The following weekend, Yori was studiously at the library once again, preparing for her upcoming exams. Her father's birthday had been a success, thanks to Aidou, although she'd felt a little guilty for taking credit for the gift. She really wished she could tell someone about her new... She flushed. Her new boyfriend. But, doing so would probably destroy everything they had...

"Yori-chan," a voice breathed against her neck, and the caramel-haired girl jumped, startled.

Only one person would arrive so silently and creepily while she was studying. "Hanabusa-kun," she deduced instantly. " You scared me."

"You seem surprised." He straightened and moved to stand beside her, measuring her expression.

"I wasn't expecting to see you so soon," she admitted, putting down her pencil.

"Really?" He raised an eyebrow. "After you specifically requested to see me again soon? I thought those were the conditions for becoming my girlfriend?"

She laughed. "You're right." She stood to steal a kiss. Luckily, there was no one in sight, as per usual on Saturday night.

"Anyway, there's a new student in the Night Class who's driving us all crazy. I needed to escape." For a moment, his expression darkened.

"A new student?" Despite her attempt at a normal question, she could hear her own curiosity color the words.

"Yes... Some country girl from the middle of nowhere, or so she says. She's strange though, she's put everyone on edge. She has kind of a...strange aura." He shrugged then, appearing to shake off the thought. "All that tension really makes me hungry." He directed a shameless look her way now.

"You're ridiculous." She giggled, then frowned, "I'd say yes, but I'm busy studying..." She was actually disappointed. It had been awhile since she'd experienced one of his bites. "And we'd risk being seen if we left for a while..."

"Well, no one is here right now," he pointed out, eyes clouding to red, gazing at her suggestively.

"Here?" Yori hissed, glancing around the shelves for any sign of the librarian or other students.

"No one is up here," he thrummed, not dissimilar to a cat purring. "It's just us."

"But what if someone walks in on us?" she protested, although she was forced to swallow her words as his mouth found hers, effectively muting her complaints.

"Not possible," he murmured against her lips.

Doubts crowded in the back of her mind, reminding her of how dangerous this was. Yet, as always with Aidou, she betrayed her sensibilities. "Okay," she managed to acquiesce between kisses. Dangerous or not, it had been too long since the last bite, and their time together was precious little as it was. The last thing she wanted was to lose this time, too. And...most of all, for better or worse, she enjoyed being close to him.

In response, his lips curved up against her own, and she momentarily lost her train of thought as he nipped her lower lip and soothed it with his tongue. Gently, he pushed her back onto the adjacent desk, providing her with a small measure of comfort as he whispered, "Today, I'll let you choose where I bite."

Despite his words, she was incapable of answering. He was still kissing her, more and more heatedly until she gasped for breath. Even then, not permitting her a moment of coherency, Aidou left a trail of kisses from the corner of her mouth to her ear, where he slowly traced the curvature of her cartilage with his tongue before sucking the lobe into his mouth. Her breath hitched involuntarily, the sensation sending hot shivers down her spine. She hadn't known she'd liked that. Before her senses could recover, however, he murmured in a low voice against her ear, "Where do you want it?"

She flushed, fingers convulsing against his arms as she shook her head mutely, mortified from embarrassment. She wasn't confident she could form a complete sentence at the moment, much less contemplate where she wanted him to bite her.

"You have to tell me where, Yori-chan," he chided devilishly. Almost immediately after the last syllable had left his mouth, he was tormenting her again, tracing the contours of her tongue with his own.

His fingers teased down her neck, across her collarbone, and down to her hip, where he pulled her body closer, awaiting the answer she was incapable of so much as considering at the moment. It was almost as though he were stealing her breath along with her thoughts via his mouth, and it was only when he broke away to kiss along her jugular that she managed to utter, "Anywhere." A single word was all she could summon to her lips at the moment.

"Anywhere?" he hummed against her skin, gently biting her pulse point without breaking the skin.

She shuddered at the sensation, aware that this was probably a trap, and gave a single nod before he moved again, smirking against her lips and murmuring, "Well, if you insist."

"Hey, wait, I can-" she began to protest as he deftly began unbuttoning her blouse. He silenced her with a kiss that left her gasping, and a moment later she felt him tugging the material down over her left shoulder, exposing her slender collarbone and the upper curve of her arm.

His mouth traced down her jaw, her neck, and across her collarbone, leaving butterfly kisses that traced hotly along her nerves. At last, she felt his breath against her shoulder as he whispered, "Here, then."

She had but a moment to consider it before his fangs sank deep into her skin. Yori bit back a cry of pain. Her shoulder proved very sensitive, although a moment later the familiar, tingling warmth of his venom coursed through her veins, relaxing her muscles and increasing her awareness of the man currently drinking her blood. Each stroke of his tongue sent a shiver racing down her spine, just as each brush of his thumb against her hip did. She told herself to calm down, that she should be used to this by now, but that was most definitely not the case. Especially not as she watched his fangs retract from her flesh as he sucked the last drops of blood from her skin.

He kissed her again, mouth molding to hers in a new familiarity that came more easily to her now, and she tasted the metallic tang of her own blood against his lips. It was strange and yet...intimate. His tongue stroked against hers and she made a soft sound in the back of her throat, lost against the touch of his mouth. And then he was sliding the sleeve down her other shoulder, that mouth leaving hers to press a kiss against her right shoulder.

"Once isn't nearly enough," he told her in an undertone, and for the second time his teeth pierced her flesh.

This time, the bite did not cause her the lancing pain the first one always had. Instead, it was a sting, followed by a second rush of that sweet venom that left her head reeling and her body hazy and warm...and abruptly unsatisfied. She wanted more of him. Wanted more of his kisses and his touch. So when at last he straightened, eyes returning to blue, she met his waiting lips eagerly, surrendering completely to his mouth and hands. She forgot everything that wasn't him, everything that wasn't the spark of electric sensation over each place his fingertips touched.

It was almost a shock when Aidou broke away suddenly, announcing, "That's my limit for the night."

Her head was still spinning, and she frowned at him, collecting her wits one by one as she questioned, "Why?"

The blond shook his head. "Forgive the saying, but I'm only human. There's only so far I can hold myself back without breaking your trust. I shouldn't have bitten you the second time..."

Grounding herself through the lingering effects of his anesthetic, Yori was inclined to agree. She had lost her senses just a little too thoroughly for her comfort. "Well, now we know." At least her previous curiosity as to what might happen after two bites was abated.

A laugh. "I guess we do. Twice is a wonderfully horrible catastrophe."

Glancing around, Yori was relieved to see the library floor remained empty. No one had seen them, although she knew Aidou would have sensed their presence before they'd been caught, anyway. The blond still hadn't moved apart from her, composing himself, and it was then that Yori flushed hotly, realizing the two consecutive bites had rather unabashedly exposed the top of her bra. Even worse, if it was going to happen, it just had to be one of her boring grandmotherly white ones.

"Ah, sorry," he apologized, immediately noticing her reaction but detaining her hands before she could correct the embarrassing mishap. "Wait. The bandages."

She glared, crossing her arms over her chest impatiently as he fished a bandaid from his pocket.

"Yori-chan..." He chuckled. "It can't be worse than being at the beach, can it? I am sorry, though... I wasn't thinking."

She processed this, deciding he was right but she was going to remain indignant and embarrassed anyway. Her glare lessened in intensity, however, as he carefully placed first one bandage and then the other before helping her fix the skewed blouse. It was true, after all... A swimsuit was more revealing than a half inch of her bra, but...it was the principle of the matter that offended her sensibilities.

"Next time, warn me so I can wear a camisole," she chastised.

"Why? There's no need for that." He winked, and she flushed again for what must have been the millionth time that night.

"There is every need," she retorted.

"Alright, alright," he soothed, wrapping his arms around her and leaning his head against hers. Despite all her irritation, she relaxed against him, enjoying the simple embrace.

"No one ever comes to this library on Saturdays except me, do they?" she wondered aloud. Aidou hadn't sounded the alarm yet, and she knew they'd been here for more than a few minutes. Now that she thought about it, there was rarely anyone here on weekends except herself and the librarian...

"You're only now noticing?" He released her and helped her off the desk.

"Has it always been this way?"

"Except during exams, yes." He started to take her hand, fingers entwining easily with hers, and then seemed to think better of it as he glanced around, releasing her just as quickly. "Just in case. The librarian is on the other side of the floor," he said by way of explanation. Then he sighed and asked petulantly, "I should be satisfied that you're my girlfriend, but... When will I get to openly date you..?"

"The rules only apply to the academy, don't they?"

"Of course." He stuffed his hands into his pockets.

"So once we're graduated, it won't matter, will it?" Although, he would graduate before her, wouldn't he..?

A sudden smile was uplifting the blond's lips. "Ah. You mean you want to stay together with me for all that time?"

Wait... She froze, horrified that such a confession that accidentally slipped past her lips. Even if it was true... Her face was heating up again. Someone help her, she really did want to stay with him for that long... She had really fallen for a...a vampire. Worse, she didn't even mind. In fact, the feeling that settled in her stomach was decidedly excited.

Right now, that vampire closely resembled a very smug feline. He grinned, removing his hands from his pockets to cup her face and lean forward to whisper against her lips. "Well, that's fine, since I want to stay with you that long as well."

She couldn't find the strength to voice even a single objection as he kissed her.

AN: I finally got around to the request for a library bite. I'm so slow! I hope it was okay and not totally awful. Send me any more bite requests you have and, as always, reviewwwwww.