Junjou Vampire

Scared of the Dark

Misaki watched the three men line up in front of the car, guns pointed towards the group, the tension in their backs and shoulders was obvious. The brunette brought his knees to his chest as the first gunshots pierced the night. He flinched at each shot and each cry as the advancing people fell to the ground. He heard Akihiko over the gunfire. “This is too easy. They’ve obviously sent their weakest ones out.”

Takahiro nodded his agreement as the last few shots were fired and the street was silent once more. Akihiko made a disgusted face before catching a glance of the trembling boy in his car. “Takahiro, it was a mistake not to train him you know. He’s deadweight.”

Takahiro turned his angry eyes to his friend. “Don’t call him that. He’s my younger brother and I had to protect him! I didn’t want to end up dead like our parents and leave him on his own. I couldn’t risk involving him in this world because he’s all I have left.” There was a silence before the sound of sirens could be heard in the background. Akihiko mumbled something under his breath before pushing Takahiro to his car. “Get in, we need to go before the police get here.”

Takahiro cast a dirty look at Akihiko before getting in the car and reaching over to the front seat to comfort his brother. “I’ll explain everything once we get somewhere safe. I promise.” Misaki nodded and watched Akihiko talk to Nowaki, his face showing surprise before Nowaki ran, leaving Akihiko staring after him.

Takahiro watched the surprise flicker over his friend’s usually stoic face before he climbed into the driver’s seat in a daze. “Akihiko what’s wrong?” The lavender-eyed man met Takahiro’s worried eyes in the mirror and he smiled. “Hiroki.” Was all he said before pulling away and speeding away down the street.

Akihiko pulled into an underground car park and turned the engine off. “Hiroki’s been…how shall I put this…in a bit of an inappropriate relationship.”

Takahiro frowned and leaned forward. “What do you mean?”

Akihiko laughed and turned to face his friend. “He’s in a relationship with Nowaki.”

Takahiro’s eyes went wide and he couldn’t find any words to say. Instead Misaki frowned up at the man. “Two men together?”

Akihiko looked down his nose at the teen. “Got a problem with that? Besides, that’s not why it’s…different.”

Misaki pouted and felt a blush on his cheeks. “I have nothing wrong with men together.” Though in his head he found it a little weird that two men would love each other.

Akihiko raised his eyebrow, not believing the kid at all but deciding to tease him instead. “Oh really?”

He smirked down at the boy as he leaned in closer and was about to nibble his ear when Takahiro slapped his face. “Focus, Akihiko. What are you talking about?”

Akihiko looked stunned that he’d been slapped and raised his hand to his cheek. “That hurt, Takahiro.”

Takahiro frowned and waited expectantly for his friend to continue. “Nowaki and Hiroki are together…in a relationship. Knowing Hiroki they probably fu-“

Takahiro slammed his hand over Akihiko’s mouth to stop him going any further. “Okay, I get the idea. But how could they have a relationship? Surely that’s against everything they both know?”

Akihiko shrugged and turned back to the front. “Hiroki was one of us once, maybe he still remembers his previous life.”

Takahiro frowned and shook his head. “No but once you become a vampire then your past is erased. That’s what we’ve always been told, there’s no way that he remembers anything.”