“You can’t…let anyone know I’m alive. I beg with everything I have you don’t. It’s just for my and the baby’s safety. I’ll come back occasionally. A lot. Once Serena’s old enough to be at the school without me. And even then…I applied for a job, so if somebody retires for next year, then I have to do that. Just don’t let them know.
“I won’t, un,” he said.
“Good boy. I’ll come back when things are straightened out,” I said.
“Remember to come back. Please don’t forget me, un,” he said.
“I won’t. I promise you,” I said.
We kissed quickly, and I ran back towards the school.
I stopped by the beach on my way back. I had never actually been down on this beach before. I was walking close to the forest, away from the coast. The tide was low. I skimmed my fingers along the rough branches. Then something hard hit my head. I heard a scrambling noise in the branches. Squirrels? No too loud. I picked up the hard object. A thick bound book. My eyes met soft blue ones when I looked up. It was a girl, around my age. Her long brown hair hung down, framing her fragile face. Long flowing sleeves cover her hands. Her top rested just below her shoulders, and flowers lined the edge. I couldn’t make out anything else.
She jumped down and pried her book from my hands before hurrying off. I blinked and every part of me wanted to run after her, but I didn’t. I walked back towards the school.
“Aki. Nice of you to finally show,” Itachi said from behind me.
“Itachi!” I whirled around.
“I knew you weren’t dead,” he said.
“Freeze!” I cried.
Time again, stopped. That gave me enough time to scram. I had just enough time to erase his memory as well.
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I heard another rustling in the bushes. I figure stepped out tall and dark. I prepared myself, drawing a kunai from my back pocket.
“Who are you?” I asked, teeth gritted.
“Aki, Aki, is that any way to treat an old friend?” The voice asked.
“I don’t know you!” I cried.
He stepped closer.
“Sure you do,” he said, “Remember ‘blood-boy’ ?”
I stopped dead in my tracks. Esuke. My ex-boyfriend from my sophomore year at the school. He was dangerous, and had graduated a year before me. He had a secret- he was a vampire.
“You!” I said, taking a few steps back.
“You know, you broke up with me. I still love you. And I still want the blood I never got,” he said stepping closer.
“No,” I said, stepping further back.
“Yes,” he said.
He was no longer in front of me. He had disappeared. Then he grabbed me from behind. Esuke started to drag me off, and I tried to fight back, but I was like a trapped animal.
“Let me go!” I yelled.
“Relax. I only want some. Not enough to kill you…or turn you,” Esuke smirked. I had to admit his voice was seductive, but I couldn’t fall for that now.
“Please!” I cried.
“You’d better shut up, or I will turn you. And I think you’d find that terribly inconvenient,” Esuke said. I could just see his face, smiling and hotter than ever. I loved Deidara, but there was some quality about Esuke. Something about him…
“No,” I said, “Let me go!”
“You certainly are stubborn,” Esuke said.
He picked me up, shattering my hopes of escaping. Now it would be impossible. I opened my mouth to scream.
“I wouldn’t do that,” Esuke said.
“Oh, well I would,” I said opening my mouth.
Big mistake. Very big mistake. He threw his mouth onto mine, so I couldn’t scream. I felt ready to gag when he explored my mouth with his tongue, still walking. I didn’t, because he’d probably kill me. He only stopped to put a key in a door. He still had one arm tight around my waist, and he was stronger then me. The cottage was dark. He turned a light on. He was a rare breed of vampire that could withstand light.
He picked me up again, and sat me on a chair.
“Now, you can be a good girl and not resist it, or you can do it the hard way,” Esuke said.
“You promise you won’t kill me or turn me?” I asked.
“I wouldn’t kill you. I couldn’t. Turning you would me irresponsible. I’d only do that if you wanted it…you don’t do you?” He asked.
“No. Please don’t turn me. But, I’ll let you do it. Just please. Please don’t turn me,” I said.
“Alright then. Tie your hair back,” he ordered.
I reached into my pockets and looked for something to tie back my hair with. I found something-two actually- and braided my hair back. I don’t know why I was going to let him do it. Maybe because I still trusted him, and loved him back in some part of my brain. Maybe I did it because I was curious of what it felt like. Or maybe because I didn’t want to know what the hard way was.
“Alright,” I sighed.
He put an arm around my waist again, and tugged me towards him. We were so close together, and I felt his hot breath on my neck. He placed his mouth on my neck, and gently grazed it with his fangs before he bit down. It hurt, and I yelped. After the first few seconds, it didn’t hurt. It felt good.
I woke up sometime later, unaware of how the rest went. I still felt a little dizzy. What in hell had convinced me to do that?!I was still a little shaken at what had made me say yes...
Of course. He had used compulsion. Some annoying form of compulsion. That was how he made me say yes. But there would have been some miute part of me that would want it-or it wouldn't have worked. As my neck began to sting a little, I looked at my surroundings. Back at the school, in my old room. They had given me my old room.
I sighed, and looked out the window at the rising sun. Huh.
So I knew what it was like to be bitten by a vampire now. I remember a long time ago, when he was my boyfriend, he had tried to bite me. He had tried to turn me.
Then I had broken up with him almost right after.
Compulsion would have gotton me then too. But he hadn't used it, hoping someone else would come along that wanted it. I forced myself to stand up, as awkward as I was after the bite. Even though I felt ready to fall over, I managed to keep myself upright. I ignored the breakfast that was waiting on my table. The sight of food made my stomach flip over. I didn't even want to think of food. So I took the fork, and moved the food around a little, to make it look like it was eaten. I also through some away, because by now the maids could tell.
I walked down the senior hall again-and 90% of the rooms weren't occupied. Few people actually became seniors. Most either dropped out or were KIA. So I walked down to the nurses office, and visited my daughter. It didn't feel like she was my daughter though. Now she looked about four, and her hair was down to her shoulders-a bright blonde color I clearly recognized. She was adorable, but I was still troubled.
When I heard the nurse coming, I quickly undid my hair so she wouldn't see my bite.
I acknowledged her as I walked out the door, my hair flat on my neck.
After that, I began to wonder if it actually showed. I ran into the nearest girls bathroom. It was empty, so I checked. There were two little red marks on my neck. They were barely visible, but still stood out on my pale skin. They were already beginning to fade, thank goodness. Then I went to Master's office to check something.
I kept my hair down on my neck, not sure if his vision was still keen as it used to be.
"Nobody is at retirement age, but Mr.Salmon will be in six years," he said.
"Oh,"
I always hated Mr.Salmon.
"But you can stay here as long as you want," Master said,"And your daughter, too. But maybe nobody should know the relasionship. It should be easy because I haven't told anyone yet."
That was good. It would save her a lot of mean remarks from other students.
And then the bite started to burn. I nearly screamed. I managed to keep it in, nod my head, and walk out of the room. But from there I ran. I ran back to my room, ignoring the lunch on the table now, and upstairs. When I was back in my room, I noticed a note on my dresser.
I'll come back to feed on you again. You didn't think I'd only do it once now did you? Don't run away, you know I'll find you faster then you can get where you're going.
Love, Esuke
Love. He had some nerve!
