"H...Heracles..." Kiku tried to get free of the arms around him, becoming uncomfortable when the Greek sniffed curiously at his throat.

He flinched as a pair of elongated canines buried themselves into his throat. He slowly dropped to his knees, Heracles dropping with him, fangs still in the smaller teen's neck. He could not feel anything but fear for his life. Fear for Heracles' sake when he came to.

The Greek teen's eyes were a deadly crimson, the sign of a Youngblood. Kiku let out a soft whimper and closed his dark eyes.

"I'm sorry, Heracles... I never told you what you..." The Japanese teen's head lolled as he faded into unconcious. The last thing he saw was the ground rushing up to meet him.


Kiku sat up with a startled gasp, his hands reaching up to feel his throat. Nothing. He stood and walked to the bathroom, splashing his face. Heracles was still sleeping, but now he probably could not get back to sleep. He hated his dreams with a passion. Most of them were, well, based off of the future. He rubbed his eyes and tilted his head back to look at the ceiling.

Why does it have to be the one I love who is affected by a curse...? He thought idly, closing his dark eyes. Heracles rolled over, placing a strong, warm arm over Kiku and pulled him closer, chest touching chest. "Mmm... your dreams are annoying when it's still dark outside and you could be sleeping still..." The Greek mumbled, not opening his eyes as he drifted back to sleep. Tears beaded up Kiku's eyes suddenly and he buried his face in Heracles' chest, slowly drifting back to sleep.

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A hand dabbing at his cheeks woke him up. "You were crying, Kiku. What's wrong?" The taller Greek teen tilted his head to the side in confusion. In response, Kiku examined the bite on the other teen's shoulder, frowning slightly when he saw it was forming a bruise much-like a hickey. He threw his legs over the side of the bed, and sat there, not looking at the Greek. He felt bad for not telling him yet.

But he would rather wait to see what would happen if he waited. A whistle made them both look up and Kiku's older sister, Yui, stood there, her arms crossed. "As much as I enjoy seeing you two happy, I do need help, aru." Heracles' thumb gently rubbed Kiku's cheek, causing the other to lean into his palm slightly.

"I need to–"

"No, you are going to stay here and help me. After big sister leaves, I want to tell you something, Heracles." The petite teen stood and walked after his sister, leaving a confused Heracles behind. "What's wrong, big sister?"

"See for yourself, aru." The older teen girl stood back as Kiku looked in horror at the shredded metal in front of him. "I take it off during the night so it doesn't pinch me, but when I woke up this morning, I found it like that, aru."

"What is your boyfriend, big sister?"

"What? Ivan? I don't know. Why, aru?" A wolf padded in at that moment, sitting and looking about in curiousity. "Umm..." Kiku's older sister looked away from the wolf.

"A wolf spirit. It rules him out. His claws aren't nearly as sharp as whatever's claws scratched up this metal. How long can you wait, big sister?"

"It depends. I can come back in a couple of days. Ivan can help me get back there and back here." Kiku nodded and his sister hobbled out, leaning up against the tan-clad Russian for support. Heracles wrapped his arms around the petite teen again, making him stiffen slightly.

"I want to bite something." Kiku tilted his head back, receiving a light kiss in return. "But I don't know what to bite. Can I bite you?" A light blush covered the Japanese teen's cheeks.

"I-I can't refuse you if you word it that cutely..." He held out his wrist. Heracles took it and kissed the underside lightly. He tilted his head. "Heracles...?" A glazed look entered the Greek's eyes. He backed away, but was thwarted by Heracles' grip on his wrist. "H-Heracles..." He flinched when the Greek's hands slapped against the wall on each side of his head, that glazed look still in his eyes.

He noticed the slight fangs when the Greek showed them as he bent down to sniff around the Japanese teen's throat. They were not quite long enough to do much. Ignoring the throat, Heracles lifted his wrist up and kissed it again, biting it lightly. Some drops of blood dewed up and the green-eyed man licked them away. Kiku half-lidded his dark eyes as he watched the Greek's reaction to the dark liquid.

Heracles blinked as Kiku took his wrist back, covering up the little pinpricks with his sleeve. "...What just happened? I blacked out for a second there..." Kiku smiled lightly, deciding to just kept what happened a secret. He just reached up as far as he could until Heracles leaned down to return the kiss.


Just gonna continue it. Author luves this. X3