Chapter 6

Memory Walk

Kanato slammed his bedroom door and stared at all the childish toys that littered the floor. "Who is she?" He paced around his room, "Who is she, who is she, WHO IS SHE!?"

Kanato's legs carried him over to his bedroom window and he looked at her as she sat on a bench in the garden. His fingers pressed against the window and he collapsed onto his bedroom floor.

Darkness swirled around him and he watched as images blurred around him. They were images and thoughts of the past when Yui was still around...

He stood in front of the Manor and watched as a limo drove away from Yui. She was holding a suitcase and looked antsy on her visit to the Sakamaki Mansion.

Kanato stared at her as she approached the mansion with an antsy expression. The only thing he knew about Yui was that her father sent her to live with them because he was a priest and had to go away on business. She hasn't heard from him since.

Yui dragged her suitcase over to the mansion's front door and Kanato could only watch. She didn't seem to notice him standing there at all.

She reached for the door and Kanato walked over and pushed it open for her. Yui's eyes widened in shock and she stepped inside, speaking in a tone that echoed off the dark walls, "Excuse me!" She walked around, "Is anyone home?"

She stepped forward and wondered where everyone was, "That's funny... maybe they weren't told I was coming to today?"

Kanato followed her as she made her way over to the staircase and the chandelier swung overhead. She spoke in a confused manner, "Hello?"

Kanato looked over at Ayato in the other room and Yui abandoned her suitcase, then walked over to him. She looked at Ayato who seemed to be sleeping during the storm that began outside when she walked inside.

The lightning struck and illuminated his face while he slept. She eyed him curiously, "Um... excuse me." Her hand touched his hand to get his attention then pulled it away in fright, "You're cold!"

Yui rested her head against his chest to check for any signs of life, "Are you okay?" She gasped when she didn't hear any heartbeats, "He has no pulse! Oh no!"

Yui put down another bag she was carrying. It seemed to be a tote bag that contained a few of her belongings. She took out her phone and began to press a few of the buttons, "I have to call an ambulance!"

Ayato woke up and grabbed her phone, clearly annoyed as he sat up and looked at her, "Damn, you're noisy." She stared at him as he spoke his next words, "This isn't even you're house, so please keep it down."

"Y-you're alive?"

"Why wouldn't I be alive? Seriously, who do you think I am anyway?"

Yui stood up, shocked at his words, "...but you're heart. It stopped, it wasn't beating at all!" She stood up and he grabbed her by the waist as he pulled her down to lay down in front of him. "What are you doing!"

Ayato smiled down at her, "What am I doing? Well I think you already know..." He leaned towards her and Kanato cringed at the scene, "I'm about to take you of course."

He licked her neck and she winced while he smirked. This was perfect -she was acting exactly how he wanted her to, so he attempted to bite her neck.

"Ayato." The low voice pricked his ears and Ayato glanced at the person out the corner of his eye, "What's all the commotion about down here?"

Ayato whispered, cursing to himself, "Damn it. It's Reiji..."

Reiji stood there with cross look and spoke, "Need I remind you that this is our entrance hall? We use this area exclusively to recieve our guests. I must ask you to take your activities to your private room."

"Oh whatever. You're such a buzzkill."

He sat up near Yui who ran over to Reiji's side in fright, "Will you help me! Please help me!"

Reiji looked at her out the corner of his eye, "...and who might you be?"

"I'm Yui Komori! My father told me was supposed to live here, but I don't know why!"

"Why wasn't I told about this?" Reiji was confused. No one told him they had a guest arriving. "Ayato explain this to me at once."

Ayato only responded with the same amount of confusion in his voice, "Huh? How would I know anything about it?" He looked at Yui with a blank expression, "This is news to me too. You never said you were moving in with us, Pancake."

"That's because you attacked me out of nowhere. I didn't have a chance to tell you anything."

He looked away from her in arrogance before she could finish her sentence. She gasped at how rude he was being, "Hold on, you said pancake. We're you talking about me?"

"Of course I was, stupid. Seriously, if you haven't noticed, you're as flat as a pancake -God."

Yui frowned at him -that was very rude and she found it very offensive.

Reiji stared at the ground, deep in thought, "This really is rather strange..." he tried to put the pieces together, "I don't understand why I wasn't informed of your arrival."

Yui spoke up, "Excuse me, but who are you?"

"I don't think it's a good idea to talk about this here. Please follow me." Reiji left the entrance hall and began to walk towards the main living room, calling out to the butler, "See that her luggage is taken care of."

A butler was suddenly behind Yui and he had her luggage in hand as she gasped in fright -she didn't even see or hear him enter the room. The butler seemed to be of old age with slicked back grey hair and wore a well-made suit. He took her luggage and disappeared into the shadows behind them.

Ayato continued to look blankly at Yui, but she only left the entrance hall and followed Reiji over to a pair of double doors, leaving Ayato to himself.

Kanato walked after her and the memory faded as she walked into the the room. His heart thumped in his chest and he collapsed to the floor again as he began to fall back into the silent darkness of his mind.

Kanato opened his eyes and he looked around his messy room. He stood up and rose his hand to his chest. His heart wouldn't stop pulsating in fear and his nerves were on edge.

Kanato stopped thinking. Wait. His heart was beating! It wasn't supposed to. He was a vampire! Vampires don't have beating hearts...

"What the-" He turned around and looked out the window again. Lex wasn't in the garden anymore, "What's happening to me!"

Kanato stepped away from the window and fell back onto his bed. Teddy dropped onto the cold floor of his bedroom as he stared at the ceiling. He wasn't thinking and just let Teddy slip out of his arms, "Who is she?" He sat up, then picked up Teddy. "Sorry, Teddy."

His eyes glanced down at Teddy. The warm plush softness of Teddy comforted him -he was so scared... He laid back down on his bed and curled up into a ball, slipping into a dream. His heart pulsated against Teddy and he tried to ignore how strange it felt. He wasn't used to his heart beating, at all. It wasn't supposed to and he closed his eyes, crying softly at how everything played out today.