Chapter 461: Tower
I woke up, finding myself in Ai’s embrace yet again. My face pressed against her neck, and her hand gently stroked my hair. My head was feeling dizzier than usual, so I could only guess what had happened.
"How...much...?" I muttered, but she didn’t reply right away. I know she is worried about me, but these were things I needed to know.
"The entire stock we had and then some more from Akira," she said in a low tone and wrapped my arms around her. "I’m particularly jealous of Akira, but why does she have to be the one who is your primary blood mother? I could have turned you myself, too, you know, then you can drink and only think about my blood and mine alone."
That’s what was worrying her?
I chuckled and nuzzled my nose against her neck, making her body shiver. She is a little ticklish around this region. I opened my eyes to see some marks still there on her neck, and I closed my eyes again. Right, before the hellish beat-up Ethan called training, I had a really good time the night before. Not to mention just how energetic Ai was. Was this his way of pulling me back to the gravity of my current situation? Naaah, I’m thinking too deeply into it. He was pissed and needed a place to vent, which ended up being me.
"Kiss my forehead," I muttered. "I feel dizzy."
Ai pressed her lips against my forehead and kept leaving little kisses on it. Her soft, cold lips felt so comforting that they helped greatly and subsided the dizziness. "Could you not sleep too well?" she asked me.
"Ethan got angry after he found out why and how the lord of the night is going to wake up earlier and said something about me being his champion before beating the shit out of me," I complained. "I can still remember how my organs were splattered on the floor before they magically returned to their designated place."
"I..."
"I know, sigh, it’s going to be like this every day, I’m afraid, so I just have to get used to it. Not like we can do anything to cut him off. Plus, he is training me in some way, so it isn’t all bad," I said, holding her tighter.
"He’s going too far with this; does he have no care for how you can even handle it?" she asked, her arm slightly trembling in anger.
"Why did you stop kissing my forehead?" I asked her, and she looked at me, confused. I smiled at her, and without saying anything else, she kept kissing my forehead. "Aaah, this is perfect. If this is how I can get treated every morning, I don’t mind him beating me up in my sleep."
"I can do this every morning without that being the case, you know?" she said in the middle of each kiss. "I love pampering Kazu-kun."
"But then it won’t feel earned, you know. Maybe I am a masochist who prefers to be treated nicely only after I get curb stomped to death," I explained, and enjoyed each kiss that was put on me.
"You have earned being pampered by me the day we first met. You don’t have to do much more to get what you deserve," she said while scratching my hair along with the kisses. "Kazu-kun is someone who deserves to be pampered by me."
"That’s because Ai is too kind to me."
"Look who is talking," she said, and we both ended up laughing lightly.
Ai continued to pamper me and help with the dizziness, which was pretty much gone now. My mind drifted to what Ethan was talking about. About how Sarah is being woken up before the estimated time. By that bastard, Dominic. Just thinking about his name makes my blood boil. When I get my hands on him, I will make sure to give him the slowest, most painful death possible. He had caused so much trouble and pain to me and Ai throughout our lives; he deserves nothing less. I will make sure he gets what he deserves.
I am kind of grateful to Ethan for training me now, so I can get as strong as I can quickly, and luckily, now both our goals also align perfectly. We both want a fate for him that he won’t even be able to imagine. I want to break the arrogant look he always has on his face and give him a piece of his own medicine. No man living that long can ever be devoid of something he holds dear. I will find out what that is and destroy him right before his eyes.
I want him to suffer, I want to cry and writhe in rage for me. No matter what happens, I will make sure that he gets to feel the pain he put us through and then some. Ethan went on about the elaborate ways of how to torture a vampire as he was fantasizing about what he would make me do once we capture Dominic. His putting so much trust in me and my ability to beat him also filled me with confidence.
"Kazu-kun?" Ai called out my name, and I saw her looking at me, worried. "What are you thinking? You are making an angry face. Am I doing something- "
"No, you are not. You are doing everything perfectly. Ai doesn’t need to worry about stuff like that," I said, pulling myself up to her level and cupping her face. "You are more than enough, okay? Everything about you has me absolutely crazy in love. I can’t ever get my eyes off you, even if I tried, and there is no one in this whole universe who can make me feel the way you do. You are absolutely perfect, and I do not intend to ever let you go. If you keep thinking of yourself in a negative light or think you are not enough, that would be an insult to my love for you. I love you because you are you. Am I clear?"
"Y-yea..." she said in a soft tone, her face bright as a tomato. "I-I just wanted to ask if there was anything more you wanted, but I didn’t expect a full-blown confession. Aaah, my face is heating up so much, I’m so shy now. How can I even pamper Kazu-kun with me feeling like this?"
She started gently hitting me on the chest. "Kazu-kun, you dummy, it’s all your fault. Why do you have to be so romantic out of nowhere?"
"Because if there is even the slightest doubt in your mind, I can’t allow that to stay," I said, kissing her head, and she now rested her head on my neck. I knew what was going to come next.
She dug her teeth into my neck and started to slowly suck my blood. I don’t know how much she drank since last night, but I don’t really mind her drinking as much as she wants. My blood would replenish a lot quicker than hers, so she could drink as much as she wanted, and I would realistically not run out for a long time. I caressed her and rested my chin on top of her head as she continued to drink my blood. She didn’t drink a lot; it felt more like a little snack than anything. After doing that, she kept licking where she bit me, but that area healed pretty quickly.
"I did like healing Kazu-kun’s wounds with my blood," she said in a bit of disappointment. "He would have then needed me whenever the slightest thing happened to him. It’s a bummer you heal so quickly."
"Maybe, and who said that is the only time I need you? Ma’am, did you forget about what I just said?" I asked, and she looked up at me with a cheeky smile.
"Yeah, I forgot it all. I might remember if you say it all again," she said, grinning at me.
This girl will seriously kill me with diabetes. I don’t even know if vampires can have that.
After cuddling and telling her how much she meant to me and how much I loved her, much to Ai’s dismay, I had to get out of the bed and start getting the stuff ready to pack and move. Taking off the blanket, I looked down at myself, finding myself without a single piece of clothing on me. Oh no, don’t tell me this was how I was looking when I drank all that blood from Akira. Kill me, please.
I got out of bed to hear a whistle from behind me. I turned to see Ai eyeing me down. "My, what are you doing walking around with a body like that?" she said teasingly.
"Look who is talking," I said, and she chuckled before taking the blanket off her and jumping in the air, landing right in my arms. She wrapped her body around me like a koala and giggled happily.
"Kazu-kun is so warm and toasty," she said, rubbing herself against me. "Do you really have to get out of bed already~" she asked in a seductive tone, pressing her chest against mine. I didn’t need any more reason.
The packing can wait.
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