Duncan
"Delmar? " l called out softly but he didn't raise his head to my call or even spared me a glance. Why is he eating like a dog? "Delmar? " l muffled, this time shifting the plate away, "Why are you eating like that?"
"What do you mean? It is better than the food you asked me to eat earlier."
"You didn't even taste the food, how do you know my cooking is not good? Are you hurting my feelings on purpose? And besides, why are you not eating with your hands?"
"I don't eat with them, " He scoffed looking back at the tray fascinatingly, l pushed the tray to the edge of the table annoyingly, "l won't allow you to eat if you don't tell me a good reason, Do you know what you are to me? What if any of my maids saw you? Tell me, I'm listening." I mumbled rigidly crossing my legs together as l lounged back resting my head on my hand as my eyes were focused on his charming soul.
"I don't remember eating with my hands, l don't have a memory like that…that is all." He answered and l didn't understand what he meant, "Go ahead and eat." I said as l stood up and went to the kitchen, l took out more livestock and chopped them into edible sizes and scrolled back to the living room.
I shook my head monotonously as Delmar had totally dipped his head in the tray eating mercilessly, swallowing an uneven amount that was obvious to the eyes, l sat down without dropping the second tray in my hand, and l placed it on my thighs waiting for him to finish the mess he was creating, surprisingly he ate everything clean with no crumbs left. "Eating like this, you need to take your bath again, you have no sense of self by any chance? The Doctor already treated your wounds, which means bathing again would mean the Doctor wasted his time."
"I'm sorry."
"Why are you suddenly apologising? Tch, have some more, it's for you, " l said handing the tray to him and he quickly dips his head again which had me impatiently annoyed, "Young man, keep your head away, Are you a child? Why do you lack experience in everything, even in the basic pattern of life, you are unbelievable, " l scoffed annoyingly, keeping the tray between us.
I didn't miss the look on his face, l couldn't tell what he was thinking but his fragile eyes got, even more gloomier and l wondered if it was because of what l said to him or if he is downright sad about the food.
"You said inexperience people aren't your type why are you raising your voice at me, " He murmured, which l clearly heard him, "And l clearly said you were an exception, open your mouth l will feed you, " l said as l pick a piece and surge forward to his mouth, his gloomy eyes changed tenderly, warm like the stream in autumn.
"Why are you nice to me? I need an understanding, Duncan."
"When you say my name like that you turn time into a faster rate in as much as l love your tease but it is not time to tell you yet, just live in the moment and ask questions later, here, my hand is still hanging in the air.
I glared lustrously as he parted his mouth slowly to eat the food in my hand, l gulped hard as he glared at me before munching his crumbs, l can't believe what I'm doing either, why am I taking notice of everything he does, why the hell am I feeding him right now?
My thoughts bounced back to the pitch of his sobbing, his feverish pale lips as he was crying hard, tears had already reached his neck and l wondered what happened to him all of a sudden, my heart hitched painfully, " Are you alright? "I shrugged putting the tray away, he had some blood stains on his nose, both his cheeks and some stray strands of his hair.
" l miss my mother."
"I guess I can have her visit you somewhere private when you are ready to receive visitors, right now you can only miss her."
"She died and she is the only one who cares for me like this, she died a few weeks before my coming of age, l remember she would feed me livestock like this, so delicious as this." He grumbled sobbing lightly and l was mesmerised at how cute he looked, his neck that sucked in had his tears dampening tiny there, "l guess l should avoid things that remind you of your mother then or are you admitting that l care for you already? it's okay you don't have to cry, I'm beginning to have other thoughts seeing you cry this way, if you are filled up let me clean your face so you can have some sleep, l have to head back to the Pack soon."
"You say the wrong things." He retorted.
"Right, l will take that as a 'Yes."
"Where are you taking me? " He said as I grabbed him by his wrist pulling him away, "You are good at asking useless questions, Delmar, you are yet to spend a night in my house but it is the second time you are asking me that already, you are in my house and l can go anywhere l want.
I took him to the room that l had prepared for him and heaved him to sit on the bed whilst l got to the bathroom and soaked a towel in some warm water, squeezing it lightly, l got back to him and draped the wet towel on his face, wiping his hair to his neck.
My hand went at a slow pace as my eyes couldn't move from his neck, my fangs were copulating as his bones muzzled up, I wanted to stick my fangs a hound deeper dwelling in his intoxicating scent that is warming my entire body addictively.
I can't believe he is what l got for a mate yet he is impossible at the same time, " I'm done, lay down and go to sleep, "l groaned uninterestedly waiting for him to heed my command, l pulled the blanket over him even though his eyes wandered like he had no sleep in them.
" Are you really going back to the Pack?"
"Why? Don't you want me to go?"
"Not at all, you said so some moment ago, I was just curious."
"Are you interested in me Delmar?"