AUTHOR NOTE: This chapter will be about Azusa's past. In the next couple of chapters, I will explain each vampire's past. I hope you enjoy! I'm doing Yuma's next.

Chapter 4

Azusa

I'm back in this peaceful place that I'm scared of. I'm sitting under the large apple tree, staring up at the clear blue sky.

"Huh?"

The tree isn't an apple tree anymore, it's like the apples have gotten replaced with little white flowers all over the branches. I could hardly see the branches because there are so many flowers on them…

"What happened to the apples?" I pouted to myself…

I opened my eyes and stared up at the ceiling. I had that dream again but this time, there was no voice and for some reason, I wasn't so frightened this time.

"Eve!" Yuma slammed open my door.

"Yuma?!"

I just got up… He startled me.

"Did you and Kou fool around in the girl's locker room?!" He glared at me.

I felt my cheeks growing numb from blushing. "I…"

"Dammit!" Yuma punched the wall next to the doorframe.

His punch echoed throughout the room, causing me to shiver in fear.

"I… Didn't… Mean to." I gulped.

"Tsk!" Yuma turned his back on me and left me with the hole in the wall.

*~*~*~*~Adam & Eve~*~*~*~*

I went to school with the Mukami brothers and nothing really happened today. I avoided Yuma because I'm scared of him at the moment and I tried to talk to Ruki but he kept ignoring me. I then tried to hang out with Kou but he was busy with his fan girls… Oh, and as for Azusa, I didn't really see him or I would've talked to him in between my classes.

It is after school and we are back at the mansion. I'm standing outside Azusa door, trying to think on how to greet him. I am determined to get him to quit cutting himself. I want him to be happy…

I took a deep breath before knocking on his door. "Um, Azusa?"

"Come…In," he ordered slowly.

I came in his room and he is sitting on his bed with three knives in front of him.

I slowly walked up to him. "Hey, how are you? I didn't see you at school."

"I was alone," he answered.

"What do you mean?"

"I skipped."

"But you came with us to school and you also left with us. Where did you go in the meantime?"

"I was walking around in the hallways…" He shrugged.

"Oh," I frowned.

There's awkward silence between us. Out of all of the brothers, Azusa is the hardest to talk to.

Azusa went to reach out for one of his knives.

"Please, don't," I begged.

"Why?" He asked in a low voice.

"Because I don't like to see you hurt yourself. Please, tell me why you do it?"

"Sit down and I'll… Tell you…" He ordered.

I sat on the foot of the bed and gave Azusa my full attention.

Azusa hesitated before telling me his reasoning. "When I was a young child, I wandered around the streets alone. I had no parents, no friends, nothing… I almost died a couple of times from starvation but some of the strangers would give me food so I would survive… I thought my life had no meaning until one day I met three thieves named Justin, Melissa, and Christina. They would beat me up all of the time. At first, I felt sad but when I heard them laughing and cheering when they kicked and punched me, I felt good because I made them happy…"

My eyes widen in shock. Azusa felt good because he made his bullies happy? That's terrible!

"I felt like I had a purpose because I can make people happy even if I'm the one who is suffering… But then something terrible happened… Justin, Melissa, and Christina attempted to rob a noble's mansion but they were caught and immediately killed without a trial. I didn't know anything about this until a police officer told me. The police officer thought I would be excited about their deaths because how they treated me yet I wasn't happy at all… I was back to being depressed…" Azusa sighed.

"Azusa…" I felt my heart dropping. He liked those kids because he made them feel good even though they gave him so much pain…

"I thought I would have no meaning in life anymore until I passed out in front of a shop and the shopkeeper tried to kick me to get up. I begged him to keep kicking me but he ended up taking me to an orphanage and that's when I met my brothers…"

I slowly nodded at his words. He met his brothers in an orphanage but then who is the guy who turned them into vampires? Well, the real question is HOW did this guy turned them into vampires?

I didn't want to ask, though. My main concern is on Azusa.

"Hey, Azusa? I'm going to get you to stop cutting! You have people around you that care so much and I'm sure they would be happy if you stopped." I gently smiled at him.

"But, I like it," he frowned.

"I'll find something else for you to enjoy, okay?"

"I… Don't know…"

"Well, think about it." I slowly stood up from his bed. "I'm going to go but thank you for telling me about your past. I'm here if you need to talk."

"Thanks, Skylar."

I felt my heart growing warm. He called me by my actual name.

I looked at him for the last time before leaving. I then went back to my room to think about Azusa's past.

Poor Azusa, he's using pain because that is the only emotion he is feeling.