Her Guardian DEMON

Chapter 2

Chapter 2.

Haruka woke up the next day, feeling better than she had in a long time. She rolled over to lie on her back so that she could do a big stretch and noticed her hand didn't move. When she looked down she saw his pale white hand latched on to hers in a grip so strong she couldn't believe he was still sleeping. She rolled over to look at his face leaning against the side of the bed and nearly gasped at the sight. He looked so peaceful.

She found herself stroking her fingers down on his cheeks, marveling about how his skin was so hard like marble but still so soft. The coolness under her fingers was surprisingly refreshing and she trailed her fingers to the line of his jaw, running them up till she ran into the side of his face.

She snatched her hand back when she saw him open his eyes and look up at her. She tried to hide her embarrassment by giggling and jumping out of bed but as she did this her body was jolted back onto the bed, forgetting that he still held on to her other hand in that stone hard grip. He let go of her hand quickly and stood up, letting her bounce out of the bed.

She stood in front of him and felt her cheeks turning red under his gaze. "So what should we do today? Can we take a walk around this place? I bet there are some really interesting places hidden here." Haruka said while scratching a non-existent itch on the back of her head.

Vladamir just looked at her and said, "If that is what you wish woman."

Haruka laughed and said, "I don't know why that makes me laugh. You can call me by my name you know." She walked across the room and went into the bathroom to change.

A few minutes later she came out and took Vladamir's hand again to lead him out of the room. He let her pull him along through corridor after corridor, stopping at every room along the way to look in and sometimes walk inside to look around. Through the whole journey they never ran into anyone or anything.

When Haruka's stomach started to rumble she asked Vladamir to lead her to the kitchen so that she could get some food. On their way back he heard her stomach growl again and he lifted her up off her feet and blinked down the hall to the room she had eaten in the day before. She had hoped to be able to make her own food but when they got to the table she saw a tray of food already laid out for her to eat and a pot of tea on the other side of the table.

She took her time eating the food while Vladamir sat on the other side, sipping his tea slowly.

"What should we do this afternoon? What did you guys do for fun around here?"

Vladamir just looked at her in confusion and took another sip of tea. "Fun? we don't have fun. You saw what happened when the others got bored… usually someone died."

After a few moments of silence Vladamir asked, "When do you plan on leaving?"

Haruka looked up at him with an injured look on her face. He wanted her to leave him.

"You misunderstand; I'm not implying that I want you to leave… I'm just trying to judge the amount of time we have left."

Still slightly hurt from his question Haruka replies, "Shinn doesn’t know I left…. But I think they’ll notice some time now… so I have until tomorrow”

Vladamir nodded his head in understanding and finished the last few sips of tea before he stood up. "I have some place I would like to take you if you don't mind." He said in the normal cool tone that he always spoke in.

Haruka looked up at him and smiled, taking his hand to let him lead her. When they come to what looks like a dead end she notices a thin crack in the side of the wall. Vladamir walks up and pushes, creating a door to the outside world. He takes her hand again and they start to walk through the fields around Castle Valentine.