The Strings Being Pulled

Ch 69

Rose falls asleep soon enough, Asher already left a while ago. I cover Rose with my coat and let her head rest on my shoulder. I'm a hypocrite, talking shit about emotions yet my own wife makes me feel alive if that's the right word.

We're still at the grave, though I believe she will be back to a spirit soon again. Whatever the reason there us for me to be with her like this again, I'm not complaining. Though soon, I'll be dead aswell, a spirit. Done with this shitass life, maybe I turn into nothingness. Who knows...

She saw me cry for the first time, I cry fucking blood because I'm a vampire. How many years has it been since I last cried? Probably guessing 4000, I didn't even cry when she died but that changes nothing about how she's the only person I want and love. If she hates me then fine, despises me then fine.

Liza and Harry, their relationship is a lot like how me and Rose used to be. Maybe Evelyn is right, I do care but at the same time, I don't. Just let me fucking die and be with my wife, that's all. Rose moves subconsciously moves closer to me, wrapping arm around me as I caress her her cheek with my hand.

"WELLER, STOP HIDING IT FROM ME!" Rose screams while I keep the box from her reach, shortass.
"How about no?" I chuckle.
"HAH, take that, bitch!" she jumps up on a chair and gets the small box, opens it and finds the ring.

The proposal sure as hell was something but she said yes. The wedding was rather amusing watching her get drunk with her friends as they forced two friends who had been crushing on each other to kiss right infront of the wedding cake.

"I miss Weller..." Rose mumbles in her sleep. "Asshole vampire...comfortable blanket..." she describes me about how she feels around me.

I find myself genuinely smiling.

That's when a strong feeling of guilt washes over me. I've hurt her the most. My view on life and everything exists but I'm still not idiotic enough to know that things are just the way they are and whether or not there's a reason, it doesn't matter. Things are the way they are, that's it. Emotions feel the way they do, they are caused by different reasons and that's it.

Rose's eyes open up slowly. I'm so fucking old that it's already dawn, 8 hours has passed, time flies...she looks at me and then looks at her arm wrapped around me. Moving herself to be on top of me, she smiles weakly.

"I'm so happy to wake up with you by my side again..." she softly whispers.
"Had a good rest?" I question, stroking her hair slightly.
"Mhm...man I really wish I could be with you forever like this." she mumbles. "I don't know, you did a lot of things I don't agree yet I still feel like this, I just wanna be selfish but also apologize to those affected by your actions."

She tears up a little and avoids eye contact, I lift up her chin with my index finger. Her eyes clearly tearful, mind is filled with guilt and lips trembling. Removing my finger and then pulling her into a tight hug, she cries once more. Being dead for that long watching me is the cause of it.

"Go ahead, be selfish if you want to. You're dead, neither of us can control it, you can be selfish now. If you need me then I am right here, we will be together forever when I join you too so you'll have nothing to worry about by then, no more need to think about my actions or any responsibility. I'm your shoulder to cry on, Mrs Hanamer. You can do my hair more by then if you'd like, talk, cry, smile, laugh, death isn't what does us apart." I stroke her hair, softly saying everything to her. "Nothing is your fault here, it'll all be over soon. Sorry for making you deal with all that."

She takes a deep breath, eyes are swollen but it's more quiet in her head now. She calms down and smiles. "I really would love to do your hair more..." she laughs while playing with my braid. "I want your hair routine because it's so damn soft, fuck you for making me jealous."

I chuckle and flick her forehead, she sticks out her tongue and flips me off. One more flick to the forehead and then I stand up from the ground while helping her aswell to get up. She stumbles a little from not being used to be able to physically move again after what I'd say is 89 years of being dead.

She jumps up on my back, guess she doesn't wanna walk. I'm definitely with my wife alright, she will very happily use my strength for her own self, I don't mind since it feels like pretty much nothing. Mayien has my gratitude for doing this, whatever her motive is, I'll find out later.

Rose is very short compared to me, I'm 189cm(6'2) and she's 153cm(5'0). Shortass.

"So now what?" she asks.
"We're gonna bake something together." I answer.
"I suck at baking though, ughhh." she sighs.
"And I'm gonna teach you how to bake." I chuckle. "But first we're buying ingredients."

As much as there is no need for me to buy ingredients, if it means getting more time with Rose then fuck it. It's worth it and I don't care that I have work right now, everyone there is already cheering of my absence because they're terrified of me and the fact that I know every dirty secret that they have.

Blackmail and manipulation is only something I do for fun. It's not as if I have anything better to do usually but now I'm with Rose. Immediately appearing at supermarket and placing her down on the ground again, first thing I realize is that Harry, Liza and Evelyn are here. Fuck it, might aswell let them meet Rose.

Guess we have the same idea to bake, more like it was Evelyn's idea with Liza and Harry.

We both walk in and I grab a basket, she's scrolling through my phone to find recipes. I'm letting her choose what she wants to bake while I pick up the more basic stuff such as flour, milk, butter, etc. Rose accidentally bumps into someone and as the universe would have it, it's Harry.

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Nothing dramatic like them meeting in battle, just a casual bump in at a grocery store < 3