Weak Blood

HIRAYA

Hiraya's POV

Tears flowing down my face, silently crying and looking at the ground. I thought I was used to these already. But why do I still find myself crying so bad? I hate this!

"Just leave this place, Hiraya. You have to open your eyes. You don't belong here. You don't belong in our world" Claire, one of the female vampires who's the same age as me, said with her smirking face.

"You're not even a true vampire! I don't think you have even a single drop of vampire blood. I bet they just found you in the forest" said Chloe, Claire's twin.

I heard Maira laugh. She's one of them, their bestfriend. The three of them just won't leave me alone. Bullying me has became their hobby. Saying words that really hit me deep inside.

Why do I have to be different?!

"Stay away from her" Our attention diverted to the vampire who spoke. her cold stare sent the three wicked vampires' knees to tremble. So much fear erupted in their eyes. 

"Y-Your highness" Claire stuttered before the three of them bowed their heads as a sign of respect...a thing I didn't get to recieve from the vampires here, not even once.

"I already warned you, Claire. The three of you. You all are disrespecting a royal!" Power is overflowing as she yelled at them.

"B-But, is she even a true royal blood, let alone a vampire, your highness?" Chloe whispered while still looking at her feet.

"Did I say you can speak?" Catalina coldly said that would definitely send shivers in them.

The three remained silent as fear creeped unto them. "I told you to never do something to Hiraya against my will, ever again. You disobeyed me. I already punished you the last time you did this, but you still had the guts to disobey my orders..." Catalina said as she glared at the three. Her eyes turned to red, a vampire's eye, which means she's losing her temper.

"W-We're very s-sorry, your highness" Claire answered with her frightened voice. 

"This will be the last time. the next time you do ths, you'll pay with your lives. And I will be the one killing you. I'll make it painful, making you suffer 'til your own deaths. You have my word" 

Still shaking, the three walked away. Frightened for their lives.

Catalina helped me stand on my feet. The three pushed me earlier.

"Are you fine, Aya?" Catalina asked worriedly while wiping my tears away. I noticed how her eyes turned to its normal color, hazel brown. 

"Why am I weak, Ina?" I asked, completely ignoring her question. 

She stared in my eyes, "You're not weak, Aya. There's a big difference between weak and unique. Didn't I told you that already?" She said before hugging me. 

Catalina is my cousin. But we treat each other like sisters. She's the daughter of the Vampire King, papa Victor.

***

"I heard what happened this morning, Aya. Don't worry, I've held them punished. How do you feel?" Papa Victor asked, Catalina's father and the king of vampires.

"I'm fine, papa" I answered and forced a smile.

"You're fine? How can I believe your words if you're not even moving your hands to eat?" 

i just took my eyes off of his', I'm not actually fine. I've been thinking of the reason I'm different. I didn't even notice I was not eating. My mind was clouded.

"Eat your lunch, Aya" My mom whispered who's beside me.

I took a deep breath before I started to eat.

While I was eating, my gaze turned to Ina in front of me. She's drinking blood from her wine glass. I just remembered my difference. I don't drink blood. 

Claire was right. I don't belong here. I'm not a vampire. Maybe I'm...human.

"Eat up, Aya" Mama Niera said with a small smile when she noticed I stopped eating. 

Mama Niera is papa Victor's wife and Catalina's mom.

"Am I adopted?" The noises of spoon and fork stopped and everyone's attention snapped towards me. Papa Victor, mama Niera, Catalina, and mom. Is she really my mom?

"what nonsense are you saying, Hiraya?!" Mom scolded with her furrowed eyebrows. I was just facing the table, as a tear escaped from one of my eyes.

"Why am I not gifted with abilities? I grew up with Ina. I can't just ignore the reality that I'm different from her. Different from all of you." I whispered. But with their vampire senses? They'll hear what I said.

"Of course you're not adopted! My brother was even there when I gave birth to you!" Mom quickly answered, referring to papa Victor as her brother, avoiding the topic about my difference.

"Victoria, calm down" Papa Victor said, trying to calm my raging mother.

Mother took a few deep breaths to calm herself, especially not wanting to be out of control and be taken over by her vampire blood.

"Don't talk about your difference. Ever. Again..." Mother said through her gritted teeth, still staring at me dead in the eyes. "...Understood?" She continued. "Y-Yes, Mother" I answered in a low voice.

***

I was now lying on my bed, trying to sleep. But I failed as tons of questions swam in my mind, refraining myself from falling into a peaceful sleep.

I never met my father. When I was just a kid, I would always ask Mom about my father and why I never met him. Mom would always answer that my father was killed by criminal vampires 'cause he's one of the council's fighters. And now I'm 16 years old and yet I haven't seen him, even a photo of him.

What if my mother lied? What if my father is actually a human?

I heard footsteps coming from the hallway outside my door, slowly being louder which means the person is coming closer to my room. I pretended to be asleep.

The door opened and I know who came in. She always come here every night after their animal blood hunting in the forest. Mom...

I felt the side of my bed lowered as she sat on it. She carefully caressed my cheeks. 

"I'm sorry if you're suffering, Hiraya. One day you'll know the reason. But this is not the right time. You still can't know about what happened." She whispered, talking to my sleeping(what she thought) figure.

"You really looked like him..." she said in a low voice. I felt a liquid dropped to my forehead.

Is she crying?

After a few more minutes, I felt her lips kissed me in the cheek and whispered "I love you"

She left the room and I thought of the words she just left in my mind. As my mind got tired of thinking, I slowly let darkness take over my vision and have a peaceful sleep.