You Will Only Be Mine-Chapter 324: Remembrance

Under the new moon night, the dark sky lit by the nightlife of Shinjuku, my eyes met with her. She looked confused, almost as if she had seen a ghost but it wasn’t too far off the mark. The pain in my neck was still immense and I tried my best to keep up a straight face.

Blood on her mouth, the fangs of a predator, and her eyes glowing brightly in the darkness. She looked more vampire than human right before me. Honestly, that look did make me feel afraid but I couldn’t show that to her. I can’t really blame her for it either. She had been through a lot and right now, all she needs is a warm familiar feeling to cling onto.

She looked confused; I could basically see the cogs in her brain turning trying to process what was going on. She wanted to say something but the words won’t come out of her mouth. Her face was flushed and her hands that were holding me down to feed upon me were not trembling and tracing my chest and face. I decided to help her and pull her cheek to which she gave me the cutest reaction.

"Phew, good thing you are still giving me those reactions. I was worried you would get too used to it," I said and pulled her head down to my neck. "Welcome back Ai."

"Ka..zu…mmmh…" she tried speaking but was still in shock so I held her tighter. She sunk into my embrace and kissed her head, some blood entering my mouth much to my disdain.

"I know, you have a lot of questions, but rest for now. I am right here for you," I whispered in her ear and she wrapped her arms around me and I felt something wet falling on my healing wound.

Ai broke down in my arms and I held onto her tight. I can only imagine what had pushed her this far to have her attack me in that state. I tasked Akira to find her whereabouts but when I came here and told her to watch from a distance, I was pounced at by her. The last thing I heard before that was the loud sound of a wall being punched through. I was happy to see her but the state she was in broke my heart. After everything she had to go through at Dominic’s place and then to live with the fact that I died must have been too much.

I looked down at her still bawling her eyes out now crying out my name and I responded with her name in her ear. Patiently waiting for her to calm down, I just savored the moment as much as I could. Not the most ideal way to go about it but holding her cold body close to me was a much-needed feeling I needed. The warmth I felt from her was the best feeling ever.

"Feeling better?" I asked her and she nodded her head still holding onto my body. I kissed her head again and was met with the taste of blood again but I didn’t complain. I needed to do everything in my power to calm her down.

My wound finally healed and I felt a lot better but I decided to not move and let myself enjoy this reunion longer. Sometimes, words are not needed to be said to communicate between two individuals and this was more than enough to express the happiness we felt seeing each other again.

I sat up a little and leaned against the wall getting myself comfortable and buried my face in her neck. She still smelled great. Her body was rubbing against mine and she sat there completely defenceless and vulnerable. She smelled amazing. Maybe a little, just a little is fine, right?

I brought my mouth closer to her neck and slowly dug my teeth into her neck. I felt her body shudder at this and looked at me confused but I started drinking some of her blood. It tasted amazing, like I expected.

"K-Kazu-kun?" she called out my name weak from exhaustion and it brought me back to my senses. I quickly let go of her neck and looked at her. Her eyes looked at me innocently completely confused as to what happened.

"I-It’s a long story…" I said and averted my gaze from her embarrassed by the action. What was I thinking? This is not the time to have my instincts take over.

I felt her fingers grabbing my chin and pulling my face back to look at her. She locked eyes with me and she rested my head on her neck and caressed my hair. Her touch was gentle and enough to put me to sleep, I held her tighter and took a big breath in. It was Ai, it really was her.

"Finally," I said snuggling up to her. "I have you back with me."

She said nothing but we kept embracing each other for what felt like an eternity. At least it should have been because I wanted all clocks and watches in the world to break down so that time would stop and I could live in this moment indefinitely. Sadly, that wasn’t possible so I took another minute when I thought it would have been enough.

When I finally felt somewhat satisfied, I looked at her but she had no intentions of letting go. Not that I expected her to though. "Akira," I called out and the brown-haired noble appeared before me. "Take us home."

"As you say Kazuki-sama," she said, and before my eyes the scenery changed and I was no longer in the dark alleyway but in our living room. Ai stuck to me like a koala so I decided to not move. I looked at Akira and she nodded her head before disappearing into thin air.

"Let’s get your cleaned up first hmmm?" I said and she nodded still not letting me go. I stood up holding her in my arms and walked to the bathroom. Good thing I kept the water to heat up already. "Okay Ai, get down now. You have to take these clothes off."

"No," she sulkily said making me take a step back at just how cute she was in that state. If I ever die and not come back, I know who is the perpetrator. "You take them off."

"Who said I was going to let you do it?" I teasingly said it and I could see her turning into a tomato by now. The clothes were already ready by the bath so I didn’t need to go to the bedroom to get a fresh pair. While I am at it, I should also get a bath.

Somehow finally taking a good look at her, I grit my teeth. Her clothes were torn in multiple areas by a sharp blade. Not to mention, the blood that was splattered on them to the point that it was the only color on them. Her mouth was completely covered in blood and her beautiful white hair was stained red too. The sight angered me but I decided to keep my cool and started to undress her but what I was met with was much worse.

Scars, multiple, all over her body.

"Tch, that bastard," I muttered and Ai looked at me worriedly but I quickly embraced her. I could feel her body tremble but I held her tighter. Ai looked at the to see her own reflection and the state she was in and moved her head to face me. Her eyes were almost screaming "I am disgusting".

I locked my lips with hers and pulled her closer to me, if there were spaces of just atoms between us, we very might as well have closed that gap too. Words won’t be enough for Ai to understand that everything that happened to her was not her fault and that it doesn’t change the way I perceive her. I felt her tears on my hands so I broke the kiss and cupped her face.

She was sad, terrified, disgusted and who knows what else but the negative feelings were evidently piling up on her.

"I don’t want Kazu-kun to look at me in this state," she said in a weak voice. "I was supposed to be pretty and beautiful so he only has eyes on me. This…thi- "

"Who said I am still not looking at you?" I interrupted her before she said anything worse. I tone was loud but it held nothing but pure affection behind it. My face softened as I took a good look at her face again and even though all the blood she had on her, she looked just as beautiful. And nothing could change that fact for me.

"But I…"

"There, there." I buried her face in my chest and gently caressed my back. "You are still as beautiful as the first time I laid my eyes on you. Or the time you broke into my house, or the time I did nothing but stare at you while you slept right next to me, and even the times when I fought by your side. You have always been so beautiful and nothing will change that for me. Tsubaki Ai is still the cutest, prettiest, and also the most beautiful person I know, okay?"

"But these scars…the blood…"

"The blood will be washed away in a second. And if it doesn’t I just have to rub harder with the soap and shampoo," I said and she looked up at me. "What? You think I’ll find you like this and not bathe you myself?"

"I- "her face turned red and I kissed her forehead seeing the cute sight.

"As for the scars, I am not that shallow of a person to be disgusted or be put off by them. This body is still yours; it is still you and as long as it is the Ai I know; nothing will ever make me think that she is not the most beautiful person ever. Okay?" I said and she nodded.

"Okay, time to wash you down," I said picking her up and putting her down to pour some water over her. I grabbed the soap and started rubbing it all over her body, making sure she looked at nothing else but me. Seeing her embarrassed face was quite the sight.

"I love you, Ai," I said kissing her gently.

"I love you too Kazu-kun," she replied and we put our foreheads together.

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