Love of Freaks

Chapter 7

It was quiet inside Noah's Ark today. Quite the unusual occurrence. Especially since I was home. I lay, stomach down, on the couch in the sitting room alone with Tyki who sat in an armchair reading. The only sounds in the room were the crackling of the warm fire, the occasional page turning, and the very soft muttering coming from my lips. A rose as Crimson as blood was held in my hand, losing its petals slowly as I pulled them off and dropped them to the black carpet below.

    "Loves us..." a petal dropped. "Loves us not..." another petal. "Loves us... Loves us not..." One by one the crimson petals fell. Pluck. Pluck. Pluck. Down they fell from my hand. "Loves us... Loves us not. Loves us... Loves us not... Loves us..." I knew this was stupid... and cliche, but I continued none the less. Until finally there was only one petal left. This one was also pulled off with a soft, "Loves us not..." My black painted lips curved into a frown at the rose's empty stem. I got to my feet, the stem dropping from my hands beside the petals, and walked from the sitting room with my hands in my pockets, golden eyes fixed on the floor. The older Noah glanced up from his book as I walked by, but remained silent before looking back down at the book in his hands.

    I fell onto my large bed, staring up at the ceiling silently. A sigh came from my lips. "Idiot." I softly told myself. "Of course he loves us..." I turned over onto my side, laying my head on my hand. "It just doesn't feel like it when we're not around him as often as we used to be." I whispered, closing my eyes. It wasn't my fault that we never got to see the vampire as often as we used to. It was the Millennium Earl's fault... He had been working us to the bone, hardly ever letting us go out alone... An empty feeling had filled my body the longer I was away from the man who loved me... I missed my vampire... I missed the man's warmth... soothing voice... his loving and gentle touch... the feeling and presence of his body when I slept beside him... though mostly I missed how loving the vampire was with me. Despite the undeniable fact that I was a Noah and all I had done... the vampire exorcist always made a point, every day, to say I love you. I felt emptiness in my heart without the man by my side...

    Tears pricked at my eyes as my heart clenched in my chest. My hands quickly went to brush the tears away. I knew I mustn't cry... no matter how much my heart yearned for the vampire... no matter how empty I felt... I mustn't cry... Because if I did I knew I wouldn't have the ability to stop. Someone would surely hear me... and I didn't want to show weakness in front of the others. So I painfully gulped back my tears, clenching my fists tightly to steady myself. 

"Arystar..." A soft pained whisper slipped past my lips. "We miss you vampire.." It was so hard to keep myself from crying... from breaking down from the overwhelming loneliness that threatened to crush me under its weight. But I somehow managed. Standing shakily, I retrieved a hair brush and sat back down on the bed as I slowly brushed out my long golden locks. They didn't need to be brushed... But I needed something to keep myself busy and my thoughts away from Arystar Krory III... I wished master millennium would let me go on a mission so that I could see him... I hadn't been out of the Ark in GOD knows how long.

I sighed softly and continued to brush my hair. Even the twins were upset about this. They had grown quite attached to him in a friend way, I was glad they no longer hated him... Especially glad that Devit no longer wanted to put a bullet through his head. That was progress... A lot of progress... For Devit that is... Well at least it was something... However when would I see my beloved vampire... He must be worried... We kinda vanished without any warning... Stupid Earl... I sighed softly and twirled a strand of my hair between my fingertips. The golden lock wrapped around my wrist. I hummed softly and pet the golden lock as I thought about my vampire. My hair was weird... but fun. It sometimes helped me get my mind off of stuff... And it was almost like an entirely different living creature. God I was so bored... I groaned and rolled over on my stomach. Dude. Let's go do something. Devit groaned. Ya! hii hii! Do something, do something! Jasdero chimed. Like what? I asked, leaning my chin on my palm. I... don't... know... Dero has an IDEA!!!! Go walk around and FIND something to do! Dero said. Brilliant! I hopped to my feet. ONWARDS! I could hear the twins laugh in my head.