Black Rose

10. His Story

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It was raining hard outside the diner we’re in. I sat at the table by the window and watched Kellan talking to someone on the phone.

He’s so beautiful. I will never get tired of looking at him, at his lovely face.

I know he’s a vampire.

One of his kind killed my biological father just to get me. But for me he’s different. He’ll still be beautiful. Sometimes I think that I was already attracted to him.

ATTRACTED?

I stared at him again. Am I really attracted to this guy? Well, he saved my life twice and keeps on protecting me even if he doesn’t have to. When he smiles, I feel like my heart is going to melt. And when his eyes turned crimson red, I am not afraid of him, in fact, I seemed to be mesmerized by it.

Well, I guess, I’m absolutely ATTRACTED to him.

My thoughts stopped wandering when I noticed that Kellan is already walking his way to me.

I forced myself to look outside as if something’s interesting there. I saw from my peripheral vision that he was already seated.

“Is the rain more interesting than my face?.” He asked, his voice is of velvet. I stared at him trying to make my face looked confused.

“What?”

“You’ve been staring at me for so long. Is there anything wrong with my face?.” He asked again. This time, he’s smiling sweetly at me.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about. Besides, I’m not staring at you. I’m looking at the bar tender, he’s cute you know.” I lied. Oh! I’m not a very good liar. I just hope we won’t notice it.

He smiled before speaking again. “If that’s what want me to believe.”

“But…” I stopped. There’s no sense in arguing with him. I just have to change the topic. “Well… er… where are we going next?”

“Philippines.”

“Philippines? That’s supposedly halfway around the world.”

“Yeah, but the farther you go, the least possible they’ll find you.”

“But----,“ I thought of Rosaline, Arthur and Keith. If this is the only way to protect them, I’ll do it.

“When are we going there?.”

“The day after tomorrow. Everything was already taken care of. We just have to wait for my friend’s call and then off we go.”  I gave him a simple nod and sighed.

Do  I have to live my life? Running away. Hiding from the ones hunting me. When will this end? Or will it ever end?

I was awaken by the soft breeze from the open balcony. It was only past one in the morning. The rain has stopped and the crescent moon was now smiling brightly in the sky.

Kellan was outside looking at it.  I rolled out  of bed and walked slowly to him. Kellan was still staring at the moon above, his back to me, and didn’t seem to notice as I advance to him.

His long jet black hair swayed softly as the wind blew.

“Why are you already up?.” He asked without turning around, He seemed to have eyes at his back.

“I…. don’t want to sleep anymore.” I said joining him. “The moon’s lovely tonight. It looks like my birthmark.” I looked at him, again, seeing the same sadness in his eyes.

“Yeah, it’s lovely…” his voice is more of a whisper.

“Are you all right?” the words came out unexpected I don’t even know why I asked him that.  He smiled before answering.

“Yes, I’m fine. Why have you asked?”

“I just… I can see sadness in your eyes. I’m sorry, I shouldn’t be meddling your feelings. It’s not my business anyway.” I looked up, trying to be preoccupied with the moon. A moment of silence passed.

“It’s alright.” Kellan said, finally.

“Huh?.”

“I said, it’s alright for you to ask. I guess my eyes can’t lie about how I really feel.” He fell silent again then sighed. “I was a vicious vampire before and just like any other vampire. I also longed for that eternal existence and power.

When I learned about the prophecy, I started to search for the chosen one. It has never been that easy, knowing that my kind was also searching for that person. I have to work in silence together with my brother.” his words came from nowhere.

Suddenly, he's narrating his story.