* In the dinning room. *

Yuki sat there silently as she stared at her untouched food. Yuki wasn't hungry and she didn't know how to break the silence in the room. She looked around to see Reiji and Subaru finishing up, and Shu just sleeping in his chair. Yuki heard the door open and she looked to see who it is, and it's the butler. He bowed respectfully at us after closing the door.

"There's a phone call for you... Miss Yuki." the butler announced.

"For me?" Yuki asked.

"Yes. It seems to be a person called 'Shiki' calling and would like to speak with you."

Yuki noticed all the Sakamaki brothers' staring at her. She tried to ignore their stares and faced Reiji.

"May I go answer the phone?" Yuki asked politely.
Reiji looked at her and closed his eyes, thinking if he should let her, then decided she might as well answer it since it would be rude not to.
"Very well. You're excused." Reiji said and Yuki stood from her chair.
"Thank you, Reiji. If you'll excuse me..." Yuki followed the butler out.

*In the main hall. *

The butler left after guiding Yuki to the only working phone in the house. The phone looked like something that popped out from a history textbook. Yuki grabbed the handset of the phone and raised it to her ear.

"Shiki?" Yuki called.

"Yuki?" It was Shiki. "I finally got a hold of you. Did you get my letter?"

"Yeah..."

Wait... There's something strange here... Yuki thought.

"Shiki." Yuki called.

"Yeah?"

"How did you get this number?" Yuki asked.

There was silence.

"Shiki?" Yuki called.

"Yuki... I have... I have beco-"

Suddenly, the connection broke. Yuki placed the phone back and started up the stairs. She noticed the butler at the corner of her eye.

"Um..." Yuki said.

The butler turned to face her.

"Yes, Miss Yuki?" the butler said.

"Would you tell Reiji that I'll be going to bed?" Yuki asked. "I'm not feeling well..." Yuki lied.

"Of course."

The butler left and Yuki heard a door open then close. Yuki then started up the stairs again and headed towards her room.

* In Yuki's room. *

Yuki went to her balcony and stared up at the dark night sky. She sighed.

Shiki... what do you mean when you said that you've 'become'? What did you become into? Why was the connection lost at the right time? Yuki thought as a bunch of questions popped into her mind.

"What are you doing?"

Yuki snapped out of her train of questions and jumped up from being startled. She saw a pair of hands on either side of her, trapping her. Yuki turned around to see who it is and it was Ayato.

"Wh- why are you here?" Yuki asked him, as my face became a bit red from his sudden closeness.

Ayato wore a white shirt that has brown bordering the top and bottom of the shirt with a black jacket and brown scarf. He wears it with blue jeans with a belt attached to both sides of his pants that hang down and go around his pants.

"I can go wherever I want to." Ayato answered. "Now let me suck your blood." He said with a smirk.
"... no... now please move... I was going to take a bath." Yuki said as she tried to push Ayato away, but it was useless.

Ayato then grabbed Yuki's wrist and he put one of his hands around her waist. He lowered his head down to her neck and chest area. Yuki struggled.

"A-Ayato. I've been feeling faint ever since you drank my blood in the pool..." Yuki told him. "Ayato!"

"Be quiet." He ordered.

Ayato then bit and sucked her upper chest area, but with his teeth and Yuki whimpered painfully.

"Hey, stop making it sound like it feels good." Ayato said and continued biting her.

Ayato lifted his head and looked at the red mark on Yuki's chest.

"That pain you feel is my stamp mark." He said.

Ayato lowered his head again and stared at her pale, porcelain skin.

"No..." Yuki said, but she couldn't really escape his tight grasp. "Let me go... Ayato..."
"Don't move." He ordered. "I'll stamp you down here too." He bit and sucked on her skin. "Feel more pain." Ayato's eyes narrowed as he continued. "More, more..." He then stopped. "I'll save the rest for after your bath. I wouldn't want to suck you now and have to deal with you fainting." He leaned closer to Yuki and she could feel his breath on her ear. "And make it quick, because if you make me wait... you know what will happen." Yuki's eyes widened in fear and then, Ayato disappeared.

Yuki snapped out of it and then quickly grabbed the things that she needed for her bath and headed to the bathroom.