A/N: Hi! Two chapters back to back? I'm on a roll, I must be a rock! Bad puns aside...
The Translator001: I'm happy as long as people are favoriting and following. That's more than enough proof for me that people like this story. Having Tsuna human, and realistic, was a big thing for me. She feels fear, pain, and isn't going to have the vamps in some kind of trance. Ha, I like Kanato as well but that shota is scary as hell. You'll see~.
TheSoulsDepths: I'm glad you approve! That is the only quirk I added out of my head and I'm glad my audience likes it. She doesn't because she's afraid to have friends that the Sakamaki brothers can kill, I guess they can't kill a diary. What it shall be like? Well here it is.
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Tsuna didn't want to go to the tea party that Kanato was hosting. As she sat in her room surrounded by school books, ink pens, and paper she knew that this was the safest place to stay since Kanato was prone to being violent towards her. The last thing she needed was a knife embedded in her side because he got the idea that her 'bitter' blood would help even out cake that was way too sweet. She sighed and put down her physical science book and scratched her head with her pencil. Perhaps she just needed a good excuse to get out of it, something that would stop him from dragging her there by her hair.
She threw her pencil against the wall. "Who am I kidding, that boy is persistent!"
Even if she made the claim that she was bleeding from her eyes and somehow managed to catch smallpox he would probably drag her out of bed by her hair and tell her that the infection would only serve to make her blood taste better.
Shuddering at the disturbing thought she stood up from the comfortable floor and went over to her wardrobe to change out of her school uniform and into a light blue dress. She then pulled all of her hair into a long braid before leaving the small bedroom to hunt for Kanato's room. Having lived in the Sakamaki mansion for a little over a month it was interesting to note that she had never been to any of the brothers' rooms. Not that she wanted to be there, she was actually scared of what she might find, but they didn't seem eager to allow her to come in.
Mindlessly whistling to herself she began the long trek through the seemingly abandoned halls. It was nearing dawn and none of the brothers were around creating an almost peaceful atmosphere that would have brought a smile to the girl's face if she didn't have a place to be. Occasionally she would sop by a window and stare out over the empty courtyard, or examine a painting of a foreign garden, or just admire how pretty the house was in general. It was obvious that the brothers had money, but when you saw how soft the carpets were or how many details was in the wall murals you had to question just how many generations of their family had money.
Moving away from a white and blue vase that had a floral pattern printed on it, Tsuna continued her trek down the hall deciding to stop getting side tracked from the beautiful things around her. Walking past a few doors she would stop at each one and put an ear to it to listen out for any sounds. The first door she heard nothing but silence, the second one sounded as if all the sounds were muffled, and she had to go to a completely different hall to hear anything out of the third door she tried this on. This particular door did provide for a sound, quiet tapping as if someone was doing something.
"Should I knock or just go in?" Her hand hovered over the oval door knob, unsure what to do in this situation. If this wasn't Kanato's room then she could find herself in a muddy grave tonight, yet if it this was it then there was no telling what Kanato would do to her.
Shutting her eyes she placed her hand over the cool metal, a shudder going down her spine as she slowly twisted the knob and leaned forward. A low creak sounded as the door opened and cool air washed over her warm face, she could feel her heart hammering against her ribs threatening to break out and slide across the floor.
"What in the hell are you doing in my room?!"
Tsuna's eyes flew open and she stared blankly at the vampire. He was sitting at a desk with a few school books out and a pen in his hand. Red eyes narrowed as he stared at her and the promise of pain was evident from the clenched jaw and the muscles straining in his hand from the way he held his pen. "I-I didn't mean to come in here!"
"Then get out!"
She did as she was told, but ended up shutting a portion of her skirt in the door. She opened it again to take it out but stopped when she felt a cold hand grab her by the wrist. She stared up at the vampire doing her best to keep from yanking away from him and running down the hall. She wasn't normally that scared of Subaru, he mostly verbally abused her, but she hadn't seen him this pissed off since she had witnessed Ayato and him fighting. Red eyes stared into brown before he dragged her inside his room and shut the door behind him.
"What are you doing roaming the halls?"
The girl blinked not expecting this. "You're not mad at me?"
"Answer the damn question." He felt the beginnings of a headache coming on.
"I was looking for Kanato's room." She said. "I was invited to a tea party I guess."
She didn't include the tacked on threat should she refuse or the fact that she may end up dying from this thing. The thought was pathetic enough and yet it also scared her to think that she would be on his turf and playing by his rules. Reiji didn't have his OCD jurisdiction within Kanato's room, which meant that as much blood could be spilt as he wanted.
Subaru let go of her and stared at her with a blank expression. So Kanato was having fun playing with this girl as well. He knew Ayato had become attached and Laito was having fun teasing Ayato about it by constantly harassing her, but didn't think that Kanato would have any real interest in such a plain girl. "His room is on the next floor."
The girl let out a breath that made her face relax. "Thanks."
The vampire scoffed and went back to his desk. "I'm sending you to Kanato, I highly doubt you should be thanking me."
"Good point." She turned to go back to the door but stopped when she noticed something out of the corner of her eye.
"Aren't you going to leave yet?"
The girl ignored him in favor of approaching his coffin. It was made of walnut wood and was about as large as the back of an old fashioned pick up truck. There was nothing fancy carved into it but she could tell just from how well polished it was that the coffin was extremely valuable. "You sleep in a coffin?"
Subaru scowled and opened up his English language practice book. "Yes, does it matter if I do? Your a dumb ass for thinking we just sat around all morning and actually did stuff during the day."
"Once again a point to you." She gripped the edge of the lid and lifted up, grunting sounds coming from her as she exerted herself.
He watched her huff and her small muscles strain under the weight. Almost immediately sweat and her natural blood scent flooded his room making his stomach rumble. It wasn't often that he went out of his way to feed from the girl, she didn't taste that great, yet she was the only person he could feed from at the moment.
His hunger induced stops came to a stop when he heard an excited squeal as the girl managed to properly open the coffin. "Yes!"
She yelped when a sharp pain erupted on the side of her neck and cold arms encased themselves around her stomach to keep her in place. Even though her neck healed she still felt uncomfortable and ready to bolt when one of the vampires fed from there. And yet with the unsteadiness also came the swirling madness in her stomach. That feeling of pleasure that sparked inside of her and threatened to bring her into an abyss of insanity if it wasn't saited.
She let out a low whimper when the fangs were ripped out of her skin, the sticky blood rolling from the holes in her body. "Subaru-"
She couldn't even finish her sentence for as soon as he was done he ripped his room door open and pushed her out, leaving her in the empty hallway to deal with her own problems.
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When she finally made it to Kanato's room Tsuna knew that the vampire would be furious with her. Perhaps because she knew that he would notice the new holes on her neck, or perhaps because she was late to his event, but it was probably from the way he glared at her when he opened the door. His violet eyes gazed over her and he reached up to take hold of her hair, dragging her into the room. She let out an inhuman screech as pain rocketed through her head and fell to her knees to try and stop it.
"You're late." The vampire hissed. "You said you would come but you didn't!"
"I couldn't find your room." She said as she rubbed her skull to try to ease the pain. She could feel a few strands cling to her fingers and fall to the floor as she did the motions.
He let go of her hair and crouched next to her. "Is it that hard to get around? You really are an idiot, at least you came on your own. It would have been inconvenient to drag you down the stairs."
Tsuna shivered at his words and looked away, finally taking notice of the boy's room. It was the room that time had magically forgotten. There was a bed in the corner that had thick black blankets as well as a black canopy. There was also a fire place at the very front of the room with collectibles at the top of shelf, most of them seemed to be small stuffed animals. There was even a rocking horse sitting mindlessly in another corner, the graceful item was beautifully carved from a dark would and had lovely and realistic carvings in it.
"Don't just sit there, let's begin the tea party."
Tsuna blinked and shook her head before standing up, a woozy feeling taking over her stomach. "A-alright."
The two sat down at a small table that was decorated with sweets and a lovely pure white tea set with gold scrolling. She had never seen anything so lovely in her life and wished her phone still worked so she could get a picture of it. "Wow, this is amazing Kanato."
The boy puffed up in pride as he poured the tea. "I had the chefs make everything for me and I even got the best tea from Reiji's room."
Tsuna smiled politely and picked up her tea cup, the warmth leaking from the thin porcelain and onto her hands. "It all looks very good."
She took a sip of the tea and had to stop herself from gagging. The tea was bitter and had a gritty after taste that didn't sit well with her. Putting down the cup ever so carefully she plucked up a lemon danish and bit into it, a smile lighting up on her face as the acidic taste mixed with the fluffy cream and sweet sugar.
When she glanced over to Kanato she paused in her eating. "Is something on my face?"
"No. I was just thinking that my food would taste good if it had blood."
Shifting uncomfortable Tsuna said. "Oh."
"If I drank blood from you I could actually taste my food." He bit into a chocolate chip cookie and slammed it back down on the plate. "Paper."
"Huh?"
The vampire rolled his eyes. "A vampire cannot taste human food unless they recently had blood. You didn't think we actually ate human food because it nourished us did you?"
Tsuna shook her head. "I just thought you ate human food to look...human?" She shrugged and sipped more tea. "I dunno, I guess I just never really thought of it too hard."
"You never think, but that isn't the point at the moment." He stood up and went to Tsuna's side of the table. "Right now I want to eat."
Tsuna froze as he sat down next to her, their bodies so close that she could feel the unnatural cold radiating off of the vampire. The girl looked away from the vampire but he grabbed her chin and tilted her head up to examine her neck. Violet eyes narrowed and he pushed her away, making her body hit the floor. "You smell like Subaru!"
The girl moaned and pushed herself up, a bruise forming on her shoulder. "Yeah, he bit me."
"Argh!"The girl gasped as she was forced back onto the floor as the vampire crawled over her. His legs straddled her waist and his eyes dug into her own, trying to find any secrets she was hiding. "You lied to me! You said you couldn't find my room but you were really avoiding me."
Tsuna just stared up at him as she saw tears form in his eyes. "Is he really that upset about this?"
"You're my doll and no one else can have you!" With that he bit down on her neck and the girl hissed against him as pain engulfed her body. His bite was savage and rivaled the one that Ayato had given her on the full moon. All she could feel was his sharp teeth digging around in her skin and the iron grip on her hips. Nothing else seemed to exist in that moment except for her, Kanato, and the pain. And in this hell of a mansion that was all that really did exsist...
Herself, vampires, and pain.
When Kanato finally let go of her Tsuna relaxed under him, unable to put up anymore of a fight. The vampire stood up and went back to the table with his sweets causally biting into a cherry tart. He hummed and continued eating his sweet, clearly content with his treats now that he could taste it properly.
Pulling herself up Tsuna went over to the table and picked up a mint treat cookie and took a bite of it, eating her sorrows away. The vampire snatched her cookie away and handed her a chocolate ball. "This is better."
She raised an eyebrow. "And I should listen to someone who tastes paper instead of food?"
He shrugged and bit into it. "They taste good to me."
She stared at his mouth as each bite of the smooth chocolate went down his throat. She twisted her mouth into a grimace and snatched one up from the plate. "Whatever."
Taking a bite of the chocolate she was immediately greeted by the taste of cherry and something slightly bitter. "This tastes good."
Kanato smirked as the girl greedily took another one from the stack. He couldn't wait to see the results of his patience.
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A/N: That thing about the vampires having to drink blood to taste human food is true, I read it in the wiki. Anyway, things will be picking up soon now that everything has been set in place and this season comes to an end.
So...that's that! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!