"Ngh…"
"Hmmm?"
I looked down to see Ai was slowly waking up. Her eyes were trying to open but they were not able to get used to the light that quick. The room was not really well lit honestly. It was only the sunlight that was illuminating in the room. It was kept cool due to the air conditioning. A blanket was covering her body now since I was worried about her feeling too cold. I don’t know if vampires get sick but I don’t want to test that theory.
"Rise and shine sleepy head," I said softly kissing her head. The little frown she had due to the light turned into a calm smile and she reached out her hand to grab my leg. She dragged her body sluggishly and rested it on my lap. I kept caressing her hair keeping her calm and I am pretty sure I heard her purr. "You very much look like a cat."
"Mmmh…I don’t know," she said softly in a sleepy voice. It is better that she is in a jolly mood as she wakes up. Rembering how she was put in this state before would not be a wise choice. Though it is not a topic I can honestly ignore. Just, not right away at least. "You’re so warm…"
"I’m glad to know that," I said and she wrapped her hands around my waist. "Now, now, I am not going anywhere you know."
"Still," she replied and buried her face in my legs. "I want to be as close as I can to you."
"I can’t really say anything much to that face now, can I?" I said amused by the scene. "How are you feeling?"
"Lazy," she replied. "And a little dizzy…"
"Want a snack?" I asked her and she nodded her head.
I put my wrist before her and she looked at it for so second. Then she slowly got up and sat in my lap. Her arms were wrapped around my neck and I knew what she wanted. Looks like feeding in this position was the most comfortable for her. I pulled her closer to and tilted my head to the side exposing my neck. She bit my neck gently and it didn’t hurt this ti.
Ai started gently sucking my blood taking as much ti as she could. Before we realized it, rather than it being an intimate activity, it was more calming than anything else. I traced my fingers against her back. I never realized just how fragile she would have felt in my arms.
My eyes examined her neck and though it looked so delicate and tasty, I wasn’t in the mood to feed on blood. The one I had from Akira in the morning was enough for now. Maybe the evening would be a good ti to do that.
Ai kept taking little sips of my blood clinging to and I closed my eyes and pulled her close. I don’t know how long she was going to take but I will let her take her ti. After all, it was sothing I also quite enjoyed. It felt more ticklish than anything now that I am used to it. Having blood sucked from you every day does make your body quite used to the feeling.
After so more minutes, Ai was done but she rested her head on my shoulder. She didn’t really use her blood to close the wound because it healed the mont she took her teeth off of my neck.
"So…how did I end up here?" she finally asked. "Last thing I rember, we were in the VEO, and then, Natsumi-san…"
"Yes, about that, Ai. Why did you do that?" I asked her and I could feel her body tense up. "I am not scolding you here. I just want to know why you suddenly jumped at her."
"It’s because…she hurt you," she said holding tighter. "I can’t allow sothing like that to happen. No one has the right to hurt my Kazu-kun."
"She is my guardian you know. I owe a lot to her," I tried explaining. "And over anything, she is my family. She is important to ."
"And ?" Ai said facing . Her eyes looked serious but I don’t understand why she is asking such a thing. "Am I not important to you?"
"What are you asking? Of course, you are important to ," I said. "Ai is very important to ."
"Then why am I the only one who gets told off by you when it is sothing between and her?" she asked.
"I am not telling you off Ai, I just wanted to know why you acted that way. You understand it too right that what she did was sothing normal for soone who cares for you to do when you make a mistake like that?" I tried my best to explain myself.
She stared right at and then raised her hand. Wait, there is no way, right? She swung her hand at and I stared right at her but right before she could touch my face, she stopped her hand. I could see it trembling, I know, Ai needs to be reassured, I am trying my best but seeing her acting this was frustrating too. Natsumi-san is a mother figure to , no matter how much I love Ai, I can’t have her say things against Natsumi-san.
"Why did you not flinch?" she asked but I stared right at her. I raised my hand to grab her cheek but for the first ti, she pulled away. "Why did you not flinch?"
"Because I know you will never hurt ," I said leaning forward wanting to calm her down. I can hear it, more like feel it. Ai’s emotions were all over the place, her heart was beating so loudly and I could sll the scent of anger mixed with fear. Such a conflicting sight. "Ai, this isn’t you. Please calm down."
"This isn’t ? What are you saying Kazu-kun?" she sounded sowhat offended by what I said. "I had always been like this; I tried my best to suppress these feelings because for once I thought I could trust more people other than you but I couldn’t."
"What?" I asked confused by the words she was saying. "But what about your friends…you trust them right?"
"Only to a certain extent, but if I had to choose I could leave them if it ant I had to be with you. Do you not understand? How do I truly feel?" she sounded frustrated. Her breath was ragged and I could feel her body trembling trying to rember sothing. "You…you…were dead, right before my eyes. I thought the people with you there would protect you, they would be able to do sothing about that and keep you safe while I was not around."
"And they did, Akira pulled out at the last mont and saved my life," I justified myself. "If not for her, I would actually be dead, eaten by those critters."
No, this is getting out of hand. This was nothing but two teenagers ranting. It is not how I should be acting. Then why am I being so agitated by this?
"Ai, what is all this about? Why are you acting like this?" I asked being lost by what was going on now. This all started with Natsumi-san and all and now we were talking about Akira for so reason.
"It’s frustrating!" she ended up shouting. "It is so frustrating. You are too weak Kazu-kun!"
The words from Ai pained . I gritted my teeth and clenched my fist. I couldn’t deny it, that was how I felt all this ti but being told this by Ai sohow hurt even more.
"You are too weak! You can’t protect yourself!" she went on. "And neither could I! I was lying there in that place helpless and you know what I did? I cried out your na. The person I wanted to protect is the one I am begging to be here to save . How pathetic is that?!"
"What is pathetic about it? Who said you have to be the one shouldering?" I contradicted my own resolve.
"It is!" she continued. "I want to protect Kazu-kun because he cannot protect himself. He needs to be protected and not protect all the ti."
She said it again and it hurt more. It was almost as if my weakness was a big burden to her and I thought I understood that. Ai had to work extra hard to make sure I was safe from the beginning but that doesn’t an I can’t get stronger. Changes are happening to and I am not as weak as I was before. Maybe it was the feeling and wanting to be acknowledged to be soone who has grown stronger in Ai’s eyes that made so angry.
"I need to be protected? What about you then? You are not that strong yourself?" I said raising my voice at her. Her eyes widened looking at . I didn’t realize but tears were welling up in her eyes. "No…I- "
"I don’t care about !" she yelled at the top of her lungs. "Kazu-kun is all that matters to . He is the only reason I am able to survive this long. Do you not understand how much I love you?"
"Ai, but you cannot just justify all this with the fact that you love. What? You have no sense of self-preservation because you love . I am the only one that matters. Seriously what are you saying?"
"DO I NEED TO GIVE YOU REASON WHY I LOVE YOU?!" she shouted again, angrier than before, sadder than before. Tears started falling down her eyes and she grabbed my collar. "What? Do I even need to justify why I love you so much now?"
"I didn’t say tha- "
"I love you because I love you! Is that not enough of a reason?" she cut off. "Is loving soone no matter the sacrifice I have to make really that bad? Is loving soone that much really that bad? Tell Kazu-kun."
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