[Haruhi's POV]

"Huh, the snow is melting…" I shaded my eyes, as I woefully tugged at the hems of the white lacy sundress and leather shoes that the mother forced me to wear.

Somehow, and I do not know how, I kind of became her dress up doll for all of her fashion lines she wanted me to wear.

"Haruhi!" Azu-nee came with the antibiotic solution and dabbed a little at a scar on my cheek.

Thanks to their awesome herbal remedies and ointments, all my scars have either disappeared or have a tiny trace left behind.

I winced, because somehow Azu-nee is acting overly possessive of me.

"You need to wait for me to do the finishing touches to your wounds and then you can go outside and play," Azu-nee pouted.

"Hai, onee-chan," I saluted her.

She smiled and then put the ointment away, "Fine. I did the last of your treatment. You can go outside now."

I threw my arms up in the air and yelled, "Finally!"

It was almost March. Yeah you might be thinking what about school? Well since I have nowhere to go, how can I possibly go to school?

The thing is I can't. And I bet that father is celebrating at home that he doesn't have to see my face anymore.

I bet he doesn't want any living reminder of mother anymore.

I climb down the stairs, and race out the huge oaken doors.

I was offered to live here for good, if I wished to. And knowing mother would want me to do everything to stay alive, I accepted.

I go into the gardens which are blooming with all the kinds of roses and flowers I could possibly imagine.

Down a neat stone path, I daintily walk down, sniffing any kind of flower that seemed to perk up my interest.

I tucked my long brown hair behind my ear.

I start humming because the garden felt quiet, and as a response, a mockingbird perched itself on my left shoulder like it was a pedestal and started copying me.

I offered the mockingbird a hand and it proudly perched on my left index finger like it was a branch.

I started a different song and we hummed together like we were a chorus.

After the song, the mockingbird must've taken a liking towards me, because it didn't try to move away.

I gave the little bird a push, and reluctantly, the bird flew away.

I laughed. It really was a beautiful bird by heart.

[Kaoru's POV]

I was in the gardens.

A good distance away from the girl.

But somehow, whether I wanted to or not, I found myself following her everywhere she went, staying in the shadows all the time.

I watched her sing.

It was unlike any other voice I have heard of.

Sweet, clear, and melodious.

It was so addicting, that I wanted that voice only sung for me.

Wait, what am I thinking? How can I think so possessively when I have only known her for a few months?

I watch her as she lets or rather, pushes, the mockingbird to fly away now.

Her laugh, her smile, her singing, her beauty, everything about her is addicting.

So addicting…I wonder what she tastes like…

From my top row of teeth, my fangs protruded downwards at the thought.

My eyes widen.

My fangs grew in.

And this only means one thing.

I heard about it from what Hikaru always bossed around to me and what mom and dad lectured me about.

When a vampire desires someone, whether it is another vampire or a human, if a vampire is deeply in love with its object of desire, the fangs grow in, starting its hunger for the person it is deeply in love with.

I clamped my hand over my mouth.

This can't be.

I can't be serious.

No, this can't be true, right?

I run towards the house, and towards my room.

Racing down the grand hall, someone in my blurred vision catches my left forearm and pulls me back.

"Woah, Kaoru, what are you so upset about?" Hikaru gave me a concerned glance.

I opened my mouth to speak, and Hikaru's eyes widened.

"We need to talk," he was sounding very tense. He yanked me into his room.

He slammed the door shut and then locked it in case if Azumi tries to come in.

He spun around, now very much worried.

"They grew in," his face was stricken.

"What grew in?" I tried to play dumb.

"Oh please do not try to play dumb as if you do not know you are immortal and a bloodsucking vampire whose FANGS can grow anytime soon!" Hikaru was losing his head now.

"Hikaru, shut up, and learn to lower your voice," I stomped on his foot to shut him up.

He cringed and held his foot muttered several curses like: bloody hell, bitch, fuck, shit, crap, and on and on.

"It isn't very appropriate to curse, says the man who has the ego of a man," I snorted.

"Oh that goes for you. You always go with your head held high with the same ego, so don't you go pointing your fingers at me," he shot right back.

"…" I was speechless.

"Anyways, this is the first time your fangs grew in. This is alarming," his face turned grave.

I nodded.

"You do know what this means, right?" he asked, worried.

I nodded.

"You are craving for her," Hikaru was worried.

"And why are you sounding so panicked?" I asked annoyed.

"Because this is different!" he panicked.

"It is no different than you and Azumi," I retorted.

"No, it is different. When I craved for her, when my fangs grew in for the first time, it was easy to fall in love with her, because she was a vampire like me. But Haruhi is a human," Hikaru finished.

"So what? If you really want to turn a human into a vampire you just have to bite them. The venom is enough to turn them into one of us. They will have fangs and be immortal. Your point?" I was becoming uneasy.

"That is not my point! Usually vampires fall for vampires. Rarely does it ever occur that a vampire falls for a human. How are you going to make her fall in love with you? She already made your fangs grow in!" Hikaru exploded.

Then it clicked. He was right.

This kind of love I developed is forbidden love.

I, Hitachiin Kaoru, am a vampire. Haruhi is a human.

I am in love with Haruhi Fujioka.

A vampire in love with a human is forbidden.

If she is allowed to be with me, she has to be transformed into one of us.

I have to make Haruhi a vampire if I want her to be by my side forever.

But if she becomes a vampire, will she ever forgive me? Because, once it is done, she has to live for eternity.

The truth is the most grueling thing is I don't know how I can have the guts to tell her this.

"I don't know how to tell her," I slumped to my knees and buried my face in my hands.

"You will have to, one way or another," Hikaru sympathetically put a hand on my shoulder.

But I don't know how.

[Azumi's POV]

Night time came, and I was stroking Haruhi's hair.

It is so soft, and playable.

Right when I am toying with her hair just for the fun of it, I sense something.

Smells like an awakening…

Kaoru, that nitwit.

His fangs had pierced through.

That means he fell hard for a girl.

And to think about it, he is always following one around.

In the gardens, her room when she is sleeping, staring at her when she eats or draws.

He is deeply in love with Haruhi.

No way, no way, no way, am I going to let that little scam get near my cute little sister.

I think it might be nice if she can become a vampire, but I am scared, because Kaoru might have dark intentions of Haruhi.

If Haru-chan lets him take over her, she might never be the same again.

My blood is boiling that I leave the room, and make sure to close the door before storming down the halls to my room so I can go bawl my head out.

I see those identical twits that I fume.

"Which one of you weaklings is Kaoru?" I darkly ask. I have no time for "Which one is Hikaru" game.

Kaoru freezes, so I think that one is him, but I ask, "Well?"

Hikaru, the other one, points a shaky finger to Kaoru, who in turn shoots him a glare.

Target found.

I reach a hand forward, and slap Kaoru hard across his left cheek.

When he recovers from the shock, I do the same thing to his other cheek.

"What was that for?" he hissed.

"I sensed your awakening!" I snapped.

"So?" he shot back.

"Don't you dare snap back at me!" I snapped at him.

"Ow!" he cringed.

"And now that your fangs grew in, how are you supposed to break the news to the poor girl?" I bit at him with venom in my voice.

"…" he was speechless.

"How about this, 'Hello, Haruhi, you may not know it but I fell in love with you so much that my fangs grew in because I am a VAMPIRE, and now I wish to bite you and make you a vampire and my wife as well,' is that what you are going to tell her? Idiot!" I stomped his foot.

"Hey I don't even know I am in love with her!" he protested.

"Oh god… oh god oh god…this dense idiot needs a neon light to tell he is in love! What a dope!" I go to the wall and bang my head on it.

"Azumi, dear, we can work this out," Hikaru tried to hug me.

But I was right now emotionally distraught that I gave him a hard glare that made him reconsider whether he should hug me or not.

"Not now, Hikaru," I glared.

"O-okay," his voice was becoming tinier, for all that I cared.

I jabbed my right index finger at Kaoru and he considerably flinched.

"You do one thing wrong with Haruhi, then I am breaking off my wedding with Hikaru. I love her that much," I glared him down.

With that, I spun on my heels and darkly made my way back to Haruhi's room.

I slammed the door behind me as if she weren't in the room.

She jumped up from bed, startled, and took my right hand in hers and asked me with concerned eyes, "Azu-nee, are you all right? You're angry."

She whimpered the last word out.

I gave her a tired expression, but my anger ebbs away when I see her cute, innocent face looking at me with concern.

"No, nothing happened. Come, go back to bed, and I think I will sleep here tonight," I crawled in bed with her.

"Aren't you supposed to be awake, being a vampire and all?" she asked. Drat, that girl was sharp. She's right about that.

"Yeah, but Kaoru makes me so angry sometimes enough to make me want to sleep through the night," I huff.

I tucked the lacy covers to my chin, and hug her against my chest, like how an elder sister would cuddle a little sister.

She hugged me, and I watched her go to sleep.

I guess sleep overtook me too, unusually, and I fell asleep with her too.

[Kaoru's POV]

"Great. Just great. You HAD to endanger my marriage with Azumi!" Hikaru went pacing back and forth.

"Oh dear, Kaoru, since your fangs grew in, how are we going to tell Haruhi this? Such a frail girl. How can she take the shock?" mom worried.

"Poor girl," the father agreed.

"This has gone too far," Mizumi agreed.

"Hello? Azumi is now this close to cutting off my marriage. Because she thinks you would do something to Haruhi!" Hikaru was flailing his arms.

"This isn't my fault," I quietly said.

"Isn't your fault? ISN'T your fault? Like falling in love wasn't an option!" Mizumi sat down and covered her face.

"It just…happened…" I don't know what else to say.

I fell hard for her, and that is the mere truth.

"No, the thing is how are you going to break it out to her? The poor girl has gone through enough abusive torture!" mom stood up and threw her arms in the air.

I looked at the floor in shame.

I don't even know if this is love.

How can I make her a vampire against her own will?

A tear rolls down my cheeks, and hits the marble floor.

Then a second one splashes right after.

Until a steady flow picks up and stains the pearl white floor with my salty tears.

How can I do this?