You push open the door of the house, still carrying your university bag. The metallic smell hits you before you even realize what you're looking at.

In the middle of the living room, Yoshiki the same vampire you met in that forest back in high school was crouching, leaning over a lifeless body. Blood still trickled from his lips.

He slowly raises his head toward you. His eyes, a blazing red, light up with a dangerous gleam… then he smiles. Too tender a smile for the scene, too familiar to reassure you.

"hi my love…" he murmurs, his voice soft despite the blood clinging to his skin