Natsuki's POV


"...Yuri?" - I try to draw Yuri's attention, but she just keeps looking straight ahead. Even shaking her doesn't do anything.

As I try to make her snap out of it, she stands up and slowly approaches Kazuki. Her eyes follow his injured finger and I don't like it one bit. What is she t-

Before I can even react, she grabs his injured finger and...puts it in her mouth?! What the hell?! As if that wasn't enough, she starts sucking on it and the expression on her face doesn't help. It's as if she has literally the greatest popsicle ever made in her mouth. It's honestly...disgusting. I'm not even sure if I can vomit, but I really feel like doing it.

"Um, Yuri? What are you doing, Yuri?" - Kazuki asks, just as confused about it as I am. Yuri simply waggles her tail in response.

"Yuri, cut it out!" - I yell at her when I see Kazuki wince. Looks like she's not exactly gentle about it.

"Could you stop sYURI IT HURTS STOP IT!" - Kazuki suddenly shouts and tries to get her off, but it only makes her bite his finger. Alright, I've got to save the day.

I waste no time to pry her jaws open with my bare hands, letting Kazuki escape. Moments later, Yuri makes a very displeased noise and breaks out of my grasp. I-I've never seen her glare at me like that...It's...terrifying.

"YOU INSIGNIFICANT LITTLE BITCH! HOW DARE You..." - her expression shifts from pure rage to shock before she can say anything else. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that something is wrong.

"Kazuki, treat your injuries. Yuri, we've got to talk. Now." - I tell her as I drag Yuri into the living room. She doesn't resist.

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry! I-I don't know what came over me, but I didn't mean it! I'm so sorry!" - she keeps apologizing and I'd like to end it on this note, but I can't.

"...Look, I'm not going to get mad at you if you tell me the truth. And I mean THE TRUTH, not whatever the fuck you gave me last night." - I say.

"Bu-That was the truth! I-I, um, fed the raccoon and-"

"Yuri." - I interrupt her. She really can't lie.

"...I...I can't tell you...I'm sorry, but I just can't tell you!" - she says. Honestly, I'm not surprised.

"You do know that it will come back to bite you in the ass later, do you?" - I ask, but I receive no response. She simply looks away.

"Well, I can't force you to tell me anything. You know better. You always did. Never change, Yuri." - I say before going back to the kitchen.

I'm relieved to see that Mr. Troublemaker is fine, but I still can't stop thinking about that stuck-up bitch. Is it really that hard to put some trust in others, especially when you go fucking apeshit without even knowing why? Maybe I'm not a good judge here, but it still pisses me off. I REALLY need to calm down. Baking should do the job well enough.

"So that's what they call love bites, huh?" - I try to lighten up the mood with an awkward joke.

"W-W-WHAT?!" - he shouts. Too easy.

"Do you really think I didn't notice how pleased you looked when she put your finger in her mouth?" - I ask with a grin on my face.

"I-She-Yu-You-I-Um-" - he stutters. I simply wiggle my eyebrows in response.

"Alright, alright, I'll stop...if you agree to help me bake cupcakes." - I say.

"...fine..." - he agrees.

"Great! Just make sure to follow my instructions to the T." - I warn him. I really don't want to throw away any malformed cupcakes. That's always a sad sight and a loss of resources too.

In a few minutes, we need is on the table or close to us. We can begin.

"Well then, what do you know about baking cupcakes?" - I ask.

"It's always better when you do it with a cute girl." - he replies. Suddenly, one of my extra appendages accidentally hits him in his dumb head.

"Whoops, looks like I still haven't learned how to control these things." - I say and I wiggle my spider limbs for emphasis.

"Yeah, as if I'm going to buy i-" - he tries to say something, but another limb goes out of control and hits him.

"Oh God Almighty, they have a mind of their own!" - I cry in disbelief as I start flailing them in front of Kazuki. Oh man, this is going to be fun.


Oh man, that was a horrible idea. It wasn't too bad until SOMEONE decided to taste the icing when I told him not to do it. That dumbass put the cupcakes in and turned the oven on without checking anything and he didn't even tell me about it! Fortunately, Yuri arrived with a fire extinguisher and put the fires out. UNfortunately, she didn't bother to make sure that we're out of the way. I would complain about getting my clothes dirty, but they're already ruined...Maybe I could borrow some from Yuri? They would be a little bit...They would be too big, but that's a small price to pay.

"So...uh...what are we going to do now?" - asks Kazuki. Good question!

"...Fast food?" - I suggest.

"Fast food." - Kazuki agrees.

"Fast food." - Yuri agrees as well. I'm not sure if I should be surprised or not. Not that it really matters as long as she doesn't try to fucking eat someone.

When Kazuki leaves to buy something for us to eat, I approach Yuri.

"If it's about what happened today, I'm not going to-"

"No, it's not that." - I interrupt her.

"Huh? T-Then what do you want?" - she asks.

"Well, you see, I can't really keep walking around in THIS." - I say, pointing at my ruined uniform.

"Ah, you want to borrow something from me?" - she asks. She's a clever girl.

"Yeah. It doesn't matter if it's too big or just fine. Anything is better than this." - I reply.

"Um...I do have something that might fit you well, but...how should I put it..." - she says while fiddling with her hair.

"...Is it ugly?" - I ask. Her face gains a pinkish hue, but it's still far from a natural color.

"What? No! It's just that...it's kinda fancy and IcanassureyouIhavenoideawhereitcamefrompleasedontask!" - she replies hastily.

"...Okay then. I have absolutely no idea what you tried to say here, but that doesn't matter. Where is it?" - I ask.

"It should be somewhere back in my house. I haven't seen it in years." - she replies. Hopefully she can find it...whatever it is.

"Oh, one more question: weren't you like dead tired few hours ago? Now you look much better." - I ask, squinting my eyes.

"Ah...that...Well...It looks like I can't really do much during the day unless I...um, drink blood? Even then, I'm growing tired with every second." - she replies. That explains it.

"So, you're some kind of a vampire dragon thing? Huh. At least you don't burn under the sunlight or anything. That would have been quite the pain in the ass to deal with. I don't know what I would do if I stumbled upon your ashes or saw it happen. Wait, can you turn into mist? Hypnotize people? STOP TIME?!" - I ask, maybe a little too excited about it.

"W-W-What? What does stopping time have to do with being a vampire? - she asks in response.

"Doesn't matter!" - I say, still waiting for her to answer my question.

"Uh...maybe? I haven't really tried anything aside from flight, but..." - her voice trails off.

We both turn our heads towards the door when we hear Kazuki enter.

"Well, folks! Here's some grub for you!" - he announces.

"Shawarma? Did we save the world or something?" - I ask as I pull our food out of the bags.

"Ah, no, but there's always time for that. Anyway, there should be two for each hungry mouth." - he replies.

Yuri immediately tears into her food. Knowing what happened last time, I poke her. When that doesn't work, I step on her tail. She snaps out of it and slow down. I feel sorry for hurting her, but she looks grateful for that.

It's easy to forget that nothing is right when you're just having fun times with people you know. I don't even feel mad at Yuri anymore. I'm still somewhat upset, but I'm not going to dwell on it. As long as she doesn't try to pull that shit with Kazuki, I'm fine with this. HE. BELONGS. TO. US. ANYWAY.