"Reiji" she whispered into the darkness of the room. There was no response but she knew he heard her. "You can't stay up all day, you need to get some sleep. Come lay down with me."

As soon as she finished the last word she felt the bed shift down next to her. Wrapping his arms around her, his breath tickled her ear, "If that is what you wish my queen."

Yui didn't sleep right away, when she told Reiji to lay down with her she didn't expect him to be right behind her and wrap his arm around her. Her muscles were tense, not used to the sudden contact. Slowly breathing in and out Yui willed her body to relax, however she was finding it increasingly difficult to do so.

Letting her mind wander she noticed the feel of Reiji's body pressed against her. He was lean but still had quite a bit of muscle. There was no part of him that was not touching her; he had even managed to intertwined their legs. She nearly jumped when she felt him move. Keeping one arm around her the other traveled down her side to her hip, then back up her arm. The leisurely stroking of her skin made goose bumps appear on her arms. This feels nice. If it were like this when I first came here then things might not feel so weird.

"Love you really should sleep. You have had a rough couple of days and you need to let your body rest" her bedmate whispered, his breath cool on her ear. He then turned his head downward to nuzzle her neck, his had still gliding over her.

"I know, there just so much going on. My mind is racing and I'm not really that tired," she spoke softly back to him.

"I know, I already told you there is nothing to worry about. You don't need to worry your pretty little head about anything," he countered. Wait... Did he say pretty? She thought distracted from his stroking.

"Did — did you just call me pretty?" She questioned not bothering to whispered this time. He hummed into her neck answering her. Not that she wasn't flattered, but why now? She had been living with them of months, and not once did any of the brothers compliment her let alone say anything nice other than when they talked about the taste of her blood. Wanting answers, she detangled herself and turned to face him. Her eyes widened at the sight of him, the moon was lighting up half of his perfect face. He didn't have his glasses on, with them he was handsome but without them he was beautiful. His eyes had a soft glow to them, not dark like they usually were when he was thirsty; but with a loving gaze. Not being able to resist, she carefully lifted her hand to touch his face. He leaned in and sighed into the palm of her hand. She moved her hand upward and began treading her fingers through his smooth hair. How does he keep it so soft she wondered.

"Reiji" she started his eyes opening "why is it like this between us? Why now? I thought none of you even liked me." He closed his eyes again breathing in her sent before answering her.

"It's not that we didn't like you. It's that we... resented you being here at first. You were another play thing thrown into our lives and there was no point of you being here other than our personal food supply." He was speaking softly still and Yui wasn't really shocked at his statement. "But as time went on, things started to change. You started to change. We got jealous of your carefree nature. This caused some of us to... well act in an improper manner."

Yui turned her gaze from his his hair to his face again. He must have sensed her looking at him because he his opened eyes. "Yui on behalf of my brothers and myself I would like to apologize for our behavior toward you. It was less than welcoming and it will not happen again." That was possibly the nicest thing that he had ever said to her. He began speaking again telling her of how things were going to be different and how she would be the lady of the house; but Yui got lost in her mind again. Her eyes wandered down his face taking note of his handsome features. Defined cheek bones, long angular nose, and finally settling on his lips.

He must have noticed her staring because he stopped talking and smirked at her. Blushing she turned her head to the side to avoid his look. Who knew, as a vampire she could still blush. Out of the corner of her eye she could see him still smirking, and he moved one hand to rest on the small of her back, then brought her closer to his chest. His other hand moved toward her face and he tipped her chin up so she was forced to look at his face. She closed her eyes, ashamed of being caught gawking at his lips. She shouldn't be thinking these thoughts! She scolded herself, good girls didn't have such impure thoughts.

"Love look at me" Reiji commanded voice thick with more emotion than she had ever heard before. She opened her eyes and was shocked to see his eyes were glowing even more, but this time they were filled with what she assumed was fire and lust. She felt like she could have melted into his gaze. He moved the hand that held her chin to cup the side of her face, just as she had done to him not a few moments ago.

He bent his head closer to her, so close their lips almost touched. She could feel his breath on her lips teasing her. "Tell me, do you want this?" Making her mind up, for once in her life she wanted to know what it felt like to have a man's lips on hers. She closed her eyes and prayed that he understood what she wanted. It wasn't what she had expected. Sure she had heard other girls talking about their first kiss, how it was awkward and unsure.

But with Reiji's kiss there was nothing awkward about it. As soon as his lips touched hers in a slow sweet motion she knew she was done for. His lips were soft and gentle. He could do what he wanted as long as he kept kissing her. He pulled away suddenly and she released her breath, that she didn't realized she was holding. Taking a another deep breath she moved her hands to the front of his shirt to pull him closer. She missed the intimate contact even if he had only moved a few inches away. She wanted him closer, she wanted that feeling of his lips on hers to last forever.

Taking the hint he lowered his lips to hers again but this kiss was much more passionate. He threaded his fingers through her hair and the other hand rested on the small of her back, pushing her toward him. He tilted her head trying to get better access. She felt his tongue lick her lower lip asking for entrance. When she didn't open, he took her bottom lip between his teeth and sucked on it. This sensation caused her to gasp and Reiji wasted on time upon gaining entrance.

Not really knowing what to do, this being her first real kiss, she let him take the lead. When his tongue danced over her teeth she mewed in pleasure. He stopped pulling back to let her catch her breath. He observed her with a curious gaze.

"Reiji... that was amazing" she said still panting. Had she not already been breathless his smile would have taken it away. It was the first time he had smiled genuinely.

"Yui, it's not that I don't want to keep going but you do really need your rest. We have plenty of time to explore each other." He quickly kisses her again softly and rolled himself on his back taking her with him. Resting her head on his shoulder, her fingers played with the fabric of his shirt.

As they laid there Yui's eyes began to drift close. She didn't realize how tired she was, or maybe she was worn out from the kiss. Either way she welcomed sleep. Right before she was fully asleep she felt Reiji brush his lips in a kiss across her forehead.

"Rest love" was the last thing she heard before darkness overtook her.

We she woke, her mind was fuzzy taking her a moment to remember what had happened the day before. Taking a deep breath she lazily stretched her back and arms not even bothering to sit up. Forcing one eye open, she looked to the side and noticed Reiji was no longer beside her. Moving to where he had laid the the night before, she buried her face into his pillow, breathing in his sent. Yui noticed that all the brothers smelt different. Reiji's smelled clean but with a hint of a masculine touch.

Moaning she tried to maker herself get out of bed. Even after getting a few hours of sleep she still felt exhausted. She closed her eyes again hoping to get some more sleep. She was almost a sleep when she felt someone brush her hair away from her face.

"Lady bitch it's time to get up," she heard a quite voice sing to her. She moaned again turning and pulling the pillow over her head.

"Go away Laito, I want to go back to sleep" she mumbled. He chuckled and she heard him open the door. He was whispering to someone.

"I doubt she is getting out of bed today."

"If she needs to rest then we should let her" Subaru told his brother.

"But Reiji said," Laito continued but Subaru cut him off. "I know what Reiji said, but I also know he is concerned about her. You heard him, let her do as she pleases. I doubt Reiji will be irritated if we tell him she asked to stay in bed a little longer."

"Alright it's just going to be boring if to do nothing while she sleeps" Laito whined to his little brother.

Yui guessed that Subaru had left because she heard the door click softly. What surprised her was as she began drifting off again she didn't feel the bed move. Instead she peaked and saw Laito sitting on the floor by her bed. She rolled again moving so that one of her arms was draped off the side onto Laito's shoulder. He sighed taking her hand and threading his fingers through hers as she drifted off to sleep.

Down the hall Subaru made his way to Reiji's study. Opening the door he found his eldest brother Shu lounging on the couch and Reiji reading a book by the window.

"She was still tired, so I told Laito to let her sleep" Subaru stated giving the others an update.

"She is still transitioning to one of us. It's understandable that she will be tired. Have you heard anything from Ayato?" Reiji questioned closing his book.

"No he is still sulking. He is having a hard time accepting she is becoming one of us."

Shu sat up but did not open his eyes to speak, "he will have to get over it. She will be our queen and that is final. We need her to get rid of that man."

"She expressed her concerns about Kanato. She is scared of him." Reiji stated.

"That isn't all that surprising, if you think about it," countered Subaru, "he is rather creepy."

Reiji exhaled, "for her sake I hope he doesn't do anything stupid." There was a moment of silence that passed in the room each brother caught in their own thoughts.

"We will need— " began Shu but was interrupted by a scream and the sound of glass breaking. Without a second thought they teleported to Yui, each afraid of what they might find.