Worlds Away

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕖𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟

"Cute..." Shadow couldn't help but coo after seeing Bright.

He looks so lost. Like a little boy.
His mouth down to his chest is covered with blood. As well as his entire right arm and his left hand. His expression looks like a lost boy and he just looks so adorable. He seems to have no idea what to do now. Because anyone would panic to see him in that state which means he needs to do something about it but doesn't know where to start.

"You look like a lost baby!!!!" Shadow laughed as she unconsciously ran to Bright and pinched his cheeks, causing him to pout.

She didn't bother when the blood was smeared to her hands. Or the sweet scent she could smell from him being too close. She suddenly have the urge to mark or scent Bright right there.

"I'm covered in blood. I don't have anything to change into." Bright said worriedly while gently removing Shadow's hands.

"We'll find a river first so you can wash up. Then you can borrow my jersey to wear." She said to him and Bright suddenly flushed.

"I-its your clothes. Why would I wear it?!"

"It's fine. It's oversized so I'm certain it will fit you. I brought it for PE class but I didn't use it since the class was cancelled." She explained before practically dragging Bright with her.

"We have to go back quickly too. Your friends would be worried since it's already late." She said as they continue to walk.

Shadow was holding Bright on his bloody wrist. Pulling him to look for the nearest river. About ten minutes, they stumbled on a pond which is also good enough to wash off the blood.

Bright started cleaning himself. Removing the blood with water from his face and down to his neck. Leaving his clothes to get wet. He figured he won't be needing his top anymore since it's covered with blood. So he removed it shamelessly as if forgetting that Shadow is still with him.

Shadow's cheeks suddenly burned after seeing Bright removing his uniform and exposing his flawless body. The vampire is truly nothing but perfection.

How can he be so hot with a cute face?
That is illegal!!!

Shadow noticed that not all the blood is gone. Bright seems to be just carelessly wiping them away with less effort. Thinking that the water will do the rest.

"You'll take hours cleaning off the blood like that." Shadow murmurred before she walked towards Bright and snatched his wet cloth from his hand.

Bright seemed perplexed and finally realized that he doesn't have a shirt on. He watched with anxiousness as Shadow dipped his cloth on the water, squeezing it out then she used it rub off the blood that's still smeared on his neck.

Bright couldn't help but stare at her face. She looked so focus rubbing off the blood from his skin which he certainly failed to do on his own. And the closer proximity they have, the more Bright feels like he will explode.

He had not felt like this since Lune. When he was with her, there's been a few moments that they were intimate but they only went far as making out. And after the betrayal, no woman has ever turned him on thinking that his desire for love has left him.

But that moment right there. When Shadow just quietly crouched beside him and helped to remove any traces of blood from his skin.
It was the closest he's ever been with her. He could feel her warm touch grazing on his skin and it burns. And it's the good kind of burn.

Why am I thinking like this? This is so wrong.
The vampire thought but his actions did otherwise.

He didn't stop staring at Shadow's gorgeous face. Not thinking of anything else and just enjoyed the moment that may or may never happen again.

"Are you not bothered by me?" He asks unconsciously.

"By what?" Shadow asks back and briefly looks at him before focusing on removing the blood.

"The blood... Are you not bothered to see me covered with it?"

"I'm not." Shadow assured and looks him in the eye.

"There. Now let's go back and get our bags first so you can put some clothes on." She said and just dropped the shirt somewhere near the pond.

Shadow stood up first. Almost immediately so she could hide her big smile she had tried so hard to stop. Getting stared at by a beautiful vampire and having able to clean him just made her so dramatically turned on. Nobody will ever know how much self control she had to muster just to stop herself from making the vampire hers.

The two decides to go back to the hill. After retrieving their bags, Shadow gave him the jersey as promised. Her mind kept wandering into the most luscious things seeing Bright wearing her clothes.

It does fit him like his own. Since the jersey is indeed oversized because she accidentally gave the wrong size to the tailor.

"Come on. You wouldn't want anyone to see you wearing that." Shadow laughed a little before she beckoned Bright to follow.

"Why? Will they find out we hunt together if they see me wearing it?" He asked rather cluelessly.

"That would be better." She said in a playful tone.

Because those gossipers would think we slept together instead...

"Then we should be careful." Bright said and still clueless of what Shadow thought.

The two eventually got back to the school premises. It's already dark and quiet. And probably many guards are already patrolling.
Shadow was also able to check her phone and saw multiple missed calls from Elijah. He also sent her messages and said;

Did you see where Bright went to?

He was supposed to meet Gabriel
for practice. He didnt show up.

I think he got lost again.

That kid!

If you see him, can you walk him to
our dorm? Please?

Or just call me instead!

Shadow!? Why aren't you picking
my calls? Did you go home?

I'm sorry to bother you.

Emily said you didn't go back
to the manor. Where are you?
Is Bright with you?

Please get back to me if you see this.

If Bright is with you.
Tell him I'm gonna kill him!

We just came back after searching
for him. We still can't find him.
Please let me know if he's
with you. I'm so worried.

"Elijah cares about you a lot." Shadow suddenly said after reading her inbox.

That was the longest messages that Elijah had sent her ever since they knew each other.

"What do you mean?"

"He's worried about you. He called me nonstop asking about where you are. I think he also left the dorm with Nicholas and Gabriel to look for you but they're back now." She explained and Bright's face suddenly pouts.

"They did?"

"Come on."

"Let me take you back to your brothers...."

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