I'll Never Let You Go • AyatoxYui (EDITING!!!)

Chapter 12

A few hours after the meeting the three mothers and Richter were getting ready for dinner. Reiji had instructed Yui and Azusa to keep Kou in the Mukami suite to prevent him from making any anger driven decisions. Kanato claimed he was too weak to fight anyone if needed so volunteered to keep watch over the first-class dining hall. That left Ruki and Laito to accompany Reiji to go help find Subaru, which make the journey easier using a small group.

Currently, the group were sat in silence waiting to begin, the suspense slowly crushing their spirits. Kou and Yui sat on one of the blue sofas, reassuringly held each other's hand, having a mutual understanding of what the other was going through. Reiji and Ruki I sat across from the pair in the two matching armchairs, both concentrating on their books to pass the time. Azusa was quietly sat at the dining table rearranging his knives, with Kanato sat across from him conversing with his teddy. Laito was leaning next to the suite's main door listening for the mothers leaving for the dining hall, however his mind was currently preoccupied with questions about why his older brother had also disappeared.

After, the long wait Laito finally heard the sound of a door slamming shut and three voices cackling in the hallway. His eyes shot open, swiftly moving away from the wall starling the other members in the room.

"They're gone, let's go!" He stated opening the door. Reiji, Ruki and Kanato joined him and made their way into the hallway leaving the trio in the Mukami suite. The group of vampires walked through the maze of corridors until they came to the grand staircase. Patiently waiting at the top watching the elder vampires enter the dining room, then when the boys could no longer see them, they descended the staircase. At the bottom they turned to their left, coming to another staircase where Kanato would wait and watch. He was told by Ruki to coming running if Christa ever left the room.

Once the trio had made it down the four flights of stairs they finally reached the staff only deck. Mortals littered the sterile white corridors, rushing around with cutlery, trays and cleaning products. None seemed to care about the three well dressed vampires that had entered the work space. Reiji was the first to observe their surroundings, and look at the signs nailed to wall directly across from the stair well. The storage rooms were down the left corridor, so Reiji gestured for the other two boys to follow.

Walking calmly down the corridor to the end storage room, as to not anyone suspect anything was going on. As the three vampires started to get closer and less staff appeared in the hallway, they started to pick up the pace and run down to the end. Ruki was genuinely surprised about the fact that Christa hadn't placed any hypnotised minions outside the room. Unfortunately, the door had three different locks preventing their entry. Laito let out a frustrated groan at the newfound obstacle in their rescue mission.

"Either of you two geniuses know how to pick locks or break them at least?" Laito asked annoyed. He folded his arms and looked in between the pair of dark-haired vampires, who were trying to think of a way to deal with the situation.

"We could try and find the other two keys but that would just waste time." Ruki suggested taking out the key Azusa had stolen. He kneeled down to test if the key fit the bottom lock but was unsuccessful, so he stood to test the one by the handle. Again unsuccessful. Irritated Reiji snatched the key from his hands and reached to put it in the third lock near the top of the door. All three vampires shocked to find that the key didn't fit that lock either. Reiji dropped the key and backed away from the steel door.

"I do not understand why the key does not fit." Reiji stood frozen with shock. While the two older vampires were distracted Laito had gone to look in the other rooms for something that could help them, he came across a red glass box on the wall containing a water hose and an axe. He smashed the glass with a bronze paper weight he found on the desk in the room, them proceeded to grab the axe and re-join the others. The pair turned their attention the long-haired vampire and quickly moved to the other side of the corridor, aware of what the youngest was about to attempt.