Enchantment
By: Guiltshow
Disclaimer:I do not own OHSHC or The Hush Sound
Chapter Three: Interventions
the sea is wine red
this is the death of beauty
the doves have died
the lovers have lied
"Mori..." Haruhi mumbled as she tossed in her bed. Hunny stared at her from afar, his body illuminating from the cascading light of the moon. A frown hung on his face as his brown eyes looked at the young girl with confusion. "Mori...don't leave...need...you."
Her incoherent thoughts had escaped from her lips as she stayed deep in slumber. Tamaki had left her to Hunny's care after putting her to sleep. Kyoya's lips were kept in a frigid, straight line as he looked down at the young German. He forewarned Hunny of what would happen if Haruhi went back into that "filthy forest". Had Hunny not been so calm, he would have started an argument with his upperclassmen. Kyoya may have had charm bestowed on him, but charm would not have got him anywhere with Hunny's brute force.
He stared down at his hands, and squeezed them tightly with force. He needed to eat soon, his body already was beginning to drain from color. A sudden pulse went through his body as he let out a choked cry. Hunny fell out of the chair and onto the floor, sweat began to pour out onto his back and face. He began to crawl down the window, and stumbled out onto the roof, and then rolled off the second floor onto the grass.
"Shit..." Hunny swore as he got up. He needed to get far away from Haruhi. He began to crawl to a tree. Leaning against it, his back hunched over in agony as he let out another choked breath. He felt his teeth turn sharp and pointed. Struggling to control a new side of him, his facade slowly disappeared.
"Hunny...?" Haruhi whispered as she came out of the house. She froze when she saw his beautiful face. The man before her wasn't Hunny anymore. He stared at her, his brown eyes now a piercing blue, his blond hair longer than normal. She walked over to him, and wondered how he got a few inches taller than her. Staring up into his cold face, she looked at his pained expression. "Are-Are you alright...?"
"I need...food..." He let out in a hoarse whisper. Haruhi gasped at his fangs appearing as his whole body shook when he took breaths. She saw tears form in his eyes and her hand went up to brush them away. His body temperature wasn't human anymore; when her hand made contact with his face, shivers coursed through her spine. "Haruhi...please...I need you..." He stared down at her body hungrily. She gulped, and took a step back. Her mind was torn into two. She took a deep breath, and grabbed his hand.
"Dear mother in heaven...help me." She mumbled, and went to go inside but was stopped. Hunny's vice-grip on her hand halted her body.
"Haruhi...forgive me..." He whispered, and drew her in near. His cold lips were placed on her shoulder, and she let out a soft cry as his tongue moistened her skin.
"Hu-hunny...what are you - AH!" She cried as fangs pulsed into her skin where her neck met her shoulders. She felt herself become weaker and weaker, and was suddenly very dizzy as a minute passed. Suddenly, Hunny withdrew, and Haruhi felt tears fall on her shoulder. She turned around to see Hunny crying only now in his original form.
"I'm sorry Haruhi...I'm sorry. Don't hate me..." Only more tears fell as she swept him into her cradling arms.
"Hunny. You need to explain things to me. Come now..." The tomboy was so afraid, but was so concerned for her new friend. Somehow Haruhi felt as if Hunny would never harm her on purpose.
When Haruhi cleaned the two holes in her neck and placed a bandage on them she crawled back into bed where Hunny was. She faced him, and saw him sleeping. So many questions probed her mind, but she didn't have the heart to wake up the...thing in front of her.
Haruhi was not stupid. The cold temperature, the fangs, the sucking of her blood all lead to the conclusion that Hunny was a vampire. It just made things more complicated. So many questions needed to be explained. If he was a vampire than did that mean Tamaki was a vampire...what about Kyoya? Her head hurt, and she still felt light-headed. Closing her eyes she felt a wave of exhaustion flood through her mind and thoughts. Suddenly sleep had over taken her.
Waking up, Haruhi tossed to her stomach and characteristically throw a pillow to cover the light that was shining through her window. She paused and bolted up and looked around the room.
"Hunny!" She scrambled to her feet and hurriedly put her yellow dress on, and scrambled down the stairs to see the bar empty. No leering costumers, no over-bearing father, just the aroma of warm muffins seeping through the door that led to the kitchen.
"Oh Haru-chan" piped a young boy as he came out in a quite adorable chef's hat and a size to big apron. "Sit down, I made breakfast!"
Haruhi sat dumb fondly at a small wooden table by her favorite window. Soon she was welcomed by a muffin, and a bowl of porridge.
"Thank you..." She smiled at Hunny as he beamed at her. As she began to eat, she watched Hunny sit on the chair across from her. "Hunny, what time is it?"
"Oh. No need to worry, Haru-chan. We aren't going to attend school today. I believe I need to explain a few things..." He peered through a golden cascade of hair, looking for her reaction to what she said. Instead of doing anything dramatic she stated bluntly:
"I'm not going to turn into a vampire, am I? After all you did bite me..." Her voice was filled with curiosity as she smiled softly at him.
"Oh no! I wouldn't do that to you Haru-chan. Only pure-blooded vampires can change humans into - Wait. How did you know I was a vampire?"
"Hm. You could simply say your fangs and my love of folk lore gave it away."
"Oh. Okay then. Well, um. This is sorta awkward, ne Haru-chan?"
"I guess. You are still Hunny, no different than yesterday. Can you just...I guess inform me a little bit. I'm in the dark here."
"Ah. Where to begin...well, like I said, only elite, pure-blooded vampires can change a human, it is quite a painful process. What else is there? Oh yes. We need blood depending on our appetites, and if we don't get our blood, or we go out to hunt...we um change our forms a bit. Like you saw last night I grew and my eyes changed. For most vampires it is different. Some change completely, but the most deadly stay the same...We can stay out in the sunlight, and we can eat food though it isn't needed. Eh, I don't know what else...ne...Oh. Yes. We all have special "talents" bestowed onto us when we change to a vampire, or born one. I am strong...and Tama-chan -"
"Tamaki? I knew it...what about Kyoya?"
"Huh? Oh no, Haru-chan. You can't tell him I told you about us. He will be very angry..."
"Who will be angry?"
"I'm not allowed to say..." Hunny's eyes glanced suspiciously out the window, and was relieved to see no one standing outside. "Anything else?"
"Are there anymore of your kind?"
"Oh yes, Haru-chan. Though we have to move around a lot because we never look any older. Once you are transformed you are immortal until you are...killed."
"You mean like by disease or a stake being driven into your heart?"
"Um. No, silly. The quirks about being a vampire is that you can't get sick, unless you are weak. We can only be killed if you...chop our...bodies up and put flame to the remains. That's just for you to know Haru-chan...in case I get a little carried away. There are other ways...but I don't know the other ways...I prefer not to think about it. It's not to pleasant, ne?"
"Not at all. If you are a vampire than what is Mori?"
"Oh. Takashi is special he is a -"
"Hunny-san!" cried a loud, French man. "What are you doing! Our precious Haruhi can not let her virgin ears hear the spoiled words that would come out of your mouth. I'm sorry Haruhi. I should have protected you last night; I had a feeling something was wrong, but I thought Hunny was strong...Forgive me, beloved maiden!"
"Tamaki-san. So you are a vampire as well?"
"Oh? Hunny-san didn't tell you? Of course I am, though these good looks are purely passed down from gorgeous genes." Tamaki stroke a pose, and then plopped himself beside Haruhi. "Haruhi! Haruhi Don't you want to know what talent I have? Don't you!"
"Um...sure Tamaki-san..."
"Oh good. I can put people to sleep in a snap...and um...I can make them have good dreams or bad dreams and stuff like that. Isn't it great, Haruhi?"
"That is very interesting, Tamaki-san."
"Please call me Tamaki, or beloved."
"You...bastard..." Haruhi grumbled, and looked out at the window into the forest. "I have to do something really quick, I will be right back..." The young Fujioka needed a break from the bedlam that was occurring in her house. She stumbled onto the grass on the side of her house in her bare feet.
"Hunny, I will assure Kyoya that this will never happen, am I correct?"
"Yes, Tamaki..."
"Good. Now unfortunately you will have to help me with the task Kyoya told me to carry out."
"You don't mean...How could he! Takashi doesn't deserve this. You know Takashi wouldn't harm Haruhi!" Hunny exclaimed, tears of fury falling from his eyes as they danced from brown to blue.
"Hunny, I suggest you calm down. Otherwise, Kyoya will not let you live. I'm afraid that I can't go against his orders...Come, let us give her a few minutes before we must complete our task..."
Haruhi stumbled through the forest, growing utterly frustrated that he wasn't there.
"Mori! Please, come out. I want to see you!"
Her words echoed through the forest, as she desperately wanted to his face. It was alarming that she cared so deeply for him, but she didn't care. She just wanted to see him. Suddenly she felt eyes on her back.
"Mori...If you don't come out, I will throw myself in the river. You will never see me again..." Her voice cracked as she stumbled onto her knees. Suddenly she was caught up in a warm embrace.
"Haruhi...We don't have much time..." His mellow voice was soothing, and her frustrations simply melted away. She looked up at him, his coal eyes now brimmed with a cobalt blue, his stoic face falling as he smiled down at her with an unknown emotion. "Haruhi...I care...deeply about you. I will never, never leave you. I will protect you. But...you will soon forget about me." His face fell, as he stared down at the girl he had watched grow from her toddler years. The girl he knew he was helplessly in love with.
"No...I won't, I promise you. I won't forget you Mori..."
"Ah. Maybe not in your heart, but your mind will soon be erased of every memory of me...I will still be there, Haruhi. Look for me..." He tensed, and his head was brought up. "They are coming to get you..."
"I won't forget you..." Haruhi promised, silently cursing her womanly emotions as the tears began to fall.
"Such beautiful lies...Haruhi..."
The moment Haruhi experienced love was through the simple kiss her protector gave. She was filled with undeniable bliss. As his lips pressed down against her, her knees turned inwards as she toppled into his arms. Her fingers ran through his wild hair, and her nose was filled with the aroma of wood chips, cinnamon and mint. His scent...his musk...his essence had filled her human body as well as her soul as she searched for more ways to be attached to this ethereal being before her. Her fingers hastily went to his face, and let the shocks of electricity flow through her veins.
When he stepped away, he mouthed words of the end but a new beginning.
Then he was gone.
Haruhi couldn't remember what happened last; she simply stared at the silhouettes of two vampires coming towards her. She didn't care how weak it looked when they whispered and she cried.
"Don't take him away from me...I love hi-"
Before she could remember complete her confession, she blacked out.
This is where the true conflict begins...
Fujioka Haruhi has fallen in love with a forgotten lover.
All memories of him have now been omitted from her mind.
This would be a day marked when the peace was gone from the forest; the day Haruhi gave a promise she couldn't keep.
However, it was a new beginning for her.
Mori was standing right there when she cried out his name for the last time. He watched his best friend hold her down as the French man performed the dirty task. His silent eyes watched as they carried her away from him, from their lives together. He knew all seemed hopeless now, but he was now devising a plan to get her to fall in love with him all over again. A new plan to achieve his happily ever after with her.
And Mori definitely wouldn't give up...He loved her too much.
A/N: Man. Deep words in this text. A little angsty, and out of character. I hoped it cleared up confusion, but added more questions that will keep you guys wanting to read. Thanks for the ten reviews! Woohoo. I shall jump for joy in a few minutes. I just hope that more will come. I really need reviews. It is my policy not to ask for a certain amount of reviews, but I would love some.
Sorry this chapter is a bit on the short side, I promise the next one will be longer.
Where can I go now that Haruhi has lost all memories of Mori? Oho. Just wait and see.
Also, Mori will be in the next chapter(to all my Mori fans). I promise there will not be a chapter without him.
Read & Review please. I adore you all. (Any questions, just ask me on your review, I will answer them to the best of my ability)
Ja ne.
Jordan