Vampire Kisses

2: Shuichi

 I feel exhausted from yesterday. I barely got any sleep last night and my neck and mouth hurt like hell. On top of all of this, my anxiety has slowly been climbing with the overwhelming feeling of having to go to school like this. I feel so tired and my head hurts whenever I move too suddenly. I rubbed my forehead with a sigh. Why do I have to go to school tomorrow?

I haven't been to a public school in my entire life. I was always self-taught and had a little bit of guidance from my guardian. I have never really liked talking to people. In fact, Kyoko is the only person my age that I talk to. Maybe that's a problem... I don't really care about making friends and socializing with others. I have been able to accomplish most tasks that come my way on my own or with minimal help. This whole vampire situation is making my skin crawl. Depending on other people makes me feel so uneasy. I like doing things on my own because then I know I won't mess up and I will stick to it. With other people though... they are their own person and can leave and mess up and I'm too afraid to face them that nothing ever gets done. So I'd rather work alone. Kyoko is the only exception. She is very reliable and is always on time and gets her work done. I respect her for that. But other than her people are untrustworthy and unreliable...

Beep

Beep

My alarm went off reminding me I have to go and learn how to live in this new life from Cathy. I got up with a groan immediately regretting getting up and having to move. I sighed and held my head and slowly got dressed making sure not to touch my neck or move to quickly to avoid getting a headache...

When I finished I looked over at my clock. 30 minutes have passed. I hugged slightly irritated that in this condition I was taking so much longer than I usually would take... I walked over to the door of my room heading down the hall to go get Cathy for lessons today.

Why is this happening?

Why now?

Why me?

I shook my head trying to get rid of all the painful questions and thoughts. Moving my hand to the knob I slowly turned it and walked into the white room.

"Oh hello, Shuichi! How did you sleep last night?" Cathy asked with a smile walking over to greet me by the door.

"Not very well..." I sighed disappointedly that sleep was just adding to the annoyance building up in my gut.

"Well, that is expected... I do hope that it gets better soon Shuichi..." She said walking over to her desk and grabbing a notebook and taking her place next to the couch. I reluctantly walked over and took my place on the couch beside her.

"Well, I guess we should start today. You do have to go to school tomorrow..." She said looking down at the notebook flipping through a couple of pages before she turned her focus to me.

"So Shuichi, have you noticed anything different?" She asked putting a pencil in her hand.

"What do you mean by different? I have fangs in my mouth and it's harder to do somethings because of them and I absolutely despise the sun. Not that I got much exposure to it before just now I really don't like how easily I burn from it..." I said not wanting to remember or talk about what happened yesterday...

"Yeah, it's not great to start with..." She sighed writing something down in the notebook.

"But I mean have you had any cravings for blood?" She asked emphasizing the word blood making me shudder.

"Not really... Should I be?" I asked running my tongue over my fangs nervously. Could I really accidentally bite someone and kill them ore even worse make them like this?

"It's ok to be scared y' know. This isn't going to be easy..."

"Yeah. I know..." I said with a little more venom then I meant to add.

"Sorry I'm not mad at you... this whole thing is just putting me on edge..." I said moving my hand to the scars on my neck from the bite mark. It was still a little tender and it still hurt if you touched it with too much force, but nothing compared to the pain when I first got it.

"No, I understand. You're actually doing very well! I was punching and clawing my walls and hurting myself to try and stop this. So you are doing exceptionally well. I'm proud of you Shuichi!" She said with a smile. I tried to return it with the same joy, but couldn't and it quickly fell to a frown.

"Hey don't worry about it. It will get better ok." She said putting a comforting hand on my shoulder.

How can this get better?

Is that even possible?

...

"Leader! They called the police! Sorry I got us spotted by them because I tripped..." Anaki said chastising herself. She always is way to hard on herself that if I yelled at her it would just be overkill.

"It's alright, but we have to get back to base! They can't see any of our faces or they will know who we are ok!" I yelled signaling the rest of the group that it was time to go. We quickly escaped and left our symbol behind before we went back to base.

"That was not the best we could have done... But there is always room for improvement!" I announced to my group members who were slouching in defeat. They all perked up at my words making a smile come onto my face.

I'm really happy that I have you guys.

I wouldn't give this up for the world.

"Alright, so what can we change in our plan to be successful next time?" Akari said looking away from the computer for a brief moment before focusing back on the computer.

"Well, I would suggest that maybe we spilt up the jobs differently. Because I feel like Anaki would have been better as a lookout and I could have taken her place as a runner." Marki said standing up to sit by Anaki who was alone in the corner.

"Yeah, that is a great idea!" Seban said beaming.

"Alright, guys see where we can do a job for next time. Let me know when you find something... Sorry, I can't be here all the time school is kind of a full-time job..." I said with an exasperated sigh before standing up and walking towards the door to the living room. I have to get the reading done so I can not have to read 17 chapters tomorrow...

"It's alright leader! We understand don't worry about it!" Anaki said with a wave before I left the room and closed the door.

I worked on my homework until the sky was dark. I was exhausted from all the writing and reading. I put my head on the desk and closed my eyes. I wish that I could get a break from school... was the last thing I thought before I fell asleep.

-Here is the next part! I got this done in art today because I already finished my project that I had to get done... Thanks for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-