𝓕ᵃᵗʰᵉʳ'ˢ 𝓟ᵉʳᶠᵉᶜᵗ 𝓛ⁱᵗᵗˡᵉ 𝓖ⁱʳˡ

III (more) | VI

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CHAPTER — VI
part three (more)

YOU'RE OUT like a light, and your usual nightmares plague your mind.

What wakes you from slumber is thirst, an immense, un ignorable thirst.

Your throat is dry like a desert.

When you weakly open your eyes, they're met with others, deeply staring into your own. You let out a squeak of surprise. "You scared me, I thought I was still dreaming for a second."

Nanami only smiles in the dark, is eyes creasing and he moves to caresse your cheek gently, "You dream about me Angel ? Not to worry, I'm real." And, as if to prove his point, grabs your hand to place it on his chest.

You're snug in his arms, your legs tangled with his and you chuckle, "Do you often watch me sleep ?"

He simply pecks your forehead, and you feel him lips smile into the kiss.

No answer, that says a lot.

You let out a sigh of disbelief, half endeared at the way your brother—Nanami seems to show his affection and half disturbed by it.

"Why do you all do this for me ?" You ask, after a few beats of silence.

Nanami lifts an eyebrow, "Do what ?"

"Take care of me, protect me. I don't see what you could gain from it all."

"It's not about gaining something," He licks his lips, "We do it because we want to, because we think you deserve it."

You sigh and roll your eyes, turning away in the bed. Nanami laugh quietly playing with the strap of your pyjama tee.

"What is it Angel ?" He kisses your shoulder, gently coaxing you into telling him and you melt in his touches, a pout unknowingly forming on your lips.

"I don't believe you." You start, voice meek, "You guys aren't exactly known for being either generous nor kind, so I'm not sure why you're all like this with me."

Nanami hums, snaking his hands around your waist, "Maybe you do know," he wonders with a hum, his chest rumbling against your back, "Maybe you don't want to face it yet, and that's okay."

His words lie heavy in your stomach, like stones. You eventually fall asleep, not a mindless, peaceful sleep but a light and shallow one, a dreamless slumber.

So when Nanami rustles next to you, you immediately feel it. You're woken up by him standing up from the bed. As you blearily blink, you see him putting back on the clothes he had discarded. You scrub your eye, "Is it time to leave yet ?" You whisper, tone quiet yet hopeful.

"No." He says probably in a harsher tone than he'd intended as he winces and apologizes, "Something came up. Father called, he needs me."

Your stomach drops.

Nanami leans down to kiss you twice on the forehead, "You don't have to worry, Angel. I'll be back in no time." He smiles, but you see it's forced and it doesn't reassure you in the slightest.

"What's happened ?" You dare ask, voice wavering.

You see him hesitate on wether he should tell you or not, but you don't waver in your stance.

"A rival vampire family came. And a rival werewolf clan as well." He massages his temples, "Currently, it seems like all of our main enemies have gathered in one place.

"Isn't that normal ?" You ask. "The Underworld is neutral ground after all... ?"

"For them to be here when we are, in an overwhelming number, it's suspicious. We were the most discreet. No one, except for the few neutral clans we passed through on our way here should be aware of our presence in the Underworld." His eyes darken, his face takes an edge. You're nearly frightened by him. "That means that we've got a mole." He interprets the horror in your face as fear, "We're going to find this person and deal with them accordingly, so don't fret."

"A traitor ? In the Fushiguro clan ?" You gulp, "A-and would be the plan for that person ?"

He looks at you, eyes gleaming a dangerous red, "Death, obviously. A little bit or torture as well, depends who they're working for."

You might as well be dead. You're the one who told your father that they'd be in the Underworld. You're the traitor, it's all your fault.

Traitor ? To be a traitor you'd have to have been part of the Fushiguro clan beforehand, something you're not, something you don't consider yourself to be.

You never actually excepted the secret to last so long anyway. You half-thought that Toji or Suguru would figure you out as soon as they saw you. However now... now it nearly feels like you could manage to leave with your father.

And that's what you want, that's what you should want.

Nanami looks conflicted, "I have to go, but I can't leave you alone."

You want to tell him that you can manage on your own but you know this won't reassure him in the least.

"Everyone is on standby, keeping an eye on the enemy while waiting to see what they're going to do. Father wants me with him. As long as they don't show hostility, they're not breaking any rules of the Underworld so the demons won't do anything."

Nanami takes out his phone and dials a number, a few minutes later, a man, who you assume to be a vampire part of the Fushiguro clan comes in. He's tall, and buff, overwhelmingly so, his skin is tanned, his hair is styled in dreads that he tied up in a high ponytail and on his face is a big scar.

"Aoi, this is ___. ____, this is Aoi. He's been surveilling the borders for a while, which is why you hadn't yet met him." As soon as the introduction is said and done, Nanami leaves.

Aoi tentatively walks inside the bedroom, watching you eye him wearily. "I might look scary, but I'm here to protect 'ya."

You sigh in exasperation, "Why do I need protecting here ? Isn't this place supposed to be safe ?"

"Not for you, not since the full Inu clan is here."

"The Inu clan hates the Fushiguros, I'm not a Fushiguro." You deadpan.

Aoi shrugs, "No. You're not. Which is why I'm not too scared about that other vampire clan, they shouldn't be too hostile towards you."

You frown, confused. "What's the other vampire clan ?"

"You don't know ?" He lifts an eyebrow, "The Ketsueki clan."

Ketsueki's your family name.

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At first I was just going to put something like "Y/N's last name" clan, but then I thought it sounded... lame. 😭😭😭
So I put an actual name Ketsueki. When I'll edit the entire story I'll introduce Y/N with her family name in the first few chapters, so it doesn't come out of the blue like that.

This small chapter (1K) was actually supposed to be part of the LAST chapter but I was too tired to write this last scene so here it is now, four days later 😭😭😭.