Amidst the shadows and the secrets

Night Seventy-One

"How do you know this? I didn't. Pancake, what the hell."  

Chisana raised her brows. "Did any of you know this?" She heard a quiet yes from Shu. Subaru nodded, and Laito chuckled with a nod. "That means she can talk to the others but not you, Ayato. It seems you love to hear your own voice than actually listen to her. Less yapping and use more of these." She pulled his ear a little. "Because at this rate, she'll never make a choice. Or worse, she'll choose someone that isn't you." 

"She is right, Ayato-kun. Even if you spent most time with her, you don't seem to know her at all, and we do want her to make a choice." Laito put his hands on Yui. "Chisa-chan mentioned it the other night that she could make her choice. I would love to know who that is."

Shu left.

Together with Subaru. "Lame, a loser who doesn't know his girlfriend."

Ayato followed his brother. "Lame is the loser who said lame."

"Oh, you remind me of something you said, Laito." Rubbing her eyes, Chisana got up. "Please, see yourself out. Sorry, I'll explain later, Yui." 

*** 

Getting some tea first, Chisana tapped on Reiji's door. I would almost say, darling. Better not. Not that she needed to say anything because the door opened for her. "I got us some tea."

"Come in." Reiji heard her fix a situation. "Did he try anything?"

"He didn't get a chance. But hopefully, he got the message." She picked up the teacup. "You like it hotter than drinkable hot." 

Smiling, he took it and wrapped his other arm around her for a kiss. "That is true, but what did you want with me? Or what did Laito remind you about?"

"Laito mentioned I rub my eyes more than I should and suggested I have my eyes checked. Maybe I need reading glasses." Being with him, she took her necklace from under her shirt.

"I see, I could take you to my optician in the city. You shouldn't wait with that so tomorrow afternoon after breakfast." He got up, took something from his desk, and gave it to her. "Just something little."

Unwrapping it, she found three tea glasses. Tea glasses from our restaurant tour date! She put it down carefully and went to him. Him and his tea. She took his teacup away, put it down, sat on his lap, and mumbled a thank you so she could kiss him.

He fell back in the chair and smiled in the kiss while wrapping his arms around her. He loved her reaction. Even something so small and then her response. He would do it more often just to see her smile and hear her laugh. "My tea is getting cold." He managed to say in their kiss, which caused her to break it entirely.

"Sorry." She gave him his cup back and reached for her own.

"You're forgiven." He sipped his tea. "It's not that cold."

With her tea drinkable, she drank it up fast. "No one was able to bite me, and I have tried to avoid them. If you bite me, they'll back off."

Something he knew and finished his tea, which she put on the table for him. "True." Wanting his brothers to back off, he moved her necklace back under her shirt. "Not yet, darling." He tilted her head carefully and bit the nape of her neck.

Laito was the first who smell her blood. "You again?"

"Since when are you so thirsty? You seem to bite her for a few nights in a row now." Kanato didn't like it either.

Sorry, guys, I'll make up with you in a different way. She knew he would drink enough that she would feel faint. Before she could lose consciousness, he stopped, and she leaned down with her head on his shoulder. Thank you, darling. I trust you completely.