[Natsuno, like Tohru, has been scarred and broken. Sometimes he doesn't know how to deal with it, a lot of the time that's the case.]
No, he died before I did. I saw the girl who did it...she made sure I did. She was sending me a message. The night I saw Shimizu bite him, I didn't believe it. Tohru seemed fine, it felt like a dream. He died a few days later.
[He sighs a little again.]
After the funeral I began to research what...how Shimizu could be walking around. About vampires. I watched terrible movies, I read as many books as I could. From there, I encountered two others who were suspicious like me and the three of us found our first vampire and we...we didn't know what to do. I knocked him out on instinct with a shovel. We half buried him, intending on getting someone in the morning, but he as gone. At that point Tatsumi decided I was going to be a problem.
[His tone changes a bit, a little darker.]
He was completely right. I was angry, and they needed to be stopped. They sent someone to the house, to gain entry, which they did and as soon as I heard that, I knew. I knew it was going to come down to them sending someone for me. It took two days, I sat there, I waited. I had a wrench and I thought I'd knock one out again, capture it and tell everyone.
[He lets out another sigh, a little on the heavier side.]
Tatsumi is a real sadistic tactician. He sent Tohru. Tohru who's standing outside my window, tapping on it and speaking my name and I just...I couldn't think. Not when it came to him. All I had to do was keep the window locked but it was him and when he fled, I ran after him. I can't explain it, it's completely illogical.
[Natsuno pauses to consider that. It was the dumbest thing he could have done.]
I met Tatsumi then. I didn't find Tohru, but I met him, and Shimizu appeared. They cornered me like it was a game. Tohru came from behind and bit me. He didn't come back the next night, but he came back the night after that. I tried to talk to him. If there was some way he could live. We could leave, he wouldn't have to kill anyone, he could have my blood.
He didn't accept it...he felt trapped. At that point though, after being bitten again, I was feeling the effects pretty hard. I don't think I could have left if I wanted to. I didn't want to leave him there alone.
Aren't I stupid?
He came back the next night, and bit me in the window and the final night he had to come to my bed. I had my father leave the window open. What was the point by then? My father removed the protection that Akira and Kaori brought for me. I still thought he'd come around. I hoped he would. He was sympathetic. He cried a lot but he still killed me.
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No, he died before I did. I saw the girl who did it...she made sure I did. She was sending me a message. The night I saw Shimizu bite him, I didn't believe it. Tohru seemed fine, it felt like a dream. He died a few days later.
[He sighs a little again.]
After the funeral I began to research what...how Shimizu could be walking around. About vampires. I watched terrible movies, I read as many books as I could. From there, I encountered two others who were suspicious like me and the three of us found our first vampire and we...we didn't know what to do. I knocked him out on instinct with a shovel. We half buried him, intending on getting someone in the morning, but he as gone. At that point Tatsumi decided I was going to be a problem.
[His tone changes a bit, a little darker.]
He was completely right. I was angry, and they needed to be stopped. They sent someone to the house, to gain entry, which they did and as soon as I heard that, I knew. I knew it was going to come down to them sending someone for me. It took two days, I sat there, I waited. I had a wrench and I thought I'd knock one out again, capture it and tell everyone.
[He lets out another sigh, a little on the heavier side.]
Tatsumi is a real sadistic tactician. He sent Tohru. Tohru who's standing outside my window, tapping on it and speaking my name and I just...I couldn't think. Not when it came to him. All I had to do was keep the window locked but it was him and when he fled, I ran after him. I can't explain it, it's completely illogical.
[Natsuno pauses to consider that. It was the dumbest thing he could have done.]
I met Tatsumi then. I didn't find Tohru, but I met him, and Shimizu appeared. They cornered me like it was a game. Tohru came from behind and bit me. He didn't come back the next night, but he came back the night after that. I tried to talk to him. If there was some way he could live. We could leave, he wouldn't have to kill anyone, he could have my blood.
He didn't accept it...he felt trapped. At that point though, after being bitten again, I was feeling the effects pretty hard. I don't think I could have left if I wanted to. I didn't want to leave him there alone.
Aren't I stupid?
He came back the next night, and bit me in the window and the final night he had to come to my bed. I had my father leave the window open. What was the point by then? My father removed the protection that Akira and Kaori brought for me. I still thought he'd come around. I hoped he would. He was sympathetic. He cried a lot but he still killed me.