"This is beautiful!" Aiko breathed. Elaine beamed and laughed, "I knew you'd upendo it!" Elaine had called Aiko's apartment at five in the morning, telling her (well, zaidi like yelling at her) to come to a spot in the park. In that spot was a bench facing a brilliant, crystal-clear waterfall that flowed around the bench like a sparkling moat. An authentic wooden bridge with white and blue roses woven in the railings connected the park with the solitary bench.
"We're going to meet your brother in such a beautiful place?" Aiko gaped.
"Yeah!" Elaine exclaimed, flopping down on the bench and grinning at her. "And it's in the open, so since wewe don't trust us..."
"You picked the most visible spot," Aiko finished for her, smiling. "Thanks Elaine."
"Is that him?" Elaine gasped. Aiko wasn't listening; she was staring at the beachfront.
Toyo took me there once, in his car... she thought bitterly. That was also the siku he kissed me.
Aiko blinked in amazement when she noticed somebody walk onto the same spot she was watching. It looked remarkably like Toyo, but with a long trench coat, a hat and a pair of black sunshades. Aiko opened her mouth to call out, "Toyo..." but she remembered the promise she had made to him earlier: Toyo did not exist in her world anymore, along with X Academy and the other vampires. Aiko forced herself to look away, ignoring Elaine's yells of, "Blaine!" and staring firmly at her lap, forcing herself not to cry.
"Miss, are wewe alright?" alisema a gentle and somewhat amused voice from behind her. The voice sounded familiar to Aiko. She turned around. At first she thought she was looking at Elaine with shorter hair, but then she realized...
Blaine and Elaine were twins. They both had the same thin, gentle face, the same beautiful brown eyes, the same spiky black hair, although Blaine's fell just below his ears.
"Yes, I'm fine," she smiled, shaking his hand. It felt smooth and cool, like Toyo's, and somehow sent a static shock up her arm.
"My name is Aiko Johnson," she introduced herself. Blaine bent down and lightly brushed his lips over the juu of Aiko's hand.
"It's a pleasure," he alisema airily. "I'm Blaine Matthews."
"Aiko thinks you're a spy from the Vampire Society," Elaine giggled.
"Elaine!" Aiko whined. Blaine just widened his smile and laughed, "It's smart to be wary. But I'm against the Society now."
"What made wewe switch sides?" Aiko asked curiously. Blaine actually hesitated before replying.
"You, I suppose," he alisema quietly. Aiko blinked up at him.
"Eh?" she alisema incredulously. "Me?"
"Yes you. I don't think it's fair that the Vampire Society is deciding to randomly target a human girl out of the blue. I didn't really like their decision-making beforehand, but now they've taken it too far."
"But... it's not out of the blue!" Aiko protested. "I have the power to cure half-vampires and turn them into humans au true vampires! It's no wonder why the Vampire Society wants my power!"
"Either way, you're still an innocent girl," Blaine alisema firmly. "They have no reason to do what they're doing." Elaine smiled and automatically knew that Blaine and Aiko would definitely become good friends.

Aiko was invited to hang out with Blaine and Elaine at Blaine's house. When Aiko arrived she knew they had under-exaggerated. Blaine's so called 'house' was zaidi like a mansion in the inside. It had black painted walls, red carpets, real oak tables -- each adorned with a vase of either black au red roses -- and black velvet couches. A solid oak grand kinanda sat in the corner. Blaine appeared behind a corner.
"Oh, you're here!" he alisema happily.
"Your house is beautiful!" Aiko gasped, gaping around. Blaine laughed embarrassedly and said, "Excuse the decor, but I like black and red."
"No, you're decor is gorgeous," Aiko smiled. "I prefer black and red also."
"Really?" Blaine asked amazedly. Aiko nodded and then glanced at the piano.
"You play?" she alisema curiously.
"Yes," he admitted.
"Show me!" Aiko laughed, pulling him toward the kinanda as if they had been Marafiki for life instead of Marafiki for a day. Blaine sat down and played. Aiko was shocked as beautiful muziki reverberated against the black walls, somehow lightening Aiko's spirits.
"Beethoven's nineth symphony?" she alisema happily.
"Yes," Blaine said, smiling at her as he continued to play. "It's supposed to be a duet, but Elaine can't play the--" He stopped his sentence short when Aiko plunked down inayofuata to him and began playing the sekunde part. He almost missed a note when their fingers brushed.
"You play beautifully," he exclaimed.
"So do you," Aiko smiled.
"Hey, what are wewe guys doing?" alisema Elaine, popping her head from around the jikoni corner.
"Playing," Blaine said. Aiko sudenly saw Blaine rip his hands away from the keys. She turned around in alarm.
Blaine's eyes were glowing red like burning coals. He clutched his throat and began coughing uncontrollably.
"Blaine is a half-vampire?" Aiko cried out. "Elaine, it's your brother who bit you?" Elaine nodded, eyeing her brother worriedly. Blaine was immediately hit with a blast of Aiko's scent when she turned her head. He lunged at her, kicking back the chair and pinning Aiko to the ground. Without warning Blaine's fangs pierced Aiko's neck. The familiar blazing pain shot up from the bite on Aiko's wrist and ripped through her body like fire. But somehow the pain was different; it was duller than the pain Toyo's fangs gave her and Blaine seemed to be trying extremely hard to be gentle.
"Stop!" he gasped out, pushing himself away.
"He's not finished," Aiko gasped. "His eyes are still red." She grabbed Blaine's shoulders and pulled him closer towards the blood pouring out of the open wound on her neck.
"No... not from you..." he choked.
"Shut up and drink," Aiko ordered. Blaine gave himself in to the blood-deprived beast inside of him. He grabbed both of Aiko's wrists and pinned her to the ukuta again, running his tongue down her neck. Aiko flinched when her old wound on her wrist twinged a little.
"Aiko..." Elaine whispered.
"You don't have to make him replenish off of wewe anymore, Elaine," Aiko alisema quietly, as Blaine continued to suck her blood.
"But... I've been doing it since I was a baby!"
"Don't worry, I'm used to it," Aiko mumbled.
"AIKO!" screeched Blaine's voice just as she collapsed.