Chapter 29
If his guess was correct, as long as he stayed as far away from Kurei, nothing would happen. But unfortunately he had been wrong because…
Recca ran. Fast, no, faster than he had ever gone. It was midnight, when he woke in his half-brother's bed. He knew what had changed instinctively. He belonged to his half-brother. He was a submissive, an uke, in the vampire society, but he was also a level C because he did drink his half-brother's blood, after he was taken forcefully. Perhaps it wouldn't have happened, if he had just stopped denying that he had fallen in love his brother. For sure though, he would not be running away. Tokyo. His legs gave way and he was only covered in a sheet.
Hours later, yet sometime before dawn…
A group of three appeared.
"Strauss! Look there's a vampire lying on the ground in nothing but a sheet. He's hurt," said a blond boy. He's mated, but recently. His mate must have forced themselves upon him. Poor boy. His situation is not that unlike my lord and mine. For us, it was accidental, neither of us wanted it. But…He cast a glance at his bluenette male companion, who was wearing tones of grey and some red.
"Renka" said the bluenette. "Since you found him, you will deal with him."
"Hai!" They rarely showed affection toward the other. They had been rivals for centuries, when it came to swordplay, but when Komatsubara Yuki, the forty-ninth Black Swan and Jin's girlfriend was killed, Jin's hatred for the other grew. Completely obliterating any admiration the younger had for the ex-monarch of the Vampire community. And of course there had been hatred before that, but it had been based on the fact that vampires are hypocrites because they instituted the Vampire Code. If he had been born prior to the last of the Blood Wars, perhaps they would have willingly mated. After all, vampires usually mate for love and or strength. There was at least some degree of admiration, then, but it was steadily growing toward love, possibly due to the influence of the blood bond.
The blonde picked up the brunette boy off the streets. They walked into a flat. Yes, the wandering couple had learned to settle down for periods of time. They had a young blonde girl with them, whose name was Laetitia. She was sometimes mistaken as their daughter. This was something which the blonde boy denied vehemently. In actuality, she was Strauss's protégé. Tonight, she made sure her master and mistress (something that she called Jin because he was Strauss's uke, which is submissive en anglais, but she would be dead, if he knew), could get through the door, since her mistress was carrying a boy, on his back.
"I'll care for him," volunteered Laetitia. "He may be traumatised by the relationship that you share, if he was forced into mating with a vampire." She smiled slyly at her master and mistress.
"Aish! What the hell is wrong with you gaki!" snapped Renka.
She blew a loud raspberry at older man.
"Ahem," coughed Strauss. He gestured toward the now conscious Recca, who was staring at them confusedly.
"Oh! Sorry about that. What's your name?" asked Renka.
"Um…Hana…no just Recca," was the reply.
"Hana…Hanabishi! You're the boy who tamed the nine fire dragons," said Renka.
"…"
"What happened?" asked Laetitia. "Don't mind him; he's rather insensitive at the best times. The only one who he is sensitive with is Strauss." This last part, she said conspiratorially.
"Um…okay," said Recca. "So who are you really?" After a pause, "You won't be taking me back will you?"
"No," replied the bluenette in monotone.
Laetitia however was not impressed. "How could you not know Strauss-sama and Renka-sama, the ex-king of the vampires and his mate?"
"You are vampires?" asked Recca incredulously. "You don't seem like vampires."
"You mean we aren't stereotypes," said Renka. "Most of us aren't."