Mika slowly walked to the room that his needs resided in, the room he hated most of all. However, he was greeted by someone who he definitely did not need in his life. "Miiiiiiiiiiikaaaaaaa-kuuuuuuuuuun. Oh Miiiiiiiikaaa-kuuuun." Groaning inwardly, Mika turned to the sound of the voice that haunted his very existence. There, peeking out from behind one of the straight white pillars was the very bane of his existence. Ferid Bathory, smiling like he always was, pompously approached Mika and placed his right arm across the blond's shoulder.
Why does he always have to be like this? Mika thought, Always so clingy and pompous, he needs to be more careful around me when I'm in a mood like this, Mika glared up at the taller man with silver hair, sneering as he made eye contact. "Go away Ferid, I really don't want to bother with you right now."
Ferid frowned down at the beautiful blue eyes that stared back at him. He released Mika from his loose grip on him, only to place his hands on his heart for emphasis. "Mika-kun I am hurt that you would ever say such things about me." He feigned shock and betrayal. "Why I never thought you thought these things about me. My dear, dear Mika-kun. Why, oh why would you keep this from me? Don't you know what it will do to our beautiful relationship?"
"With luck, ruin it." Mika said under his breath, which of course was plenty loud enough for Ferid to hear him, but he kept up the charade, nonetheless. As Ferid continued to act heartbroken, Mika pushed past him to head to the throne room. However, he was stopped by Ferid's hand on his wrist.
"Where do you think you're going, Mika-kun?" Ferid suddenly asked him in a low voice, almost seductive. Ferid licked his fangs and lips as he stared into the bright blue abyss that was Mika's eyes.
"To the throne room, where else? It's not like I came all the way over here to see you." With this, Mika tried to pull his wrist from the grip that Ferid had. However, he found the strong hand was unmoving and as strong as concrete. "Ferid, what are you doing? Let go of me."
"Awww. Now, tell me, why would I do that? You're like a bird out of a cage, Mika-kun. You're so very pretty and I can appreciate your beauty properly. But, what will a bird do if you let them go? Without a chain or some sort of restraint, that bird, no matter how well you treat it, will inevitably fly away, never to be seen by you again."
Ferid smiled his sinister smile at the distress written all across Mika's face. Mika was terrified, but he could never let Ferid know that. Ferid leaned in, placing his mouth right above the side of Mika's neck. He inhaled deeply, taking in as much of Mika's scent as possible. Smiling, Ferid released his grip on Mika's wrist.
"And you, my dear, dear Mika-kun, are a very beautiful bird." Ferid mused as he walked away from him.
"Dismissed!"
Finally Yuu thought as he was finally released from Guren's office. I though we were gonna be in there forever, with all of Guren's scheming, and Shinoa's comments, and even Shinya's input. The meeting had taken over two hours, most of which Yuu had paid no mind to, as it was all scheduling, scheming, and strategies. The three S-words that he had no experience in, okay, maybe scheming, but it was all minor scale.
Kimizuki had headed toward the medical ward, where his sister, Mirai was, and it appeared Yoichi was tagging along. Yoichi was walking a little closer to Kimizuki as was usually allowed, but Kimizuki paid it no mind. From his body language, Yuu could tell that Mirai had had a bad day yesterday. Yuu was glad Yoichi was with him, Kimizuki looked like he would need it on today's visit.
Shinoa and Mitsuba left the opposite way, Mitsuba draped over Shinoa, practically making the light-purple-haired girl collapse under her weight. However, Shinoa didn't seem to mind even if it looked like Mitsu was crushing her small frame. To Yuu, it looked like Mitsu might have even fallen asleep on Shinoa. He smiled as they both walked further away from him.
As for Shinya and Guren, they stayed behind in Guren's office, alone. Yuu figured they were going to try and plot some other ways to try and sneak into the vampire city, or maybe make sure he didn't sneak off to try and kill the blood-suckers himself.
He walked straight off in the direction of his dorm, maybe he could get some extra sleep because he clearly didn't get enough sleep last night. Well, no one was gonna stop him from sleeping, so why would it matter if he did?
Yoichi probably wasn't wanted, why did he tag along with Kimizuki in the first place? He was just standing in the corner while he and Mirai talked. Maybe he should just leave and pretend like he was never there.
"Who's that in the corner?" Yoichi had turned to leave when he heard Mirai's voice, it was frail and weak, but it was also quiet and sweet. "Is that Yoichi? It is! Why didn't you tell me that you were here, Yoichi?" She hadn't moved at all from where she was on her bed, but somehow she had known. How? Kimizuki must have told her.
"Oh, I-I thought it was gonna be awkward or something like that." Yoichi stuttered. He could feel the tips of his ears turning red, and he was glad that she couldn't see him.
Mirai's laugh sounded like the tinkling of bells, and Yoichi could feel himself turning even redder, "Hey, big brother, pull up a chair next to you, so that we can all see each other."
Kimizuki complied, getting up to grab a chair from behind him and placed it directly next to his chair. Yoichi slowly approached the vacant chair next to Kimizuki and cautiously approached it as if the pink haired man was suddenly going to snatch the chair away. He had tilted Mirai's head to the side so that it was more comfortable to look at her brother and his friend.
Mirai was smiling, it was something that he never expected to see, but he saw it every single time he came with Kimizuki. She smiled up at him and watched him as he sat down. Her right hand was in both of her elder brother's, it looked so small and weak inside both of Kimizuki's massive hands.
The pink haired boy was pointedly not looking at Yoichi, he was simply looking at his little sister's face and her eyes. Yoichi could tell that she was tired, he could see it in her eyes, but she didn't seem to mind.
"Why did you think it was gonna be awkward? I don't mind, and big brother let you tag along, so he clearly doesn't mind, I don't get many visitors other than him and the doctors, well they can't really be considered visitors though. It always makes me happy to see other people." Mirai asked him.
"Well, I-I don't know, but you two seemed really comfortable and I didn't want to interrupt anything."
Mirai's laughter filled the room once again, "You wouldn't be interrupting anything, literally, just about all big brother talks about is Yuuichirou and how much of an idiot he is. When he talks about anything else it's more about the mission that he just went on. Nothing really exciting happens in here, so I enjoy listening to what he says and I feel like I get to see a little bit of the outside world. So, tell me, what's it like to work on missions with big brother?"
Yoichi couldn't resist her pleading eyes, so he started the story of how amazing Kimizuki was to work with, and all of the times that he had saved him and the rest of the team. He even exaggerated a little bit, it looked like Kimizuki needed to hear it.
Shinoa was out of breath by the time she reached her dorm. Mitsu didn't look like much, she definitely didn't look heavy, but right now, she was simply 97 pounds of dead weight. There was also the body heat radiating from her body. It was horrible, today was not the coolest of days, and she was wearing black.
She was drenched in sweat and her clothes stuck to her skin in the most uncomfortable of ways. Finally, she reached her dorm and opened the door. There was no way that she was going to take Mitsu all the way back to her dorm like this. Shinoa made her way to the single bed and unceremoniously dropped the blonde onto it.
Mitsuba didn't seem to mind in the slightest, she still slept sound and Shinoa figured that she probably didn't sleep again last night. That had become more and more common in the last couple of weeks, ever since they got the new members. She remembered how Mitsu used to act, before the accident. She still carried the guilt of his life in her heart and that would never change, no matter what would happen. She had been exactly like Yuu.
Shinoa moved the blonde girl's limbs so that it looked more comfortable, and she probably wouldn't cramp. She sat by the girl's side, watching her sleep. This was her favorite time when it was her turn to keep watch and everyone else was asleep. She could see them for what they were with no worries at the time. Mitsuba's face was her favorite to watch when she slept. It was her favorite, she was always worrying about something or another when she was awake and it showed on her face. But when she was asleep, her face showed no worry whatsoever.
She watched as Mitsu's face suddenly shifted from the worryless face that she adored so much to a face crinkled in pain and remembrance. Shinoa's heart panged at the sight of Mitsuba having a nightmare. She wanted to make it better, to erase all of the unease that Mitsuba felt.
Moving Mitsuba over, she made room for herself, it was her bed after all. She gently wrapped her arms around the blonde, and hugged her close to her chest. "Shhhhh." Shinoa whispered to her, "I'm here, Mitsu. It's okay, nothing is going to happen to you while I'm around you. I promise." She kissed the top of Mitsuba's head and whispered once more, "I promise."
Shinya and Guren were alone in Guren's office. At last, Shinya thought. He smiled to Guren in a way that was sure to relieve any tension, even if Shinya himself couldn't feel any.
They each moved closer to each other, Guren coming out from behind his desk. "You know, you can't really be late like this again," Guren said to the silver-haired man. "No matter what or who held you back."
"Well, I still think being late is plenty of a sacrifice for something. You see, it's all a matter of priorities, you need to sacrifice somethings to advance in other things." Shinya closed the gap between him and the other man, pulling him into a loose embrace. "I've chosen to sacrifice certain things like my punctuality for other things, like last night."
Guren smiled at the silver-haired man, leaning forward and touching their foreheads together. "In that case, you should put your priorities where your mouth is."
"Gladly." Came the response. And then Shinya simply tilted his head slightly back and made their mouths meet in a soft kiss. Guren kissed back, but only slightly. "Oh, come on now, is that how you kiss your superior? I know for a fact that that's not all you have in you."
Guren smiled and gripped the back of Shinya's head, pressing their lips together and slowly prodding his tongue into the other's mouth. This is what it's like to love someone, Shinya thought, to want them above everyone and anyone else.