XxMy Black RosexX

XxDarknessxX

I was sitting on the end on the couch, resting my chin on my right hand, looking around the room, seeing if anything had changed since I was last here. It was pretty much the same, the same dark walls, same hard wood floor, same decorations…only difference was there were no more pictures in the room. None of family or friends, none of me or mother or father.

'Guess she wants to hide the past as much as I do' I thought.

"Ahem," I turned my head to see a woman with blonde hair down to her waist and light blue eyes wearing a nightgown with a shawl. My mother, Touya Annika.

"I'm glad you came Rima," she said. "Is-Is Senri-Kun with you?"

"No." My eyes narrowed. "I didn't want him to hear you insult him again."

"Rima, you have to understand he's from a Pro-Senate family and-" She stopped, taking a deep breath. "No. I don't want to argue with you about this again."

"Why did you want me to come Mother?" I sighed.

"I…I hated how we last saw each other," she said quietly. "We both said things we didn't mean. I just wanted the best for you and-"

"No Mother, you wrong." I stood, but made no movement towards her. "I did mean what I said. I won't have anything to do with this family until you accept my relationship with Shiki."

"Rima I-"

"I do believe you want the best for me," I went on. "But what you think is the best isn't what it is. After my Father died you weren't there for me. You left me with the maids all the time, so I ended up staying with Shiki or Ichijo-San."

"I love you Rima," She said. "I just…I couldn't handle his death…he was the only one for me and he gave in to his hatred…But I always made sure you were taken are of-"

"You mean before that Incident happened," she flinched, as though I said something vulgar. "Face it. You know it, and I know it. If it weren't for Shiki and my friends and Obaa-Sama, my mental state would be different. That was when you realised I wasn't the perfect doll you wanted- "

"I NEVER THOUGHT THAT!" my mother shouted. "Rima, I didn't want you to be perfect. I've always wanted what was best for you, even if you didn't like it."

I starred at her. I noticed how tired her eyes look, and thin she was, and how she kept the shawl close to her to hide her random shivers. It was then it dawned to me.

"Mother…your-"

"I don't want to argue with Rima," She said, her voice was barely a whisper. Funny, I hate being a vampire yet it was the enhanced hearing it gave me that allowed me to hear her. "I know I haven't been the best mother in the world. I'm thankful for Ichijo-Sama and his wife for taking care of you when I couldn't, even if they were Pro-Senate."

"Mother…"

"Rima, I want you to have this," She held out a envelope to me. I walked over to her and took it from her shaking hands. I went to open it but she placed her hand over mine, stopping me.

"Not now," She said. "You'll know when you should open it."

"Wow, so this is Aidou-Senpai's Villa?" Yuki said, looking around the huge place.

"Big, isn't it?" Ichijo said, smiling. Then the smile slipped into a pout. "But even though it's so big, last year Aidou thought Kaname and I were a nuisance, coming here instead of going somewhere else."

"NANI? No I didn't!" Aidou exclaimed. "Don't tell lies!"

"Really?" Yuki said, looking worried. "Kaname Onii-Sama said we could go home for the break but I really wanted to see Aidou-Senpai's place. I didn't mean to trouble him."

Seeing her upset, Aidou started to panic.

"N-No, your no trouble at all Y-Yuki-Sama," He said. 'If Kaname-Sama finds out I upset his younger sister he'll kill me…'

"Are you sure?" Yuki asked. "Because I can tell Onii-Sama and we can just go-"

"R-Really, I don't mind you both here!" Aidou reassured her. Then added under his breath, "Ichijo's a whole other matter…"

"Wah? That's mean! I'm telling Kaname! Let's go Yuki!" Ichijo cried, he grabbed Yuki by the hand and ran out of the room and down the hall, making Yuki giggle.

"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" Aidou chased after him.

"Doesn't he know that their just messing with him?" Ruka said.

"You'd think he'd get used to it by now," Akatsuki said. He was sitting beside her on the couch, his arm slung behind her.

"Aidou's supposed to be smart but he can be an idiot sometimes," Shiki said bluntly, standing on the balcony.

"Shiki, are you worried about Rima?" Ruka asked, concerned. He'd been more quiet then usual on the trip down and to be honest she was too.

"Yeah," Shiki admitted. "I have a bad feeling. I don't think I should've let her go alone."

I left the place after an hour. I was there longer then I had originally planned but…

I frowned when I saw the driver wasn't there waiting for me.

'Maybe he went for a drive around the block since it took so long' I thought, but I knew that was wrong.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine," I turned around and last thing I saw was glowing purple eyes before everything around me was swallowed by darkness.

XxI love you, yet you forgot me