Pairing: Ayato x Yui.
Genre: Romance and supernatural.
Warnings: I accidentally made it more sexual than intended, but I promise it's not that bad. ><
Requested by: Mistyaaml4ever

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I ran. It seemed like it had been all I did ever since coming to this cursed mansion. And how long had it been? All my efforts up until now had been futile. Kanato, Laito, Subaru, Ayato, Reiji, and Shu. It was just me running, and eventually getting caught anyway. And all my protests were never even heard over the loud sucking noise.

Laito managed to grab my hand and pin me against the wall. Why did I even try running?

"What's with the sudden dash, Little Bitch?" Laito softly whispered into my ear, his breath caressing my earlobe. All I could do was submissively let Laito do what he wanted and pray he didn't kill me. "Did you forget something?"

A barely audible shriek escaped my mouth the moment Laito's teeth sunk into my skin. I closed my eyes and gritted my teeth to prepare for the pain already getting through me. Laito's right hand gripped my neck to get full access to it, while his other hand slid over my bare thigh. I tried to muffle the moan coming out of me. I was beyond embarrassed for the pleasure I found in what these creatures did to me. It felt humiliating. They could use me any way they liked, could have me anywhere they wanted, and even managed to make something so scary and painful pleasurable.

I was on the verge of tears. How long would this be going on for?

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The car ride to school was in complete silence, yet again. It had by now become a habit of everyone's to not hide their lustful eyes for the blood flowing through my veins. My face looked glum. Lifeless even. I despised these people. Despised their dominant nature, their serene elegance and undescribable beauty, paired with those sharp fangs and lustful eyes. If I could, I would damn them all. They all had a terrible childhood, which had caused their personalities to be this messed up. But I knew that if I got the chance, I wouldn't care about their sad backstory. Being messed up was forgivable, but each day I fainted. Each day was another day in hell. Was this God's punishment? But for what? What had I done to deserve this torture?

And the question that always lingered in the back of my head, why did I sacrifice so much for the people I despised the most?

The car stopped. Reiji was the first to stand up. "We've arrived."

My empty eyes looked at Reiji for a moment, but I soon averted them to step out of the car. I followed the rest to the school, immediately parting ways at entrance.

I strode down the hallways, hearing the thuds of Ayato walking the exact same path I was. I turned around to look at the red haired vampire. His smirk allowed me to see those white, pointy fangs of his. Seeing them made me lose all courage again, so I looked away, stopping to let Ayato walk to the classroom before me. But Ayato didn't walk past me.

"Wanted to walk together, eh?" he asked, stopping in front of me. He came closer. Dangerously much so. I said nothing, because I knew he didn't want to hear anything. He just wanted the pleasure of seeing me submitting to him, letting him. He always said he wanted me to be his. That I should understand that. But at times I wondered if he was talking to me or to the blood flowing through me.

Ayato's face and mine were now only inches apart. The only ones who enjoyed to tease me this way were Ayato and Laito. Though Laito's teasing was a bit more extreme.

Ayato blocked the pathway to the classroom with his body.

"Ayato, we have to go to the classroom." I said. Why? Why did I bother trying to get myself out of what I knew was going to happen?

"Doesn't breaking school rules excite you, hm, Pancake?" Ayato was now at a closeness that basically signalled he was done waiting. My head automatically turned right, letting Ayato slick back my hair. What use was there in fighting anyway? I closed me eyes, preparing for Ayato's teeth to sink into my skin. But I got surprised as that pain didn't come, but instead I felt a careful kiss on the lips. His lips were chapped, and the kiss was overall a little rough, but... I was taken aback by the gesture. And as soon as Ayato moved away, I realised how warm that kiss had been. And it was a warmth I had been longing for.

Ayato smirked. "Don't make it too easy for me to tease you, Pancake." he said, as he turned around and walked to the classroom. He didn't even notice how my eyes had lit up in that one moment, or how my fingers were now on my lips because it didn't feel real. And because I wanted more of that warmth. Even if I knew it would take a long time before I could get the chance to see a gesture like that again.

"I wonder," I turned around, seeing Shuu already lying on the stairs. "how much of that was just teasing." My eyes widened a bit at that, and I turned to look at where I had seen Ayato disappear. I smiled, heat getting to my cheeks.

"I wonder." I said sweetly, quickly looking at Shuu, before following Ayato to the classroom.

Of course, it became pretty awkward with Ayato pretending nothing had happened, while I sometimes dared to quickly glance his way. I knew it was just him teasing me, like usual. He had done it a few times before, too. These were just the circumstances I was in. If I was still leading a normal life with less vampires ruining my health every chance they got, I was certain I wouldn't even consider Ayato's actions as meaningful. Even so, I couldn't help but wonder what was so fun about kissing me. Did I unconsciously do something funny? Maybe it was because of the confused and slightly hopeful reaction he got out of me. But if it really was teasing, why did he change the way he went about it? Besides, Ayato hadn't drunk my blood in a while. And today he clearly refrained from drinking it again. Of course I was slightly hopeful. I was desperate for someone to protect me in this situation. I might let it get to my head, and it felt a bit naive to think Ayato meant well, but I wanted to believe he refused to drink my blood for my sake.

Maybe the scarce amount of blood he had been getting was the reason behind why he was so worn out lately. How had they survived before I had gotten here?

"A-Ayato-kun?" I asked. One glance at Ayato's face, and I regretted ever speaking up. I had done it now.

Of course he wasn't trying to control his urge to drink my blood. It probably had something to do with building up the hunger so that the blood would taste even better. Yes, that must be it. When humans were hungry they tended to appreciate food more, too. That was probably also Ayato's objective.

"Got a question, Pancake?"

"A-Ah, I was just-" I looked away. What did I want to ask him? Why did I call out to him? It wasn't that just because he was being considerably nice, he suddenly was on my side and wouldn't hurt me. He was also a vampire. This was his way of living. I couldn't blame him for that, nor could I be happy with the treatment I got. Besides, acting nice now couldn't erase the terrible things he did to me back then. Thinking he cared for me just for calling me his and being kinder than the others was delusional and naive. This was still Ayato. He was still only interested in the blood coursing through my veins.

I smiled lightly, covering up the train of thoughts that went through me. "Never mind. I called out to you before carefully assessing the situation."

"Oh?" Ayato replied, peeking over my shoulder to see how my homework was faring. "Stuck somewhere?" I hadn't made much homework ever since coming here. I ended up being the target of their cravings, instead of being the target of yelling teachers. And at home I had about an hour for myself before the first person would start sucking my blood. Tired. I was so tired.

"Ah, no, never mind." Ayato rose an eyebrow.

A devilish smile appeared on Ayato's face. "Don't lie to me, Pancake." he whispered, so that only I would hear. His hand touched my knee, and he started making soothing circles on my knee. I stayed silent, getting more and more emberassed. "Want to get out and do something more fun?"

At this point, I could feel my cheeks burning up. I was cursing my body for reacting this way. Maybe these people were right, and I was a masochist. Most people wouldn't even consider being attracted to someone like Ayato. Most people would try to cut all ties when dealing with a hardcore sadist. Though I had tried running myself. Now, I would think twice about a decision like that. Not only was the punishment I would get twice as bad if they caught me, I would also feel bad for leaving. As ridiculous as it was, I did spend all of my time with these people. I couldn't help but make bonds with them. That didn't mean I would pass on a chance to kill them all. It just meant that running was no option for me. Besides, running was futile anyway. They were stronger, faster and a lot less merciful than I. I would get caught, definitely.

I turned away, trying to hide my red cheeks. "We're at school," I said. Maybe he would take the hint, for once. "We can't just leave." Ayato smirked, letting out a soft hum.

"Hey, teach!" he yelled. The teacher looked up, sighing at Ayato's yelling. "Is it alright if Yui and I go get some supplies?"

"Sure." he said, before turning back to his work. This teacher clearly just wanted to get rid of Ayato. Ayato smiled at me, and pulled me along with him through the halls. I needed to get out of here. I knew what was going to happen in the supply room. Ayato hadn't drunk my blood in quite some time. His hunger must've been building up. If he was going to drink my blood now, he was surely unable to hold back. It could result in me fainting, or worse. I had to find a way out of here.

I stopped as soon as we had reached the supply room. "Ah, I forgot." I said, holding up my pen. "I should bring this back to the classroom." I turned around closing the door behind me, and walking as fast as I could. My heart was pounding. Why was he so bent on teasing me all the time? If I hadn't known the Sakamaki brothers long enough, I would've gotten the illusion he wanted to be alone with me in there for... other things. But of course that wasn't realistic thinking with these guys. All they wanted from me was blood. Though both Laito and Ayato found it strangely funny to tease me, in the end, both of them were after my blood as well. And I supposed that was just the way they thought. I could feel special by knowing my blood was supposedly better than the blood of normal humans. Even if that didn't satisfy me.

I tripped over feet. I could hear an annoyed groan as I got back on my own feet again. "Shuu," I said. Shuu took off his headphones. He looked angry, which was to be expected. He was always angry if I woke him up. "S-sorry."

I tried to stand up, but Shuu was quicker, and grabbed my wrist, looking like he was about to kill me on sight. "Did you not see my feet, again?" I looked away. "Didn't I warn you as to what would happen would you wake me yet another time?" This was fine. Shuu could suck my blood for all I cared. It was better than getting my blood sucked by Ayato when he was in this state. At least Shuu would keep me conscious. "Naughty girls should be punished." He pulled me closer, not moving much himself. This was the way Shuu was. He tried his best to do as little as possible, but if anyone pissed him off, they should prepare themselves.

Shuu didn't approach me himself, I always came to him. Then when I was close enough, he'd up and grab me. Despite Shuu's lack of initiative, and despite how gentle he was, Shuu sucking my blood hurt the most out of all of the brothers. Slowly his teeth would sink into my skin. Slowly would he suck the blood that dripped out of the wound. The pain was immense every time, because he kept me conscious.

Shuu carefully pushed away my hair, pulling me a little closer so that his teeth could make contact with my skin. I closed my eyes. My entire body shuddered the moment I felt the cold pointy teeth touch my skin.

"Get your hands off her!" My eyes opened immediately after I heard Ayato's voice and I quickly turned around to look at him.

Oh no. God, please, no. I'm fine with Shuu's terribly slow and gentle movements. I'm fine with the pain Shuu's giving me, just please, God, don't let Ayato taste my blood or he'll lose his mind. Don't let him touch me or it will be me who loses her mind.

"You better supervise your plaything, Ayato," Shuu said, gripping my wrist a little tighter. Moving me a little closer, until our lips touched. My eyes were open wide as Shuu's tongue slid inside my mouth with ease. Don't look, Ayato. I struggled with all my might, but couldn't get out of his grip. My mind became blank. Why was it... that I minded this so much? I've gotten kisses like this before. At first I had struggled just like I did now, but I had given up struggling. There was no point to struggling. I knew that fact all to well, so why?

"Shuu, you bastard!" Ayato grabbed my other wrist pulling me away from Shuu.

Shuu licked his lips. "Or she'll go off to someone else." I couldn't understand why Shuu was provoking him. When he was in this state nonetheless. When a human didn't have enough food, they'd do strange things. If vampires and humans were anything alike, then vampires would be able to do a lot more dangerous things when hungry. How much blood was needed for a starving vampire to be satisfied?

Ayato turned away from Shuu, scoffing. I was surprised to get pulled along with Ayato, away from Shuu. Could it be that Ayato was afraid of Shuu? Was that why he wasn't facing him head on? But in this condition... should he even be thinking rationally? I just let myself get pulled along. I just tried my very best to focus myself on other things than the touch of Ayato's hand pulling me along. His hands ─ just like the rest of his body ─ were cold. But it was the way he held my own hand that had surprised me. Ayato's touches were rough and bold, unlike Shuu's gentle approach. Ayato's hands were callused, whereas Shuu's skin was smooth. Everything about Shuu was more refined, and everything about Ayato was rough and unpolished. But despite all that, it was Ayato's touches I couldn't get out of my head. Ayato's presence that I saw in my dreams. Maybe it was the restraint he'd been showing for the past weeks that made me think such a ridiculous amount of time about someone so unlikeable.

Ayato threw me against the wall of the storage room as soon as we had arrived. I couldn't hide my fear. "Damn you!" I bit my lip. This feeling inside me was wrong. The lack of affection I was getting was blinding me. He was going to end his record of keeping from touching me. He was going to devour me. He wouldn't even have the ability to think clearly. This could very well be the moment I'd die. I... didn't want to die yet. Ayato slammed his fist against the wall, right next to my face. I looked up in a reflex. "Didn't I tell you enough times that you're mine?!" I turned to look at the ground again. Yeah, that was right. I was Ayato's. I was Ayato's food. "Don't let someone other than me touch you, dammit!"

My hair fell down and covered my face. I was pathetic. What had I been hoping for? For one of the people that made my life here miserable to also be my knight in shining armour? Come on. How naive can you get? "Sorry."

"You better be!"

It stayed quiet for a while. Neither of us knew what to say anymore. I was scared of what would happen if I said anything anyway. And Ayato didn't seem to have any more to say. So all I could do was to prepare myself for his attack. He had to remind me again; that I was his. I didn't look up. I didn't say anything. Until I heard sobbing. I raised my head. Why was Ayato crying? What was this sight? Why? For someone like him to make such a face... What was this? My hand instinctively went to his back to make comforting circles on it. Was this the same Ayato that had boldly announced I was his and that everyone else should back off?

"Ayato?"

Ayato tried to wipe away his tears. "Even though I refrained from drinking your blood for so long," he managed to say throughout his sobs. My eyes widened. He wanted me to be his. So why would he force himself to fight against his natural instincts? Did he wish for me to trust him? But why? "Why did you still run off to someone else?!" I opened my mouth, but realised I had nothing to say for myself. I called myself pathetic and naive for thinking Ayato would even have the slightest bit of interest in me as a person. I was his food, right? But wasn't thinking that the same as not trusting Ayato? Well, of course. I had no reason to trust him, after all. After what he did, hardly anyone would just throw aside the pain and fear they felt when they were with him. But now that I knew Ayato's motive, I felt relieved. Ayato did care. Maybe only to manipulate me, but at least he looked at me knowing I was human. Knowing I bore feelings alike his own.

"I thought you built up your thirst for blood so that it would taste better." I admitted. Saying it out loud felt embarrassing. But in this room, it was just Ayato and I. Maybe I would allow Ayato to see such a pitiful side of me. Ayato was not a knight in shining armour. Ayato was not a good guy. But I wasn't a good person either. I prayed to God every day because I was bearing the sin of enjoying the pain and pleasure these vampires were giving me. I was a sin in itself. So maybe Ayato and I could be tainted together. I grabbed Ayato's hand, bringing it to my heart. "But strangely enough, I'm not afraid of that anymore." The light in Ayato's eyes made my heart skip a beat. To think Ayato might be interested in me romantically may be naive, but thinking I could ignore this burning feeling directed towards him was even more naive. "I think I've fallen for you."

Ayato's mouth opened a bit, and then closed to form a smile. "I see." he said. "I may... feel the same." My cheeks burned up at those words. Ayato grinned. "You really don't have any flesh there, do you, Pancake?"

"Eh?!" I yelled, immediately letting go of his hand. I felt somewhat dizzy from how hot both my cheeks and my ears were getting. "I was giving you my most heartfelt confession and the second thing you do is comment on my breast size?" Ayato laughed. The sound of his laughter was undeniably beautiful. I couldn't help but smile.

"Yui, I love you." I felt like I was gonna explode from how happy I was.

"I—I love you, too!" Ayato wiped away his tears, shaking his head to get back to his senses. I smiled when Ayato pushed back my hair a bit. I was still scared. I knew I wouldn't be able to trust Ayato that easily. But for now, I would push aside that fear. And I would love Ayato the best I could.

My body trembled as Ayato got closer to my neck. He first gave a few quick kisses, calming me down, even though it didn't stop the trembling of my body. And then without saying anything, or giving any kind of warning, he bit into my neck. My moan was louder than I wanted it to be. In such a place... I wouldn't allow him to do much more here than just sucking my blood. I wouldn't want to do anything of emotional value at a place like this. But I held Ayato close, repeating the same words over and over again to calm myself. "I love you."

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