Compromise

Chapter 14

Ryosuke's POV

It's already 7 in the evening and Ai isn't back yet. What happened to that girl?! Did she actually lie to me and went to see her father?!

Damn! I'm beginning to be annoyed again! And the thing is, I'm irritated because of the fiery feeling of my throat. It's been a month since the last time I drank from her.

I stood up and walked back and forth. Minutes after, the door opened and spit her.

"WHERE THE HELL DID YOU GO?!!!" I welcomed her with a shout full of anger.

She just stared at me. My brows furrowed. I examined her but she's not even holding anything of what I told her to buy.

"TELL ME THE TRUTH! WHERE DID YOU GO?!" I asked again as I dashed toward her.

She didn't answer me, instead she walked past me.

I grabbed her arm and turned her to face me. I glared at her and she's wearing a blank face.

"You have guts now, huh?!" I shouted at her face.

"If you actually call this guts!" she shouted at me as she pulled her arm from me.

"Where are the things I told you to buy?!" I asked.

She put her hands in her jeans' pocket and got her wallet. She got ¥100,000 bill and threw them to me.

"WHAT THE?!" my eyes gone wide with what she did.

She continued walking. I dashed to her and about to slap her but I was startled. She's glaring at me and her aura is not the usual.

"WHY DON'T YOU SLAP ME?! C'MON! SLAP ME, YOU VAMPIRE! IT'LL NOT GONNA HURT ANYWAY!!!" she shouted at me. "YOU WANNA KNOW WHERE DID I GO? I WENT TO HELL! I WENT THERE JUST TO KNOW THAT MY FATHER IS ALREADY DEAD! AND YOU WANNA KNOW HOW HE DIED?! HE COMMITTED SUICIDE AND IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" she pointed her finger at me.

"What?" I asked. "Your father is dead?" I asked again, making sure I heard her right.

"Fortunately, yes! Are you happy now?!" she asked as her tears fell from her eyes.

She's crying in pain. I- I don't want to see her cry like that. It also hurts me. I've been good to her since she was hospitalized. I wanted to be kind to her and I did. I don't want to hurt her anymore but I just did it. It feels like dying to see her in pain. I advanced myself toward her to hug her but she pushed me away.

"Don't you dare touch me!" she shouted at me and ran. She walked out the door and left.

I fell on my knees. I didn't know it will end up like this...

I got my phone from my pocket and dialed Yuto~kun's number. After few seconds it rang and he answered it.

"Hai, moshi moshi," he started.

"Y- Yuto~kun..." my voice broke.

"Yamachan?" he asked worriedly.

"Ai's father... i- is dead," I hardly said it.

"What?" he's also shocked.

"Ai... left a-and I don't know w-where s-she went. S-she really h-hates me now," I said between my sobs.

"Ok. I'll also call the others. You stay there, ok? Me and Hikaru~kun will go there first to check on you while the others will search for her," he commanded in a calm voice.

"You don't need to check on me. Just find her," I said.

"You're not in good condition, you told me a while ago. So just wait there," he said and he hung up.

I stood up as I'm thinking of her. I'm so worried for her.

Some minutes passed and the door opened. It's her. I felt relieved.

"You came back!" I said gladly.

She stared at me again with those cold eyes. Then she started walking.

"You've been thirsty for how many weeks now, Yamada Ryosuke~kun?" she asked, her voice is cold and creepy...

"Ah a month now," I answered hesitantly.

She continued her way to the kitchen... where the knives are kept. She got the biggest one. The knife for cutting a whole chicken.

"Sou desu ka?" she raised an eyebrow. She walked toward me with a grin. "I want to try what you did that day," she said.

"That day?" I echoed.

"Yes. That day when you sliced your arm," she replied and she laughed maniacally.

I rushed toward her. "Don't do that! You might die if you do that!" I yelled in panick. "Give me that," I commanded as I held her hand with the knife.

"Not with myself but with you," she muttered, looking at me in the eye.

"Huh?" I asked.

Suddenly, I felt a stab in my stomach. It's like my flesh is being ripped.

"You're a vampire, right? Then you'll heal anyway. So I can do this," she said. She turned the knife while it's still inside me.

I shouted in pain.

"Let's move it downward," she whispered. She moved it downward.

I can't help it but to scream and groan. This is the first time I felt this kind of pain. I vomitted blood. I can't breathe well... Is this my end?

"I-if this will e-ease the p-pain..." I inhaled... then I vomitted blood again. "...pain y-your feeling right n-now, t-then c-continue--" I coughed out blood. "T-there's just one thing... one t-thing I-I want y-you to do f-for m-me..." I inhaled again. "Please t-tell my f-family--" I inhaled. "...family t-that I love t-them..."

She looked at me wide eyed as if I just broke the spell that possesed her a while ago.

"R-Ryosuke~kun? Ryosuke~kun!" she panicked. "Y-you should be healing right now," her voice weakened. She cradled my head.

I smiled at her.

"No! No!" she screamed. "What did I do?!" she cried while she's looking at her bloody hands.

The door bell rang. She carefully let go of me. She hurriedly stood up and went for the door.

"Toochan? Yuto~kun?" she muttered.

"What happened to you?" one of them asked. I can't determine which voice is it anymore.

My hearing sense is malfunctioning already. Someone cradled my head...

"Call an ambulance!" one of them said.

"N-no. T-they'll know I-I'm a v-vamp...ire..." after I said those I became deaf and all went black...

END OF CHAPTER 14