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"Meeting the Vampire Council is not a fun surprise, it's a death trap."

Kaname chuckled at that.

He sat in his chair, holding his coat and watching Hiro walk back and forth across the floor.

It wasn't fair of Kaname to spring that on him so early in the day.

Hiro stood in the middle the room, fists clenched. He held onto his tie, wanting nothing more than to throw it out the window now.

Hiro watched as Kaname spoke to Seiren, who immediately vanished when he finished.

He huffed in annoyance, hating Kaname's calm demeanor.

"It won't take long." Kaname said with a slight smile.

Hiro furrowed his eyebrows, stepping closer to his older brother. Hiro leaned down, placing both hands on the armrests as he looked into Kaname's eyes.

"What are you planning?" Hiro asked.

Kaname smirked, a rare, unreadable expression stretching across his face.

"Won't there be a consequence for lying to the Council? For hiding secrets?" Hiro questioned. 

"They wouldn't dare." Kaname spoke in a tedious, confident tone that made Hiro wanna hit him.

Matter of fact-

Hiro flicked Kaname's head in irritation.

Here he was freaking out and Kaname was acting like a Buddhist monk.

Kaname blinked in surprise before mixing his laugh with a sigh.

"They can't do anything. They'll have to accept it." Kaname said, reaching a hand and gripping Hiro's cheek.

"And when they ask where I've been?"

Kaname looked Hiro in the eye, never once wavering. His stare was intense, almost calculated. "To keep you safe, I've told them you've been inside a coffin, sleeping."

Hiro ripped his face away, stepping back. His eyes were wide, and his hands shook.

"...Now I know you're planning something." He said, sucking his teeth and running a hand through his hair. He looked to Kaname, eyeing him suspiciously. "Why doesn't the council know Rido killed our parents? Doesn't anybody else know?" Hiro asked.

"No. They ruled their deaths as a suicide."

Hiro froze at those words. He hugged himself, stepping back from the chair.

Suicide...

He remembered his mother's bloody face.

His father turning to dust.

The way Kaname reached out for him before vanishing.

Hiro glared at the ground.

"...They don't know I was kidnapped." Hiro turned to the window, scoffing. "The Council isn't to be trusted, either. That's why Yuki and I were hidden for so long. Who are they? Why do they control everything? Why hasn't Rido been caught?"