Chapter 46

Noah finished drinking and shortly went back to sleep. Ruki had placed him back into the handy pillow-protected cradle, which the newborn welcomed and nuzzled in to. With the baby asleep, there was nothing distracting from the estranged awkwardness rising between the two. "You're thirsty, aren't you." It was less of a question but rather an obvious observation. Whether it be from the hot sweats or the reek of her dry mouth, there was no denying the lust for blood that was now surging through the blonde's skinny veins. "W-what?" Yui stammered cluelessly, "No, I'm fine!" But she wasn't fine. Between the aching of her belly and the dryness of her throat, Yui very well knew that she was not. It was like no hunger she had ever experienced before. Perhaps that's why when Ruki proceeded to puncture the fresh skin of his wrist and a fresh drooling of blood slithered down his porcelain flesh, she no longer held back the animalistic urge to pounce on top of him and feast mercilessly.

Her mind was a complete blur. The only thing she could feel was guiltless bliss as the warmth of hot blood coded her mouth and made all of her insides tickle in ways they never had before. The blonde hadn't even realized that she had pinned her previous capture to the chair he had been just standing in front of, his leg pushed up between her thighs and her claws clasped onto the muscle of his forearm. She drank heavily, not even stopping for breaths, and could care less if she sucked him dry. The trance was nearly broken when she heard Ruki groaning from beneath her but it wasn't enough, for she had moved from one area to the next; her newly grown fangs suddenly breaking the thin skin of his throat and nudging themselves deep down far enough to get the freshest of his delicious fruit. Yui was no longer Yui. Yui was now a true vampire. The rush had hit her so hard that she hadn't even realized that Ruki's hands had traveled up the back of her shirt. His knee was now pressing against her. He was feeling her all over, exploring rather than ravaging. "Your blood is so hot," Ruki said in a low voice, "I can feel it." He licked his lips with anticipation as her speedy heartbeat thumped against his chest, the new feeling of Yui feeding from him proving itself to be surprisingly eroxtic and overall pleasing. He hadn't acknowledged the feelings that hid for her within him, though they had laid low for many months now. Not until he felt the suction of her lips on his throat and the pulsating of the heat between her thighs. Yui's lips only left his flesh when he forced her to by the chin, dragging her gaze to his; which was hazy and lust filled. He pressed his mouth onto hers, tasting his own blood, and kissed her aggressively.

... But he had taken it too far. Yui grew stiff and immediately drew back from the encounter, springing off of the chair with cat like reflexes. Her eyes were saucer like, her lips a bright crimson. "R-Ruki-kun!" She sputtered, "N-no, I didn't mean to. I don't know w-what came over me, I couldn't control it-" Her words turned to cries. She truly wasn't able to control herself. It wasn't until Ruki had yanked her from her feeding that she had realized what she had done, what they had done, what he was doing to her. Her body was still trembling all over and though she felt the need to cry, she was too far sent into ecstasy to truly feel remorse for what she had done. Nothing had ever come close to that feeling, the feeling she had shared not with her beloved Azusa but with Ruki! "We need to go back," Yui spat. A dribble of blood had already dried on her chin as she attempted to compose herself and scooped Noah from the bed, still gentle enough to allow him to sleep soundly. She started toward the door before Ruki had grabbed her by the arm, spun her around, and met her mouth with his. He kissed her briefly before she pulled away in a haze, both pleased and guilt ridden. "You can't go," Ruki said stiffly, "it's not safe yet." Yui stepped back from him, two tears rolling down her cheek and along the side of her nose, and she huffed, "It's never going to be safe enough. I'm going home."

When she passed the front desk, Yui was too focused on rehearsing both her explanation and apology to Azusa in her head to answer the new girl at the front desk who had mentioned something about house cleaning needing access to the room. As she slammed the door behind her, she even heard the girl peep "Ma'am!" Regular Yui would have stopped in a heartbeat and chirped like a bird on and on about how sorry she was, how she would allow house cleaning access to her room right away, but this Yui could care less. If only housekeeping was her biggest worry, Yui thought to herself. And then there was Azusa. His saddened voice, deep eyes, looking down and away from her in disappointment. He wouldn't cry but worse, he would go on about how she didn't love him and how no one could. Or worse. He would avoid her and she would once again, be alone in a house full of monsters. Not an entire house, at least. She still had Noah in her arms, who was snoozing away peacefully. He was her safe place now.

She had been walking for barely thirty minutes before being scooped up by the rest of the Mukami clan. There was a sense of both relief and dread when she saw their faces, especially Azusa's. He was smiling, a sight that she rarely saw, and even took Noah from her arms. He held him awkwardly but tried his best to be fatherly, kissing the baby on the top of the head and smiling ear to ear; an even more awkward sight with his fangs piercing out from underneath his curled grinning lips. "We thought you were dead," Yuma said blankly. But to her surprise, when she looked up into his dark eyes, even he was smiling. Barely, but still. "Where's Ruki, M-Neko Chan?" Kou giggled, "You didn't eat him, did you?" He poked at her still inflamed belly and laughed a bit harder, slinging his arm underneath hers and listening intently to the obvious lie that Yui had spun up on the thought.

"And then, I lost him." Yui sighed, "I thought he just ditched and went home." Through each lie between her teeth, she peered over at Azusa, who obviously wasn't buying it. His eyes were low and he continued walking at his slow pace, Noah sleeping peacefully in his arms. "It's hard to believe you made it out there alive without Ruki," Yuma had added, but no other questioning followed. Yui wondered to herself if Ruki was okay, if he had followed her afterall or decided to stay at the inn. Or maybe he had switched hiding spots all together. In the end, he was truly the one that Karl Heinz would be after. She hoped. But then there was still that small part of her, the strongest part maybe, that hoped that he would remain hidden. Remain safe.

Not even underneath the fluffy canopy she had grown so accustomed to, with Azusa by her side and Noah safe in his crib, did Yui feel at ease. Guilt was a feeling that she had never truly experienced, never more than accidentally spilling morning tea onto her father's work papers or telling a white lie to enhance a story to her school friends. But she had now learned that it was a feeling similar to being grabbed by the throat and shaken like a rag doll. She read like a book and Azusa was smarter than others gave him credit for. He had noticed the single bead of sweat that had rolled down her temple as she told her web of lies, the slightly higher octave her voice had taken, and now one too many twists and turns underneath the cover. He picked uneasily at Justin, who he had split open for the countless time, and finally peeled his skin back a tad bit before saying in his naturally soft tone, "So... where is Ruki, really." Yui practically jumped from her skin and she twisted toward Azusa, wide eyed and suddenly teary eyed. "Azusa-kun, I-I'm so sorry. I thought it was because h-he wanted to help me, I-I don't know why I gave in. I've been lonely here!. Or why, Oh!" She covered the mess that her face had become as she cried harder, "Or why, I lost control." Her voice had begun to shake before she stopped talking fully and instead wept softly into her palms. Azusa's fingers danced nervously over Justin and he began pinching onto the skin harder, breaking through it and tearing the skin. The usual sensation of pleasure was replaced by anger, only an emotion she could invoke from him. His long fingernails dragged through his flesh.

And then, she was on top of him. Pinned by both wrists, Azusa looked up in both surprise and confusion as his lover tore his hand from his wrist and began licking the blood from his fingernails. "Yui-san," he started but quickly halted and began moaning helplessly. Her mouth clasped around Justin and she stared at him with dark, lifeless eyes as she began sucking. The feeling of blood draining him caused Azusa's eyes to roll around in his head and he moaned out louder as he immediately felt a stiffening in his pants. She could feel it but cared less, now focused fully on draining her victim. She had pinned him to the head board and held him down with her own body fully on his lap, straddling him like she had never done before willfully. She moved on from his neck rather quickly and slowly sunk her fangs down into his shoulder, his skin puckering into her mouth as she sucked. Though she was nearly full, she kept sucking like a leech. She couldn't have enough. His taste was sweet, better than any cake money could buy. The realization of what was going on came to her slowly but before she could apologize, she felt Azusa's fangs sink into the deep of her neck. She winced at the pain but accepted him fully, slowly tilting her head to the side as she continued to drink from him.

Azusa was moaning into her skin, the suckling sound muffled but still audible. They were filling each other up the only way vampires knew how. Though she had stopped sucking blood, Yui's fangs remained inside of him and she stirred them around playfully; repaying the favor she had received so many times before. She was finally beginning to understand the thrill as he wriggled beneath her and unclasped his mouth from her skin to release a huge grunt of satisfaction. He stared up at her with hungry eyes, her teeth slightly gritted and her expression glazed over as Yui felt him shimmy down his pants, releasing the monster that had awoken inside. His jaw remained clenched as he guided his manhood past the hem of her skirt and shoved it upward, pressing it to her heat through her panties and rubbing it against her bead. "Do you... like that, precious girl..." He said through closed teeth. They bit down onto his bottom lip as he watched her throw her head back into submission, showing off her puncture marks decorated with specks of blood, and uttered out a few mindless sounds of pleasure. "Now you remember... always... that I can pleasure you, more... than Ruki ever will."

With those final words, Azusa swiftly yanked down Yui's underwear and within a split second, he had shoved his cock far up inside of her. The burning sensation in her belly was replaced by a sharp pain, followed by complete pleasure as Yui attempted to hold her tongue. Sensing her struggle, Azusa forced her head down into the crvess of his neck and she immediately bit down onto his flesh. Fresh blood spurted onto her tongue, the overly sweetness burning in her mouth, but she couldn't swallow. The force that Azusa was slamming inside of her was too much to take and she couldn't stop crying out against his skin. She could feel his long fingernails digging into her boney hips, keeping her in place as he frantically jerked his hips up and down. But then, Azusa had suddenly stopped. His throbbing manhood remained inside of her, only driving Yui farther into sexual madness, and she pulled her face back to see as he lifted his massacred wrist and said, "Justin... where shall we... do her next?" His familiar scar was now unrecognizable underneath the bloody mess but Azusa talked to it all the same, trailing his tongue now up along the length of it and tasting his own blood. She could feel his cock pulsate harder within her. "Ah..." Azusa moaned out before forcing Yui forward and flipping her over in one swift movement. He was now propped up on his knees and he ordered, "Up now... for me, Yui-san." He grabbed her by the hips like a bull and forced her buttocks to press against his groin. He only allowed her a moments peace before he slammed into her again, harder this time.

Yui grasped onto the bloody sheets and couldn't help but cry out as Azusa ravaged her heat. Their bodies clapped together and she was convinced that she was going to break, for the excitement and passion between them had manifested into a violent love making. They were like wild animals. Azusa's nails had broken skin of Yui's hips so he moved his hands even lower, grasping onto her small cheeks and digging in the tip of his thumbs into their fleshy dimples. She yelped out in pain, which only fueled him to go harder until his seed bursted within her. Even then, through the shared moans and cries of pleasure, he continued on until they both collapsed in equal exhaustion; her heat throbbing and cum covered, his body completely worn out and still tingling. They panted like dogs and curled up together as so, Azusa even going as far to lick the blood and sweat from her pale skin.

The heavy breathing between them slowly faded into silence and Azusa, who eventually closed his eyes, suspected that his exhausted lover had fallen to sleep. She was thinking the same, testing the waters by whispering his name. He didn't respond, instead squeezing her with the one arm he had wrapped around her upper torso. "Are you mad at me, Azusa-kun?" Yui whispered through the dark silence. There was a pause before Azusa breathed, "Yes." Their peaceful position had changed and now Yui was sitting up in the bed. Azusa looked up at her to meet her wide eyes, which were full of both sadness and unmistakable fear. "I'm mad... at me, too. For... letting that happened... for, letting... you go." He blinked only once, keeping his eyes close onto hers and unchanging. He watched as she slowly reached for his hand and twiddled her fingers into the gaps of his. He welcomed her touch. "Even Eve... touched the forbidden fruit," he breathed.