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*Sigh* I wish I had my own vampire Ai.

I don't think many will understand the significants of the first part of this chapter. If you do, I'd love to hear how I did. I found it very hard to write.

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Something like Suicide

Night Six - 003 / 004

Tuesdays / Wednesday

"Wake up Ai." Haruka said as she opened his door that evening. The sun dipped low in the sky, it's feeble rays taking in one last like of the cold winter air. The only reason she could tell was because one of the newest addition to her family was sitting on the wooden bay window glaring at the golden rays as they disappeared below the horizon. His head didn't turn at the sound of her voice. It was almost as if she hadn't said anything. "We need to talk."

"What is it you need Nanami-sama?" His pale lips puckered, cyan eyes not leaving the light. He looked like he had just awoken from his sleep. Blue hair messy, his favorite white jacket half off his slim shoulders.

"Syo?"

"Ah." He sounded bored. "So Natsuki told you."

"He seemed quiet surprised that I was unaware of your little meal." Her arms folded over her chest.

Ai's head turned slowly, dangerously. "He's not just some meal."

Haruka advanced into his white room. "Of course he is. All humans are. At one point in time you were too." She stopped right in front of him. Leaning over she rested her pale hand on the window flinching back a little at the warmth of the setting sun. Though they could spend time out in the daylight, it was limited. So she, herself, preferred to avoid it. Nanami placed her hand on the white painted wood, meeting Ai at eye level.

"What's he like, this treat of yours?"

He pulled his eyes away from her glare. "He's warm."

"We're not?"

"He's kind."

"Aren't we?"

"He's foreign to me."

"We're family."

Ai hesitated."He's human." For a moment he was glad he couldn't see her eyes sharpen.

"Say it." She whispered in his ear. Her voice trickling in like honey, as she leaned away from the light. Her red hair falling like a curtain between her eyes and the color outside that so wonderfully matched them.

"And we're not."

"Tell me what you are."

"The darkness."

"Say it."

"The monster under the bed."

"Tell me."

"We're..." He stopped. He could feel her gentle hand pull his chin up so his eyes once again met hers. He could see the sweet and loving smile even in her golden eye, eyes that reminded him of the beautiful sun.

"You don't have to be afraid anymore."

"We're..."

"This is your home now. Open up, welcome us."

"Vampires."

Kaoru's dulled blue eyes gave once last glance around his brother's empty room. How could his mother just leave him behind this time? He cared more about his brother than she ever could. She just didn't understand them and their bond. Even as he thought that, he felt a little silly. Most people didn't really get the bond that twin shared, if the even believed it. If he didn't have Syo, he knew that he would never be able comprehend it.

He sighed, as he closed the door behind him.

Otoya had be asked to stay home by his father, though Reiji was will to let him stay. Apparently the older man wanted all three boys home. Kaoru could understand. With how busy he had been at the festival, he hardly had any time to spend with his family recently.

'A family, huh.' Kaoru thought as he shuffled down the hall to his door.

He gripped the handle of his door tightly as he pushed it in. He didn't remember leaving his window open but the cold bitter air rushed at him as he stepped in.

Tired eyes looked onward at the bed, hoping the week would pass by soon. That was until..

"Oh, Syo-chan's brother."

Kaoru frantically turned looking for the voice. He knew that he had hear it before but couldn't quite place it. "Hello?" He voice shaken with anxiety.

"Hello." The voice echoed.

It seemed to bounce off the walls of his room, his eyes searching for the intruder. Until blue met green peeking in through the window.

Natsuki smiled at him, his glasses slightly crooked on how nose, as he placed his cheeks in his hands elbows resting on the windowsill. "Good evening, not-Syo-chan."

"What are you dong here?"

"Looking for Syo-chan of course. Why else would I be here?" His voice cheerfully creepy.

"He's not here." Kaoru glared at the other blonde. "And you shouldn't be either. It's far to late for visitors."

"Hmm." Natsuki tilted his head. "Do you dislike me that much at you would turn me away in the middle of the night when all I want to know is how Syo-chan is?"

"I..." Kaoru moved closer to the window. For a split second him mind told him to close it in the blonde's face, but he couldn't. That would just be rude. After all this man had come to check on his brother. "Would you like to come in?"

Natsuki licked his lips, eyes gleaming. "Why yeah, thank you. And who might you be again."

Kaoru extended his hand like he had so many times before, when Syo would jump out the window, offering it to the stranger. As Natsuki kindly took his hand, he had to refrain from flinching back for the icy touch of the blonde. "Kaoru Kurusu."

"It's nice to meet you Kaoru-kun."