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One day, when it snowed...

Yulan offered, "Judy, let me tell you a snowy day's story..."



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Alex opened her eyes on a snowy morning.
Zuch was beside her.
His eyes were puffed as if he cried all night.
She pulled the blanket up to his chin.


Alex left the room and saw Zai drinking his tea peacefully sitting beside a window.
He was gazing outside. 

Alex stood behind him. She queried, "You knew it would snow?"                              

Zai replied without looking at her, " I think so. How are you feeling? Already good?"

Alex asked without answering with an emotionless face, "Will you die too if he dies? You seem sick too."

Zai looked at her suddenly and grinned gradually.

Alex continued, "Why was HE killed?"
Zai replied, "I don't know. Will you hear a love story?"

Alex completed mentioning, "Which may hopefully bring tears?"

Zai laughed, "Hopefully! But believe me, I'm much more of an average person than him. So it may not bring YOUR tears."

Zai recited, "That day, it rained too. It was a long time ago. When Zuch was almost 14. Our parents used to live with him. I was sent to Quebec for my early exposure to tasting blood. So, my parents warned him about going into our basement and told him to go there just the moment he knew they were no more. He was told to gulp down a liquid that was kept stored in a glass bottle which was also closed by a glass box in the basement. There was a letter with it too. They requested him to read the letter after he drank it. That day came soon enough. As if my parents knew they were going to die soon."

Zai smiled and then sighed.

 He continued, "But their death was more of an accident. Zuch did the same as told. The liquid was black followed by a red shadow. A Bright fire-colored glow was emitting from the bottle. But right after drinking from the bottle, his vision started blurring. Then his whole body was feeling as if it was burning. But not a single sign of burn was there. He started running like crazy. He did not realize where he was. He did not know for how long he was running. But every soul he came across was at fault. Everything is stuck between life and death as if. Until he came across someone. Someone who felt just like him. He suddenly stopped running. He looked straight toward someone. A crying girl. A face he couldn't forget up until today. His sense went out and he woke up where you woke up the last night. I searched for him because he was missing for a week. Finally, he came back home walking. His beautiful hazel eyes turned just like mine. Grayish blue. His skin turned paler. I realized he had drunk the blood serum too."

Alex smiled finally. She nodded her head in realization.
Then smiled more realizing something more as well.

 "So this is how you two will die together?"

Zai laughed with her.

Alex further asked, "Are you guys even vampires? I haven't seen any trait yet except teleporting and stuff."

Zai's eyes met hers and his look was sharp yet he was smiling.

He replied, "Why do you think what you have seen in movies or dramas is the definition of vampires? We are VERY different than them. You'll know soon."   

Zuch took her home after lunch.

Alex joked, "So am I still a captive?"

Zuch didn't reply.
Alex went with him.
Not because he is a vampire.
But because she wants to know more about his past and weaknesses.
She somehow got curious about another life after ages.
She IS curious. 


.........

Zai went out after they had left.
It was snowing suddenly.
Zai took his car with him. 
 He vibed with his chill playlist.
 He also stopped by a bakery and had a warm doughnut.
He sipped his Americano.
His journey wasn't planned though.
He was passing beside a park.


He watched children building a snowman and was about to leave when someone fell in front of the car.
He braked hard.
He rushed there as soon as possible.


He saw a girl wearing a brown long sweatshirt, snow parka, and brown sneakers.
She had waist-length brown straight hair.
She wore glasses.


She seemed unharmed yet unconscious.
 Zai rushed her to the hospital.


The doctor said it was okay.


When she came to her senses.
Zai sat beside her with a smile. 

Zai started," Hi! Are you okay?"

She replied," No,  I'm Sarah Leonards."

Zai laughed with her. "I'm Zaious Zeinzi. I'm 31. You?"

She joked, "Why are you telling me your age? Are you hitting on me?"

Zai nodded jokingly. 

She replied, "I'm 27 though. Good thing I'm younger." She realized something and exclaimed," Oh! Is this Ottawa Olive Hospital? My cousin is a doctor here."

Zai curiously asked, "Really? Name?"

She replied, "Alexandria Merca."

Zai smirked lightly but it was unnoticed and then he smiled casually.
"Wow. Is she on the shift? Let's meet her later."

Sarah agreed. 

When they met her, she was absent because she was not well.

Sarah gasped, "What? She never told me!"
Then she muttered, "She tells me everything. Now she'll know as I came here!"

She somehow rushed out of the hospital.
Zai laughed and said to himself, "What a tiny world."

 She called her more than 10 times.
But she didn't even answer her call once.
Sarah started crying in tension in the snow.
Nobody would know how much she loves Alex.
She grew up with her.


Suddenly she felt the snow falling stop above her.
She was surprised to see Zai holding an umbrella above her. 

Zai smiled warmly, "Maybe she's dead."

She angrily stood up and slapped him hard.


She left already exposed to snow.
Zai went to hand her the umbrella.
As soon as she held the umbrella, he started running to the opposite by exposing himself in the snow.
It looked beautiful.

She was dumbfounded at this.
She stood there watching him go.
She couldn't figure him out.

Suddenly, her call was answered, only she jerked to know Alex was living with a mentally ill patient because he thinks he is a vampire or something.

In this snow, the whole world stopped to a moment where everything happened yet nothing happened.

                                       TO BE CONTINUED...