hunger swept over Kei as his anger began to flare up. How dare the cop do that to Sho. His Sho. As the cop's hand slid underneath the waistline of Sho's pants, Kei lunged forward, knocking the cop onto the ground. He barred his teeth quickly before sinking them into the cop's neck, blood pouring into his mouth and onto the pavement.

It was a tough struggle for Kei because the cop kept twitching and trying to throw Kei off of him, but it soon ended and Kei was gorging himself. He was so intent on draining the cop that he couldn't hear Sho's frantic cries.

A day will come when we can once again
Become the 'us' laughing on that day

"KEI!" Sho screamed. He was always disgusted at the sight of blood on Kei's lips. "KEI!" he screamed again, this time jumping over to Kei, barely managing to pry him away from the cop's neck. Tears were spilling down Sho's cheeks as blood dripped from Kei's lips. Kei stared at Sho, his mouth slightly agape, blood dripping from his lips, his eyes hazy—his usual drunken state. "Kei—stop!" Sho begged him, tears falling onto his brown T-shirt.

As Kei stared at the frightened, helpless Sho, he shook his head slightly, shaking away his lust for blood. He wiped the blood off of his face, listening to Sho's sobs to bring him back to reality. Slowly, he wrapped his arms around Sho, comforting him. "I'm sorry, Sho," Kei whispered, rocking Sho back and forth. "I'm sorry. It just came over me…" He didn't dare go into detail about what he had seen. For all he knew, that could have just been a routine. "It's gonna be a long night," Kei said quietly as he helped Sho stand up. Slowly, he helped Sho sit down in the passenger's seat. He shut the door gently, then bent down to pick up the frames of Sho's sunglasses, handing them to Sho, who was still trying to calm himself down. Kei disappeared for view for a moment, moving the cop's body to the brush on the side of the road.

Quickly, he hopped into the drivers seat, turning on the car, driving away with a shuddering Sho next to him………

I will surround all of you with as much love as I can give
So that sorrow will never visit again
I want to protect you

………With Kei's careful driving, they made it to the parking lot of the small building five minutes early. However…

"Oh come on Sho!" Kei said, exasperated. He had been begging Sho for the past few minutes to get out of the car. The bad thing was, Sho's stubbornness was kicking in. Kei had been standing outside the car (on Sho's side), pleading with him.

"No. No. No." Sho replied, crossing his arms over his chest. "No way. I'm perfectly sane."

"Uh…" Kei didn't want to tell Sho that he was obviously wrong.

"You know I'm completely alright!"

"Sho—no you aren't!" Kei replied, opening up Sho's door. He leaned down and sat on Sho's lap, reaching out to touch Sho's cheek gently. "And you know you aren't. Sho-chan—" Sho tried to look away, but Kei's forceful grip kept him looking straight into Kei's brown eyes. "—I know how you feel. Please, Sho," Kei leaned forward, his nose brushing against Sho's nose. "Do this for me. Please?" Sho sighed, angry that Kei could persuade him so easily.

I want to protect you

"Alright." Sho said. He wrapped his arms around Kei's back tightly, pulling Kei against his chest so that his head was next to Sho's. "But I'm doing it for you." He whispered seductively into Kei's ear. Kei turned to smile at Sho, but was met by Sho's warm lips instead. As they pulled away, Kei smiled.

"Shall we head in, then?" he asked Sho, who was smiling.

"Might as well get it over with…" Sho said as he lifted Kei off of his lap, cradling the vampire in his arms. Kei laughed, wrapping his arms around Sho's neck. He brought his head up to Sho's neck, resting it there.

"Hopefully this'll go by fast…" Kei whispered into Sho's neck.

"Yeah, hopefully…" Sho replied, letting go of Kei, who regained his balance quickly.

Kei grabbed Sho's hand, giving him a smile and dragging him into the small building……

I want to protect you……

LYRICS ARE ARITTAKE NO AI DE BY GACKT! I AM SO INLOVE WITH THE PV! Although I only have the first minute and a half…but I'm getting the rest soon!

Sorry it took so long for me to update. And the updates at the top are a little out of date…MLK day was like…a month ago almost…

Well, review please. I'm in a hyper mood, so please review!