' .. why is it ... warm ? ' ,,
Never had the pinkette woken up feeling such a warmness penetrating into his body before , he opened his dazed eyes to find its source but something was blocking every view of his , so in attempt to regain his full consciousness and find out about this thing that made him feel all comfortable and lazy to move the smallest part of his body , he tried to stare intensely as much as he could with that dizzied mind until he comprehended the situation he was trapped in , because that something that's concealing his sight was actually a chest , a muscular chest that his head was pressed flatly against , and he doesn't need thinking to know who's hugging him this dominantly way , only one person in the whole world can do such a thing with him ,,
Realizing that , he wanted to get up despite his limpness , but decided against it at the last second , and that was after he started remembering the vampire's words from yesterday ,,,
[ Flashback ]
" I guess you need an explanation " , Kirino nodded hesitantly , " .. well .. listen clearly ... what you're going to hear might freak you out .. but whatever your reaction will be I want you to keep in mind that this's something neither you .. or me .. nor anyone in the world can change ... so keep calm .. ok ? .. " , the pinkette swallowed , but there was nothing he could do other than nodding slowly again , which didn't convince the lord " be more determined .. ok ? " the brunet repeated taking the younger's shoulders between his hands ,
" ok " and Kirino agreed with more resolve this time , though it didn't erase the nervousness inside ,
Shindou let out a sigh , straightening himself in a better position in front of the other , causing the huge bed to wobble a bit " .. so ... I've already told you that we're mates .. right ? "
" uh ! .. " azure eyes widened slightly " .. you said that I'm .. your soul mate ! " , the vampire stifled a smile after hearing the silly yet cute comment
" it's the same .. mate is an abbreviation for soulmate and its meaning is completely different from what you knew in your previous world "
" .. then .. what does it mean here ? "
After a long pause that seemed endless , Shindou broke the silence " it means that you're my life " , Kirino couldn't help but release a low gasp , " I know this's so sudden to you .. but actually for vampires .. a life without a mate is hell ... it's so hard to find our soul mates because they could be existed in any place of this world .. not to mention the difficulty of knowing the kind they were born with .. vampires or humen .. so missing our mates would make us lost .. walking aimlessly in this world until causing the vampire to be more violent .. and might even assault other vampires mates due to emptiness and jealousy in attempt to have them as theirs .. leading to fierce battles .. "
" fierce .. battles ? " he repeated slowly
" exactly .. the last thing that any vampire would want to imagine is losing his mate .. which in other words can be described as losing his soul .. let alone seeing him with another one ... then dying would be better .. he will murder his mate's assaulter with no mercy .. prompting the dead vampire's relatives to try revenging him and giving rise to big wars "
" but why ? .. " the pinkette uttered " I can't understand .. why's it so important ? .. why does the vampire need a mate this badly ? "
" Ran ... in humen's world ... what's a lover ? " , Kirino was taken aback a little by the strange question , " .. answer me "
" a lover is ... someone you love "
" good ... the soul mate is a lover but in an overstated way .. the passion that a vampire has for his mate is unimaginable ... I've learned that when a human falls for someone he ... marries him .. well in our world there's no such thing .. vampires are born coupled with their own mates ... hahaha .. " Shindou chuckled as he watched how his mate's adorable face changed colors , becoming as red as tomato " .. does this embarrass you ? "
Kirino opened his mouth trying to say something , but nothing would come out , he wanted to give the lie to the new information but ,, he had chummed the brunette well enough to know that this person in particular doesn't tell lies , so he closed his mouth again , not having the nerve to utter a simple word after learning that he's the vampires lord's ,,,
" don't think too much about it .. " the prodigy interrupted his thoughts after seeing the faces he was making , " I know how shocked you're to realize that I'm .. like you say it in humen terms ... your husband .. but you don't need to be so perplexed about the matter .. at first I'm not going to take advantage of you before I turn you so just calm down now and- .. " , it was until noticing how the cute face that was blushing seconds ago paled at the last phrase , did Shindou comprehend what he had just said ,
He lowered his head slightly ,, everyone has always called him a genius , but he was well aware of this senseless part in him that lets him make such slips from time to time
" .. tu .. turn ... me ? " the human stuttered " you said .. y .. you wanna ... turn me ? " the male sounded so vulnerable , so fragile as if he just wanted the other man to deny what he had heard and the vampire wanted to comfort him , to reassure him and tell that this wasn't it , but how could he when this was , by all meanings , the very absolute reality ?
" listen ... Ran .. I can't lie and say that's wrong because you have all the right to know .. though this'll be uncomfortable for you but I won't hide it from you ... as my soulmate ... you should know that despite seeing me this sane .. my desires for you are things you must be .. " he paused a little to think of a word that wouldn't scare the smaller male off " .. cautious from .. the vampire needs a strong willpower to resist his mate .. actually simple mates doesn't need to but when it comes to a human mate ... the vampire MUST hold himself back because .. " the prodigy stopped again and the pinkette wanted to ask why , but he really felt so uncomfortable about the whole subject , so he kept silence for quite a while before the brunette continued on his own after a somewhat , weak sigh , " in reality ... this's something I can't even take heart to imagine but .. if I did make love to you before turning you into a vampire ... I'll lose you forever " he finished in a forced whisper , like just saying it was agonizing to him ,
Kirino flinched , many feelings started to spread inside him that he didn't know what to feel , shock , fear , sadness , despair or shame , his expression was changing from second to another while staring unfocusedly at the other ,
" you mentioned before the accident at that night ... when you saw me above you then cut all ties with me in consequence of recognizing my reality as a vampire ... you thought I was bringing my mouth near your neck to suck blood from you .. that actually wasn't the case at all ... in truth what I tried to do was turning you .. that night you came to a sleep over with me and as I said before .. resisting my mate while sleeping beside me .. seeing his delicate aspects .. hearing his hot breaths .. it was hard as hell .. so many times that I was about to make a mistake and take you .. but this was the hardest .. I would have done it at any moment so finally decided to bite you ... but in the last second .. you had awakened "
After hearing the clarification , slowly , the pinkette's head dropped , now realizing why he felt that strange feeling before the conversation has started ,, it was true , he all belongs to this vampire now and worst , one day he's going to become like him , one of these creatures , the mere thought made his tears threaten to fall but before it happened , a hand took a hold of his chin to raise his head up and let him look face to face with the brunet
" look at me Ran .. no one in this world cares for you more than I do .. this's something you'll understand when you become a vampire like me .. I don't plan on turning you .. and would NEVER force you to it before you're ready and willing to ... so don't ever be anxious about that " ,
" .. but how ? .. " Kirino couldn't stay silent as he voiced out the question he was keeping for a while now " how do you know that I'm your mate ? .. why are you so sure ? " ,
Shindou sighed , he expected this question from the beginning " have you ever been told about our real form ? .. " when Shindou was answered by his mate's clueless look , he continued " .. every vampire has an inner form differs from the usual visible one .. it's like the effect of his internal power on him .. " , Kirino let out a gasp as if he already remembered something , and Shindou's next inquiry showed that he noticed " did you hear about it before ? "
" uh ... some people said that .. vampires can change their look " , in reality when he heard that , he thought it was just a fable made by humen , and looks like he was wrong ,
" to tell truth not all vampires .. there's a level of strength we should reach to have the ability of changing our forms that's like bringing out our full power .. it's a high level that only few vampires were able to reach .. and the more they can stay in that form the bigger their power was " ,
Kirino was surprised , this isn't something you hear everyday , it gave him the curiosity to know if his mate can do that but didn't have guts to ask him ,
" want to know if I can do it ? "
The human flinched at the question , the genius was looking at him with a somewhat amused smile , can those creatures even read minds ? ,
however , he shrugged the silly thought off and nodded slowly , the lord gave him a low chuckle before all of sudden , his body started to glow , the light reached a limit that the pinkette needed to shut his eyes not to be blinded by it , then somehow , the gleam began to vanish and when the azure eyes opened slowly , Shindou was totally visible again , but not the same Shindou he was looking at seconds ago ,,
His hair was tied in a half ponytail , darker and more wavy like it was flaming , with two strands on each side of his head , sticking up in a stabbing way like blades , his skin became more tanned and eyebrows made him look more angry ,, he changed , changed a lot , but the most thing that caught his attention wasn't all these things ,, it was his eyes , Kirino has always noticed that they have a red tint but now it looked more intense , more bright that his orbs seemed to be about to glow at any second , more sharp as if piercing his soul when looking at him , and the ex-defender couldn't help but shiver , just looking at them let terror spread all over his body , the perfect word that can describe him was ,,, wild
" it's called Mixmax .. " the lord informed , even his voice became deeper " only few are able to do it .. and if a vampire had his first night with his mate .. the ability will be transferred to him " ,
the human swallowed , someday he'll be able to do this ? , the mere thought sent a chill down his body ,
" .. s .. so ... what brings this to knowing your mate ? "
" well ... I'll tell you something that happened with you before but you're oblivious to ... in reality .. I've met you before becoming your friend .. " ,
Kirino widened his eyes " really ? .. when ? "
" it was a year before you've seen me .. and to be truthful .. you weren't awake at that time ... because I was sucking your blood "
" what ? "
" honestly .. I'm a person who didn't like to scare humen when doing so .. though I was still young but my abilities where high for a normal kid between us .. and I didn't like to make problems and be forced to hurt more people ... that's why most of the time I chose night to drink .. you were asleep and I never paid attention to you at first .. the same with all people I drank from whom I didn't even look at their faces to leave as quick as possible ... but I should admit I felt a strange feeling when entering your room without perceiving its source ... until I began to have my meal from you and my body started to glow "
" ... mix ... max ? " the pinkette uttered very slowly
" it's what happens when the vampire takes of his mate's blood .. our body instinctively changes forms .. like showing the effect our mates have on us and the pure love we have for them .. how our souls are connected " ,
The pigtailed looked down , vampires life seemed too complicated for him ,, anyway , he raised his head and asked the first thing that came to his mind " do you ... do vampires drink from each other ? "
" no .. " the answer came quick and clear " only from humen "
" why from us and strictly speaking ? .. isn't better to do it with vampires and stop this hatred with the mankind ? "
" if you say so .. " the prodigy started before returning to his normal form " .. then I'll ask you something ... how do you feel about a human .. eating another ? .. " , this hushed up the other male , just thinking about it made him want to gag , " disgusted .. huh ? .. " , Kirino nodded understandingly , " .. same here .. in addition to its unhealthy effects on us "
" then how are you supposed to identify your mate if he was a vampire ? "
" .. since you're a human .. you won't realize your feeling for me now but as a vampire .. you can immediately feel the immense love that you only have for your soul mate ... not to deny that some vampires might have some feelings for others before finding their own mates .. but as I told you .. this sort of love is only based on jealousy .. unlike the unlimited love between mates .. as well as ... this rarely happens these days cause no one's willing to make the resulting disasters from that matter ... until ... " he paused for a time that became a torture for the other ,
" .. until what ? " Kirino asked , suddenly feeling the anxiety inside him increasing as he saw the strange frown that appeared on the brunet's face ,
Shindou stared intensely at him before answering " .. until the mate has ... irresistible beauty " , the previous defender's lips parted slightly , and the brunette closed his eyes after seconds with a visible frown , crossing his arms and continuing " .. in fact .. only mates whom are from human descent would be born with unusual beauty that not even the most pretty girls have ... making them become the main target for any vampire without a mate yet .. " ,,
' human ... descent ? ' now Kirino started to panic , his eyes wide opened with almost pleadingly raised eyebrows , horror was completely written all over his features ,, he meant him , Shindou was definitely referring to him with that , it means that he's a main target for those vampires he was talking about ? , that any one of them might try to attack him at any moment and- ? ,
" why are you scared ? " Kirino's line of dread thoughts was cut by the brunette's hiss , " WHAT ARE YOU SCARED FROM ? " , the poor human shuddered when the lord howled in his face , gazing intensely with his sharp eyes blazing with rage before and without warning , took a hold of his head with both hands and brought it right in front of his , so close that their eyes were forced to focus on each others lips instead of eyes ,
" look at me rightly .. " he began , laying his mate back onto the bed slowly with every growl he spoke , and the twin tailed could do nothing other than clinging to the others arms , " .. I defeated the strongest men from us with a young age .. controlled the vampires world that was a mess .. united these savage creatures who were fighting to rule each other and became their lord that no one has taken a risk to disobey .. AND YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE MIGHT EVER DARE TO LOOK AT MY MATE .. " he roared as he pushed his mate's body strongly against the soft surface from the last few centimeters separating them , before shifting his hands to his smooth cheeks " .. listen to what I'm going to say very well .. cause it's better for you to not make me have to repeat them a second time ... if someone might even THINK to do that .. I'll cut him into pieces and throw it in the ocean to feed the ravenous fishes ... you belong solely to me .. no one's allowed to touch you the way I do nor you're allowed to do anything against my will .. from now on .. this place's your home and you're forbidden to go any where without me .. I'm everything to you and everything you need .. no one else ... is that clear ? "
" yes " the smaller male took no time to feverishly nod , a sign that displayed how nervous and scared the rigorous words made him ,
In other hand , Shindou did notice the meaninglessness of his words considering that the other was already aware of them , also sure that even if the human dared to try exiting he would never succeed , but seeing the frightened expression on his face due to fearing the possibility that any vampire might ever try to get near him , just having a flash of imagining that , made his blood turn into venom ,
After quite a while gazing at his mate's cerulean eyes , he lowered his hands to circle the other's body and press it tight against him at the same time ,, yes , he doesn't need to get angry on his beloved mate or to think about the whole matter , the man was his , undoubtedly , no one has the daring to think otherwise
Author's note
Well I know I said the next update will be for Kirinote but I haven't finished the chapter yet and my ideas for this fic were still fresh in my mind so I thought why no , I'll post this chap not to make you wait longer , and sorry that it's almost all flashback but it was inevitable , I promise the next one will continue the events from the beginning of this chapter
Big thanks for reading ^^