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New Living Arrangements
Yui couldn't have been more mortified as she hears the red-head's loud voice ring through the area. She knew the brothers warned her of staying away from the Mukami's since they were "enemies" and "mongrels", but she couldn't turn down her offer of staying near her new friend and her adorable son.
Alluriana narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard what Ayato referred to her brothers as, but decided not to make a comment as she was busy feeding Makoto.
"Tch! What's it to you, you arrogant asshole?!" Yuma growled. "Sow here can sit wherever she likes!"
Sow?
"You dare talk back to Yours Truly?" Ayato snarled as he placed his palms on the table, eyes narrowed at the brunette.
Yuma scoffed and ignored him, not wanting to cause any trouble to disturb his son's feeding. The others, however, intervened anyways.
"M Neko-Chan is our little sister's new friend!" Cheered Kou. "So naturally, Luri-Chan invited her over here to chat it up!"
"Alluriana… just wanted… to be nice." Says Azusa, defending his brother.
Laito turned to the noirette with his infamous perverted smirk. "Say Bonkyubbon-Chan, how about you leave that ape you're sitting on and join us, hn? After all, a full-blood like you shouldn't be anywhere near these half-breeds."
(A/N: Bonkyubbon: a woman with an hourglass figure, hence the nickname Laito gave to Alluriana.)
"Tch!" Yuma scoffed. "I'm done here. You Sakamaki's sure know how to ruin a meal." He tapped against his girlfriend's thigh. "Babe, let's get our things and go. As for the lot of ya', you can sit here and deal with those two freaks; I don't care. I don't need their scent anywhere near me or Alluriana, and especially Makoto."
"Makoto?" Ayato questioned. "Who the hell is that? I thought they were only 5 of you."
"Fu~ He must mean the little infant we've seen with Bonkyubbon-Chan. Speaking of, where is that little brother of yours? Did the school say you couldn't carry him around?" Laito smirked.
Alluriana, for the first on her gentle, angelic face, broke into a glare. "First off, Makato is my son, not my brother. Second, Ryoutei Academy is perfectly accepting of me bring him along to my classes, should he not be a disturbance in class. That isn't a problem since naps all the time. Third, he's right here under Yuma's cape." She gestures to the fabric covering her upper body. "I'm using it so no one can see my breasts and I can cover myself from people who want to peek, like yourself!" She snaps. She then turns to Yui with an apologetic smile. "Sorry, Yui-Chan that our time was cut short. Hopefully I'll see you again some other time." She smiles, but there was a dangerous glint that were in the noirette's eyes that the blonde didn't seem to catch, but the redheads definitely did. With that said, she follows Yuma out of the cafeteria room, along with their son who was oblivious to the events and still contently suckling to his mother's milk.
Ayato growls and drags the blonde human up with him. "Whatever; let's go, Chichinashi. From now on, you're either eating lunch with us or by yourself. Got that?" He asks, his tone low.
Yui nods wordlessly, disappointed with not being able to be near the Mukami's. They were a nice group and she especially wanted to be near Alluriana since that was her only friend.
She follows the redheads to the table, looking apologetic towards the Mukami brothers.
Once she's out of ear-shot, Ruki mutters. "Tonight, we go forth with our plan. After that childish display, we now know that she does not matter to those Sakamaki's."
Kou and Azusa nod at their brother.
On the way home in the limo, it was dead quiet as it usually was. However, after Laito shared the information of Yui hanging with the Mukami's full-blooded vampire sister, Reiji decided to interrogate her on any information she has on the raven-haired young woman.
"What do you know about their sister, Ms. Komori?" He questions.
"Um, well…" Yui hesitates. She doesn't want to reveal any information about her new friend in fear of breaking trust, but she couldn't get away under the glasses-wearing vampire's harsh glare. "I know they are not biologically related in anyway… And the baby boy, his name is Makoto. He is the son of Yuma Mukami, the tall one with brown hair. Him and Alluriana are a couple."
"That explains how the boy remained full-blooded." Reiji confirmed. "Even with a half-breed, with her being a full-blood, her son was also born a full-blood." He nodded to himself thoughtfully. "Anything else we should know?"
"I'm not sure if it's important, but Ruki seems to be the oldest amongst the siblings and he takes responsibility for all of them." Yui says.
"Very well." Reiji says. "It seems you're not completely useless."
The limo arrives at the mansion and all follow to their designated rooms.
That night, Yui couldn't go to sleep with the constant dreamland she would enter in. It would always send her in a universe where it's all blue skies, and an apple tree in the middle. Sometimes, she would grab an apple and take a bite into it, but that's not what keeps her up at night. A voice keeps calling out to her, repeating the same name.
"Eve."
She didn't know what to make of it and she didn't know how to resolve the issue. Since she couldn't go back to sleep, she decides to take a walk around the flower garden. She dresses in her regular clothes; black tank top under a pink off shoulder sweater, brown shorts with knee high boots. After dressing and placing her hairclip in, she walks out the back door and into the garden. She can't help but feel serene when looking at the flowers, and it's definitely helping her mind wander off somewhere else that doesn't have to do with her nightmare.
However, that serenity is short-lived.
"Eve."
Yui gasps and stands, scanning the area. She could have sworn she heard that same voice from her dreams.
She looks around with horrified eyes, desperate to know where the sound came from. Suddenly, she hears a footstep step on a petal behind her, but she doesn't dare turn around. Maybe her mind was playing tricks on her and it was probably nothing but the wind.
"Here you are.~" A voice purrs near her ear behind her.
Yui gasps and steps forwards a few steps, then turns to see none other than Kou Mukami.
"K-Kou? What are you doing here?!" She asks.
Kou bends down to pick a rose petal off the floor, the same one he stepped on. He brings it up to his nose and sniffs, enjoying the scent of the flower. He looks up at the blonde human with his usual smile on his face.
"Well good morning, M Neko-Chan!" Kou says happily, throwing a wink at Yui.
Yui, not knowing his intentions, starts to back away from him. She turns, only to find the quiet Azusa standing a few feet away from her. He doesn't say anything; he just stares at her. She gasps and turns towards a different direction, only to turn to a hard-muscled chest under a black sweater. She steps back and looks up to see Yuma Mukami standing before her.
"Easy.." He grins. "You're not going anywhere, Sow."
She gasps when she feels a presence behind her. "Your smell…" Azusa says. "Amazing… your aroma is so much… like mine.."
She shrieks and turns away from the three, running in a different direction away from them.
She doesn't get far because she suddenly bumps into what feels a soft body. She glances up to find Alluriana looking down at her, smiling at her.
"Yui-Chan!~" She cheers happily.
"A-Alluriana?" She questions. "What are you and your brothers doing here at the Sakamaki mansion?"
Alluriana smiles apologetically at the human girl. Though this was definitely going to put a strain on their friendship, she couldn't help but feel slightly happy of the fact that the girl will be living with them from now on.
"Sorry I didn't tell you this from before, Yui-Chan.." She says quietly, rocking an always sleeping Makoto in her arms. "But you see, you're coming with us."
Yui stutters. "C-Coming with you? To live with you?!"
Alluriana nods.
Yui couldn't help but think of the possibilities of living with her. Before she could get lost in her thoughts, she knew it would be impossible to leave, what with the Sakamaki's having her life hung by a thread.
"N-NO! You can't! I won't!" Yui yells, running away from her friend.
From the loud noise, Makoto wakes up and whimpers, catching the noirette's attention.
"Don't worry, baby," she coos, rocking her son gently in her arms as Yuma appears by her side, hearing the whimpers of his son. "She'll be coming home with us very soon."
Yui runs towards where she came from of the doors, when suddenly, Ruki's form steps from the fog surrounding the area which stops her in her tracks.
"We've come to find you, Eve." Ruki murmurs.
Yui widens her in shock, when it finally clicks.
The necklace, the book, the bandages, the bracelets, the suede choker.
There were the ones who destroyed the limo the other night!
Suddenly, Ruki's hand shoots out to grab her wrist. The human girl gasps and tries to break free, only to see a hand coming towards her face and essentially knocking her out in the vampire's arms.
The others have gathered around him, looking down at the sleepy girl.
"Haan, I hope she can forgive me when she wakes up." Alluriana pouts, resting her head against Yuma's chest as he wraps an arm around her waist.
"I'm sure she will.. After we explain the plan." Ruki states.
Alluriana groans. "Fine, fine. But if she won't talk to me after she wakes up, the whole lot of ya aren't going to taste my cooking for a month!"
The vampire brothers groan.
"What about me?! I'm already out of this plan and I'm your boyfriend!" Yuma barks.
She grins. "Yes, but you also got your ass dragged into this mess, so you'll go down with them."
Yuma grumbles something under his breath and turns to Ruki. "Alright, let's go before one those Sakamaki brats find us here."
They all nod before teleporting back to their mansion.
Yui wakes up startled from her slumber, sitting up straight from where she was laying down. She glances at the scene at her side; the sun is setting down over the trees. The scenery looks beautiful and she can only gawk.
"Where am I…?" She asks herself, looking around to study the interior design of the room she was in.
"So, you've finally woken up."
Yui gasps and turns her head to follow the voice and sees Ruki Mukami sitting in a chair across from her.
"You're quite the slumbering Livestock." He states dully.
"Li-Livestock?" Yui stutters and stands abruptly. "What am I doing here, Ruki?! And where am I?"
Ruki ignores her protests and continues to read the novel in his hands, paying mindless attention to the girl.
Infuriated, she asks. "What do you want with m-"
Suddenly, a strong hand slams against the windows that's near her. Startled, Yui turns to find Yuma staring at her with a hard glare.
"Shut up." He growls. "Your constant questions are giving me a headache."
Yui couldn't help but frown. Where are the boys who were laughing with her at lunch not too long ago?
"Be cool, Yuma!" Kou says, walking to where the stairs meet at the top. "She's probably confused on why she's here. I mean, we did just steal her from her boytoys." He looks over at the blonde girl. "Right, M Neko-Chan?~"
Yui could only stare at the idol, only to feel a hand holding hers. She looks down to see the owner of said hand is Azusa.
"Hey.." Azusa starts. "I was wondering.. if maybe you were… into pain."
Yui lets out a startled shriek and sits back down on the couch where she was laying, not quite believing what Azusa just said to her.
"Azusa, come now!" Kou starts laughing. "You've gotta work up to a question like that! You'll scare our little M Neko-Chan before we even get to know her!"
"She's not mine." Yuma states.
"Yes, yes I know." Kou waves him off. "Luri-Chan is yours and yours only and your hers and hers only. We've only heard it about a thousand times!"
"Tch!"
Yui couldn't help but ask. "W-Where is Alluriana-Chan?"
"Haaaiii!~"
Yui turns to find Alluriana walking into the large living room area where her and the boys were gathered. She also couldn't help but blush when she shows up in a mid-thigh length silk robe, tied at her abdomen which shows off her curves, along with the suede choker that's always wrapped around her thigh.
"A-Alluriana-Chan!" Yui squeals, running to her friend and hugs her. Alluriana returns the hug with equal enthusiasm, bouncing them both.
"Yui-Chan! So glad to see you awake now!" She says, happily.
Yui nods and offers a smile at her friend.
"ALLURIANA ROSE MUKAMI!"
Said vampire couldn't help but grimace and grunt at her loud mouth boyfriend's bark. Yui eyes widen at his shouting and felt confused as to why he resorted to doing so. Alluriana smiles sheepishly at her friend and walks out of her arms to face the angry brown bear that is Yuma Mukami.
"Yes, Yuma-kun?~"
"Don't Yuma-kun me! What the fuck are you wearing?! You might as well be naked around the mansion with how poor that piece of fabric is covering!"
"I'm sure my Onii-Chans wouldn't mind seeing me naked around the mansion." She says cheekily, throwing a wink at the brothers who in return blush.
Yuma growls dangerously and approaches the noirette, cupping her chin with his thumb and forefinger and tilting her head towards him to look in her eyes. "Do not tease me like that. You know I am a very possessive, obsessed man and I am protective of what's mine. So, be a good girl and change into something more decent if you're going to be out here listening in to the plan, alright?"
Alluriana takes into the seriousness of his tone and nods meekly. "Yes, sir." She says softly.
Yuma nods, satisfied to convince his girlfriend to not give his brothers, and himself, a raging hard on from the robe she was wearing. He leans in and kisses her gently, then releases her to throw on some clothes.
Once she's back, now in a white off shoulder top that is tucked into her high waist jean shorts, her every present choker on her thigh and barefoot, she settles down near Yui.
"Now that you're all here," Ruki starts. "Yui will be living here with us from now on."
"W-What?" Yui gasps. "I can't live here! I have to go back!"
"Go back?" Ruki questions. "You really want to go back and live with the Sakamaki's? The ones who treat you like dirt? The ones who only use you as their personal blood bank? The ones who are so arrogantly possessive over you, even when you're not truly theirs?"
Yui stares blankly at him, knowing everything he's asking is right.
"You want to go back to being a play thing to a bunch of spoiled, self-important vampires?" Ruki scoffs. "You know you were nothing but a pet? And now you want to run back and be their willing little farm animal?"
"N-No, that's not what.." Yui murmurs. "B-But- All of you are vampires! Wouldn't you be the same as them?!"
"Do not ever compare us to those beasts you've come to care for."
Surprisingly, that cold tone of voice came from the female full-blood.
"I can tell from your hesitation that you care about those Sakamaki boys." Her voice and face is void of emotion, surprising even the brothers from the way she's speaking. "Let me tell you this again; do not compare us to those spoiled brats, ever. They're nothing but brutal monsters who take away the souls of young girls who were forced to enter their mansions as brides and use their blood to quench their thirst, use their bodies to quench their sick pleasure, and use their souls to quench their sadistic behavior. We are nothing like them, and we never will be. Their pasts shouldn't have defined their attitudes and behaviors of today, and yet, they do."
Yui gasps. "H-How do you know about..?" She trails off.
A dark look shadows over Alluriana's features. "As I said, their pasts shouldn't excuse what they've become today. Yui, we do not behave like those brats and we never will. They're too arrogant for their own good. It'd be best if you keep that in mind when trying to retell the whole 'vampires are all the same' thought in your mind." She concludes with a bland look on her face.
Yui couldn't help but wonder the sudden change in Alluriana's behavior. She dare does not bring it up, worried she'll only manage to tick the girl off.
Yui still doesn't want to believe a word they're saying, not even her friends. "O-Okay.. but that doesn't mean I should still trust you.. All of you."
Kou groans loudly in exasperation. "My god! Do you really think we give the tiniest shit about whether or not you trust us?!" He growls out.
"He's right." Ruki states. "You can be reassured that we need your blood.. We need Eve's blood for our plan to work."
"Eve's blood?" Yui murmurs. "But- Are you saying that I'm Eve? You couldn't possibly mean me!"
"You are her." Azusa states. "No question. And now… you're here."
"But I'm not!" Yui cries. "I'm not her and I've never heard of her!"
"Christ, will you just shut up?" Yuma growls. "Just keep your mouth shut and do what we tell you, Sow!"
Ruki approaches Yui and tilts her head up to meet her gaze. "My brothers, aside from Yuma, and I can smell the blood of Eve inside you. I can almost taste it on my tongue. Your blood will lead us… to Adam."
Yui gasps as she sees his hand in her face again, only to pass out in Ruki's arms.
"Kou, carry her to her room, if you please." Ruki asks, placing the unconscious girl into the blonde male's arms. He nods wordlessly and carries the girl upstairs. The other brother stay behind and glance over to Alluriana, worried that she got herself worked up from the conversation earlier.
"Babe…" Yuma sits down next to her and places his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close. "You okay?"
She nods silently. She takes a deep breath and looks up at her brothers and boyfriend.
"I'm okay now.. I'm going to wake up Makoto for his feeding."
Without a word, Yuma places a kiss on the side of her head and releases her. She stands and quietly makes her way to the shared bedroom of her and Yuma, where Makoto is sleeping contently in his bassinet.