"Swayed"

Weeks later after that dreadful night, Haruna found herself sprawled across her bedroom floor, having a battle inside herself. The more she just lay there, the more she found herself thinking about life.

"So you're confused about your feelings for Hanabusa-sama?" The lead maid asked, after Haruna had pleaded that she listen to her. She nodded. "Why? Girls would kill to be in your position!"

Haruna flinched, not liking the ring of it one bit. "I'm human. He's a vampire. Something about this isn't right at all."

"It just seems like you're in denial." She sulked. It was similar to what Aido told her a while back. Maybe she was in denial and just didn't want to love. "He is giving you the world in return for your love. Someone in their right mind would easily accept this."

Love. She wondered, what was love anyway? "Young master seems to be upset with you since the night of the ball. Could it be something happened?"

She didn't want to answer the maid. Aido hadn't spoken to her since and it seemed like things were going haywire. He started sleeping in his own bedroom and now that school started for him, he was more distant than ever.

She realized - if things were going to work, she had to meet him halfway. "Can I go to Cross Academy...?"

Cross Academy

She could feel eyes locking on her very existence. "Maybe you guys should leave," she whispered to the surrounding body guards that seemed to block her left and right, front and behind.

Haruna was never used to this sort of attention. Usually, she was the nobody. "It was under strict order from the Young Master that if you were to leave the property, we would be here to protect you."

She flustered a little from being so spoiled. Aido does love her.

Previously, when she first came here with Aido, the entire courtyard was empty. Now, it was flooded with humans - Haruna became a bit happier at the sight of her own kind. Everyone stared at her with jealous eyes, but she envied them more.

To build high school memories like them was one of the things she always desired; to be normal was what she wanted. "This way, Haruna-sama." She followed eagerly, hoping to find Aido and perhaps reconcile with him. She didn't like the stiff atmosphere, and hoped that this time, she would be the one to meet him halfway.

"Kyaaa~ Idol-sama!" The cries of young women rushed over her senses, and the next thing she knew, her eyes were being bedazzled by the sight of God-like men dressed in white uniforms. Fortunately for Haruna, she had been spending much time around Aido and other men equally as handsome as they were, she had become immune a vampire's charms.

Haruna was starting to appreciate the fact that there were six bulky guards defending her, otherwise she would have been swept away into an oblivion by the pool of infatuated women.

Peering through them, she finally caught glimpse of a certain, flirtatious vampire; also known as her fiancé.

She tried to reach out, but now feeling... Helpless. It was then that her heart felt faint when she saw him grazing his perfect hand at other women, winking at them with a smirk. Where she came from, men only did that to women they were faithful to, right?

"Hey, what blood type are you?" That predatory-like look in his blue eyes made her feel nonexistent. This was another side of him she had never witnessed before. Did she make him that mad that he would behave like this?

"Haruna-sama, are you alright?"

Her senses came back to her. "I-... Is Aido usually like this around women?"

The men seemed baffled a bit, before hesitantly nodding their head. They panicked when they saw her being overwhelmed with sadness. "B-but... It's just a bad habit of his- He's sincere when it's you." They awkwardly paused; this clearly wasn't what they signed up for when they took the jobs as body guards.

She felt like all this time she'd been taking him for granted and that she was being insincere. "I deserve this, don't I? It's fine, I'll be alright when we go home."

She gently clenched her jaws, biting her tongue. She wanted to run to Aido and ask him herself if she was a pawn, but decided not to. She thought, 'If I really am different... Then it's okay. He can play around, so long as I'm at the back of his mind.'

Was that really good enough for her? She'd never tell. "Let's go."