"Do you guys see the time and place or did you just start this anywhere?" a voice was heard from beside us and we looked to see Natsumi-san standing right there with a big tray of food.
Ai wiped her tears which were still there and Natsumi-san noticed it. I thought she would say something about it but decided not to do it. Instead, she brought the tray and placed it right before me. I looked at it and the food looked as if it was glowing. Things from ramen to burgers to even dessert. The sheer amount of food on this plate was just too much and I didn’t even know where to start or if this is even healthy for me. Yes, I needed the calories and energy to make my body function again but too much can also make it really bad for me.
"We didn’t really know how much of the food you will need to recover from your current state so Ama just got you a bunch. Eat as much as you want and what you cannot finish, I am there for that," Natsumi-san said and hit her bicep as if showing I could count on her to finish the food. Well, she did have a big appetite for how she looked and it always amazed me how she was able to keep such a fit body after that. Well, the answer was vampire hunting. That thing does take a big toll on the body. "You just thought I eat a lot, didn’t you?" she said with a glare piercing right through me.
"I thought you would get some healthy food," I joked and she chuckled.
"That was the plan but Ama knew that having you eat this was not really a problem. Since she is a bit softer to you, she got you this," she said and glared at me again. "You better be grateful that I didn’t get you that disgusting "healthy food" we give the patients here. Sure, it has the medicine and heals them quicker but it tastes worse than shit. I don’t know who even came up with that.
I shivered in fear and decided to not even try to say anything because that would only cause more damage to me. I am already low on energy and a hit from Natsumi-san might as well just kill me on the spot and I don’t really have any intentions of dying this soon in my life. I would love to when I get old and die of old age but this early is too early. I haven’t even passed high school now come on.
I got up with the help of Ai and she was about to go to reach for the food but I stopped her. They are already doing so much for me so I can handle this much, right? I looked at the food and thought about what to even start with, maybe something light. I grabbed a fry and tossed it in my mouth slowly and started eating. Once that fry entered my mouth, something took over me and every last energy in my body was completely put into my hands starting to eat.
"Slow down or you will choke on the food," Natsumi-san said and I did since I actually started coughing. "Geez, here, have some water."
Ai gave me a glass of water and I drank it immediately to continue eating. I was eating as if I had never tasted food like this in my entire life. it wasn’t even amazing food, just cheap and quick food which was honestly all I needed to have right now. I could eat huge loads of this which I was and it would have a lot more calories anyways due to the way they are prepared. I kept on eating and I had honestly lost track of time. the food on the tray started to go less and less and I was not stopping. I don’t really know how Natsumi-san and Ai were looking since all my focus was on the food but I’m sure they would just look at me surprised or worried.
"Phew, that is the last one, I can’t have anymore," I said leaning back and holding my belly. That was a good meal honestly. Quite an amazing one.
"Have any more? You didn’t leave any food, to begin with," Natsumi-san said staring at the empty tray of food. "This really was a lot of food even for me and you literally breathe it all in as if it was nothing. Are you sure you are alright?"
"Me? Oh, I have never been better I tell you. The food was quite good, then again, I was hungry so everything tasted amazing, felt like I hadn’t eaten anything this good my entire life," I said and a little burp escaped my mouth. "Oops."
Both Natsumi-san and Ai let out a chuckle and Natsumi-san hit my head lightly. Now that I was done with that, I did have to do something very important.
"Ai, can you please leave me and Natsumi-san alone for some time?" I asked Ai and though, reluctant, she agreed. She got up from the bed and walked out of the room. Before the door closed, they looked back at me one more time and gave me a smile.
I looked at Natsumi-san and pat the place right next to me indicating for her to sit there. She complied with it and sat down. I looked up at the ceiling and took a deep breath. I raised my hand and placed it on Natsumi-san’s shoulder. She looked at me and I raised my hand near her head and pull it down. I rest her head on my shoulder and started patting it.
"What do you think you are doing?" Natsumi-san asked confused. "Mess up with my hair and I will break your hand."
"Will you go on the mission tonight Natsumi-san?" I asked her and the room got silent for some time. I just decided to patiently wait for an answer from her.
"I am honestly pretty confused myself. I am being ordered to go there and I can very well just deny their order and they will just send Iwaguchi to the mission I don’t want him to be in bigger danger if the threat is bigger than we expected but I also want to stay around since Dominic is here, your life is in a big danger. That is way more important to me," Natsumi-san said. "Yes, I know you still had danger lingering on you before but I was always aware of what it was and always assigned someone I trusted from the VEO to be on the lookout and keep you protected. Luckily, not many vampires were really attacking you because back then your blood had not really started. But now."
"I’m going to be alright," I said calmly and Natsumi-san looked at me seeing the confident look on my face.
"How can you be so sure Kazuki? You know that Dominic isn’t someone who you can go against," she retorted.
"Dominic is not going to kill us just yet," I said confidently and her eyes widened knowing exactly what I meant. "The lord of the night is yet to awake and it will take some time. Dominic wants to use my blood as a sacrifice and Ai’s body as a vessel so it’s better for him to use us freshly like that. If he were to kill me and even preserve my blood to the best of his abilities. He will still not kill me."
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"But how can you be so confident about it?" Natsumi-san asked. "Are you a hundred percent sure that he will not kill you?"
"Honestly, I don’t really know. What goes on in that guy’s head is still a mystery to me," I said and pat Natsumi-san’s head. "But I want you to go on the mission and help Iwaguchi-san. I already have people here who can help me. Ai, Ama, James and let’s not forget Ethan and the other S-rank hunters. They are all here with me and as far as I am concerned, James will not let me die just yet so if something were to happen to me. He will assign the S-rank hunters to my protection."
"Sigh, you really think a lot, don’t you? It honestly is a mystery how you even get time to think all of this," Natsumi-san said and sighed again. "I need to keep the promise I made to Kazuto and Masu- "
"That’s not the only reason why you are this desperate about this situation, right?" I said and looked at Natsumi-san seeing her mouth stop in its tracks. "There is something more to it. Something we both know of."
"Yes, and the answer is pretty simple. I cannot let my dumb little brother die. He is my family after all and I care about him a lot," Natsumi-san said and playfully hit my head.
"Can you not hit my head whenever you get the chance?" I said rubbing the spot she hit.
"What? You really got scared when you did something wrong and I didn’t hit your head," she said.
"That was because if you didn’t hit me, I get the feeling that you were not angry at me. You were just disappointed and let me tell you, that is way worse for a kid like me," I complained and she laughed and started shaking my head.
"Well, looks like you cheer me up. thanks for that Kazuki. Now I have to get ready for the mission. Thanks for that Kazuki, I owe you one," Natsumi-san said and started walking towards the door.
"And I owe you many more," I muttered and got up. "Well, time to head home."v
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