"Shuichi!" you called, carefully running up to the red head. Your hands shook a bit but you didn't drop the project in your hands. It was after school and almost everyone had left. Shuichi Minamino was still cleaning up in the classroom, however. Just like the Drama Club said he would.

He turned and smiled at you, "Ah.....______, right?"

You nodded, "The Drama Club asked me to deliver this to you! It's part of their project for the club gala in the school festival!"

You handed it to him and he seemed to smirk a bit. It was a black box covered in roses on the inside. The obscured your view but underneath the petals you could see, scrawled in beautiful calligraphy, "Romeo & Juliet."

"A rose by any other name~" you smiled. "Do you like the play Minamino? Romeo and Juliet, I mean?"

"I've never seen it. I personally thought it was a silly idea to kill yourself for love," he said darkly. You never personally knew Shuichi, but from what you heard he was a really nice guy. He was also said to be scary when he wanted to.

You smiled and swirled the rose the Drama Club gave you and said, "Well, if you are so in love with someone, that you are willing to die than be without them~"

Okay, so you were flirting a bit. It was just a little, besides you are a capable girl for your age. If he flirted back then you at least knew that you were attractive enough for the most beautiful boy in the school.

He smiled, "Well I guess that's one way of putting it...."

"What would you do Shuichi? If you loved someone so much that you didn't even want to share them with anyone else, what would you do?"

Shuichi looked at you, shocked as to you would ask him of all people about what he would do in a situation involving love.

"I.....don't know....."

"Sure ya do~ You're just to embarrassed to say it~"

He looked away. You hovered around him, trying to make eye contact, "Come on~ Say it~ What would you do~?"

"I'd probably kill them if I loved them that much," he said coldly. You froze, not expecting that answer to come from Shuichi's mouth.

"E-Eh?"

Shuichi crossed his arms and leaned back, watching you, "If I loved someone that much, to where I didn't want to share them with anyone, I'd probably kill them. Then I would at least know that they were mine."

You felt a wave of cool air creep up your spine.

"Say......______, was it~?"

You backed against the wall of the classroom. He placed a hand on the wall above you and leaned down. He used his other hand to grab you chin and lift it up so your eyes met each other.

"Are you signing up for that position~?"

You reached your hand up and touched his cheek. You smiled softly.

Slap.

Shuichi grabbed his cheek. You blew some hair out of your face and said, "You wish Shuichi Minamino."

You grabbed your bag and lifted it higher on your shoulder.

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Kurama ⁕ ⁕ ⁕

I sat in her window, my white hair blowing forward. My hair casted over her sleeping figure like a mystic veil. I stared at her, looking for a reason why I had come to her room to watch her sleep for the fifth time that week.

'Damn her......'

I reached out a hand and let my fingers ghost over her soft skin. She shivered as wind blew over her.
I stepped on her bed lightly, the mattress barely sinking. I laid down next to her, stroking her arm. She moved back against me.

I propped myself on my elbow and tilted her head so she faced me. My finger traced the outline of her lips. My claw cut her lip so smoothly that she didn't even flinch. Blood began to pour from her bottom lip.

Unable to control myself, I kissed her softly.

Of course, she wasn't going to wake up. I was a demon. Most of us turned into incubi or succubi.

I licked the blood off and sucked the rest out from her lip until only a small drop remained.

I kissed her forehead and whispered, "Tomorrow...."

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You ⁕ ⁕ ⁕

You licked your bottom lip again, only to feel searing pain.

"Seriously, I didn't think pain like this existed....."

"What did you do to hurt it anyway?" asked your friend Chihiro. You and her were heading back home after a long day of nothingness.

"I don't know, but it feels like it's numb when I don't touch it, and when I do touch it.....it feels like its blistering...."

You then stopped dead in your tracks. You looked over your shoulder and saw two green eyes staring at you. Shuichi was standing ten feet behind you and Chihiro.

"_______? Oh! Hello Shuichi-"

In a flash, Chihiro was smashed into the fence by a thorny whip. You ran over to her and looked up at Shuichi.

"WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! YOU COULD HAVE KILLED HER!"

"That was the point," he seethed. He grabbed you by the forearm. You pulled away from him and reared back your fist. He caught it before you made contact with his face. He twisted your arm back and said huskily in your ear, "I could break it......Do you want that?"

"Go ahead......Does it look like I care?" you growled, but in all honesty you were scared.

Just then, you heard a crack. Then pain flushed over you and you screamed. Really, it wasn't a scream. It was a choked cry.

You then saw black and red. Lots of red.

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Kurama ⁕ ⁕ ⁕

I sighed, "You really are a handful _______......."

I picked up the limp girl and kissed her head.

"Shh......We have a bit of a journey ahead of us.....The demon world isn't just around the corner you know....._______....."

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I watched as she finally began to move again. I stroked her hair. Her wounds were all healed thanks to some rare plant seeds I found. I smiled at the beautiful white dress she wore. She looked like a bride.

Well, a metal collar isn't usually on a bride, but everyone is different.

'Everything is perfect now.....'

Her eyes fluttered open. She jumped back at the sight of me.

"Wh-Who are you.....?" she asked nervously.

"Shuichi Minamino is just an alias.....My real identity is Yoko Kurama...." I said leaning over her.

She blushed a bit, "U-Uh could you please not d-do that.....?"

I moved my head next to hers and whispered, "And you are my lover from this day forward......"

Her eyes widened, "Where am I?"

"Makai......The Demon World......You should feel honored......I'm rather famous....." I said kissing her neck.

"P-Please just let me go home....."

"No....."

"Why?!" she cried.

"I won't let them look at you. You're mine."

"Please.....I don't love you!"

At her words, I stood up and pulled the chain connected to her throat. She sat up and gripped the bed trying to force herself back. I grabbed her face and said, "After this, you will love me......"

I pushed her back on the bed, "A little white without food might do it~"

"You're immortal now, thanks to these certain seeds I found," I said turning around and walking away.

"You're a monster!" she screamed. "Do you hear me?! A MONSTER!"

"'A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet,'" I said, smiling back at her.

"I'll see you in a few hundred years _______."