It was pretty dark by the time we were done and Natsumi-san kept on drinking "just one more" glass of beer to the point that she is way over completely drunk. I took her hand and latched it around my neck and started helping her get home. She was so drunk that I could smell the beer she drank from here. Her face was completely red and her legs were shaking while she was walking making me support her entire body mass.
She was mumbling something the entire time but I did not really mind it. Natsumi-san is not really very resistant to alcohol and always gets drunk in just two drinks. Whenever I asked her the reason for it, she just downs another glass.
"Kazuki, you are really reliable," she said with a drunk voice.
"Is this the only time you compliment me properly? Do this when you are sober," I said sighing.
"You are just like how your dad was back in high school. Kazuto really was popular with people, he was reliable and above all, he was quite modest. You know kiddo, I still feel bad that he chose your mother but then again, it's not like I can do anything about it," she said letting go of my neck and leaning her back on the wall.
"Yeah, they are dead now. Dead as any other person who stopped breathing," I mumbled.
"Don't be so sad kid. You have an entire life before you to live so cheer up. Who knows you may get a girlfriend and then end up marrying her. Though she needs to have my approval before that happens," she said still drunk.
She was about to fall down but I quickly caught her. Her words did help me cheer up a little. I smiled at this and continued taking her to her home but I felt as if I was being followed. I looked behind but did not see anyone there but I still could not shake that feeling off.
If what I think is real, I will be in a real problem. Natsumi-san is drunk and I know I am not strong enough to save her on my own. I have to get her home as soon as possible but if they are following me, they would know where she lives. What should I do because I cannot risk her being in danger? I looked around and found no place to escape. What should I do?
Before I could do anything else, I felt a pair of hands grabbing me and Natsumi-san. The hand was very cold kind of reminding me of Tsubaki-san. I was being pulled away in the alley nearby and it was all dark. No one was around and I was thrown against the wall as I coughed out some blood. I winced in pain and looked at Natsumi-san but she was not moving.
I looked at the person who did this and there was a woman standing before me. Her hair was completely black and maybe even darker than black and she had shiny red eyes. Her skin was really pale almost like snow and I was surprised she was able to throw both of us like this. She had really slender arms so it should not be possible.
Calming myself down a little I looked around for a place to escape and if not for both of us then at least Natsumi-san. Let's make her a little sadder. She did make me wait in school and the light novel got out of my hands.
"Who are you?" I asked the person standing before me.
I tried standing up but I quickly tumbled down.
"There is no need to know who I am because it won't really matter," she said and her voice was really cold. "Because you will die."
The next thing I know, my entire body felt a cold object enveloping me and there was a jolting pain in my neck. I did not understand for a moment what happened and it felt like time stopped right there. I could not hear anything but I could feel something being sucked out of me.
I turned my head and saw the woman digging her teeth in my neck and was sucking my blood violently. I screamed in pain but I know no one could hear that. I looked at Natsumi-san and she moved a little, at least she can run away so I decided to keep the woman busy.
I started pushing her away but she was really strong. I felt my strength going away and I didn't know what to do anymore. Natsumi-san's eyes were opened and she saw me with horror in her eyes. She got up on her feet and started moving, yes Natsumi-san please get away from here and save yourself.
The next thing I knew, she rushed towards us and grabbed the woman's head, and shook her off me. She turned around facing her and hit her across her face. Natsumi-san's head hit the wall and she fell down. Blood was gushing out of her head slowly and I became worried.
"Natsumi-san!" I shouted with the energy I had left.
The woman looked back at me and I stiffened.
"Now, let's continue where we left off little Kazuki-kun," she said.
She charged at me and I was ready to accept my face. Not wanting to close my eyes, I looked at her, and then her face was on my lap. Huh? What?
Her head was detached from her body and was now on my lap facing up. She was also surprised at this and I looked forward and saw snow-white hair. The person turned around and seeing her green and red eyes, I felt relieved for some reason.
"Tsubaki-san?" I muttered.
She walked towards me, there was blood on her hand and she jerked it off. Then she picked up the head of the woman and glared at it with an insanely angry expression on her face. She then slammed the woman's face on the wall making it a splash of blood.
She looked back at me and then smiled only for it to be turned into a frown as she saw my neck. It had a deep bite mark on it and I saw Tsubaki-san clench her fist, she walked over to the woman's body and thrust her hand in the chest easily. She then grabbed something and took it out, it looked like a heart. She went for her pocket and took out a wooden stake.
She stabbed it in her heart and the next thing I know, the woman's screaming voice could be heard in my ears. I saw her body jolt up once and then was lying motionless. It started disintegrating and then turned into dust. I had no idea what happened but I saw Tsubaki-san standing before me covered in blood. Her eyes were crazy with anger and she approached me.
Thinking that she was about to do something to me, I closed my eyes but then I felt pain in my neck again. I winced and opened my eyes, she had put a handkerchief on the wound and was pressing on it trying to stop the bleeding. Her eyes looked worried and she was panicking. I looked at Natsumi-san and she lay there with blood still coming out of her head.
"Tsubaki-san," I muttered and held her hand. "Forget about me and please help Natsumi-san. Please, I am begging you. She is the only family I have left."
She looked at me with an unsatisfied look on her face and continued tending to my wound. Please, help her and not me. I don't want to lose anyone ever again.
"Don't worry Kazuki-kun. I am here so I will save you. I won't let anyone take you away from me," she said to me.
"I said—"
"No way in hell I will let you die!" she shouted. The bleeding slowed a little but I still had very little energy left in me. "Why do you care about that woman more than you do about yourself? Why is she so important?"
"That woman is the only family I have left. I just want to die and end my suffering so please let me be. I am begging you, save Natsumi-san," I said.
She then did not say anything but her hand stopped pressing my wound.
"You said you want to die? Then die by hands," she said in a low voice.
I looked at her mouth and saw her sharp canines. It was as sharp as the woman, don't tell me. She took off the handkerchief and approached my neck. She is going to kill me. Yes, this is for the best.
For the best.
No.
I don't want to die.
I hesitated as she was about to dig her teeth in. She looked up at me and then quickly smacked her lips against mine and sucking on my tongue. I still had blood in my mouth but she seemed to enjoy it a lot. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kept kissing me passionately. She was really cold and...soft. I liked this sensation.
"Ah, Kazuki-kun tastes so good. I can't get enough of this," she said mid-kiss and then continued.
After a full two minutes of this, she finally separated her lips from mine. There was blood on it and she licked her lips. She looked at me with a smile on her face. Her red eyes were glowing brightly.
"See, you hesitated before, didn't you? You don't want to die, do you Kazuki-kun?" she said to me playfully.
"Tsubaki-san, what are you?" I said specifically saying "what" instead of "who" because I got the feeling she is not what I thought.
With blood on her white dress, she extended her hand and pulled me close to her, and hugged me gently burying my face in her neck. She was so soft and it felt so nice. The moon shined brightly in the sky. It was at this moment when the speck of the moonlight befell on both of us, I got to know.
"I am a half-human, half-vampire and you will be mine, only mine, Kazuki-kun. I love you with all my heart."
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