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“Are you complaining?” Is the tired retort as he creates a gap in distance between them in spite of Neji’s attempt to close it. It’s insufferable, he thinks, and he wonders just how his brother ever goes without it as often as he does, or did. He doesn’t know anymore, all that Shu does know is that he’s tired and that he hasn’t slept as much as he usually does in the last weeks. It’s too hard to sleep when he’s as hungry as he is, and nothing quite sates his thirst like blood would.

The only time that Shu abruptly chooses to stop is when Neji sends a last comment his way, veiled thinly with concern. It makes Shu somehow feel even more exhausted that the shinobi can still worry about him even after all the abuse he has suffered. It’s what drives Shu to think that this guy really must be a masochist.

“Don’t waste your time worrying about me.”

It was a mistake to look at him. All that Shu ends up seeing is his prey, something, someone to hunt and he grits his teeth before turning his blue eyes away. He feels like he’s going to pass out at this rate but he’ll be damned before he lets Neji know. There’s only a short ways from the tea shop at any rate, he just has to hold on until they make it there, then he can do what he always does at work, which is nothing though not that anyone (but Neji) really seems to mind. "Ugh. We’re almost there.“

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As he expected, Shu widens the gap between them again shortly after Neji steps closer. Quite frankly, noticing it annoys the shinobi to no extent, and though he doesn't make any comment towards the action, he still makes sure his displeasure is made clear with a loud sigh as they continue to walk forward.

When Shu stops, Neji notices a few second after and stays not too far from his husband when the vampire turns his head to look at him. This must be the first time in a while that Neji gets to really examine Shu (even if it's from a certain distance behind) and all he can really notice is that there's something not quite right with the way Shu looks--almost sickly, but not quite. It doesn't sit well with Neji but he doesn't bring himself to confront the other about it just yet, thinking that if something were to go wrong, he'd rather not have an audience for it outside.

Nearing the tea shop, the brunet can see that it isn't nearly as full as it normally is through the windows, luckily enough. Aside from that, they're still early for their shift, so Neji can check up on Shu without interfering with his own work. As they enter, he notices Shu immediately heading for his typical spot in the corner like always, but rather than allowing him the luxury of resting there, Neji grabs the vampire's arm and pulls him to the backroom of the shop before closing the door behind them. He stands with his back to it so that Shu can't leave, pulling him a little bit closer to get a better look at his condition.

“Ah--”

“You idiot! Are you sick?”

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It had been weeks since their island trip and Shu, perhaps more than Neji, was reaping what he sew at the get away. Since then, he had basically been avoiding Neji as much as someone with his lack of energy and actual effort could anyway. His husband in question could maybe tell as much, Shu responds less and when he feels it, moves on his own so the two aren’t in such a close vicinty. Shu reasons that while it can be tiring, over all, it’s much easier this way.

Even now, as they prepare for their joint shift at the tea house, Shu makes the minimal effort to get himself ready for work. Which includes just him being awake really, moving and then waiting for his husband by the door whilst fidling with his music player.  Once Neji does arrive to meet him, Shu opens the door and tells his human spouse to hurry up so they can get over with and he can go back to sleep. That’s assuming that Shu isn’t going to find a way to sleep in the shop as he always and often does, there’s even a special place for him courtesy of the owner.

The cool night air hits the vampire before it hits Neji who is actually, amazingly, left behind by Shu’s surprising pace. A long sigh follows and he wonders aloud why they haven’t already invested in a car to take them to work instead of having to walk there every day. “It’s exhausting, anyway,” He doesn’t spare Neji a glance, still making at least somewhat of an effort to keep ahead of him in order to avoid looking at him and more over, taking any hint of his scent. “Since we’re moving so fast today, we’ll be there earlier than usual.”

It’s a little awkward, but small talk should help keep his mind off it.

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When Neji finishes up, Shu heads out first as per usual ever since they both returned to the city. He hurries, at least, trying to catch up to his husband's odd but fast-paced walking after locking the door behind him with a click. Keeping in mind of Shu's strange behavior, the shinobi tries to be mindful of his distance as he trails along some number of step behind. Neji has always tried to ask Shu about why it seems like he's always avoiding him, however he never gets a good enough answer (or is ignored entirely) and as a result, he's grown accustomed to this new routine.

Only when Shu speaks up does Neji look back up at his husband, thinking to himself how cars are supposed to work--but he isn't about to admit that--when the vampire poses his complaint. "Hm, is that so?" The idle conversation is a bit unusual for both of them to engage in, especially when Shu is the one who initiates it, but the shinobi thinks nothing of it as he glances over to the side with a long sigh that mimics his husband's previous one. "That's good I suppose."

"...But are you sure you're not moving a bit too quickly?" He brings himself to ask, even going as far as to quicken his pace and slowly close the distance between them to see what Shu would do. "Just don't push yourself if you're going to keep moving around like this." He then makes an offhanded comment, mumbling really, questioning why he even bothers keeping this act up. It's not even as though it's seriously detrimental to Neji, in fact, he's had less stress and more energy by not having to concern himself with getting his husband to move around or anything like since he does it on his own now. Even so, this is such an unnatural occurrence that Neji can't help but wonder what suddenly went wrong.

"Well, anyway, just be careful."

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He finds it a chore but shifts none the less and removes his cardigan, dropping it into his husband’s waiting lap and telling him to wear it given his current state. He goes back to nibbling on the apple, silence falling over the two with only the crunching sounds left to fill the awkward air. Shu is only half-way done with the fruit when Neji pipes in, the vampire sparing his husband a blue eyed glance accompanied by a sigh at the audible question. "Not particularly." He leans in and sets a light kiss against the mark he left so vividly against Neji’s neck, his lips brushing against the flesh even when he speaks of what his appetite prefers.

Pulling back, Shu leans over to the food cart and cuts the rest of the unfinished apple for his spouse, yawning as he does so before urging Neji to go ‘aaah’ once more. He waits until he does so, plopping pieces of apple into his spouse’s mouth. "It reminds me of someone." He explains but doesn’t divulge more than that, not necessarily wanting to. Handing Neji the water next, Shu then leans back onto his side of the couch, eyes fluttering closed though he doesn’t allow himself to drift off to the bliss of sleep just yet, he knows Neji would just wake him up anyway.

"You’ve already eaten a bit, haven’t you?"

Shu waits for Neji to finish and then orders him to lay down afterwards. He doesn’t entirely know how humans recuperate after blood loss but laying down helps when they’re usually sick. He pats his lap obviously, eventually just forcing Neji to lay down and rest for a bit while he waits for some of the food to settle in his stomach. Amazingly enough, Shu even offers to take him to the bed if he prefers and not to worry too much about it — he even reassures him in his own way. "Before you start complaining, no, I’m not going anywhere."

It’s not as if he wants to either, he may have energy to spare with how much blood he ended up drinking from Neji, but without his husband around to tease, things aren’t quite as interesting. Moving his hand, Shu presses his palm against his husband’s forehead before rubbing his cheek lightly, “The color of your skin is returning.” He almost smiles, eventually choosing to scoop Neji up into his arms himself, taking him to their bed and laying him down, tucking him in before sitting besides him. "Honestly," He’s moved around more in the last few hours than he usually does in an entire day. "Hurry up and get better, it’s annoying having to keep moving you around and feeding you." He doesn’t really realize the irony of the situation.

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Wrapping himself up in the cardigan, Neji doesn't further comment on the subject of the apple aside from a small nod. He knows he wouldn't get anywhere by trying to interrogate Shu about it, so he lets it be for now. He lies down shortly after, closing his eyes for a second when Shu rubs his cheek and comments on his ever-improving condition. "Is that so? This will be the fastest I've recovered from blood loss of this volume." Well, it's not really surprising considering all the other times involved life-threatening wounds.

Neji isn't tired enough to sleep at this point but he doesn't object to being carried to their bed by Shu; in fact he welcomes it, not resisting or rejecting being hoisted up into his arms and eventually set down. It actually feels quite nice to be given this kind of treatment by the vampire, especially considering how lazy and unwilling to move he is. "You're actually being pretty gentle for once." He sighs against the pillow, looking over and up at Shu as he sits besides the shinobi. It's a good thing that he is, really. If Shu dared to ignore him after everything he's done to the younger, he'd be getting an earful as soon as Neji recovered--but luckily for the two of them, that isn't the case. It doesn't stop his husband from complaining, however, but hearing his griping actually causes Neji to laugh instead of retaliate. Truly Shu doesn't seem to understand the humor in his words, which makes it all the more amusing.

"Mhm, I'll get better soon and then go back to doing the same thing for you." He responds, further settling into the bed to become more comfortable. "But for now, I'll enjoy being taken care of by you this time." Neji can't really blame Shu for never doing anything on his own if this is what happens when he doesn't (but he knows well that the vampire has other reasons for not particularly doing anything). Even so, although he would like to, there's no way the shinobi could possibly get used to this for  long time; it might even get annoying to have everything be done for him anyway. But just this once, he’ll gladly take advantage of it.

"Nevertheless, there's nothing that you should feel compelled to do for me right now." He thanks Shu again for his assistance, also mentioning that he can rest for now as well. Neji wonders, but doesn't say aloud, if this'll be the last time he sees his husband being remotely caring. It is kind of odd, however, that the vampire could change his attitude so quickly, going from being... thirsty to nursing the shinobi back to health. With that, Neji absentmindedly comments on it. "You can certainly be nice when you want to be." He smiles to himself, amused at the thought, "I'm beginning to think you don't actually hate me as much as you let on."

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The door opens and shuts with a click, Shu walking in with relative silence to find his dizzying spouse awake. A sigh follows as Shu moves in and plucks a glass from the table, yet he stops just before handing it off to his husband. Shu seems to be gauging how much his husband can handle and once he’s decided after getting a good look at Neji’s dismal state, he’s resolved to instead take the water in himself and pass it to the other through a kiss. Though that’s also for his own amusement given that he can’t exactly tease Neji the way he usually does. Once Shu breaks their kiss, he wipes off his husband’s lips and then moves to sit by the cart full of human food.

The food looks and smells so unappetizing that Shu can only make an irritated face before he moves to sit on the other end of Neji. It’s silent and neither of them seem to keen on moving, or in Neji’s case, he may be too weak to move. Shu eventually takes notice of it, glancing at his spouse with another sigh. "If you’re still too tired then sleep." However, perhaps he shouldn’t go right back to sleep as much as Shu would prefer he did.

Shifting gears, Shu leans over Neji and begins to pick at a plate of food, cutting a slice of medium cooked steak for his weakened husband. Before he even thinks to ask, Shu tells the shinobi that it’s not rare and he should be fine to eat it unless he’s particularly picky about his food. He prompts the other to open his mouth and cutely say “aaah” if he wants to be fed by him. Neji’s been particularly cute tonight too, Shu comments, it would be too bad if he suddenly stopped being Shu’s precious and adorable prey. He doesn’t say any more after that but deep down, beneath all his teasing, Shu did find Neji to be adorable in his own way. Even now, looking at him in this weak, fragile state, Shu still has the desire to completely eat him up. — If only he could but that would undoubtedly kill him if the vampire persisted.

"Anyway, hurry up and eat."

After Neji finally manages to take the first bite of food, Shu leans back and continues picking at the plate of food, cutting up more of the steak into smaller pieces as he waits. It’s a boring task and he just wants to sleep, yawning to accentuate this point before he digs the fork into another piece of steak, feeding his spouse continuously and slowly until it’s at least one-fourth of the way done. While he waits again, Shu takes an apple and bites into it, he can stomach this much, though for a very specific reason — though he doesn’t want Neji to comment on it so he cuts him off before he can start. "…Do you feel better yet?"

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For a moment, Neji has to ask himself whether this is a dream or not. Never has he imagined a situation in which this shinobi would be fed by Shu, especially since it's always him doing all of the service for the vampire, so it's rather surreal even in his dazed state. He doesn't complain, however, complying with Shu when he's asked to say 'aah' before eating the piece of steak presented to him--he doesn't think twice about it, really. Maybe if the circumstances were different, this among many other scenarios between them would seem romantic, but knowing their kind of relationship and what happened earlier, it's more of a daunting task for the vampire, Neji can see that easily.

It's nice to be on the receiving end for once, he thinks, but he knows it probably won't ever happen again, so he tries to make the most of it. As he slowly chews on his food, Neji watches as Shu picks an apple from the cart and starts to eat. Although a normal thing for others, the shinobi is mildly surprised at the sight knowing that Shu has made it clear he's uninterested (or... disgusted) by human food. He wonders if he's just keeping himself busy or actually likes it but he doesn't bother to ask--or can't--as Shu cuts in beforehand.

"Hm? Oh, yes, just a little bit."Not like Neji can say he's feeling fantastic; after all, even his speech has slowed down considerably. He only slept for about half an hour and ate a couple of bites, so it's only natural he isn't showing big improvements, Neji comments. Even so, he can't help but be a little grateful for Shu and his help despite how it's also his husband's fault in the first place that he's in such a state. Anyhow, he might as well express a little bit of gratitude after taking the fork and picking a small vegetable to eat from the tray first.

"Thank you, I suppose." Setting the utensil back down, Neji leans back in his seat and examines the poor, roughed up condition of his clothes. As usual, they appear to be almost beyond repair, so he sighs and instead goes to rub the side of his shoulder that was particularly abused the most in the rose garden. "If you honestly find this to be so troublesome..." He pauses, glancing over to Shu to directly address him. "Ease up next time... It's especially bad for me." Though they've never really gotten to the point where Neji was so weakened like this, he doesn't want it happening again just like how he doesn't want to keep throwing away his shirts because of a certain vampire's tendencies.

Tired, still hungry, and mildly upset over his husband's routine actions (if he can call that kind of blood-sucking a routine), the shinobi lets out yet another sigh. The prospect of more food, however, brings him back to an earlier thought. Believing it to be a simple, innocent curiosity, Neji doesn't hesitate to ask about the fruit in Shu's hands. "You know, I've never seen you eat anything other than steak. Do you like apples too...?"

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Shu listens and watches Neji’s reaction, and there’s no doubt in his mind that he’s completely reverted back to his usual self. He comments, leaning towards Neji still, that earlier, Neji was happy to hear Shu call him cute. He was like a lovestruck puppy, Shu continues, wanting nothing but attention from the object of his affection. Setting a kiss against his husband’s bruised lips, Shu comments again that the blood quality wasn’t to his taste at all but he couldn’t help but want to eat his flustered little human husband up. Shu sighs against Neji’s lips, running his tongue over the bitten bottom lip before separating from him just enough to meet his gaze, if Neji is so brazen to do so. "Aah, but your blood now, is just my type."

His laugh is barely audible before Shu leans in again, moving a hand to tilt Neji’s head to the side, brushing back his long hair to further expose his waiting neck. His tongue runs along where he plans to bite, Shu exhaling against his husband’s flesh in what can only be described as hungry anticipation. He seems to draw out the actual bite however, pressing his lips against Neji’s neck and effectively begins sucking instead. Shu makes certain to hold Neji’s squirming, reacting body for as long as Shu continues, only parting with a pleased breath when he’s left a noticeable kiss mark.

"How cute." Shu runs a fingertip across the marked flesh, content with this much for now before he pauses in his ministrations to look at his spouse. He asks him what he thinks of exposing himself with such a mark to others. Things like this, he proceeds, do fade after some time but for a few days, he’ll have to find some way to hide it unless he wants others to know what Shu always has. "It suits you, Neji." 

Though, he’s had enough teasing by now. Shu finally goes in for what he originally intended to do, biting suddenly and harshly into the untouched flesh just below the kiss mark. Shu’s been after this bitter tasting blood for what seems like forever tonight, that when he finally gets to taste it again, he can’t suppress the pleasured moan that muffles through the bite. He shifts gears, tilting Neji’s head further to the other end to expose more and more of his neck, Shu biting into another untouched area and drinking again — and again, as he does the same repeatedly. Shu leaves trails of his bites all over Neji’s neck until there’s almost nowhere left that he can bite.

It’s only then that in a rather abrupt and painful manner, at least for Neji,  Shu forces himself back only in order to tear and rip at his husband’s clothes, as he has before. He exposes the shinobi’s collar and shoulders as much as he can before he begins to leave bite marks all over there too, groaning from the overfill of blood he’s taken. When he does finally pull back for good however, he notices Neji’s paling complexion, and it dawns on just how much blood he’s taken would leave any human feeling anemic. Shu sighs, finding this troublesome but regardless, he lifts Neji, like a princess, into his arms to keep him off his feet. "Seriously, have you even eaten today?" He sighs, as if doing things like this are a chore. "…If you want me to take you somewhere just hurry up and say it and we’ll go."

"If you pass out, it’ll be more annoying." 

Shu adjusts Neji’s position slightly so he can more aptly rest against the vampire, beginning to leave the rose garden before Neji has really answered. He has no real destination in mind, but he’s at least aware that when humans feel anemic and have low blood like Neji does, he’ll need to eat something and rest for awhile. In the back of his mind, he can’t help but think this would have been easier if they had been at the hotel but then again, he would have never seen the love sick Neji if they had. That was well worth the trip and Shu ends up laughing at the memory, it’s too bad Neji doesn’t recall anything, but for the rest of the night, Shu will find it amusing to remind him regardless of his state.

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It always seems like Neji either overestimates or horribly underestimates what Shu is capable of doing at any given time. In this case, it's the latter as he initially thought it would be over after a bite or two from his husband as that generally is the limit; but it seems as though Shu has other plans for the night when he continues to tease the poor shinobi endlessly. In the midst of it all, Neji begins to think that Shu has no intentions of stopping for a long time as his fangs continue to penetrate the no longer unmarked skin of the brunet without much thought. With this rapid blood loss over a short period of time, Neji quickly grows light headed and shaky, having to resort to desperately grasping at the vampire in order to keep on his feet.

A light, inaudible gasp when Shu finishes after what seems like an eternity, the shinobi can't help but feel faint and ultimately humiliated after that experience. Neji looks on the verge of tears and if he didn't hold onto the last of the pride he felt he had, he would have perhaps shown and even more embarrassing side of him to his provocative husband. At the very least he's given some sort of relief when Shu picks him up from off the ground, thankful since he's sure he would've fallen otherwise but still flustered at having to be in such a position in the first place.

"If I pass out... Whose fault do you think it’ll be if that happens?" 

He shoots Shu a sharp glare as if he couldn't make it any more obvious as to who he's putting the blame on. Neji also mentions that he ate lunch earlier with a huff, but with the amount of blood taken from him just now, he doesn’t think what he ate earlier matters at this point. Pulling up whatever part of his shirt that remains intact to cover up the marks from earlier. He doesn't really understand why Shu would ask where he wants to go--this should also be obvious as there's no way he'll allow himself to be seen anywhere else like this at all! The only plausible choice is back to their hotel, which he makes clear to his husband without much room for conversation after (not that Shu would care), as he closes his eyes and quickly drifts into a short sleep.

When he wakes up next, they're back in their room at the hotel. Neji finds himself resting on one of the chairs and as he sits up straight, he can feel his shoulders and neck already getting sore. When his eyes readjust, he sees a small table holding a couple different plates of fancy hotel food (only the best for Kyoya's residents?) that he doesn't recall asking for. He assumes Shu was the one to order especially with one of the dishes being the vampire's favorite, steak. With that in mind, Neji hopes it's not rare. In the end, the shinobi doesn't make an immediate move for the food, instead he looks towards his husband as though he needs help simply eating.

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"Did you conveniently forget the last half hour?"

Maybe he’s suffered short term memory loss, or maybe Neji’s usual personality couldn’t handle the affections made and just forgot it to preserve his sanity. With Shu as his husband, he would need to take such measures. Even so, he wonders if it varies from person to person, Neji may just be a special case. Shu wonders if he should remind Neji of all his momentary…wanton actions. He thinks that seeing his preciously human husband flounder about in his fluster like usual, after all, even if his mind forgot, his body surely remembers.

Shu sighs and pulls Neji suddenly close, right up against him, as they were very well much closer a moment ago. His body radiates heat, both from the heated cheeks and the warmth of repeated affections. Shu moves his arms to slide down to Neji’s waist, dipping down and leaning in as if he were about to kiss his embarrassed little husband but he stops just short of actually meeting his lips, deftly meeting the shinobi’s gaze to find those bright eyes filled with such hesitance, so starkly different than earlier. "Even if you forgot," He slowly pulls back, drawing a single arm and hand up so that he may run a fingertip along the kiss bruised and bitten lower lip of his spouse. "Your body will remember me."

Rather suddenly does Shu suddenly let Neji go, watching idly as the shinobi’s weight tumbles him back and against the very same beam the two had been against earlier. The vampire closes in on his prey, setting a quick kiss to his husband’s lips before whispering so softly against them. He tells him if his body can remember this position, they were in it just now after all, and Neji was so intertwined, so enamored with the vampire’s each and every kiss that he begged for more. Shu smiles again, setting both hands on either side of Neji so that even if he tried to escape, tried to push him away, he’d have trouble doing so.

"You were cute, Neji. The way you looked when pleading for my touch, for my attention."  Shu sets another kiss, then another, setting repeated kiss after kiss on Neji’s lips, sometimes with an occasional nibble or lick, but not much else. His hands slowly move to cup his embarrassed husband’s face, keeping him still, in place as Shu delivers his last line of thought. It’s the truth, he realizes, and as much as he thirsts for Neji’s blood now, the taste more to his liking, he can hold off until he’s sufficiently prepared him. "But," Shu gives Neji’s flushed red cheeks the lightest squeeze. "The embarrassed and pathetic looking you is much more cute to me."

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Conveniently or not, the fact of the matter is that Neji is unable to remember most of what happened save for the split moment he became aware of his action towards the beginning, but even that's a faint memory that's fading away as well. Even so, perhaps there's some truth to what Shu says. The feeling of the wooden beam behind the shinobi alongside the vampire before him is all too familiar a position, but he refuses to admit it. If anything, he's embarrassed into silence as Shu explains in detail the last thing that that happened when they were in the same position earlier, blushing even more than before as he's kissed multiple times in a row.

Neji is never really ready for any of them; one after another, Shu's lips against his own always take him by surprise but even so, he doesn't put up much resistance. He closes his eyes if only to prevent himself from looking at Shu, this much is enough to keep him from fully feeling like he's going to die. Noticing the other's hands cupping his cheeks, however, Neji brings his own to grab onto the vampire's arms as if he needs more support to keep himself from collapsing onto the ground. Slowly does the shinobi open his eyes again, still avoiding looking at Shu and his piercing gaze as he does so. Flustered, and even more so at Shu's taunting words, he tries to collect himself before speaking up to his husband.

"Just shut up, you're the worst."

"I don't want to hear someone like you tell me I'm... cute." Especially in his current state of appearing embarrassing and pathetic, as Shu happens to put it. Neji wonders if everything the blond says is true or if he's making everything up to see the smaller's reactions as he can never imagine begging or pleading for anything from Shu. However, he feels as though that sort of reasoning is off too, but he can't bear to accept what his husband says as truth. Neji just wishes that Shu would let this be and that he'd let the poor shinobi go so he can forget it all, but there's no chance of that happening it seems. No matter how hard Neji looks, it doesn't look like there's any easy escape from under Shu either.

"Is... that all? If you're planning on doing something..." He grits his teeth, tightening the grip he has on Shu's arms ever so slightly. Sometimes the best--fastest? easiest?--way to go about things with this kind of person is to just let it happen. "Just go ahead... and do it already."

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Actually hearing it is something Shu didn’t quite expect. He almost expected Neji to chicken out and deny this entire thing, it’d only be a matter of time until the potion wore off and he realized just what kind of situation he had put himself in. Shu wanted to see how much farther he could push this love struck Neji, it’s not as if he’d ever see it again anyway, nor did he believe any of Neji’s feelings to be the truth. Still, he could play with this cute Neji for as long as he was able to, the vampire lightly leaning in without word or sound and initiated a deep kiss. His arms wrapped tighter around his husband’s thinner frame, sighing against his lips briefly before running his tongue along his husband’s mouth before dipping in and running their tongues together.

The kiss lasts as long as it can before Shu pulls back for his all too human husband to catch his breath. He still hasn’t said a word since Neji’s confession and in fact, the only thing he does say is an offhand comment about the quality of Neji’s infatuated blood. It wouldn’t suit his tastes, Shu always does prefer bitter tastes. He laughs, a breathy sound, pulling the shinobi in and allowing his head to rest against the vampire’s chest. He strokes his long hair for some time, playing with the dark strands as he recalls Neji’s confession. Something about it made Shu vaguely notice that Neji had some awareness to his actions, strange as they may be.

"So," The vampire begins his thoughts aloud, blue eyes focusing on the night sky above them, watching the moon as he’s become accustomed to. Slowly, he pulls Neji back away from the vampire’s (lack of) warmth, meeting those honest and pure eyes of the shinobi. He moves his hands and cups his husband’s face, running both thumbs beneath each of his eyes, faintly and softly. "Just how much are you aware of what you’re doing and saying?"

Leaning in, Shu bumps their foreheads together with a small but visible smile. He moves his hands again, giving Neji a short but sweet kiss as he sweeps him up into the air and then sets him down on his feet. — His arms don’t overall leave Neji, wrapping around him and keeping him admittedly close. "Do you really love me, or did you just say it so I would kiss you?" A laugh follows, taking a step forward and then another, slowly but surely pushing Neji into the nearest support beam of the gazebo. "Just how badly did you want me to kiss you?"

Shu leans down, tilting Neji’s chin to meet Shu’s lips, instantly does he make it a deep kiss and almost a rough kiss with how much the vampire is leaning into it, pressing Neji more and more against the support behind him. In fact, Shu maybe was too rough, as a single hand of his, set besides Neji, easily broke through the white wood frame. He forces the kiss apart, glancing down at his now wounded hand but doesn’t seem to care either way. It actually drives him, Shu dipping right back into another exceedingly deep kiss with his husband, though the one difference is that he’s hungry and while Neji’s current quality makes the blood too sweet, that doesn’t stop him from biting into his lip, lapping and licking up any blood that spills out.

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Pulled closer to Shu, Neji warms up--not by any means of the vampire, considering he has no body heat to speak off--but by his own heat rising to his face due to the foolishly inferred intimacy as he relaxes under the touch of his husband. The calmness remains even as he's pulled away from Shu in the slightest bit, peering into his eyes until they ultimately get closer and he's no longer touching the ground for a split second. "Maybe it was a little bit of both." He responds, amused as he steps backward when Shu moves forward until he can move no longer.

Neji expects another kiss right after, which he does get; what he didn't expect was the sudden assertiveness in the action that came as much of a surprise to the shinobi. He doesn't reject it, however, almost matching Shu's pace and only stopping when he hears the crack of the wood beside him and even the vampire pulls back. He takes the time to catch his breath, looking down at his husband's hand as well in the meantime and wonders just how into it he got. The next action slightly catches him off guard; it surprised him enough to elicit some embarrassing moan from Neji against his husband's lips and yet again after the first bite.

"Shu..." He breathes out when he can before slowly bringing his hand to meet the other's wounded one as he gently holds it in his own. Throughout the kiss (now bites as well), Neji runs his thumb across the top of Shu's hand, perhaps as something to keep him aware and conscious as the excitement is almost too much for him to bear. This goes on for what seems like eternity--not that he particularly minds it in his current state--although he's only given barely enough time to breathe, always out of breath even after being given short breaks in between. It's only after a long time in the middle of this so-called affection that the feelings Neji had earlier run out completely and he's finally brought back to his senses.

"What--?" The next time Shu pulls back in the slightest, the shinobi releases the light hold of the other's hand and pushes him away even further before turning his body to the side as though he's shielding himself away from his husband. Wiping his mouth with his sleeve, he looks to be even more flustered than ever before when he realizes what he's been doing with Shu for who knows how long. The Hyuga starts to get nervous, embarrassed, about what else could've happened; everything before the last minute or so after his head cleared is such a blur to him and he isn't sure what to do about it.

"Wh-what happened...?" Reluctant to ask, Neji manages to quietly demand some sort of explanation for why he's in the position he's in now. The shinobi has to brace himself for the worst. Knowing Shu, he just might have something that embarrasses the younger to say and he isn't quite sure how well he'd handle it. "I'm sorry if I did something weird, but if this is your doing--" For a second, he acts big but falters soon after when he remembers the last thing that happened before he snapped out of it. Sheepishly, he rubs the back of his neck, looking away from Shu's gaze. "Just forget about it, then."

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"…Yes." He answers at the very end of Neji’s long-winded explanations. It’s obvious to Shu now more than ever that Neji is all too unaware that he’s under the influence of a love potion. In so many words had he drawn out his confession when he could have simple answered with a yes. But while he is under the effects of faux love, at least that’s what Shu reasons, it seems he’s still able to retain some of his original personality. The shy, bashful and self-conscious spouse of his is still here. The vampire is glad for that on some level, it’d be troublesome if he wasn’t at least somewhat aware of his own actions and ended up blaming all of this on Shu, though — he still will probably blame Shu for egging him on. Not that he particularly cares, in fact, he’s enjoying himself more than he thought he would when they originally set out tonight.

"You talked too much when you could have simple said that you love me." Shu laughs under his breath before leaning in, eventually setting another close mouthed kiss against his husband’s waiting lips. It’s much longer than the previous, his arms winding around the smaller back of his love struck spouse, pulling him in closer to deepen the amazingly, slightly, tame kiss. Even so, Shu only breaks apart when Neji needs to breath for air, pulling the both of them apart only a fraction whilst he waits for his husband to recover.

While he waits, his periphery catches sight of another couple making their way to their area of the park. The vampire then has two distinct ideas yet eventually opts for one route as he rises from their joint seat, setting Neji down on his feet then taking his hand. He leads him without word or warning down towards a gazebo, illuminated by lights and encompassed by roses and finally finds refuge and solace for them here. He sighs as he sits, muttering his complaints about how tiring it can be to move around like that without Neji being the one to force him along. Speaking of which, Shu doesn’t necessarily let go of the shinobi’s hand, pulling him in suddenly against him in order to set a chaste kiss to his lips.

"…If you want me to kiss you like usual," He pauses, grabbing a hold now of his spouse’s face. Since earlier, he had planned to demand this after all, and now that they’re completely and utterly secluded from the rest of the world, it seems like the perfect opportunity. Shu presses another kiss against Neji, though this time he bites teasingly on his bottom lip, running his tongue along it in the next moment before (disappointingly for Neji, perhaps) pulling back. "That you love me, I want to hear it."

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When Shu points out that Neji could have condensed his long speech to something much shorter, the latter suddenly feels embarrassed about it all and wants to turn away but stops himself when his husband leans down for another kiss, pleased by the turn of events. It... drags on for a long time--not that Neji has any complaints about that in itself--but it leaves him unsatisfied and wanting more. Breathing heavily as Shu breaks the contact, he's almost completely unaware of his surroundings outside of his own little bubble with the vampire; but even then he's not entirely conscious of the happenings within that as he's taken surprise by suddenly being stood up and pulled along by Shu elsewhere.

When they arrive to their new destination, Neji wants to ask what made Shu want to pull him along like that but finds himself laughing at his husband's comment instead. "Are you telling me you'd rather have me pull you along everywhere then?" He adds that if that's the case, he isn't allowed to complain whenever the shinobi does it anymore. After that, he allows for Shu to pull him closer for another kiss, disappointed yet again about the quality--however what the vampire says later piques Neji's interest and he listens intently but is pleasantly surprised with a slightly more exciting kiss this time. Needless to say, Neji is very disappointed when it ends.

“Oh... I see.” The conditions for even more aren't as bad as Neji would've assumed; if that's all Shu wants then the younger can easily deliver--or so he thinks. For the time being, he wraps his arms around his husband's neck before he starts to look around so he can avoid looking directly at the blond, finding this situation to become increasingly more and more embarrassing for the brunet. "It's more of a heavy statement than I thought." Neji mutters to himself, turning his head forward but downward, still avoiding eye contact. It's not as though telling Shu anything like that is necessarily a lie in this case, but even so, being put on the spot just now makes it even harder for him to say it. After he gets it out the first time, perhaps Neji won't be so bashful about it anymore.

"If... if you wanna hear it, then I suppose I'll still try. However, I'm not actually entirely sure if this is really what it is." He lets out a small laugh, covering his own embarrassment about the concept. "Even so, I guess that everything I said earlier could easily be summarized by telling you that..." Finally, he looks back up to Shu, particularly liking how the lighting on this platform makes him look, but he shakes his head afterwards to clear his mind before taking a deep breath. Although, after that, he still barely manages to project it to the level he'd have liked--fortunately, it's still loud enough for Shu to hear. "I... love you."

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When Neji forces his weight onto Shu, the vampire sighs and gives him his attention. He listens idly while Neji shifts and seems hesitant, obviously embarrassed, but reluctant to actually separate himself from the vampire. His gaze idles to the side, observing the ‘water’ that his husband has been taking the occasional sip from. — His gaze then draws back to Neji at his flustered confession. Sighing, Shu sits up and moves his hands towards his husband’s own, pulling his hands away to reveal that deeply, darkly blushing face.

"You…" He drops his hold so as to wrap his arms around Neji’s waist instead, holding him just as he asked. Though he does so, Shu is distracted by the thought that the only reason that his husband is acting like this, must be due to that ‘water’. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s seen things like this. He recalls seeing even worse potions during the Vandead Carnival but he didn’t think things like that would ever make it to the human world. Yet when he looks at Neji, it’s obvious he’s under such an influence.

"If you keep saying things like that, you’ll have to take responsibility."

Although —

Shu’s lips give way to a small yet noticeable smile prior to his arms winding up from his husband’s waist and around his lower back instead, pulling the shinobi in closer. He might as well make use of this situation, usually he has to do more than he wants to when it comes to more physical contact but if Neji is so wanting, then Shu will have to do far less. So, he slowly intertwines his fingers into the other’s long, dark hair and leans in close enough that the two of them could almost kiss. They don’t kiss just yet however, but this closeness between them is strikingly intimate.

What they do end up doing is far more romantic, almost. At least to anyone that’s a normal couple and not Neji and Shu, it could be considered romantically sweet. But Shu just wants to watch his husband fluster and flounder about even more, so he sets him up for just that. "Neji, you’re being unexpectedly cute." The vampire leans in and initiates a short, sweet kiss but doesn’t really pull back after, instead, he just continues talking in this almost unbearable closeness. "The reason you’re acting like this…are you in love with me?"

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With everything going on, Neji wonders if he's in the middle of a dream--it just has to be! Feeling his husband's arms wrap around his waist as well as seeing the smile that forms on his face is enough to make the shinobi flustered and turn into an even deeper shade of red. He really wants to cover his face again, but being pulled closer to Shu, he's unable to do so. What he does manage to do at least is shut his eyes with the idea that when he opens them again, he'll wake up and he won't be feeling so incredibly... this anymore.

Neji's eyes only flutter back open after the short kiss. He doesn't pull away either, allowing for Shu to talk almost against his own lips with something of a content gaze. Neji is more than pleased with this new development, not even reacting violently to his husband's inquiry when he would've otherwise; he does, however, think about it for a moment or two. Of course, he knows that truthfully the answer should be 'no', but there's something that doesn't allow for the shinobi to answer in such a manner--instead he speaks without thinking, blurting something completely different from what his subconscious wants out to Shu.

"If... If I said yes, would you do it again? Kiss me, I mean."

At the very least it's no lie on any level that Neji truly did enjoy the kiss, even as short as it was. He was... mildly disappointed, however, that it was something so short as Shu is known for his rather long kisses--something that the younger had the (mis)pleasure of experiencing before they managed reached the island. But that aside, he wonders if there's something odd with Shu too, considering that he's being much less wild than he normally would be especially in a situation like this; it's like Neji's being teased!

"...For now, it appears as though, through unforeseen circumstances, my feelings for you have... changed." He thinks that maybe he should offer further explanation now that he's calmed down some from before. "Whether I like or not, it doesn't matter. Being this close to you.. You can probably hear the rapid beating of my heart; furthermore... I happen to think you're particularly handsome tonight." Neji closes his eyes again, not yet moving an inch from his spot as he listens to the rustling of the leaves and chirping of the crickets fill in his silence. During this pause, he tries to gather his thoughts before continuing on.  

"Even when you called me cute, it made me oddly happy and I wouldn't have said such embarrassing things to you or have let myself in such a position if it weren't for these... feelings I suddenly developed. Does that better answer your question?"

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Shu’s content to find rest and relaxation on the bench in the barely inhabited park. While the rose park is a bustling attraction during the day, during the night, it’s much less crowded which Shu prefers. All the hustle would have been annoying to deal with and only irritated him, he’s not sure why Neji bothered to bring the two of them here but at least he was thoughtful enough to do it at a time where Shu would be least inconvenienced. Maybe he’s finally learning a thing or two, not that Shu would praise him for such, yawning as he turns to the approaching Neji, meeting his eyes in a brief moment. He breaks their meeting with another yawn, leaning back into the bench and flipping through the tracks on his music player — up until Neji sits right by him.

"…What?"

Shu doesn’t really answer the question right away, distracted by his husband’s curious disposition towards him. Neji brought him out here so that the two could spend time together, no doubt about that but even if that was his plan, to act like this is something else. It’s not unwelcome and though the closeness is new, in a way…Shu finds it cute. To think that a guy like this has the capacity to be cute to the vampire, it’s shocking to say the least. Neji has always been someone who’s been so adamantly against affection displayed between them, not that he ever had much of a choice in the matter but still.

It’s as if he’s inviting Shu, in a not so subtle way.  ”It’s fine.” He finally answers, not moving closer yet not moving away either. Neji can do what he pleases ultimately, so long as he doesn’t bother Shu who leans back again and closes his eyes, apparently set on getting a nap in despite being outside and despite it being the middle of the night. One blue eye cracks open when he feels a bump against his knees however, glancing towards his younger husband. "…What are you doing? I’m trying to sleep and you’re being bothersome, stop moving."

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Through his bursts of affection, Neji finds himself conscious of his actions and how uncharacteristic it is for him to act in such a way, especially to someone like Shu. However it doesn't necessarily ease the feeling in his heart even as he grips at his chest, watching as his husband leans back to sleep. In fact, that alone just may have amplified the pain he feels and on impulse, he acts upon it, shifting around so that he straddles Shu and hovers over him as he waits for him to awaken. When he does, Neji grips gently on his husband's shoulders, looking directly at Shu.

"This might be weird coming from me so suddenly, but can you feel it? My chakra of love..."  Perhaps that doesn't quite provide a solid explanation for Neji's actions as he notices Shu seemingly grow more and more confused by what's happening to them both. Neji becomes progressively more embarrassed as well and he starts to tense up, getting so nervous that his throat dries up and he reaches for another drink of water.

"When I look at you now, I feel happy..." He continues, refreshed for a moment by the liquid. "And I'm also happy when you look at me, so when you started falling asleep... I didn't like.. that..." His boldness doesn't necessarily last for very long before he starts to revert back to his self-conscious personality, although the difference here is that all the emotions he felt up until now remain and his chest continues to hurt. "Please, for now," Neji's grip on his husband tightens as he leans in closer. "Pay attention to me..."

Neji only stops centimeters away from Shu's lips, freezing up when he sees his position. "This isn't right.." He glances towards the bottle beside them, realizing that this must be the reason for his odd behavior which causes him to want to pull away and apologize for all of this. While Neji is able to at least slightly back away, he can't tear himself away completely from the vampire before him. It just causes him to fall even further into this mess. 

"...But no matter how much I tell myself that--" Wanting to stop himself from saying something so embarrassing to Shu as well as to cover his reddened face, the shinobi brings his hands up to hide behind. Though he tries, he can't completely stop himself from blurting out these intimate words. "--Tonight, by you... I want... to be held by... you..."

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After having been out at sea for who knows how long, being back on land is incredibly refreshing. In fact, it seems as though this particular shinobi has gotten so tired of being surrounded by water that he refuses to spend any time near the beaches, opting out for trips to downtown instead with Shu instead.

On this night, they find themselves at some sort of rose garden wandering around the paths as Neji admires the diverse patterns and designs of the topiary illuminated mostly by the moon and stars. After a little while, they come across an area containing benches for visitors to rest which Shu takes advantage of when Neji finds a creature with a small cart selling refreshments. Although interested by this sight, the shinobi doesn't spend too much time on it and reluctantly purchases a bottle of water from it for himself before going back to sit by his husband.

On his way back, he takes a few sips of the odd-tasting water and finally one big drink when he sits. It's not long after he stops drinking that he feels some weird aftertaste followed by a short headache that only goes away when he looks back at Shu.

“... ... ...”

Instead, now, what Neji feels is much more... strange. He can feel his chest tightening at the sight of the vampire as he appears to become more flustered and wants to be even closer to his husband. With that in mind, he unconsciously ends up scooting nearer to Shu so that their bodies touch in the slightest, not wanting to make it too intimate in fear that Shu will reject it. Even so, he still slightly leans over before speaking up. "It's... nice out isn't it?"

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Neji’s known Shu long enough that he can probably assume the worst of Shu’s reactions. And he wouldn’t be very far off even with the most ludicrous exaggeration.

That’s probably why he hurries to leave the dining area, and Shu obliges for the moment, following behind his flustered spouse without a word. He’s mostly listening to his music as the walk through the hall, an awkward yet apprehensive tension filing in between the long married couple. However, the tension is cut into like a knife when the Sakamaki vampire reaches over and forcefully holds Neji’s upper arm then subsequently, shoves him into the nearest wall. In this desolate hallway, Neji shouldn’t have an embarrassed complaint for this sudden, abrupt closeness.

Shu shifts down to Neji’s height, using his free hand to brush back those long strands of brunette hair from his husband’s reddening face. He doesn’t give Neji much, if any, choice when he next leans in and brushes before pressing their lips together. The kiss as it starts — isn’t anything lewd as Neji might have predicted and feared, the only thing that Shu immediately does after making contact is moving both of his hands to his spouse’s waist, pulling him in right up against Shu’s own body.

The kiss deepens with a tilt of the vampire’s head proceeding a run of his tongue along Neji’s bottom lip. Though naturally, and as before, Neji is reluctant to allow Shu in — that’ll hardly stop him. He removes one of his hands from around Neji’s frame and to his chin instead, pulling his mouth open so that he can continue. Shu’s tongue enters to run over Neji’s own before intertwining the two together for several seconds. All the while, his hands both move to the slimmer hips of Neji’s, teasing him even here by just barely slipping fingertips beneath the hem of his clothes and pressing his cold touch to Neji’s flushed skin.

Shu finally pulls back with a lick of his own lips, afterwards.

"That’s giving me a proper ‘taste’." 

Shu runs his thumb across Neji’s lower lip with a smirk, telling his dear husband that if he doesn’t do it properly, then Shu has to do this. Both hands suddenly slam on either side of his husband, allowing for no escape from this situation. Running and chasing after prey is a exhausting, after all. — But he has just enough energy for this as he stays within Neji’s line of sight, dangerously close. "Now, do it properly."

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This sort of thing was expected but still surprised Neji when it happened. There's a slight pain in his back throughout the kiss, however he ignores it for the most part, being completely and utterly distracted by everything that Shu does from the actual kissing to the sudden feeling of chilled fingers against his own skin. After they break contact does Neji begins to feel faint or out of breath and as Shu runs his thumb over Neji's lip, he realizes that at some point he began to hold onto Shu which makes him even more embarrassed and flushed at the situation. He's only broken out of that state when his husband manages to trap him in with a loud slamming noise against the wall behind him to which he flinches at. Watching the vampire get even closer to him causes Neji to try and sink back further into the wall, but much to his dismay he cannot and has no other choice but to go about this head on.

"You already got your taste just now didn't you?" Neji can't believe Shu has the audacity to try and get even more out of this! --Well actually, he can, but he doesn't like it nonetheless. "Besides, now isn't the time for this..." He tries to push Shu back a little bit more as his glances shift around, looking for anyone that might be passing by in the hallway and luckily, or unluckily depending on how he sees it, there's no one around. However when Neji realizes that there's nothing he can do to get Shu to back off, he brings himself to reluctantly cup his husband's cheeks.

"You're...so demanding." And with that, he closes the remaining the distance between each other as their lips connect yet again in a rather generic kiss. Not knowing what to really do, Neji tries to remember Shu's previous movements and almost mimics them before getting the idea to gently bite down on his husband's lower lip. However that's as far as Neji goes when he finds himself getting weak kneed at the thought of even going any further than that; instead he abruptly pulls away, frantically enough that he ends up accidentally hitting his head against the wall with a dull thud.

He wipes his mouth with his sleeve before rubbing the back of his head where he hit, glancing away from Shu in embarrassment as he knows that he definitely did not do it properly. For now he can only hope that Shu will be courteous enough to not be terrible about it and let him off the hook this once (blissful thinking, but he probably won't). "Ahh, looks like I can't do it after all.."

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"Wrong turn!"

That’s right, it’s only been hours ever since the.. incident. Now, it’s not like Karma really knew how to officially ride a dirt bike, it just looked fun to take his new papi around on. Maybe they’d get into something fun along the way! Luckily they did which he’s holding such a big grin on his features as he turns to Neji, "I believe I took a wrong turn because I don’t remember that tree being there at all." He’s memorized that one part of the forest but not this one, sadly the sun is dawning on them and even the idea of climbing up trees to search for civilization seemed bleak. Who knew coming way out here would be their downfall!

"I caaaaan’t believe the dirt bike is totaled, I guess that poor thug just won’t get it back and after I played nice to get it." A shrug of his shoulders as he shook his head in slight dismay, playing along with an added sigh. “Aaaa〜. You have to forgive me, I think I even left my compass at home.” Certainly, Iunctum’s forest is something that might even play mind games with them, who knows!? They should try to find a place to stay until it’s over, they need to be somewhere since the degrees are going to drop, we can’t let them freeze to death. "What should we do, any ideas?" Karma isn’t an idiot and only acts like this because it makes him possibly laugh inside, so he turns towards Neji, an expectant look in his eyes wondering what the other would have to say about this.

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There's been something wrong with this whole thing from the start. Perhaps it was a bad idea to ever agree on going on this "trip" with Karma in the first place, but Neji thought it would be fine despite wondering just where in the world his son got this machine. The crash wasn't terribly hard on the either of them, however it did cause a mild headache for Neji which should pass momentarily. He sighs as he rubs his head, looking back towards Karma when he asks what to do.

"Well, it's not dark just yet, now is it?" Muttering mostly to himself, the shinobi takes a look around his surroundings. The sun is still up and should be for the next hour or so, so until them, they should just be good with walking around and looking for a way out on the ground. He'll hold off on using his abilities until he really needs to  "Ah, just stick by me and it should be fine, okay?"

"Erm, maybe if we try to follow the path we came from we should find somewhere that appears to be familiar." Neji doesn't wait much longer before heading off in their previous direction with Karma following shortly behind. It seems as though they've walked for half an hour and still there's nothing that looks right despite being so sure that they went the right way. However, before Neji decides that they should have a break, he watches as Karma takes a step forward and springs some sort of trap! As reactive as he is, the ninja manages to block off and onslaught of arrows using his gentle fist and looks out for anything that seems out of place.

"Karma... just where did you take us?"

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Shu obviously caught Neji’s lack of a real refusal. Was he finally admitting just what kind of person he was?

It didn’t matter much to him, either way. But the revelation did bring an idea with it — and although Shu was sluggish like usual, it didn’t mean he’d actually abide by Neji’s insistence. So, the Sakamaki reaches over regardless and grips the back of his husband’s neck, both leaning in himself while forcing Neji closer. They end just short of a hair’s breadth apart and all the while, Shu’s grip is continuously firm. He then tells Neji that if he wants him to wait, then he’ll have to force Shu to do so, but in a way that Shu wants him to.

After all, if Neji is going to deny that flustered and frustrated laced blood to the vampire, then he has to make it up to him. Otherwise, Shu will do it anyway. Neji probably knows that on some level. He’s been with Shu long enough that he has to know at least some of his ins and outs, if not all. This current situation being one of them as Shu finally releases his hold only so he can lean back in his chair, having grown tired. He doesn’t forget Neji by a mile, casting him a blue eyed gaze with an added demand, "Hurry up."

"It’s troublesome unless you give me a taste."

It’s exactly what it sounds like. Shu won’t make a further move only because he expects Neji to, if he wants to avoid a more embarrassing, if not messier, outcome. This is by far the lesser of two evils. Shu raises the volume of his music while he waits, even giving a seemingly bored yawn only to be followed by an occasional spared yet expectant glance in his dear husband’s direction. His only other real movement is a pat to his own lap with an accompanying smirk curving his lips. "It’s easier if you just sit here and kiss me."

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At first, Neji is confused at what Shu wants from him until he makes it very, very clear what it is he expects from him. It takes Neji a few moments to process all the bits of information presented through the request, and when it does finally hit him, he finds himself getting much more defensive about it all. Neji sputters, asking if that's really necessary but as he receives no immediate response from Shu, the shinobi grows weary and sighs in defeat. Looking at it relatively, he supposes that it's definitely the better and much more safe alternative to something else, so he braves himself before standing from his chair and resting back down in his husband's lap.

Immediately afterwards, Neji begins to feel awkward and even more embarrassed than before. It only takes a few seconds for him to be able to recompose himself, figuring that he might as well get it over with otherwise they'll be here forever--or Shu will run out of patience--before he sheepishly looks to Shu and presses his lips against the vampire's for a chaste kiss. Not too long after does he feel off, as though something or someone is watching them (perhaps through a series of cameras secretly hidden throughout the ship?), so Neji cuts the kiss short and leans away from Shu with a light blush on his cheeks.

"That... should be fine for now, right?" He looks to the side, hoping that something as simple as that will suffice and they can go on their merry way. After all, Shu should very well know just what kind of person Neji is when it comes to this kind of stuff and doing even a small kiss is such a struggle for the young shinobi as it is. In fact, Shu should consider himself lucky that Neji hadn't chickened out and went for a peck on the cheek instead!

Something else doesn't quite settle well with him and it doesn't take too long for him to realize exactly what it is. Noticing that he's been sitting on his husband's lap for much longer than he should've, Neji suddenly stands from his seat and smooths out his clothes. He clears his throat, turning his back to Shu so he doesn't see his flustered expression anymore before crossing his arms over his chest. "Well, anyway! Don't you think it's time for us to get going?"

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It felt like they had been stuck on this yacht for weeks, and while it had been relatively quiet for the two of them since Last Time, Neji and Shu were now out of the room for once and in the dining area. It was just after lunch and still well before dinner, so the area was mostly clear save for a few lingering tables, theirs being one of them. Shu hadn’t eaten, naturally, just watched tiredly as Neji did. Though, on occasion Shu would tease Neji by forcing Neji to eat from the vampire’s palm, other than that — Shu listened to his music with his head on the table. He’d yawn and shift occasionally, napping on and off again until Neji finished.

Even when he had however, Shu was too tired to move. There wasn’t much for them to do but go back to the room after all, and maybe Neji had been tired of that much as well given that he hadn’t tried to force Shu to get up. Shu ended up yawning after another power nap, sitting up and glancing at his husband besides him.

He stared for only a few short minutes prior to leaning over and brushing back Neji’s long hair. Shu then, gradually leaned in closer and closer and even tilted his spouse’s head towards him yet, he did nothing else after. Not right away, and in fact, then propositioned Neji with a light and teasing tone to his usual tired voice. "Since you’re done eating,"

"Isn’t it my turn to eat, too?"

Not that he’d give Neji much choice, but he enjoyed seeing the embarrassed, flustered, or even sometimes angry reactions. Even after all this time, that was at least one thing he never got tired of. Besides, it was likewise beneficial, given that it’d give Neji’s blood a distinct and unique taste, the kind that the Sakamaki vampire always enjoyed.

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Truthfully, they haven't even really been on the yacht for too long however it just feels as though time dragged on much more slowly out on the water especially after that minor head injury from earlier--but that's no longer anything to be concerned about. Perhaps that caused Neji to become more lazy and had him unwind significantly as he arrived later to the dining hall and ate much more slowly; not that it's a bad thing really, there wasn't a whole lot of people around so it was much more peaceful and he sure as hell knows that Shu didn't mind either.

Neji pushes back his plate after he finishes, glancing down at his resting husband as he wonders what else to do. Having been seemingly cooped up in their room for so long, the shinobi is a little reluctant to go back so quickly, so he doesn't quite awaken Shu just yet. Although, as if on cue, the vampire sits right up and suddenly Neji feels much more alert, particularly when Shu forces him closer to which the former lightly blushes at.

At the very least, before Shu can do anything else, he tries to push himself back a little bit, creating a small distance between them before reaching back out on the table for some piece of leftover food with his fork, shoving it into Shu's mouth. Hopefully that should stop him for even a minute.

"...Can't you wait until we get back to our room?" He looks around to take note of the few people around, even those walking past the general area to get to or from somewhere. It's not a whole lot of people, Neji will admit, but so long as if they all stick around, Shu won't be getting anything out of his husband. "Put yourself in my shoes for once; always having to do weird things, even in front of other people! Just be patient." And it's also not like he necessarily said no anyway.

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i'm a jaded teenage girl. you think your life is hard? try asking the cutest guy in your grade out in the middle of the cafeteria only to find out he has a fucking girlfriend. life is a battlefield and it looks like i've already won.

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He allows himself to laugh, thinking of a clan makes him think of his brothers and he’d rather not but he wonders briefly how his brothers would react to someone like Neji, he remembers Subaru’s encounter and gives another laugh under his breath. Not that he’d ever let anything like that happen again, especially when it comes to a certain brother but that’s neither here nor there. He glances at Neji when he continues speaking, retelling a particular account of his life before Iunctum. — He flinches, visibly, when Neji accounts his experience where he passed but he’s here now, isn’t he?

To Neji’s question, Shu remains silent, still not understanding just how Neji is even here. It reminds him of Edgar, of Yuma. He was able to see him again, but only because that Man had his own plans and did what he wanted again, involving him and his brothers for who knows why. But Karlheinz isn’t a part of this and he had nothing to do with Neji, and Neji himself CERTAINLY isn’t a vampire either. He can’t wrap his head around it but he mutters under his breath, looking over at his husband.

"You…are you even human?"

A long sigh follows and Shu moves away from Neji, averting his gaze to the side. He quickly realizes just HOW familiar Neji sacrificing himself for others sounds. Folding his arms over his chest, Shu leans back and finally mumbles out his tired reply, there’s no other way he can answer. “No.” 

That’s putting it simply, anyway. He expands as much as he wants to, closing his eyes as he doesn’t particularly like talking about these things. But he does so anyway, just so Neji doesn’t bothering asking anything that Shu finds annoying to answer. "There’s no one I care about." His eyes flutter open and he looks at the ceiling, silent for a moment before continuing. "I only know my brothers and we’re always trying to kill each other. …They are, I couldn’t care less about those things. — Anyway, that’s all. For someone like you, you can do it but I wouldn’t."

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"Huh?" The question is.. odd, needless to say. Neji isn't sure what made Shu ask whether he was human or not, especially since it should be obvious to him with how much time they've spent together (and also together) that he's nothing but human. Still, there must be some sort of reason for it that he doesn't know yet--does he think he's supposed to be some sort of ghost? Well, nevermind that, what matters more now is his husband's answer to his own inquiry.

Due to his injury from earlier, Neji becomes much more docile in nature, feeling as though exerting himself would cause more pain than need be. He simply stays quiet, for the most part, thinking about how to respond to the things Shu said. "No one you care about, hm..?" This time, he sits up, still covered in the blankets to keep himself warm.

"But, that's right, and it's something I would still do... also-- well... how should I put this?" He pauses to think for a moment, only looking up to make eye contact with Shu after he figures it out. He smiles, knowing well of the implication in his following words. "I suppose you can say I care about you even if you don't about me." Neji... He leaves it at that, really, to let Shu figure out all the meanings behind that previous sentence by himself, instead choosing to move on--or move back--to a different topic.

"Though, I still can't figure out what you meant when you asked me if I'm even human." Really though, what else could he be aside from that? "Perhaps you're wondering why it is I'm here if I died before? I'm not sure of it myself, really. I'm only familiar with one reincarnation technique that only a few people are able to do--and it requires sacrifices, so I'm positive that's not the case. Besides..."

Despite being somewhat reluctant to do so, Neji brings his hands behind his head to remove the bandages that cover his forehead, thus revealing the green curse mark that has plagued him for so long to Shu for the first time. "This... is something that I still have. It's not much, maybe, but it only goes away after death. So, I know perfectly well that I'm still alive. And human."