Black Veil Brides- Scarlet Cross

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"Tatsuki? Senri?" Takuma tries to sway the sleeping siblings on his shoulders, but neither stirs. He sighs giving up, and lets them sleep on his shoulders. Takuma feels the same affection he has towards Senri towards Tatsuki as well.

"These two are so weird. They were supposedly separated, but they act almost the same except you know one of them is cute." Aido says watching the Shiki twins rest on Takuma. 

"Now, Aido, let them rest. They go through a lot what with their day time careers, and then having to go to school at night. They hardly sleep. I'm surprised Rima can stay awake." Takuma says pulling the Shiki twins closer to him.

Aido looks at them and says nothing. There is a great mystery as to why Tatsuki suddenly appeared. Some wonder if it's for good or for bad. She doesn't hang around anyone that isn't either Senri, Rima, or even Takuma. Not even Kaname Kuran knows why she is there. He sits in the common space for the students as they observe the two siblings.

Tatsuki slightly opens her eyes as she feels Takuma put his arm around her and Senri. She blushes a little and lets herself take comfort in his touch. She looks ahead and catches Kaname looking directly into her eyes. She stares right back at him before being once again lulled by the allure of sleep.

Kaname looks away from his cousin and looks out in a brooding manner. He is lost in thought as he tries to figure out the young woman that has arrived. He's not really convinced that she only arrived to reunite with her brother. Kaname Kuran holds Tatsuki Shiki in low regard, and does not trust her, not since the moment he laid his eyes on the child.

"Oh, Kaname always handsomely brooding." Takuma jokes around as he looks over to his friend. Aido gasps and looks at Takuma with a glare.

"Ichijo-sama! How dare you speak to Kaname-sama in such a manner?! Kaname-sama is just lost in thought... very handsomely!" Aido says proudly, his comment receives a disgusted look from Kaname. It sends him into dramatics into a corner. Takuma looks over at the gloomy blond and then smiles.

"Aido is so noisy. He's going to-" Senri suddenly stands up from resting on Takuma's shoulder. "Senri?" Both Rima and Takuma question. He picks up Tatsuki and lets her adjust before he heads upstairs.

"Have a good night you two!" Takuma calls out happily, receiving a sound of approval from Senri as he disappears to the second floor of the dormitory.

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"Tatsuki." She opens her eyes as Senri's voice stirs her from her sleep. 

"What?" She questions sitting up and rubbing her sleepy eyes. 

"It's time for me to go with Rima to the modeling agency." Senri says to her. Tatsuki looks up at him, but her phone rings. 

"And apparently I have to go too. Talk about great timing." Tatsuki says as she stands up. She hugs Senri and he hugs her back. She's surprised she slept so long, usually she doesn't rest so easily.

"See you tonight." They say in a simultaneous monotone before they head out to the separate vehicles waiting for them. Tatsuki waits a moment before entering. Watching Senri and Rima go. Once the car disappears she steps into the waiting vehicle.

"Tatsuki, who was that?" A fellow human band member of Tatsuki's questions her. 

"My brother and his friend." Tatsuki answers him. 

"Wait! You have a brother?" Tatsuki nods her head to the questioning band mate. "You could have told us sooner." He tells her. 

"You never asked." His temple throbs at her easy comebacks, most of them being rude. He just figured it would be common sense to share at least some information about her family.

"You know, Tatsuki, you're something else." He says sitting back, giving up on that thought. He's come to know that she is pretty reserved and doesn't speak more than she really needs to. 

"You have no idea, Sora." Tatsuki makes the human man curious. But something in her voice tells him that he shouldn't question her anymore. There are things he shouldn't know, and one being that Tatsuki is a vampire.

Tatsuki sleeps the whole way until they make it to the recording agency. The chauffeur steps out, and opens Tatsuki's door, already holding up an umbrella for her sensitive skin. She takes it, and heads off inside followed after by a jogging Sora.

"Can't you wait for me?" He questions her with a slight pout. 

"We're going to the same place, so I don't see how it's relevant for me to wait." He sighs, and walks beside Tatsuki. 

"You know? There's something different about you, Tatsuki." Her interest peaks and she looks over at him. 

"What is?" She questions Sora. 

"Well for one you're talking a lot more than before." Tatsuki looks ahead of her. Not having had noticed that herself. She doesn't feel all that much different than how she was before. The only thing that changed in her life was reuniting with her brother and making a couple of friends in her new school.

"The only time your voice is heard around us is when you sing. That melody escaping your lips kinda shows us a bit of who you try not to be. You'd probably be a sweet and talkative girl, but you're keeping yourself from that. Why is that? Did something happen to you?" Sora questions her. Trying to be her friend. 

"Nothing." Tatsuki says not liking the subject they were heading into. Especially if it has to do with Rido Kuran. The father, who never acted as such, and yet took her away at birth. Separating her from her younger twin brother. She's not even sure, after all this time, why he even wanted to keep one of his children by his side. Tatsuki never really had a chance to ask him, and if she did, he would have lied or been vague.

"Hey, if you're not busy, wanna get some breakfast after this?" Sora questions her hopefully. 

"What's this all of a sudden?" Tatsuki questions him. Her band mates would never ask her something like this or in fact talk to her like this, but Sora is the newbie of the group, and doesn't really get that Tatsuki is a loner.

"I thought we might get to know a bit about each other since we're in the same band and stuff!" He says rubbing the back of his head and blushing slightly. Tatsuki blinks her mismatching eyes at him. Not showing a single emotion on her face. It makes Sora uncertain whether she'll accept or not. 

"Fine." She tells him before looking away and continuing her decent towards the studio. Sora smiles and follows after her.

"Where was your brother off to this early?" Sora questions Tatsuki as silence begins to fill the glass elevator. 

"He's a model. He was going out to a photoshoot with his partner. You might know Senri Shiki and Rima Touya, right?" Tatsuki questions Sora as she leans back against the cool glass that doesn't faze her.

"Of course! My little sister is a huge fan of theirs. She goes to Cross Academy, and constantly squeals about him nonstop when she calls home. I get to hear the whole thing against my will thanks to my mom." Tatsuki rolls her eyes at the simple thought of the annoying fan girls.

"Yes, I've heard all that stuff personally." Tatsuki tells him. Sora lightly laughs. 

"Oh right. You're going to Cross Academy too, huh? I'm sure you've seen her." Sora tells her with a smile. 

"Not really. I don't pay attention to the Day Class students. I only know the two Prefects." Tatsuki shrugs her guitar over her shoulder. 

"Oh." The elevator bell dings letting them know they've reached their destination. The doors open and they find themselves running a little behind as the band members are already in the sound booth tuning up their instruments.

"You guys are late." Miho says annoyed. 

"Sorry, Miho-san. It was my fault. I didn't call Tatsuki sooner." Tatsuki looks over at him. A little surprised that he's lying for them. They're late because of her not him.

"Well, don't do it again. I knew it was a bad idea to put you in Cross Academy. You were just going to become exhausted being in an ordinary school." Miho says to himself. Tatsuki removes her guitar from it's case and goes into the sound booth to tune it up. Her band mates silently watching the 'silent doll'. Only Sora is unafraid to talk to her at all.

"Satoshi, Ryo, Riko, Sora, and Suki, are you five ready?" Miho questions as Tatsuki puts on her blue contact on her reddish brown eye. 

"Ready." They all say as they take their spots and prepare their instruments.

"Suki Shadow, what's wrong with Tatsuki Shiki?" Sora mentally questions himself as the cue for them to start is given. He starts to play his bass, and focuses on listening to Tatsuki Shiki even though she is dressed as Suki Shadow.

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". . .Goodbye!"  Tatsuki finishes the song with a low, guttural shout. 

"Excellent work, Suki! Alright guys time for breakfast." Miho says to them through the speaker that lets him talk to the group in the booth. The group sighs, and starts to pack up their instruments. They're all relieved that the recording was over for the day.

"Hey, Tatsuki, look." Sora says tapping her shoulder. She stands up and finds Senri and Rima there. She's confused, but doesn't show it. She zips up her case, and heads out to see what Senri and Rima were doing there.

"What are you two doing here?" Tatsuki questions. 

"We wanted to hear your music in person." Rima answers for them. 

"How long were you two here?" Senri and Rima exchange a glance. 

"We figured you would have noticed, but apparently you were caught in your music." Senri says looking at her guitar.

"Yeah, that is impressive. You can really see the real Tatsuki when she sings." Sora says stepping up beside Tatsuki. 

"Who's that?" Senri and Rima question. 

"Oh, sorry. I'm Sora. Tatsuki's bandmate! " He says extending his hand to them. Both Senri and Rima shake his hand.

"You must be Senri Shiki and you must be Rima Touya, right? My little sister is a huge fan of yours!" Sora tells them. They nod their heads not surprised that someone like Sora would know about them. "So, Tatsuki, about breakfast, where do you want to go?" Sora questions her excitedly. She looks pensively down. Her attention goes to Senri as he reaches towards her left eye. He gently removes her blue contact. Tatsuki had forgotten to remove it. He throws it down to the ground and steps on it.

"Why do they do that to you?" Senri questions with a slight frown. A small emotion that Tatsuki has never seen from him. 

"My eyes are unnatural. They don't want too many unnatural things about their lead singer. I'm supposed to be cute and normal looking. I would be easily recognized if I looked like this." Tatsuki says with a shrug. 

"I don't like it either. I agree with your brother. That's not cool. I don't see why they can't take you like that. You're gorgeous as is." Sora says to her. Tatsuki thinks nothing of it, but Senri and Rima can tell that this human man has feelings for Tatsuki.

Tatsuki has never known such feelings, so she has no idea how they should make her feel or how she should react. "Hey, Senri and Rima, do you guys want to come along for breakfast, too?" Sora questions them. The trio looks at each other and shrugs.

"Great. I know a delicious place we can eat at." Sora says leading the trio of vampires back out to the detestable sun. They all pull out their umbrellas and walk towards Sora's waiting vehicle.

"Do you all sunburn?" Sora questions as they enter the vehicle. 

"Yes." They all answer him. 

"Well, I guess you three have to keep up an image as well. Since you two are models and Tatsuki is a lead singer." Sora says being very talkative with the very silent group. He should feel awkward, but he isn't feeling it at all. He reminds them of how carefree and easily he speaks to the indifferent looking trio just like Takuma.

Sora borrows a car and drives the trio to a restaurant. It is still early, so most of the customers are elderly and are not really aware of what kids are into these days. They are caught off guard by the beautiful beings though. They are so otherworldly and captivating. The elderly customers whisper to each other as they observe every move they make, taking a seat, ordering food, and waiting patiently for it.

"Wow, you three must get a lot of looks often. Though, I guess I can't blame them. You three are so out of this world. You're like aliens!" Sora says brightly to the trio. He's right that they're not normal, but they are definitely not aliens. 

"Don't be stupid, aliens aren't real." Tatsuki says to Sora who pouts. He smiles anyway and lets her comment slide.

"So, you three are Cross Academy students. It must be exhausting balancing work and school like you three do!" Sora mentions. Tatsuki and Senri are drained by his enthusiasm and chipper attitude. They already feel drained since the day is not their time to reign.

"We're just responsible people, that's about it." Rima responds for the duo. They just want to eat and go back to the dorm and nap a little while before classes start for the day. Sora does his best to make conversation, getting some response from the three people present as their food is brought and they can eat.

                                                       ~0~

"Thanks for the ride, Sora. See you tomorrow." Tatsuki says pulling her guitar out, and waving at him as he says his reluctant farewell. They made it just in time to take a three hour long nap before classes start up for the Night Class again. He kept them entertained for a lot longer than they would have liked. They lost quite a bit of sleep because of it.

"Tatsuki, who is that guy?" Rima questions her. 

"A bandmate." She tells Rima again, confused as to why she's asking her again. He already told them himself what kind of relationship he has to Tatsuki. 

"You haven't noticed he likes you, have you?" Rima asks her again. 

"No." Tatsuki answers bluntly. 

"For being so emotionless she's also a little dense." Senri mentally states to himself. Tatsuki turns to Senri and wraps her arms around him.

"Feed your big sister." She says to him. He tilts his head to the side, and allows her to do as she pleases with him. Unlike Tatsuki, Senri is an obedient boy. Rima watches out for the school Prefects. Especially Zero.

"Why don't you take blood tablets?" Senri questions her. "I don't like taking those things. Not when I have live blood right here." She says to him. Senri wipes away his blood from her mouth before plunging his own fangs into her neck.

"Hey, if you two don't hurry the scary Prefect will catch on." Rima says to them. Senri's fangs remain in Tatsuki's neck as images of her horrible childhood are seen in his minds eye. A childhood he'd never wish even on his worst enemy.