A Thousand Years 》

chapter 5

I sat on my bed with my laptop on my lap, ready to note down the jotted points in my head and search it up

I wonder if he can hear my thoughts no matter where he is or is it only possible when I am near him? Well I have no explanations for him at this point

I typed all of it up and found nothing relevant, it brought up all sorts of mysterious old traditional stories, a lot of mythology novels and nothing that I needed

Nonetheless I scrolled down, hoping to find something even close to what I was looking for, and again I didn't know what exactly I was looking for

It was about fifteen minutes later that one of the reports caught my eye, it was something about the cold ones

I tapped on the specific headline and the page loaded up, with a couple of huge paragraphs as I began reading

The most feared and hated mythical creatures have to be the vampires, they have gotten themselves many different names, including blood drinkers or the cold ones, and in every name and every form they are hated in the very same amount

Inhuman beauty to lure the prey, immense strength and speed to not let it go once caught, eyes a pretty brown or Hazel colour to reflect calmness but a dark red when in hunger, physotic powers, mind reading, visions, empathy and what not

The intensity and aura beyond any explanation or description, however nobody can be sure if they existed or if they still do, maybe they do maybe they don't

I stopped there, my eyes suddenly unfocused, every word written in there was something I could immediately picture on arthit, it was all obvious, every single word made sense when it came to arthit

"Is he..is he really a vampire?" I whispered to myself

Something in me had yelled out what seemed like a confident 'yes' and the other part of me wanted to disagree, no he couldn't be

I looked out of the window, it was shining so bright, the sun was in it's peak and arthit had gone home, he was afraid of the sun, that was a typical trait, wasn't it?

I shut my eyes close as usual, whenever things hurt or whenever I had too much to think, I shut my eyes close as if closing the door for everything that goes into my mind

Walk, I needed a walk, did I mention this boring fact yet? I love to go out for walks when I have too much on me

Closing the door behind me, I stepped out into the sun, how ironic that I decided to head out to get him off my mind and yet the very first thing I see, reminds me of him, the sun

I decided to walk down a different path today, I didn't want to walk past his house, I wasn't ready to face anything related to him, at all

So I walked down a new path, one I had never taken before, it seemed to be leading to a forest and I was more than pleased, a forest will be it

The path was rough and covered with nothing but stones and rocks, oh it did take efforts to walk over it, but at least it made me busy enough to stop thinking

As i kept walking down, I, out of curiosity looked up at the sky and realised how late it must have gotten, the sun was nearly gone and it was beginning to darken

Is this the time you will come out?

I shrugged the thought of and decided to head back home, but how? I had no idea of where to head, the left or right?

I was about to make an impulsive decision when a rather strong pair of arms pulled me towards them in a flash and I nearly screamed

"Shh, it's just me" arthit's voice ringed in my ears

And then I took a notice of how we stood, I was pressed back into him, his hand covered my mouth to prevent me from making any noise and the other one held my waist securely

My eyes widened in surprise? Fear? Embarrassment? Shyness? Oh god I didn't know a thing, all I knew was how close I stood to him

"What do you think you are doing here, at this hour?" He hushed

I couldn't reply of course, his hand prevented me from speaking and maybe it took him a second to realise

"Just think, I can hear you anyways" he replied smartly

I just came out for a walk

"Out here? In the forest? Don't you always take the other route?" He asked, sounding angry

He notices me taking walks? He knows my usual route? What on earth was happening?

Why..why are we standing like this and not going home?

"Because they are here" He replied

They?

"You have no idea of the danger in this forest" He mumbled, focusing on our surroundings more than our conversation

I'm sure there is nothing more dangerous than you

Shit, I never planned to think that out loud, actually I didn't, technically I did

His hand on my waist and my mouth loosened, and he took a step back, allowing me to turn around and face him

He was disturbed, he obviously wasn't expecting this, I wasn't either, no matter how much I feared him, I had this sudden urge to pull him close and tell him that it will be alright

"You know it, don't you?" Arthit whispered

Before I could utter any other words, we heard the noise of rustling, the trees with the branches swayed ever so harshly and the leaves that had fallen flew with the air

Arthit looked alert now, his eyes, they had changed colour again, they were bright red, it scared him, was he hungry? Would he kill me?

He held my arm and began to run, to I don't know where, but I could feel myself floating, my feet didn't touch the ground and yet I was running

"What on earth are they?" I yelled, there was no other way that he could hear me

"You are completely terrified" He replied, ignoring my question

"Of course I'm!" I yelled back

He came to a sudden hault, and I swear I didn't know if I could stand straight or not, it took me a minute or two to find my conscious

"You will be terrified of me too" He whispered

"I am" I replied

I purple you 💜