Taming the Vampire

CHAPTER THIRTY

M I L L E R

It has not been a while when I thought of how to avoid Axel as soon as I get home. I have thought of faking ill and not going out of my room the whole night. Or to just get my stuff for the morning class and sneak out to stay somewhere else. I know those are dumb ideas but they are better than facing Axel again.

Nakakapagod lang kasi ang pagkukunwari sa harap niya. It might not be too obvious but talking with him and simply seeing him is so much hard work. Naaalala ko lang ang mukha niya nung gabing 'yun.

Wala naman talagang kaso sa akin ang mahalikan siya. Again, it was not the first time anymore. But what is bothering me is the fact that I got hard because of him... and he is not even a woman. Tapos double kill pa nung hindi ako tinigasan when I tried doing it with a woman. It is as if he is making me an abnormal or dysfunctional person. Exaggeration man, but I feel that way. I can feel that there's something wrong and bigger that will happen.

Ang tagal naman ata na mag-weekend. Gusto ko ng mapag-isa at mag-isip-isip. I think, only then I could find myself again. Bumuntong-hininga muna ako bago itinapat ang keycard sa pinto, at pumitik ito. It's open.

Here goes nothing. This is not the first time; all I have to do is to endure it until I reach my room. Dahan-dahan kong binuksan ang pinto at sumilip na muna sa loob.

When I saw that no one was in the living room, I quickly entered the place. Nakahinga na ako ng malalim. Now that I am here, naalala ko lang na hindi ko nga pala gaanong nakikita sa bahay si Axel tuwing uuwi ako galing ng club. He is often inside his room at this hour. I have never been in his room kaya hindi ko rin alam kung ano ang ginagawa niya but the important thing here is that he doesn't go out that often when he is in the house.

"I got all nervous for nothing," bulong ko sa sarili habang mahinahon na ibinaba ang kanina pa na naka-angat kong mga balikat dahil sa nerbyos.

Yet, just when I was about to walk towards my room a cold air quietly crossed at my back at sa paglingon ko, an awfully familiar face welcomed me.

"Oh, you're back," sabi ni Axel na naghihikab pa.

Don't tell me, he immediately teleported behind me as soon as he woke up?

Tumango ako bilang sagot. "Uh-huh... I don't feel good–"

Tumalikod ako ulit sa kanya at pipihitin na sana ang doorknob ng kwarto ko habang nagpapalusot.

Pero kung mamalasin nga naman ako, hindi na niya ako pinatapos na magsalita at nagwika na lang siya ng, "Come here for a sec, let me have a sip of your blood."

Hearing those words terrifies me.

A sip of my blood might be good to him but it is definitely bad for me and my heart.

Nasabi ko na ba kung ano talaga ang tunay na pakiramdam ko sa tuwing umiinom siya ng dugo ko?

I don't want to say this but if I were to be honest, having my blood sucked by this person is like getting my entire body tickled by invisible feathers. Mula ulo hanggang talampakan, at kasabay nito ay ang nakakapikit-matang sarap na unti-unting umuusbong sa puso ko. As if I am getting aroused. Yet, everything will only come to halt once he is over with his drink. And then another wave of a new sensation will invade my entire body once I see his after-drinking ­face. I become all h*rny out of the blue. Para bang pagkatapos ng lahat ng foreplay ay nagsisimula nang uminit ang katawan ko.

... And this itself should be nothing. A total nonsense.

"What?" tanong ko bilang pagkukunwari na hindi ko narinig ang sinabi ni Axel sa akin.