"Shuichi! W-where are you?" I yelled as my eyes shot open. I couldn't see Shuichi anywhere and I had this terrible feeling of pain in my chest. A feeling like I lost Shuichi and he was going to leave me forever...I wanted to cry.

"Kokichi! What's wrong?" He asked, moving to my side. When he sat down on the bed I got into his lap and buried my face against his shoulder. The feeling consumed by my thoughts as I cried. Will Shuichi leave me? Is it because I'm only a human...and because he is a vampire I'm no longer interesting to him? Am I no longer needed?

"I just felt this feeling of shame and worry come over me...so I was worried that maybe-" He cut me off by placing his lips on my own. I was able to relax a bit at this. Shuichi is right here with me now, so those thoughts don't matter...they never did because we were destined to be together...even when we were kids we knew

"I would never leave you. I love you more than the air I breathe. I love you more than any of the stars that light up the night sky. You are my Kokichi, you are my everything." He said before gently kissing my cheeks, making me laugh a bit. He is so poetic at the most random moments. Honestly it makes me feel so much more loved than a simple I love you. I love how poetic my emo little ShuShu is~

"You are an emo poet under all that Shu~ I knew it~" I said in a teasing tone. He blushed a bit before kissing me again. I smiled against his lips feeling a smirk come to my lips soon after.

"I know you love it," He said before rubbing my shoulders. I almost blushed at the statement...but I was feeling so groggy all of a sudden. Maybe it's because Shuichi is here with me, or even because I was tired before this...

"Y-yeah you got me there," I said with a sigh. After I said this my eyes grew heavy again as I leaned closer to Shuichi..

"Tired?" He asked before I looked at him one more time before falling against him. I felt all my senses go into sleep as I calmed down. Shuichi is here with me, I'm here with him. We are in love and nothing can change that...he will be here for me as I will be here for him. I need to become a vampire so he doesn't have to worry about me all the time. Sadly enough, being a human puts me at a huge disadvantage when vampires are targeting me...so to protect myself I need to convince Shuichi to change me. I know he is going to feel guilty about it...especially if it's painful for me. I need to try my best to hide if it hurts because that is going to make it easier for him...because I know the idea of me changing into a vampire scares him. Just as if our bond was taken.

...

"You said you changed," She yelled again as he was on the floor picking up the pieces of his phone. "But I guess even I can fall for the same lie twice," She said before shoving a ring into his hand and leaving the house. She ran past the both of us and we ran after her. She eventually stopped in the middle of the forest and broke down into tears.

"WHY CAN'T ANYTHING TURN OUR GOOD FOR ME!" She said screaming into her hand. I felt the same pain in my heart from the idea of Kokichi leaving me for another...we are destined to be together, a bond is a sacred thing...but she is right some things are really just a lie.

Cathay soon took my hand again and brought me back into the hallway of the house. "Shuichi," She said, making me turn to face her.

"What is it?" I asked, seeing some tears in her eyes.

"You better be the best you can be for Kokichi, because without your bonded partner loving you...you feel broken all the time...so please," She paused, grabbing onto my shoulders.

"Take good care of him...and love him as he loves you," She said before moving away from me.

"Cathy," I called out to her. She stopped in her tracks but didn't turn to face me.

...

My eyes opened slightly as I saw Shuichi looking down at me.  It was dark in the room I couldn't see anything other than the few things in the range of the moonlight coming through a crack in the window. It was colder than I remember it being...when did it get so cold? I looked back over to the window to see it was closed...is there just no heat in this house at night?

My thoughts went back to the dream I had. So bonded vampires can cheat on one another? What if Shuichi- I cut myself off so I wouldn't cry. I can't think like that, I trust Shuichi, whatever that means...I love him and want to be able to trust that he wouldn't ever do anything like that.

"Kokichi, are you okay?" Shuichi asked gently, brushing his thumb over the top of my cheek a few times. I smiled at this and moved towards him so our faces were inches apart.

"Yeah, so Cathy must have..." I whispered referencing the dream. That must have been where he went off to yesterday...that explains the feeling of having something taken from me while I was asleep. I'm glad Cathy was able to show Shuichi that, because now we both know. The bond we have is something that other people want to take.

The stronger the bond the more they are attracted to it. I mean I assume anyway, because if the man who left Cathy was the one trying to steal me and Shuichi's bond...then that means that he wants to have the strong bond that we have with the other person he wants to share it with that isn't Cathy. God, I can't believe someone would want to give up being bonded to someone as kind and understanding of Cathy.

She reminds me of my mother in a way, maybe this is why I feel more attached to her. I mean she has done a fair deal of things for me, like talking to me after the first time Shuichi bit me, taking care of Shuichi when he changed, and being there when the whole thing at the school happened. I respect her a lot and I can't see what another person would have that would make someone want to leave her...people are the worst.

"Kokichi, know that I wouldn't even think of doing that to you...I want you to know that I really do love you, and I don't want to ever lose you.." He said quietly. I snapped back into the present and looked him in the eyes to see that he had tears in them.

"Shuichi, I don't deny that you love me-" I started only for him to hold me close to his chest as he sniffled.

"I promise I will protect you," He said into my hair, making me chuckle a bit.

"I know that Shu," I said gently. I moved my arms around his back and felt warmer despite the room being cold.

"I need to ask you," I paused pulling back from the embrace to look him in the eyes. "Are you okay with changing me?"

He flinched at my words. I moved my arms to rub his upper arms to try to calm him down a bit. "Wh-why do you ask?" He asked, sounding a little more stern. I felt a little bit of fear come to my chest but I pushed it out of my thoughts. I need to stand my ground.

"Because, being a human makes you have to be at a disadvantage as well as myself..." I paused closing my eyes for a moment. "So I want you to change me," I said, putting one of my hands to his chest.

"But Kokichi! Being a vampire is anything but easy! The cravings and-" He started until I placed my lips on his own. I felt him still talking against my lips and one of his fangs cut my lip. I winced at this but didn't pull away. I could feel him tense against me as the blood dripped off my lip.

"Sorry Koki-" I cut him off with my finger over his lips. "You don't have to apologize," I said quietly, looking him directly in the eyes. I could see a flash of purple in his eyes before they went back to their normal color. That's different...

"I want you to change me, I asked, and I'm insisting." I paused again moving my hands to his head. They glided through his hair before I moved his head down to my neck.

"But Koki it's going to hurt you...and it's going to be hell the next couple of days..." He paused moving away from my neck to look at me.

"I don't want to hurt you," He said with a serious gaze. I felt a shiver travel down my spine at this, but decided to ignore it at the moment.

"But I want you to, nothing can change that," I said slowly shrugging my shirt off my shoulder. He seemed to contemplate it before he slowly buried his head into my shoulder.

"I hate how convincing you can be..and you being cute doesn't make this any easier..." He groaned making me laugh a bit.

"Well, I can't help that can I?" I paused rustling his hair with my hand.

"So what do you say?" I asked before he paused. I need to do this to protect the both of us...and most importantly to protect our bond.

-Here is today's part! I hope you are enjoying it!! Thank you all so much for reading!!-

-Saichi Kohana-