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The snap of the door was so resounding that it echoed in my mind for a few more seconds before I could register what had happened.

I'd made him uncomfortable, gotten under his skin when he wasn't even expecting it.

It took me a while to fall asleep after that. Both in part because it was still a bit light outside, and Sasuke left without even looking back at me. That thought alone was torture. Imagining the types of looks crossing his face plagued my mind as I lay my head against the pillow.

Yuko came in at some point during the night, but I shut my eyes quickly after seeing her and pretended to be asleep. She tutted around the room, smoothing over my blankets, pulling them up closer to my chin. Her small hand even went over my forehead for a few seconds before she pulled it away, walking out of the room with the door shutting behind her.

Although, not a minute later the door opened again. Yuko must've forgotten something, so I just kept my eyes shut.

But, the bed shifted, a new weight placed upon it. It was hard to keep my eyes shut, but after more time went by and nothing happened I couldn't help but crack them open a sliver, gazing through my eyelashes.

Sasuke stared down at me, the moonlight casting hard shadows against his face as it came in through the window. It was difficult to make out his expression, though. Too hard to get a glimpse of his eyes.

I shut mine fully then. No, I did not want to talk about it right now, the timing wasn't correct. He had just left without explanation earlier today, so I highly doubted that he would be willing to open up about it only a few hours later.

So, what did he want?

We stayed still for I don't know how long. I kept my breathing steady as I waited for him to do something. Anything.

Just when I thought all he was going to do was sit with me, his hand reached out and brushed my hair aside, his fingers lightly tracing over my cheek as he did so.

It took everything I had to not open my eyes, to not make my breath hitch at the touch.

His hand lingered at the side of my head for a few more seconds before he took it back.

He left then, his weight lifting from the bed.

I cracked my eyes open, but he'd already gone, leaving so quickly and silently that I hadn't even heard the door shut.

My hand rose to where he'd touched my cheek. My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest it was so loud from thinking about it.

He'd touched me. I had not expected such a light caress from him.

Obviously he had to touch me while we sparred, but those touches were of a different kind. They were rough, calculated, done out of necessity to teach me.

But this, this was not out of necessity.

This was done out of...concern?

I bit the inside of my cheek as the thought flashed before my mind. Sasuke was a vampire. Vampires killed people, drank their blood in order to sustain their own. They were monsters, completely horrific beings that plagued dreams, turning them into nightmares.

And yet-

Sasuke had proven me wrong on so many occasions. I would be foolish to not admit it. Not see that he was not a monster, even though he had told me that's all he wanted me to see him as. How could I do that after everything I'd bore witness to while staying here?

He was making me stronger. The workers here were all on the same page, saying that Sasuke saved their lives. He had genuinely worried about me when he was unable to get into the cave, the guilt of his mistake clear in his actions, clear on his face. Even though it would have been easier to force his blood on me in order to heal, he respected my wishes and gave me a healing drought instead.

And I'd witnessed him feeding, making sure to not kill the woman after he drank her blood. He even helped her sit down afterward.

I flipped over and stared out the window, laying on my left side.

All my life, I'd been told one thing. All vampires were evil and they needed to be killed.

But how was I supposed to believe that when I had the very distinct face of Sasuke floating around in my mind, and all of the good things he's done.

Did that mean that there were others like him that were out there?

Maybe they made up the majority of the vampire population, and we just didn't know it. They could be hiding it all so well.

My nose scrunched up at the thought. No, that couldn't be it. If the world was crawling with good vampires, then why haven't they shown themselves? Why haven't they joined in our cause of taking out the evil vampires?

But, would we even let them if it was possible?

I couldn't see my sister working side by side with a vampire. It would most likely end in a bloodbath rather than work harmoniously.

I tapped my fingers against the top of the blanket, measuring each tap evenly, and I sighed. None of that mattered, it wasn't going to happen anyway. I needed to figure out Sasuke for now, then tackle the rest of the world.

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The feeling of movement woke me. I opened my eyes to see Suigetsu carrying me in the early morning. The sun had yet to rise, though it was about to within the next couple hours due to the sky's lightening.

I shoved out of his hold and fell to the ground, a bag that had been resting on my stomach landed next to me with a thud. "What the hell?"

He put his hands up, palms facing out as I scrambled to my feet.

"Hey, don't look at me like that," he said. "Just doing my job."

"Your job? What exactly does that mean?" I looked around, the land looking more and more familiar with each sweep of the trees, the rocks, the grass. "Where...where are we?"

He gave me a calculated look. "Don't you know?"

I turned around, looking in the direction where Suigetsu had been walking. In the distance, I could see it. I saw the structures I'd grown up with. I saw my home.

"Wh-"

"Since you're awake now," he said, "I'll be going."

My head whipped around. "No you don't! What's going on? Where's Sasuke?"

He halted before he turned around completely. "Sasuke told me to take you back to Konoha."

I stopped breathing, my body completely flushing with an anxious heat. "What?"

He wore a guilty expression. "Sorry."

Then he vanished.

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Please don't kill meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! *Cowers in corner awaiting the anxious reviews* Sorry, it's a shorter one today!

Thank you to SarahMarie for your wonderful reviews! I can't respond to you directly, so Imma respond to you here. :) Yesssss, I love that about him, that he wants to build her up, that he sees her as an equal rather than someone to just sit on the sidelines as he protects her and takes the glory. Sasuke's got a lot going on, and more of that will definitely be revealed in time! And you're right, it's totally their loss, bunch of butts for not hiring me. Thank you for your kind words about my writing and everything, they make me feel a lot better :) The universe does have a different path for me, I just have to keep tutting along and everything will fall into place. You write fanfic? Ahhh that's great :) How come you comment as a guest then? I'd love to see your stuff!

Q: If you could only eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be?

A: Okay, so this one may sound weird to a lot of you! My favorite meal is a family recipe. We call it noodles and tomatoes. It consists of elbow macaroni noodles, tomato juice (Specifically, the juice that comes in the whole peeled tomato cans. You need to open the can almost completely, but then drain the juices into the pot of cooked noodles. Forget the actual tomatoes. My fiance gets really upset about that XD), butter, salt and pepper.

If you want to try it: Cook the noodles, drain and rinse, melt the butter and put the noodles back in the pot. Add the tomato sauce and salt and pepper. Cook until warm-hot.

We usually make like a whole pot, which means to use a 32 oz box of noodles and then like five or six cans of whole peeled tomatoes.

Dude, I love it, I would eat it for every meal every dang day.