Gentle Touch

veintiocho

Roman's pov

I watched as Melody's body dropped to the floor. "Oh shit.." I said, as my body came back to its senses. "FUCK." I ran my fingers through my hair as my breath got heavy. I heard feet stomping up the stairs, "ROMAN, AROURA?!" I heard my grandmother yell as the door bust open. "Oh my..."

My head turned around to see my grandmother covering her mouth. "Roman." She said, quickly pushing me out the way. "I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUTSIDE. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU" she yelled as she rolled melody onto her back.

Before I had time to respond she spoke again. "Go get the vampire kit, NOW." She yelled.

I walked out the room and towards the hallway closet. On my way I saw isa crying while Aurora sat in the corner of the room staring at her.

I ignored them as I quickly made my way back to the bedroom, where somehow my grandma got her into the bed. I handed her the med kid before she opened it, I saw lots of stuff, including an... apple? She cleaned the bite mark on Melody's neck as quickly as possible.

"If I tell you to stay outside, then you do it. I don't know why you such an hard headed child, this girl has nothing more but love for you, how could you hurt her?! She could be on the verge of death for all I know, all because you little vampires are self centered idiots. She was going to forgive you tonight for last nights actions, but you just had to ruin it for yourself." She ranted.

her anger shown through her color changing eyes as they went from a dark purple to a red in an instant. "I don't know what came over me, I would never lay a hand on he-" I was cut off. "YET YOU STILL DID" she screamed, everything started levitating around me.

I've never seen my grandmother so upset with me before, she's never even raised her voice. There's a first for everything I guess.

A small groan, blew in my right ear and out the other. Everything that floated quickly dropped as my grand mother had turn around to face the small woman who squirmed on top of the bed. "Oh, Cara Mia..." my grandmother sighed. Slightly brushing the hairs of the girls face as she sweat like a dog.

"Go get a water" the elder woman hissed through her teeth. I walked back outside the room, to see Aurora and isa hugging as they whispered to each other. "Everything okay?" Aroura asked, after she looked up at me to see my sorry expression. I Ignored her voice as I continued onto my small journey.

As I entered the kitchen I saw my grumpy old grandfather sitting at the island staring dead at me. "Here" he said, sliding an ice cold glass of water towards me. "It's for the girl, right?" He lifted a brow. I nodded, not really in the mood to talk. "You know why she's acting like this right?" he asked. "Can you please stop with the questions" I growled under my breath. "It's because Melody acts just like your grandmother when she was younger" he grunted. His sentence caught my attention. I continued to ignore I thought, focused more on the dying girl on the 3rd floor. I looked back at him, before running back up to my room.

Melody was sitting up, her back against the wall as she ate the apple that had lied in the med kit from earlier. "Where my grandmother?" I asked softly, my thumbs softly rubbing her softer skin. She shrugged her shoulders, I saw her hooded eyes slowly try to close but she forced them back open. "You can go to sleep.. don't worry your pretty little head no more." I sighed.

"I don't know what to do anymore.." she sighed back, before her hooded eyes took over. I softly kissed her forehead, as my thoughts went on about what her words might have meant.

"Roman.. come, let's go." I heard a voice call out, o turned around to see my grandmother calling me over from the hallway. "You'll sleep in another room tonight" she stated, before pushing me into the bedroom. "Think about what has happened in the past few days, and how it has affected me, you, and Melody. Please." She said. "I love you, and so does that girl. But love dosent mean forever." She whispered. "I love you too.." I whispered back. Before walking into the bathroom and turning on the cold shower.

I was almost done washing my body before I heard a door creek open.

"Hmm?" I hummed to myself. "Roman" I heard a small whisper. Mel.. I quickly peeked my head out the shower curtain. I saw the small girl wrapped in a blanket. her droopy, sleepy eyes hung open as she stared at me. "You okay my love?" I asked. "Mhm"

"Okay, well. I'll be out in a second, okay? Go back to the room, I'll be there."

She looked at me for a second before her back was facing me as she walked out. I quickly started wrapping up my shower before pulling random clothes on and walking towards the room where Melody has been laying down staring in the dark. "Bambi?" I whispered, laying on the side of the bed.

"Roman.. I'm sorry for over reacting and crying. I just had thought something really bad happened." She explained. I quickly spoke up before she continued. "There's no need for you to apologize. Your reaction was normal, but mine? not so much. I shouldn't have even tried to scare you, Im still learning with you and I don't mean to hurt you in any way." I said, I looked straight into her beautiful eyes. Know that if I would have went any farther tonight, I wouldn't have been able to see her beautiful eyes anymore. And the thought of that only made my own eyes, glossy.

My eyes started to blur. "What's wrong?" Melody asked, her eyebrows knitted together. "I'm so sorry for earlier. I love you so much and for now on, I'll learn to control myself. I don't want to lose you." My hand rested softly on her cheek, as she stared into my eyes, dumbfounded. "What? It's okay. It's not a big deal. It's alright."

I was tooken back by how easily she forgave me. "Are you sure?" I asked, still confused. "Yeah of course!" She lazily smiled.

I dropped my head down near hers, to place a soft kiss on her soft lips. "You must be sleepy hm?" I asked. She nodded before I slid under the covers with the small girl. She rested her head on my chest. "I love you.." I said, before she soon whispered it to me back.