Vampire Kisses

52: Shuichi

"Shumai~," Kokichi said with a laugh as he jumped into my arms. I almost fell over but put my arms around him to hold him up.

"It's already around breakfast time...do you want to go and get some groceries, and maybe some clothes that would better disguise us?" I asked looking down at his hair before he moved his head back to look at me.

"That would be good," He said with a groan as he slowly stood up next to me. I rubbed his shoulders with my hand making him relax a bit.

"I mean if it's with you it can't possibly be that bad!" He said with a laugh. I smiled down at him before moving over to change into some clothes as well as putting on my jacket. I don't think we have a car so we might just have to walk there...or if we are lucky we could run through the forest to get there fairly quickly.

"Kokichi get dressed," I said, turning around to face him only to see him getting into one of my jackets with his pants.

"But I am dressed," He said in a whiny tone making me sigh. "Okay," I said before grabbing his hand and leading him to the door. He seemed excited about going to the store, maybe it's just because it's a reason to get out of the house, and mostly to get some fresh air after all the things that have happened recently.

I opened the door and it was chilly outside, but luckily it wasn't windy on top of it. Because even warm weather can be cold with wind. Kokichi held my hand and walked with me down the path to the sidewalk. The sidewalk seemed to go left which was into a cul de sac while going right seemed to lead into the town.

Me and Kokichi made sure to keep our hoods over our face to make sure it would be harder to spot the two of us. I really didn't want them to find us here...but I don't know, maybe DICE isn't as trustworthy as Kokichi says they are. I want to trust them--I really do for Kokichi, but I can't help but worry they may sell us out if they get the chance.

"Shu?" Kokichi asked as we walked down the sidewalk to the right. I looked over at him to see if he was looking at me...but he was just looking forward. So I did the same.

"Yes, Koki?" I asked, rubbing my thumb over the back of his hand. Kokichi shuddered at this and leaned against my arm a bit. The action made me blush but I kept my composure.

"I wanted to ask you something," He said. I could feel he was a little worried about whatever he wanted to say. "Hey it's okay, I want to know what you would like to ask," I said gently and it made him take a deep breath.

"I was wondering how long it was until you first needed to drink blood again?" He asked, sounding a little shaky. There was no one on the street we were walking down so I moved to face him after I stopped walking.

"Well, I needed to probably a couple of days after, but after that the cravings became less strong...well most of the time." I said leaving down so I could see his face under his hood. He smiled and pulled me into a kiss.

I smiled into the kiss and felt him pushing his tongue against my lips making me shudder a bit at the touch. I opened my mouth a bit allowing his tongue into my mouth. He moved around a moment before he sunk his fangs into my tongue. Ah, that's why he asked that question...

I tried my best not to flinch or pull away as he drank my blood. I was wondering why this was the way he decided to do it...and felt nervous because after this happens I'm going to have to go through the side effects of getting bit all over again...

After a moment he pulled away and wiped his lips with his sleeve. I could taste some of the remaining blood in my mouth as I noticed that the bite wound was gone. Meaning he must have healed it for me while he was biting me.

"Kokichi...why all of a sudden?" I asked looking back up at him as I crouched down again. He smiled at me again before placing a gentle kiss on my nose before placing one on the side of my mouth.

"Well, I wanted to see if that would satisfy my needs for right now, so I don't get out of control like you did that one time..." He whispered back before kissing my cheek. I remembered that night and felt some regret coming to my shoulders. God, I wish that never happened...I wish-

"Don't dwell in the past my love, we are here now and we have to get some groceries for the new house," He said before he moved away from me. I slowly stood back up and held his hand as we walked down the sidewalk again.

The walk to the town was short and didn't take long. It looked like this was a pretty small town, there were only a couple of shops for clothes and food. I guess that's all you need when you live this far away from other people. Akari made it so our phones would still work and so they couldn't be tracked or hacked...if we didn't use them for long periods of time in one space. I didn't know why that was the rule, but me and Kokichi just decided not to use them unless we had to.

"Here," Kokichi said, pointing to one of the food shops. I walked over to the shop with him and opened the door.

The shop smelled nice, it had a warm and homey feeling to it. Like walking into a warm home on Christmas where people are there together enjoying food.

"Hello! Welcome to Breads and Bakers!" One of the store greeters said to me and Kokichi. Kokichi said hello back before we walked more into the store. I grabbed one of the baskets and held it on my other arm.

"We only have enough for essentials," I said, making Kokichi frown a bit. I felt guilty about making him have to not buy a lot of sweets...because I know that he loves them...but we don't have as much money as I would have hoped.

We grabbed a loaf of bread, milk, some fruit, veggies, and some canned food before we checked out. The same manager checked us out and wished us a good day. I would have smiled in return but something about their voice made me feel unnerved. Like it wasn't even real...I shook my head as we walked out of the store with the bags of groceries.

"We should get some clothes next!" Kokichi said handing his bags to me. I grunted a bit at the extra weight but followed him inside regardless.

"Wow," He said with a little excitement in his eyes. It was like a thrift store, while at the same time some of the clothes looked almost brand new. What is this place? In such a small town I didn't expect them to have such big stores...even if there were only like 3-5 stores in the town area. It makes me wonder how many people live around here.

-Hello! I hope you are all enjoying this! I'm hoping to get a oneshot out today that I started writing in english because my teacher was doing a lecture where we could be on our computers...and I was *totally* paying attention! Anyway! Thank you all so much for reading!-

-SK-