"Yeah, there's already another person here." The male said, with his shaggy hair drooping over his eyes. He was sitting on the hood of his red, Lotus car. The person on the other line, who's voice was like a very dignified female, burst in yells. "Yes, sorry. I'll try." He sighed, as the other female hung up on him, leaving him to only hear the beeping sounds of his phone. He removed the phone from his ear, clicking on a button that showed a picture of a daughter, son, mother, and father. His face emotion softened at the sight of the picture. He pushed the phone back into his pocket and stretched. "It'll be a while for them to appear, so I guess I'll just go hang at the bar," The guy said, referring to the club where he could easily have his meals. With that, he got in the car and drove away, with a grin on his face.
The sun was beginning to set down, leaving hues of purple, pink, orange, and even flares of red in the sky. It was sort of cloudy, but it seemed that later on in the night, it'll even get cloudier.
The usual gang was once again, gathered at the main living room of the Moon Dorm in Cross Academy. Each one sat on their own respective and usual side of the living room, which consisted of two long couches, the color of light navy blue, a glass coffee table, and a few more side chairs and couches scattered among the room. Though, two females were missing from the group though, leaving it only the males in the living room.
"It looks like they won't be coming here any time soon. So, Kain, have you decided to make a move on Ruka yet?" Aidou said, with his usual rather high-pitched, jolly voice. His fingers played with a rose that he retrieved from the vase on the coffee table, arranged with beautiful flowers.
"She's always busy; I can't find the chance to." His voice, unlike Aidou, was a very deep and rich voice.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk" He said, also moving is finger sideways at the same. "I guess, I'm going to be the only guy here that will successfully get a partner, a fine one too, at that fact" His eyes were spacing out with his mind imagining his perfect ideal image of who he'd want to date and possibly marry.
Meanwhile, Takuma who was right beside Shiki, he glanced over at his best friend, then up the stairs where the girls were probably resided.
Ruka looked at the scars and burn marks on Rima. It was pretty minor, but if Rima were to go out in the sun, it could worsen. "Why'd you stay in the sun for so long?" She asked with worry.
"The photographer." She said simply, searing for her cream that her mother sent her for burns from the sun or anything else.
"Obviously, Rima. You shouldn't work with that photographer anymore. Nonetheless, I think that you should stop photo shoots for now. " Ruka watched her look for the cream.
"Yeah, probably." Rima finally said when she walked inside their bathroom. She searched for the cream, but she couldn't' find it. 'That's strange. Why can't I seem to find it?' The vampire thought to herself. Rima opened up a drawer that was very near to the sink and finally found the red tin that contained the cream. 'Found it!' She brought the tin out with her, closing the bathroom door along the way too. "Ruka, can you help me put the cream on my back? I think I also burned my shoulder blades and my back." She said, sitting on the bed next to Ruka, putting the tin between them. The orange-head carefully opened it, making sure not to get any cream on her bed sheet and applied it on her legs first, wincing every time she rubbed the patches of red on her skin.
"Sure," Ruka said, getting a handful of the cream and since Rima was in her tank top, she could easily access her friend's shoulder blades.
Once the two were done applying cream, to Rima, it made the burns worsen. She closed to her eyes, trying not to make any sounds. Meanwhile, Ruka closed the tin of cream back into the drawer and then later washed her hands. Ruka came out of the bathroom, and saw Rima lying down on the bed, still looking exhausted. The brunette looked out the window, seeing that it was time to soon meet up downstairs. "C'mon, Rima. Let's go change and then go down, yeah?" Ruka said kindly, also changing into her white uniform as she said so.
"Sure, why not." Rima said, forcing herself to get up and get her uniform and then went into the bathroom to change.
Ruka patiently waited for Rima to change. Ruka was always the quickest one to change into anything. Whether it was a complicated dress, outfit, anything. It was probably one of her subtle hidden skills. Once Rima was out of the bathroom, the two walked side by side down the stairs. They were about to sit in their normal spots, right in the center of the guys but today, they found themselves sitting in the single chairs near the couches.
Takuma eyed Rima, trying to see the burns that was hidden well by the school's uniform. He'd heard from his friend Shiki that she got burned a lot by being in the sun for too long during a photo shoot. "Are the burns better, Rima?" He found himself saying before he thought it over.
Rima on the other hand, was surprised that she knew about it. She quickly glanced over at Shiki, who was just silently chomping down on a strawberry pocky. 'He probably told him….' She thought to herself. "They're fine." She simply said, with her regular monotone voice.
"That's good to hear then!" Takuma said, radiating such happiness.
"Wait, wait. Rima, you got burned?" Aidou said in shock. His face even displayed the emotion perfectly.
Instead of answering it, Rima stayed silent for blonde to figure it out. Sometimes he was such an idiot. It was like his brain was only made to flirt with girls.
Everyone was gathered after class in the living room, by the order of the only Pureblood in the Night Class, a class made for the vampires.
"Level E's are frequently popping up. Tomorrow, Takuma and Rima shall go in the main town to eliminate two of the Level E's that are residing there. Also, Ruka, you'll also be going to Furina Town to take out a few more there, along with Aidou." Kaname said with a very firm voice. Aidou, hearing that he had to go with Ruka, he mumbled something and gave her a disgusted look. Ruka only stepped on his foot, causing him to shriek. The brunette flipped her hair.
"Yes, Kaname-Sama." Ruka said with pride before bowing down, with Takuma, Rima, and Aidou soon following in Suit.
"Also. Since it's going to be winter pretty soon, we're going to hold a party, like we do every season. So, that's just a head's up." Kaname said. "That's all, you may all go now." Even though he said that everyone else may go, he was the first to leave. After him, Ruka headed for her room and so did Kain. Aidou decided to go walk. Takuma, decided that he'll go with Aidou to walk, so that left Rima and Shiki alone in the living room. The other vampires that attended Cross Academy was also scattered across the campus of the school. The night was for sure cloudy, most of the time blocking the moon's beautiful lilac colored rays.
Shiki was next to Rima. He ate the final piece of his pocky before he lifted up Rima's sleeves, which showed bright red patches of the burns she received from the harmful rays before. His eyes couldn't believe it was this bad, as it should have already healed by its own. He also looked at her slender legs, which were also partially burned, but it was only on her thighs. "Do you want to stop doing photo shoots for a while, Rima?"
"No, its fine, it should heal soon. It's taking longer than I expected though." She said, with her voice a little weaker than usual.
"If you want, you can have some…" Shiki looked at her with his worried eyes. He saw Rima looked at him and her eyes turned red before she turned away.
"No, I refuse to. I might take too much. " She said even though deep in her heart, she wanted to taste his rich and sweet blood.
"Liar. Quite lying to yourself. " Shiki said as he loosened his tie and pulled down the collar of his shirt a bit so that Rima could easily drink from him. Moments later, Rima gave in with a sigh. She felt her fangs grow inside her mouth, poking a little of her bottom lips. Rima slowly sat on his right thigh and leaned over to his left side. "Just drink, Rima" He said as she hesitated. Her face was really near his neck, she was supporting herself on him, with her hands on his chest. Her power slipped as her mind ordered it too and just laid her head on Shiki's broad shoulders and took a deep breath.
"Something feels different, Shiki." Rima finally said in the silence that greeted them. Shiki was about to say something when he felt her got up a bit, and licked the left side of his neck before slowly piercing his skin. His blood flowed out slowly at first before it quickened its pace. Rima took steady gulps, enjoying the taste of his blood. It was sweet, with a bit of bitterness in it. It wasn't that she really cared though. As the female vampire drank, Shiki could see that the patches were slowly healing up but were soon stopped when he finally noticed that Rima stopped drinking and pulled out her fangs from his neck, licking over the wound so that it would heal. Shiki saw that the burns weren't fully healed, so that must have meant Rima didn't take all of the blood that she needed, rather, she refused to.
"You can take more, Rima." He with his voice just above a whisper.
"No, it's fine. That should be enough." Rima replied to him. She was about to get up but she just decided to just let Shiki take the weight of her body, leaning on him. She didn't bother to move her position to a better one that would probably be more comfortable for the both of them.
"You're so stubborn, Rima. It's not a really good thing." He told her, as he reached for a pocky, also picking the box up so that Rima could easily have access to it.
"Does it really matter?" Rima plucked out a pocky and placed it into her mouth, slowing biting it down to nothing.
The two remained like that, having awkward conversations until Shiki noticed that Rima slowly dosed off on him. He gave a small, faint smile as he crumbled the empty pocky box and threw it into the trash can. He picked her up, bridal style and carried her to her room, placing her on her bed.
'Something feels different, Shiki' Those words played over his head multiple times as he tucked her in the bed, releasing the ribbons that held up her pigtails up and brushed her bangs out of her eyes, showing her beautiful, peaceful face. He grabbed the ribbons and placed them on the table near her bed. He sat and watched her for a few more moments before he left her room and headed to his, thinking what she meant when she said that something felt different to her.
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