Shinya moaned, clutching the back of Kyo's shirt as his eyes rolled up in to his head. The mixture of pleasure and pain was confusing. He wanted to pull away, but the butterflies in his stomach made him want to stay. Kyo's tongue lapped at the blood flowing freely from his neck, sucking it on occasion when the blood flow began to slow down.

"Kyo…" he gasped, unsure of what to do. There was a vampire feeding off of him! What was he supposed to do?

Yes? Shinya heard Kyo's voice in his head.

"It hurts," he groaned. The pleasure was quickly fading and pure pain replaced it. His neck burned and his fingertips were tingling. He cried out, digging his nails into Kyo's back through the thin cotton fabric of his shirt. "Stop."

Kyo suddenly pulled back, blood smeared down his chin. He raised an eyebrow at Shinya and smiled like a demon. "You want me to stop?" he asked, his voice sounding almost apologetic. Shinya nodded, his head feeling as though it weighed a ton. He was dizzy again, his erection was gone. He was tired. "That's cute."

The blond lunged forward, biting into his neck again at a different spot. Shinya screamed. The pain was beyond anything he had felt before. Why did it hurt? He twisted his body, trying to pull away. Kyo held his shoulders against the back of the couch and sucked hard at his neck. Don't fight me, he heard Kyo in his head again.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Shinya cried. He grabbed a fistful of Kyo's hair and tugged hard away from him. His heart was pounding and his entire body tensed. It made the bite hurt even more than it already did. "Stop!"

Kyo pulled back, jumping off the couch and staring down at Shinya. His eyes were narrow and cold, his jaw tight. The rest of his face was flat, showing no emotions. Shinya placed a hand over his bloodied neck, his eyes beginning to blur as his tears formed. "Please—"

The next thing he knew, he was lying on his side, his face burning. He was stunned. Kyo had slapped him, hard, in the face. His whole body was frozen in fear. Shinya looked up at Kyo, taking in a deep breath as he tried to regain his composure. He could not believe what had just happened. Was Kyo going to kill him?

Kyo reached down and grabbed Shinya's hair at the roots, balling his fist around it to tug at his scalp. Shinya groaned through his teeth, trying not to look at him. He was too scared. What had he gotten himself in to? "You agreed to be mine, to give yourself to me," Kyo whispered roughly in his ear. The constantly sarcastic man he thought he knew was all of a sudden a monster. "You do not go back on your word, you do not betray me, and you don't fucking resist me. I don't have time to play games with you, so watch yourself."

"Please…stop," Shinya begged. He still refused to look at him. If he had known what once felt good would suddenly turn in to pain, he would not have agreed. He would have rather died. Why did Die bring him to the place?

"Normally I would," Kyo began, leaning down and licking his neck, "But you're just too fucking good."

He screamed as Kyo bit into him again, a third spot. Shinya kicked his legs and began sobbing; there was an incredible sense of shame and disgust looming over him. He felt like he was being violated. His desire for Kyo faded, all he wanted to do was get away. What was happening to him? Why was he taking a sudden one-eighty?

"Stop! What are you doing to him?" It sounded like Kaoru. A part of Shinya was relieved and another part of him wanted to scream at Kaoru to runaway so he would not get hurt. He was afraid that Kyo would attack Kaoru like he had attacked him.

"What the Hell?" this time he heard his brother.

"Daisuke," Shinya gasped, letting out a low moan and twisting his body so he could see his brother. Die, Kaoru, and Toshiya had pulled aside the curtain to the room and were staring at him, wide-eyed and mouths agape. He wanted them to help him so bad, but he could not bring the words to pass his lips. It hurt so much…

Kyo pulled off and looked at the trio in the doorway, and then back at Shinya. Don't move, don't bitch. He wiped his mouth and smiled at them. "What can I help you boys with? Is Tsuki-chan being stingy with the drinks?" he asked with a smile. Shinya could feel how tense he was.

"What are you doing to Shin-chan?" Toshiya asked, his tone polite but guarded. He was intimidated, no doubt about it.

"Feeding," Kyo shrugged. The three glanced at each other, then looked back at Kyo. "Did Shinya not tell you? He is my blood lover, and we are bound." He held out his hand, showing the small (almost healed) where he had cut himself the night before for their binding contract.

"…No…" Die whimpered, looking at Shinya with a look of despair. "You didn't…"

` Shinya closed his fist and pulled it to his side, trying to hide what he had done. A look of horror spread across Die's face, and he looked at Toshiya. The face Toshiya wore was equally concerning. Something was not right. It seemed almost like they knew something he did not. His heart dropped into the pit of his stomach. What had he done? Had Kyo lied to him?

He stopped mid-thought. Why would he even trust a word that came out of Kyo's mouth?

"Oh he did, willingly, of course," Kyo shrugged. He ran his finger through the blood trickling from the puncture wounds on Shinya's neck and licked the red liquid off of his finger provocatively. "You boys know how it works."

Shinya blinked the tears from his eyes and looked up at the ceiling. He had never felt so much shame in his entire life.

"I'm done feeding, so you boys can have him back for the time being. However, I am taking him into Chimachi tonight to meet with the council and declare his stance, so please do not keep him too long," Kyo said with a pleased tone.

Shinya felt him move away from the couch. He closed his eyes and listened to Kyo walk away from him, breathing a sigh of relief. The monster was gone, meaning the pain was gone. For now.

He felt someone sit down on the couch next to him and pull him up to sit. He opened his eyes. It was Die. He suddenly began sobbing, looking at the expression on Die's face. He had not seen that expression since their mother died. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry Die," he cried out, burying his face in his hands. He was so ashamed, so embarrassed, so scared.

"Why…why did you say yes to him?" Die asked, wrapping his arms around his brother tightly.

Shinya rested his chin on Die's shoulder and shook his head. "He made me drink his blood, he said if I didn't agree to be his blood lover that I would starve to death after drinking his blood. I couldn't leave you…I couldn't leave you and Dad like mom left us," he said quietly between sobs. His chest heaved up and down as he tried to control his sobbing. He could not.

"Wait, he said you would die?" Kaoru butt in. His face was dead serious, his eyes wide and sparkling with an intense rage.

"Yes, he said I would die if I didn't become his blood servant because I had drank his blood…" Shinya said, looking at him. He quickly wiped his tears on his sleeve, trying to man-up in front of his best friend. He had already been caught kissing a man in front of Kaoru, he did not want him to think he was a pansy or something.

"That fucking asshole!" Kaoru shouted. "What the fuck? Get Nishimura, get that fucking dick right now!"

"Kaoru, don't—" Toshiya began.

"No! Do you see what he did to Shinya? Look at him! He fucking tricked him into doing this! It goes against the God damn code! How dare he!" Kaoru stormed out of the room.

"No, don't!" Toshiya chased him out.

Shinya looked at Die. "What is Kaoru talking about?" he asked, his eyes wide. His stomach twisted into knots.

"Kyo tricked you…" Die grimaced as though he were in pain. He opened his eyes slowly, looking down at his lap. "You weren't going to die from going without vampire blood. It's like a drug, and you would just go through withdrawal without it. He lied to you, Shinya, to get you to be his blood lover…"

"No…you're wrong, you're lying." Shinya shook his head over and over again, trying to dismiss the concept. There was no way he had just become a blood drinking monster because Kyo lied to him.

Die hung his head low. "I'm sorry."

Shinya grabbed his shoulders. "There is a way out, right? You know all about this vampire stuff, so there is a way out. Right?" he sounded desperate. He knew he sounded desperate. He did not care. He just wanted to be normal again. He wanted to eat normal food and drink normal drinks. He wanted his life back.

Die shook his head. "No, there is no way out, once you become a blood lover, you are a blood lover for life," he said. "But with Kyo that tends not to be too long…"

"No! What about the old Dracula movies? You kill the vampire—"

"Those are just movies, this is real life, Shinya," Die said softly. "You can't go back."

"No. No. No," Shinya jumped off the couch.

He rushed out of the room into the bar, looking around wildly for Kyo. He spotted Kaoru talking to Kyo and rushed at him. He slammed his full body weight into Kyo, knocking him to the ground. He grabbed Kyo's collar and shook him. "You lied to me, you lied to me you piece of shit! You turned me into a fucking monster!" he screamed. He pulled his fist back and punched Kyo hard in the face.

Shinya felt a tug at his hair and was lifted off of Kyo. He cried out, pulling at the finger wrapped around his hair. His scalp exploded with pain, his feet off the ground, suspended only by his hair. "You, my adorable little human, are violating one of the first rules of a blood lover," came an eerily soft voice. He recognized that voice. It was the man from the other night, Tsunehito.

"Put him down, you useless sack of garbage." Kyo stood up, straightening his shirt and glaring at the man that held Shinya. Shinya could not believe it…Kyo was not attacking him, he was defending him!

"You know the rules, Kyo, human-on-vampire violence is forbidden in any extension of Chimachi zones, he cannot get away with it," Tsunehito said.

"What is the punishment?" Toshiya asked him politely.

Tsunehito smiled at him, looking him up and down with a clever smirk. "Well aren't you just the most delicious thing I've seen in this bar other than this human," he winked at him. "The punishment is death. Human violence is not acceptable."

"No!" Die shouted. He rushed at Tsunehito, but the androgynous man held out a hand, "Don't come any closer, you heard me, the punishment is death."

"Put. Him. Down." Kyo bared his fangs at Tsunehito.

Tsunehito set Shinya down, allowing his feet to touch the ground, but did not release his hair. Shinya whimpered, wiping the tears that had accumulated involuntarily. He felt as though he were in a dream…a horrible dream that he could not wake up from. Vampires? Hidden societies? No, it was a very intricate, very disturbing dream. He needed to wake up.

"Do you really think I am afraid of those little fangs, Kyo? I have ripped out the hearts of men with bigger fangs and bigger balls than you," he laughed. He turned Shinya's head so he could look at him. "You are going to meet the Council."

Tsunehito stood outside Shinya's containment cell, staring at him as he huddled in the corner. His knees were tucked to his chest, his head down. He had not moved from that spot for over three hours, nor changed positions. He was shaking with fear. And Tsunehito was shaking with excitement.

There was something about this human boy that tickled his funny bone. It had been a long time since he had been so excited about having a captive human, just sitting there, waiting for something to happen. It was wonderful, the anticipation delicious.

He hit the button to unlock the door and opened it. Shinya lifted his head a little bit, looking up to see who had entered the room. His eyes widened a little bit and he put his head back down, as if keeping Tsunehito out of sight would make him go away. He loved it.

Tsunehito pressed his back against the wall and slide down next to Shinya, looking at him. He looked at the three bite marks on his neck, the blood having dried and caked onto his neck. It smelled sweet, almost fruity. He wanted to lick it, but restrained himself. Too much fun was to be had before he took a taste of Kyo's newest blood lover.

He reached out and stroked Shinya's hair. The boy flinched. He smiled and stroked his hair again, allowing his fingers to slide down and brush against Shinya's cheek. "You're frightened, I can smell it," Tsunehito whispered in his ear.

Shinya pressed himself up against the wall, shrinking away from the vampire. Tsunehito leaned in, licking the dried blood on his neck. Shinya whimpered and broke out into goosebumps. The blood tasted as sweet as it smelled, it was unlike anything he had ever had. He leaned over and licked his neck again, scraping his fangs along the wounds.

"Please…don't," Shinya begged, not moving from his spot.

Tsunehito lifted Shinya's chin to expose his neck. He leaned forward, then suddenly went for Shinya's lips. He kissed him hard, his body warming as he became excited. He felt Shinya's body grow stiff beneath him, frozen with his mouth open and limbs limp. Tsunehito bit Shinya's tongue, drawing a sharp cry from him. He held Shinya's head in place, leaning his body against his to keep from him from flailing as he sucked the blood from his tongue.

Shinya's hands pushed weakly at his chest, but there was no real fight in his movements. That was boring. He wanted some fun.

He began grinding his pelvis into Shinya's. The boy jerked suddenly, trying to get away from the contact he twisted and pulled a leg up to protect his groin. Now it was becoming fun. "Do you not want me?" Tsunehito laughed.

"I don't think he does," Kyo said from behind him.

"Damn," Tsunhehito mumbled. He ran his finger along his chin, wiping the blood that dribble out of his mouth; he licked his finger. "Maybe some other time."

He paused. "That is, if the Council chooses not to execute you," he added.

Kyo glared at Tsunehito as he walked towards the door. "You wanna try that shit again, you better be ready for the consequences," he growled.

Tsunehito turned and laughed at him. "I'm not afraid of you, and I never will be. Get over yourself, Nishimura. This place isn't your anymore and it never will be again." With that he walked out of the cell, shutting the door behind him.

"Asshole," Kyo mumbled. He turned his attention to Shinya. He was shaking in the corner, hiding his face behind his arms. Kyo throat tighten painfully and looked away from Shinya. He had just felt that pain…a pain he had not felt in a long time.

He felt bad for Shinya.

He moved over to the boy and sat down next to him, wrapping his arm around him. Shinya flinched. He ignored it and leaned in close, resting his head on Shinya's shoulder. For some reason he wanted to comfort him. He felt compelled to and could not explain it. Why was he feeling this way? It was not normal for him, not normal for any vampire.

` "You got yourself into a great deal of trouble, Shinya," he said softly. He waited for Shinya to respond, but he did not even move. "I forgive you, for what you did back in the bar. If Tsunehito had not been there, I would not have let the Council know. In all honesty, Tsunehito is banned from my bar so I don't even know why he was there in the first place."

Kyo sighed. "That is irrelevant though. I am going to have to go up to the Council and plead a case for you, or you will be killed. Ruki hates chaos in our society, and he makes an example out of human-on-vampire violence. He feels that if you are privileged enough to be allowed to enter our society than you have to obey the rules and not pose a threat to the vampire people who live here."

"Just let them kill me," Shinya whispered, refusing to look at him.

"What?" Kyo was surprised.

"Let them kill me," he repeated.

"No, I won't," Kyo said. "You are mine, they cannot destroy you just because you attacked me once, well, technically twice but they don't know about that."

"Do I need to hit you again? Maybe I should stab you, will that make them kill me?" Shinya asked, his face dead serious. Blood was dripping down his chin from the bite on his tongue. Tsunehito's preferred and signature feeding method.

Kyo rolled his eyes. "Stop being so damn melodramatic," he said. "Get over it and start enjoying your life. I have brought you into my wonderful world and you are going to throw my gift to you back in my face? As if you are too good for it?"

"I did not ask for this!" Shinya cried, finally looking at him. There were tears rolling down his face. "I wanted to be a normal kid with a normal life. I wanted to graduate high school and go to a good college and get a real job. Now what am I supposed to do? Drop out and just be your fucking blood bank?"

Kyo stared at him, trying to figure out how he was feeling. His head was beginning to hurt, he knew he was feeling something strong, but he did not know what it was. Guilt? Regret? No…he was offended. In any other instance, Shinya would have been dead by now, but something was different about him. He did not want to punish him as severely as he had all his other blood lovers.

He looked back down at Shinya, his fist balled. He wanted to hit him, but for some reason he did not. His attachment to the young man was getting too strong. Shinya looked at his fist, then up at him. Their eyes locked for a moment. Kyo stopped breathing for a moment. He was shocked and his entire body suddenly jerking in pain. He was sad.

"Stand up, we have to meet with the Council," Kyo said, trying to push away the pain. "I have to make sure they don't kill you for the stunt you pulled in the bar."

Shinya shook his head. "Let them kill me," he said quietly.

"No."

"Let them kill me," he repeated more forcefully.

Kyo grabbed his wrist and yanked him up like a ragdoll. He moved his face closer to Shinya's. "You do not negotiate the terms of this agreement, you are my property so stop making demands. I decide when you die," he snapped. "Now walk."

Kyo maintained a tight grip on Shinya's wrist as he pulled him out of the containment cell. He walked around the corner and saw Tsuki standing in front of the door to the chamber, as she usually did. "They're waiting for you," she said. She looked at Shinya. "You seemed like a nice guy, Shinya, just wish you hadn't been so stupid. Things might have gotten done around here."

Shinya did not say anything. Tsuki looked back at her father. "Dad, don't go sticking your neck out for this kid, you could end up with your head on the chopping block," she said. "There are thousands of potential servants out there, many way more willing and loyal than this kid. Don't do something stupid for him."

"I know, Tsuki, I know," Kyo winked at her.

"Seriously dad—"

"I know," he nodded his head. "It'll be fine, Tsuki-chan."

She sighed and nodded her head, bowing before her father. She opened the door for him and Kyo smiled warmly at her. He moved into the chamber, dragging Shinya in with him. He shoved him forward. Shinya tripped over his feet and fell to the ground; he did not even move to get up, just laid there.

"Kneel, donor," Ruki said from the table.

Shinya did not move. Kyo grabbed him by the back of his collar an pulled him to his knees. The boy kept his head down and stared at the ground. You're going to get yourself killed if you keep this up. Acknowledge the Council, you idiot, Kyo sent the words into his mind.

Shinya looked back at him for a split second. Good.

Kyo was stunned, surprised that he had heard Shinya's thoughts so clearly. To even peer into his mind after their bond had been formed was difficult for him. He did not know what to think.