Inko didn't know what she should do. Her mind told her to avoid Toshinori, but her heart told her to go to him. It had felt like she was being torn in half, and her heart was stronger. Even though knowing that Toshinori was a vampire scared her, she still knew that her heart yearned for him more than anything in the world.
Letting out a soft sigh, the young woman looked over at her phone and knew that there was one person that she could trust with her turmoil's. Sighing, she dialed up her best friend Mitsuki and frowned as she heard the phone just keep ringing.
"Hello?" came a tired voice.
"Mitsuki? Can you help me with something? I just need your opinion on something."
"Alright, you have my full attention, what's wrong?" asked Mitsuki.
"You see, I broke up with Hisashi as I'm sure you know."
"Yes, I remember seeing that on social media from Hisashi's page. Though you also don't sound very upset, anyway what about it?"
"Well, I started to fall for someone else. But, there is one problem about him." God, how was she to say this in the first place? It wasn't like she could tell her friend that Toshinori was a vampire, her friend wouldn't believe her in the first place. It was just crazy, and she knew that better than anyone that crazy people were locked up and it would only prove that she was crazy for loving a vampire. "He's dangerous, I mean he hasn't tried to attack me but…"
"He just scared you right?"
"Yeah, and I guess I hurt him by rejecting him after he saved me from a mugging." Well, that was putting it lightly before she let out a soft sigh. "I know it sounds silly but, he should be a villain but he is the sweetest man I've ever met and-"
"Inko, relax for a moment here. It sounds like you do truly love the man, so I don't get the problem here. You sound like you want to find a reason not to be with him but you can't because he's done nothing but make you happy am I right?" Inko let out a soft sigh as she tried to think of a way to tell her friend that Toshinori was nothing but a vampire yet, at the same time she hadn't thought of him as a bad man until she learned he was a vampire…
Then of course there was what Shouta had told her of course.
Toshinori never drank from another person, he had mostly drank from animals or blood packets. Having only drank from Shouta because he had gone into bloodlust, and she blamed herself for that. Mostly because it was her fault for that happening in the first place.
Inko knew that her heart wanted Toshinori, knew that no matter what she said, her words would be empty as to why she couldn't be with him. Letting out a soft sigh, Inko whispered "I guess Toshinori is also having a tough time now though. I had hurt him so badly that his friend had to talk to me, it seems that Toshinori had stopped eating."
"Wow, he must really love you Inko to just stop eating like this. How long ago was it?" asked Mitsuki.
"Over a week. I'll have to go over there to talk to Toshinori but… I don't know if I can. I'm afraid that he is just trying to get my trust to get something but, at the same time a part of me tells me otherwise." Inko let out a soft sigh as she seemed to feel her heart sink within her chest. Her heart thudded when she thought about the blonde man, his blue eyes sparking in her mental image of the man. She couldn't help but sigh softly as she thought about him.
"Inko, just go to him. I can tell that you easily love him regardless of his flaws. If he was perfect then he'd be boring! Besides, it can't be that bad to just go and see how he's doing. If he's starving himself like you told me he was then you need to see him now." Mitsuki said with a soft sigh. Her voice sounding serious yet, Inko knew that she was trying to push the woman over to the blonde to help him. "If you don't go to him now, you may be too late and you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Mitsuki said with a soft tone to her voice.
Inko frowned as she listened to Mitsuki, she knew that the woman was right. Toshinori was hurting, she had to talk to him. Had to go and see him or she could lose him forever. Taking a deep breath, the young woman nodded before saying "Alright, I'll go and talk to him. I want to ask him a few questions anyway." Inko just hoped that Toshinori was willing to talk to her anyway, she had been almost out of time and of course she waits at the last day to talk to him in the first place.
"Good, now you go girl and get your man!" Mitsuki said with a giggle on her end.
Inko smiled a little, happy to know that she had a friend that was in a way, on her side. Or at the very least the voice of reason. Though she couldn't help but wonder what she was to expect there. What she could do in order to help Toshinori to overcome his own depression or worse yet think that he was trapped in some kind of dream-wait did he even sleep?
Shaking her head, the young woman calmly said "Thanks Mitsuki, I'll call you later…" After that, Inko hung up her phone and looked at the time. It was late but if she knew anything thus far, Toshinori was normally always up at this time anyway thanks to him walking her home from school. Though, she couldn't say the same about Shouta as he seemed rather tired at the café the other day. "I'll figure it out later, now I have to leave." She told herself before grabbing her things and left.
Inko looked up and blinked as she looked at the tall building. It was in an empty part of the city if that was what they could call it. Abandoned? Maybe that works better. Shaking her head, the young woman looked at the slip of paper that Shouta had given her and saw that they lived on one of the upper levels and that just made Inko groan a little. She really hated stairs but this was for Toshinori.
Walking up the stairs, the young woman wondered what it was that Toshinori did to himself to make Shouta go to such lengths to reach out to her in order to help the blonde vampire.
Sighing softly, Inko reached up and touched her chest, right over her heart as she couldn't help but wonder what she could do. No, what she should do in order to help him.
Looking up at the stairs, the young woman couldn't help but frown a little as she wondered what would happen once she reached the apartment. So many things went through her mind, so many thoughts about what would happen once she saw Shouta, or even Toshinori. What was she to do? Would Toshinori even want to talk to her in the first place? How did he look? Was he okay?
Shaking her head, the young woman let out a soft sigh as she ran a hand through her green locks as she tried to think on what she should do. How did a vampire deal with pain in the first place? Did they just starve themselves in order to not feel anything other than pain and suffering or was it something more? Tilting her head, the young woman frowned as she looked up at the door then back at the piece of paper. Yeah, this was the place for sure.
Knocking on the door, Inko wondered if anyone would even answer the door for her in the first place. Yet, when she went to knock again, the door just seemed to open on its own. Frowning a little, the young woman gulped as she slowly opened the door and looked around. "Hello? Is anyone here?" There was no answer, it made her wonder if Toshinori ran out and went to burn in the sun. Wait, was that also a true thing?
Shaking her head, the young woman slowly walked into the room and looked around. It was rather dark in here, the only furniture in the area was a couch, a chair, coffee table, a dining area and black carpet. Not to mention, she noticed two fridges in the kitchen. 'Two of them? But why?' thought Inko with a frown on her face as she started to look around a little more. Looking on ahead, she noticed a bathroom, of course they'd need that. Shouta was still human.
Yet, she also noticed two other doors, most likely bedrooms. The one was open for the world but she saw no one in there. The other, was still closed off from the world, so it made her wonder if Toshinori was still in there.
Frowning a little more, Inko made her way over to the kitchen as she wondered what kind of things were within one. One had to have food, that much for sure but at the same time she couldn't help but wonder what was in the other. It almost frightened her what it was that was within that fridge and what if it was something that she didn't want to see in the first place?
Gulping, she went to open the fridge, until something slammed into the fridge, keeping it closed. Inko yelped and quickly turned around and stared at the tall towering figure above her. All she could make out was a thin boney figure. Inko's eyes were wide with shock. The man trembled, hidden in the shadows as he seemed to be using up all of his strength to hold himself up by leaning all of his weight onto the fridge.
Looking at his arm, Inko saw that it was so thin, almost like that of a stick rather than the pure muscle that she thought he would have had. Slowly, her eyes traveled along his arm until she saw his oversized shirt, even now it hung so very loosely on his frame.
Slowly, her gaze lifted until she saw the shadowy blue eyes that had her heart pumping with a flutter only to stare at him in concern. His cheeks had sunken in, much like his eyes had. Even his teeth were more easily seen. She couldn't help but stare at him in shock, what was going on? How was it that not feeding for only a little over a week caused such a drastic change in the man? No, not just his usual appearance but in his eyes as well.
Even without him speaking, she knew right away who it was… his eyes gave away all.
"Toshi?"
"Why are you here?" He whispered with a raspy voice.
Inko frowned a little as she stared at the man with pain in her eyes. It hurt her just to see him like this, no, more like it hurt her heart. Frowning all the more, tears filled her eyes as she felt her pain started to overflow her soul and her heart. "Shouta told me… about your state and I… I couldn't… Toshi why are you like this?" Inko said.
"Of course… he went and got you." Toshinori whispered before removing his arm from the fridge. Yet, the moment he did, he stumbled. Inko, acting quickly wrapped her arms around the man and in the process fall backwards with a yelp.
"Toshi?!" Inko shouted out in alarm and fear.
Her only answer from him was a weak whine. Inko could hear his stomach all but growl and knew that he was hungry. Knew that he was starving and yet he was refusing to bite her. This made her frown a little, honestly she had thought that the moment that he was near her, that he would bite her. Yet, then she remembered, Shouta had told her that he made a promise not to bite a human to feed. Looking around, Inko wondered if there was anything that she could do to help him. Anything that would get him to feed on but wasn't sure what she could do!
"Toshi, can you get up?" Inko said with a frown.
"No…" He whispered.
Okay, so he couldn't move, but she had to get him off of her somehow. Tilting her head a little, Inko wondered what she could do to help the man. He was starving, and it must have taken up a lot of his strength in order to move out of the room he was in to her. Turning her gaze to the man, she saw that his eyes were closed, he was nuzzling his face against her neck as he let out a shuddering moan.
It seemed that he was feeling her up so to speak. Or at least, feeling for a vein to bite her but at the same time he was refusing to do so. Gulping a bit, Inko looked up as she whispered "Toshi, what can I do to help you? You're starting to crush me."
"Fridge… blood packs…" He whispered against her neck. Okay, that was something, she could easily use her quirk to open the door and pull the… blood packet out for her. Gulping a little, the young woman held up her free hand and her hand ignited in a pink aura. Along with that, she saw the handle for the fridge open. The power faded from her hand as she groaned a little. God, Toshinori was so heavy!
"Sorry…" He whispered softly, his voice sounding so weak and frail. It was a far cry from the strong man that he was over a week ago.
"It's okay, it's my fault Toshi." Inko whispered softly, rubbing his back. God, he was so thin that she could feel his spine. Reaching up once again, the young woman allowed her quirk to come back to her, the pink aura to engulf her hand as she allowed herself to pull on a blood packet from the fridge. She felt it wobble in her quirks grip and it made her want to gag, but she knew that she had to keep a strong grip on the bag or else it would splatter all over the ground and herself.
Toshinori groaned, and Inko knew that he was starving. This was the solution for the most part. Sighing softly, the young woman managed to pull the packet to her hand and gripped onto the edge. "Toshi? I have the blood packet, can you move your arm to grab it? Or even just roll over?"
"I… I'll try…" He whispered.
Inko frowned a little, he sounded so weak that she wasn't sure if he would even be able to move at all in the first place. Toshinori groaned as he weakly pushed at the ground, Inko frowned as she saw that he was struggling. His breathing was quick and raspy, as if it was using up the rest of his strength just to do this much. Staring at him with tearful eyes, Inko carefully put the bag aside before helping the blonde push himself up and carefully laid him onto his back.
He carefully looked at Inko, his eyes looking so weak and tired that it almost broke her heart. No, it did break her heart to see him in such a state. "Toshi, I'm so sorry."
"I… I tried to tell you." He whispered.
Inko's eyes widened. She remembered him trying to tell her, before he was shot at.
"Inko I'm a v-"
Staring at him with wide tearful eyes, the young woman couldn't believe this. He tried to tell her, tried to tell her what he was. He was willing to tell her through his own words until he was shot. That he had to show her instead and scaring her more than anything. Inko felt tears rushing down her cheeks as she cried. "I'm so sorry Toshi, I'm so sorry. You're only like this because of me."
"Inko…"
"No! You tried to tell me, you were going to tell me and then we were attacked! Look at what I've done to you Toshi! I'm so, so sorry! I never wanted to do this to someone I love and yet look at what I've done to you!" Inko cried out, her body shook with sobs and hiccups as she stared at the man that she loved. Yet, what she saw made her frown. Toshinori was staring at her with wide eyes, and it had confused her as to why he was staring at her like that.
"You… you love me?" Toshinori whispered in shock.
Inko blushed deeply, but nodded her head slowly. Toshinori smiled a little at her, though it was a far cry from his usual smiles that he would shine down upon her. It made her want to cry again. More tears streamed down her cheeks before she felt a soft thumb rubbing under her eyes. Looking down at Toshinori, she saw him giving her a soft smile before he looked over at the blood packet. He grunted a little, trying to reach it but sighed softly. He couldn't reach it and it made him whine a little.
Inko smiled a little before she reached over and grabbed the packet and handed it to Toshinori. The man let out a soft sigh as he accepted the packet and frowned a little. He shyly turned to Inko as he whispered "Help me up? Please?"
Inko smiled a little and helped Toshinori to sit up, leaning him against the fridge. He of course had to push himself up to help before he let out a soft sigh. Turning to Inko, he gave the green haired woman a soft smile before holding the packet up once again. Yet, he didn't bite into it right away. In fact, it seemed as if he was afraid to do such a thing.
"Toshi?" Inko asked with a frown.
"Um…" He seemed a little nervous, honestly she wasn't sure if she should even say to him. Though it seemed that he wanted to say something to her at the very least but wasn't sure what he should say to her. "Can you, look away? I mean, this is kinda gross for a human to witness. It's not very pleasant."
Inko blushed a little, knowing what it was that he was talking about. He was going to feed and thought that it would turn her away. Did Shouta ever watch him do this? Did he ever look away or had the man gotten used to such a thing? Inko opened and closed her mouth a few times, wondering what she should say to the man. Though, it seemed that the words wouldn't want to come out so, she settled for shaking her head.
"Are you sure?" asked Toshinori.
Inko quickly nodded her head again, her hair flying everywhere from the motion. Toshinori gave her a small smile as he said "Alright, but remember, I warned you."
Toshinori made his fangs grow out, it made the green haired woman stare at them in fascination as she tilted her head a little at the blonde. Of course, the blonde seemed a little shy about feeding in front of Inko and was shyer when she seemed to scoot a little closer to him. "Uh…" Toshinori said with a gulp before he looked away shyly. "Why so interested in how I feed now? I mean… I did scare you." He whispered.
"I guess… I just didn't understand what was going on and reacted. Instead of remembering the kind of man you really are." Inko whispered softly, her green eyes soft as she gazed at Toshinori, causing the blonde to stare in shock. "I want to understand Toshi, if you'll let me." He gulped a little before nodding his head a little toward her.
Gulping a bit, the vampire took a deep calming breath before he sank his fangs into the bag and shuddered at the taste. Inko turned a little pale but kept her gaze locked on Toshinori. Yes, she thought that this was rather disgusting, but she was going to follow her words. She wanted to understand Toshinori more, and this would be the first step to do so.
He gulped down the blood gulp after gulp. Inko could see his Adams apple moving as he swallowed mouthful after mouthful of blood. Yet, as she saw him feed, she saw some of his strength seeming to return as he started to fill out a bit. Yet, it wasn't much but he looked healthier than he had before at the very least. Inko couldn't help but wonder what it felt like to be bitten by a vampire…
Blinking her eyes quickly, the young woman felt the blood rushing to her cheeks as she held onto her face hoping to hide the blush that stained her cheeks. Oh god, why did she think such a thing?!
Shaking her head quickly, Toshinori seemed to have caught sight of her and stopped his feeding. He licked his lips as he stared at her in confusion. "Are you… disgusted?" he asked shyly.
"No!" Inko shouted only to blink and feel herself shrink a little. "No." She said a little softer before gazing up at the vampire through her lashes. "It isn't that at all. I promise you, it… um… it just makes me remember something that Shouta said."
"What was that?" asked Toshinori as he went back to finishing the packet.
"He um… said that when you bite someone that they feel pleasure?"
He almost coughed at what Inko had said. Slamming his hand against his chest, he stared at the woman with wide blue eyes as she wondered if he would be blushing at her words. "He said what?!"
"I was scared about the chance of you biting me and then he brought that up!" Inko cried out waving her hands around quickly as if to protect herself from any kind of whiplash from her words.
Toshinori cursed under his breath as he covered his face in his hands. Inko noticed that he did indeed look a little healthier though still a little too thin to be considered 'normal' for him. "Of all the things he had to say… it had to be that?!" He lowered his hands as he gazed at Inko and saw that she was blushing as well. Inko wondered what he was thinking. "Well, he wasn't wrong. I remember the few times I have bitten humans in this era that they would feel a great deal of pleasure. I don't know when it started to come around, but I know that it never affected Shouta or Hizashi."
"Hizashi?"
"Shouta's boyfriend. I've bitten him once before."
"But, Shouta said you've only bitten him…"
"He may have not wanted to bring him into this." Toshinori whispered before he pushed himself up with a grunt before he looked down at Inko. Giving her a soft smile, he reached his hand out and pulled her up to him only to turn away and toss the bag in the trash. "Inko, I won't force you to stay… I know you may have said that you love me but, I know that you couldn't mean those words. Come on, you told me to stay away after all. No matter how much I love you, I can never be with you-"
"You love me?"
"Damn I… I didn't… I mean, I do but…"
Before he could stop himself, Inko threw her arms up around him as she pressed her lips against his. Toshinori seemed to shudder before wrapping his arms around her to hold the green haired woman to his chest. "I love you Toshi, I love you, I love you, I love you." She whispered between kisses. Toshinori couldn't help but moan a little between each kiss that Inko couldn't help but notice. She smiled a little, pulling back as she pressed her hand against his cheek and noticed that he seemed almost starved for touch. His face had turned and kissed at her palm as he used his one hand to press her hand a little closer to him.
She could even feel his fangs pressing against her flesh and it made her shudder at the feeling. God, why was she even feeling the thrill of this in the first place? It just didn't seem natural, yet here she was almost wishing that the man would bite her.
Toshinori turned and stared at her, for a moment she thought that she saw an electric storm passing through his blue orbs as he gazed at her hungrily. It seemed that he was hungry for more than just blood alone. Tightly shutting his eyes, he whispered "We… we can't. We shouldn't."
"Why?" asked Inko.
"Because… I'm still hungry, I'm still so very hungry and wanting more blood. You are like a piece of meat and I'm a hungry lion wanting to eat but can't. You are a tease to me Inko, yet I still crave more of you and I can't stop myself from thinking such things." Toshinori whispered against her palm.
"Then have me." Inko whispered softly, pressing her lips against his neck causing him to shudder a little. "Have me, holy and completely, I am yours and yours alone Toshinori. You are the only man I'd ever want to have my body and my soul." Inko whispered before kissing the man once again. Toshinori took a deep breath before he moved his face from her palm. "Toshi?"
"Inko, are you sure?"
"Yes, of course I am." Inko gave him a soft smile.
"What if I bite you? What if I can't stop?" He asked softly.
"If you bite, me, then you bite me. As for stopping, I know you'll have the strength to do so." Inko whispered gently.
Toshinori blinked a little at Inko before he held her closer before carrying her to his bedroom. Though he froze a little before turning to her once again. "Are you sure? There is no turning back after this." Toshinori said with a frown.
"I don't want to turn back." Inko whispered softly, a blush on her face.
He gave her a soft smile before he brought her to his bed and laid her down. He seemed nervous, Inko smiled a little as she said "Why don't you try biting me first?" He shuddered a little, Inko knew that he was scared of hurting her more than he had with scaring her or, killing her. Toshinori leaned down before he took a deep breath. It made the woman shiver a little at the feeling before she felt the man sank his fangs into her throat.
Her eyes widened before shuddering under the man. Toshinori held onto Inko as he drank from her. The woman could feel her life's blood leaving her body. Yet that wasn't the only thing that she felt from the bite, but it was indeed the pleasure that Shouta had mentioned once before.
Inko knew that she would always enjoy this feeling and knew that this feeling would never be topped.
Toshinori held her shoulder, as if he hated that the young woman moved made feeding harder for him. Yet, after a bit, Toshinori pulled his fangs back and licked at the wound until he closed. He breathed deeply before he looked down at the green haired woman and gave her a small smile before licking his lips clean of her blood. "I won't lie, compared to other's blood I've had, yours was sweeter." He whispered before kissing her gently.
"I love you Toshi… my tall handsome sunflower." Inko whispered.
"I love you my sweet cinnamon bun." He whispered before removing his shirt. Inko indeed saw the improvement, he already looked healthier. Though figured maybe it was because he got fresh blood? Hard for her to say. Blushing a little, Inko knew that tonight was going to be a night she'd never forget.
