Love of Freaks

Chapter 8

I had escaped the ark a week ago with Krory... I've been tracking stupid Cross Marian ever since. So now we've caught up to present time... oh. I didn't mention that the vampire was an akuma at the beginning? Must have slipped my mind... Anyway, I sat in the cave, wrapped up in a blanket and waiting for him to come back with food. I missed the old Krory thought... I missed his warm embrace... His I love you's. I sighed softly. This was just an akuma that obeyed my commands... I didn't want this...

But for now it'd do... I looked up at the sound of footsteps. He was back... finally.

"I have brought food Master."

"Don't. Call. Me. That." I repeated for what felt like the thousandth time.

"Sorry Master."

"Oh. My God." Seriously?! I just said NOT to!

"My apologies Master." I facepalmed.

"Please. Shut up."

"Yes master," he said once more. I'm about ready to shoot his head off... Devit grumbled irritably. He's so stupid! Jasdero whined. ya! Devit agreed I can't wait until we find Cross... I can't wait... Dero too Dero too! Dero wants old Krory back! At least he was smart. I can't take this stupid Akuma! I can't either but it's all we got right now... Where could Cross be? I sighed softly and shrugged, boredly watching the akuma cook my food. I was surprised he was even able to... he was barely even a living thing anymore... i shook my head. No. I couldn't think like that... I couldn't... Once the food was done, I ate it slowly. Yay fish.... ugh..... I finished my food and lay down, curling up with my blanket. I might as well sleep... but it was so cold... "Sleep well Master."

"Please don't talk..." I whispered, fighting back tears. "Make yourself useful and make us warm or something..."

"How?" Krory asked.

"I don't fucking know, figure it out." I did know.. I wanted to be held... I needed someone to hold me close and tell me that everything was going to be just fine... Krory then went to pick up the fire but his hands caught aflame but the stupid akuma kept trying to pick it up! "You're an idiot. Stop that."

"But I must keep master warm... Fire is warm. Fire will warm master." He said continuing to try to pick it up.

"That's not how fire works idiot!" I sat up and glared at the Akuma. "Stop it before your hands fall off or something!" He nodded slowly and took his hands from the fire. I felt tears stream down my cheeks at the condition of his hands... Couldn't I do something...? I didn't want Krory to become aware and find his hands like that... I grabbed hold of his arm and led him to water and dunked his hands in to cool them off... I sat beside him, hugging my knees to my chest. He kept his hands in a long time before they slowly became pink instead of blood red. Then I materialized burn cream and bandages and tended to his hands. "Don't... do that again... okay...?" I said softly as I finished bandaging his hands.

He nodded slowly. Standing slowly, I started to walk back to the cave. Tears dripped from my eyes.

"Why do Master's eyes leak? Do they need to be fixed?"

"No. Shut up." I wiped my tears away, sniffing softly and hugging myself.

"You show signs of sadness... Master millennium designed Akuma to sense distress of our masters and to help them. One way to help sadness is physical contact." Krory said before hugging me stiffly.

"You're terrible at this..." I whispered. He wasn't my vampire... I wanted Krory back...

"There. There. Everything will be alright." He said patting my head and pulling me onto his lap. I broke down into quiet sobs, desperately trying to believe that this akuma was my vampire... I felt my hair wrap around him along with my arms. I let myself slip into a delusion... that this wasn't an akuma... that Krory had never died... that this was him... "There. There Master. Does this touching help?" He asked.