Disclaimer: I do not own Moon Child. If I did, people would need to be 18+ to watch it. xD

Warnings: Yaoi, language, vampirism, AU, possible blood play and possible bondage (it depends. I might decide to go really dark and dirty with this one. So you HAVE been warned.)

Rating: M

Synopsis: Sho's junkie mother has suddenly decided to marry a mysterious man named Luka. Luka isn't also alone. He has a son named Kei. Both father and son are so pale, and are only around when it's dark. Sho's mother has been acting differently since meeting the two and Sho can't shake the feeling that there is something shady about this father and son duo.

Chapter 3

Sho waited anxiously at the train station, but Kei never showed up.

He was getting a little worried, when the last train back arrived. He didn't want to get on, he wanted to wait.

But if he didn't, he'd be stuck in the city until morning, when the first trains arrived. With reluctance, he got on the train and headed back to the house. When he got home, Luka was already there, waiting with the door open.

"Welcome back, Sho." Luka said, greeting him with a smile.

"I'm back..." Sho said, awakwardly. He stepped inside the house, taking off his shoes at the foyer.

"Where's Kei?" Luka asked, and looked outside, scanning the area before closing the door behind him.

"Uh...he had something to do. He told me to go on ahead without him." Sho answered, not sure whether to tell the older male that Kei was probably still fighting the idiots they had ran into.

"He did, did he?" Luka frowned and sighed. "Very well. You should get some rest. It's getting late." Luka told him.

"Where's my mom?" Sho asked the other man.

"Asleep. You can see her in the morning." Was the reply he received from Luka. Sighing, Sho walked upstairs to his own room. When inside, he closed the door behind him. He got out of his clothes, and instead put on a loose fitting shirt on, and also loose fitting pants to sleep in.

He'd get new clothes tomorrow. But for now, sleep is what he needed the most. He got into bed, and turned the light off and drifted to sleep.

Sho was woken up at 2:30 AM by the sound of running water in the bathroom that joined his room with Kei's. He wearily got out of bed. He should at least check on him, to see if he was okay. After all, soon they were going to be family. He padded over to the bathroom, and opened the door. It was pitch black. He could vaguely see a silhouette of Kei showering.

"Kei?" He called out, and went to turn on the light.

"Don't!" Kei's voice all but growled at him. Sho was shocked at how Kei sounded.

"Are...Are you okay?" Sho asked, concerned. What if Kei was hurt?

"I'm fine. Just...don't turn on the light." Kei's voice pleaded with him softly. Sho nodded and moved his hand back to his side.

"Alright. Um..I'm going back to bed. I'll uh...see you in the morning." Sho replied, and he walked back to his bedroom, closing the bathroom door as he did so. Kei was glad that Sho didn't turn on the light. If he had, the boy would have noticed the blood smeared all over Kei's face, and torso. Kei silently cursed under his breath.

'Why is this so damn hard'? Kei thought, as the evidence from what he'd done that night washed down the shower drain.

Sho awoke to the smell of fresh bacon cooking. He opened his eyes, his nostrils sniffing out the scent. Someone was cooking breakfast. He got out of bed, and trudged downstairs and into the kitchen. His mother was in the kitchen, cooking eggs and bacon. She heard him come in.

"Morning, Sho-Chan!" She smiled and went back to flipping the bacon in the pan.

"Morning." He replied, and sat down at the kitchen table. It wasn't often his mother cooked. What was the special occasion? He took a cup poured himself instant coffee from the steaming pot which sat in the middle of the table. He sipped at it, relishing the flavor. He was interrupted by Miho placing a large plate of eggs and bacon in front of him.

"Eat up!" She said, and beamed happily at him. She too, sat down at the table, and poured herself a cup of coffee.

"What's the occasion?" He asked and she smiled after taking a sip of her coffee.

"Hm... our new life with a new family?" She said, and giggled as she stole a small crunchy bit of bacon from his plate and munched on it. Sho also tried the bacon and the eggs. It was good. He began to wolf it down.

"I was thinking, after breakfast we should both get ready. We both need new clothes. We can go shopping together." Miho said and Sho noticed they were the only ones there. Where was Luka and Kei?

"They both left for work." Miho said, as if she could read her son's mind. She handed Sho a little slip of paper. He read it.

"Dear Miho and Sho,

on the table you'll find some cash to go shopping with.

Get some clothes, or anything else you might need.

We'll be home later on tonight.

-Luka"

Sho placed the slip of paper on the table. There was one problem.

"We don't even know our way around yet." He said, and his mother laughed as she reached into her handbag and pulled out what appeared to be a map.

"We don't need to. We have this. I might not look it, but I can read maps extremely well." She stated in a smug voice. Sho shook his head, chuckling. Miho seemed like a different person than the other day.

"You seem awfully pleased with yourself." He said and she faced him and nodded happily.

"I am, Sho! For some reason, I feel great! Better than great! I-I feel clean, like I've been to rehab or something. I can't explain it. I just feel amazing, and I'm going to enjoy this day." She said, and stood up.

"Finish your breakfast and then get ready. I'm going to need your strength today." She said, before she walked out of the room.

"Strength? For what?" Sho wondered as he finished his breakfast.

He found out what his mother had meant. Sho sighed in utter dismay as his mother gave him more bags of clothes and shoes and bags to hold. Passersby giggled at his devastated look. Miho walked over to him. He saw she had tried on yet another dress.

"Does my butt look big in this?" She asked, and twirled around, showing off the dress.

"Yes. Now, can we please leave?" Sho pleaded and Miho swatted his arm playfully.

"Liar." She giggled, and walked over to the counter, where the sales person stared at Sho in sympathy.

"I'd like to wear this one now, if I can." Miho said and the store person agreed, and cut the tags off and scanned them. After paying, Miho walked back over to Sho with a happy smile on her face.

"I feel like a million bucks." She said and looked over at another shoe boutique, before running over to it, and picking up a pair of shoes to look at. Sho merely sighed in exhaustion. He felt his stomach grumble. It was way past lunch, and he needed food.

"Mom! I'm hungry. Forget the shoes! Let's get something to eat!" He called out and Miho pouted, and put the pair of shoes down, and walked over to Sho.

"What do you want to eat?" She asked, as they walked towards a large section of restaurants. She slid her arm in his as they walked. It made Sho uncomfortable, because everyone stared at them.

"Mom! People are staring!" He whispered, his cheeks a bright red. He tried wiggling out of his mother's grasp but Miho held on tight.

"Let them stare. There's nothing wrong about a mother and son walking together." She replied, with a grin. Sho sighed, utterly defeated. He would remember to go shopping alone the next time.

Once they were home, Sho went into his mother's room and dumped the bags onto her bed. Miho followed him.

"Thanks for carrying these." She said and smiled, but Sho merely sighed. He was utterly exhausted.

"My arms feel like lead." He said, as he massaged his saw muscles. Miho dug around through the bags and pulled out three bags.

"Here. I picked out some clothes for you." She handed them to him with a smile.

"For me?" Sho smiled softly as he took the bags. He didn't know what had caused this change in his mother, but he decided he liked it.

"Off you go. I'm gonna have a rest. My feet are killing me after all that walking around." Miho said, as she took off her shoes and laid down on the bed. Sho noticed there was nothing in the room that seemed to belong to a man.

"Mom...Can I ask you something?" He asked and Miho faced him, nodding.

"Well... you're with Luka now, right? So...um..." His voice trailed off, as he was embarrassed to say it.

"What is it?" Miho asked and Sho let out a a nervous breath.

"Aren't you like, 'sleeping' with him?" Sho asked and Miho thought for a moment, her face scrunched up cutely. She always looked like that when she was deep in thought. Sho found it cute.

"You know... he hasn't touched me. Not once." Miho mumbled, her voice a little sad. Sho sighed. He hated seeing his mother upset.

"Well, he might be the shy type. You gotta take the initiative. Take the bull by the horns. Or Luka, by the...you know." Sho said, with a cheeky wink as Miho threw a pillow at him. He smiled and waved before he left to go to his own room. He placed the bags of clothes beside his bed, before he laid down on his bed.

Sho was woken to someone lightly shaking his shoulder. He opened his eyes to see Kei hovering above him. He yawned and rubbed a hand through his hair, realizing he had forgot to braid it again. His mother usually braided it for him.

"What time is it?" Sho asked, and Kei pulled back with a smile.

"It's 6:30 PM. You sleep like a log." Kei said, and Sho went to swat him, but Kei was quick and moved out of the way, leaving Sho hitting at nothing but air. Sho slowly got to his feet and stretched.

"Where did you and Luka get to? Mom said you went to work." Sho said and Kei nodded his head, but didn't reply.

"Well? What do you both do for work?" He asked and Kei cleared his throat.

"Oh you know, this and that. Anything that brings in the money." Kei added, and Sho thought Kei's answer was vague but he didn't press it any further. Instead, he thought of something dirty minded and he had a hard time keeping a straight face.

"What are you thinking, hm?" Kei asked, a slight smile on his face. Sho's grin told him the boy was thinking of something naughty.

"Oh you know. You said 'anything'." Sho said with a cheeky grin plastered on his face. Kei went to swat playfully at him, but it was Sho's turn to dodge, and he ran out into the hallway laughing, with Kei hot on his heels.

Miho and Luka were in the kitchen preparing dinner. She kept glancing to Luka, remembering what Sho had told her earlier. Maybe he was right, maybe she did lack the initiative. He thoughts were interrupted by squeals of laughter. Luka faced her and they both stopped what they were doing and went to inspect the source of the laughter.

Kei had Sho in a headlock and was tickling him mercilessly. Sho laughed and tried to wiggle away, but Kei was amazingly strong, and his grip felt like iron.

"St...Stop...I can't take...anymore!" Sho said in between laughter but Kei refused, only ticking the younger boy more.

"Not until you say uncle!" Kei replied, his voice oozing with smugness. Sho swore under his breath.

"N-Never! I'm not saying it!" Sho refused, but more tickles made him lose the battle.

"U-Uncle! Uncle!" He said, and with a wide grin, Kei released the taller boy.

"Told you you'd say it." Kei said, extremely pleased with himself. He didn't know what it was about Sho, but he brought out a range of feelings from him. Sho started to sulk, and pouted adorably.

"It's nice to see them getting on so well." Luka spoke up from the entrance to the kitchen.

"It sure is." Miho agreed and nodded her head in approval. Both Kei and Sho looked up at Luka and Miho and grinned.

"Dinner will be ready soon. You can sit at the table and wait if you'd like." Luka said, and Sho went and sat down, with Kei sitting opposite of him. Luka and Miho went back into the kitchen to finish preparing dinner. Sho wondered if he should bring it up now.

"So...Kei. About last night. Are you alri-" Sho spoke, but was cut off by Kei, who held up a hand.

"I'm fine. See? Perfectly well." Kei said, and gestured to his uninjured body. He was right. No bruises, scratches or anything.

"Well, that's a relief. What happened to those guys anyway?" Sho asked, and Kei just wished he would drop it.

"They ran off." Kei said, simply. What a flippant answer, and Sho wasn't buying it.

"They ran off? Five guys against one, and they just legged it?"Sho said, with a raised eyebrow. It was an obvious lie that Kei was spinning, and Sho knew it.

"That's what I said." Kei replied, and when Sho made to ask something else, Kei narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Drop it. I mean it." Kei said, or more ordered, as his voice had a dark tone to it. Sho remembered. This was how Kei had sounded in the alley, when that grub had touched his face. Sho merely pouted, but didn't say anything else. They sat at the table in silence, and even when Luka and Miho brought the food over, they still sat in silence.

"Is something wrong, you two?" Miho asked, as she ate, chewing on some of her vegetables. Sho looked up but didn't know what to say. He bit his lip.

"Actually, I-" Sho was cut off by a harsh kick to his leg from under the table.

"Owwwww fuuuuck!" Sho swore and rubbed his aching leg. He glared daggers over at Kei, who glared right back.

"Are you alright Sho?" Luka asked and Sho nodded his head, holding back tears of pain.

"I'm fine." Sho replied, his voice strained as pain shot through his leg. Kei stared at Sho, and his eyes showed a little concern for the boy. Sho scowled and stood up, ignoring the bolt of pain in his leg.

"I'm not hungry. I'm going to bed." Sho said, and hobbled out of the kitchen. He swore under his breath as he remembered. He lived upstairs. He stared with loathing at the stares but hopped up them, all the while cursing Kei under his breath. Kei sighed, and after a while he also stood up.

"I'll check on Sho." He said, and left the table, leaving Luka and Miho sitting there by themselves. Miho frowned at the little amount Kei had eaten.

"He barely touched his food." She said, and looked at Luka's plate. It too, was virtually untouched. Luka saw her looking at both of their unfinished plates.

"We had a very large lunch." He explained, and Miho slowly nodded her head, as if she understood. She went back to eating.

Kei opened Sho's bedroom door and peered inside, only to be hit in the face with a pillow. Sho glared at him from the bed. He had his leg propped up on another pillow. There was a large bruise forming. Kei felt ashamed. He had hurt Sho, using too much of his strength. He walked and sat beside Sho on the bed.

"Go away. I don't want to talk to you." Sho said, and looked away. He was startled as cool fingers ghosted over the bruise on his leg.

"I'm sorry." Kei spoke softly and Sho scoffed. He seriously thought a simple apology would suffice?

"Yeah, well if everything was solved by a simple apology, there'd be no need for the cops". Sho said, and harrumphed angrily. Kei inspected the bruise again.

"I'll get a heat pack and some pain killers." Kei said, his eyes not meeting Sho's. He got up and left Sho to wait there. When he returned, he had some heat patches and two tablets along with a glass of water on a tray. He handed Sho the tablets an glass of water.

"What are these, roofies?" Sho asked, and eyed the tablets warily. Frowning, Kei took a heat patch and stuck it onto Sho's leg with a slap, causing the younger boy to yelp.

"Be gentle! It hurts!" Sho said, whining much like a child. Kei sighed and put another heat patch on, this time smoothing it out gently. Sho took the tablets with a mouthful of water. Not long after he had taken the tablets, he felt drowsy.

'Maybe they really are roofies...' Sho thought as he felt himself slipping into unconsciousness. Before he was out, he noticed Kei's eyes were a deep golden color.

'But...I swore they were green...' Sho thought, before he was completely asleep. Once the boy was asleep, Kei gathered the tray and stood up. He smiled softly, and brushed the hair out of Sho's eyes before he left the room, closing the door behind him.

TBC

A/N: Chapter 3 is complete! ^-^V I hope everyone likes it. Please read and review.