I could feel my knees go weak as I stared at Tamaki-sempai. Red, bloodlike eyes, fangs pushing past his lips...it was still too much to comprehend. But I knew what it meant. I knew that...Tamaki-sempai was a vampire.
I couldn't do anything but stare, even as Tamaki-sempai was backing away towards the window. "Mitsuki...I'm so sorry," he said with one of the most pained expressions that I had ever seen. "I should have told you...I'm sorry."
I tried to speak, but my mouth seemed incapable of forming words. All I could do was watch as I stayed rooted to the spot where I was standing.
Tamaki-sempai turned away, so that I could no longer see his face. " I think it would be best if I leave now," he said stiffly. As he went to climb out of the window, something inside of me snapped.
Before I knew it, I had run across the room and wrapped my arms tightly around Tamaki-sempai, pressing my face into his back.
I felt Tamaki-sempai stiffen under my sidden touch, but I didn't care. I didn't care because that I knew that if I let him go, if I let him jump out of that window, I would never see him again. And that thought was just too much for my heart too handle. I had to let him know. I just had too.
"Don't go," I whispered into his coat. Those two words were the only ones that I could manage; my brain was still trying to catch up with everything else that had happened. "Don't go, don't."
We just stood there, Tamaki-sempai stiff and me clinging to him desperatly. Eventually, I felt him relax in my arms, and was surprised when he turned around to face me, still within my arms. I focused on his coat, too much of a coward to look him in the face.
"Mitsuki," he said softly. I still couldn't look at him, but when his fingers gently grabbed my chin and lifted my head up, I had no other choice but to look into his glowing red eyes. I couldn't understand why he still looked pained, but if he kept it up he would break my heart with it.
"Mitsuki, you don't have to force yourself," he said to me softly. "It's okay to be scared, and I understand it perfectly. I should have never come to you, and I promise you that this'll be the last time that you see me. I promise."
As I looked in his eyes, horror washed over me as I realised why he was looking so sad. He thought that I was scared of him! And he was serious. He would never come to see me again. Never...
A warm wetness began to drip down my face, and for a moment I wondered if the ceiling was leaking. But I was overcome with a sudden sadness, a sadness so great it nearly consumed me, and I found myself shaking my head back and forth, over and over and over. "I'm not scared of you!" I said to him, as tears began to blind me from the world. "I'm not scared of you and I don't want you to go! Please..." I begged. Somewhere in the back of my mind, a little voice was spewing curses at me for begging like a wimp, but I was too focused on trying to get my message across to actually listen to it.
Tamaki-sempai sighed. " Mitsuki..."
I shook my head again, and looked him dead in the eyes. "I don't care that your a...vampire" I said, forcing out the last word. "I'm not scared and I don't care! You're still you, Tamaki! You're still my friend! If you go...I don't know what I'd do..."
Tamaki-sempai looked bewildered. "You're...it doesn't bother you? That I'm...different?" I shook my head again, and then was taken by surprise when I found myself sitting on Tamaki-sempai's lap as he sat on my bed. As his arms wrapped around me, I couldn't help but blush a bit. I scolded myself; at a time like this?
But all was forgotten when Tamaki-sempai hugged me tightly, and kissed the top of my head. "Mitsuki..."
I just closed my eyes as I layed my head onto Tamaki-sempai's shoulder, and let everything else slip away.
~,~'~,~'~,~
Later on that night, I was still on Tamaki-sempai's lap, but instead we had moved so that Tamaki-sempai was leaning on my headboard. I would have gotten off, but Tamaki-sempai had refused to let me go (earning another small blush). He felt so warm, I though that I was going to drift off to sleep, but I was too afraid that he would disapear when I woke up. So instead, we spent the rest of the night talking like we normally would. Except now we had a whole new topic to cover.
"I was scared," Tamaki-sempai admitted to me at on point during the night.
I looked up at him. "Why would you be scared?" I asked curiously.
He was silent for a moment, then he said, "Well...once I had a friend. He was human, and like you, he never knew that I was a vampire. But one day, well, he found out." He took a deep breath. "He didn't take it as well as you did."
"Was it bad?"
"...The last words he ever said to me was ' horrible monster'," he said.
I winced. "Ouch."
He laughed. "Yeah. So I guess you can see how I was scared." Another moment of silence. "I thought that you were going to hate me too. And I was scared."
I hugged him tighter. "I could never hate you." I giggled. "Well, unless you sprout antler's or something. That might be a different story." He laughed too, and then I gasped as I was hit with a sudden realisation. "Woah..."
He looked at me. "What?"
"You're a vampire...that means you're parents are also vampires, right?" When he nodded, I said," Well, you guys own the most well-known Bloodbank..."
He laughed again. "Yeah, talk about ironic!" I couldn't help but laugh with him.
"So...does that mean the rest of the Night Class are also vampires?"
He seemed surprised at the question, then smiled. "You're quick. Yes, everyone in the Night Class is a vampire. Dorm President Kuran is...well, he's kind of like the representitive for the Night Class." He sighed. "You see, the sole purpose of the Night Class is to create a coexistence between vampires and humans. So in order to do that, Headmaster Cross created this Academy. Dorm President Kuran was the first to join the Night Class, and it's because of him that many of the others followed."
"Is that why you joined?"
"Huh?" he said. "No, I joined for two reasons. 1) I want to be able to live with the humans normally, without them thinking that we're nothing but monsters. And 2) I mainly wanted to leave my parents."
"Why?"
He sighed and let his hand run through his hair. "Let's just say that work is the only thing my parents focuse on."
I nodded, thinking back to something he had said. "You say that vampires want to coexist with humans...but how can they do that if the humans are completely unaware of your existence? I mean, it's hardly coexistence, right?"
"Well, I guess you could say that we're taking things one step at a time. First step is to live with humans and treat them equally."
"Hmm..." I said. "But what about slip ups? I mean, someone has to have taken a bite out of someone by now...what with the fan girls and such."
"Actually, that's what the Guardians are for," Tamaki-sempai said. "They protect the Day Class as well as keep the Night Class in line."
I gasped. "Of course! Now it makes sense." That would explain the overkill of the Guardian's duties. I had a feeling that the marks on Yuki's neck might have something to do with it too...
Tamaki-sempai sighed again. "It's pretty late now," he said. "I think it's time you go to bed, if you want to stay awake during your classes tomorrow."
He tried to move me off of him, but I held onto him. "You're going to come back right?" I asked him. "I mean...you're not going to leave and never come to see me again, right?"
He chuckled softly. "Don't worry; I'm not going anywhere." Slipping me off of him, he quickly pulled the covers over me. "I'm way too selfish to let you go..."
I would have asked what he meant if I hadn't been so tired. Yawning, I smiled at him. "'Kay."
He smiled and gave me another peck on the head. "G'night, Mitsuki."
"G'night," I said as I watched him slip out of my window. I smiled, and quickly fell into a sleep filled with dreams of my sweet, sweet vampire.
NutMaeg: Aw, her sweet vampire! Hoe cute!^^
Zero: Whatever. Can I go yet?
NutMaeg: :O ZERO!*glomps the vamp* Are my bishie based dreams coming true?
Zero: No. Now let go.
NutMaeg: *still hugging*
Zero: *glares*
NutMaeg: Fine. *lets go* But this chapter was really awesome! GO MITSUKI!
Zero: ...
NutMaeg: What?
Zero: You're even stranger than the headmaster.
Cross: Did someone say my name? Zerorin?
Zero: ...I'm out of here
NutMaeg & Cross: Zerorin, come back!
Nutmaeg: Aw, he's gone!
Cross: Oh well... why won't anyone call me 'father'?
NutMaeg: *hugs Cross* I'll call you that if you want!
Cross: Really?
NutMaeg: Of Course! Your the coolest dad ever!
Cross: *breaks down into tears*
