Again, she hadn't gone home. Kou had expected the older girl to walk home with him after making sure Yashiro could walk home alone but he had been met with a small apology note, 'Sorry, not going home tonight either. Take care.'
He frowned reading the note. The mokke had only given it to him in passing and yet he couldn't help but feel sad. Was he that unreliable that even the girl who he thought of as his big sister couldn't talk to him about her problems? He didn't know what to do anymore.
Yumeko's gloomy state of mind continued for some time. Her classmates were considerate enough to not mention it but they still felt strange seeing the silver haired girl be so quiet, more than usual. Even the only person who ever spoke with her, Kurosawa, frowned seeing her friend in such a sad state.
There was a facemask covering the lower half of her face, everyone assuming she was getting over a cold and was most likely low in energy. It would explain her quiet attitude for the time being. She had missed a few days and even though she returned, it was as though she hadn't returned at all.
During the lunch hour, Yumeko had been the first one out. Moments later, Teru was outside her class asking for her. Everyone panicked at seeing the school's prince outside their door asking for their classroom's loveliest lady.
"Um, Minamoto-san. Fujiwara-san left just as the bell rang for lunch. She looked very pale, I believe she might have gone to the infirmary." Kurosawa was the only one who had the guts to answer when Teru questioned. She cared about her friends. Sick or not, she could genuinely feel there was something wrong with Yumeko at the moment.
Teru frowned but thanked the other teen for the information. He knew he should have been quicker but he had been slowed down by some underclassmen. He needed to clear some tension with Yumeko and seeing as she wasn't going home, he had no choice but to wander around looking for her at school. As soon as he left, the room erupted in loud chatter, everyone wondering if the school's prince was together with the class's #1 beauty.
Once at the infirmary, he opened the curtains to one of the beds, finding it to have a lump on it. "Oi, Yumeko stop hiding. I know it's you."
The vampire under the covers groaned. Because of the lack of blood, her wound had still not closed. With lack of sleep, she became irritated much faster. And now Teru was making her day feel insufferable. "Go away." Voice quiet but loud enough for the other to hear.
"I'm not leaving until I get some answers." He pulled the covers away and forced the silver haired vampire to sit up. "I know you're avoiding me."
Tell her something she didn't know already. Yumeko rolled her eyes, not looking at Teru. "You're a fool for saving Hanako," ouch? "But you did so for a reason. Why?"
His hands gripped her shoulders, digging his fingers deep, as though he wanted to leave a mark. Hissing at the action, Yumeko finally looked at Teru's face and faltered seeing the expression he held. It was as though he had been betrayed. Ha, that's rich. Why would he feel betrayed when he was so ruthless in exterminating apparitions?
"He reminded me of one of my brothers. There, happy?" Her own hands took Teru's off of her shoulders. While their strength was almost on par to each other, she was still much stronger.
The blonde teen faltered. He knew there was so much he didn't know about her. Not of her family, of who she was before making the contract with him, of her likes and dislikes. In their almost decade long contract, he knew nothing about her. He needed to reevaluate this, he needed to, "Stop thinking so much about this. You'll get my history eventually. I'm still angry at you, so leave me be."
He clicked his tongue not expecting to be deflected so easily. Maybe he could lure her out with his blood? Yumeko had taken a stab from a spiritual sword and most likely wasn't healed yet. "Then take some blood and continue staying here if you want."
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𝔅𝔩𝔬𝔬𝔡𝔶 || Minamoto T. || JSHK
Fanfiction[Teru x OC] [slowburn] A vampire trying to survive and live as normally as she can all while trying to get the person she likes to return her feelings. But maybe it's best those feelings don't reach him? ~~~~~~~~~~~ Canon divergence! Follows manga...