Vampire Kisses

4: Shuichi

It was only 3rd period and it already felt like my soul was leaving my body. Kokichi seemed to be as bored as I felt. I sat close to him in almost every period. Was there a reason for this. Maybe all the teachers have similar seating charts. He and Nagito always sat in front of me or behind me. I'm not complaining I do like being around them. I feel like we could all be friends. I feel weird around Kokichi. I know we just met today, but he just makes me so flustered and whenever he says my name my heart stops beating. No. No. no. There is no way I can already like him right? What is he doing to me...

"Hey, Shuichi~ Class is over now and it's lunch period~ Do you want to come and sit with me Nagito and Hajime?" He asked putting his hand on top of my arm making me blush and keep my head down hat covering my eyes. His hand came to my hat and he lifted it just high enough so he could see my face making my blush darken while I avoided his gaze.

"Shuichi~ I love your beautiful eyes you should show them more often~," He said putting my hat back over my eyes before he leaned down to whisper in my ear.

"If you don't want to show anyone else I would be fine if I was the only one who got that privilege~," He said before he pulled me out of my seat and threw my bag at me.

"Well if you take to long I might leave you behind my beloved~," He said in a teasing tone looking at me before turning his back and walking away from me.

"W-wait!" I yelled before running after him. Is he just doing this to mess with me? Or does he think of me- No I shouldn't make assumptions especially because of what I am now...

"Alright, here we are!" Kokichi announced when we got to the roof and saw Nagito and Hajime already sitting down with their lunches in front of them.

"Hey, Shuichi! Did Kokichi drag you here?" Hajime asked giving me a sympathetic look. It made me wonder... Has Hajime been dragged by him too? Or was it Nagito?

"No, he didn't I f-followed him here," I said in a whisper making Kokichi put his arm around my shoulder.

"Well, I thought Shumai would be lonely because the only other person he has talked to today was Kyoko and she's no fun... So I thought I would bring him here!" He said moving to playfully hug my arm making my blush return to my face.

"Ah, well that does sound like you..." Nagito said before turning back to Hajime.

"Well if he is here now then we might as well have lunch with him!" He announced smiling at Hajime who returned the gesture.

"Yeah I think it's nice to have a new person to be friends with," Hajime said as Kokichi sat down next to Nagito patting the ground next to him.

"Come on Shuichi you can sit by me!" He said with a smirk while I slowly sat next to him. I felt my phone buzz in my pocket making me jump.

"Shuichi?" Kokichi asked from beside me from my sudden outburst. I pulled my phone out and looked at the screen seeing a message from Kyoko.

"It's just Kyoko texting me about how my day has been going..." I said looking down not wanting them to give me any unwanted attention. Over the past 2 days because of my new situation, I have had to start drinking a substance that is similar to blood but isn't because I refused to drink the blood of another human. I opened the conversation with her and saw that she was asking me if I had what I needed for my meal. I opened the lunch Cathy packed for me earlier this morning and checked the contents. There was some chopped up meat and a Thermo flask. Meat is a good substitute for drinking blood. It helps to keep your thirst for blood quenched for longer periods. If you don't quench your thirst you may go crazy and just attack anyone you see until your body gets the blood it needs.

I shivered thinking that so many other people could be hurt if I'm not careful. Someone else could be in my situation because I let the thirst consume me...

"Shuichi are you alright?" Kokichi whispered into my ear while Nagito and Hajime were having a conversation by themselves. I looked down at him and realized that I was showing my fear on my face. I quickly put the best reassuring smile I could on my face.

"Yeah, I'm alright. How are you?" I asked trying to turn the spotlight on him.

"I mean we are in a hell hole right now, but knowing I get to spend most of my time with you it's not so bad~," He said leaning on my arm making my blush darken.

"Oh..." I said not knowing how to respond to that statement. Kokichi didn't say anything he was just focusing on Nagito and Hajime's conversation.

I turned my focus to my food and started taking small bites of the meat and sips of the substance in the Thermo flask. Kokichi would occasionally look over at me with curiosity before turning back to the conversation. I sighed... Is this how my life is going to be? Why does this have to be me?

The bitterness from the fluid and the raw meat filled my senses. Before I would have probably vomited or gagged when I had to eat this, but not it disgusts me that I find it so delicious... I'm so repulsive... I don't understand why Kokichi wants to be so close to me... I'm too dangerous.

"Shuichi?" Kokichi spoke up cutting off my train of thought.

"Yeah, Kokichi," I asked wondering why he was talking to me.

"Do you want to come over to my house after school to get some homework done?" He said looking away from me.

"You want me too?" I asked.

"Yeah, you need to get caught up, right? And I told you I was going to help you. So come over to my house today after school~" He said in a teasing tone at the end after being serious about catching me up. Why is he so confusing? I felt my hand move to his neck and it caressed the skin with my fingers.

"Shuichi?" He asked snapping me out of it making me pull my hand away making him jump.

"S-sorry!" I yelled making Nagito and Hajime look over at me. What was I about to do? I looked at my hands that were shaking. I could feel myself drool over the fact that his neck was so close to me. I put my hands over my mouth face paling.

"It's ok Shuichi, sometimes I want to touch you too~," He said in a flirtatious tone making me get even more confused and flustered. What is happening?

-Some stuff is about to go down... Anyway thanks for reading all my shit! I really think you are all way too kind to me... Thanks for reading!-

-ShuichiOuma010-