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Mika awoke in lurching pain.
It had been a year since that awful night. The night where Ferid's claws were the last thing many of the Hyakuya orphans had seen. The night where two boys had taken different paths regarding their destinies.
More human than vampire, the boy's insides stung. Stung from the horror. The trauma. The inability to take it back.
He couldn't dream anymore, yet the days of his past danced around in his mind every night.
There was no past. There was solely a cold, bleak present.
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Oh, he's torn. He's really really torn. No voice, yet I hear his pain. Oh, Arcane. It's always the best people that suffer the most.
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Mika had awoken again, knowing this was the second time that day as the beams of sun hit his face, though he could not register them the same way he used to register them the year before. Oh, he was behind something. Or rather, the something was behind him. He witnessed the figure of Krul holding him in a hug.
"Awww, you're awake", she said. Mika's quietness was all she got in response. "Wanna go back to sleep?" she asked, patting his head. "You look like you need it."
"I'm-I'm fine" stuttered Mika.
Krul looked at him while trying to suppress a smile as she continued to play with his head. He was very beautiful, even if he looked like a shivering puppy at the moment.
She suddenly had an idea. Draping off one of her sleeves, she held it above Mika's head, measuring it compared to the boy. When she had made her deductions, she ripped off parts of the cloth. She tucked it around the little boy, making sure he was secured under his warmth.
It actually took Mika by surprise, as his previously demure demeanor had flipped, he was staring at her in surprise with wide eyes.
"Be kind to yourself and sleep a little more. You deserve it. Don't limit yourself to your suffering". She said as she walked out of the room.
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Go to sleep, little vampire, let go of the pain. You are not a sum of your sins, or his sins, or anyone else's. It will not be easy, and you will have to keep your head above the water. You are a prize in a sea of diamonds, little vampire. I wish you could see yourself the way I see you.
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Mika had awoken, feeling better this time. It was time for him to get his fill from Krul. There were no usual pangs of hunger today, but rather a fleeting emptiness.
He sat on his bed, staring at his clothed legs with misery. He felt like he was drowning.
Sometimes his thoughts would rise from the ground up, with no provocation at all, and swallow him whole. The self-hatred, the regret, the desire to end everything and not give a damn about the world.
He was alone with his thoughts.
And it was starting to become dangerous.
He knew what would happen if he stayed reminiscing for too long. Krul would be concerned and arr- oh, Krul.
He felt like such a burden to her.
He had ruined the Hyakuya orphan's lives. He was going to ruin hers too.
He had to tell her everything was fine. He had a duty to.
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He does not.
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After he had nourished on her blood, Krul still wouldn't let him go. She had given into her impulses and played with those furs on his head, like a little girl seeing a puppy for the first time. It was one of the most comfortable sensations Mika had gone through, and he didn't even know why. It felt so fun and refreshing.
It had gone on longer for today, for some reason.
Mika turned his eyes upwards for a brief second to see Krul with her lips pursed.
Krul's eyes gently met his, signalling all was fine.
But he stayed as he was, making it clear he was interested in her answer.
Eventually the little blonde vampire's inquisitiveness paid off as Krul muttered "your hair's gone matted. You've been brushing it as usual, have you not?"
Surprised, Mika ran his hands through his hair, and he could not find that Krul was saying the tr- oh.
His fingers danced around a fluffy little bunch over his head. So matted.
It wasn't severe, and something that could be undone with a few tugs of the finger, but Krul remained unimpressed.
After seeing Mika play about with his hair, she asked, "Mika, have you ever been in a sauna?"
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Little vampire, when you reacted the way you did, I remembered those dregs you call your parents barely bothered to care for you.
You had only known cold showers all your life, even in the freezing winter. And other times, you were so hungry you had to eat snow.
It broke my heart that you were left to fend for yourself like that.
When you wouldn't take your eyes off me, it was if you understood something had come to my mind, even if you didn't know it.
It was then that I declared we were to bathe as one, to your surprise. You should have seen the look on your face.
Such innocence. Such surprise.
I will prepare only the finest and best for you, my pet. Just you wait. ⋆⭒˚｡⋆ ♡
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That night, Mika was prepared. Very much so. It wasn't necessary, but he was groomed to the most handsome manner, not a hair out of place. Of course, a bath in the sauna would undo everything, but he had to show Krul he was serious about this.
The sauna was empty.
˚ Strange ˚, he thought. With how important Krul had stressed it to be, he would have thought she would have arrived first.
He set himself down in the waters. They were steamy and welcoming. Krul seemed to really know her stuff when it came to these things.
He lay against the edge of the bathtub and closed his eyes.
The water frothed around him.
He could relax here. The vivid sensations were providing him relief. It was a new kind of pleasure he didn't know was possible. His eyes remained shut as the waters danced.
And let them froth, he did, until he had settled in and was as familiar to the waves as a rock for them to crash against.
He was so enamoured in the water's heat he didn't notice the sleeeet of the onsen doors opening.
Something was tingling and he didn't know what. It felt so good against his nose and upper shoulder blades; it made the water feel sweeter just by its presence.
His eyes were suddenly covered by a pair of soft hands.
He didn't even have to know who it was. Or the fact that apart from the hair decorations, she was fully nude. She had taken some enjoyment seeing her pet enjoy himself, and decided to allow him to taste her body alongside the waters.
She couldn't resist it, and was overcome with an urge to taste him too, but she had too much restraint to let it consume her.
She was hugging him, her small breasts against his back as she pushed them further against him. She nested against the boy, letting their bodies rest against one another. He was bigger than her, yet she was able to dominate him with a simple action.
They were together at last.
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This is my gift to you, little vampire. I gift myself to you, in all heart, body and soul.
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Once Mika knew, he looked for the feeling of tensity that was oh so familiar-
He was risking it. He had never been in a mass of water, and this one was without borders. What was Krul thinking, bringing him here? Not even his parents would risk something as deadly as- okay, they definitely would. But despite the warning signs that entered his brain, he did not feel endangered.
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˚ The voice in my head warning me of Krul was not ''mine''.
My voice had been taken from me a long time ago. Wrangled from me cruelly, extorted with no mercy years ago. The voice that once guided me had been corrupted to speak to me with hate.
Some people would have preferred it wasn't there at all.
I had quashed it, deep down. I didn't want to acknowledge it existed.
But Krul would never, never take that away from me.
My virtues are no longer turned against me.
From now on, there would be no more pretending in front of her anymore.
I could be myself.
And I was.
In her arms.˚
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"Miiiika~" taunted Krul. "Aren't you getting a little too comfy?" teased Krul, as she felt the boy's arms over chest pull her closer.
Despite what she said, Mika knew she really didn't want him to let go.
"I want no other place than your lap tonight." said the girl, her eyes now passionate and like saucers. "Heed it!"
And they stayed there the whole night, and would be there until the sun shone.