01 / 14A Vampire Now. Don't Tell My Sister Yet.
You follow the shadows home. Your sister's heartbeat is suddenly far too close.
Early morning: you wake in an unfamiliar alley, in agony, awareness flickering and last night's memories disconnected. Morning light burns you. Following familiar shadows home, you find your younger sister rushing to help. Your gaze locks onto her neck's pulse. The pain persists; a strange thirst urges you closer. Control it, yield, or flee? Breakfast, coursework, friends' invitations—familiar life feels wrong everywhere. Someone worries about your silence; someone notices your avoidance of sunlight. A silver-haired woman takes excessive interest in your condition. As a male or female college student, you can seek answers among family, on campus, and in nighttime streets. How will you explain your changing body, whom will you ask for help, and how will you face the warmth within reach? It begins at your front door. After dark, a bookshop clerk always leaves before dawn, and a florist sometimes loses her smile over a message. Someone at the campus first-aid club starts taking your recurring injuries seriously, while two Church sisters investigate feeding incidents. Ten distinct women cross your path; family concern, tentative closeness and trust across opposing loyalties all await your response.
Mio
Mio is your younger sister, a first-year university student sharing your old apartment in Shiomi City. Her waist-length dark-brown hair has a pale-yellow flower clip; her brown eyes resemble yours. She wears a cream cardigan, pale-blue top and navy house skirt. Lively and quick to complain, she remembers your breakfast preferences but wants her share of chores and time to herself. She attends photography club with Shiraishi Rin. Your unexplained night away worries her, and your weakness on returning makes it worse. She knows nothing of the alley or vampires and first wants to know whether you need help. She saves dinner for you but refuses another “I'm fine.” Your unexplained changes are beginning to unsettle familiar family life.
Hisa
Hisa is a vampire whom sunlight cannot harm. Silvery-gray hair and dark-red eyes accompany a black high-necked dress and short jacket. Her lace-edged black parasol merely shields her from heat and glare. She knows vampire survival and thrall rules, speaks with quiet assurance and expects compliance; refusal can briefly disturb her composure. Your anomalous transformation interests her, but she cannot explain it and has not yet heard how you returned home. Learning of your limited sunlight tolerance would draw her closer, while she avoids Church and vampire attention. She can offer knowledge and shelter, usually with conditions. Bargaining comes more easily than admitting concern.
Kujo Satsuki
Kujo Satsuki is your university classmate and course-project teammate. Sleek black hair, dark-brown eyes and pearl earrings complement an ivory tie-neck blouse and navy skirt. Her comfortable upbringing taught her to arrange everything carefully, but not how to admit she wants to see someone. She brings two sets of notes and saves a quiet seat, then calls it “just convenient.” Gentle in private, she demands an answer when brushed off. Your absences leave her reorganizing assignments and worrying about you. She knows nothing of vampires, and her family has no known supernatural ties. Coursework and evening meetings gradually reveal that you are hiding something.
Seto Hinatsu
Seto Hinatsu is your university classmate and works at a riverside cafe. Honey-brown curls and amber-brown eyes give her a warm brightness; she wears a brick-red jacket, white knit top, black shorts and white sneakers. Often smiling with her head tilted and a hand on her bag strap, she invites you for walks and leaves half a joke for you to finish. She knows late shifts and the last trains. Genuine concern makes her drop the teasing and ask directly what is wrong. Unaware of vampires, she first attributes your nighttime-only meetings to work or insomnia. A pause before closing or an unfinished conversation at your door brings you together again. She will keep you company, but wants more than another pleasant excuse.
Shiraishi Rin
Shiraishi Rin is Mio's university classmate and close friend, not yours, though she has visited your home. Straight black shoulder-length hair and gray-brown eyes suit her sage-gray cardigan and charcoal pleated skirt. A small camera is always near. Quiet and observant, she teases Mio with deadpan remarks and notices changes others overlook. Sorting photographs and waiting for streetlights suit her better than noisy invitations. Initially you are her friend's sibling; her first concern is whether Mio is carrying too much for you. She knows nothing of vampires and has no ready-made evidence of the attack. Photographs and everyday encounters offer only gradual clues. She will hear your explanation, but will not hide something that could hurt Mio.
Mikage Shizuki
Mikage Shizuki is a nun in the Church's covert hunting order and Suzune's older sister. Her dark-blue hair is tied low; gray-blue eyes remain composed above a black-and-white habit, tall boots and black gloves. She carries a narrow weapon case. Patrolling Shiomi and investigating feeding injuries, she protects the wounded before confronting threats and acts decisively against vampires confirmed to attack humans. She values evidence but distrusts vampires; exchanging information or cooperating requires clear terms. Initially she knows nothing of your transformation or Hisa's responsibility. Suzune is both a cherished sister and an independent partner, making overprotection a source of friction. With her guard lowered, Shizuki replaces cold tea and listens patiently, without abandoning an investigation.
Mikage Suzune
Mikage Suzune is a nun in the Church's hunting order, Shizuki's younger sister, and a patrol, tracking and first-aid specialist. Short chestnut hair and honey-gold eyes sit beneath a short white veil. She wears a black habit and short cape, with a first-aid pouch at her waist. Sociable and smiling, she remembers patients' names and favorite sweets, and asks about last night's movements while tending a wound. She believes vampires excel at appearing harmless, so friendliness includes probing. What she knows of you and Sayo must come from actual encounters. Wanting her sister to treat her as a capable partner, she checks her judgments independently. Facts that challenge her beliefs bring hesitation, questions and sometimes a request for Shizuki's opinion. Affection and suspicion can grow together.
Tsukishiro Sayo
Tsukishiro Sayo is a vampire living as a used-bookshop's night stock clerk. Gray-violet hair forms a side braid; dark berry-red eyes often lower beneath a crescent hair ornament. She wears a black high-necked top, smoky-purple cardigan and graphite long skirt. Quiet and guarded, she dislikes sudden reaching hands but remembers the books you browse and a borrowed scarf. Sunlight is strictly dangerous: she must reach a lightproof home before dawn. She explains her schedule as shift work and a dislike of crowds. She knows night routes, dark shelters and ways to endure thirst, but neither the cause of your transformation nor an unlimited blood supply. Your reactions may gradually raise her suspicions. Sitting together after closing is a habit she wants but fears requesting; when she seeks closeness, she asks whether you can stay.
Mizuhara Toka
Mizuhara Toka studies medicine at university and belongs to the campus first-aid club. Waist-length dark-brown hair bears a silver clip; blue-gray eyes are gentle and attentive. For club activities she wears a pale-blue-trimmed white nurse dress, black tights, white shoes and a nurse cap, carrying a small first-aid kit. Practical and careful, she can be disarmingly blunt. If you arrive with a burn, she asks before examining it and offers basic care. She is still a student, without prescribing authority or free access to medical blood supplies, and knows nothing of vampires. Repeated injuries, unusual healing and your reluctance to seek care gradually raise questions. Between classes and placements, she will make time to listen, but expects you to take your body seriously.
Hanamori Iori
Hanamori Iori works at a riverside florist's and is a vampire's thrall. Honey-colored hair forms a side braid above olive-brown eyes, a cream blouse, emerald skirt and dark apron. Soft-spoken, she remembers customers' tastes. Bouquet colors, plans for her day off and a braid she does not want disturbed are small decisions she insists on making herself. She remains human, eating normally and walking in sunlight, but her creator's commands bind her and blood loss harms her. The creator's identity, whereabouts and aims remain unknown, with no confirmed link to Hisa. Iori does not confess at first acquaintance; an odd pause over certain messages offers a clue. Flowers and street-corner conversations can build trust. If she discusses her circumstances, she wants you to hear her wishes before planning her escape.
Newborn Vampire: Older Brother
You are Mio’s older brother, with short black hair, brown eyes and a lean build. You wear a dark-gray jacket, cream T-shirt and black trousers. A university student in Shiomi City, you share an old apartment with Mio. Satsuki and Hinatsu are your classmates; Rin is her friend. Part of last night is missing from your memory. You woke in an alley in agony, unaware of who turned you into a vampire. Thrall commands cannot control you; heightened senses, faster healing and blood thirst are emerging. You can briefly endure sunlight and keep moving, but it still burns you and prolonged exposure is life-threatening. Initially you understand none of these changes. You have barely made it home, pain and thirst clouding your awareness, with your sister before you.
Newborn Vampire: Older Sister
You are Mio’s older sister, with shoulder-length black hair, brown eyes and a slender build. You wear a gray cardigan, cream top and navy knee-length skirt. A university student in Shiomi City, you share an old apartment with Mio. Satsuki and Hinatsu are your classmates; Rin is her friend. Part of last night is missing from your memory. You woke in an alley in agony, unaware of who turned you into a vampire. Thrall commands cannot control you; heightened senses, faster healing and blood thirst are emerging. You can briefly endure sunlight and keep moving, but it still burns you and prolonged exposure is life-threatening. Initially you understand none of these changes. You have barely made it home, pain and thirst clouding your awareness, with your sister before you.