Six Different Kinds of Love

A Drip Of Heaven

The amount of times I've woken up from being unconscious is uncountable.
But here I am.
I'm too used to this feeling to be shocked in any form or state.
But...what the hell happened?
Was it a Phantom freak again?
Where the hell am I?!
Am I back home?
God y'know what would be amazing?
If this whole Fantasy World shit was all a dream and I-

"Aki! Aki! Aki wake up. We made it through the portal!"

Ok...nope not woken up just yet.
Why can I not bring myself to pretend to still be unconscious?

"Ag-Y-Yeah I'm up I'm up!"

My voice was cranky, as was my mood.
But after opening my eyes all of that changed.

"W-Woah..."

I got up.
What in the name of...
Lena pinched my cheek.

"We made it Aki! We made it out of the Phantom Domain!"

She grinned and chuckled at me.
No way...no way is this possible...is this...heaven?

"Oh also-Welcome to the Crystal Domain!"

She giggled at my gob-smacked expression and got up.

"I know, I know. It's beautiful, right? No time to sit here in awe though I'm afraid!"

She dragged me up, with her abnormal strength, and we started to explore the extraordinary place called 'The Crytal Domain'.
It was beautiful, sure. The trees were practically multicoloured.
The grass was a more light turquoise colour.
The flowers and plants radiated with a dim glow.
Which-were probably all crystals.

"H-Hey look at that!"

She ran towards a beautiful streaming river wich had vines covered in colourful flowers and cherry-blossom trees surrounding it.
It looked like a scene out of an anime.
She dipped her bare feet into the lake and splashed around, playfully.
She giggled.
The one thing that made my heart pound in that moment was the fact that she was actually smiling.

"Ahahaha! It's so warm Akimato. You should come in!"

I stared at her astonishing beauty as my warmth seemed to slowly devour my body.
I skipped a few heartbeats when she said my name and my mouth practically dropped at how adorable she looked in that exact moment.
Her smile sent sparks through me, and her bare shining skin looked so smooth...I wanted to...touch it...

"H-Hey Akimato...Why are you just standing there and staring at me! I said come here, didn't I?"

I opened my mouth to talk but no sound left it.
I walked over, rolling the sleeves of my tattered shirt up.
I rolled up my jeans a little too.
I sat down next to her, putting my feet in the water as she had done.
I looked down at the flowing stream, my heart pounding in my chest so hard I was scared she could hear it.

"It's really pretty, isn't it?"

She said, staring down at the water like I did.
I nodded, hesitantly.
Her gorgeous gliting eyes averted onto mine.
Refusing to lock her gaze, I scratched the back of my neck, all flustered. Why did I feel so put on the spot right now?

"Are you okay? You seem a
little...weird..."

I held my breath and looked at her.
Gosh I know this is a dream and all...but at least it wasn't a nightmare anymore...mostly...
As expected, her face was so pretty it made my stomach a home to butterflies and my toes and fingers twitched a little.
Wait, if this was real, then did Lena forgive me?

"W-Well...it's nothin..I just..."

She took my hand in hers and moved closer to me.
It's almost as if she'd forgotten the little squabble we had before entering the portal...
We made it through didn't we?

My heart pounded so fast it felt like it caught no break and my entire body tensed up.
This is...ok right? It's ok to do this? Yeah, yeha it's totally fine.
This is Lena!
The pure-sweet innocent goddess chick I saved all those weeks ago from the Nightwatchers Nightclub.
God that felt like years ago.
But hang on-this wasn't the same Lena was it?
So why was I so concerned about her?

After she rested her head on my shoulder, a shiver coursed through my entire body and my hair stood on end.
My face and neck started heating up as the red in my cheecks became more and more obvious.
Goddamn it.
The more closer she got to me the more I wanted to touch her.
I wanted to so bad.
She shifted her legs closer to mine wich made my entire body throb.

"You actually make a good pillow. At least you're good for something, huh?"

Ger voice was gentle and calm.
How was she so calm about this?!
I forced my mouth open to reply, but struggled in the process.

"H-Hey I'm n-not completely useless y'know..."

She scoffed.

"Sure about that one?"

I sighed.

"Mn. Maybe not-guess you're right."

She chuckled.
I smiled.
I would do anything just to keep that laugh alive.

"H-Hey Lena...Aren't you aftaid to be running around an unknown forest like this with a weakling like me? I mean you practically saved us back there. All I did was cry and mope...and well...make it harder for you."

She looked down at the water and kicked her legs, softly.

"Well. No not really. Because I know that that weakling actually cares deep down inside. Right? I mean, the amount of times you've saved my ass is...it's...it's uncountable Aki."

I blushed even more.
She was right though. I would do anything for her.
Even if it meant sacrificing myself.
It was strange. I'd only ever felt that way once before, but after that person I cared for so much disappeared...I told myself that I would never let anyone in ever again.
But I feel like that's just all in the past.
And I also feel like Lena Deralto has given me a reason to...live.

"You know me to well...well-no-you know a weakling too well."

I said, calming myself down.
My body eased up and I held her hand tighter.
But just as I found it in me to relax, Lena let go of my hand and turned around.
She sat on my lap, facing me with big, beautiful brown eyes.

"L-Lena wh-what on earth-"

"Shhh.."

My heartrate launched again, leaving my back and chest to sweat.

".......L-Lena...."

I whispered this time.
The gap between our faces got slimmer as moved in closer.
Was this it?
Was this the person I was going to give my life to?
Out of all this madness, choas, pain, confusion...and love.

Was Lena the one who's been healing me this entire time?