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genre: angst + vampire AU
x reader or ship?: x OC (so neither i guess)
requested by: no one
trigger warning: violence and mentions of blood (will tw when it appears so you can skip it!)
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yamanaka fuji was the love of many a vampire, but the only one she wanted was tamio enmu.

out of all the vampires she'd met- and in her long life, she'd met many- her favorite was enmu.

he had a cloyingly sweet personality, like honey. being around him brought a smile to her usually frowning lips.

the dreams he delivered to her were equally as sweet; tempting images of evenings spent in wine-aided euphoria, most often with him. many other female vampires would view this as offensive; however, fuji was not one of them.

fuji was as beautiful as her namesake, the wisteria flower. but she wouldn't give her heart away easily.

it took more than dreams to sway her; she needed to experience enmu in real life.

in order to try and motivate enmu to come visit her, she cut off locks of her beautiful raven black hair and wrapped them around a pair of beautiful emerald cufflinks. her hair was secured by a blood red velvet bow, and she had a note pinned to it.

the note read,

my dearest enmu,

the dreams you send me every night are such a pleasure.

will you give me the ultimate pleasure of a visit to my home sometime soon?

here are some small tokens of my love and appreciation.

with desire and love,
yamanaka fuji

she sealed the letter with her seal, a raven resting among a field of wisteria, and waited impatiently, pacing the floors of her castle and biting her soft lips until she drew blood.

what if he rejects me? what if he hates me? she worried.

she silenced her worries by looking at the many love letters she had received from other male vampires. if they all loved her, surely enmu wouldn't be any different, right?

she didn't have to wait very long for an answer. the next morning, she received a letter from enmu, and what it said made her heart flutter.

my dearest fuji,

you are as much of a pleasure to converse with as i hoped you were!

i would be overjoyed to partake in your company. if you agree to it, i will visit your house on the night of the next full moon.

what do you say to that? i'll bring you gifts then, as a repayment for what you gave me.

i am forever your servant,
tamio enmu

fuji hastily penned a response letter encouraging enmu to come and saying that gifts were unnecessary, as his presence was a gift itself. she sent the letter and waited in excitement, hoping the next full moon would come soon.

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the full moon was high in the sky, and stars lit up the path that tamio enmu's carriage traveled.

as the horses leisurely walked through the dark and thick forest separating enmu's castle from fuji's, enmu rested inside the coach, running his fingers over the strands of hair that fuji had given to him and looking lovingly at the two emerald cufflinks that were resting on his suit jacket.

she has given me such beautiful gifts, he thought. how can mine make up for it?

like fuji, he was scared of rejection.

unlike fuji, he never had many vampires fighting for his attention.

despite his power of giving other people whatever dreams they desired, he was never a highly sought after vampire to bond with. perhaps it was because of the way he entered other vampires' minds to give them their dreams?

but he never violated their privacy, at least not too much! what was a few accidentally accessed thoughts anyway? he hadn't learned anything major...

enmu's eyes moved over to the gift box that he had resting next to him. his fingers absentmindedly played with the ribbon he had tied it with, and the bow he had tied was undone, the ribbon falling to either side of the box.

he cursed softly and reached for the box, which had opened, to close it. but then he froze.

in the reflection of the moonlight in the window, he saw a sign hanging from a pole that they were passing by.

beware of the witch that lives ahead! it read in hastily written characters.

enmu ignored the sign, busying himself with fixing the packaging of his gift. he managed to make it look decent, and he was satisfied.

the horses stopped soon after, and as the driver caressed them and told them what a good job they did- humans, they were so foolishly attached to lesser creatures- enmu anxiously approached the castle that loomed ahead of him.

he spotted a slender figure in the doorway, dressed in a thin black negligee. she saw him coming and raced towards him, throwing her arms around him and laying her head on his chest.

"my darling enmu," she purred, looking up at him with eyes that were a beautiful ruby red.

"my sweetest dream," he murmured, entranced by fuji already. when she met his eyes, he felt as if everything in the world slowed down, and the only thing he heard was his heart beating fast in his chest.

she grabbed his wrists and skipped into the castle, leading him behind her. he gave the driver a wave, and the driver departed.

"let's go upstairs, shall we?" she asked, her voice seductive but also commanding.

unable to resist or reject her, enmu found himself being pulled along. he felt like he was floating, like his body was present but his mind was somewhere else.

fuji stopped him in front of a door that seemingly led to her bedroom. before they could go in, she put a finger to enmu's lips and whispered, "stay here, my love. i'll be back in an instant."

she entered her room and shut the door behind her. enmu heard her shuffling around in there, opening and closing things and muttering under her breath.

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after a short while, she came out with a thin wire wrapped around her hand and an unsettling smile on her face.

enmu backed up frantically until his heel was touching the edge of the top stair. fuji edged towards him, unwinding the garrote and smiling lovingly.

"you'll fall down if you go any further," she cooed.

"i don't want your pretty skull to be fractured now..."

enmu turned around to run down the stairs, but as he ran, fuji whipped her garrote under his feet, tripping him and making him fall down the remaining stairs.

he heard something in his back crack and was paralyzed, feeling nothing but red hot pain coursing up his body. through the tears of pain that blinded him, he saw fuji approaching him.

the last thing he heard before her garrote dug into his neck were these words.

"i guess i'm not as sweet of a dream as you thought i was."

a/n- i usually don't write horror and content like this, so i'm surprised that this turned out decently! i hope you all liked it too! <3

lots of love, take care of yourselves ❤️