It has been a few weeks ever since [name] had that argument with Mukami Yuma. Let's just say that despite the number of times Yuma tried to apologise to her properly; it ended up with him losing his temper and breaking things. And also it ends up with a crying [name] who could only cry to sleep while Yui comforted her by rubbing her back.

[name] stopped helping Yuma in the garden ever since that dreadful day; she couldn't face him at all. Her brother had changed a lot, ever since they were taken in by the orphanage. The kind, sweet and caring Yuma was gone; replaced by a temperamental, uncontrollable, sadistic brother. And she could only cry whenever she saw how Yuma craved for blood.

Maybe she didn't understand, since she didn't drink straight from a human.

"How are things between you and [name]?" Ruki asked as he read the book that was in his hands. Apparently everybody had gathered in the big living room except for [name] and Yui. Reiji was sipping on his cup of tea, looking at what was happening before him; an extremely depressed looking Yuma; and also the triplets were playing a board game. Whereas Subaru was just leaning against the wall with an agitated look on his face. Shu was just being Shu; lying down on a sofa and sleeping. Kou was preparing to head out for the night for his job as well.

"Bad. We're always arguing." Yuma mumbled out as he placed his head into his hands.

"Have you tried to explain to her?" Kou asked as he fumbled with his idol clothes.

"I tried-."

"But you lost your temper at how slow this was taking." Reiji spoke up as he drank his cup of tea.

"Stop rubbing it in, tableware freak."

"I told you, you're a shitty brother."

"Shut it, Neet."

"What kind of a brother am I?!"

"A shitty one." A voice spoke out, and Yuma immediately turned to look at who had spoken.

He immediately glared when he realised that it was Sakamaki Shu, who was leaning against the pillar with his eyes shut; earphones still in his ears as well.

"You don't have the damn rights to say that about me, Neet!" Yuma yelled, and Shu opened his eyes; revealing the pair of light ocean blue. He then stared straight into Yuma's eyes with a sharp glare.

"You changed. That's why she's hurt."

And with that, Shu left Yuma alone to think.

"E-Erm, Reiji-kun?" Yui called out, and Reiji greeted her with a glare; which immediately was replaced with an embarrassed look as he realised that [name] was standing beside Yui, glaring at him for his stupid behaviour.

"What is it?"

"E-Erm, [name] and I are heading out…"

"That's good."

"So we can go?!"

"No. We're all going."

"HUH!?"

One of [name]'s eyes twitched slightly. She hated what she was about to do. She hated it so badly.

Shopping.

[name] HATED shopping. She hated going around a mall and shop for clothes or accessories. When it comes to birthdays, she will always make things from scratch from whatever she can find in the mansion; but here she is in a mall, with a huge group of good-looking yet annoying vampires and also a sacrificial bride.

"You should at least smile." Ruki spoke out as he ruffled [name]'s hair.

"I hate this place."

"I know."

The fact that Ruki doesn't honestly know why she hated the place. This mall, this very dreadful mall was where all her haters hung out. In class she always gets hateful glares, and hateful notes stuffed into her lockers and bags. Sometimes when Subaru wasn't around, and [name] went out for a toilet break; she comes back to find her things in a mess, sometimes her works ripped apart. Name callings were no exception.

"Be back here in half an hour." Reiji spoke out as he pulled his sleeve back; and almost immediately everybody dispersed into their own direction, and [name] was all alone.

Raito was well, being Raito. He was in a lingerie shop staring at all the sexy lingerie and imagining pervy stuffs. Kanato was stuck in the sweets shop; trying his best to decide which kind of sweets he wants to get. Ayato was in a basketball sports shops, admiring all the basketball sports items. Reiji was in a tea set shop, deciding which tea set he has not gotten into his collection. Shu well, was nowhere to be found; which wasn't surprising. Subaru was just walking around aimlessly with a scowl on his face; and people steered clear of his path.

Ruki was in a bookstore, looking at the books. Azusa was in a shop that sold knives for display purposes, and he couldn't help but creep out the owner of the shop as he started to talk to his bandages. Yuma was in a gardening shop, picking out some seeds and fertilisers for his garden.

Yui was busy looking at clothes, and [name]?

She was sitting down, trying her best to not get agitated of being in a stupid mall that she tried her best to avoid at all cost. And Kou? He was busy at work right now, how [name] wished he was here. At least she could follow him around and not get bored.

[name] sighed as she looked around, and her eyes immediately narrowed as she spotted a familiar group of students making their way towards where she was seated.

[name] quickly got up, hoping that the students didn't notice her, and she turned to make a run for; but luck just wasn't on her side. It never was.

"Mukami?!"

"Crap." She thought to herself as she turned to look at the group of students who had smirks on their faces.

"Ah, it's a miracle to see the mute girl out in a shopping mall all alone."

"Where's your brothers? I thought you were their precious baby slut."

The boy just had to emphasise on those words, and [name] could only look at them with a glare; wrong move.

"heck, she's glaring now guys."

"Oh, I'm so scared. Why not you get your brothers to beat us up?"

"I doubt so, she's so pathetic!"

"The price you have to pay when you're trying your best to be nice to some arrogant fucktards." [name] thought to herself as she continued to listen to the insults that the students were hurling towards her; when all of a sudden one of them pulled her hair hard.

"ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME YOU MUTE BITCH?!"

"See you tomorrow at school, little bitch." The students called out and waved; leaving a poor [name] whose clothes were in a mess; torn and tattered. Her hair was in a mess as well, and bruises were definitely forming on her arms. Her mouth and nose were bleeding slightly, and she knew she couldn't deal with the questions that her brothers are going to hurl at her.

She got up and wobbled towards a dark corner, and soon teleported herself to her own bedroom; texting Ruki that she will be home.

"Ruki-san! You look handsome as always~" one of the students called out.

"Thank you." Ruki replied dully, as he looked around; trying his best to find [name].

"Where is [name]?" Reiji asked as he frowned at the huge crowd that was surrounding him and his brothers, as well as the Mukamis.

"KYAHH, YUMA-SAN!"

"NOTICE ME!"

"DAMMIT, SHUT UP ALREADY!" Yuma roared out, but instead of the girls shutting their traps; they screamed louder about how hot Yuma was.

"Nfufu, do you want to go home with me?" Raito asked one of his fangirls, and she practically screamed her lungs out.

"Raito, that's enough." Reiji called out, and Raito pout.

Ruki then felt his phone vibrated and he took out to notice that it was a text from [name].

"I've gone home already."

"Come on, let's go. She's home already."

[name] sighed as she fumbled to find a long sleeve shirt so that she can wear and cover the bruises that were formed on her arms.

"Dammit, times like this I wished I had drunk human blood." [name] thought to herself as she continued to fumble through her wardrobe.

*SLAM*

[name] jumped slightly as she heard her room door being slammed opened; and then she locked eye contact with none other than her twin brother; Mukami Yuma.

"Oi! Why did you go home with-." And Yuma stopped yelling as soon as he saw the bruises on [name]'s arms, and the bloodied mouth and nose. He quickly went over to her side, and grabbed hold of her chin; gently making her face him.

"What happened to your face?!"

"Nothing happened. I just fell down."

"Yeah sure. As if I'll believe that. Now tell me!"

"Stop it."

"Why won't you tell me things anymore?!"

"Because you won't understand me!"

"What makes you think so?! If you tell me, I will understand!"

"How will you feel when you're the one who is mute; when you have to go through every day taunting by none other than your own classmates?! How will you feel when your own twin just flares up at you for no fucking reason; and only knows how to bring you down?! How will you feel when you're trying your best to be nice to others, yet people take it for granted?! HOW WILL YOU FEEL IF YOU'RE IN MY SHOES?! Do you know how badly I want to end my life? Do you know how badly I miss the old you? The one who fucking cares about me properly, not always yelling at me. The one who is always there for me and doesn't always scream and shout and hits me. The one that I fucking love with all my heart, and never want to be separated from. The one who is my inseparable twin!"

And [name] start to cry. She started to cry all that she has held in for past few years. She started to sob, she started to hit Yuma in his chest. And all Yuma could do, was to feel guilty as he watched his own sister break down right in front of him.

Yuma sighed as he kissed [name]'s forehead. The poor girl had cried herself to exhaustion, and Yuma couldn't help but feel guilty for being the bigger role in the pain of her life. All he wanted was to protect her and be there for her; but it seems he has taken a wrong turn. He sighed and sat at the edge of [name]'s bed as he put his face into his hands and started to think what had gone wrong.

"What happened to me?"

"I used to always be so kind and patient with her, why did I change so much?"

"What happened to the old me?"

"I'm sorry… [name]… I'm so sorry…"

"I'm sorry for changing so much without noticing the pain you've been keeping to yourself all this while."

"I'm sorry for so many things; I don't know what to do."

"I still love you though." He heard her voice; Yuma immediately looked up to look at [name]; but he realised that she was still fast asleep.

"I must be imagining things." Yuma thought to himself as he stood up and pulled the covers once more over [name]'s body before heading out of her room.

"Ruki, what was I like back then?" Yuma asked.

"What do you mean?"

"What was I like back then, before he turned us into vampires."

"Ah…"

"So?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"DAMMIT RUKI, ANSWER ME!"

"You were less temperamental back then. Extremely patient and clingy when it comes to [name]; and you will always glare at the boys who tried to talk to her back then. You wouldn't raise your voice at her as much as now back then; and you never hit her before. Only after you were turned into a vampire; you started all these rampage."

"I don't know what to do…"

"You suck. That's why."

"OI!"

[name] sat up on her bed as she looked at the photograph that laid in her hands. Tears ran down her cheeks as she remembered how happy they all were back then.

"Happy Birthday to my beloved inseparable twins!"

"Thank you papa, mama!" the twins called out as they blew out the candles on their birthday cake. It was a small cake; but the twins were both glad that they had a cake to begin with.

"So what did you wish for?"

"Happiness for all of us!" [name] cried out with a smile, while her brother held her hand.

"That's cute! No wonder the both of you are our beloved twins!"

"I miss this…" [name] thought to herself.

"Mukami [name]! Can you please pay attention!?" the teacher yelled out, but [name] still didn't respond to her teacher's angry shouts. She was deep in her thoughts; extremely deep in her thoughts. Subaru then nudged her, and she snapped out of her thoughts; that's when she realised that everybody was looking at her.

"Mukami [name], you're having detention after school!"

And [name] could only sigh silently as the class laughed at her. How she hated people like these; the ones who enjoy seeing one being in a miserable situation.

"[name], what's with getting detention!?" Ruki asked as soon as [name] came back home on her own. She ignored Ruki and walked straight past him; ignoring the hug that Kou wanted. Ignoring Azusa who was talking to his bandage; and most importantly, ignoring her twin brother's rampage.

"MUKAMI [NAME]! COME BACK HERE RIGHT NOW!" Ruki yelled, but [name] had disappeared the moment she turned into the hallway.

"Dammit, this is why girls are so annoying!" Ruki mumble-yelled at himself.

"You need to be patient with [name]-chan, Ruki. She just started going back to school only!" Kou called out as he came and put a comforting hand on Ruki's shoulder.

"Something… About… Her… Doesn't… Seem… Right…"

"I HATE THIS. I FUCKING HATE THIS LIFE OF MINE. WHY CAN'T EVERYTHING JUST END ALREADY!" [name] thought to herself as she threw her things everywhere in the room. Glass was shattered, books were torn apart. And then there she was, sitting on her bed; sobbing her life away. Why?

"Hey mute girl! It seems you've been troublesome ever since you enrolled into this academy. What gives? I heard you're motherless and fatherless too. What a shame!"

"Yeah, even though you're the twin of Yuma-senpai; but he's way much better than you! At least he's hot! Unlike you, a piece of trash!"

"You're just a waste of space, you can't even talk. What's the point of breathing?"

"Because of you, Raito-kun doesn't look at me anymore!"

"Kou-san doesn't even accept our gifts anymore!"

"We'll teach you a lesson for stealing our men away from us!"

"Do you think I want to be mute? I hate being mute. I just want everything to be normal again!" [name] cried-thought to herself as she cried harder into her pillow; not hearing the door to her room being opened.

"[name]?!"

And immediately [name] felt a pair of strong arms wrapping itself around her body, pulling her into a tight hug. She clung onto the shirt of her brother's, and sobbed even more.

"I know what's going on."

And [name] looked up to see the worried look in her twin brother's face. He then nuzzled his face into the crook of her neck and inhale her sweet scent; the scent that always calmed him down back then.

"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me you were being bullied?"

"It doesn't matter anymore. I'm used to it."

"Dammit, don't say that you're used to it! You're my sister, my one and only sister; I don't want anything to happen to you. I want you to grow up in a safe environment where you can learn and be yourself!"

"I know. That's why you're trying so hard to be Adam…"

"Y-You knew?!"

And [name] nodded.

"Dammit Ruki! I need to be Adam! I need to protect [name]!"

"But rushing into such things isn't going to get you anywhere. Eve needs freedom of decision."

[name] peeked through the gap that was left by the door, and she watched as Yuma was creating a huge fuss; destroying his room, while Ruki, Kou and Azusa were standing by the side watching him go berserk.

"But have you seen the sad look on [name]?! I don't know!"

"Yuma, you're letting this Adam and Eve thing get to you too much; you're stressed over it!" Kou cried out as he hid behind Ruki when Yuma glared at him.

"[name]… Will… Be… Upset…"

"DAMMIT, SHE'S ALREADY UPSET BECAUSE OF ME!"

"Even if you're not Adam, you'll still protect me; no?"

"Even if I'm not a vampire, even if I'm not your twin brother; I'll still protect you."

"Cliché."

"OI!"

"Fire! Run! Run kids! Get to safety!"

[name] held her twin brother's hand tightly as they watched their village burn; their parents calling for them to run away from the fire; to get to safety. But what about them?

*Crack*

The duo looked up and realised the roof was going to come down; and it sure did.

"Look out!" her brother cried out, but [name] was soon hit by the structure of the roof; landing on her brother as well; the wood burning up just on top of her body; and her brother could only cry as he tried to push the wood off of them.

"[name], stay with me!"

"Come on, dance a little more for us!" the master called out as he secretly eyed the figure of [name] as she wore a dress that was a little too revealing for her height. She whimpered slightly as she felt the man eyeing her in a devilish way; and started to dance despite the sprained ankle she has.

As soon as she fell down…

"You're useless! Back into the dungeon, without your brother!"

And [name] could only cry when she hit hard, and separated from her brother in the dungeon. Although they were both just beside each other, the wall between them just had to make things difficult for them.

"Come here, [name]. I'm going to reward you…" the master mumbled out, and [name] hesitantly walked towards him. He then pulled her onto his lap, and his hand started to glide up her bruised thigh, and under her dress; [name] squirm in his hold and could only think of one thing…

"Save me…"

[name] woke up breathing heavily as she remembered that dreadful hellhole in her early years. How she wished she could forget all about it; but these nightmares have been haunting her ever since she was rescued by Karlheinz. She sat up straight and started to break down again; she hated how she was treated back then, hated how she was used for merely entertainment. But that didn't make her turn into something else like her brothers.

She still believed that not all humans are bad.

"You're just weak, [name]." she thought to herself.