Call of the Night (よふかしのうた)

Kabura! Last call!

Let's hit one more bar!

You said that after the last few.

You've had more than enough.

Your lips say no, but your eyes say you're having a blast.

Well... fine. You're right.

Getting drunk is fun. It lowers your inhibitions.

Hello, ladies!

Looks like you two could use a drink.

Wanna join us? Our treat.

Sure!

No more...

Can't keep up...

Oh yeah!

The hospital director agreed to hiring you.

Is that true?

Yep.

'Cause, y'know, the director's a vamp too.

I never knew that!

Oh, I never told you?

No, you haven't!

I'll work hard!

Yeah.

Here ya go. You'd better savor it.

Thank you!

Hooray! Blood!

The hospital's blood supply is limited.

You need to start hunting.

I know, but...

Well...

Hey, take your time.

Off to work!

Midnight alight sees ego, desire, regrets come and go

Vision blurred by rain I see your wet silhouette in a neon glow

Please don't wake until the morning, time will flow

Woo yeah, yeah, yeah

With a resigned face I say goodnight

Thought I'd caught up, but it's a mirage

Lemme feel you like I did in those days

Thrown away any dignity I had for show

I fucked up in so many ways, yeah

Night doesn't go by slow

A lighter in the dark but the gas is low

Status quo

Hold up a sec, huh

I got a family, I got a life

Won't be torn away

Before I could even start lying she had me straddled

La di la di la la

Today she's humming a tune while unlocking my suite

Walks to her own beat

It started 20 years ago but now we're on repeat

Gotta choose, a place in the sun or embrace darkness so sweet

Write more

Sing more

Demands then laughs

We melt into tomorrow just as you planned

Not that I care, as you see

Can't stop ya, ha ha ha

With a resigned face I say goodnight

Thought I'd caught up, but it's a mirage

Lemme feel you like I did in those days

Thrown away any dignity I had for show

I fucked up in so many ways, yeah

Night doesn't go by slow

A lighter in the dark but the gas is low

Status quo

Before I became a vampire, I set aside samples of my human blood.

By sipping from them, I'm able to rebuild my memories.

Any questions up to this point?

Yeah. Who the hell is Nanakusa Haru?

No way that was me.

I'll get to that.

But first, Nazuna, come here.

Let me do your hair.

Hey, sorry!

You've been too busy to hang out with me lately.

I said I'm sorry!

Oh, I'll have oolong tea.

You're not drinking?

Mind if I do?

Go for it.

Just taking care of myself.

Your body? Don't tell me you're on a diet.

Of course not!

It's not like that.

Cheers!

So there's something you oughta know.

I'm thinking of getting married.

Wow.

What the hell?

I'm soaked!

I'm so sorry, sir! I didn't mean to!

Let me make it up to you. Charge me for the dry cleaning.

Don't sweat it. Just a hazard of the job!

I'm so glad!

Uh, can you get her another?

Sure thing!

Now, what were we talking about?

Oh, yeah.

I'm getting married. Without all the paperwork.

You're marrying another vampire?

Here's your beer! Thanks for wait—

No, a human.

Still cool!

Oh, good!

A human?

What do you mean?

Why?

Well, I thought it'd be interesting.

Plus...

I'm pregnant.

Didn't know that could happen!

It's fine!

I'm really sorry.

All good!

Haru's not my lover, and we could never make a child together.

I'm just someone she turned.

I'm sorry, Kabura.

Dear Kabura,

I apologize for saying goodbye to you this way.

I have a favor to ask.

Could you please check in on my kid sometimes?

I don't know what to expect from a half-vampire, half-mortal child.

I know it's selfish of me, but you're the only one I can trust.

I don't know if she'll know how to drink blood.

Or will she eat human food instead?

I didn't have enough time to find out.

Clearly, she's no ordinary human.

However, she's never woken up.

Kabura, please...

Take care of our daughter.

I don't want to.

I don't want to.

I'll just kill her.

This is stupid.

A vampire-human hybrid?

Maybe it's already dead.

You might be shocked by the uncanny resemblance, but she's my daughter after all.

Her name is...

Good morning,

Nazuna.

So, Nazuna.

You're the daughter of a vampire named Nanakusa Haru and a human.

Your mother asked me to look after you.

You were born a vampire.

That's about it.

Do you have any questions?

Thanks.

Huh? A long braid?

S-So Nazuna didn't get turned? She never fell in love?

That's what I said. You're slow on the uptake, aren't you?

Yeah, Kou.

S-Sorry.

Huh? Nazuna, are you processing all this?

There's no reason to not believe her.

Hey, may I ask you something?

Sure.

Vampires forget their human lives, right?

If I never had a human life, why can't I remember stuff?

Yamori, how old are you?

My age?

I'm 14.

Do you remember being three? Or two?

What was your first word?

Can you accurately describe your very first memory?

When I met Nazuna, she was emotionally a newborn.

She didn't even know how to speak.

I'd never taken care of a child.

I didn't know what to do.

To teach her how to eat, I brought her to the hospital and fed her from the blood bank.

That was when I filled out that appointment card.

It was a formality. I was the only one who saw it.

When I met Nazuna, she already looked like this.

I never questioned it.

Maybe that's normal for vampire-human hybrids.

A while after that, I taught her how to speak, and—

I've said enough.

Now don't come back here.

Huh? Wait, there's still...

When I look at Nazuna, it brings back painful memories.

The few years I spent with you were the hardest of my life.

H-Hey!

If you've never been human, that means you don't have a weakness.

So that detective lady can't kill you.

Yeah.

I feel weird around Kabura.

Not bad, but kinda nervous.

I think she feels the same.

Nazuna.

Y-You drain the patients' blood?!

Is that what you've been doing all this time?!

I just take a little extra during a blood draw.

No one notices.

I've even got some of your blood. Want it?

What? Really?

How do I know that's my own memory?

Did I do the right thing, Haru?

Is this what you wanted?

Um, do you have a sec?