what a bother

It was completely out of the blue; the young heiress didn’t even noticed the blond guy before he showed up right on her face. He was fortunate enough that Mikoto had her hands occupied with her phone that she couldn’t erect her barrier.

With her tutor’s absence for God knows how many times, the young heiress felt it was the perfect day to strut her best clothes in public and buy new ones. The second objective was a big success evident in the amount of shopping bags she let hanging on both her arms.

Mikoto took off her shades to get a better look on the male, observing him from head to toe. “…You’re that idol from TV, right? What was your name again…?”

Ego bruised, Kou offered a sheepish smile as he rubbed the back of his neck due to lack of anything better to do. "Yeah yeah, I'm that idol. I'm Kou Mukami!" It was rather a rare occurrence for him to have the need introduce himself. He never had a problem about people recognizing him after all but this girl had proven to be different from any of them.

Perhaps she just wasn't fond of television? That could be the only reason. Kou was pretty certain that he was sought-after enough for everyone to know who he was just by catching a very brief glimpse of him.

Glancing up at the worn down building of the Cathedral where she another girl stood outside, Tsubame turned to her friend Ranji. She was slightly taller than Tsubame with long, black hair and with purple eyes filled with determination, in her hands she held a small camera. While Tsubame knew the existence of monsters were real, considering she was technically one herself she was worried about her friends safety, in the case that something dangerous was actually residing here.

Usually the young teen would dismiss the myths as nothing more that stories, but after hearing the attacks were similar to that of a Varuga, Tsubame felt that she couldn’t just sit still and do nothing. After all, she had spent years training with Circus to eliminate them and keeping innocent civilians safe.

“Come on Ranji, it’s probably nothing but a scary story to keep tourists coming. Let’s just go home.” Even though she knew it was hopeless considering how stubborn Ranji could be once she made up her mind about something, she still hoped to persuade her to leave so that it would be easier for her to explore without having to worry about her friend’s safety since the last thing she wanted was to be powerless to save a friend.

A frown graced the blond's lips at the memory. He never liked fighting with any of his brothers but there were just moments where he couldn't control his temper. He'd just start spouting out hurtful words here and there without meaning to and he wasn't sure if he had hurt Ruki. He could never tell given how the guy always knows how to control his reactions.

Kou's thoughts were pushed to an abrupt halt the second he picked up on the sound of footsteps entering the cathedral. He stayed still, mentally counting the number of people inside-- taking advantage of how he was concealed in the cathedral's obscurity. Two people. Not bad. He only needed one though. The blond then sat up, his crimson-hued eye allowing him to see better through the darkness. The shorter girl is cute and she looks easy.

Rage flooded her senses, and blinded her common sense- she didn’t even care if she was just mistaken, that it could have easily been any of the other members of the Mukami household, that any moment now any one of them could walk in and put a stop to this and report her to the police or something. All she knew was that she was out for blood and she wouldn’t go home without getting this hurting of her gang member, her little brother, to stop.

“I will tear. You. Apart,” she hissed in his face, carefully-manicured cherry-red nails digging even deeper into his shirt. If she had been in a totally different state of mind she would have made a remark on how cute he looked in those cat pajama pats that were a touch ridiculous, and would have even attempted to flirt with him in her flawed, clumsy way , but this was wrong, and what he was doing was so awfully wrong, and the words spilled out of her mouth naturally before she could stop them.

"Hah?" An annoyed but confused scowl curved his lips at the sound of the strange girl's slow threat. It unfazed him. If anything, he felt more ridiculous than threatened at the moment given how he was bending down a bit just so the girl could be on eye-level with him. She was rather cute, he had to admit, but it was a shame she was one of those girls who get into brawls a lot. Such a waste of a pretty face. Before the idol could open his mouth and demand for an explanation as to why she was getting all pissy at him, the female stranger beat him to it.

Hidechin? Oh.

"What are you talking about?" With a sharp tug, he ripped the girl's grip off of his shirt before straigtening up. "I don't consider Hidechin-kun lower than me." The fact that she even described him the way he described those damn aristocrats had mostly gotten under his skin but he willed himself not to lose his temper. He was nothing like those power-hungry sadists and this girl had no right to describe him as such. They just met for heaven's sake!

"What would you know about that?” Haruhi sniffed, looking away in annoyance as she crossed her arms over her chest. “For your information, none of my…friends were available for work today, so I decided to come by myself. As leader, I’m definitely capable of acting on my own, so I don’t need them, anyway!”

A little bravado went a long way, in her experience. The fact that she’d only just gotten done wishing that one of the members of her Brigade would have been able to come along was moot. It wasn’t likely that he would know what she was talking about, but that didn’t particularly matter. Something had just occurred to her, stirring the dying embers of her previous excitement back to life. 

Gazing at the strange male closely and observing his expression carefully she asked suspiciously, “Hey, what a minute…What are you doing here…? You don’t look like someone that would be interested in this sort of thing.”

Kou blinked in incredulous befuddlement when the strange girl offered him a look of genuine suspicion. But before he could ask, his eye granted him the suspicions clouding her mind and a smile graced his lips once the expected question was hurled at his direction. Such a weak attempt to turn the tables around.

"Haha! Now look who's avoiding my question?" He laughed with great jubilance before brushing past the girl to strode over to the entrance of the cathedral. He peeked inside, satisified by how the place was getting darker thanks to the sun that was gradually sliding beneath the clouds. "But I can't possibly leave a cute girl's question unanswered so..."

He turned to face her. "I'm a vampire who stays here in the cathedral on weekend nights just to feed on those stupid curious teenagers who dare each other to walk in by themselves one by one. But you can't tell anyone, yeah?" The humorous tone that laced his words should be enough to let the girl know that he was merely kidding around in spite of the truth he just spouted out. She didn't seem to know who he was after all which could only mean she was not a fan of television.

Kai was a mass of fury and anger on the verge of downright rabidity. Her hands were shaking, her vision was going red and she wanted nothing more than to wreck shit up or tear trees down. She swore that once she got to him, once she was done, he wouldn’t be able to show his face to his legion of adoring fans, much less in public, for months. 

One of the younger members, naive, timid seventeen-year-old Hideaki was coming to the compound with bruises and cuts and bite marks and even when she did her best to shake him down and get answers, he would not budge. But serving directly under Ujiyasu meant she held a certain modicum of influence, and that was enough to get her the  information she needed even without his express cooperation.

After finding out that Hideaki had been coming out from a certain house with fresh injuries every morning, Kai stormed there right away. It did surprise her that the property was relatively close to the Hojo’s, but that wasn’t on her mind right now, because right now all she could think about was wringing a certain idol’s neck. Even the tall, wrought-iron gate did very little to hinder her and she climbed that with an almost unnatural ease. She resumed her stomping right up to the front door.

"Open up! Open up this instant or I am kicking this door down! Mukami Kou, show your face, you coward!" To emphasize her point, Kai kicked at the door with a solid, six-inch heeled boot. She didn’t even care if she looked savage- all she could give any semblance of caring for was making Kou stop hurting her friend Hidechin, and she wasn’t afraid to break a few bones in the process.

The sight that awaited him was an odd one. Most of his anti-fans were guys after all but this one was just a mere brunette dressed in feminine street fashion. She didn't seem happy to see him in spite of the fact that he was the one she was evidently looking for.

"Mmfirst of all... who're you?" Kou asked in a befuddled tone, his voice still drowned in sleep. "...and second of all, I don't care. Whatever this is about, can't it wait 'till morning?" He doubted that he'd even have time for this girl tomorrow given how his schedule was packed with classes, music shows, radio shows, interviews, practice and shooting of his upcoming music video. He couldn't even find the energy to put on his usual jubilant mask on for the sake of saving his image right now. Any ordinary person would be pissed to be woken up from their sleep considering how taxing their day had been.

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOG⑥ Artist: amo.

There were numerous interesting sights and events happening about Drachill that drew the attention of many, leading new residents and tourists to flock to the city by the hundreds each and every month. Among this number were a select few the populace deemed the ‘Seven Wonders of Drachill.’ They had fascinated Haruhi from the time she was a young girl, awestruck by the idea that her hometown could truly be so exciting. As she grew older, her appreciation for these ‘Wonders’ never faded; in fact, it increased marginally over the years until the desire to know what they were all about had built up to such a degree that she felt she might burst. 

It was for this reason that she’d undertaken the ever so important job of conducting an investigation on each of those places and collecting evidence that explained without question if they were truly as wondrous as they appeared. She figured this would be the perfect job for the Brigade she’d founded. Their primary purpose was to acquire proof that extraordinary and supernatural stuff did exist. 

Unfortunately, it seemed as if she would be going at this monumental task by herself. The admittedly few members in the SOS Brigade were otherwise preoccupied. Usually this would not be a problem and she would find some way to coerce them into coming along anyway, but it couldn’t be helped this time. Haruhi was understandably disappointed by this (because investigating with others was far more fun than by oneself than she’d ever be willing to admit), but it didn’t damper her excitement any — This had been a long time in coming, and not even poor weather could stop her now!

"Alriiiiiiiiiiiiight! This is just the kind of day that’s perfect for exploring creepy old cathedrals~" Fist pumping in the air beside her head, ignoring the fact that she was effectively speaking to herself, Haruhi trotted over to a side entrance that she knew of from rumors that had circulated about the place with a certain skip in her step that broadcasted her eagerness to anyone that might happen by.

With his hands settled within the pockets of his jacket, Kou raised a brow and tilted his head slightly to the side. He hadn't seen this girl before but she seemed rather upbeat and... demanding considering the tone that laced her words. The fact that she even asked him how he died nearly brought out an amused laughter from the idol but he managed to will himself not to. Please, dying was the least of his worries.

"I don't think that's how summoning a ghost works." He smiled as he took a few more steps closer to the female stranger but reminding himself to keep a safe distance between them. "What's a cute girl like you doing snooping around here? Aren't you supposed to be with your friends? Purchasing cute keychains and whatnot?"

There was no way he could get his peace of mind in his sanctuary with this one snooping around like that lame Inspector Gadget. He needed to get rid of her and fast. He had a long week tending to his taxing idol work after all and all he wanted was to get his well-deserved rest in the cathedral. Perhaps feed on a curious teenager or two tonight but he needed to get this nosy girl out of sight.