Thanks to @chu_jua for messaging me or else this chapter might still not be out lol.

(Y/N) – your name.

(L/N) – last name.

(F/C) – favorite colour.

(F/S) – favorite smell.

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"(Y/N), Akihiro." scolded a woman in her early thirties, "What are the two you doing outside? It's dangerous."

"Mother," gasped the little girl as she picked herself up from the ground, "I didn't know you'd be home so soon!"

The woman's facial features were twisted in anger as she started to storm towards the siblings. Suddenly, she grabbed the boy off the ground and yanked him towards the direction of their house. The boy tried to struggle as he extended his hand towards the (H/C) haired girl, yelling, pleading for help.

"Mother-!" shouted the young girl, "We were just playing in the garden! Don't take him back inside! It isn't fair!"

No matter how much she ran forward, the two only seemed to be further away, like, as if she was only going backward. She was being left behind.

Eventually, her surroundings turned black. The vegetation and wild animals were all gone within seconds. The only thing left was the bitter loneliness that taunted her soul.

"I'm alone." The little girl said, "I don't want to be alone."

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Before I could even process the movement, my body jerked up into a sitting position. The sweat that I had generated during my slumber coated my skin slickly while my heartbeat was awfully fast as if I had been running. Taking deep breaths in and out, I managed to somewhat calm myself down.

"I didn't think that the nightmares would come back so quickly..." I sighed before looking around.

It seemed like I've been placed in a room that was mostly white and (F/C). The walls were coloured pearly white, while the dark wooden dresser and desk complimented the environment. There were a few (F/C) perfume bottles and flowers sitting on top of the desk, while the fixated mirror showed my reflection. I noticed I was sitting on a queen-sized bed that had (F/C) sheets and I certainly wasn't wearing the same clothes that I wore presumably the day before.

"Who the heck changed my clothes while I was asleep?" I muttered with a raised a brow as I played with the silky sleeping gown. Soon enough, I got out of bed and headed towards the bathroom to take a quick shower.

First thing I noticed when I entered the bathroom was the gorgeous marble tiles that reflected the light that the chandelier had emitted. The walls were also paired up nicely as the bottom half of the wall was covered in soft coral marble, while the upper half was a creamy white. The porcelain bathtub was placed at the end of the bathroom and a large, framed golden painting was at its side as a decoration. There was a sink to my left that had fresh, fluffy towels placed by its side; ready to be used at any time.

Without much thought, I swiftly got undressed and placed the gown next to the towels. I walked as quickly as I could to the tub and stepped in before turning the water on.

When the warm water hit my soft skin, I felt sweet ease fill me up. I felt so relaxed, I started to forget all the worries of the world that surround me. As the water flowed, I took some (F/S) scented shampoo and rubbed it into my hair until it formed foam and bubbles. I also took some of it to wash the rest of my body since there was so much of it. Then, I washed everything off before conditioning my hair and rinsing that off too.

Soon, I got out of the tub and tightly wrapped a towel around my torso before I grabbed another one to dry my hair. As I was waiting for the towel to soak up the water in my hair, I moisturized my skin with some body lotions that have been provided for me, presumably by the Sakamaki brothers.

When I got out the bathroom, I noticed that a school uniform was laying on my bed, which most likely meant that I had to put it on. I raised a brow as I picked the outfit up, wondering why I was to put this on at such a late hour.

"What's wrong, Slut-chan?" purred a voice next to my ear, "Don't you like your school uniform?"

My body automatically jumped at the intruder's voice as I managed to let out a small yelp, "Laito-! When did you get into my room?"

"That's not important right now," he smirked as he leaned in closer, trapping me so that my only option of moving away meant falling onto the bed that was behind me, "I'm hungry and your body is so tempting. Are you trying to seduce me, Slut-chan?"

"I-I'm not!" I stuttered as I gripped the towel and held it in place so it could move and reveal my body to the ginger male "Now, get out of my room you damn perv!"

I could feel my face turn red as I used my free hand to push him away from me. Although, no matter how much I pushed, he wouldn't move an inch. Eventually, he was giggling at my attempts to get him away from me, "Who would've thought you'd be so cute, Slut-chan?"

Suddenly, I felt my body being forced down and the soft mattress made contact with my back. I tried to move my arms and legs, but it seemed that Laito had pinned them down. The ginger leaned down, obviously heading for my neck causing panic and fear to set in. My mind was frantically looking for a fast way out, but as soon as his cold breath hit my neck, my body jerked, and mind froze for a second. Yet at the same time, it hit me, he might've secured my arms and legs in place, but what about my head?

As the ginger got close enough to my neck, I swung my head to the side and roughly collided our heads together. The action caused the male to loosen his grip on my body and therefore gave me the opportunity to shove him off me. Without hesitation, I bolted off the bed and grabbed the first object that I managed to find – which happened to be a golden candle holder. Then, I proceeded to hold it as if it were a sword.

"C-come near me again and... and you'll regret it!" I stammered out, slightly lifting the candle holder, ready to swing it.

"That's enough." Said a low voice, "We're going to be late to school at this rate."

"Reiji-san." I turned my head to him in surprise, "Wait? School? Isn't it a little too late for that?" I pointed at the clock on the wall.

Reiji sighed as he pulled his glasses up, "Seriously, how obtuse can you be? Must I always be required to spell every little detail out for you? You will be attending night school."

"Oh," I lowered the golden holder, "Sorry, I'll get dressed then."

"Good," Reiji turned on his heels and started to walk out the room, "we'll leave you to it."

"Bye-bye, Slut-chan." Laito winked as he also left the room.

As soon as they left, I couldn't help but let out a long loud sigh, "I'm not looking forward to this..."

I was done relatively quickly so; I took my brand-new school bag and walked downstairs to the limo. When I was inside, the drive to school had begun. I was noticeably sat between Shu and Kanato, but I could see Laito eyeing me from time to time.

The first couple of minutes were quiet. Yui was looking out the window, while Ayato kept staring at her. Shu was listening to music on his earphones, Kanato was playing with his teddy bear and Laito was wearing a smug expression. Subaru was also looking out the window, minding his own business, and Reiji was reading a book. Everything was going great – mark the sarcasm.

"Aren't they brothers?" I thought as I took a quick glance at each of them, "It seems they don't get along because they don't really interact with each other."

Then, without warning, Ayato leaned in towards Yui, "A penny for your thoughts, Pancake. What's on your mind?" When Yui hesitated out of surprise Ayato only seemed to corner her up even more, which made her obviously uncomfortable, "Do you dare defy yours truly or will you finally learn to submit, huh Pancake?"

"I'd appreciated if you'd stop calling me that." Yui frowned, "I have a name and it's Yui Komori, so don't call me Pancake."

"Shut your mouth." The green-eyed male huffed, "Your opinion is irrelevant to me, so I'll call you whatever I like. So, deal, Pancake." He growled the last part before he showed his fangs, threatening to bite Yui.

Suddenly, Reiji closed his interesting book and eyed the ginger with a stern look, "Ayato, how many times must I tell you? You will restrict such activities to your private room." Then, quite instantly, Ayato huffed and moved away from Yui. As on cue, Reiji gave us cranberry juice, "I bought these for you two to drink."

Both Yui and I let out a small "huh?" before Reiji continued, "one hundred percent pure cranberry juice is the best cure for those with weak blood."

"Thank you." I nodded as I picked up the carton box and opened it up to drink from it.

"Thank you very much." Yui said after me.

"Oh, you needn't thank me." The male glared, "you must be fully aware that you are to become our prey, so drink your juice daily, please."

Yui gasped loudly before looking down at the juice that was in her shaky hands. I frowned at her, she was so scared, seemed that probably even more than me.

"Oh look," The lavender haired boy commented with glee, "her teeth are chattering. Listen teddy, this is what happens when mortals feel afraid. They show us through fear with this sort of behavior." Kanato then turned teddy towards Yui to show her to the plush toy, "It's funny to watch, so take a good look, ok?"

After that, the car went silent again for the rest of the ride to school.

When we arrived at school, I was in awe. The school look more like a mansion and had more windows than I could count. As we got out the black limousine, Reiji started informing us what our lessons are going to be, and with who.

"You will be in the same class as Ayato and Kanato." He informed, "Follow them please."

"Ok." Yui said.

"(L/N), you will be with Subaru, so follow him."

"Alright." I nodded.

"Unless you two desire a whipping later, don't do anything stupid. Is that understood?" He raised a brow, yet no noise or motion came from Yui, I only nodded, so Reiji was only waiting for her response, "Well, do you understand?"

"Yes." The blonde finally answered.

After that, we had to go our separate ways, so I waved a bye to Yui while mouthing "good luck" before following the albino. When we got to class, Subaru sat down in his seat. Whilst we were waiting for the room to completely fill up and the teacher to arrive, I played with the pink ribbon that was tied loosely around my neck. I stood next to Subaru's desk, not really knowing what to do with myself.

I took a few quick glances at the vampire next to me, only to see him looking out the window. He didn't seem to be paying attention to me since his expression had slightly softened, which made him look sweeter.

"I wonder what he'd look like if he'd smile." I thought to myself as I looked away, eyeing some writing on a desk that was a few seats to my right. The writing was messy and small, therefore I couldn't properly read what it said, but I made out a line "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary", it looked as if it came from a poem.

Out of curiosity, I cautiously walked up to the desk and saw the first part of the poem on the desk.

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,

Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—

While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,

As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.

"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door—

Only this and nothing more.""

I quickly came to realize that this was the first part of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe. The realization sparked a thought in my mind, "Who writes famous poems on a table?"

I then turned to Subaru, "Subaru-kun? Do you know who sits on this table?"

The albino only turned to me with an annoyed expression as he glanced at the desk I was standing next to.

"No one. It's been empty for a while now." He huffed, which showed that he didn't want to talk me more. I took the hint.

"Oh, ok." I said, "thanks for the information."

"Whatever." He muttered as he looked out the window again.

I let out a sigh before the bell went, signaling that the class was to start shortly. The quiet classroom was soon filled with loud, wild students who were excited to talk with their friends. Soon enough, the teacher came in and introduced me to the class. Then the teacher sat me at the same desk that I was originally reading the poem from.

While the teacher was teaching their subject, I saw that I had a literature book that just happened to contain The Raven. Due to boredom and somewhat curiosity, I started to write the next part of the poem.

"Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;

And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.

Eagerly I wished the morrow;—vainly I had sought to borrow

From my books surcease of sorrow—sorrow for the lost Lenore—

For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore—

Nameless here for evermore."

After I was done, I felt a soft kind of sweetness squeeze around my heart. I guess I was excited to see if somebody will reply in the near future.

The thought gave me a small glimpse of that sweet hope, even if I was stuck in a house full of vampires with no way out anytime soon. Yet, deep inside me, I had a hope that there will be a small opening to escape and return home.

Now all I had to do, was wait.