Chapter 6


"Where are you taking me?" Aiyora asked, her eyes sparkling with curiosity.

"You have special guest Aiyora-sama." The head of the Shiki family who was leading her towards the library told her.

"Then why is Senri-chan not coming?" Sayatohi knitted his brows. He was upset about all these arrangement and her wasn't helping as a matter of fact it really annoyed him. Aiyora however remained oblivious about his current mood since all she could see was his back.

"…because they are your guest Aiyora-sama, not Senri's." he lowly growled through gritted teeth trying his best not lose cool with the young pureblood.

When the door to the library opened Aiyora found herself facing three strangers. That was her initial thought, but soon enough she realized there was only one who, she was meeting for the first time. It was the young blonde male with forest green eyes.

The rest of the two she already knew. One was the president of the vampire council Asoto Ichijo with whom she met not too long ago and the other one, the only brunette among the two blonde was...was her...he was her…

"Aiyora…!" Her world stopped. Her mouth gaped, head started to spin.

The brunette flashed her, a tender closed-eyed smile.

"…Onii-sama!?" She finally acknowledged him, still not believing her eyes fully. How could she…? When he never bothered to show up for once in the past years when she needed him the most.

The tone in which Aiyora's called him out surprised most. First of all it was very unwelcoming second there was no excitement in her voice. The only detectable emotion that was present was hesitance. She was hesitating, when she should have been excited upon mere sight of him. One thing became loud and clear to all that Kaname Kuran's presence barely had in affected in the little Kuran's life.

Being the older one Kaname decided to take the matter into his own hands.

"Aiyora…?" the older pureblood took a step towards her, which resulted in the little one taking two step backwards and seek shelter behind Sayatohi Shiki's legs.

The tension in the air grew. It was clear that her actions made the pureblood a little upset, although he was trying his best to keep it masked.

To settle down the atmosphere Takuma's grandfather intervened. He marched towards Aiyora, tenderly pulled ehrbout of her hiding and spoke in a light hearted tone.

"It appears Aiyora-sama is very shy today?" And it worked, his voice actually relaxed Aiyora's tensed figure. She let go her tight grip on the Shiki lord's pant and gave out a shy-nervous smile at Ichio.

"Come let me introduce you to my grandson." Ichio extended his hand in invitation that Aiyora hesitantly accepted.

Kaname kept his expression neutral and watched as Ichio led Aiyora towards Takuma. Who in fact got on his knees to adjust himself to her height and introduced himself. His tender nature made her at ease. Aiyora took an instant liking towards Takuma. The wide grin of her face told it all.

After a while of chatting with Takuma and showing him all around the manor when Aiyora completely relaxed that is when Ichio decided to intervene again and this time decided to introduce her to Kaname in a formal manner.

This time Kaname took her by hand and guided her towards the couch. Instead of making her sit beside him like other's expected, he made her sit on his lap.

"Hello Aiyora-chan!" He tried to smile as much as he could.

Aiyora did not respond simply stared at him.

Kaname decided to add some touch hoping it would relax her more. He ran his fingers through her long silky locks and then cupped a portion of her face. Sadly it only resulted in Aiyora's body beomcing more tensed and stiff. Kaname on the other hand chose to ignore that and went on.

"How is Aiyora-chan doing today?" This time also she didn't respond.

"Does Aiyora-chan remember who I am?" She only nodded her head yes.

"Then why is Aiyra-chan not speaking to me?"

This time she did respond but not the way everyone expected.

"Aiyora does not talk to liars!"

Takuma who was snacking on the appetizers provided chocked. Beisde him, his grandfather Ichio uncomfortably cleared his throat. And sitting opposite to the Ichijos Sayatohi Shiki only smirked.

As for Kaname Kuran, who was used to Yuki's sweet and tenderness was simply baffled by the blunt in your face answer. It took him good few seconds to recover from the accusation actaully. Since in reality Aiyora did not lie, he did lie to her.

Shaking away the uncomfortable thoughts Kaname tried to take control if the situation.

"Aiyora-"she cut him off even before he could start by hopping down his lap and running out of the room.

...

"You called him what?"

Aiyora's tutor Mari slammed both her hands on the table, the women was practically shaking, nearing the edge of the rage.

"...a liar!" Aiyora repeated her reply this time chewing her nails nervously. A habit she recently inherited.

"Aiyora-sama!" this time she scolded the little pureblood who only stared at her in awe. "How could you say such reckless thing? Do you have any idea how strong of accusation is that?"

"But you taught me to always speak the truth Mari-chan?"

The woman groaned in frustration.

"Aiyora-sama, no matter the situation you cannot go on speaking so bluntly in public. You must choose your words wisely. Especially while speaking to your fiancé, Kuran-sama."

That was the first time Aiyora actually heard the term 'fiancé'

"What is a fiancé?" her tutor groaned once again at the question. Then again no one could blame her either because prior this never was such words uttered before young pureblood. Since everybody thought it was best to keep her in the dark.

"It appears that we are going to have a long session of lesson today." Mari said while sitting down opposite to Aiyora after taking out a particular book that explains about marriage and family…

All throughout the night Mari explained to Aiyora everything in detail, how their vampire realm works, what will her duty as a pureblood be as she grows up, her responsibilities, the kind of roles she must portray as a fiancée, then as a wife and queen and then as a mother.

Towards the end of their lesson Mari gave Aiyora the chance to ask.

"So any questions do you have for me Aiyora-sama before we wrap up?"

The young one shot up her hand at once.

"Go on…"

"But I don't want to marry Kaname onii-sama.!?"

Mari felt like she was stuck by thunder-lightening in the worst possible way. What made it even more challenging was that she could not figure out if it was a question or a statement that the pureblood made.

She turned her head the other way, looking away from Aiyora at that moment seemed the best idea. After cooling her head down Mari got up from her seat and went forward to kneel down before Aiyora to get into her level. She felt herself heavily sympathizing with the pureblood. Placing her hand on Aiyora's face she went on. She loathed the fact that in the end it was her who had to bring this child down to harsh reality ripping away her dreams.

"Aiyora-sama, our society is not fair; it does not work like that…" Aiyora looked even more confused as Mari went on. "It works solely on male dominance. It gives the woman barely any right. And someone in your situation who is parentless stands no chance to share opinion. To them it would not matter what you want. To them you are pureblood princess who must fulfill her duty as such."

"But-" Aiyora was cut off before she could go any further.

"I am sorry Aiyora-sama, I wish to give you no false hope and paint your world with beautiful lies…"

...

"I want you to know that I'm truly, deeply sorry from the bottom of my heart for my insolence towards you during your last visit. I hope you are able to accept my apology and forgive me and I assure you that going forward such behavior will not be displayed before you Onii-sama…kaname-sama..."

Towards the end Aiyora started to stutter not being sure on how to address the male pureblood.

"She surely does sound out of character." Takuma whispered to Kaname.

To say that Kaname was astonished would be an understatement. The kind of words that came out of her young mouth made it way more obvious that this apology was well rehearsed. She said sorry to him when deep down she did not forgive him. Who knows if she ever will?

The fact that the apology did not come from her heart shined in those beautiful blue orbs. And even if Kaname would never express it, but it did hurt…it hurt not to be forgiven.


"…Aiyora-sama!"

"…Aiyora-sama!"

After several knocks on the door, the girl sitting by the window was pulled out of her zone.

Taking one last look at the orange-ish sky of the late afternoon she advert her gaze to back to the magazine that she had on her grasp for a long time. Her frown deepened as she once again looked at the cover of the magazine where Senri was featured with this fiery blonde haired female named Rima Tooya.

The two of them were hugging each other on this particular picture.

Aiyora lightly fingered over Senri's face before focusing solely on Rima. The latter started her modeling carrier at the same time as Senri. Due to both of them being blessed with vampiric beauty they looked good opposite one another which is probably why the fans have taken a particular liking towards their paring resulting all the agencies casting them together all the time.

With love fans call them SEMA- Se: from Senri and Ri: from Rima.

It was always Senri's dream to follow on the footsteps of his mother. Despite Sayatohi Shiki's protest Senri still went ahead and joined the modeling agency from where his mother actually started. The vampire realm does not really approve of this profession, to them it is simply waste of time but Aiyora however always supported him and will forever do.

As a matter of fact, it was her who pushed Senri to the edge of it. And now…she is more proud off him than she ever was. But at the same time, even though she would never admit it out loud to anyone, but deep down she wishes that she did not actually encourage him.

With time she has also come to learn this dirty emotion called envy.

She is very much envious of Rima Tooya. Her profession gives her the platform to be so close to Senri, her beloved Sneri-chan, whereas for her everything is now different and it has been since she became the fiancée of Kaname Kuran two years ago.

"Aiyora-sama, Kuran sama is waiting for you." The maid banging her door gave her a warning call.

"Coming…" Aiyora let out her one word response with a sad sigh.

How ironic her fate is, now she must spend time with Kaname Kuran despite the opposite wish. But the times when she really wanted him, he was never there for her and that is one fact that Aiyora will never allow herself forget.

Why is life so unfair? It never gives you what you want when you want?


The maid pushed the door to the library open.

Aiyora entered timidly. A well practiced genuine and humble smile was already pasted on her face.

"Good evening onii-sama." She greeted her fiancé with utmost curtsey.

A lot has changed between them in the last couple years which led to a direct change into their relationship.

"Ai…" Kaname patted on the empty space on the sofa next to him. "Come sit beside me."

Aiyora obeyed and as she sat down beside him, her eyes landed on the coffee table where all the snacks for the pureblood were placed. Various different kinds of appetizers were made. Aiyora was not very interested what the maids were serving him however the chocolate-cookies right in front of the pureblood caught her eyes.

Her smile faded slowly and her brows squeezed into one.

Why were these cookies ever served to Kaname onii-sama? She made them only for Senri? It's the kind that he favors. As her crap of a luck would have it her fiancé finished almost half of it. What fuelled her anger more was that fact those cookies were the only thing the male pureblood ate out of all everything that was served.

From the corner of his eyes Kaname watched how intently Aiyara was watching him while he was about to take another bite of the cookie.

"I'm usually not fond of sugary substances, however…" he commented.

'Then why are you even eating it?' Aiyora wondered in mind rolling her eyes.

"…but when your maid mentioned how much hard-work you put into these, I could not hold myself back from trying. These were what stood out the most…And I must admit I could taste your love in it."

He then leaned down to kiss her forehead. Aiyora simply concentrated to keeping her temper check. She was mad, really mad! But not at him, at the maid who simply had the audacity served him those cookies.

"Thank you, I really appreciate your hard work…but I'm afraid for your effort I cannot give you reward today. In fact I have actually come with a bad news."

Aiyora's faced paled at his declaration. What bad news could he possibly give her? Did something happen to Senri? If so how would the news reach him first and not the Shiki house?

"What bad news?" she dared to ask.

"I'm afraid I will not be able to come visit you as frequently as I did for the last couple years." A sigh of relief left her mouth. She finally found herself breathing again.

"… I'm actually getting involved in a very special project Aiyora for which I must dedicate a lot of time."

"I see..." Her words told him she was not very interested and the expression of her eyes confirmed his suspicion. He did not dive into action like a normal jealous fiancé because he was not. He did not feel jealous about not receiving much of Aiyora's attention. It's Yuki's lack of attention that had the ability to bring out the worst in him.

But Kaname also did not back away like someone who was completely disinterested. She, after all happens to be the most important piece out of all that he is planning on gathering. Therefore he must nurture her properly.

Aiyora looked back at him when she felt his hand removing her hair to one side.

"Are you not going to miss me…Ai?" he said cupping her face and whispered out her name tenderly.

A light blush adorned her cheeks, just like Kaname had expected however despite the blush Aiyora still did not move her eyes. Those large blue orbs remained locked with his dark wine ones. Instead her gaze became more intense.

And for a second Kaname found himself unable to look away from that strange gaze.

It gave birth to a new fear in his heart. A fear of what if it all goes wrong?

He looked deeper into her eyes. Her eyes expressed so much; there were so many types of emotions shining in them. Just the way those blue orbs held love, at the same time they reflected hatred, alongside the two there was abnormal amount of innocence with hints of mischief in them. As strange as it may sound her eyes were full of happiness yet there was presence of sadness.

These strange mixtures of emotions surprised Kaname. He grew accustomed to Yuki's simple nature, her blushing face, and her shy eyes that shined with love only for him. Whereas Aiyora's complicated eyes stirred up a storm inside him. What bothered him the most was the fact he could not make an accurate calculation. Would she be an ally or an enemy?

"Am I going to miss you…" she finally replied back chewing onto her nails nervously, an action that came frequent with her nervousness nowadays.

Kaname quietly observed how unfinished her sentence actually sounded. He knew those words didn't come from her heart.

"…Although I know you will not miss me… I mean you will be very busy after all? Wouldn't you?" she finally let out the words that she was trying her best to keep digested inside.

His response to her words came in a different form. He took her hand in his and kissed the back of it.

"I have missed you growing up, I wish to miss no more…" he brought her hand to his lips again, this time he placed a kiss that lasted longer.

Kaname noticed Aiyora's questing stare and gave her somewhat of a smile. To be honest just the way his actions confused her, the same was with him too.

No matter how it seemed on the outside, inside it was all complicated…or would be soon.


Another year later:

Another year came and almost passed by, leaving many to complain how fast the year came and how faster it left. However…for young Aiyora time seemed to fly in a weird pace, it was never same. Sometimes it was quite slow and sluggish and sometimes it went quite fast.

The times when Senri was with her, time always flew by like the winds. It came and blew away before she could even get the real feel of it. Then the times when Senri was away on his shoots, or when Kaname Kuran, her fiancé came by, those times never seemed to pass. It made every second turn to minutes and minutes to hours!

Those long stretched period of times left Aiyora feeling restless and helpless deep down, and even though everyone saw those emotions on her face but yet no one ever bothered to ask her about it...Sadly.

Not even her fiancé…


Due to his busy schedule Kaname Kuran was only to able make couple of visits to see his fiancée.

The first time, he took her out to the summer-fair that was being held near the Shiki manor. Unfortunately their trip was cut short when a boy fell down from the horse and cut his knees; since the smell of his blood overwhelmed Aiyora due to her growing sensitivity towards blood.

During his second visit they spent the time inside the library like usual; where Aiyora played violin and piano for him and he read her a story.

Super Boring! That was how their relationship termed by Aiyora in her mind.

Aiyora blinked her eyes several time in attempt to keep them focused. She watched and observed her onii-sama while he read to her. What was he even reading she had no clue about.

From listening to bits of it she could tell he was reading her a book about history of vampires. And Aiyora hated history, especially history of vampire it involved too much war and violence. Her interest lied more into comedy and entertainment, but sadly Kaname Kuran and Comedy did not go together.

Not even for once did he look up. His gaze was glued to the book. The sudden realization hit her.

With age now Aiyora started to see things in different light. Questions rose in mind that she could not find answers to.

Being a hardcore fan of romantic stories and movies Aiyora gathered more than enough knowledge of how couples are suppose to work; but by looking at Kaname she barely found any similarities that is portrayed in the name of romance.

He barely looks at me? How will he love me as his wife when he does not even look at me properly?

She never found the real answers to these sorts of questions till a bulb lit up in her head and reminded her about the other kind of angst filled love stories where wife is lonely and miserable because her husband is in love with another woman.

Her Mama-chan Midori Shiki has worked in a movie with this kind of plot where she played the part of the sad lonely housewife who in the end killed herself for not being able to win her husband's love and the shame of losing him to the other woman.

Fear suddenly shook Aiyora form inside.

Will this be my fate too? Is he in love with another person?

"Do you love another woman?" Aiyora blurted out even before she realized what she said. Her usually censored mouth just lost its track.

Kaname stopped in the middle of turning a page and immediately looked up from the book. His gaze was suddenly different it appeared as though he was glaring at her. Did she hit hit a sore spot? She was not so sure.

"Excuse me…!?"

The sharp tone of his voice frightened her. She swallowed empty air and shook her head vigorously.

"No…no-thing actually." She stuttered hoping he would just drop the topic and not drag it further.

His wintery cold gaze told her that he did not buy her words. He kept those sharp eyes focused onto her for some time. This time Aiyora was the one who broke away from the stare and looked the other way. She felt petrified inside. A part of her wanted to run out of that closed-door room. She wanted to away from him as much away as physically possible.

Aiyora was finally able to breathe when Kaname finally resumed back to his reading after a long period of pause.

He frightens me…

After that day Aiyora came to a real conclusion. Being near her Onii-sama confused her, frightened her no matter how much she wanted to enjoy spending time with him something inside held her back making her again and again realize the fact that he is no longer the same.

Aiyora is no more a child but an adolescent, who is able to sense that, there is a presence of an invisible wall that stands as a barrier between them. The thought bothered her, it made her restless, and she wanted to desperately speak to someone about it but could not…

…because no one ever bothered to ask…ask her what was in her mind! Thus her words remained unspoken…her pleas unheard…


"When is your next shoot Senri-chan?" Aiyora asked excitedly as the two dined at night.

Thankfully Midori Shiki was asleep due to high dose of potions that have been put into her meal to give her some rest and head of the Shiki family was away on a business trip. So it was just the two of them after a real long time. Therefore table manners all went up the sky!

"I'm taking some time off, I already told the agency not to sign me up for any project any time soon..." he paused to take one glance at Aiyora, she beamed a smile a lot, it was one of her signature heart melting smile.

"I want to spend this time in hand only with you."

Her face flushed, heart fluttered, the small smile at the corner of her lips stayed intact. Happy she was to know that he was there for her and knows that he is one person who would always be there.

this was why Senri-chan was so special to her...


Aiyora exploded into another dose of laughter while cutting Senri off midway of the story he was sharing with her. He was telling her about an incident which happened during the shoot but as his little sister started to laugh out whole heartedly, he paused and watched closely.

Oh how beautiful you've become in such small span of time!

Although he was only gone for two weeks but in these two weeks Aiyora surely did have some changes, it's like she grew every day. Yet among these changes something still remained the same specially her beautiful laughter, those hypnotizing eyes that sparkled in joy all the time.

Maybe this was why during his time away shooting abroad, he constantly remembered Aiyora every time he came across something that sparkled . It remaindered him of not just Aiyora but her happiness, which never failed to illuminate his dull world.

Now he has come to a point where he cannot even bare to imagine how his life would have been if Aiyora wouldn't have existed. From where would he have gained so much support, so much positive energy? He knows not…

Still not removing his gaze from the laughing Aiyora, Senri came to a conclusion about her happy nature. He realized it was not only beautiful but contagious…

... Because now that every time you are happy, I am happy too!

"Why did you stop Senri?" unknowingly she scooted closer, "Tell me, what happened next?"

She took her hand in her grasp and brought it closer to her heart. Was she even aware of her own actions? Maybe not! Before he could ask what she was doing he already found her in his arms. Engulfing him into a warm embrace and he could not resist but be greedy!

"Master Senri," the maid interrupted and her voice made the young embracing pair pull away from one another in one quick jerk.

"...a letter has arrived for you." The maid told them keeping a straight face. What she saw neither of the two were exactly sure about.

"...who is it from? "

"Kuran-sama."

Both Senri and Aiyora shared a suspicious eye contact. It really made no sense, why on earth would Kaname send letter to Senri? They two of them hardly ever met and barely had any sort of connection.

The maid was about to give the letter to Senri only to have Aiyora snatch it away.

Senri motioned the woman to leave while Aiyora ripped through the envelope, took out the letter and started to read it like it was sent for her. He carefully studied her, watched how her expression changed. Her smile curved down to a frown. The color from her face drained. All of a sudden she appeared dangerously pale.

"Are you okay Ai-chan?"

"I don't understand!" She wondered in confusion. "It makes no sense, what kind of invitation is this? Cross Academy, night class - special mode of education for all young vampires, moon-dormitory, peaceful co-existence with human...what is onii-sama talking about?"

Senri carefully took the letter out of Aiyora's grasp and skimmed through it. It was then he recalled, "So this is what Rima was talking about?" his words made Aiyora snap her head back at him.

"What do you mean?"

"Rima was telling me about it… that her family is planning on sending her to some school at the invitations sent by your fiancé." Aiyora rolled her eyes at the way Senri refer Kaname.

"It looks like he has invited you too?" Aiyora pointed towards the letter.

"So it seems." Senri agreed and added while allowing his body to drop-down on the bed. "But what makes no sense is where your letter is? Is he not going to invite you?"

"I'm sure he will." She said very confidently joining her beloved brother on the bed and cuddling him. However in the next moment her confidence sort of faltered and she asked suddenly nuzzling into his chest.

"…Senri what if I cannot go to Cross Academy?"

Senri closed his eyes, inwardly filching at the thought of separating from Aiyora. Unknowingly his hold tightened on her small form.

Therefore he answered without hesitation, "In that case Senri will not go either!"

If only he knew...he would not be able to keep his words...


"Senri has to go to Cross Academy and there is absolutely nothing I will do to prevent it."

Sayatohi Shiki declared to the two young vampires who came to him after finding out that Aiyora was not invited to go to Cross academy due not being of age appropriate. Both requested if it was possible for him to speak to Kaname and see if Senri could also join the same time as Aiyora but the Shiki lord turned them down right then and there.

When Aiyora protested the Shiki lord cut her off by saying.

"Aiyora-sama you do not understand how we work. When a request comes from Pureblood it is equivalent to command for us aristocrats. I am in no position to stop Senri from going to Cross Academy. If I do so I will be going against a pureblood and for the sake of my family's safety I cannot take such risk."

"But-" He cut Aiyora off quite rudely.

"Please Aiyora-sama do not poke your small nose into matter that you do not understand. You are still a child and it would best if you behave as such. You trying to act like an adult suddenly could be problematic for all."

Senri observed the heated conversation going on between his grand uncle and his half sister. He could tell how much entertainment the older vampire was taking from the young one's misery. And that fact that he could do nothing made him sick in the stomach with disgust.

"Well…in that case as a pureblood I command you to not send Senri to Cross Academy!" her attempted powerful words echoed through every corner of the room.

The scene of Aiyora slamming both her hands on lord Shiki's desk was comical to both Senri and his grand-uncle. But Senri remained quiet and respectful unlike the latter, which burst out into a series of hysterical laughter.

Aiyora was taken aback by this rude attitude of Sayatohi Shiki. She looked at Senri form the corner of her eyes in her kind asking him if the older man has lost his mind just like his niece.

"Please do not act like the lion of your tribe when you are nothing but a mere new born cub!"

"Why are you speaking to her like that?" Senri protested.

Just like that suddenly the leader of the Shiki family found himself at the edge of his temper.

"HOW DARE YOU SPEAK AGAINST ME LAD?"

"Don't scold him!"

The older Shiki's cold piercing gaze landed on her from Senri.

"Take her away from my presence now!" the older vampire roared while Aiyora still continued to glare at him.

What happened next remained a bit blurry to Aiyora. She was not sure where that maid appeared from who dragged her out of Sayatohi Shiki's office. All she could do was watch with wide eyes as the door closed leaving behind a vulnerable Senri with an enraged Sayatohi Shiki.

Aiyora struggled and fought to get in there and stand by Senri however the maid taking charge of her was far stronger than what she was. Therefore the next thing she knew…it all turned black and she was forced to surrender to it despite her will.


Decision was finalized, Senri would leave for Cross academy in less than a week. They had about barely five days in hand. Aiyora decided to cherish each and every moment she had left with her brother and not waste a single second of it.

In those five days Senri and Aiyora remained glued to one another, they became inseparable on a dangerous level. If anyone tried to separate them it resulted in great release of anger, especially from Aiyora's side mostly because Senri was more on the calmer side.

The duo did everything together, be it sharing every meal like breakfast, lunch and dinner. Then going to the park nearby, where they spent the evening trying to count stars laying down on the grassy field or if they could sneak out around day time then Senri would help her catch dragon-flies or butterflies, other times they watched birds freely flying all over sky.

During those times when Aiyora busied herself to watch birds, Senri secretly from the corner of his eyes watched Aiyora. Those were the times when he saw true sadness, sorrow and bitterness in her eyes ever happy orbs. He could tell she wanted to be free like the birds on the sky and fly away with him to a faraway place. But instead she is paying the price, of the unfortunate fate of being born as a pureblood that has tied her down to a vulture like their cousin.

Even thought Aiyora never talks about it but Senri can read it in her face that Aiyora deep down understands that she will not be happy with Kaname!

For now Senri could only hope and prayer so that he can be by her side when she will need him the most.

The duo also went bike racing. Senri would intentionally lose just to so that Aiyora could celebrate in her joy but occasionally he also made her lose. After all her angry, fumed up, puffy face had a beauty of it own which he also did not intend to miss out on.

The clock of happy hour was ticking for them. Soon it would be time for Senri to depart. But before that he wanted to memories every bit of Aiyora, as much as he could. So that carrying her around in his heart as a form of his most wonderful and cherished memory would be no difficult task during his time away from her.

Her presence, her touch…her everthing!

Senri knew how deep his love ran for his little sister. His heart ached to tell her, confess to her before leaving but he also knew that he could not; Aiyora after all was not his. And for this reason instead of confessing his love Senri gave her a big rose on his last night stay at the Shiki manor.

It was usual for Aiyora to give out a shy-sheepish smile every time she received any sort of present but that this time however her smile dropped and tears poured out of her eyes when he held the rose before her.

She may have been young and naive but her heart in that moment matured, it heard the words that remained those unspoken by the boy.

Droplets, after droplets of tears poured out of Aiyora's eyes. But not for long because soon Senri wiped away her tears before anymore of it could be wasted.

Her bright blue eyes locked with his dull blue ones. The rose slipped from her grasp and bounced down on the floor. They forgot the world around them just like the rose that lay forgotten on the floor as they pulled each to the others arms.

They held onto each other with all their strength. As if they feared the other person would disappear if the grip becomes lose.

A soft sob broke the pin drop silence that hung in the room.

Aiyora was crying! Senri felt his heart tightening at the sound of her cry. He wanted her to be happy in life that's all mattered to him.

Matters not with whom, as long as she is happy I will be at peace…

"Aiyora-chan I cannot breathe." He just said that to lighten the mood. His usual out of place sentence made Aiyora always laugh. However this day was different, because Aiyora did not let him loose and laugh like he expected. Instead she further tightened her hold on him this time making it truly painful.

"I love you…"

She confessed!

She confessed with her face buried into his chest. Her voice just above whisper yet he heard each and every syllable she uttered loud and clear.

"I love you…more…" he too buried his face but over her head into her hair while taking in her intoxicating aroma.

Finally he too could pour his heart out. Let loose of the burden of those he was carrying inside for so long.


The dreadful day had finally arrived… the day of Senri's departure.

Everyone in the Shiki manor was saddened. Generations until now were all home schooled. Senri is the first one who is venturing out, the first one to go to a proper school while staying away from home living in a dormitory.

Senri's mother was very upset by this decision. Her anger was out of control. She broke almost all the furniture in her room with some flying around. The maids were instructed to keep Aiyora as far away at that moment.

However as Senri went to bid his mother farewell Aiyora accompanied him despite her maids protest to do otherwise.

Looking at Midori Shiki's upset face Aiyora assumed she was upset because Senri was leaving. Although she was right in that aspect but wasn't fully correct.

Midori Shiki was not really upset because her son was leaving; the main reason why she was upset was because her main source of blood would no longer be there. Yes…Senri's crazy mother has been devouring his blood for the last couple of years. But this matter was kept hidden from Aiyora since everyone was aware of how possessive she was capable of being when it came to him. The fact that someone else was drinking his blood might just upset the little pureblood.

"So you're leaving?" She asked looked at him with her dull greedy eyes. Her hair was a complete mess. "Come here," Aiyora motioned him to go forth but if only she knew what was about to happen then she was have taken him far far away!

"I will miss you son!" She cupped his face. Senri stayed quiet. "…but before you leave be a good boy and feed your mother your delicious blood."

"…WHAT…!?" Aiyora exclaimed not understanding what was happening. Her eyes went so wide that some feared it might pop out of its socket.

Aiyora was about to interfere but one of the maids stopped her and pulled her back. The pureblood was about to fight back but Sayatohi Shiki motioned her not to. Therefore not having any option left Aiyora only watched with a broken heart.

Senri made no noise but the furring of his brows told Aiyora the pain he felt.


One after another suitcases were being loaded at the back of the car.

Senri and Aiyora had their hands knitted together in a tight clasp as they climbed down the stairs of the Shiki manor. Sayatohi Shiki and couple of maids followed them. Neither of them uttered a single word. What could they possibly say when neither wanted to say goodbye to the other.

Even when Senri climbed into the car Aiyora still said nothing. One of their maids by her asked if she was not going to bid him farewell. Aiyora did not respond to her either. Her eyes remained locked in the burgundy haired boy's form. Who was taking the final instructions from his granduncle.

Once the engine of the car started Senri rolled the window down and looked directly into Aiyora's eyes. She opened her mouth but closed it down after finding no words. She waved her hand and the car started to slowly drive out.

Senri kept his eyes focused on the looking glass as it reflected Aiyora still waving back at him. He continued to watch her till he could see no more.

I will miss you…my Ai-chan!


a.n. Thank you all for reading. I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter.

So Senri left for Cross Academy. Next chapter will focus on the time period when night class just started vampires were living in the old teachers dorm. Don't worry Aiyora too will come to Cross Academy soon. see you guy in the next chapter. Soon it will start with the anime timeline.