Happy Easter Monday!

Shout-outs! to: deathstar101, MariTivolli, and Liana for reviewing all you guys are sweet and awesome, thanks for the support :D and thanks to all of you who favorite and follow.

12/31/16: This wasn't my goal date but I've kept it in mind, and tried to get something out sometime before the holiday season ends. I won't lie, I think writing is really fun but I've got a bunch of school work and AP classes to think of so when I have free time I just crash and sleep or paint & things like that. I know exactly what I plan to do with this story and it'll probably end in about 15 chapters give or take but I do plan on writing a sequel but I'm not sure if I should make the sequel it's own separate story or continue it here...maybe I should make a poll about it? (Not like I know how to make one though...)

Disclaimer: I don't own Diabolik Lovers or any other animes much to my disappointment...

On with the story!

Lessons on 'How To Not Suck' as Shu called them often took place in the game room where the two would engage in a game of darts after about hour of self improvement and hour of instrument learning.

Ayato was sprawled out on the couch yawning for the umpteenth time in ten minutes, "Ugh I'm so tired..."

The blonde ignored him as he began his lecture, "Today we're going to work more on putting yourself in others shoes: empathy."

Another yawn, "What? Isn't that nearly the exact same as sympathy?"

Rolling his ocean blue eyes Shu clarified, "Sympathy is feeling pity, sorrow, or compassion for another individual's struggle."

"I still don't get it!" The redhead huffed.

Rising up from his napping position the elder vampire proposed, "Let's try role playing then."

"You mean like dressing up as fictional characters that don't exist?"

"Huh?" Shu snorted, "No, you're thinking about cosplaying." He chuckled.

"Oh my bad, um let's start then Shu-nii-sama." The younger teen swallowed.

"If you see a girl crying because—"

Ayato interrupted, "Woah, wait a second. I'm not about seeing girls cry."

"We're pretending, it's fine." Shu rebuffed, "As I was saying, if you see a girl crying because her mother just called her fat and threatened to starve her, how would you respond if she told you all of this?"

Shimmering emerald eyes were highlighted by his slight mirthful smirk, "Well if she's fat I'd say 'Shut up and stop crying it's for your own good.'"

Shu sighed, "What if she wasn't?"

"Then who cares her mother is wrong and blind if the girl is skinny or regular sized so it shouldn't bother her."

Rubbing his temples Shu continued, "And what if it does bother her?"

"I'd tell her to stop crying because it's annoying." He raised his hand to get a high five from his older brother.

"Wrong, Ayato."

Said fiery haired vampire gasped, "What do you mean I'm wrong?"

Hardly giving a damn about his tone Shu shrugged, "Did I stutter? If you see someone in distress and your being empathetic you reassure them that their size doesn't matter and try to comfort them with your words so by the end of the conversation they don't feel as bad."

"Let's make a bet Shu."

"A bet? If this kind word thing your talking about is actually effective let's try an experiment of sorts."

The blonde smirked, "You're on, let's have Subaru ref, whoever can calm more people wins."

"What can we use as proof?"

After a pause the blue eyed boy suggested, "Phone numbers?"

"That's so lame what about kisses?" Laito interjected teleporting into the entertainment room that was currently off limits..

No response was heard from the eldest.

"What are you a chicken?" The twins spoke in sync with matching smirks.

"You two are so troublesome, but I accept your terms. Ayato why would you agree to 'spice things up' with kisses when you're trying to pursue Yu—"

"No one, I'm pursuing no one, I care for no one but myself." The redhead declared to avoid being embarrassed by his gossip of a brother.

Laito raised his eyebrows in interest, "Are you trying to hide something from me Ayato? That really hurts, we even shared the same womb and you want to keep secrets?"

"Oh shut up Laito let's go get Subaru. And Shu dibs on having Subaru be my referee, I don't want the pervert watching me the whole time."

Clutching his heart Laito wailed, "Oh how you hurt my heart dear Ayato."

The three went back to the mansion on foot for the hell of it.

"Oh and by the way Laito I made it clear to you and the rest of our brothers that no one is to enter the game room from 3-5 PM. Seeing how that's when I tutor Ayato. If you disobey me again rest assured there will be hell to pay." There was a sinister edge in his voice despite the calmness Shu's features possessed apart from his glowing nearly orange eyes.

The vampire in the Fedora paled considerably.

As they continued up the stairs and into the main lobby Ayato whispered, "Shu, your eyes!"

"Oh my mistake these darn contacts I hope I didn't scare you." Shu chuckled darkly insincerely apologizing to Laito, "I'll be back down shortly I'll bring Subaru down since he finds the two of you incredibly irritating. Can't really say I blame him." He grinned as he left the two alone.

Scratching under his chin in legitimate concern Laito turned to his green eyed cohort and more hot tempered twin, "Has Shu always been this…"

"Strange? Why, yes, yes I have been. Problem?" The blonde questioned with a less than enthusiastic Subaru.

Before they headed out the door Reiji demanded to know what was going on.

"Call it a social experiment in the name of science and knowledge." Shu shrugged as they left.

"Be back by curfew, or else-"

Shu laughed a genuine smile coated his lips, he tapped into a bit of his power drastically reducing the temperature of the area, "Or else what, baby brother?" He taunted icily as his eyes narrowed drastically.

"I'll report you to that man." Reiji threatened with a triumphant smirk.

Reiji could feel his confidence freeze with fear from one look at Shu's expression, "You think I'm afraid of that man?" He laughed again, "Know your place Reiji-chan."

The black haired vampire only glared not knowing what to say.

"C'mon let's go." The blonde ordered.

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A nearby town called Motakira was where Ayato and Shu had decided to host their little competition.

"May the best vampire win." The red head haughtily declared.

"I plan to." The blonde smirked orange eyes melting into blue, "Laito you're with me, let's get going."

Turning in the opposite direction Ayato quickly spotted a group of teenaged girls from afar and it appears that some of them looked distressed.

How fortunate, I'll definitely get a good start. Oh shit, wait what's the difference between empathy and sympathy again...I'll just wing it.

A/N: If you want previews at the end of a chapter let me know

PS. How'd you guys spend Easter? Are you on spring break? I have to go back to school tomorrow *sighs* but I got to watch Beauty and the Beast and Fate of the Furious. Clocksworth had me dying when he didn't want to see his wife and would've preferred to remain a clock. I think I like the live action more than the original, how 'bout you guys?

Shout-outs to!:

deathstar101: Woah, this was anything but soon and a totally unexpected hiatus, but I typed, edited, and posted this chapter all today just for you awesome readers before resuming school tomorrow.

MariTivolli: I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter to be honest I'm a sucker for all types of familial love between relatives and there are hardly any moments in the show where the bothers just interact with each other.

Liana: It really flatters me to read that your a fan of my works :) To be honest I get a lot of my ideas from sleeping and dreams that I have I hardly even started my stories that aren't related to Diabolik Lovers and I've got like more than 20 other ideas I've jotted down and really want to start but I've got my hands full.