No Choice

"Mm, Shiho?" Kimizuki wasn't in the bed with him. He was slipping on his dark jeans over by his small wooden dresser. "What time is it?" Yoichi asked groggily. 

"I'm not sure. I just woke up a minute ago." 

"Mm..." Yoichi laid back down and pulled up the covers so he was hidden from the light peeking in the window. "Whatever the time, it's to early." 

Kimizuki chuckled and walked to the door. "I'm gonna go and get some breakfast I'll come back and wake you after, Okay?" He only received a grunt in response and took that as his way of saying okay.

He made his way out of the room, leaving Yoichi alone. The brunette flipped onto his back and let out a loud groan. He rubbed his throat and tried to focus on anything else. It had only been twenty-four hours(about?), he should be able to last about three days. Though he lasted longer before he didn't think he could bare that again. It absolutly sucked. He never wanted to go that long again. Of course he didn't really want to drink blood either. His mind was in chaos.

He wanted to just sleep for the rest of his life. Let the world go on around him and have no part of it. He could just stay there and no one would bother him after his friends all left. And if a human found him he would likely be killed. If a vampire found him he wasn't sure what they would do but maybe just ignore him. "I'm not that important, right?" he meant to question in his head but it slipped through his lips just as Kimizuki entered.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"Shiho? Did you eat already? That was fast." he smiled slightly and sat up to face the pink-haired boy. 

"Yeah but what were you saying? Of course you're important." 

"I was just letting my mind wonder, sorry. I didn't mean to worry you or anything." The forced smile never wavered as he spoke.

"Alright but never say that again okay? You're really important to me." Yoichi attempted to respond but just nodded. His face became a bit pinker though he was still extremely pale even when blushing.

"Now get up, its almost noon already... I can't believe I slept that long without a nightmare." Kimizuki gestured for him to get up and he did so as if under a spell. "And dont fake a smile. If you're feeling down tell me." After a moment of shock he followed Kimizukis instrutions and got dressed for the day. He then followed him out of the room without a word. He never responded to Kimizukis demand to tell him when he was sad. He just gave a genuine, real smile of which Kimizuki seemed to approve of.

"Mournin' Yoichi..." Yuu grumbled looking extremely tired. Yoichi could tell he didn't fall asleep after their short talk. He looked kind of pale to. Yoichi had to worry about his health. 

He didn't want anyone of his team mates gettting sick. Especially in their current situation.

"You feeling okay, Yuu?" Kimizuki asked after seeing how Yoichi had too noticed how sick Yuu looked. The others turned from their spots spread out in the room. Everyone had been to tired to even notice before. 

"I'm fine. Nothing to worry about." He laughed nervously and tried to wave them of. Seeing everyones unconvinced looks he added, "Really guys, I'm alright."

Still no one was convinced. "Yuu if you feel sick you need to tell us. If you need rest then thats fine. We can do the chores if you can't." Mistuba said from beside Shinoa. 

"You've been doing a lot so maybe you need a break." That had been the least expected from Narumi. "What?" he asked when they stared at him, "We can't let him get sick and if a break keeps him healthy then he can take one."

Yuu smiled and tried to reassure everyone he was perfectly fine but before he could even start to speak he was interrupted by Mika. "Did I... take to much blood yesterday?" 

"No! Mika no I'm fine! I already said it's nothing I'm just tired! Couldn't sleep is all!" Mika looked guilty like he had done something wrong. Yuu hated it when he did that. When he made that look, Yuu could tell he was thinking he should have died. That he never should have tried to find Yuu or get involved in his life again.

It was heartbreaking.

"I'm sorry Yuu-chan. I could have waited longer but you offered and... And I still took to much. More than I needed. Sorry." 

"Mika... I feel fine. I don't know why you guys seem so worried. I'm just sleep deprived." Yuu placed a hand on Mikas shoulder and smiled at him. "That's all, I swear."

Even so no one believed him so when it came to assigning chores he was left out. "This is about earlier isn't it! I said I was fine, I can help to!" 

"Yuu, please rest." Yoichi insisted. "I'm back now so I can take care of the chores you normally do today. Okay?"

Yuu didn't want to but Mika somehow convinced him, while the others weren't around, to take it easy. Yoichi and Shinoa suspected romantic relations were involved. 

**

"So are you going to at least tell me who you chose to be your puppet?" 

"Oh Krul, does it really matter? But If you must know it was the small brunette. Yoichi, was it?" Ferid grinned and sassily walked to where Krul was chained up. Several thick chains ran around her body binding her to the wall. Just in case there was a cage of sorts as well. Though Ferid walked in and ingnored it everytime.

"He was such a little cutie I just couldn't resist.~" Ferid let a small playful laugh escape his lips before continuing, "He was the first to seperate from the pack. The only one who was away from your little pet long enough for me to invite."

"And by invite you mean snatch up and bring here against their will?" Krul snapped.

"Oh Krul you're so rude to me! You're not very nice at all!" The former queen of Japan jerked against the restraints but they didn't budge.

"Well theres no use in that is there?" The silver-haired man sighed. "I'll be back. See you later my dear~" the women gagged as Ferid left her by herself. 

**

"Okay maybe I'm a little sick... but I'll be fine!" Yuu exclaimed dizzyly dropping onto the couch. To Narumi it was pretty obvious that it was because of to much blood loss. He didn't say anything to Yuu but did pull the others aside. 

"I don't want to admit it but it's likely the blood loss. Mika can't just drink his blood. If you drink every three days it's still a bit to much for him. He needs more time between feeding Mika." Narumi explained.

"How can you tell? What if he's just sick?" Mitsuba questioned him further.

"He's tired and pale. He was complaining about being a bit dizzy and his shortage of breath. That's enough for me to be able to tell." Narumi had taken lots of medical classes as extra for the army and he had been there long enough to tell. He had seen people almost drained and how they were afterwards. Of course even without such it was obvious.

Yoichi and Yuu sat on the couch and waited for the others to come back in. Mika entered first with a sigh and was then followed in by the others. Shinoa and Mitsuba entwined their fingers as they walked. Yoichi smiled at Kimizuki but unlike he expected he sat all the way on the other side of the room.

Yoichi frowned slightly. He wanted to be by Kimizuki. Before he could get up to move Narumi began to speak. 

"Yuu, Mika has agreed to drink our blood, though not directly from us of course, every other time he needs to feed. " Mika nodded reluctantly.

"Why? I said I was fine." It was clear Yuu wasn't happy. Yoichi thought maybe he was jealous. "Hey wait. That means Yoichi can't only feed from Kimizuki either right?" 

No one had even thought of that. "If Kimizuki seems like he is getting weak from feeding Yoichi then we'll help out. Thats all." Nobody else spoke after Narumis stern statement. Yuu didn't even argue. 

Shinoa tugged on Mitsuba and the two were the first to leave the room. Yoichi didn't walk up to Kimizuki as he had planned. He stayed by Yuu. Kimizuki and Narumi were whispering, now in the kitchen. Mika was slowly approaching Yuu and himself, though Yoichi knew he was comeing for Yuu. 

"Sorry, I didn't think it'd upset you. I actually thought you would be happy about it. Me agreeing to it and everything like you wanted before." Mika said to Yuu quietly. Yoichi felt he shouldn't be a part of this conversation and quickly excused himself from their general area. He found himself by the kitchen. 

"It's alright. I can handle it Narumi."

"Fine but if you start to feel sick from blood loss or anything for that matter you tell us and allow us to help out. Okay?"

"I promise." 

Kimizuki walked away from Narumi and made his way the short distance to Yoichi. "C'mon let's go." 

Yoichi and Kimizuki made it to their shared room and sat on Yoichis messy bed.

"Kimizuki... You don't have to you know?"

"What are you talking about?" Kimizuki shifted uneasily and faced his small lover. 

"You know what I'm talking about Kimizuki." Yoichi grimaced. He knew that Kimzuki knew and didn't want to have to say it out loud.

Kimizuki decided the best option was to change the subject so how he responded was completely off topic.

"So do think there's something between Mitsuba and Shinoa? And Mika and Yuu too?"

"What?" Yoichi could tell Kimizuki didn't want to talk about it right now and went along with the new random topic with a sigh. "Shinoa and Mitsuba? I guess. They have been alone together a lot since I've been back and they keep inching closer to eachother when ever they're apart. They weren't like that before. And Mika and Yuu seem kinda touchy lately as well. What do you think?" 

"Oh something is defiantly up. I think they're dating. Mitsuba and Shinoa I'm almost positive. Mika and Yuu call themselves the others family and I'm sure thats why they are so close and protective. Even so I think theres a bit more to it than that." At Kimizukis explanation Yoichi allowed himself to smile. 

"You think they're trying to keep it secret like we were?" Yoichi allowed himself to giggle.

"Oh yeah. Defiantly. We should say something about it or at least bring it up in conversation." Kimizuki laughed.

Yoichi and Kimizuki laughed as they imagined the reaction of their teammates when accused of dating another.

Once they calmed down Yoichi turned to Kimizuki with a smile. "You think they'd deny it?"

"I bet Mitsuba would and Shinoa would obnoxiously tell us how it all happened, Oh and Mika would stay quiet while Yuu frantically tried to convince us otherwise!" Yoichi nodded and laughed with Kimizuki again but only for a short moment before Mitsuba swung open the door. 

"Hey! We're going to do some training outside tomarrow mourning. I'll come remind you when I wake up,"She stated, "But don't expect me to wait for you." 

The two boys halted in their laughing and stood abrupty at the intrusion.

"Okay, we'll join you guys tomarrow." Kimizuki answered before yelling, "And Don't Just Barge In Like That!!"

"Why not? You weren't doing anything dirty were you?" When coming from Shinoa it was a normal accusation but Mitsuba rarely made fun. In fact she seemed pretty serious even if she meant it jokingly.

"Uh..." Yoichi and Kimizuki didn't respond so Mitsuba shrugged and walked away.