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Guide to Readers:
"Yui Komori." = talking
'Yui Komori.' = thinking
"YUI KOMORI!" = shouting
"Yui Komori." = singing
"Yui Komori." = calling
'YUI KOMORI.' = writing
'BAM!'= denotes sounds
Previous Chapter Summary:
Julia willingly agreed to be abducted by Ayato, while Yui regretfully drank Reiji's potion not knowing the would be side effects of it.
Night 8
"He Returns Too Late"
- Yui's Bedroom -
"Almost done." Yui stretched her arms upward as she sat in front of the study desk piled with an array of papers, books, and notebooks. Ever since she realized Ayato's absence, she had taken the ample opportunity to finish her homework.
In her efforts of still being an honor student, she made sure that she got all schoolwork done, and that entailed squeezing academics in between Ayato's ceaseless cravings for her blood. She'd usually secretly do her homework in school in between breaks or late after dismissal rather than chatting with people- which may explain why she had no real close relationship with her classmates. Or when Ayato had fallen asleep after drinking his fill of her blood- that is if Yui hadn't fainted after due to blood loss which was, in a matter of fact, very seldom.
But tonight was somewhat different. She hadn't seen Ayato for a long while, ever since she got back from school. He was nowhere near her and she was pretty confident she'd be able to finish her homework without any worry or rush.
Yui yawned. Her mind needed a break from solving worded problems from her textbooks.
"It's almost dawn." She noted as her pink eyes wandered out the window. If she were still living her normal human life, she would have said It's almost dusk. But then again, she was forced to change her lifestyle to match that of her housemates. That is why she's now more active at night and she sleeps at daytime.
She yawned again. She was starting to feel sleepy and she still had two more worded problems to solve.
"A bath would be nice." She told herself, deciding on having a cold bath to wake her senses.
And thus, she leisurely took all her bathing necessities and went straight to the bathroom.
- Yui's Bathroom -
As Yui was waiting for the bathtub to get filled with cold water, she checked herself out on the large bathroom mirror engraved on the wall. She had already taken off her clothing and was currently just wrapped around by a blue towel.
She carefully observed the ugly markings on her skin- bite marks and other traces of the brothers' sadism. It made her body shiver as she recalled the memories that etched these scars on her skin.
A bitter laugh escaped her lips thinking of how she could still maintain her sanity amidst all her daily ordeals in this manor.
"God, please save me from this house and please make sure that my father is okay." She prayed, almost chanting the words out repeatedly.
Laito had countlessly tried to contradict her faith before, but to no avail, Yui kept praying and devoting herself to the greater being called God. She had claimed before that humans are indeed weak and that they need to keep believing or they'll crumble and die. That is why she continues to keep her dear rosary with her in all her helpless situations.
But other than that, the rosary was her father's remaining memento. It reminded her so much that she was still human, not just mere food for the creatures of the dark that surrounded her.
Putting it simply. God and her father was her only reason to live. If it weren't for them, she would have probably taken her own life the moment Subaru had given her his silver knife.
Yui sighed, her eyes staring concernedly over the visible scars on her skin. She recalled her teacher saying that they were having swimming lessons on their next P.E class- which would be Monday next week. She couldn't possibly hide all of these markings under her one-piece navy blue school swimsuit. People would definitely notice and start asking questions. It's even worse if the teacher noticed it. He'd send her to the School Guidance Counselor and would even call for her guardians in order to investigate on the matter.
"The brothers would be very furious if people found out." She turned pale. She feared the things they might do to her if it really happened.
Funny, because they were actually the ones who caused those obvious marks.
She contemplated on speaking with Shuu about the matter since he's the eldest son, the current master of the house, and in a way her guardian. But she doubted if he'd really act upon it since he's too unmotivated.
"Perhaps Reiji-san?" She asked herself, thinking he was the most responsible among the people in this house. "He'd probably do something to excuse me from swimming lessons."
She found the idea tempting, but later on debated against it, remembering how he had let her take in his incomplete potion. She still feels upset about it.
"Which reminds me..." She let out her tongue observing its current state after drinking the potion. It had already been an hour. The healing would be in effect right about now.
"It's almost gone!" She said, noticing only a fine red line across her tongue.
"But I don't feel anything strange." She then touched her neck and searched her body, looking for any signs of changes.
"None." She noted but was still a bit worried as she recalled Reiji's words earlier.
'Death could be a side effect... That is why it is your duty to report to me if you feel strange.'
The words echoed inside her head and made her realize that something was certain. She won't ever ask help from Reiji again.
"I'll just use a concealer. I hope there's one that would not easily wash away in water." She murmured hopefully.
Yui then walked back to the bathtub. She carefully turned the faucet to stop the flowing water and eventually dipped a toe onto the water surface, almost yelping due to its temperature.
The coldness would definitely wake her senses.
Carefully, she unwrapped the towel from her body as she slowly submerged herself into the water. She felt the need to curl up in the tub as she hugged herself for warmth.
It took awhile before her body got used to the cold, so she stretched her legs and lied her head comfortably on the side. She felt relaxed somehow, as if the water wasn't freezing her skin at all.
"This feels nice." She sighed in contentment, strangely feeling warmer than cold.
- Somewhere Outside the Sakamaki Manor -
"Hold it." Ayato commanded Julia to stop. They had arrived at the opening of the tunnel which directly connected the Vampire King's Castle and the Manor.
"What's... wrong?" Julia panted in between her words. She was extremely exhausted. They had been running inside the tunnels and she was thankful they've finally reached an exit.
Earlier, Ayato had successfully gotten Julia out of the Tower without the barrier needlessly harming them in the process. As he expected, if he were anywhere near Julia the barrier wouldn't hurt him. Thus, with Julia's protection against the barrier and his demon's back door, they had finally gotten out of the Tower.
The next few parts were a bit tricky. They had to stay hidden from any servant or guards of the castle lest their efforts of escape would be futile. They had to get to the tunnel that directly links the castle to the manor, but Ayato was too exhausted to use even his teleportation skill. In addition, he honestly believed Julia was pretty useless, recalling how much she sucked at teleporting before. They might just end up in a room full of guards if they were to rely on her skill. Luckily, Ayato still remembered the secret doors and pathways he used as a child to run away from his mother. He never had thought he'd be using it again considering that his mother was already dead.
And so, after lurking in and out of the castle, they had finally reached the tunnel. But their dilemma didn't just end there. No, there was still one more ordeal. An ancient spell was cast on the tunnel to prevent anyone to use teleportation oreven their abnormal speed inside , traps and dead ends were also spread throughout this labyrinth-like tunnel. It was built as such to prevent enemies from catching up quickly in times that the king had to escape a hostile attack. But the king never actually used it for that purpose, considering how powerful he was.
And so it goes that considering the above mentioned facts, Julia and Ayato had to run using a normal or humanly speed inside the tunnels while avoiding the traps and dead ends.
Afterwhich, they had finally arrived at the other end of the tunnel and was panting out of their breaths.
"Wear this." Ayato quickly removed his blazer and hung it around Julia.
"I'm not cold. You can take it back." She told him, her hand moving to remove the blazer around her.
"It's not for that purpose, idiot." Ayato swatted her hand and placed the blazer back around Julia's shoulder. "It's to conceal your scent. If the others found out you were here, they'd ruin everything."
"Others?" Julia stared at the large house not far from the opening of the tunnel. "There are others inside that house?"
"Yeah, some bunch of other guys and a blood bag." Ayato answered rudely as he grabbed her by the wrist but careful enough not the hurt her. "Keep that blazer on you until we reach my room. I'll hide you there for the mean time."
"Ok." Julia nodded as she followed Ayato's pace as they walked towards the rear side of the manor.
If Ayato wasn't too tired, he'd probably use his skill to instantly translocate both of them inside his room. But alas, he was too exhausted so they had to walk.
Ayato vigilantly looked around their surroundings, careful that none of his brothers would see what he had taken from their father's castle.
"Right here." Ayato neared a large window and opened it. It was quite fortunate that Ayato's room was on the first floor, so sneaking in and out wasn't much of a hassle.
Julia carefully climbed up the window, making sure that her frilly white dress wouldn't get ripped. Ayato generously assisted her, yet still keeping his vigilance.
It didn't take long for them to be comfortably settled inside Ayato's room.
"So this is your room?" Julia asked him as she curiously walked around. "Hey! That's an iron maiden, isn't it?"
"Shhh... Shut up. They'll hear you." Ayato hushed her, quite annoyed at how she's misbehaving right now. He then opened the iron maiden and moved his hand to summon Julia closer to him.
"Get inside." He told her the moment she stood beside him.
Julia gulped in horror. "In there?"
Ayato raised a brow at her, implying that he's getting pretty impatient.
"O-Ok." She said, as she settled herself inside the iron maiden.
"Good. Now stay quiet until I return to get you."
"Wait! You're leaving?!" She panicked.
"Yes, it would only take awhile."
"A-Alright. Hurry back, ok?"
Ayato simply nodded at that as he enclosed Julia inside his iron maiden.
"Keep yourself hidden. Don't make any unnecessary noises while you're in there." He had told her before he went and left the room.
'CREAK!' The door had closed gently behind Ayato's back.
He started walking towards the Living Room. If he doesn't want to let his brothers know of the little secret inside his iron maiden, then he must stay away from his room as much as possible. If in case they needed to find him at this moment, they'd be able to sense his presence at the Living Room, thus, they'd go straight to where he is instead of searching for him in his room.
Ayato didn't expect that kidnapping somebody would be so darn difficult. Heck, it was even his first time abducting someone and he only did it by impulse. He merely wanted to get back at his father. That was all.
"Tch! I wasted my time going to the castle. That person really knows how to annoy the hell out of me." Ayato threw himself on the white sofa, lying comfortably with his hands resting behind his head.
Thinking back now, he really didn't know why he was called to the castle all of a sudden, but he still went there anyway. By the time he arrived there, the butler had made him wait and informed him that Karl Heinz was, at that time, busy with some unknown matter.
"Aargh! Why summon me if he's not going to be there, huh?" He ruffled his hair in annoyance. "Really. That person gives me all the reasons to kill him."
"Eh~? Ayato-kun, what are you mumbling about this time?" Laito suddenly appeared, staring down at him.
"It's none of your business!" The younger Sakamaki barked at him.
"Ouch. And here I am concerned with my youngest brother."
"Subaru's the youngest among us."
"I know, but you're the youngest among us three." Laito playfully stroked a hand through Ayato's hair for the moment. "And I'm the eldest. That is why I am genuinely concerned about you and Kanato-kun."
"Ack! Don't touch me." Ayato batted his hand away from him and jolted up from where he was lying on.
"Hahahaha. That disgusted look on your face suits you a lot."
"Shut up! Don't you have any other people to screw around with?"
"Other people?" Laito rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Bitch-chan could be one of them."
Ayato shot a deadly glare at him. "Say that again?"
"Awww... Did I hit a bull's eye somewhere?" Laito chuckled in delight. "Well, I didn't have much choice, did I? I felt quite responsible to comfort her since you were treating her pretty badly- not to mention you almost lashed her tongue into two."
"That's her own undoing. She's been a handful."
"Ah~ Ayato-kun, you really don't know anything about women. Haha, you're all talk but you're still just a child."
"Wha- Don't act haughty since you're the eldest."
"Oh, but I do so choose to act haughty since I am the eldest."
"Why you..." Ayato could only grit his teeth. He's more annoyed than he was awhile ago. "Tch! Where's Kanato?"
"Hm~? Why'd you ask so suddenly?"
"It's because I feel like bullying him right now."
"Pfft... That's exactly like you to pick a fight with somebody else when you're frustrated. But why Kanato-kun?"
"Hehe. I'm going to punish him."
"Punish?"
"He's got some guts approaching Chichinashi without Yours Truly's say so. Back at school, he said he'll be visiting her inside her room to have her fix that damn bear."
"Is that it?" Laito smiled coyly. "So that explains why I saw him standing in front of Bitch-chan's room an hour ago."
"What?!" Ayato's green eyes flared in anger. "He really went and did as he pleased! I'm seriously gonna make him cry his eyeballs out."
He quickly left his older brother and went straight to the kitchen.
"Good thing I bought cake for this type of occasion. I'll make sure that that brat won't dare come near Chichinashi again." Ayato murmured to himself as he subsequently raided the fridge for the box of cake he had left there the previous night, but was only shocked to know that it was no longer there. "Where is it?"
"Where is what?" Laito took the time of asking. Apparently, he had followed his brother into the kitchen.
"The cake! I'm certain I placed it here." Ayato flailed his hand at the fridge.
"Hm~ Ah yes! Bitch-chan was carrying a box of cake awhile back too. She took it to her room. Maybe she ate it together with Kanato-kun."
"Say what?"
"Or not. Because I eventually saw her running out of her room and into Reiji's room. Aah~ It saddens me that she chose him over me. And to think I even told her to come by my room so I could pleasure her."
"What the fuck?! You and Reiji too?"
Laito chuckled playfully, seeing how disoriented Ayato had become. "Bitch-chan's a fine blood bag so vampires such as ourselves could not resist to fawn over her, don't you agree? A lot of things have happened while you weren't around, Ayato-kun. And I do believe that Bitch-chan has been playing around while you were away."
Ayato clenched his fist tightly. He was enraged- so much that he wanted to kill somebody.
"Where is she?" He narrowed his green eyes at his older brother.
"I don't know. Perhaps she's in her room or still at Reiji's. Why don't you go find out yourself? It would be quite thrilling."
"Hehe... She better not be with another man or they're both dead."
"Oh... Nice. I feel so scared just by looking at you."
"Get lost! Why are you still here anyway?"
"I was interested. But it seems you refuse to have a nuisance like me hanging around much longer. I'll leave you with the blood bath then. Good luck, Ayato~kun."
With that said, Laito disappeared from sight.
- Yui's Bedroom -
"Chichinashi!" Ayato slammed the door open as he demanded for her.
"Shit!" He cursed when he didn't see her inside her room. "Is she still with Reiji? Ah, no. I could still smell her scent. She's here no doubt... But where?"
His eyes traveled hungrily around the room thinking she might just be hiding from him.
'Ha! She better try her best in hiding. She'll be dead once I find her.'
He went out the balcony to check if she's there, but she was not.
'She usually takes a bath at this hour. Maybe in the bathroom?'
He went to seek her there and alas! She was.
"Hehe... Found ya." He murmured to himself, quite excited as he thought of a million ways to abuse her inside the bathroom.
But something was off.
Yui would usually scream at him whenever he barges in while she's using the bath. But now, she lay quietly inside the tub. Her eyes shut closed, and her skin seem flushed.
"Oi, Chichinashi!" He called out, walking to where Yui was.
"Tch! What an idiot." He muttered, noticing that she had fallen asleep in the bathtub.
Not a second later did a grin curve his lips as the thought of playing around with her naked body came to mind. He might as well pleasure himself before he drains her of her blood and subsequently drown her if he's full.
"Why don't we get rid of these bubbles first? They're blocking a nice view." He teased as he knelt down and swatted the foamy bubbles from the water surface. But he was quite surprised to know that the water wasn't warm.
'Did she sleep in here until the water turned cold? Really. How stupid can this girl be?'
Annoyed, he splashed a handful of water at Yui's face.
She stirred as a result, but only allowed her eyes to open just a slit.
"Ayato-kun?" She whispered weakly.
"Hey." He nodded. Oddly enough, all his thoughts of killing her faded instantly. "What's wrong? You don't seem to be yourself."
"I don't know." She struggled to shake her head, as she remained limply lying inside the bathtub. "I just feel... hot."
"Hehe. What? Are you sick or something?" He laughed as he placed a hand on Yui's forehead.
'Shit!' Ayato was alarmed. Yui was literally hot. Her body temperature was abnormally too high. 'Is this fever? No, this body temperature isn't normal for a human. Something else might have caused this. But what?'
"Aahhh... Your hand is cold, Ayato-kun. It feels very nice." Yui cooed innocently, as she held out both her arms. "Ne, could you hold me?"
Ayato was startled at her request. But soon enough, he understood what she meant. He could feel her temperature gradually rising. Any more of this and she'll literally burn to death.
"Sure." He sighed, quickly taking his shirt off and he half-nakedly joined Yui inside the tub.
He's a vampire. Naturally, he'd have an abnormally low temperature. His body can soothe her and lower her own body temperature to normal. Hopefully.
"Hey, hang in there, you hear? I won't forgive you if you die without my permission." He scolded her as he carefully shifted Yui's body so that she's now lying naked on top of his body. Ayato strategically did this to prevent Yui from drowning herself. She's gone so weak she can't even support her own weight. Plus, she fell back to sleep.
Ayato sighed seeing her helplessness. "You really are a hopeless case without Yours Truly." Ayato held her tightly against him, contemplating whether he'd seriously stay like this until Yui wakes up.
"Ah... And here I thought I could play around with you a bit more." He sounded annoyed, but he honestly could not suppress a smile on his face.
"Haha. But this isn't so bad. I'll allow this every once in awhile." He admitted. His arms wrapped comfortably around her fragile body. His lips kissing her hair.
He doted on her.
"Yes. Just like this. Stay here. Be mine. Just mine."
- End of Night 8 -
Author's Blabbering Nonsense... More Than An Author's Note:
This update took long so I gave you guys a long chapter to compensate for the delay.
I honestly missed Ayato with Yui so there we go... The Yui x Ayato scene without the sadism part. Hahaha. Yeah, it's kind of difficult to write something sadistic, sweet and romantic at the same time. So let's stick with this for the mean time.
I wonder what happened to Yui. What will she do when she wakes up naked in the bathtub with Ayato? Tihihihi. So excited with the next chapter.
I'm open to your requests if you have one. Thank you for waiting. Toodles!
A tearful thank you to the following kindhearted people:
* User 630xxxx: Yes, I already thought of a name. I'll incorporate her character in the later chapters up until Julia's identity is revealed. And thank you for your suggestions and liking this story.
* User 605xxxx: It's because there are readers like you that I write these chapters. Thanks so much!
* User 567xxxx: Yes, Yui's quite a strong girl despite her looks. I hope you liked the Ayato x Yui scene in this chapter.
* User 631xxxx: I like it when Shuu becomes playful around Yui and Ayato would react childishly against it. Hahahaha.
* User 636xxxx: I would love to put some Subaru x Yui scenes. Subaru's my second favorite Sakamaki but I'm having trouble with his personality. Although you can suggest a few ideas of the scenes that you want so I can overcome this problem.
* User 593xxxx: Oh yes, I know that part. Ahahahaha. Ayato's so adorable.
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