Risou's form took up the majority of the window of his room that he shared with Aido and yet the other vampire continued to complain about the bright light that seemed to trickle around his body. It was a large window and Risou wasn't exactly a large person, he was about the same size of Aido, perhaps a little shorter, so it was indeed possible that there was light getting around him. But this much complaining was ridiculous and beneath someone of Aido's rank. He was a B-rank, a nobleman vampire…but then again all the noblemen seemed to be spoiled brats and Risou himself could be one every once in awhile, or at least that's what Yami had always said.
"Hey Aido…classes start soon don't they?" He hadn't turned away from the window but spoke towards the sun that seemed to melt the sky and blur its colors across the horizon. For once the nobleman that Risou was forced to share a room with grew quiet and a small smile blessed his pale lips. "It's your first day…I mean night at this academy isn't it? Oh, you're in for a treat." Aido deftly slipped out of the bed with a smirk on his face and his eyes full of what can only be assumed to be laughter. Risou only shrugged at his roommate's rapid change in attitude and started stripping so that he could start getting dressed without being late. Aido only stood around and shrugged before getting into his own uniform. As Risou's shirt descended to the floor the scars on his back would suddenly come into view and Aido's voice chimed in just as the school uniform's undershirt covered them up. "Well, someone doesn't want anyone seeing some scars." Risou had thought that he'd been fast enough; hell his other shirt had barely hit the ground before he'd put the other one on. "Yeah well…some hunters didn't like me very much. Some shit about killing one of their children. If I were going to kill one of them I'd have killed someone worth it. Killing a child is a waste of energy and it stops the blood before it ages, before it gets good. But forget you ever saw them, they don't matter and it was a long time ago."
As he spoke he'd adorned his pants and was swiftly walking out the door and headed for the dorm gates where all the other Night Class students were; Aido had merely shrugged, hurried to catch up, and clasped his new roomy on the shoulder. "Well…Risou was your name right? Well Risou, this is going to be a fun first for you." The new vampire only looked at the one grinning beside him before his ears picked up on what sounded like girls screaming outside. If he listened hard enough he could even hear the subtle whispers amongst the screaming throng outside. Aido was wrong; this was going to be a bad first, especially if Yami was around. "Oh my god, did you hear? There is a new Night Class boy. I heard he's just as gorgeous as the rest of them." And that was only one of the more tame comments. Others bordered a bit of the risqué side and Risou's eyes widened before his right hand came up to cover his eyes, "This sucks."
"Oh c'mon man, all these human girls adore us. The thing is though we can't let them know we're vampires. But I'm sure that Cross explained that to you." Risou only nodded to Aido's vain attempt at cheering him up. "Just relax and revel in the spotlight." What a fool Aido could be. If Risou were any other vampire and if Yami were any other human girl then he wouldn't be worried, but both were who they were and that could cause some problems, potentially life threatening problems, for all the human girls outside. Risou looked up just in time to see the gates of the Night Class Dorm opening and his head sunk once more at the first hint of the throng that awaited him. A very enthusiastic "Shit," followed by a less than enthused murmur of "Oh yeah, this is really gonna suck."
Yami had heard all the commotion as pretty much every girl in the Day Class rushed by as Renji opened the door. Stepping back from the door in order not to get trampled the younger sister grabbed another girl and asked what was going on. The girl was almost too hyped up to speak coherently but with a little shaking Renji managed to evict a statement from her. "Don't you know? All the boys from the Night Class are so hot and they're starting classes today!"
Yami's eyes went wide as she heard this and her lips curled into a smile. She was up from her bed and out the door, easily catching up with the throng though not being able to penetrate the crowd. This was great! She could go and tell Risou to have fun on his first day. She could see him and maybe they could sneak away before classes began and talk some. Of course this plan was crushed by the sheer number of raving fan girls. All the girls of the Academy seemed to be at the gates and all their dirty little thoughts with them. Some of the little brats were even foolish enough to say them aloud. This infuriated Yami, hearing these things expressed so freely about her Risou and her vision began to be tinged with red. She gritted her teeth and tolerated it at first, but her ability kicked in and their filthy thoughts flew into her mind. These insolent wenches wanted to do things to Risou that even she'd have been ashamed of. Yami's gun seemed to already be in her hand and she seriously thought about shooting the first girl to think up another dirty thought. "Oh my god, did you see him?! The new blond boy is just…" A girl to her right spoke up and Yami turned towards her, gun still in hand, just as another girl to her left spoke up, "I know, I so want him as my date to the Spring Ball this year!" Then a third girl had the nerve to actually lay a claim on him, "No way, he's going to be mine."
She was seething with anger, her right eye twitched erratically and her hand rose into the air. Risou could only watch as he thought she was going to shoot one of these damned, stupid ass girls. "You…will…not…take…MY RISOU!!!" Her index finger squeezed the trigger until it pressed against the inside of the grip. The sound of the shot was deafening and every one of the humans there hit the ground. Risou sighed in relief then stiffened again as she began stalking towards him. His eyes transferred the message that he couldn't and she stopped, thankfully. He wanted nothing more than to go to her and hold her, reassure her that these girls were nothing compared to her, that they were insolent and pathetic. But he couldn't, not yet anyway. He let his face fall into a human expression, hoping that it was enough for the moment. Something wasn't right, aside from the shooting and everyone still huddled on the ground that is. Her body was shaking and she seemed very uneasy. Risou followed her gaze behind him and found them locked on the vampire behind him.
Kaname Kuran, one of the pure bloods and a very powerful noble, President of the Night Class. Back home, back with Risou's family Yami had been instructed by her lover's brother before coming to this school that she should never let this man know she was Risou's feeder. It wasn't uncommon for vampires to have feeders like her to help keep their hungers in check but to fall in love with your feeder…it was frowned upon and even Risou's family had been disappointed. She only glared and took several steps back only to run into Yuki who was saying something about "…against school rules…" and something else, but the elder Morgan wasn't listening. She met Risou's eyes and heard him speaking to her mind, telling her to keep them a secret from the Night Class, at least for now, and that he was sorry. The last sentence before he went quiet was, "I promise, I'll make this up to you." Risou always followed through on that promise. Others, less important ones, he could sometimes forget to fulfill but never that one. He always made things better somehow. Yami only smiled sadly, turned on her heels, and ran.
She was panting for breath and wanted so much to be with Risou, but she couldn't, not yet anyway. She stopped when she reached a dead end and fell to her knees, shaking. That pure blood scared the shit out of her and when she felt a hand on her shoulder she couldn't help but jump and scream. She'd always been easily frightened and her shriek had hurt the new vampire's ears. "Man you're loud," Zero said with a tinge of anger.
"Then don't fucking scare me like that Baka!" Her voice was shrill and cut through the night like a blade. She pushed her hair, still free from its traditional bun or long ponytail, over her shoulders as she stood up and felt something wet against her neck. "Shit," she hissed looking at the cut on her hand. She must have scratched it when she'd fallen. The look in Zero's eyes as he looked at her bleeding hand was slightly unsettling. He was panting and she tilted her head to side trying to figure out why. She suddenly remembered how Risou could get when he hadn't fed for a long time. Zero was farther down the vampire class pyramid than Risou and couldn't go without blood for as long as her lover.
You're hungry and by the way you reacted I would say that you haven't fed in four, maybe even five days. That girl of yours is the worst feeder ever." As she spoke she'd taken out a knife hidden under her skirt and sliced the rest of her palm. It was a shallow cut but the blood flowed freely from it. What Yami wasn't aware of was that Risou had heard her scream, had been the only one with his surprisingly sensitive ears to hear her. And now he rushed to her side, following her scent. And he stopped as if hit in the stomach as the smell of her blood reached him. "Risou always tells me not to feed others but you look ready to kill so I'll take care of you just this once. No more after this though." Said vampire was then running at his full speed then, reaching her within seconds and the sight he came upon was not a welcome one.
Yami stood before Zero and stepped closer, offering her hand to him. The fledgling could understand why the blond liked her blood. It smelled almost like chocolate and he could almost taste it as he bent down to taste her blood. Just then, with Zero's lips an inch from Yami's open palm Risou's voice growled out from the darkness, his form slowly taking shape as he stepped forward. "Zero, back away. If you so much as taste an ounce of her blood I will rip your tongue out. It will be the last thing you ever taste."
Yami's face looked up and her eyes went wide. She'd only seen Risou this mad a couple of times before and those had been times when she'd actually been in danger. She grabbed Zero's wrist with her uninjured hand before he could take off and her face took on a pleading quality. "Risou, he needs it, badly. You know what it's like when we get separated for days on end. Yuki hasn't been feeding him like she should." Risou's fist slowly uncurled as he did know the feeling and he turned his back. He wouldn't watch this, it was something that should have been intimate and between Yami and himself. A human equivalent would come close to walking in on your girlfriend and another lover. The only thing that made it less horrible than that was the mere necessity of it. Zero needed it and Risou knew that. "Once Zero, don't acquire a taste for if you do I'm afraid that I will have to kill you. But I'm not leaving. I'm not leaving my Yami with a fledgling vampire that could get blood crazed and kill her."
Of course Yami had a protest to this. It wasn't that she wanted him to leave it was just the way he'd phrased it. "I can take care of myself Risou." With that she looked up at Zero and nodded, lifting her bleeding hand to him and he took what he needed. Zero nodded in thanks once he had what he needed and he walked off, throwing a cursory thank you toward Risou for allowing this one time. The latter vampire threw up a hand in parting before turning to Yami, grabbing her wrist, and running his tongue along her cut palm. "You need to be more careful."