Tyrant Fanfic: Blood, love and tears. Chapter 18
Hi everyone!
I’m currently working on the next few chapters of this story but I don’t know when the 19th will be ready. It might take over a week or even more so don’t be surprised if there won’t be a new chapter for the next two weeks. XD
I have planned writing during the last weekend but I needed to reorganize my collection of books and it took me nearly the whole weekend to do it. >.< So there wasn’t really all that much time to write. I’ll be writing during the week and I hope I’ll have a chapter or two ready soon.
I also must say that you all managed to surprise me recently. I’ve posted the prologue to a new story and the amount of comments you, my readers, left for me made me gape. Wow. Thank you for all of them! I was very happy about the feedback and enthusiastic reception. I’ll get to work on “Forgotten Love” real soon. I promise. I just waited for so long to be able to write the scenes that will happen now in “Blood, Love and Tears” that I just MUST write them now. XD
I hope you’ll enjoy. ^-^
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. All that goes to Takanaga-sensei.
Title: Blood, love and tears
Author:yaoilovefan
Beta: elyrian
Warnings: language
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Souichi, Hiroto
Note: It's an AU fic.
Summary: Morinaga is a vampire and wants to play around. One night in a club he finds an interesting human and is mesmerized by him. Will he only use his new prey or will he fall in love? And how will the other one react on an immortal lover? What will his feelings be?
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Souichi sat in the comfortable chair in the lower floor of the tower and read. He had actually managed to find a few books that weren’t written it some kind of demon language. The topic of the books was not what Souichi would have picked for himself to read, but he didn’t have any other distractions available so needed to deal. He could think of one other thing he could do but it wasn’t appealing in the slightest. Who in their right mind would want to try dying from boredom? Not Souichi.
After Hiroto’s revelations, about which he still refused to even think, Souichi had needed something to occupy his mind even more than before. There wasn’t anything to do up in the tower but read the books, so Souichi hadn’t had any options. He was left to read and wait for the Vampire Lord to show himself again. Souichi feared meeting Morinaga after their last encounter. He didn’t know how to look the vampire in the eyes now that he knew what a vampire could do and what he couldn’t. The implication of what that meant was too much for him.
Even with the way he was trying not to think about it, he couldn’t stop. His thoughts kept returning to what Hiroto had told him, and no matter how much he wanted to he didn’t really think that the other vampire had lied to him. That meant that Souichi couldn’t be sure about anything anymore, at least anything that concerned his body and his feelings towards a certain vampire. He was so confused.
Only one thing was clear to Souichi. He needed to return home and forget about Morinaga and that vampires even exist. Staying near them would only make him think about Morinaga and all those feelings the vampire evoked in him. Not to mention he would remember the heated moments between them and his body’s enthusiastic reactions to those memories always left Souichi in a sour and irritated mood. Reading distracted him, even if only for a short while.
Souichi sighed. He looked out of the window, noticing the dragons flying somewhere further away. It was getting dark; the crystals in the room were starting to shine and lighting the whole place. He looked at the book he was reading but didn’t really feel any desire to finish the chapter. The book, just like a few others that were readable, was written by humans and was about all kinds of demons. Souichi suspected that these were books the demons had taken away from dead Hunters. He had even asked Hiroto about it and the vampire had said, “You need to know the enemy and in this case what the enemy knows or suspects about you. That’s why we have those books.”
That made sense and even if he wasn’t really enjoying reading them he still did it to learn a few things about the vampires and other demons. Souichi sure hoped he wouldn’t meet any other creatures than he already had, but having knowledge about the inhabitants of this world couldn’t do any harm either. After reading a chapter or two he always talked with Hiroto about what he had read and the vampire helpfully told him what was true and what wasn’t.
Souichi started liking the friendly, although a bit effeminate, vampire. He wasn’t anything like Morinaga and Souichi wasn’t afraid of him. He also didn’t wake any of those weird and unwanted feelings inside Souichi. He visited Souichi every day, bringing him food and picking up clothes for the human to wear. The day after their first conversation when Hiroto had brought breakfast in the morning, Souichi had managed to convince him to open the wardrobe and let him look at what was inside. They were picking out clothes together every day now. Souichi wasn’t wearing any stupid, provocative clothes anymore.
Today he was wearing more subdued blue pants that were bound at the waist by a golden string. He also finally had a shirt on his back, also blue although the color was a tad lighter than the pants. The only thing that Souichi would have changed about this outfit was the material from which the clothes were made. It wasn’t see-through like some of the outfits Morinaga picked for Souichi but the material, in the human’s opinion, could have been a little thicker.
After the first evening neither he nor Hiroto mentioned the topic of the first conversation they had had. They came to a silent understanding not to touch that subject again. Instead they talked about the demons that Souichi read about and about what Hiroto did when he was in the Demon World, but not one word about a certain Vampire Lord. Souichi could tell that Hiroto wanted to discuss Morinaga a few times. He got that serious mixed with concerned look in his eyes, so whenever Souichi saw him making such a face he immediately tried to occupy the vampire‘s mind with some questions or he simply gave Hiroto a look making it clear that he did not want to talk about that. Hiroto might not have agreed with Souichi but he respected the human’s wish, unlike a certain perverted vampire.
For some reason Morinaga hadn’t shown his face in the tower again. It looked like he had forgotten about Souichi being there, which was cause for concern. ‘How am I supposed to get him to send me back home when he’s not even here?!’
Souichi was annoyed. He didn’t want to see the vampire again but he knew he had to if he wanted to return to his own world. Hiroto, the only person that visited Souichi, was still in the Demon World so the Hunters were still in his town. Even if Morinaga showed himself, Souichi knew that the vampire wouldn’t bring him back home yet. He didn’t like it but he understood. Hiroto talked with him enough for Souichi to start not liking the Hunters, either. If they really killed harmless demons and other creatures only because they happened to find one then they were really not that great of people. Sometimes Souichi doubted that even one inhabitant of the Demon World that went to the Human World was really harmless, but if they stayed away from humans and didn’t cause any trouble then why kill them?
“Hi! I got your dinner, Souichi,” Hiroto greeted, startling the human from his musing.
“Can’t you knock?!” Souichi groused. He had nearly dropped the book he was still holding. He was also sure that he had jumped a bit when Hiroto had spoken to him.
Hiroto lifted his eyebrows and looked around the room. “And how am I supposed to do that? I’m teleporting here, you know.”
“Just wait until I notice you or something,” Souichi grumbled. He marked the page he had stopped on and laid the book on the small table near the armchair he was sitting in.
“If I had done that your food would have gotten cold. You were so far away in your thoughts that you wouldn’t have noticed me even if I had started dancing with only a leaf covering my groin, or even without a leaf,” Hiroto giggled, his eyes gleaming mischievously.
“Don’t. Just… don’t,” he groaned. “Now I won’t be able to get that image out of my head!” He covered his eyes with his hand and rubbed as if trying to erase that image from his mind.
Hiroto giggled.
Souichi uncovered his eyes and glared at the vampire.
During all of the time that Souichi had spent in the tower, the two of them had become friends and Souichi didn’t take Hiroto’s flirting seriously anymore. He just tried to ignore it most of the time and whenever Hiroto managed to make Souichi react the vampire was very happy about it.
He moved to the table and started eating. The meal was as good as always. Souichi couldn’t stop wondering how it was possible for the vampires to make such good food, but he had stopped asking after Hiroto shrugged and said that they had very good kitchen staff.
Everyday they followed a routine. First Souichi would eat his dinner, then they talked, and then Hiroto retreated with the empty plate. Sometimes their talks went on for hours and Souichi was glad. He wasn’t alone and he had a good distraction from his thoughts and worries. He missed his world, his siblings. The thought of what they where going through when he wasn’t anywhere to be found was even worse than the thought of sleeping with Morinaga of his own free will and actually enjoying it.
After a couple of days he stopped fighting with that thought. It was pointless denying it. So what if his body enjoyed the vampire’s touch? He still didn’t have any deeper feelings for Morinaga. Lust was the only thing that there might be and when he returned home he was going to forget all about Morinaga in no time. Souichi was sure of it. There wasn’t anything to worry about. He did not like the vampire, not one bit. Morinaga might have a softer side that Hiroto kept hinting about but it wasn’t Souichi’s desire to find out. He didn’t want to get to know Morinaga; he just wanted to return home.
Unluckily, unless Morinaga returned and let Souichi persuade the vampire to let him go, he was stuck in the tower.
“So where is that perverted vampire?” Souichi asked after he finished eating. It was high time that he take an interest in Morinaga’s whereabouts and the curious lack of visits.
“Oh! You really want to know?” Hiroto asked, surprised, intrigued, and also a little bit happy that the human had asked on his own. Hiroto was sitting across from Souichi like always when they talked and was looking at the human curiously.
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t. I want to know when I’m going home! My family must be worried sick by now!” Souichi said, his expression changing from annoyed to unhappy and back to annoyed again.
“… You have a family?” Hiroto asked seriously. There was a note of some kind of feeling in Hiroto’s voice.
Souichi wasn’t sure what it was but from the expression that the vampire was making and the way he was looking at Souichi, the human could tell that the knowledge of Souichi having a family in the Human World was a very big deal for Hiroto. He didn’t know why, but that was what he suspected.
“I’m taking care of my younger siblings. I can’t just sit here and do nothing!” Souichi tried to cover his homesickness with annoyance, although from the look that Hiroto gave him, Souichi wasn’t sure that he succeeded.
“Yes. I understand,” Hiroto said quietly. He looked unhappy, sitting there in front of Souichi with his shoulders slumped. “I hadn’t known about that. I’ll try to get in touch with Angel-kun,” Hiroto assured.
“What do you mean? Try getting in touch? He isn’t here?” Souichi asked, stunned. He didn’t know what to think about this revelation. Here he was sitting in a damn tower, waiting for a Vampire Lord that wasn’t even anywhere nearby? Souichi’s mood for some odd reason sank and he frowned, disturbed.
“This kingdom is very large and Angel-kun’s brother sometimes needs his help running it. Not often but still.” Hiroto shrugged.
Souichi just stared at him.
“What? Did you really think that if he was here that he wouldn’t try to molest you again?” Hiroto said chuckling. “Maybe he would have waited a day or two but, believe me, he wouldn’t miss the chance to give you some love,” Hiroto smirked slyly while looking at the human’s flushed face.
“No way in hell I am letting him anywhere near me again!” Souichi stated firmly, looking defiantly in the vampire‘s eyes. He wanted to remain stubborn about that matter and hoped that Hiroto wouldn’t say something to change his mind.
“Then how will you convince him to return you to your own world, hmm?” Hiroto asked, one eyebrow arched. “I can tell you that even with my help that’s not going to be an easy task.”
“What do you mean? If I’m going to be nice to him then - “
“Won’t work,” Hiroto interrupted, shaking his head to emphasize his words.
“What? Why not!” Souichi shouted. He ignored the fact that Hiroto had probably just read his thoughts and concentrated on the vampire’s answer.
“Angel-kun is determined to make you understand your body’s desires. I know because I talked with him about it. It’s clear as day that he won’t let you go until you do just that,” Hiroto explained. He studied his nails while speaking but when all was said, he looked at the human, clearly wanting to see how he reacted to the news.
Souichi didn’t say anything for awhile. He contemplated blowing up and shouting, then thought better of it. Hiroto was trying to help him. Souichi didn’t know how much the other man was going out of his way to do so but he was grateful for it. If the other vampire was willing to help him then shouting at him wouldn’t be a nice thing to do. Even so, the revelations made Souichi highly uncomfortable in his own skin.
“… If I do, then will he get tired of me and bring me back home?” he asked. Surprisingly that thought didn’t bring Souichi relief. Instead, the thought of having Morinaga toss him aside just like that, because he wasn’t interesting anymore, made something in Souichi’s chest hurt.
“I would have worded it a bit differently but…” Hiroto winced. “Generally… yes, I think.”
“You think,” Souichi repeated, looking at the vampire with a frown. He concentrated on the vampire, trying to ignore the somewhat hollow feeling that was spreading in his chest.
“Surprising, isn’t it?” Hiroto winked. “I’m not as thoughtless as people believe me to be.”
“You could have fooled me,” Souichi mumbled. He knew by now that vampires, for some odd reason, had very sensitive hearing and no matter how quietly he said something, a vampire would be able to hear it anyway.
“Aww… You’re so mean!” Hiroto whined dramatically. The playful glint in his eyes totally belied the seriousness of Hiroto’s griping. “And here I was about to propose to help you convince Morinaga that you’re not worth more attention.” Hiroto shook his head in disbelief. Then he looked from under his lashes at Souichi and the human could clearly see that he was trying to stay serious and not snicker.
“How?” Souichi chose to ignore the other’s antics knowing that Hiroto wanted to get a rise out of him. Instead he concentrated on the topic of their conversation. Despite all the smiles the vampire was giving him, they both knew that it was a serious matter for Souichi.
“Say ‘please’,” Hiroto demanded.
“Oh, come on, Hiroto. Don’t joke around!” Souichi scolded. He was getting tired of the vampire’s little game. “If you know what I should do when the pervert gets back then tell me!”
“Say ‘please’,” Hiroto repeated not in the least perturbed by Souichi’s words.
“Oh, for the… Please.” Souichi gave in. He noticed that one of the things all vampires had in common was stubbornness. They would have sat here the whole night until he relented if he hadn’t given in now.
“Make him see that you’re okay with wanting him,” Hiroto said seriously. He was totally relaxed, looking at the human across from him.
“But I’m not!” Souichi wailed. He knew that he wouldn’t like what Hiroto had in mind. Not only would he have to make Morinaga see that he liked what the vampire was doing to him, but he also had to act like he was okay with it? That was just plain wrong. Souichi looked defiantly at Hiroto, ready to fight the vampire if needed.
Hiroto sighed.
“One time, Souichi,” Hiroto tried to convince the stubborn human. “Don’t think the usual things you think when he’s touching you, don’t fight him, dress nicely and seduce him. That should do the trick.” Hiroto smiled.
“You. Are. Kidding.” Souichi couldn’t believe that Hiroto was seriously suggesting something like that. He didn’t want to do anything so embarrassing. He really didn’t, and he would try everything he could to make Hiroto think of another option.
“No, why?” Hiroto asked innocently. He knew that the human didn’t like his advice but he didn’t relent. Tatsumi needed to play the part if he wanted to return home soon.
“I’m not a whore!” Souichi spat. He was furious. It looked like the vampire was set on making him act like some kind of prostitute and he absolutely refused to do it.
“I’m not asking you to be one!” Hiroto countered. He crossed his arms over his chest and pouted at the human.
“But you just -“ Souichi wanted to argue but his impending tirade was cut short by Hiroto.
“Listen. Angel-kun won’t let you go until you show him that you are fine with a man touching you,” Hiroto explained.
“But I’m not,” Souichi sulked. That was not what he wanted to hear.
“Your body likes it,” Hiroto pointed out, looking at the human with one arched eyebrow.
“But that does not mean - “
“Yes, I get it! You’re still not okay with it but you can try pretending, right?” Hiroto interrupted him again. The vampire was starting to sound exasperated.
Souichi thought for a moment. ‘Since it looks like I’ll have to do it… Pretending sounds not half bad at all, but…’
“He can read my mind. He’ll know,” he reminded the vampire.
“Just don’t think anything bad. If you act all nice and welcoming Angel-kun won’t have any reason to look into your mind. He’ll probably just flit past the thoughts nearest the surface to see if you’re trying to pull his leg. Seduce him and he won’t even think about looking deeper if you act sincere,” Hiroto explained enthusiastically. He looked very excited about the idea.
Souichi thought for a moment about what the vampire had just told him. It didn’t seem half bad.
“You think that will work?” he asked, doubting the validity of the plan.
“I’m sure! Just don’t think anything bad and everything’s going to be fine.” Hiroto sounded so certain.
That certainty reassured Souichi. He was still very nervous about the whole thing but since the vampire knew Morinaga so well then he should be able to tell what would work and what wouldn’t. Even so there was one more big problem in Souichi’s opinion.
“But I don’t know anything about seducing!” he said tensely.
Hiroto chuckled. “We’ll dress you up in some sexy clothes so that the only thing you’ll need to do is shake your bottom a bit and convince Angel-kun that you’re okay with him touching you.”
“Easier said then done,” Souichi grumbled.
“No, it’s not. You’ll see. Just tell him that you know that he didn’t use anything on you to make you react the way you did. That I explained it to you. If he sees that you’re not upset because of it then everything will go smoothly.”
“And what then?” Souichi asked, looking stupidly at the vampire.
“Urg…” Hiroto groaned, exasperated. “Think of something! I can’t tell you what to say. You’ll think of me while saying it and if Tetsuhiro is watching your thoughts he’ll know something’s not right. You’re smart enough to figure something out yourself, so do it. I’ll try contacting Angel-kun so that we’ll know when to set the plan into motion and then you’ll be able to go home.”
‘Think of something… Easier said than done,’ Souichi thought unhappily. He understood what Hiroto meant when he said that he couldn’t help Souichi. If all of a sudden Souichi started to act like a slut, or the way that Hiroto did all the time, then Morinaga would know that there was something wrong. He would need to think of something himself. ‘Hiroto said something about a sexy outfit that would help. Maybe I won’t need to say all that much after all. I hope so.’ Suddenly a thought hit him. ‘I’ll need to let Morinaga touch me, have sex with me again.’
“I don’t like that plan,” he said finally. He gulped thinking about what Morinaga would do to his body.
“Do you have a better one?” Hiroto asked cockily.
Souichi looked darkly at Hiroto and shook his head. He didn’t have a clue what to do to return home. Hiroto had known Morinaga longer and should be able to tell what the other vampire would like so that he would get into a good mood and send him home again.
“Then it’s settled,” Hiroto stated, standing up and collecting Souichi’s empty plate. “I should return tomorrow with some news. Until then, please, think of what you’ll tell Angel-kun. Bye-bye!” Hiroto said his good bye and vanished.
Souichi didn’t even have any time to say anything in return, but that didn’t matter. He was already deep in thought about his situation.
Now he had a plan that should help him return home, and although he wasn’t happy going through with it, he would still give his best to make it happen. ‘This better work.’
Chapter 19
Note: I was planning for Morinaga to show up in this chapter but it didn’t work out the way I planned. XD But don’t worry. He’ll be back in the next chapter. You'll see. ^-^ I hope you enjoyed reading this. Now you can leave some comments for me. *^-^*
I’m currently working on the next few chapters of this story but I don’t know when the 19th will be ready. It might take over a week or even more so don’t be surprised if there won’t be a new chapter for the next two weeks. XD
I have planned writing during the last weekend but I needed to reorganize my collection of books and it took me nearly the whole weekend to do it. >.< So there wasn’t really all that much time to write. I’ll be writing during the week and I hope I’ll have a chapter or two ready soon.
I also must say that you all managed to surprise me recently. I’ve posted the prologue to a new story and the amount of comments you, my readers, left for me made me gape. Wow. Thank you for all of them! I was very happy about the feedback and enthusiastic reception. I’ll get to work on “Forgotten Love” real soon. I promise. I just waited for so long to be able to write the scenes that will happen now in “Blood, Love and Tears” that I just MUST write them now. XD
I hope you’ll enjoy. ^-^
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. All that goes to Takanaga-sensei.
Title: Blood, love and tears
Author:yaoilovefan
Beta: elyrian
Warnings: language
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Souichi, Hiroto
Note: It's an AU fic.
Summary: Morinaga is a vampire and wants to play around. One night in a club he finds an interesting human and is mesmerized by him. Will he only use his new prey or will he fall in love? And how will the other one react on an immortal lover? What will his feelings be?
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Souichi sat in the comfortable chair in the lower floor of the tower and read. He had actually managed to find a few books that weren’t written it some kind of demon language. The topic of the books was not what Souichi would have picked for himself to read, but he didn’t have any other distractions available so needed to deal. He could think of one other thing he could do but it wasn’t appealing in the slightest. Who in their right mind would want to try dying from boredom? Not Souichi.
After Hiroto’s revelations, about which he still refused to even think, Souichi had needed something to occupy his mind even more than before. There wasn’t anything to do up in the tower but read the books, so Souichi hadn’t had any options. He was left to read and wait for the Vampire Lord to show himself again. Souichi feared meeting Morinaga after their last encounter. He didn’t know how to look the vampire in the eyes now that he knew what a vampire could do and what he couldn’t. The implication of what that meant was too much for him.
Even with the way he was trying not to think about it, he couldn’t stop. His thoughts kept returning to what Hiroto had told him, and no matter how much he wanted to he didn’t really think that the other vampire had lied to him. That meant that Souichi couldn’t be sure about anything anymore, at least anything that concerned his body and his feelings towards a certain vampire. He was so confused.
Only one thing was clear to Souichi. He needed to return home and forget about Morinaga and that vampires even exist. Staying near them would only make him think about Morinaga and all those feelings the vampire evoked in him. Not to mention he would remember the heated moments between them and his body’s enthusiastic reactions to those memories always left Souichi in a sour and irritated mood. Reading distracted him, even if only for a short while.
Souichi sighed. He looked out of the window, noticing the dragons flying somewhere further away. It was getting dark; the crystals in the room were starting to shine and lighting the whole place. He looked at the book he was reading but didn’t really feel any desire to finish the chapter. The book, just like a few others that were readable, was written by humans and was about all kinds of demons. Souichi suspected that these were books the demons had taken away from dead Hunters. He had even asked Hiroto about it and the vampire had said, “You need to know the enemy and in this case what the enemy knows or suspects about you. That’s why we have those books.”
That made sense and even if he wasn’t really enjoying reading them he still did it to learn a few things about the vampires and other demons. Souichi sure hoped he wouldn’t meet any other creatures than he already had, but having knowledge about the inhabitants of this world couldn’t do any harm either. After reading a chapter or two he always talked with Hiroto about what he had read and the vampire helpfully told him what was true and what wasn’t.
Souichi started liking the friendly, although a bit effeminate, vampire. He wasn’t anything like Morinaga and Souichi wasn’t afraid of him. He also didn’t wake any of those weird and unwanted feelings inside Souichi. He visited Souichi every day, bringing him food and picking up clothes for the human to wear. The day after their first conversation when Hiroto had brought breakfast in the morning, Souichi had managed to convince him to open the wardrobe and let him look at what was inside. They were picking out clothes together every day now. Souichi wasn’t wearing any stupid, provocative clothes anymore.
Today he was wearing more subdued blue pants that were bound at the waist by a golden string. He also finally had a shirt on his back, also blue although the color was a tad lighter than the pants. The only thing that Souichi would have changed about this outfit was the material from which the clothes were made. It wasn’t see-through like some of the outfits Morinaga picked for Souichi but the material, in the human’s opinion, could have been a little thicker.
After the first evening neither he nor Hiroto mentioned the topic of the first conversation they had had. They came to a silent understanding not to touch that subject again. Instead they talked about the demons that Souichi read about and about what Hiroto did when he was in the Demon World, but not one word about a certain Vampire Lord. Souichi could tell that Hiroto wanted to discuss Morinaga a few times. He got that serious mixed with concerned look in his eyes, so whenever Souichi saw him making such a face he immediately tried to occupy the vampire‘s mind with some questions or he simply gave Hiroto a look making it clear that he did not want to talk about that. Hiroto might not have agreed with Souichi but he respected the human’s wish, unlike a certain perverted vampire.
For some reason Morinaga hadn’t shown his face in the tower again. It looked like he had forgotten about Souichi being there, which was cause for concern. ‘How am I supposed to get him to send me back home when he’s not even here?!’
Souichi was annoyed. He didn’t want to see the vampire again but he knew he had to if he wanted to return to his own world. Hiroto, the only person that visited Souichi, was still in the Demon World so the Hunters were still in his town. Even if Morinaga showed himself, Souichi knew that the vampire wouldn’t bring him back home yet. He didn’t like it but he understood. Hiroto talked with him enough for Souichi to start not liking the Hunters, either. If they really killed harmless demons and other creatures only because they happened to find one then they were really not that great of people. Sometimes Souichi doubted that even one inhabitant of the Demon World that went to the Human World was really harmless, but if they stayed away from humans and didn’t cause any trouble then why kill them?
“Hi! I got your dinner, Souichi,” Hiroto greeted, startling the human from his musing.
“Can’t you knock?!” Souichi groused. He had nearly dropped the book he was still holding. He was also sure that he had jumped a bit when Hiroto had spoken to him.
Hiroto lifted his eyebrows and looked around the room. “And how am I supposed to do that? I’m teleporting here, you know.”
“Just wait until I notice you or something,” Souichi grumbled. He marked the page he had stopped on and laid the book on the small table near the armchair he was sitting in.
“If I had done that your food would have gotten cold. You were so far away in your thoughts that you wouldn’t have noticed me even if I had started dancing with only a leaf covering my groin, or even without a leaf,” Hiroto giggled, his eyes gleaming mischievously.
“Don’t. Just… don’t,” he groaned. “Now I won’t be able to get that image out of my head!” He covered his eyes with his hand and rubbed as if trying to erase that image from his mind.
Hiroto giggled.
Souichi uncovered his eyes and glared at the vampire.
During all of the time that Souichi had spent in the tower, the two of them had become friends and Souichi didn’t take Hiroto’s flirting seriously anymore. He just tried to ignore it most of the time and whenever Hiroto managed to make Souichi react the vampire was very happy about it.
He moved to the table and started eating. The meal was as good as always. Souichi couldn’t stop wondering how it was possible for the vampires to make such good food, but he had stopped asking after Hiroto shrugged and said that they had very good kitchen staff.
Everyday they followed a routine. First Souichi would eat his dinner, then they talked, and then Hiroto retreated with the empty plate. Sometimes their talks went on for hours and Souichi was glad. He wasn’t alone and he had a good distraction from his thoughts and worries. He missed his world, his siblings. The thought of what they where going through when he wasn’t anywhere to be found was even worse than the thought of sleeping with Morinaga of his own free will and actually enjoying it.
After a couple of days he stopped fighting with that thought. It was pointless denying it. So what if his body enjoyed the vampire’s touch? He still didn’t have any deeper feelings for Morinaga. Lust was the only thing that there might be and when he returned home he was going to forget all about Morinaga in no time. Souichi was sure of it. There wasn’t anything to worry about. He did not like the vampire, not one bit. Morinaga might have a softer side that Hiroto kept hinting about but it wasn’t Souichi’s desire to find out. He didn’t want to get to know Morinaga; he just wanted to return home.
Unluckily, unless Morinaga returned and let Souichi persuade the vampire to let him go, he was stuck in the tower.
“So where is that perverted vampire?” Souichi asked after he finished eating. It was high time that he take an interest in Morinaga’s whereabouts and the curious lack of visits.
“Oh! You really want to know?” Hiroto asked, surprised, intrigued, and also a little bit happy that the human had asked on his own. Hiroto was sitting across from Souichi like always when they talked and was looking at the human curiously.
“I wouldn’t have asked if I didn’t. I want to know when I’m going home! My family must be worried sick by now!” Souichi said, his expression changing from annoyed to unhappy and back to annoyed again.
“… You have a family?” Hiroto asked seriously. There was a note of some kind of feeling in Hiroto’s voice.
Souichi wasn’t sure what it was but from the expression that the vampire was making and the way he was looking at Souichi, the human could tell that the knowledge of Souichi having a family in the Human World was a very big deal for Hiroto. He didn’t know why, but that was what he suspected.
“I’m taking care of my younger siblings. I can’t just sit here and do nothing!” Souichi tried to cover his homesickness with annoyance, although from the look that Hiroto gave him, Souichi wasn’t sure that he succeeded.
“Yes. I understand,” Hiroto said quietly. He looked unhappy, sitting there in front of Souichi with his shoulders slumped. “I hadn’t known about that. I’ll try to get in touch with Angel-kun,” Hiroto assured.
“What do you mean? Try getting in touch? He isn’t here?” Souichi asked, stunned. He didn’t know what to think about this revelation. Here he was sitting in a damn tower, waiting for a Vampire Lord that wasn’t even anywhere nearby? Souichi’s mood for some odd reason sank and he frowned, disturbed.
“This kingdom is very large and Angel-kun’s brother sometimes needs his help running it. Not often but still.” Hiroto shrugged.
Souichi just stared at him.
“What? Did you really think that if he was here that he wouldn’t try to molest you again?” Hiroto said chuckling. “Maybe he would have waited a day or two but, believe me, he wouldn’t miss the chance to give you some love,” Hiroto smirked slyly while looking at the human’s flushed face.
“No way in hell I am letting him anywhere near me again!” Souichi stated firmly, looking defiantly in the vampire‘s eyes. He wanted to remain stubborn about that matter and hoped that Hiroto wouldn’t say something to change his mind.
“Then how will you convince him to return you to your own world, hmm?” Hiroto asked, one eyebrow arched. “I can tell you that even with my help that’s not going to be an easy task.”
“What do you mean? If I’m going to be nice to him then - “
“Won’t work,” Hiroto interrupted, shaking his head to emphasize his words.
“What? Why not!” Souichi shouted. He ignored the fact that Hiroto had probably just read his thoughts and concentrated on the vampire’s answer.
“Angel-kun is determined to make you understand your body’s desires. I know because I talked with him about it. It’s clear as day that he won’t let you go until you do just that,” Hiroto explained. He studied his nails while speaking but when all was said, he looked at the human, clearly wanting to see how he reacted to the news.
Souichi didn’t say anything for awhile. He contemplated blowing up and shouting, then thought better of it. Hiroto was trying to help him. Souichi didn’t know how much the other man was going out of his way to do so but he was grateful for it. If the other vampire was willing to help him then shouting at him wouldn’t be a nice thing to do. Even so, the revelations made Souichi highly uncomfortable in his own skin.
“… If I do, then will he get tired of me and bring me back home?” he asked. Surprisingly that thought didn’t bring Souichi relief. Instead, the thought of having Morinaga toss him aside just like that, because he wasn’t interesting anymore, made something in Souichi’s chest hurt.
“I would have worded it a bit differently but…” Hiroto winced. “Generally… yes, I think.”
“You think,” Souichi repeated, looking at the vampire with a frown. He concentrated on the vampire, trying to ignore the somewhat hollow feeling that was spreading in his chest.
“Surprising, isn’t it?” Hiroto winked. “I’m not as thoughtless as people believe me to be.”
“You could have fooled me,” Souichi mumbled. He knew by now that vampires, for some odd reason, had very sensitive hearing and no matter how quietly he said something, a vampire would be able to hear it anyway.
“Aww… You’re so mean!” Hiroto whined dramatically. The playful glint in his eyes totally belied the seriousness of Hiroto’s griping. “And here I was about to propose to help you convince Morinaga that you’re not worth more attention.” Hiroto shook his head in disbelief. Then he looked from under his lashes at Souichi and the human could clearly see that he was trying to stay serious and not snicker.
“How?” Souichi chose to ignore the other’s antics knowing that Hiroto wanted to get a rise out of him. Instead he concentrated on the topic of their conversation. Despite all the smiles the vampire was giving him, they both knew that it was a serious matter for Souichi.
“Say ‘please’,” Hiroto demanded.
“Oh, come on, Hiroto. Don’t joke around!” Souichi scolded. He was getting tired of the vampire’s little game. “If you know what I should do when the pervert gets back then tell me!”
“Say ‘please’,” Hiroto repeated not in the least perturbed by Souichi’s words.
“Oh, for the… Please.” Souichi gave in. He noticed that one of the things all vampires had in common was stubbornness. They would have sat here the whole night until he relented if he hadn’t given in now.
“Make him see that you’re okay with wanting him,” Hiroto said seriously. He was totally relaxed, looking at the human across from him.
“But I’m not!” Souichi wailed. He knew that he wouldn’t like what Hiroto had in mind. Not only would he have to make Morinaga see that he liked what the vampire was doing to him, but he also had to act like he was okay with it? That was just plain wrong. Souichi looked defiantly at Hiroto, ready to fight the vampire if needed.
Hiroto sighed.
“One time, Souichi,” Hiroto tried to convince the stubborn human. “Don’t think the usual things you think when he’s touching you, don’t fight him, dress nicely and seduce him. That should do the trick.” Hiroto smiled.
“You. Are. Kidding.” Souichi couldn’t believe that Hiroto was seriously suggesting something like that. He didn’t want to do anything so embarrassing. He really didn’t, and he would try everything he could to make Hiroto think of another option.
“No, why?” Hiroto asked innocently. He knew that the human didn’t like his advice but he didn’t relent. Tatsumi needed to play the part if he wanted to return home soon.
“I’m not a whore!” Souichi spat. He was furious. It looked like the vampire was set on making him act like some kind of prostitute and he absolutely refused to do it.
“I’m not asking you to be one!” Hiroto countered. He crossed his arms over his chest and pouted at the human.
“But you just -“ Souichi wanted to argue but his impending tirade was cut short by Hiroto.
“Listen. Angel-kun won’t let you go until you show him that you are fine with a man touching you,” Hiroto explained.
“But I’m not,” Souichi sulked. That was not what he wanted to hear.
“Your body likes it,” Hiroto pointed out, looking at the human with one arched eyebrow.
“But that does not mean - “
“Yes, I get it! You’re still not okay with it but you can try pretending, right?” Hiroto interrupted him again. The vampire was starting to sound exasperated.
Souichi thought for a moment. ‘Since it looks like I’ll have to do it… Pretending sounds not half bad at all, but…’
“He can read my mind. He’ll know,” he reminded the vampire.
“Just don’t think anything bad. If you act all nice and welcoming Angel-kun won’t have any reason to look into your mind. He’ll probably just flit past the thoughts nearest the surface to see if you’re trying to pull his leg. Seduce him and he won’t even think about looking deeper if you act sincere,” Hiroto explained enthusiastically. He looked very excited about the idea.
Souichi thought for a moment about what the vampire had just told him. It didn’t seem half bad.
“You think that will work?” he asked, doubting the validity of the plan.
“I’m sure! Just don’t think anything bad and everything’s going to be fine.” Hiroto sounded so certain.
That certainty reassured Souichi. He was still very nervous about the whole thing but since the vampire knew Morinaga so well then he should be able to tell what would work and what wouldn’t. Even so there was one more big problem in Souichi’s opinion.
“But I don’t know anything about seducing!” he said tensely.
Hiroto chuckled. “We’ll dress you up in some sexy clothes so that the only thing you’ll need to do is shake your bottom a bit and convince Angel-kun that you’re okay with him touching you.”
“Easier said then done,” Souichi grumbled.
“No, it’s not. You’ll see. Just tell him that you know that he didn’t use anything on you to make you react the way you did. That I explained it to you. If he sees that you’re not upset because of it then everything will go smoothly.”
“And what then?” Souichi asked, looking stupidly at the vampire.
“Urg…” Hiroto groaned, exasperated. “Think of something! I can’t tell you what to say. You’ll think of me while saying it and if Tetsuhiro is watching your thoughts he’ll know something’s not right. You’re smart enough to figure something out yourself, so do it. I’ll try contacting Angel-kun so that we’ll know when to set the plan into motion and then you’ll be able to go home.”
‘Think of something… Easier said than done,’ Souichi thought unhappily. He understood what Hiroto meant when he said that he couldn’t help Souichi. If all of a sudden Souichi started to act like a slut, or the way that Hiroto did all the time, then Morinaga would know that there was something wrong. He would need to think of something himself. ‘Hiroto said something about a sexy outfit that would help. Maybe I won’t need to say all that much after all. I hope so.’ Suddenly a thought hit him. ‘I’ll need to let Morinaga touch me, have sex with me again.’
“I don’t like that plan,” he said finally. He gulped thinking about what Morinaga would do to his body.
“Do you have a better one?” Hiroto asked cockily.
Souichi looked darkly at Hiroto and shook his head. He didn’t have a clue what to do to return home. Hiroto had known Morinaga longer and should be able to tell what the other vampire would like so that he would get into a good mood and send him home again.
“Then it’s settled,” Hiroto stated, standing up and collecting Souichi’s empty plate. “I should return tomorrow with some news. Until then, please, think of what you’ll tell Angel-kun. Bye-bye!” Hiroto said his good bye and vanished.
Souichi didn’t even have any time to say anything in return, but that didn’t matter. He was already deep in thought about his situation.
Now he had a plan that should help him return home, and although he wasn’t happy going through with it, he would still give his best to make it happen. ‘This better work.’
Chapter 19
Note: I was planning for Morinaga to show up in this chapter but it didn’t work out the way I planned. XD But don’t worry. He’ll be back in the next chapter. You'll see. ^-^ I hope you enjoyed reading this. Now you can leave some comments for me. *^-^*