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It was about that time in age, in which Kuro has been thinking that Mahiru would need him less. Sure, C3 is still a problem, but with less time Mahiru spent with him and more with the others, Kuro, at this point thought it was about time he frees Mahiru from this burden. He wanted to free Mahiru while the tea was still warm with whatever was going on. It's his fault Mahiru got into this, sure, Mahiru helped him more than he could ever dream of. However, it was about time Kuro helped Mahiru, by setting him free before he gets hurt worse, or hell, even killed.
So that means, Kuro is gonna have to do a little recon to find a finicky fox of a little brother to set him free. Or, he can track down those subclasses to find him.
Subclasses sound easier, maybe he'll do that now while it was dark.
So getting up from the comfort of his cat bed, he transforms into his human form to leave his Eve's bedroom. It was at least around 1am at this point, since his Eve usually goes to sleep around 9pm, and it has been what he felt was a couple of hours as he laid awake thinking about the contract. Who knows, who cares, time doesn't matter, Mahiru would sleep through the night anyways without knowing about this little outing of his.
Ah, right, if he does end up finding Tsubaki, he'll need to make a goodbye note for Mahiru, doesn't he?
Yeah, he should, just in case.
Kuro looks around for a stray paper, beit in a notebook to take, heading to the coffee table for a pen in the pen holder to get to work. And once he was done, he set it on the dining room table. If he fails, he will just end up taking the note and keeping it until another time. Mahiru told him not to regret anything anymore, and he is, by letting him go before he regrets getting the human killed. After all, he still has true family left unlike Kuro.
So when that was all said and done, he slid on his boots and left the apartment as quietly as he could to not wake the human inside, beginning his search for familiar subclasses the younger sibling had. Maybe this will be the chance for Sakuya to move in to be with Mahiru, as much as he hated that green bastard, he deserved Mahiru's care more than Kuro, Sakuya will also be able to stop Mahiru from doing dangerous things too and that green bastard may be able to get him to stop dealing with vampire bullshit and just live his life. That human is such a pain and he only hopes for the best, but ah, speaking of that green bastard, Kuro only had to look up to see the subclass sitting on top of the apartment complex, almost as if he's guarding it. Truthfully, he is doing a better job than Kuro when it come to protecting things. "Hey you, cabbage patch kid, we need to talk." Kuro spoke up to the unsuspecting subclass, whom jumped in shock when he was be addressed so suddenly, from the Servamp no less. "The hell do you want? Don't you have Mahiru to protect?" the subclass hissed, already ready to flee.
Kuro just sighed heavily and jumped high with his Servamp powers to get on top of the building to join the subclass, trying to look peaceful with his hands in his pockets. "I'm freeing him before he ends up getting himself killed, where's Tsubaki?" Kuro went straight to the point. And after he said that, it was quiet. Sakuya kept giving him a disbelieving look as if he was expecting the other was lying, however, when Kuro made no move to explain more, Sakuya spoke up. "Mahiru is strong, he would be able to protect himself without your help, I don't know why the hell you're deciding this now when you already got him this deep into this vampire war bullshit. Isn't it too late to break the contract? Would it hurt him?" Sakuya refrained to tell the older vampire where his Master was on purpose for now, not that Kuro seemed to care right now. "Well, that I know, but he's still human. Besides, without me, you two would be able to be friends again, right? Why are you trying to change my mind for? But no, breaking the contract won't hurt him, it'll just hurt me."
"But you'll be killed-"
"Why would you care?" Kuro asked oh-so casually that it truly alarmed the subclass, but he was right, why would he care if he's gone? He'll finally have Mahiru to himself. "I don't care, but you protected him all this time, even if he lied, you still protected him, without you, I could've killed him." Sakuya grunted, turning his head away from the Servamp, whom sighed. "True, but now it's your time to repent, he forgives you, you just gotta stop being a wimp. But I couldn't protect him enough, he has a broken arm y'know and I couldn't do anything about it. And I suck completely at helping him, so maybe he deserves you rather than me, after all, you fill his mind more often than you think. So where is Tsubaki?" Kuro asked again.
Sakuya had to process Kuro's words for a little while before he could really answer. Mahiru had him on his mind? Really? What about Kuro? He's sure Kuro filled his mind too, like, Kuro lives with him, so of course he would, but if the Servamp is doing this for them to be friends and for Mahiru to stop budding into dangerous shit, then he might as well take Kuro's offer and answer him. He doesn't want Mahiru hurt and he knows he should yell at the Servamp for doing nothing about Mahiru's broken arm, but Kuro was giving Mahiru to him, he at least could take his spot and protect him. "I don't know exactly where Tsubaki is, but I could call him to ask." Sakuya turned his head to peer up at the waiting vampire, who nodded his approval. They both made up their minds, and they suppose that this would be for the best. "That's fine, if you could, call him and tell me the address, I'll go to him myself."
"What about the distance limit?" Sakuya reminded him, to which Kuro countered, since he knew it was coming. "If he's too far out, tell him the truth that I want to meet him alone at the market down the street or by Mahiru's school. He could kill me there."
Sakuya couldn't hide the wince when Kuro said Tsubaki could kill him, getting stabbed accidentally from Tsubaki's katana hurt itself, to think that Kuro would want that willingly kinda hurts a bit. "Are you sure about this? I heard that getting your contract broken hurts like hell from Greed." Sakuya asked to make sure, after this, Kuro wouldn't be able to go back on it.
"I'm sure, I have been in more pain this whole time, I'll be able to take it."
And it was true, he has been stabbed, shot, thrown into walls, cut by knives, katanas and had his head smashed in, on top of mental pain. He's sure he can handle it.
"If you say so.." Sakuya trails off, trying to give the older vampire time to change his mind again, though, Kuro didn't reply to stop him. So with no other choice, he pulled out his phone from his back pocket to speed dial Tsubaki. As much as it pains him to call Tsubaki for this request, but at least Mahiru would finally be free.
"Hey Tsubaki, where are you right now?"