Sorry the update's been so long. They'll come faster now, I promise!
Wait for Aika to appear, her character is set now ;)
The next couple chapters' plotline has been decided, so the next few chapters should be along a little faster.
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Love always,

Belle

"Are you really that nervous?" Aido asked, a teasing light to his voice. "Who else would be in my room except me?'

"Don't you have a roommate?" I asked nervously, trying to remember from last time I was here.

"Just Akatsuki." He said, taking his hand off of my eyes and walking past me, throwing his jacket on the bed. "You wouldn't have seen him last time you were here because he was out on business with Kaname-sama." He gestured to the made bed on the other side of the room that I hadn't noticed before.

"I see." I said, looking around awkwardly.

"What are you doing?" He asked curiously, watching me warily as he sat on the bed.

"Um." I said, deciding I would kneel on the floor and put my weight on my calves. "Nothing, I, uh." I settled, looking up and meeting his eyes briefly, and then looked away. "Nothing."

"You can sit on the bed you know." He said, lightly patting the bed beside him and moving over slightly.

"I'm fine here." I was talking so quickly it sounded like all my words were mashed together. I inhaled through my nose. I held it. Aido continued to regard me carefully, as if I would fall to pieces. I probably was about to. I let out my breath. "Whatdoyouwant."

"I'm sorry?"

"What. Do. You. Want." I enunciated each word carefully. "What do you need me to do." There was not enough expression in my voice to make it a question.

Aido tried to lighten the mood. "My laundry?"

"Ha ha." I said dryly. "You have maids for that."

"My homework?"

"You have more brains than anyone I know."

He looked at me more seriously. "I'm kidding, you know."

"Yeah." My voice came out in one breath.

"Hey." He said, looking at me more seriously now. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." I said. "Tell me what I have to do."

He was quiet. So quiet, I had to look at him. The look on his face was troubled, concealing.

He was hiding something from me.

I looked at him. "What?"

He met my eyes. The teal was cold. "You know what I want."

My mouth fell open slightly. I closed it. "No."

"You know that's what I asked you here for." He turned his head sideways slightly. "Don't act like you didn't." He leaned slightly toward me. "You agreed to come."

I closed my eyes and shook my head, willing the welling water behind my eyes to go away. It took me several seconds to stifle the panic. The mask hiding my slipping composure was back in place. I saw his hand reach forward out of the corner of my eye and suddenly I felt myself lurch forward - past his outstretched hand to put both of my hands on his knees and pressing my forehead to them, the tears spilling over.

"No, no, no. no..." was all I could murmur over and over again. "I can't." I moaned. "Anything but that."

"It's the only thing you have that I would want." I inhaled sharply. He was being cruel now.

I shook my head again, more tears leaking over. I knew that.

His hand lightly slid against my cheek. "Hey," he said softly. I flinched, and he recoiled. "Sorry."

I inhaled in the form of a wracking sob, and I nodded my head, more tears streaming down my cheeks. I scrunched my eyes shut, willing the tears to stop. They didn't.

Part of me wanted him to just hurry up and bite me, because I knew he would either way, but part of me wondered why he was just sitting still like a gentleman and allowing me to cry like this.

After about 5 minutes, my sobs had reduced themselves into sniffles. Aido was silent, as if he were afraid to move.

I lifted my legs up so I was able to roll onto the balls of my feet. Closing my eyes, I slid one of my hands up to rest lightly on the right side of his neck while I slowly stood and leaned over so my head was on the left hand side of his neck.

"Go ahead." I breathed. "Take as much as you want."

He hesitated. "Are you sure?"

"Yes." I tried to speak the words, but no sound came out. He must have taken that as consent because he slowly turned his head slightly toward me.

"It won't hurt this time." He said softly. "I know it must have been painful for you the first time, but I was only doing it in hopes that I'd scare you into doing what I say."

"...'Kay." I sighed.

His right hand was suddenly resting on the left hand side of my neck, while he gently pulled my head closer to his face. He leaned in, and some tendrils of his golden hair tickled my cheek. I was glad I couldn't see his eyes, because the red that would have been in them at this point might have made me chicken out. I felt his breath hot against my neck, and anticipated fear shot through me briefly. His soft tongue darted out and I felt it glide across the side of my neck in a clean line, and then he pressed his lips to my throat. It felt as if he were kissing me for a second, until I felt a hardness piercing my skin. The spot was numb, and I couldn't feel a thing.

I could hear the blood being drained from me, and after about 15 seconds I felt myself becoming light-headed, swaying slightly on my feet. As if sensing this were about to happen, Aido wrapped his free arm around my waist and used it to guide me down until I was sitting in his lap, not having to budge his mouth from where it was on my neck. I felt myself redden as I pulled at the hem of my Day Class uniform skirt, seeing that it had hitched up slightly.

I started seeing spots in front of my eyes, and it felt like an eternity before Aido finally pulled away from me. At that point I felt like I was losing consciousness.

He looked at me, the red fading from his eyes as he wiped his mouth on his sleeve. "I'm done now." He said. I was unsure if his eyes were looking at me with sadness or pity.

I couldn't rationalize, so I simply closed my eyes and turned my head toward his chest. "...'Kay."

And then I drifted.