12. Speaking Shadows (1/2)

title: of the darkness||chapter: speaking shadowscharacters: ryou, shou, camulachapters: 12-25||words: 1,031||total: 13,648genre: family, supernatural||rated: pg-13challenge: diversity writing challenge, ygo gx, j6, multi-chapter with 15-25 chaptersnotes: it's an au. it involves vampires.summary: shou invites his

other in after ryou returns from a long trip away. that is his first mistake. it only gets worse from there.

from the shadows surrounding him came a deeply amused laugh. no matter how shou twisted and turned, he couldn't find where it came from, much less who it came from. he twisted himself around in the chair, trying to at least get comfortable while he figured out what was going on, still staring into the shadows.

he might have been right about how strong you are, the voice mused, and shou could not help but associate it with the feeling he'd had whenever that awareness he'd never liked stared at him. though you're not nearly as strong as you should be, being his

other.

shou's head snapped up and he glared in the direction he thought the voice came from. "what are you talking about?" his memories hadn't fully filled themselves in yet, but he knew that he had a

other and that his

other cared deeply for him, and vice versa.

you still don't remember, of course. i am not surprised. he very nearly sated his thirst with you. as he should have. the words sliced through the air, though shou also could not have said if he heard them with his ears or his mind. they seemed a strange mixture of both.

"make some sense!" he demanded. "who are you and what do you know about my

other?"

i know that he belongs to me, and that you belong to him now. again there was laughter, and it wasn't any more truly amused or happy than any other time had been.

"i am not anyone's property!" he knew that quite well, regardless of what else he didn't now. "what makes you say that?"

ghostly fingers touched the side of his neck. shou jerked around, staring, still hoping to get some glimpse of whoever this was. he thought he saw a fleeting shape, an image that could possibly be that of a woman, but nothing more, and the shadow, if that was even what it was, faded away the moment he noticed it.

because it's true. he did not change you, but he has tasted your blood and you have tasted his. you will do as he says. again a smooth, amused chuckle. not that you ever did otherwise. but now you have no more choice in the matter.

shou shook his head, ignoring the pain that surged in his neck when he did so. "you're still not making any sense!"

only because you no longer remember what you saw or what has been going on. but if you did, you would know exactly what you are now: his slave. you will serve him without question, protecting him to the best of your ability.