Okay, so here's the second chapter. Sorry it took so long, but between homework, homework, and then some more homework (and vacation. Yay Berlin!) I got almost nothing accomplished. So here it is. Stop bugging me, demented2thecore!

Hana sat up in the bed, silk sheets falling from her shoulders. Noticing she was awake at last, Toni asked her what tea she would like with breakfast. Honestly, she wasn't in the mood to put up with her surrogate father, for Vivi was nowhere to be found. Hana let out a heavy sigh. Nothing new there.

After that first night, she wasn't allowed to sleep with Vivi. He just wouldn't let her. But no matter how late she stayed up, nor how early she awoke, it was nearly impossible for her to find her demon.

Looking down at the delicate rose ring on her finger, Hana flopped back down onto the bed. Lately, it seemed as if Vivi had been avoiding her. When they passed each other in the halls, he was almost always immersed in one book or another, at mealtimes he would quickly each his food and disappear back into his study ̶ a place she was never allowed in. And he never even mentioned the roses she continued to leave for him.

Hana was getting tired of Vivi's continued absence in her life. For goodness' sake, she was in love with the man! Well, demon, but it didn't matter to her. Her teachers had continued to tell them love is blind, and she didn't think they knew how true that was.

Heavy footsteps echoed as someone walked into Hana's room. "Go away. I'm not ready for breakfast yet, Toni."

"Who said it was Toni, idiot?"

Eyes wide open and awake now, Hana looked right into Vivi's eyes. The deep, dark abysses were sucking Hana right into him. Her heart beat so hard she thought it was about to burst out of her chest. Vivi closed the few centimeters between them and kissed her on the mouth.

She tried to untangle her hands from the sheets, but Vivi wouldn't have it. One of his own trapped hers underneath it and his other wrapped itself in her long straight hair.

Just as Hana had wrestled her hands from Vivi's grasp and was about to tangle them in his midnight locks, Vivi pulled away, leaving Hana gasping for breath.

"Good morning."

It was the best morning ever.

The two of them walked hand in hand to the rose gardens where Toni was pouring tea at the breakfast table. As they approached, Toni moved to pull out the chair for Hana, but Vivi shook his head slightly. Instead, he let go of Hana's hand and turned into a gentleman. After making sure she was seated, Vivi dismissed Toni and grabbed Hana's hand.

She wasn't sure what caused the change in Vivi, but Hana certainly enjoyed it.

"Hana," she looked up and was quickly pulled into his eyes again. "I have to leave again."

"WHAT?" Hana jumped to her feet, her heart beating erratically. "But, but you can't! You just can't, Vivi! You just got back! Please, don't just leave me again." Stalking around the upturned table, Hana clutched him by his collar. "And you can't, under any circumstances, leave me forever. I don't care how many holes there are in the demon world. It's just not enough to risk losing you again. And whatever happens, you are not staying there permanently! Eleanor said ̶ "

She was cut off by Vivi's deep chuckle. "Don't worry my love. It's only for a few days. I'll be back before sunrise on the third day."

The tears that had threatened to spill over during Hana's tirade finally succeeded, but now they were tears of sorrow, not tears of anger. She threw herself onto his lap, and the hands that were once clutching his collar wrapped around his neck.

"You promise to come back?"

"Promise." Even if it was the last thing he did.