♢ Kiss Me Sweet 《Tokyo Ghoul/Vampire Knight》 ♢

10: Hunger

The world is dyed with the color of blood.

Red...The country is burning. Why? We all search for the same happiness...So why do we kill each other? Everyone has families to return home to...So why are they fighting!? This needless bloodshed and death. Why doesn't can't it just stop!?

...

The world...It will never be able to go back...

...to the way it was before.

What color was the world, I wonder?

I don't know...Red is the only color I've seen it as.

Before all of this, what was the color of the world?

Was it blue? Green? White? Was it all of the colors? I don't know...

"Children who have never known peace have different values from those who have never known war."

Who said this to me I wonder? I can't remember, but I remember the voice. It was a woman. I can faintly see her figure against a bright sun. But I can't see her face. She reaches out to me, as if to help me stand back up. I don't know why, but this feels nostalgic and motherly. Who is she to me? Do I take her hand? It feels wrong to deny her help. Almost like she is someone important to me. I can't remember...

My head hurts from remembering.

"Never lose the roots of the people from which you are born from. Never forget who you are and paint the world that is falling apart. Use those hands to create a new world. And don't you disappear on me, you hear me?"

"I know you already know this , but you are........................................................"

There's a ringing in my ears. Somehow so loud that it blocks out her voice. What is she saying to me? A motivational speech? Why is she telling me this? I can't help but feel a sense of longing and loss. Like it's wrong to forget her and it's wrong to remember her.

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'Hungry...

...Eat

Drink....

...Thirsty

Devour....

...Famished

Quench.....

...Satisfy.'

Shut up Keep you head straight, Miyako. You're not a mindless eating machine. You're not a monster...

'Remember who you are.'

Breathing heavily I shot Thorn at Kuran, making him retreat, leaving his goons behind in the process. Just what is his problem? Is he toying with me? Mocking me? Showing me his power then leaving? No, this has to be something else. Something more than this. Think...Think!

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Could this be a test of some sort?

After all of the ghouls left the vicinity, I trudged my way through the alley way leaning heavily on the wall for support. Damn. I was too careless. Way too careless. I'm losing blood fast and beyond this alley is Tokyo's main shopping district. Damn. Just my day. Turning up overconfident, getting my butt whooped, then having to hold back in a crowd full of yummy, tasty looking...No. Stop. I can't lose myself. I'm not a level E.

'Remember who you are...What you stand for...'

Who's that? I can't remember. My head is pounding. Need to get home. Need blood. Need-

'Wait!' I stopped in my tracks. I still have a couple blood tablets. They'll last me at least little while, right? Quickly downing the last of my tablets, my red eyes subsided slightly, still containing their amber hue no doubt. How can I tell without a mirror? I still see red. Red invading my tunnel vision. Red on the walls. Red everywhere.

"Miyako."

Eyes widening, I tilted my head backwards to gaze into onyx eyes.

"Amon?"

"You're hurt," he stated.

"Eh? Haha," I laughed lightly, playing my wounds off. "Me? Hurt? Naww. I'm fine!" I smiled, closing my eyes. Adding to my happy demeanor, I straightened my pitiful posture and scratched my neck. "Don't worry!! I'm a lot more sturdier than you give me credit for!" I pouted.

"But you're bleeding," he stated, not buying my excuse.

'Huh? Was I leaving that big of a blood trail? Holy crap! No wonder he found me so fast,' I thought, staring at the blood at my feet.

"Oh, that? That's nothing. Like I said, I heal fast. Hehe. It'll be better in no time~ I nodded patting off the dust on my skirt and jacket.

Amon didn't respond, choosing to remain silent. What? Was it something I said?

Suddenly, he took my hand, leading me down into a deeper, darker part of the alley. Whoa! I don't like the way this is going!

"Where are-"

"Drink," he stated, pulling me into his chest.

"Eh?"

"Drink," he repeated, pushing my head towards his neck. His exposed neck.

My cheeks burned with embarrassment. "W-Why?"

"Your eyes are still red, you're injured, you're hungry- you need blood," he listed. Do I really look that bad?....Am I really that easy to read? "You're bleeding out, you have-"

"Why?"

"What do you mean?" he questioned.

"Why go this far for me?" An investigator giving blood to a hybrid. Just unheard of. But I guess he doesn't exactly know I'm not all vampire, so I'll give him that. Giving blood to a vampire? Still unheard of.

"You risked your life for me, I'm just returning the favor," he responded. Is he pitying me? Does he think I'm that weak to depend on him?

"You're offer is quite tempting, I have to say." I said, leaning towards his left ear. Sniff~ "Sweet blood, like tantalizing licorice......"

He shivered. 'Good. You should be scared. You should fear me- the uncertainty.

"You do realize that I can just drink you dry, right here...right now, with no one to stop me. Ne? Are you really willing to take that gamble with me? I've been told that I am utterly impossible to figure out.