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I understand that the Sakamaki's are centuries old- vampires right?- and I guess I'm just going to change this slightly... They will be Akune's age and as for their appearances; lets just say they love that kind of authentic, victoriany-kinda dress sense XD (Please just bare with me here cause I dunno how else to explain how they're still eight, after being alive for centuries, and are still able to grow at the same pace as Akune... *sigh*)

I've also decided to completely mess about with the plot that is Diabolik Lovers, thus making Cordelia still being alive... for now and Yui having Cordelia's heart being placed in side of her at a later time... (X-X WTF AM I DOING! ... don't know but just roll with it; I'll just see where this takes me for now hahaha *nervous as hell*)

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Chapter 2: Meet the Sakamaki Family

~Dream~

The blinding light that surrounded me was unlike the darkness from my last dream. Instead of causing me a large amount of fear, I could feel an unnatural amount of serenity overwhelm me; causing my body to be relaxed to the point that I couldn't move. Once again, I was floating, although this time my eyes were forced shut due to the brightness of the light around me.

"Akuma? Are you here this time?" once again, there was no response. Before I could continue with my fruitless attempts of calling my other self, the cry of an infant filled my ears. The baby sounded weak and the cry it was pushing from its lungs caused it to wheeze heavily; the urge to find the baby and bring them to some form of medic was a shock to me as I can't recall ever meeting an infant younger than the age of four.

"There there, hush now. It's okay, I'm here"

That voice... it was the same woman who had sang before.

I heard the baby's cry stop immediately as it was replaced by happy gurgles and light giggles. I could feel a smile rise onto my face, my mind trying to imagine the sight of the infant smiling. The woman was laughing too, cooing and responding to the baby's noises with poor imitations of the light sounds- forcing small pelts of laughter from my chest.

"If I die young bury me in satin, lay me down on a bed of roses.

Sink me in the river, at dawn.

Send me away with the words of a love song"

My eyes unwillingly closed as the sound of her soothing voice entered my ears.

"Lord make me a rainbow, I'll shine down on my mother.
She'll know I'm safe with you as she stands under my colours, and oh,
Life ain't always what you think it ought to be, no,
ain't even grey but she buries her baby"

Tears slowly left my eyes, the calm feeling left immediately as an indescribable pain hit my chest.

"The sharp knife, of a short life
and I've had just enough time"

A loud gasp left my throat and suddenly felt as if I was suffocating. My eyes snapped open and I could see that the bright light had been dimmed, giving me the opportunity to see a woman dressed in a green gown; her face covered by the hood of a red cloak. She held a baby covered within a white blanket.

"If I die young bury me in satin, lay me down on a bed of roses.
Sink me in the river, at dawn.
Send me away with the words of a love song"

I watched as she gently placed the baby into what looked like a basket, presumably tears escaped from the hood of the cloak and landed into the basket.

"The sharp knife of a short life
and I've had just enough time"

My heart panged painfully against my rib cage and my hands were quick to grasp at my clothed chest. Tears were forced to blur my vision as the woman leaned down to gently kiss the, now snoring, baby. She turned away, figure trembling due to the force of tears and began to walk further away. I couldn't help but plead within my thoughts, "No, please don't go"

It was as if she heard me; turning back so that her hooded features directly faced my pain induced ones. I could make out the faint outline of lips within a sad smile and my eyes couldn't help but watch as her hand reached towards those lips to then blow me a kiss. Her figure then turned and walked off into a patch of light that was too bright to see through.

"Please..." My voice was hoarse, "Don't leave me..."

The basket with the baby inside began to move and the same weak cry from before could be heard. I expected the woman to come back and begin to sing again but she didn't return.

"Akune! Can you hear me? We gotta go!"

My eyes wouldn't leave from the moving basket, my hands leaving my shirt to try and reach towards it.

"There, there little one. It's okay, you're safe now" A man's voice spoke and before I could see his face, my eyes were forced shut by the pain within my chest. When I next opened my eyes, I was no longer within the dream but within my room.

~Dream End~

I could feel my feet moving against my will and the comforting feeling I usually got when Akuma had been hosting my body had calmed my frantic mind. Waking up from the dream only seemed to me more worried as the fact that all of what happened wasn't real... even though it felt even more real than some of the things I've done in my life. Like hugging Yui Komori- that still doesn't seem real to me, until I recall how comforting her hug was- and getting 'disciplined' by Chi- I mean Mother, till I see the obvious welts on my body and the red scratch that now resided upon my left cheek.

I took over my steps, going into the bathroom to shower my skin and brush my teeth; humming the song from my dreams aloud as I went about my new routine.

Akuma was confused, "When did you learn that song?"

I chuckled and went into my wardrobe, pulling out another Lolita styled dress that ended at my knees. It was black with silver lacing and a silver bow was wrapped around the waist lining; the bow being big and facing the back part of the dress.

"Seriously, how did you learn that song without... me learning too?"

I put the dress on, looking into the mirror and realising that the silver on it matched my eyes nicely. I then proceeded to brush my hair the best I could and looked within one of the random drawers to find a something to put inside it. A silver bow caught my eye and I immediately clipped it into the right side of my hair.

"Will you stop ignoring me and explain?"

"Just another dream..." I twirled within the mirror and decided to go back into my drawer; bringing out a black pair of knee high socks with small silver bows at the top and putting them onto my feet.

"Don't you think it's strange how you started to have these dreams once we got here?"

"Do you think I look okay? Or is this too much?" I scrutinised my reflection, trying to find any faults with the outfit or colours I had chosen, "maybe I should wear something a little more... bright"

"Akune!"

I sighed, "well yeah but they're only dreams right? We shouldn't get too worked up about them"

My face lifted into one of the various smile I had mastered back at the orphanage; used to make me seem harmless and innocent.

Akuma's uncertainty only seemed to grow as I tried to make my smile wider within the mirror, "That's my point! Your the only one who can get worked up because your the only one who knows exactly what happens in those damn dreams and that only makes me get worked up because I can feel your change in temperature and sometimes you sleep talk, which makes me worry more because you sound hurt or sad and then-

"Akuma, shut up" I smiled sincerely and I know the feeling of a real smile on my face calmed her down.

"I guess I'll stop; for now. However, you have to make sure you tell me all the details before we sleep tonight, okay?"

"Sure thing but shouldn't you mean this morning?"

Akuma couldn't help but laugh at this comment as we recently realised how messed up our internal clock had become since we had arrived here the day before. We now seemed to feel sleepy within the day and restless at night; Chie- Mother seemed to find this normal as she also followed this strange nocturnal clock.

A knock upon my door ceased my internal laughter, the monotonous voice of my guardian was obvious through the wood,

"I hope you are ready to go child, we mustn't be too late after all".

I slipped on a pair of black Maryjane shoes with silver bowed buckles and opened the door gently; posture perfect as I looked up at the eerily beautiful lady before me, "I'm ready to go Mother"

Mother wore a similar dress to the one I had seen her in last, it went down to the floor and reminded me of a something a queen from long ago might wear. The shade of blue matched the depths of the ocean and the lacing matched the navy of her hair; which had been styled in a low bun with some curls left out in the front. Her dark amber eyes were still as blank as they usually appeared to be.

"Good" She took my hand with her blue gloved one, "that dress suites you... I will have to get more made with that colour of silver"

"Is it just me or does the bitch seem a lot... less bitchy?"

"Thank you Mother, it is much appreciated"

I watched as Mother turned her head to look away from me but not before I saw what appeared upon her face. I almost fainted from shock; my eyes widening, "Did...?"

"Holy shit, that doesn't make sense... I thought the bitch in blue was heartless!"

I felt a small tug from the hand holding mine and looked towards my Mother's face, the previous expression that was there had been completely erased, "Let us go". We walked down the staircase and out into a very long looking car...

As we got inside, I sat in a long seat on the opposite side of her; my head whirring over what I had just seen.

"What the heck was that?!"

"I think she just..."

"Is there something wrong with the limousine? If so, you can get out and walk" her voice was cold and held no trace of kindness. I shook my head and offered her a smile. "Good" she responded and began to look at the scenery outside of the now dubbed 'limousine'.

"It's hard to believe Akuma, but I think Mother Chieko just smiled at us"

And I think I saw a glimpse of genuine happiness shine within those usually cold eyes of hers.

"Fuck no, I refuse to believe that the bitch can be... nice!"

I hid the giggle that left my mouth behind a cough as I replayed the image of a smiling blue haired lady within my head; "She looks very kind when she smiles; a lot more trusting"

~Some time later~

Thankfully, the journey wasn't too long; otherwise the uncomfortable silence within the long car, "Limousine", would have killed me. Unlike yesterday, Mother made no attempts to converse with me and so I was stuck talking with Akuma; who was slightly annoying me.

"You look cute" was the start of our strange conversation, "but you need to be careful, anyone who funds those hellhole orphanages willingly can't be anything but bad news"

"Yui's church funds the orphanage too"

"That's completely different! They're church people!"

"You and I know that all people can be dangerous... know matter what God they may follow"
"And you and I both know that both Yui and Seiji are trustworthy right?"
"We don't know that for sure..."

"Bullshit, you already trust that girl and the way her father reacted to her being hurt was enough to show that he wouldn't do anything that could harm her"

"Your point?"

"He wouldn't run a church that funds such a twisted organisation- not with the knowledge of what happens"

I smirked, "So how do you know if the Sakamaki's aren't in the same predicament?"

Akuma chuckled, "Duh, they're rich so they have enough influence to control the whole organisation- meaning they choose to ignore all the shit that goes down with the orphans"

My eyes automatically went around in an annoyed circle and I sighed quietly, "okay, now what makes you think they're rich?"

"The huge as fuck house outside, that's what"

I felt my eyebrows furrow and my head went to face towards the window of the limousine; my mouth opening in fascination at the scenery. A building that had to be the largest I've ever seen was outside surrounded by a gorgeous field of green. The limousine turned a corner to begin it's short decent up the smooth pathway that ended at closed gates. The gates were tall and impending but the giant house behind it made the gates seem insignificant.

A small tap on my shoulder forced me to draw my gaze away from the goliath house and focus on the opened door beside me; my Mother staring at me with an impatient glint to her eyes. I got out of the limo as gracefully as I could and turned to thank the driver who had opened the door; only to see the limo driving away at the bottom of the long pathway.

I felt soft material holding my hand and steering me towards the building, "Come child, they should be waiting for our arrival"

"Y-yes Mother"

The gates slowly opened with a light screech and Mother lead me through them. I could see the doors of the house were quite far away, the only way to get there was to walk through another pathway; so whilst we walked I took a quick look around the front lawn. In the centre was a beautiful fountain that had water spraying from the top and the grass on the lawn was trimmed to perfection. There were rose bushes around the staircase that lead towards the door; the roses were an unusual white colour but to me the colour only seemed to enhance their beauty.

My feet went up the staircase carefully; my eyes never leaving the white roses that were now below me as Mother gently knocked the door. I felt the silk of her gloves leave my hand as the door creaked open; the sounds of people talking could be heard. Mother walked in immediately and, after a little hesitation due to my new urge to touch the white roses, I followed after her.

The inside of the house made it seem even larger than the outside and looked even more expensive. There was a light on the ceiling that looked to me like a giant floating ball of light- I think it's called a chandelier.

"Ah! I do believe they have just arrived" an unfamiliar male voice was heard from within a room- the same room Mother was leading me towards. The voice sounded cheerful but held an underlying amount of malice, causing my footsteps to hesitate.

I watched from behind the wall as Mother walked into a room filled with a total of eleven people excluding herself and curtsied beautifully towards all of the occupants. Her gaze went towards a man who had the same amber eyes as she did; he was dressed within a black tie suit with matching shoes and slicked back dark brown hair.

"Father, it is an honour to see you as always" she spoke in the usual monotone and I watched as the man, who I now know is the "ASSHOLE!" who owns the Love Life industry- the one who is to blame for all of the trauma I have in my life because of those evil orphanages.

"Chieko, my pride, the feeling is mutual" he gave a small smile and then pointed towards a man with pale skin, golden eyes and long white hair held back within a ponytail. He was smiling gently at Mother and seemed to give off a nice inviting vibe, however, even though his appearance was enchanting, something about him seemed... off to me.

The "ASSHOLE!" spoke once again, "You remember Tougo Sakamaki, politician an representative of Japan and several industries?"

I watched as Mother once again curtsied before the very pretty man and spoke in a more gentle voice, "Thank you, it is a pleasure to be within your presence Mr Sakamaki"

The mans eyes gained a glint of something I had seen many times within the orphanage from the adults who had visited to do those disgusting things to various children. I felt my feet automatically moving when he took Mother's hand and placed a kiss that lasted too long upon her wrist.

"The pleasure is all mine, Chieko" The white haired man- who Akuma had now dubbed "Perverted Prick; PP for short"- released his kiss to then proceed to stroke Mother's gloved hand with a suggestive smirk on his face, "you may address me as Tougo, Mr Sakamaki sounds far too distant"

My presence within the room had caught the attention of the"ASSHOLE!" as well as the other nine occupants who I have had yet to properly observe. Mr PP had his eyes all over my Mother, who had now risen; I could see a small amount of disgust within her eyes but it was masked well with false naivety.

The sound of my footsteps is what made the pervert release Mothers hands; his attention now focused on my small stature. Mr PP shot a sparkling smile towards me, probably expecting my reaction to be that of the typical eight year old- a blush or a small wave. Instead I stared at him with unimpressed eyes and a small frown, the interest he now held from my display was obvious due to the smirk on his face as well as the amusement in his eyes.

"Chieko, Katsuro? Who is this charming little girl?" the PP asked, causing "the ASSHOLE!", who's name was now known as Katsuro, to look at me with undisguised disgust. I glared back at the man and made my posture a little more straight; to show him that his disapproval meant nothing to me.

"That thing is the bane of my existence within the business world; the amount of times this little demon had to be removed from orphanages is so large I've managed to lose count!" Katsuro's voice was laced in just as much disgust as the look he was still giving me and I could feel the glare from my eyes become a lot more menacing due to the added anger produced from Akuma.

Before I could stop myself, she took over and began to speak in a mocking tone, "Wow, who knew you were so stupid old man? Last I checked, people who own businesses are supposed to have enough intellect to be able to tell the difference between a human and a thing" she chuckled at the mans now angered expression, "not to mention your inability to count past twenty. Idiot, I've been removed from exactly twenty-eight of you shitty orphanages for various reasons that I doubt your baby-brain would be able to comprehend without injuring itself"

Katsuro's fist was clenched and his whole body was trembling from both embarrassment and fury. I only smiled towards the PP, the influence of Akuma on my voice vanished as she returned the control back to me and I curtsied the best I could- which probably looked kind of scruffy (considering the fact I've never had to curtsy in my life till now)- with a sweet practiced grin taking over my features.

"Good evening, Sir; thank you for your previous insinuation on my personality being charming- you are the first who has probably ever thought so. My names Akune Aoi, I am eight years of age and the adopted daughter of Chieko Aoi who is the lovely Lady in blue standing by you. I guess that also makes me the... adopted granddaughter of Mr Katsuro here; which is quite shameful as he is obviously unfit for this role in many ways: from his inability to count to twenty-eight to his deplorable mannerisms towards a child that seems to get under his skin. I am grateful to be within a house with such enchanting beauty" I looked into the slightly shocked eyes of the PP and my grin lowered into a simple smile, "it is nice to meet you"

All was silent until a lady with pale skin, long purple hair, green eyes and a mischievous smirk playing on red painted lips let out a laugh. She wore a black dress with white ruffles coming out from the slit of it by her leg. Three white roses were on the left side of her breast and she wore a black choker around her neck.

"I think she's adorable" the lady spoke, the smirk on her lips widening to show me a glimpse of sharp incisors as she stepped beside the PP and shot a small glare towards my Mother, "Very intelligent and well spoken for her age; just like my little Ayato"

I watched as she gestured one of her hands towards one of the little boys standing separately within a corner. The boy who stepped forward- I'm guessing he's Ayato- had pale skin, messy red hair and green eyes. I could see the fear within his eyes as he walked slowly towards the woman who had then enveloped him into a hug.

"Don't even go o about how you'd like a hug right now..." Akuma laughed, "judging by that cuties face; her hugs are nothing like the warm comforting feeling your craving"

"Akune, I am Cordelia Sakamaki; first wife of Tougo. This is Ayato Sakamaki- my firstborn son" she looked at two other children and they immediately came over to stand by her; one a lot faster than the other, "and these two are my other two sons: Laito and Kanato- they're triplets"

The boy named Kanato had pale skin, purple hair and purple eyes; they had the starting shadows of eye bags underneath them. He had a small smile on his face and within his hands he held a teddy bear that had an eye patch covering its left eye. He was murmuring words to the stuffed toy and the look in his eyes was unnerving. I found that I couldn't look at him for too long so I decided to observe the other boy- Laito.

Laito had pale skin, reddish-brown hair and green eyes; he was currently glaring at both Ayato and me- looking from left to right to make sure the mean look reached us both. His eyes then looked up at his mother's face lovingly, showing the kind of love I'm sure should only exist between a couple involved in a romantic relationship- not a mother and son.

"He's jealous because the creepy purple lady complimented you... same with his brother; she's hugging him still"

"That's messed up on so many levels; do you think Cordelia knows her own son thinks of her on such an intense level?"

"Judging by the sick pleasure in her eyes; she's the fucking instigator of his infatuation and definitely encourages it"

I felt sick to my stomach.

Another Lady approached me with a stern expression permanently etched onto her face. She had pale skin, blonde hair and ocean deep blue eyes. Her hair was styled in a bun with two long curls at the front; whilst her dress was black and red. Her eyes roamed my body as if inspecting me and then she let out a small hum of approval. By her side were two boys- I am assuming they're her sons- and they followed her steps in perfect timing.

"Your speech is impeccable and you manage to use the right expressions to make your offensive opinions appear as facts" she then looked towards my mother, the ice in her eyes melting a bit, "Chieko, you really should be less lenient on your new daughter"

Mothers eyes gained the same amount of miniscule joy within her eyes as she and the woman went to talk quietly to one another on a different side of the room.

"Personally, I think those two could pass for fraternal twins" Akuma laughed loudly in my head, "The cold gazes, stern expressions and obsession with manners- pft, they have to be related"

The first of the two to approach me was a miniature copy of his mother- when it came to his looks. He had the same pale skin, blonde hair and blue eyes, although his eyes held a prominent amount of shock towards... well, me. The steps he took were hesitant and the shock I had seen inside his eyes had been mistaken as I could now see fascination glinting within the oceanic orbs.

Once he stopped a few paces before me, he gasped lightly, "Wow, a human girl"

I watched as his eyes glinted with curiosity and his lips began to spew forth random observations he had made of me; my cheeks heating as his face came closer to mine with each word and partly because the words he spoke sounded like compliments.

"Pretty" he spoke with a glance towards my dress.

"Soft" he reached his hand to touch a part of my hair.

"Smooth" his hand then rubbed my hand gently.

"Nothing like how Edgar described them", then he took a step back and gave me a breath-taking smile that made my heart stop. As soon as it appeared, it was gone and replaced with a worried look, "Are you okay? Your awfully red..."

"W-what just ha-happened?"

"Aw, look at my little Akune; gone and gotten herself a crush!" Akuma laughed as confusion swarmed my thoughts.

"What do you mean?"

"Isn't it obvious sweet-heart; you like this boy..."

"I don't know him"
"But so far, you like him!"

Before I could respond with a negative retort, the other boy came over and with a glare shot quickly at the blonde her bowed slowly.

"Hello Miss Akune. I am Reiji Sakamaki, second son to Beatrix and Tougo, it is nice to meet you" he stood straight from his bow and pushed the glasses on his face up his nose, "Whilst this good for nothing is Shu Sakamaki, the first son and my elder brother- who I will apologise on behalf of for his disrespectful behaviour towards a Lady of your stature"

"I sense some bad blood between these two"

Once again, heat flooded to my cheeks; I've never been recognised as both a 'Miss' and a 'Lady' by someone before. Both these boys have managed to make me feel quite special already; even though I know they're just being welcoming and polite as I am a guest of their household.

Shu looked at Reiji and sighed, "must you always insist I'm a 'good for nothing'?". Reiji ignored his question and turned his attention to something over my shoulder. I looked behind me to see the PP approaching with the same amusement glinting within his eyes and a sparkly smile on his face. He swiftly took a white rose bud from a vase he passed and held out in front of himself as he knelt on one knee before me.

"Little one, do you know the meaning of White roses?" he asked softly and I shook my head slowly in confusion to his strange question, "white roses are sometimes called the 'flowers of light' and represent unity, purity, sincerity, loyalty and a love stronger than death"

His hands placed the rose bud in my hair- somehow he managed to get it to stay in the middle of my bow and his voice took on a gentler tone, whilst his eyes softened with an emotion I couldn't truly read.

"They're usually arranged with red roses to enhance the feeling of love, however white rose buds" he chuckled softly, "are seen as appropriate gifts for a daughter from their father or In this case- the perfect way to say 'I'm thinking of you'"

"I'll always love you little one" a distant voice echoed throughout my head, "I'll only ever think of you"

Speechless, I watched as the PP stood straight and turned to face the other occupants of the room. His voice took on more authority and his 'request' sounded like more of an order.

"Dinner shall be ready In around three to four hours from now so I request all us adults go into the lounge to discuss some things" his tone became noticeably lighter, "Whilst the children do as the wish- as long as it's all together"

I couldn't ignore the gasps of surprise released from each of the boys'; which was strange as they should be used to being within each others presences everyday... right?

"Akuma? Did you hear that?" my voice was lower than usual inside my mind; a sign of my shock.

"Yep" Akuma chuckled sarcastically and I could feel a small smirk beginning to rise on my face, "sounds to me like Mr PP is in fact a Mr PPP: Perverted, Paedophilic, Prick"

I couldn't believe she said that and a bout of fear took over my senses as the smirk on my face turned into a frown, "you didn't hear the voice...?"

Akuma was silent for a minute before she spoke, "Akune I want you to calm down, I have no idea what your talking about but I do know that its making your heart race... breathe slowly"

I did as asked and breathed Ina and out; watching the adults leave the room and the awkward glances of the children remaining.

One adult stayed behind however, to briefly introduce himself to me.

"I am Richter" he said quickly, his dark green hair swishing slightly and his dark red eyes scrutinising my every move, "be careful around us all or else you could be in a lot of danger"

He left the room; leaving me with more chills than the contemplation or Tougo being a paedophile.

A light sneeze alerted me to another presence within the room other than the five boys I had been introduced to. My eyes moved to a corner of the room where another boy stood; seeming a lot more isolated than the other boys. He had pale skin, white hair and red eyes.

"Albino?"

"I don't think so..."

I approached him with fabricated confidence and the feeling of five pairs of eyes observing me was theoretically painful to my back.

When I stopped before the boy I noticed the loneliness within his eyes and couldn't help but take an instant liking to him- even if he didn't have one for me- as I could relate to the loneliness he felt many times in my life so far.

"Hi there" I said casually, the previous overdose of intelligent speech slipping completely, "I'm Akune, in case you didn't hear before... so um, what's your name?"

The boy looked me right in the eye, making Akuma squeal for some reason, and tilted his head a little to the side. I think he's trying to... force a reaction out of me? No, it's more of a questioning look; as if he's trying to judge whether or not it was okay to speak to me.

After I gave him my sincere smile, his doubt disappeared and he spoke softly with a small tilt of his lips.

"I'm Subaru" his mini-smile grew a little and I'm sure his eyes twinkled.

"Hug him!" Akuma chanted, "hug him right now or so help me I think I might explode- or some bullshit fangirly thing like that... point is: hug him!"

Before I could act out the command- the fact she was forcing my body to do so- my hand was taken by another and then a body was placed possessively before mine.

"Back off, Subaru!" a much more confident Ayato demanded, "Yours Truly saw her first so, I should get to be the one to play with her!"

I removed my hand from his and placed both on my hips as a pout appeared on my face, "I'm not some toy to be claimed you know".

"His logic is flawed! Now- HUG THE CUDDLY!"

"Shut up!"

Ayato blushed lightly in embarrassment and murmured a small apology whilst Subaru looked like he was trying to hold back a smug smile. I turned to look at the others; seeing what they were doing.

Laito was laughing at his brothers embarrassed face and had came over to pat him gently on the back; the signs of jealousy from before seemed to have left the room with his mother. Kanato accompanied him, hugging his teddy bear and giggling softly.

Shu and Reiji had been locked in a one-sided glare off; Reiji being the only one glaring, whilst Shu just looked confused as to what he had done to receive the look.

"Uh-oh..."

"What now?"

"I've have a feeling your all going to have some strange on-off friendship..."

"What makes you think this?"

"It's certainly not because I think: your small crush on Shu's gonna make Ayato jealous, that Ayato's kind of possessive, Reiji will eventually scold you to the point where I will emerge and hurt him, Laito's got bipolar issues when it comes to his mother, Kanato seems to have issues in general and Subaru will become too shy once I continuously start hugging him every visit"

The boys had each taken it upon themselves to sit in an awkward circle; a space next to Ayato was saved for me. I sat there with my legs folded under my knees; my dress covering it.

"... I don't think we'll be in an on-off friendship; we might not even make it to an official friendship In the first place"

"Akune? What do you think we should do?" my eyes snapped from the floor to Shu, who- along with all the boys- was looking at me expectantly.

"Huh?"

Shu spoke with a smile, "Well, I wanted to go to the music room, Reiji wanted to go to the library, The triplets wanted to go chase bats and Subaru wants to go to the rose garden"

I smiled and decided to suggest something that would please them all.

"How about we go to the music room then the library and finally chase bats in the rose garden?"

Ayato grinned and leaped up; taking my hand, "Yours Truly has decided to go with Akune's idea!"

Subaru let out a groan but stood, murmuring "I hate it when he calls himself that"; making me laugh inwardly. Shu nodded and Reiji looked pleased with my decision; both stood and walked at separate paces towards the door.

"Isn't it a nice idea, Teddy?" I heard Kanato for the first time, "now we can all have fun"

Laito suddenly took my free hand with a cheery smile on his face; making me blush from the genuine happiness that radiated from it, "lets go, little cow"

The excitement I felt to finally play with others was the only thing I focused on at that moment as we all ran to the music room- Reiji telling us to slow down multiple times. It was only as we entered did I fully comprehend Laito's words.

"He called me a cow..."

"A little cow actually; now what were you saying about there not being on-off friendships?"

"S-shut it you"

"Hehehe. Looks like Laito's quite the deceiver; that or he found insulting you genuinely endearing- judging by his happy smile"

I looked at the boy as he and Ayato ran towards a piano; his face still held a cheerful smile and I couldn't sense any animosity coming from any of his actions.

"Doesn't make sense"

"Most of life doesn't"

"Now's not the time for a life lesson, Akuma"

"There is always time for a lesson from me- here's one now: do you remember what that Richter guy said?"

"Yeah"
"We should take it into more consideration"

I pointedly looked at Subaru and Akuma made me frown.

"The Cuddly's harmless; no matter what that Richter guy said..."

"I sense favouritism"

She stuttered a rebuttal for a while and I walked my way over to the boys who were crowded around the piano; pressing random keys and laughing- Reiji with an actual smile on his face.

"Okay, when I see them like that I see where your coming from with the whole 'no we will not have an on-off friendship' thing but that's only because they all appear so... fluffy right now"

I sat by Kanato and smiled gently at the boy when he looked at me; a small blush appearing on his cheeks as she smiled back.

"Your being really soft all of sudden- words like cuddly and fluffy; what happened?"

"You in a damn Lolita dress and the Cuddly King Subaru- that's what!" I laughed aloud; pressing a key by Laito's left hand, "then all these other boys had to go and show their cuddly sides; upgrading them to cuddlies whilst making Subaru the cuddly-king cause he was first!"

I sighed and listened to a tune Shu began to play on a violin from the racks; Laito incorporating piano into it and Kanato humming in a surprisingly soothing voice.

It's nice... playing with others is actually really nice...

Akuma hummed in agreement and I began to hum along with Kanato as Ayato tapped a beat on the side of the piano, Reiji sat closer to Laito and began to play with him and Subaru hummed a lot more quietly than Kanato and I.

At the time it was nothing too special; just children playing with one another. However, little did I know, it was the catalyst of something a lot more influential; a bond that would only grow and change as time went on.

Not only that, but It was another memory I could add to my 'good things about life'; along with Yui's hug, Akuma's jokes, Chieko's smile, Katsuro's angered face and the PPP's rose bud explanation (that surprisingly sort of touched me).

It was a moment I would treasure forever.

~Chapter 2 end~

I'm sorry if anything seems rushed at any point in this chapter; I had to rewrite it cause it got deleted (curse you internet and laptop for doing this to me!) and I hope you all enjoyed it so far.

I think the next two or three chapters will be all nice- fluffy moments (with a few dark points- its Diabolik Lovers after all) and I hope I was able to keep the boys in character. Keep in mind they are kiddies at the moment so this is how I would've imagined them to be (with a little help from their wiki page ;))

Good morning XD/Good night and once again Merry Christmas!

:) Angelcakes4life signing off (feeling extremely tired)

xxxx