Beta by Erihan

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The ark was a very warm and bright place; something people would not expect for a vampire's hideout, actually a lot of night creatures yearned for sunlight. The ark's environment allowed those who were unable to walk under that yellowish star enjoy the light and the warmth it brought without suffering from the sunburns, even if it was just an illusion.

Alma was sitting in the edge of the white tower, watching the vampire city moving in front of him. He felt anxious, tense. He had spent a couple of hours watching the same part of the ark, specifically the street where Tyki had disappeared carrying Mugen with him.

Flashback

-So Kanda-pon is playing defenseless victim with the hunters 3- The Millennium Earl showed his inhumanly wide smile while he spun his umbrella in one hand.

-Yes, Earl.- Alma answered as calm as he could. His state of worry was evident everywhere on him, from his expression to the way his hands gripped Kanda's sword and how he clutched it to his chest.

-What a good news~, based on what Tyki-pon and Skinn said, I thought he was dead! We have to send him the sword…3- The ancient vampire started to twirl in circles (If he had a tutu the image would be close to a hippopotamus dancing ballet).

-Understood, I will give it to him tonight! – Alma said frenetically, putting on evidence the anxiety he had even more.

-No, no, Alma-chan, not you…

-But, Earl…!-The brunet objected because of his explosion of anguish.

-The hunter has already seen you; you said so, he suspects Kanda-pon, possibly you are also under his radar. Let's leave this job to Tyki…- The Earl's tone became dark.- …he has many errors to rectify.

Alma sighs; at least he was calmer now. He stands up and walks towards the door, before going in he gazes at the city once more.
Neither Tyki nor Yu would be back sooner if he sat and waited.

The Millennium Earl laughed in a macabre way. The Noah had him corralled next to a bottomless pit. Just one more step… he would fall. He felt tired from having ran so hard, trying to lose the family of vampires and his efforts had been in vain.
The Earl moved aside while trying to control his horrid laughter. A thin figure, with long blue hair stood before before him. It was Yu.
-Yu,run!-Lavi warned the man. Kanda stayed in the same place and held the handle of a katana resting at his waist.
-Kill him, Kanda –pon 3- the potbellied vampire ordered him.
Kanda took the sword out of the sheath and shifted into an attack stance against him. He felt terrified. The cold look on Kanda's face did not show any remorse nor intentions of letting him live. Before he could ask him to stop, Kanda ran towards him with the katana raised in front of his body.
-Yu… you are one of them- he concluded. Out of pure horror he took a step back and fell to the abyss instead of being stabbed by the swordsman he was falling in love with.

Lavi opened his eyes after the nightmare, covered in cold sweat. He realized he was not falling in a bottomless pit but in the hotel room… it had just been a bad dream. The next thing he realized was the warmth covering his torso and left side; he looked where the heat came from and saw soft blue tresses at his chest. It took him a few seconds to process it was Yu, hugging him in his sleep, and when he did a massive amount of blood rushed to his face, causing him to turn red as a pomegranate.

-Yu…- Lavi said softly while shaking Kanda's shoulder gently to wake him up .- Yu, wake up.
But the other keep sleeping while snuggling comfortably to the redhead's body.
Since Lavi's attempts to wake Kanda were useless, he changed strategies; he slid slowly down the side of the bed to get away from Yu without waking him up. As the redhead was about to make it Kanda moved his arm, encircling Lavi's torso, making him become even redder.

Yu~~, you're doing this on purpose!- Lavi accused him in a low voice, showing some respect to his sleep. In order to escape from the bed, the hunter moved the other's arm softly and stood up before Kanda could move again. Then, he dressed and leaved the room (and closing the door behind him).
At the sound of the door being closed, the not-so-asleep Kanda smiled broadly.

A while later, Kanda emerged from the room. His muscles were sore, he felt as if he had got too much sun without sunscreen. The Japanese tried to hide it, but an occasional wince escaped his mouth from time to time.
-Yu, are you okay? - Lavi asked while making breakfast-It seems that something hurts you.
-I think I slept crooked- Kanda replied, rubbing his shoulders.
-Yes ... you moved a lot. - Lavi recalled the awkward position in which he awoke.
- Where you bothered? Sorry.-Kanda added a slightly mocking tone.
-It doesn't matter… there's some ointment inside the first aid-kit, if you need it. - Lavi took two plates out of a cabinet, served breakfast and gave a plate to Kanda, who thanked him and began to eat. It was not soba, but it would do.
- Where are the vampire and the beansprout?- The blue locked swordsman asked while observing the empty sofa where Allen had fallen asleep.
-Ah, they left the city on the crack of dawn. The Order's business.
Kanda smiled evilly on the inside, Krory would not get in his way of Lavi's neck anymore.
Both continued eating while Lavi talked and Yu felt the urge to stab him with a fork.

It had been two days, two days in which he failed to get close enough to the hunter. First, he tried to destroy the hammer, but when he touched it he received a tremendous ardor in his hand, which became a second-degree burn seconds later and he had to hide it using long sleeves.
He had tried going to the hunter's bedroom in the late night, but the bastard slept with garlic hoops on the bed, windows, night table, and the door, provoking him a deep sensation of being ill just being close to the place.
Kanda realized the redhead meant more to him than he should. He had been noticing small details about him, like the way he played with the hammer in his fingers or how sexy he looked without the green bandana in his head. Kanda even found it hard to continue to play innocent, in the morning, after breakfast, Lavi had came into the lounge after showering (Kanda found that water was the reason for his sore muscles), calling him "Yu". Kanda, who was washing the dishes (with rubber gloves), threw a kitchen knife at him with inhuman speed; the pointy object passed only millimeters from Lavi's face and stuck in the door of the room, the warning was just that, a warning, Kanda did not want to threaten him, he almost started to like Lavi calling him by his name.
The redhead got scared, yes, but kept calling him "Yu", he also said something like "The Order would like such incredible aim of yours", Kanda said it would be OK to hunt the bastard who used him as a fridge.
Now Lavi believed once he left the city, the blue locks would go with him to become part of The Dark Order.
Kanda could not see him as a simple prey anymore, he had started trusting him and every time they exchanged any type of contact, even a small one, he felt something weird in his chest, something like the feeling he had with Alma, but way stronger and a bit different.

In this moment it was almost four in the morning, Lavi went out to work and the vampire stayed alone in the hotel room.
Kanda felt especially weak, sleeping did not give his strength back any more, neither did eating help. He NEEDED blood NOW, despair did not affected him yet but, at this rate, it would soon do so.
Decided to do something (and stop thinking about blood) , Kanda began to meditate, when suddenly he heard a noise from the balcony. Tyki Mikk was standing outside on the balcony playing an annoying (for Kanda) child's melody on the glass. The Portuguese brought with him a sheath, a sheath the Japanese knew well.
Kanda stood up and then sat on the bed, watching the window.- You can come in, Tyki.- He invited him. Then, the other vampire slid the balcony's door open and came inside the dark room, Kanda had the lights off to make the meditation easier.- Why haven't you killed the boy?- Tyki asked. His intentions of mocking him were evident in his tone. Kanda glared at him but did not answer.- Mnn, I see, good excuse. The Earl will love it.- Tyki laughed. Kanda clicked his tongue in response, If he could do it Tyki's head would be under his boot, Cursed be the abstinence!

-Alma is worried, he wanted to bring you this…- He threw Kanda the sword, as if it was a toy, and Kanda barely caught it, Mugen was heavier than he could support at the moment.- Something to report? Kan~~da.- The blue locked swordsman ignored the annoying tone of his workmate and explained how the hunters controlled Krory, the fact he was not able to touch Lavi's weapon, he even explained the abstinence and what he had learned about the Order these days.
-If what you need is blood I could give you some, only if you beg me.- Tyki offered, raising his wrist Kanda's face. The Japanese would never accept something this humiliating from the grayskin, and let him know by hitting him in the head with the handle of Mugen. He was in a difficult situation, and wanted to return quickly to the ark ... forget about the confusing feelings that the redhead hunter caused, and the best solution was to kill him, to kill him strength was needed, in order to have strength he needed blood but he would not beg to Mikk now nor in one thousand years.- Alright, don't beg, just take it and do your work. I won't tell anybody not even the Earl (He will find out on his own anyway)- Tyki made an excellent point.
Kanda took Tyki's wrist and moved it closer to his lips but was interrupted by the sound of the front door being opened.
-Yu, I'm back- the hunter announced from the entrance, sounding exhausted.
-Disappear.- the bluenette whispered to Tyki, who obeyed and became a cloud of mist that disappeared into the air. Kanda quickly hid Mugen under the bed, closed the balcony's door and went out of his room as if nothing had happened.
-You look tired…- He told Lavi.
-It was a long night- The redhead responded.
-Do you want tea? … Stupid rabbit- The swordsman offered.
-Yu, are you OK?! It's weird for you to be so kind.
-Do you want the damn tea or not?-Kanda replied cranky.
-Yes, please- Lavi decided to accept Kanda's odd behavior with a smile and sat on the couch.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, the tsundere drew from his pocket a small bottle with a clear hazelnut liquid. Giving a quick glance at Lavi, he poured the contents of the bottle to the cup of tea before him. When he finished, he took the altered drink to the redhead.
-Thanks, Yu.- Lavi said with a friendly smile. His gaze fixed on the eyes of the swordsman, and his voice gave him an air of extreme tiredness. Lavi's smile caused the blue lock's heart to skip a beat, he began to feel something weird on the cheeks, something like heat, but before the rabbit could see he turned around, snorted and went to his room.

Once Kanda was out of sight, Lavi smiled slightly before taking a sip of tea, the flavor was new, black tea but tasted like there was more. It was a fresh taste, stronger than mint. The tired redhead ignored the anomaly, as the flavor was nice, and took another sip.
Minutes later, he began to feel dizzy and tired, his head, his eyelids, his hands, his whole body became heavy. Before losing consciousness Lavi saw Kanda approaching him with a vampiric sword in hand, with his face like a frozen mask.
-Yu ... you're a Vam ...pi- And the redhead fell into a dark limbo, one that perhaps he would not awaken from.

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