NOTES:

Okay, okay. I promised responses, so I've got two chapters' worth...

Chapter Eight NOTES:

Gackt-fangirl: The Last Song PV makes me cry oh so much. And no. I can't even imagine trying to write smut while listening to Last Song. That's just...no.

Essenity: Nice. Maybe I'll try that next time. Good thing my mom doesn't check my notes or anything. I've skipped so many sections that are pointless. Exams in two hours? o.O Good luck. Mine aren't for another few weeks. But I'm also halfway around the world. xD

YaoiKitty: Ooh, of course! Actually the saying is: "All men suck. Except for JRockers...butthatsinanentirelydifferentway."

Kei-Sho: I was too! Seven year olds are quite annoying!

Fujipuri: Toying with Moon Child? I would NEVER toy with Moon Child! Kei and Sho are just now a part of me. They were...reincarnated into my mind...? xD I don't know...they give me amazing fantasies in religion class, though. ;D

Anne: I hate cliffhangers too. I find it really mean to do that and yet I do it anyway! I'm so...weird. xD And...this review is too long for me to reread and I'm lazy. xD ISAIDI'DCOMMENTTOTHEOTHERONE,NOTTHEFIRSTONE!

007: MAN TO MAN LOVE WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD! (...or not.) And you're welcome for the smut, James. I'd do anything for you...or so that you won't kill me with your amazing weapons and lose your watch in the process. xD

Chapter Nine NOTES:

Essenity: I love how you're usually the first one to review...xD Just thought I'd comment. And actually I forgot to edit that. I never finished Misty. I gave up. xD But I'll send them sometime...when I'm not lazy.

Kei-Sho: They're adorable together! I'm going to watch Moon Child this weekend again for like the 4037860367th time. (and I haven't been counting, don't worry. I just typed in random numbers)

Gackt-fangirl: Vanilla is just the godperverted song. But Dispar is just woah. And when I'm not lazy, sometime I'll edit Dakishimete because I find that it sucks. xD

YaoiKitty: I'm so glad everyone loves Teh smut. I wrote it about six months ago and then edited it and added more until it was about ten pages long. xD Which is nice.

Fujipuri: If I understood Japanese (or more than the select words I know), I would have thought it was kind of semi-nice with words like, uh, promise. But apparently not. Oh well. Perverted is still good! And no. There's still another chapter after this, don't worry. Sho does have to feed on his own still.

Anne: Oh yes. Smut is good. And they had more privacy with her at work. If it hadn't been perfect, Sho probably wouldn't have cared and their argument would have resulted in making out. xD Kei has to let out his emotions every once in a while. If you don't let out emotions, I think you'll die...

OKAY. NOW THE CHAPTER.

Chapter Ten

"Morning, Sho!" Kurisu said brightly to the figure that was slumped over a bowl of cereal at the kitchen table. The figure looked up at her. "God, you look horrible! What happened last night?" She asked.

"Would you really like to know?" Sho asked back as he flashed her a content grin, his cerulean eyes sparkling.

"Aaah." Kurisu said, getting the hint. "So you had fun when I was gone?"

"Would you really like me to answer that question?"

"Does it involve a perverted answer?"

"I was just going to say 'hell yes'!" Sho said, pretending to be hurt by her comment. "You don't have to accuse me!"

"Uh huh…" Kurisu said, not believing him. "So then what were you actually going to say?"

"I was going to say—" Sho's sentence was cut off by a call from his bedroom.

"Sho!" Kei called in a fake whiny voice. "Where's my knight in shining armor at?" Sho blushed furiously and glanced at Kurisu, who was trying to keep a straight face.

"Kei…" Sho said warningly.

"But I'm in peril!" Kei told him.

"Oh fine." Sho muttered, abandoning his bowl of cereal and walking down the hallway, ignoring Kurisu's laughter. He walked into their room to find Kei lying on top of the bed, wearing red leather pants and a red t-shirt that had belonged to Sho when he had been a teenager. "What's the problem?"

"I can't get up." Kei said. "Help me…"

"No."

"Please?" Kei held out his arms and watched Sho walk over. He picked Kei up easily and was surprised when Kei wrapped his arms around his neck and held on tightly. He wrapped his legs around Sho's waist as Sho wrapped his arms around Kei to make sure he wouldn't fall.

"I believe thanks are in order…or something." Sho told him. Kei pressed his lips to Sho's forcefully. He pulled away slightly and flicked his tongue out, wetting Sho's lips. Neither of them noticed Kurisu standing in the doorway watching them kiss passionately. "That is so not a good enough thank you for your knight in shining armor." He squeezed Kei's ass gently, earning a squeak from the vampire.

"Get a room, you two." Kurisu said, crossing her arms and leaning against the doorframe. The lovers' heads turned and they both glared at her.

"We are in a room." Sho told her.

"Well…get a better room……or at least close the door." A smile spread across her face.

"Then close the door." Kei said.

"Nah. I'm too lazy. I'll just stand here and stare at you two until it gets so awkward that you two stop."

"Or you leave." Sho suggested. "There's always that."

"Yeah, but you two are just so cute when you're all lovey-dovey towards each other." She confessed. Kei smiled and nipped playfully at Sho's neck.

"Haha—Kei, stop!" Sho said, trying to bat away the vampire's head, but it wasn't working.

"I'd rather not…" Kei said softly, completely forgetting about Kurisu.

"Lovebirds!" She said loudly, catching their attention. "Your breakfast is getting cold."

"But I was eating cereal!" Sho told her, letting go of Kei, who landed gracefully on his feet.

"Yeah, well…I set it on fire, so it's cooling off." Kurisu said, walking back out to the kitchen with Kei and Sho following close behind.

Once they were seated quietly at the table, they tried to make conversation.

"Is there anyone you're seeing?" Sho asked Kurisu, who nearly choked on her apple juice. She looked at Sho incredulously. "I-it's okay if you don't want to answer—"

"Not, it's fine, it's just—" Kurisu said, wiping her mouth with a napkin. "I didn't think the conversation would start like that." Kei laughed.

"When you've got Sho with you, the conversations are always like that." Kei told her.

"Well, to tell you the truth, no." Kurisu said. "But there was one person after my…loss." Sho glanced at Kei, who simply shook his head to say 'don't ask'.

"Really?"

"What was his name?" Sho asked.

"Kayden. He was fairly amazing—"

"Fairly amazing?" Kei said, arching an eyebrow.

"He's just…too hard to explain." Kurisu informed them. "But we only went out for a week and then he took off with someone else. And I found out he dumped her a few days later and moved on to someone else…and then I found out he was going out with three people at once!"

"You mean women?" Kei asked, wondering about her reference to 'people'; Kurisu merely shrugged.

"With Kayden, you could never tell what he was up to." Kurisu smiled. "He always said something about if he lost control, he'd literally set his pants on fire…or something…"

"Sounds like an amazing guy to me." Sho muttered, earning a kick from Kei. "Oww! What? I was just commenting!"

"To steer Sho away from commenting more or asking stupid questions—" Kei cut in, clamping a hand over Sho's mouth. "—I've got a question."

"Hm?"

"What kind of doctor takes the midnight shift at a hospital?" Kei asked.

"I'm a vampire." Kurisu said bluntly, shrugging. Kei and Sho's eyes widened.

"Wh-what?" Sho spat out.

"You're—"

"A vampire, yes. And I figured out that Sho is a vampire, since he's 'feverish when in sunlight' and his blood work is simply out of the ordinary…and he has fangs," Kurisu turned to Kei. "But you, I'm afraid, can't know this…"

"Going to try to kill me?" Kei asked. "Go ahead, try. I dare you." He grinned broadly, revealing his pointed canines. Kurisu smiled.

"Yeah. I figured that." Kurisu said. "So were you both vampires when you met?" They shook their heads.

"Nope. Kei was. I found him when I was seven." Sho said, leaning over and resting his head on Kei's shoulder. Kei reached up and ruffled Sho's hair slightly. "And he was apparently suicidal before he met me and I saved him."

"And then we lived together…I took care of Sho and gave him baths and all that other crap—that's how I knew how to handle him when he's in the bathtub." Kei patted Sho's head softly, hearing a satisfied sigh from Sho. "And then I grew to love him, even though he was still a child. But then six months ago, he confessed his love to me and nearly had a heart attack after he said it."

"I did not!" Sho said, his head shooting up.

"Oh shut up. You know it's true. I could tell you loved me anyway…"

"I still do, idiot."

"Sometimes it doesn't seem that way," Kei said, sighing.

"Back to the story…" Kurisu said, rolling her eyes.

"Right, sorry." Kei apologized. "Anyway—I told him that I loved him too and he was put in the hospital a few times because of me. I also found out he has asthma—"

"But that shouldn't matter anymore, should it?" Sho asked.

"It shouldn't…" Kei told him. "And then we broke up for a few days, but got back together when we realized that we couldn't live without each other. And then Chan's men started to attack more viciously."

"He killed my brother and his wife." Sho said with anger in his voice. "And my best friend—"

"I figured that was a grave out back. It's nice—the flowers rather than a tombstone." Kurisu said, making Sho smile slightly.

"And then they found out my weakness—besides the sun—" Kei said softly.

"Sho?" Kurisu asked.

"Yes." Kei replied, his voice becoming teary. "I woke up one morning and found a note Sho had been forced to write sitting on the kitchen table. When I flipped it over, I found the truth—"

"Son had come and taken me away…" Sho whispered, teary-eyed. "He brought men with him and they tied my wrists behind my back and took me to my old home—the broken-down hospital." A tear slid down his flawless cheek. Kei wiped it away sweetly; even he hadn't heard the details of Sho's torturing. "A-and then they tortured me—they punched me, kicked me, spat on me, even whipped me…" Sho swallowed hard, letting more tears stream down his face. Kei stood up and began to pace the floor behind Sho's chair. Kurisu watched him curiously but was more interested in what Sho had to say. "I-it was an hour before Kei came. I could barely take it anymore. Son let his men leave so he could kill me himself. He untied my wrists, knowing that I was too weak to run away, a-and stood at a distance and pointed a gun at me. I-I watched Kei walk into the open room and gave him a mixed look that really meant 'live your life without me—it's what I want you to do'—" Kurisu heard a distinct sob from Kei. "—A-and the he shot me, several times…a-and I remember talking to Kei and telling him to let his heart decide my f-fate and t-then I was gone…"

Kei stopped his pacing and stood behind Sho. He leaned down and wrapped his arms tightly around the vampire, kissing his cheek softly. He whispered something inaudible in Sho's ear, but Sho nodded as if he understood. "I decided to make him like me." Kei whispered, looking at Kurisu, who had tears in her eyes. "I was too afraid to kill myself and I couldn't go on living without him." Kei kissed Sho's cheek again, hearing a soft sniffle from him. "It took almost twelve hours for him to wake up, but it worked…" He trailed off and looked at Kurisu, who was sniffing as well. He then looked at Sho, who was staring up at him. "And I've never been happier."

"Oh Kei…" Sho whispered softly, somehow managing to bury his face in Kei's red shirt. Kei smiled warmly and whispered softly in Sho's ear.

"Are you going to be all right?"

"Of course," Sho said, looking up at Kei, his eyes red, his tears slowly stopping. "I've got you." Kei blushed slightly but let Sho envelop his lips in a warm kiss.

"Well, I hope you two haven't forgotten…" Kurisu said, breaking up their kiss. Sho looked at her and smiled, letting Kei wipe away the tears on his face.

"I think I have…" Kei said, making Kurisu smile.

"Anyway—today's the day I move out," she finished dramatically. Sho gasped.

"No way! You've barely moved in!"

"Actually, she moved in about a week ago, you just don't remember," Kei told him.

"Whatever. To me, she's only been here a day, so I barely know her—"

"Yet you were just confessing your dying love for her yesterday—"

"If you're going to hold that against me, Kei-chan, I swear—"

"You'll what? Tease me? Kill me?" Kei asked tauntingly. Sho glared at him.

"I'll run away—"

"And you would survive how?"

"You just don't shut up, do you—?"

"Nope."

"CHILDREN!" Kurisu said loudly, stopping their bickering. "All of my stuff is packed, I packed it when I got home from work because I figured no one would be in my way or annoying me. So whenever you'd like me to leave, I will."

"Stay forever!" Sho said abruptly, making Kurisu laugh.

"I'd love to, but I'm sorry. I've got my own 'life' to live, you know," Kurisu said politely. "But I will have to wait until this evening because—"

"Yeah, yeah."

"We know." Sho replied as he reached for the newspaper……

That evening, Sho helped Kurisu pack her things into her car while Kei watched silently from the doorway. He watched Sho hug her tightly and thank her many times. He wasn't angry that Sho was hugging her; it just made him think of the day before and it was a memory he couldn't wait to forget.

When Kurisu came walking up to him, Sho stayed at the car and pretended not to watch. "Kei—" She tried to say, but Kei cut her off.

"I don't know why he said he loved you, but I'm not going to hold it against him," Kei told her quietly. But Kurisu didn't pay any attention and simply pushed him inside the house, closing the door behind them. "Why'd you do that?" Kei asked.

"Kei—I just wanted to tell you—and I didn't want Sho watching, either," she added quickly, "If you ever need anything at all, feel free to call me or whatever. I'll be glad to help you two out." Kei suddenly took a step forward and hugged Kurisu tightly.

"Thank you for everything you've done," Kei whispered softly into her hair. "If you hadn't been in the park that night, I don't know what I would have done when he woke up." Kei loosened the hug so he could see Kurisu, who was smiling at him.

"I never want to find out what you would have done. I don't want to think about that."

"Either do I," Kei said in agreement. He kissed her on the cheek softly. "You've done so much for me…I can't thank you enough." The vampire could feel tears forming in his eyes, but he pushed them back.

"Don't worry about it, Kei," Kurisu told him gently, her green eyes glowing brightly. "I'm glad I helped you out so much."

"He's the only reason I'm living this life," Kei confessed quietly. "If I hadn't been so afraid to kill myself, I would have given this life up and happily met him in heaven…"

"Well, at least you found a 'friend' to keep you company," Kurisu said, sighing. Kei froze. Those words sounded so familiar…

"Luka!" Kei breathed.

"Hm?"

"Wait…your loss that you had years ago," Kei whispered, suddenly putting the pieces together. "…Did he commit suicide at sunrise?"

"I would think so…"

"A-and…did he do it at the b-beach?" Kurisu stared at him for a moment.

"Yes," Kurisu said.

"Then—Luka…he did make another one…" Kei said breathlessly. Kurisu's eyes widened.

"I always thought he was joking!" Kurisu said softly. Kei suddenly laughed.

"I'm glad I'm not as unique as I used to be!"

"You don't like being unique?" Kurisu asked.

"Not this kind of unique, no. If I were left-handed like Sho, I wouldn't mind that. But I hate being a vampire…I'm just glad I'm not the only one Luka made," Kei said, letting go of Kurisu.

"Same here," Kurisu agreed, nodding. Suddenly, the door burst open and Sho appeared.

"You better not be making out!" He said furiously, making both of them laugh. Kei stepped forward and pulled Sho into his embrace.

"The only person I ever want to make out with is you, Sho-chan," Kei told him softly.

"I'm flattered," Sho replied, pretending to blush.

"I'm not," Kurisu said. Sho grinned and pushed away from Kei.

"Should we give you the formal going away…thing?" Sho asked.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Kei asked, having no idea what Sho meant.

"I haven't a clue."

"I think I'll just leave," Kurisu told them, making her way out the door with Kei and Sho following close behind. Once she got into her car, Kei and Sho thanked her several more times. "Stop with the thanking, you two," she told them as she started up the car. "Just be glad it's all over with." She winked at Kei, who smiled.

"I am, don't worry," Kei replied as she slowly backed out of the driveway. As she drove away, the pair in the driveway waved furiously. When they couldn't see her anymore, they stopped and looked at each other. "Sho—it's time," Kei whispered. Sho swallowed hard, but nodded.

"I'll try not to resist too much," Sho said as they slowly made their way to the park.

"If you resist at all, I'll kill you. I'm not going through with last week again."

"How do you know it would happen again?" Sho asked.

"I don't. I just don't want it to," Kei replied. "Besides, if you resist and it happens again, I'll kill myself." Sho gasped.

"You wouldn't!" Kei grabbed Sho's arm, stopping him and spinning him so he was staring into his eyes.

"Try me," Kei hissed.

"You kill yourself and I swear I'll do the same and then kill you in heaven," Sho whispered back. Kei glanced away from Sho, trying to suppress a grin. "I see you smiling, Kei-kun," Sho taunted, tracing a figure over the defined jaw of his lover. "You can't resist—"

"Your childishness," Kei finished for him, now grinning. "You're the one who's irresistible…and you're all mine."

"That's the way that I want it to stay," Sho replied, kissing Kei on the cheek and heading into the park rather reluctantly……

Kayden is a copyright character of Kristal's (aka – her brainchild). No one may use him and his awesomeness in any other fic unless they pay Kristal ten trillion dollars and promise never to actually publish what they wrote that includes Kayden's character. They may not even mention him or they will suffer under penalty of…death. How did I get permission? I've got Mana. And I actually know Kristal and got permission to use Kayden as long as I buy her Gackt's face for Christmas…and don't even ask about the pants on fire or anything. That's just……Kansas.

And apparently my ex made out with his new girlfriend in the Goblet of Fire movie theater and saw about twenty minutes of the entire movie. Hey, it's his decision if he wants to go out with a whore, not mine.

But I didn't go to the midnight showing of Harry Potter, but I saw it Friday afternoon with Kris. So many innuendos about HarryxCedric. XD Kris and I were going nuts. It was sold out by the time we sat down (half an hour before the movie). But it was AMAZING.

And I've got an 83 in AP US, which is a 4.0 because it's a college class, so yay! I'm glad I updated rather quickly these past few times. And you guys better have shed some tears in this chapter; Sho was pouring his heart out!

Review and thanks in advance!