As I came back to the real world from that big flashback, Ai had stopped drinking my blood and was now licking the spot where she had bit me. She bit her lip and poured her blood on my wound healing it. Before her wound could heal and her bleeding stop, I pressed my lips against her and I licked the blood off her lips.
"K-Kazu-kun," Ai said with her face being red.
Her blood on my tongue actually tasted a bit sweet and metallic. I can see why vampires love the taste of blood; it was something you can get addicted to if you have a certain taste for things.
"Just checking if I would like your blood if I were to become a vampire," I said placing her head on my chest.
"D-did you like it?" she asked anxiously.
"I can see the vampire me getting addicted to this thing so you need to take care Ai. I might drink a lot if you don’t stop me at the right time," I said half-jokingly.
"It’s fine, I have a lot of blood in my body and it can recover a lot quicker since I have been drinking your blood a little more frequently. I can give you as much blood as you want," she said nuzzling her face in my chest. "Now that I think about it, don’t married couples call each other differently?"
"You are still on about that topic?"
"You don’t want to be with me?" Ai up to face me with puppy dog eyes. The damage was beyond repair.
"That is not the case it’s just that…things have changed too quickly, for both of us so…"
"But I want to be married to only Kazu-kun and Kazu-kun alone," Ai said childishly and hugging me. "And as soon as possible so we are a married couple now even if you don’t agree with me. I have my ways, darling~"
"Then I need to refer to you differently now, honey."
After that, there was complete silence and both I and Ai were just staring at each other.
"You know what, it sounds so weird and cringe that I am going to stick with calling you Ai," I said shaking my head.
"Mhm, I also like calling Kazu-kun, Kazu-kun only," Ai said giggling cutely and snuggling up to me. "My Kazu-kun."
I hugged her and started stroking her hair while in that position. Right now, we had not even gotten in the apartment properly and were both sitting down right at the entrance but neither one of us wanted to move at all. I, for now, wanted this moment to last forever.
But unfortunately, it can’t.
"Ai, I think we should get in now. I am hungry," I said to her and she hugged me tighter.
"Then pick me up," she said childishly.
"You know how to take advantage of your adorableness, don’t you?" I said chuckling and standing up. "Very well then."
I picked her up in that same position and she wrapped her legs around my waist hugging me like a koala. I had to lean back a little to make sure we don’t fall and started walking in the house. She did tell me to pick her up but where am I supposed to put her down?
I looked at the clock and it was way past our lunchtime. My stomach was killing me and I think we will rather have an early dinner than a late lunch now. I had already prepared food for lunch and had to just bring it out and heat it up. But first, I think I really needed to take a bath so that I could relax my body.
I took Ai in the bedroom and placed her down but she did not let go and pulled me down on the bed. I landed on top of her and her pale while the face was a few inches away from mine. Her eyes were glittering in the dimly lit room and I could feel myself being drawn into them as always. They were just too pretty to not get drawn in them. People would pay a fortune to have eyes like those.
"Kazu-kun, I am tired," she said softly. "Let’s sleep."
"But what about the food? My stomach is killing me and I really need to eat something," I said to her holding my desires back. Food is what my body needs right now.
"Why eat food if you can just eat me?"
Her words as if sounded like those of a saint rang in my ears and started to echo. Well, she is not wrong but…
"Because while eating food gives me energy, eating you will probably drain all my energy. Do you want me to be fatigued because of that?" I said.
"I can take care of Kazu-kun if that were to happen," Ai gave another tempting offer.
"How about we take a bath together, have dinner, and then sleep afterward? Please," I said giving her a pleading face and she pouted.
"It is so unfair that Kazu-kun looks so adorable doing this," she said averting her face and then looking back at me with a small smile on her face. "But I cannot say no to this face."
She pulled my head down and kissed me and I kissed her back. It was not an aggressive or a passionate kiss but small gentle ones. I stood up and quickly took out my clothes to wear after the bath. I had already set the timer for the water to be filled and I think it has been some time since that assigned time. I just don’t want to take a cold bath.
Ai went to her wardrobe and took out her clothes. I was the first one to enter and while I was about to take a shower, Ai also entered and in the end, we ended up washing each other. I no longer feel weird about this.
After that, we had an early dinner at 6:00 PM which is really early for dinner but my stomach was killing me. It was begging for something to be filled up in it and water was not doing the job. We had a normal but nice dinner of fried fish, rice, miso soup, and pickled vegetables to go with it. I took three bowls of rice it was only then I felt satisfied.
The utensils were in the sink and I had no intentions of washing them now. Both I and Ai were sitting on the couch giving our food some time to digest. The air conditioning was blasting at the lowest temperature but the thing which was keeping me nice and cool was Ai’s body pressed against mine. She was yawning and rubbing her eyes.
"Kazu-kun, I want to sleep," she said drowsily and looked like if I did not let her, she might sleep on me on the couch.
Well, I won’t mind that at all.
Ai’s phone buzzed and she extended her hand to grab it but she was a little shorter to reach it. I reached for her phone and checked the message. The screen opened with a different picture of me and I was sleeping in this one in the bed and Ai was lying on top of me and kissing me?
When did this happen?
"Don’t look at them!" Ai said reaching for her phone with her face completely red. "Ahh, it’s so embarrassing."
"When did you click this image?" I asked extending my hand up not letting her get it. "I won’t give you the phone if you don’t answer my question."
"O-okay, I took it a month ago. I do this every single night," she said trying to reach for her phone and still not getting up. "Ahh, why does your warmth feel so good? I don’t want to let go and get the phone."
Hearing her, my eyes widened. Wait, every single night?
Ai quickly grabbed her phone as I slightly lowered my hand thinking about what she said to me and I looked at her going through her phone. I heard multiple notifications on her phone and after she went through it, she closed her phone and leaned her head on my chest.
"Who was it?" I asked her.
"Remember my friend group?" she asked me and I nodded. "They are inviting me to the mall tomorrow. There are saying that I no longer hang out with them."
"That certainly is true," I said making her whine. "You shouldn’t forget about your friend Ai."
"Why do I need to be with them if I have Kazu-kun with me all the time? I have my priorities straight," she said hugging me tighter.
"I think you should go with them tomorrow."
Ai looked at me with a dejected face and buried her face in my chest. "No, I will not leave Kazu-kun on his own. What if something were to happen? Wha- "
"Nothing will happen to me Ai, I am going to train tomorrow too with Natsumi-san and Iwaguchi-san so there is no need to worry. Just go and enjoy with your friends," I said patting her head.
Ever since Ai started living with me, she had been distant from her group. In the summer break too, she never even called them once and talked to them. I knew the reason why but I did not want her to go on like this. I know, it will be hard for both of us to be apart for some time but there is something which needs to be done.
And if she were to be away for some time, I can easily scoop up information on ways to save her without her knowing. The situation had its pros and cons and the pros overwhelmed the cons so I decided that she should go.
"You are going tomorrow and that’s it, end of the discussion," I said and Ai groaned.
"But I want to stay with Kazu-kun," she whined and I stood up while picking her up and head to the bedroom.
I gently placed her on the bed and tucked her under the covers and got myself in it too. As soon as I got in, Ai held me close to her and I let her do that. I quite liked being hugged and being close to her so it was not really a bad position for me.
Her pale white face could be easily seen in the dark and it was more visible due to the lack of distance between the two of us. She hugged me tightly and placed her head on my shoulder.
"But Kazu-kun is more important to me," she said and started cuddling me.
"You do know Ai, it is hard for me to being away from you," I said and made her face me. I cupped her face in my hands and gently caressed her soft cheeks. "Even I want you to always stay close to me, but you have friends and you shouldn’t just forget about them."
"B- "
"How about this I tell you why I actually want you to go," I said to her and she nods. "Because I want to welcome Ai home when she comes back. Won’t it be nice?"
Ai thought about it but I knew that the decision was already made at the moment I planted the idea in her mind. She started blushing and nodded at the same time and hid her face in my chest.
"I would like that," she said and giggled. "Just like how I planned it to be."
"Then it is settled," I said cuddling her. Being this close to her, even if my body on the outside felt cold, on the inside I felt warm. Really warm.
Whenever I am with her, I feel the same and don’t want the feeling to go away. It is a nice feeling and I quite love this feeling. I love the person because of which I get this feeling.
"I love you Ai," I said kissing her head.
"I love you too Kazu-kun."
We stayed like that for some time but then Ai crawled up and faced me. Her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were darting everywhere. Without a warning, I felt her lips on mine and something awoke in me.
I pushed Ai down on the bed and got on top of her. I looked at her vulnerable demeanor and it was a sight to behold and feast on. She had her entire neck exposed and I could see the bite mark. I leaned down and started licking that place and kissing it.
Ai wrapped her arms around my back and I kept licking and kissing the spot. I quickly got up and started kissing her too. Our tongues battled for dominance and I quickly won and started sucking her tongue. Ai cutely moaned a little due to this and my hand trailed on her back.
After ten minutes of this make-out session. Both of us were panting heavily and I rested my head on Ai’s chest. She turned and I felt the bed mattress hit my side but Ai kept my face buried in her chest and my eye started getting heavy.
"Goodnight Kazu-kun."
"Goodnight Ai."
This had just become normal for us now. A completely normal night.
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