Disclaimer: I don't own Karin the manga or anime.

Update: fixed unaturally long chapter!

"I'm going to go find her and bring her back!" Maki lied, standing up. What she really wanted to do was to run away and never come back. "Because I think she's making a huge mistake." To run away to a town without Winner... a town without Karin. That would be nice. Her eyes filled up with tears. Who am I kidding? That would be horrible. She quickly turned away.

"You can't do that!" Winner grabbed her shoulders and spun Maki around.

"You can't just blindly run after her! What if something were to happen to you?!"

"Leave me alone." She mumbled, struggling in his grip. No. I can't act like this. I don't want to show him this side of me. I don't want anyone to see the weak and ugly side of me. It's just not fair."You and I both know that you don't give one shit about me."

The tears were openly pouring down her face now. The mask had cracked, broken and completely fallen off. Winner was dealing with the real Maki Tokito. The real Maki was a girl with insecurities. A girl with more fears than she had fingers and toes. A girl always lying that she was fine on her own.

"I do give the one shit about you! You could get hurt!" Winner retorted, surprised at her sudden swearing and change in behavior.

"Good. I want to get hurt! Maybe then you'll notice me!"

"Miss Karin's friend and-"

"My name is fucking Maki!" Maki screamed at him, tears streaming down her face. "I am so sick and tired of being the nice character in this show when I should be angry that you like my best friend instead of me! I deserve love too even if you don't exist in the manga you're still my one true pairing! I loved you way longer and deeper than Karin could ever dream of! Karin does not deserve you!"

"LOVE?! Love! Did you just say l-love?" Winner exclaimed in shock.

"Yes I love you Winner! The secret's out. Was I that invisible to you?"

Winner turned around.

"I'm very sorry, but I'm still in love with Miss Karin..."

Why does it always have to be her? It hurts so much.

"If you're really sorry then why can't you look me in the eye?!"

Winner whipped back around facing her.

"I'm sorry the Miss Ka- I mean uh well that I don't mean to offend you Miss uh... Miss...

"Kiss me then." Maki looked him dead in the eye.

"WHAAT? Wha-wha-what! Kiss?! You?! Why must I kiss you?!"

"So you can prove that you're truelly sorry."

"But why a kiss-"

"If you kiss me when I asked you to then I'll know that you really mean that apology."

Winner seemed to calm down a bit.

"J-just one kiss?"

"Just one."

Unbeknownst to Maki and Winner, above in a tree stood two cold-blooded vampires. One stood no taller than four feet, with silvery waves that fell below the hem of her monochrome Victorian style dress. The other was a male, mid-twenties just shy of 6 feet tall. He donned a maroon suit similar to one of a gigolo. He had a tan complexion, his deep-set golden eyes hidden beneath his longish aqua colored bangs.

"Are they really going to kiss, Aniki?"

"How the hell should I know?" Ren snapped coldly. "If you're not going to eat, I'm going to find that Usui woman."

Anju didn't answer. Ren took her silence as a 'no,' flying away in bat form, leaving the newborn vampire alone.