UPDATE!

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Hopefully you are all as excited as i am about this X3

Body crouched low, Misaki watched as a vampire raced past him, apparently oblivious to his presence. He couldn't believe his luck. Misaki wasn't sure where he could find vampires but he'd taken a guess and decided to start at the park, there were always people there but there were enough places to hide that any vampire wanting to hunt could do so without being seen. He tried to be as quiet as he could as he followed the path the vampire had taken.

He came to a stop and ducked behind a bush, the vampire had also stopped running and was currently sat on a bench, his back to Misaki. The brunette gripped the first weapon he could, a small dagger, and very slowly inched forward. His knuckles turned white on the handle of the blade as he came ever closer to his first kill. He snaked his tongue over his lips and held his breath. Misaki adjusted his grip on the blade and leapt forwards. He wrapped his free arm around the vampire's neck and with his other plunged the blade down into the vampire's chest. He knew he wouldn't miss and he knew he hadn't as the vampire let out a pained cry and fell forwards out of his grip and onto the ground.

Misaki let out a long shaky breath and watched as the vampire writhed in pain at his feet. He took a tentative step forwards and nudged the creature with his foot but before he could do anything he heard shouts and footsteps heading his way. In a panic, Misaki ran and hid back in the bushes, waiting to see who was coming his way.

The brunette froze as three men came tearing over to the injured vampire. He felt the colour drain from his face as his brother, Akihiko and the hunter Nowaki all reached the creature on the ground. A heavy weight gripped his heart as he saw the obvious concern on their faces, and even worse was the hunter Nowaki had fallen to his knees and began to cry for the vampire. Pulling his still twitching body to his and cradling it so gently in his lap, Nowaki carefully yet quickly pulled the dagger from the vampire's chest and placed his wrist by its mouth. His voice shook as he struggled to speak through his tears. "Come on, Hiro-san. You need to heal."

The vampire, Hiro-san, turned his clouded eyes to Nowaki and frowned slightly before looking down at the offered wrist. Misaki felt bile in his throat and his stomach twisted in knots as this man willingly offered his blood to the vampire. He swallowed hard as the vampire sank his fangs into the skin, drawing blood. The brunette tore his gaze from Nowaki and saw his brother and Akihiko stood a little distance back, both their faces pale, showing the same poorly masked horror Misaki was sure showed on his own face. The brunette stumbled back a step and brought a trembling hand to his mouth, his movement drew Akihiko's attention and as his head snapped up, their eyes met. Neither did anything as they continued to stare, Misaki feeling himself being pulled inside Akihiko's mind without consciously doing so.

He had to physically drag himself further away in order to free himself from Akihiko's mind and the things he didn't want to see, didn't want to know about the vampire he'd almost killed. Kamijou Hiroki, teenager when he was bitten, in love with Akihiko, Akihiko once returned those feelings but shut them off after Hiroki was turned. The memories of the loss were so prominent in Akihiko's mind that Misaki came away with some of the pain, carrying the burden Akihiko had carried with him for the past 10 years. The teen let out a strangled gasp as he fell backwards, landing in a sprawled mess on the floor. He squeezed his eyes shut and took deep breaths, no longer caring about hiding. However, he couldn't get his heart to slow down, couldn't get his breathing under control and the familiar tremors shook his body. He cursed in his mind as he realised he was having a panic attack.

His hands dug into the dirt, desperately searching for something to grip onto and then his fingers found something cool. He gasped in a painful breath and looked through teary eyes to see familiar lavender eyes and silver hair. The teen gulped in precious air and squeezed the offered hand hard, barely registering the soothing hand on his back, or the deep voice talking in his ear, giving him calm encouragement.

Akihiko shifted to sit as close to the teen as possible, without crowding him. He had to fight the sudden urge to pull Misaki into his lap like Nowaki had done with Hiroki but he squashed the thought down and moved his hand up from Misaki's back to gently smooth it through his sweat-damp hair. The brunette leaned into his touch and his breathing began to return to normal, his grip on Akihiko's hand didn't lesson and neither did his trembling, but at least he was finding it easier to breathe.

Misaki let his body slump forwards and was caught in Akihiko's strong arms, he wanted to protest but he didn't have the energy. His whole being felt exhausted and there was an ache deep in his bones that made it almost impossible to lift even a finger. Instead, he found himself gathered into Akihiko's chest and lifted from the ground, well-muscled arms holding him as if he weighed nothing. His head came to rest on Akihiko's shoulder and as his eyes began to fall shut, he decided that being held by Akihiko in this way felt good. He felt safe.

yeah...it's short...again

but it's an update!

and in pretty decent time considering my track record...

once again, any mistakes noticed please please point them out because i'm sleep-deprived and i haven't been able to properly go over this in my haste to get this update to you asap!

i probably should have taken more time to check it but i just really really really wanted to post this X3

so i hope you liked it!

please review and let me know you're still reading and what you think of the direction this story is going in! ^^

thanks for reading!