Are you Guren? Or Mahiru?
*** (JIDA Main Base)
"What are you doing back? Has it already been a week?"
"Shut up Shinya. I'm not here for you."
"Then what is Kuretos new obedient pet Guren doing here?" He grinned.
"It's none of your business anymore."
"Oh come on Guren, don't be like that." Shinya stood and approached the bars of the cell he was being held in. "Or are you Mahiru right now?"
"What are you talking about?"
"I know Mahiru possessed you, I'm not an idiot! My Guren would never do this! So! Are you Guren or are you Mahiru?!"
"Your Guren, huh? Last I checked I don't belong to anyone. Especially not traitor scum like you."
"So the answer? You never answered so I'm assuming you're Mahiru?"
"No, I'm Guren. Don't be stupid Shinya, I would never let Mahiru possess me."
"But hasn't she already?" Tears threatened to fall from Shinyas eyes but he held them back.
"She has never had me and she never will." Shinya could see tears in Gurens eyes as well. "Now I must go take care of business. Goodbye Shinya."
They didn't let Shinya answer before leaving. Once out of sight Shinya let his tears fall down his face but they were also accompanied by laughing. "If you really are Guren, then why? What made you do this?"
***(Back to our main characters)
Yoichi stood aside as his friends ate at the table. He would say he was tempted to eat with them but the soup simply seemed unappetizing as did other foods. He was sad to admit that the only thing that seemed tasty and appetizing was the crimson liquid running through his friends veins. More specifically Kimizukis blood that had a different scent from the others, though they all seemed good enough to drink.
Yoichi shook the thought out of his head a bit angrily and focused back on his friends actions instead of their scent. Mika glanced at him every few seconds and Yoichi felt uncomfortable under is gaze. It felt as though Mika knew exactly what he was thinking.
"So, I know no one wants to talk about it..." Narumi said to get everyones attention. "But we're going to have to think of our next move. Like, what are we going to do about those vampires? I doubt they'll let us leave and weren't we planning on heading toward a minor JIDA base to get some information. Yoichi new condition might make that pretty hard as well, as if it wasn't gonna be hard enough."
"Stop being such a pessimist!" Shinoa yelled, "There has gotta be something good right?" She pleaded. Mitsuba rubbed her smallest team mates arm in a comforting gesture and smiled at her though she didn't seem very hopeful. Shinoas grin rarely faded but the smile she had been wearing lately bore pain. Possibly the pain she has been holding back for a long time.
"We're together and gay as fuck?"
"Exactly! See at least Kimizuki is trying to find something good!"
"Is all of us being gay a good thing?" Yuu asked and Shinoa and Mitsuba must have had some kind of talk earlier cause they took one look at each other and nodded. "Oh, Alright."
Mika shook his head and sighed. He wasn't sure if it really mattered whether they were all gay or not. "I think Narumi has a point though." Yoichi whispered and Mika nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I guess. But he doesn't have to talk like everything is all bad." Shinoa grumbled before picking up her usual loud voice and brilliant smile. "Well, what should we discuss first then?"
"We should probably start with Ferid and Crowley." The blonde girl sighed. "We can't just stay here while he watches over us. Also is anyone else curious about why Ferid would bother to kidnap Yoichi just to turn him and send him back before taking him again with the rest of us?"
Only Shinoa nodded a bit and Yoichi and Narumi furrowed their brows in thought but everyone seemed to be as curious as Mitsuba.
"Well we can figure out why once we have an actual plan." Narumi crossed his arms and leaned back. "Escape? Or stay here? That's what we need to figure out. I'm sure if we do try to escape though we're either dead or will be recaptured, this time by force. But then if we stay here we don't know what will happen. We don't know Ferids plan."
Once again Narumi have to point out the bad sides of everything but that WAS the most important part as of now. No one had anything to add. "Damn, it won't matter if we try to leave then I guess. We'll have to remain here until we can get more clues." Kimizuki stated. Mika found the way Kimizuki said clues as if it was like a game quite accurate since it likely was a game to Ferid.
"I think we should all think about this for a while separately. We'll discuss tonight any thing we come up with or any plans anyone might have." Shinoa announced and got up to leave for her room. Everyone else expected Mitsuba to follow along but she didn't. She sighed and leaned back in her chair.
No one talked while Kimizuki was last to finish his soup after getting a late start. Being the cook he had to put stuff away before joining the others to eat. He did receive help from Yoichi though so he got it done quicker. Now he was sure he would be tasked with doing the dishes. Narumi however began scrubbing then himself and Kimizuki decided now was a time to hang with his boyfriend.
"Yoichi, are you alright?" Though the brunettes initial mourning grumpiness was gone he still looked very sleepy.
"I'm-" Yoichi interrupted himself with a yawn. "Still tired." He rubbed his eyes and Kimizuki was actually a bit surprised. He thought vampires didn't actually need to sleep. He never saw Mika looking tired or sleepy and for a while he took the night shift in watching over them while they slept in unsecure places.
"I don't think anyone would mind if you took a nap." Kimizuki smiled.
"No. No naps Kimizuki." It was Yuu. "Didn't you agree when we were all saying that Yoichi has to readjust to being awake during the day?"
"Eh, well, yeah. But a small nap won't hurt. Even I'm still tired." Yuu simply shook his head at Kimizukis answer being the stubborn brat that he was. In this case though, his stubbornness was for the better. Yoichi decided he wouldn't take a nap but then actually almost fell asleep on his shoulder. Yuu had helped keep him awake for a little until Yoichi gave him a death glare and snuggled onto Kimizukis shoulder.
"It's alright Yuu. He isn't used to being up in the day again yet. It takes a while to be up with the sun again." Yuu frowns knowing Mika had once had that problem as well.
"Okay, Fine. But it's not even noon yet."
"Yes, Yuu-Chan, you're right, it's not noon yet. That can be his goal for tomorrow, staying up until noon at least." Kimizuki giggled a little when Yoichi just about slipped off his shoulder.
The day went by silently and Kimizuki fell asleep with his head on Yoichis. No one dared disturb them in their peace. Yoichi woke up as the sun grew low in the sky the moon peaked at the edge of the sky. It was perhaps about seven o'clock. Yoichi shook Kimizuki a little.
"Wha? Oh, I fell asleep too." Kimizuki laughed. Yoichi stared up at him and blinked the sleep away before he stood. "Weren't we suppose to think about some plan to see if we could escape or something...?' Yoichi asked.
"Crap. I fell asleep not long after you did so I didn't really think about it."
"They should be awake by now, they've been sleeping all day." Mitsubas voice came through the door before it opened and she came through with Shinoa and Narumi behind her. "See, they are already awake, don't worry."
"Just woke up actually." Kimizuki stood and shook his head to be sure he was fully awake.
"Today on Before Bed Discussion we will be joined by Mika and Yuu!" Shinoa announced as she heard their footsteps by the door. Mika and Yuu walked in to Shinoa pointing at them dramatically.
"What's going on?" Yuu asked.
"Shinoa is making our discussion sound like a game show again." Narumi said. She did this often.
"Okay well lets begin. Two categories! Escape or Stay! We will first discuss any possible ways to escape without being killed or recaptured then plans on what to do if we stay." Shinoa explained. "So, any escape plans?"
No one answered and eventually everyone shook their heads no. "Well isn't that disappointing." She said. "Okay plans on what to do if we stay?"
"I don't have a plan really but it does seem like the better option." Mitsuba stated and sighed. Everyone agreed it was the better option but it took a while before more was said.
"So we stay here. Didn't Ferid say he would check up on us or something in a little while? Maybe we can try to get info from him or Crowley? They might know what is happening with the JIDA and the vampires."
Everyone stared at Yuu for a moment. "Wow. Okay well I guess that's all we can really do. Good Job, Yuu. You thought of something smart for once." Shinoa laughed.
Mika knew she was joking but he was still rather protective of Yuu and had to fight the urge to kill her. "Hey!" Yuu yelled, "I've had smart ideas before!"
Yuus reaction made everyone laugh and make fun but in a silly way, not a mean way. Yuu, after a minute of frustration, decided it didn't matter much and ignored the comment that had made him angry.
Once laughter died down they discussed other topics not quite as serious and joked around. a few things even got Mika to laugh.
Yoichi joined Kimizuki in his room that night knowing he wouldn't sleep without his scent. Yuu and Mika cuddled. Mitsuba and Shinoa held each other and whispered encouraging things to one another. And Narumi cried as he wished for his friends back before falling into more nightmares.