Chapter 13

The dull aching in her skull was a frightening awakening to the fact that the grim encounter that she remembered was not a dream, but was a terrifying reality. Yui was afraid to open her eyes, for she knew the sight in front of her would not be her love but would possibly be the red haired monster who haunted her dreams at night. The realization of the reality was was thrusted into caused Yui's breathing to become abnormally heavy and she clutched onto her own chest. It was hurting. "I figured you'd be awake soon," a familiar voice cooed. It was close and Yui had no choice but to open her eyes and turn towards it. Reiji's back was to her as he tended to his desk and she struggled to take in a normal breath. Out of respect, she attempted to say his name but no words came out. "Two visits in one week," Reiji said as he turned away from his business to face Yui, who was laid out across his couch. A blanket had been thrown lazily over her shell of a body and her head pillow had fallen to the floor beside her. He did not smile. "Unfortunate luck I suppose; why else would such an impolite swin keep falling onto my doorstep?" His eyes met hers for a moment; they were wide and fear struck. He quickly shook his head and scoffed as he lifted his gloved hand to slide his glasses up the ridge of his nose. The meeting of their eyes was not only uncomfortable, but was strangely eerie and caused Yui's skin to crawl. The silence was only making it worse. "Reiji-kun," she said softly, "how long have I been here? Where is he?" Reiji's eyebrows raised and suddenly his eyes fell into a narrow scowl, for every word that left her pathetic mouth was enough to make his blood boil. "How dare you even expect me to answer such questions. I am fully aware of how long you have been here and sure I could find out where Ayato is, but watching you with that dumbstruck expression on your face is just too priceless."

After the hurling of multiple insults, Yui assumed that Reiji would leave her be as he usually would but she was dead wrong. He instead lunged over her and pinned the girl back to the couch by both wrists, digging in all of his fingernails to inflict a stinging pain and to keep her still. A small sound of protest left her quivering lips but Reiji ignored her, instead pinning her harder and nudging her head to the side to penetrate the flesh of her neck. "Shut up," he spat. "Let me please you like no other. As if you had a choice." And with those parting words, Reiji shoved his teeth into the poor girl's skin and began feasting on her. She babbled on desperately, whether they were actual words or just a sad excuse for pleas was unknown, but she was simply ignored as the monster ravaged her flesh.

When Reiji had finished with Yui and stolen enough blood to leave her faint, he tossed her aside to the couch and left to attend school for the night. The sound of the clock ticking was Yui's only company and she stared at the ceiling for what felt to be a million clicks as tears collected in her sockets and spilled down the apples of her plump cheeks. The only thing that could interrupt her drowning in self pity was the strange twitching sensation she began to feel in her lower belly, followed by a strange burning and cramping sensation. Had she been raped? Could she even feel like she had been raped? The questions swirled through her head as both of her hands rested onto her stomach. The strange feeling continued and she came to the conclusion if she could feel that she had been raped, it just was not the case - for the pain that it would have caused would have been unbearable since the moment she had awoken. What is happening to me? Yui's mind was lost in her thoughts and she clutched onto her belly, closing her eyes and allowing the whites of them to be stung by the leftover tears stuck to her eyelids. Her stomach suddenly dropped.

Yui cursed herself for thinking of herself instead of her last memory of the love of her life. Azusa. Was he okay? Was he even alive? She quickly removed her hands from her belly and placed them over her mouth as she felt a bellowing cry leave her mouth. She desperately covered her lips to avoid the sound from traveling but the cries that left her were uncontrollable, for the thought of Azusa being gone was far too much to handle. "What are you doing here," someone said. Yui's entire body jolted and suddenly she let go of her own mouth, letting out a bellowing cry and scream. Subaru quickly covered her mouth with his own hand and stared down at her with hateful eyes, immediately scolding her for being so loud. He spoke in a hushed tone and growled through his teeth, "You should have stayed away. How could you be so stupid?" His teeth gritted down harder and he said, "So stupid." Yui stared up at him with red stained eyes and her body twitched as she attempted to control her breathing. Finally he pulled his hand away and she urgently whispered, "Please help me," she pleaded, "you will never have to deal with me again. Please, Subaru-kun. Please, I will die here." Their eyes remained in a strong lock and slowly the anger began to drain out of Subaru's stare. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, slowly sliding the knife from his back pocket and saying in a low tone, "Just don't go now. Wait until tomorrow morning, when they are all asleep." His eyes slowly opened and she saw a warmness in him she had never seen before. "Do not be stupid about this. I won't forgive you," he said softly as he slipped the knife underneath her pillow.

The morning could not approach fast enough. Though Reiji's office was enclosed and windowless, she knew her moment would come after the front door had slammed shut for a sixth time - for all of the boys would filter in from school at different times and never walked in together. Once the sixth door slam had come and at least twenty minutes had passed, she would leave. Hours strolled by before the first slam and it was enough to make Yui practically leap out of her skin. And then a second. And a third, and fourth. The fifth approached and now all she needed with that sixth door slam, but it never came. Instead, she was forced to intently listen as a single set of footsteps drew in closer and closer to the room she had inhabited. When the footsteps ended, Yui held her breath and was already clutching Subaru's knife underneath her woven blanket.

"Pancake, I'm home!" Ayato called out as he thrusted open the door and stepped inside. He was beginning to strip off the outer layers of his uniform as he snickered, "My god, you look awful. Nothing that I can't fix though." He winked at her and began to approach. To his surprise, Yui sprung from her seat and leapt onto him animalistically, screeching out in frustration as she stabbed Subaru's knife into the side of his neck multiple times. Ayato stumbled backwards and fell to the floor, striking his head against Reiji's desk and howling out in pain. Yui stabbed into him again and he cursed her before she squealed, "Now don't look for me!" And within the following moment, she was gone and sprinting down the never ending hallways of the Sakamaki mansion.