Compromise

Chapter 30 (Last Chapter)

Ai's POV

I can hear someone crying...

I opened my eyes. I'm still at the hotel. Ryosuke~kun is cradling me while he's crying. Why is he crying? What happened?

"I'm sorry..." he muttered with agony. "I'm really sorry... I love you. Please forgive me..." he continued mumbling while he's crying.

"Doushite?" I asked. My voice is low.

He released me and he looked at me with wonderment and confusion.

"Y-you're alive?" he asked in disbelief.

"Yes. Why?" what's with his question? Why would he ask that?

He gazed at me from head to toe, wide eyed. He caressed my face. "You look pale... Y-your color is same as mine... just like the temperature of your skin, it's same as mine... it's cold," he muttered, it's as if he can't be more shocked than this.

"What do you mean?" I asked. I'm also confused with what he's acting.

"Don't you remember what happened?" he asked.

"N-no..." I stopped. What actually happened?

"I made you drink my blood for you to be a vampire. After you drank my blood, you can't breathe anymore and you stopped breathing. You were not breathing for an hour or so..." he explained, still confused and shocked.

"You mean, I was dead a while ago?" I wondered.

"I-I guess so..." he replied. Slowly, a smile was painted in his face. "But whatever may have happened, I'm glad that you are alive." he hugged me tightly.

"Hai." I muttered. I'm also confused. It's just hard to believe that I wasn't breathing for an hour.

It's like those zombies in a zombie movie. Just that my body is in good shape and I don't look scary, I guess...

"Ai, how's your throat?" he asked out of the blue.

"My throat?" I wondered.

"Yes. Doesn't it feels itchy, irritating? Fiery? Like having a sore throat?" he asked continuously.

"Hmm..." I tried to seek those feeling from my throat. "A bit fiery..." I said.

"A bit fiery?" he echoed.

"Uhn," I nodded.

"Do you have any desire to drink blood?" he asked.

"Not really." I replied.

"If you felt like drinking blood, just tell me." he said. "For the meantime, let's sleep. It was a long day." he added.

I nodded. We lay down. He hugged me tightly. I hugged back.

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I woke up because it suddenly became hot. I sat up. My throat feels clogged and it feels fiery... I stood up to check the aircon if it's broken. But it's not...

I looked at Ryosuke~kun, he's tightly sleeping... Should I wake him up and tell him what I feel?

He caressed the space on his left, where I was lying. After few minutes, he opened his eyes and looked around.

He saw me. He sat up then he went off the bed and went to me.

His brows knitted. "Why are you standing here?" he wondered.

"Ettou... I feel hot and my throat is fiery. It hurts a bit..." I replied.

"R-really?" he uttered.