The next morning everything was quiet. Her parents were always at work early in the morning. She showered and went downstairs to fix herself some breakfast.

Their house was simple enough; it looked like those homes you see from brochures with all its white-washed picket fences and green front lawn. There were 3 bedrooms with one spare which was her brother's, 2 bathrooms kitchen, dining, washing room which had stairs leading to the basement. Typical house, really.

She brushed her teeth, swung her backpack to her shoulder and set off to her school's bus stop. She wore a simple black, long-sleeved blazer over her pink top, black jeans and white rubber shoes. As always, she wore her hair down and her only accessory was her heart-shaped earrings.

She boarded the bus and sat swiftly on the 4th row at her right side, ignoring the others greetings. The bus moved with a groan and started its 15 minute drive to her school. She rested her forehead on the window pane and looked tiredly at the changing sceneries. Suddenly, someone sat beside her causing her to snap out of her reverie. She looked to see who sat and blinked. Leo's face was close, too close.

"Hello Eire." Leo shifted his head a little so that his breath hovered softly on her ear. She stiffened and he heard her heart beat wildly. Satisfied by the reaction, he withdrew and saw that her cheeks were flushed bright red. Just the thought of rich, delicious blood running underneath her soft thin flesh required him to concentrate to stop himself from biting her.

"Leo…" she breathed, flustered for the first time around him "Don't you have a car?" She stared at him. He seemed… different. His lazy smile was as cute as ever but… there was something in his eyes that she couldn't quite put a finger on. "It's broken" he replied shortly as his right arm looped around the chair, his hand hung loosely but obviously on her shoulder. Leo wore a tribal shirt, loose shorts and black converse shirt.

Eire felt conscious, realizing how close they were. Someone would surely tell Trish and her group about this "How about Trish's car?" Leo's smile faltered a little. "Don't tell me you believe she's my girlfriend." He replied, pouting a little. "W-well…" she stuttered "Isn't she?" "No" he scowled the changed the topic "Listen. About last night, I'm sorry. Trish shouldn't have acted like that."

She frowned at him and took out his dry and clean handkerchief before saying "You shouldn't be saying sorry. I owe you one. Besides, everyone knows Trish has low IQ." Leo grinned and took back her handkerchief and noticed that Eire's hand was bandaged (Eire had bandaged it for the sake of Leo and Trish's curiosity).

"Does it hurt?" he inquired, taking Eire's hand. Eire muttered that it was fine and tried to pull it away. Leo gripped it sensing that something was wrong. Oftentimes he could still smell blood from injured humans even though they were already bandaged but on Eire, he couldn't smell any left-over blood; None at all. He gripped her hand more firmly and tried to feel any sort of blood activity that should be concentrated on her palm. He didn't feel anything.

"Leo it hurts!" Eire exclaimed, whispering as angrily as she could "Let go!" With that she yanked her hand back and edged away as far as she could. She was breathing heavily as she nursed her hand. "I'm sorry" Leo sighed. She eyed him warily and she went back to her original position not uttering a single word. He sighed again and gently placed his hand on hers, ignoring the fact that she flinched from his touch. It looked as if she held her breath but then her disposition relaxed as he started tracing circles under her wrist.

He didn't bother about what he felt earlier. All he wanted was to have her, and with the beat of her pulse on his fingertips, he couldn't think of anything else. She let out a contented sigh and her eyelids slowly fluttered to a close. Seizing his chance, he inched his lips close to her neck; both of them oblivious from the disbelieving gasps around the bus. He wasn't planning on biting her but there was no harm in having a little lick just so he could look forward on something. Making sure that she was under her spell, he gave her neck a little lick. The effect was instantaneous.

She felt as if she was anchored to another world, for the first time in a long time she felt truly at peace. She heard Leo gasp and her eyes flew open.

The spell was broken.

She looked at him, he looked flustered. She gave a little start when she saw that his eyes flashed red. The bus suddenly stopped and before Eire could do as much as to blink, Leo was up and gone.

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