Behind

There is always a dark secret behind families.
Everyone is acutely aware.

As well as these siblings get along, there's always a perk: their differences. Especially the vampiric brothers of the family. Being selfish is a common trait in the four of them, no doubt. And as vampires, they feed on blood to live. Of course the second oldest child, being the only female and of a different race knew of their twisted lives behind their everyday conversation. It was cruel to feed on these innocent, human women. But it was hypocritical of her to say that, really.

In a trance, a beautiful teenage girl sat on Ruki's bed, quietly staring into the space in front of her. The male himself inspected her carefully. She had reddish-brown hair that reached to her shoulders, straight bangs that covered her forehead. With Ruki's charm she had fallen into a dazed state, her chestnut eyes became blank. A petite, fragile human body she had, seemingly able to break at the touch of her delicate bones. Livestock are livestocks after all. Sweeping his grey hair aside, he took a closer look at her, taking a sniff. The sweet, alluring smell came from her, making Ruki lick his lips. It was a treat for him today. Perhaps...I'll make it fun today. He opened a drawer, revealing a roll of rope in it. Taking it out, he wrapped it around the girl's hands and legs, as well as blindfolding her. Ready, he snapped his fingers.

"...Huh? It's so dark... wh-where am I?" She muttered, feeling a little dizzy. Shaking her head, she tried moving her arms and feet.

"Wh-why? Why can't I move? Am I...No! Help me, help me!" She shreiked. Ruki chuckled at the scene. It had been quite sometime since he had done something like this. He'd been lazy, simply drinking off them and erasing every track and evidence of it happening. The rules, the rules...right. Still have to follow them. He was aware he was going to make a mess today and kept it mind to clean up properly later.

"Who are you?!" The girl screamed shrilly. "I'm just someone ordinary, there's no use in kidnapping me!"

"Very noisy, aren't you." Ruki sighed, while using his fingers to trace her face. She shivered in fear at his cold touch, choking on her tears.

"LEAVE ME ALONE! LET ME GO!" Her cries echoed in the silent room. Hearing her own voice clearly, she wished hard that someone heard her. Anyone would do, she just wanted to be saved. Door knocks were heard.

"Onii-sama, what are you doing? It's soooo noisyyyy~" Kou whined. It was the weekend and the sleepy idol was in his pyjamas, most probably awoken by the noise. "Eh, what's that?"

"Go away, none of your business." Ruki snapped. He didn't have time to deal with annoyances.

"Help! Please help me! I don't know why I'm here...please, please...!" Seeing the human girl beg for her life, Kou's personality flipped. His visible blue eye flashed disgust, but she couldn't see it.

"What did you say, disgusting pig? Are you begging for my help?" He said with contempt. The girl whimpered in fear. It didn't take a second for him to smile brightly again as he turned around.

"Maeki~ Onii-sama said not to disturb him~" Kou hummed to his slightly older sister who had been standing behind him since he arrived. She took a peek into the room to see a shivering, tied up girl who was blindfolded. Those grey eyes didn't show any emotion at all, even at the sight before her.

"Can...you help me, miss...?"

"I'm afraid not." Fuyuki replied in monotone. "It is not I who can make such a decision."

"C'mon Maeki, I want you to check out the new stuff my manager got for me!" Kou said excitedly as he pulled Fuyuki along, both of them shutting the door before dissapearing into the hallway. Sadly, the girl silently heard their footsteps fade away. She help more hopeless than she had ever been in her life. Never had she thought that she would be kidnapped and... it was much more terrifying than she ever imagined. Her heart beat faster and faster as she felt a breath on her neck. Cold. A cold feeling of someone's tongue going down from her neck to her collarbone.

"Hrngh...uuuwaaa..." Unable to hide her fear any longer, she had burst into tears. It soaked the blindfold, some of it streaming down her face. And again, that tongue had licked off the tear on her face.

*bite*

"AHHHHHHH! IYYYYAAAAAA! NO! WAHHHHHHH!"

Ruki harshly bit down on her neck, the blood dribbling down. He slowly licked it off and locked her struggling body down in place on his bed. A circular red mark had stained his plain white bed-sheets, but he could wash it later.

"Does it hurt? Well, I guess the answer is obvious."

It was sastisfying how afraid this girl was. She radiated fear, struggling and fighting as much as she could her life...but she's human after all. Inferior to him in every aspect. Breakable, pitiful prey. Blood, food. Ruki yearned for more.

He dug his sharp fangs into her wounds once more, her screams and cries of agony at it's loudest.

"AAAAAaaaAAAAaHHHhhhhHHhhHh! GAAAhhhhhhaAHHHHhhHhhhha!"

"Nnnghh... *slurp* Haaaa..."

She felt the heat in her body fading away. Her conciousness was slipping away slowly and she was waiting to just get knocked out. But everytime she was on the brink of fading out, the excruciating pain would make her more awake than ever. It was as if he knew when she was going to pass out. Vampires. That, too, she'd never think would exist. There wasn't even enough time for her to finish processing her situation in her mind that that vampire sunk his fangs into her again. Her throat hurt from all that screaming.

Tired of feeding off the same spot, Ruki flipped her shirt over. The girl gasped in horror as she felt the chilly air hit her stomach. There several spots of cane marks embroidered all over, some even making beautiful looking images of young animals. Interested, the vampire inspected her more carefully. This had caught his interest.

"Hey, what's with these marks all over your body?"

"...the orphanage I was in did that to me before I was adopted by onii-chan..."

Scared that she would be horribly bitten again, the girl honestly replied to the man. Ruki had stopped his activity in favour of her old scars. Maybe if she were to flip on her back where her tattoo was, he might actually stop all together and she would have a chance to live.

Orphanage. Abused. Adopted.
Ruki thought of the two large scars on his back; the mark of a livestock. It looked as if he were an angel who lost his wings. As much as he could empathise with her, he didn't decide to finish up just yet. He traced the scars, causing her body to shudder. Smirking, he slowly inserted his fangs into them. In response, the girl let out a wrenched scream.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

It was clear that her memories of torture had come flowing back into her. Her beautiful face and clothes kept her broken body undercover... they were all exposed now. The cane that stung her like electricity. The needles that clumsily sewed her wounds together. The burns of the markings on her back.

As she had wished, Ruki flipped her on her stomach, revealing a elaborate tattoo on her back. It was of two swords stabbing into her back, German words encircling around them. The image of chains were clinging close to the back of her neck, tying down onto the weapons. It was an intriguing design indeed.

"And what does this mean?"
"Death is your master. We are the servants of death."

The tone in her voice changed. It was crisp clear, a respecting fear was ringing in it. She was merely reciting what had been pinned into her mind as a child.

"Hm, I can infer from that."
"...a living hell, of course...this world would never accept my happiness..."
"Glad that you know."

And with that, Ruki finished his interrogation.

"Whhhhyyy...mmmeeeee...wwwhhhhyyy...mmmeeee..."

The girl's voice was hoarse, dragged out and slow. Her frail body was already limp, no longer able to keep up with the torture or have the willpower to escape. She knew it would be impossible to leave. End it all, please...pleasepleasepleaseplease. It was fast but... her mind was broken. She wanted to go home. Her family... mommy, daddy, onii-chan...

"OoooooNnniiii-cchhaaannnnn...saaaaaveee meeee..."

Ruki blinked a few times at her words. As close as he was to his own family and being able to emphatise with her of wanting to be with them... he wasn't merciful enough to do that. It wasn't he that was suffering like that, after all. He shifted to her bruise on her right shoulder, chomping down on it like a sandwich.

"Kiiiiillll mmmmmeeeeeee..." She moaned, her voice cracking.

"killikillkillkillkillkillkillkill...meeeeeeeeeeeeee"

That was it. Off went her mental stability. Again, Ruki chuckled, completely sastisfied with her reaction. Sanity is like a ticking time bomb. Once it explodes, you become a husk-less wreck. Well, insanity differs from each individual. This man here watched his several victims go berserk in madness, not only his but also others.

"A low-life like you doesn't even deserve the luxury of death. Aren't I right, livestock?"

"..."

By now, she was incapable of comprehensible speech. Had he inserted a speck of insanity in her or not? Who knows.

"Aghhhh...aghhhh..."

Knocks sounded on his door again. Opening it without approval was none other than Yuma, who raised a brow at the scene.

"It was noisy, as well as having the scent of sweet blood in the air and I come across this?"

"Well...was getting a little bored."Ruki laughed, caressing the broken girl's face.

"Must've been painful..." A meek, familiar voice mumbled. Azusa decided to come by as well, observing the aftermath of Ruki's activity. "Heard those yells loud and clear from my room..."

"She's useless to me now. Any of you guys want her?"

His two younger brothers shook their heads.

"Heh, that's just another broken girl stained with your fangs. I want one to myself, not broken like that." Yuma scoffed before frowning. He strained his ears, listening carefully.

"Wow, Yuma-kun's sweets sure are delicious, right Maeki?"

"Mmmphhh."

"Hahaha, your mouth is stuffed! That girl must've been sweet, too."

"Hwateveerhh."

"What was that? Whatever? Haha!"

Without another word, Yuma disappeared from Ruki's sight immediately, hunting down his thieving older siblings. Azusa stood still at the door, silently gazing at the broken mess.

"Azusa, is there something bothering you?" The eldest brother asked his youngest brother, who lightly shook his head.

"Just thinking about Maeki and the full moon." Azusa replied.

"Ah, I see. Have you had your meal?"

"Yes. It was enjoyable."

"I won't ask for details then. Anything else you need?"

"Not really... Good night, Ruki-kun."

"Good night, then."

In the living room, the usual three were there.

"KOU! MAEKI! What you guys think you're doing?!" Yuma growled.

"Oh shit, it's Yuma! Gettin' my ass outta here!" Fuyuki exclaimed as she threw the bag of sweets back onto the sofa, jumping up quickly and running off at full speed.

"Ah, Maeki! I'm coming too!" Kou followed right behind her, both of them escaping their raging younger brother who had come to defend his treats.

"Don't throw them like that! You idiots!" Yuma yelled as he placed the dropped sweets back to its original place. Without chasing the mischievous duo, he carefully collected his sweets. It was practically impossible to stop them from harassing him like that. Reminded of the scene in Ruki's room earlier, the brown-haired vampire closed his eyes. Even Maeki doesn't care anymore. Truely enough, she'd been as normal as Kou had been after she visited the tied up girl crying for help. The cries were dismissed as she continued her own activities at home. A stone heart when necessary indeed.

Once human, now something else. That is this family, the Mukamis. But without a thought, they harm what they had used to be, used and adapted to what they are now. Honestly though, they're more humane than a certain pure-blooded vampire family. The Mukamis are a close knit together, caring for each other. At the same time, they're heartless, ruthless monsters. That's how it really is.