ROLEPLAY HQ - moonlight-nightclub

In the heart of the darkened city, the Moonlight Nightclub was at its peak of activity. The blue and purple lights lit up the cobbled street and the low bass of the music inside pulsed through anyone that walked by. In this part of town, everyone seemed to be dressed to impress, whether that was by conformity or social class was anyones guess, but it definitely made every person seem important and wealthy. There was a line of these people waiting to get into the nightclub, all behind a red rope that a muscly bouncer would lift as someone exited. It seemed to be at capacity and only time would tell how fast said line would move.

If the music wasn’t so loud, hard clacks against stone would be heard as Rowan Drake made her way down the sidewalk. Her lean figure was accentuated by a tight red dress with a slit starting near the middle of her thighs and a hem that crumpled the dress into folds across her form. The crystal straps held a sharp contrast against her dark skin, along with the silver and gold jewelry that graced her neck and wrists. Her black, strapped heels rose her to 5’8” in height and matched her long, flowing, black curls perfectly. Her dark eyes scanned the area with intent, almost as if she was looking for something. If it was the nightclub, she had found it. With an equally attractive man on her arm, she made her way passed the line and kept her eyes laser focused on the sights ahead of her. She made sure to study every person she could see without looking back and gave a wry smile as they reached the front of the line. She turned to the bouncer and gave him a rather seductive once over before meeting his eyes again. “Drake and Ace.” Her voice was deeper than most women, more raspy than masculine, yet refined. While she stared at him, her gaze became more focused. “I believe we’re on the guest list.” Her expressions softened a bit as the bouncer removed another section of the rope that would allow them to pass, but keep the regular line at bay. “Of course, Miss.” Not that there was any such thing as a guests list at a public nightclub, but whatever she said or however she said it was enough for the bouncer to let both her and the man on her arm slip right passed.

Next to Rowan, a tall man in a pristine, black suit walked alongside her with her arm wrapped loosely around his. The slight reveal of his red button-up shirt made it obvious he was dressing to match the woman next to him, but the way his eyes shifted, halted and seemed to need ripped away from some of the people they passed also made it clear that they were not an item. His icy blue eyes could be seen lingering on a few of the more attractive men and women that remained in line as they made their way to the front of it; his teeth showing the entire time from a smooth, roguish grin that looked as if it was sewn into his face. As Rowan addressed the bouncer, he slightly bowed his head to the man and gave him a wry smirk. He knew what she had done almost immediately and it was only confirmed by the expedited invitation inside. With a casual glance at Rowan, he extended his free arm out for her to lead the way as he followed closely behind, straightening his suit jacket as they disappeared inside.

@nakachu

Finals were finally over, the last test having been taking mere hours ago. Like had become the tradition, Ellie and her friends had dolled themselves up and made their way towards the clubs. They usually went elsewhere, but this time her friend Arianna had decided that they would hit up the Moonlight Nightclub. Even upon arriving, Elina already felt slightly intimidated by the place. They were illuminated by the blue and purple lights the moment they got close. There was a long line waiting to try and get in and they had no choice but to wait there as the cold air nipped at their skin. Elina had decided on a black tight fitting jeans along with a black lace bralet at the top. It was a bit more daring than she usually had worn as it showed off her stomach quite a bit. But with having focused a bit more on exercising lately she had gotten those softly defined lines on her and she felt ready to show it off. Her freckles were hidden under a soft layer of foundation, a soft smokey eye decorating her eyes, making green eyes pop even more. Her lips were kept simple but just a bit of lip gloss to give them a shine. “Was it really worth coming here? We have been waiting forty five minutes already.” Ellie complained a bit as she rubbed over her arms to try and warm up a bit. “Don’t be such a bummer Ellie! Look, we are almost there.” Arianna said to her as she pointed to the six people there were still in front of them. “Fine.. You are right.” Ellie said and gave her friend a smile. That was when she felt even more of a chill suddenly cross over her arms. When she looked to the side of her she saw two people walking by her, passing by the line that had formed. It was a woman and a man, dressed in a way more fancy matter then she was. She instantly felt her eyes remaining on them, unable to peel herself away. When the man’s eyes landed on hers, she couldn't hold his gaze and instantly looked away, feeling a heat rise to her cheeks. She was almost glad when they made

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their way to the bouncer and were let into the club without any second questions. “What? That is unfair! We have been here for almost an hour!” Arianna shouted at the bouncer after seeing the two enter. She had always been an outspoken personality. “Shush, Ari. It’s fine.. we are almost there.” Elina tried to shush her friend. It only took about ten more minutes before the group of friends was finally able to enter the club. It was instantly clear just how high rank this nightclub was. Everyone in it was dressed in a more fancy way then she was and Elina instantly felt underdressed. The blue and purple lights flashed over everyone, illuminated their features in the light. She brushed her ginger hair behind her ear as she took it all in. The music was already loud and people were gladly jumping and dancing to it. It somehow made her feel very aware of herself. “I am going to grab a drink!” She shouted at her friend who nodded at her. Arianna was more than ready to join the dance floor without it, but she knew that she wouldn’t feel comfortable until that alcohol hit her system. She maneuvered her way through the crowd till she reached the bar. “One Margarita please.” She said to the bartender and offered a bill for it. They took it, barely acknowledging her existence and within a minute she had her drink in front of it. She instantly took a good swallow of it and turned herself back to face the dance floor.

@shayshayrian

Walking ahead of Xaiden, Rowan quickly scanned the room and elevated her chin just a tad; taking in the array of different scents the nightclub had to offer one such as herself. Humans.. and a lot of them. She turned to her brother with a dejected look and made her way to the dance floor. She had been looking for someone specifically, someone she hadn’t seen in years, someone who was definitely; not human. Without a second glance, she left him in the entryway and clacked herself onto the dance floor, determined to dance the annoyance from her body and maybe steal a midnight snack if the opportunity presented itself. The pulsing, upbeat music and the low glow of the lights set a relaxing and jubilant tone as she snuck herself into the crowd of people. There was no shortage of attractive people to dance with, some grabbing her hand for a dance before she even noticed what direction she was being pulled in. As the music flowed, she changed partners and positions multiple times before she decided that was enough for now. As she made her way to the bar, she spotted Xaiden in mid conversation with a lovely young woman. Eavesdropping and stealth were a few of the maneuvers that crossed her mind, but she was honestly in no mood to beat around the bush. She sauntered up the steps and made her way to her brother, draping an arm around his shoulder as she turned to the redhead. “Well, well. Making friends are we?”

Upon entering, Xaiden searched the club as throughly as his sister did. He would be lying if he said he wasn’t hoping for the same outcome she was, but when she turned and revealed her face, he knew they were in no such luck. He would nod to the woman as she disappeared in the crowd before he took another quick look around the room. Xaiden’s bright eyes widened a bit in delight as he donned his most charming smile and casually made his way to the bar. This was his setting, not that it wasn’t Rowan’s, but he thrived among people, especially drunk people. His dark figure slinked it’s way to the bar, smiling widely at the women he passed and took a seat in front of the bartender; licking his bottom lip as he squinted at the bottles behind him. “Bourbon. Neat.” His voice was low and precise as he stared into the man’s eyes, his smile slowly creeping into a smirk until he looked away. The amount of beautiful people in the room was in no short supply and just as his glass hit the counter, he caught sight of his sister amongst the dancing party. “Cheers.” He raised his glass to the bartender, but didn’t remove his eyes from Rowan. He knew she hadn’t been herself for the last five or so years and he couldn’t rightly blame her, but watching her become as dreary as he had once been left a sour taste in his mouth. He had overcome his philosophical obstacles, but it took a great deal of time and plenty of conversations with friends before he was able to accept it. Before he knew it, his glass was empty. With his index finger he tapped the bar, signaling to the staff to fill him up again when his view was suddenly blocked by a young, delicious redhead. He refocused his gaze and watched as she ordered her drink, quickly turning to the man as she did so. “Add her to my tab, mate.” He said it loud enough for the man to hear him, but kept his gaze focused on her. “I recognize you. Where did I see you?… Oh yes! You were in that atrocious line. Apologies for cuttin

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g ahead, but my sister… she doesn’t do well with… patience.” He gave the woman a smile just as he felt an arm go around his shoulder. The familiar tone of Rowan made him blink a little longer than normal, however, his eyes remained on the woman with the margarita. “Speaking of the devil.”

@nakachu

She had barely taken the swallow from her drink when a voice could be heard beside him. “Add her to my tab, mate.” It said. She turned around to where it came from and just looked straight into the eyes of the guy who had passed her by the line. She was almost stunned by how they seemed to pierce right through her. It took her a few seconds before she could even remember what he had just been saying to her. “Wait.. no, you don’t have to pay for anything for me.” She quickly said, feeling very self conscious in that moment. You should buy a drink for a pretty girl, she almost popped out, but she was not that drunk just yet. But it was no use as the bill she had handed the bartender was already being shoved back her way. Whoever this guy was, the bartender was more likely to respect his decision than hers. She took the drink in both her hands as he kept looking at her, feeling like she might drop it if she didn’t. “Yes, I was waiting there with a friend.” She said, trying to just strike up a conversation like normal. “Took almost an hour to get in.” Shit.. that sounded like she blamed him for cutting the line. Did she? I mean, it had been a bit rude. She bit down on her lip just slightly, hoping he didn’t take offence. The woman he had come in with had seemed to come out of nowhere as she wrapped her arms around her. Her black curls cascaded like waves around him as she embraced him. “Your sister..” Elina said and forced a smile on her lips, quickly taking another sip of the alcoholic drink she had ordered. Come one Ellie, stop being awkward. “You guys come here often? It is my first time.”

@shayshayrian

Rowan watched the woman with intrigue, seeing just how out of place she likely felt and feeding off of the awkwardness. At the question, she straightened herself a bit and took a quick look around the club. “No. This is our first time as well.” It hadn’t been a lie in the slightest, but they did seem awful comfortable for being in a foreign establishment for the first time. She crossed her arms as she lost herself in thought for a moment, Xaiden’s voice bringing her attention back to the lovely lady in front of her.

Xaiden turned to Rowan and as she seemingly lost interest in the conversation, he redirected his attention at the woman. “Yes, however, it’s not our first time in this type of place.” He took a brief pause, quickly looking her over again before his eyes went wide with feigned astonishment. “Oh my, where are our manners?” He looked at Rowan briefly as if to scold her before looking back. “My name is Xaiden Accic, although, close friends and beautiful women have the pleasure of calling me Ace.” He realized how completely ridiculous that sentence sounded and it almost made him laugh, but he bit his lip as he extended an arm towards his sister and continued on like nothing had happened. “And this, fiery fiend, is my sister: Rowan Drake.” He chuckled as he brought his gaze back to the woman and smiled, showing off just how white his teeth really were. “And who might you be?”

@nakachu

Her eyes kept going from the guy in front of her to the woman who was hanging out around his shoulders. Their first time? How did they just get in like that then? This seemed like the type of place that didn’t really just let people in like that at all. Maybe it had been their confidence that had done it, the way they held themselves in a way that seemed like they belonged here. She chuckled just slightly nervously as he introduced both of them by name and continuing to flirt with her. Just him saying pretty girls could call him a certain way made her take another sip of her drink. By then she had already finished almost half of it and it didn’t take much to get her going. She was small and didn’t drink often which made her a lightweight. When he asked for her name she considered giving him a false name, but she didn’t see a reason why she should. She wasn’t ready to give them her full name however like they had done. “My name is Elina, some people just say Ellie though.” She said, smiling at both of them as she still couldn’t seem to decide who to actually look at of the two.

@shayshayrian

Rowan rolled her eyes at her brothers antics, waiting for her answer before she gave the girl her own bright, genuine smile. It was a bit jarring how quickly her face rearranged from sulking to jocose, but either expression looked ravishing on her. She extended her hand, just as Xaiden had done when he introduced her, but she was asking for Ellie to take it. “Ellie, my dear. Come with me. You look like you’d have a wonderful time out there and to be honest, none of those numbskulls know how to dance.” Her tone had taken a lower pitch, as if they had some kind of inside joke between them already. A soft chuckle at the end of her sentence made her seem much more friendly than she had previously and her hand remained outstretched, waiting for Ellie to take it and follow her out onto the dance floor.

Xaiden’s eyes moved to stare into Rowan’s, but his head made no motion to follow. He kept his seated frame angled towards Ellie until his sister finished her request. If Ellie chose to study Xaiden instead of look towards Rowan, she would notice his expression towards his sister was almost one of warning. Before Ellie could decide whether or not she would take the woman up on her offer, Xaiden spoke. “Now now, Roe. The woman has only had one drink. Surely you don’t expect her to mingle with the riff-raff without adequate hydration. He grabbed his own drink, tossing it back to finish its entirety in one gulp before turning to the bartender and twirling his finger in one circle in the air. Bringing his bright blue eyes back to Ellie’s, he leaned forward a bit to make sure she heard what he was going to say next.* “Don’t feel the need to conform, lass. If dancing isn’t in the cards for you tonight, don’t let this seductress pull you away.” When he managed to lean back again, the bartender had placed both a drink for him and another fresh margarita in front of Ellie. He gave her a kind smile and took the glass of bourbon from the table without letting his gaze leave her.

@nakachu

Bring around the two of them was almost unnerving. The way they seemed to both be toying with her was making her head spin. Not only did she not understand how these two beautiful creatures had shows interest in her at all, she had never been bought a drink before. She extended her arm to Rowan, but more because she thought the woman had wanted to shake it. The invitation to the dancefloor only came after she had already accepted it. She liked dancing, but she usually needed more alcohol within her system before she felt brave enough to do it. As Rowan was about to pull her along, Xaiden already seemed to want her to remain where she was, talking so close into her ear that she could feel his breath tickling it. She once again was just stuck between the two of them, not sure who's gaze she should meet and this time they both were seemingly expecting something from her. In the end she pulled her hand back from Rowan and downed her drink the same way that Xaiden had done. She needed that liquid courage if she was to survive these two. "I will get your next dance?" She said with an apologetic smile to Rowan."

@shayshayrian

Rowan nodded in understanding as she relinquish her hand. Her eyes flashed to Xaiden’s with a quick, stern look of annoyance at his own expressions towards her. He was acting as if she had ulterior motives and she had none! How very dare him! She raised her chin a bit more and faced Ellie before speaking. “If you can find me, love.” She gave her a mischievous smile and departed from the two of them, her dress hugging her form with each step as she made her way back into the pool of people. She smiled all the way, greeting those that gave her a second glance and even laughed with a few that dropped her a pick up line. Within moments, she would be lost from the sight of the two at the bar, likely finding a few dance partners that didn’t mind quite how high her dress rose when she started dancing.

As Rowan dismissed herself, Xaiden cleared his throat and took a large drink from the glass he had been holding, gently placing it down on the napkin he had been given when served the drink. He had angled himself more towards the bar and less so towards the dance floor while he sucked a small amount of air through his teeth. “I shouldn’t have said anything. We likely won’t be seeing much of her for a while.” He took another small drink and lazily leaned his head in Ellie’s direction, whispering the next set of words he said to her. “It isn’t often Rowan Drake gets turned down.” He lightly smacked the stool next to him, offering her a seat instead of standing there in shock. His demeanor had slightly shifted. While he seemed more relaxed, he didn’t lose an ounce of charm; albeit a different kind of charm. Whenever he smiled, he exuded kindness and a pleasantness that was extremely infectious, however when his face tightened to be more serious, he looked… hungry… As if whomever was the recipient of that hardened gaze was exactly what he needed to fulfill his urges and no one else. If Ellie did in fact choose to sit next to him, once she was firmly planted he would turn to peer into her eyes again, as if he was searching for something. If she remained standing, he would angle himself back towards her as to not exclude her from conversation. “So, Ellie. What brings you here tonight? You got a thing for the bartender?” He whispered his last question and gave her a wide grin afterwards, knowing full well that was likely the farthest reason for her being there.

@nakachu

She was even more stunned when Rowan just seemed to leave them after she had decided she needed more of a drink before she was ready to hit the dance floor. She just watched her back until is dissappeared into the crowd. When Xaiden whispered to her that she didn't often get rejected she felt the blush rise in her cheeks again. "But that.. I.. I didn't mean it like that!" She stumbled over her words. Goddamn.. she needed more alcohol, these two were driving her crazy. She picked up her new glass and took a generous sip of it once more. He padded the stool and she found herself looking at the stool and then at him. She still didn't understand how a guy like that was interested in her.. but he seemed to be. Or was she misreading the situation that much. Their eyes met and she couldn't exactly tell what was going on in them. But one thing she knew for sure. He was staring right into her soul and it was something she was not used too. Eventually she gave in and climbed into the barstool. Once she sat she twirled the drink into her hands. His gave so stuck on her that she felt like she needed to look somewhere else. She bit down on her lip as he once again started to tease her. "We completed our finals. Today was the last test. We usually go out and celebrate that we are done studying." She explained to him, feeling compelled to tell him about it. "I havn't exactly left my room in a week.. so it's a good thing I am out now." She chuckled. Ugh Ellie, why would you say that?

@shayshayrian

The man chuckled at Ellie’s exasperation, knowing full well she didn’t mean to offend Rowan. He knew she wouldn’t leave without him and had little interest in her escapades on the dance floor. Surely she wouldn’t do anything… drastic… in front of so many people. He took a sip from his own glass, moving his gaze to the bartender, just before Ellie started to explain her reasoning for being there. At the mention of ‘we’, his eyebrows rose a bit and the corners of his mouth slightly widened. “Oh, you came her with friends” He looked up from his glass, to her and then back to the dance floor. “Why aren’t they with you? I would’ve gladly bought them their drinks as well.” He swirled the contents of his glass before downing the remaining alcohol and setting his glass a bit harder on the table, indicating to the bartender that he was done for now. Oddly, he didn’t seem the least bit intoxicated, he almost seemed more sober than when she had initially saw him. Resting his elbow on the table, he let Ellie have his full attention as he studied every wrinkle on her face while he awaited an answer.

@nakachu

“Yeah, they are..” she looked around, trying to spot them in the crowd on people that was dancing on the floor but she didn’t seem to recognize any of them in this strange flashing light. “Somewhere..” This usually happened. She would need some time to get going and stay at the bar and by the time she felt buzzed she would never be able to find them again till the night was done. Sometime she wondered why they even took her along with them. She followed his lead then and also drank the rest of her drink. She was two glasses in now and she could start to feel that little bit of a buzz coming up in her head. Surely when this second drink his her stream she would be more confident, would stop feeling like a stuttering moron and would actually be able to go and enjoy yourself. “What about you Xaiden? Why did you are your sister come here? Just wanted to hit up the club and buy a drink for the first random girl you saw?” She chuckled. She was already starting to losen up just slightly.

@shayshayrian

Once Rowan had successfully avoided the eyes of her brother and Ellie, she slinked away from the groups she had been dancing with and climbed the stairs to the second level of the club. If they thought to look there it would be obvious it was her, however, they both seemed preoccupied with each other. Claiming a table near the railing, she ordered a drink from a waitress and watched as the party unfolded below. Her deep brown eyes fell on every single person on the dance floor while her hearing attempted to tune into conversations between people on the same level as her. Silently, she watched and listened for anything of intrigue, thanking the waitress when she returned with her drink.

His smile cocked to the side at her question while his eyes went from her, to his empty glass and back to her. Leaning towards her again, he watched her every reaction; looking specifically for things like recoil, unease or fluster. “Can you keep a secret?” It was more rhetorical than not as he didn’t give her enough time to answer before he continued on. “We were actually looking for a friend. We think he might be in trouble, but that’s just speculation.” Xaiden leaned away from her, straightening himself on his barstool and motioning for the bartender to fill his glass once more. “No matter, he isn’t here.” His brows went serious for only a moment as he watched the man pour his drink. “You, my love, we’re unexpected.” He gave her a genuine grin as he took the full glass and raised it slightly to her. “Besides, would you really expect a gentleman to let a lady pay for her own drink?”

@nakachu

She leaned forward a little bit as he got closer to her as well. When he asked if she wanted to know a secret, she almost felt like he would try and compliment her, flirt with her more. But instead it went the complete opposite way, he actually told her why they were there. “A friend?” She asked, more confused then actually asking for a confirmation. “Shouldn’t you keep looking if you think he isn’t alright?” She questioned. This just took a weird turn and she wasn’t sure. “Maybe I could help? .. if he is here.” She tried as he pulled away from her. She pulled herself back up as well and just played with the glass for a bit. She almost felt a little bit like she had broken some kind of secret agreement when she asked them why they had come here. She did not expect that serious of an answer. However he soon again started his flirting when he told her that a gentleman wouldn’t let a lady pay for her drink. She found herself giggling at that. Now that the alcohol was starting to get into her system she was able to the compliments a bit better then before. “Well, then you are the first gentleman I met.” She said as she let their eyes meet again.

@shayshayrian

He noticed immediately that she had latched onto their reason for being there and likely wouldn’t let that go anytime soon. He bit his bottom lip as if wishing he could retract even mentioning it. His bright eyes tore away from hers and stared into a small glass in his hand. “Ahh… Maybe I shouldn’t have said anything.” He swirled his glass just above the bar and gently sat it down as he chose his next words carefully. “The one we are looking for isn’t exactly… subtle. If he were here, everyone would know, above all us.” He met her gaze again and gave her a weak smile. “But since he is not here, best not to mention it in Rowan’s presence.” With a closed mouth grin, he punctuated his statement and downed the rest of his drink. Just as he sat the glass back down, he rose from the bar stool and donned that charming smile that seemed to melt those icy eyes and extended a hand to Ellie. “Come now, how about a dance? We can’t stay secluded all night, not with you looking like that.” His eyes danced over her form, but came home to her eyes as he awaited her move.

@nakachu

He seemed eager to change the subject on her. She had no meant to offend him by saying anything about it. She quickly took another few sips from her drink till the glass ran empty on her. The more she talked to him, the more mysterious the two seemed. They had gotten into this exclusive club by skipping the line, yet they had never been there. They were looking for a friend who might be in trouble, yet they didn’t seem bothered he wasn’t there. She couldn’t figure out who they were at all. Yet she liked the attention he was giving her. It had started out with her feeling embarased, but now that alcohol was hitting her system she was feeling more and more excited about it. This hot guy was showing interest in her and she could never claim that it didn’t flatter her. She watched his eyes dance over her body, hoping that the work she had put into her core was now paying off. It seemed to be as he still asked her to dance. “Yeah, it’s about time for a dance.” She agreed with him and got off her barstool and offered him her hand. “I promised Rowan a dance too.” She remembered.

@shayshayrian

His smile stretched wide across his face, causing his eyes to crease and his white teeth to show. He took her hand and led them towards the dance floor without another word, casually looking around for any glimpse of his sister. The mass of people that still collected on the dance floor didn’t help his search. He led Ellie into the pack and only stopped once he found a suitable spot where they could move without knocking into someone else. Raising his hand that held hers, he pulled her close to him and stared down into her eyes as his fingertips slowly ran down her arms until they landed on her waist. The music was upbeat, lively and had everyone around them dancing wildly, however, Xaiden didn’t notice them at all. He began side-stepping, swaying his hips and letting his eyes caress over her form instead of his hands. His full attention had been given to her and just before she started to dance, he leaned in to speak in her ear to give her a better chance of hearing him over the music. “Don’t worry about Rowan, love. She’ll find us.” He thought about looking around for her, but it was just as he said. When she was ready, she would find them.

@nakachu

She couldn’t help but smile as he started to pull her along with him, tucking her hair behind her ear. Now that she was starting to pay attention to the music she was starting to really get into the spirit of the club. It was upbeat and instantly made her want to dance. Yes when he finally found his spot in the crowd instead of dancing like everyone else did he just gently placed a hand on her waist and started to sway her from side to side. She looked at him with a curious look at her face as she once again didn’t truly understand what Xaiden actually wanted from her. Yet she went with the motion as much as she could, giggling almost nervously at him as he once again checked her over. She leaned into him when he talking to her, making sure she could understand what he was saying. She just nodded to him to let him know she understood before she leaned into his ear next. “Do you always slow dance on techno music.” She chuckled at him.

@shayshayrian

The dark haired woman had been enjoying her drink as she laid eyes on nearly every person she could within the building. She watched as women fell all over their partners, men devoured their prey with their eyes and introverts collected around the tables for talk of where they were headed next. At the thought of introverts, she directed her gaze towards the bar where her brother had been sleazing only to find him and the girl gone. She sat up just a twinge, scanning the crowd for those two familiar faces when she found them. He had her pulled close and was whispering something in her ear all while she had the biggest smile on her face. Rowan felt a dull ache in her chest at the sight and quickly looked anywhere else but there while she stood. Drinking the rest of her cocktail, she gently sat the glass down on the table and made her way down the stairs, beelining directly for Ellie. She made sure to stay out of sight and approach the woman from behind, keeping out of Xaiden’s line of sight to until the last possible moment. He had been whispering to the girl, but just as Rowan was within two steps of them, he brought his eyes up to meet hers. A gentle smile crossed her features as she traced her finger tips down Ellie’s sides.

He noticed her nervousness as soon as she laughed, but that only fed into his actions. His sway did seem out of place compared to the others tossing their bodies around, but it wasn’t that he was slow dancing, more so that he was bopping and swaying in a more refined way than the animals around them. Her criticism didn’t deter him though. After she spoke, he pulled her even closer to him, pinning her chest to his with a firm hand on her back. “I am.. refined, my dear. Besides, I wouldn’t want to get too rough with you.” He ended his statement with a smug smile that she couldn’t see when he brought his gaze up to land on Rowan. “Well, well, well.” He said, not quite letting Ellie free from his grasp. “What did I say?” He relinquished his grip on her back and let her gently fall away from him while he kept his eyes locked on his sister.

@nakachu

She couldn’t help but almost stumble over her feet as he suddenly pulled her even closer towards him. She gasped just slightly, but the hand on her hand was strong enough to hold her up. The only thing it had caused was that she was now almost fully leaning on him as she regained her footing. Stupid heels.. She couldn’t help but feel a blush rise to her cheeks as he talked into her ear again. She was trying to let lose and enjoy her moment with him, yet he always seemed to push her back in that state where she felt like she had no clue what she was doing. She would suddenly feel two fingers grasp her for behind and it made her whip her head around only to find Rowan staring right at her, her black curls falling over her shoulders and tickling Elina’s back. “Ooh.. Hi.” She just said with a small chuckle as she was now sandwiched between the two siblings.

@shayshayrian

Rowan smiled at Ellie as she slowly but surely fell into the beat of the music. She let her body bop and sway to the loud and precise bass that pulsed through the room and made sure to keep her eyes on the girl. “You owe me a dance. I’m here to collect.” She would extend her hands to the woman, intending to take them and let the fast-paced music take them away into a wild flail that was only acceptable because not only was everyone else doing it, but it was completely to the beat. Her eyes would only flash to Xaiden’s if Ellie denied her offer, otherwise she was giving Ellie her full attention.

Xaiden would not try to keep her with him, but he did keep her in his arms until she either decided to continue dancing with him, or go off with Rowan. He was fine with either option.

@nakachu

“You owe me a dance. I’m here to collect.” The woman said into her ear and Elina couldn’t help a smile from forming on her face as she did. She looked back towards Xaiden for a second unsure what to do. But she quickly made up her made when Rowan started to bring her more into the rhythm of the music that was played around them instead of the slow swaying that Xaiden had done with her. It was way more her style and she soon found herself leaning in more to the woman behind her, her hips starting to go along with that of her and her arms moving into the air as they really got into that beat that was playing. The alcohol was dancing in her system and she was getting to that point where she wanted to dance, where she wanted to go that little bit of crazy and right now Rowan was giving her exactly what had needed. She turned herself around to Rowan, finding her eyes focused on her. God she was beautiful. Those black curls falling all around her and ungulving her like a goddess. Those brown eyes just focused on her made her slightly blush but she did not shy away from her. She only got more into it with every seconds as they really starting to dance in sync. “This is more like it!” She just said with a laugh after it.

@shayshayrian

Rowan felt Ellie lean towards her and with that, she knew she had won. As the two women fell slightly away from Xaiden, Rowan looked to him and spoke in a dismissive tone. “We’ll find you when we’re done, yeah?” Without giving him another look, she focused on Ellie and guided her hands to the best of the music. Her hips rocked with every beat and when the bass dropped, she closed her eyes and let the rhythm take her. She heard Ellie’s exclamation and smiled as she opened her eyes again. The sweet face of her partner turned her smile into a smirk as she pulled her a bit closer. The crowd was starting to grow bigger and the amount of space around the two was limited, but that didn’t seem to bother Rowan in the slightest. Her gaze would only leave Ellie’s if she was letting it fall over her form, otherwise, she was searching the woman’s own eyes. “So tell me, what brings you here?” She shouted over the music.

Xaiden allowed the woman to slip from his grasp as he nodded to Rowan with a smile. He backed away slowly as he made his exit from the crowd, walking back towards the bar to claim another drink. He had caught stares from others on his way back, but they didn’t receive more from him than a kind smile until he found his seat again. He looked to the bartender and tapped the table, expecting him to remember his order while he contemplated the reason they were there.

@nakachu

Ellie didn’t mind that she seemed to wave Xaiden away from them. She was having a good time with this woman and the dancing was way more to her liking. She really just let the music find her and was dancing to it as much as she wanted. As Rowan pulled her closer she just put her hands on Rowans hips and made her move along with her as she enjoyed the attention that was given to her. She leaned into her as she shouted over her. “Really? You too?” She shouted back. “Your brother asked the same!” She said, half rolling her eyes as she was starting to get just that little bit more sassy. She really drank those drinks too fast that Xaiden had gotten her. “Just wanted to party after being done with those damn finals.” She chuckled at her as she just jumped on her feet a little bit as the music became more upbeat. She wanted to ask if she had found their friend till she remembered Xaiden had said not the mention it.

@shayshayrian

Rowan watched how easily Ellie leaned fell into the hypnosis of the music. The feeling of letting the beat guide the body was exhilarating and as Ellie’s hands touched her hips, she smiled and began dancing more pronounced. Every movement was deliberate and fluid in her grasp and as the woman spoke, Rowan pulled herself from her trance and placed her hands over hers; pressing Ellie’s hands harder into her hips. “Oh? College, eh? Smart girl.” She didn’t press the subject because not only did she not care, but she didn’t think Ellie would want to talk about school with a woman such as herself directly in front of her. She leaned closer to her, raising her arms in the air as she let her hips follow the beat and her eyes nearly close. While to normal humans, the smell of body odor and alcohol was strong in the crowd, to Rowan all she could smell was the amount of blood around her. She hadn’t consumed enough alcohol to stave off the hunger that was rapidly growing within her now that she had relaxed. As they danced, she began to close the distance between them, running her hands down Ellie’s long hair, down her sides and ultimately resting on her hips, pulling them closer to hers.

@nakachu

The music really started to grasp at her. She didn't want to think anymore, she just wanted to give in. Wanted to feel the beat determine the rate of her heatbeat. To feel the hands of the woman before her guide her movements. To feel the buzz of the alcohol take over her mind. The longer they danced, the less Ellie seemed likethe stammering girl who had been by the bar. This is where she shone, once the alcohol was in and the music was right. As Rowan seemed to pull her even closer Ellie couldn't help but flash her a smile with her cheeks flushing. This woman was giving her her full attention and Ellie was not used to it. She might have gotten some attention from men before, but getting that same from a woman, let alone one as beautiful as Rowan, was new to her. She turned herself around then and placed her hands on Rowans, keeping them around her hips as she started to grind them more into the woman. "Is the dance worth the wait?" She chuckled at her as she looked over her shoulder at Rowan. Exposing her long pale neck to her.

@shayshayrian

The glow of purple and blue from the lights illuminated Rowan’s features in the best of ways. Her eyes seemed darker and her teeth whiter, if any of that was possible. She was smiling widely at the woman as their bodies jived together, completely ignoring any outside forces and only looking away from Ellie when she turned around. Rowan’s hands tightened their grip on the woman and held her against her, not letting their grind effect the tempo of their dance. At Ellie’s question, she removed one hand from her hips to pull all of her hair to one side as she let her plump lips just barely hover over her flesh. She could feel her heart beat, hear the rush of blood in her veins and see just how inviting the dance had become. “That remains to be seen.” She placed a gentle kiss in the crook of her neck and respectively pulled away. Her head was starting to pound, but she dare not take the chance at a taste until she knew the repercussions would be minimal. Besides, she was surely being observed from afar and to cause a scene would only incite the wrath of her brother. “You’re quite lovely, Ellie.” She brought her lips to just over her skin again, but didn’t make any further advances unless given permission.

@nakachu

She could feel Rowan's breath softly tickling the skin of her neck and it honestly made her chuckle. She put her head a little bit, just enjoying the attention. "I have never danced with a girl like this before." She admitted and then chuckled a little. She soon felt Rowan's lips touch down on her skin and it honestly made a chill run down her spine. A small gasp left her lips and she brought her hand down to play with Rowans hair, wanting to keep her lips against that spot in her neck. As she spoke into her ear and told her she was quite lovely she just turned herself around once again and put her arms af Rowan's shoulders, bringing their faces decently close. Never stopping her dancing. "Don't you lie to me." She chuckled. Letting one of her beautiful slick curls run around her finger. "You are way prettier."

@shayshayrian

Rowan wasn’t surprised at the woman’s lack of experience, but it make her smile wider none-the-less. She ran her hands up her sides, lightly groping at each new patch of flesh until Ellie spun around and brought them closer again. The vampires lips parted to reveal lightly barred teeth as her eyes bore into those of her prey. Her words held a hint of defiance, but nothing that led Rowan to believe this particular interaction would be difficult. She nuzzled her nose against the other woman’s just as she finished speaking and hovered her lips just out of contact. “I didn’t say you were prettier, did I?” Her lips brushed against Ellie’s with each word as her eyes drifted down to their lips. Her dancing slowed a fraction as she calmed her breathing as not to abruptly hit Ellie with a wave of air. Her hands pulled her against her chest and fingernails lightly dig into her back as she smiled. “If you know what you want, Ellie, take it.” Her intention was to bring the little mouse out of her shell, but she didn’t plan to make it easy for her. She had lured her to the dance floor, brought out the promiscuous dancing and now, Ellie needed to feel comfortable with asserting herself. She seemed to be very fluid in her actions, in the sense that she would go with anything that was presented to her as long as it was easy and Rowan was determined to change that.

@nakachu

She soon captivated by the woman in front of her. She came closer still and soon their nose were touching each other, their lips merely millimeters apart from each other. Ellie’s smile would disappear and make placed for just that little bit embarasment, wonder and surprise. Only when she spoke once more did a small chuckle escape her lips again. “You right.” She admitted, feeling a but dumb for her comment before. Her eyes looked into that of Rowan as her fingers dug into her back more, feeling herself pulled into Rowan till almost every single part of their chest as pressed against each other. That same hot breath that had played on her neck was now dancing on her lips. It smelled sweet and with something else? She would almost call it a metallic smell. She didn’t mind it much though. “If you know what you want, Ellie, take it.” Her voice was soft and sweet, yet it was daring her to take control. She felt mesmerized by this woman who was now enticing her to do things she had never thought of doing. She had always considered herself straight, someone who was into guys. Yet she found herself tempted to press her lips against those plump ones in front of her. Would she dare? She had always wanted to be a less passive person, to be more daring and fun. And this time she was getting permission. She moved her head forward and tilted it just slowly as she pressed her lips against Rowans. The kiss was hesitant at fist, afraid of rejection. But if rejection didn’t come she would grow more daring with it.

@shayshayrian

The bartender had delivered two refills before Xaiden told him enough was enough. He had adequately righted his mind in the place full of dinner and could mingle without worry of losing control. He watched a few scantily dressed woman meander the top part of the seating area and a few dancers that did little to calm him nerves. With that roguish smile and quick dust off of his jacket, he stood up and paid the bartender for his services. Turning to face the dance floor, he couldn’t see any hint of Ellie or Rowan immediately, but that didn’t bother him. After he paid, he slowly walked around the outskirts of the dance floor until he saw that deep crimson dress. The girls seemed to be having an intimate moment, one that was surely not open invitation. He donned a closed mouth grin and stuffed his hands in his pockets as he made his way to the top of the lobby. Up the stairs and over to a table, he sat down to observe the activity in the club. They would need to make their departure soon, but he knew better than to interrupt Rowan in a pursuit.

Rowan made no move to pull away as Ellie gently placed her lips on hers. Instead, she slide her hands from her sides, up her chest and around her jawline as she pulled her into the kiss. Rowan’s lips parted, allowing her tongue to slip into her mouth in search of hers while her body slowed dramatically from the vibrant dance they had been enraptured in. Making the first move was brave enough that Rowan felt a reward was earned. The slow dance of her tongue against Ellie’s deepened her breathing and made the lust within her grow. She sealed and continued the kiss, back and forth until she could feel the woman’s heart beating at a rapid pace. Finally breaking the kiss, she held Ellie’s face centimeters from her own. “You’re an excellent kisser. What were you so nervous about?” She asked as she slowly opened her eyes and stared into hers.

@nakachu

The way that Rowan seemed to accept her kiss made Elina grow more bold. She brought her own hands up into the woman lushes curls and massaged her scalp as the kiss deepened. Her hips pressed into hers like she had done so many times when she had kissed a guy. Yet this was different. It was more tender, more sweet.. more intimate somehow. The feel of the womans full lips on hers felt good. She let her tongue dance with her, occasionally noticing a light sharpness in Rowans mouth yet she didn't question it at all. Her heart was slowly picking up pace the longer the kiss lasted and when Rowan eventually pulled back she was almost glad for it, or her chest might have just exploded in her chest. She opened her eyes too, finding that same darkness staring back at her that she had seen before. The compliment made her blush so vividly that even in the dimlighting it was clear on her face. "I had never kissed a girl before." She just admitted. She had liked it though. "Guess I should buy you a drink now." She chuckled playfully at Rowan as she brushed a thumb over Rowans cheek.

@shayshayrian

The wide grin that spread across Rowan’s face was one of irony, as the drink she wanted wouldn’t cost her a thing. Keeping her gaze locked on Ellie’s, her pupils dilated and her supernatural compulsion took over. Every word she spoke would seep into the mind of Ellie has if in a hypnosis, like the thoughts were her very own. “Don’t scream. Don’t be afraid.” Rowan’s eyes corrected and creased with her smile as she pulled the woman close, kissing her neck lightly before ejecting her fangs from her gums. She ran a hand through Ellie’s hair and used the other to pin her body against hers as she drove her fangs into the woman’s neck. After the initial sting of penetration, the slow pull of her blood from her body would make the woman feel a slight pang of ecstasy alongside a little light-headedness. One… Two… Three… She pulled draw after draw from her prey all while casually opening her eyes occasionally to check her surroundings. Her tongue massaged the flesh it could reach, as if apologizing for any harmful feeling her fangs and caused. Seven… Eight… After several draws, her lust-filled eyes spotted Xaiden marching right towards them. Rolling her dark hues, she pulled her fangs from the woman and licked the excess blood from her neck, leaving only two holes as any evidence. Redirecting her gaze to Ellie’s, her eyes dilated again. “Forget this happened. We had our dance and I told you I’d see you around.” She licked her lips and memorized the features in front of her before she turned and made her way towards the door.

Xaiden had been watching everything from above, only occasionally checking in on Ellie and Rowan, but the moment he saw his sister go for her neck, he rose from his seat and made his way down to the crowd. This was not how they usually chose to take their meals and Rowan was being extremely risky doing it in such a public place. His feet hit the stairs hard as he picked up his pace, pushing passed the meandering people and the crowd itself. He saw Rowan spot him before he made it to them and slowed as he watched her as she corrected her mistake. He kept his distance, a good six feet from the interaction until he saw his sister head for the door. Taking a deep breath, he made his way to Ellie from behind. “Are you okay, love?” He didn’t dare tear his gaze from Ellie to see his sister, unaware of what Rowan had made her remember.

@nakachu

She was only just barely done giggling over her own little joke when Rowan started to use her magic on her. She almost instantly went quiet, the smile that had seemed to be there for a while disappearing and making way for a way more neutral expression. “Don’t scream. Don’t be afraid.” She heard the worlds, but it was almost like her mind wasn’t exactly understanding them. She just stood there as Rowan pulled her in closer. She felt a sharp pain in her neck, a pain that made one high pitched yelp leave her mouth but she remained quiet after that. After the pain faded, it made space for something else. A feeling that seemed to go from the top of her head till all the way into her toes. A feeling that made her feel weak in her legs and she needed to hold on to the woman in front of her just to not fall. With every sip that Rowan took she could feel her mind wander further. The music seemed to fade, the people around them seemed to no longer matter. When she eventually pulled her fangs from her neck it was almost like she was more drunk then she had been. Only when Rowan pulled away from her and she saw the bit of blood that was on her lip did she understand what had just happened to her, yet she did not scream. “Forget this happened. We had our dance and I told you I’d see you around.” Was the next thing that was said to her. As soon as the realization hit her, she had already forgotten about it again. When Rowan stepped away from her she still didn’t seem to have the strength to really keep herself up right. She had been about to slump over when Xaiden caught her from behind. Ellie’s face would look behind her and spot him there. “Oooh hi.” She just said, sounding drunk but happy. “I just offered to buy her a drink and she left me here.” She chuckled at Xaiden, blissfully unaware of anything that had happened between that and Rowan leaving her behind. “She said I was a good kisser.”

@shayshayrian

“Okay, my dear. I think that’s enough alcohol for you.” Xaiden draped one of her arms around his neck and picked her up from behind her knees and her back, Princess-carrying her towards the bouncer near the front. He sat her down in a chair at a nearby table before he went about conversing with guard. He didn’t expect her to hear much of what he said, but he informed the man that Ellie was too drunk to stay, but she had come with someone and he didn’t know who it was. With that, the bouncer made his way over to the girl and began questioning her. If she would look his way, he would give her a half smirk with the kindest glint in his eye and before she knew it, he was gone.

@nakachu (end here?)

The next morning Elina had found herself waking up in her own bed, her head pounding and her mouth extremely dry. She groaned to herself as she looked at her alarm clock that was reading 11 AM. She had been in bed for way to long and she was not ready to get out of it. She dragged the blankets back over her own face and tried to recall what had happened the night before. At first she only remembered small snippets of the night, little flashes. But slowly but surely some parts were coming back to her. There had been Xaiden.. and Rowan. When the thought of Rowan crossed her mind it instantly made me also remember the kiss she had shared with the woman. She felt her cheeks heat up. You’re an excellent kisser. What were you so nervous about? It made her flush even more. What had she done..? Yet everything after that seemed to have left her memory. She had no recollection of leaving Rowan side, neither did she know how she had gotten home. She got up in her bed then, the embarassment of the kiss having woken her up a decent bit. She went into the bathroom and splashed some cold water into her face before look in the mirror. She looked like an absolute mess, her ginger hair standing up in all sorts of way. She frowned a bit as she suddenly noticed a spot in her neck and leaned in to see it better. Two little needlepoints now decorated her neck. She should care about that more.. yet she didn’t and soon forgot about them again.

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The next day Elina had recovered from her wild night out. Her friend had told her that they had been found by a bouncer and found her incredibly drunk by the door. They had taken her home and had complained that she ruined their night. She had shrugged, they had done it to her before, so she didn’t feel guilty about it. But now with her finals done, that didn’t mean that there was no studying to do. She had plenty of assignments that she still needed to take care of and she did some of her best studying when she was anywhere but home. So she packed her bag with her pencils, notebook and laptop and headed out the door. She walked into the library only about half an hour later and smoothed her hair down as she went into the section of it that she needed to go. It was not her favorite section and she didn’t come there often, but today she had no choice. She had the most boring philosophy assignment ever and it really as not her thing. She liked number, things she could understand.. philosophy just seemed to ask questions that nobody knew the answer to and never will. So was her current one. The question she had to answer, or at least attempt to answer was ‘Is anything absolutely certain?’. So she was scanning the bookshelves, trying to find anything that could help he get started.

@shayshayrian

In the same library, Xaiden Accic was grabbing a few books from the historical non-fiction section. He was planning on starting his own library and needed to find which books were… accurate enough that he felt comfortable displaying them. A few books on the Holocaust and a few more on the Civil War were enough to get him started, but he had yet to claim anything philosophical and since that was the field he planned to go into, he needed to find decent books on the greatest philosophers of their time. Keeping his eyes on the books in his hands, examining the titles before flipping through a few pages, he rounded the corner into the isle he needed and ran smack into someone; leaving his books to cascade onto the floor. His bright eyes instantly went wide, ducking down onto the floor to pick up the books he knew were his as he chuckled to himself in frustration. He was slightly annoyed that someone had been standing there, but more so annoyed with himself that he hadn’t been paying attention. “I apologize, I am extremely clumsy it…” He paused as he looked up to see just who he had run into. Ellie. What kind of karmic luck did he have to run into the same girl two days in a row? His frustration vanished and a wide, eye-creasing smile took hold of him as he stared into her light green eyes. “Well, well, well. Ya know, if you wanted to see me again, all you had to do was ask. You didn’t need to stalk me and linger in a section you knew I’d be in.” He was obviously joking, but that didn’t deter him from sounding serious.

@nakachu

Out of nowhere someone bumped straight into her as she was trying to pick the right books. She lost her balance and fall of the right, a stack of three books falling to the ground along with her. “Aauw!” She grunted as she hit the floor hard wither her hip, keeping her eyes closed for a second as she tried to get herself back together. “I apologize, I am extremely clumsy it..” Her eyes went wide right then, she recognized his voice. When she looked up her suspicion was confirmed as she looked right into that familiar face. The face that had bought her drinks last night, the guy who had slow danced with her on the floor, the one who’s sister she kissed… She instantly felt her cheeks go bright red and if she could have just disappeared into the floor right there she would have. “I didn’t..!” She defended herself quickly as he seemed to claim she had been looking for him. “I just.. came to study.” She stammered a bit over her words. “I come here more often you know.”

@shayshayrian

“oh? Is that right? Are you insinuating I was looking for you?” He picked up his books and gathered hers for her as well, handing them to her while he remained crouched on the floor. He pulled his bottom lip between his teeth as his eyebrows raised and he shrugged. “Maybe I was. Maybe I knew you studied here and thought I’d come by to check on you and make sure you were okay since I didn’t see you leave last night.” He hadn’t been looking for her at all. Honestly, he didn’t think he would ever see her again, but oh how wrong he was. He extended a hand to help her up, checking her over for any injury before handing her books back. “But that would be… odd of me to say the least.” He gave her a warm smile before looking up at the hanging sign that read: Philosophy. “So, is studying after your finals really what brought you to the library I often frequent?”

@nakachu

She almost winced when he seemed to think that she implying that he had been looking for her. “No..” she just said in a small book as he started to gather the books up that she had dropped. She quickly scurried to pick some up as well, finally recovering from her fall. As he kept talking about how he might have been looking for her she could only feel her cheeks start to burn even brighter. She wished she didn’t blush that easily. He offered his hand and she went to take it, putting her weight against it to pull herself back up on her feet. She hadn’t hurt herself and quickly started to brush the dirt from the floor off her skirt. She looked back up into his eyes and saw that warm smile that he offered her. Why did this guy always make her feel so insecure.. he had done the same the night before. Ooh god the night before.. “My friends got me home.” She said. “I think..” she added behind it in a soft whisper. She couldn’t be sure about anything that had happened at the end of that night. She took the books from him. “You remembered..” she chuckled softly as he mentioned how she was done with her finals. “My finals might be over, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have assignments to do.” She sighed. “Philosophy isn’t my strong point.. so I figured I might as well get started on it.”

@shayshayrian

He took notice of her blushing and it only made his smile deepen, choosing not to comment on it though. He nodded as she explained the night before, thankful that she didn’t seem to remember anything… out of sorts. He kept his gaze on her when she laughed at him remembering her finals. “Of course I remember. How could I forget? As for philosophy,” He looked down at her books and leaned a little closer to her to whisper. He was still a good 6inches away from her face when he did so, but it was definitely closer than he had been. “Philosophy is my strong point.” He leaned back and held his books at his side as he shoved his free hand in his jacket pocket. “So, little one. What is it you need to know? If you’ll allow, maybe I could be of assistance.”

@nakachu

She would hug her books to her chest as they were standing there. Almost as if she believed they would create a shield that kept him away from her. Even if she wasn’t sure if that was exactly what she wanted.. he just always seemed to intimidate her a little with his big smile and smooth words. So when he leaned into her, she only hugged those books even closer to herself, all the while her hands never left. “Is it?” She asked, surprised. She almost instantly realized how mean that must sound. “I mean.. I just.. you know..” she stammered over her words, feeling like an idiot. “Thought you might be more into sports or something.” She said then. He leaned back again and it made her feel like she could finally breath again, taking a deep breath. “They are making us do a report on a philosophical question. We need to answer it to the best of our ability. The question I got is ‘Is anything absolutely certain? And I have no clue how to even get started.” She admitted, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear.

@shayshayrian

Xaiden threw his head back and cackled loudly at the assumption that he was into sports. He couldn’t believe he was being stereotyped. The pair heard several hushed before he quieted down, wiping at his eyes. “I mean.. I can’t blame you. Not everyone can look like me and not be into some sort of sport, lifting program or similar extra circular, however, I’m afraid I only played sports in high school and those days are far behind me.” He wasn’t exactly telling falsehoods. He hadn’t been to high school for several years… Nevermind the last high school he attended was his 13th one since the late 1800’s. It was only after that thought did he even register what she had said about her philosophy assignment. Wiping his amusement from his features, he turned to the books she was looking through and took a couple steps to the left before pulling out three thick, leather books and handing them to her. “Here. This is some of the work of Aristotle. He talked about human fate and the fact that we have free-will. Some of the quotes in here may help. If you want, I can look into it a bit more while you read and give you the cliff notes of what I find?” His offer was sincere, but every time he looked at her, he couldn’t help but smile as he restrained another laugh.

@nakachu

His laughter only made her feel even more embarrassed. She had that stupid habit of just blurting stuff out in the open and not thinking about it before she said it. Of course he would be offended that she would say that if really the only thing he wanted to do was philosophy. "I'm sorry.." she apologised to him. "You just look.. fit." she said already instantly regretting that word as well. She really just needed to move on from that conversation.. she was digging herself a hole and she knew it. She took the book from him and looked at the title of it. She wouldn't have thought to grab it, but of course he would know better then her. "Thank you." she just said then, giving him an actual smile that she meant. "I would appreciate your help, I am better with numbers." she said giving a small chuckle as she walked towards one of the tables near them and opened the book. Once they sat down she couldn't help chuckle a small bit as a thought crossed her head. She looked over to him as she wondered if she should say it aloud, but of course being the blurt out she was, she did it anyway. "I probably owe you some favors after this huh? Buying me drinks, helping with my assignment."

@shayshayrian

Xaiden smiled at her genuine happiness for his help and when she accepted his assistance further, he nodded and followed her to the table. Setting his own books down, he scanned the library for the cart that held the communal laptops and made his way over, plucking one that looked in decent condition before returning to the seat. He ran a hand through his dark hair and flipped open the computer, quickly hammering away at the keyboard until he had pulled up the bare minimum he would need for Philosophy research. At her question, he cast his eyes over the top of the laptop to stare into hers, furrowing his brow a tad. “You owe me nothing, love.” His gaze returned to the keypad as his fingers banged away at the them in rapid succession. “I bought you drink because a lovely lady at a bar doesn’t deserve to drink alone, let alone pay. And I’m helping you.. with this.. assignment…” His typing slowed and stopped after he aggressively hit the enter key. “Because it’s my specialty and I’m not one to let another suffer when I can help.” The corner of his lip curled into a smirk as he stole a glance at her expression. “However, I can definitely think of a few favors I wouldn’t mind cashing in with a beautiful girl such as yourself.” He made sure to chuckle at the end of his statement to let her know he was joking around. He wasn’t the kind of guy to hand out kindness with an expected reciprocate. In his mind, she owed him nothing. Scanning the contents of his laptop quickly, he angled his face towards hers, but kept his eyes on the screen. “What did you say the question was again?”

@nakachu

Her eyes would follow him as he moved around. She had remembered she had thought that he had been beautiful when she first saw him, yet with all the drinking she had done that night she had not been able to remember much but his face, especially his eyes she remembered. But now that she got another look of him, all of him and even in broad daylight she couldn’t help but appreciate it. By the time he sat down with the laptop she knew she had already been staring for too long and averted her eyes away from him. She quickly opened the book and started to scan the pages for something that she could use. She was instantly met with pages and paged of philosophical talk that she just never seemed to be able to wrap her head around. He eyes would occasionally still peek up at him which made it even harder to concentrate on what she was reading. When he once again just said he offered her drinks because she was lovely she could feel that blush spiking in her cheeks again and tried to hide it away as he light green eyes tried to find anything to concentrate on but him. “The question was ‘Is anything absolutely certain?’ The only answer I had been able to come up with was death.. We all die in the end, even if some die quicker then others.” But she had known that from a philosophical standpoint that answer was to simple and probably easily thrown off. I can definitely think of a few favors I wouldn’t mind cashing in with a beautiful girl such as yourself. Why did he have to say that? Why did he have to make want to ask what those favors were..? She could feel just that slightest rush in her heartbeat as she thought about it. Stop it Elina.. “Like what?” She asked in the end, not able to contain her curiosity.

@shayshayrian

Xaiden typed a few more words and then grabbed the edges of his laptop when Ellie asked her question. His eyes left the screen and locked onto hers with a faint curiosity behind his gaze. When he realized what she was referring to, his lips formed that familiar smirk and as a deep chuckle left him. “We’ll talk about that after you finish your homework, little girl.” He turned his laptop around to face her as he began explaining a few articles he found having to do with morality, fate and certainty. “Okay, so it is completely possible to be absolutely certain, but impossible for anything to be absolutely certain.” He smiled as if that was the most ludicrous thing he had ever said. “That is to say, with deductive reason I can be absolutely certain that you have good grades academically. However, to say that anything is absolutely certain, outside of our own minds, would mean that fate is real. But, if Fate is real, then do we have free will?” He kept an eye on her expressions, making sure he wasn’t losing her as he continued. “Aristotle believed that because humans are moral, we have free will to act open that morality, however, free will directly goes against fate because if you are destined to marry that bouncer from the other night, then you technically have no free will in that choice. Does that make sense?”

@nakachu

She swore she wished she could just not be in that room for a moment when his lips formed into a big grin and he called her little girl. She even sloughed just slightly in her chair as he did. Why did he tease her like that everytime..? He just liked to see her suffer she decided. She was relieved when he got back to the subject of her assignment. Multiple times her face went from slight confusion to way more confused. Even if he was very good at explaining it, it was just a type of logic that her brain had problem understanding. She was instantly reminded why she hated philosophy. "So the question refers to anything in a general sense instead of just something specific?" She asked, instantly feeling dumb. The whole time she had been thinking about the question she had believed her goal was to find the anything. Find our what was absolutely certain. And now he was telling her it was about the concept of anything being completely certain. "So.. the answer would be no? Because if anything was absolutely certain we would have no choice in the lived we live?" She tried, hoping at least she got a part of it correct. She just looked up at him, hoping to find him nodding instead of laughing.

@shayshayrian

As she answered the question off his explanation he smiled widely and sat back in his chair. He intertwined his fingers together and sat them across his lap as he shrugged. “That’s what they believed at least. Absolute certainty means that no matter the course we take, the destination is inevitable. It disproves the Butterfly Effect and the concept of change. If someone attempts to better themselves, but Fate has decreed that they will die from overdose, why change?” He sat forward and turned his laptop back towards him and started typing away again, focusing his eyes on his screen as he spoke. “That’s my conclusion based off the material you have in your hands though. Philosophy is all about the way you perceive things.” He scanned and searched a few more things before he turned the laptop towards her again. This time, the screen displayed a fancy Italian restaurant that if Ellie had been familiar with the area, was three blocks away from where they sat.

@nakachu

She nodded, happy that she seemes to be at least understanding part of what he had to say. She quickly opened a notebook and jotted a few lines down on the paper in a bandwriting that was neat, clean and clearly female. She wrote down some of the points he had mentioned that she wanted to remember and also the titled of the books he had suggested. She would probably need to come back for them later. "Thank you, at least I have some clue of where to start now." She said before she even looked up from her notebook. When she eventually did her eyes founs the computer screen, expecting more philosophical text, instead it displayed a website of an italian restaurant which name sounded familiar. She looked up to him and back to the screen. It took her philosophically burned out brain a while to understand what was going on and when she figured it out her blush instantly made a return. She wasn't even sure what to say, afraid she would assume wrong. "That is not philosophy.." she eventually managed to get out of her mouth.

@shayshayrian

His grin was large and he had to fight back a chuckle at her reaction. “You are learning quick.” He watched her blush invade her face and did her the honor of looking away from her, redirecting onto the back of the laptop. “I figured if you wanted to repay me for my good deeds, you could let me take you here for lunch, however, there is one condition.” He brought his eyes back up to hers as he leaned his forearms on the table. He whispered his next sentence as if it was his deepest darkest secret and she was the only one privy to it. “You have to let me pay.” He silently sucked air through his teeth as if he just admitted to cold blooded murder.

@nakachu

@shayshayrian

@nakachu Nathaniel, eh?

Fuck... did i fuck up? XD

03:34

Im out now i will fix it

03:36

@shayshayrian sorry!! XD ghe post i correct though

No worries! I’ll wait for you to correct ^-^

He was once again laughing at her and she couldn’t help but feel so aware of her won silly answers then. She appreciated it when he looked away from her and took that moment to really gather herself up, biting her lip in her embarassment. Yet before she was even doen recovering he talked about taking her out for a lunch.. at a restaurant that she knew was not the cheapest thing. If he had just invited her to enjoy some side shack hotdogs.. or a fast food milkshake. But no.. a restaurant. She was about to open her mouth to say something when he even added to it that she needed to let him pay. Then she really was at a loss for words. She didn’t know what to think of the guy. Was he really interested in her? There was no way right..? He was way to handsome to be interested in a little nerdy mouse like her. Perhaps he just thought she was the girl that he had met yesterday, the one after she got drunk. The one that kissed his sister. Ooh god.. she kissed his sister. She had to look away again. Yet should she reject him..? She had said she wanted to return the favor and this is what he wanted.. “Okay..” she found herself saying, way to short an answer for how long she had been waiting to give it. “Can.. I pay half?” She tried then. It didn’t feel like repaying any favor if he was paying for it as well!

@shayshayrian Fixed it xD

Xaiden’s bright blue eyes were fixed on hers. The notion of her paying half was unacceptable. He raised an eyebrow at her counter offer and waited a few seconds before taking in a deep breath. His sigh was very audible as he looked around the room. He seemed to be contemplating her offer as he grabbed the laptop, closed out the tabs and shut it. “Nope. Sorry. Come on.” He left his seat to take the laptop back to the cart and when he returned, he pushed in his chair and kept his hands on its back. “Are you ready to go?” If she looked at her clothes for any amount of time he would hold up a defensive hand. “There’s really no need to change. You look beautiful as you are. Besides, it’s not like you have to impress anyone.”

@nakachu

She bit down on her lip as he seemed to think about letting her pay half, hoping he would just say yes. But of course he didn’t and the moment he said no she just let out a deep breath in sort of a disappointment. He was already getting up from his chair and she quickly scurried to gather her own things as well, scared he would just leave her behind there if she didn’t. When she eventually did get up she indeed did look at her clothing. She was wearing very simple clothes that day. She had wanted to be comfortable as she, wearing some lose fitted jeans that were high waisted and an oversized sweater that she had tugged into the jeans losely. Yet he instantly seemed to know what she was thinking. “Besides, it’s not like you have ti impress anyone.” He said and she could just hear the grin in his voice. She really didn’t know anymore what to think then. To be complimented and.. rejected? In the same sentence. He was confusing. Yet in the end she just simply hobbled after him before he really left her behind there and walked beside him as they left the library. As they walked she knew she should make conversation, but she didn’t know much to talk about. In the end she landed on a question. “Did you ever find your friend?”

@shayshayrian

(I knew she was going to take it that way.

fuck me

)

(XD!!!)

05:24

(Shes insecure! Of course she would haha)

06:30

As they left the library, Xaiden opened the door for her and led the way to his car; a black Dodge Challenger. He saw her looking around for a moment before he extended a hand. He was a good few feet away from her and didn’t expect her to take his hand, but it was more to just wave her attention over. “Over here, love. I’m not going to make you walk, especially after you eat.” He opened the passenger door for her, leaning against it as he rested his chin on the top of it. His smirk was plain to see as she made her way closer. “It’s okay, I promise I won’t steal you. I’ll even bring you right back here afterwards instead of home if you insist.”

@nakachu

Walking there had been exactly what Ellie had expected to do. It was only three blocks away after all. Ellie didn’t own a car being the poor student she was and she was used to going everywhere either by foot, or by bus.. and the bus was expensive. So when he waved her over to his expensive car she couldn’t help but stop in her tracks and blink a few times. That was his car?! Who was this guy..? She walked over then as he opened the passenger door for her. He was obviously enjoying her surprise and it made her want to show him that she wasn’t intimidated by it, yet of course she actually was. “Of course not.” She just said, trying to casually shrug her shoulders but it looked way to tense to be casual. She sat down in the passenger seat, making sure she wouldn’t hit her head and just looked around it. Even the inside seemed luxurious. It had it’s own navigation system and all the displays on it were beautifully streamlined. She weirdly wasn’t to nervous about actually sitting in his car. After everything he had seemed gentle and sweet.. even if he liked to tease her. If he said he would take her to an italian restaurant, she believed he would.

@shayshayrian

As she slid into the passenger seat, he closed the door behind her and made his way around the car. It was cute that she was trying not to be impressed. He didn’t need her to be, but it was flattering that she thought she had to hide it. As he eased himself into the car, he started it up and looked over at his companion. “You ready, pretty girl?” He said, almost immediately looking away to pull out of his parking spot. It seemed to not matter if she was ready or not as he left the library and made his way down the few blocks to: Little Rome’s Eatery. The car slowed and pulled into the lot with ease, stopping at a valet who was offering to park the car. He looked to Ellie, motioning to get out of the car with a tilt of his head. Once they were both out, he handed the valet his keys and waited for Ellie to walk around.

@nakachu

She couldn't help but find herself blushing once more when he called her a pretty girl. She just looked out the window and turned her head away from him, trying to hide beneath her ginger hair. "Ready.." she mumbled against her hand, the small confidence she had felt before slowly fading away. How did this guy have this car?! She still couldn't really believe it. And that confidence only sank lower when they actually got to the restaurant. It had valet parking.. She had seen the restaurant before and she knew it was a cute italian dinner. What she didn't know was just how luxurious the place was. Even without stepping inside she could see the vines hanging from the ceiling, the beautiful romantic lighting that was inside. Why was she here? She stepped out of the car as she once again got very aware of the clothing that she was wearing and just how much it didn't fit with the restaurant. She looked over at Xaiden, but even in his simple clothing, he looked amazing and like he belonged there. "Are you sure I shouldn't.. wear something else?" she asked once again, suddenly not sure of it.

@shayshayrian

As Ellie walked around the car and asked about her clothes, Xaiden held his arm out for her to take without even glancing at her attire. He looked directly into her emerald hues and gave her a proud grin. If she would take it, he would slowly pull her close and whisper to her as they made their way into the restaurant and his car pulled away from the entrance. “Don’t fret, love. Wear yourself with pride and no one will think anything of it. You look beautiful.” He walked up to the podium where a man, usually looking over reservations, was standing. Before he could get the question out, Xaiden stared into the man’s eyes as if bore holes in them. “We have a reservation. At the back corner booth if you wouldn’t mind.” His blue eyes dilated for the duration of his speech and corrected when he had finished. The man stared blankly at the pair before seemingly shaking himself from a trance and smiling widely. ”Ahhhhh! Yes, of course! Right this way!” The man led Xaiden and Ellie to a corner booth where the wine selection and the vines were the densest. He laid a pair of menus on the table and asked for drink selections as he looked back and forth between the two. Xaiden would stop next to the booth seat that would have the occupants back facing the rest of the restaurant and let Ellie slide herself in before addressing the employee. “Start us off with water and your finest bottle of white Risata?” Clapping, the man would scamper off to grab the drinks while Xaiden eased himself into the booth with his back to the wall. “When he returns, feel free to order something else if you want, I just needed him out of my face for a moment.” He chuckled.

@nakachu

She wanted to not fret, but she felt so insanely out of place. It was easy for him to say that with how handsome he looked in everything he wore, yet she just felt like a peasant trying to get a seat. She let him drag her along to the entrance though and when she saw the men standing there she almost sighed of relief. They were not going to get in.. there was no way he had planned this ahead of time. So she watched the face of the man as Xaiden walked up to him. She saw that slight change in his eyes, that small weird shudder that made him shake out of it before he simply send them into the restaurant. What was that..? She looked to Xaiden, but he was already pulling her along further into the restaurant before she could ask anything. It almost reminded her of how they had gotten into that exclusive night club without needing to wait in line even after never having been there.. What was going on? She let him usher her into the booth and she just followed his lead, to stunned to really react to much. He ordered them water and wine before he moved in the booth with him. "Trying to get me drunk again?" she chuckled, a bit awkwardly as he sat across from her. She always thought her jokes sounded funny until she actually said them out loud.. "You.. didn't have a reservation did you?" she asked then, watching his eyes as she asked him that. "How did he just believe you?" she needed to know. Just something about him was strange.. and so had his sister been, but she couldn't out a finger on it.

@shayshayrian

Xaiden laughed as she asked about getting her drunk again. That was not the goal at all, he just happened to think the wine he chose would go well with whatever they had for dinner. When she started asking questions about the staff, he smiled widely and lowered her head while his eyes remained on her. Looking at her from under his brow, he leaned over the table a bit to her and whispered. “I told you. Confidence will make anyone think you belong.” His grin reappeared as the man came back with two tall glasses of water, two wine glasses and the bottle of wine. He uncorked it right there in front of them and filled the appropriate glasses halfway before sitting the bottle back down. ”Are you going to need a few minutes?” Xaiden had kept his eyes on Ellie the entire time, even as he spoke to the man. “Yes, please.” He grabbed the menu and scanned it quickly, allowing Ellie to order another drink if she wanted or to look over her menu in peace for a moment.

@nakachu

She looked at him with a slight concern written on her face as he explained how he had gotten his spot. "Confidence..." Sure that got some stuff done, but to get one of the best spots in a restaurant that seemed to booked to the brim..? She wasn't so sure about that. Yet who was she to question it, she didn't really have much confidence at all unless she drank. Maybe it was good he had ordered them wine. When the waiter came back and poured their drinks she just smiled at him and let Xaiden do the talking. She put her bag under the table and brushed her hair behind her ear once more as she looked back up at him and then picked up her own menu. She didn't order another drink, fine with the water and perhaps the wine later. She peeked over the menu to look at him. Why was it that every single time she looked at him she couldn't help but feel like her stomach just twisted inside her. It wasn't exactly an unpleasant feeling, but it wasn't something she could place either. If he were to find her eyes she would quickly look back down to the menu. She scanned over the menu, but once her eyes found the prices they just went big. Even if he had accepted her offer to pay half she would have been broke for the rest of the month.. She almost instantly tried to find the cheapest thing that was on there, yet even that was a lot of money. "I will just take a main. I had a heavy breakfast." she tried, hoping she could get away with it. @shayshayrian

He quickly scanned the menu, knowing that it didn’t exactly matter what he chose because it wasn’t going to ‘hit the spot’ anyway. He decided on an elevated version of a pasta bowl while he let his eyes wander above his menu to hers. He noticed that she quickly looked away and immediately went wide-eyed. Sitting his menu down, he held his hand out to her, palm facing up as he pleaded with her. “Please, don’t worry about the cost. If I was concerned with money, I wouldn’t have brought you here. This is my treat for you passing your finals and for getting a leg up on next year. Order whatever your heart desires, please.” If she decided to take his offered hand, he would give it a gentle squeeze before releasing it, going for his glass of wine for a taste test. If she never took his hand, he would simply reach for the wine glass and take a small drink.

@nakachu

She found herself taking his hand. Feeling that reassuring sqeeuze he gave her. She still wasn't completely convinced, but something about it did make her feel better. "I will take the carbonara then.." she said. It was still a main dish and she was not going to take an appetizer no matter what he said. "Arn't you a student as well?" She asked. Unsure now of what he really did now. She had assumed seeing how he was about her age. But even that was her assuming. "I don't even know anything about you." She just chuckled then mostly to herself. He probably knew more about her then she wanted. She didn't remember everything she had said the night before after all.

@shayshayrian

The wine was perfect and just as he opened his mouth to answer her questions, the waiter came back with a notepad; ready to take their orders. Xaiden extended a hand towards Ellie for her to order first and after she did so he would follow, also only ordering a main dish. After the waiter left, he would redirect his attention to her. “I— was, a student. I actually just graduated… two years ago? With my masters. I’m thinking about going into teaching at a university.” He wasn’t wrong. Everything he told her was the truth, but being twenty-eight for 100+ years allowed for such things. He nodded after speaking, acknowledging the fact that she didn’t know anything about him and he usually likes to keep it that way, but something about her piqued his interest. “Alright, little one. Go on. Ask me anything.” His grin had returned as he grabbed his wine glass and waited.

@nakachu

He must have found a hell of a job to have such a car two years after graduation. He must be older then she thought.. that was imprssive. She just found herself nodding as she played with the rim of her wine glass, yet to take a sip from it. When he once again called her little one she could feel that blush come to her cheeks again. It was such a strange nickname, even if she knew he was much taller. "What kind of job do you do now?" She asked him. "And how old are you?" Figuring she would just ask some easy ones first.

@shayshayrian

He smiled at the rose on her cheeks, but took a deep breath and looked down at his glass at her question. “Well, before I moved here I was a bartender for a time. I also did extra circular activities while I was in college and odd jobs here and there. Moving here, I was thinking about looking into the local university, but I’m not sure how long my sister and I will stay. As for how old I am, I’m old enough to have a Masters degree and be your teacher, but I’m not old enough to be your father.” He let out a laugh as he took another sip of wine. He loved how his vague answers made her think. The slight crinkle of her brow and the slant of her eyes made a small grin creep across his face every time. Taking the momentary pause to his advantage, he started asking her questions. “I was told you were never suppose to ask a woman two things. Their weight and age, so I will refrain, however I would like to know… What do you plan to do after you graduate?” He seemed genuinely interested in her answer, not letting his eyes wander from her for even a second.

@nakachu

"Full of mysteries now are you." Was the thing she found herself saying to him. Not wanting to tell her his age. Referring to to extra ciricular activities and not wanting to stay in one place to long. It sounded fishy and she couldn't help but feel a bit nervous about it. He also seemed just a bit the happy about his answers. She took her first sip of the wine then as he asked her a question in return. "I am not sure yet.." she admitted. Her main focus had been to just get her degree with high marks and because of that she had decided to just go with the things she enjoyed the most. "I really like numbers, so maybe an accountant or a treasurer." She said. "Though architect seems fun as well. Drawing all those plans." She took another sip of her drink before she asked her next question. It really just left her mouth before thinking about it properly. "Have you been in jail?"

@shayshayrian

He nodded at her answers, letting the fact that she liked numbers imprint itself in his mind. At the question of jail, he cocked his smile to the side and raised his brows. He let out a soft chuckle and he leaned against the table and brought their gaze a little closer together. “Oh? Why do you ask?” His tone was playful, but it almost begged to ask another question. ‘Was she into the sort of thing?’ He, of course, didn’t ask that, but his eyes and eyebrows did. Just as the words left his mouth, the waiter came back with their meals. He placed each plate delicately in front of the two and made sure they had all the necessities before he disappeared again.

@nakachu

Because you won’t tell me your age? Because you have huge amounts of money that you should not have? Because you admitted your sister and you don’t stay in the same place a lot? Because you were looking for a friend that was apearantly in trouble? There were a lot of reasons why she asked that question to him, yet just as she was about to open her mouth, the waiter came over and served them their meals. “T-thank you.” She just stammered towards the waiter before he left again. As he was staring at her again after, probably still expecting an answer she felt her blush just coming on again. Why was he looking at her like he was expecting her to say something funny. “No reason..” she just decided in the end. If he really was some kind of criminal wasn’t it better to just stay out of his way? Was his sister in it to..? Was that why she had just left right after Ellie kissed her? The simply thought only made her blush more and she quickly decided to focus on her food instead.

@shayshayrian

He watched her expressions change and shift throughout the next few minutes before she started in on her food. He gave a weak smile before prodding around his food as well. “If you truly wish to know about my past, I’ll tell you a little about it. But only a little. I have to keep some mystery for myself.” If she brought her attention back up to him, he would send her a soft wink across the table before looking down at his meal. “When I was young, I worked as a mechanic with my father. We worked on all manner of things, but that was the generalized title we took. It’s just… how it was back then.” He paused to take a small bite and swallow before he continued. “We were very poor growing up. We didn’t have a lot, or sometimes anything, so… There were definitely a few ill-gotten goods that lived in our house, however, it was usually only survival things, such as food. After our parents passed, I never wanted to live that way again and I vowed I would never make Rowan live that way again if I could help it.” He cast a glance towards Ellie before lowering his head and digging into his meal, seemingly done for the moment.

@nakachu

His little story didn’t help much to explain anything. He might feel like he was sharing a big thing about himself, and perhaps he was. But it didn’t answer those questions that were in the back of Ellie’s head. She bit down on her lip before putting a bit more pasta into her mouth as well, peeking small glances at him in between their eating. He couldn’t be that much of a bad guy right? He was sweet, kind and smart.. He had helped her with her assignment and bought her drinks, he wouldn’t have needed to do any of that. “I am sorry you had to go through that.” She then just decided to say and she meant it. She still couldn’t get herself to really commit to eating. Every time she finished a mouth full she felt like she had come up with more questions she wanted to ask him, yet they never left her mouth. “So are you thinking of staying a while? Since you were considering taking a job at the university..?” She then dared to ask. At least it was not one of the thousands questions that she wanted to ask that would suggest he was a bad person.

@shayshayrian

He shook his head and gently waved at her when she gave him her condolences. “No no. You are fine. It’s not your fault any of that happened, but I appreciate your sentiment.” He didn’t look up at her long as he spoke, taking another bite of his meal. At the question of staying awhile, chewed and mulled over the thought as his eyes travelled to far behind her. He seemed to be in deep thought for a moment. “Yes, I think we will.” He brought his eyes back down to hers and smiled wryly as he reached for his glass of wine. “I hope so at least.”

@nakachu

He seemed very much into his meal and she decided that she was probably not going to get many answers anyway and started to eat a bit more of her food at well. She would roll the pasta around her fork and attempt to get it to her mouth safely, yet many time sh would get some sauce on her cheek or lips and need to reach for a napkin to wipe it away. “Why wouldn’t you be able to stay?” She asked, the question had just come out before she could have really thought about it. It had been even been one of the questions that had been inside her head for those last few minutes. It was just in that moment he really seemed like he would want to stay, yet felt like he might not be able to.

@shayshayrian

Taking a sip from his glass, he let his crystal eyes settle on Ellie. She was curious and smart, everything he found attractive in a woman. Even without her vibrant beauty, she was out of the ordinary and if it meant keeping her company longer, he would answer any question she had. “It’s difficult to say. We leave for many of reasons, one of which being that the both of us can’t find a reason or the means to stay at the same time. This place… it doesn’t seem like somewhere we would leave without giving a chance, but that doesn’t mean it’ll stay that way.” He took a large drink of his glass and finished off his last few bites before scanning the room for the waiter. His eyes landed on her plate and then back at her as he cleaned his face off. “Did you want something for dessert?” He had to try hard to refrain from letting his ornery smile take over his features.

@nakachu

She had also been slowly making a headway with her plate, still needing to bring the napkin up to her chin from time to time. She would watch his expression as he talked. She was still trying to figure him out, yet he remained a mystery completely. “Does Rowan want to stay too?” She found herself asking, the questions just rolling of her tongue quicker now. She blamed the half glass of wine, though surely that wasn’t enough to even get her there.. she picked the glass up and brought it to her mouth, taking just a bit more of that. It wasn’t long after she had finished her last bite that he asked her if she wanted a dessert and she just found herself instantly shaking her hand. “No.. really, I am fine.” She said, remembering those ridiculous prices that had been on that menu. “I mean.. it’s lunch right?” She smiled at him, finding it the perfect excuse. @shayshayrian

Xaiden’s head tilted from side to side as Ellie asked about her insistence to stay. “She doesn’t hate it here. But. That friend we were looking for… He isn’t here. I suspect she will want to push on to other… places, in search of him. For now though, I think she is content. I wanted to jump on the chance of getting that teaching position because it would just be one more reason to no rush out of here, but I suspect… We will leave. Eventually.” He held up his glass to her, clicking the edges together before he gave her that charming smile. “We may as well enjoy it while we have the chance.” He drank a large swig from his glass as they finished up and at her mention of it being lunch time, he raised a single eyebrow to her and shook his head. “Alright, alright. I guess since you’re allowing me to pay, I shouldn’t push more food on you if you don’t want it.” He pulled out his wallet for the tip and pay while he grabbed the attention of a nearby waiter. If everything went uninterrupted, he would pay for the meal and give the waiter a $20 before removing himself from the booth and offering a helping hand to Ellie for her to follow.

@nakachu

She didn’t know what to make of him. There was so much about him that seemed to not make much sense. Yet she still felt that weird attraction to him. She wanted be near him. It was the same type of attraction she had felt for his sister that night before, the thing that had made her kiss Rowan. Just the mere memory made a slight blush appear on her face again. What was it about these two? “I see..” she said then, not sure how else to comment on what he was telling her. “You should take that job then.” She said, before realizing that might make it sound like she wanted him to stay as well. “Because you want to stay!” She quickly added to it. She was making a fool of herself.. once again. She quickly finished the rest of her wine. She watched him pay. Bills were exchanged that should not have been used to pay for a lunch. It was the type of money that would last her forever and he had chosen to spend it on having some time with her. Even coating it her doing him a favor.. it didn’t feel like that. She just didn’t know what he wanted from her, what he was expecting. She got up from the booth using his hand and put her backpack into her back again. She looked around at all the people who were having lunch there and all their eyes seemed to be on Xaiden as they walked out. Perhaps she wasn’t the only on who felt attracted to him. They were about to say goodbye, to go their own ways again. Somehow she wasn’t sure if she wanted that. So when they found themselves standing outside she just couldn’t help herself. “Is that offer to bring me home still there?”

@shayshayrian

He chuckled at her flustered expression when she told him to take the job. It was something he would love to do, but not if they were going to up and leave before he had a chance to get settled. Somehow, he didn’t think he would get the opportunity to make this place a home; at least not yet. He walked her outside, smiling and greeting those that did the same for him as he passed them at their tables until the fresh, cool air hit him. While alcohol helped repress his nature of bloodlust, it had been a long while since he had truly satiated himself and he could feel it. He took a deep breath and looked for his car when he saw the valet pulling around the corner for them. Turning to Ellie, his eyes went a bit wide with her question; not fully expecting her to want to spend more time with him. “Oh? Of course. Consider me your chauffeur for the day. I’ll take you wherever you would like to go.” He lead her around to the passenger side, opening the door for her and waiting until she was settled before shutting it for her. Xaiden shook the valets hand, gave him a tip and put his hand on the man’s shoulder as he spoke to him in a muffled tone that Ellie wouldn’t be able to hear. As he finished his trek to the drivers seat, he eased himself inside and shut the door with a relieved huff. “Alright, love. Where to?”

@nakachu

It wasn’t till she as in that car again and the door closed to the side of her that she realized what he was about to do. She was going to show him exactly where she lived.. Even if it was an apartment complex, her last name and first letter was right at the entrance in the form of a mailbox. It wasn’t hard to find out which one was hers. She watched as he walked around and shook the hand of the valt driver, once again a bill leaving his hand that shouldn’t have left it that easily. Her eyes kept following him till he took his sat next to her and she quickly buckled herself in. “Alright, love. Where to?” He asked her and she somehow found herself biting her lip. “Crossing of Maple street and Abbey Road. I live in the apartment complex there.” She told him then. Too late to change her mind now.

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“Alright.” He drove slowly around the lot to turn around and exit, making his way towards Maple Street. He wasn’t that familiar with the area, but he knew where Maple Street was. He visibly relaxed once they hit the road again and cast her a mischievously curious look as they drove. “You do realize that if I take this job, you’ll have me for any future philosophy/theology course?” He couldn’t help but grin from ear to ear at the thought. It was unlikely since she was taking the course this semester, but the looming threat of having her in class wasn’t exactly a deterrent for the job. It didn’t take long to find the street he needed, opting to drive slower than usual while he searched for Abbey Road. Seeing the corner she had described two blocks away, he grinned again as he stopped at a stop sign. “Do you want me to drop you off in front of the building? Or would you rather me be more… discrete?” It wouldn’t be the first time a woman has asked him to drop her off farther away from where she actually lived, but it also wouldn’t be the first time they wanted him to drop them off at the front door for the world to see.

@nakachu

She watched the car pull out and drive in the right direction. Not like she was going to correct him if he had not. Well maybe eventually, but not right away. That would just be rude. It wasn’t that far away. When he said that he could be her future teacher she just chuckled softly. “No offense, but I am hoping to never need to take another philosophy course after this again.” She admitted, yet knowing that she could bump into him at school.. it would be weird. He got them closer to her place. It as broad daylight and really, Ellie didn’t have anything to hide from hoever else lived in those apartments. Even her own roommates probably would not care much to look outside and see her. Besides, they brought guys around all the time, she never did. “No, you can drop me at the building.” She said to him as he drove them closer. The building as son in front of them and she could feel the car stopping. “Well.. this is me.” She said with a gentle smile. Should she ask his number? Did she want more contact with him? She still felt conflicted. A part of her screamed to stay far away, while the other part wanted to b closer.

@shayshayrian

He smiled and nodded as she told him to drop her off in front and as they drove the two blocks to the complex, he felt himself go just a tad slower than he had been. Stopping the car in front of the building, he put the cat in park and looked over at her with a wide grin. “This is you.” His voice was low, but there was something behind his words; a reluctancy as if he didn’t want their day to end. “I had a wonderful time.. and.. if you ever wanted to do it again, I’d be more than happy to pick you up next time.” it seemed like his confidence had faltered for a moment, but that wasn’t the case. He had to be careful with what he was. One mistake could make her feel things that weren’t real, could change her outlook on something that wouldn’t have changed had he not been involved. He wanted to make sure that everything she decided, she did so of her own free will. Therefore, he kept his eyes away from hers, choosing to look at her lips instead until he was finished speaking and made sure to use his words carefully as an added layer of protection. When the final words left his lips, he cast his blue eyes to her green and let that stapled smirk crease his features.

@nakachu

Once his eyes found hers she just couldn’t drag her own away from him anymore. She could feel her breath just still in her throat and her heart beating. It had been the same feeling she had experienced with Rowan. It was the last thing she remembered from that night too, that and the way their lips had touched right after. Yet this time, there was not enough alcohol in her to make her that bold. Yet he invited her to do it again and in that moment she simply knew she couldn’t say no to that. She pulled her eyes away from him then and went into her backpack, ripping a bit of paper of and a pen as she wrote down her number in a feminine and neat handwriting. She handed it over to him then. “That is my number.” She said, like that wasn’t obvious. “Just.. let me know when you are free?” She said, blushing just slightly.

@shayshayrian

His teeth gently tugged on his bottom lip as she dug through her pack and when he realized what she was doing, that confident smirk cemented itself. His eyes never left hers from that moment, even as he took the piece of paper and let his fingers gently caress hers. When she told him to let her know when he was free, he slowly nodded and pulled the handle of his door. The abrupt exit was probably a bit jarring, especially as the cool air entered the car, but there was not a chance that he wouldn’t be the one to open her door for her. He pulled the passenger door open and rested his forearm on the top of it as he waited for her to exit. As soon as she was standing, he would gently grab her waist and pull her just a tad closer as he kissed her forehead. His lips lingered on her skin for a second longer than a normal peck and when he pulled away he looked down at her without realizing his loose hold on her. “I will.”

@nakachu

His exit was abrupt and she just found herself following him as he made his way around the car and pulled the door open for her. It took her a second to figure out that he was trying to hold the door for her, it had almost felt like he had just decided to attack her out of a sudden or something. So she got up from the car a bit hesitantly. The moment she had gotten out she felt that arm go around her waist and her body pulled towards him. She had to put her hand on his chest just to keep herself from falling over and she soon felt his lips against her forehead. She couldn’t help a small gasp escaping her lips as her fingers dug just slightly into his jacket. The skin where he kissed her felt tingly, almost numb, by the time his lips left her again. She looked up at him then just to meet his gaze. “I will.” He told her, that same smirk on his face that he had been seeming to wear on and of all afternoon. She couldn’t help bite down on her lower lip. She nodded then, not knowing how else to respond and pushed herself back just a little so she as standing on her own again instead of leaning against him. “Well.. I.. Uhm.. I should go?” She said unsure if that was what she should do. But he had brought her home after all.

@shayshayrian

“You should.” He stayed planted next to her door until she had gathered her things and was ready to leave. Once out of the way, he pushed the car door shut and leaned his back against it, watching her walk towards the complex. “Have a nice rest of your day, Ellie.” He would shout if she was too far away. He didn’t push himself off the car until she was opening the door to head inside. He rounded the car to get into the driver’s seat and as soon as he sat down, he pulled out his phone. He typed a message and entered the number she gave just before hitting send and pulling away from the building. Next time, you pick the time and place. I’ll be there. - X

@nakachu

She stepped away from the car then, her body feeling strangely tense as she did. She would watch over her shoulder a few times as he was still standing on the side of his car, his eyes never seeming to leave her. “Have a nice rest of your day, Ellie.” She heard him shout as she reached the door and watched him get back in his car. “You too!” She just shouted back, saying nothing would have been weird as well. She had just gotten into the elevator when her phone pinged at her and she read the text he send her. She instantly saved the number to her phone under his name. She remembered him saying his friends called him something.. but she really couldn’t remember what it was… I will look forward to it. Ellie

@shayshayrian

It was about a week later when Elina was laying on her stomach on her couch. She had her laptop on one side and one of the books that Xaiden had recommended to the other. Her eyes darted back and forth before she simply grunted and let her face drop into the couch cushions. “Why can’t it just make sense.. like numbers. Numbers make sense!” She complained, mostly to herself. She just couldn’t figure it out.. She leaned back up and then took her phone, looking through her text, looking for her friend to complain to her. That was when she saw his name again, Xaiden. She felt her heart skip a tiny beat and bit her lip. Was she going to do this..? He had helped her before. Hey, this might not be the text you were expecting of me, but I am desperate. Do you mind helping me with my philosophy one more time? Ellie

@shayshayrian

Xaiden had been at the university, talking with the appropriate people and signing contracts. They had been desperate for a professor as the current one could go on maturity leave at any moment. He graced them all with his perfectly white smile, but there was reluctance behind that facade of joy. Agreeing to work in a town had the opposite meaning than one would expect. Working meant leaving within 5-6 years at the most. Once people realized he wouldn’t be aging, it would be time to go on their merry way, leaving the town for a few decades at the least. After the acceptance process had come to a close, he made his way out of the building; losing his artificial mood almost instantly. However, he pulled out his phone as he made his way to his car and that smile graced his features once more. With a pep in his step, he jumped into his car and replied. It won’t be the last. I’ll be there in 15, little one. His emotions had jumped back and forth all day, but with that text he had a permanent look of mischief as he made his way to the corner of Maple abs Abbey.

@nakachu

The text came back real quick and she just looked for her phone that she already misplaced in her pile or rubbish again. I’ll b there in 15. It read. A small panic instantly found her. He was coming here?! That had not been what she meant.. she meant meet at the library.. or just somewhere! She looked around, seeing the mess that came with living in a small apartment that was shared with someone else. She jumped up from the couch trying to move the biggest mess out of it, almost running to move things around. It wasn’t like the apartment was very dirty, just.. messy. They didn’t really have much space for things, so everything as just everywhere. By the time she felt the living room was at least sort of representable, 10 minutes had already passed. My teeth.. I should brush my teeth! She then panicked as she ran to the bathroom. Seeing her own reflection made her look down. She was in the most comfortable, lounging at home type of clothing she could have picked. So she put the toothbrush in her mouth and started to brush as she pulled her clothes off and tossed them into the washing bin. She put on fresh deodorant and then ran into her room to grab some blue jeans and an orange v-neck top that she tugged in there. She then ran back to spit out the toothpaste and rinse out her mouth before putting her hair up in a high ponytail. Just in time for the doorbell to ring. She took a deep breath then as she opened the door below for him and soon after the door to her apartment.

@shayshayrian

Parking out front, Xaiden grabbed his phone and exited the car too quickly to realize that he hadn’t asked her which room was hers. Luckily, it didn’t matter as he opened the complex door to see her nearly doing the same. His eyes instantly transfixed themselves on hers, only making their way down to the rest of her after a solid minute of eye contact. He noticed she was breathing harder than normal and he could hear her pulse racing. Clearing his throat, he looked away for a moment before speaking. “I apologize, love. Did I.. interrupt something?” No matter her answer, he would follow her to her apartment door, not paying too much attention to the state of the room as he was her.

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@shayshayrian

@nakachu Did you want to Tupper it? Lmao

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She found herself eye to eye with him once again. She knew she was still breathing slightly heavy from having been running around her room and her heart was racing. Something that didn’t calm down much from being near him. Even after that week just seeing him again did something to her. Get yourself together Ellie. “No.. I just uhmm! Studying!” She quickly said, even though that didn’t explain anything about her heavy breathing. She just awkwardly let him in, pushing some more stuff to the side of the room before they got to their main living room. It had two couches, a small tv and a low table. One couch was completely taken over by her studying. The kitchen had some dishes left that needed to be done and even that small amount took up most of their counter space. “Well, welcome to my house. Sorry for the mess.” She said, still not satisfied with how it looked. He must think she was an absolute slob. “I didn’t think you would come so fast..” she admitted.

@shayshayrian

Xaiden followed her into the small apartment, but never batted an eye at anything she considered to be ‘a mess’. Nothing about the place stood out as repulsive or unkempt, and if he was honest, without his uncle his manor would likely look far worse than anything he saw in her home. “Please, your home is perfectly fine. If you consider this a mess, you’re never allowed to come home with me.” He shoved his hands in his dark blue Jean pockets as he made his way to the couch with all the studying material. Leaning over a bit to read some of the books and writing she had already done, he nodded. “It seems to be coming along. What did you need me for, sweetheart?” He asked as he found the spot she was likely laying in to sit down himself. He made sure not to ruffle any papers or lose the spot in any books as he inspected what she was working with.

@nakachu

“Everything..” she just said frustrated. “I don’t get it at all. I am just guessing randomly and hoping I am right.” She said before she started to point at the books. “This guy says one thing, then that guy says the complete opposite. And of course both things sound like they should be true, but they can’t both be true. So I really just don’t know anymore!” She said. It had obviously been a decently frustrating afternoon for her. “Anyway.. you want something to drink?” She asked him, not wanting to be rude in making him instantly do her homework for her. She walked over to the fridge and opened that up. “We have… soda, milk.. I can make tea or coffee. Some apple juice.” She called up.

@shayshayrian

His eyes danced around books and her writing as she spoke, taking in everything she was saying while he read what she was pointing to. He continued to nod and at the mention of a drink, his eyes stopped moving. He had… quenched his thirst before the meeting at the school and hopefully he would be alright for a while. As she rattled off what she had, he shook himself from his thoughts and called back as he picked up a book and leaned back into the couch. “Coffee, would be great if it’s not too much trouble.” The book he had picked up was on Socrates and his fundamental beliefs while there was an article on her laptop that was going in detail on The Sophists. He took a deep breath as he searched for the questions she had to answer. “Alright, from what I see here you’re looking up accurate information, but I’m afraid I don’t know what you are… Aha.” He found a sheet of paper that was typed, had ten questions and only a few answered. He scanned the page until he found the question that likely had to do with Socrates and The Sophists. He waited for her to return before he continued, patting the cushion next to him when she did come back into the room. He would wait for her to sit before he started talking. “The problem with philosophy is to each and every human, one of the philosophers is mental and it’s always a different one. As far as questions in a classroom go, you can only factual answer ‘who said what’ and ‘who started which philosophy’. Whether they are ‘right’ or not is up to interpretation.” He showed her the book on Socrates and draped an arm around her, pulling her closer to allow her to see what he was drawing attention to. If she didn’t resist, she would smell faint hints of his cologne with every movement of his dark navy sweater. The white collar of his button up shirt could be seen coming out of the neck of the sweater, making him fit his teacher persona quite well. “So-crates, which is pronounced Sock-Ra-Tease by the way, was of the

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mind that knowledge was the key to happiness. The more people knew, the happier they would be. The Sophists believed the exact opposite, that knowledge and happiness were two different things. The rub is, one or the could be right, they could both be right or neither could be right. That’s all up to what you believe.” His eyes left the book for a moment to search hers for any confusion.

@nakachu

“Yes, coffee.” She said as that was what he had asked for. She got to their coffee machine and replaced the water in it just to be sure. She turned it on the heat up and got the pads for it out of the cabinet. She listened with half an ear to him as he spoke, almost spilling stuff all over herself as she go distracted. Once the coffee machine was heated she made him that coffee and brought it back to the table along with some sugar and cream in case he wanted that in there. She brushed a small stubborn bit of hair behind her ear that had escaped from her ponytail and shuffled the books around just a bit so she could sit down on the couch as well. But before she really even managed to clear the space he had already pulled her in to sit right by him. She instantly felt that warmth in her cheek rise. She tried to follow along with what he as saying, but somehow being this close to him was just very… distracting. She was so close to him that she could smell his cologne prickle the inside of her nose. His face extremely close to hers. She could feel that strange tingle on her skin again that she had felt before as he was so close to her. She had long since lost him, to distracted to have anything stick in her brain. Not that she had been doing better before he had come. As he stopped talking and looked up to her, she figured he was waiting for some kind of responds, yet she had nothing to answer him. For a minute she was just silent before she opened her mouth. “Do you want sugar or cream in your coffee..?” It was better then staying quiet right?

@shayshayrian

He chuckled to himself as he removed his arm and leaned forward, keeping his place in the book. “No no, dear. I’m fine.” He grabbed the cup of coffee and took a small drink as he stared straight ahead. He racked his brain for a way to explain it a little better for her. The coffee was just what he needed, to not only warm himself, but keep his blood flowing as well. He placed the mug back onto the table as he leaned back next to her again. Memorizing the page number, he clapped the book closed and placed her homework on top of it. “Can you read cursive?” He didn’t even look towards her as he grabbed a stray pencil and began filling in one sentence on the answers that had nothing. His writing was a flowing cursive that seemed completely out of character for a man. He answered each question without any detail, leaving that for her to look up and write in her own writing. As he wrote, he spoke. “If I recall accurately, you are more into mathematics.” He paused for a moment, focusing on the name he was writing. “Think of it this way. I can tell you that 5+5= 10, but then you can tell me that 5x2= 10. We are both right, however if your teacher is trying to teach us multiplication, then I’m wrong.” He finished his words at the same time as his writing, with a deep breath. “There you go. Any questions?”

@nakachu

As he asked if she could read cursive she nodded. It didn’t take long before he started to write down in this beautiful old styled cursive that she had no expected to come out of him. She had rarely seen anybody write cursive anymore, let alone in a handwriting that was as lovely and consistent as the one that he was displaying there. It almost looked like the type of writing you would find in a really old vintage book. Once he started to explain the question to her using mathematics things did seem to become more clear. What he was saying made sense and it made her able to concentrate just a bit better on what he was saying to her, being less distracted by his breath against her skin. “I think I get it.” She said, carefully. “But how do I understand if they are teaching me multiplications or addition?” She asked then.

@shayshayrian

A wide grin stretched across his face as he audibly heard the click go off in her brain. He sat the paper on the table, done with it for now, and he leaned back towards her, opening the book again for her to see. “Take Morality for example. The principle of what is right and what is wrong. It’s different for every person, right?” His eyes flicked up to hers for a brief moment, seeing the dread in her soul that he had opened the book again. He licked his lips as he tried to restrain his smile, closing the book and turning himself to face her a bit more. “Close your eyes.” He waited for her to humor him, gesturing her to do so if she was reluctant, before he continued. “I want you to think of Multiplication as Morality. Just replace the word completely.” He paused and let his eyes wander to her lips, making the pause a bit longer than he had anticipated. “Let’s say Socrates told you that 1x1=1, but 1-1=0. And the Sophists told you that 1x0=0. Given that information, which would you pick?” His voice slowed as he explained, making sure he wouldn’t lose her since he had obscured one of her senses. He could hear her heartbeat and it caused his eyes to wander farther than they had before. They traveled from her closed eyes, to her lips and finally to her neck until she answered; which would redirect his eyes back to hers.

@nakachu

She did indeed let out an almost audible groan as he opened the book again in front of them. Every time she felt like she understood something, he just made her doubt herself again. And the book had been so full of mysteries that she didn’t believe it would suddenly reveal it’s secrets to her. He seemed to notice as she soon closed it again, not wanting to lose her. “Close your eyes.” He said and she just looked at him confused. He soon motioned for her to just do it and in the end she listened and closed her eyes. The moment she did, she became so much more aware of just how close they were. The could hear his breath.. and his cologne suddenly seemed so much stronger then it had before. She tried to listen to what he was saying. It did help her that there were now numbers that involved logic, instead of words that seemed be able to mean a thousand things. “The Sophists?” She then guessed, still not being a 100% sure.

@shayshayrian

“Exactly, and you would pick 1x0=0 to explain it to someone else because it’s easier to do so. Socrates was right, but he had a more convoluted way to get there, especially if you’re just looking for the answer 0.” He studied her face and almost brought his hand to her cheek, but decided against it. He could feel her warmth radiating off her and the need to be closer was overwhelming, but he fought it as hard as he could. Satisfied with her answer, he leaned forward again to grab his coffee mug. “Did that help at all?” He no longer needed her eyes closed, but he kept his eyes on hers; waiting to see if she did indeed open them.

@nakachu

His last explanation got another one of those clicks in her brain. Suddenly it started to make sense. Of course you would pick the easier math to get to the same answer. Because the other way simply didn’t add anything to it that was of value. She felt him shift once again, guessing he was grabbing his coffee from the table again. She nodded to him when he asked if it helped. “That helped a lot.” She chuckled softly, still keeping her eyes closed. She was waiting for his permission to open it, even if she didn’t know why she as. When that permission never came, she ended up asking it herself. “Can I open my eyes again?”

@shayshayrian

Xaiden took a large drink of his black coffee before he sat the cup down again, nestling himself back into the couch as she asked her question. He took a moment to think, letting his arm drape over the top of the couch the was directly next to her. He stared at the beauty before him, barely letting himself breathe as he took notice of how close they sat. A mere foot away from her and yet all he wanted to do was close that distance. “Depends on how much more help you need.” His words were slow and deliberate, his bright eyes staring directly into her closed ones. He watched carefully at every reaction, every breath to see if he would be incredibly out of line to make any sort of advancement towards her. She was someone he hadn’t supernaturally compelled and he wanted to keep it that way.

@nakachu

Somehow the silence between them was just creating more tension in her. She wondered what he was doing, wondered if he was looking at her and she could feel her heart beat pick up at the thought. Of course he is not. He is probably looking at his coffee, or the mess that is your house, or the assignment you were just talking about. Yet she couldn’t help but feel like that wasn’t the case. “Depends on how much more help you need.” The question made her bit her lip. Help with her assignment? Probably not.. she seemed way to distracted now to wrap her brain around more philosophy. She had asked him here to help her, it as now clear that it would just not work. She still kept her eyes closed, almost afraid that if she would open them he would just get up and walk away. “I don’t know.” She almost whispered. @shayshayrian

Xaiden inched closer to her after her near whisper. Her heartbeat and anxiety was tantalizing, enough to draw him nearer. His breath ricocheted off her skin and the intensity of her scent had almost made his own breathing hitch. He managed to control himself, keeping his face inches from hers. “It’s a simple question, Ellie.” His voice was low and near a whisper as well considering that he didn’t need to talk loud for her to hear him. He tilted his head and came within centimeters of touching their noses together, but chose instead to stop where he was; looking into her closed eyes and halting any further advancement. For all he knew, she was going to snap her eyes open and push him away. And with him taking up the position of the new philosophy professor, that could make class a little awkward.

@nakachu

This time she was sure he was close to her. The could feel his breath on her skin, knew that he was looking at her now. Not at a book, not at his coffee, at her. Her fingers would ball up, needing to do something to get rid of the tension in her body, not that it helped. "It's a simple question, Ellie." He said. It was. It was a simple question and the answer was no. She didn't need his help anymore, because she wouldn't be able to concentrate anymore anyway. She needed something else from him entirely. So she said it out loud. "No." She said and opened her eyes, just to discover her leaning mere centimeters away from her face. The blush took over almost instantly as a small voice spoke inside of her. If you know what you want, Ellie, take it. Before she knew it she had closed that distance of a few centimeters and found her lips pressed against his, her hand resting against his chest. @shayshayrian

As her eyes opened, his bore into them. He could see every green and yellow line that made up the color of their pale green. He was so mesmerized that when she closed the distance, he was caught by surprise for a moment. It didn’t last long though as he pressed his own lips against hers and brought his hands to her hips, pulling her body closer to his. There was no struggle in his pull, almost as if she weighed nothing to him. His lips parted, but stayed attached to hers as he let out a hard breath. His eyes were mostly closed and only slightly opened when he began to speak to her. “Ellie…” Her name left him without his lips moving in the slightest, continuing to linger on hers. He was internally chastising himself for wanting her, for putting her in a position that practically begged for this outcome, but the more deviant part of his mind was winning the battle. It was taking every ounce of control he had to not continue kissing her. His fingers curled around her hips and gently dug in as another breath bounced off her lips accompanied by a low growl.

@nakachu

She held her eye closed as their lips pressed together. She felt his hands close around her waist and pulled her flush against him. Her body against his as he fingers grabbed just a bit into his shirt. He whispered her name and it made a shudder go down her spine. He wasn’t pushing her away, yet he was not returning her kiss either. She could feel her heart beat increasing again, this time because of being nervous. She opened her eyes just slightly, instantly finding his just looking back at her as well. Had she read the situation wrong? She was about to pull away then. @shayshayrian

When his mostly-closed eyes saw hers open just slightly, he couldn’t resist. He moved one hand from her waist to hold her jawline as he pressed their already-touching lips together harder. With a deep inhale, he began to kiss her greedily. Making sure to feel any hesitation in her movements, he parted his lips again to ease his tongue into her mouth. His hand left her jaw and grabbed her hips again, holding them against his as he gently lifted her up to lay her down on the couch. The thought of her laptop and her books at their feet crossed his find, but only when one of the books hit the ground. Another needy growl left him as he ran his hands up her sides before he broke their passionate kiss. Without any delay, his lips went from hers to her ear as he whispered to her while his hands groped at her sides. “If you don’t stop me, everything on this couch is going in the floor except for you.” Slow, deep and hungry words flowed from him to her as he started to gingerly kiss her neck while he waited for her to push him off of her.

@nakachu

Before she could actually pull herself away he suddenly seemed to awaken, his mouth suddenly turning eagerly into hers. She instantly eased her fingers back into his shirt as she returned his kisses, tilting her head just slightly so their noses wouldn’t bump against each other.

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She felt herself getting lowered into the couch, feeling one of the books poke into her back but she didn’t care. She moved her arms trying hard to get it away from her and causing it to fall into the ground. Once their lips parted she felt herself taking a deep breath, not knowing she had been holding her breath that much. “If you don’t stop me everything on this couch is going in the floor except for you.” He whispered into her ear and it honestly made just made her skin crawl a bit in anticipation. Feeling his lips going to her neck, she just stretched it out. Instead of pushing him off her she brought her hands around his neck, her fingers finding it’s way into his hair. “Just don’t break my laptop..” was all she could get out of her mouth. @shayshayrian

Her heavy breathing and her hands running through his hair did nothing to calm the situation. His kisses against her neck pressed deeper as his teeth bit small chunks of flesh that his tongue quickly traced over. When she mentioned the laptop, his lips curled into a smile against her skin. He had let his kisses flow from just under her ear to her collarbone before he brought his lips to her ear again. “Your laptop isn’t on my list of things to break today.” His whisper contained very little voice as he planted his lips back on hers. One hand ventured from her ribs, between her breasts, loosely around her throat and eventually to her jawline again as he pressed his tongue into her mouth to find hers. His other hand slid from her ribs to her hip while his own ground into her. The presence of his erection was there, but blocked by two sets of jeans. With one careful thrust and a deep kiss, Xaiden pulled away from Ellie completely, leaving her on her back on the couch. He rose to grab her laptop and a handful of books, placing them on the small table in front of them as his eyes fell on hers. “Will your roommates be home soon?” He asked the question in a more normal voice while looking at her, but immediately went back to finding a place to sit the laptop; opting to put it next to the tv instead. Besides, the table may not be safe either. Once it was completely out of the way, he slowly made his way back towards her, his icy eyes caressing her body until they landed back on hers. If she wouldn’t stop him, he would push the remaining books and papers onto the floor as he crawled between her legs to hover over her once more.

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He had barely done anything, yet the anticipation in her body was starting to build up. She could feel that heat between her leg and the strange clenching in her stomach as he nipped the flesh in her neck. It felt so familiar, yet she couldn’t remember where from. Every place his lips seemed to touch would first tingle before the skin just seemed to go numb. “Xaiden..” her voice was a mere whisper as his hand travelled back up her body. It landed on her throat for just a moment before it slid further up and his lips found hers again. She kissed him back eagerly. A soft moan escaped her lips as he pressed his hips into hers, able to feel that erection even through their clothing. It only made that heat inside of her worse. And then he left her, pulling away from her completely as he started to put her laptop away. She almost felt like she regretted saying it.. it would have survived a fall from that couch surely. “Will your roommates be home soon?” It was such a normal question, spoken in a voice like he was teaching her philosophy. She just looked up at him, almost wondering if he had suddenly decided he didn’t want her after all. “No.. she is with her boyfriend.” He said, knowing she wasn’t going to be home till later, perhaps even till tomorrow. Once he looked back to her however, he could see that he had not decided against it. There was a hunger in his eyes, a hunger she had never seen in a man before. For a moment she was unsure if she should be scared or excited as he came back over to her and crawled between her legs. The blush made a return this time, feeling more concious about herself now that she had a minute to calm down. “You look like you are going to eat me.” She said with a small nervous smile as she looked into those icey blue eyes. @shayshayrian

The corner of his lips climbed its way into a smirk as she spoke. He lowered his lips to her neck again as his hands pressed into the couch on either side of her waist. “I plan to.” He pulled a larger chunk of flesh between his teeth this time, letting his tongue push into her skin aggressively as his hands firmly grabbed her hips and pushed her harder into the couch. In a slow wave-like motion, he ground his hips into hers, maneuvering just so to feel the intense pressure in all the right spots. With a dark moan, his mouth left her neck to connect to hers once more, colliding his tongue with hers in an eager passion that seemed like he couldn’t get enough. His hands released her hips and slid under her shirt, feeling every inch of skin from her waist to just under her bra as he sealed their kiss. He didn’t allow her enough space to breath without touching his lips in the process, therefore, with every word he spoke, they grazed against hers as their hot breath intermingled. “Don’t be afraid to tell me to stop if you need me to, okay?” His voice was normal again, albeit it out of breath, as his eyes stared into hers. He had continuously been grinding his hips into hers, even as he spoke, but he needed to make sure she knew that he would stop whatever he was doing if she wanted him to.

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“I plan to.” It only made that blush grow deeper as he said that. “What do..” you mean she had meant to ask but his teeth were already back in her neck, sending a strange wave through her body that started in her neck and made its way all the way to her toes. She gasped out, her fingers finding it’s way to her neck again and grabbing into the hair that was there. She could feel her back arching, only assisting him in how he was pressing himself into her. He took away her breath as he once again engaged them in a kiss. He was taking full control, leading her to where he wanted her and doing what he wanted to her in the process. She could feel his hands run over her bare skin as he brought them underneath her shirt. Her skin tingle with the sensation and for some reason it made her breath come out in short burst as he did. She looked into his eyes as he broke their kiss once more. “Don’t be afraid to tell me to stop if you need me to, okay?” He said and she just found herself nodding to him. Yet she didn’t want him too. She closed the distance between their lips, wanting to taste more of him as she deepened it. She opened her legs more to him, one of them now fully hanging off the couch as she could feel the heat in her core. She moved her hands down then, finding the edge of that navy blue sweater that he was wearing. She pulled it up just slightly, enough for her to run her fingers over his bare stomach as well. @shayshayrian

At her nod to his question, he smiled and uttered two words before her lips managed to silence him. “Good girl.” He let out his breath through his nose as she kissed him, feeling her legs fall open more. He slid one hand down her sides, over her hip and down her thigh to end behind her knee as he guided it over his own hip. The coolness of her fingers against his abs made him flex from the sudden temperature change, a guttural moan leaving his lips into hers. After her leg was steady and no longer hanging, he returned to her torso; pulling lightly at her shirt as he opened their kiss you speak against her lips again. “Take this off. Let me see.” He kissed her again, but gently as he pulled her shirt up ever so slightly.

@nakachu

She clutched her leg to his hip as he brought it back up, enjoying the feeling of his fingers against her thigh. It only made her more into it as she could feel her body heating up. She couldn’t believe she was doing this.. Kissing this guy on her couch. Not even just kissing. Just the thought made her blush reappear even as their lips dances against each other. “Take this off. Let me see.” He spoke she felt his hands starting to lift up her shirt. She took her hands away from his chest and helped him to move it further up herself. She broke their kiss as she lifted it over her head as she felt the colder air in the room hit her skin. As the top was lifted it would reveal a red lace bra that had been hiding underneath. It cupped her breasts nicely and sat softly against her skin. As her shirt had now left her and the cold air was nipping at her skin she became aware of just how naked she was around him. She had never been confident in her body, even after she had been working on it for a good while now to feel better about it. She could feel the goose bumps rising on her skin as she found herself trying to keep her arms from covering herself up right after she revealed it. @shayshayrian

When their kiss broke, he leaned back to give her room as he admired every section of skin that was revealed to him. He could feel her pulse quicken and her skin cool drastically as the warmth of her shirt left her. He pulled off his own sweater to reveal his white button up, tossing the sweater to the floor as his torso to hers. The way the red illuminated her skin and hugged her form was jaw-dropping, but he didn’t let his gaze linger. Instead, he laid his chest against hers and made sure to block her body from any stray breeze with his arms. His eyes searched hers for a moment before closing to sweetly kiss her again. His closed lips gently pushed against hers only to part shortly after. His hands caressed her arms, leaving a trail of warmth behind as he guided them around his neck. “You really are beautiful, Ellie.” After her arms were out of the way, he traced his fingers down her body again until they landed on her hips as he brought their lips together. The kiss went from gentle reassurance to deep, moan-inducing lust as his fingers curled around her jean waistband. With each push of his hips into hers, his exhales became more akin to low growls than forces of air. If she had not shown any signs of recoil, he would slowly drag his fingers to the buttons of her jeans and undo them.

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She was glad when he pressed his torso more again her. Not just for the warmth that it brought her, but also for the way it covered her, protecting herself from his own gaze. Her skin was already blushing enough, both from her own embarasment as from the heat that was building in her. It was one of those perk from being a redhead, she colored quite easily. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he guided her there, letting one hand roam through his hair as the other one grabbed into that white button-up shirt that was still on his body. “You really are beautiful, Ellie.” He said into her mouth which only made her cheeks color more. No, you are.. she wanted to say to him. Compared to him she felt like an ugly duckling… Yet she never got the chance to say those words to him as his lips became more eager on hers. The kissing, combined with the way his hands glided over her hips and moved to the waistband of her jeans made a small moan escape into his mouth. It got mixed with his growls as she tried to sneak in breaths in between those passionate and lustful kisses. She pushed her hips more against him, only giving him more reasons to start to undo her jeans. She could feel herself shudder as she felt his fingers so close down there. She took her hand away from his shoulder, moving it down to try and undo the button’s of his shirt. It was clumsy and slow and she soon needed her other hand just to get the buttons undone. “Don’t stop..” She whispered softly into his lips and she truly didn’t want him too. @shayshayrian

Her encouragement to continue was all he needed as he slipped the buttons apart of the fabric and felt the waistband loosen. He could feel the lace of her underwear on the back of his knuckles as she fumbled to undo his shirt. Running his fingers along the edge of her jeans, he ventured to her hips and slowly slid them down to her mid thigh. He pushed into their kiss harder just before he ended it, pulling away with half his shirt unbuttoned to pull her jeans completely off. As he did so, his pale eyes stole a long glance at her exposed torso and now her legs. He ran his hands from her calves up to her thighs, spreading them only enough for him to sit between them as his eyes met hers. He leaned down for another quick kiss as he finished unbuttoning his shirt. “I want you, Ellie…” His voice was nearly non-existent as he whispered to her, placing another kiss on her neck before descending. His lips left soft kisses in their wake as they travelled from her collarbone, to her chest, down her stomach and the easier line of her underwear; his hands groping and caressing down her as he went in much the same way as his lips.

@nakachu

She really had been fumbling with his buttons and it didn't help that he was now pulling her pants down at the same time. Once again she felt exposed. The matching red lace panties being exposed to the air now as well. The cold air once again nipped at her skin as she could feel his eyes on her. She wanted to press her thighs together, but his hand was already there to push them open as he once again lay on top of her. She bit down on her lip as he once again pressed into her, feeling it so much more clear now that her jeans were no longer in the way. When she opened her eyes again he had finished her job for her and exposed his torso for her. She could not help her eyes dancing over his shape as well for as long as he could before he brought his lips to her neck again. He travelled down slowly and her hand would grab more into his hair and shoulder the more down he went. She wanted to keep him from having his face so close to that part of her. A part of her wanted to tell him to stop, but she was afraid that if she did he would stop all together and she did not want that. "Xaiden.." she just whispered in the air as her face started to color almost as much as her hair. Her stomach pressing into the couch the more down he went. @shayshayrian

“Yes, little one?” He mused, pressing his lips and tongue into her waist, just below her navel. His hands were on her hips and slowly feeling their way to her thighs while his eyes looked up at her. Her skin was paler than his, but it practically glowed in the light of the room. Her red hair and red cheeks matched perfectly with her current attire and the beauty of it all was making it difficult for him to look away. She was beautiful and if he had anything to do with it, he was going to show her just how ravaging he found her. His face lingered at her waist while his hands groped the back of her thighs. The longer she took to respond, the more tongued kisses she would receive against her soft skin.

@nakachu

As she looked down at him she found his eyes. He was so far down there, seeing his lips against that pale skin down there. It really made her just squirm under him a bit, trying to get his lips away from that spot. His hand would grope the back of her thighs and she just felt herself trying to close her legs together, yet she was unable to with him in between them. Her mind was just trying to find an excuse to get him back up to her, or well, get him away from there. "I want to kiss you..." she tried, it was the only thing she could think of to get him away from there. @shayshayrian

He could feel her writhe in his grasp and her legs beg to close just before she spoke. His eyes focused on hers from her under his brow as he tried to steady his own lust for her. He couldn’t be for sure if this was her first time, but that thought did shift something in him as it popped into his mind. He angled his head down to place one last wet kiss against her waist as he relinquish one of her legs. His hand barely touched the top of her thigh as he grazed over her covered slit and back up to the couch next to her ribs. Reluctantly, he had pulled himself up from below her to hover over her face as his nose lightly brushed against hers. “Then kiss me, Babygirl.” His hips had resumed their position between her legs while his arms maneuvers under her arms to grope the nape of her neck and claim handfuls of luscious red hair. He could feel his want for her building with each passing second and the deeper and harder she kissed him, the more it showed. He pushed his groin into hers, feeling her a little better now, but still now fully with his jeans in the way. In the midst of their kisses, he made sure to make his voice loud enough and dark enough for her to him. “Keep telling me what you want, Ellie.” He would pressed his hips into hers harder after he spoke, judging her reaction before his voice rang out again. “Tell me what feels good.” He removed the hand that had been at the back of her neck to trace down her frame, feeling her hot skin against his finger tips.

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She let out a sigh of relief as he pulled himself back up to her. Her eyes never leaving his as be crawled high into her again. The only time the left his for just a second was when his fingers brushed over the space between her legs. It made her squirm just slightly underneath him. Her arms would find it's way around his neck again as he came back to her and she pressed her lips against his. She groaned softly as he grabbed into her hair. She returned the favor, her own fingers brushed through his dark strands as she kept inhaling deeply into his mouth as he pushed his groan against her. She was used to sex under the cover of darkness, under the sheets. The type of sex where it lasted for maybe 10 to 15 minutes and was mostly about the penetrations. This was an entirely new experience for her and even if she was not disliking it, it did make her unsure insecure. She was slowly getting to that point where she wanted more. Where her lust was winning from her shyness and she wanted him to touch her there. Though asking him to do so was an entirely different store. She took her handa away from his hair then and let her fingers glide over his chesf and stomach till she reached his jeans and got to his belt. She unbuckled it eagerly, having more succes then she had had with his shirt buttons. She unbuttoned his jeans straight after and tried to push it down him. She wanted to feel him better. To feel him more. @shayshayrian

Her embrace elicited hungry moans from him, gruff, needy moans that went directly into her mouth as they kissed. His jive against her hips picked up in pace, but only slightly as her hands left his hair to trace down his stomach and land on his belt. His next exhale was broken as he pushed his forehead against hers to let his eyes drop to see what she was doing. When he felt her try to push his jeans down, he wrapped his arms around her tightly and lifted her back off the couch. Using one hand, he pressed her head into his as he kissed her, and used the other to shimmy his pants from his legs; leaving only his dark blue boxer briefs for cover. Once they were off, he rested his forearm under her backside so that her underwear was pressing against his stomach. His lips continued to ravage hers as he held her entire body on his torso, her hair falling around them both as they kissed. Sitting on his knees on the couch, his forearm moved to let her sit in his lap as he moved both hands to her back to unclasp her bra. If she let him do so, he would slowly peel it off her shoulders and break their kiss to admire her.

@nakachu

She really could feel herself slowly getting more brave. Even when she still felt that tang of nervousness whenever is eyes would go over her body, she was starting to mind it less. Her body was getting in that place where it just wanted to be pleased. Telling him to stop no longer seemed like an option in her mind. She liked his mouth on her, those kisses that told her that she was the thing he wanted. Her breaths became more heavy, just the smallest of moans starting to form in her throat. Especially when he took of his jeans and pushed himself into her for the first time with just the sheer fabric of their underwear between, she couldn’t keep the noises away anymore. He lifted her up into his lap and she wrapped her legs around him, digging her ankles into the the small of his back. She could feel his hand moving to her bra and it made her heart race even more. She let him peel it away from him, to caught in their kiss. It was fine as long as he didn’t look. But then he did look. He pulled away from her and she saw his eyes dance down to her breasts. They were not big by any standard, but they were firm and perky. Yet the look that he got on it would be cut short as one of her arms came over it to cover herself, her insecurity getting the best of her as her blush deepened. She wasn’t used to anybody seeing her like that. She didn’t even know what she was afraid of, but she couldn’t just let his eyes take her in like they had. “I..” she stammered.. not even sure what to say. @shayshayrian

“Shhh, shhh.” As soon as her arm went across her chest, his eyes darted up to hers and saw the insecurity quickly take ahold of her. He brushed her hair away from her face and and pulled her lips back onto his. The need and the lust still resides in his kisses and it could be felt as he pushed into her hips again as well. He thought about disrobing entirely while he was still in the position to do so, but he didn’t want to push anything further until she was ready. He gently eased her back onto the couch as he laid atop her, only pressing his clothed shaft against her lower lips once she was settled again. One hand ran through her hair while the other embraced her torso to shield her from as much cold air as he could. He could feel the ache settling into his nerves as the anticipation rose. His hips slowly pushed into hers, lingering for a few seconds before he pulled away again and his guttural moans were getting more beastial. He used the hand that was at the top of her ribs to dig into the couch in an attempt to control himself from going further until she was ready.

@nakachu

Hey eyes found hers as he shushed her. His hand came up to her to softly brush the hair out of her face and he pressed his lips into her again. The tension in her body seemed to seep away again now that his eyes were no longer on her and she gladly closed them again. Maybe she should just keep them closed.. if she didn’t see him looking. He laid her back against the couch and she moaned into his mouth as he pressed against her. She really could feel him now, feel that hard length pressing against her. She could almost feel the wetness growing between her legs and the thought made her blush more. WIth his body now laying so closely over hers she took her arm away from in between them and wrapped them around him underneath his arms. Her fingers would dance over the skin on his back, slowly going more down as she reached the edge of his boxers. She hooked her fingers under it, playing with that band. It took all her courage to talk again. He had told her to tell him what she wanted, so why was it so hard to just get the sound out of her mouth. “I want you..” she eventually managed to get out in a whisper that was barely audible, still keeping her eyes closed in an attempt to not shy away from him again. @shayshayrian

In feeling her fingers under his waistband, he almost immediately reached a hand down to slid his underwear off, but stopped when he felt the lace of hers brush against his fingers. Her words threatened to flip a switch in his brain. Letting out a needier exhale against her lips, both of his hands grabbed ahold of her hips and pushed her into the couch more firmly as his hips thrusted against her a tad harder. He was trying to go easy on Ellie, feeling like maybe her insecurities were getting the better of her, but he didn’t want to pressure her into anything she didn’t want. As his groin hit hers, he felt the warmth through his clothes and squeezed her hipbones just a little tighter. “What was that, sweetheart?” He waited until he heard her voice starting to come forth again before he thrusted once more. Upon connection, he forced out an exhale and sucked in an inhale through his teeth. He wanted her to say with feeling. He planned to teach and show her a lot of things that he had noticed she lacked confidence in since they started their naked tomfoolery, and speaking was one. Without communication, you can’t get your desires across and while he could’ve waited for any other time to try and pull her voice out, he chose to do it when she was at her neediest; wishing to hear that desperation in her voice. “Don’t be afraid… Tell me.” He tried his best not to pull his lips too far away from hers as his voice grew dark and lustful. He wanted to look at her and see how beautiful she was in the light, but that wasn’t more important than her comfort. He thrusted into her again, this time pushing their kiss deeper as his tongue greedily found hers. Her entire body seemed to sink into the couch more and more with each tease by the man.

@nakachu

It had already taken so much of her confidence to speak the first time, so when he pushed for her to speak again she found it hard to find that voice again. He was paying attention now, he would surely hear what she had to say. Even when she managed to repeat it he didn’t seem satisfied with her. Yet those hips kept pushing into her. She could feel her body sinking into that couch as he kept putting more pressure against her. It also didn’t help that with every thrust he did into her he usually accompanied it with one of those hungry kisses that he kept giving her. The more he did it, the more sensitive she seemed to get. The more she wanted to actually have more. Her fingers started to really pull his boxers down a bit, but in the position they were and how much he was pressing into her she could not get it much lower past a certain point. “I want you to take it off.” She then managed, her voice just a bit louder then it had been before as she tried to tell him what she wanted him to do. @shayshayrian

Xaiden’s smirk reappeared for a moment before placing another explorative kiss on her lips. Using one hand, he slid his underwear down to his knees while redirecting the same hand between her legs. Without immediately pushing into her again, he let his fingers lightly trace over her slit and apply pressure. The cloth was soaked and made his finger tips curl hard into his hand. His breathing stuttered against her lips as he swallowed hard. “Ellie…. Are you sure?” He wanted more than anything to slam into her, to make her feel as good as she made him feel, but she was an entirely different woman that what he was used to. She had flaws that she saw as mountains and perfections that she thought dimmed in comparison to others. She didn’t see herself as he saw her and it made it so much harder to convince her of her beauty. He refrained from pressing his bare shaft against her, using on his fingers to rub against her lace and gently push against it to hear her breathing hitch.

@nakachu

She felt him take down his boxer, her fingers no longer touching that waistband that had been there just moments ago. There was only bare skin now, perfect and flawless bare skin. It was so soft under her fingers, so smooth, with small lines that were made by his muscles. She had not been prepared for his fingers to suddenly find it’s way between her legs and it made her jolt just slightly, her nail grabbing slightly into his back. A small moan once again escaped her as she still kept her eyes closed. She didn’t want to see if he was looking at her, didn’t want to see those eyes exploring her body, she didn’t even want to see his manhood now that it had been exposed, scared it would be intimidating. She nodded to him as he asked his question. “Yes… I am sure..” she said even as her voice didn’t carry much strength. She could feel her heart pick picking up even more as his fingers dances over the lace of her underwear. It made small whimpers come out her throat and her hips squirming just slightly under his touches. “Please..” @shayshayrian

The anticipation was grinding away at his patience as much as it was hers, but he couldn’t get enough of her reactions. He nuzzled his nose with hers as he opened his eyes to see hers still closed. Moving to her neck, he bit into her skin as he had done before, pushing his tongue into her directly afterwards as his fingers began to dance a little more aggressively over her most sensitive area. He brought his other hand out from her hair and hooked a finger under the top of her underwear, gliding it across her waist before actually pulling it down to remove them. His face only left her neck for a moment and it was just to allow him to remove her underwear, not leaving her skin but a few inches. He immediately planted his lips back on the base of her next, next to her collarbone as he angled himself to slide just between her folds without actually penetrating her. The warm wet that instantly coated his throbbing shaft was enough to constrict his torso as every muscle in his arms and chest flexed. He let out an exhale that swiftly turned into a deep growl as he ran a hand up from her hips to her throat. He applied no pressure at all, even though his fingers curled into her skin as if to beg to do so, as he guided her face to his. “Give me yours hands, little one.” He whispered the words against her lips as he maneuvered his hips up and down a fraction at a time, still not allowing himself to penetrate her at all. If she would bring her hands to him, he would loving run his hands down her forearms to her wrists, bringing them around his neck as she had done before. He wanted to give her control of their kisses, to give her something to guide while he took care of the rest of her body. @nakachu

He was slowly driving her to madness with how slow he was taking it. She knew she should just tell him. If she just told him what she wanted he would surely give it to her, yet her mouth stayed almost as closed as her eyes were. She could feel those fingers pushing over her panties, her hips moving along with it to just attempt to feel more of him. And then they finally hooked under the edge of the silk and he pulled them down. She had not thought she would be so relieved to be out of them, yet she was. She shuddered as he placed himself in front of her, a deep sigh leaving her mouth. She knew what was there. It was warm and stiff. She almost felt like she could hear the sound of her wetness as he moved himself there. He gave him her hands and felt him put them back around his neck. One of them would instantly find it’s way in the dark strands of his hair as the other one just laid across his neck an shoulder. She moaned into his mouth as he moved himself on her, teasing her with his movements. She squirmed under him, her body begging him to just give it to her. She had never felt that way before, never had wanted sex so badly that she would do almost anything to achieve it. She opened her eyes then, finding his as she barely even broke their kiss, their lips almost still touching as she already seemed to almost be panting warm breaths against him. “I want it.. please..” @shayshayrian

When her eyes opened to lock with his, he opened his a little wider as they had mostly been closed. Her pale green seemed to be burning as she grabbed at his hair and rocked her hips. With every movement she made, he could feel her skin glide against his and it sent shivers down his spine. At her voice, the corner of his mouth curled upwards as he whispered against her lips. “Good girl.” He brought a hand down to angle himself and eased his organ into hers. The immense stimulation caused another low moan to leave him as he just barely let his lips touch hers. He could feel his hidden fangs in his gums start to ache as he began to lose himself in the ecstasy. He grit his teeth hard, refusing to let them eject as he hilted her. He left one hand in her hair while the other roughly grabbed at her hip as he slowly pulled out, nearly all the way, before quickly pushing himself in again. He wasn’t thrusting exceptionally fast, nor exceptionally slow, but the need to increase his pace was gnawing at him. “Mmm.. fuck.” He had lowered his head to nearly have his forehead on her cheek as he focused on not being too rough with her. He could feel her pulse and hear her heart beat, all of which was making it extremely hard for him to concentrate. He could feel her hand in his hair and would bring his lips wherever she wanted them, unless she had no direction at all. Only then when he go for her neck and resume his light biting. @nakachu

The moment he entered her she could just feel the intensity in her body. She curved her back, grabbing into his hair as a loud gasp and moan escaped her. Her legs would grab into him more as he had moved himself into her completely. Her breath shuddered just slightly as she pulled his face back to hers, eagerly finding his lips and tongue as she moaned into him. When he thrusted into her a second time she just stretched out her neck, her nails digging into the skin of his shoulder. Her hips would start to move along with him, matching the pace he as setting for them. She felt him mouth go to her neck, his teeth once more nipping at her skin. She could hear the sound of their skin coming together. “Yes..” a shuddered whisper left her. Her hand behind his head pushing him deeper into her neck, liking the feeling of his nipping. @shayshayrian

His eyes rolled back as he heard her voice in his ear. It was a mere whisper, but it was filled with lust. His hand on her hip pushed and pulled her body as his thrusts became more rapid. The feeling of her tight walls around him made his voice rumbling into her neck and the constant friction on his shaft caused his breathing to increase. She had grabbed his hair and pulled his mouth deeper into her, making that smirk appear again before he took larger pieces of skin between his teeth. “Mmm… Ellie..” He moaned her name in that inky voice almost directly in her ear as he grabbed her hip tighter. His bites trailed from just under her ear down to her collarbone as he released her hair and grabbed her other hip with force. Hands roughly guiding her, he plunged harder into her depths as his teeth clamped down a little harder and his tongue pushed into her skin a little more aggressively. After spending some time on her collar, he moved back up to her ear and spoke in a broken voice. “You feel amazing, El… Fuck, you’re perfect.” His low voice was broken with pants for air and a slightly higher octave that was almost reminiscent of his regular speaking voice. She was making it hard for him to concentrate, but every second of it was pure bliss. @nakachu

He was bringing her in a world of pure bliss. The feeling of him moving inside her was so incredibly good that she felt her legs almost quivering around him. Her moans started to become deeper and more frequent as he increased his pace. The bites in her neck got needier and harder, yet she didn’t mind. She only wanted more of him, wanting that pleasure to run through every part of her body as he praised her body. She was about to open her mouth again, feeling more courage to speak her mind now that lust was taking over, when the klink of the front door could be heard. The hallway was an extension of front door to the living room and with the door open they were in direct view of it. Her head would whip up her eyes big as she saw the door open. Her eyes met those of her roommate Arianna as she walked in, her eyes growing just as big as her own had as her hand went to her mouth. “Ellie!” Ari said in pure shock as she gazed upon the display that was happening before her. “Ari…” her hands instantly grabbed to the ground, trying to find something to cover herself up. The first thing she found was his white button up shirt and she quickly placed it between them. @shayshayrian (Feel free to RP for Arianna :D)

A thousands thoughts flooded Xaiden’s mind all at once as the door clicked open. He had heard the footsteps coming from down the hall, but didn’t think anything of it as Ellie had mentioned her roommate was gone for the night. When he heard the door knob turn, his muscles tightened against her and he fought with every ounce of control he had not to use his supernatural speed to be out of sight. He was suppose to be starting over here and that meant no use of powers. Instead, he removed himself from her fully as the door closed behind her roommate. As Arianna turned to face them, Xaiden had pulled his boxer briefs over himself again and was using his outward facing arm to shield Ellie as best he could by resting it against the couch. He bit his bottom lip and shook his head in the crook of her neck as the girls exchange each other’s names in shock. After his shirt was placed between them, he pushed himself off of her and grabbed his jeans that had been tossed on the floor. His icy eyes stared at the jeans long enough to get them turned around the right way, his hardness still completely visibly through his underwear, then moved them to stare at the roommate. “Right so, I feel like this is the part where we say we’re sorry?” His teeth were clenched as he sucked air through them, feigning guilt as he exuded his usual sarcasm while buttoning his pants. His black hair was tossed and his lips were a darker shade of pink than usual due to use and his chest heaved more frequently than normal as he was slightly out of breath. He wouldn’t bother with donning his sweater, instead picking it up to offer to Ellie if she would rather have something more opaque. “Wha—… Who—… I—..” *Arianna seemed to be at a lose for words as she stared back and forth between her introverted roommate and the tall, dark and handsome MAN standing in their house. He looked vaguely familiar to her, but she couldn’t exactly place where she had seen him. After Xaiden sat down on the couch

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next to Ellie, handing her his sweater, Arianna crossed her arms and looked to Ellie for an explanation.* @nakachu

She wanted to sink through the floor and disappear. It was probably the most red that Xaiden had ever seen her as it seemed to take over almost her whole body. She gladly took his sweater, covering herself up underneath it as she was still very much aware of what they had just been doing. She just put her hands over her face, trying to hide herself with that childish principe of if I don’t see you, you can’t see me. Her hair was a mess from all the times his finger had ran through it, her neck full of small marks from his biting and her clothes were everywhere, same with her homework. “Just go Ari!” She begged her friend who she knew was still standing there, she didn’t even dare to look at her. She had never brought anybody home.. she was not the type to do it, so of course this was the last thing her roommate had expected to find there. “I have to sit on that couch Ellie!” She complained loudly, obviously irritated by her roommates choice of place to have sex. “Just go! Please…” she begged once more. She could hear the audible click of her tongue that was most likely accompanied by an eye roll as Arianna turned around. “Fine..” she said. “I am back in fifteen, take it to the damn bedroom!” She said as the door slammed closed behind her. She still kept her hands over her face. She could feel the heat just radiating off it from her blushes as an embarassed noise escaped her mouth. She didn’t dare to look at him… the had just been caught and it was her fault. “I’m sorry…” she whispered in a small high pitched voice. @shayshayrian

Because she had hide her face, she didn’t see the most amused look on his face. It certainly wasn’t the first time that he had been walked in on, but it seemed to be hers. He moved to sit directly next to her as he placed a kiss on her forehead. “It’s perfectly fine, love. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Besides, if you wanted her to, she could’ve joined, although we may have need of a bigger couch.” He joked and smiled wide, expecting to get hit as he chuckled. In truth, he only wanted Ellie and would only involve her with another if it was her desire to do so. The invitation to the bedroom was cast to the room as the door closed, but he wasn’t entirely sure if she wanted to take it. “Listen, we can do whatever you want to do. If you want me to leave, all you have to do is say so.” He tried giving her an easy out if she wanted one, but pulled his bottom lip between his teeth as he waited for her answer.

@nakachu

She peeked just slightly through her fingers at him as she felt that kiss land on her forehead. As he teased her about Arianna joining them she did indeed push him, though it was probably not as much force as he had expected from her. She hated it.. she was feeling so ashamed and he was cracking joked at her. His chuckle only making her want to sink more into the ground. “Listen, we can do whatever you want to do. If you want me to leave, all you hv to do is say so.” He offered to her as she once again peeked at him through her fingers. She saw him sitting there then, his lip between his teeth. She even peeked down for just one second, still seeing the shape of his erection underneath his jeans. Yet she couldn’t get herself to even get out from underneath that sweater, let alone decide if she wanted to continue this or not. Yet if they did.. it would be the way she knew it. On a bed, underneath a sheet.. “Can you just..” she asked, not even sure what she wanted him to do. “Close your eyes and give me a head start?” She asked in the end. She had become so awefully aware of how naked she was, how little his sweater would cover her once she got up. She just wanted to get to her bed, to the protection of her sheets before he got back to her. @shayshayrian

Relieved that she didn’t want him to leave, he couldn’t help but smile at her embarrassment. He nodded to her before leaning a little closer to the side of her face, so that if she opened her eyes again, she wouldn’t be met with his eyes. “Of course, but not without this first.” He angled his face towards hers again, connecting their lips and gliding his tongue alongside hers. It was fueled with desire and angst, but he cut it short before it could get any deeper. Leaning away from her, he rose from the couch and began picking up papers that had scattered across the floor, purposefully keeping his eyes away from her in any way. @nakachu

His kiss relaxed her a little bit, feeling some of that tension leaving her shoulders before he pulled away and saw that he did what he promised, her looked away from her. She quickly got up from the couch, still clutching both his shirt and sweater to her front as she picked up her bra and panties quickly, she could get the rest later. She then hobbled off with short little steps towards the hallway and then to the door that was her bedroom, leaving it open just a bit so he knew which one was hers. While she went there, her backside was completely exposed. As she reached her bedroom she let out a really big breath that she didn’t know she had been holding. Her bedroom was quite romantic. There was a big two person bed with yellow and white sheets, a string of lights that was wrapped around the headrest that she usually used to read or study, a few potted plants in the windowsill and a series of pictures that decorated her walls. She put the sweater and shirt to the side then along with her underwear and got herself under the coves of her sheet as she waited for Xaiden to make his way to her room. @shayshayrian

He picked up all the stray papers and books, putting them on top of the table before downing the rest of his coffee that she had made for him. He brought the cup into the kitchen, washing it out and putting it in the sink before he made his way down the hall to the bedroom with the door slightly ajar. He ran a hand through his hair before pushing it open and seeing her completely covered by her sheets. The was just as beautiful as she was. The dim glow of the lights and the light colors of the decor made a genuine smile cross his face as he leaned on the door to close it. If he would’ve had to conjure a room for her based off her personality, this was definitely something he would create. His eyes danced from the walls to the lights and finally to her as he turned the lock on her door. While it didn’t bother him too much to be interrupted, it did quite a number in her and he wasn’t sure she could handle it twice in a row. He swallowed hard as he slowly walked towards the bed, licking his lips as he stared into her gorgeous eyes. He opened his mouth to say something as he made it to the side of her bed, but couldn’t bring himself to say anything. Her eyes and skin tone reflected beautifully against the dimmed yellow lights behind her and it rendered him speechless for a moment. He still wore his underwear and jeans as he pulled the blanket down on one side of the bed, just enough for him to crawl into it if she wanted him to. @nakachu

It seemed to take forever before he actually made his way to the bedroom. She could hear him moving around in the living room, wondering what he was even really doing. As she was left waiting she became awefully aware of that wetness that was still between her legs. And even if getting caught like that had cooled her down quite a bit, she still had that feeling there that just wanted to be satisfied, her hands almost roaming towards it a few times, yet it didn’t. She almost jumped when that door finally seemed to open a bit and she saw him coming through it. It was probably the first time that she had really seen his torso without his clothes on and it honestly just brought another blush to her face. She was glad when he locked the door behind him, knowing that at least Arianna would not walk in on them twice.. even if she didn’t expect her roommate to go anywhere near her bedroom at that moment. As he walked over peeled the sheets back a little bit she scooted over to make space for him. As he laid down she would push herself against his side, putting her head on his chest and one leg laying over his leg as she laid on her own side. “Hi…” she just whispered shyly, not entirely sure how to continue now. @shayshayrian

He crawled into the bed next to her, his own pulse starting to run a little faster as she curled up next to him. The interruption had surely halted things, but not his want for her. He let his arm go underneath her head and his fingers rake through her hair as his lips found her forehead. Her leg wrapped around his made his eyes close for a moment, trying to restrain himself from jumping back on top of her and finishing what he started. Instead, he let out a deep sigh and whispered against the top of her head. “Hello, my gorgeous girl.” He punctuated his sentence with a kiss to her scalp. “You.. are stunning, in every way.” His voice was low again, vibrating through his chest and instantly heating her head where he spoke. “I want to give you pleasure like you’ve never felt before, but only if that’s what you want.” He rolled towards her, grabbing the leg she had draped over his to hike it over his clothed hip and using his arm underneath her to keep her forehead gently pressed against his own neck to keep his eyes from hers. His free hand roamed up her thigh, squeezed a handful of her posterior and ran up the small of her back to her side. “I want you, Ellie.” He said again as he closed his eyes and brought his nose down to hers. Their lips barely touched against each other like they had a million times before, but his quivered with need as he gently pulled her bottom lip between his teeth and ran his tongue along it. @nakachu

Even when she had not known how to get them back started, it seemed that Xaiden had no issues at all. She admired his confidence, the way he was able to handle himself even after having been caught. She tried so hard to find that confidence in herself, yet she was still not there even after all his loving compliments. “I want to give you pleasure like you’ve never felt before, but only if that’s what you want.” He said to her that that low rumble in his voice. It caused her to clench her thighs together, feeling that sentence in her very core as she could feel herself warm up again. “I want that..” she managed to say to him in a hushed whisper against his chest. She could feel his hands roam over her body again and she wrapped her arm back around his neck and into his hair after he had turned himself into her. She pressed her lips against his when they touched again, but before she even had the chance his teeth were in her lip and pulling it gently. She could feel his jeans against her as she had her leg draped over him. She hated that it was still there.. wanting to feel him.. wanting him to grind his hips against her like he had done before. So she moved her arm down, looking for the button of his jeans to get it off him again. @shayshayrian

He pulled at her lip for only a moment before moving his head around to her neck, denying her the kiss that she clearly wanted. He kissed and bit down to her shoulder, biting a tad harder there and giving her the kiss that she desperately wanted on her lips on her shoulder. Her hand at his waist made his free hand move back to her thigh as his fingers slowly crept to her lower lips. He simply ran the back of his knuckles over her entrance, applying pressure ever-so-gently and coating his fingers in her wet. He let out a low growl into her shoulder as he felt her warmth again. She had said she wanted it and maybe now with the privacy of the room, he could make her feel more comfortable. Once her fingers had freed his button, he brought his lips back to hers again. “Close your eyes, Ellie.” His whisper was void of any voice as he kissed her, softly at first, but as his hands left her body, he disrobed his attire and brought his hands to her face. He brushed the hair from her face as his tongue entered her mouth, lightly tracing his fingers down her cheeks and throat until they handed on the top of her chest. He kissed her deeper yet, moaning into her mouth before sealing it and pulling away. His desire was back in full force as he grabbed her hips and rolled her on her back, maneuvering himself between her legs and pulling the blankets over his back. He put his hands palm-down on the bed on either side of her chest as he lowered his lips to hers again. “You can use your voice all you want, but not your eyes.”

@nakachu

She yelped out softly as he sank his teeth into her neck. It was slightly painful, yet in that moment all it did was make her sex clench together. His knuckle brushing over her sex made her moan and squirm as she once again felt that wanting that she had felt before for him. As he told her to close her eyes she did without asking questions. He soon got rewarded with his mouth on hers and she eagerly kissed him back, exploring his mouth and breathing fast into his mouth. She could feel her heart rate increasing fast as he was getting ready to take her again. “You can use your voice all you want, but not your eyes.” He said to her and she quickly nodded her head, her eyes still closed like he had told her. “Okay..” she said in an almost breathless voice as he was once again between her legs in almost the same way that he had been on that couch. @shayshayrian

”Okay” She had said. The words stuttered off his lips and was shortly silenced as he kissed her hard. His tongue coiled around her, his lips begged for more and just as he started to moan for her again, he broke their kiss; tracing his knuckles down her cheek, running his fingertips down her throat and placing his lips against her chest. On his knees between her legs, his hands found her hips and angled her lower body. His still erect organ slid between her folds, but didn’t enter her; just as he had teased her before. His lips kissed the top part of his chest as his hands abandoned her hips in favor of her breasts, gently groping them as his tongue followed his kisses between them. Even if she wasn’t audibly aroused, he would be able to hear her heart beat quicken, freeze or slow as he went; redirecting any action he took of her pulse began to weaken. “I want you, El. Can you feel how much I want you?” His hips would gently press himself between her petals, but the angle was wrong for him to enter her. His eyes danced over her face, over the color of her cheeks and the soft skin under his lips as he kissed up her breast and gently ran his tongue along her nipple. @nakachu

He was overwhelming her again. Somehow keeping her eyes closed now just because he had told her made her feel slightly nervous. It made her other senses get higher and the moment his hand went down towards her chest she could feel her breath stutter in her throat. He positioned himself before her sex again and it made her once again grab into his hair and shoulder. She felt his head going lower on her and for a moment she was afraid he would bring it all the way down again, yet he didn’t and stopped around her chest. “I want you, El. Can you feel how much I want you?” He asked her and she nodded her head before she remembered that he wanted her to say it. She could feel the blush form on her cheeks as she formed the words. “Yes.. I can feel it.” She whispered to him. And she could. She could feel how he teased her entrance, her hips squirming on him, begging him to push in. His tongue finding her nipple only made that feeling worse as a soft moan left her lips. The hand in his hair really gripped into him, but she didn’t pull him away.. “Xaiden..” she whispered his name softly, still keeping her eyes closed as he had told her too. @shayshayrian

The sudden grip in his hair made that smirk appear again. He had placed her hands there earlier and to feel her really grab him somehow made him more eager. He rocked his hips against hers, sliding his shaft between her folds and sucking more intensely on her breast. He could feel her legs tug at him and after a few more flicks of his tongue, he ventured to the other side; mimicking the same actions he had just done. With his free hand, he tranced down her stomach until he reached the top of her sex; rubbing gently as his hips rocked harder and longer instead of faster. Hearing his name didn’t effect him right away, but as the intensity between the two of them rose, it echoed in his mind and made his breathing increase. If her hands would let him, he would move from her breast back up to her lips and kiss her like his life depended on it. It was rough, passionate and filled with guttural grunts as he teased the hell out of her and himself. @nakachu

Her body was squirming underneath him, her back arching, her hips moving, her nails digging into his scalp and hair. With his mouth on her nipple and his finger now also stimulating her between her legs she just couldn’t lay still anymore. She couldn’t even fully process where he as anymore, as it almost felt like he was everywhere. Whimpered moans leaving her lips as she kept trying to move her hips into him. When he moved back up to his face, she didn’t hold him back. She kissed him back eagerly as well, only pulling back a few time to take a deep breath before she went back in for him. She couldn’t handle it anymore. She needed him in her. She needed him to satisfy that burning inside her. “Xaiden… please..” she begged him.. “I can’t… handle it anymore..” @shayshayrian

At her request, he brought both of his hands to her hips and slowly adjusted her, allowing him to slide completely into her with ease. He let out a deep, satisfied growl against her lips as he couldn’t hold back anymore. He slammed into her with fervor, causing the bed to rock and their lips to graze against each other. He connected their lips again for a moment, before moving them to her neck. His gums ached again, but he clenched his teeth hard as his forced exhales ricocheted off her skin. His fingers dug in deep to her hips as he pulled her to him at the same time as his own hips roughly pushed into hers. His eyes rolled back as he forced all his concentration on his fangs staying where they belonged. Opening his jaw, he kissed and bit at the base of her neck; sharp exhales cooling her damp skin as he thrusted into her. @nakachu

She moaned out in extacy the moment he pushed himself inside of her. Her back arching at the feeling as she pulled on his hair. He didn’t seem to let another second go by as he started to move into her. She could hear the slight creak in the old bed as it rocked along with them, could feel her breasts bouncing up and down with their movement. He went back to that spot in her neck and she gladly stretched it out for him and gave him acces to it. Her moans were deep and frequent, her heels digging into his back as he pulled her into him with his rhythm. One of her hands left him and went into the bed instead, grabbing into the pillow that her head was on and pulling at it. “Yes.. hmmm! Yes!” She couldn’t help herself. The words suddenly starting to come more easily as her mind was taken over by the feelings that existed between them. @shayshayrian

Her voice rang out encouragement as his thrusts began harder and more erratic, his tongue pressed deeper into her neck and he felt her body overwhelm with hopefully the same bliss he was feeling. He moved one hand from her hip to massage that same spot above her sex that he had before, changing his thrusts to go deeper and more precise. “Fuck, El…” He brought his lips back up to kiss her hard, making it more difficult for her to moan. His hand that was on her hip gripped her tight, showing her how much he needed her. His lips left hers again in favor of brushing against her ear as he whispered to her in a dark, seductive voice. “Cum for me, Ellie.” He started thrusting faster into her as his thumb quickened as well. Releasing her hip, he brought that hand up to grab the nape of her and curl his fingers into her hair. “Please, Babygirl. I need you.” @nakachu

There was so much happening to her body already and when he added his thumb into the mix she just started to really to lose her mind. It was good that he pressed his lips back into her mouth as her moans were getting louder under his movements. But they didn’t stay there for long and soon her moans were back to filling the room as he hand kept grabbing into that pillow underneath her. Somewhere in the background she could hear the sound of the front door, her roommate coming back home at that moment. Yet she didn’t seem to care. Like nothing existed in that moment except for the heat that lived between the two of them. “Cum for me, Ellie.” He growled into her ear, but he had not needed to tell her as she could already feel that pressure building inside her core. “Don’t stop…I’m so close..” she manage to get out between those deep moans. It didn’t take much longer before she finally found that sweet release. Her back would arch, her nails really digging into his skin where she was holding into him and her sex clenching around him. It seemed like every muscle in her body just clamped together at that moment, even her moan would not leave her throat for a moment as she found herself unable to speak. The moan only coming out at the very end as she started to come off it, following by deep panting breaths, her heartbeat so high she could feel it in her ears. @shayshayrian

Her voice was a drug to him in the moment and it took everything he had to hold back from going faster. He kept his pace until he felt every muscle around him clench; her nails digging in, her walls enclose around him and her stomach flex beneath him. He had heard the door to her apartment open and close as well, but that didn’t effect his current activity. As she climaxed, he thrusted harder and slightly faster until the same effect overcame him. It didn’t take much as he was nearly there already. His hand that hand been massaging her left to favor her throat as he kissed her, guiding her chin with the edges of his fingers. His grunts and low moans broke into a slightly higher pitch as he finished, his fingers curling hard around her hip and the other lightly tightening around her throat. Her pulse was racing and as his adrenaline slowed, his gums began to cause him excruciating pain. His brows furrowed for a moment as he rode both of their orgasms out, pulling every last moan he could from her, before hilting her as to not make a mess. Their breathlessness beat off each other’s lips and would only stop when he gently pecked her lips. He moved both of his hands to her hips and adjusted to allow her to completely relax against the bed. He looked over the edge of the bed to see his shirts on the floor, but neither were within reach. With a huff, he looked at her as he rested his forearms next to her sides after grabbing a handful of sheets to cover her chest. “Well, love. How much do you care about these sheets?” He asked with a smirk. @nakachu

She had never felt one that intense before. She had barely even noticed that hand grabbing around her throat as she was in the middle of that orgasm. But she did notice that he came with her at almost the same time, feeling him release himself inside of her. Her body just went limp after that. She let her body just rest into the bed. The hand that had her nails digging into his skin just moments ago laying gently on his shoulder. Her breath was coming in fast and deep as she was coming down from that orgasm. She was still holding her eyes closer, not sure if she was supposed to open them just yet. “I can wash them..” she simply said, still catching her breath. She didn’t care at all in that moment. He could use them however he liked. She was still too much out of the world to care about it. Yet a few moment later she couldn’t help but notice the sound of the television coming from the living room and it had been turned up high. She instantly found a deep blush reaching her face. “Arianna came home didn’t she..?” She asked, fully aware of just how loud they had been just moments ago. Her hands would reach up to her face again, once again covered her face in them. @shayshayrian

At the mention of washing the sheets, he nodded as he pulled himself out of her and grabbed handfuls of the sheets to not only cover her, but separate his lower body from touching her. He came to rest directly next to her as he wiggled an arm under her neck and pulled her to him in much the position they were in when he first entered the room. The sound of the tv was much louder for him as his vulnerable state made every noise ten times louder and every light much brighter. His teeth ached and his head pounded, but he kept himself together for her sake as he ran his fingers down her back. “Yeah, she’s definitely out there. Don’t feel embarrassed though. This is your house too and you said she had plans that she came home early from. Please don’t fret, love.” He kissed her forehead before he laid his temple on the top of her head and brought his other hand around to run down her sides. @nakachu

She couldn’t help it. She was very much embarrassed. Sure she had come home before to the sound of Arianna and her boyfriend. Yet this felt different because it involved her. She just turned herself on her side and burried her face into him, trying to hide her embarrassment. He smelled even better now then he had before. His natural smell coming through and she couldn’t help but fill her nose with it. “She is going to a nightmare once I go out there..” she said and she knew she would be. Arianna was the opposite of Ellie. She was outspoken and always said what was on her mind. She had also already made it clear that she had not been happy with her choice of having sex on the couch they both shared. She let her hand idly run over his chest and stomach, making little circled with her fingers. She didn’t even know for sure what to do now.. normally she would have gone to sleep after having sex, spending the night with her boyfriend at the time. This time it was not late enough to sleep and Xaiden was not her boyfriend. “Are you going to go home..?” She just asked still hiding her face. @shayshayrian

Xaiden could feel his head throbbing in his fingertips as he listened to her talk about Arianna. He understood the sentiment behind her embarrassment and tried to help in anyway he could. “I could go home, you could come with me or I can just drive you around for a while until she cools down? I’m here to help, love. I’ll do or go wherever you want me to.” He simply held her close, trying his best to resist the blood flowing rapidly through her and it being all the worse because it was someone he cared about. He gave her head light kisses as the tv in the other room blared in his head. “Where would you prefer me go? I have nowhere important to be for the rest of the day.” @nakachu

She nuzzled into him more. He was sweet, very sweet. Offering to just take her away from here so she wouldn't have to face her roommate. But she couldn't hide from her forever. She turned her body slightly more, her chest pressed partly again his and one leg curled over his. Her arms would come around his neck and she just embraced him like that. "I'd prefer you here.." she just whispered against his ear. She didn't want him to go yet. In that moment she still felt that slight confidence she found after sex, that little drunk feeling that stayed behind after an intense orgasm. It made her just want to lay there with him, be close to him. @shayshayrian

That familiar smirk split his face as he looked down at her. He brought his free hand up to caress his cheek and then guide her lips to his. His kiss was soft and caring, his tongue was gentle and swiveled around hers as if a single touch could heal all her woes. He pulled her into him and rolled and little more on his back as he held her to him. After he kissed her, her planted another on her forehead. “Then I’ll stay here.” Everything about his body screamed at him. He couldn’t stay because he needed blood, or alcohol. He swallowed hard as he hoped they had something akin in the house. “Do you want me to go out there with you, or are you going to keep me hidden away in here?” He joked. @nakachu

She kissed him back, liking this new tenderness that was there. A hand came up to place lightly on his cheek as she leaned more into it. He practicely pulled her on top of him as he rolled into his back. Her chest pressed against his ans their hips touching as one of her legs was between his and other just to the side. "I think I will hide you here for now." She answered him. She didn't want to pull herself away from him yet. She was enjoying his warmth and his smell and his heartbeat that still have not seemes to have calmed down even after all this time. @shayshayrian

He chuckled to himself as she spoke. He ran a hand through her hair as he adjusted the pillow behind him to get more comfortable. Feeling her skin against his was another form of paradise in itself. She was soft, warm and she practically glowed against her lights on the headboard. He let out a deep sigh out of jest after her comment. “I’ll try to be quiet so she doesn’t know I’m here.” He said with another chuckle. “I would tell you to go out there and face your fears, but I’m not allowing you to leave yet. This is too comfortable for you to suddenly be gone.” He took a deep inhale, holding her against his chest and closed his eyes. He knew it was early afternoon, but he could fall asleep right there with her if he let himself. He couldn’t though because if he did manage to fall asleep, when he awoke he would be so… hungry. @nakachu

His little comment got a shy chuckle from her as she just cuddled into him more. She nuzzled her nose over his neck as she planted a few small kisses there, still stealing whiffs of that wonderful smell that seemed to hang around him in that moment. "Then I will stay." She whispered into his neck. She was also quite tired. Perhaps not even tired, but she was comfortable and she feel her conciousness starting to fade just that little bit as she mumbled sleepy noises into his neck. Eventually her body would seem to relax against him as sleep had actually taken a hold of her. Soft breaths landing against his neck as he chest would rise and fall against him, her arms still losely around his neck. @shayshayrian

After a few minutes, he felt her relax against his body and his head screamed at him again. He refused to let his natural instincts take over and instead lingered for only a few more minutes. He committed her scent, her feel and her breathing to memory as he kissed her on the forehead and slipped out from underneath her. He felt horrible for leaving, but if he stayed, he was afraid what he would do. He quickly and quietly got dressed, leaving his white button up draped over her after he kissed her cheek. He whispered something incoherent to her in her ear as he opened the door and left. Seeing Arianna on the couch with the sourest of looks on her face, he gave her a smirk and waved goodbye to her as he left the apartment.

She had not even noticed that she had dozed off, so once she woke up and no longer felt him underneath her she had trouble understanding what exactly had happened. She opened her eyes and sat up, the white button up shirt slowly falling off her body. She blushed as she saw it, memories flooding back to her. She picked it up and pressed it against her nose. It smelled like him so much.. But why had he left? Was he angry that she fell asleep? She searched for her phone, but it was probably still in the living room. The living room.. where Arianna was. She grumbled to herself. After five more minutes she dragged herself up from that bed and folded the button-up neatly, placing it on one of the side tables. She got herself dressed as well in some comfortable clothes. She wasn’t planning on leaving the house anymore that night. So she put on sweatpants along with a loose fitting shirt. As she walked she could still feel how he had been inside of her and just made her press her thighs together. She couldn’t hide in her room forever and eventually she got out of her room and walked towards the living room. Arianna had her arms crossed over each other, obviously still annoyed by what had happened. She was lazily zapping through different channels, trying to find something worth watching. A blanket had been placed over the couch.“He already left.” She just said without looking at Ellie. “I noticed..” she just said in a small voice. She walked into the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, unsure what to say to her friend and roommate. Only when the machine was on did she talk again. “I am so..” she started but Arianna didn’t even let her finish the apology. “You were having sex on our couch Ellie!” Arianna said as she instantly turned around to Ellie. “I repeat, our couch! I have to sit here too and you are just laying bare back on it!” The annoyance in her voice was clear. “I’m sorry!” Ellie just said instantly after she was done. A small silence fell between the

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m before Ellie walked to the couch, now with freshly brewed coffee in her hands. She sat down next to her friend, a hand playing with the rim of her mug. “You were not supposed to get home..” she just said under her breath. “That is not my point.” Arianna instantly said after her. “If you want to have sex, do it in your room.” Ellie knew she was right. This was not just her home. It was Arianna’s home too. “I wasn’t even planning to have sex, he was supposed to help me with my assignment.. it just happened..” she said with a slight blush on her face. Yet it was the truth. She had not invited him over to have a good bang. She legit needed his help. Almost a minute of silence passed between the girls, neither of them saying anything, neither of them looking at each other. That was till a smile suddenly appeared on Arianna’s lips and she looked over at Ellie. “Was he good?” She suddenly asked with a chuckle. Ellie instantly just sunk into the couch, her blush taking over her face. She pulled her knees towards her, making herself into a small ball as she once again covered her face with her hands. Yet she nodded which only made Arianna chuckle more. “Sounded like it.” And once again Ellie’s blush deepened, unable to even speak from her embarrassment. “I never thought I would see the day that Elina Hayes would get laid in broad daylight. He was hot too.” And that's how the conversation went after that. For the rest of the evening Arianna would tease Ellie with her little scandal. She promised to get the covers from the couch to the dry cleaner and with that the fight between the two friends had ended.

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The summer went by much too fast. After that fateful day, Xaiden had only seen Ellie a handful of times, both being much too busy for any kind of quality time. When the week rolled around for the local university to commence classes, Xaiden was busy writing up his curriculum in adherence with the schools policy to spend much time doing anything else leading up to the first day of school. He made sure to send her a good luck text, but he never mentioned that he was going to be working in the same school as her. He figured it would be a welcome surprise and if he was honest, he couldn’t wait to see her. His dark blue slacks were nearly shining with how new they were. He slid his thick, black coat over his blue button up and grabbed his small briefcase. He had too much work to bring into school that if loose, would not have made it there. Rowan hadn’t had much to say about anything he had been involved in lately, but then again a he usually didn’t. As he passed by a mirror hanging on the wall, he straightened his dark blue tie as he ran a hand through his hair. He never got use to ‘his first day of college’, but especially as a staff member. Have a fun first day. You’ll have to let me know how it goes. He sent the text before he jumped in his black Dodge Challenger and drove to the school, anxiously awaiting the look on her face when they saw each other in the hallway or walking to their cars. It wasn’t the first time he had been around a college campus. He would just have to find where the darkest of corners were. The trek to his classroom wasn’t as confusing as he thought it would be, but it was much bigger. Colleges had come a long way in the more modern years. Emptying his briefcase and setting up his desk, he wrote on the white board: Sociology & Philosophy *He grabbed his attendance list and scanned over the names as he paced in front of the seating section. Nervousness was nowhere to be found, but practice in presentation never hurt. Not a

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single name on the list looked familiar, but that was to be expected as he didn’t know many people in the town. He sat the list back on his desk and looked over his schedule as students started filing in and filling the seats.*

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The summer holidays had gone by way too quickly. It felt like only a week ago that she had met Xaiden in that nightclub, and perhaps only like yesterday that they had been caught together on the couch of her living room. The thought of that day still brought a blush to her face and her roommate Arianna had not been willing to let it go. Especially after Xaiden and Ellie had met up together again after a handful of times, though nothing ever led to anything else between them except for some small kisses. Now it was that first day of a new term and Ellie was nervous. She didn’t like the first days. She felt like she needed to impress everyone, students and teachers alike. Ellie was one of those.. a teacher's pet. She liked to be in their good favor for when she needed her questions answered. When she had studied her list with teacher’s names she had seen a lot of familiar ones, and one that seemed completely out of place. Mr. Accic. Must be a foreigner. What made it even worse is that he was her Sociology and Philosophy teacher, her worst subject. One of the few things that had made her feel better was that she had some shared classes with Arianna. She had her uniform on. It consisted of a white blouse, a dark blue vest on top of the same color dark blue skirt and black stockings. Her shoes were dark brown and fit her small feet comfortably. She had considered doing something with her hair, but in the end she simply kept it lose and had only put on a small amount of make-up on her face. Her first day was going well so far. She had done a few classes and so far she believed she had made a good impression, but now came the one that she was dreading. Philosophy.. given by a teacher that she did not know. She walked with Arianna up to the classroom, it was one of the classes she shared. They had been busy talking and it took Ellie a bit to actually put her eyes towards the podium, towards the teacher. When she saw Xaiden there she simply dropped her books f

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rom her hands. They made some loud thuds as they hit the ground and she could already feel her cheeks turning red. “Ellie?” Arianna said before following her eyes towards the teacher. “Ooooh..” she said with an obvious grin on her face. “It’s your boyfriend!” Arianna teased her friend. “Sssst! He is not my boyfriend…” Ellie quickly shushed her as her blush got even worse. Arianna couldn’t hold her laugh in then. “Sorry, your boytoy, my bad.” She said as she actually made her way towards the seat. Leaving Ellie with a face red as a tomato to pick up her books.

The first classes of the day were not near as bad as Xaiden had anticipated. He was sure he would have to wrangle students every second and fight them to pay attention, especially on the first day back. There were a few who seemed to stare with a soullessness behind their eyes, but other than that, they seemed to be paying attention for the most part. He decided not to go with anything too heavy on the first day. Talk about the ancient philosophers and have the students pick their own to write a report on. It would be the only homework assignment all week and the next would be presentations. He laid his last classes attendance sheet on the stack of papers he would have to review later and grabbed the newest one as he said on his desk and waited for the students to file in. He could hear idle chit-chat as they began to fill the rows and just as he finished scanning the list, he looked up to see Ellie. Her face was the reddest he had ever seen it and her books were all over the floor. An urge told him to go help her, but at the same time he knew that likely wouldn’t be perceived well. His shocked, bright eyes stared into hers as his lips parted just a tad. There we’re a million questions he needed to ask her, but none were appropriate for his classroom. He swallowed hard as his eyes flicked to Arianna who was claiming her seat and then back to Ellie who was staring. He cleared his throat and looked away from her, scanning the list again and finding only one student whose name started with an E: Elina Hayes

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How was he her teacher?! She tried to remember what he had said to her that first night in the nightclub. He had told her his full name.. she knew he had. It had just never stuck with her. All she remembered was that it sounded foreign.. she could hit herself in the head. He had even told her that he was looking to take a job as a teacher. She finally finished picking up her books as her eyes met his. Did he seem just as shocked as she was? Surely he knew she was going to this school. He must have seen her name on that sheet. Or did he forget that her name was not actually Ellie like he always called her? She just rushed to her seat then. She knew people had been looking at her for dropping her books in the middle of the staircase. She let herself slouch in the seat as much as it would allow, wanting to just disappear into the ground from embarrassment. Yet she couldn’t stop looking at him, in that suit.. standing so handsomely in front of the class. @shayshayrian

Xaiden watched as she made her way up the stairs and next to her friend, likely screaming inside from embarrassment if the flush of her face was any indication. He was shocked to see her as well, but mainly because from what he recalled, she had already taken her philosophy course and she never wanted to take it again. His eyes left the students to look at the white board behind him and noticed the other word in his course title: Sociology. She likely needed one credit of Philosophy and one credit of Sociology to graduate and his was the only sociology class offered that semester. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he sat the attendance list down and watched the last student make their way to the top of the seating.* “Good Morning, class. I know it’s probably been a long day already so I’ll try and keep this short and sweet for you.” His voice was loud enough to carry, but not as if he was yelling. It definitely wasn’t as low as it had been with Ellie, but it was slightly lower than his normal speaking voice; likely from talking most of the day. “My name is Professor Accic and this is your Sociology and Philosophy course. I want you to disregard any previous notions you have with either of these subjects. Are they boring? Sure. Are you going to be bored? Maybe, but I plan to make it really hard.” He slid off his desk and started pacing in front of the front row of students as he continued. “Participate, try your best and if worse comes to worse I’ll give you some extra credit. Now, I need to get to know each and every one of you a little better,” His eyes landed on Ellie’s as he spoke, but they quickly moved on. “so here is what we are going to do. I’m going to ask a series of questions. When I call on you I want you to start off with your full name and your major, then answer. Sound doable?” *He stopped and watched a bobble of heads nod up and down. Some students already had notebooks out and ready to go while others hadn’t touched so much as t

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he workspace in front of them since they sat down. At least no one was asleep yet.*

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She was nowhere near recovering yet from her little shock when he seemed to be starting his class. Her eyes were just on him and she really admired him a bit then, standing there in front of that classroom. He was so confident. He always had been. Even that first night they had met he had seemed so full of himself in the right ways. She still didn’t fully understand why he seemed interested in her.. “Did you know he was going to be our teacher?” Arianna suddenly whispered to her. She quickly shook her head. “I didn’t.” She said. “He never told you he was going to teach at your school?” Arianna asked in shock. “No.. he said he was maybe applying for a teachers job, but there are so many universities around.” She whispered back. “Seems odd.. all I am saying.” Arianna said before she turned back to pay attention to the actual class. Yet Ellie was having a hard time to concentrate. Arianna was right.. it did seem odd that he didn’t tell her. He explained the little game that he was planning to play with the class and she was one of the people that were bobbing her head to let him know thy understood. Full name.. major… she could do this. Come on Ellie, he is just a teacher. A teacher you slept with.. @shayshayrian

His hearing picked up on Ellie and Arianna’s conversation and a small smirk appeared as he called on a young man who sat two rows below them. “You. What is the definition of Philosophy?” He had extended his hand to a slightly overweight fellow with short hair and glasses who slowly stood and stuttered as he spoke. “C-Casey Bernard. Psych.. Urm.. Psychology. Uh— Philosophy is the study of knowledge and existence, Sir.” The kid seemed to already be sweating, likely due to having to speak in front of his peers, but Xaiden paid no mind to that. “Good!” The word ‘Sir’ made his smirked deepen a bit, not really liking it, but finding ‘Mr. Accic’ much more formal and worse. As long as they called him something akin to his name in an appropriate way, he didn’t care. “You may be seated, Mr. Bernard. Next. You.” He pointed to Arianna with an arrogant glint in his eyes. “What is the definition of Sociology?”

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Ellie almost let out a breath of relief when that finger was not pointed towards her but towards Arianna. Arianna raised from her seat with her arms crossed and rolled her eyes. “Arianna Sulfar, English.” She was already sounded a lot more confident then the other kid had been. “Sociology is the study of social life, social change and the social causes and consequences of human behavior.” She answered. It was easiest answer in her life, it was literally written on the front of one of the books that they had needed to purchase for the study. She already sat back down before he told her if her answer was good or not. “Perhaps he should research why I don’t like him. Surely has nothing to do with fucking on someone elses couch..” she grumbled under her breath. Of course Ellie, being sat next to her, heard her loud and clearly and it just made her blush again. Arianna had never let that go. Anytime they got into an argument she had to bring up the fact that she had gotten nailed on her couch. She could only imagine how annoyed she still was at Xaiden for that, judging by the fact that Arianna actually liked her and still had not forgiven her for it. It was one of the reasons why she had not invited Xaiden back to her house.. she had not wanted those two to meet again. “Ari…” she just complained softly. “What? It’s true!” She whispered back at Ellie. @shayshayrian

“Correct, Miss Sulfar, although, I’d expect someone as social as you live, eat and breath that very definition.” He prodded. He looked directly at Ellie before returning to Arianna as a good majority of the class turned to look at Arianna as well. She had a reputation for being outspoken, so it was surprise to no one that she was already being called out for talking on the first day of school. He gave the girls raised eyebrows that accompanied a devious smirk as he turned to face the other half of the class. “Now, can anyone tell me how Philosophy and Sociology coincide? Why are they so frequently put together? Why do you need to know about both?” The room was silent as he scanned for anyone who might raise their hands or begin to speak, but not a one. “Existence and Behavior. Knowledge and Life. One can’t exist without the other. It be the equivalent of having ten pencils, but someone telling you don’t have five because you have ten. If you have Sociology, then you have Philosophy and vise versa.” He made his way back to his desks, hearing furious scribing from at least six different pencils which wasn’t horrible. He was glad to hear that some were taking notes. “Alright, your first assignment for your first day.” He could hear the audible groans as he grabbed a stack of papers. Looking at them all with tightened lips and furrowed brows, he gave them a feigned expression like he knew he made a mistake. “Listen… I understand, but it’s something some of you may like.” He gave a stack of paper to each person at the end of the row and instructed them to take one and pass it down as he made his way back to his desk. “What you’re receiving is a Myers-Briggs Personality Test. To understand social behaviors you first have to know yours. You may have the rest of the class to work on it, but it better be completed and on my desk in the morning. Got it?” *He pointedly scanned the room for nods as the papers made his way down, lingered on Ellie’s eyes for a m

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oment longer again before walking around to sit behind his desk.*

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She could hear the audible growl that came from Arianna as he called her out. She just sank into her seat even further, especially when his eyes met hers. How could she be in this class? Pay attention to the things he said when it was him standing in front of that classroom? Even when he asked the question, a question she believed she knew the answer to, she could not bring herself to raise her hand. Not when he was the one asking. One of those six pencils should have been hers, yet all she could do was stare. She looked down at the papers that were being put in front of her. It was a personality test. Simple questions that should give her no trouble answering. It as an assignment, a simple thing. There were not even wrong answers. Yet when she sat down to answer them, she felt like she was telling him everything about her! It’s just homework Ellie… You regularly make new friends No.. At social events you rare introduce yourself to new people and rather talk to people you know Yes, strongly agree. Even a small mistake can cause you to doubt your overall abilities and knowledge She bit her lip, strongly agree. You rarely worry about wether you make a good impression on people you meet Strongly disagree.. You are prone to worrying that things will take a turn for the worse Yes. Agree.. You rarely second guess the choices that you have made Disagree, her pencil even lingered on strongly disagree. You like to have a to-do list every day Yes.. on her phone, she had one right that day. In your social circle, you are often the person who who contacts your friends and initiates activities No.. disagree. You are still bothered by mistakes you make long ago Strongly agree.. Your emotions control you more then you control them. Yes.. absolutely. When someone thinks highly of you, you wonder how long it will take them to feel disappointed in you. Strongly agree.. She finished the last question quickly and put her pen down. She looked around t

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he room and perhaps two or three others had finished, yet nobody had gone to the desk yet to place it down. Normally she would go and do that, would be excited to be the first to finish an assignment, yet this time she hesitated. But in the end she got up, clutched the paper to her chest and ascended the steps to his desk. Once she got there she placed it down. “I.. I finished it Xai… I mean Mr. Accic.” She said, already feeling the heat coming to her cheeks for almost calling him by his first name. @shayshayrian (I did the test xD She’s INFJ-T Advocate)

While the students went about their test, Xaiden gathered his attendance sheets and started checking off the kids he knew were in the class and would check the remaining off when he received their test. He started inputting the attendance records he had from previous classes when he heard the shuffling of familiar feet. He grinned for a moment behind his laptop and slowly let his eyes shift from the screen to hers as she handed him her paper. They sharpened for a moment at the beginning of his name, but their wasn’t a disturbance in anyones writing from what he could tell. His grin surfaced again, albeit a little smaller as he gently took the test and looked at the name she had wrote on it. “Quick work, Miss Hayes. Usually these kind of tests take students all class to complete. Perhaps you know yourself better than most.” He laid her paper next to his laptop with the intention of figuring her results as soon as she walked away. Now that he had her in his class, he definitely didn’t want to spend too much time grading or working after he was home. He sent her back to her seat and after Ellie, a slow trickle of students began bringing him their tests. Eventually, everyone had turned it in and when Arianna brought hers forward, he made sure to give her the kindest smile he could when he accepted it. After all the tests were in he stood in front of his desk again to address the class. “Tomorrow, you’ll receive these back, along with your personality types. In the meantime, enjoy your night off with no homework because it is coming.” *With that, the bell rang through the intercom and dismissed the class. He watched each student gather their things, some leaving immediately, some lingering to wait on friends. He caught many stares that averted as soon as his eyes landed on them, but the only student his gaze lingered on was Ellie. He wandered if she would stay behind, but he decided against asking to see her for a moment; especially due to Arianna hostility.

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Whether she did or not, he would watch her as much as he could without it looking too suspicious as the class filed out.*

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“Thank you Sir..” she just said in a shy voice as he complimented he work. Normally she would be so happy to receive a compliment like that, yet this time she couldn’t help but just feel uncomfortable. It was just awkward to have a teacher who she knew, let alone a teacher that she had shared the bed with. She just hoped Arianna would be able to keep her mouth shut to others. She would make sure she knew she was not supposed to tell anyone. But knowing Ari.. Once she was dismissed she simply went back to her seat. She would try and go through some of the books as she waited. She saw other people go up to his desk and he would smile at them a bit and talk to them. Some of the girls lingered more then others, making small talk. It made her feel weird.. was she jealous? “Well you might as well just do nothing starting today, you are surely passing this class.” Arianna suddenly said beside her. “Huh?” Ellie asked, confused. “There is no way Mr Couch Fuck is going to let you fail this class.” Ari chuckled. “Stop calling him that..” Ellie said back. She really didn’t like how angry Ari still was with him. It was going to make this class difficult for her if these two were constantly at odds. “Not until he actually apologizes..” Ari said stubbornly. “Well, you are never going to pass if you keep this up.” Ellie just said, hoping it would give her friend some incentive to be nice. When the bell rang Ellie would start to pack up her things along with Ari and get up from her seat. It was the last class they had that day and after it they would be free to do whatever they wanted. She looked down to the podium and her eyes instantly caught those of Xaiden. He always seemed to be inviting her down. “You coming?” Ari asked her when she didn’t seem to follow her out of the seats. “I uhmm..” Ellie started. “Going to see your boyfriend?” Ari teased. Ellie blushed. “Stop that..” she half begged. “Whatever, I will see you at home.” Ari said and turned around to walk out o

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f the classroom, finding a few others to talk to instead. Ellie put her backpack on her back then and walked down the stairs to Xaiden, who’s eyes still had not left hers alone. @shayshayrian

Xaiden caught the conversations between Arianna and Ellie throughout the day, but the one about apologizing made his smile falter. He had been so hungry when he left her place over the summer that an apology didn’t even cross his mind. He watched Arianna leave, contemplating on holding her back to do just that, but she was already walking out with a crowd of others. When his line of sight was broken, he looked up to see Ellie heading his way. Taking a seat on his desk, he grabbed the Myers-Briggs tests and held them in his lap as she approached; taking note that she was the only one left in the classroom. “Miss Hayes.” He stated with a restrained smile as the door to his room closed. “I realize… this might have come as a bit of a shock.” His voice had relaxed and changed to that of which she was use to normally coming out of him. He had discarded the arrogance and she was left with the man who had nothing but love for her in his eyes. He gestured with the papers occasionally in case someone was watching them from outside the door, but he would know before anyone came too close.

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She walked up to him and saw the papers in his hands. She knew hers was in there somewhere. She had never cared about taking tests like that before, but now that he was the one reading it, it felt strangely personal. Like she had handed him her diary to read or something. “This might have come as a bit of a shock.” He said and she looked back up at him. She nodded then. “You must have known.. You know I go here.” She said with an awkward smile as her eyes went. “I know you talked about a teacher’s job, but I didn’t think it would be at my university.” She said to him. She bit her lip. She figured he probably had wanted her to be excited about it, yet she didn’t know if she was. Even today, it had been hard to concentrate with him standing there. And even if she normally wanted to be favored by her teacher, this time she wished he would just leave her alone entirely. “What if people find out..?” She asked then. “Arianna doesn’t keep secrets really well.. she’s already been calling you my boyfriend.” @shayshayrian

People… ‘finding out’, wasn’t exactly a fear of Xaiden’s. He had certain abilities that would make their life easier and he didn’t mind to use them, but telling her about it was something he didn’t plan on doing. He could sense the concern on her voice as she wasn’t very good at hiding her emotions, but it didn’t throw him off in the least. He simply gave her a kind, closed-lip smile and took a breath. “Now, you never told me which university you attended. However, I thought you had taken all the philosophy courses you planned to take. I did assume this was your university from the proximity, but I swear to you that I didn’t expect to have you as a student.” His brows relaxed as his explanation continued. Knowing how she was, he knew how uncomfortable this had probably made her and he didn’t blame her. “Do… you want me to… make this easier?” He didn’t want to be straight with her, not where prying ears could possibly hear them, but he hoped she knew what he meant. If she just said the words, he would leave her be until the semester was over. He would simply be her teacher and nothing more. @nakachu

She thought about that and it was true that she had never told him which one. She also had finished her philosophy courses, she just needed the extra credit that Sociology would give her and after finishing philosophy, she figured she might as well pick something similar. They were also subjects that looked good in many types of jobs. She looked over at the attendance sheet that was still on his desk. Her name was surely on there. Had he not recognized it because he always called her Ellie? “Do.. you want me to.. make this easier?” He suddenly asked and her eyes would once again whip up to him. Did she want that? Did she want him to just leave her alone? Was this the way he would push her aside? He must have grown bored of her by then.. they had not even really been together since that first time. Perhaps she was not what he had expected.. “I..” she stammered. “No..” she admitted. She didn’t want him to leave her alone. @shayshayrian

The wave of relief was evident as his features softened. He searched her eyes like he had done many times before, losing himself for a moment in the last time he really looked at them. It would’ve been a pleasant memory had Arianna’s face not showed up in his thoughts as well. He needed to apologize to her. “Good. I’ll try to make this as easy as I can. If you need anything from me, don’t hesitate to ask.” His eyes flicked to the door, but went back to her as he grinned. The school day was over, but he had a few things to take care of before he was free and while he knew an apology was needed for her roommate, going back to her place was likely out of the question. “If you don’t have any plans for the rest of the day…” His voice was nearly a whisper as he gestured with the tests again. “Rowan is out of town and my house is empty.” That’s all he said as to implicate his offer to her, not wanting to say more in their current setting. @nakachu

Ellie was hit with the same wave of relief as he was. Happy that he seemed relieved, that he had not just decided she was not fun anymore, or was not what he had wanted. She had believed that even just the last few times they had met he had just been.. bored of her. But it was probably just her imagination run wild. As she had answered on the test.. she was prone to thinking she was going to mess everything up. “Thank you..” she said and gave him a small smile back. “If you don’t have any plans for the rest of the day…” he said as she looked back at him. Then he leaned in just slightly and let her know that Rowan was out of town. She could instantly feel something in her stomach. She was not even sure what it was.. he was inviting her to his house. Ever since their little rumble at her house they had simply met in public places. She found that blush on her face growing again. “I don’t have plans..” her voice small, but it was the truth. Arianna could wait for her.. @shayshayrian

He could see and hear the shift in her voice and posture at his question. It wasn’t repulsed, but it wasn’t excited either. He nodded as he sat the papers down and leaned his elbow on his knee. “You don’t have to. It’s up to you. We could…” He heard footsteps coming closer to his room and while they could’ve been simply walking by, he didn’t want to take the chance. “I’ll swing by in an hour or so. Taking you from here isn’t…” His voice was low until he abruptly stopped when the door to his room swung open. It was one of his students from another class; a tall, thin-framed girl with thick, black glasses and long straight hair. She had books held to her chest as she knocked against the open door. He turned to Ellie after giving the girl a glance and spoke as he did in class. “You’ll be fine, Miss Hayes. No need to worry so much on the first day. Have a good rest of your night.” He smiled sweetly at her, the same smile he had given the other students that looked worried or said nice things to him. After she would acknowledge his words, he would wave the other woman over as he stood from his desk. “And what can I do for you, Miss Rhoades?” @nakachu

“No I want too..” she said when he thought that she might not want to come to his house. The thought had just made her a bit nervous. He soon interrupted her as something was happening. She followed his eyes and saw him looking at the door. She wondered why. Was he expecting someone? There was no way he could have heard it. “I’ll swing by in an hour or so. Taking you from here isn’t..” once again he interrupted himself. This time the door actually did swing open and another girl came in the door. Once he looked back at her, his voice had changed again. He was Mr. Accic again, not Xaiden. She bit down on her lip then as the girl climbed the stairs. “I will just.. Leave then.” She said a bit unsure as she turned herself around. She passed by the other girl and was still in ear shot as he asked her what she needed. Ellie found herself looking over her shoulder a few times, almost stumbling up the steps. She saw as he smiled at her sweetly, at some point he even put a hand on her shoulder just briefly. She girl was pretty too.. nerdy, but pretty. She simply forced herself to keep walking, unsure what to do with the tightness that she felt in her chest. He said he would swing by in an hour and she knew he meant to swing by her house. Yet she knew Arianna would be there and the last thing she wanted was a fight to break out between those two. So instead of going home she walked to the park that was not to far away from the school campus and sat down on one of the benches there in front of the fountain. I am at the park next to the university. I will wait for you. She texted him so he knew where she was before she got out some of the notes that she made that day. Might as well do something with her time. @shayshayrian

After tending to the gaggle of students that trickled into his room for the next half hour, he spent the next thirty minutes getting as much work done as he could, not really putting a dent in the amount of overall work he needed to accomplish, but he didn’t care. He was already running a little late and it would take him twenty minutes at least to get to her house. Grabbing his papers, laptop and coat, he made his way out of the school and into his car; only looking at his phone once he was settled. She had went to the park? He threw the car in reverse and made a beeline for the park that was just on the other side of the school. The weather hadn’t been terrible, but it wasn’t something he had wanted her to sit in for the last hour. His skilled eyes scanned the public area until he saw her on one of the benches. He breathed a sigh of relief as he pulled up, looking around to make sure no one could readily see him picking her up. Once he deemed them in the clear, he would ease his car up by the entrance of the park walk and roll down his window. “Hey there, pretty girl. It’s not safe out here on your own. Some creep may come by and ask where your boyfriend is.” His white teeth could be seen even in the shade of the car while he waited for her to hop in. @nakachu

She weather really had not been that bad. It had been slightly cold, but she had simply wrapped herself up in her coat more. The only bit that was a bit cold was where the stockings stopped and the skirt didn’t yet start. She had gotten a good bit done and actually had not minded the wait. She knew what happened with her homework when Xaiden was around. The thought alone bringing a blush to her face. She almost jumped when she suddenly heard a voice behind her and looked around. “Not funny..” she just scolded him before she packed away her things into her bag and walked over to the car. She walked around the hood and opened the passenger side and climbed into that familiar carseat. “It’s a park and it still light out. I am perfectly safe.” She informed him as she buckled herself up. @shayshayrian

Xaiden gave her an almost scolding look as she mentioned being safe. He practically rolled his eyes into his skull with just the stern expression on his brow. “Mhhmm.” Once she was inside, he pulled the far away from the lot and made his way onto the main road, headed towards his place. “You could’ve waited for me at your place. I didn’t have to come inside.” He was clearly worried about how long she had been alone at a park that mostly obscured from the eyes of the university, but he didn’t exactly say so. He scratched at his chin while his eyes were laser focused on the road, finding himself in the same awkward position they had ever since they were caught. “So tell me, Elina Hayes. How was your first day of school!” He didn’t turn to her, but his knowing grin did stretch so wide it creased his eyes. @nakachu

“Arianna is still annoyed with you.. I don’t think she would have just sat tight if she knew you were coming to get me..” she admitted as he said he could have picked her up from her house. She had been fine in the park. She didn’t see why he seemed to be worried. It wasn’t the first time she had studied somewhere outside. “It was good.” She said, honest. “We didn’t get too many things to do at home, most of my teachers were nice.” She said before she felt like making a joke at him. “There was just one that I didn’t like. He kept looking at me, little bit creepy.” She chuckled, obviously talking about him. She watched the road, realizing she didn’t even know at all where he lived. Did he even live in town? Were they going to be driving for a while. “Is it a long drive? To your house?” @shayshayrian

He gave no outward reaction to Arianna’s feelings, but his smile did deepen at her jab about that one teacher, he took his eyes off the road for a moment to give her a mischievous stare before looking back out the windshield. “Hmm, seems I have completion. It seems you have a type, little one. Do you call him ‘sir’ as well?” He couldn’t restrain the amused chuckle that fell out of him as made his way to the towns corporation limit. It seemed to be woods for miles, but there was one long driveway that disappeared into the trees that he turned his turn signal on for. “Nope, not long at all.” He pulled into the driveway that was shrouded by trees until they came into a clearing. The stone house wasn’t huge by any means, but it did seem like a mansion compared to some of the other homes in the area. He pulled up to one of the car ports, not actually entering the garage, and shut the car off.

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She gave him a small push as he joked bout her calling him Sir during class. She could feel that blush cover her cheeks again. Of course she had called him Sir, that is what you do. She could’t call him Xaiden during class.. “No, I dont..” she said with a small pout as he teased her. When he turned on his turn signal she couldn’t hide a bit of confusion. She had not even seen the driveway until he was already on it. Once the big stone house appeared into view she couldn’t help her mouth from falling open. “You are kidding me.. that is not your house.” She said in disbelieve. There was no way. He was teasing her. He had just driven her to a fancy house he knew and wanted her to believe it was his. It was the only explanation. @shayshayrian

He couldn’t help but laugh again at her reaction to the house. It certainly wasn’t the most luxurious he had lived in, but it was the most secluded in the area. He pulled his keys out of the ignition and leaned back to look at her. She was absolutely adorable and… was still wearing her school uniform. He closed his eyes and turned to look out the windshield again before unbuckling his seat belt. “Are you sure you don’t want me to take you elsewhere? In all seriousness, it wouldn’t hurt my feelings.” He knew she had to be uncomfortable. If she ended up staying, she wouldn’t have… No, no, no. She can’t stay the night. Then I would have to take her to school and that… He battled with his internal thoughts before he sighed heavily, running a hand through his hair and waiting for her to answer. @nakachu

She watched the amusement on his face as she didn’t believe it was her house, and honestly she still didn’t. But if he was really playing this game, he sure was good at as he was not letting up at all. She looked over to the house again. It as beautiful and really old looking. It somehow fit him to have a house like that. And well.. he had a fancy car, why not a fancy house. “No.. I am fine. I want to see your house..” she said a bit shy. The truth was that she was excited. She felt like him inviting her to his house was something big. If Xaiden had been one thing it was mysterious. She had somehow just not expected to see where he actually lived and yet he had brought her here. “You know where I live too after all.” She said, to try and make it sound less obvious that she was excited. She stepped out of the car then, her backpack hanging on one shoulder and waited for him to do the same. She wondered what the inside looked like. She wondered if they had a pool.. it looked like they would. @shayshayrian

He raised an eyebrow at her as her eyes became saucers and she slowly exited the car. Normally, showing off wasn’t something he would shy away from. He usually relished in the attention he got from anything he could garner attention from, but somehow this was different. He felt as if he was sharing something personal with her and while he was, she didn’t know what he was. His home was the place he could retreat to when he needed to ‘recover’ and now she was in it. He exited the car, locked it and made his way to the front door, looking back to make sure she was following. He turned the key and pushed the front door open, holding it open for her before he followed behind. The first room they walked into was the living area. Bookshelves lined the walls except where there were windows in place and a handful of couches and chairs were scattered around the room. It seemed very old and much like Xaiden’s older relatives own the house, not him. He tossed his keys on a small table by the door and laid his papers and laptop on and end table by one of the couches as he shook off his coat. “Listen, it is a really old house. My uncle has done some renovations, but it is far from those billionaire mansions you see in magazines.” He draped his coat over the couch and casually walked up behind her to grab her coat at the collar, attempting to slide it off her arms and lay it atop his. Putting his hands on his hips, he looked around with a much different expression than she held. It was huge and old, not of his tastes and screamed to be more modern, but… It wasn’t like he would be staying long enough to see any of that completed. @nakachu

She followed him into the house, pausing a few times to look around her as she saw new things that caught her eyes. Eventually they made it inside and she couldn’t help the noice from escaping her mouth. “Wow..” she said. There were so many books that it almost dazzled her. The place did indeed look old, but somehow she liked it. It fit the house. The only thing that she would change about it was that it was very dark. “No.. I love it.” She said to him and there was honesty in her voice as she smiled at him. She let him take her coat as she still admired the living room. “Are those books your uncles?” She asked. There was no way that Xaiden had been able to obtain that many books. Most of them looked really old as well with leather book bindings and yellowed pages. She really felt like she was getting a small look in his personal life. She looked around once more and saw a glass sitting on one of the tables. It looked like red wine was in it, but it somehow looked darker and thicker. She paid mind to it for just a moment before she turned on, not really questioning it anymore. “Is the whole house like this?” @shayshayrian

He couldn’t help but return her smile, even as she turned around to face the bookshelves and walk toward them. He opened his mouth to answer her about the books when he stopped dead, seeing her eyes venture to a glass that was on a table. His thoughts went a mile a minute, trying to piece together when and if he had left that out or if Rowan was back in town. He made his way over to Ellie, picking up several papers, books and the glass as if he was attempting to clean up the place. “Uhh, some of them are, yes. Most are mine, some are Rowan’s. If you find any picture books, those would be hers.” He joked as he laid the books and papers on a small desk against the wall and carried the glass into the kitchen. He smelled the contents and decided it was much too old to be viable, but that only added more questions. How long had that been there? Rinsing it out and making his way back into the living room, he leaned against the hallway frame and let his eyes run over her. She seemed mesmerized with the selection of books and if he had been thinking straight when they entered the house, he would’ve expected that. Books were likely one of her favorite things and to see her so entranced was heart warming. “Careful. If you go digging too deep you’ll find the philosophy books I used for the my thesis in college.” He pushed himself off the wall and made his way over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist from behind as he rested his chin on her head. “The rest of the house does look similar, I guess, but it’s hard for me to judge. It all just looks like my uncles place to me.” It was then he realized that he hadn’t quite told her much about his personal life. “My.. my uncle travels with us occasionally. Helping us move and settle into our next location. We move around a lot and Rowan and I.. Well, the help is appreciated.” @nakachu

She watched him picking up things and moving it around. She couldn’t help the small chuckle that escaped her. It reminded her of how she had been running around right before he had come to her place. Of course his place was much more clean then hers was, much less messy too. As he went to somewhere else with the stuff he had found she moved closer to the bookshelves. She let her hand run over the spines. There were so many titles she had never heard of. There were even a lot of languages, some that seemed like nothing she had ever seen before. “Most are yours?” She was still surprised by that. How could he have so many things at his age. She suddenly felt his arms around her, not having heard him come up to her. He wrapped them around her and she could feel his chest against her back. His cologne was instantly clear as he was that close to her again and she would lie if she said she didn’t love that smell. It had taken her a while to give him his white button up shirt back that one time, simply because she had liked the scent on it. “I still don’t understand why you move so much.” She said hesitantly. “You seem to dislike it a lot.’ @shayshayrian

He mumbled a confirmation at her astonishment at most of the books being his. He moved his nose down to be just behind her ear as he closed his eyes. His hands moved over her stomach and wrapped tightly around her sides as he inhaled the scent of her shampoo. They hadn’t been this close in a while and definitely not in a private place. At her question about moving he leaned back and used one arm to brush the entirety of her hair off of one shoulder, giving him access to her neck. Placing a couple gentle kisses just below her ear, he pulled her a little tighter against his chest. “I don’t like moving… It doesn’t allow me… to build connections…” Each break in his whispered sentences was filled with kisses that became longer and longer against her neck. It was not his intention to bring her back to his place to do anything more than simply be with her, but now that she was there, it was hard for him to refrain. @nakachu

His arms would move her hair over the way and his lips would touch her neck. She couldn’t help the small inhale that resulted out of it. The blush on her cheeks growing just slightly till her ears were red as well. As he whispered into her ear and his kisses kept streaming out of him, she could feel something in her stomach clench together. She didn’t know how he always managed to make her feel that way, but he really did. Her hand would move over the one that was still on her stomach and just squeezed it a small bit. “Then don’t move..” she whispered back to him and she meant it. She didn’t want him to disappear on her and the way he talked about his life she felt like he might at any moment. @shayshayrian

’Then don’t move.’ If it were on that easy. He could feel it even now, her blood pulsing just under his lips. All it would take is a small bite, a cut, anything could make her blood start pouring and if that happened, he would have to draw on every ounce of will he had. At her squeeze of his hand, he held her a little tighter against him. “I’ll try.” He whispered to her, before placing a kiss directly over her ear. Opening his eyes, he gently released her. “But while I’m here, I’m going to spend all of the time I have with the people who mean the most to me.” He gave her a kiss on the back of the head and left her standing by the bookshelf as he made his way over to the hallway, only turning back when he didn’t hear footsteps behind him. “Would you like something to eat?”

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She felt herself holding her breath as he paused against her. She could her him hold her tighter after she had said it and for a moment she thought he would tell her couldn’t. “I’ll try.” Th answer eventually came followed by a gentle kiss on her ear that send a shudder down her spine. It was better then a no.. His arms got pulled back from her and once again she was alone, staring at the wall of the books that was in front of her. It took her moment to even realize she had been standing there. Already she had been completely focused on just the feeling of his nips on her neck. She liked it when he kissed her there. “Would you like something to eat?” She turned to look at him as he asked the question. She almost looked at him like she didn’t understand how he had already gotten that far away from her. “Uhmm… no.” She said. “I would take some tea though..” @shayshayrian

Xaiden nodded as he disappeared down the hallway and one room over into the kitchen. He took a deep breath as he let muscle memory take over as he made her tea. It’s not like he wanted to move around so much, nor did he like abandoning the friends he made after so many years. But it was necessary and would always be apart of his life. She could come with him… “Gah! Fuck!” He had turned the stove burner on, but didn’t realize his hand had been close enough to get scorched from the small flames. He clutched his hand and held it to his chest as he sat the kettle filled with water on the stove with his good hand. If he heard the sound of Ellie coming down the hall, he would speak up. “Don’t worry, really! I’m fine!” Still holding his closed hand to his chest, he grabbed a glass and sat it on the counter as he made his way to the fridge. Luckily, Rowan hadn’t bogarted all the alcohol and there was still a few bottles left. He wouldn’t indulge unless Ellie decided to stay the night, just to keep up appearances, but he did lower his hand to inspect it in the light of the fridge. The large red burns across his palm slowly began to heal over as he felt all the pain seep away. @nakachu

She smiled at him as he left the room and then looked back at the books. The more she looked at the bookshelves the more she saw things that she did not understand. She wondered why there were so many foreign books and why they looked nothing like any language she had ever seen before. “Gah! Fuck!” Her head instantly turned to the sound. “Xaiden?!” She shouted and was already moving to where the sound was coming from. He shouted back at her that he was fine but she was not convinced so she just kept walking. She found him looking at his hand in the fridge light and the first time she looked at it it looked red and angry and blistered. “Ooh god!” She just said as she made her way towards him quickly and gently took his hand into hers, but by the time she had reached him it no longer looked blistered at all, it was only slightly red and she couldn’t help the confusion in her face. Yet it was a burn. She quickly turned on the water and made it run. “Keep it under there, you need to cool it.” She said him with concern in her voice. @shayshayrian

The sheer panic in his eyes when he heard Ellie’s voice as she rushed towards him made his voice catch in his throat. He meant to jerk his hand away from her, but he couldn’t help but stand there completely stunned. When she turned on the sink and brought his hand under it, he quickly gave her a smile and closed his palm under the water. Grabbing a nearby dish towel, he covered her fist and started drying it as he stared at her. “Don’t worry, love. It was nothing. I just touched the kettle while it was hot was all.” As if the universe had intervened, the kettle began to whistle as he finished. He grabbed a teabag from the open box against the wall and lifted the kettle off the burner.* “Watch out, sweetheart. Apparently I’m a menace with this thing.” He poured the water into the mug over the teabag until it was nearly full, grabbing a spoon to press the bag against the cup to help it steep. He slid the glass to her as he sat the kettle on a back burner that was cold and turned off the stove. “If I’m honest, I’m quite clumsy when it comes to culinary means. I’m not a horrible cook, I just make a mess and don’t think about the repercussions of day-dreaming in the midst of heat and sharp objects. It definitely won’t be the last time I burn myself in this kitchen.“ He gave her a chuckle as he crossed his arms and leaned against the counter. “Now, don’t you have homework to do, little one?” @nakachu

She watched in silence as he took out his hand from underneath the water and it seemed perfectly fine. She found herself blinking three times as she truly believed her eyes were deceiving her.. there was a burn.. she had seen it with her own eyes. She watched him as he made the tea, her eyes stayed on his hand, looking for any kind of sign of that burn on his hand, but it was not there. She took the cup from him, only half listening to what he was saying. She brought it to her lips, before realizing it was hot and she couldn’t drink it just yet. When he turned back and crossed his arms she just put the glass on the counter and tried to pry his hand from where he was hiding it. “But.. there as a burn there. I looked burned when you held it in the fridge light..” she said. @shayshayrian

When she tried to pry his arms apart he stiffened them both to his chest for a moment, staring into her eyes with feigned confusion. As she finished speaking, he regretfully let his arms go and let her inspect both palms, neither of which held any sort of marring whats-so-ever. “Ellie, dear, are you okay? I’m fine, really.” He bit his tongue and let her poke and prod all she wanted only to find not a single piece of him harmed. He didn’t want to lie to her, but she couldn’t know about him. It would only put her in danger from everything that didn’t much care for what he was and while up and leaving one day would likely break her heart, it’s better than bringing any physical harm to her at the hands of his enemies. @nakachu

His hand was fine. Perfectly fine. There was nothing wrong with his hand. No redness, no blisters, nothing. Had she really just thought he had burned himself? Even if he had just touched the kettle, there would be some redness right? The way he had screamed out.. it had sounded so painful. “I am seeing ghosts..” she then just said. It was the only logical explanation and she just put her head against his chest and let it rest there for a bit. “I really thought you burned yourself really badly. I was worried..” she admitted. After a few more seconds she pulled herself away and picked the glass with tea back up, keeping it in her hand to warm them up. “Thank you for the tea.” She then said, smiling at him sheepishly, trying to pretend she never freaked out about nothing at all. @shayshayrian

As she leaned her forehead against his chest, he wrapped his arms around her and rested his cheek on the top of her head. She wasn’t seeing things, she had seen it exactly right, but he didn’t have the heart to tell her that. He let her go when she pulled away and went back to crossing his arms, only just realizing he was still in his work attire. “You’re welcome, sweetheart.” He gave her a kind smile before pushing off the counter. “Listen, I’m going to go change. I can smell the school on me and it’s quite repulsive. Do you.. want me to find you something? Or… Do you plan to go home tonight?” He was hesitant to ask the question because he knew how bad it would look in the morning if he drove her to school. If anyone saw her exit his car, it would cost him his job and while that didn’t exactly matter to him, the pariah effect would cause him to have to move earlier than expected. Although, if he kept up with his clumsiness, that would have the same outcome as well. @n

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She blew on her tea as she looked over her glass as him. As he talked about getting changed her eyes just went over him. She liked him in that outfit, but she understood he wanted to get out of it. Honestly she had not even though about the fact that she was still in her uniform till he mentioned it. She was about to answer his question when he asked her if she stayed the night. Her eyes just went a bit bigger as the blush creeped into her face. She had not even thought about that.. they had never spend the night together. She looked down at her glass and played with the rim of the glass as she thought about it. “Do you want me to stay..?” She asked him in the end as her eyes clicked back up to him. @shayshayrian

His mouth opened as of his words were going to come rolling out before his brain had time to process. Of course he wanted her to stay, but they would have to wake up well before the sun to get her back home. He ran a hand through his black hair and looked down at the floor. “Of course, however, what I want doesn’t matter. It’s your decision, you just have to be aware of the consequences if you stay. For one,” He looked at the hanging clock on the wall across the room before looking back to her. “5am would be our wake up call as you couldn’t exactly roll up on campus with me.” His brows almost seemed to curl in sadness as he expressed his sentiment. She was a beautiful and kind woman. Any man should be honored to show her off, but with him it just couldn’t be done. While he waited for her answer, he began untying his tie, almost instantly feeling a bit of relief. @nakachu

Her blush remained strong as those words left his mouth. He wanted her to stay. He wanted her to spend the night with him and somehow it made her heart jump. She had still believed that he could not be interested in her like that, that he would cast her aside, yet he had invited her to his home and even invited her to stay. She looked up at him again. When he mentioned 5 am she bit her lip. Damn that was early.. but it would be worth it. She walked closer to him then, the tea still clutched in her hand as she once again pressed her forehead to his chest. “I want to stay too.” She said into his chest and saying it out loud once again made her inside clench together. She wondered if this meant they were actually together now. @shayshayrian

After his tie was undone, he wrapped his arms around her again; stealing a glance at his palm behind her back. He did feel better knowing she wanted to stay, but at this rate his secret was not safe. Taking a deep breath he grabbed her shoulders and pulled her away from him so he could look into her eyes. Placing his index finger under her chin he brought her lips to his in a soft, long kiss. He exhaled through his nose just before he broke their contact. “Rowan has a hoarde of clothes in her room. Come on, I’ll take you there so you can pick something out. Unless you want to stay in that.” He gave her one raised eyebrow as he looked her up and down and the tone of his voice changed. “You look really good in a uniform.” He teased. He expected a slap or a punch which would only make him laugh as he stared into her gorgeous green eyes. @nakachu

She felt him pull away from her and thought he was about to change his mind and send her home. Instead he pulled her head up and before she even knew his lips were against hers again. She gladly leaned into him, almost spilling the tea in the glass she was still holding and kissed him for as long as he seemed to want to kiss her. Her heart fluttering softly in her chest. He pulled away from her and she quickly straigtened her glass. She blushed as he complimented her uniform. “I think I want to change.” She said, knowing she would need to wear the same clothes tomorrow and she didn’t want them to get dirty or crooked during their… well time together. She bit down at her lip at the thought. What did this guy do to her that she wanted that so badly.. To share the sheets with him again. She was terrible. She gave him a small push and he only laughed at her harder. “You look good in your suit too.” She whispered softly, not even sure he would hear it as he had already turned around from her. She would follow him up to Rowan’s room. She didn’t even know what kind of clothing she would end up in. Rowan seemed like the type to have pretty adventurous clothing in her closet. @shayshayrian

Xaiden chuckled at her compliment of him looking good and took her hand, leading her up the stairs and down the hall to his sisters room. The dark wood and light walls was a drastic contrast to the living room. While it was still dark, it seemed to have been painted recently. He lead her through the door and into the lavish bedroom and leaned against the door frame while he pointed to the dresser on the wall. “She has clothes in there and there more in the closet, over there.” He pointed across the room to a set of double slatted doors. “I’ll be down the hall.” He gave her another once over as he smiled, pushing off the frame and making his way to his own room to change. @nakachu

“Alright.” She said as she walked into the room to the closet. It felt so weird to be going through Rowan’s stuff. Was this really alright for her to touch and wear? If Xaiden said it was surely… She opened the first drawer and instantly closed it again. It had been full of lingerie.. wrong drawer to start with. She had to pause for just a moment to get her feelings back together. She tried the big door then, surely this girl didn’t have lingerie hanging from clothespins. Even in the hanging stuff there were a lot of short dresses, dresses with open backs and dresses that she couldn’t even figure out how she as supposed to get into them. She closed it with a sigh deciding to try another one. It took her a long time with some more surprises along the way for her to find something to wear. In the end she had found a sweatpants that fit her even if she had to tie the strings. Rowan’s hip appearantly wider then her were. And a yellow crop top. She had searched really long to find something that was just a shirt, but it seemed Rowan didn’t do shirts. She finally made her way to the hallway and she would knock on the door. “I am done.” Her school uniform was laying over her arm. @shayshayrian

(Rowan has never been @ed so hard

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(XD!! Am I wrong..?)

He left her to her own devices as he made his way down the hall and to his own room, closing the door out of habit. He hasn’t meant to, but as he started unbuttoning his shirt, he completely forgot about it. He tossed his shirt and tie over his desk chair and opened his dresser drawer for a pair of black sweatpants. The belt he quickly disrobed was tossed onto the desk for quick access in the morning while the pants laid atop the shirt. Deciding that 5am would come quickly, he moved to his closet and pulled out a pair of jeans and a similar looking button up as the one he had previously work, except instead of being blue it was red. Happy with the preemptive planning, he searched his room for any sign of… snack… he had left out, not wanting her to catch him like she did with the glass in the living room. It took him a few minutes to search the room, but the knock at his door blasted him back to reality. He moved across the room to open the door, only then realizing he hadn’t grabbed a shirt. “Sorry, I didn’t…” He meant to tell her he hadn’t meant to close the door, but seeing her in that type of clothing made his lungs forget their basic function. He swallowed the words he had prepared and opened the door for her. “How is it fair that you’re allowed to look that sexy when you’re just dressing to go to sleep?” His flirtation was his defense mechanism at times and this was absolutely one of those times. He closed the door behind her and leaned against it as he put his hands in his pockets. “You really are beautiful, Ellie.” @nakachu

The door opened and for a bit they were simply just sat there staring at each other. Where he was looking at the outfit that she had pulled together from Rowan’s closet, she as gawking at the nakedness of his chest. She couldn’t keep the deep blush from going over her face then, she even moved one hand up to cover it just partly. She had just not been ready to see him so.. naked. The last time she had seen him like that.. well.. it didn’t help her to think about that. When he complimented her on her outfit she just let out a soft nervous chuckle. “I could have been dressed for a lot more the just sleep…” she said with an embarrassed smile on her lips. She could have looked like a porn star.. Like she would ever be brave enough to wear something like that. “You really are beautiful, Ellie.” She smiled at that as well, when it came from him she almost wanted to believe it. “You are too..” she said then. “I mean.. you look good.. and well..” she stumbled, knowing beautiful was maybe not the best way to describe a man. “Handsome.” She managed. @shayshayrian

A smile stretched across his face as she described Rowan’s closet. He believed it, especially with some of the outfits that he had seen her leave the house in. Watching her stumble over her words didn’t do anything to keep the amusement off his face. As she searched for what she was trying to say, he pushed off the door and walked towards her; wrapping his arms around her and holding her against his bare chest. “I’m glad you’re here, love. I know when I left your place this summer, I didn’t exactly do it right, for you or for Arianna. I’ll give her the apology she needs, but I also need you to hear one.” He loosened his grip so that she wasn’t pinned to him so his eyes could find hers. “I hand some things to take care of here and if I had stayed, I would’ve stayed all night. You were sound asleep and I didn’t want to wake you, but waking up without me to face your roommate alone was an asinine move and I do apologize.” @nakachu

Being pulled against him with his chest bear the way it was, was intense. She could feel his skin underneath her fingers and against her cheek that was pressed against it. She swore she could hear his heart beating underneath his chest. It was such a slow and gentle rhythm she almost wondered if she was wrong about it being his heartbeat. She let her hands go from his chest around his sides and then landed on his back, feeling that line on there that his spine created. The glass of tea still in one of her hands as it now rested against his back. He had left her there that day. She had always wondered why he had ran. When she woke up she had been convinced that he would just never contact her again, but he had. So she had been left with the question why he didn’t wait for her to wake up. “It’s okay..” she said as she looked up at him. It was half a lie. “Arianna didn’t like it though..” she said honestly. “She thought you would never see me again.” They both had.. She wanted to bring her hands back to the front then, but the glass caught against him elbow. It slipped out of her hand and crashed into the dark wooden floor, shattering into pieces. “No! God.. sorry.. I will get it.” she said as she instantly dropped down to the floor and started to pick up the big pieces of glass. “Ouch!” She let the piece she was picking up drop again as the glass had punctured her skin. @shayshayrian

The feel of her against him was something that made his eyes want to roll back into his skull for. His fingertips traced over her back and when it touched skin, he couldn’t help but slightly shiver. He listened to her talk about how him leaving made her feel and while it troubled him that they both thought he was gone forever, he understood. He handled that whole situation wrong and if he could take it back he would, but he was.. just so… At that moment, her mug fell from her hands and shattered against the floor. It didn’t even make him flinch when he heard it break, what sent him spiraling was when she said she would clean it up. “No! Ellie,” He couldn’t get his full sentence out before he heard her exclamation and very soon after, the scent of her blood in the air. “Son of a bitch.” He muttered. He took a few silent deep breaths as he turned his head away from her, his fangs ejecting themselves from his gums and his eyes running red as he fought the bloodlust. He made his way to the adjoining bathroom, making sure she didn’t see his face as he grabbed a towel for her hand. “Are you okay, Ellie??” He shouted from the bathroom. He turned on the water, splashing himself in the face and forcing his fangs back into his gums through sheer force of will. He ran a portion of the towel under the water and shut it off, taking another deep breath as he watched his eyes return to normal. He made his way back into the room, wrapping her hand in the towel without even looking at the blood. Such a small amount wouldn’t have usually been this big of a deal, but he hadn’t ate since that morning and the need fir sustenance was excessive. @nakachu

The blood instantly started to flow from the cut on her finger and trickled down her hand. She heard his curse before he rushed off. "I.. I'm sorry!" She yelled after him as he seemed so upset with her in that moment. She held her hand up against herself, trying to not get blood on anything. He asked her if she was okay and she could hear the running water in the bathroom. "Yeah. It is just a cut." She said. He came back out and kneeled by her, wrapping her band gently with a towel as the blood soaked into it. She looked up at him. His expression seemed pained and he suddenly looked much paler then he had before. "I'm sorry I dropped it.. I did not mean too." She apologized. His curse had been so angry. So full of frustration. "Are you okay? You look pale.." @shayshayrian

He swallowed hard as she asked if he was okay. He nodded and held her hand tight as he tried with all his might to keep the smell from getting to him. “Sorry, I just… I get a little nauseous around blood. But it’s okay! There’s a first aid kit in the bathroom if you need it, let me pick this up. I don’t want you hurting yourself again.” He gave her a kind smile as he urged her to leave the room, picking up pieces as he watched her. Xaiden’s self control was superb, especially after having to teach Rowan how to exist when she was first turned, but this was different. This was a woman he cared for whose blood was spilt in his presence at a time when he was starving. He knew a little taste when only make him desperate for more until he was satiated, but that didn’t stop his eyes from lingering a little too long on the blood that covered some of the mug.

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She just watched him as he still seemed to be struggling even as her hand was wrapped in that towel. She could feel the coldness of the water in it against the warmth of the cut. "I am sorry.." she apologized again as well as he said he would clean it up for her. She took his offer to go to the bathroom for the first aid kit. Once she was there she took the towel away from her finger. The cut was not deep and not very big. It went around the side of her index finger and was about a centimeter in length. It still bled just the smallest bit, but had mostly stopped. She ran her hand under the water, washing off the blood on her hand and cleaning out the wound just a bit. After that she dabbed it dry and found the first aid kit. Putting a simple bandaid around it as the bleeding had mostly stopped. She came back to the bathroom with him staring at the piece of mug that still had her blood on it. He must really dislike blood. "Want me to take that one? I promise I won't cut myself again." She asked. Wanting to be helpful to him @shayshayrian

Her voice snapped him out of his trance as he looked over at her, from her hair to her toes and then back at the small piece of ceramic on the floor. He came to stand and placed the broken pieces he held on his dresser before he made his way over to her, picking her up off the floor with one arm behind her knees and the other around her back. Her weight felt like nothing to him as he princess-carried her over to the bed, laying her head down on the pillows followed by the rest of her. He hovered above her for a moment, staring into her eyes before they travelled down her body. They eventually landed back on her eyes as a small smirk formed. “I didn’t want you to cut your feet on the smaller shards. I’ll take care of it, but I could be persuaded to take care of something else first.” He let his eyes fall from hers to try and curb her embarrassment, but they landed on her lips; lips that drew his in like a magnet. He nuzzled his nose against hers and barely let their lips touch, letting her answer before he continued. @nakachu

She couldn’t help the little yelp that left her lips as he suddenly pulled her off the floor. She had not expected it at all and the ease at which he always lifted her into the air made her feel like she weighted less then a feather. She just looked at him in surprise. “What are you..?” She wanted to ask before he laid her down in the bed and hovered over her. She could instantly feel her heart beat quickening and the blush on her face getting heavier. When he said what he was saying that blush became even worse and she pressed her legs together underneath him. How they had ended up in that bed after she had just cut her finger on a piece of ceramic she didn’t know. But now they were there, it made her feel that familiar clench inside of her. His lips hovered over her and she knew he was waiting for an answer from her, but as usual, her words did not come easy for her. So instead of words she pressed her lips against his instead. Her hands reached for him at the same time, pulling him in closer against her. If he wanted to do it.. who was she to tell him no. @shayshayrian

As soon as her lips landed on his he let himself ease onto her. His legs had been straddling one of hers and as her thighs pressed together, he moved his knee between them; separating them until his knee hit her groin. His hands ran up her sides and back until one stopped at just under her bra under her while the other run up her spine to grab onto the nape of her neck. Her kiss was just the distraction from her blood he needed and it would keep him in an altered state of bliss for long enough to quell his cravings, even if it was only a little. Her pounding heart poked and prodded at him as well, but to drown it out, he let those dark groans vibrate against her lips and into her mouth as they kissed. “Mmm~, Ellie… I fucking missed you.” His breathless voice was filled with desire for her. They hadn’t been together for months and although they only slept together once, he still had a lot to make up for. Tonight, he would fall asleep and wake up next to the beautiful girl he met at the nightclub all those months ago. @nakachu

The moment she had decided to put her lips against his she knew that she was lost. He did that to her.. she didn’t know how but he just did. Anytime he kissed her she could feel her heart fluttering and her insides clench together. She would lie if she said she had not laid in bed and thought about their night together and now she found herself back in a bed with him. His hands roamed her skin and she couldn’t help the soft sounds that left her lips as a result. It was that same feeling she had felt before. Where it tingled when he touched it and seemed numb as soon as he left it. She moved her hands down from where they were in his and tried to pull him towards her, wanting to feel her skin against his as her stomach was already exposed and he didn’t have a shirt on to begin with. In the progress she would push her groin against that knee that was in between them and moan softly against his lips. “Xaiden..” she just whispered into her mouth, her voice sounding both shy and full of wanting as he hovered over her. @shayshayrian

He answered to his name with low groan against her lips as his second leg moved next to the other, spreading her legs wide enough for both of his legs to fit between them and slowly spread themselves. He grabbed at her hips, lifting her enough to comfortably sit between them and still kiss her. He could feel her hands pull him and while he wanted to be closer to her, he wanted her lust to rise as well. Curling his fingers around her waist band, he lightly pulled on her pants to pull her against his groin as he deepened their kiss. The thickness of both of their sweats made it difficult for feel much of anything, but she could tell by the desperation of his kisses that he did indeed want her. After one good pull to him, he slid his hands up her torso and leaned down onto a little. Her skin was warm compared to his, but not too much warmer and as soon as his stomach met hers, he broke their kiss to whisper against her lips. “What is it, Ellie?” His eyes opened just slightly as he looked into her eyes for any indication to stop. @nakachu

He played with her like a toy. Everything he did to her just brought her deeper into that trap he was building for her. The way he spread her legs apart, how he grabbed into her waist, how he pulled her against his groin. It all was slowly driving her mad. Driving her into that deep pit of desire and shyness and lust. She eagerly kissed him back the entire time, small groans leaving her mouth as well. She would move her hips against him, starting to show her eagerness. “What is it, Ellie?” He teased her as he icy blue eyes found hers. Of course he wanted her to talk.. he had wanted that last time. Wanted her to tell him what she wanted. She grunted softly under he breath, letting him know just how difficult she found it to say things out loud. Even just thinking about saying the words made that blush deeper on her skin. “Don’t stop..” she ended up whispering to him softly as she planted a soft kiss against his chin. “I want to feel you.” @shayshayrian

That deep smirk pierced one side of Xaiden’s face as she spoke. Closing his eyes again, he let his lips glide overs hers as if he was going to kiss her again, but instead he redirected to her neck. He kissed her at the base of her neck hard, claiming little bits of skin between his teeth and pushing his tongue into it directly afterwards. Pulling at her waistband, he rocked his pelvis against hers until he could feel her writhe beneath him. Only then would he venture up the crop top and slide it off over her head. He didn’t even look at the garment as he tossed it off to the side, lowering the placement of his kisses until he hit her chest. Remembering how shy she had been last time, he came back up to lightly kiss her lips before he pulled the blanket that she was laying on top of out from under her and pulled it over the both of them. The edge of the comforter came all the way up to the nape of his neck as he leaned low to her ear. “Remember.” He whispered as he thrust his hips again. “Just tell me when to stop.” He waited for a nod or any kind of affirmation as he tongue-kissed from just below her ear down to her collarbone where he brought his hands up to massage her breasts; leaving the comforter edge just behind his head for her to cover him completely with if she didn’t want to see him. @nakachu

His lips travelled to her neck soon after and she stretched out her neck for him as he did. With every bite a small gasp of air would leave her mouth and her nails would dig into his skin just slightly. She squirmed underneath him, really feeling that heat developing in her core and the wetness that was starting to form between her legs. She wanted to close them again, press her thighs together, but he as in between them making it impossible to do. She only took her hands away from him long enough for Xaiden to pull the crop top over her head. She could feel her shyness spike and was glad when he moved the blanket over them. She gladly grasp the edge of it, wanting to feel that she was covered, wanting to feel that comfort of it. She nodded her head as he told her she could tell him to stop when she needed to. In that moment she didn’t want him to do that though. She didn’t want him to stop. Then his hands cupped her chest and it made a soft moan escape her lips as she ached her back underneath him, pressing her hips into him even more in the process. Her hands went back into his hair, knowing his lips were close to there as well.. She didn’t know how every touch of him send her in a state of wanting more, but he did. That heat inside her already becoming unbearable for her. Her legs came up around him then, hooking into his hips. @shayshayrian

Her breasts in his hands froze his lungs, causing his breathing to be very stuttered as he placed a kiss between them. His tongue glided to her left nipple, taking all of it in his mouth before feeling her legs wrap around him. Abandoning the other breast, he brought that hand down to caress from her knee to her hip, slowly squeezing at her skin as his hips gently pushed into her. A lust-filled moan left his lips against her wet skin before he suctioned his lips back onto her nipple and sucked hard. The feeling of her body writhing beneath him was only encouraging him and her noises were making it harder for him to be patient. He pulled her breast from his mouth and leaned up a little ways, giving him room to curl his fingers around her sweat pants and slide them off her. As soon as they left her, he repositioned himself back to where he had been, placing hard, nipping kisses just below her chest. As he gently thrusted against her, he could feel her warmth through her underwear and even his own sweatpants. She had pulled the comforter over him completely when he descending down her frame, but that didn’t bother him in the slightest. If anything, it gave him more leeway to be a bit more aggressive with his kisses and squeezes knowing that she likely felt more comfortable to react now that he couldn’t see her. @nakachu

Her heart picked up in rate the moment his mouth closed around her nipple. She gasped, somehow not having expected the sensation that it brought her as her hands grasped into his hair once more. She opened her eyes just slightly yet she didn’t look down at him. Instead she found herself staring at the ceiling as still caressed her. The second time he found her nipple was even worse and she felt a moan escape her mouth as she pushed her chest against him and her legs tried to pull him closer into her. She reluctantly let go of him with her legs as he pulled away from her and felt him remove her sweatpants, leaving her in just her underwear. She could feel the cold air from his movements rush over her wet nipple and knew they had to be hard at that point. She wanted him out of those sweats too, wanted to feel him more against her. No, that wasn’t what she wanted.. she wanted both of them naked, she wanted him back inside her, she wanted his mouth to tease her breast even more. But she couldn’t say it, couldn’t get those words out of her mouth. She looked down then, his body almost complete covered by the blankets except for the very top of his head. She bit down on her lip. Just hoping he would hurry up without her having to talk @shayshayrian

Her gasps and her light tugs on his hair only made him want to thrust into her more. He let out a few deep exhales against her breasts as he massaged them together, allowing his tongue to flick across both nipples at near the same time. Her rapid heart beat made his own breath catch as his shaft hardened and throbbed between her legs. He wanted her and the more she pushed into him the more antsy he became. Giving her breasts a few more licks and sucks, he let them go in favor of crawling back up her form to pull her into a hard kiss. His lips mashed against hers and immediately parted, his tongue dancing with hers while his hands grabbed her hips. He pushed her harder into the bed as their kiss deepened and became more passionate. “F—Fuck, Ellie… I want you…” He practically growled the words against her lips as their breath battled between them. His fingertips curled into her skin in desperation, kissing her like it was the last time he would. @nakachu

Her body languge was starting to get more desperate and eager the more time went on. Every time his lips or tongue found it’s way to her nipple she simply pressed herself into him. She knew she was ready for him, could feel that wetness between her legs. She was almost happy he had left her underwear on or she was sure it would have already been in the sheets beneath them. She finally came back up and kissed her and for the first time she seemed to be fighting him for dominance on it. Her tongue eager to get to his, sloppy noises living between them as their saliva mixed. One hand still in his hair and neck, the other now moving down to try and push his sweats down on him. She wanted to feel him. “F—fuck, Ellie.. I want you..” “Then why are you waiting..?” The words had left her mouth before she even realized she said them and once she did her face instantly grew a dark shade of pink as she just looked in his eyes with that mix of lust and shyness. “I want you too…” it was barely a whisper, barely audible. @shayshayrian

Feeling her greed against his kiss was the breaking point. He had already decided what was going to be removed next, but as she spoke, that smirk creased his eyes as he slide off his pants and underwear in one motion. Being apart from her lips for too long, he connected them again as he moved his bare shaft against her soaked underwear. His breathing hitched and a hand ventured up her back and into her hair to press their kiss together harder. With his free hand, he cascaded down her stomach until he reached her underwear, pulling the section covering her slit to the side. The slick between her legs made him groan into her mouth as he ran his fingers along her lower lips. He could feel her need in her actions and it was there for him as well, but the tantalizing feeling of her sex in his hands was too enticing to deny. He gently pushed a finger into her as he broke their kiss to attack her neck with the same ferocity. His teeth pulled skin between them and his tongue swept across the aftermath while he slowly pushed his finger in and out. “Mmm, Babygirl, you’re so fucking hot.” @nakachu

Finally he pulled his pants away. Finally he was naked and on top of her. She couldn’t help the almost relieved sign as her hand travelled back up his back. And then she felt him against her sex. Even with the underwear between them it was clear he as there. She felt a shudder go over her spine as she moaned softly against his lips. Yet she didn’t expect that hand to find it’s way there too. Her hips twitched as his fingers rang along it. She could feel the wetness, she even swore she could hear him moving it around even if she knew that was impossible. And then he pressed inside her and it made her just moan out into his mouth. It was such a teasing motion, yet it instantly filled her with a sensation that was hard to deny. He broke their kiss and planted her mouth and teeth on her neck again. Just the combination of that and the finger that was slowly working inside of her made her grasp into his hair and shoulder. The pressure of it made her fingertips turn white. The cut from earlier suddenly bursting open, allowed her blood to once again flow from it, quickly soaking through that bandaid. She didn’t even notice. @shayshayrian

Her gasps, her reactions and her nails into his skin was the kind of ecstasy he needed. Even though he wasn’t inside of her yet, his moans against her neck would’ve fooled anyone that he was. The feeling of her in his hands and mouth was enough to render him breathless, and then, he smelled it. He sealed the kiss he had planted on her neck and froze, even his fingers stopped their penetrative motions. He swallowed hard and closed his eyes, letting his temple fall against hers for a moment as he tried with every ounce of his being to not let his fangs eject or his bloodlust take over. “Mmgah.. El..” He barred his teeth after he said her name, but it was no use. He felt his fangs shoot out from his gums, but he kept his lips closed as he struggled to breathe without pain. Grabbing the wrist of the hand that she had cut, he pulled it away from his back and held it between them as he looked at the door to the hallway. “I’m sorry, love, but I—“ His eyes had become bloodshot and his fangs were very much present, but as long as he kept his gaze averted it wouldn’t be seen. If she tried to look at his face in anyway, he would simply turn farther away from her until he was safe from her view. @nakachu

One moment she had been groaning and squirming underneath him and the next moment she could feel almost every muscle in his body tense. She opened her eyes almost instantly and looked down at him, yet all she saw were those dark hairs that grew on top of his head. She could hear the sound leaving his throat followed by part of her name, yet it only confused her more. Did she hurt him somehow? Was he in pain? “Xaiden?” She said softly as she tried to find out what was happening. She felt him grab her hand and pull in between them and her eyes went big as she saw the blood that was on it. She had not even felt the cut spring open. She held it against herself, knowing that his back was probably covered in it as well. “I’m sorry, love but I—“ he said as he turned away from her and from his hand. She knew he had said he didn’t like blood, but how had he known she was bleeding when her hand was on his back. “It’s okay..” she just said, trying to calm him down. She pinched her finger with her other hand trying to make the bleeding stop. But she was still very much underneath him. In the end she grabbed the sweatpants he had taken off her that was still within her reach and wrapped it around it. “See.. no blood.” @shayshayrian

There was so much of it… He could feel it trickling down his back and now it was right under his nose as she wrapped it in Rowan’s sweatpants. He could feel his mind clouding over, his breathlessness becoming apparent as his lips parted to get more air. He couldn’t control himself. He wanted to warn her, tell her to leave, anything to get her out of his sight so that he didn’t hurt her. He was even staring at his escape route, but he couldn’t bring himself to flee. Not when there was that much… so close… He could feel her lightly pawing at him, trying to get him to see that she had covered her hand, but when he slowly turned, he couldn’t bring himself to look at her. Instead, he dove back down onto her neck, running his tongue along her carotid artery. Moving both of his hands down to her hips, he pinned her down hard and bite into her neck with his fangs. The sharp pierce would of skin would not be painless, but the slow drawl of blood from her body would quickly remedy it. It would feel like every stimulated nerve she had felt from his touch was now inside her, coursing through her veins in the opposite direction and the longer he drew from her, the more lightheaded she would become. He couldn’t help the moans of satiated lust that bellowed from him. His voice bounced off her skin and and his firm grip on her hips held her mostly in place as he took four.. five… six… @nakachu

He still would not look at her. His head staying turned away from her as she could still feel the tension happened in his body. She tried to pull his face towards her, but he stoic as a statue and she was unable to move him. Just as she wanted to open her mouth and talk to him he turned to move. And his move was sudden and agressieve. She felt him push her back into the bed and before she could even blink with her eyes she felt a sharp pain in her neck. She yelped out loudly, her scream filling the room. Quickly after the pain she would start to feel her nerve endings on fire. A feeling like her whole body was being touched. She couldn’t say it didn’t feel good, but at the same time fear was starting to overwhelm her. “Xaiden.. Xaiden! Stop.. please!” She said as she felt that first tug of blood that he took from her. She tried to push him of her with her arms, her hand falling out of the sweatpants and leaving small smears of the fresh blood on his chest, yet he wouldn’t budge even the slightest. She then tried to kick him with her legs, but that didn’t work either. She could slowly feel her conciousness fading as light headedness took over and she was losing her strength. “Please..” she begged him again, yet the draws of blood from her neck kept going. Eventually she felt herself fading completely. “You said you would stop…” were the last words that left her before she passed out. @shayshayrian

Seven… eight… nine… Finally, his craving has curbed enough for his mind to return to normal as he snapped out of his trance. He could feel the pulse below his lips getting weaker and when it dawned on him what he had done, his eyes went wide. He released her neck and looked at Ellie, her unconscious body below him and limp, smears of blood on his chest where she had tried to push him off of her. He clenched his jaw tight and stared down on the girl who was in the wrong place and the wrong time, who chose the wrong man to help her with her homework and who put all her trust in all the wrong places. She was still alive and would wake up within the next few hours, but he couldn’t wait that long. He couldn’t watch while she lay there only to wake up in fear of him. He flung the blankets off their bodies to find the sweatpants he had been wearing as he quickly dressed and covered her back up. He made his way to the bathroom to clean off his face and wash out his mouth, milling over what it was he was going to do. He told himself he would always be truthful to her, because a girl as sweet as her deserved that at the very least. He had never outright lied to her and on the one occasion he had, it was to hide his secret from her. He battled scenarios in his head, back and forth of whether she would understand, never want to see him again or be in fear of him for the rest of her life. None of them turned out well, however, there was one that only turned out badly for him in the long run. He made his way back into the bedroom and sat down next to her, taking a deep breath as he bit into the side of his palm and wedged it in her mouth. His fangs retracted back inside his mouth and his eyes were back to the icy blues they usually were. Unconsciously she began suckling on his hand, taking his blood into her and after a few drinks, he removed his palm and waited for her body to heal. *His blood surged through her, restoring her platelet count, healing her finger and

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any other wounds or illness’ she had up until this point. He watched as his hand healed itself and her consciousness started to come back, patiently waiting for her to open her eyes. If she woke up startled, he would extend his hands in defense and try to calm her down so he could explain.* @nakachu

When her conciousness slowly started to come back it was hard for her to understand where she was. First she just picked up the sounds around her even if there were not many there. The lightheadedness she had felt before was still there and only slowly started to come back to her. The next thing she became aware of was the metallic taste of blood on her lips. She blinked with her eyes as she was starting to come back. At first hard to focus, but soon Xaiden came into her view, her green eyes looking into those ice blue eyes of his. And then it came back to her. Her eyes went big and she pushed herself away from him. Her hand instantly went to her neck, the place where he bit her, but there was nothing there. Yet she knew it had happened. There was no way she would dream that up. She was not that creative. “D-don’t.. don’t touch me!” She said to him, her voice and body trembling as she clutched the covers to her naked body, her back pressed against the headrest of the bed, angled in such a way that she could jump out and run if she had to. @shayshayrian

Xaiden held his hands out in an attempt to quell her fright as she came to and shoved him away. That was to be expected and he understood, as long as she didn’t leave the room. Not that she would be any match for his speed or strength, but it was nice to see that she didn’t immediately run away screaming. Didn’t try to run. Not a bad sign. “Elina, please. I’m. I’m not going to hurt you.” He knew how ridiculous that sounded and if she gave him a face he would have to try to restrain a laugh. “Listen, all I ask for you to hear me out. If you don’t like what you hear, you are free to go, but I just… I need you to know.” He was furious that it had come to this. He never wanted her to know and that thought was still very much present in his mind, but she also deserved for him to at least try the truth. @nakachu

Anytime his arms would move she would jump, her body slowly inching away close to that edge of the bed, the covers clutched to her front. Her heartbeat was rising in her throat as she looked at him. Her green eyes going form his face, down to his body and back up to his face. Her brain was trying to figure out what he was, what he had done. He didn’t look like a monster.. he still looked like Xaiden, yet he was sitting here and the way he was acting only confirmed what she remembered. “Don’t..” she said as he said her name. Her full name. Not her pet name, her actual name. She once again moved away, as if the mere act of saying her name had violated her. She was trembling, still terrified. She could still taste the blood on her tongue, not even sure where that had came from. He was pleading with her yet everything inside of her told her to wrong. She wanted to believe him, believe that he would not hurt her. Yet he had promised her he would stop.. and he had not. “Wh-what are you..?” @shayshayrian

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He could see her inching away from him. She was terrified and he didn’t blame her. He swallowed hard and a wave of distraught washed over his eyes. The bright icy hue had dulled to an ocean blue as she spoke and asked her question. He took a deep breath and looked down. “You don’t owe me anything, but I’d appreciate it if you listened. I’ll do whatever you want me to when we’re done, but please.” He even backed away from her slowly as he got off the bed and stood several feet away from the edge. He was nearly across the room from her now, still hoping she would listen. “There’s a reason I have to move all the time. A reason I was able to get into the nightclub without waiting. A reason I.. don’t like blood.” He looked away from her for a moment, sadness embodying everything about him from his expression to his posture. It was almost as if he had done this before and knew what she was going to say. “…” He opened his mouth to call her by her name again, but she didn’t seem to want him to say it. “I… I don’t need the conventional food to survive…” He was hoping she would piece it together without telling her, but he wasn’t holding out hope. @nakachu

she watched him as he backed away from her, the tension in her body becoming less. Her trembling never stopped though, and her hand fhat clutched the blanket stayed white from the pressure she was putting on it. Her eyes stayed on him at all times, barely even allowing herself to blink even though they already felt dry. She stayed though, stayed on that bed as she watched him. She saw the sadness in his face and normally she would have reacted to it, but this time she couldn't. He started to speak and her mouth was just half open as she listened. Not needing conventional food to survive. Her hand once again went to her neck, to that exact spot his fangs had sank into her skin. She still remembered the feeling of it, the fear that rushed through her. There was only one word that came to her mind, a monster that only lived im fairytales and books. The only creature she knew of that drank blood. "Vampire..." spoken so soft that he would have never heard it if he had not been what he was. @shayshayrian

His eyes slowly rose to hers as he crossed his arms and leaned against his dresser. He licked his lips and looked away again as he explained what had happened that day. “I had a pick-me-up this morning before I left for school. I was fine, for the most part, all day. I had planned to go home afterwards, since it wasn’t exactly accessible for me to eat at work. But then.. we made plans. And I hadn’t had a chance to be with you much since the summer, so I took it. While you were getting dressed, I contemplated drinking something, but I didn’t have the time. I didn’t expect you to cut your hand..” He put his hands in his pockets as he glanced up at her. He knew it was no excuse, but it was the truth. He watched her reaction and hoped she would be angry. At least then she wouldn’t be afraid. @nakachu

He didn’t deny it. If anything his words were confirming it. He was a vampire.. a create that existed in books. A creature that needed blood to survive and it had drank hers. She didn’t know how to feel, the shock of the information to much for her body to handle along with the fear she still felt for him. Even now she could clearly remember how his fangs had pierced her neck, how he had drank from her till she felt herself fade. Her brain just decided she couldn’t deal with it. Everything inside her said she had to go, she had to get away from that room. For the first time since she woke up her eyes would leave him. She didn’t waste much more time before getting out of that bed, her shyness no longer an issue with how much else was going on. She grabbed the clothing from the ground, but didn’t even stop to actually put them on. Her head would whip back and forth between what she was doing and him, checking if he was still against that dresser. She walked around him, keeping as much distance between them as the room would allow as she found the door. She quickly slipped through it. Once she was in the hallway she attempted to put on the sweatpants while she was walking. Stumbling along the way as she bumped into falls and dressers, almost knocking over countless of items that were there. If he would follow her she would whip her head back. “Stay back!” She warned him even though she was no match for him if he decided that he would not. She made her way down the stairs as she put the crop top over her head as well. If he let her she would make her way all the way outside, walking into the stone pavement on her bare feet as she could not remember where her shoes were, or her jacket for that matter. Just in a blind attempt to get away. @shayshayrian

Seeing her make her way out of the room without a word was not going to work for him. He couldn’t let her leave, at least, not yet. In an instant, he was gone from the dresser and in front of her as she slid the crop top over her head. As soon as her eyes met his, his eyes dilated as he grabbed her shoulders to hold her still. Every muscle in her body would freeze for just a moment, her mind a blank slate, as he began to compel her. “You came over after school.. and we talked for hours about how our first days went.. about you’re favorite things in the world…” He could feel her body instantly relax as his words rewrote her memories from the night before. He could feel the ache in his throat as he choked back tears. “We laid in each other’s arms and almost fell asleep when you realized that Arianna would be worried about you… You asked me to take you home and that’s what we’re doing…” As his eyes shifted back to normal, the last few hours of her life would be exactly as he had described. Looking into his eyes, dressed and by the front door, the only thought of getting home to Arianna. He righted his expression when hers softened dramatically. “Umm.” He cleared his throat and looked away from her. “Let me go get some clothes on and we can go.” He gave her a feigned smile, her likely thinking it was because he was upset that she didn’t want to stay with him. As soon as he looked away from her, tears ran down his face as he realized what he had to do. There would likely never be a time when she was ready for that conversation and that could only mean one thing. They had to end it. As he ran up the stairs at a normal pace, he grabbed a black hoodie and shoes before joining her back at the door. “You ready?” He asked with a closed mouth grin. @nakachu

She had only blinked one time and suddenly he was in front of her. Again she yelped a soft scream, but only for it to be cut short as she felt her body freeze. It was like a wave went over her mind. Within moment she didn’t remember what had happened and the fear seeped away from her body, as there was no longer anything for her to fear. She could almost see the new memories that formed in her mind. How she had talked to him about her day, how she realized she had told Arianna she would be home and that she needed to get back. When her mind finally cleared again she just blinked a few times as she looked at him. “Let me go get some clothes on and we can go.” He said as he disappeared from view. She wondered if he was mad that she had chosen not to spend the night with him. It wasn’t like it was the easiest thing to sneak out in the morning with him. “Okay.” She just said after him as she waited by the door. He came back down and asked her if she was ready and she just nodded at him. She watched his face as he opened the door for her and they walked outside only for her to realize that she didn’t have any shoes on. “Ooh.. uhmm..wow.” She chuckled at herself softly. “Just, give me a second. I could swear I had shoes on.” She said, a blush tugging at her cheeks, that was embarrasing. She would make her way upstairs and found her shoes, only to also see her uniform there. She gathered that as well before heading back down, feeling like a complete airhead. “Okay, now I am ready.” She smiled at him, but her smile quickly faded by his own expression. “Are you mad at me?” She asked, unsure. @shayshayrian

He waited for her to get shoes as his face contorted in pain. It wasn’t fair that all because of someone else’s actions, he had to keep going through this over and over again. No one ever understood and why would they? He didn’t fault any of his passed relationships for it, but as he heard his bedroom door close, he took a deep breath. After all, it was his fault for falling for humans. When she joined him by the door, she smiled and it broke his heart all over again. He never wanted to have to compel her, he always wanted to be honest with her, but he couldn’t have his secret known. He quickly realized his emotions were showing and shook his head rapidly, wiping at his face before looking at her and smiling. “Of course not, Elina. I completely understand and would not want to keep you here just for my benefit. How could I ever be mad at you for being so considerate?” He swallowed hard and ran the back of his knuckles down her cheek as he opened the door for her. “After you, love.” If she would leave, he would close the door behind them and make his way to the car in the driveway. He tried to focus on anything else but his throbbing chest, only letting his brows furrow and his eyes close when she wasn’t looking. @nakachu

When he called her Elina she just knew that something was going on. He never called her that.. he had probably only remembered it was her name today in class when he had read it on his attendance sheet. She just tried to study his eyes, trying to find out what was wrong. Even his answer seemed strangely.. political. Whatever it was, he was hiding it from her well. She stepped out the door and walked towards the black dodger that she had ridden with him before. She kept turning to him and kept finding him forcing a smile on his face as she did. She could feel that uneasy feeling in her, that tension between them and she just simply didn’t understand where it was coming from. Before they actually reached the car she suddenly turned around. “Something is wrong and you are not telling me what..” she said, her frown furrowed together and even if her voice was small, it was clear she wanted an answer from him. @shayshayrian

As he eased himself in the car, her sudden voice made his chest tighten. He had never known her to be so abrupt, not that her voice was harsh, but if something was wrong, she would be the last person in his mind to say something about it. He took a shakey breath and leaned back a bit in his seat. Closing his eyes, he let all of his emotions go into his words, even if the words were untrue. “I— I’m worried.. I…” He chuckled to himself as he ran a hand down his face. His eyes never left the windshield as he tried to get out what he wanted to say. “This isn’t going to be easy for us.” He looked down at the steering wheel. “This semester is going to be extremely difficult when it comes to us being able to spend time together and I don’t want you to have to sneak around your entire college career. Trust me, college is hard enough without a relationship to juggle as well.” He spoke as if every word was the truth, but he still refused to look at her. After what he had just done, looking her in the eyes felt like the greatest of all sins. @nakachu

Her breath would stop in the back of her throat as he started to speak. She just stared at him. He was doing it.. he had decided she was no longer fun, no longer interesting. She had not want to spend the night with him in his house and he was done waiting for her. She could feel the tears already welling up in her eyes. He wouldn’t even look at her as he said that. “Are you..” breaking up with me was what she wanted to say till she realized they had never even really been together. She paused the, biting down on her lip enough to make it go white underneath her teeth. She looked away as her first tear fell, not wanting him to see it. She didn’t even think she could convince him otherwise. This had already lasted longer then she had thought it would. “Can you… just bring me home?” She then said, her voice giving away her crying. @shayshayrian

He let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding when he heard her voice crack. His eyes snapped to her and saw her looking away from him. He hated himself. She was a gorgeous girl and deserved the world, but that wasn’t him. He reached over for her and turned her chin to him, pressing his forehead to hers. “Ellie. I don’t want to be without you, but… You don’t want this.” He kissed her forehead and began memorizing everything he could; the feeling of her skin under his lips, her chin in his hands and her forehead against his. He needed to just take her home and break it off, but it hurt. It hurt to think of being without her, but seeing her every day in class. This wasn’t the first time he had had to do something like this, but that didn’t make it any easier. He truly cared for her. @nakachu

She didn’t let him enjoy the touch of her forehead against his for long. It was simply too painful. He claimed he didn’t want to be without her, yet he was breaking it off. He was the one dumping her. He was the one saying they should break it off. She could feel her lip trembling as she bit down on it, trying desperately to hold back her tears. She pulled back from him, turning her eyes away again. “You are the one doing it..” she just said under her breath. She felt so naive in that moment.. he had been out of her league since the very start. She had let him swoon her, seduce her… made her want him in that way. She wanted him to turn on the car, to start driving and bring her home. Or she would find a way to bring herself home. @shayshayrian

As she left his touch, he closed his eyes and clenched his fist. He took a deep breath and started the car, letting a few tears steam down his cheeks. He hadn’t said the words, he just insinuated it would be easier. She didn’t even fight for them… She could blame him all she wanted though, if it helped her to feel like he hated her, then he would do that. Whatever kept her from getting her heart shattered worse. “I’m sorry.” He pulled out of the driveway and made his way towards her apartment, clenching his jaw as tightly as he could to keep from taking in shaking breaths. His dulled eyes were glued to the road while the rest of him drowned in the silence. @nakachu

She couldn’t bear the drive. The more they went, the more she felt herself forcing a wrist in her lap, the more she felt her body tense. She didn’t understand what was going on. Even looking over and seeing a tear roll over his cheek she only got more confused. And the confusion frustrated her. She tried to remember what had happened that night, but even if she could form the memories, she couldn’t remember what had been said, couldn’t see the image in her head and it only frustrated her more. “Why?” She just asked in a small high pitched voice. “Why would you just say that!?” She suddenly got out, frustration clear in her voice along with the tears that still didn’t refuse to stop. “We were fine.. the whole night we were fine..” even if she couldn’t remember it, she remembered feeling fine. “So… why?” Her hands clenched into the fabric of the sweatpants. “Did you really only want me in your bed..?” She didn’t want to believe he would do that to her, but what else was she supposed to think? Everything had been fine till she decided to go home.. @shayshayrian

”We were fine.” She said… His chest tightened again and his hands clenched over the steering wheel. He was only a few blocks from her street when she asked her last question, the question that tore his eyes from the road and landed them directly on her. They were the dullest blue she had ever seen, his lips fell open and his brows came together for the duration of his gaze on her, then he looked back at the road. “No… And the fact that you even think that I…” His voice broke a few times before he took a deep breath and reoriented himself, coming to a stop sign. “All I said was this was going to be difficult and that I didn’t want you to waste your prime years on someone like me. If I wanted to only fuck you, I wouldn’t still be here, nor would I still lo… care about you.” A few sarcastic comments entered his mind, but he didn’t have the energy to say them. He didn’t want to fight, he didn’t want to lose her, but if it did happen; he knew he shouldn’t fight it. She had already displayed how terrified she would be if told about his race and he didn’t want to go through that again so soon, especially considering what he had to do. @nakachu

She bit down on her lip even more as he got upset with her for even thinking that. “What else am I supposed to think…” she tried to defend herself. They had been fine till she decided to go home. She didn’t even understand why she decided to go home. Sure Arianna would be worried if she stayed out without saying anything, but she could have texted. The last thing she clearly remembered was that she did not want to go. She looked up at him when he said that all he had said was that it was going to be difficult.. Had she judged to quickly? But then why had his voice sounded so determined, so much like he was breaking things off with her. She didn’t want him to walk away, she didn’t want him to stop seeing her. She wanted him.. she knew that. He made her feel a way that others had not been able to. If she got out of that car knowing they would no longer.. she just felt her heart break. “I don’t care..” she said then. “I don’t care if you are my teacher.. I don’t care if we have to keep a secret..” she tried to express and she really didn’t care in that moment. Sure she had been nervous about it that afternoon, but now she wasn’t anymore. “I just want..” you, she couldn’t get it out of her mouth. “Don’t leave me..” @shayshayrian

His brows furrowed together as he forced his lip to not quiver. He could feel himself losing a piece of himself, as he always did when a close relationship didn’t work out. He refused to show how upset he was, there was no use in losing his mind when it was for the best anyway. Then she practically begged for him to stay, for him to disregard the logical reasons they shouldn’t be together and just be with her and his heart broke all over again. He pulled up to her apartment with tears in his eyes as he threw it in park. He took a deep breathe as his eyes ventured to the ceiling, his hands dipping into his pockets for his fingers to curl into his palms in peace. His mind battled with his heart, knowing what he had to say, he just had to say it. Chest aching, fingers digging into his fists, he opened his mouth to answer her request to not leave her. “I’m not going anywhere, Ellie.” He said the words without looking at her, ashamed that he didn’t have the strength to leave her. His heart had won, but he knew it was only delaying the inevitable. They would have to have the conversation at some point and whether he liked it or not, she wasn’t going to be okay with it. He couldn’t say more. Not tonight. He pulled his hands out of his pockets to exit the car. Walking around to her door, he opened it for her and waited for her to step out, only making eye contact with her when she fully stood in front of him. Wrapping his arms around her, he pulled her into a tight hug and talked into her hair. “I’m sorry. It hit me all of the sudden today how better of you would be without me. You deserve someone better and I just wanted you to think on it. I’ll always be here for you, even if you decide to leave.” He kissed her forehead before pulling her away to look in her eyes. “Stay here tonight. I’ll see you tomorrow after we’ve both had some sleep.” No compulsion or sneaky tricks, he just spoke to her as he stared into those gorgeous, pale green eyes. <@1186891107

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“I’m not going anywhere, Ellie.” He said and she just looked back at him with tears still in her eyes. She could see that he was emotional as well, see that sadness in his eyes. She didn’t fully understand what had just happened, where it had come from. But at least he said he wouldn’t leave. Even if she didn’t know if that mean the would stay for a long time. She didn’t take her eyes of him again as he continued his explanation and she just didn’t know how to really respond to him. She was feeling emotional, confused and just overal strange. She couldn’t shake that feeling that something had happened that she didn’t remember. Especially when the whole night seemed so weird in her head. His responds had just not seemed logical, she didn’t understand where it had came from. “I won’t leave if you don’t..” she said to him, knowing he was the one that talked about moving all the time, about not being able to stay at one place. She enjoyed the kiss on her forehead though, it did make her feel a bit better. She nodded to him as he suggestd to just go get some sleep, even if she didn’t think she would get much sleep at all after this. She would be to afraid he would not want to see her again. “Good night then..” she said softly before getting out of the car and making her way to to door of the apartment complex. Still feeling like her tears were close to the surface. @shayshayrian

He watched her walk away and clenched his fists tighter. He couldn’t break down with her still in ear shot. Shutting the passenger door, loaded himself into the drivers side and huffed as he started the car. She didn’t know what she was saying. If she could only remember what he was.. Making sure she was inside, he hit his palm against the steering wheel hard, sending a sharp catch through the plastic. Ignoring the damage, he pulled out from in front of the apartment and made his way back home. Attempting to figure out how he was going to maneuver their relationship.

The next morning Ellie called in sick from school. It was something she didn’t do. Even if she had a fever she would go to school, but this one was different. She was not ready to face Xaiden.. The entire evening she had felt miserable, she had cried. Arianna had asked her what was wrong, yet she had not been able to explain it. She just felt like something had happened that she was not aware of, something that made him want to cast her aside. So she didn’t get up and stayed in bed, not wanting to face him. When their class rolled around, Arianna wasn’t joined by Ellie. Arianna had seen how upset her friend was and even if Ellie had not wanted to talk about it, she was sure that whatever happened had something to do with the man that was behind that desk. The entire class she would stare at him with a sort of anger in her eyes, her arms crossed over each other. If he even dared to ask her any questions to answer for the class she would throw him remarks along with her answers. It was more clear than ever that she was not a fan. @shayshayrian

The next morning came much too fast. He had laid awake on his abandoned bed all night, staring at the ceiling and thinking of how he could right the situation. He didn’t want Ellie to be alone, but he knew he couldn’t be there for her; at least, not in the long run. When the sun came up the next morning, he regretfully pulled the red plaid shirt over his torso and his blue jeans up to his waist in a slump. He stared completely off into a trance as he got himself ready and drove to school. The entire day was a blur. He would don a smile would someone addressed him directly, but other than that, he didn’t go out of his way to start up communications. As broken as he was, he didn’t show it much. If Arianna would catch the look in his eyes while everyone was suppose to be choosing a philosopher to research, she would notice he wasn’t his usual arrogant self, but other than that he seemed completely normal. The entire class period consisted of students picking and choosing which philosopher to write a paper on and then they could leave. He had no desire to do any extra work other than the bare minimum. Eventually, all that was left in the classroom was Xaiden and Arianna. He didn’t look up from his desk when the last person besides her left the room, but he certainly knew she was there. @nakachu

Once everyone else has left Arianna got up from her seat and made her way down to those desks. She would teach this guy. She hadn't liked him since that first day, but she liked him even less now. Whatever he had done to make Ellie look the way she had he would learn it was something she was going to let happen. If he had still not looked up from her desk once she got there she would simply slam her small wirst on the table to make him look up. "Listen up you dip shit." She started, not caring that he was her teacher. "If you think you can just play with that girls heart you are wrong." Her eyebrows were angry and her mouth a tight line. "She is not the girl you fuck on a couch and then sneak away when she sleeps with. And I know for a fact that is something you did. I don't even know what happened between you two last night, but I do know whatever it was was bad enough that she barely slept." God she wanted to punch his arrogant ass. @shayshayrian

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He took a deep breath, unconcerned with anyone hearing her as he could hear that no one was near door. He continued writing some notes in the personality quiz he had had then take the day before and answered her without looking up at her. “Arianna, you don’t know what you’re talking about and I suggest you walk away before I have to teach you more than just Philosophy.” He didn’t even look up at her once. He continued to write the personality types on the bottom of the papers after he figured their scores, seemingly more interested in them than what Arianna was saying. @nakachu

“Are you threatening me now?!” She said, her anger becoming even more clear in her voice as he didn’t even look at her. She grabbed the papers that he was writing notes on and pulled them from underneath him, his pen leaving a long streak on the one on top. They would cascade into the floor, leaving a mess around his desk. “You left her crying twice now. She is too afraid to even call you her boyfriend because she is convinced you are going to leave her. And I don’t blame her! You sneaked out on her!” She really was not ready to let that go. Arianna had formed her opinion about Xaiden right then and there, convinced that a good guy would have never left her alone in that bed to wake up alone. She had kept herself quiet up until now, but seeing her cry once more had just put her over the edge. “You either need to start treating her like a goddamn princess or leave her the fuck alone, you hear me? Because if you keep hurting her like that I am going to make sure your little career in this school is going to be a short one.” If he were to look up at her by that point she would look him straight in the eye. “Now that is a threat.“ @shayshayrian

Xaiden kept his attitude in check, even as she ripped the papers out from under his pen like a child. She was outraged and he could understand why. She was just looking out for her friend, but she didn’t know the whole story and it only frustrated him. He wasn’t a good guy. The good part of him died a long time ago and every attempt to regain that version of himself was met with the need for his abilities. He hated what he had become, but he would never trade it to be human again. If he could go back to the 1800’s and live his life how it would’ve played out then, then he wasn’t going to live as a human in the 21st century. His ice eyes slowly looked up at her as she spoke of Ellie’s insecurities and what he should or shouldn’t do. Just after she ended her tirade, he let out a sigh and slowly stood, tossing his pen onto the desk. He looked her directly in the eyes as he spoke. “Elina’s insecurities are out of my control, especially after I have done everything I can to try and remedy them. She knows why I left your apartment that night. She knows the reasons why I have said what I have said and if you don’t, then maybe you need to harass her and not me. I told her I was no good for her and that she really should be with someone else, but she protested.” He sat his palms on his desk as he stared into her eyes hard, his dilating. “Now, if you have anymore questions or anything else to say about Elina and I’s relationship, you will ask her. No one else. And while we’re at it, the next time you have something negative to accuse me of, you’ll ask me about in a polite manner. Do you understand me, Arianna?” He had used his compulsion twice now in the last 24 hours and somewhere inside him, it made him hate himself more, but Arianna was a nuisance and if he was honest, she was lucky he didn’t snap her neck right there and be done with it. He stared at her transfixed expression hard and waited for her to answer him before his eyes left hers. <@1186

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She had been about to say so many more things, call him so many more names. Her anger still very prominent when he got up and looked into her eyes. Even if the anger she felt didnt dissappear she found herself no longer in need to ask the questions she had or the remarks she had meant to ask him. The words stuck in her throat before she found herself coming back to. "Yes Sir.." was the only thing that she ended up saying even if her eyebrows were so angry. Normally she would have said more, but this time she just turned and walked off. Leaving the classroom if he did not stop her. @shayshayrian

He nodded to her as she confirmed her understanding and watched her leave the room. He was fuming. Walking around to the front of the desk he picked up the papers she had scattered across the floor and laid them on his desk as delicately as he could. Taking a breath, he grabbed his bag and began packing up, deciding enough was enough. His teeth were clenched together and his eyes were sharp in their silent rage. After he gathered what he needed, he marched out of the room and straight for his car. There we’re several students and faculty that tried to stop him on his way out to the car, but he simply held up a hand and kept walking, determined to get off the property before he thoroughly lost his mind. He tossed his belongings into the passenger seat as he dove into the drivers side, throwing the car into drive as he sped away from the campus. Arianna had really hit a nerve. There was nothing special about this town, or their people. The archetypes of these people could be found in every other city in the world and therefore their actions should not be getting this far underneath his skin, but he had let his guard down too much over the years it seemed. He drove, entirely too fast, as he made his way home. He imagined destroying the forest behind his home, breaking everything in sight with ease as he screamed out his rage. Red figuratively covered his vision as he pressed the gas harder, letting out his anger the only way he could while driving. Arianna’s threat rang out in his mind, someone as feeble as her thinking she could threaten him. His foot pressed down harder. How dare she think that she has that kind of power over me. I should’ve shown her right then how terrified of me she should really be. *The black challenger accelerated faster when it should’ve been slowing, drastically. The curve came much faster than he had time to react to, his vision clearing only seconds before his car launched itself over the guard rail and careened into the ro

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cky ravine below. He pictured Ellie’s face as he rolled, a mess of glass and branches splattering in his face with each aggressive plunge. She was crying and he had made her do so. Even after all those years, he still wasn’t the man he was before he turned and if a girl as sweet as Elina Hayes couldn’t change him, maybe no one could. He pictured the first time they had kissed on her couch and how he had felt with her in his arms as his vision faded to black and the car came to a stop at the bottom of the deep, forested gorge.*

Ellie had spend the day in bed, cuddling up in her bed and wallowing in her self pity. She had convinced herself that he had wanted to leave her. She thought back about all the times she had seen him and one thing always seemed to come up. He was going to move eventually. All this time he had preparing for the inevitable, he would leave. She couldn’t help the way it was hurting her as he was the first person who made her feel the way she did. Perhaps for the first time.. she had actually been in love with someone. She also couldn’t help but be bothered by the whole night before. No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t remember any details. She knew that they had talked about their first day, but she could not remember what had been said. She knew she had been in his arms, yet she couldn’t remember how it had felt. It was just all foggy and strange and it was bothering her. It wasn’t till the end of the day that she got out of bed. She needed to talk to him. Even if she had avoided him by not going to school she needed to talk to him. She looked over at the ground to where the sweatpants and crop top lay that she had worn the day before. She would bring them back.. it was as good an excuse as any to go visit him at his house. She didn’t thick about washing it, as she had no memory left of how she had held that sweatpants against her hand to stop her bleeding finger. So she got a bag together, tossed on her jacket and got a bus that would get her closest to his house as she could get, walking to rest of the way till she found herself in front of that house. “Hello?” @shayshayrian

The sun was just beginning to set and Rowan Drake found herself pacing in their living room. Her black heels smacked against the wooden floor with every step as her red, flowery sundress swooshed around her legs. She had just got back from her.. trip.. only to come home to find Xaiden and his car missing. They had planned on going out for dinner that night, be he never came home. She paced across the floor, trying to pin point where he would’ve gone when she heard a voice outside. A female voice. Stomping towards the door and flinging it open, her black curls whisking over her shoulders. The girl standing before her strangely looked familiar, but she couldn’t place her. Nothing extraordinary stood out about her, but yet, Rowan could’ve sworn she knew her. Her features shifted from annoyed to confused as she looked the woman up and down. “Hello? Can I help you?” @nakachu

Ellie had not been full prepared for Rowan to be there. She knew that Rowan also lived there with him, yet she had been so focused on just going to see Xaiden that she had not thought about the posibility of Rowan being there. She had not seen Rowan since that night in the club, but even then the thought of what had happened between them was still enough to bring a blush to her cheeks. Even if Rowan did not seem to recognize her back. She was as pretty as she remembered from that fist night, with her thick black curls ad that confident look about her. She looked stunning in her summer dress even if it did seem a little bit out of season. Perhaps where ever she had been had been warm and sunny. “I.. I was looking for Xaiden.” She said carefully, the clothes from rowan hanging over her arms. She looked to the side then, not seeing his car in the spot she had seen it before. “If he not home?” She asked. @shayshayrian

Rowan’s features softened, but only a touch. She was also looking for Xaiden. Who she was staring at was starting to come back to her with every word she spoke. When she asked if he was home, she crossed her arms and cocked her hip as she stared at the girl from the nightclub. “He isn’t. I’m looking for him myself. Well, come on in. I guess there’s no reason for you to freeze.” She walked back into the house, expecting Ellie to close the door behind her when she entered. Resuming her pacing, she continued her train of thought about where Xaiden could be, but outloud now that Ellie was in earshot. “He knew I was coming home today. We made plans and he is NEVER late for plans, even if he does ALWAYS show up needing dressed all over again. Imeanwhowearsgreytoablacktieevent!” She threw her hands up in the air before crossing her arms again and looking up at Ellie. “Did he stand you up too?” @nakachu

Elina followed Rowan inside the house when she was invited in, though she was not even sure if she should. If he was not home, maybe she should just turn around and go home herself, but something about Rowan not knowing where he as had been feeling uneasy. The two of them seemed inseperable, so how did she not know where he was? She just stood there a little bit awkwardly as Rowan started to pace and say her things about Xaiden. She was so different from him, but also a little bit different from that sexy woman who had convinced her to kiss her. She bit on her lip. “Did he stand you up too?” She asked then and Ellie quickly shook her head. “No.. I just uhmm..” she looked down at the clothes she was holding in her arms. “I borrowed these.” She put them on the table next to her. “Xaiden said it was alright..” she tried to defend herself, suddenly realizing she as returning Rowan clothing that she probably didn’t even know she was missing. “I had hoped to talk to him.. we didn’t really part ways in the nicest way yesterday.” She admitted to Rowan. @shayshayrian

Rowan looked at the clothes as she sat them down, recognizing the yellow crop top immediately. She picked them up and processed that she said Xaiden said it was okay. Her cheeks colored a hot pink as her eyes slowly looked up at Ellie. “You two were in my room?! UGGGGGG!!!” She threw the clothes down, but because she knew her anger wasn’t at them. Borrowing clothes was fine as long as she returned them, which she had, it was just the fact that something had to be severely wrong. This woman had expected Xaiden to be home and the reality that he wasn’t terrified her. Suddenly, she caught a whiff of something… sweet? It smelled day old cupcakes and it caused Rowan to freeze, mainly because it smelled like it was coming from her clothes. She looked down at the pants and took a deep breath. “You could’ve at least washed them first.” She tossed the clothes back on the couch as she continued with her pacing. “Where could he be? You said you parted ways yesterday? So you saw him? Where?!” Her dark eyes now bite into Ellie’s, looking for any information that may help. @nakachu

She felt embarassed when Rowan mentioned she should have washed it. She had only worn it for an hour so had never thought about it, but of course she should have. "I'm sorry.." she said quickly as Rowan threw them on the side. "I was only in there to get some clothes." "You don't know where he is?" She then asked now starting to get worried as well. When Rowan turned to her she almost backed up from the simple force of her voice. "Yeah, I didn't see him since last night but Arianna said he was at school today." She said, remembering she had been weird about it, but he had been there. "Should we call the police..?" @shayshayrian

Rowan looked at the clock as Ellie mentioned him having been at school. He should’ve been home three hours ago if he had come straight home from school. Her hands gripped tighter at her arms before she turned back to Ellie. “Alright. Come on. We’re going to go to the school and see if he’s there.” She walked over to the table and grabbed her keys, opening the door for Ellie as she hit the garage door opener. Once they were both outside, the garage would come open to reveal a sleak, red Solara convertible. Walking into the garage and clicking the button, she entered the drivers side and waited for Ellie to join her. “We can’t call the police. They won’t start looking until he has been missing for 24 hours. Hopefully he just got lost in his work at school anyway.” If that was the case, he was in big trouble. If he wasn’t dead, he would wish he had been. @nakachu

“Okay.” She followed Rowan outside without wasting much more time. She was worried now, because Rowan seemed worried. These two had seemed so inseparabel and they probably always knew where the other person was, at least that is what it seemed like. She had heard Xaiden talk about how Rowan was home or away so many times. He always seemed to be minding where she actually was. She walked with her in quick steps to the garage and looked at the car for a moment. Another beautiful expensive car, why was she surprised. She jumped into the passenger side not wanting to be holding Rowan back and put on her seatbelt. “You drive. I will keep an eye on the road?” She suggested. “Just to be sure.” Even if the black car Xaiden drove would be hard to spot in the darkness of the road. “You don’t think something happened right?” She asked, nervously. @shayshayrian

Normally, Rowan would’ve scoffed at the offer from Ellie. Her eyesight was far superior and all she was really there for was so that she didn’t snoop through her things, but because she was actually worried, she didn’t protest. Instead, she nodded her head and pulled out of the driveway, making her way down the long stretch of concrete. “I’ll need you to tell me the best way to get to the school from here. I haven’t ever been, but I’m sure he drove you here from there whatever night you borrowed me clothes.” She kept her eyes peeled for tire makes it any cars on the side of the road as she made her exit from the driveway, following Ellie’s directions if she would give them. It didn’t take long for them to cross the bridge that hovered over a small creak that cascaded into a rock cliff into a forest. Rowan slowed the car as to make sure to inspect everything she could before noticing the broken trees and bent guard rail on one side. @nakachu

“Yes! Of course.” She just said and would point Rowan to the direction that she remembered Xaiden take. There were a few moments she was not entirely sure, but once they turned on a road she would remember it was the right way. “It was yesterday, I was here yesterday.” She said, like that was information Rowan needed to have. “I am sorry I took your clothes.. and that I didn’t wash them..” she tried to apologize for it. Rowan had seemed pissed off about it. As they drove she also kept an eye on the road and tried to find signs that something had happened at some point, yet for the first part she didn’t see anything. That was until Rowan slowed for the bridge and she also saw the bend guard rail. Her face instantly went pale. “That was not like that yesterday..” she said, her voice almost a mere whisper. “Stop the car!” She instantly said afterwards even if Rowan would probably have stopped it at the same time anyway. The moment the stopped she jumped out of the car and walked towards the railing, trying to see anything in the darkness but it was pitch black down there. “Xaiden!!?” She shouted. “Can you see anything..?” She turned to Rowan, panic in her voice. @shayshayrian

Rowan flat ignored her comment about the clothes, it not being in the forefront of her mind at that moment. As she stared at the broken guard rail, Ellie’s voice sent shivers down her spine that made her halt the car at the same time as the command. This was bad in more ways than the obvious. A car crash itself would not seriously injure Xaiden enough that he wouldn’t heal from it, but the broken branches… Her dark eyes were black saucers as she left the car and looked over the guard rail with Ellie, ignoring her calls for her brother and trying her best to hear anything she could. Below, there were twigs snapping… choked breaths… She instantly turned to Ellie with a snap and grabbed her shoulders. “I need you to stay here. Do not move.” She had no need to compel the woman, as she didn’t think she was foolish enough to follow her down the steep incline and with any luck, it would be too dark for Ellie to see what occurred down below. She jumped the guard rail and began sliding and running her way down the ravine, which wouldn’t have been that impressive had Ellie not noticed that Rowan had stripped herself of her shoes before she grabbed her shoulders. The vampires black heels lay next to her on the road as Rowan made a determined effort to get to the bottom. @nakachu

(I realize there isn’t a lot to react to if you stay on the road, but I needed to see what Ellie would do before I continued)

She just stared at Raven as she also seemed as white as a ghost and in shock. Could Rowan see something that she couldn’t? What was it that had her so panicked. Did she see his card? “I need you to stay here. Do not move.” She suddenly sand before she could even respond she was off. “No Rowan! Wait!” She tried to hold her back, but of course she had already left. “Rowan!!” She shouted after her but she never turned around.. “Fuck.. fuck.. fuck..” she just muttered to herself as she could feel the tears falling on her face. What if he was down there? What if he was hurt..? She would never forgive herself for having been so angry at him, so upset over the night before. @shayshayrian

Rowan skidded down the ravine, unfazed by the blood and scraping on her feet as she hit the bottom, looking around for the black dark in the dense, dark forestry. The noises she had heard were closer now, but still a good bit away. Looking back up at the rail, she could see Ellie, but from the looks on her face, she couldn’t see her. Turning to face the creek line, she used her speed to rush along the water until she heard an audible groan to her right. She froze as she slowly turned to see the Challenger mangled at the base of a tree and Xaiden laying on his side nearby. Rushing over to him with a gasp, she quickly got him on his back and started pawing at his chest, trying to see how severe his wounds were. Her brows were furrowed in worry and tears were forming in her eyes as she searched for branches or anything of the sort that could fatally wound him. “Gah! Damn, girl!” He grabbed one of Rowan’s wandering hands to draw attention to a thick limb sticking out from just under his ribs. His voice seemed fine, but his breathing was irregular. It likely hadn’t pierced a lung. “Xaiden, I need you to hold still. Here.” She snapped the branch at the top and put it length ways in his mouth for him to bite down as she ripped the branch from his torso. A loud, deep scream came out of him, but it was muffled a bit by the branch. She bit down hard on her wrist while removing the stick from his mouth and pressed it to his lips as she used her other hand to apply pressure on the wound. *With a heavy grunt and a few turns of resistance, he reluctantly took a hold of the woman’s wrist and began drinking. His eyes that once held very little energy came to life for a moment as his body slowly started to heal. The blood and tears in his clothing would remain, but every piece of flesh that was harmed would heal over within minutes. Removing her wrist from his grasp, she stood to inspect the car. It was beyond totalled and from the sight of it, he was lucky he wasn’t

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killed. She crossed her arms and bright a hand up to her lips as she walked around it a couple paces and then turned back to him.* “What happened?!” She looked to a heavy breathing Xaiden as he willed himself to sit up with audible protests. “I… lost control.” “Well I fucking see that!” She shut herself down quick, knowing that yelling at him wouldn’t help. “The girl from Moonlight is up on the road. She can’t see you unscarred, especially if your car gets reported on the news.” Xaiden’s eyes grew wide as he took a deep breath to berate her for bringing her here, but he ended up coughing instead. She lifted him to his feet and wrapped his arm around her neck as she made her way back to the road. “Once we get there, you’re going to have to play this off. Because you shouldn’t be alive. Not after that.” Her voice was smooth and comforting, everything she was not feeling in the moment as they walked. She couldn’t believe what they had stumbled across, but she was thankful that she wasn’t alone in the world. Her eyes turned to his before she spoke again. “She’s going to expect you to go to a hospital.” “Yeah, well. That’s if she cares that much.” @nakachu

All that time she was freaking out at the top of that bridge. She was gone for so long already.. surely she had found him dead at the bottom of that ravine. If it really had been him who tumbled down that bridge there was no way he would be alive. “Rowan!!” She shouted down again, trying to just get her to talk to her. She almost wanted to go down there, but she could barely see anything. That is when she heard a loud scream coming from the bottom of that ravine. It had been faint, but the intensity of it let her know it had to have been loud from the source. “Xaiden?!” She shouted, almost convincing herself it had to have belonged to him. “Ooh god…” she sobbed as she really felt the tears rolling over her face. It had taken ages before she saw movement in the distance. She shouted after them once again as she just sank against the railing. She didn’t know if she was relieved or not.. he was moving. But once he came closer she could see how hurt he was. There as blood on him everywhere, his clothes torn around him. There was blood on Rowan too.. “Oh my god… Xaiden..” she sobbed. They were not close enough yet for her to see that there were no wounds. “I am going to call an ambulance.” She instantly decided as she took her phone out. @

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“No!” Rowan shouted from the base of the ravine. She turned to Xaiden with a half angry and half sympathetic expression on her face before she grabbed both of his arms and draped them over her shoulders; wearing him like a backpack. In seconds, she had sprinted her way to the top and dumped his body over the railing while she panted. Her feet were covered in blood, but there seemed to be no scars or wounds outwardly bleeding. She knew Ellie was probably looking at her wide-eyed, but this was a dire situation, at least in her eyes. She hadn’t quite wound down from the adrenaline and she knew unless she got him back home to more blood, he wasn’t going to recover like he should. “Listen to me… girl.” She hadn’t remembered her name. “I know that you’re probably terrified, but you have to listen to me or he isn’t going to get better.” Xaiden hit the road on his back, breathing heavily and trying to sit up, but failing due to his weak he was. Rowan’s blood was enough to heal his internal injuries pretty sufficiently and most of his outside, but he was still weak and needed more blood to heal him completely. He stared up at the night sky, remembering how this had played out for him before and knowing that this is probably the day he lost her. He simply focused on his breathing while Rowan’s voice echoed in and out of his mind. “Come on.” She said, picking up her shoes and making her way to the car to throw them in the back seat. “We have to get him home before someone out here sees us.” @nakachu

Elina: As Rowan suddenly shouted at her she scared so much that she dropped her phone from her hand. It dropped into the concrete road and the glass shattered as it touched it. At almost the same time she could see Rowan moving towards her in a speed that was inhumane, impossible even. She stumbled backwards and fall over into the ground from the mere shock of it. She wanted to shout, to ask what the fuck that was, but Rowan was already on her saying that she needed to listen. Her eyes flicked towards Xaiden then. “Xaiden!” She terrified feeling she had felt a moment ago from seeing Rowan’s speed now faded to a terrified feeling that was about Xaiden. He looked bad. Even if she didn’t see any wounds on him that were open it was clear that he was not doing well. “Noo…. Oooh god.. is he going to be okay?” She said, tears coming from her eyes again as she rubbed over Xaiden’s hand. “He looks bad..” She didn’t understand what was going on at all. She still wanted to call an ambulance, but Rowan seemed to have other plans. “Okay..” she just said, still in complete shock over the whole situation. She helped to lift him into the car, even if it really was just Rowan and she climbed in with him, refusing to leave his side as they drove back to their house. @shayshayrian

Rowan had tried to dissuade Ellie from siting with Xaiden on the drive home, but she was a stubborn one. Rolling her eyes after getting him in the car, she begrudgingly got in the drivers seat and slammed the door. “Xaiden, behave yourself.” She had meant when it came to draining Ellie dry. She wasn’t sure if he was hungry enough to attempt it, but she hoped they could make it home first. “Fuck off, Drake.” He murmured as he laid his head on Ellie’s lap. His breathing was shallow, but it was there. His eyes refused to open all the way, the hand that came up to grab ahold of Ellie’s was weak and his words held no push behind them. He loosely jostled in Ellie’s lap the entire way to the house, not paying any attention to what Rowan had said. “As for you, I need you to pay attention because now that you’re involved in this, you have rules you have to follow. Do you understand me?!” Her voice elevated as she looked directly in the rear-view at Ellie. No matter her answer, she would continue. “He is not doing well, but normal medicine won’t fix him. I know you have questions about what you saw, but you’re only going to have more and we have to get him help right now.” She drove like a maniac on the way home, finally pulling into the driveway after what only felt like minutes. @nakachu

(Totally thought I responded to this.. turns out it was just the tupper post that suddenly got send from last night xD hahah woops!)

The whole time she just tried not to think about what she had seen, to not freak out about the speed at which Rowan had moved. About how there as dried blood all over Xaiden, yet there were no wounds. She sat there with his head on her lap as she gently brushed over his cheek and held his other hand into hers, not willing to let it go. “You will be okay… you hear me?” She said, the tears still trying to spill from her eyes as she sometimes wiped them away. Of course her little spell of ignorance was broken when Rowan started to once again shout at her. Her voice was so intimidating, so angry that she instantly found herself nodding towards her. “Yes.” She just answered quickly, letting her know she understood. “I just… I just want him to get better.” She said, almost starting to sob all over again. She didn’t know what she had found herself into, didn’t even notice the immense speed at which Rowan was driving them home. She felt the car stop and looked at the familiar house that was sitting there. The house she had wanted to leave so badly the day before. “What do we do with him? Why are we back here? Can I help..?” She rattled off her questions all at once, not even realizing she had been told only minutes before to not ask her questions. @shayshayrian

As Rowan exited the car, she pulled Xaiden’s door open and attempted to get him to sit up, which would allow her to pull him up and out of the car. She seemed to do so with ease even as the tall man staggered in her grasp. “Girl, come over and open the door!” She hoisted Xaiden enough for him to lazily walk on his own before they reached the door. If Ellie would open it, Rowan would use her speed to get Xaiden onto the couch while she vanished from the room in a blur. If Ellie didn’t make it to the door in time, Rowan would begrudgingly open it and mutter something about incompetence before executing the same actions.

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She reluctantly let Rowan pull him away from her, holding into his hand for as long as she could before he got pulled away completely. “Girl, come over and open the door!” She could hear Rowan shouting. She quickly scrambled from the car and went over to the front door to pull it open for her. She watched as Rowan would be before her one moment and the next second had vanishing, leaving only a gust of air to flow past Ellie’s hair to suggest what had just happened. “What the..” She said softly, mostly to herself. She looked around her before realizing they were probably inside. So she went inside and hurried towards the living room and saw them both sitting there. Xaiden didn’t look good at all, and she found her frowning with worry. “Why did we bring him here? He needs a doctor..” she said desperation in her voice. She knew Rowan had said traditional medicine wouldn’t help him, but how could she believe that? He was a goddamn human, of course it would! @shayshayrian

“We brought him here because we had to. You need to understand something.” Rowan made her way into the kitchen as quick as her normal legs would carry her, grabbing a vintage looking bottle from the fridge and returning. “If you’re going to be here, to be with him, you deserve to know.” She had hostility in her voice, if it all wasn’t for Ellie, even if she was currently taking it out on her. “Row-an… Leave her.. be… Ellie I—..” Xaiden was breathing heavily and just as he opened his mouth to speak again, his sister shouted. “NO! You drug her into this mess and how she needs to know! All because you couldn’t keep control of your vehicle!” Rowan uncorked the already loosened bottle and began slowly feeding the thick, red contents to her brother. Her dark eyes looked up at Ellie as she insisted she sit down. “Supernatural creatures exist in this world, Ellie.” Glad Xaiden had finally given her the girls name. “You humans aren’t alone and while I’m sure that doesn’t comfort you, you can trust us. We don’t kill for sport and only take what we need, when we need it.” It wasn’t exactly a lie. Sure, Rowan had had her fun in places like bars and nightclubs, but she never did kill any of them. She waited for Ellie to process the information before she continued. @nakachu

She was simply nailed to the ground as she watched everything unfold. Again Rowan dissappeared just to appear somewhere else at the same moment. She brought out a bottle that seemed to contain wine yet something seemed off. She could feel the frustration in her voice, yet didn’t know what to do with it. “I.. I don’t understand.” She just mumbled. Her eyes moving to Xaiden’s as he tried to speak but his sister already overruled him again. She watched as the bottle got uncorked and the liquid came out thick and heavy. It didn’t look like wine at all.. it was so much darker. Her mind suddenly remembering the glass she had sees the night before.. also filled with the same liquid. And once more it went back to Rowan as she spoke about what they were. Supernatural creatures. “But how.. I..” she stammered over her words. She wanted to call her a liar, but of course she wasn’t. She had seen it with her own eyes. How she had dragged him up, how she seemed to teleport around, how Xaiden had been covered in blood and yet didn’t seem to have a scratch. Something was going on, she just didn’t know what. She stumbled backwards until her back hit the wall behind her. She felt scared, but mostly because her brain could simply not piece together what she was seeing. “I don’t understand..” She just said in a soft voice as she watched how Rowan kept feeding the red liquid into him. @shayshayrian

Rowan watched the look of shock and disbelief cross Ellie’s face as she backed away from them. She took a deep breath and made sure Xaiden was still drinking. “Ellie… Xaiden should’ve died in that car wreck. No one should’ve survived that. But us.. we’re immortals.” Xaiden smacked at Rowan’s arms in vain, attempting to get her to stop. “Ellie… we’re vampires.” Rowan looked away from the girl down to Xaiden who was furious. His brows were furrowed together as he took a couple more draws from the bottle before pushing her off of him. It took everything he had not to fling her across the room for what she had said, but he didn’t want to scare Ellie anymore than she likely always was. He sat up on the couch and placed his head in his hands while his elbows rested on his knees. He didn’t know how to repair this, how to make her believe he would never hurt her and just when he thought he could, he let his head go for his eyes to meet hers only to be struck with how scared she was. He swallowed hard and opened his mouth, unsure of what to say. He turned to Rowan instead, knowing full well that she wasn’t concerned in the slightest. “Are you happy now?! Are you finally content now that you’ve ruined my life, again?! Just because HE is missing doesn’t mean you get to take your miserable existence out on me!” With that, he rose from the couch and made his way into the kitchen to try and cool off. As he stood, he seemed perfectly normal. Not a scratch, nor a limp was to be seen. Rowans face contorted in hurt as he stormed off, looking down at the floor for a few seconds until she brought her gaze back up to Ellie. “If you have any questions I’d be happy to help, but please don’t leave until you have all the information. This is my fault that you know and Xaiden didn’t deserve to be exposed like that, but you also deserve to know who you’re dating.” @nakachu

The word vampires came to her unprepared. Her eyes just going from Rowan to Xaiden and back again. She pushed herself even more against that wall before she could feel the tears forming in her eyes again. He was immortal.. How..? He had been so hurt.. She tried to piece things together in her brain. How he had been so reluctant to tell her about his past, how he always seemed to find the need to move around, how he made it sound like he didn’t want to but was forced. Even how he had tried to let her off the night before.. it must have been because of that right? The liquid in that bottle.. it was blood. Now that she knew she could see it clearly. Thick red blood and it was making him stronger, better. She jumped as Xaiden had his sudden outburst to Rowan not expecting it and then walked of like nothing had ever happened to him. Her eyes then going back to Rowan. She didn’t know what she needed to do in that moment. She wanted to run after him. To hug him, to kiss him, to tell him how scared she had been that he would die. But at the same time she was nailed to the ground in fear. “You’re dating..” she repeated in the softest whisper as she said it. She didn’t know why her brain picked up on just that bit of what she had said. She was dating him.. because she liked him, because she cared for him and liked him. Had that changed now? She didn’t even know what she needed to ask. “He won’t die anymore right..?” She asked unsure, it as the first question she wanted answered. “The blood it… it healed him?” She said, trying to understand what was happening as he eyes went back to the door h had stormed off in. @shayshayrian

Rowan felt a wave of relief at the simple fact Ellie hadn’t charged out the door and ran for her life. She visibly relaxed as she nodded to the girl. “He will be fine now. He likely hadn’t fed since before school. So, his body was weak anyway and then the wreck… Who knows exactly how long he had laid there and bled out as well. The wounds wouldn’t have been fatal unless something wooden pierced his heart, but he would’ve laid there in agony until someone found him.” She stood from the couch and extended an arm to the spot next to her. “Please, sit down. I can get you something to drink or eat and we can talk, but please you have no reason to be worried. No one in this house is going to hurt you.” Usually, this wasn’t Rowan. She wasn’t this accommodating, nor did she usually take an interest in Xaiden’s love life, but HE had been missing… She knew what it was like to lose the person you loved. All she could think about was him as she stared into Ellie’s eyes, thinking that if she hadn’t been a vampire that that may have been how she looked at him. Her expression was worried as she tried to comfort Ellie, attempting to do everything she could to settle her nerves. @nakachu

She once again just tried to settle down and understand what was being said to her. He had not fed since that morning.. did that mean he needed blood every single day? Where did they even get that? Her eyes went to the bottle, feeling a small gag reflex go off in the back of her throat. It just looked so unappetizing now that she knew what exactly was in there. “I don’t need a drink..” She found herself saying with her offer, even if she remembered that there was also tea and other drinks in the house. She ignored the offer to sit down on the couch, but did break away from the wall. Standing in the middle of the room, her arms wrapped around her as if that would somehow make her feel better. “Can I.. go see him?” She asked? Simply unsure because of how angry he had been. “He won’t hurt me right?” @shayshayrian

Rowan relaxed again as she collapsed onto the couch with a smile on her face. “Of course. He’s….” She listened for him, knowing he had been in the kitchen, but he sounded farther away now. Her eyes slowly travelled to Ellie before she cleared her throat. “He’s in his room, but he absolutely wouldn’t hurt you. Not if his life depended on it.” Her thoughts went back to her own lover as she spoke. All of that was true for them and while she wasn’t completely confident in Xaiden, she knew he had to have felt the same way. She gave Ellie a reassuring smile before putting her hands on her knees as if she was going to stand again. “Do you, want me to go with you?”

Xaiden had been pacing around his room since he left the living room. He could not believe Rowan had done what she had. How dare she expose his darkest secret, especially to someone so important to him. She didn’t know, but he did! He knew exactly how she would take it and while he could hear their faint conversation below, he knew he would hear the door when she inevitably decided to leave. Not able to take the waiting, he sat down on his bed hard, placing his head in his hands again as he shut all noise out for a moment. He was waiting for the door, the front door, to close with a slam and for her to walk out of his life forever. He wouldn’t blame her, but it didn’t stop his dead chest from aching. @nakachu

She looked up the stairs. Knowing how to get to his room. She had been there before.. even if her memories of that were very faint and incomplete. She looked back at Rowan one more time. “No.. I will go alone.” She said. She wanted to trust Xaiden. Wanted to believe that he was still the same guy she knew. She thought back on all the times he had planted those sweet and gentle kisses and bites on her neck.. the meaning of them suddenly taking such a turn. How could he be a vampire..? How could he even be alive. She climbed the stairs slowly, feeling anxious and nervous. Even if she wanted to trust him her whole body was shouting at her to run. She had seen things that day that shouldn’t be possible and when the impossible happened.. you ran far from it. Yet she wanted to see him.. hear him. Even if it was only to see that he was indeed alright and no longer half dead like he had been in the car. She rounded the corner, staying as quiet as she could as she saw him sitting on the bed. Her lips pressed together as she hesitated for a moment. “Hey..” she said, her voice small and vulnerable, her body still half hidden behind the door frame. Ready to bolt if she needed to. She just wasn’t that comfortable with the idea yet. @shayshayrian

He had been so focused on hearing the door that he hadn’t heard her footsteps up the stairs. At her voice, he jumped and stared at her in fear. She had come up to see him, knowing full well what he was and came alone. He took a deep breath and hung his head, staring at the floor in shame. “I’m sorry I.. didn’t tell you, Ellie.” He couldn’t bring himself to look at her. He only just then realized that he hadn’t changed his clothes either. The red, plaid flannel shirt had darker red spots and slices all throughout it and his black slacks were just as shredded. He knew he looked a mess and that wouldn’t help her image of him. He held his hands out in front of himself as he intertwined his fingers, waiting for her to say anything. @nakachu

She looked him over again. Seeing the disarray he was in. She remembered how long it had taken for Rowan to get to him and she had since learned that she was fast.. How far down that pit had he gone? How much had he been hurt and how long had he been in pain at the bottom of that ravine. She eyebrows knotted together. There was so much blood still on him, blood that had come from wounds that she had never even seen. She could feel the tears prickling in her eyes again. She knew Rowan was right, he should not have survived that. Nobody should have. If he had not been what he was.. he would have been gone. She looked back up at him, her tears dangerously close to overflowing her eyes. “I thought you died..” she said in a sad small voice. @shayshayrian

Xaiden could feel the same tears bubbling in his eyes as well as he stared at the floor. Her words hit him harder than he thought it would. He swallowed his emotions and spoke, but never let his eyes meet hers. “I did… a long, long time ago.” He knew how this ended. This was nothing new to him and he knew how frightened she must be on the inside. He kept his hands locked in front of him as he took a deep breath. “This is why I move around. This is why I don’t take a lunch at school. This…. This is why I had to leave you in your apartment after our first time… I was starting.. and I didn’t want to hurt you… So to protect you, I left.” He closed his eyes and let his tears fall as he awaited to hear her footfalls running down the stairs. @nakachu

She did’t run. Yes.. she was terrified. A part of her wanted to turn around, leave and just hide for the rest of her life. She would forever wonder if there were more, she would never feel safe again. Yet seeing him there.. crying.. it broke her heart. How could he be a monster if he was so emotional? He said he had left her that first time.. because he did not want to hurt her and she believed her. She took careful steps towards him, waiting every time between the steps to see if he did not move. Her hands were slightly shaking yet she was determined to get to him. Eventually she stood before him, close enough to where he could reach over and touch her. “I don’t want you to cry..” she said to him softly as she reached her hand over and touched his cheek gently. @shayshayrian

He could see her feet getting closer to him, but he didn’t move until she was right on top of him. His eyes slowly rose as her hand touched his cheek. His sharp blue eyes met her pale green ones and his brows furrowed together. He could sense her fear, feel her shake and see how one wrong move could send her careening down the stairs. “I don’t want you to be afraid.” He looked back down at the floor, keeping his hands together and himself seated. His teeth were clenching together harder the longer she stood there. He couldn’t bring himself to say anything, move or even look at her. She had reacted far better than the first time, but that was completely understandable. Words flooded his mind, but nothing came forth as he sat in silence, waiting to see what she would do next. @nakachu

“I don’t want you to be afraid.” Her eyebrows furrowed together as he looked away from her again. He knew she was scared. She had tried to hide it, but he simply knew. She didn’t know what to say to him either. She could say she was not scared.. but that would be a lie. She wanted to make him feel better, yet she didn’t know a way to do that at all. “I don’t want to be afraid either..” she eventually said as she wrapped her hands gently around his head and pulled him against her chest. “But.. It was just a lot at once..” she admitted as she felt her own tears again flooding her eyes. “How can I just go from believing you were like me, to knowing you are immortal.. and drink blood..” she said. She could not comprehend it in her brain at all. Everything just seemed so unreal. “I still feel like I am just going to wake up any moment.” @shayshayrian

As she pulled his head to her chest, he stopped breathing. He could feel her warmth against his cheek and when his hands wandered up her thighs to rest on her sides, he hadn’t realized it until he felt her muscles tighten. He felt horrible as she went on about what her thoughts were on the matter, but was overcome with happiness at the fact she was still trying to comfort him. He pulled her close to him and used his hands from behind her to separate her legs and sit her on his lap as he pressed his forehead to hers. “I understand and I’m so sorry I kept it from you. I honestly didn’t expect to stay here this long, but then one thing lead to another. I met this girl.” He used the back of his knuckles to stroke the side of her cheek as he stared into her eyes. “I’m the same person I was, I just have different eating habits and a longer life span.” He let out a choked chuckle as he wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. He could feel the tears bubble in his eyes as well at the mention of his lifespan. “This is why I tried to push you into considering someone your own age. I won’t age and while I wouldn’t care that you did, I can’t stay around here for twenty years and still look the same. I.. I will eventually have to leave.”

@nakachu

She let him embrace her even if she was still unsure how she felt. She would sit on his lap, but bend her back so her head was resting against his chest more then on his shoulder. The thought of his lips that close to her neck suddenly making her feel unsure and scared. “Would you have just left me behind?” She asked softly as she said that one thing let to another. She wondered if he had though about leaving, if that was why he had said the things he had the day before. She took in his scent, still the same scent he had always carried, nothing had tried there. When he mentioned that he didn’t age she pulled back and looked at him. She brought her hands up to his face and just let her fingers run around his face. From his forehead to his cheek and to his jawline. “Will you always look like this?” She asked. It felt so unreal. She would age, she would change how she looked every year, even if not much.. eventually she would grow old and wrinkled. But he would still be like this? She paused her finger as she got to his lips, her eyes staring at them. She had seen those lips so many times, even looked at them before. If he had fangs.. why had she never seen them? “Can I see them?” She suddenly asked, a small shudder in her voice as she looked up at him. @shayshayrian

‘Would you have just left me behind?’ Her question hit him harder than he thought it would. Would he? He would’ve had to.. He swallowed hard and let his eyes wander to hers just as her hands came up to touch his face. He opened his mouth slightly to speak, but was caught in her gaze. His hands pressed slightly deeper in her back as he resisted the urge to kiss her. At her next inquiry, he simply nodded. That was the biggest downfall with any human being had ever met. They would age and he would not, meaning they would die eventually; leaving him alone again. “I’ll looks like this until the day I die.” When she stopped at his lips, his eyes dipped to hers, but shot back up to her eyes as he let out a sharp exhale. ‘Can I see them?’ His brows furrowed in disgust, but at himself. He hated being seen for what he was, especially to humans would couldn’t comprehend. The first scenario to enter his mind was her jumping away from him and running off. He hung his head a bit, pulling his face from her grasp as he took a deep breath. “You don’t want to. It’s only going to reinforce how much of a monster I am.” He barred his teeth together as he attempted to hold back the tears again. She was trying and he could see that, but he also didn’t think she was ready to see what she asked for. @nakachu

She pulled back her hand as he told her no. It remained in the air between them for a bit until she let it land in between them. She frowned a bit as she considered what he had just said. How much of a monster I am. It almost hurt her for him to say that. She didn’t want him to see himself that way. She was just trying to understand him. Her eyes met him again as she spoke up softly. “You are not a monster..” she whispered at him. And even though she was scared and even though she still had the urge to run from him, she knew that to be true. If he was a monster he would have hurt her a long time ago. She wouldn’t sit here on his lap. He would have drank her dry the moment he had been dragged into that car. Because blood had been what he had needed. He hadn’t healed till Rowan gave it to him. Her hand unconciously moved to her neck, rubbing over the spot he had bitten her before, even if her actual mind didn’t remember it. @shayshayrian

“I am, Ellie.” He knew what he had done to her, both the drinking and the memory erasing. He knew if she knew she would never forgive him, but more importantly, she couldn’t trust him. He pushed their foreheads together again, letting their breath collide between the two of them for a moment before he leaned back and opened his eyes. “You deserve someone far better than me, Ellie. You’re an amazing woman, and I enjoy being around you, even if you disregard all the negative aspects of what I am, ask yourself if this is something you could live with.” He stared into her eyes, the sorrow presenting itself plainly in his. Sure, he was hurt, but he would get over it in time. He always had. But he needed to know she would be okay. “Please, don’t take my feelings into account. I’ll have plenty of time to mend any wounds, it’s you that needs to seek what you want in life.” He had loosened his fingers on her back, letting her know if she wanted to leave, she still could. He didn’t want to keep her there, especially if she wanted to leave. @nakachu

She found herself biting down on her lip as he pressed his forehead against hers. She heard his words and they just brought tears to her. She had thought she had found the person for her. She really had liked him.. perhaps even started to love him. Surely finding him crashed over the side of the road had awaken something in her that had told her to not let him go. Yet he was a vampire.. he drank blood, would never age and could never be in one place for a long time. Could she really be with him? He didn’t even seem to want her too.. he already believed they were doomed to fail. “Okay..” she just softly said to him, unsure what else to say. If he didn’t believe in them, she didn’t know how she could. She had needed him to tell her they would be okay, but he had not. She felt his fingers loosen around her and she got up from his lap, pulling her away from him. “I.. I will see you.” She said as she tried to not let him see the tear that fall on her cheek. She left the room and walked down the stairs only to find Rowan still in the living room. She almost had to remind herself that Rowan was the exact same thing as he was. If anything she had more prove of what she was then she had of what Xaiden was. She opened her mouth to speak, only to close it again. Her second attempt was more succesfull. “Could I ever be with him?” She asked through tears. “Or is this just doomed to fail?” @shayshayrian

He had asked her if she could live with it, asked her if she could live with him, and all she said was okay? He watched her leave him, barely turn back and walk out the door; her footfalls down the stairs echoing louder than anything he had ever heard in his life. His head fell in his hands as his fingers pulled at his hair. You idiot. You just let the best thing that’s happened to you in years, leave. Chase her! Go! In the blink of an eye, he vanished from the edge of the bed and stopped himself in the doorway, staring at the stairs. He could hear her downstairs with Rowan and while he knew he shouldn’t, he listened.

Rowan heard Ellie coming down the stairs and shot up from the couch to see her as she entered the room. She wiped her palms on her legs as Ellie questioned her. Knowing full well Xaiden could hear them if he wanted to, she looked up the stairs and then back at Ellie. “You… could. It would be difficult. A lot of moving and.. not being able to keep too many close friends… You would essentially be living the life we live with our deepest secret in your hands… But there is an alternative.” She crossed her arms and furrowed her brows, knowing the Xaiden wouldn’t like what she was about to say, but wanted the girl to have all her options. “You could… forget…” @nakachu

She looked up at Rowan. "Forget?" She asked, confusion on her face as she tried to figure our what Rowan meant. Was that something they could do as well? She only realised then how little she knew about them. About their lived and their abilities. Did she want to forget? Memories swirled inside her head. From the nightclub and from that time in the library, the lunch at the italian restaurant.. and she knew those were not memories she wished to forget. She wanted to keep them.. forever. "I don't want to forget.." she said then sobbing. "I just.. I just want this to be easier." She burried her face in her hands. "How do I just go back home and pretend this never happened?" She asked mostly herself. It was not even like she would tell the world about them, but she would forever wonder what else was out there, who else could be a monster in disguise.. "I don't know what to do Rowan.." @shayshayrian

Rowan’s eyes flicked to the stairs again before looking back at Ellie with a pained expression. “I’m afraid it can’t. If you want to be with him, it will be far from easy. If you stay human.” She muttered the last part under her breath, but quickly resumed talking. “You have to weigh your relationship with your life. Is being with a vampire something you would want, for the rest of your life? Moving, aging, and constantly being in danger by those who wish to kill him?” She paused for a moment, approaching the girl and wrapping her arms around her in a hug. She would hold her as long as the girl let her before releasing her and looking into her pale eyes. “I don’t have to make you forget everything. If you want, I can just remove this night and give you new memories. But if that’s the path you take… the new memories have to be ones that end this. If not, you’ll keep coming back and it will be an endless cycle.”

Xaiden listened from his bedroom doorway, his breathing picking up in pace as his hands splintered the wood under his grip. If he kept squeezing, it was going to snap, but he couldn’t seem to control his anger. There Rowan was again, sticking her nose where it didn’t belong. His chest heaved as she spoke and he anxiously awaited Ellie’s answer. @nakachu

Rowan seemed to be giving her the options that she had. She could forget everything.. she could forget a part of it and have her replace the memories with different things. She could run with them. Be a part of their world. Move with them. But she would age, she would grow old, while Xaiden would forever stay young, looking like a 28 year old. She didn’t know what to choose. She ran the whole conversation back in her head. Knowing she must have been missing parts of what had been said. Her eyes suddenly went big before she turned back to Rowan, staring her straight in the eyes. “What do you mean.. if you stay human?” She suddenly asked, her lip almost trembling as she spoke those words. Why had she danced over that so quickly? @shayshayrian

Rowan’s fingers squeezed at her own biceps as Ellie questioned her words. Her dark eyes flashed up to the stairs where she knew her brother was waiting and back down to Ellie. There was likely a reason that it had never come up before, besides the fact that she didn’t know what they really were. Xaiden likely didn’t want her to be like them and if that was the case, he probably had had full intentions on up and leaving her when they decided enough was enough of their current location. Rowan stared at Ellie as the seconds ticked by… one… two… And then, in the blink of an eye, there stood Xaiden, directly next to Ellie, with only the shift in the still air to alert either that he had moved so quickly.

’If you stay human?’ Xaiden’s piercing blue eyes went wide at the words. He vanished from his perch between his doorframe and came to a halt directly next to Ellie as the created breeze rushed into the room. He was staring daggers into Rowan’s knowing eyes, taking one step to be closer to her than Ellie was. “Absolutely not, Rowan Drake. You know better than that! She deserves the life we didn’t get to live. We can’t just go turning any human that glances at us! She deserves a normal life.” He drew a hand back to point directly at Ellie while still facing Rowan. “I won’t let you turn her. Even if she wants you to. This is no life to live and I’ll be damned if I let someone willingly choose this for themselves.” He righted his posture, having been leaning slightly into Rowan’s proximity as he lectured her. They were still a few feet apart, but that didn’t stop him from metaphorically looming over her as he spoke. His dark brows were furrowed and his tone indicated this was a serious conversation that he had little to zero leeway for. @nakachu

She had barely asked the question before she felt the rush of wind and the silhouette of Xaiden appearing before her. She stumbled back, almost falling over if there had not been a wall there to catch her. Once again she was astonished by the mere existence of them, of what they were. They moved to fast for her to process where they came for. They had not even really showed her what else they could do. She heard his voice bouldering through the room as he lectured Rowan. She flinched as the finger pointed in her direction, her heart pounding in her chest. Yet his words triggered something in her and she couldn’t keep her mouth shut any longer. “Well it is a bit late for that isn’t it!” She suddenly shouted at him, drawing his attention to her. “Don’t you think it is my turn to decide what I want?!” It was the first time he would see her angry, would see her taking a stance for herself. “This whole time you have been decided what I can handle, what I should do and what would be right for me!” She shouted at him. “Well I am done!” She crossed her arms in front of her and brought them to her side again in an angry movement to support her voice. If he would let her, she would make way to the front door, her feet stomping hard against the flooring as she walked. Rowan had told her her option, yet she had decided to take none. How was she supposed to make a choice if all she felt inside of her was confusion. @shayshayrian

The sharp pang of her voice behind him sent him rigid. His teeth barred and his eye twitched as he stared at Rowan. He couldn’t tell if he was more upset at Ellie for her words or Rowan for even suggesting the idea. He would eventually take his hate-filled eyes off his sister to look at Ellie. She was angry and he could understand that.* “Ellie, this is the first time you have experienced something like this, so I understand your reaction, but this isn’t the first time I have. I’m not making these decisions because I know what’s best for you, I’m making them because I want what’s best for you.” At the moment, he noticed Rowan standing by the front door. He had missed her sudden movement, but he was too honed in on Ellie to pay too much attention. “I want you to have a normal human life. I want you to experience all the trivial human experiences because you deserve to. Life on the run is no life at all.”

Rowan’s chest aches for Xaiden and her face showed it, even if he was staring at her menacingly. When he turned to look at Ellie, she did the same. As soon as the girl made motion to leave, Rowan darted to the door to hold it in place. She wouldn’t be allowed to leave until she made a decision. They couldn’t allow her to leave knowing what she did. “What if… you stay here tonight and sleep on it? This is a big decision, but I’m afraid we can’t allow you to leave until you pick one.” Her dark eyes were filled with sympathy, but she white palm on the door made it clear she was not one to negotiate.

@nakachu

Her eyes stayed angry for a while longer as he talked to her. He didn't understand.. surely he claimed to but how could he? All this time she had believed him to just be normal. Sure he was mysterious at times, but there had been nothing about him that shouted he was a monster.. Besides that she had gone from believing he was dead, to believing he was in the very least dying to now knowing that the only reason he lived was because he had drank blood. It was to much, all of it. That had not changed. She turned her attention to the door and saw Rowan standing there. Her eyebrows sank into a more depressive stand as she realized she was not allowed to leave.. trapped like a prey. The tears instantly came back to her face. She barely even heard Rowans suggestion. What was she supposed to do...? Suddenly she just turned towards the couch slowly and sat herself down on it. Hugging her knees to her chest and burrying her face into it. Accepting her predicament but obviously not happy about it. "I don't understand what you want from me..." she sobbed softly. "If you didn't want this for me... then why were you even with me in the first place.." @shayshayrian

Xaiden let out a breath he didn’t know he was holding once Ellie had left his sight. He turned to look at Rowan with a contorted scowl before following Ellie into the living room. He sat on the coffee table in front of her and held his hands together, fingers intertwined, in front of him as he hung his head. His emotions were broiling inside of him, but he refused to take them out on her. It wasn’t her fault and if anyone was going to hear his distress tonight, it was going to be his sister. His heart broke in half as she asked her question and sobbed before him. “You’re right. I should’ve kept my distance and there’s no excuse for what I did. I just want you to be happy. I want you to leave this house with confidence in your decision and whatever that is, I will respect it.” His had to stop to breathe for a moment as to not choke on his own words. His crystal eyes met the floor and after a few deep breaths, he returned his gaze to her. “I know the heartache you feel right now is crippling, but we can make that go away. You won’t remember a thing and we will be gone before you wake. Tomorrow could be just another day at school if that’s what you wish.” He wanted to touch her, to comfort her, but as he leaned forward, he realized that was probably not the best of ideas. He sat back and took another breath before continuing. “I know I can’t right my wrongs, but please just let me know how I can help.”

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She hugged her knees even closer to her body as he once again offered to make her forget. She didn't want to forget.. it was the only thing she knew for sure about this. Her memories with Xaiden.. they were mostly happy ones. Sure he had made her feel abandoned when he left after the first time they had sex.. and perhaps she had felt unwanted when he seemed to avoid being with her after. But a part of her understood now. But other then that she had fun with him. He was witty and smart and beautiful.. she had never felt like that around anyone and she didn't know if she could after him. "I don't want to forget." She said, her voice hoarse from crying and screaming. She looked up from her knees to him and found his eyes. Hers flooded with tears that were so desperate to flow down her cheeks. She had so many questions.. but which were the ones she wanted to ask him? "Did you ever want to.." she stopped half way, not even sure how to word it. "Drink me..?" Was the best way she found. "How many are there..?" Was another question on her mind.. there was a small pause before she asked the other question that was on her mind. "What happens if you don't drink...?" @shayshayrian

Her questions froze him in front of her as he knew the answers, but all to well knew her reaction. He licked his lips and looked to the ceiling as he closed his crystal eyes. Running a hand through his thick hair, he answered her first question without looking at her; instead, choosing the floor as his recipient. “You’re.. enticing. Human blood is all we can drink to stay alive, but some… some blood is sweeter than others. It’s also…” He cleared his throat as he caught sight of Rowan still watching their conversation. “Can you… unexist…” It was clear that he was flustered and after his command to Rowan, he buried his face in his hands. He didn’t want to experience her reactions again, but she did deserve to know. He heard Rowan’s heels exit the doorway and when he looked up, he saw her disappear up the stairs. With a deep breath, he turned to Ellie, locking her eyes with his. “It’s like… a drug. When you’re… emotionally involved.. with someone, it’s more intense; almost like drinking ecstasy.” He stopped his explanation there and moved onto her next question, letting his eyes move to her facial features. “I’m not sure how many of us exist. I’d say a few thousand, however, I’ve only met a handful in my long life. As for what happens if we don’t drink, we desecate. Our bodies shrivel from the lack of life and essentially mummify. We won’t exactly… die, if this happens, but we won’t be able to move, talk or be alive until we consume more blood. The only way to kill a vampire is wood to the heart or decapitation.” He realized he was feeding her more information than was necessary, but he knew that if she left that house, she wouldn’t remember a bit of it anyway.

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She kept her eyes on him as he talked to her, peeking over those knees that she had cuddled so tightly to her chest. Her eyes moved to Rowan when he asked her to leave and then back. She listened to what he said. How her blood was enticing to him. The way he described it made it sound like only had he been tempted to drink from her.. it had been on his mind a lot. It made her feel scared for sure, but it also somehow made he feel warm inside. Knowing he wanted her like that.. it seemed almost like a compliment. The other two questions had her looking to the floor. A couple thousand.. so not a lot. She was not likely to know more of them. And to know he would basically stop existing if he didn’t drink any blood.. that seemed horrifying. There were more questions in her mind that she wanted to ask. How did they get the blood they drank? How often did they erase memories to stay hidden? How long would she be stuck here if she could not choose? But instead she slowly uncurled herself from that couch and walked over to him. She was careful, slow steps that made her look like a scared animal that could just back at any movement. But eventually she reached him and she gently pressed his back against the back of the chair. By then her heart was pounding in her chest, fear gripping at her. She kept her eyes on his, her breath coming out in short burst that were so short of going into hyperventilating. She was scared.. terrified. But if she didn’t do this now she might not ever dare to do it again. “Don’t move..” she said to him as she moved herself into his lap. If at any point he would move she would once again remind him that she did not want him to. She bend forward to him and then placed her ear in the center of his chest. She could hear the beating his heart softly against her ear and somehow that took part of her fear away. His heart was beating… just like hers. It took a couple of minutes before she straightened herself again and this time focused on his

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face. Her breath hitched in her throat as she softly traced his face with her hand. It was the same face that it had been before, nothing had changed.. Her fingers stopped when it reached his lips, slightly trembling. She lifted his lip up gently at one side of his face, trying to find his fangs. @shayshayrian

As she rose from the couch, he froze. His eyes watched her walk towards him with that scared look in her eyes; filling him with dread. Was she going to run? If she did, he may as well just erase her memory and send her off. That thought punched his heart in his chest until he heard her words. ’Don’t move.’ He went as far as to stop breathing as she climbed on top of him. His fingers dug into the arm of the chair he had been resting in and his chest threatened to heave in excitement with her so close to him again. He closed his eyes as she pressed her head to his chest, taking in her warmth and almost losing himself. His hand lifted from the chair to feel the heat from her leg, but as he neared, he remembered her request. If he couldn’t control himself now, she wouldn’t be able to trust him in the future. The future. He swallowed hard as he thought of what their future could entail, only opening his eyes when he felt her fingers against his lips and her curious look. The familiar smirk creased the corners of his mouth as his bright eyes found hers again. They flicked up to the ceiling before he closed them again, letting his fangs jut out from their hidden cove above his normal ones. It was almost like a sharp sheath of bone that covered the other tooth, making his fangs sharper and longer for skin breaking purposes. His brows furrowed the longer she examined them, feeling more vulnerable than he ever had. She was so close that he could smell her perfume, her natural sweetness and her blood all in one. His fingers dug in harder as he fought his urge to grab her, kiss her and show her exactly what she meant to him. @nakachu

She couldn’t help the sharp gasp that happened when she saw his fangs for the first time. Her trembling became worse for just a small moment and she had to make a fist for a moment to stop it before she could get back to it. She examined them with curiosity, almost going as far as to touch them but deciding against it. That is what he used to drink from people.. to break their skin, invade their veins. She couldn’t help but wonder what it felt like. Would it hurt? Would it kill her? It was only then that she realized she was considering it.. Why? She let his lip fall back over his fangs and stared at the space that was between their chests. She took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down. Her fear had settled somehow, the worst it having left her. It was still Xaiden.. even if he was a vampire, he was still the same person she had been with. Yet the questions she had wanted to ask turned into different ones. Ones that involved what it would be like if he drank from her. “Does it hurt?” She asked as she looked up back into his eyes. “When you drink from me?” She added to it to clarify her thoughts. “Would it make me one of you? How often do you need to drink?” @shayshayrian

He felt her tense and then relax, hearing those breaths between them louder now that she was trying to contain herself. When her hands left his lips, he let his fangs retract as his eyes slowly opened to see her questioning herself. Her features were almost twisted as she mulled something over in her mind and then, the words came out. He swallowed hard as he practically began salivating at the thought, remembering all too well a time she had long forgotten; a time when he did drink from her. He pulled his lower lip between his teeth as he answered her, not having to spend too much time thinking about it.* “The initial bite itself does. It… sort of feels like two needles piercing your skin.” As he spoke, he slowly and gently raised a hand from the arm of the couch to run the back of his fingers against her thigh. As their skin connected, he watched her eyes and moved extremely slow; letting his fingers gently caress her flesh as he spoke. “The pull of blood though, that feels like this.” He pressed the back of his fingers against her leg just ever so slightly, enough to show her that that was the feeling her was referring to. “This, only on every nerve inside of your body. The harder you’re drained,” He let his hand leave her leg for a moment as he turned it over to lay his palm against her, slowly squeezing and pulling her a little harder against him. “… the harder the pressure.” He let his other hand leave the arm of the chair as well, using them both to grope at her thighs at an annoying slow speed. His lips had gravitated towards hers, but still left a few inches between them as he didn’t want to scare her away. His breathing had become deeper and quicker as his eyes left hers for a moment to admire her form once again. Then, all at once, he stopped. He released her thighs and leaned back against the chair as he let out a huff and stared at her. “As far as turning you though, no. Turning is more… complex. Frequency, however, is not. When we start t

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o feel weak, we have to feed. For some that’s four to five times a day, for others it’s one big meal a day. The more often we do it though, the stronger we are.” @nakachu

The moment he started to talk about how the bite felt she could feel her breath turning heavy in her chest. She didn’t keep to her rule that he was not allowed to move. They were past that. Even if her eyes still followed his hands as they did. As he placed those hands on her thighs and made her feel what he was explaining her breath became quickened for another reason. She could slowly feel her body heat up. It remembered the times they had had sex together, the way he had caressed her body then, how he had been gentle, how he had made her feel comfortable. And the he stopped. His hands back on the armrests where they had been before. She looked back up at him. His breathing the same deepness as hers. His lips mere inches away from hers. She leaned in to him, being pulled in by him unconciously. She only stopped when their lips were just barely touching and her hands were now resting on his chest. She had barely even caught the last parts of what he said, about how often they needed to feed. “I want to feel it..” she said, her voice a mere whisper. She wanted to know what it was like. Wanted to know what it felt like as he used her to live. @shayshayrian

His lips slightly parted as hers came closer, wanting to move against hers with a ferocity that would even heat up his own flesh. Her words rang out in his mind, shackling his hands to the arm rests as he remembered what he made her forget. “Ellie.. I..” He let his breath slowly collide with hers as his felt heavier with each passing second. He wanted to take her again right then and there, but if she ever turned he knew she would remember. She would remember a time when he couldn’t stop and out of self-preservation, made her forget. “There’s… something I need to…” His hands had come off the chair involuntarily, slowly grabbing at her thighs again. Everything about her felt like it was calling to him, begging him to do what he wanted. He pulled her body against his, leaving no space between them as their chins touched. Their breath hit each other’s lips hard as his eyes bore into hers with their sleepy expression. “There’s something you need to know.” It came out as a whisper as he gently moved her head around, letting his lips barely touch hers before moving to her cheek to place a gentle kiss. He had to tell her. She deserves to know, but every part of him was screaming for her. His hands drug up her legs to grasp at her rear, solidifying her body to his while his lust-filled fingertips dug into her skin with need. @nakachu

She could tell he was feeling the same thing she was. That strange heat that was building between them. Even in this strange and weird situation, they wanted each other. It had felt so right between them.. even at that first time. It had only been lately that they had felt weird and off. Ever since she had been at his house the night before.. She wondered what happened. Her memory still fuzzy and strange. But as he was trying to tell her he needed to say something all she could concentrate on was the feeling of their bodies touching, his breath against her lips. The way his lips found her cheek and his fingers dug into the back of her. She couldn’t help but arch against him, her body naturally responding to what he was offering her. Before he could say what he felt he needed to tell her she crashed into him. Her lips finding his as she searched for entry into his mouth. Her arms wrapped around his neck and pulled him in closer. Her hips pushing into him as she rubbed herself against him. She didn’t know how she had gone from terrified to wanting him, but it had happened. @shayshayrian

He felt her grinding against him and her breathing quicken as he spoke. He knew he should’ve pushed her away, put more space between them, but he couldn’t. As her lips slammed into his, he let his exhale growl against her lips as his opened; his tongue searching for hers while his arms slid up her frame to pull her chest against him. A hand found it’s way up her neck and into her hair, taking a firm handful as he used it to guide their kiss. The bulge beneath her grew harder with each passing moment while his other hand fell down her side to grope at anything he could. His eyes never opened and his action never halted as he broke their kiss for a moment. “Ellie.” His panted whisper rushed against her lips as his hips writhed under her. The thought of protest was as far away from his forefront thoughts as it could be as his eyes flitted open. “Are you sure?” His grip on her never loosened, instead reveling in the ecstasy of her skin. @nakachu

His answer was what she had needed. That confirmation that nothing that happened between them in those last hours had changed him. He had almost died, he had told her that he was a vampire.. yet his body felt the same, his mouth tasted the same and his need for her was still the same as well. As she could feel that bulge growing underneath her the heat between her legs only grew and the moaned softly against his lips. The hand in her hair a strange but welcome feeling. "Ellie, are you sure?" He asked her as he broke their kiss just a small bit. She looked back into his eyes, hers filled with a strange hunger for him. She nodded, her cheeks slightly flushed. "I want to know what it is like.." she said in the same panted whisper he had given her. "To really be with you.." @shayshayrian

His lust for her rampaged through his mind and muscle-memory as he auctioned his lips back onto hers. His own moans were low and hungry against her lips while his hands retreated to grab just underneath her, lifting her with him as he rose off the chair. The bedroom was so far away and while it was private and gave them the luxury of not being walked in on, he didn’t care. He laid her back against the couch, maneuvering himself between her legs as he stripped off his torn jacket. His eyes burned for her and just quick as he had moved her, he dove back onto her; connecting their lips and letting his exhales out in eager huffs. He ran his hands down her sides, pulling at the waistline of her pants as he kissed her hard. Her skin felt like a heated blanket against him while her desperate pulls and tugs made him all the more aggressive in his actions. His lips departed from hers to place needy kisses down her neck while his hands finally relieved her legs of her clothes. The blood that cycled beneath his tongue made his head start to ache as it pounded louder and louder in his mind. After her jeans, he went to work on his own pants buttons, allowing her to work on his shirt if she saw fit. His fingers plucked them apart quickly and found her hips again, pressing her back down into the couch whether she was finished with his shirt or not. He wanted every inch of her, but just in case this was the last time, he wanted her to feel as much pleasure as she possibly could. @nakachu

His strength never failed to amaze her. Even now as he easily lifted her out of that chair without even showing the smallest sign of needing to try. But then again.. he was a supernatural being, a vampire. It made sense now that he was like that. He placed her down on the couch and in that moment she didn’t even care that it wasn’t his bedroom. It almost reminded her of the first time they had been together. Perhaps it had been just as explosive as this on as well. She had not meant to be with him then and she had not meant to do it now. Yet here they were. His hands were instantly over her body, to her waist, tugging at her pants to get them off her. She was just as hungry, just as heated. Her hands soon found his shirt and started to pull it up. Her hands roamed over those muscles that were on his stomach. They felt just the same.. just like Xaiden. As he pulled down her jeans his lips found her neck and her mind was struggling how to deal with it. On one side her back arched underneath him, pushing her chest against him, a surge of heat finding it’s way all the way to her core. But on the other she was reminded of those razor sharp fangs that she had seen below his lips just moments before. Did she really want him to bite her? To drink from her vein? She believed she did.. so why had his lips finding her hips made her nervous for just a moment? She brushed it from her mind, concentrating back on him. Even with the small moment of nervousness the heat in her body was starting to become unbearable. She wanted to feel him on her, wanted him to touch her.. Her face had already started to get flushed from her him undressing her. She finally managed to open up his shirt and impatiently pushed it off his shoulders to release his chest for her. As he as already working on his pants she moved to her own shirt as well, removing his lips from her neck for just a moment as she forced it past her head. @shayshayrian

Her haphazard hands running across his torso sent electric sparks through every nerve she touched, causing his grip on her hips to tighten. Her warm, delicate skin against her neck was an euphoric sensation he never thought he would feel again and now, he wanted to savory every moment like it was their last. As she pushed him away to peel her own shirt off, he slid off the rest of his clothing and pressed himself against her. With palms on either side of her chest on the couch, he slowly lowered his lips to hers and whispered against them. “Come here, Babygirl.” He picked her up and sat up on his knees, bringing her onto his lap with his arms wrapped around her. He stared up into her eyes, admiring every shade of green as a hand brushed the hair away from her face. His breathing had evened out, though the rest of his body showed no signs of calming down. “Tell me when to stop.” Those words twisted his chest at the remembrance of the last time he had said them, but he kept his gaze steady and waited for her agreement. When she did, he gently rocked his hips against her and let out a shuttered breath before easing his throbbing shaft inside her. His fingertips dug into her back and his lips magnetically found hers as his hands dragged down either side of her spine to grab ahold of her hips. With each precise thrust, his low grunts became harder and longer. The pressure in his gums and the headache that had started to form was begging him to feed, begging him to pierce her flesh and satiate his symptoms, but he held out; choosing instead to focus on the feeling of her soaked, warm sex encompassing his own. He broke their kiss and gasped for air as the need to plunge into her faster overtook him. “Hhhuu.. Fuck, Ellie…” *He laid her down again hard as his hips began to thrust deeper and more aggressively into her as he connected his lips to her chest. His tongue traced over the flawless skin between her breasts and eventually came to wrap around her nipple w

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hile his hands massaged her.* While it wasn’t the case at all, it felt like they had the house to themselves. No one existed aside from the two of them and with her in his hands, he didn’t have a need for anything or anyone else. @nakachu

She was just as excited about this as he was. Her usual shy manners had somehow found itself almost completely switched off as their clothes went up in the air and hit the floor besides them. His hands on her felt like heaven.. the need in him even better. She had thought she had lost him when they had found him nearly breathing down that slope, and perhaps again when she had been told the truth about them. To be here with him.. doing this. She couldn’t help but feel grateful that he was doing this to her. She let him guide her to his lap and could feel that hardened shaft underneath her. Her cheeks turned a light shade of pink in the anticipation as their lips hovered so close to each other. His scent was in her nose and she loved his smell, always had. “Tell me when to stop.” He said to her, his beautiful ice blue eyes never leaving hers as he said it. She nodded in responds. It seemed that it was all he had needed as she felt him push himself inside her, a deep moan leaving her as he easily glided into her wet heat. Her moans soon got muffled by their kisses, her arms finding it’s way around him, grabbing into his hair and her nails digging into his shoulder as he pushed her into him with every thrust that he made. He changed up the pace soon again, his heated words letting her know that he was feeling just as good as she was. She started to move her hips along with him, only intensifying those already deep hits into her. “Hmm.. Don’t stop… please don’t stop..” she begged him as his tongue found her nipple. Her voice carried louder then it probably should, but she was so lost into him. Letting her body absorb everything that he had to offer her, a small pressure already building inside her stomach. How could she not want him? Not love him? Their connection felt so special so strong, and not just in a sex kind off way. @shayshayrian

With the wiggle of her hips and her voice ringing out through the room, Xaiden’s speed and intensity picked up. His hips pounded into her and his lips sucked harder until he heard the pitch in her voice get higher. Releasing her chest from his grasp, he grabbed her hips, thrusted deeply and ran a hand through her hair to gently pull her head to the side. A knot formed in his stomach as bare neck was exposed. He brought his lips to her jawline and slowly traced them down to her carotid, continuing those slow, but penetrative thrusts. With almost a click, his fans ejected rapidly and throbbed to be inside her. Her warmth and reactions were orgasmic on their own, but after giving her neck a few light kisses and slowly sinking his teeth into her veins, his next moan came loud low and hungry. His tongue traced over the holes his teeth had created as he sucked her essence out of her. Her floral scent mixed with the sweet tang of her blood instantly eased the suffering his delay had caused. He ran a hand under head and pulled her against him, still thrusting his hips with a slightly faster pace. He drew more and more until his mind was clouded in ecstasy and her tightening muscles threatened to drain him completely. No matter her reaction, he would remove his lips from her wound and regrettably retract his teeth back into his gums; the only blood remaining on the forefront of his teeth and tongue. His moans were full of desperation as he hilted her faster, placing a few more kisses on her collarbone. If she caught sight of his eyes, they were still a bright blue, but they were almost glassy now; a complete euphoria taking them over. @nakachu

She felt him reach up to her hair and grabbing a good fist full of it. He could easily control her head as he moved her head to the side, she didn’t resist him. It wasn’t till his lips placed kisses down her neck that she felt the smallest bit of fear grip at her heart. Was he going to bite her..? Would she like it..? The click that ejected his fangs was noticeable even to her and for just a moment she felt like she needed to tell him to stop. But the his teeth sank into hr and she was already to late. A soft yelp left her at that initial feeling, the pain of the two fangs baring into her skin. But the pain was only there for mere moments. And then it happened.. as he started to make those draws of blood out of her she could feel her nerve endings coming alive. A strange heat mixed with cold like the tiniest droplets of water were hitting her skin. The pressure he had described was there as well. It started in her neck, where his teeth had pierced her, but slowly it was making it’s way down into her core. As the pressure reached her sex she couldn’t help but curve her back underneath her. If she had thought it had felt good before, she had not been ready for what was happening now. Her hand gripped into his hair, pressing him against her neck more. The orgasm building inside her was like nothing that she had ever felt before, it was mind-numbing. Nothing existed anymore in that moment except for the pleasure that was so deep inside of her. She barely even noticed it as he retracted his teeth and pulled away from her. Her body was in that same ecstasy that his was and as he kept pumping into her she squirmed underneath him. “Fuck.. I’m gonna.. Xaiden!” She tried to announce her orgasm but before she could even get it out she was pulled over that edge, moaning his name. Her nails dug into his skull and shoulder as he back arched and her head was thrown back. It was like nothing she had ever felt before. @shayshayrian

As she climaxed, her grip on him had tightened. He struggled to move any part of him without also lifting a part of her, but he didn’t care. His body was a rampage of lust and need and as his name pierced the air around them, he collided his hips to hers once more; releasing everything he had inside of her. His breath was ragged and shaky as he rested atop her frame, sliding his hand out of her hair and dragging them both down her sides. He could feel her twitch beneath him as his own organ twitched and pulsed inside of her, sending shockwaves through his body. He produced a few more small thrusts, making sure to hit every extra stimulated spot he could before he pushed inside of her and stayed there. His arms quivered as he pushed himself off of her and hovered, looking down into a set of green eyes that seemed nearly as drunk as his. He was surprised at how strong she had been, not only from a fear aspect, but physically. She held her own and still managed to flex and pull at every part of him. He found himself lost in her eyes for a moment as he lowered his lips to hers and gently kissed her. His hands lovingly caressed her thighs and wandered back up to her torso when he felt something wet. He broke their kiss to look next to her, seeing the small trails of blood leaving two small puncture holes on her neck. He tipped his head back for a moment and ejected his fangs again, pressing his thumb against one enough to break the skin. A small bubble of blood formed and with a click, his fangs had disappeared again. Looking down at Ellie, he held his thumb near her lips as his drunken eyes caressed her features. “Suck. Trust me.” He gently pressed his thumb to her lips, waiting for them to open and his blood to enter her system. If she cooperated, her wounds would heal up in an instant, leaving only small trails of blood against her flawless skin and no pain at all; not even a scar.

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The orgasm almost shattered her apart. Like her body had fallen apart and needed to take it’s time to put itself back together. She was in utter bliss as he found himself releasing inside of her at the same time. As she came down from it she fall against him in utter exhaustion. Her breath was coming in quick and deep pants. Her body almost shaking against him. She was not quite taking in what was happening around her, her brain not yet able to comprehend that was happening around her. Yet when his lips found hers, she kissed him back happily. Even as he pressed his thumb against her and told her to suck she did not question him. She took his thumb in her mouth, sucking o it gently. She tasted something metallic but didn’t question it. The slight pain that had remained in her neck suddenly ebbed way, even if she had not even noticed it was there. It was only after that she slowly started to come to the world and realized what had happened. He had bitten her and drank her blood.. and she had liked it.. she wasn’t sure if that realization made her feel better or worse about everything. She leaned back a bit and looked at Xaidens eyes. He seemed in pure bliss himself, his eyes just as drunk as hers had been just moments ago. As her mind started to work again, so many questions flowed through her. Even as they were still connected and very much naked she couldn’t help herself. “How did I taste..?” She asked, somehow it was the first question on her mind that made sense. @shayshayrian

He had closed his eyes as she took his thumb in his mouth, feeling another shot of pleasure from her actions. When he saw the wound heal, he gently withdrew his digit and watched as the pen-prick on it healed in seconds. He wanted to collapse. It wasn’t exhaustion that took him, but a feeling of falling through the fluffiest clouds or floating in the calmest of waters. Instead, he pushed himself up and straightened his arms on either side of her, immediately feeling the absence of her warmth. At her question, he smirked and lowered his lips back to hers; keeping them the smallest fraction apart. “Perfect.” He whispered, kissing her again, but letting her tongue glide across hers this time. A small moan of contentment left him as he pulled away from her, grabbing his shirt that had fallen between them and the couch in their lustful encounter. Pulling himself out of her, he quickly placed the shirt between her legs to catch anything that he was no longer holding in and stood. The euphoria had settled into satiated as he grabbed his underwear and jeans, sliding them back on as he looked towards the stairwell. Rowan hadn’t made any sort of appearance and he was thankful for that. When he was adequately clothed, albeit unbuttoned, he sat down next to her, grabbing the clothes of hers that were a little out of her reach. “Are you okay?” He leaned his torso over hers and brushed the hair from the edges of her face, only partially noticing the small blood stain on the couch next to her neck. Her dark hair in that section was darker now, absorbing some of the blood that had leaked out afterwards. @nakachu

She couldn’t help but smile when he said that she had tasted perfect. She didn’t know why it made her so happy, she just knew that if he had not found her tasty she would have been utterly miserable. He kissed her again and she happily accepted his tongue into her mouth. As he pulled out of her she groaned in an almost annoyed way. She could have laid there forever, with him inside her, lost in pure bliss. But now that he was pulling out and pressed his shirt against her core to catch the leaking juices she found reality caving on all around her again. She took the shirt from him and wiped herself off as she watched him get dress, getting one finally look of his body before he hid it away from her again. She herself was to exhausted to attempt to move. “Are you okay?” He asked her and she quickly nodded. Even if she could not quite put her mind about all that had happened she knew in that moment she felt good and calm. As he offered her her clothes she straightened with a groan, her body spend from the sex between them and at least put on her underwear and a shirt. “So.. what now?” She asked as she looked up at him again, the moment of careless sex having passed between them. Even if he had now drank from her, it didn’t mean she could simply walk out that house with everything she knew. Even she was not dumb enough to say that. “I don’t want to forget you..” she said, swallowing away tears once more but refusing to let them fall. “So what do we do?” @shayshayrian

He let any hardened expressions he donned melt away into ones of comfort as he ran the back of his fingers down her cheek and scooted closer, dropping his hand to rest at her hip. His bright eyes stared into hers with nothing but love, everything else: the worry, the skepticism, the annoyance, all of it gone. Over the course of a few months, he had fallen in love with the girl and something told him she loved him too. He pressed his forehead to hers and blinked a little longer than a blink should last. “Ellie.” He pulled her to his chest and hugged her tightly, breathing in the scent of her hair and the feeling that pulsed through his body when she wrapped her arms around him. He memorized her warmth, her need and her trust, committing it to a memory that had never forgotten a single face. “I don’t want this life for you and I know you know that.” While an eternity with her forever would be something he could never grow tired of, he didn’t want her to go through the trials of vampirism; especially the first decade. He didn’t want to watch her struggle to find and consume blood or watch her kill her first innocent. All of it was too much for someone as kind and young as her. He squeezed her against his chest and shushed any protest she had while he nuzzled his head into her neck. “I love you, Ellie Hayes.” With gentle ease, he kissed her neck where he had bit her, even though there was no mark left behind at all. As he straightened his back and gave her that familiar smirk, he held her head in his hand as he spoke. “But you can’t remember me.” With that, his eyes dilated and held hers hostage, fixing her into a trance that would ultimately rewrite her memory. As her eyes went stoic and her expressions rested into a deadpan stare, his own eyes welled with tears. The whites of his eyes slowly turned red and his face strained to hold it all back, even as he heard the faint click of heels near the room. “Before school started, we broke up. As a teacher

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, I couldn’t be with a student. I left after the first few weeks of school due to family needing help in another state. We ended civilly and you understood more than you thought you would, but we haven’t seen each other since.” He blinked his tears away and continued. “Tonight is Rowan’s last night in town and you girls went out to the club. You tripped on your way here and hit your head, stubbornly taking a nap that Rowan couldn’t stop you from taking.” As he finished his sentence, he used his vampiric speed to rush up the stairs, claiming his shirt and jacket in the process and essentially disappearing before her eyes. As Ellie blinked her trance away, that was the reality she remembered as she sat in the DrAccic living room.

Rowan heard the entire compelling and had tears in her eyes herself. She knew how much time the two had been spending together and admired that Xaiden had the strength to do what he did. She half expected to come down to see a new vampire in their home and she was prepared to tell him what an idiot he was. She quickly wiped her tears and waltzed into the living room with a smile on her face. “Well well well! Look who is awake. You’re lucky you don’t have a concussion. A few more hours and we have been on our way to the hospital.” She chastised the woman on the couch as she stood in the hallway that connected to the living room. Her arms were crossed in front of her and she had a faintly annoyed smile on her face. “Come on. Let’s get you a shower because, Jesus. You look rough.”

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The way that he hugged her and the emotion in his voice as he spoke her name made her unable to hold back her tears. She put her arms around him as well, even though there was no strength behind them. “I don’t want this life for you and I know you know that.” He said. She took in a shaking breath as he said that. “You don’t get to decide that for me..” she said. “I want a say in this.. I don’t want to be without you.” She said in a desperate manner, her hands now shaking as she tried to talk through the tears. “I let you bite me! Doesn’t that prove I am okay with this?!” She said, her voice only growing more desperate as she talked. “I love you, Ellie Hayes.” He leaned in to kiss her neck, the exact spot he had bitten her. Even if the wound was gone the remembered the feeling, the intensity of it.. the connection that had been between them in that moment and it only made her shake more. “But you can’t remember me.” Her eyes went wide. “No.. No! Xaiden! Don…” It was too late, before she could look away he had already captured her eyes and she could no longer look away. As her memories faded from her mind she was screaming internally until even that inner voice didn’t remember what it was screaming about. The memories left her, making her go limp in his arms, replaced with new ones. Once he was done and made him disappear she simply fall into the couch cushions as her mind tried to come to terms with what happened. The next thing she became aware of were Rowans heels ticking against the floor. She looked up from the couch as if she was drunk, her vision spinning before her. “Well well well! Look who is awake. You’r lucky you don’t have a concussion. A few more hours and we have been on our way to the hospital.” Her voice rang from her. That’s right.. she had tripped. She moved a hand to her head, yet she didn’t find a bump or even a painful spot on her skull, strange.. “A shower sounds good.” She admitted and tried to lift herself from the couch only

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to find her legs were like jelly, she instantly slumped to the ground. She looked at herself in confusion. Why did her legs feel so wobbly? More importantly.. why was she sore between her legs..? She tried again to get up and this time she was a little bit more succesfull in her attempt. “Have you heard anything from Xaiden? I hope everything is alright with your family.. it sounded serious.” @shayshayrian

Xaiden’s blur came to rest in his room; a panting, wounded figure that was visibly shaking. He stared at the floor in shock and betrayal as he ran his fingers through his hair. He had done it again, erased the poor girls memory and left her with falsehoods that were far from the truth. He paced from one end of his room to the other, fighting the urge to release his hurt and anger. The tears finally fell now that he was alone and as he heard Ellie’s voice from downstairs, he walked to the door and slowly closed it; locking it from the inside with a faint click. It’s for the best… She needs to forget. He pressed his forehead to the thick wooden door and closed his eyes. If he could’ve left out the front door, he would’ve. He needed to be as far away as possible, but this would have to do for now.

Rowan’s brows furrowed, showing her slightly broken heart for a moment before crossing her arms and leaning against the archway. “He… had to stay longer than expected. He is good though.” She tried to reassure her, but she had no idea exactly how much had been wiped from her mind. Carefully making her way over, she helped Ellie up and escorted her through the house, up the stairs and to the communal bathroom that rested near the top of the landing. “I don’t know when he’ll back. If he’ll be back.” Her dark eyes landed on his door and slowly moved back to Ellie. “Maybe it’s best to… let go of any expectations?” She ran a hand up and down the girls back and she ushered her into the bathroom. “I’ll raid my closest for some clothes and you can stay here if you want or I can take you home. It’s up to you, love.”

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Ellie caught the weird look on Rowan’s face as she asked after her brother. For a moment she frowned. Had to stay longer? She wondered what was going on. Mostly she just hoped that Xaiden was alright. Even if they had parted ways, she knew she still cared about him. She let the woman help her to her feet and was once again surprise by how heavy her body felt to her. Like she had ran a marathon… strange. Rowan helped her to the the bathroom. She heard her words and frowned again. “I know.. But..” she wrapped her arms around herself. “Surely just because we broke up it doesn’t mean I can’t be his friend? I just want to know if he is alright..” she said, she considered texting him. She still had his number, she somehow knew that for sure. She turned towards the mirror only for shock to appear on her face. There was blood on her, a small streak of it going from her neck down to her collarbone and towards her chest as well as a dark patch in her hair that was matted together as it had dried. “Rowan..?” She called back as he fingers once again searched her head for a sore spot and now also for an open wound. If Rowan came back she turned to her slowly with a worried look on her face. “Have I been bleeding? I can’t find a wound..” @shayshayrian

Rowan turned to see her searching her head and neck for a source of the bleeding, but finding nothing. She donned a curious, but worried expression as she walked over to her to help investigate. “Hmm. That’s odd, I know you hit your head and started bleeding, but I don’t see anything either. Maybe it was just a small cut that caused it. You have been out for a bit. OH. There it is.” Rowan used her nail to slice a small cut on Ellie’s scalp and immediately pressed her finger against it. “Did you feel that?” She chuckled, knowing the girl absolutely felt it. “I found some blood and pushed. It’s small though, you’ll be fine.” She gave the girl a comforting smile and exited the bathroom, stopping just outside the door. “Get cleaned up, okay? Maybe you should stay at your place tonight. Just to be safe?” She left the room and disappeared behind her own door, letting out a deep breath before a secession of rapid inhales. Her blood had smelled so enticing, but the seriousness of the situation allowed her to quell her urges after a few moments. She made her way to her own bathroom, washed her hands and proceeded to find clothing that would fit the girl.

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“Ouch!” She complained as the nick was made in her skull. “Damn.. light touch Rowan..” she almost hissed at the woman. She shook her head as she left and then brought her hands to that same spot. Yup.. there it was, the source of her bleeding. She sighed then and turned on the hot water in that bathroom. It felt strange to be here, unnatural even though she couldn’t pinpoint why. “Yeah maybe..” The hot spray greeted her, her skin almost jumping at the contact before she relaxed into it. She focused herself first to clean out the blood, using her hands to try and detangle the hair where it had dried up in. The blood made the water coming of her look slightly pink and she was surprised by how much it was. Once she succeeded she turned to the rack with bathing products and her brought caught in her chest. Xaidens stuff was still there.. it was not strange that it was, he was probably going to come back at some point, yet she had not been ready to see it there. She popped the cap on the body wash and smelled it. God it smelled like him. She felt like a pervert, but she didn’t care. She put the stuff in her hands and washed herself with it, bathing in that scent. Once she rinsed it off and washed her hair as well she stepped out and towel dried herself off. She put her wrist to her nose and smelled it, yep.. still smelled like him. She then wrapped it around herself to go look for Rowan. “Did you find me something?” @shayshayrian

Quickly grabbing a pair of black sweatpants and a yellow tank top, she made her way out of her room and nearly collided with Ellie. She stopped suddenly and let out a small gasp as she backed herself back into her lavish room. The scent of Xaiden’s minty body wash wafted through the air and made her crinkle a nose for a moment. Of course she recognized it instantly, but what made her expression fade was thinking about how much Ellie seemed to miss him. It broke her heart to know what she did, but it couldn’t be helped. “God, Ellie. You scared the shit me.” She handed her the clothes and smiled wryly at her. “I’ll be downstairs whenever you’re ready. Then we can get you home.” She clacked her way out of the room and closed the door behind her, leaning against it once it was closed. She stared down the hall at Xaiden’s door and clenched her teeth. How could he let this go this far. She pushed herself off the door and made her way for the stairs, rolling her eyes at having to clean up another one of his messes. Once downstairs, she went about cleaning the blood off the couch and making sure there was no remnants of Xaiden before Ellie reappeared.

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She jumped just as much as Rowan did. Not that she didn’t expect Rowan there, but the jump she made had her scaring in unison. Like needing to throw up when someone else did. She chuckled nervously. “Sorry! Didn’t mean too..” she apologized as she took the clothes Rowan offered her and walked back to the same bathroom to put them on. She combed out her wet hair one more time with her fingers and then placed the towel into the laundry basket. As she went out into the hallway she found herself stopping. Her head turned towards Xaidens bedroom. And she walked to few steps that would take her there. She looked at the massive door and palmed the wood. She sighed deeply. She wanted to go in there, to see his stuff, see his bed where they had been intimate together. But she knew better then to invade his privacy. After a few seconds she forced herself away and towards the stair case. Once she came down she looked at Rowan. The woman seemed so out of it tonight, like something was going on. But Ellie could not quite pin it down. “Hey uhm.. Sorry I ruined our night out.” She apologized. “I know you were looking forward to it.” @shayshayrian

Losing himself for a moment in the vivid flashbacks of their time together, a familiar scent crept from under the door. He took a slow, steady inhale as he smell his own body wash mixed with her natural scent so close on the other side of the door…. All he had to do was open it. Unlock it, scoop her up in his arms and kiss her, but no. He needed this break this time. He needed it to be for good or they would never get anywhere. She couldn’t be with him and he didn’t want her to be, not with what he was. He imagined her pressing her forehead to the wood as well and silently shook his shoulders as he let an ounce of his sorrow out. This was the closest he would be to her for a long time and he took in everything he could. She smelled like him, her hair was wet and he could only be angry at the door for feeling how soft her skin was against it. Not moving a muscle, he waited to hear her footsteps fade away before he moved from the door to sit on his bed; waiting for the click of the front door.

Rowan had did her best with the couch and hide a few of Xaiden’s clothing in the laundry room before Ellie came down the stairs. When she did, Rowan was just coming back into the living room and waved a dismiss hand at her words. “Don’t worry about it. You didn’t ruin anything. I had a wonderful night.” She looked around for her purse and took a few steps for the front door. “Are you ready?” If she was, she would open the front door and allow Ellie to walk ahead of her, closing the door behind them. @nakachu

She looked around herself. What did she bring with her? Did she bring anything? For some reason she could not remember anymore. She blamed the hit with her head. As Rowan opened the door it dawned on her. A coat, she must have brought a coat. She took it from a hanger and again paused as she saw Xaidens also hanging close to hers. So many memories of him in that house, like he had never left it. “Okay.. ready.” She said, forcing a smile. She followed Rowan outside and sat down in the car. She looked for Xaidens car, but it was not there. She took a deep breath. She picked her phone from her pocket and looked through her messages absentmindedly. “Where were you going again?” She suddenly said to Rowan. “I know you are leaving tomorrow.. but I can’t remember why.” @shayshayrian

Once the door closed, he collapsed on his bed and stared at the ceiling. His eyes dulled as he lost himself in daydreams and flashbacks until he heard the rumbling of the car start. He thought about moving to the window to watch them leave, but he couldn’t risk being seen. Instead, he closed his eyes and ran through the plethora of favors he owed Rowan upon her return.

She shut the door and locked it behind her as she made her way to her car. The night had been a clusterfuck and a half, but at least it was over now. She lowered herself into her car and let out a sigh as she situated herself, moving her long curls out of her face and starting the vehicle. Ellie’s question came as a bit of a surprise as she hadn’t remembered telling her anything about leaving. Xaiden and his big fucking mouth. “I don’t think I said? Or maybe I did. My memory isn’t the best these days.” She looked behind her as she backed away from the garage and started to drive down the long driveway. “I have family that live a few states over that I need to check on. Xaiden and I haven’t been there in a long time and with him across the country at another relatives place, I told him I would go check up on our aunts. I’m just glad our parents had money. We definitely wouldn’t be able to afford all these trips if they hadn’t.” She looked over at Ellie and could tell something was off. She was a smart girl and Rowan had no doubt about it. “Are you okay, El?” @nakachu

“I see.. more relatives.” She said, not een sure why that piece of information had made her voice drop and her eyes sink even deeper to the floor. Then it came.. the question that broke her apart. “Are you okay, El?” Out of nowhere she found herself unable to hold back. The tears just started to fall down her face and no matter how much she tried to will them to stop, they did not. It was like her world shattered around her, yet she had no idea why it did. Her body was one big tangle of confusion and feelings that she could not place. “Fuck.. Ugh.. I’m sorry..” she sobbed as she tried to wipe the tears away, but anytime she did new ones simply replaced them. “I don’t even know why I am crying..” she admitted as embarrassed chuckles mixed in with the sobs. “I just feel like nothing makes sense.. at all. I feel lost and I don’t even know why. It is not like something happened.. Sure Xaiden and I broke up but that was weeks ago and it was fine..” @shayshayrian

Rowan’s grip tightened on the steering wheel as she pulled out of the driveway and onto the highway. She avoided looking at the girl at all and tried to keep her eyes on the road, but she couldn’t help but remember a time she was human as well. It was a much duller time in her opinion, but she did know what Ellie was going through. “It’s okay, El. Maybe it was just seeing all his things there, you know? You haven’t been to the house since your break up. Those kind of feelings are bound to happen.” The smell of Xaiden’s body wash was overpowering in such a small space, causing Rowan to cough occasionally. If it wouldn’t have been for him, she likely wouldn’t have such an aversion to it, but it was her brother. It smelled like her brother was beside her and after everything that happened, that angered her. She rolled down the window and tried to let the cool night breeze calm her down as Ellie went on. @nakachu

“I..I don’t know..” she continued to sob. God she felt so utterly lost in that moment. Almost convinced that she would never be right again. Her mind unconsciously moved to the spot what he had bit her, holding her palm against it even if she did not understood why. “God.. I’m a fucking mess.” She said then, feeling like she was just putting a weird on Rowan when she didn’t even know how heavy it was. “Maybe I just need to go home and sleep..” she said then as she forced herself to calm down, the cold air that came through that window helped. She was so tired in that moment. Her body so spend and it still felt strange to her. “Just get me home..” @shayshayrian

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One Month Later

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She felt cold from her very core as she left the doctor’s office. The paper in her hands shaking along with the rest of her. She knew she should not book it right home, that she should take her time to process what she had just been told, but she couldn’t stand to be in that desinfectans smelling room any longer. She took her coat and wrestled herself into it and rushed her way home. She regretted walking, had thought that it would calm her nerves on the way there and then she could walk out happy peppy. Because there was no fucking way this was actually happening, impossible even. Yes the proof was right in her hand. After she finally reached the house, she barged inside and booked it for her room. Arianna’s eyes found hers and went after her. “Don’t..” she instantly shouted at her friend, but Arianna had no message at that and followed her into her room anyway. Ellie let herself fall down into the sheets, her arms spread wide and tears threatening to fall down. “And?” Arianna asked, worry thick in her voice. “They confirmed it.. I’m pregnant.” She said, her voice a mere whisper from the big block in her throat. “Fuck..” Arianna said and brought her hand to Ellie’s leg to rub over it in support. “They said it is about a month old along..” she said in a deep shakey sigh. Out of nowhere she forced herself up, her sadness making way for frustration. “It doesn’t make sense Ari! I have not been with anyone! The last person I was with was Xaiden and that was weeks before that!” She shouted out, clearly failing to understand what was going on. “I told you that is not true! You claim you guys were broken up for weeks, but I swear you guys were all happy and peppy just a few days before that.” Arianna protested. It had been a talk they had had often. Ellie clearly remembered they had broken up, while Arianna swore on her life that they had been together still just days before the saw either Rowan or Xaiden last. Even claimed she had told her she had gone to see

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Xaiden that night, not Rowan. “Fuck..” Ellie said out again. She kicked her friend out of the room, not wanting to deal with it and locked herself in. She tried to find any logical explanation for how a baby was inside of her. She went through all her memories of those past weeks, some more clear then others, some more detailed then others. “A month ago.. a month ago..” she whispered to herself. She had gone to Rowan’s.. she had banged her head while she tripped and after that.. Her eyes suddenly widened. There was a black hole after that and once she had woken up she had felt sore between her legs. She remembered that. Her heart rate quickened and she launched for her phone. I need to talk to you She texted to Rowan. @shayshayrian

It had been a month or more since Ellie had left the DrAccic manor. One month since Rowan returned home to find her brother nearly catatonic as he searched his mind for the right answers. That place rapidly festered into a constant reminder of the life he had had, causing him to quit his job and leave town for more than just an alibi. Rowan had stayed behind, tying up lose enough and packing their things to find a new place to stay for the foreseeable future when her phone vibrated in her Jean pocket. With a start, she withdrew her phone and noticed a text from a number she didn’t have saved. It read: I need to talk to you. She scoffed at the message, having received countless texts similar in the past and tucked the phone away. She finished packing the overloaded suitcase, zipped it up and looked around with a huff. Almost done. She made her way passed the living room couch and happened to catch a darkened spot that hadn’t been there until about a month ago. The text itches at her brain again, but surely it couldn’t have been. She pulled out her phone and stared at the letters for a few moments before finally texting back. I’m home. If it was Ellie, she would show up. If it was anyone else, they would likely show up to an abandoned building somewhere and if that was the case, she didn’t want to see them anyway. @nakachu

She laid in her bed for what seemed like forever, staring down at her phone. She had a pillow pressed tightly against her stomach, still unsure about all the feelings that were going on through her body. The doctor had told her to take the time to make a decision, but for Ellie one thing was more important.. finding out how it could have possibly happened to begin with. Finally her phone vibrated and she looked at the message that was send back. Good.. she knew where their home was. Could find that damn thing easily.. the times she had driven back there just to turn around once more. On my way. She gathered he stuff and tossed the little pamphlet about pregnancy into her bed and walked back into the hallway. Arianna looked up instantly. “No, shut it.” Ellie warned her instantly. “Can I borrow your car?” She asked right after. Arianna was about to complain and argue when she saw the look on Ellie’s face. “Yeah.. key is on the hook.” She said. “Thank you.” Ellie said, forcing a smile before she grabbed the key and her jacket and went outside to the car. She drove the way down to the place they lived. Like always her eyes lingered on a place guardrail had been badly bend, but quickly refocused on the road. As she pulled out and into the long driveway to the property she could feel her stomach turning in on her. She had been sick often lately, it was one of the reasons she had gotten herself checked out. Now she knew why.. She stopped the car and hung herself out the window, but she managed to keep it down. “ugh.. great.” She mumbled to herself. She parked the car and got out, walking up to the front door and knocking. @shayshayrian

Rowan had gone back to packing and cleaning until the place almost looked completely empty. The bookshelves were empty, the clothes were all packed away and the kitchen was completely devoid of dishes. It almost looked like a showroom house that was for sale. The vampire admired her work and wiped the sweat from her brow when she heard a knock on the door. Great. It had been Ellie on the phone and as she strode towards the door, she made a mental note to save that number. She pulled open the thick wooden door and gave Ellie a much happier smile than she wanted to, greeting her pleasantly. She prepared herself for the girl to be sniffing around for Xaiden and if that was the case, she was not going to like the answer Rowan gave her. “Hello, love. What brings you around today?” Rowan stood in front of her in jeans and a dirty t-shirt that likely hadn’t started out that way. Her long, black curls were tossed up in a bun and her makeup was nearly non-existent. @nakachu

As Rowan opened the door Ellie could feel the nerves rolling through her like a bullet train. How was she even going to come and ask the question that she was about to ask? Ooh hi Rowan! Yeah, just wondering! When I was out cold that one time, anyone possibly raped me? Yeah.. surely that would go great. She forced a smile on her face. “Can I come in?” She asked, her body one big ball of tension and nerves. If Rowan let her she would walk in and see all their things packed away in boxes. The house looked nothing like the last time she had seen it. It felt empty and cold. Sadness gripped at her heart to think that they were really leaving forever. But now was not the time for that. “I uhm..” she tried to start it. “You remember about a month ago? When we were about to go out for the night and tripped and hit my head?” She asked Rowan, her eyes finding her and looking at her with an intense worry. “Were you with me the whole time I was out? Did anything happen during that?” @shayshayrian

At the request to come in Rowan stepped aside, closing the door and crossing her arms afterwards. As Ellie passed her she rolled those dark, chocolate eyes, but she replaced it immediately with a look of feigned happiness. It wasn’t that she disliked Ellie, but she was hoping to put the miserable town in her review and Ellie was putting that plan on hold. She let out a sigh and listened to her story finding it odd at first, but she couldn’t blame the girl for not remembering. “Yeah, we were together the whole time. I just got you home and let you sleep, against my better judgement I might add. Why?” @nakachu

She didn’t know if that answer made her happy or miserable. It was good that Rowan said she had been with her, but on the other side what had happened still remained a mystery. She wrapped her arms around her, her face one big ball of confusion and frustration. “Are you sure?” She asked, but instantly decided that Rowan would no lie it her. She sighed deep and looked at the ground. “After that happened.. I felt like..” she took a deep breath. “I felt like someone had been inside of me, like sex. I didn’t think much of it because I had not been anywhere like that, figured it was my brain playing tricks.” She paused again. Then finally she looked up at Rowan. “I am pregnant Rowan.. the pregnancy is a month old and I.. I can’t remember being together with anyone.. Xaiden was my last and even we had been broken up for a good bit..” @shayshayrian

Rowan’s eyes started to glaze over as Ellie spoke, feeling like the girl was wasting her time reminiscing about the past. She had things to do and she would be damned if she was going to stand there and… Her eyes widened and her jaw fell slightly open. She had an inkling her and Xaiden had been together that night, but he was a vampire and it was impossible. She stared at Ellie in complete disbelief as she tried to piece everything together. There was no conceivable way an undead vampire could create life. It was there curse and she knew that better than anyone. Was it possible that only undead females couldn’t carry a child? The thoughts raced through her mind as she slowly withdrew her phone. “Are you sure you haven’t been with anyone else? Even a one night stand?” She pulled up a contact labeled ‘X’ and typed the letters: SOS before putting the phone back into her pocket; all while never talking her eyes off Ellie. Her shock was slowly turning to hurt and anger as her eyes flicked back and forth from the girl to her stomach. If she was pregnant with Xaiden’s child, then that meant she didn’t have much longer to live. Her body could only create so much blood and for a brand new fetus that is already dependent, six humans likely wouldn’t be enough blood to sustain it. She crossed her arms and tried to think of possible solutions before her irritation became too much. “I… need a drink.” She disappeared from the room and made her way to the kitchen, cussing upon entering at having packed all their necessities away already. @nakachu

The change in Rowans face did nothing to comfort Ellie. If anything it only made her panic more. So did something happen? Was she remembering something about that night that Ellie could not? She could feel hear heart racing in her chest, something that lately had made her feel faint anytime it happened. “Are you sure you haven’t been with anyone else? Even a one night stand?” Rowan asked and she almost felt offended by it. But that feeling quickly faded as it had been a question she had asked herself so much over the last week. “I have not..” she said. Even if her memories from around that time seemed all weird and jumbled she was sure she had not. She had not gone to any clubs, had not been out of the home for a night. Besides.. she wasn’t the type. She had never felt like she had wanted to do it. Xaiden had been the one person who had seemed to be the exception. “I am sure. I have been going over this for a week now in my head and me being here.. it is the only moment I can think off.” She watched Rowan pull out her phone, yet her eyes never left Ellie’s. When she said she needed a drink and ran off Ellie couldn’t help but feel like there was something Rowan knew that she didn’t. She was acting way stranger then she should. She could just say she did not know, instead she was freaking out. Ellie quickly followed after her. “If you know more about that evening I need to know!” She shouted after Rowan, though her voice was more desperate then angry. @shayshayrian

Rowan turned on the sink and lowered her lips to the clear stream, taking long drags from the pouring water. With each passing second her anger started to take over her logical mind and she was starting to care less and less that Ellie need not know what happened that night. Over a century of depriving herself from a family and it was possible. Was it possible for her? It was possible for Ellie. She turned to look at the woman and quickly looked away, turning the knob on the sink to shut it off. “I… Ellie I don’t know. I wasn’t watching you the entire time.” She clenched her fists on the counter and stared at the marble top in front of her, biting her lip and forcing the angry tears to stay in her eyes. A family was all she had ever wanted and now, her ungrateful brother was going to have that luxury; her luxury. @nakachu

She moment she said those words she couldn’t help but feel her knees getting weak underneath her. So had something happened? Judging by Rowans reaction she herself was struggling with something as well, but she couldn’t put everything together. It just seemed like such a goddamn jumble.. “Could anything have happened when you didn’t..?” She asked, almost not daring to ask the question. “I only remember making my way down and then nothing.. could someone even have gotten close to me? I just..” she held on to the side of the wall. “I need to figure out what happened..” @shayshayrian

Instead of feeling the same sympathy for Ellie as she had month before, now every word out of her mouth felt pointed and directly against her. After Ellie finished Rowan slammed a clenched fist down on the table and spun around to face her. “NO! I wasn’t with you every second! I didn’t see what happened to you, but I have a pretty fucking good idea. Is that what you want? Do you really want to remember everything?! Because I can bring all those memories crashing down on you so hard you won’t remember which way is up.” She stared at the woman who a heated anger she had never seen from the vampire. Her eyes were nearly black and the sharpness of her features made her look… dangerous. “You should probably leave. I’ll text you when to come back, but right now. I think it’s best if you just leave.” Half way through her suggestion she lowered her gaze to the floor and started to slowly turn back around. She couldn’t look at Ellie at the moment, not that it was exactly her fault. @nakachu

The sudden burst of anger took her by complete surprise, her breath catching in her throat. She took a step back as if the very force of Rowans voice had pushed her backwards. Her hand reached for her lower stomach as if an internal instinct already made her need to protect the fetus inside her. She felt her heart pumping for a complete different reason now, her fear spiking and nailing her right in the chest. It was only when the eye contact was lifted that she felt like she could freely move her body again. She didn't realize what she had done wrong. What had happened? Tears stung her eyes and as Rowan suggested she leave, she knew that was her only option. She ran for the front door without saying another word, scrambling to get to the car, almost tripping along the way. She got herself inside and locked all the doors as she caught her breath. She huddled herself up to a ball, her sob coming hard. What the hell was happening? She felt so lost and confused. Between not knowing who the father the was to the baby inside her, not even knowing that she had sex with anyone and the anger that Rowan had just showed her she just didn't know what to do anymore. I'll text you when to come back, but right now. I think it's beat if you just leave. Yeah.. maybe. Did that mean Rowan at least had not mean to abandone her fully? Did it mean she knew more then she wanted to say. She stayed for another ten minutes, her eyes never leaving that front door as she calmed herself down. Then she pulled out and made way for her house with Arianna. @shayshayrian

Several Hours Later

As soon as she heard the front door closed, Rowan slammed her fist into the counter again, this time sending a small crack into its center. Her hands ran up to her hair and grabbed handfuls of the toes up curls; attempting to do anything to keep her hands occupied. She paced about the kitchen and pulled out her phone. There was nothing from Xaiden, but it had said he read it. It would be some time before he managed to get there, but before then, she had to try and settle down. The woman skulked the hallways, taking deep breaths and trying to avoid breaking anything that came too close to her. She walked from the base of the staircase, down into the living room. Back and forth. For hours. — It wasn’t until a low rumble came barreling down the driveway and skidded to a stop in front of the garage that Rowan felt any sort of relief. She was happy she had someone to vent out her frustrations to, but the anger and betrayal was still whole in her heart. As Xaiden exited the car and ran towards the front door, Rowan met him in the living room just as the door swung open and a breathless, ragged looking vampire stood in the door way. “Rowan?… I… I came as soon as I could… What is it?” His harsh exhales broke apart his sentences as his bright eyes frantically searched the room for an intruder, or worse, a corpse. It wasn’t until he was satisfied with his search that he stopped and saw Rowan. Her eyes were bloodshot and she also had a breathlessness to her. His brows curved from Protective to worry as he gripped her shoulders. “She’s pregnant.” @nakachu

She had raced home, ignoring the traffic laws. She felt out of place, angry, sad, frustrated, depressed. Just everything at once. Coming home was almost worse as Arianna was once again waiting for her. The friend was worried and she had every reason to be, but Ellie did not want to deal with that right now. She locked herself into her room once again and let more tears flow as she felt her lower stomach. Nothing had changed, she was still flat, nothing showing. Yet everything had changed. She had to make decisions.. and without even knowing how it came to exist she didn't know if she was ready for it. At least she didn't believe in god or else she might have convinced herself she was bloody fucking mary. Eventually she picked up her phone. In all the franticness her mind had gone to Xaiden. If he had been the father.. she had weighted all the options, looked up to the day when they had been intimate, but it was not him.. could not be.. She looked through their messages, her chest tight with memories of him. Even now she still missed him. But.. what? She frowned her eyebrows. Looking at the date of the last messages they send it had been way after they broke up.. she had believed she had had no contact with him at all after. She had never looked at it before because she had wanted to forget him. But this just didn't make sense.. She was losing her mind.. how many gaps were in her memory? Maybe she did have sex with someone else..? Oooh god.. she felt disgusted with herself. @shayshayrian

Xaiden stared at Rowan in confusion. Had she lost her mind? Who was she talking about? He squeezed her shoulders and pulled her against his chest. “I’m sorry, love. Who?” It wasn’t until she pressed her hands firmly against his chest and shoved him backwards that he had the complete wrong idea. He would have been a little annoyed at the fact that she made him drive all the way back to the last place he wanted to be, again, just because a friend of hers was pregnant. However, it was done now and he was there. His brows furrowed as he threw his hands out to the side. “What?! Fucking talk to me, Rowe!” He took a single step forward before she uttered the words that froze him in place. He didn’t move a muscle has he stared at her, barely breathing and sharpening those crystal eyes on hers.

“IT’S ELLIE!” She shouted at him as he started for her again. When he stopped moving, her face contorted into a sob that was core deep as her hands covered her face for a moment. She inhaled shakily and continued, shaking her hands out to the side as she paced in front of him. “She stopped by a few hours ago. Said the doctor told her she’s a month along and she did the math and has no idea who the father is…” She ceased her panic long enough to him with hate in her voice. “Because it was YOU! When you compelled her! HOW DID YOU DO IT, XAIDEN?!” She closed the distance between the two and shoved him back towards the door, almost sending him through it. “TELL ME WHAT YOU DID, ACCIC!” She threw herself against him, sobbing violently while he managed to restrain her arms and hold her against him. Her arms wrapped around him as she cried into his chest, hateful and jealous of the opportunity that he had managed to stumble into. All the while, he had too many questions. Was she sure? Was Ellie showing yet? How was it possible? Had she been with someone else? She had to be! His mind tumbled through all the possibilities while he held his sobbing sister and reached into his pocket to pull out his phone. He found Ellie in his contacts and sent her a message as he stood in the open doorway with Rowan. We need to talk. I’m home.

@nakachu

Somehow she had not expected the text to come so early.. and even less that it came from Xaiden. Why from Xaiden? He had nothing to do with this.. right? He couldn't have... With her nerves in her chest she had skipped out on food and borrowed her roommates car once more. While driving she could feel her stomach in her throat. A big block of nothing that would not let her breath. It was aweful. All posibilities were running through her mind, but non seemed right or correct. She pulled up to that same house, remembering Rowans rage at her. She reached for the chair beside her. This time she had brought the papers. The ones fhat stated her possible day on conception as well as the proof that she was indeed pregnant. She didn't know why she had. She walked up to the house and noticed Xaidens car. It made her feel weak in her knees. She stood before that door for probably a minute before finally she dared to knock. @shayshayrian

After he had texted Ellie, lead Rowan to the living room; closing the front door behind them. As he went to lower her onto the couch, she squirmed away from him and started pacing again, staring at a darkened spot on the couch and shivering. Xaiden’s eyes found it and let out a deep sigh. His hands rubbed at his face and ran through his hair as he stared at Rowan’s feet, trying to comprehend what she had told him. “Well, she had to have been with someone else.” “No.” “Fuck, Rowan, how do you…” “BECAUSE I KNOW.” She had stopped pacing long enough to yell at him before continuing. Not wanting to argue with a hormonal, baby crazy vampire, he continued theorizing. “I don’t understand how sh…” “I don’t fucking know, Xaiden. Why weren’t you careful?! What? You think you can just go and die and NEVER have any consequences again?!” Her attitude was starting to get the better of him and he had about had enough. “YES!” He brought his eyes up from the floor and stared at her pained face. “THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT, ROWAN!” Then, the house fell silent. Xaiden’s leg bounced up and down while Rowan paced the carpet raw in front of them until the both heard a light knock at the door. They had no idea how much time had went by, but they both looked at each other and froze.

“Come in.” Rowan called, unable to leave her spot to answer the door. If Ellie were to walk in, she would continue to stare at Xaiden until the girl made it a couple steps into the room before dismissing herself. “I… I’ll let you two talk.” She marched out of the room and into the kitchen, turning on the kitchen sink again. @nakachu

She heard Rowans voice from the other side and couldn't help but notice the raw edge of emotions that was still there. She hesitated a moment but then stepped in. As she did her eyes fell on Xaiden instantly. In her mind she had not seen him for almost two months and just the sight of him made her heart ache. His tall musculair frame.. his dark hair.. those intense but beautiful eyes. She instantly fell in love with him all over again. Rowan walked off and for once she was glad the girl had dismissed herself, but at the same time it made that room feel so empty and heavy.. she wrapped her arms around herself, the papers folded and half scrunched up between his tight fist. "Hey.." she said softly, a voice that hardly carried. She had to clear her throat, swallow away the lump. "Did she.. tell you?" She asked. She wasn't even sure why she was here with him now. But there was nothing else this could be about. Even if she knew that from everyone it could be.. it wouldn't be from him. Surely he was the one thing she would have never forgotten. @shayshayrian

As Rowan walked away, Xaiden closed his eyes and wiped at his face. He didn’t know what to do, how to fix it or what to say. He stood from the couch and turned towards Ellie, staring at the floor and not making eye contact once. ”Did she… tell you?” He shut his eyes tight again, crossing his arms across his chest and taking a deep breath. “Yeah. She told me…. Ellie…” He looked up at the ceiling and then at her stomach, feeling a twinge in his gut as he did so, but not finding the strength to look in her eyes. It had been a long time since he had seen her and all he wanted to do was hold and kiss her. “Have you… been with anyone else?” He knew she likely hadn’t, but he had to ask. There was no logical explanation otherwise and that was more than enough to terrify him. @nakachu

"Have you... been with anyone else?" She couldn't help but feel a pang of hurt as he asked her that. Like she would just rebound from him and go to someone else. Like she could even do that.. she still wanted him so badly despite everything. She shook her head as she willed the tears away. "It doesn't matter Xaiden.. it's not yours. We hadn't been together for weeks before that..." she said, hugging her body tighter as she saw those eyes so focused on her stomach. It made her want to hide. "I just... really don't know who it could even do.." she finally broke down her hands coming over her face to hide her face. "I want to believe I would remember... but my memory lately is like a siv.. I could swear by certain things and have Arianna tell me otherwise.. or find text messages I don't remember sending." She sobbed. @shayshayrian

As soon as her voice hit the air between them, his chest tightened and threatened to suffocate him. He struggled to breath and felt horrible for everything he had done to her. When she broke down, he rushed over to her and wrapped his arms around her, holding her hard against him. Her warmth brought him back to life, giving him feelings he didn’t realize how much he missed. He rested his chin on her head as he closed his eyes. He knew it was all his fault for everything she couldn’t remember, but he couldn’t bring himself to tell her. “It’s okay, love. Shhh shh.” He held her to his chest and kissed the top of her head as she cried into his dark grey shirt. Almost immediately, Rowan came clacking into the room from the kitchen.

“Xaiden Accic.” Her voice was angry and her body language was no different. She stormed into the room and stared them both down in their shared embrace. “If you don’t fix what you’ve done, I will.” The threat was heavy and had implications that sent shivers up his spine. Rowan was always dangerous for her small frame, but she was deadly when she was pissed off. She had had enough of their back and forth, of the months of them toying with each other and after finding out the news she had, it was over. She remained standing in front of them, impatiently waiting for Xaiden to speak. @nakachu

The moment he came forward and caught her in his arm she pressed herself into him. She grabbed into that dark grey shirt and sobbed into the fabric. How often she had thought about those big arms, how much she had wanted them around her. Even now they brought her instant comfort, her sobbing softening as she melted into him. His voice only added to the effect and for a moment she really did believe that maybe.. it was all going to be alright. And the Rowans voice once more filled the room and she couldn’t help but jump. The woman had really scared her when she had come here before and she had not seemed to have calmed down in even the slightest. She pushed her off Xaiden a small bit, putting some distance between their chests. Her threat only made her more confused and she looked between the two as thy seemed to be facing off. “I don’t understand.. fix what?” @shayshayrian

Xaiden’s chest tightened harder as he stared at his sister. She was giving him an ultimatum and she knew better than that. He fully released Ellie abs turned towards her, practically puffing out his torso in protection. “This isn’t your problem to fix, Rowan.” His voice had dropped and his tone turned intensely serious, his sky eyes glaring at her from under his brow. The severity of their stares was palpable in the still air and would only be broken by her voice. ”Accic, don’t make me do this.” Even when out up against a man three times her muscle mass, she didn’t seem affected in the slightest. She all but stepped towards him as she let her arms fall down to her sides. “Rowan. Go.” He put an arm out in front of Ellie and pulled her slightly behind him while his eyes never left Rowan. His breathing had quickened and for a moment, everything was still and silent.

(I was reading that.. >o>)

Rowan used her speed to whip around Xaiden to claim Ellie’s arm, but only after Xaiden spun to grab her by her throat. He watched as Rowan’s sharp nails dig hard into Ellie’s arm, piercing her skin and causing small droplets to hit the floor. He tightened his grip around Rowan’s trachea, looking down into her eyes with a deep anger. ”If you don’t release her now—“ His voice was still deep and demanding, but his eyes never wandered. “You’ll what?” She squeaked, slicing the palm of the hand that held Ellie’s arm with her free one. Even against Ellie’s futile struggles, she pressed the palm of her hand to the puncture wounds that were still bleeding from the girl. Xaiden’s eyes finally found her hands and quickly released her, snatching the wrist off the hand that held onto Ellie’s. In one simple movement, he crushed her wrist and freed her; immediately pulling her away from Rowan and towards the door. Rowan’s screams echoed throughout the room as she fell to the floor, holding her wrist with the one hand she could. @nakachu

((Sorry, had to fix))

(XD)

It all happened so fast. She had merely blinked and Rowan was suddenly beside her. She yelped loudly but already her wrist was caught by the woman who she had not even seen move. It soon turned into a gasp as Rowans nails dug deep into her skin. At the same time Xaidens hand was suddenly around the throat of the woman. “O my god! Xaiden!” She shouted, suddenly not seeming to care she was bleeding as she saw him sqeeuze the throat of his sister. “Let her go!” Rowan however didn’t seem to care and after she had wounded Ellie, she wounded herself and pressed her bleeding palm against those fresh scratches on her arm. It only got worse as Xaiden caught sight of it and in a swift movement pulled them apart. The next thing she knew was Rowans horrifying scream as she went to the floor and just before Xaiden pulled her along she saw the disfiguration of the girls wrist. Ellie no longer knew what to think. Too much happening in that small frame of time. Her brain simply could not keep up. At that point she didn’t even stop to think that supernatural speed and strength had been showed in front of her. The violence had simply been to overwhelming to focus on it. She felt herself being pulled along and almost stumbled over her own feet as her flight or fight sense started to kick in. Her brain suddenly decided that whatever had just happened, whoever was the good or bad guy between what had just happened, she needed to run.. She started to struggle against Xaiden’s grip around her arm that was now all bloody and smeared from both Rowans and her blood. “Let me go! You broke her wrist! Xaiden!!” @shayshayrian

Xaiden had tuned out all of Ellie’s protests, but not by choice. The blood that flowed freely from her veins enraptured his mind and sent his body into overdrive as he recalled the last time he had tasted it. His fangs ached in his gums and the veins in his eyes started to break, making them more and more bloodshot by the second. He closed his eyes and made sure Ellie was clear of Rowan’s range before he realized what she was screaming. He released his grip on her and pushed her towards the door, all while keeping an eye on his sister. “Ellie, go! Go somewhere where she can’t find you!” His voice was almost normal, but there was a desperation behind his words. He pleaded with her to leave, but never once looked her way, instead choosing to focus his full attention on Rowan, but not helping her. “ELLIE! GO, NOW!” He shouted the words at Rowan and watched as she milked her pain for everything it was worth.

Her cries sounded like a wounded animal as she lay against the floor, bringing her head up to look at Ellie. Tears flowed down her face as she laid forward holding her wrist.* “ELLIE. HELP ME.” He words were muffled, but the pitch in them was high. She cried into the floor and begged the girl to help her somehow, but making no move towards either of them. @nakachu

She almost stumbled back when he finally released her wrist. And to finish it off he also pushed her away. Her eyes bounced between the two of them, one telling her to run and the other begging her to help her. Her mind could not handle it. She sight of the blood and the broken wrist and Xaiden shouting at her to get away from him. It was to much for her. In a moment of just pure shut down of her brain she dropped to the floor and cowered there. "JUST STOP!!" She shouted out. "BOTH OF YOU!" Her voice almost hysterical, breaking up for the high pitch she was trying to achieve. @shayshayrian

Xaiden heard Ellie’s scream right behind him and that made his heart sink. He had told her to run. He jerked his head behind him to Ellie collapsed on the floor, lowering himself to see into her eyes even though they were a handful of steps away from each other. “Ellie, baby. I need you to..” As he started speaking, he felt wind rush by his face and saw Rowan standing over her from behind, her broken wrist having healed almost as soon as he broke it. He slowly looked up to meet her gaze just as she grabbed Ellie in a choke hold, pulling her away from Xaiden and pressing her own back against the door. “Rowan… Please.” He held his hands up by his face as if to surrender as he stood up from his crouched position. “Please don’t do this. I’m begging you.” His blue eyes had welled with tears, his mind picturing the family he could have if she survived, if the baby survived. His lips quivered as she held onto Ellie so aggressively. “Rowan… Don’t do to someone else what they did to you. She doesn’t deserve this.” He understood that turning Ellie would make all her memories come back as if they were never missing, but she was also pregnant and vampiric women definitely could not carry a baby to term. He stared deeply into her eyes as she continued to hold Ellie with no sign of remorse in her features. @nakachu

She looked up at Xaiden her own face now full of tears. It was only when she saw his bloodshot eyes staring into her that she seemed to calm down a bit. He was right.. she should get away from here. She should get up and run. She couldn’t handle these two.. not as they were now. But before she even got a chance to change her mind and run after all she suddenly felt an arm close around her neck. She gasped loudly before the arm took away her breath and pressed hard against her throat. She brought her hands up against the arm, trying deseperately to get free. But she didn’t even dent the iron grip that was around it. She could feel herself slowly getting woozy, slipping away. Her movements started to slow and become weaker as she fought against the grip. She could hear Xaiden somewhere in the background, hear that sweet voice with that raw edge that she liked so much. She tried to focus her eyes on him, but the tears were welled up so high she could not see properly. “Rowan… please…” she said between choked gasps as she tried to get air into her lungs. Her hand instinctively moved to her stomach. So far she had not seemed to feel a connection to the thing growing inside of her, had not even known if she want to keep it. But in that moment as she felt herself fading she didn’t seem to care about her own safety.. she cared about it’s way more. “The… baby…” @shayshayrian

“GODDAMMIT ROWAN, PLEASE!”” Xaiden dropped on the floor to his knees, pleading with his sister to let her go. He had the bottom dropped out from under him when he heard she was pregnant, caring less about the babies safety and more about Ellie’s. A half Vampiric child was something he thought to be myth and none of them turned out good. They were demonic-looking, blood-thirsty aliens who would stop at nothing until the world was bloodless and usually killed their mother in the birthing process. He couldn’t stand that thought and while Rowan’s solution solved more than one problem, he didn’t want Ellie to lose the gift of life to be cursed by death. He placed his palms on the floor and let his tears flow, hoping that Rowan could find the compassion to not kill her, to not damn her to the same fate she was. Bringing his gaze up to meet hers, he opened his mouth to beg again for her mercy when she dropped Ellie to the floor in a crumple heap. Xaiden’s attention instantly fell on her as he crawled towards her and gathered her against him.

She could feel Ellie’s life force slipping away. It was what needed to happen and Xaiden would see that one day, but the words that drifted into her ears froze her in place. ”Don’t do to her what they did to you.” ”…The baby…” She swallowed her rage and hurt, releasing her grip on Ellie and letting her fall to the floor without regard. Her eyes never left Xaiden’s as she stood in the doorway, clenched teeth and fire behind her stare. “Fix this. Now. You know what needs to be done, but I’m washing my hands of this. I can no longer help you while these circumstances remain. Do what’s right or don’t, but I refuse to be apart of it.” With that, she disappeared from the doorway. Her car never started, but she was no longer there. Her heated presence had completely vanished and likely wouldn’t return. @nakachu

Those last pleads from Xaiden barely registered with her. She was so close to losen her conciousness. Could slowly see the edges of her vision turning black and taking over till only a narrow tight circle remained of her vision. And it was of his face.. of that perfect face, of his desperate pleading eyes that were filled with tears. She had never seen him cry.. and even when he cried he was beautiful. And then her body slumped to the ground, the choke hold around her neck released. Her body instantly responded, her lungs drawing in air like it was a solid thing that was being pushed down her throat by invisible hands. The black circles of her vision winded and she coughed violently as her body tried to come to terms with what had just happened to her. She was dimly aware of Xaidens arm gathering her up, could hear the faint thumping of his heartbeat against her ear as he drew her against his chest. But mostly she needed air. It took a good minute before she found her mind working once more and even then everything was a mess. Utterly unable to figure out what had just happened. "Xaiden.." @shayshayrian

Xaiden had heard what Rowan had to say, but paid it no mind. Instead, he was focused on gathering up Ellie. He held her close to his chest, but couldn’t make his tears stop. They flowed from his eyes and his shoulders shook as she struggled to breath. His name did nothing for it either. She choked out his name and he sobbed harder, holding her tighter. “I’m so sorry, Ellie. I should’ve never called you here. Not with Rowan the way she was.” He didn’t want to move her until she had regained her composure, therefore, he just sat there with her in his arms and tried to reel in his emotions. @nakachu

Her hand came up to brush over his cheeks. She could feel the wetness of his tears. "You're crying.." she said almost as if it was a question. She brushed them away, feeling that stubble on his cheek rub against her palm, the stubble she had liked so much since the first time she had met him. How had she found herself here? She tried to recall everything. The way they met, the way she had fallen for him, the fun they had over summer together.. the break up. God.. the break up. Her mind wandered further though from there the mess had started to form, the puzzle pieces that never seemed to fit together. The pregnancy. Her other hand once again went to her lower stomach and she could almost swear that she could feel the life inside of her even if that was impossible. "Is.. is it yours?" she asked, her confusion clear. Yet it was the only explanation for why she was here, why Rowan had told him to fix it as if he was responsible for it. "How..?" @shayshayrian

Her hand on his cheek helped his lungs regain function, though her words threatened to choke it all again. He let out a long shakey exhale as he scooped her up in his arms and carried her over to the couch, never letting his eyes leave her stomach until she was upright again. Then, crystal irises surrounded by bloodshot red bore into her soul as he took a deep breath. “There’s a lot you n-need to know. Now more than e-ever. I had hoped to keep all of this as—far away from you as I could, but I can no longer s-shield you from this.” His voice had cracked a few times through his statement, but he wiped at his face and cleared his throat, making his next words more clear. “I’m sure you’ve noticed your memory has been effected. It’s because of me. I… I’m a supernatural creature that has the ability to alter your memories and in each case I did it, I had to.” He paused for a moment because he knew she would already have questions or doubts and while he didn’t have time to take it easy on her, he also didn’t want to frighten her away. He grasped her hands in his and held them tightly, attempting to show that he was harmless. @nakachu

Her eyes first narrowed in confusion, unsure what it could be that he wanted to talk about. Whatever it was, it was hard on him. She hated to see him crying the way he was. Those blood shot eyes really didn’t suit him. He had always seemed so strong.. so in control to her. When he then dropped the supernatural line her eyes would widen in disbelief. “What..?” She said, her voice more a breath then sound. It took her a good moment to come to terms with what he said, like she needed to repeat the sentence in her brain. And the she started to laugh. Weird short laughs that made her eyes twinkle. “I.. I thought I was losing my mind..” she said through the laughs even as tears still filled her eyes. “I thought I forgot having sex with someone..” she continued, her hand coming up to her own face now. She couldn’t describe the feeling in her. She knew she should be scared, she knew she should be asking question, yet she was flooded with a strange sense of relief. “I thought you didn’t like me anymore…” she added to it as her laughing stopped and she looked up at him. Her eyes grew a bit more serious then. It was strange to describe but she wasn’t scared of him. Somehow she knew he wouldn’t hurt her. He had protected her just now.. “What.. what are you?” @shayshayrian

(( >__>… bitch is broken… she hath become unhinged))

She thought she was going insane okay!! XD lol she just glad her brain aint mush and probably in shock

Xaiden watched as Ellie didn’t move to run, didn’t pull away from, but instead started to laugh. His brows narrowed and his eyes squinted, unsure if she was truly alright or not. Perhaps enough oxygen hadn’t reached her brain yet. When she asked what he was, he cleared his throat and looked into her eyes, searching for any hint of logic or sanity. “What I am isn’t important and none of those things you thought are true. I need to tell you everything I erased because you have to make a decision now and I cannot be part of it because I know what I’ll choose and I’m not certain you would do the same.” He looked down at the floor and took a few long breaths that seemed to settle himself down enough to continue. “I’ve only done it a couple times, but the first time was when I made a mistake that I still haven’t forgiven myself for. I almost killed you and while no words will be any excuse, I truly didn’t mean to. I couldn’t bring myself to intentionally hurt you ever and that night, I just went too far. I erased your memory of that night and told you that it was your decision to go home for the night.” He broke his eye contact with her and used one hand to rub at his forehead, wiping down his face as if he could pull the shame away. As hard as it was to have to tell her everything, it wasn’t nearly as hard as it would’ve been to see her turned before his eyes. He gave pause enough for her to speak on the matter if she wished, only continuing if she let him. @nakachu

Her eyes widened once more, but this time they didn’t seem to sink back down. “What do you mean you almost killed me.. you would never hu…” she didn’t even finish the sentence. It was as if the oxygen finally properly made her brain function again. Of course she didn’t believe that Xaiden would hurt her.. but neither would she believe that Rowan would.. and there was no denying that she had held Ellie in a headlock till she almost passed out. For the first time she backed away from him, placing some distance between the two of them as she studied his eyes. He looked so incredibly in battle with himself. “When was that..?” She asked him unsure, trying to once again wreck her brain around the intense blockage that he had placed there. She could only think of the last time she had been at his place. She had borrowed some of Rowans clothes, she didn’t even remember why. Sure she had felt strange after that, but she figured she had just been tired from being with Xaiden. She hadn’t felt bad enough to have nearly died. “What did you do..?” It just all didn’t make any sense still. @shayshayrian

Xaiden closed his eyes and hid his mouth behind his hand as he leaned the same elbow on his knee. She backed away from him and he couldn’t blame her, no matter how much it hurt to go through it again. At her questions!he let out a breath, sick of repeating the same thing over and over again. “I’m a Vampire, Elina.” He swallowed the rest of his words hard and bore into her eyes with his own as he remained seated in the couch. If she decided to run, he may even let her this time. He was sick of the fighting, sick of erasing her memories and tired of hearing her reactions over and over. If she couldn’t accept it, then that was that. Tears began to form in his eyes again as she stared at him. “It was the night you went home early. I told you that you had realized Arianna would be worried and that you should head home.” He kept his hand near his face, scratching his chin, wiping his forehead or covering his mouth. It was obvious that he was nervous, but he only showed it in his body language. @nakachu

Her breath stalled and her heart seemed to skip a beat. A vampire..?! How.. how was that even possible. They didn't exist. They were folklore, fantasies, stories.. So why did a part of her feel like she had known? Even if it was a shock to her, it wasn't as much of a shock as it should have been. And even if she kept that same distance between them, she couldn't make herself run. So what had he done to almost kill her...? She had felt weak.. drained. She gasped at the realization, her hand moved to her neck where he had bitten her then even if she didn't know it for sure. Did she not know for sure? She didn't know why else he would have. She looked down then. Had she freaked out then? Is that why he took her memories? To protect her? Yet he had kept seeing her after that. They had still been together. She closed her eyes as she let her face hang a bit on her shoulders, her ginger hair falling over her shoulders. "What about the other times...?" She asked, her voice shakey. "Why did you make me forget.." @shayshayrian

He hung his head when she gasped. She had every right to be upset and he couldn’t fault her for that. When she started asking more questions, his gaze darted to hers. He was confused why she hadn’t run, but was thankful for it somewhere deep inside. He stuttered out a few exhales at first, trying to find the words to continue telling her the truth. “Uhh.. the last time was a month ago… We went through all of this and you know about everything, the problem was you had to make a decision: whether to leave with.. me or forget.” He brought his hands together and held them tight. “And… I chose for you.” While that wasn’t entirely true, it was mostly true and that was all that matter. She knew she didn’t want to forget, but he didn’t want her to become a vampire or go with Rowan and himself. He chose to leave Rowan out of his retelling, not wanting to out her unless he had to; even though she did a superb job of that herself. @nakachu

“So that was when…” her hand fall to her lower stomach again. They had been together.. that was when she conceived. He was the father of the baby. At least that question was now answered. She peeked over his way again and then looked at the space she had put between them. They were no longer touching, a small inch or two of space between their bodies. A vampire… a creature who needed to drink from humans to stay alive. She wondered what else was true about them. He was strong she knew that. Rowan had been fast.. so that might be one. “And.. I chose for you.” He ended his explanation. She looked back up at him, finding his eyes. “What did I choose..?” She asked then. “When I knew everything.. what did I choose?” @shayshayrian

“You didn’t. You didn’t want to forget, you knew that for sure, but I don’t think you wanted to come with me either. I don’t think you wanted to admit it, but I don’t think you did.” Xaiden looked at his hands when he spoke, he hadn’t seen her in a month, but he remembered that night clearly. She was so beautiful and that hadn’t changed. He slowly looked up at her, feeling the heat from her body with how close she stood. “You could’ve came with me as a human, but the amount of danger you would be in is incredible. We would constantly be looking over our shoulders and constantly be moving. It would be safer for you to turn before you came, but I absolutely refuse.” His eyes met hers as a serious expression to hold of him. It wasn’t up for negotiations. Rowan had almost made the decision for him and that was the scariest moment he had experienced in a long time. “I will not stand by and watch you become what I am, not when you have so much to live for.” When his gaze fell, so did he seriousness. Hurt and worry replaced it on his face as he took another deep breath. His eyes finally rested on where the small glass coffee table had been, remembering the last night he was in the house and he almost destroyed it. Upon returning downstairs to find Rowan and Ellie gone, he almost went postal. In his mind, there wasn’t a single piece of furniture safe from his wrath, but he managed to contain himself; although it took a lot of bourbon. @nakachu

“Ooh god..” she said then as she listened to what he had to say. This was all so surreal. She placed her head into her hands and leaned down on her knees with her elbows. Her mind was once again a mess as she tried to just fit all the piece together. But she didn’t have the pieces she needed, Xaiden had taken them from her. With everything he was telling her she still didn’t know anything. She knew he was a vampire, yet didn’t know truly what that means. He said that she wouldn’t be safe if she stayed human, yet didn’t tell her why she wouldn’t be. She only looked up at him when he seemed to get more angry again. His eyebows knotting together as he said he would not turn her. So she could be turned.. so that vampire bit was true too. More information.. at least. “I just..” she started, “How am I supposed to know what to do? I feel like you are telling me so little. Like there is so much of the story I am missing because you took it away from me..” she lowered her head again. “I don’t even remember having sex with you.. ooh god..” she hated that she was missing those pieces. In the end she forced herself to calm down, forced those tears away and bit into her lip. “So what now?” She then asked, shrugging her shoulders. “You can’t just make me forget this time, can you?” She said, though there was an undertone that told him she didn’t agree with that he had before. “What is growing inside me Xaiden..? Is it a baby? It is a vampire? What am I supposed to do?” @shayshayrian

Xaiden looked away again from her pained expressions. He hated himself for everything he had done, but couldn’t bring himself to be sorry for it. He turned to her with dry eyes and a more composed face before he spoke. “I can compel you again, but I’m not going to. I don’t want you to have gaps in your memory, especially the good parts.” He reached his hand up to gently stroke the side of her cheek with the back of his knuckles if she let him. “However, you have to make a choice because no matter what you decide, I can’t stay here. As far as what’s inside you…” His eyes traveled from hers to her stomach as he chose his next words carefully. “I can’t say. I don’t know. I’ve never known a vampire who was able to have children, but what I do know is that it will likely grow fast and feed off your blood instead of your nutrients… Elina.” He grabbed her hand and held it tightly as his eyes pierced hers. “It could kill you… And I won’t let that happen.” The tension in the air could be cut as he uttered those last words. As much as he would eventually love to have a child, he would not want to risk Ellie’s life for the possibility that it could be an abomination. @nakachu

She just lost it then. How did she find herself in this situation? No wait.. found herself in it again appearantly. How she wished she remembered what had happened before. She felt it would help her decide what she needed to do. That it would uncoil that insane knot that had formed in her brain. She leaned into that knuckle that was brushing her cheek and then clamped herself into him, shaking softly. She couldn’t get herself to be scared of him, not even after everything he had told her. If there was one truth in all of this that she knew was true it was that she loved him. She had never felt that way about anyone, but she did about him. Even if he was a vampire, even if he was dangerous. All those things just seemed to not matter in that moment. “Just tell me..” she said, still shaking against him, her face hidden into his shirt and her fists clamped around the fabric. “What are my choices?” She needed him to tell her straight, to give them to her like he was telling her about his grocery list. @shayshayrian

When she threw herself around him, he instinctively grappled around her, holding her hard against him and taking in the warmth from her body. He smelled her hair and kissed the top of her head as she shook, lightly shushing her as he gently rocked. He couldn’t imagine what she was going through and when she asked about her choices, he looked past her to the front door. He took a deep breath as he began to explain the choices as they were. “You could come with me as you are, but that involves moving a lot and never coming back to the same place twice. You would grow old and likely pass far away from your loved ones. We’d probably have to change your name as you would absolutely leave a paper trail.” He rolled his eyes towards the ceiling, hating that he was making his family seem like criminals. “You could turn and come with me, but that’s not a logical option. You would lose the baby regardless of if it is human or vampire and we would have to spend the next ten years conditioning you to control your bloodlust. You would also never be able to see your friends or loved ones again.” His fingertips dug into her back at that one. He did not want that, any choice but that one. Then, just before he spoke again, he peeled her off of him and held her face in his hands as he pressed his forehead to hers. “Or, I could make you forget everything. You wouldn’t remember any of this and your life would continue as it had before you met myself and Rowan. I’d.. I’d do it better this time, leaving with no holes in your memory, however, I’d also need to see Arianna. That way she wouldn’t make you feel crazy, but it would all just be a dream.” He looked into those pale green eyes he had missed so much and gave her a small smile. He loved her more than he thought possible and only wanted the best for her. @nakachu

The small shakes going through her body never stopped, yet she marveled in being this close to him. Those big arms around her, pressing her against him. His lips kissing the top of her head as he was trying to shush her into calmness. She tried to concentrate on what he was telling her, but at the same time she was simply listening to how his breath was moving in and out of his lungs and how his heart softly beat behind his broad chest. Once he was done she had a decent idea of what he was saying. Even if she felt she was missing details. One thing was certain.. he didn’t like option two. She couldn’t help but feel that even if she picked that he would take the liberty to decide for her once more and she didn’t want that. He didn’t want her to be a vampire.. and she could only guess at why. So that left her with two choices. Going with him and leaving her entire life behind her, even if it meant it would be dangerous for her.. or to let him remove those memories from her brain once more and live her life as if h had never happened.. as if her pregnancy had never happened. She peeled herself away from him a small bit, her green eyes looking into his, tears about to fall down her already red eyes. Why did losing him.. forgetting about him.. feel worse then putting herself in danger? She thought about her family and her friends. Her family and her had never been close. They talked, but moving out had been more a blessing then a curse. In fact she had chosen to go to the university she did just to be far away. Arianna was a good friend.. but even they had moments where they could not stand each other. Besides.. Arianna was populair enough to not need to miss her. But to be without Xaiden? No.. she could not imagine that. “Will you respect what I choose?” She asked him then. “Promise?” Her eyes practically begging him. If he did promise her that he would accept what she choose she took a deep breath. “I want to come with you.. You don’t have to turn me.. B

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ut I don’t want to be left behind.” @shayshayrian

Her question took him by surprise. He had expected her to pull away from him, to debate her choices and maybe even yell at him, but not to ask if he would respect it. A conundrum formed in his inner self at the question. Of course he would respect anything she chose, what kind of question was that? However at the same time, if she chose to be a vampire… could he respect that? He hesitated in front of her for a moment, his lips opening and closing as he tried to use his words carefully. “I… will do my best.” It was all he could muster when he didn’t know her motives and when she finally presented them, he let out a sigh of relief. There was a hint of annoyance in that sigh as well, but he had to push it away because out of the three options, she had chosen the less immediate harmful one to the both of them. It put her in danger and cursed her to travel with Vampires, but at least he didn’t have to erase her memories again or turn her. His eyes squinted from his tired smile as it found her gaze. He pulled her into a hug and held her tight while his lungs seemed to finally be able to take in more air. “Sweetheart, you know this is going to be dangerous, don’t you? There are people who would rather kill Rowan and I than ask questions and if you’re with us, you’ll be in the middle of all of that.” He spoke over her shoulder until he released her, his eyes traveling down to her stomach where his lungs froze again. “As for the baby, we will… have to keep a close eye on them.” He swallowed hard and his eyes looked sorrowful again. “If it’s a fledgling, it will kill you.” His hands had gone from her back to her hips as he pulled her closer to him, pressing his forehead to hers. “Just promise me you’ll make logical decisions and when you can’t, you let me, because I…” *The woods almost flew out of his mouth, but he managed to reel them in before they caused problems. He knew the pregnancy probably wouldn’t be carried to term and if it did come down to he

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r or them, he would chose her every time. Maybe he was also a little biased as he knew she would be if given the same ultimatum, but he didn’t linger too long on that thought.* @nakachu

The moment he laid his arms around him she melted into him. Her arms folded around his neck and pulled him in close. She closed her eyes and let out a deep breath. This was it then.. she was going to be with Xaiden. Leave her little life behind to run off with a vampire. Pfft.. who would have thought she would ever say those words. "I know.." she said softly back to him. "But I want this.." as he pulled away she would find his eyes and follow them as they travelled to her stomach. She wondered how he felt. Tears sprang into her eyes as he said it could kill her. She didn't want to lose it, not now she knew it was his. But at least he was willing to give it a shot. She wanted to ask what a fledgling was, but at the sane time she was to afraid to know the answer. As he asked her to promise that she would think logical she bit down on her teeth. "I.. will try." Was all she could give him. She could only hope that it was going to be alright. "So.. when do I leave with you guys?" She said as she stared at all the packed up boxes that were around them. If she had found out two days later she might not even have caught them at all. "Do I get time to pack my things? Say goodbye to Arianna?" She asked him gently. "I want to come.. I just.. don't want to disappear without saying anything. Even if they can't know where I am going or anything.." @shayshayrian

’I… will try.’ He wanted to grab her by her shoulders and shake sense into her, but he knew she was trying her best and that that was better than a flat no. Instead of reacting out of anger, he nodded his head. At her question of when to leave, he also looked around the room to see everything packed up. “Well, I don’t see Rowan coming back to load this up and it will probably take a couple trips to take it where it needs to go. Possibly a week to get it all done.” He took a single deep breath and looked straight into her eyes as he brushed her hair behind her ear. “I want you to take the entire week. Go home and take care of anything you need to and I’ll be back on Sunday. Be here at noon and we can leave. I don’t want to see you before then. We’ll have all the time in the world after that, okay?” He gathered her face in his hands and made sure she was looking at him the entire time, kissing her forehead when he finished. “You understand me?” @nakachu

As soon as Xaiden mentioned Rowan she felt her heart sink a little bit. Rowan had been fuming at her. She had been terrifying as she had first send her away and then rushed at her to put her in a choke hold. She now knew why she had been so fast and so strong, but it still didn’t quite calm her nerves. Rowan didn’t like her in that moment and she couldn’t help but fear that wouldn’t change just because she made her decision. She looked back up at him then and nodded along with him. “Yes.. I understand.” She said, feeling those soft lips brush against her forehead. She couldn’t hold herself back then and took his face between her hands and made the quick leap to his lips. She kissed him, asking for entry and deepening the kiss if he allowed her. She took a good minute before she broke their lips apart again. “I have wanted to do that ever since you left..” she whispered softly to him. “I will tell Arianna I have to go see my parents, that something happened at home. I shouldn’t have that many things to bring..” she said, trying to just make it logic in her brain. Not that she would make process right then, her brain was mush. She was sure this all would only set in once she made it home. “Will Rowan still be angry at me?” @shayshayrian

Xaiden nearly stood up before Ellie pushed her lips onto his. He happily kissed her back, parting his lips for his tongue to find hers as his hands grabbed down her sides and pulled her closer to him. The kiss was thick with a passion that their absence had created and when she pulled away, he was breathless. He swallowed hard as he tried to breathe, listening to her plan, but keeping her body inches from his. One hand came up to hold her jawline while his thumb gently touched and pulled at her bottom lip while she spoke. He has been nodding, acknowledging her thought process, but with eyes that were laser focused on her plump, thick lips. He had kept his lips inches from hers, continuing to keep their foreheads together and almost pulled her back in for another kiss until she mentioned Rowan. He stopped his movements with his head and thumb, forcing his eyes to meet hers. “Rowan will get over it.” The need and severity in his eyes was visible and grappling until he moved them from hers back to her lips. “Mmm. You better leave now though, or you won’t be for a long while yet.” He let his lips barely touch hers and the hand that had been pulling on her lip fall down to her neck. He could feel her pulse quicken and that daring smirk split his face. He wanted to take her right then and there and if she didn’t make a motion to leave, he wouldn’t be able to control himself. His exhales peppered her lips and hand drifted down to her collarbone and chest, just lightly caressing her skin with the back of his hand. “Go, Elina.” @nakachu

That thumb moving over her lip was enticing her more then anything. Just the way he seemed to be focusing on them with his eyes made her heart quicken in her chest. She wanted to take that thumb and take it into her mouth. She just barely kept herself from it. “Mmm. You better leave now though, or you won’t be for a long time yet.” God, that only made it worse. The way he said, the way that low grumble added to that sentence was enough to make her feel the heat between her legs growing. He was the only one who did that to her ever.. “Is that a promise..?” She whispered into him slowly as he pressed his lips so feathery soft to her lips that they might as well not have been there. His hands moved over her neck, leaving tingles on her skin everywhere he went. With every passing moment between them she was simply growing warmer. “Go, Elina.” She didn’t. She did the complete opposite. She pressed her lips against his again her hands coming up to first cup his face before coming around his neck to keep him close. Her hips would push into his lap as she arched her back against him. She deepened their kiss if he would let her, tilting her face to be even closer to him. “I love you…” she whispered heated into his mouth as she rubbed her fingers through his hair. @shayshayrian

’Is that a promise?’ That smirk only grew into a wider, deviant smile at her words as he pushed his forehead a little harder against hers. When her lips connected to his again, his hands dropped from their previous locations and grabbed her hips roughly, pulling her directly onto his lap as their kiss became sloppy and lustful. His hands ventured under her white sweater and pulled it off with ease, revealing her matching tank top underneath. “It’s definitely a threat.” Their lips only parted from each other for a moment until he grabbed a handful of that tighter fitting tank top, just under her breasts, and pulled her back down to him. His tongue eagerly searched for hers while his other hand grabbed a handful of fabric from the other side, ripping it apart as if it were a sheet of paper. The sound of obliterated fabric was music to his ears as he picked her up, her legs wrapping around his waist for a moment, and threw her down onto the couch; breaking their kiss so her ricochet didn’t make their teeth hit. He stripped off his own grey T-shirt and tossed it next to them on the floor as he lowered himself on top of her. “I love you, Elina.” His words bounced off her lips just before he connected them again, tangling one hand in her hair while the other pressed into her hip as he rocked his hips up and down between her legs. Even behind all the clothes, his throbbing shaft could feel the warmth of her just out of reach. It made his breathing harder and quicker against her lips, a low growl following soon after. *He broke their lip lock to kiss and bite at her neck, resisting the urge to eject his fangs as hard as he could. The headache had already started to set in, but neither one of them knew what it would do to the baby. He for sure knew that she needed her blood now and more than ever and if he took too much, he could kill them both. Instead, he bit onto her soft flesh harder with his blunted teeth, leaving indents on her skin where he had been. He t

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raveled from her neck to her collarbone and left the same marks while his heavy-handed grip continued to rock her groin against his.* @nakachu

And just like that the heat between them was back more then ever. The realization that even if she had told herself she had been over him, that she never had been and never would be. As he was the only one who could make her feel this way. The only one she longed to have more then anything in the world. It was also in that moment that she knew that she had made the right choice, to go with him. She let him undress her, lifting her arms into the air so he could take that sweater from her body. The ripping of the tank top came as a surprise but all she could do from it was grin softly into his mouth. It revealed the soft pink bra that she was wearing underneath. He picked her up so easily and dropped her into those soft couch cushions. She only had one second to look up at him as he undressed and bit her lip before he already came back down and took that lip for his own instead. She happily returned his eager and lustful kisses as he pressed his hips into her. Soft moans mixing in with her heavy breathing as she could already feel that hardened length pressing against her even with all the layers of clothing between them. As he continued his dance with her she felt a sudden urge to touch him. To make him feel good with more then just what was between her legs. She had always been the more shy type in the bedroom, but with him.. she wanted to do more. She let her hands come between them and go towards his jeans, making quick work with his belt and buttons as she felt him biting down on the soft skin of her neck. She pulled the jeans open and down as much as she could before slipping her hand into his boxers and wrapping her fingers around his length. It was warm and stiff, yet the skin on it was soft. Like there was a layer of silken fabric wrapped around a hardened core. She started to move her hand then, moving it up and down in a gentle pace, her grip sometimes giving a bit more pressure whenever his teeth sank into her skin. “Xaiden…” she softly moan

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ed his name into the air.” @shayshayrian

His lust for the girl beneath him was overpowering and could be felt in the air. He wanted his tongue and hands to be on every part of her and now that they had the time, he contemplated doing just that. As her hands maneuvered between them, he leaned his hips back a bit, giving her room to dress the lower portion of his body, moving his own hands to palm into the couch on either side of her chest. As soon as her fingers touched him, he forced out a rough exhale into her collarbone. Seductive moans left his throat as she massaged his length of her own accord. He brought his lips back up to hers, but only hovered against them, dipping his tongue into her mouth to caress hers. He had stopped gyrating between her legs in an effort to allow her to stroke him, but his hands had curled around handfuls of couch cushions and his growls had become low, needful moans. Breaking their kiss, he leaned in to the other side of her neck to make it match the previous, leaving indents and red marks in his wake. The moan of his name in his ear only heightened his lust for her. His hips started to slowly rock into her hand until he couldn’t control himself anymore. “Aahh, Fuck, Elina.” His ragged breaths assaulted her wet neck as he moaned low rumbles against her. Ellie was a beautiful woman on a normal day, but underneath him half naked was an entirely different sight. His carnal desires ran wild and his animalistic tendencies threatened to take over with each passing second. Unable to take her teasing touch any longer, he ripped his body from hers in favor of sitting on his knees between her legs to pull her sweats from her lower body. *He knew how much she detested her body laid out in the open for anyone to see, but the sight of her ivory complexion against the matching set of pink underwear was an image he had to burn into his mind before did anything else. Tossing her pants to the floor, he ran his hands up her calves and over her thighs until he reached the waistlin

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e of her underwear. His shining blue eyes flicked up to hers as he pulled the soft fabric from her, but closed as he turned his head to whisper into her thigh, making sure every word was crisp and loud enough for her to hear.* “I want to taste you, Elina.” @nakachu

The more he groaned into her neck and mouth, the more she wanted to please him. Slowly that hand would start to work on him more, going with that rhythm that his hips were pushing into her. She liked his reactions and somehow had not expected him to like it as much as he did. When he eventually pulled himself away from her she almost wanted to ask him to come back. She didn't have time though as he already knew what he wanted more instead and pulled her sweats of her with the same eagerness that he had removed her top. As his eyes loomed over her body she could feel her blush dancing on her cheeks. She wanted to cover herself, but at the same time she wantsd him to see all of her. His hands send shivers down her spine and a heat between her legs. As he peeled of her panties she wanted to cover herself, knowing his eyes would venture there but grabbed into the couch instead, forcing her to keep herself open for him. His eyes then met her only briefly before he closed them and nuzzled into her thigh, his breath warm and hot against her. "I want to taste you, Elina." Her first reaction was the bring her hand to her sex and cover it. A high red blush creeping over her body covering to more then just her face and part of her chest. But at the same time she could feel the heat between her legs, the lust that was rolling through her. So she forced her hand away, putting it back on the couch once more. She nodded slowly. "Ok.." she said, her voice low yet heated and husky. "Just.. go easy.. please.." @shayshayrian

At her ‘Ok’, he smiled against her thigh and suctioned his mouth to it. His tongue rolled over her soft skin and his teeth pinch a large portion of it between them while the heavy pull of his suck brought her blood to just under the surface. When his lips departed, there was an angry bruise left where he had been. ‘Go easy’ she had said. He let his eyes fall on her from under his brow for a moment before he softly kissed up her leg and dig his tongue and teeth in her skin hard at her hip. He teased her maniacally, only letting his breath hit her sex as he brought her legs up and over his shoulders. His hands groped and massaged her thighs as his lips trailed down until they finally landed on soaked womanhood. On his exhale, he let out a low, desperate moan that vibrated against her lower lips as his tongue slowly separated them. His breathing had become louder and harder between her legs as he did all he could to muffle his moans with her. His tongue traced between her lips and caressed her clitoris with as much ease as he could muster, using his fingertips to dig into her thighs to release his aggressive need. The headache that threatened to stroke him out had completely faded only to be replaced with his infatuation at hearing her reactions. Using his tongue against her like he would to her own, he danced along her sensitive areas with little regard for how messy it was. *Her natural wetness had already nearly covered his jaw and he barely noticed. Instead, he moaned into her more and gently eased a finger into her walls while his tongue focused on the top portion of her folds. While he didn’t have to, he used his other hand that was occupying her thigh to gently rock her back and forth as his finger moved easily inside of her. Everything about her made him salivate and this experience was no different. Words of encouragement drifted through his mind, but they quickly fled as her reactions pushed them aside. Her pleasure was all he was focused on and it

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only made him want more.* @nakachu

She had not expect the first thing that he would do would be to suck at the skin in her thigh and it once more made her almost close her legs around him, trapping his head there for a second before she relaxed again. It was simply a strange thing for her, knowing how close he was to such an intimate place to her. It made her insecure and shy even through the heavy lust that he had brought upon her. Yet she didn’t lock him out, she didn’t push him away. She simply grabbed into the couch cushions tighter as he kept putting those kisses and bites into her thighs. And even if the anticipation wasn’t helping bring the blush on her cheeks down, it was surely also doing things to that need between her legs. She let him guide her legs over his shoulders and then found herself needing to look away, not wanting to see him do that first bit. The moment he did she found herself gasping, moving her hips away from him. Not because she was pulling away, but from the sudden surprise of that warmth of his mouth against her. She soon forced herself back to relax and as he found her again a moan left her mouth along with him. The feeling of his tongue on her was so much more intense then she had thought it would be and she soon found her chest rising up and down heavily as her deep breaths were accompanied by moans. When he even added his finger into the mix it only became worse. He would feel her clenching around him, her hips squirming softly underneath him. One hand left that couch and landed in his hair instead, grasping it between her fingers and holding him close to her. “Fuck..” She breathed out into the air. By then her back was arched, her head laying back on the couch as she moaned towards the ceiling. Slowly but surely lust and pleasure was winning from her shyness. “Don’t stop… please..” @shayshayrian

Her sudden jolt back from him didn’t deter him, but her moans of pleasure sent him over the edge. When her legs tightened around his head and her hand found purchase in his hair, he let out low growls as his tongue moved slightly faster. Her warmth and excitement made him never want to leave his spot. She was his and if every other mark he left on her didn’t show that, then her cries to the empty air would. When he could feel her walls become acclimated to his finger, he slipped a second one in, still massaging that precious spot inside of her. Her words had caused him to smile through his actions, but he did as she wished. He didn’t stop. He continued to focus on her most sensitive area and only departing to lap up any excess that his fingers didn’t adequately catch. His mind was filled with the image of her writhing beneath him. He didn’t have to see her to know what she looked like when her back arched or what her facial features looked like when she moaned. He could see it all in his memory, only occasionally looking up at her to confirm. Once her moans had become excessively loud, he thrusted his fingers inside of her harder and rhythmatically, as if his hips were doing the motions instead of his hand. His heavy moans still ricocheting off the top of her groin, he pulled away a minuscule amount so that she could feel his lips move against her and hear him. “Cum for me, Elina.” His mouth quickly returned to the same spot he had been massaging, giving her passionate muffled moans as he did so. The pressure from her hand and thighs guided his pace. If she pushed and clenched, then he would go slightly faster. If she relaxed, he would start to slow to agonizing pace, riding the waves of her body as she writhed. @nakachu

She had never known that this would feel so good, that it would be as intense as it was. Or maybe it was him.. maybe it only was so good because he was the one that was doing it to her. It didn’t matter, she was sure that she was slowly losing her mind as he worked on her down there. Every time she believed he had found his rhythm he changed it once again. Adding fingers, moving high or lower, his breath and moans vibrating against the wetness that was there. She was growing closer with every passing second, that pressure building inside of her. Her hand alternating between grabbing into his hair, and letting him go so he could do his thing. “Hmmm.. fuck!” She said into the air once more as she knew he was keeping her on that edge. “More.. please.. I’m so close..” she almost begged him. If he did aid her request and quickened his pace it wouldn’t take long for him to pull her over that edge. Her sex would clamp around his fingers, her back arching as she pressed her hips even more into him and held into his hair to keep him there as she came. She moaned his name loudly as she did, riding it out as much as she could before crashing back into that couch, her chest rising up and down in heavy deep breaths, her body covered in the smallest layer of sweat from the intensity of it all. Her eyes were open and aimed up at the ceiling, but not even taken much of it in as she caught her breath from it. @shayshayrian

Her angelic voice rang in his mind as pressed into her harder. His tongue rubbed against her with need, his hand on her thigh tightened and his fingers that were deeply penetrating her thrusted faster. He felt her walls grip his fingers and felt the rush of her juices soak him. With satisfied moans, he slid his tongue between her lower lips and made sure nothing hit the couch; even going as far as to glide his fingers across his tongue as he withdrew them from her. He had a faint smile on his face the entire time, even as he brought his tongue back up to the spot that would make her shake and writhe uncontrollably. Using both hands, he grabbed her from under her thighs and pushed her knees nearly to her chest as he gave her one final pass with his tongue letting out a long, accomplished moan that vibrated between her legs. When he was finished, he brought himself up to his knees as he kissed up her shin, lowering the other leg to fall at his side. His hair was tossed and his sensual kisses left more than saliva behind on her elegant skin, but that didn’t stop him from gingerly kissing clear up to her chest before his eyes landed on hers again. His thick, dark hair was skewed in all manner of directions, but the wild chaos in his eyes was still very much there. “You’re mesmerizing, Ellie.” He whispered to her lips, but instead of kissing her, he lowered himself back to her neck as his arms wrapped around her and pressed their bodies together. His tongue against her neck felt more loving this time than lustful, even if that feeling was still there. He carefully held her against him and gave his used lips the pleasure of applying harder, sloppy kisses to the nape of her neck. @nakachu

As he moved her legs up and pressed them towards her chest her eyes would move down to meet his just in time to see the pass of his tongue over her sex one last time. Even if it drew a blush from her, it also made her feel something else.. something very deep and erotic. She followed his eyes still as he made his way up her body slowly, still to spend to really move much. Once he moved up more her hands landed gently on his shoulder and the back of his neck. “You’re mesmerizing, Ellie.” She couldn’t help but smile from that, still seeing the chaos and lust in his eyes. He moved back to her neck, leaving those sloppy kisses against her skin and she knew that it wouldn’t take her long to want more of him, to want him inside her. So before he could heat her up once more she gathered her courage and spoke out to him. “I..” she hesitated one more, swallowing once before she continued. “I want to do it too..” she said, the blush heavily pink against her cheeks. “I want to use my mouth..” her voice not carrying as much as she would wish it did. @shayshayrian

’I’ “Mhm?” ’I want to do it to’ He didn’t stop taking mouthfuls of her neck, but he did slow as she spoke. Her words forced out a hard exhale against her delicate skin and finally managed to pull his lips from the crook of her neck. He released her from his grasp and placed his palms on either side of her chest, supporting his weight into the couch, as he stared down at her. “Are you sure?” He kept his eyes focused on hers as he gently rocked his shaft between her legs. Without penetration, he just teased her soaked lips as his eyes drove into hers. He was more than willing to sit back and let her do what she wanted, but he wanted to make sure it was indeed what she wanted. She had been one of the shyest people he had ever met and didn’t want to push her too far due to his greedy lust. If she accepted, he would lightly kiss her cheek before removing himself from above her and sitting down near her feet, his own feet planted on the floor. He would slide the rest of his clothes off of him and throw an arm atop the head of the couch as he watched her make her move. @nakachu

“Are you sure?” He asked her, those eyes almost begging her to say yes. She knew he would have never asked her to do it and somehow that only made her want to try better. He had made her feel so good.. she wanted to do it back even if that shy part of her was shouting at her. Especially as he rubbed his length between her legs and she knew that if she changed her mind he would simply slip himself inside her. She quickly nodded before she could change her mind. She watched him with dark pink cheeks as he pulled himself away from her and sat himself down. She couldn’t help but admire him for a second, how that beautiful sculpted body was sitting on that couch, one arm laid back over that couch while his manhood laid stiff and straight on his stomach. It was a sight to behold, one that both took her breaths away and made her want to gulp for air. She peeled her eyes away then, her hands moving to remove her bra so they were both on even ground before she went on her hands and knees to go towards him. The brushed her hair behind her ear as she came eye to eye with it, somehow suddenly intimidated by the sheer size of him. But she was determined to not it sway her. She took him gently in her hand, lifting him up and bend down as she closed her lips around the tip of him. His taste was surprising, yet not surprising at all. It was not like she had expected him to taste like a delicious lollipop, she didn’t even know what she had expected. He tasted slightly salty, with just the smallest bit of sweetness coming from his tip. She slowly moved up and down on him, his lips pressing around him. Her tongue rubbing against the side of him as she tried to find those small signs in him that showed her that he was liking it. After all, she could not claim to know exactly what she was doing. @shayshayrian

As Ellie sat up to remove the rest of her clothes, Xaiden couldn’t help but stare. She was beautiful in every sense of the word and when she crawled towards him, it took everything he could to stay planted where he was. Her eyes came to meet his and he couldn’t stop himself. He grabbed her face with one hand and kissed her gently before she descended on his lap. The moment her lips touched him, his breath hitched in his throat; his eyes had followed the back of her head while the arm that had been draped over the couch touched her lower back and slowly traced up her spine. His inhales were quick and his exhales were full of haughty moans as her pace teased and gnawed at him. With each agonizingly slow dip, his breathing quickened and his fingertips dig into her shoulder blade. His hands yearned to be in her hair, but he knew this was likely her first time and he didn’t want to push her farther than she was able to go. “Uhhghh, Fuck, Elina.” The way the light reflected off her flawless skin stole his breath and the feeling of her tongue against his shaft made those small moans slip passed his lips. Bringing his hands to her head, he gingerly swept the hair out of her face and gathered it into a loose handful behind her head. He didn’t dare push or pull, simply kept it from becoming a nuisance as she bobbed up and down. @nakachu

She loved his reactions and more then anything it was driving her. To hear him moan so deep from what she was doing, to feel his thigh clenching even slightly underneath her was an amazing feeling. She was starting to understand why he had liked doing it to her.. knowing you were giving the other person pleasure was really something special. So she started to try even harder, going from those slow and careful dips to some that were a bit more eager and quick. Her tongue running alongside the tip of him while her hand came to hold and massage him along his shaft. She sucked on him enough to make her cheeks hollow anytime she pulled back on him. The hands on her head so gently, yet such a sign to how he was liking what she did. Slowly she could feel herself warm up again as well. Those moans from him doing things to her that she did not fully understand. Her behind still in the air even as she lowered her front into her elbows to get a bit more comfortable bobbing back and forth on him. And she more she did it, the more of the sweetness came from him. Small bits. Mostly when she noticed those thigh clench underneath them. She didn't think she would ever say it.. but she was enjoying it. @shayshayrian

Xaiden’s breath hitched harder when she increased her pace. He couldn’t take his eyes off her, the harder she sucked—the harder he had to refrain from handling her more roughly. Keeping her hair held in one hand, he traced the other back down her form until it landed on her ass, giving it a firm squeeze as his moans betrayed him. Without even thinking, his fingers slipped between her legs, feeling same the warm wetness he had felt earlier. He swallowed hard as he slid his finger tips down her lower lips before edging back to use one to penetrate her. It had gone in easily and the heat it encircled him with only made his own moans louder. His eyes were lost in a sea of lust, easing his finger in and out with the bob of her head. The deeper down she took him, the farther in he pushed, matching her speed and her depth as best he could. Her reactions only made the experience better for him, her voice vibrating against him and her eagerness stealing his breath. His head threatened to lean back against the couch, but he refused to let his eyes leave the back of her head. “That’s it, Babygirl… Fuck, you’re so wet.” He couldn’t separate her pleasure from his, finding his arousal skyrocket at her reactions and hers the same with his. As her tongue maneuvered around his tip, he let out a few more heated moans, his tone dropping slightly. @nakachu

She had not expected his finger to land where it did and the moment he pushed it inside of her she moaned around him, her lips pressing harder into him as a responds. The way he was matching his movements to those of her head only gave her more reason to try harder. She started to take him further in her mouth as the promise of that finger was added to it. Pushing him towards the back end of her throat, tickling on the edge of her gag reflex as she kept bobbing up and down and moaning muffled into his length. She pushed herself down on him one more time, pushing the limit of how much she could take from him, gagging softly around his tip before pulling herself up to take a gulp of air. Small strings of her saliva would stick between his tip and her lips as she caught her breath for just a moment and found his eyes. @shayshayrian

The farther down she went, the more his lust overcame him. The more contact his tip had with the back of her throat, the more his voice oozed from his heavy breaths and when she shoved herself down on him, he tightened his grip on her hair. Her soft gag had caused her throat to constrict around him and made his head fall back against the couch. His muscular legs had been flexing beneath her, but that was tightest flex yet. His finger, mimicking her actions, dove inside of her to his knuckles and withdrew when she did. When she came up for air, he took the moment to also catch his breath. Becoming a vampire was one of the best thing to ever happen to him, allowing him to feel everything ten times stronger. Her mouth around him likely wouldn’t have caused the same reactions if his nerves were not shot into overdrive. He looked down into her eyes, his own a glassy look of lust for her as he licked his lips. He gently pulled her hair to him, bringing her face up to his as he kissed her hard. His tongue begged for hers and if she straightened her posture enough, her would grab under her knees and pull her on top of him. There was no warning when he shoved his full, erect length inside of her. He exhaled against her in a strangled moan, his brows furrowing from the need to satiate his desperation for her. Digging his fingertips into her hips, he started to maneuver her up and down on his lap, feeling her clenching walls suction around him. “I can’t wait anymore, Ellie.” His voice was low and full of need as he gripped her tight and moaned against her lips. @nakachu

That look in his eyes as she came up for air was everything. The pure lust and pleasure that was written in them was incredible and it made her wish she had been looking at him the whole time. She felt him pull her in and she didn’t fight against it and let him press his lips against her as they kissed. It felt a tad strange to kiss him after having had him in her mouth, but it had been his choice so she soon pressed it from her mind and she kissed him back just as hungry as he did. She barely even noticed when he took her knee and pull her over him. That was till he pressed into her deep without a warning. Even as there was more then enough wetness to accept him inside her a deep gasp mixed with a moan left her and she instantly clasped around him from the sudden invasion. A small shudder going through her. “I can’t wait anymore, Ellie.” He said as those hands gripped into her hips and made her ride him. She shifted quickly, putting her knees to the side of him in a better way to give herself more traction. She started to move along with him, letting him slide deep into her every time she sat down. “Then don’t.” She whispered hungrily back to him before putting her hands on either side of his face and going back to the hungry and sloppy kisses that they had been sharing, all the while moaning deeply in his mouth as she moved those hips up and down on him. “Fuck… you feel so good…” @shayshayrian

’Then don’t’ A smile crossed his features before her lips magnetized back to his. His dark huffs and groans were growing louder and more desperate with each plunge into her. Her stated enjoyment made his fingertips curl into her hips harder as he whispered back to her, not allowing their lips to connect again right away. “Yeah? You like that?” He ran a hand through her hair, grabbing a tight handful as he pulled her head back to get a better angle at her neck. His blunted teeth bit into her skin again as he sucked and licked a large red spot next to the others. Only giving her seconds to respond, he picked her up from under her thighs and tossed her back onto the couch as he had when they first started getting hot and heavy. His eyes fixated on hers as an arm snaked under her leg and the palm dug into the couch next to her side, hiking her leg up as he thrusted into her. He could feel her walls tighten from the position and any noise she made urged him to go harder and faster. He brought his lips down to her as he tried to limit the amount of moans and growls he emitted, lightly tracing his tongue along her lobe. “Mmm, you’re so fucking hot.. Mgmggm, I want you to feel it all.. Take.. every.. last.. inch, baby.” His groans started to get louder and more frequent, his hands held onto her hips and his own shoved into her as deep as he could. @nakachu

She was instantly reminded of how much he had liked her to talk and how little she had always seemed to do of it. Yet this time almost seemed different.. it had left her mouth before she knew it. Like some kind of barrier had been brought down between them, one where she no longer felt the need to constantly question what was about to come out of her mouth. No longer worried if he would find what she sad strange or silly. “Hmm.. yes! Yes I do..” she managed to get out as he maneuvered her head to the side and once again bit deep into her skin. She moaned at the contact, strangely liking it when he made her go exactly where he wanted them. And like he had read her thoughts he once again picked her up like a cloth doll and placed her back on that couch. Before she even knew what hit her he once again pushed deep into her, going even deeper now that they had changed the position. “Fuck.. yes!” She moaned out and her moans became even more urgent from that point. Her mind giving up the thinking and her body moving along to the rhythm that he was setting for it. Already she could feel her next orgasm building up within her body, his length rubbing her inside in the exact place that was driving her to cum. “Xaiden.. Xaiden.. I’m gonna.. fuck..” she got out between moans, letting him know just how close he was pushing her again. @shayshayrian

At the sound of his name, he picked up his pace until he was just as close as she was. His moans turned slightly higher in her ear and just as she finally released her orgasm onto him, he did the same. The very depths of her constricted around him while her juices collided with his. Before he could enjoy the feeling of her too greatly, he pulled his arm out from under her leg and caressed her body, feeling her warm flesh against every part of him. His chest was pressed to hers, his arms had ran down her sides to eventually bring her legs up against his ribs and his lips had plastered themselves to hers. Their kisses were long, sensual and loving as he gently thrusted inside of her. When he did separate their lips, he nuzzled his nose against hers and whispered gingerly against her plump, used lips. “I love you, Elina Hayes.” His voice was nearly non-existent, but the shine in his eyes was still vibrant as ever. He kissed her cheek and took a deep breath, exhaling with a sigh of contentment as his arms tightened around her form. @nakachu

The crash of their bodies coming together and the way they found their release together was overwhelming to say the least. Both of them were covered in a small layer of sweat, filled with lust and thick with pleasure in that moment before they both came down from it too. She was glad he didn’t pull away from her and kissed him back lovingly, those last gentle thrusts feeling like heaven with how sensitive she was underneath him. “I love you too..” she said lovingly back to him as she ran her hand through his hair and over the stubble on his chin. “Don’t pull out.. not yet..” she asked him as she took his lips for her own one more time. For just a small moment more she wanted to feel connected to him, to feel one. Because the moment she stepped out of that door she was sure the whole thing would catch up to her. And she would have a full week to recover from it. But for now.. she just wanted this, she wanted him. @shayshayrian

At her request, he gently nodded to her and connected their lips again. She was warm, fragile and all his. As his fingertips grazed across her legs, he could feel the small muscles just under the surface twinge and shake. He had no idea how long they had been at it, but it didn’t take too much longer for him to know she had to go. The longer he stayed, the longer they would have to wait to leave and after their experience, he didn’t want to have to wait a week to do it again. His lips dipped to her chest as his tongue swirled around her soft flesh, bringing his lustful kisses directly onto her breast. He brought one hand up to massage the other while he gently spiraled his tongue around her nipple, letting it leave his mouth with a pop. His next whisper would land on her neck as the back of his hand caressed her cheek. “You did such a good job, Babygirl.” His mind was flooded with clouds of lust that dulled out his pounding headache, so much so that he barely noticed it. He couldn’t stop the smile from forming, nor his hands from exploring every inch of her. Every nerve of his felt safe and electrified with her underneath him, a feeling he was trying to savor for as long as she would let him. @nakachu

The way his hands kept exploring her was sending only more shivers through her. Her skin so sensitive and on edge that every connection between them felt like it could simply make her moan all over again. Especially when his lips found her chest she pressed herself into him once more by arching her back and letting a gasp of air escape her lips. Her own hands would brush over his neck and back, following his spine down and even dipping to his rear. He was one bundle of muscles and they all seemed to shift underneath her finger tips. “Did you like it..?” She asked, her cheeks blushing a bright pink again. She had not been able to decide if he had. One hand she could have sworn he had, the other hand he had pulled her away before he had found his release, seeming to prefer her on top of him. “Did you like my mouth around you?” She found his eyes before they quickly dipped down again in shyness. “I liked it when you did it…” she bit down on her lips. @shayshayrian

Her touch did little to calm him down as she traced over him, pulling more low grumbles from his lips the longer she did it. At her barrage of questions, he thrusted inside of her again as he placed his hands on either side of her face; his piercing eyes boring into hers as if they were searching for something. “Of course I did. Why would you think I didn’t?” One hand came up to gently stroke and rub her cheek as he hovered over her, resisting the urge to kiss her again. His thumb traced over her lower lip again as his eyes dipped to stare at them now instead of her gem-like green eyes. “I want your mouth on every part of me at all times, but if you would’ve continued, I’m not sure I could’ve stopped myself from pushing you farther than you were comfortable with.” He kissed the corner of her mouth before he inhaled the sweet smell of her perfume at her neck and spoke into the base of it. “I needed you in every way, Ellie and I didn’t want to hurt you.” He said as he rested his temple against hers. @nakachu

She couldn't help the moan that left her as he pushed himself inside her again. Even if he was growing soft, it still felt good to have him there. "Because you stopped me.." she said in that same soft voice she used to often with him when she felt unsure. That thumb tracing her lip once again as she answered him. As he answered why she couldn't help but blush a bit deeper, her head dipping down into her shoulder a small bit as if she could disappear like a turtle into a shell. She had felt his hands on her head, she had not known they had been itching to control her movement. She shouldn't have been surprised. He had liked to take control ever since they had first been together. His hands often in her hair and his hand over her body to put her exactly why he wanted her. "You wouldn't hurt me.." she said softly as her fingers came up to play with the hairs in his neck. "I like it when you grab my hair.." she admittes then, her eyes darting away quickly before darting back to him again. Caught between wanting to see his reaction and once again feeling unsure of admitting to that. "And I want to make you feel good too.. not just with you on top of me.. but other ways." He was so sweet to her. So gentle. Sometimes she wondered if he thought she would break if he wasn't. And the more they were together and the more he let that roughness show the more she wondered how he had been with others.. if she was holding him back. "Do you dislike that I am shy...?" She dared to ask, though she looked away as she did. @shayshayrian

He sat himself up on his forearms while she spoke, losing himself in her eyes and smiling when she looked away. He took a deep breath as he caressed her cheek and used his other hand to guide her eyes back to his. He didn’t speak right away, he simply stared into her eyes and ran his thumbs along her cheek bones. When he did speak, it was soft and entirely while looking in her eyes. “There isn’t a single thing about you that I dislike, Elina. I love everything about you. The only reason I am so careful is because.. in those moments.. if I use all of my strength, I could hurt you and that’s the last thing I want to do.” He knew she probably struggled to keep her eyes on him, but he made sure she at least couldn’t turn her head. She was beautiful and there wasn’t a single thing about her he would change if he was given the option. He pulled her head to his, kissing her forehead and then her lips before he reach down to retrieve his shirt. Not wanting the moment to end, he nestled back down to her with his shirt in hand and nuzzled his nose against hers. “It’s time to go.” @nakachu

She tried her best to keep her eyes on him when he moved her chin towards him. It was strange to be here with him like this. After everything that happened today this was the last place she had expected to be. She couldn’t help but smile at him as he finished what he had to say. “I know..” she said to him softly. She moved in for the kiss he gave on her lips, but it was over way to soon and him grabbing his shirt could only mean one thing. “It’s time to go.” Right.. why did it feel like a strange good bye? They would only be away from each other for a week. But it would never be the same anymore after would it? They would have gone from two people who liked each other, to a vampire and a human.. She still didn’t know how she felt about the whole thing and she did not look forward to getting home and needing to figure it out. She nodded to him. “Yeah..” she said, her voice taking a more saddened tone. If he got off her she would make a small walk to the bathroom to clean herself off before coming back into the room. She gathered her clothes, the tiniest smile on her face as she saw the top he had ripped apart, and then got herself dressed. “Will I be able to text you?” She asked then, realizing she didn’t know the full rules of these next few days. “Will I need to get money out of my accounts? Will I even be able to see a doctor if anything happens to the baby after we leave?” The questions just suddenly starting to flood her head. Because she was running.. possibly taking on another identity entirely.. God.. what was she doing? @shayshayrian

With a sigh, he removed himself from her, handed her her clothes and waited for the door to click closed before he used his speed to get him to bathroom in his room with haste. He made little noise as he cleaned himself up and used the same quickness to reappear downstairs. He had just completely dressed from the waist down, fastened his jean buttons when she emerged from the bathroom. A smile crept across his face as she made her way to him, even as she asked him questions that she wouldn’t like the answer to. “You can text me, but I can’t promise I’ll respond. I’ll be extremely busy this week and I’ll be trying to get it all done as fast as I can so that I can be with you as soon as possible.” He moved to her, pulling her close to his bare chest and kissing her forehead before continuing. “Pulling your money depends on if you’re running away. You only need to withdraw everything you have and change your identity if you’re leaving in secret. If you don’t want anyone to know where you are, then you should take everything you have. My suggestion? I’d take everything out and change my identity, just to keep you safe in the future if something comes looking for you.” When the question about the doctor surfaced, he wasn’t sure how to word his apprehension. His hands tightened around her hips and his eyes ventured to the ceiling with a sorrowful expression before he met her gaze again. “The baby… is something we’re going to have to be cautious of. The place I plan on moving to is home to an old friend of mine that I believe can help us, however, normal doctors are out of the question. And Ellie, don’t be surprised if you start showing this week. Vampiric children… grow fast.” *He placed a kiss on her forehead as his eyes squeezed closed. When he pulled away, he cupped her face in his hands and kissed her again, hard and full of desire as if their last sexual encounter never happened. When his lips parted from hers he let out a shakey breath before kissing

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her cheek and backing away from her.* “If you don’t leave now, I won’t let you. You really should go if you want to say your goodbyes.” @nakachu

Being pulled up against him was exactly what she had needed in that moment. Just the simple sound of his heart beating against her ear was calming her back down. She closed her eyes as she focused on it as she listened to him at the same time. And even if his words still scared her, the answers were more bearable with him so tightly against her. If he thought changing her identity was best then she would do so.. she didn’t have much to her name either way. It wouldn’t change much. And obviously.. he had done this before. It wasn’t till he spoke about the baby that she broke them apart a bit to look at his face. She didn’t want to lose it.. not now she knew it was his. Even if he had said that it was going to dangerous.. she just wanted to try. “I am not supposed to show for another two months..” she said in a hushed voice. But he quickly shushed her with his kisses. It was like every time his lips touched her he was stealing away a small bit of that fear that was building inside of her. Like he was the eb to her flow when it came to that part of her. The final kiss between them made her dig her nails lightly into his skin. “If you don’t leave now, I won’t let you. You really should go if you want to say your goodbyes.” She looked back at him again and was met with those gorgeous decisive eyes of his. “Yeah..” she said nodding quickly before going to the table and picked up the paper she had bought with her. “I will.. text you if I need anything.” She said as she lingered around that table for a small bit more, working up the courage to leave again. This house had become a bubble of protection somehow in those last hours and leaving it terrified her. “Bye.. Xaiden.” She said then quickly before taking those steps to the door and closing it behind her. Like ripping a bandaid. The made her way to the car just as fast and allowed herself one last look of the house before she drove off. @shayshayrian

Watching her leave was more painful than terrifying to him. He knew she couldn’t get into too much trouble in a week and he knew she would be safe, but there was a lot of work to do for them to finally be together. He didn’t want to waste any time and as soon as the door closed behind her, he used his speed to grab all the boxes from upstairs and the kitchen to put them all in the living room. He inspected every inch of the house to make sure everything he would need to load up was in the living room. Before departing from the house, he would grab a a thin, white t-shirt and start loading everything into his car. By the time he made it outside, Ellie had already gone, but a smile was still on his face with every box he packed. He would see her soon and if he didn’t did everything right, their first night together would be able to be fun instead of stressful. It would take a couple trips and the the drive would be hours long, but the week would be very productive and Sunday would come a lot faster than either of them realized. @nakachu

One Week Later

The week away from him had been a lot of things.. It had been both long and short, busy and calm, terrifying and happy. It had been bringing her emotions up and down a lot, much to the dismay of her roommate Arianna. She kept asking if Ellie was doing alright and every single time Ellie had simply told her that she just wanted to get going to be with her family. It hadn’t even felt like much of a lie.. He was her family now and she sure hoped that soon enough.. they would be adding a baby into that family. She had visited her parents and all her friends to say goodbye, even if her parents didn’t know she was leaving. She had ended all her subscriptions that she could think off, took all the money out of her bank accounts and packed up everything that she might need. The rest of her stuff she had donated or sold as she didn’t want Arianna to need to find places for it. In the end the was left with two suitcases and one backpack worth of things. She also had a notebook filled with questions that she had written down.. figuring that perhaps at some point she could ask Xaiden about them. With that it was time to leave.. she took her phone. Almost ready.. be there in an hour. She had called a taxi to take her to the location Xaiden had asked to meet her and they would be here in ten minutes or so. She was wearing a dress that hung lose around her hips and stomach. Like Xaiden had predicted she had started to show. Even if it was the slightest little bump to her lower abdomen she had desperately tried to hide it. When the taxi was finally there she did her best to keep her emotions to herself. To think about where she was going to instead of what she was leaving behind. She was almost happy that Arianna had already said her goodbyes. She didn’t know if she could have handled it in that moment. He loaded in her luggage and then drove off to meet with Xaiden once again. @shayshayrian

The week had passed by so quick for Xaiden Accic. Between hauling all of the boxes and driving back and forth from his old location to the new, he was run ragged every day. His body had been unaffected by the constant running, but his mental capacity was at its wits end by the time Sunday had come along. On Saturday night, he had sent a text to Elina, sending her the address of a small shopping center two towns over. He planned to pick her up there and take her the rest of the way to their new house. On Sunday morning, Xaiden jumped up from a bed he barely slept in and took a shower. His excitement as seeing Ellie again was almost strong enough for him to run straight to her and make it there before his car would. His minty body wash and oaken cologne enveloped every part of him as he crossed the room to get dressed. Dark blue jeans, a form-fitting blue t-shirt and a thin black jacket was what he rushed out of the new house in, leaping into his black charger and racing to the store to meet Ellie. It was about a twenty minute drive from the store to the new home and while all of that wasn’t entirely too far away from her hometown, it was just far enough away that no one would recognize her. His light blue eyes found his reflection in the rear view, causing a hand to come up and push the stray strands of hair back in place as that familiar smirk crossed his features. He couldn’t wait to see the woman that held his heart and hold her in his arms again. Once he arrived at the predestined location, he sat in the car for a moment. His chest suddenly felt tight and like he was meeting her for the first time all over again. Checking his jet black hair once more, he exited the car and leaned against the closed driver-side door with his hands in his pocket as he awaited the sight of a cab. @nakachu

She had meant to be there on time. But first they had gotten stuck in traffic, then the driver had decided he knew a better way there and of course that had not turned out for the best. It took them much longer then she had wanted it to and by the time they finally arrived to that shopping mall he had told him to go to she was a small wreck. She was nervous.. she couldn’t it. In her mind this was the last day that she would be Elina Hayes and frankly.. she didn’t know yet who she would be after. She had done her hair that morning to look at cute with waves past her shoulders, but with the amount of picking she had done at it, half of those were already gone. Yet the moment the car stopped and she saw him leaning against that familiar black charger those fear all ebbed away slowly. He looked handsome standing there like that. Even more he looked confident and in control. Like he was simply out there waiting for her to show up so they could go shopping. “That would be 65.30 Ma’m.” The cab driver said as he pulled in. She pulled out the money from her back, trying to hide the true amount of cash that was in there and handed him 70. “Just keep the rest.” She told him. He thanked her and walked around the car to open her door and then helped her get her two suitcases out as well. She smile at him, her hand once again moving to her stomach as she saw him before she could help her self no longer and ran at him to embrace him and kiss him. @shayshayrian

The taxi had taken much longer to get there than he would’ve liked, but he was a patient man. When the yellow checkered car pulled into the parking lot, the smile on his face was wider than it had been in days. He could see her moving at a rapid speed inside the car, likely paying the man and almost leap out of it when she had. If he had thought she was beautiful the last time he saw her, it was nothing compared to now. Her hair fell around her shoulders in lovely waves and her dress activated corners of his mind that he hadn’t felt for too long. He barely noticed the cab driver bring her bags from the taxi to his charger, much less when he left the parking lot entirely. The only thing Xaiden had focused on was the way Elina had sprinted towards him and threw herself onto him before their lips met for the first time in what felt like centuries. One arm wrapped around her back while the other palmed her cheek as he depleted their kiss hard and quick. His tongue coiled around hers as his hand pinned her to him. Long, desperate moans echoed against her lips as the hand on her face joined the other around her. He held her against his chest until his lungs threatened to explode from lack of air, at which point he gently lowered her feet back to the ground. “Hello, my beautiful girl.” The back of his hand nonchalantly ran down her stomach, feeling the small protruding bump and his smile only became bigger. “You look amazing.” @nakachu

The moment she found herself in his arms she knew that she had made the right decision. Her hands were all over his cheeks and neck as he kissed her and she melted into him. Her fears faded away and all the questions she had went to the back on her head. Everything became unimportant but him and his mouth on hers. She too needed a moment to catch her breath once her feet found their way back on the ground. “Hey..” she said back with a big smile at her face. She felt that hand go over her stomach and she placed her own over his to keep it there. “Don’t lie.. I look like crap.” She chuckled. She had gotten way to little sleep and her hair was messy. The dress hung loosely around her to hide her stomach. “Do you feel it?” She asked him then, referring to the bump that was there. “I first noticed it three days ago. It really is growing quickly..” It had been a small bit terrifying, to know that it was different then a normal pregnancy. She didn’t know what to expect or what to think was right or wrong. She just hoped that the person he said could help them with it knew more for her. She peeked to the side to see her things next to the car all packed away. “You want to get going?”

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When she had said she looked like crap, he swept his eyes over her again, grabbing her hand and extending his arm out as if to give her room to twirl in front of him. Whether she did or not, he would examine every inch of her before pulling her back in and holding her against his chest. His jaw opened a bit to speak, but instead she asked if he could feel it. He could, but at her question her brought both hands to her waist and traced his thumbs over her stomach. Those crystal eyes only seemed to get brighter as he looked down into hers. “Of course I can. Maybe the pregnancy is why, but you look radiant. I love you, Elina.” He hugged her quickly, before separating himself from her to toss the bags into the trunk. He was glad to see she didn’t pack much, but as he closed the trunk, he turned to her with a deviant grin. “Well, it doesn’t seem you packed too much. Does that mean you need some new clothes?” His eyes traveled to the outlet before them. There were several department stores all in a row and a fair few were for womens clothing. He had them meet there intentionally, figuring some shopping would help make things at least a little normal. “It’s only a thirty minute drive or so to the house, so if you want to spend some time here, we can.” He walked towards her and loosely grabbed her wrists, pulling them around his neck as he pressed her forehead to hers. “The decision is yours, my love.” @nakachu

It almost seemed strange how in that moment they seemed almost like a normal couple. One that had been together for a long time, who had been through hardships and survived and were now looking forward to taking care of a child. Even if her stomach was not that obvious yet to anyone but them. She couldn't help but enjoy it though. This had been what she had wanted from him this whole time. His full attention.. his love. Only now did she understand that there had always been some kind of barrier between them, one that was gone now that he no longer needed to hide any secrets from her. She chuckled as he mentioned her clothes. "Well.. most were old anyway and soon I probably won't fit into most of them. So I figured I would only take the necessary with me." She chuckled at him. She gladly wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled herself on her toes so she could press their faces close. He smelled good.. that minty smell of his bodywash was thick on his skin. "Are you sure we can? I don't want to be a burden..." she said a small bit unsure. If he did say it was she would smile, blushing slightly. "Only if you help me pick." She chuckled. @shayshayrian

“Of course I’m sure. While I wouldn’t mind your lack of clothing around the house, I’m sure it would make going out a bit awkward.” His smile was wide as he pressed their lips together for a moment before letting his arms around her fall. “Alright, let’s go.” He took her hand in his as they walked the small distance from his car to the shops, starting at the first one. They had all manner of clothes on display, but he let her take the lead through the store, not exactly sure what style or size she needed or wanted. His eyes did linger on the dresses and shirts that left little to the imagination, but that likely wasn’t what she was looking for. As she drifted around the store, he couldn’t keep his eyes off of her. “Do you know what you’re looking for? Dresses? Shirts? I’m pretty sure there’s a maternity section around her somewhere.” The last section was almost spoken to himself as he lifted his head to peer over the racks and read the section signs. For some reason, it only just then clicking in his mind, he turned to her and pulled her into him no matter what she was currently doing. He pulled her back to his chest by her arms and leaned down to whisper in her ear. “Don’t be afraid to get whatever you want. I have plenty of money to cover it.” @nakachu

Of course his words managed to make that pink rise to her cheeks just like it always did. Though it was accompanied by a smile on her face. He let her led her into the store and the moment they were in she took the opportunity to look around. It was one of those outlets that had everything sorted by type of clothing and her eyes were instantly drawn to a bunch of dresses that were hanging at the sides. Though the dresses were a lot more modest then the one Xaiden seemed attracted to. “Uhmm.. some dresses yeah. Some t-shirts, maybe some sleep wear…” before she could continue he took her arm and pulled her back against him and wrapped his arms around her chest. “Don’t be afraid to get whatever you want. I have plenty of money to cover it.” He whispered into her ear. She turned her head to look at him, her face already making it clear she did not agree with that. “You shouldn’t pay for my clothes..” she said in almost the same way of whispering as he had done. “I got money too, I can pay for it.” She said almost decidedly. She would pull herself away from him before he could argue and picked one of the dresses she had seen from the shelf and then moved towards the maternity section. Some pants with elastic waistbands would probably be a good idea with how much she had already grown in three small days. She picked one of the rack and looked at the price tag only for her eyes to go wide. “How much..?” She said mostly to herself. Damn.. no wonder people said kids were expensive. It already started in the clothes you needed to carry one. “I thought this was an outlet.” @shayshayrian

He let out a disgruntled sigh as she pulled away from him, venturing on to select a few articles of clothing that he couldn’t help but find alluring in her hands. It wasn’t because they were scandalous, it was because he was picturing her in them and then out of them. He followed her to the maturity section, catching her reaction at the price tag. His eyes were still glancing over the racks and at the people around them before he leaned down to her again. “I know you have money, but I want you to save what you have in case you need it.” His eyes traveled to the price tag and back to her hair as he continued to whisper to her. “Like I said, don’t worry about it.” He ran his hand down her back as he slipped passed her to look at some of the more spring themed apparel as winter was almost over. He didn’t grab anything, but he did cast an inspecting gaze upon most of the articles of clothing he passed. There was one dress his gaze lingered on more as he walked down the rack. A green maternity dress that would’ve came to her knees, loose fitting and such a dark green that it would probably bring out her eyes more than they already did on their own. He kept walking though, not wanting to grab anything that she would feel obligated to buy. “They have changing rooms here too. You should probably try some things on just to make sure.” Just the thought of her changing into clothes, made his lungs freeze. He swallowed his eagerness and gave her a sweet smile that turned deviant as his words left his lips. “Wouldn’t want to get something so small I’d have to rip it off of you.” @nakachu

She still wasn’t convinced. She didn’t want him to take care of her, not yet. She was not ready for that somehow. She just needed to feel like she could be on her own for a small bit more.. like she wasn’t some fragile thing that he needed to keep safe for.. whatever it was they were so afraid of. But instead of argueing more and knowing she would lose she browsed on a little bit. In the end she picked three different pants that would be able to last her quite a while as well as some t-shirts that were nice and lose. As she turned around she just caught him staring at the green dress, his eyes lingering on it for a while yet he continued to walk and not say anything. So she sneaked after him and took the right size from the rack and added it to the pile that was building on top of her arm. “Yeah. I will try them.” She said, not catching the change in him till he added the last bit. Only then did she look over her shoulder at him again with a blush, even if it was accompanied by a soft bite to her lower lip. He always brought that tingle between her legs whenever he tried to tease her like that and like usual she was ignoring it as best as she could. “I will just.. go try some..” she said then, needing to just get away from those hungry eyes of his or that goddamn smile. She picked up one or two more items on the way and then disappeared to the changing rooms, picking one that was a decent way in the back. Once she was inside she looked at the price tags again and sighed. She knew he was going to pay either way, he had done that all along. Anytime she pulled her wallet he had somehow already managed to hand the clerk his card to run. So she might as well just try and at least keep the damage under control. She pulled the dress over her head and placed it to the side as she looked at herself in that mirror. The little bump was so subtle.. yet it was there. Her breasts had also already started to grow. They felt tender and just barely still fit in her bra

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, creating a small hump around the edge. Maybe she should get some new ones of those as well. @shayshayrian

He watched her run off to the changing rooms with a small laugh to himself as he stayed in place. Walking around the few racks in between him and the changing area, he didn’t see much that looked that great hanging up, but when he pictured her wearing them, it changed the image drastically. He came the hallway of the changing rooms, anxiously awaiting her to come out in anything she wanted him to see. She was the only one back there that he could tell, so he found which stall she was in relatively easy and sat on the bench in front of it. “If you want to come out in anything, I’ll be right here.” He held his hands together, intertwining his fingers loosely as he stared out into the store, seeing the clouds outside turn a nasty shade of grey. @nakachu

After she had a small look at herself she started to get into the clothing that she had picked out. She started with the maternity pants. Since they all were from the same brand she would only need to try one of them to see if they would fit. She pulled it up over her behind and found that it fit her well. Of course around her stomach it was still loose with plenty of space in that elastic band to stretch once she did grow bigger. She watched it with one of the t-shirts and came out to meet Xaiden. “What do you think?” She asked him as he made a little spin for him. Surely they were not the most sexy clothes, maternity clothing just wasn’t like that, but it did accentuate her body well and sat around her behind quite nicely. “It has plenty of room to grow.” She said as she stretched that band out for him to see. @shayshayrian

When the door opened and he saw her walked out in what looked to be extremely comfortable clothes, his eyes completely diverted from hers. Her little spin made his mouth run dry and when she pulled the pants out to show the room, he used one hand to wipe at his face. He couldn’t stop the wide smile that broke his features, even as his hand swiped down to his chin. “I brought this on myself. This is my fault.” He chuckled as he hung his head, but brought it back up to her with a soft love in his eyes. “You look stunning. It fits you nicely and looks like it will for a while. If it’s comfortable, I definitely think you should get it.” When he finished speaking, he looked back down her body and chuckled to himself again. “I’m sorry. I’ll try to keep myself under control here.” He said as he crossed his arms and leaned back against the wall. She was beautiful, pregnant with his child and all he wanted to do was pushed her back into that stall and let the whole store know she was his, but he had to quickly push those thoughts from his mind before it became apparent. @nakachu

His reactions only made her blush more. She was sure he was over exaggerating about how good she looked but she liked it anyway. She liked having his attentions on her. She liked seeing that love in his eyes when he looked on her, that beautiful smile on his face and the way he rubbed over his stubble made her want to do it for him instead. “You better..” she chuckled as he said he would keep himself under control even if in that moment she didn’t fully know what he went. “I will take them then. They are very comfortable.” She said. She then turned and went back into the changing room, closing the curtain again before him. She stripped out and placed both the jeans and the shirt in a pile that she wanted to keep. Next was the green dress that she had seen him staring at. It as beautiful, the fabric thin enough to really be fitting for the spring and summer. It had a decent deep v, the type of dress that would accomodate her stomach but also show off she still had the body of a female. She lifted it over her head and looked at herself in the mirror and instantly loved the way it looked on her. It made her eyes pop and her hair look even more red then it was. She opened the curtain again, curious what he would think of it. “I saw you looking at this one, is it what you hoped?” She teased him. @shayshayrian

When she disappeared behind the curtain, he put his forehead in his palm. It had only been a week, there was no reason why he should need her this much. He rubbed at his face for a moment before he crossed his arms again, leaning his head against the cold wall and trying to remember that they still had a thirty minute drive before they got home. When he heard the curtain swing open again, his eyes automatically snapped open and his breath stilled in his throat. He hadn’t even seen her pick that one up and it looked better on her than he imagined. His eyes caressed her body as if seeing her for the first time; he took an agonizingly slow look at her hair, then her bust, her stomach and her legs. Her complexion was flawless and the radiance in her eyes made it hard for him to breath. With a groan, he put his head in his hands again, sighing loudly. He extended an arm and waved her over to him, even though his eyes were still shielded by his other hand. If she would walk towards him, he would let his hand slide across her side and onto her back, feeling the soft fabric against her skin and pulling her body to him. If she didn’t make any effort to come to him, he would blindly reach out for her hand and pull her to him. Keeping his eyes closed he ran his hands down to her hips and brought her stomach to his lips, giving her a gentle kiss before resting his forehead against her stomach. The fabric pulled and excinuated every part of her form, making it hard for his hands to stay where they were. He leaned back with a huff and tucked his hands behind his head as he struggled to keep his eyes on hers. “You’re fucking gorgeous, now get away from me before I have to pay for a tattered dress.” He joked, closing his eyes until she disappeared. @nakachu

Again his compliments did things to her that she couldn’t explain. To have his hands all over her, worshipping her almost was something she wasn’t used to and was convinced she would never get used to. As he pulled her closer and placed a kiss against her stomach she almost felt like she could cry right in that moment. She really had to swallow before she felt like she could even open her mouth again without crying on him. It was only when he pulled away that she felt like she could even take another full breath in. She was about to step back into the changing room when she changed her mind and turned back towards him. While he still had his eyes closed she leaned forward and whispered into his ear. “I might need some new underwear as well..” she said into him. “Mind picking some out for me?” She told him the size she would need. She then quickly walked back into that changing room and closed the curtain behind her. She was still blushing as she sat down on the bench there and waited to hear if he would walk off and go and get her some. Biting down on her lip. She could only imagine what he would find for her. She knew he liked things that were more.. provocative then she would normally pick. Yet right now she really wanted to wear something like that for him. @shayshayrian

His body went rigid as she knelt down to whisper to him, the words sending shocks through his body more than the faint breath on his ear. When his eyes snapped open, she had darted behind the curtain and closed it in a hurry. He grumbled low as he ran a hand through his hair, standing with great discomfort. “Alright, but I want to see them.” He said over his shoulder with a smirk. He knew that would surely send him over the edge if she decided to call his bluff, but more importantly, it would make her blush. He made his way around the store to the underwear section that was conveniently located next to the lingerie section. He quickly found a few bras and panties that he knew she found comfortable, claiming the bras a bit bigger than she normally wore, but then he saw a set of blue lingerie that made his eyes shimmer. It wasn’t anything too audacious, but it was lacy, low cut and just in her size. Biting his lip, he chuckled as he grabbed it too and returned to the changing room as quickly as he could. “Alright, Elina. I found the perfect one.” He let the hanger of the blue lingerie hang off his finger as he lowered it over the top of the curtain. He waited to hear her reaction before he also handed her four different hangers with normal bras and underwear on them. After she took them, he took his seat and put his head in his hands as he tried to lowered the heat he felt in his chest. @nakachu

She waited both patiently and very impatiently to hear him come back for her. The blush had been dancing on her cheeks the whole time as she imagined what kind of things he would pick out for her. She had already taken off the dress and was just walking back and forth in the small stall, waiting for those footsteps to come back to her. And when he did he didn’t disappoint her. As he hovered the blue set above the curtains she couldn’t help but bite her lip. It was beautiful, nothing over the top, but it was most certainly one of those sets that you would wear because you were visiting your boyfriend. Knowing that Xaiden had picked it out only added to that fact. “Good..” she said, unsure how else to respond to that. Though she was a small bit relieved then he handed her a few more regular sets as well. She checked their sizing and quickly tried the nudes, pink and black set he had picked her. They all fit, leaving a small bit of room around her chest which was in this case a good thing. Then she came to the blue one and put on her. It fit her like a glove, hugging her hips in a beautiful way and closing down around her breast beautifully. The lace played with her skin, making her breast look even fuller then then they were. Alright, but I want to see them. She took a deep breath then, her blush deep red against her cheeks. She opened the curtains a small bit, peeking around the side to see if they were still lone in the area. Once she was certain they were she found Xaidens eye and beckoned him with her hand before disappearing behind that curtain again. She stood against the mirror, her hands folded behind her and her lip between her teeth as she waited for him. @shayshayrian

It took her a few minutes to try everything on he handed her and for a moment, he thought he had won out. He had relaxed, stopped thinking about her in her new clothes and she hadn’t shown him anything she put on. He thought about making a comment, a smug expression forming on his face, but just as he went to, she opened the curtain to look around. His eyes fell on hers and when she waved him inside, a single eyebrow rose. All that resistance he had built up flew out the window and he leaned towards the curtain with his elbows on his knees, staring directly into where the curtain had parted. “Elina. Do you really want me to come in there, because I can promise you, you’re not safe if I come in there.” His voice was low and his eyes were focused, but when he saw her hand come out from the curtain and wave him in, he looked around the hallway, slowly rose and flung the curtain open. She stood against the mirror in the lingerie set he picked out and nothing else. His eyes cascaded down her body and his teeth pulled on his bottom lip as he closed the curtain and slowly walked towards her. He couldn’t peel his eyes away from how it fit against her chest or how the waistline of the underwear dipped just low enough to tease him. His hands found her sides and his eyes fluttered closed for a moment as the warmth of her skin coated him. He swallowed hard before his eyes opened and gradually made their way to hers. *His breathing was started to get deeper and that hunger that she saw in him more often than not was there with a vengeance. He pushed her against the mirror by her hips as he brought his lips down to almost touch hers. He could feel her breath on his lips and it only drew him in more. Bending his knees, he picked her up from under her thighs, positioning himself between her legs and pushed her back against the mirror; bringing her eye level to him as he searched her beautiful eyes. Slowly closing them, he brought his lips to hers again to whisper to he

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r.* “I told you, you weren’t safe.” He pressed his lips against hers hard, although tried to keep his breathing under control as to not make too much noise. Effectively pinning her against the mirror with his hips, he used one hand to run through her hair and the other to feel the fabric of the bra against her breast. His tongue frantically searched for hers and when it found it, he let out a low grumble. He knew they couldn’t do much in the confines of the stall, but that wouldn’t stop him from going as far as she’d let him. @nakachu

She was biting down on her lip as he flipped over the curtains and made his way inside that small space. She instantly turned red as his eyes caressed her body, almost feeling that stare going down her as if his very hands were touching her. Already she could feel her heart starting to race. His eyes changed from that soft loving one to lust filled and hungry. Before she could even say anything he was suddenly on her. Those hands caressing the shape of her and pushing her back against the cold mirror behind her. He picked her up and the moment he pushed his hips into her she couldn’t help the deep breath that escaped her lips. She knew he had warned her that she wouldn’t be safe, yet she somehow had not expected it to be this.. explosive. As his lips crashed into her though she felt herself giving in to it. Slowly the fact that they were in a changing room was starting to get lost on her and the heat between her legs came on her strong and relentless. She brought her hands around his face first, framing his cheeks and kissing him back with that same hunger that he seemed to be showing. Then they travelled down and started to work on his belt, trying to get it lose on his frame. “I want you inside me..” she whispered into his mouth, too lost in the moment. If he pulled back to look at her in surprise she just found his eyes and continued the work that her hands were doing. She focused on the sounds around them, the quiet.. there was almost nobody there and surely not around that back stall that she had chosen. “Quick.. before I change my mind.” She said, her voice already wavering slightly now that he had stopped kissing her. @shayshayrian

Her hands on his belt made his grip on her tighten. He had a handful of her hair at the nape of her neck and the hand that had been massaging her breast dipped down to grope and hold her underside of her thigh. Her whisper came as a surprise to him, only because of their current location, but it did the complete opposite of making him stop. He did regretfully separate their lips for a moment as he stared at her with ravenous lust. “Are you sure?” His voice was a whisper against her lips as he tried to make as little noise as possible and when she returned with, ‘Quick.. before I change my mind.’, he wasted no more time. He suctioned their lips together again before releasing her hair and feeling down her curvatures. His hand drifted from her hair, to her throat, to the side of her chest and finally landed on her plump rear along with his opposite hand. He lifted her from against the mirror as his tongue fought to be around hers and moved to the back wall of the stall, giving her ass a firm squeeze with both hands before sliding them down to her thighs, his fingers mere inches from her womanhood underneath her legs. She had managed to undo his belt and loosen his jeans enough that he could feel his hardened shaft behind his boxer briefs press against the lacy fabric of her lingerie. His hard exhales peppered her lips as he ended their kiss and looked down at her chest. Keeping his firm grip on her legs, he connected his lips to her neck slowly, trailing his tongue behind every leisurely kiss. The kisses may have been gradual, but they were strong and concentrated as they made their way down to her chest, his hands lifting her body to keep his mouth level with where he wanted to kiss. When he made it to her chest, his teeth gently pulled at the fabric of the bra, just enough to tease her while one hand slipped his fingers behind the silk of her underwear. If she made any noise above a whisper at any point, he would move one hand from under her…

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… to cover her mouth as he brought his lips to her ear. His whisper was nearly devoid of his voice, but it still held that same commanding tone while every other action ceased until he finished speaking. ”Shhh. Not. A. Sound.” @nakachu

Feeling his lips back on hers helped. It instantly made that gnawing feeling inside of her disappear as she just melted back into him. All she could feel was those hands moving over her body, cupping her breast, tickling her waist and landing on her rear. The way he moved her to be exactly where he wanted her. His breathing mixing with hers as their tongues danced together. As soon as her hands were done peeling down her jeans they moved back up. She could feel the ridges of his muscles on his stomach and chest before they landed around his neck once more to burry into his hair. As his mouth left hers she simply leaned back against the mirror and let those lips caress her skin. Her breathing fast and her chest moving up and down underneath him. And then finally his hand dove into the lace set he had picked out and connected to the heat that was between her legs. She breathed out deep and just the tiniest bit of a moan escaped with it. Almost instantly his hand came up and over her mouth and her eyes flicked open to find his. “Shhh. Not. A. Sound.” He whispered into her ear and she quickly nodded. There was something exciting about what they were doing. The secrecy of it. She didn’t want to admit it, but it was doing something for her. Even if a small voice in her head was telling her that this was bad, that she didn’t want to be caught, that they should stop… another part of her was telling her to take the risk and enjoy it. She quickly bit down on her lip to keep anymore sound from escaping her, still not wanting him to stop. “Don’t stop..” she said in the softest of whispers. @shayshayrian

His hand lowered from her delicate lips after she nodded, a sinister smile forming against her ear as he whispered again. “Good girl.” Keeping his lips in her neck, it muffled his voice to a degree where he could exhale just loud enough to not have to hold his breath. His fingers slipped under the silk again to caress down her lower lips, feeling just how turned on she was. His smile only widened as he went back to marking her neck again, pressing his tongue into her veins roughly. He wanted more of her, all of her, but it would have to wait until they got home. For now, he withdrew his hand from her lingerie and pulled down his dark grey underwear, pressing his bare length against her. He could feel his own pulse start to race and he knew hers was just as quick, hearing it pound in his head. He moved her panties to the side and attempted to eliminate any amount of noise coming from her, lowering her just a bit by the back of her knees and planting a rough kiss on her lips. With her head pressed against the wall, he bent her legs to almost press her knees against the wall at her sides. His hips retracted a bit before he angled himself just right and hilted her with force. Their lips broke apart and their breath collided as he strangled out an euphoric exhale. He quickly brought their foreheads together, their noses next to each other, as his lips shushed her again directly atop her own. Footsteps could be heard walking passed the changing room hallway, but none directly into it that he could tell. If they were loud though, someone just outside the hallway would definitely hear it. He would wait until they were both a little more controlled before he gently pulled out a few inches only to thrust back into her again. @nakachu

“Good girl.” It was enough to make her shudder, feeling it go right from the top of her spine down. Yet she kept that lip between her teeth, afraid that if she let it go she would make noises. His hand once again dipped down it and she exhaled through her nose, yet this time she didn’t let any sound escape. His rough kisses in her neck helped nothing to aid her quietness. Her eyes found his and held it as he moved down his underwear. They were just as hungry as his was, just as filled with lust and excitement even if her cheeks were flushed and pink. He adjusted her once more before he pressed his lips back into her and then entered her. She tried the best she could to not moan out, but it was good his mouth was there to muffle out the small bit that did escape her. Her hands gripping into his hair in an attempt to focus the feeling into them. She breathed out faster and deeper once he left her, looking down between them to see him inside her over the small bump that was on her stomach. Her eyes drifted to the curtain behind them before settling back at him once more. She was having sex in a changing room.. yeah she would have never thought that was going to happen three months ago. She heard those same footsteps that he heard and her ears focused on it just a small bit until he pulled out of her again. She quickly burried her lip back between her teeth before he thrusted himself in once more. It helped to keep the sound under control that was so dangerously close to spilling from her lips. Her breaths coming out of her nose instead as she kept those lust filled eyes on his. She leaned into him, her arms coming closer around his neck and pressing her face against his neck, using his neck and shoulder to muffle her heavy breathing. @shayshayrian

Her grip in his hair did nothing to quell his desire for her. Her breath against his shoulder and neck sent shocks through his veins and with a little extra incentive, he rocked himself in and out of her a handful of times before he aggressively shoved himself into her. The wall behind her started to creak with strain and as his eyes fell on those blue silken straps atop her shoulders, he felt himself caring less. His teeth pulled one of the straps down before they bit at her again, this time on her collarbone as his hips began to pound inside of her harder. The changing room wasn’t the best location, but having her form pressed against him made him think little of it. He had the strength to hold her wherever he needed her, but the restriction of their voices only made him try harder for them. It was a constant ebb and flow of wanting to hear her, but knowing she couldn’t and it made his actions need her that much more. His muffled exhales against her collar traveled up to her ear again where a soft medium-pitched moan left him for only her to hear. “ahh—Elinaaa” His hips thrusted harder, making the wall behind her sound hollow before he removed her from it completely and sat down on the bench inside the room. He knocked the clothes she had there onto the floor while he sat himself down with her on his lap and gazed up into her eyes. He could see the lingerie set much better now, even if the bottoms were pulled to one side and one strap of the top was hanging loosely off her shoulder. He brought his hands to her ribs as he buried his face between her breasts, lightly nipping at the fabric and soft flesh beneath before his hands sank down to her hips to lift her and slam her down on top of him in one fluid motion.

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The more he worked on her the more she need that lip to keep herself quiet. Her teeth digging it in hard enough that it was going to leave small marks behind. To feel more moving in and out of her was driving her and everytime he seemed to slow down he slammed himself into her again as if he was trying to drive out that moan from her. She was so focused on not making a sound that she barely even noticed the soft creaking that they were causing. Her nails dug into his skin as well, her fingers white from trying to hold into him so much. As he shifted them both she could have sworn that anyone hearing it would know exactly what they were doing. It sounded so frantic and hasted. The clothes hitting the floor with the hangers still attached. For a moment she tried to listen to the things around her, try and hear if someone else had come into their area, but of course he soon distracted her once more. He brought her into his lap and as he pressed her down into him he burried so deep that she could no longer keep the voice from her throat. A small moan escaped her and rang into the air before she brought her hand up to cover her own mouth to prevent more from slipping. As it barely helped she now dug her teeth into her thumb instead, trying to find anything to keep herself muffled as she could already feel him pulling her up once more. Her eyes went down to him, full of lust but also a small edge of worry. Like he was both begging him to continue and take her harder and begging him to be gentle. @shayshayrian

Thirty minutes was too long to wait until they got home, even if they left right then. He’d never be able to keep his hands off of her for the whole drive and he needed her now. Her moan made a faint smile form as hands came up to gently lift the blue bra and while his mouth attacked her bare skin. He had completely released her hips so that she could move how she wanted against him as his heavy exhales hit wet skin. “Elina…” He lightly spoke between mouthfuls of delicate skin. “We have to hurry.” He said with a groan. He didn’t want to hurry, he didn’t want to be gentle and he didn’t want to miss any part of her as his lips ventured back up to hers, moving her hand from her mouth before he invaded hers with his tongue again. Everything about her hard him spiraling into a tornado of lust that almost started to not care at all where they were. *If she continued to ride atop him, he would gently rock himself with her to try and give her the most amount of pleasure he could. If she stopped, he would break their kiss and search her eyes for a moment before he committed something drastic. @nakachu

Hearing him say in name in such an erotic way had her losing all sorts of control. His teeth and mouth playing with her skin did nothing to help her either. Those teeth dug into her thumb in that attempt to be quiet but the more he moved underneath her the more she felt that moan threatening to crawl up her throat. He pulled her hand away then and replaced her thumb with his tongue. She gladly dug into that, using it to muffle herself instead. She would move her hips into him. Rolling them over his length so he would move in and out of her in a smooth way that wouldn’t make the whole changing room shake. Yet it didn’t make it less intense. Once more she could hear footsteps close by, but they didn’t come close enough to seem to worry Xaiden. “Xaiden..” she whispered into him as she broke their kiss for a mere moment. “I.. I can’t.. if you keep moving like that..” she said into him with large breath that were dangerously close to producing a sound that would carry further then that changing room. She quickly pressed her lips back against his and let him invade her mouth once more as a muffled moan escaped her, the first of perhaps many more. @shayshayrian

Xaiden smiled against her kiss as she tried to explain that she couldn’t keep herself silent anymore. He knew he had just told her they had to hurry, but every time he opened his eyes and saw that blue against her skin, he couldn’t help but feel his lust for her spike again. She had already made noise, she had already expressed how on edge she was and she was right there. He rocked her on his lap for a moment longer before he grabbed a handful of her hair and brought his lips to her ear. “Cover your mouth.” He whispered. In an instant, he rose from the bench to sit her down upon it as he slowly pulled out of her. Casting a glance at her face to make sure she was covering her mouth, he dropped down to his knees and plummeted his face in between her legs, pulling her legs up and over his shoulders if she allowed. The position had him lower than she had ever seen him, but the awkwardness of the position was non-comparable to the sweet nectar that coated his face almost instantly. He couldn’t stop a low grumbled moan from seeping between her lower lips as his hands curled into her hips. “Mmmm, fuck, Elina. Give it to me.” His voice was deep and passionate, muffled by her sex and gladly so. He pushed himself deeper, swirling his tongue around her sensitive areas, but into her as well. Closing in on her clit, he put his tongue into overdrive as he pulsed and swirled against it, only to slid a finger into her within moments. @nakachu

Her eyes went wide with slight worry as he told her to cover her mouth, she did as he asked and pressed her hand over her mouth. As he dipped down she wanted to stop him, to pull him back up. She was already going outside of her comfort zone by being in that changing room with him and seeing his mouth move towards her only had more of that shyness spike in her.

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But the moment his lips dipped down into her she was already lost again. She pressed his hand hard over her mouth as she felt the first moan already bubbling up into her throat. His tongue felt amazing against her and she could instantly feel herself clench and squirm underneath him. If she had been convinced that she wouldn’t be able to keep quiet for him before then now the task had become absolutely impossible. His fingers joined the mix and send her into a different height of arousal and pleasure. She brought out hard through her nose, her chest rising and falling quickly as he got her spiraling out of control. And then it was there.. the orgasm ringing out of her as she clenched around his fingers. It was strong enough to make her thighs quiver and her rear lift from the bench she was sitting and put her weight into the knees that were over his shoulders. And along with it came one moan that she could no longer keep to herself. Even muffled by her hand it rang into the space between them. Her eyes instantly found his, wide and scared with that hand still pressed over her mouth. Even if she was still coming down from that orgasm she knew exactly what sound she had just made. @shayshayrian

The struggle in her voice and the tensing of her muscles made him push harder, thrust faster and make his tongue movements a bit more precise. When he felt that familiar tightening around his finger, he teased her more, continuing his actions until he really felt her shake and writhe against him. The rush of her juices and the sound of her voice glazed his eyes over, not really seeing the fear in hers when she looked down at him. With a regrettable huff, he peeled himself away from her, but reconnected his lips up her stomach and into her neck with gentle kisses. When he got to her neck he spoke in a quiet, normal voice. “Someone probably heard that.” He slid his fingers around the fabric of her underwear and pulled it back to cover her before he came to stand. He pushed his still erect shaft into his underwear, then sliding his pants up to where they should be. He tuned into his hearing to see if anyone had started to make their way to the changing rooms before he ducked back down to whisper to her again. “Go ahead and get dressed, baby. We’ve probably drawn some attention.” He kissed her ear before departing from the room to give her a bit of privacy while she changed. @nakachu

She still couldn’t believe she had been loud. So lost in the moment the sound had completely slipped her mouth. She just watched him as he seemed quite amused by the fact. “Someone probably heard that.” She instantly felt the blush grow deep on her face, her teeth bearing down on her lip. Fuck.. she hadn’t wanted that. She watched him tug himself back into his jeans, still hard and hungry. It made her feel guilty, but this time her embarassment won. She watched him slip away from her and she scrambled to her feet as soon as she could to get herself dressed in the things she came in. She took of the lingerie that he had gotten her and the bottom of it was damp from what they had done. She folded it into the rest of it so the tag stuck out in the hopes that they might just scan it and pay it no attention. Once she was dressed and had gathered everything she stepped out of the changing room. Her demeanor in that moment was that of shyness and wanting to disappear. She held the pile of clothing she wanted in her arms in a way that hid away most of her body and her head was ducked low on her shoulders. She barely even met Xaidens eyes as it only reminded her of what they had just done. Even if she had enjoyed it.. loved it even, in that moment she just wanted to get out of that store and prayed that nobody said a thing. @shayshayrian

Not annoyed in the slightest, Xaiden took a seat on the bench outside of the room while he waited for her. He could hear the frantic gathering of clothes just before his eyes glazed over. The way her body moved, the noises she made and the way she let him move her took over his imagination when the rip from the curtain brought him back. He smiled up at her only for her to nearly avoid his gaze and turn towards the exit. He rose with an arm around her side and a worried expression on his face. “Sweetheart, are you okay?” He replayed everything that they had done and he hoped he didn’t make her too uncomfortable. He knew how shy she was and that started to initiate a ping of guilt within him. Had he missed a cue that she needed him to stop and he didn’t? He wouldn’t leave the changing area willingly unless she made him, instead keeping his eyes on her and attempting to hold her to him. @nakachu

She had wanted to pay for the clothes and get it over with. To leave the store and never come back here again. Someone must have heard that moan and nobody would question what the reason had been that it had sounded. It had been obvious that it was of a pleasurable nature. Not pain.. Yet his arm found her and pulled her back and he trapped her beside him to ask if she was alright. “Someone must have heard me right..?” She said in a whisper, embarrasment still clear on her face. She took a deep breath, trying to will the redness away from her face but it stayed there. “I just..” she tried, biting down on her lip again. “I wish I didn’t make that sound..” she said truthfully and perhaps he would catch the hint behind her words that showed that she didn’t regret what they had done, just the sound that she had produced. “I am sorry I couldn’t stay quiet..” @shayshayrian

As she spoke, he couldn’t hide the smile forming against his lips. He urged her towards the exit of the hallway as a faint chuckle came from him. He could feel her embarrassment and her hesitation, likely at why he was laughing, but before they reached the exit, he pulled her behind the wall that concealed them only from the rest of the store. Anyone in the changing room would be able to see them, if there was anyone there. He quickly moved her against the wall and pressed his body to hers as he lowered his lips to her ear. A long exhale left him first before that low grumble started and slowly seeped into her ear. “I heard you. And I fucking loved it.” One forearm was pressed against the wall above her head while the other hand was delicately holding her hip. His lips pulled away only for his eyes to connect to hers. “If you’re quiet, it means I’m not pleasing you well enough.” *He said, almost against her lips. His smile was wide as he finished his sentence, knowing full well how much he was embarrassing her. Only then would he give her enough leeway to get away from him if she wished, but if she did run for the checkout counter, his dark chortle could be heard as she did. @nakachu

She was indeed surprised by the laugh that came from him and it only made her duck even further into her shoulders. Did he think it so funny that she was feeling embarrassed about it? Yet she followed him, though only for him to once again press her against that wall. She felt a surprised gasp leave her as he leaned into her and a shudder went through her as she felt his breath against her ear. “I heard you. And I fucking loved it.” It was a sentence she had not expected him to say and it made her heart skip a beat as well as her lower stomach clench together. “Xaiden…” she whispered softly back to him as her hands went into his chest. He only added to the feeling between her legs as he spoke again. He pulled away and her blush was only more deep and red against her face as he did, but somehow a bit of her embarrassment had been seeped out of her. Yet the need to get away from the store still lasted so she did indeed make her way to the checkout counter and placed the items down on the counter. She did not meet the eyes of the lady behind the counter, not wanting to see the judgement in her eyes if she knew. She watched as the items were rung up and lucky for her she didn’t seem to linger on the blue panties. As it came to paying she quickly placed money on the counter, not wanting to have to linger and ask Xaiden to pay it for her. After all the items were in a bag she quickly gathered them and took Xaidens hand to pull him with her out of the store if he would let her. @shayshayrian

Xaiden followed Elina through the store and to the checkout counter with a wide, amused smile plastered on his face. The clerk didn’t seem too bothered, but his light eyes were lasted focused, ready to compel her if need be. Luckily, she didn’t hesitate as she rang everything up and told them the total. He reached in his pocket for his wallet, but saw Elina had it taken care of before he could pull it out. “Gah, women. They don’t even let you pull it out before they finish themselves.” The joke left his lips faster than even he expected, laughing heartily afterwards, even if Ellie shot him a foul look. He gave the clerk a charming smile and thanked her just before he was pulled away from the counter and out the door. “Hey, at least I think I’m funny.” He jocosely said as the breeze hit their faces and the stench of department store left them. He stopped just before they got to the parking lot, looking down the line of other stores in the immediate vicinity. “Do you want to stop for anything else? Maybe if we’re lucky one of them will have an elevator.” He said as he waggled his eyebrows at her. @nakachu

His joke indeed pulled a foul look from her as well as a fresh layer of pink on her cheeks. With that combined with everything else she didn’t know how fast she could get out of the store. Her eyes cast down to the floor and her legs in an aparant hurry to get away from the place where they had been so.. intimate together. As they left and were back outside and close to the parking lot he once again pulled her attention to his. It seemed that blush was perhaps never going to leave her again that day. She bit down on her lip and for a moment she wandered if maybe she had given him the wrong idea. Yes she had allowed him to take her in that changing room, she had even asked him to do it… but that didn’t mean that it was something she would just easily do again. She had simply wanted him in that moment.. wanted that look of lust and hunger in his eyes to be all over her. But then it dawned on her.. he had not finished. She remembered the way he had tucked himself back into his boxers, still hard and bothered. Of course he was still making his jokes.. he had never had his release. She looked up at him, her eyes founding his even though her face was a bit more serious. “You didn’t cum..” she whispered into the air then, her realization no longer just a secret. @shayshayrian

Her comment visibly took him off guard eve though the remnants of a smile still lingered across his lips. He opened his mouth to speak a few times, but it took a moment for him to find the right words. “No, but that’s fine.” He did seem perfectly content with the fact, absent of any annoyance whatsoever. “The experience was enjoyable for me none-the-less.” He swallowed his amusement, slowly realizing that she likely wasn’t taking his jokes as what they were. He didn’t seriously mean any of it, but he could see how she thought he was. He gave her a soft sigh and a loving look before shoving his hands in his pockets. “I’m only trying to bring out that red in your gorgeous face. Please, don’t worry about me.” He said, a soft smirk pulling at one side of his face. @nakachu

“But..” she tried to protest as she looked up to his face, yet he had already seemed to have moved on to different matters. She couldn’t wipe the thought away from her brain however. She thought back about all the times that they had been together. Every single time he had made sure that he pleasure came first. That she found her release with him, wether it had been with his hand or his mouth or his manhood. Yet she had only ever found him finishing inside her.. alongside her. And this time she had not even managed to do that. He had shown her so much, pleasured her so much.. “I do worry about you..” she said as she leaned into him, bringing them closer together. “I don’t want to leave you wanting..” she whispered against him before she got on the tips of her toes to find her mouth against his. “We can find.. somewhere..” she said the shyness dancing in her voice. “I want to return the favor..” she said as she caught his eyes with hers. @shayshayrian

The closer she came, the more his hands left his pockets, coming to wrap around her as she pressed into him. Her words sent electric through his veins as her lips came within kissing distance of his. His eyes flickered between her lips and her pale green eyes before he gave her another kind smile and pressed his lips to hers. She was undeniably sexy and he wanted her constantly, but that didn’t mean they had to do it in the parking lot. He broke their kiss and pressed his forehead to hers as he whispered back. “Like I said, love. The house isn’t far. I can’t wait until we get home.” If it had been at any other moment in his life, the word would’ve felt foreign to him. He never called any structure a home, but know she was going to be there with him made it seem like nothing other than just that. He tore his gaze from hers in an attempt to stifle his want for her and look down the strip again. “Is there anything else you want to get before we head that way? There’s still more clothes, food, anything?” He cleared his throat when he was done, trying to not let his flustered voice ring out with her so close to him. @nakachu

She looked in his eyes hopeful. Even if what they had done had been on the very edge of her comfort zone, perhaps even a little bit past it, she had never wanted to leave him wanting for her. Even as he tried to reassure her that he would be alright and could wait till they were at the house she couldn’t help but feel the need to make him feel as good as she had in that changing room. She followed his eyes to the store and let them glide down it. She had clothes, she didn’t need more, at least not right now. Even if her belly grew she would have things that fit her. There was a coffee shop that seemed to sell small cupcakes, an electronics store, two more clothing stores. Yet nothing caught her eye enough to want to go inside so instead she turned back to him. “Then I want to go home.” She said to him then as she found his eyes again. “I want to see the house.. I will eat when we get there.” @shayshayrian

He gave her a half smile at her want to go home as he desperately hoped he hadn’t ruined her shopping trip. He nodded as he took her hand in his and walked with her to the car. There was still plenty of room for her bags to fit in the trunk and once they were all packed away, he opened the passenger door for her as he smiled down at her. She was beautiful in every light. “Alright, let’s get you home.” He waited until she was inside before he shut the door, rounding back to his own side and strapping himself in. “Now, don’t get your hopes up. It truly isn’t much, but it’s something that won’t draw too much attention if someone comes looking for the tall, dark and rich man that stole the small town girl away.” He laughed, turning over the key and pulling out of the parking lot. He turned on the radio to let her pick the music and made his way for the house that was probably one of the smallest that he had found himself living in. He told her that he knew it wasn’t too far away from her hometown and that they would likely move depending on how the next few weeks played out. He spoke of Dr. Marx, her sweet disposition and that she may look a bit unorthodox, but she was the best at what she did; conveniently leaving out how he had come to meet her. It wasn’t long before they started passing small, country-style homes and when they came to a medium sized blue one, he flipped on his turn signal and pulled into the driveway. “Well. Here we are.” @nakachu

She smiled at him when he agree to her and she gladly strapped herself in when he helped her in the car. He got in as well. “You have seen where I lived with Arianna right?” She chuckled at him as he said to not get her hopes up. Their apartment had been so small they had needed to stack boxes upon each other just to fit both their things in. It was funny how much she had thrown away in the end as she had been getting ready to go with Xaiden. As they drove it dawned on her again just how strange the last weeks had been for her and how strange they would probably become still. She tried not to dwell on it, had forced herself to live in the here and now as it seemed to be the only way that she would not drive herself crazy. The moment she started to wonder what her future would look like with a vampire, or if she would have a living baby, she just found herself in such a dark place that she couldn’t handle it. She listened to him as he talked about Dr. Marx and simply spoke along with him. She was nervous to meet her, as she was nervous about what she would say. So far the pregnancy had not bothered her much. She had been sick in the mornings for about two weeks but other then that she really had been alright, except for some tiredness. And with how fast it was apearantly growing that wasn’t such a strange thing. “Well. Here we are.” Her mouth dropped open as she saw it. Here he had claimed it to be small and meaningless… it was beautiful. Something she would have seen in an add and imagined herself living at. It seemed way spacious, a whole family of five could probably live comfortably here. “It is beautiful..” she said as he pulled up and got herself out of the car as soon as she could. She liked the colors and the front porch. The liked the small bit of gardened plants as well. “Will Rowan be living with us?” She then asked, noticing he had not said anything about her. @shayshayrian

A rush of warmth coated him as she gasped at the house. She had fallen in love at first sight and when she jumped out of the car as soon as he stopped it, the widest most sincerest smile stretched across his face. He could picture her in a sundress, running around with a few children in the grass, maybe with a pool or a playground in the back yard. The images flashed before his eyes as he remained in the car a moment too long. Shaking himself, he exited just in time to hear question about Rowan. Not letting his emotions show, he happily looked around the yard as he walked around to the trunk. “No. At least, not for the time being. She has a key and she knows where the house is, but I don’t picture he coming over for any friday-night movie nights.” He opened the trunk to retrieve her things, waving her on if she chose to look at him. “Well, go on! Go explore your new house Miss Hayes. I be sure not to drop the valuables.” He joked, sliding bags on his arms and her back pack around his shoulder. @nakachu (Feel free to find your own pictures if some of the rooms if you want. Totally up to you)

She was about to turn around and help him unpack when he ushered her inside. She bit her lip, hesitating for one moment before she could not contain her curiosity and ran towards the home instead. She went into the front porch and the moment she entered she was already in love with it. Where Xaiden’s old home had been dark, this one was light and open. It still had that old school vibe that he seemed to like, but in a modern twist. It made the space feel open and welcoming.. she couldn’t help her mouth from falling open. She ran her hands along the couch as she looked at it with a smile. It surely was not big or anything, but it was plenty of space and more. Once she was done looking over the living room and also the space that the kitchen offered she found the stairs that led to the master bedroom and it was just as lovely. The same creams and whites were there and it was nice and light. Plenty of space for their clothes and plenty of space for well.. them in that bed. She took it in her as well before moving on. It was the room that was next to that that hit her hard. It was a smaller room and slightly narrow. Right now it was set up as an office space, but she instantly knew what she wanted it to be. It was right next to the bedroom, it was the right size and she liked that it as a long room with a window. She could already imagine where she would want the crib and the changing room, what colors she would choose to compliment the cremes.. Emotional gripped at her then. Here she was imagining this babies room while Xaiden had told her it could kill her. She stayed there for quite a while, staring at it while she held her hand over her lower stomach. If Xaiden were to find her she would ask him only one question. “When are we meeting Dr. Marx?” @shayshayrian

After loading everything in his arms from the car, he shut the trunk and made his way into the house. As soon as he saw the house again, it felt different than every other time he had. He knew, somewhere, Elina was flitting around the house to see what everything looked like. It had been a massive pain to make it look as good as it did in less than a week, but everything was set up for day one of living. The kitchen was stocked, the closets were full and the bookshelves had most of Xaiden’s books and movies piled into them. He sat the bags down in the living room, knowing full well they probably belonged upstairs, but he was too anxious to see what Elina had thought. “Ellie?” He called, looking around the living room, then the kitchen. He saw her standing in front of the office from the bottom of the stairs and made his way to her. It was lent until he got close that he noticed her hand on her stomach. His chest tightened slightly as he looked into the office and then heard her question, realizing this was the perfect room for the nursery. “Umm.” He couched. “She is just waiting for us to call. She’s not exactly, time constrained.” He had failed to mention that the reason this doctor was so ready and able to help was because she was a vampire herself. He gently wrapped his arms around her from behind and laid his head against hers. “Would you like me to give her a call for today or tomorrow?” @nakachu

Even as he came up to her and wrapped his arms around her she could not take her eyes away from that room. She no longer saw the desk and the chair and the computer.. she saw a crib, a changing table and a diaper bag. She felt him there and she heard her words, yet it felt like she was only half there in reality. She nodded then. “Yes.. please..” she said to to him with a voice that was thick with emotions. It had been the thing that bothered her most that whole week. Not knowing what would come of the baby. If it would live, or die or even kill her. She didn’t even know how long it would take to be born. She knew nothing. And she wanted it, she wanted it so much. Even more now that she knew it was Xaidens. She could see the love in his eyes every single time he laid his eyes upon her stomach and she was sure that despite what he was he would make a lovely father. Finally that tear actually fell from the corner of her eye and it shook her back to reality. “Ooh..” she said as she quickly swiped it from her face. “I’m sorry..” she said then forcing a smile on her face as she turned around. “It is beautiful Xaiden.. I really love it.” @shayshayrian

He could see the damage her emotions had caused just from the sight of the room and it carved out his chest. Pulling her into him, this time with her facing him, he hugged her tightly and let a hand stroke through her hair. It burned his inside alive to know how much she wanted a child and the thought of the worst case scenario only added fuel to his pain. She would make a great mother, to human children. Which is what she deserved, to be a mother to five little babies and to have a husband who loves her more than he loved anything else. The same image that danced before his eyes in the yard did so again, but he was replaced with another man. It killed him to think about her with someone else, but if someone else could make her happy, he wanted that for her. “I’ll… give her a call.” He pulled her off of him and made his way down the stairs, replacing his sorrow with determination as he made his way onto the front porch to call the doctor. The phone call didn’t take long as she had been expecting it. In the end, she planned to stop by the house with all her equipment that day, to ensure they didn’t have a long drive home if the news was unfavorable. Ending the call, he wiped the negativity from his face and crossed his arms as he stared at the front yard. His hopes for her plagued him now, knowing that the problem in her existence was him and always would be. Swallowing his self-deprication, he made his way back inside to carry her bags into their bed room. @nakachu

“Okay.” She said to him as he went down to make that call. She had not meant to make their arrival to the house so.. weighted down. She just couldn’t help herself. She quickly closed that door, locking away the sight of the nursery in her head along with it and went to explore the rest of the home. The bathroom was beautiful with a big bath and a walk in shower, it had two sinks which she had always loved the sight off. There were also two guests rooms, properly furnished and ready to receive guests, even if she had no clue who she would even invite. Those two rooms had their own bathrooms attached. She had just made her way back to the bedroom when Xaiden joined her there. “I love it.” She said then, smiling at him. She was determined to leave the sadness at the room next door. “It is so light and welcoming.” She smiled as she stroked her hands over the bed. “And I love the bathroom.” She chuckled before walking over to him and folding her hands around his neck. She could tell there was still something going on in his head as she found his eyes. “I’m okay.. you know that right?” @shayshayrian

Her compliments of the house flew through one ear and out the other until he had all of her bags sat atop the bed. As she draped her arms around him, he had to physically restrain himself from shaking her off. Instead, he hesitated before slowly wrapping his arms around her waist and lightly rubbing her back. At her pseudo-question, he nodded. “I’m glad you’re okay. I hope you’re okay. We’ll find out tonight. Delayna is on her way with as much equipment as she can pack. Hopefully we’ll know something then.” He pressed his forehead to hers before he pulled away from her grasp and sat down on the bed. He forced the thoughts of her normal life away, wiping at his face as if it was something in the surface that he could dispose of. When he had finished, he smacked his hands together before rubbing them into each other as he looked at the bags. “Well, the your closet over there, feel free to put stuff where you want it. Unless you want to try anything on again.” There had been two closet doors in the room, the idea probably only hitting her now that they were walk in closets. After his joke, he gave her another grin as he looked up at her flawless face. @nakachu

She had indeed not noticed that the thing she had been looking at was a walk in closet. She walked to it and pulled the door open and couldn’t help but admire it. “Wow..” she said as she looked in it. There was so much space. “No wonder you thought I needed more clothes..” she chuckled softly as she padded her hands over the drawers. She then turned back to him and was glad to see that grin back on his face. She walked over to him then and if he let her walk him back she would make him sit down on the end of the bed so he was more leveled with her. “Well..” she said, a slight blush once again decorating her face. She had not forgotten about him and even if she had that small moment of sadness, she wanted both of them to put that behind him. She wanted him back to being happy and hungry and lustful to her. In a way she wanted to go back to that changing room… So she stepped over his lap and sat herself down on his legs. “I could.. try that blue set on again?” @shayshayrian

He grinned happily as she admired her closet, the feeling of contentment slowly seeping back into him before she pulled him back to the bed and sat him on the end of it. His eyes widened a bit as she straddled his lap and suggested she put the lingerie back on that she had had on earlier. He swallowed hard as those images came back to the forefront of his memory. It wasn’t that he didn’t want her, he always did, but the fear and the hatred for himself was still fresh in his mind and he was struggling to cast it away. “Elina,” He draped his hands down her sides and onto her hips, feeling his breath catch even in the loose black dress she wore. “You really don’t have to. You’re intoxicating and I can’t control myself around you sometimes. As long as I made you feel good, that’s all I need.” He looked up into her eyes, captivated by her beauty. He stretched his head up to meet hers and gave her a soft kiss on her perfect lips. @nakachu

She stayed in his lap and studied his eyes as he spoke to her. Her eyes going from one eye to the next and back. Yet she couldn’t find that intense heat she had felt from him before. There was a bit of a hint of it there, yet there was also something else. Something she could not quite give a place. And she couldn’t help feel like she was the cause of it. She leaned forward, pressing her forehead to his and her hands on either side of his face. “But what if I wanted you to feel good as well..?” She asked him then as she held their faces close. “I don’t want to get pleasure if you don’t get the same.. ” she whispered into him as she found his lips and kissed him gently. “At least come lay down with me for a little bit..? Till the doctor comes.” @shayshayrian

He could feel his body start to heat up from her words and the feeling of her lips on his. His hands gripped at her sides and his lungs simply stopped working, especially as she asked to lay with him for a bit. He knew that if he did, he eventually would fall into that same lust cycle for her and while part of him wanted to, he was worried he wouldn’t be able to give her what she wanted. It was essentially the dilemma he always had. Would he be able to give her everything that a normal human would? He let out a long exhale before kissing her again with parted lips and a gentle caress of his tongue before he picked her up. He held her against him tightly as he placed a knee onto the bed and laid her down, only opening his eyes once their kiss was complete. His face nuzzled into her neck as he faintly nipped and kissed at her skin before coming back to hover over her face. “Of course, Babygirl.” He looked up to pull the blankets down from above her before he slid her up to the pillows for her to get underneath. He stood from the bed and walked over to his dresser, kicking his shoes off and stripping his shirt to place it in the hamper. The cool air of the room hit him then, washing away some of his negativity and allowing him to come back to her with a smile. @nakachu

She wrapped her arms around his neck as he answered her kiss and when his tongue caressed her lips, she gladly deepened the kiss along with him. Her hands played with the hair in his neck as he lifted her and placed her in the bed. The little nip in her neck drawing a small sound from her lips before he came back to whisper against her lips. She couldn’t help but smile then and let him tuck into the bed. Her eyes would follow him as he stripped of his shirt, dancing over his flawless skin and down to his abs. No body should be that sexy.. she had always thought that about him since the day she met him. As he joined her in the bed she laid into her side and pressed her hips into his as she drew his arms around her, becoming the little spoon to her. She instantly melted into him, feeling his warm breath against the back of her neck. She stroked her hand idely down and up his arm as she just enjoyed that feeling of having him next to her. No rush.. no nothing. They could stay there for hours if they would want and tonight.. she would sleep in the same bed as him. @shayshayrian

He crawled into the bed next to her and instantly found his arm wrap around her, like they were made to fit exactly there. He pulled the blankets up over their shoulders and held her against him as he pecked the nape of her neck with light kisses. The trailing touch of her fingers down his arm sent small chills up them and as he felt her relax, he started to whisper into her neck. ”Ellie…. I love you…. I’m yours…. Forever, baby.” Each word was said slightly longer than normal as he traced his lips over her flesh. His head had already started to pound to match her heart beat, but he ignored it, feeling her warmth against his body and her squirm in his grasp. His hands slowly released her as they trailed down her body, feeling her lean figure down her sides and slowly running a hand up under the hem of her dress. Her thighs were soft and hot to the touch, only making his exhale break when he reached her underwear. He didn’t linger as he continued up, slowly wrapping the hand around her stomach as softly as he could. @nakachu

She could feel her heart swell as he whispered into the back on her neck. The way the words hit her skin and his breath tickled the small hairs that were there send the most delicious of feeling through her and tugged at the corners of her mouth. “I love you too…” she whispered back to him. As his hands slowly trailed over her body, she closed her eyes and just concentrated on that feeling. Anywhere his hands went a soft tingle was left behind on her skin. She couldn’t help her mouth parting softly as he reached her thighs and underwear. The softest of sounds accompanying that exhale. And then it landed on her stomach, so gently that it took her breath away. “Do you..” she started and then had to swallow before she could continue. “Do you think it will make it?” @shayshayrian

Her question sent a shockwave of worry, doubt and sadness through him that froze every muscle in his body. He didn’t think the baby would make it and if it did, he didn’t think Elina would. Both of those scenarios made him extremely morose and angry to the point that his own self-deprivation began to settle in again. If one or both of them died, it was all his fault. He pulled her against him tighter as he clenched his eyes closed and tried to make his voice sound less shakey than it really was. It took a few moments of thought, but he eventually swallowed his nerves and tried to answer her. “I… I hope so, love.” It was the only reassurance he could give her and as he lay there holding her, he knew it wasn’t enough. He couldn’t imagine how she felt, what her body was going through and how useless he felt against any of it. He wanted to get out of the bed, to be anywhere else but there as he made an effort to calm himself down, but he knew that running away wasn’t the answer. Instead, he slid one arm under her head and kept his other wrapped around her stomach as he inhaled the sweet smell of her hair. “I can promise you though, that no matter what happens, we will get through it.” @nakachu

His answer had not been the one she had wanted to hear, but it was also one that she could understand. She herself was doubtful and she knew that he knew more about it then she could. She thought back to the list she had written in that week they were apart. The list of questions she wanted to ask him. Even if this afternoon had been wonderful, getting to be with him, act like a normal couple. Arriving at the home and seeing it as a house that perhaps the baby could grow up in. It had been so amazing.. But she also knew that there was such a big part of his life that she had no clue about. Even the things she had believed that sh knew were now up for debate. All she knew for sure was that she loved him.. and that he loved her. She let him hold her tight against him and closed her eyes as she just concentrated on his skin against hers and his breath against her neck and the subtle rhythm of both their heartbeats. She turned around in his arms and settled herself against his chest so she could hear it better. Pressing her ear to his chest to let the rhythm calm her down. “Okay..” She eventually said as she settled herself there. “Can I.. ask questions?” She then asked him. Perhaps changing the subject would stop this downward spiral that they had seemed to have gotten themselves stuck in. @shayshayrian

His mind had started to drift as he felt her rest against him. They had nowhere to be, not obligations yet and the sound of the silent room was more peace than he had got in the last handful of years. When she rolled over against him, his eyes remained closed as he squeezed her tighter and let out a long, calm exhale. At her question, his eyes lazily opened and a small smirk crossed his face. He nuzzled his head into the pillow and took another deep breath as he closed his eyes again and got a little more comfortable. “Sure.” He was content and happy to answer any question she had, even if it made him feel less than adequate. @nakachu

Even though he had said she could ask her questions it took her quite a while before she could even pick which ones she wanted to ask first from the whole list that she had compiled somewhere in a notebook. During that time her fingers would brush against the skin on his chest, playing with the lines from his muscles. A part of her was perhaps afraid to ask the questions.. because after that there was no way anymore that she could deny what he was.. a vampire. The glamor would be completely gone then. Yet, eventually she found her voice and she just started to ramble off the things she wanted to ask. “So.. do you need to drink blood?” She said as she flicked her eyes up to meet his. “How often do you need to? And where does the blood come from..?” She followed it up with. “Do you even need to eat food? Or do you just eat to be polite?” Once she started it was almost impossible to stop. The curiosity, no the need to find out about who and what he was to strong to keep inside of her anymore. @shayshayrian

He had prepared himself for questions about their future, questions that he didn’t have the answers to and truly regretted telling her so. His muscles that she traced were tight with anxiety until she asked about what he was. She would feel his tension ease and his eyes slowly opened as he stared into her gorgeous eyes. He waited until she had asked a handful before he pressed his lips against hers in a hard kiss. His lips parted and his tongue gently grazed against hers, just enough to tease her into wanting more before he sealed it and pulled away, putting a few inches of space between them. “Sorry, I needed an opening to answer.” He joked, his lips curving into that deviant smirk. “I do drink blood. It’s the only thing that can sustain me and keep me ‘alive.’ Frequency depends on the vampire. I, personally, only feed a couple times a day unless it’s a particularly stressful day.” As he spoke about it, he knew that he would actually need to feed soon because he hadn’t had a single drop of blood since he went to go pick up Ellie that morning. “Sometimes, I go out into the woods and hunt for animals. If there’s a hospital nearby, I can pilfer their donated blood supply, but I don’t particularly like doing that. When I do though, there’s a freezer in the basement that holds the blood bags. As far as actual food goes, I don’t need it, but depending on how recently I’ve fed depends on how much I can actually taste it. For instance, I haven’t fed since this morning. If I were to go to the kitchen and grab something to eat, it would have no taste at all, only texture.” *He found it surprisingly easy to talk to her about his habits. It may have been because he resigned himself to spending the rest of her life with her, but the answers just flew out of him when he did get a moment to do so. He watched her expressions as he spoke, making sure that he wasn’t making her too uncomfortable as they talked. When he finished, he decided to add onto some of the inf

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ormation he gave, in hopes to shed more light on why she was so addictive to him.* “Human blood is preferable and sustains us longer, but as you can see, it’s hard to come by. I have nabbed the unsuspecting person on the street to feed from them, heal them and wipe their memory, but I think since we’ve met, I’ve only done that a handful of times.” @nakachu

The kiss came unexpected, yet since it was him she couldn’t refuse it. She melted into him and she gladly would have let his tongue dance with hers if he had not pulled away from her. “Sorry, I needed an opening to answer.” She blushed and chuckled softly at that before settling down to listen. She listened to him intensely and even she was surprised by how easy it seemed to talk about. Things that would have once scared her to even hear now seemed almost.. natural? Perhaps it was because she had had a week to prepare for what those answers would be, or because she believed that Xaiden would do anything in his power to not be a monster.. and his answers showed that too. As he said his last thing she looked away a bit. She didn’t like the thought of him drinking from others, thought it might not be for the reasons he might suspect. Even if the thought of him hunting down a human for their blood, it was a spike of jealousy that really hit her when he said that. Perhaps it was because somewhere very deep down her body remembered the intensity of when he had fed from her, though her conscious brain did not remember. “Could you feed from me..?” She asked then, again not remembering the answers he had given her before as he had wiped her memory of it. “Would that be enough to keep you alive?” She wondered if she should tell him that she didn’t want him to feed from others.. but in that moment it seemed like a silly thing to admit. @

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When she looked away after his answers, he decided a joke was in order to lighten the mood, afraid that he had scared her with his honesty. “Yeah, only a handful of times, but your friend Arianna about got it. She wouldn’t get out of my face.” He laughed. He had been agitated with Arianna that one day after class, but he would never actually feed from her. At her next question, he froze. He suddenly because aggressively cognizant of her pulse and how close she was. His fingertips tightened around her and he swallowed hard. Images of him feeding from her at will while they lived happily together was something that almost made his fangs eject on the spot, but then he felt that little bump between them. His brows furrowed and he felt a sense of guilt as he looked down at her lips, anything to be away from her eyes. “I could, yes. Especially because afterwards, I would heal you so that your blood regenerated faster to keep you from feeling sick and lethargic, but… I don’t know if I can, right now.” He traced his hand over her stomach and looked back up to her eyes, worried to see the reaction on her face. It was something he could ask Delayna about, but that would only be if she wanted him to. @nakachu

She couldn’t help but chuckle when he said he had almost bit Arianna. That girl sure brought that out of someone, yet she couldn’t help to still feel that jealousy. She picture him biting in someone else’s neck. Seeing him with a woman in his strong arms and his mouth at their neck as he drank from their vein to keep him alive. She had to bite down on her lip as her hands grabbed into his chest just a small bit. His answer had her looking back up at him, her heart fluttering just a second as he said he could, but then he soon added that he didn’t know if he could right now. She was about to ask him why before she felt his hand over her stomach and she could fill in the blanks. He was worried about the baby. She found his eyes and then gave him a small nod to let him know she understood. “I just..” she said, biting down on her lip as she paused one moment. “I don’t want you drinking from someone else..” she admitted to him as her fingers played with his chest once more, anything to distract him from what he might say to her. She didn’t know if it was unreasonable to ask of him.. she didn’t even know if she had any right to be jealous. She just knew that she hated the idea of it. @shayshayrian

When she mentioned she didn’t want him feeding from someone else, he nodded with a furrowed brow. To him, she was only allowing him to feed from her to keep him alive and trying to suppress his monstrous side as much as she could. His eyes left hers again as he slowly caressed her stomach. He had completely missed her slight excitement when he said he could feed from her, instead, lost in his own mind about how horrendous his nature was. He took a long shakey breath before speaking again, keeping his gaze down. “I would only feed from you if you wanted me to. If you didn’t, which is understandable, I would just take to the woods and maybe visit hospitals a little more frequently.” He lightly chuckled as he closed his eyes briefly, pushing down the pain that was starting to settle in his mind from her heartbeat. @nakachu

Her eyes went up to his again. Why would she not want him to? She wondered if there was more to it, more then she knew. Would it be painful? Would it hurt afterwards? Would it make her feel sick? He did say she would need to be healed after. But even then.. she wanted to give him what he needed. She wanted him to take it from her and nobody else. That thought of him at another womans neck crossed her once more.. She wrapped her arms around his neck then and pulled herself closer into him. Her lips parted, inviting him to deeper the kiss between them as she presses their bodies close. "I want to give you what you need.." she whispered into his mouth. "And I don't want you to take it from anyone but me.." @shayshayrian

Her lips so close to his after he finished talking to her was a surprise. He hesitated for a moment, but as she spoke, his fingers gripped her tighter and his breath collided with hers a little harder. His inhales were ragged with angst and as she told him not to feed from someone else, only from her, he couldn’t help the unprompted attack on her lips. He slammed his against hers and pulled her as close as she could be to him. The corners of his lips had curled into a deep smile and the hand that had been at her stomach and side now slid down her leg to grab harshly at the underside of her thigh. “Yes ma’am.” He said through a deeply satisfied smile. He connected their lips again after his words, moaning a low grumble into her mouth as he hiked her leg up over his hip and nearly rolled on top of her. He kept one of his own hips dug into the bed, but his torso had rolled to be over hers, giving him a better angle to deepen that lust-filled kiss. His teeth ached, his head pounded and his hands were trying their best nitro grab her too roughly. With gallons of regret, he separated their lips and hovered over her for a moment, restricting the urge to continue his need for her. He spoke again to her, in a low voice, but not a whisper. “I’ll… ask Delayna when she gets here about it. If I hurt you or the baby, I’ll never forgive myself.” He placed another gentle kiss on her lips, before he rolled off of her and slammed his back into the bed, separating himself from her entirely in an attempt to settle down. @nakachu

As his hand grabbed into her thigh she moaned out. She liked it when he was rough even if she never dared to say it out loud. He rolled on top of her and she spread her legs to accept him between them, her hips already coming up to find him and her lips just as eager on his as his were on her. Just like that lust sparked deep between them again. She would never get sick of it.. how they could do from zero to hundred like that. But then he stopped. "I will never forgive myself." And her face faltered. He took his weight away from her and she just felt cold and empty as he did. Yet she refused to let them both get there again. In that place of sadness. She quickly got up from the bed and climbed on top of him. Her knees on either side of him and her chest pressed against his as she found his mouth again. "You always pull away from me.." she whispered against him as she trapped him underneath her in that moment. @shayshayrian

He felt the bed move abruptly, but the next sensation was her legs against his sides, her hands in his chest and her mouth nearly against his. His chest heaved as he took a long, deep breath and let her lips bounce off his as she spoke. He smiled as their lips barely touched and her words seemed to swirl directly into his mouth. His large hands grabbed handfuls of her ass as he slowly thrusted his hips into hers. “What are you going to do about it, little girl?” His words were whispered and slowed, almost sounding like he wasn’t fueled by all that lust that coursed through his veins. He wanted to take her right there and christen their new room together, but he knew Delayna could be there any minute. “Elina… Your doctor could be here at any time.” His voice was low and frustrated, not at her of course, but at the Simple Fact that he couldn’t just take her body for himself for the rest of the night. He slid his hands up her clothed body until he held her face in his hands. His hands bright her closer, but his lips were straining to stay apart, not wanting to let himself fall into the ecstasy with her only to have it be cut short. @nakachu

His whispers back were doing nothing to still that feeling inside her. She wanted him.. wanted to repay him for the changing room. And she was about to get him going when he said that their doctor would be there soon. She almost scoffed a bit at that, especially when his hands moved along side her and she wouldn't help but press her hips into him. She knew she had wanted to meet the doctor. She still did. But in that moment that doctor be damned.. almost.. She groaned softly as the moved her head down and nipped at his neck. "Fine.." she leaned upwards and climbed off him again before climbing off and heading for the bathroom to try and get herself good and sorted again before the doctor came. @shayshayrian

Feeling her body part from his was a coldness he absolutely did not want. She had to pry herself from his grip and he had to force himself to stay laying down, even if in his mind her pulled her back onto the bed and didn’t let her leave for the next few hours. At the sound of the bathroom door, he jumped out of the bed and wiped at his face, trying to think of anything other than her naked body against his. It didn’t take long before he heard the doorbell, which sounded like a foreign noise in the new house. He stood up, catching a glimpse of his shirtless form in the mirror above his dresser before calling out to Elina. “That is probably her. I’ll meet you downstairs?” He grabbed a black t-shirt from his drawer before walking out of the bedroom and heading for the front door. He could feel the muscles in his chest constrict with every footstep towards the door, not wanting to hear any news that wasn’t good. @nakachu

"Yes. I will be down soon." She called to him. If anything was a cold shower this was it. Her mind was instantly not on her and Xaiden anymore.. it was with the small swell on her stomach. She fussed with her hair and pulled down the dress. Like it mattered how she looked for the doctor. She was nervous, more then ever. More even perhaps then when she knew that she would hear wether she was even pregnant or not. She hated it.. but it had to be done. She took a few more deep breaths before she finally pulled herself away from that bathroom and forced the worry away from her face and made her way down the stairs. The moment she saw her standing there with all that equipment however. She knew there was no hiding her nervousness. "Hello Dr." She greeted the woman offering her hand as she stood beside Xaiden. "It is nice to meet you." @shayshayrian

The door opened to reveal a tanned skinned woman with more tattoos than clothing on. She wore denim shorts that were so short the pockets were showing from underneath the hem and a black tank top that showed the multitude of tattoos she possessed. Several suitcases of equipment sat on the front porch next to her that she would wheel into the house when she entered it. Her dark hair flowed down her back and her golden brown eyes ignited when she turned to see Xaiden at the door. She let out a high pitched squeal as hung up the phone call she was on and ran into his arms, jumping onto his chest to wrap her legs around him. “AAAAAAAAA, it’s-been-so-long!” *She held onto him tightly, her sweet voice ringing out into the air. “I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU?! HOW DID YOU DO IT?! Where’s Rowan? Is she well?”

Xaiden’s eyes creased into a smile when he saw her, however they quickly went wide when she ran at him and jumped onto his chest. His arm went out as if surrendering, not wanting Ellie to come down the stairs at the wrong time. “Hi, Delayna.” He laughed, wrapping an arm around her to hug her and then immediately set her down. Her string of questions made him laugh as he went about unpacking all of her things. Removing them from the suitcase, she moved about setting them up how they would need to be. “Rowan isn’t here, but she is well as far as I know. As for how I did it… I don’t know, De. I could really use your help here.” She sweetly smiled at him as she finished setting up the last monitor, holding her hands together in front of her. ’Well, where is the pretty lady?’ She asked, before looking up the stairs and seeing her descend. She brought her hands to her face and jumped up and down, running towards her. She met her before she managed to get to a Xaiden, wrapping her arms around her and hugging her tightly. ’You’re so beautiful!! What’s your name, love?’ @nakachu

She couldn't help but almost mimick what xaiden had done and throw her hands in the air, unsure what to do with the woman who suddenly had wrapped her arms around her. It also didn't help that her eyes were looking at almost every single medical thing she had ever seen in her life. She blushed deeply as she called her beautiful. She stepped back a bit as fast as she could and put at least a tiny bit of distance between her and the woman. She might have hoped she was friendly this would be easier, but now she might have preferred a more stoic person. "My name is Elina." She offered with a shy smile. She looked up at Xaiden like she was unsure what she should do in that moment. Stuck between wanting to get it over with and stretching the time out. "Would you like a drink?" @shayshayrian

She chuckled mischievously as she raised her eyebrows in a joking manner. “Are you offering, my dear?” She continued laughing and walked back towards the equipment, patting the couch for Elina to make her way over. “Speaking of drinks!” She looked into one of the suitcases and tossed Xaiden a blood bag. “Here ya go, Ace. I managed to snag one before I left. I thought you might be hungry.” She grinned so big at him that her eyes closed. Clapping her hands together, she sat in a chair she had dragged over and waited for Elina to sit down. “Alright…” She started to speak, but stopped herself as she slowly looked up at Xaiden. “Do you want to be here?” When he answered and made his way over to sit next to Elina, she smiled again, creasing every wrinkle in her face. “Perfect! Alright, the first thing I need to do is an ultra sound. So I’m going to need you to lay down and umm, here Ace. You sit here.” She got up from the chair, grabbed the wand and a tube of gel, waiting for Elina to down.

Xaiden’s brows furrowed a bit as Delayna asked if Elina was offering. He knew she was messing around, but it rubbed him the wrong way. He crossed his arms and waited for Delayna to face him before he spoke. “Easy, Marx.” His arms only left his chest when she tossed him the blood bag, his eyes instantly finding Elina’s. He sat the blood bag on the table, thanked the woman and redirected to see what Delayna was doing. When she asked if he wanted to be there, he made his way to the couch to sit next to Elina as he answered. “Of course.” He held her hand and kissed her forehead before Delayna went about explaining what she was going to do first. At her request, Xaiden got up form the couch and sat where she had, moving the chair to be closer to Elina’s head so he could hold her hand. @nakachu

She couldn't help but flinch as the doctor asked if she was offering. Right.. well that was a question she needed to erase from her vocabulary forever.. don't ask a vampire if they want a drink. You might find yourself on the menu. Yet she forced herself to smile and chuckled nervously at the joke. The exchange of the blood bag was not much better. It made a small bit of her stomach turn. Even if she knew he drank blood.. so see it in his hands was something else entirely. Yet she looked away and focused back on the doc. They must know each other well. She was even using a pet name fot Xaiden. She lay herself down on the couch like she was instructed and moved her dress up so her stomach was exposed. As Xaiden sat next to her she grabbed his hand tightly. She couldn't help the nerves rolling through her. She didn't know all that the ultrasound could show, but she was scared.. terrified even. She shifted a bit so her head was closed to him. @shayshayrian

“Alright, so this ultrasound is going to show what the baby looks like. I’m going to squeeze a gel on your stomach to help the wand roll and I’m going to see what I can see. You’ll have to bare with me because, like the two of you, I’ve never seen this before.” She smiled coyly at them both before shaking up the bottle and scooting a little closer to Ellie’s stomach. “This is going to be cold, babe.” She squirted a little gel directly below her naval and started moving the wand around as she flipped the small monitor on wheels that was sitting next to her. The screen only showed black and white images, smudged images at that. It was hard to distinguish anything besides seeing a small baby in the fetal position, but Delayna’s face lit up. While the images were hard to interpret, Delayna seemed to have no problem. “OHMYGOD! This is amazing.. Okay, so you see this? This is a foot… this is the head… this is an arm… OH, she’s moving!” Her delight was clear and after a few moments of pointing more things out, she turned to them both. “Honestly, this looks like a completely healthy 6 month old fetus. Are you not feeling sick? Lethargic? Are you always this skinny? Maybe the kid isn’t vampiric.”

Seeing the images on the screen was a punch in the gut to Xaiden. He hadn’t expected the images to hit him that hard, but to see a perfectly formed baby without any obvious malfunctions was nothing short of a miracle. From what he saw and the sound of his doctor my friends voice, everything looked good! He watched as Delayna pointed everything out, feeling a large smile creep across his face and then a sudden punch to his undead heart. His eyes went wide and he sat completely still, replaying what he had heard to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. Did she say ‘she’? His eyes lit up as he looked down at Elina. A girl?! They were having a girl?! Up until this point, he had always seen the baby as a vampiric leech, taking everything it could from Ellie and likely leaving her dead or seriously injured. He hadn’t come up with scenarios yet, based on the gender, but now that he knew it was a girl, those scenarios flooded his mind. He squeezed her hand tight and felt the tears well in his eyes from relief. Relief that they both were healthy and okay. Until she said the age. “Wait wait wait. De, Elina is only a month and a half pregnant, maybe two. Not 6.” He stared at her in disbelief while he held Elina’s hand. That fear slowly creeping back in. The child wasn’t normal and that was not good news for anyone. @nakachu

The moment those images appeared on the screen and the doctor started to point out what they were looking at she couldn’t help the emotions dwelling up in her chest. The tears almost instantly starting to flow as she sqeeuzed Xaiden’s hand even more. She had to wipe them away just to be able to see more of it. There was already so much of the baby on that screen.. She expected it would be just a small blob, barely a baby, yet here it was with a head and arms and legs.. She turned to Xaiden at the same moment that he did as the doctor let slip that it was a girl. “A girl…” she whispered in the softest of sounds that barely even made it past her lips. Her tears really started to move then and she pressed her face closer against him as the doctor kept exploring that baby. Yet her face quickly shot back towards the doctor when she mentioned a six months old fetus. She wanted to open her mouth but Xaiden got it out first. “Besides.. I am barely even showing.. I havn’t even felt a kick yet..” she said staring at the doctor in disbelieve. She must have it wrong. “I was sick the first month.. but it has been alright since? Sure I am tired.. but not that bad.” @shayshayrian

Delayna’s pleased expression ended rather abruptly. She went about exploring more, hoping to find something else out with a different angle. Upon further inspection, the baby was a bit thin, it was more like 5 months along and Delayna saw something then that made her quickly remove the wand. She looked down at the ground before eyeing Xaiden as if asking permission to speak freely. When he eventually gave it, she cleared her throat. “Alright, Elina.” She reapplied the wand and looked to the screen. “You’re likely not going to feel a kick for the next next month or so, which is my estimate to how much longer you’re going to be carrying this baby. I think keeping it much longer after that would increase your risks. Do you see this?” She pointed to a small cluster of white on the screen in the baby’s chest. “That’s her heart.” The cluster was completely still, which for most pregnancies would be a huge concern. “I’m sorry, Elina, but you’re more than likely not going to feel kicks or hear a heartbeat like most mothers do.” Her eyes flicked back to Xaiden who was already rising out of the chair.

When Delayna’s eyes found their way to him, he almost felt her ask if he wanted her to say everything she was thinking out loud. He honestly had to take a second to think on his answer. He would much preferred to know before Elina, just to see how to handle it, but it was her baby too and her body. She deserved to know what was happening just as much as he did. He nodded to the woman and listened intently to everything she had to say. ’You’re not going to feel a kick.’ Xaiden chest tightened hard, riding the roller coaster Delayna had unintentionally set them on. There was every chance the baby was a stillborn child and not vampiric at all, but with their specific relationship, it was a higher chance of the latter. After taking in all the information and seeing that small cluster go unmoving, he kept ahold of Ellie’s hand, but stood up next to her. He brought his free hand to his face as he closed his eyes. His worst fears had been realized and according to Delayna, she only had one month left to deliver the baby. He had to release her hand then as he walked towards the fireplace, gripping the mantle and hanging his head. He wanted to rip something apart, he wanted to start throwing furniture around until every piece lay in a broken heap, instead, he held tightly onto the mantle and tried to control his breathing. He could hear conversation between the two going on behind them, but he couldn’t stop his question from flying out. “What do we do?” @nakachu

Her eyes widened as she told her that she would likely not feel her kick. But how? She was already so big? She should feel her kick right? And deliver in a month? How? It was only when she showed the little babies heart that she could not handle it anymore. Her hand came up to cover her mouth as tears started to flow down her face. This time from complete distraught then from happiness. “What do you mean that is her heart? It isn’t beating.. why is it not beating?!” She clutched into Xaidens hand, but he already was slipping away from her to stand at the other side of the room. “You said she was healthy..” Elina sobbed. “Just two minutes ago.. you said she was healthy..” she buried her face in her hands. @shayshayrian

Delayna could feel the eruption of emotions in the room and realized it could get out of hand fast if she didn’t do something. Xaiden’s rage was palpable and Elina’s sobs made her own undead heart ache. She removed the wand and flicked off the monitor for a moment before speaking at them both. “As I’ve said, this is uncharted territory. Elina, the baby is healthy and the fact that it’s not a bundle of cells is proof enough that she is.. ‘alive’.” * At Xaiden’s interruption, she spoke louder.* “Over the course of the next month, I predict you’re going to start showing much faster than is normal. You’re probably going to become more nauseous and weaker than you already are because the baby isn’t going to be taking the nutrients you eat, she’s going to be siphoning your blood. This means, ironically enough, you’re probably going to have to feed from Xaiden. My guess, maybe two to three times a day.” Her eyes flicked over to Xaiden who slowly turned around at that. His expression was confused at first, but it quickly subsided. She would need to rejuvenate as much blood as she could and vampire blood had healing capabilities. “Of course, this comes with its own risks.” She turned to Elina. “If you’re feeding from a vampire and you’re involved in an accident or if this baby starts taking way too much from you, you could die.” Her eyes went to Xaiden again before coming back to her. “If you die, you will turn.”

Everything Delayna was saying was like a punch in the gut for Xaiden and he couldn’t imagine what it was like for Ellie. When she mentioned Ellie feeding from him, he slowly turned to her and saw the distraught that Ellie was going through. He rushed back over to sit in the chair while claiming on of her hands again. He kissed her tightly squeezing fingers and continued to listen. The thought of Ellie turning made him sick, but they didn’t seem to have much in the way of a choice. He looked to Elina, waiting to see what her next words would be before he spoke his mind. “What about delivery? Can you do it? We can’t exactly go to a hospital.” @nakachu

She really tried to focus on what Delayna was saying as much as she possibly could, but she couldn’t keep her mind from slowly spiraling out of control. Even if Delayna said that the baby was healthy, after seeing her non beating heart she couldn’t help but be distraught. It was unnatural.. she had wanted to see it thrive and to her she wasn’t.. even if she was growing like crazy. As she started to explain more she turned to focus on her more, attempting to take it all in even if she was sure she would need to hear it again when she was not in shock as much as she was now. She didn’t care much about being sick or nauseous.. she was prepared to do that. The thing that she was not suspecting to hear was that it would be feeding on her blood as well as that maybe she would need to feed of Xaiden.. which just felt strange. She couldn’t help but meet his eyes. He had seemed to dislike the idea of feeding from her so much.. she wondered if he would hate this too. She was glad when he came back to her. Clamping into him like he was her only lifeline, the only thing that kept her from breaking apart completely. She looked down at her stomach, of that little swell that was there. Perhaps it was because she was laying down but she could swear it already looked bigger then that morning even. “I..” she started to speak unable to form the words. “I want to try it..” she said eventually, her words choked from emotion as she turned to Xaiden. “I know it’s dangerous but.. I don’t want to give up on her.” She said as she held his hands. “Even if she is a vampire…” @shayshayrian

Delayna nodded at Ellie’s desires and looked to Xaiden at his question. “Of course, but I’ll need an extra set of hands and… I think I’m starting to see why Rowan isn’t here. So you’ll have to help me, Ace.” She turned to Ellie again with a comforting look as she put a hand on her leg. “I know this is a lot to take in, but I’d like to look at a few more things. If you two would like, I can come back tomorrow after you both have a bad time to think on it, or we can continue to do it now.” She looked back and forth between the pair until someone gave her an answer.

Xaiden was in pure shock, Ellie’s grip being the only thing that let him know it was all real. At Delayna’s mention of him needing to help her, he nodded without hesitation. He turned to Ellie and ran his free hand over her hair, raising his eyebrows in question to what she wanted to do about Delayna. If she wanted her to return the next day, Xaiden would offer up a guest room for the woman and tell her to stay there for the night. If Ellie wanted her to continue, he would ask Delayna to leave the room for a moment so he could talk to Ellie in private. @nakachu

Xaiden was not the only one who didn’t full feel present in that room. Even if she was taking in the information that was given to her she didn’t feel like she was actually completely letting it settle into her. Surely later.. once everything had calmed she would put everything together and perhaps then she would be able to feel more. Now she just felt.. empty. And perhaps that was the exact reason why she wanted the woman to continue. She wanted to know everything, to just take in all that information at once. Because once she sat down and it hit her.. she didn’t know if she could be this calm again. “I would like to do it now.” She said, her eyes just staring down at her stomach with a slightly glazed over look from how far her mind was from what they were talking about. As Xaiden asked the woman to leave them for a small bit she took the towel that was over the back of the couch and wiped the gel from her stomach before pulling down her dress. She sat up straighter and just looked at Xaiden as he sat so close to her. “I want to try..” she just said, it was the only thing she was sure about in that moment. @shayshayrian

Delayna had given them a nod of acceptance before she stepped out on the front porch, still likely able to hear them, but at least she made an effort. Xaiden immediately found her eyes and came to sit next to her on the couch as he pulled her into him. He didn’t know what to say. He blamed himself for the state of their child, but he didn’t know how to feel about her feeding from him; simply because that meant she became glass and if she died, she would turn. He would be thousands of times more protective and he honestly, he was scared. His arms held her against him as he tried ti steady his breathing before he spoke. “Okay.” It was all he could muster out. He pulled her away and kissed her gently, holding her face in his hands before he sealed their kiss. “Everything will be okay.” He connected their close lips again and when he eventually pulled away, he had a faint smile on his face as he stuttered out. “S—She’s a girl.” He half-laughed as head cleared his throat and let her breathe. @nakachu

His kiss in that moment was everything. It was that assurance that everything would be alright, that whatever might come that they would face it together. Wether this baby was vampire or human, wether it would live or die.. they would face the issues together and like he had promised her before and did again now, they would be okay in the end. Even if it might not seem that way right then. She moved herself to sit in his lap as they kissed, wanting to be closer to him, wanting to feel the heat of him against her. She needed him more then ever, because the truth was.. she was terrified. “S—she’s a girl.” He then chuckled into her lips and she couldn’t help but join him. “Yes.. she’s a girl.” She said happily back into him before finding his lips again, giving him gently with her hands along his face and in the back of his neck. “We are going to need so many cute dresses..” she continued then and looked up to find his eyes. “I hope she has your eyes..” she whispered to him lovingly. @shayshayrian

He couldn’t help but let the tears from his eyes fall as Ellie mentioned dresses. The girl he held in his arms was beautiful, strong and radiant. Her smile crippled him to his knees and her kindness was unmatched. When she mentioned their kid having his eyes, he involuntarily closed them and furrowed his brows. She melted him and he could feel more tears in his eyes. He pulled her into a hug and held her tightly against him as he sniffed his emotions away. “Ugg. I love you, Elina Hayes.” He squeezed her and kissed her cheek and neck before pulling her off him. “Let’s get this over with. I’m going to start cooking some dinner. When you two are finished, we can all eat and we can spend our first official night together in our bed.” He kissed her again and waited for her agreements or objections before he spoke again. “Alright, Delayna.” He barely spoke above his normal speaking voice and the door swung open, the woman walking in with eyes tinged red like she had been crying. @nakachu

His emotions moved her and it made her promise herself one thing. She would not lose hope.. she would fight for this as it was what they both wanted. And the more she thought about it the more she realized it was something he thought he would probably never have. She squeezed him tightly against her and let a few tears escape from her own eyes. "I love you to.. always." She whispered back to him and at the promise of spending their first night together in their bed she couldn't help but smile. She was looking forward to that. Waking up with him next to me. "No red meat." She teased him with a chuckle as he let her go and she wiped a tear away. She watched as he let Delayna back inside and she couldn't help but notice even she had seemed to let her emotions go, but she was not planning on bringing that up. If she was getting through this she needed facts for a small bit.. "Okay doc. Just tell me where you want me." She said, ready to comply with whatever she needed. @shayshayrian

Delayna came in wiping her eyes and holding her hands together. She took a long shakey inhale as she met Xaiden in the doorway that connected the kitchen to the living room. She hugged him hard and patted his back before she came to sit in front of Ellie again. “Alright.” She sniffed, holding Ellie’s hand for a moment. “I want to take some blood and run some tests, the results of which won’t be in until tomorrow. Then I want to suggest that I see you once a week to do an ultrasound. This baby is going to grow at a rapid rate and as she gets bigger, she’s going to need more and more of your blood. Because of this, I recommend Xaiden find another food source if he is feeding from you. I don’t presume to know, I’m just here to warn. For now, I’m going to write you a prescription for stronger prenatal vitamins and once I get your blood results, I may give you some iron pills as well. Does all that sound doable?” Her sweet demeanor was still present and she seemed to really care about Ellie, having never met her before and all. If Ellie would oblige, she would go about the process of sticking her arm with a needle and obtaining a few vials of blood before bandaging her up and starting to pack up her things.

Xaiden was caught off guard by the sudden hug from Delayna, but he did in fact hug her tight, dipping his head against her shoulder as he did so. When she made her way towards Ellie, he marched into the kitchen to prepare something for dinner. The only thing he could think of that was simple enough for the moment was spaghetti. It would have to be without the meatballs, but it was quick and easy. He heard the two talking in the other room as he started boiling the pasta. Delayna had said Elina couldn’t be fed from and no matter what Ellie told him, he would remember that. It hurt him a bit to know he wouldn’t be able to feed from only her, because if he was honest, when she said that was what she wanted he couldn’t help but feel that lust all over again. As much as he wanted to, maybe after the child was born he could do it. When he heard them finish up what they were doing, he had completed dinner and had a bowl and fork set out for Ellie. “Dinners ready!” He called, waiting in the pair to come into the kitchen. When he did, he would motion to the food for Ellie and the living room for Delayna. He had full intentions of sharing the blood bag with Delayna while they waited for Elina to come through with her food. @nakachu

She watched the hug between the both of them and it dawned on her that they must be very good friends. That the tears she had seen in Delayna were because she was feeling for Xaiden. Even Delayna caring for her was a signs of love towards Xaiden. She wondered if all the vampires were close like that.. after all, they were the only ones that they could get close with. Even her he had almost left behind because of his nature.. She brushed the thought from her mind as Delayna came over and sat near her. She listened carefully and nodded her head as she spoke about the ultrasounds and blood test. It was only when she talked about the feedings that her eyes fell down. It wasn’t like she didn’t understand.. she did. If the baby fed from her then she couldn’t also feed Xaiden, yet she couldn’t help but feel that tang of disappointment. Perhaps it was because it felt like it was the only thing she could do back for him.. or that if he couldn’t feed from her he would need to find it somewhere else and she still didn’t like that idea. She turned to look towards the kitchen, seeing Xaiden far away from them both. She bit her lip and looked back to Delayna. “He doesn’t feed from me..” she said softly. She was about to beg for him to be allowed to do it just once, now that the baby was not feeding from her yet. But she couldn’t bring herself too. She knew Xaiden would never do it if he thought there was even a chance of hurting the baby and somewhere she knew she shouldn’’t either so she shut her mouth again. “Yeah, sounds good.” She then said, forcing a smile. “I will take them.” She then offered up her arm and looked away as she put the needle into her arm. She didn’t mind needles too much, but she didn’t need to see it happening. As the vials were filling she felt a strange tightness in her stomach, but she figured it was just because she didn’t like the idea of the needle in her arm. As soon as she needle left her, the tightness also vanished. “Dinners ready!” S

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he heard from the kitchen and with her arm all bandaged up she got up from the couch and walked towards the kitchen. She smell of the rich tomato sauce instantly invaded her nose and she realized just how hungry she was. “Hmm.. smells good.” She complimented Xaiden as she planted a kiss on his cheek. It wasn’t till she put her eyes down and saw the single plate that he smile fell a bit again. Of course.. they didn’t need food. She looked up at them and saw them both already heading to the living room. She took her time scooping up her food and since it was the first time she found herself alone she just let her thoughts go for a short moment. She was risking her life.. that much was clear. Even if they had brushed over it, it was a possibility. Yet she couldn’t bear losing the life inside of her. The image of her still heart was still in her mind and she hated it. How would she know how the little girl was doing when she couldn’t even hear her heartbeat or feel her kick? When her plate was finally filled she forced herself back to the word of the living again and took a deep breath before she made her way to the living room. @shayshayrian

’Dinner’s ready!’ She smiled at Ellie and stood with her to follow her into the kitchen. The air was think with homemade tomato sauce and it brought a smile to her face as she stared at Xaiden and leaned against the door frame. When he motioned towards the living room, she followed him in with her arms crossed and an amused curt to her lips. “I can’t believe your families recipes aren’t lost on you after all these years. Then again, I don’t intermingle as much as you two do, so I suppose it is a survival instinct at this point.” She plopped down on the couch as she watched Xaiden pick up the blood bag she had given him and hand it to her. With a slight look of confusion, she twisted the top off and took a small sip before handing it back to him. “I think what you’re doing is amazing. I know plenty of vampires that would turn tail and run. Then again, something tells me Rowan wouldn’t have let you do that.” At the mention of his sister, the room seemingly fell deathly silent. “You know, Ace, you’re going to need to pick up your food supply. Sooner or later, she’s going to need constant blood regeneration.” When the blood bag was handed back to her, so took another few gulps before continuing. “Do you have any idea how this happened? I have never seen this before, which means it has to be some rare sexual experience to cause this.” Delayna wanted to know how this was possible, what they had done to create such a thing, but as she watched his expressions, they immediately lit up when Ellie entered the room and he all but ignored the answer.

Ellie’s compliments on the smell made a wide smile cross his face as accepted her kiss and pulled her in for one on her lips before letting her dig in. Normally he would’ve ate with her, whether he needed to or not, but he hadn’t had blood in almost twelve hours and he was starting to get… antsy. Waving Delayna into the living room, he grabbed the blood bag she had tossed him and handed it to her first as she spoke. “Cooking is a passion I’ve always had. That doesn’t have to die just because I did.” He took the blood bag back and took several long pulls as Delayna complimented his willingness to stick by Ellie, his eyes sinking a bit at the mention of his sister. He withdrew the the bag from his lips as he sat down on the couch opposite Delayna as his eyes fell to the ground. At the reminder of his food supply, he ran a hand through his hair and stood back up, handing her a blood bag that only had a few drink remaining. “I don’t know what I’m going to do about that yet.” His eyes seemed a bit brighter, his hair a bit darker and his skin had more color now that he had eaten something. When Delayna began to prod about ‘how’ Ellie became pregnant, he shook his head and shrugged his shoulders. As far as he knew, the act was impossible. He had no idea how it had happened and just when he went to tell her as much, he looked up to see Elina coming into the room. His smile returned as he moved to the side and gave her room to sit next to him, running a hand down her back before he turned back to Delayna and relaxed into the couch. “How much of an increase in my food supply are we talking about, because this neighborhood isn’t exactly filled with wildlife.” There was a patch of woods behind their house, but not enough to keep him satiated if the increase was too much. He watched Delayna with focused eyes as she donned that professional look she always did when taking about medical topics. *’It’s hard to say. She will need to keep her own strength up, eating m

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ore normal food than she usually does, but the baby isn’t siphoning the nutrients from her blood, she’s consuming it entirely. From what I know about Vampiric tendencies, this means that the baby will also be receiving your blood.’ The gears in Delayna’s head were turning hard as she casually sipped on the blood bag.* ’This entire process is going to be trial and error. I don’t think any one slip up is going to cause the baby too much harm or distress, but if it is continued, it could be fatal.’ She purposefully didn’t mention who it would be fatal for. ‘You both will need to communicate every little thing to each other and to me. One small reaction could mean something in the grand scheme of this pregnancy.’ @nakachu

As she walked into the room she smiled at Xaiden. The one she had forced on soon changed into one that was genuine as she met Xaidens eyes. God, she loved him.. the way he looked at her never failed to make her blush, such adoration and love. She saw him make a spot for her on the couch and she gladly slipped in next to him, one hand coming to his thigh to squeeze it before she folded her feet under her and placed her plate on her lap. It didn’t fail her to see that he suddenly had more color in his face. She had not noticed it before, but now that he had eaten she saw it. Her eyes went to that blood bag that had been shared between them and she knew that it was because of that. She ate in silence as the two of them seemed to continue their conversation. Rolling the spaghetti around her fork and popping it in her mouth as she listened. The food was amazing, yet she was to focused on what they were saying to enjoy it to much. She was still to on edge about everything around the baby. She still didn’t fully understand everything that they were talking about, but it seemed that Xaiden had a better understanding. If the baby was a vampire.. he had already told her before it would likely kill her and with the rate she was growing, that seemed like it would be the case. “Maybe we can keep some goats?” She suddenly said out of nowhere and if they both turned her way she would kinda shy away and look down at her food. “To feed Xaiden I mean..” she said unsure, pressing her lips together. “There is a shed in the back and plenty of grass.. we could make it into a shed. “Nevermind.. it’s probably a dumb idea.” She said quickly and popped more spaghetti in her mouth. @shayshayrian

As Delayna finished what she had to say on his food supply and how important communication would be, she heard Elina’s suggestion. She turned to look at her with her mouth partially open before her eyes traveled back to Xaiden. “That… isn’t a bad idea.” Her brows were furrowed in concentration as her lip slipped between her teeth. Her next words were slow and methodical as her eyes seemed to be daydreaming. “Horses or cows would probably be better due to their size.” She snapped herself out of her trance and started speaking at a normal pace again, looking to Ellie as if she wholeheartedly agreed with her suggestion. “I know it’s not ideal, Ace, but it beats turning your neighbors into temporary juice boxes or accidentally killing a human due to how starved you are. I can make preparations for horses or cattle, the decision is yours.”

The thought of having to eat more than double what he currently was hit him in the gut. He already wasn’t eating as much as the average vampire and any blood aside from human blood made him weaker. His powers didn’t work as effectively and if he was pitted against someone like Delayna who fed off human blood daily, he would lose. When Ellie mentioned goats, he turned to look at her with an amused smile. Her shyness was one of the reasons he loved her so much and to see her sitting in a living room with two vampires discussing meal plans was something that almost made him laugh out loud. Actually, having a small farm wasn’t a bad idea at all. If the animals died, they could butcher them and sell the meat for a bit of money to buy new animals. He also knew that it would be mostly his responsibility since Ellie would likely be out of commission in a few days, weeks at most. “Is a farm something we want to commit to for a temporary solution? Or is it something you’d like to continue afterwards?” He asked Elina. “I only ask because that will determine what we get. Cows are better for raising and butchering, while horses are more like… children.” He understood that some people saw cattle as family members, but as far as equipment and attention went, horses needed more of it and they were a longer commitment in his eyes. He looked at Elina with a smile, ready to do whatever it took to do what she wanted. @nakachu

She couldn't hide her confusion as both of them suddenly had seemed to turn to her, ready to accept her solution to their feeding problem. In fact.. she was not entire sure how to react to it at all. It had come out of her mouth before she knew it and it had only been because Xaiden had mentioned he fed on wildlife before. So why not cattle? "Uhmm.." she said a bit unsure, thinking about it. "Temporary." she then said before popping another bite into her mouth and eating that down before she continued. "If I did want to keep the farm I would want smaller animals, so.." she explained still sounding a bit unsure. "But we need to treat them well. I am not abusing a cow because you need to feed." she added to it with a bit more dedication to her voice then before. Then she turned to Delayna. "You uhm.. said I should tell you if I felt anything strange." she said, suddenly remembering the weird pressure she had felt before. "When you were drawing my blood, my stomach felt tight. I think it was just because needles make me squimish, but I can't remember feeling that before. So just wanted to tell you." @shayshayrian

Cattle or horses didn’t matter to her, she could supply them with either and as long as they took care of them, she could get most of the equipment as well. When Ellie turned to her, her eyes went devoid of that amusement for a moment. “That means the baby is already not wanting to share your blood. You may need to feed from Xaiden sooner than we thought.” She spoke to Xaiden with a bit of urgency in her voice as she put the empty blood bag in her suitcase and started to gather her things together. “I can get you a couple cows brought in tomorrow morning, but you’ll need to get the yard set up immediately. Is there anyone you can call for help?” He would need lumber, troughs, and bedding, not to mention stalls. She thought of a construction worker she knew, but he wouldn’t exactly be Xaiden’s first choice for help. “If you don’t… I could always call Airaden.”

Xaiden nodded at Ellie’s stipulations, having no qualms with treating the animals fairly. Even if he didn’t love animals, they would need to be treated well in order to feed him adequately. When she had turned her attention to Delayna, he felt his stomach knot and it only tightened at her response to the matter. His brain kicked into overdrive as he realized how urgent everything had suddenly become. He started picturing what all needed done to the back yard before any animal showed up, but his concentration was broken immediately by the name Delayna mentioned. “Absolutely not, De. I don’t want him anywhere near this house. I do not trust him.” Delayna sighed and pushed her suitcases towards the door as she looked back and forth between the two of them. ’Well, you’ll need someone to help you and Elina can’t. Call him, Xaiden. The two of you could get it done in no time.’ She turned to Ellie and smiled. ‘Don’t worry, dear. We will get everything taken care of.’ If no one had anything further to say, she would load herself up and leave for the night.*

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"Tomorrow?" she couldn't hide the worry on her face as she asked that. Was it really that urgent that they needed to get those cows in tomorrow? There was no way they could get everything in in time. Yet when she looked over to Xaiden he to seemed to believe that the quicker they got this over with the better. "I can help." she tried to chime in but instantly got a look from Delayna that told her she could absolutely not. She quickly set back in the couch, letting the two bicker on about Xaiden needing help to get it done and even if she had to agree, it was hard to go against Xaiden when he was dead set on not wanting something. Or in this case someone. As Delayna told her it would be alright she offered her a polite smile and told her good night before she left. When that door closed she wasn't sure if she was happy or sad to see the woman leave. Her eyes going back to Xaiden. "You can't get it done alone.. it is way to much work Xaiden." she said, knowing he wouldn't like it but needed to hear it. @shayshayrian

Xaiden stood from the couch to scratch through his hair, thinking of any other connections he could get ahold of on such short notice. At Ellie’s words, he took a seat next to her again and held her hand in his as he bright it to his lap. “Look, I want you around as little supernatural forces as I can. Delayna was an exception because she’s a doctor. Airaden.. He would cause problems just to do it, no matter if he was here for ten minutes of three hours. Honestly, I could get the work done myself, I just need the materials.” He looked away from her for a moment, releasing her hand and bringing his own to his chin while he racked his brain for anyone who could help. “Well, how do you feel now? Knowing everything we do?” He ran a hand down her back as his bright eyes stared into hers. @nakachu

She couldn't help but furrow her eyebrows at him as he said that. She wondered if that meant that they could be dangerous to her or anything like that. She couldn't imagine why he didn't want any of his friends around her. It just felt strange. "Why not?" she couldn't help but ask. "Delayna was nice enough to me. I am sure whoever this is will be fine as well. I could even hide upstairs if you want me too." She offered. As he asked her how she was feeling she couldn't help but let a deep sigh leave her lips as she looked down to her lap. "Overwhelmed.." she chuckled nervously. "I don't think it all sank in yet if I am honest." she said looking back up to him. "The fact that she is going to drink my blood.. and that we need cows to even keep everyone alive. It just seems so unreal.." she admitted. She even wondered if the baby would even breastfeed, or if after it was born she would still need to reply it with blood instead. That felt.. rough. "How about you? How are you feeling?" she asked back. @shayshayrian

She didn’t understand and he couldn’t blame her. He hadn’t been the best at explaining anything to her, but that would have to change. When she started in about how she was feeling, he continued to look into her eyes, nod and rub her back with his fingertips. “I’m scared.” He said it without missing a beat, his eyes not leaving hers for a second. “I’m terrified that you’re going to get hurt, whether that is by means of mortality or not. I.. I feel like this is all my fault and that if I never would’ve walked up to you at that bar, you would be in a far better place now.” When he started to talk about how he felt, he lowered his head in his hands again. “However, I’m not letting that get to me right now.” He intertwined his fingers together and brought his hands up to his mouth as he looked straight ahead. “Listen… I’ll call Airaden… but you have to promise me that you’ll tell me if anything happens and he is not allowed to stay here. Under any circumstances.” He pulled out his phone and checked the calendar app before he found Airaden’s contact in his phone. “Great.” He muttered. The phone rang against his ear as he bit at the corner of one of his nails, keeping his eyes away from Ellie. ’Heeey, old friend. I’m assuming you’re calling me for a little… project?’ “Yeah. Just a fence is all I need.” ’Have no fear. De already called me. I’m on my way with a truck load of wood. I should be there in…. Three hours, give or take?’ Xaiden looked at the clock on the wall and sighed. “Of course she fucking did. Alright. I’ll see you then.” A malicious chuckle could be heard on the other end of the phone. ’Hey, Accic. You owe me.’ The phone clicked off and Xaiden tossed the phone onto the table. His hands ran up into his hair as his face contorted in rage. One of his legs began to bounce against the floor, but he took a deep breath in an attempt to calm himself as he spoke to Ellie. “He’s on his way. We’ll get it taken

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care of, sweetheart.” He leaned over to kiss her cheek before he stood, offering to take her plate into the kitchen if she was done. @nakachu

Hearing him say that almost brought tears ack to her eyes. She didn’t want him to feel that way, ever. She didn’t want him to wish that he never walked up to her in that bar. Because even after everything.. even now with death looming over her, she would have never wanted him to not walk to her. She couldn’t help but shuffle closer to him and put her arms around her. “We are going to be okay..” she said to him softly as she kissed the side of his face. “We will make this work.” She planted a kiss once more. “I don’t regret that you walked up to me in that bar..” “I promise. I will be careful.” She said, putting a hand up in the air as if she was making an old school vow. “Like I said. I can be upstairs if you want me to be.” She offered him again before he pulled up his phone to call him. The call was quick and seemed easy enough. She didn’t really catch what was being said on the other side of the phone, so she really didn’t think much about it. Whoever this guy was, he couldn’t be that bad if he was friends with Xaiden right? Perhaps she was simply to naive. She smiled as he kissed her cheek and gave up her plate to him. She got up from the couch as well and followed him. “It was really good by the way..” she said then with a smile. “I was so caught up in everything I forgot to tell you that.” She hugged herself into his back, wrapping her arms around his waist as he washed out her plate. “Thank you.. for everything.” @shayshayrian

Her compliments brought a smile back to his face as he ran the water over the dirty plate and went about wrapping up the rest that she hadn’t eaten. “It’s the least I could do. I might have to start doing it more now that you’re going to need it.” He poured the spaghetti into a Tupperware container and placed it in the fridge as he turned to face her, smiling from ear to ear. He walked over to her, picking her up by her waist and placed her on the counter in front of him. His bright eyes stared into hers even if they dipped down to her lips occasionally. “He will be here in three hours. Is there anything you’d like to do while we wait?” His hands run up her thighs, letting her black dress draped over his hands and allowing her skin to not leave his touch once. He hadn’t closed the distance between them yet, but with how soft and low his words were, it wasn’t the furthest thing from his mind. His eyes inspected every part of her he could see while he waited for her gorgeous voice and pushed all the worries they had obtained away for a moment. @nakachu

She would never get used to how strong he was. The way he would lift her and place her where he wanted her always made her feel secure and safe somehow. She stared back into his eyes and the moment that hand started to brush over her thighs and going up she couldn’t help but let her breath escape her lips, her eyes closing just slightly as it was sending tingles right down to her core. His question was laced with playfulness and she couldn’t help but blush slightly as she caught that look in his eyes as it moved over her body. She bit down on her lip as she thought about what she wanted from him. Should they still do it? The doc had said nothing about it.. so surely it was alright. Besides, who knew if they still could in a week. She leaned forward a little bit, reaching for his shoulders to pull him a little bit closer to her and bringing their lips close enough to feel each others breath. “I think the bath would be big enough for us both..” she whispered to him. @shayshayrian

The smile that squinted his eyes could be felt against her lips as it brushed passed her. Sliding her off the counter, he secured her hips against his waist and started walking towards the stairs as he lightly whispered against her lips. “You know, in a few days I might not be able to carry you like this.” He teased, ending his sarcastic comment with a kiss. Afterwards, he would immediately place his hungry mouth against her neck, allowing her a chance to laugh or respond since he had blocked that opportunity immediately. He made short work of the stairs and as he gently kicked their door open, he moved his hands from under her rear to under her knees as he laid her down on the bed. His eyes were staring down into hers as he chuckled. “You’re gong to have to stop distracting me. I have to get this water ready.” He said, bringing his face down to hers again. Their breath collided between them and with every inhale, she could feel just how much he was holding back. @nakachu

She couldn’t surpres the laugh that escaped her as his lips instantly curved up as she mentioned the bath. The softest of yelps escaping her as he closed the distance between them fast and pulled her hips against him. She gladly wrapped her legs around his waist and held into his shoulders a bit tighter. She kissed him back hungrily, pushing her legs into his hips so she could push her hips into him. “Then you better enjoy it now.” She chuckled back at him. The stairs was almost no obstacle for him at all and once they reached the bedroom he laid her down into the soft blankets. Her dress had already ridden up enough to reveal the underwear she had on beneath. As he came back down to her she pressed herself up and captured him again to pull him in to kiss her. Her hands moved lower into his back, the nails grabbing into his shirt to pull it up and over him. “Go get it ready then..” she teased him with a shy chuckle. @shayshayrian

As she stripped the shirt off him, he brought his torso down to hers, letting his lips trail down her neck and over her covered chest. His eyes were soft and seemingly glazed over with a hungry lust as one hand found it’s way between her legs. He bit at small sections of flesh on her chest and slowly started rubbing his fingers against her folds. “I’m.. trying…” He said in regards to going to get the bath ready. He used both hands then to push her dress clear up to the base of her ribs while his teeth slowly made their way down to her stomach. He brought his frame down to his knees on the floor while he kissed at all of her exposed skin. Soft moans left his lips as he nipped at her naval and hips along with forced exhales of pleasure. “Fuck, Elina. You’re going to have to push me away.” He wanted to take her right then and there, to use her how he saw fit and to praise her while she did it, but the bath wasn’t going to run itself. He bit at the top of her underwear, letting his warm breath be the only connection to her skin, and pulled them off. His shinning eyes were laser focused on her body, studying every curved and line her body had to offer him before he spoke again. “Are you going to let me go? Little One?” @nakachu

The moment he started trailing down her body she closed her eyes, concentrating on the feeling of his lips on her and when his hand reached between her legs she couldn't help the moan that left her. How she had ever stayed sort of quiet in that changing room was a miracle. She moved along with him as he moved up her dress and grabbed into the sheets as he pulled her her underwear with her teeth. She was already started to feel her body craving him. Even if he were to get to the bath to run it. She doubted they would last long enough to see it filled. But when he spoke up again she chuckled softly. "Are you asking me or her?" She said playfully as she rubbed her stomach before pulling the dress far enough down to cover the spot between her legs. "Go on then." @shayshayrian

“You’re right, I’m going to have to find a new nickname for you now.” He chuckled at her question and just as he lifted his head off her body, she pulled her dress down to cover herself. His eyes flicked up to hers and a deviant smirk graced his face. He grabbed her wrists with both hands and in one fluid movement he was on top of her with his knee dug into the bed between her legs; her wrists were clasped in his hands above her head. He smiled down at her and gave her a quick, deep kiss before peeling off her to head towards the bathroom. “If you wish, my dear.” He made his way to the jacuzzi tub, turning on the hot water and looking around for the toiletries Rowan had promised him. There was an entire shelf in the small spare closet that held bath salts, bubbles and bath bombs galore, all for Ellie whenever she wanted them. He smiled at the array and called her in. “Ellie, come here.” If she were to enter, he would wave in front of the shelf for her to pick anything she wanted while he went back to checking the temperature of the water. He wasn’t sure how hot she liked it, but anything above lukewarm was preferably to him. At least that he could actually feel. If she were to make a selection, he would simply wait for her to apply it before turning the jets on. @nakachu

She gasped from the sudden movement. Her hands suddenly above her head and his knee pressed against her core. She couldn’t help but arch her back and let a small moan before his lips found her and he muffled the sound of it. She kissed him back before he pulled away just as quickly and left her laying there with her heart beating quickly in her chest. He left to fill the bath and suddenly.. she wished she had suggested something else. She almost called him back, but her shyness didn’t allow it. She laid there for a few seconds more, feeling the intense heat and lust in her body. He kept surprising her.. she had never been this sexual with anybody. But with him she barely had control over herself. He also kept showing her these wonderous new things and ways and to her surprise, she had liked all of them so far. She moved her hand down to between her legs, feeling just how wet she was and found herself biting her lip. When he called her over though she got herself up from the bed and peeled off her dress and bra before walking in completely naked with the softest of blushes over her face and chest. She walked over to the closet, avoiding his eyes that were surely on her body. There she selected some oils and one of the bubbles before making it over to the bath and putting them in. By the time she was done the water smelled of rose, lavender and vanilla and the jets would create a subtle layer of bubbles on the top of it. @shayshayrian

He heard the light patter of her footsteps enter the bathroom as he turned to head towards the water. He had motioned to the closet of scents and told her to choose whatever she wanted, but when he turned to look at her and saw her completely naked his lips fell ajar, his chest constricted and his eyes traced over every inch of her skin as if it was the first time. His hands curled around the edge of the bathtub as he found the urges to pounce on her; the waters of the tub overflowing all over the floor while he finally found his release with her. The images played before his eyes until her movement towards the tub shocked him back to reality. He watched her with a ravenous, aching hunger as she leaned over the water to put in the oils and bubbles she found. He fought it hard for as long as he could and when she sat up to put the bottles away, he felt himself involuntarily stand. She slid the bottles back into their spots and shut the door only to turn around to see Xaiden directly behind her. His eyes were laser focused on hers as he backed her against the door, lowered himself to grab under her thighs and roughly pin her to the alabaster wood. He forced his lips against hers in a hungry need as he pulled her hips to his waist and felt the wetness between her legs on his abdominal muscles. It caused a small groan to leave him as he sealed each passionate kiss with a loud smack of their lips. The running water had turned into background noise until his jeans became so tight they were starting to rub in all the wrong ways. With an even louder groan, he sat her feet down onto the floor and breathed heavily in her ear after he reluctantly pulled his lips from hers. “Get in.” *His voice was dark and powerful in the acoustic room they found themselves in, his hands clenching to fists as he leaned one forearm against the door and pressed the other palm into the wall. He needed her to get into the tub now or they would never make it there. If she did turn

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to go to the jacuzzi, he would look towards the ceiling to settle himself as he unbuckled his belt and pulled the remaining clothes that clung to his body off. If she remained in front of him, he would chuckle sadistically as he stripped off his clothes while their lips fervently collided, muttering another dark command against her lips that was filled with just as much sinful lust.* ”Get on your knees.” @nakachu

She almost gasped as she turned back around and stared directly into his eyes. Her mouth opened slightly as she saw that heavy lust and hunger in his blue eyes. As he walked towards her she was already stepping back, meeting the wall with her back before he grabbed her and put her up against him again. She wrapped her arms around his neck as his lips found her and he pressed into her. A soft moan leaving. The explosiveness between them was always a welcome surprise and she soon found herself aching for him as much as he seemed to ache for her. As he led her back down her eyes flickered open towards him as she tried to find why he had stopped. "Get in." She command made her bite her lip and send a shudder through her that landed right between her legs. Her eyes looked over his shoulder to the jacuzzi and back to him and she could not find the strength in her legs to move away from him to the inviting water. As soon as dark chuckle left him she knew she was in trouble. She remained against that door as his lips found hers again along with the next command that he gave her and she could do nothing but to give in to him. With a blush to her cheeks she broke their kiss and let herself slide down that door till she found herself on her knees looking up at him. Her hands moving to his jeans or boxers if he had not removed them yet. @shayshayrian

Just as he started to slip his clothing off, her delicate hands had wrapped around the waistband of his boxers and jeans to finish pulling them down. With a hitched breath, he pushed his palm into the door as he stared down at the beautiful woman before him. As his clothes came off, his throbbing shaft broke free from it’s constricting hold and with a slight gyration of his hips, gently touched around her lips. His sexual frustration from the day had him doing all manner of things he normal wouldn’t, or more like hadn’t, since they had been together. He didn’t want to force her to take anything she couldn’t and would recenter if he was given any indication that he was going too far, but he couldn’t help the hand that brushed the hair from her face and ended in a firm grasp of locks at the back of her head. Whether she was looking or not, his eyes were focused on the delicacies of her face and his tip against her soft flesh. “Open your mouth.” If she would, he would gently ease himself against her tongue as an electric shock coursed through him. There would only be a few seconds allotted to her to start moving on her own before his hips did the motions for her. His eyes ripped from hers for a moment to glance at the ceiling, trying to regain a small function of his lungs before he looked down at her again. @nakachu

He had never been this way with her before. He had always been gentle and sweet and loving. This time was different... though she could not say that she minded it in that moment. Her own lust already having build up plenty from the moment in the bedroom before Delayna and right before they had gone in here. Besides.. how could she not give in to his commands when he was staring down at her with such intensity. She gladly opened her mouth for him as he had his tip pressed against her, the hand in her hair holding her firm yet not forceful. She rang her tongue over his tip, trying to ease into it before he pushed himself into her instead. Her hands came up to rest along his thighs, though not to hold him back. She was still new to this and the whole situation had the blush thick on her cheeks as she watched his reaction to having her mouth around him. She soon fell into the rhythm he was setting, her lips closing around him properly and her cheeks hollowing from sucking on his length. She moved along with him gently, though not taking him deep just yet. @shayshayrian

The feeling of her tongue against him sent a forced exhale out from his smirking lips. As he eased his length into her mouth, he felt her hands reach his thighs and the suction become harder. He couldn’t help the soft moans that filled the air as she moved back and forth, his hand only guiding her motions instead of pushing her harder. With each dive into her, he could feel her take him a little deeper and with it, another pleasured moan or exasperated exhale left his lips. “Oh fuck, Elina..” The feel of her tongue and throat against the most sensitive parts of him caused his grip in her hair to tighten and his hips to push just slightly deeper, retracting if he felt her push at his thighs. His eyes glazed over with the a thick glass costing of lust and his head tilted back for a brief moment to revel in how good she felt. “You feel so fucking good, baby.” His breath had been forced out from too many euphoric moans for his strong voice to remain when he spoke to her, instead it was filled such a passion that it showed her how much he wanted her. @nakachu

She would have never thought it only days before but she liked sucking him like this. She liked knowing that what she was doing was giving him pleasure and with every moan that escaped his mouth she only wanted another one to escapr him. She let him push deeper till he pressed against the back of her throat, engaging het gag reflex. Only then did she push back against his thighs a bit to prevent him from going further. She alternated between closing her eyes and peeking up to see his face and body. The way his muscles contracted everytime he moved his hips into her had her imagining him moving that same way when he pushed himself inside her. She slowly started to move her hips along to the rythm as if she could feel him there if she thought about it hard enough. The heat and wetness only growing as they got into it more. @shayshayrian

Hitting her gag reflexes did make him pull back, but only just enough to get ahold of herself until he thrusted back in. His speed picked up slightly until he saw her hips moving in tandem. His bottom lip ventured between his teeth as he imagined how much deeper he could go inside of her. Her phantom moans raged in his mind until he withdrew himself from her mouth completely and pulled her up to stand against the door, pressing his lips against hers aggressively. His tongue tangled with hers as his hand in her hair groped and pulled while his other hiked her leg over his hip. His dampened shaft ran between her legs, but just enough to tease her, not enough to penetrate as he pressed his torso to hers. He separated their lip lock, just barely, enough to ask her where she wanted him to take her at when he felt water hit his feet. His eyes closed fully for a moment as he realized that he had never shut the water off. Refusing to let it be too much of a problem, he picked her up again, wrapping his hands just under her thighs and walked her to the jacuzzi. The floor had a thin layer of water leaking from the tub, but the drain in the middle of the floor was keeping it from spilling into the bedroom. He reached over to turn the water off before looking up into her eyes again. “Brace yourself, this might be a little warm.” He smirked, stepping up and into the jacuzzi. His legs hit it first and just as his thighs were submerged, he eased himself inside of her as he sat down into the water; spilling more water out of the tub and onto the floor. He groaned with pleasure as he felt the warmth and wetness between her legs engulf him and the heat from the water surround them. @nakachu

As he pulled out of her and tugged on her hair to get her to stand up she got herself to her feet and looked deep into his eyes. She was ready for him, more then ready. She needed him and needed him now. His mouth found hers and she kissed him with sloppy and lustful kisses and soft moans. Especially when be rubbed himself between her legs. She moved her hips into him, trying to get him to sleep inside but he prevented her from doing so. She felt that water hit her foot that was on the ground around the same time Xaiden did and she couldn't help the shy giggle that left her as she saw the jacuzzi overflowing. He quickly shut it off but not without dragging her along with him. He lifted her into the jacuzzi and she moaned as he pressed himself inside of her. Even being as ready for him as she had been the sudden invasion had her twitching around him. The water was warm around them. A bit warmer then she would usually take a bath but not unpleasant. She didn't waste much time though in moving her hips into him. "You feel so good.." she moaned into him as shr water spilled over the edge just a bit more everytime she sat down into him. "Xaiden.." his name heavy and hungry on her tongue. @shayshayrian

Her movements caused him his moans to deepen as his hands roughly grabbed ahold of her hips to slam her down on top of him. The tight suction against him was more than enough to make his muscles constrict, but his name on her lips and the way she cooed made his actions harder and more concentrated. He rocked his hips with hers, going faster and faster until he could feel his climax rising. He brought his lips up to her neck, marking small red bruises across her flesh as her heartbeat pounded against his tongue. “You’re fucking perfect, Elina. Mmmgmm.” He groaned again as he thrusted hard inside her and wrapped his arms around her torso, one hand grabbing the back of her neck and the other wrapping clear around to hold her side. He was so close and by the sound of her moans, she was too. “Cum for me, Babygirl.” He whispered into her ear as he clenched his jaw and thrusted even harder and faster. @nakachu

He wasted no time at all in taking her hard. Her moans soon rang across that bathroom as he clung into her and pressed in and out of her fast. She wrapped her arms around him, holding into him just as tight as he was holding into her. She was soon becoming tighter around her as she was already nearing her orgasm. "More.. please.. please.. please.." she said to the rhythm of his thrusts inside of her as she got so close that her whole body tensed up against him before he finally pulled her over that edge. Her naild dug into him enough to leave marks on his skin as her body tensed up so much that even her voice was lost for a moment as she rode it out. Only once she started to get down from it did the deep moan rang out of her. @shayshayrian

At the clench of her walls and the force of her nails, he released his own climax; sending everything he had into her as her moan flew into his ear. He loosened his grip around her lightly before finding her neck again. His head had been pounding at a constant rhythm, but it was starting to subside now that his urges had been satiated. He pressed his lips into the crook of her neck and rocked her gently atop him until he felt her contractions turn into quivers. Keeping himself lodged inside her, his breathing became ragged into her collarbone before he managed to bring his eyes up to hers. “You are.. the sexiest woman I have ever met.” He laughed as he finished his sentence, only taking a moment to look into her eyes before he kissed her again. The water that lapped around them was trying it’s best to spill into the floor and the jets only blasted that rimming water farther. After pulling his lips from hers, he gently removed himself from her abs sat her down next to him on the bench seat, breathing heavily as he relaxed into the water. @nakachu

All she could do was when he said that was blush and smile in a shy matter. She was still blushing heavy herself, her heart racing in her chest and in that moment she felt light headed. She told herself it was just because of the heat of the moment between them and the warmth of the water around her. She returned his kiss though she needed to break it quick enough to catch her breath. She sat down next to him and sank herself down into the water till her chin hit the surface, her ginger hair dancing around her shoulders in the jet. The water still smelled good, that rose, lavender and vanilla still strong in the air. "We flooded the bathroom..." She chuckled softly as she stared towards the wall, her head still feeling a small bit strange, but it was getting better. "What are you doing to me.." @shayshayrian

With eyes closed and a small chuckle himself, he answered her almost as fast as she had asked. “I don’t know, but I can stop if you want. I wouldn’t want you to be uncomfortable, love.” His smirk curved into a wide grin as he nestled himself into the water, feeling the jet on his back before he eased his eyes open and sighed. “I need to get ready for Airaden.” He turned to Ellie and gently ran the back of his knuckles across the top of her head before he spoke again. “Feel free to stay in as long as you want. I’ll just be in the other room.” He leaned down to kiss her before rising out of the tub and claiming a towel, walking into the cool air of the bedroom with steam streaming off his skin. @nakachu

She closed her eyes and chuckled softly herself as he answered her. "No.. don't stop." She said still very much out of breath and she leaned back and just let herself relax into the water. She only opened them again when he said he needed to get ready and the groaned softly. She had wanted him to stay longer but their little cow blood farm was important. "Okay." She said as her eyes watching him get out of the tub. The sight of his naked body dripping before he claimed that towel was breath taking. The steam rising from his skin and the water dripping down his form it simoly took her breath away and made her blush even harder. God he wad handsome.. insanely so. Once he left she closed her eyes again and let herself relax into those jets. She was exhausted and still slightly light headed. She wondered if they had overdone it. Or perhaps she was starting to feel a bit of that energy loss the doc had been talking about already. She wondered how the next few weeks would be. She was not ready to give her this wonderful time she had with Xaiden. Where they had no secrets and no worries.. Soon there would be to much to concentrate on and she was not ready for it.. not at all. Eventually she must have fallen asleep in the warm water as when she woke again she realized the water had gotten colder. @shayshayrian

As he left the room and his feet hit the carpet of the pristine bedroom, he ran his hands through his hair and made his way for the dresser. Working outside was the last thing he wanted to do, but he only had until the morning to get it done and wanted it to be done long before that with the company he had to keep. He grabbed a new set of boxers, worn blue jeans that had seen better day and a dark green T-shirt, tossing them on the bed as he removed his towel and dried off. He could hear the water bubbling from the bathroom and periodically poked his head around the corner to make sure she was okay before continuing what he had been doing. It didn’t take him long to dress and when he did, he leaned in the doorway of the bathroom to see Ellie’s eyes closed as she leaned against the comforter of the corner of the jacuzzi. He walked over as quietly as he could, switched off the jets and placed a soft kiss on her cheek. She was the love of his life, the mother of his child and the only person in his life who could satisfy him to the degree she could. He let his eyes drape over her form one last time before he made his way back into the bedroom. He didn’t feel comfortable leaving her alone in the bathroom, but he didn’t want to wake her either. He chose to rest on the bed where he could see her and take care of a couple things he could from his phone. He texted Delayna to let her know she was a bitch for calling Airaden, but they would get the fence done tonight. He texted Rowan to make sure she was alive and well. Then, he texted Airaden to ask for an ETA. Airaden was the only one to respond immediately, letting him know he had about an hour left of drive time if he didn’t stop. Xaiden started to wonder about the time frame he had originally gave him, but didn’t dwell on it too long as his eyes drifted shut. *He imagined his future with Elina, doing everything they could to have a healthy little girl, even if she was vampiric. He watched the two play in the

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yard, watch tv together and how bedtimes would go with a child who didn’t necessarily have to sleep. It slowly became apparent how much time Xaiden would have to spend with the girl just to let Elina get some sleep. He knew he would have to train a new vampire, but it was something different to take a small child under his wing when one small accident could cost someone their life. It was going to be hard and he could only hope that Elina was prepared for that. Before he knew it, nearly an hour had passed and he heard the faint swishing of water from the other room. He swung his legs off the bed and made his way into the bathroom, grabbing a towel from the rack to hand to her.* “Hello, beautiful.” @nakachu

“Hello, beautiful.” She turned her head, still trying to wake up a bit when she heard him a smile instantly on her face. “I think I fell asleep..” she admitted with a soft chuckle. She looked at her hands that had been in the water all along and the tips were wrinkled. How long had she been asleep? How ever long it had been, she was feeling good. She must have needed it. As he came over with the towel she got herself up from the jacuzzi and stepped out with his help before wrapping the thing around herself and started to dry her hair and body. Even if Xaiden was watching her do it she continued the movements, but perhaps with a small blush on her cheeks. “Is he here yet?” She asked, though she believed to know the answer already. If he was here, Xaiden wouldn’t be up here with her. Once she was dry enough she went to the bedroom and squated down to open up one of the suitcases she had brought with her. She picked out a fresh pair of underwear and some clothing. She only thing she took from the the new pile of clothing was a bra. She dressed herself in it. A black sweatpants that sat low on her waist and a green t-shirt that sat tightly around her stomach. Unlike the dress she had worn before, this outfit showed off the fact that she had a small swell on her stomach a lot more. Just as she was done she heard the sound of a big truck coming right up their drive way. “I guess that is him?” She said, looking up at Xaiden. @shayshayrian

“You did.” He chuckled. “But don’t worry. I wouldn’t let you drown.” He helped her out of the tub and made his way into the bedroom, making sure to take every last chance he could to admire her. He took a look around the bedroom to see if he was missing anything before sitting on the bed. ’Is he here yet?’ “No, thankfully. It means I get to enjoy the view for awhile longer.” Xaiden’s bright eyes hovered over Elina while she dressed, a small grin creasing his face as she slid her shirt on. She has always been beautiful, but seeing her stomach grow changed her image entirely. His eyes shone with love for her until the sound of the truck rumbling down the driveway tossed him from his daydreams. “Yeah… That’s probably him.” Agitation took over his features and it was clear it see. He stood from the bed and took a couple steps towards the door before he turned back to Elina. “I’m not going to ask that you stay away, but I do hope that you know better than to fall for his… ways. We’re not friends, Ellie, and there’s a reason for it.” He gave her a look that said he would tell her later before taking one last admiring glance at her body and then pressing through the door to meet him outside. Xaiden made his way out the door and stood on the porch with his arms crossed as he watched the large, grey pickup truck slowly pull into the drive. He took a deep breath and made his way over without saying a word.

Pulling into the driveway, Airaden had a large smile spread across his face. The back of the truck was loaded with lumber, paint, nails, fence-drivers and bundles of hay. He had a couple chests of tools, powered and not, and plenty of everything to get them finished. Shutting the vehicle off, he exited the truck with a slam and walked around with his arms spread wide. “Xaiden. It’s been too long.” He looked genuinely happy to see him, even if their was a faint mischievous glimmer behind his crystal eyes. His shaggy black hair hung nearly to his shoulders and his 6’3” frame towered over the truck bed that he stood behind. On either side of the bed, they both stared at each other for a moment before Xaiden finally spoke up. ’Come on. We’ve got a lot of work to do.’ His face was stoic and didn’t seem to hols any other emotions besides annoyance at his current predicament. On the other hand, Airaden tossed his hands to the side as if to agree and starts gathering tools. “Just point me in the right direction, mate.” He couldn’t help but smirk and grin whenever he caught sight of Xaiden’s face, knowing well that out in a rural area with no one who knew him, he had better be careful who he angers. @nakachu

His compliments never failed to make her blush and neither did his eyes wandering over her body. She always felt so loved and special whenever he got that look in his eyes and often while hid eyes drifted over her, she was simply looking at his face to see just that. But of course the interruption of Airaden arriving drove both their eyes to the outside. “I will be fine Xaiden.” She assured him with a smile. She didn’t know what he meant with his ways, but surely it would be just fine. After all, all she wanted was for that shed to be done so it was one less thing they needed to worry about. As well as wanting to spend the night with him sleeping in their own bed and she was not going to let anybody ruin that for her. Especially some stranger that she had never met before. She let Xaiden go down while she went into the bathroom to dry out her hair a bit more before she put it up in a ponytail. She also started to unpack her suitcase and place all her clothing in the closet wanting to get it done with. She kept that up for about half an hour before her back started to hurt and she figured she better not overdo it. She made her way down and could already hear them working in the backyard. She stepped out into the sun and brought her had up to shield her eyes as she called out. “You boys want anything to drink?” @shayshayrian

Xaiden gathered arm loads of wood and made his way to the back while he waited for Airaden to join him. When he did, he pointed towards the area they would have to work and what the parameters were for the space they needed. He felt ridiculous as he pointed towards landmarks and gave Airaden such a detailed run-down. He didn’t seem to be paying attention anyway. When he finished her turned to him with crossed arms. “Is that something you think you can manage?” It was only then that Airaden actually looked at him. He smiled widely and grabbed the driver, making his way towards the first corner they would need with a smirk that Xaiden didn’t like at all. The first two fence posts smoothly made their way into the ground. Neither one had to push very hard for the driver to go more than deep enough to slide a fence post in, but with the sun trying to sink deeper into the sky, Xaiden suggested they move faster. When Ellie made her way outside, she would see Xaiden plunging a post into the ground, but no sign of Airaden. That was until she saw a man-shaped blur dart from the driveway to Xaiden. Then, Xaiden disappeared for a moment to reappear in the same spot with another post from a pile that back at the corner they had started at. They were both moving too fast and with minimal tools for either of them to be anything other than supernatural and as Ellie’s voice rang out and a silence fell over the two of them could she tell that they had been arguing. *Xaiden brought his gaze up to the woman who stood on the back porch, his gaze easing dramatically. It would tighten right back up though as Airaden made it from the spot next to him to directly in front of her in a few seconds. He wasn’t as fast as Xaiden, his form still being distinguishable as he ran, but he was still faster than any human could be. The vampire listened to their conversation as if it were happening right next to him, shoving the driver into the ground with ease, but never taking his eyes of

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f the two on the back porch.*

Airaden was having too much fun, poking and prodding the vampire who seemed to loathe his own existence whenever he came near. He had haphazardly listened to Xaiden explain the plan, but in truth, he wasn’t there to be of much help. Just enough to get the job done, but more so there to make sure Xaiden knew what ‘could’ happen at any moment. At one point, he slammed one of the wooden posts directly through Xaiden’s shoe, crippling the vampire to his knees for a moment. “Man… That looks rough.” He pulled the fence post out and drove it in where it was meant to go before developing a sly grin of his own. “Watch yourself, Accic. Don’t be getting clumsy on me now.” ’You watch yourself, mutt. I’ll tear you apart before your…’ It was then the males heard a soft voice echo from the house, drawing Airaden’s attention immediately. His eyes fell on a gorgeous woman who was offering them drinks and judging by the skin tone, was not Rowan. Bounding for the porch, he made it to her in record time; leaping over the porch rails with relative ease. When he landed, he flipped his lightly dampened hair out of his bright blue eyes and extended a hand to her. “Hello, darlin’. I’m Airaden Red. I’m sure Xaiden has told you nothing but good things.” He smiled warmly at her, waiting for her to shake his hand. If she would, his hand would be rough from work, but also oddly warm. If she wouldn’t, he would simply lower his hand and nod while he sucked air through his teeth before he spoke. ”I guess ‘nothing but good things’ isn’t quite true.” *Either way, he would eventually come to smile at her again before looking back at Xaiden for a moment and then redirecting his gaze towards her again. “Drinks would be appreciated. Anything cold will do me just fine, but if you’re making Xaiden’s usual, I’ll do without. His extra ingredients… is a little too bitter for me.” *He laughed. If she made her way back into the house, he would walk at a leisurely pace to get back t

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o Xaiden, seeing he had driven in six more fence posts since him and Ellie had been talking.* “So that’s your girl? She’s definitely a step up from the last one.” @nakachu

She couldn’t help but physically step back as Airaden made is way towards her in record time. She was still not used to the display of supernatural in front of her. Even if she knew what they were and what they could do, it was still so different then actually seeing it happening before her. She introduced himself while she was still half leaning back from him, yet she offered him her hand either way to be polite. His hand was indeed very rough, the sign of someone who worked with their hands a lot. Which made sense since they had called on him to help with the fencing. “Nice to meet you.” She offered back. “I am Elina.” She smiled at him before pulling her hand back. Ignoring his comment about the good things she had heard about him. As she looked over the yard she was amazed by how much work they already had gotten done, but then again with their strength and speed this was all child’s play. She turned back to him. “Something cold. Alright.” She said. “What you want?” She said asking Xaiden. If he told her what he wanted she would turn to go and grab just that. She could only guess that Xaidens extra ingredient would be blood, but she didn’t have any in the house as far as she knew. So regular drinks would just need to do for them in that moment. She poured three glasses, two with cold apple juice and a third with whatever Xaiden wanted. She took two glasses in her hands and then sqeeuzed the third between them so she could just about hold on with her fingers as she didn’t want to walk twice and came back out to them to hand them the glasses. “Here you go.” @shayshayrian

“Just a water is fine, love.” He shouted back at her from his position across the yard. He couldn’t help but admire her, even from afar as she made her way back inside. As Airaden came back, still looking behind him as he spoke, Xaiden made sure that Ellie had closed the door behind her before he punched Airaden directly in the face hard enough that it sent him staggering backwards. With inhuman speed, he grabbed him by his throat and slammed him to the ground. “Don’t. Even. Look at her.” He watched as Airaden’s eyes shifted in color and immediately let go of him as he stood. With a scowl, he made his way back to the fence just in time to see Elina making her way out of the house with three drinks. He gave her a kind smile as he dusted his hands off a took the one filled with water. He took a large swig before he barely placed a hand on her lower back and kissed her forehead. “Thank you, sweetheart. I would kiss you, but I am…” He held his arms up as if to show off his dirty he was. “disgusting.” He chuckled.

Before he knew it, he felt a sudden crack in his jaw as he was sent careening backwards. A hand came up to touch the split lip he had just received when Xaiden was suddenly on top of him. His bright eyes stared into the matching set above him as Xaiden spoke in a harsh, low tone. The anger inside of him boiled and his eyes shifted from a crystalline blue to a royal gold. Just before he could reach a hand up to grab Xaiden’s arm, the vampire withdrew his grip. “Yeah, you better walk away, pretty-boy.” He sat himself up, cracking his jaw back in place and running a thumb across his bleeding lip when he saw Elina heading their way. Milking his pain, he strained to lift himself from the ground in silence until she made it over, limping a bit towards her to claim a glass for himself. He watched as Xaiden showed his affection towards her and waited to thank her when her eyes weren’t locked with his. “Thank you, Elina. I appreciate it.” He took a large swig himself, wincing as the tart apple pierced the cut on his lips that was slowly healing. Pulling the glass away for a moment, he rubbed his thumb over the cut again before pulling that section of lip into his mouth. “Damn, if that’s the thanks I get, I’ll remember to take a little longer getting here next time.” His tone was light and only seemingly serious as he looked around at the fencing that still needed done. ‘There won’t be a next time.’ Xaiden stated before anything else could be said.

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She walked up to Xaiden first and handed him the glass of water as it was the one that she was holding with both hands and didn’t know how long that would go well still. She watched him gulp it down and couldn’t help but smile. Even covered in dirt and sweat he looked absolutely beautiful. His small show of affection only had her smiling more. As he said he would kiss her if he wasn’t as sweaty as he was she couldn’t help but walk close to him and get on the tips of her toes to press her lips against his anyway. It was a simple peck, nothing much. “I don’t mind.” She said with a soft blush before she turned to Airaden. Her face faltered as she laid her eyes on the split in his lip that had not been there before and the way he seemed to be limping. She offered the glass of apple juice to him and he took it, wincing as he drank it. It took her a moment to figure out what had happened. She looked between the two of them before looking down to Xaiden’s hand and seeing the bit of blood on his knuckles. “Xaiden..” she said softly, a bit of disapproval in her voice. She didn’t know what happened between the two of them, but surely there was no reason to punch the person that had come all this way to help them. The little exchange between them only added to that. She sighed, knowing that nothing she said would likely change the situation and took a small sip of apple juice before she turned back. “I will get some ice for that..” she said, not sure what else she could do. She was in the kitchen only a second before coming back with a few chunks of ice in a kitchen towel and handed them to Airaden. “Here.” She said, holding his eyes. She wondered what he had said to infuriate Xaiden so much, or what he had done in the past. @shayshayrian

Elina’s surprising kiss seemed to melt a bit of his tension away for a mere seconds it lasted, but when she rounded on him about Airaden’s current disposition, it all stiffened back into him. His furrowed brow from having just scolded Airaden turned to her for only a moment before he took a deep breath. “Yeah, well. He deserved it.” He watched her head back into the house for ice and slowly turned to look at Airaden again before getting back to work, trying his best to ignore him until she came back. His testing tone in his ear made it extremely difficult, finding he had to clenched his jaw dramatically to keep from hitting him again. When she came back, he had reached the next corner and stopped to watch Airaden and make sure he stayed in line.

He rolled his eyes at Xaiden, bringing a hand around to the back of his neck as if he was sympathetic for something he had done in the past. When Elina walked off, his eyes changed again to the electric gold as he knelt down to Xaiden’s ear. “You’ll tear me apart before I, what? What are you going to do in the presence of your human? You know, all it takes is one scratch…” He grabbed the back of Xaiden’s neck with a firm hand whose fingertips seemed to be morphing into something stronger. Xaiden swatted the man’s hand away and in turn, Airaden made his way to the fence pile to grab a few more posts. When Elina returned, he dropped the wood near Xaiden and made his way to her, claiming the ice and applying it to his lip. He pulled the towel away to see a small smear of blood before he spoke to her. “Thank you, Elina. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine. It’s not his fault, honestly. I’d be overprotective too if I was with someone as gorgeous as you. Since I can’t say it to his face, I’ll say it to yours, you’re beautiful and I hope what we’re building is a benefit to you.” He could feel Xaiden’s hot state on the back of his head as he spoke to her. Regardless, he gave her a kind smile, raised the bundle of ice up in thanks and made his way back towards the fence. “Halfway done, Iron Giant. Let’s try to get the rest of this done without breaking anything, yeah?” @nakachu

She couldn’t keep the deep blush from her face as Airaden suddenly started throwing compliments at her. At first she simply didn’t know how to respond to it before she finally mumbled to him softly. “T-thank you..” she said in a soft tone. She looked down to the ground first and then found Xaiden before seeing that he was practically fuming at the other side of the lawn. She quickly stepped back from Airaden, putting a bit of distance between them. She could feel the incredible tension that was in the air between those two. Even as they seemed to work together it was clear that neither of them wanted to be near the other. She couldn’t help but wonder if it really was about her that Xaiden had gotten upset enough to punch him. She nursed her drink for a moment as she watched them work, their small bursts of speed still feeling so foreign to her. After a while she just say herself down in one of the chairs as she kept watching the two of them work, wanting to make sure that they at least didn’t kill each other. Not that she could hold them back if she did. @shayshayrian

Xaiden’s hate-filled glare stuck to Airaden as he found work at his side, watching him with an intensity that wasn’t foreign to his face. He noticed Elina hadn’t left them alone and thought that that was a good thing. At least then Airaden would be less likely to throw underhanded jabs at him and he definitely wouldn’t kill kill him in front of her. They made quick work of the small side of the fence, making their way towards the last long section as Elina sat down in the porch chair. He decided since they had an audience, maybe he could do some prodding of his own. “So, tell me, Airaden. Why did you so really come to help? It’s not like this is where you would rather spend your Sunday night?” He watched the man stretch before him as he stripped off his shirt to wipe at his face. Xaiden draped his arms over completed portion of the fence as he waited for him to compose himself.

As Xaiden spoke to him, he rose from his crouched position and looked towards the fencing they still had yet to complete. Stretching his limbs, he then pulled off his shirt, exposing his back to Elina as he wiped the sweat from his face and draped it over his shoulder. “You’re right. I’d rather be elsewhere, but when Delayna asks for a favor, you don’t say no. You would know all about that, wouldn’t you?” He gave him a cocky smile as he grabbed another post. ’Ahhh, but see. The things Delayna asked for I was more than willing to provide at the time and something tells me she had to persuade you to do this. Maybe she has her fangs into something she shouldn’t?… or someone.’ Airaden shot him a glance then, his face hardening from his original happy-go-lucky attitude he had had since arriving. He cleared his throat and drove another post in, inches from Xaiden unwounded foot. “Ehh. Best not worry about that. Sooner or later, every vampire will be wiped from this planet and believe me, I’ll take great pleasure in handling you and yours personally.” His tone was dark and his eyes sharp, having reverted back to their blue tint. The threat didn’t settle well with Xaiden, especially with his child on the way. Seeing his reactions to Elina, he pressed further. ’And Elina? Her turning wouldn’t stop you?’ He drive another post into the ground, directly in front of Airaden. As soon as the wood stopped from going into the ground, Airaden would put a hand over the woods and lean towards Xaiden with malicious intent dripping from every word. “Especially not Elina. Besides, who could turn down dinner and a show?” Airaden’s cocky smile returned as Xaiden fought everything in his power to decapitate him right where he stood. @nakachu

She could hear them bickering among themselves as they worked. She couldn’t hear what they were saying from so far away, but one thing was for sure, they were getting on each others nerve. If their tones didn’t make that clear, their body language did. The fencepoles were put into the ground more agresively, their muscles tensing whenever the other opened their mouth. She kept going from looking down at her phone to watching the both of them to make sure no more blood was spilled. This went on for quite a while, perhaps even half an hour and the tension was only growing and growing. The longer it went on the more it seemed to annoy her. She was not one to confront people, but she still couldn’t help but feel part of the reason why Xaiden was being as aggressive as he was. Eventually she put down her phone and got back up from the porch again. She walked over to them before crossing her arm, her face anything but amused. “You are both acting like children.” She said to them, annoyance clear in her voice. Perhaps it was because of the hormones that she was feeling as irritable, but she just couldn’t handle the two of them going at each other anymore. “Xaiden.” She said turning to him. “He is doing us a favor, the least you could do is be friendly with him.” She said. “And you.” She turned to Airaden. “Either be good and help out or take your running mouth somewhere else.” She let that sink in before she continued. “I already got one baby to worry about, don’t give me two more.” @shayshayrian

He continued his banter with Xaiden until they were nearly finished with the fence work. They only had one section left to place when they both heard footsteps against grass coming home behind them. At the ring of Elina’s voice, Airaden looked into Xaiden’s eyes as the vampires went back and and forth between them. Airaden kept his bare back to her as she yelled and when she addressed him, he turned to her with a graceful nod. “Of course, Elina.” He very nearly bowed, but when she said her last statement, Airaden’s gaze went wide and spun around to face Xaiden. His expressions shifted from surprise to absolute disgust as he waited for Elina to leave them. Whether she would or not, he would still speak on what he had heard, his volume would just depend on what Elina did. “You are fucking sick. Are you feeding off her too? Waiting for her to pop out the kid before you turn her?!” Airaden tossed the driver he had in his hand to the ground, speaking loud enough now for Elina to hear him if she had lingered. “I am done here. You can finish the rest yourself. I refuse to be part of your fucking disgusting blood rituals.” With that, he would turn to leave. If Elina had stayed, he would look at her sympathetically, stopping for a moment. “I’m sorry. If you ever need help, don’t hesitate to call.” That was the last thing he would say before he made his way to his truck, ignoring anything Xaiden would call after him. He was well aware Elina didn’t exactly have his number, but she wouldn’t need it. He would have his friends nearby if something went awry with the vampire.

At Elina’s chide, he would look to her with a slight annoyance as he hung his head. His eyes would eventually make their way back to Airaden’s in compromise until he heard her say something about the baby. His eyes went wide for the briefest of moments towards her, until Airaden spun to face him. His brows furrowed in defense as he unloaded all of his questions on him. He kept his mouth shut, even if it caused his fingers to split and crack the fence that he had been holding onto. None of what Airaden presumed was true, but it was better to have him think that and leave than know they had created a vampiric child. He watched as he left, not uttering a word until he pulled out of the driveway. @nakachu

The sudden fight between the two caught her completely off guard. The intesity between them spiked and she just stood there unsure what to do about it. She looked towards Xaiden. Should she have not mentioned the baby? She didn't know it was supposed to be a secret. That she wasn't meant to say anything about it. She figured Delayna had told him why they were building the fencing. The words that were said only caught her even more off guard. She watched as Araiden walked off and left Xaiden absolutely fuming at the side. "Wait!" She said after Airaden quickly. If he stopped she would continue, but even if he kept walking she would go after him and grab his arm to make him stop. "You don't shout at him for that!" She said, anger and frustration in her voice. "He didn't want this, he didn't think he could.. but he is here isn't he! He is taking care of me the best that he can!" She started feeling emotional, but quickly swallowed it away. She was not going to cry. "How many would have done that?" She asked him holding his eyes. "So no.. you don't shout at him.. not for this." @shayshayrian

Airaden made his offer for help to Ellie and started for the truck, only slowing when she shouted at him to wait. When he felt her tug at his arm, he stopped and closed his eyes for a moment. The amount of sympathy he felt for the woman… A woman who was probably compelled to love a creature like Xaiden simply to be his food supply until her baby was born, and then his vampiric sex toy. It disgusted him to think about it, but the more Ellie spoke, the more the gears started turning in his mind. His eyes slowly opened in realization as she continued, turning their gaze on her and then Xaiden. The vampire was wide-eyed until he hung his head, adding to the validity of her statement. He brought his hands to her shoulders and looked curiously into her pale green hues. “Are you saying… the child is Xaiden’s?” He swallowed his abhorrent disgust and looked to her for an answer. This changed everything. If vampires could reproduce, they had to be eliminated as soon as possible. His eyes slowly rose to stare at Xaiden, waiting for a viable explanation to the absurdity that the woman was spewing.

“Elina!” Xaiden shouted. It was too late. She chased down Airaden and chastised him for yelling at him; while it was admirable of her to defend him, she had no idea what she was doing and he supposed that was his fault. When Airaden looked to him, he hung his head in defeat as he tried to think of a way to weasel out of the situation. As Airaden questioned Ellie, Xaiden could feel the danger in his voice. He could kill them both right then and there. In a matter of seconds, Xaiden was at Elina’s side, pushing Airaden away from her and putting his body between the both of them. “Don’t come onto my property and threaten me. Vampires cannot create life and you know that.” He stepped towards Airaden, backing him further and further off the lawn until they reached the edge of the driveway. While Airaden was stepping away from Xaiden, his expression was anything but fearful. “Don’t worry about Delayna, I’ll tell her you finished the job. Now, get out of here and if I catch you or your flea-bitten friends on my property again, I’ll kill you all.” His tone was aggressive and made him seemingly tower over the man that was roughly the same height as him. If Elina tried in anyway to stop him, he was use the hand that wasn’t pointing or pushing Airaden to keep her back and if she persisted, he would start to push her back. @nakachu

It was only then that she realized that she should keep her mouth closed. When another stare was exchanged between the two males she knew that she shouldn't open her mouth again. Before she knew what happened Xaiden was beside her and he didn't even need to try as she stepped back. She had seen the look in Airadens eyes and they had scared her. She listened to the threatening words that were spewed towards Airaden and the way that Xaiden walked him back. She stayed behind and soon she turned and ran inside. She could feel her hands shaking as she pressed them together and sat down on the couch. She was such a fool.. she should know she wasn't supposed to talk about it. She just thought since Delayna called him and she had known that it was alright. But it had not been. With all her good intentions she had made the situation worse. Instead of shushing the boys down she had forced them into an even deeper hatred to each other. @shayshayrian

Airaden barely noticed Elina had fled until Xaiden was finished. He had backed himself clear to his truck and stared Xaiden down the entire way. With a small huff he looked towards the house and made his way into his truck. “This isn’t over, Accic.” He turned over the key and quickly left the driveway, more out of anger than fear. He would make is way straight for Delayna’s, his mind full of questions. If she knew about a vampiric child, she had explaining to do as that was an abomination that needed rectified. Leaving Xaiden’s residence in the dust, he sped off the way he had come with more determination and his smile had finally seemed to fade.

He almost shot his mouth off again when Airaden spoke back. He couldn’t believe Delayna would send someone like Airaden to help him, sending him directly to his house where the people he loved lived. She surely had her reasons, but in his mind, that were not sound ones. When he finally turned around, Ellie was nowhere to be seen. He let out a huff as he ran his hand through his hair and kicked some of the wood Airaden had left behind. He felt horrible for not better preparing her for who she was about to be around and as such, didn’t blame her a bit for what happened. Within moments, he made his way into the house and saw her sitting on the living couch practically shaking. He closed the door behind him and held his hands up as if to defend himself. “I am so sorry, love.” He would try to gently make his way towards her, sitting next to her if she would let him. “I should’ve better prepared you for him, but I figured the less you knew the better.” He needed to get out of the habit of hiding things from her, but it was so dangerous that he couldn’t bring himself to do it. Even after what had happened, he couldn’t quite bring himself to believe that if she had known it would’ve went better. He simply listened as she reacted, letting her get everything out since he blamed it all on himself too. If she got too worked up, he would try to get her to settle down, even if it meant physically restraining her. @nakachu

She looked up as he was suddenly inside the house again. She seemed to calm a bit when it was Xaiden. "Yes! Yes you should have.." she said. Obviously upset. "I thought he knew Xaiden. I know it is not a normal pregnancy and I shouldn't be shouting it from the rooftops but he came here to help.." she said before burrying her face into her knees. "I don't know anything about your world Xaiden.." she said into her knees. "You can't protect me from it. Not anymore. You should tell me these things.." She did let him sit down beside her, but kept to herself as she said what she needed to say. "I am not made of glass.. so you better start telling me what all that was about.." @shayshayrian

He nodded as she spoke, lightly rubbing her back as he took it all in stride. She was right in the most sincerest way and he felt awful for what transpired between him and Airaden, more so that she had to witness it. When she finished, he spoke normally. He didn’t pull her to him or change any body language, he simply spoke as he continued to rub her back. “Airaden is a werewolf.” He expected to see her jerk her attention to him and if she didn’t, he would be surprised, but he would continue regardless. “Werewolves possess nearly the same abilities as Vampires. Speed, strength and the ability to heal. Unlike most myths, they are immune to silver and the only way to… Well. Brute force or magic is the only way ti stop them.” He didn’t know how much she wanted to know, but he figured she should know everything she could. He took a deep breath and rested his elbows into his knees as he leaned forward off the couch and hung his head to the ground. Gathering his composure, he spoke again, but focused his attention across the room. “The problem with werewolves, as a vampire, is that the venom they possess in their bite can kill us. All it takes is a scratch or a nip and we could be dead within days. The advantage we have is that they are weaker than us in their human form and can only fully shift during a full moon.” There were exceptions and he planned to tell her, but he turned to her first to make sure she wasn’t too overwhelmed before he continued. @nakachu

She did indeed jerk away from him in surprise. "A werewolf?! He is not even a vampire?" She said in disbelief. She just put her head back in her hands for a second. Of course werewolves were a thing too. She listened to what else he had to sat and couldn't help but sigh out. "Is that why you didn't want him here? Because he is dangerous to you? Or is there something else?" She asked him. "It is just.. Delayna seemed fine.. I thought if she send him then.." she felt like such a fool for assuming anything about his life. It was clear she knew nothing. "Is it bad that he knows..?" She suddenly asked. She remembered the look on his face as he had asked if it was Xaiden's. Her hand went protectively to her stomach. "Is she in danger because of me..?" She would never forgive herself if she overspoke herself and put danger upon the small thing inside her stomach. "You can't keep anything from me Xaiden.. I don't ever want to do something like that again." Clearly she had not fully forgiven him just yet. @shayshayrian

“I didn’t want him here because he’s dangerous to you. Airaden Red and I have had our fights in the past, but when it comes down to it, we work well with each other when we can stop fighting. It’s the only assumption I can make as to why Delayna sent him. That, and she probably assumed that I already told you everything there is to know Scott it world, which I take full responsibility for.” Watching her curl her hands around her stomach broke his heart and caused his voice to drop a bit with the anger that began to pulse through him. “If anyone put her in danger, it was me, but don’t worry. I won’t let anything happen to either of you, even if I have to call a few friends to help me out. As long as I’m around, you and her will be safe.” If she would let him, he would pull her to his chest and wrap his arms around her as he rested his head on hers. If she rejected his comfort, he would regretfully pull his hands away and intertwine them together as he put his elbows back on his knees. “It’s bad if he finds out that she’s vampiric because that means somehow, we are able to populate and that’s a danger to his species. Werewolves and Vampires are sworn enemies, mostly for territory reasons, but the bad blood has been there for centuries.” @nakachu

She would allow him to comfort her. She had made her point clear, that she wasn’t happy about how he had kept thing from her and she could tell that he was truly sorry for that he had. She grabbed into him, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling herself into him. She did believe he would try to keep them safe, but more and more she was wondering if he alone would be enough. In this world where she did not understand a thing she was like a baby herself. Helpless and unknowing. She still didn’t even fully understand why she had even fallen pregnant to begin with. If they were not able to fall pregnant, then how did she? And had it something to do with Xaiden or with her? She couldn’t dwell on it to long though, she was here and she was here to stay. All they could go was be there for her as much as they could and take every little challenge as it came. Even if she was going to be the only humans in a world of the supernatural. “I think I am left with more questions then when this day started.” She suddenly chuckled softly. “She’s a girl.. she’s probably a vampire.. I will need to drink your blood..” she said in almost disbelief. “We are building a fence for cows so you can drink from them.. and it is not even milk.” Again she chuckled before sighing out loud. “We need to finish that fence..” she said, remembering there had be a bit more work left to do before Xaiden had forced Airaden out. @shayshayrian

He held her close and gently rocked her back and forth as she tried to wrap her brain around the amount of information he was throwing at her. When she started lobbing facts his way, he couldn’t help but chuckle at how strange it all sounded when worded like that. He nodded after each item on her list and when the fence was mentioned, he hugged her again before starting to lift himself off the couch without her. “Don’t worry. There isn’t much left and I can finish it myself. Besides, if Airaden comes back, it would be better if you were not in his line of fire.” If she would slow him to get up, he would make his way towards the back door and holler at her before leaving that he would only be a few minutes. If she wouldn’t allow him to lift himself from the couch, he would collapse back onto it and let her curl herself into his chest for a few more minutes, stroking her hair and giving her light kisses on her forehead. @nakachu

She looked up towards him as he said she shouldn’t worry it, but she didn’t like the fact that he was doing it alone. He made an attempt to get up, but she would reach up and pull him back down to her, wanting just a bit more time from him. “I want to help..” she said softly even if she knew he wouldn’t let her. He kissed her forehead gently before she moved herself up and kissed him on his lips. If he would let her she would deepen the kiss and caress his tongue with hers before parting again. “Well.. go on then.” She said with a smile and moved herself back so he could head outside to finish up the work.

07:04

As he was gone she got up again and went to the bathroom before washing her hands and heading into the kitchen. She was feeling peckish already and took out the container with spaghetti that Xaiden had left behind for her. She popped it into the microwave for a bit and then took it with her to the couch. If Xaiden did come back in a few minutes, she would be eating the small bites of spaghetti. She would look up as he came in. “Finished?” She asked him. @shayshayrian

He seriously considered letting her help him, even though it would take twice as long. It was still something they could do together and while time my be their only negative, she would be much better company than Airaden. However, the images of laying with her in bed clouded his mind as she kissed him. Their tongues caressed against each other and all he wanted in that moment was to take her upstairs and press his body against hers, running his hands through her hair and kissing the nape of her neck as his heavy breaths cascaded down her back… Just as quickly as the images emerged, they disappeared with the departure of her lips. He groaned as he quickly kissed her again and got up from the couch. Once outside, he grabbed the wood in the driveway and the wood at the corner of fencing where they had started and began driving holes into the earth for the posts; all of which took less than one minute. He managed to complete the single side they had been missing in under ten, taking a few each minutes to look over their work and make sure it was sturdy enough for cattle. When he had finished, he tossed the tools and extra wood into the shed and made his way back inside. ’Finished?’ “Yeah. It might not be the strongest fence, but it will definitely be enough for now. If this is something you want to continue for a while, we’ll eventually need a barn, but Delayna shouldn’t have any problems in the morning.” With that, he plopped down next to her and groaned as he looked over his clothes and realized he had sat on the white couch. “Maybe I should go shower. Are you okay? Do you need anything? I see you got more food, is it enough? Would you like a drink?” He bombarded her with questions without realizing it, not giving her time to answer between them. When he finished, he smiled at himself for being so concerned. He wanted to give her anything she wanted and everything she needed for as long as she would let him. @nakachu

She had been about to say he should shower when he continued talking, throwing almost five full questions at her. She couldn’t help but chuckle. Even after everything that had happened that day and that last week, this was why she was with him. The look of love and concern.. how gentle he was with her and how much he cared. She leaned into him and pressed his lips against his once more time to make him stop talking, running a hand over his chest and stomach before she pulled away. “I am fine.” She said to him chuckling. “I was just a little bit hungry, that is all.” She assured him before she sat back down and brought the container with spaghetti back to her chest to eat the last bit. “Besides, your spaghetti is way to good to leave in the fridge over night.” She chuckled. “Go shower, Xaiden.” She smiled at him. “I will come to bed when you are finished.” She promised him and if he choose to leave she would watch him go, biting down on her lip as she anticipated their first night together in their own bed. Of everything that might be the thing she was looking forward to the most.. waking up next to him in the morning. @shayshayrian

Her kiss instantly made him relax, running a gentle hand down her back until she pull away. She was beautiful, even when she did nothing at all. With a begrudging groan, he lifted himself up off the couch and made his way up the stairs and into their bathroom. He had already stripped his shirt off as he walked into the room, tossing it into the hamper before he made it into their bathroom. He wanted to finish his shower as quickly as he could, imagining crawling into bed with her at his side, but he figured she would need time to herself and to finish eating. As he ran the hot water from the corner shower, he let his mind wander to them drifting off to sleep together. Their first day at the new house has been eventful to day the least, but none of it mattered as he pictured how her bare back pressed against his would feel or the gentle beat of breath against him… or how her hips would writhe underneath him… He pulled himself from the speak he was starting to descend down, stripped the remainder of his clothes and started to shower. The thick oaken mint of his body wash pulled the sweat from his skin and hair while stream slowly started to fill the room. He closed his eyes for a moment as he rinsed his hair, daydreaming about the beautiful girl downstairs when he heard faint footsteps enter the room. He quickly shut the water off and donned a towel, wanting to be out of the shower before she made her way into the room. @nakachu

She stayed behind downstairs and took her time to finish the bit of food she had left. She could get used to Xaiden cooking for her, especially if it was always as good as this spaghetti had been. Once she did finish she got up from the couch and groaned softly at the aching in her back. She stretched herself out and it helped with it and continued on her way. She rinsed out the tupper wear container and placed it in the dishwasher before taking a wash clothes and getting the bit of dirt from the couch Xaiden had left behind. Once she was sure everything was in it’s proper place she started to make her way upstairs. By the time she made it into the room Xaiden was just getting out. She could instantly feel the heat rise to her cheeks as well as between her legs as she laid her eyes upon him. His hair was still partially wet and sticking to his forehead, small droplets of water sticking to his skin that showed of those well defined muscles of his chest, stomach and arms. The heat was still coming off him from how hot he had turned the water and even from this far she could smell that minty body wash he had used to clean himself. If she had not been so goddamn shy she would have probably pulled him into the bed and crawled on top of him, wasting no time to rip that towel off his hips and wrap her hands around him or even her mouth. But instead she just found herself nailed to the ground, blushing heavily and unsure how to handle that sudden need for him that she felt. @shayshayrian

He grabbed another small towel off the rack, rubbing at his hair furiously until he was sure most of the water was gone. The mirror was fogged entirely, so there was no need for him to check that, not that he needed to anyway. He kept his head down as he walked into the bedroom, rubbing at the back of his head with that small towel until he came to stand near Elina, seeing her feet. He had thought she was walking by him, but it quickly became apparent that she wasn’t moving at all. He slowly brought his eyes up to hers as a small smirk crossed his lips. “Hey.” His voice was only a tad lower than normal as he finished drying his neck. When he did, he draped the white cloth over his shoulder and pulled her closer, gripping her at her waist. He looked over her to see out the window, watching the sun just hit the horizon. “We don’t have to go to sleep right now if you don’t want to. Should I get dressed? We still have time if you wanted to do something else.” His hands fell down to her hips as he waited for a response, watching the green swirl in her eyes. In truth, with her so close he didn’t want to do much else, much less get dressed, however he was determined to make her first night in the house as fulfilling as it possible could be. @nakachu

He was breathtaking and she didn’t think she would ever get used to that. He pulled her in close to him she her eyes looked up to meet his. Already she could read that small bit of intensity in his eyes even as he asked her if he should get dressed. Her eyes dipped down once more, her lip coming in between her teeth as she watched a drop of water sliding down his perfect skin. “No..” she just said to his question before taking the towel and drying off a few more drops of water from his chest. “I want to be in that bed.. with you..” she said, her heart already racing in her chest as she finished patting down his chest and stomach. Her eyes dipped back up towards him then, her eyes filled with her shyness but also the lust she was feeling herself. She tossed the towel to the side and replaced it with her hands. Running them over his chest before they went up to the side of his face before pulling him down to her and pressing her lips against his. It was a kiss that might have started gentle and sweet, but it didn’t take long before it turned heated and needy. One hand moving to grab into his hair to pull him even closer. If his hands also made it to her body and started to grab at her she would moan softly into his mouth, already feeling the heavy heat between her legs for him. @shayshayrian

He watched as she brought the towel to his chest and replaced it with her hands as she mentioned the bed. Her hands up his body and into his hair sent his nerves into overdrive. The kiss against his lips would’ve been sweet and sincere had she not already taunted him with her pulls and wanton gaze. The heat from her tongue and the need of her kiss brought moans of him as well, mixing with her own between them. His hands roughly grabbed at her ribs and walked her back until he felt her fall onto the bed, falling with her and catching her head as to not break their lip lock. “Take this off.” He said in between kisses, pulling at her shirt with fervor. He knew she would need space, but her lips were candy and no matter how long her had them against his, he couldn’t get enough. Before she could do anything that he asked of her, he picked her up to place her in the middle of the bed and crawl onto it himself, losing the towel in the process. @nakachu

She was already scrambling to get her top taken from her body, but with his needy kisses that barely left her lips alone she didn’t get it further then to sit above her breast, showing off the bra she had underneath that he had already seen when she had gotten dressed before. It was green with a lace pattern. When she didn’t get far with the top she moved down and started to tug at both the sweats and her underwear at the same time. She wriggled her hips to get it out from underneath her rear and once she got it far enough wiggled with her legs in an attempt to get it off from her. With the towel falling away from him she moved her arms back around his broad body and grabbed at his back and shoulders, moaning softly underneath him as he once again dominated her form with his body. “I like it when..” already cut short by another of his needy kisses. “You are demanding..” she finished the sentence even if admitting that made her blush. @shayshayrian

Feeling her frantic motions beneath him, he assisted her as best her could, moving his legs and arms to give her room to wiggle out of her confining clothes. When her legs were free, his hands slid up her sides to feel her bra and shirt still at her chest when she spoke through passionate kisses. “Is that right?” His voice had dropped to that low tone that rumbled against her lips as he slid his hand under the middle of her bra and shirt to grab at it hard and pull her into a sitting position, leaning back into one himself. Still holding her clothes, he brought his lips around to her neck and whispered in her ear with a breathless, dangerous tone. “Then you better start listening.” He gave her shirt and bra another slow pull. “Take. It. Off.” He would release her clothing and give her a chance to strip as he pulled away from her neck. As soon as the clothes would leave her body, he would gently find a soft grip on her throat to push her down into the bed where his whispers would find her ear again. “Good girl.” Her movements were electrifying and her noises only encouraged him as he released her throat and caressed down her body. He placed hungry kisses from her neck, down her chest and finally ending at her waist line before his sharp eyes looked up at her. Her form was beautiful and that small bump at the lower portion of her stomach only made her more attractive. Without giving her much time to brace herself, he dove onto her sex, separating her folds with his tongue and made sure there wasn’t a single part of her that remained untouched. @nakachu

He didn’t need to tell her again as he gave her space to strip off the remainder of her clothing. She made as quick work of it as she could before his hand found her throat and pressed her back down into the bed. Once he whispered into her ear she couldn’t help the shudder that went through her body all the way to between her legs. If she had not already been wet for him she sure as hell would have been now. She didn’t even know why it turned her on so much when he did that. Perhaps it as because of her shyness, that she liked him taking control and telling her what she should do. Or perhaps she had just never experimented with it before and was only now discovering her love for it. “Thank you..” she whispered softly into the air as he kissed into her neck and started to move down. She knew where he was going and the blush soon made a return, yet she did not stop him. One hand grabbed into the sheets underneath her in anticipation the other landing in his still damp hair. And then he dove in. He didn’t ease into it or anything, just went straight for her. It drew loud moans out from her, her back arching almost instantly underneath him as her hand grabbed deeper into those sheets. “Aaah.. Fuck!” She moaned out as he seemed to find every single sensitive part of her sex with his tongue. @shayshayrian

He craved her reactions to him more than anything. He moans, her body movement and her wetness… Lust glazed over his eyes as the familiar taste slipped passed his lips. It drove him deeper and deeper into her, determined to claim every drop of her for himself. He craved her lightly salted taste so intensely that his body almost started to rock into her as well. His heated grunts were mocked by her lower lips and with the way her body begged for him, he couldn’t take it anymore. He slid a finger into her walls and pushed through a few thrusts, feeling how easily he slid in and how warm her flesh was. It was enough to fuel his lust even harder immediately. He removed his lips from her lower set and sat back, finally bringing his eyes to hers once more. “Roll over.” He would give her time to obey his dark, deprived voice, but only just enough. As soon as she was on her stomach, he would roughly grab her hips and hoist her to her knees, spreading her legs to run his pulsating shaft directly where his mouth had been. Her soaked lips coated him instantly and after a few lunges to separated her lips, he bored himself into her with a firm grip on each hip. Unobscured now, his groans were loud and ecstatic as he felt her tightness clutched him hard. @nakachu

She couldn’t help the squirming hips that moved underneath him. She was just one heated mess by the time his finger joined in she was already grabbing into his hair and pulling at the sheets underneath her. “Xaiden.. please.. I need you..” she said thought heavy moans and breathing. “Roll over.” Again that demand. She scrambled as quick as she could turning herself over into her stomach just in time for him to grab her hip and pull her into her knees. She whipped her hair to the side and watched him over her shoulder. She could see those eyes take in once more as he moved his length between her legs and moved it there. She closed her eyes again, letting her head rest against the bed as she took in the feeling of him against her. Then he pushed in and she couldn’t help the loud moan that left her lips as he pushed himself in deep. She grabbed into the sheets as she started to move her hips into him, either matching his pace or just grinding herself against him if he stayed still. He felt so big inside her, perhaps because they had already had sex so many times that day. “You feel so good..” @shayshayrian

He could bring himself to simply stand their as she rocked her hips against him. As soon as she started to, he gave another powerful push into her that made them both gasp with pleasure. Before he knew it, he was lunging in and out of her with enough speed to cause audible smacks throughout the room. Her words had not fallen on deaf ears. He matched his actions to her cries of ecstasy and just when he could feel his muscles tighten, he ran a hand down her back and claimed a handful of her dark hair. “Fuck, Elina.“ He let out a few more ragged moans as his pace became more about hitting her pleasure points than getting him close. His free hand released her hip and gripped her ass instead as he pulled her with his jiving hips. “Cum for me, baby. Mmm… ahhhh..” He could barely contain his rising orgasm, so close that if her walls clenched around him, it would surely send him over the edge. The bed had started to rock with them and the noise amongst the room was clear to anyone who may have heard. @nakachu

She moaned out loudly for him. The hand in her hair pulling her into him with every powerful trust. At that moment she didn't even have to move herself anymore as he was making her body bounce to and from him with the sheer power of his thrust. It was rough and heated and.. amazing. She loved every second of, the soft gentle pain from him grabbing her hair only adding to the build up between her legs. His length hitting her so deep in that position and she felt his hitting the very end of her every single time. As he called out for her to cum she had already been so close that she almost instantly clenched out around him and the moment she did she heard his own ragged breaths and moans that told her he had too. She could feel him pulsating inside her as he released himself. The moment her own orgasm ended she slumped into the bedding. Her fingers shaking as she let go of the bedding, needing to stretch them out from the amount of strength she had used to grab into the sheets. The lightheadedness she had felt earlier that day came back to her so badly she could see her vision going black. "Fuck.. I.. I need a moment.." she said as she moved forward off him and tried to find a position that made it better. Trying to breath. @shayshayrian

As soon as her orgasm took hold of her, it ensnared him as well. He released her hair and held her hips against him tightly as he felt every ounce of semen leave his body. She shook and he could feel his own nerves trembling, but when she lifted her hand from the sheets and saw just how much she was shaking, he helped her onto the bed and gently rolled her on her back. Her eyes were lazily blinking and sometimes not opening at all and her face seemed to be contorted in nausea. If she were to see Xaiden’s face, she would see worry in his eyes as they raked over her form. “Ellie, what’s going on? What do you feel?” He made sure she didn’t have any leaking wounds, which he knew she didn’t or he would’ve smelled it. She simply looked weak. After she answered him, no matter what the answer was, he would eject his fangs with an audible click and bite into his own wrist. He quickly lowered it to her mouth as he gave her a commanding: “Drink.” The artery he severed caused blood is spill out into her mouth, leaving behind a sweet metallic taste. With every swallow, if she chose to, she would feel any ache or pain fade away as his blood began to magically heal any ailment she had, respectively. @nakachu

“It’s fine.. I just.. a little lightheaded.” She tried to tell him as he asked her what was going on. She moved an arm up to lay over her eyes, shielding the light from her closed eyelids in the hope that it would help with the nausea that was slowly setting in. She was still fading in and out more then she realized and she barely even heard the click of his fangs when he cut his own wrist open. The next thing she realized was the metallic taste in her mouth, a liquid simply filling up her throat till she was forced to swallow. It almost instantly started to feel her head clearing and with that clearing came the realization of just what was in her mouth. It activated her gag reflex and her hand came back up to press him away from her. “I’m fine! I’m fine!” She said quickly, wiping her mouth and seeing her arm come away red. She could still taste it in her mouth. Her eyes drifted to the gash in his arm and the nausea suddenly came back with revenge. She lunched herself from that bed and ran for the bathroom, ending up over the toilet bowl gagging. She barely kept the blood Xaiden had given her in her stomach as she gasped between the gagging. @shayshayrian

Her reaction had been expected and when she pushed him away, he obliged. His wrist had already healed by the time she jumped off the bed and ran towards the bathroom, but he knew that that wouldn’t ease her nausea. He looked over himself and the bed and saw the faint blood spots on the comforter, but his wrist and hand were coated. Blue eyes looked up at her from across the room as he used his speed to leave the room and appear in the hallway bathroom in less than a second. He washed the blood off his person, sped back into the bedroom and donned a pair of black sweatpants from his drawer before he made his way into the bathroom with her. He knew it was going to be different, their lifestyle change, but if she couldn’t keep his blood down, they would have to find an alternative. He walked up behind her and crouched, pulling her hair back and rubbing her back as he hung his head. Solutions and questions rattled his brain as she heaved, trying to decide if he should call Delayna. “It’s okay, Ellie. You’re alright.” He tried comforting her the best he could, but he knew nothing he could say would make her feel better in the moment. His hand pressed gently and rubbed into her back until she managed to compose herself. @nakachu

Eventually she couldn’t keep it in any longer and ended up emptying her stomach into the toilet. She didn’t even dare to look at it as she reached her hand up to flush it away. The slight spray from the flushing a nice comfort to her warm face. Now that it was out of her the heaving subsided and slowly she regained her breath, trying to focus on the hand on her back that was slowly moving over her. When she was sure there would be no second rush she let herself fall back from the toilet against him. She needed a moment to recover her breath, her face sweaty from the heaving and her hair sticking to it. “I’m sorry..” she said softly, knowing it was a bad thing that she couldn’t keep it down. Eventually she would need his blood, Delayna had said so. “I don’t know what happened..” @shayshayrian

As she fell back into him, he sat down on the floor behind her and held her against him while he rested his cheek on her head. He was racking his brain for solutions when she apologized and said she didn’t know what happened. He brought a hand up to run through her hair, brushing all the small strands from her face. “I have an inkling, but you’re not going to like it.” He contemplated any other way when he decided he would have to call Delayna. He kissed the back of her head before he scooped her up, rising himself and made his way to the bathtub. One of his arms was under her knees while the other supported her back as he walked over to sit in the edge of the tub, sitting her onto his lap as he did so. He turned on the water and felt until it was warm enough to settle her nerves and plugged the drain. “Here. Relax in here, I’m going to call Delayna and I’ll let you know what she says.” He would pick her up again to set her down in the filling tub and make his way into the bedroom if she had no objections, proceeding to call Delayna. @nakachu

She frowned her eyebrows as he said he had an inkling. She almost wanted to ask him more before he had already scooped her from the floor and made his way to the bath. The moment he sat her down in it she could feel her body relaxing, the warm water only coming up till her ankles at that point, but it still felt good. She quickly reached down and wiped the blood away from her arm and moved her wet hand over her mouth as well to try and get the last of it from her face too. “Yeah.. I will be fine, go call her.” She said to him then as she assured him that she would be good. The lightheadedness had faded and besides the exhaustion from the heaving she was feeling quite alright. She didn’t know if it was because whatever had caused it had passed or if even that small moment of having Xaiden’s blood in her had made her feel better. “God.. it’s a mess..” she whispered to herself. She wished this was easier, for everyone. Even when they seemed to plan things and think they figured it out something else came. “Come one little girl.. stop being stubborn like your dad.. work with me a little bit okay?” She said as he rubbed over her stomach, the water starting to reach up there as well. @shayshayrian

Xaiden left the room to retrieve his phone from his jeans pocket, dialing Delayna as fast as he could. If the baby… No, since the baby was a vampire, she would need to feed off human blood. He knew his blood could rejuvenate Elina’s, but the baby may need something more… directly. The phone rang and rang until finally a feminine voice answered. ’Yes?’ “She can’t keep my blood down.” ’Oh… Hmm… Well that complicated things…. Have you tried… human blood?’ “Not yet.” ’Give that a try and let me know. If that doesn’t work… We may have to resort to drastic measures…. Ace?… Are you prepared fo….’|| With a click, he hung up the phone and had to fight with all of his might not to throw it across the room. Where was he going to get a human? What if she… No, he knew what would happen if she couldn’t stomach human blood and he didn’t want to think about it. He paced about the bedroom, thinking about running off and snatching a human off the street, but just as he grabbed his jacket, he stopped himself. She would want to be let in on his plans, whether she liked them or not. He needed to start discussing things with her. He sighed deeply as he made his way into the bathroom, leaning against the doorframe as he stared at her in that huge jacuzzi tub. “Baby? Delayna says we need to try… human blood.” He didn’t even offer her the alternative. @nakachu

The tub had filled by the time that Xaiden was back. She had her eyes closed and was leaning back with her head resting on the edge, relaxing in the water. She looked up when Xaiden walked into the room. The worried look that he carried on his face made her sit up instantly. “What’s wrong?” She asked and he just spit it out to her. Her eyes went big as he said that. “Human.. blood? Where would we even get that..?” She quickly shook her head, rejecting the idea. “No.. we are not.. I am not doing that.” She said, unwilling to meet his eyes. “Besides.. it’s fine Xaiden. I feel fine. Whatever that was it passed okay? I am alright, really.” She tried to reason with him, tried to prove to him she was feeling good. Though she knew just as well as him that it might just be a temporary fix. “There has to be another way..” @shayshayrian

He tossed his jacket onto the bed and made his way over to her, sitting on the floor on the outside of the tub. He rested his elbows on his bent knees and looked up at her with a knowing expression. He wasn’t angry, but he was looking at her as if she knew better. “Elina, love, there isn’t another way. I’m glad you’re feeling better, but if you’re getting dizzy after exerting yourself, that’s going to become a constant feeling sooner or later because you’re not producing enough blood. If you can’t keep mine down… she may be craving something else… We just… We have to try everything.” He hated forcing this on her, but if she continued to refuse and the baby didn’t get enough blood, they would be forced to prematurely deliver her and while that came with its own set of complications, it could kill her. It could kill them both. “I can… I can get you human blood, but you’re not going to like how I do it. Which, if it sustains you, I could honestly care less about the means of acquiring.” His crystal eyes bore into hers, letting her know how serious he was and how much he needed her to hear him. @nakachu

She looked into his eyes and couldn’t help the desperation that was tugging at her. To know that Xaiden would be.. hunting down human blood for her was something that didn’t sit right with her. Yet she knew that this was important and like he said. We have to try everything. She let herself sink into the water a bit deeper as she thought about it. She wanted the baby and she wanted it to be as healthy as possible. She just wanted to believe that whatever had happened just then had just been from them going at it to much in one day. That it had nothing to do with the blood drinking of the child, but she knew that was a naive way to think. In the end she sighed. “I will try it..” she said even if she hated the idea. “But if that is the solution.. I want to find a better way to get it.” @Vox Knight

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“Listen, I don’t expect you to develop a taste for it overnight. We will make this work. In the meantime… how much do you want me to tell you about how I get it?” He already had a plan in mind, but he didn’t want to overload her with information if she wasn’t prepared to handle it. He would wait for her answer before he rose off the floor. If she didn’t want to know, he would kiss her on the forehead and make his way into the bedroom to put on his white hoodie before heading out the door. If she did want to know, he would explain to her that they had neighbors a little ways down the road that he could compel to offer a few drops. It’s not like he would need much for her to try. @nakachu

She shook her head quickly. “No.. just.. do it.” She said, not wanting to get involved with the harvesting of human blood. It felt inhumane to drink someone else’s blood in order to sustain her baby. When it had been Xaiden’s it was different and even that idea she had not liked as much. But at least it would have been from him, not a complete stranger. She accepted his kiss on her forehead and watched him get himself dressed before she heard the door close. She let the bath empty out and dried herself off again. She looked herself over in the mirror. She looked tired, and not just about to go to sleep tired. She had dark rings under he eyes and her skin looked pale. Even if she was feeling alright, her body was showing something different. She quickly pulled away from the mirror and walked to the closet. She took out a soft lavender silk nightdress that she had bought before she came here. She didn’t even know what she had been thinking.. but they just seemed better to wear then the oversized t-shirt she usually slept in. She pulled it over her head and let it drape over her body before she went ahead and climbed into bed with a book in her hand, waiting for Xaiden to come back. @shayshayrian

He would slip on a pair of tennis shoes as well before he took one last look at Elina before he left. He hated what this was doing to her, but he was willing to do anything to keep them both alive. As soon as the bedroom door closed behind him, he used his speed to be from the hallway, clear down the road approaching a house. When he was able to be seen with the naked eye again, he had been jogging. If anyone saw him, they would simply think he was a jogger out for a run. The neighboring house was another farm house, a two story brick house that seemed to belong to one person as there was only one car in the drive way. He jogged up to the door and knocked, shortly being greeted by a woman who was nearly in her forties. As soon as she laid eyes on him and smiled, he focused his attention on her eyes and rested his compulsion. She was more than happy to let him in, slice a small cut on her finger and bleed a small amount into a shot glass for him. Instead of healing her, he licked the excess blood from her finger, to test it of course, and bandaged her up; letting her know that she cut herself when slicing vegetables and that he was never there. The whole process only took around fifteen minutes and afterwards, he was back into his own house. Opening the fridge, he found a jug of apple juice that he figured would suffice. As he poured a glass for her, he poured the contents of the shot glass into it and mixed it to wear it was barely noticeable. He felt no remorse as he made his way up the stairs with the cocktail. He would do anything for his new family and if it had required him to kill that innocent woman, he would have. *He pushed open the bedroom door to see her reading in bed and his woes instantly vanished. He felt nothing as he took the blood from the neighbor, nor when he tasted her blood to make sure it would suit a vampire. She was nothing to him and he couldn’t care less if she lived or died, but Elina; as she sat there in the faint glow o

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f the lamp light, she was everything to him.* “Hey, I got you some Apple Juice.” He chuckled, plopping down on the bed and giving it to her. @nakachu

The first thing that made her aware that Xaiden was back was the sound of the front door. Even with his speed he needed to use it. But of course after the sound of it closing it only took him a mere second to actually make his way up to her. She gave him a short and soft smile as he walked over to her. “Thank you.” She said as she sat up a bit more straight and made space for him to sit next to her if he wanted as she lifted the glass to her lips and took a swallow. The first tast of it was just apple juice, but the moment it hit the back of her throat a strange after taste hit her. She frowned a little bit and took a better look at the glass. Even if she couldn’t see the color well in the dim lighting, but she could tell that it was les clear as it usually was. “It’s in there isn’t it..?” She asked him. Though even if he just honestly told her she would continue to drink it. It was bearable. The after taste was strange and not totally pleasant, but it was not as bad as the mouthful of Xaidens blood had been. Eventually she finished it and placed it down on the table next to her. She couldn’t say it felt good to drink it, but at least she wasn’t hit by the extreme nausea that had happened before. “How do we know if it works?” She asked, not feeling any different so far. @shayshayrian

He watched her consume the drink and he had to laugh at her initial disgust. He nodded when she asked if it was in there. He wasn’t exactly trying to conceal it, but he was trying to make it more palatable. When she was done, he only then noticed how pale she had really been. A bit of color came back into her face and she looked a fraction less tired than she had before. His smile slowly dropped until he was staring at her expectantly as she asked her question. “Umm… I… I think it worked a little? But I can’t tell if it’s just because you were able to stomach it or if it’s what she… needs.” He had sat down next to her when she offered and now he had swung his legs over the edge of the bed as if he was going to get up again. He put his hands in his head as he thought about what it meant. She was practically a vampire, except she could barely stand the taste of the thing she needed to survive. He didn’t know what he was going to do, but if it was human blood they needed, it seemed Delayna had to bring more than just cows. “Well…” He sat upright and looked at the ceiling before he turned back to her. “There’s nothing more we can do about it tonight. If you’re feeling okay, I say we put it off until the morning. You need sleep.” His eyes were locked on her lovingly, even if there was worry behind them.

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When he looked like he might be getting up from the bed she reached for his arm to make sure he didn’t leave her in that moment. It was already starting to get late and she probably should sleep, especially after everything that had happened that day. And if she was going to sleep, she wanted him next to her. She rubbed over his arm, letting a soft sigh leave her lips. “This wasn’t exactly how I imagined our first day together.” She chuckled softly. “Building a fence, fighting with a werewolf and puking in a toilet bowl.” She kept it light and tried to joke about it, but when she laid it all out, it had been one hell of a day. “Come lay down with me?” She asked him then, her eyes practically begging him in the dim lighting. “At least let me fall asleep against you?” If he agreed to stay and crawl in bed with her she would move aside for him to get under the blankets with her before she nestled herself in the crook of his arm, her head laying on his chest and an arm lazily petting over his stomach. @shayshayrian

Her sudden grip on his him arm grounded him in that moment. His nerves were making him shakey and flighty, but her touch was all he needed to take a deep breath. He didn’t know if she was going to be okay, but he knew he was going to do everything in his power to make sure she would be. He chuckled with her at the recount of their first day together and when she asked him to lay with her, he couldn’t refuse. He stripped off his hoodie and crawled into the bed next to her, letting her get comfortable before he wrapped his arms around her and kissed the top of her head. “I will do everything I can to make sure you’re okay. I love you, Elina.” Her heartbeat against his chest made everything else in the room melt away for a brief moment. His eyes started to ease closed before he leaned over her to turn her lamp off. The oppressively dark room felt like a weighted blanket to him. He had the love of his life in his arms and a slight bit of peace until he remembered the blood. He withdrew his phone from his pocket to text Delayna about her at least being able to stomach human blood. Maybe she could bring them a small supply. He sat his phone on his nightstand and turned his full attention to her, holding her tightly against him and tracing a hand down her side until he reached her stomach. He could’ve sworn it felt bigger. @nakachu

The moment they laid there she just melted into him. Letting her body relax fully into his and listening to the sound of his heart and he breathing. It was hard to come to terms in that moment just how different they were. Vampire and human.. pregnant with a vampiric child. Yet as they laid there they were only one thing. In love. She smiled at his words and looked up at him to find his eyes. “I love you too Xaiden.” She said back to him. “We can do this.. we will find a way.” She whispered into him before a yawn overcame her. She kept her eyes open while he was still shifting around a little bit, but once he settled she closed them and just settled into him. It was almost strange how safe she still felt with him. Even after everything that was happening only since she met him. Rowan choking her, leaving her entire life behind, the baby making her feel faint. There was just that part of her that knew he would do anything for her and it was a great comfort. Before she knew it she had drifted off to sleep against him. @shayshayrian

The next morning came all too quickly. Xaiden was awakened by the sound of truck tires coming down the driveway and when he reoriented himself, he saw Elina on her side facing the window. She was almost curled into herself and while her form was always something he admired, her peaceful face made his deadened heart beat. He leaned over her and gave her a quick peck on the cheek before using his speed to grab his hoodie and rush downstairs. The bedroom door would close gently behind him while none of his other footsteps made a sound. Appearing in the living room, he donned his hoodie and checked the dryer for pants. He found a light set that had just been cleaned, threw those on instead of his sweats and made his way for the door. When he opened it, there was a truck pulling in with a large trailer attached and another truck behind it. He closed the front door behind him, shoved his hands in his hoodie pocket and made his way over to the leading truck. “Delayna.” He greeted, looking towards the second truck and realizing who was in it. “Are you fucking kidding me?” Airaden pulled up alongside Delayna, but didn’t cast a single glance Xaiden’s way. Instead, he exited his large black truck and made his way to the back to get the supplies from the back. Xaiden turned to Delayna with a look of utter disgust.

“You need to get a grip, Ace. He’s here to help.” Her golden eyes seemed to have a threat behind them as she stared into Xaiden’s. She exited her grey truck and made her way to the trailer. “I managed to get you three Jersey cows. They are nothing special, but they should do you two just fine. As far as your… blood problem… I can grab you a few blood bags from the hospital, but you may need to find a willing.. or unwilling.. participant. It depends on how hard her craving hits. She may consume more than a usual fledging.” She opened the heavy metal trailer door and showed Xaiden the three medium sized cows. She hoisted herself inside and grabbed a cow, lifting it with ease as she made her way to the fence. “Come on, make yourselves useful.”

Airaden made himself busy by unloading bails of hay and a trough they managed to find. He used his own speed to place it all where it needed to go inside the fence. When he came back to meet Delayna and Xaiden, he kept his gaze on her. He seemed to still be irked at Xaiden, but he never said anything to confirm those thoughts. He followed the pair to the back of the trailer, doing the same as Delayna had done; pushing Xaiden out of the way if need be. Out of the three, he struggled the most to carry the bovine to the fenced in area, but it was only shown by a slight stumble as he walked. Once Delayna had placed her cow inside, Airaden did the same, hoping the fence back and forth with ease. When they had finished, he made his way back to his truck without a word to either of them. He could feel Xaiden’s eyes on him the whole time, but he didn’t have the energy to acknowledge it. He hated everything they stood for, but he was in no position to fight it. He did everything Delayna had asked of him, nothing more and nothing less. The wolf jumped back into his own truck and waited for Delayna to leave Xaiden before he started his vehicle to pull away. @nakachu

Even if the initial kiss from Xaiden had not fully awaken her, the noises coming from outside soon did. She grunted softly as she woke up, feeling groggy even if she had a good sleep. She blinked against the sun before finally peeling herself up from the bed and putting her legs to the side. She stretched herself out and went to use the bathroom before making the bed and opening a few windows to let the cool morning air into the room. She bathed herself quickly with a washcloth and put deodorant on before trying to find some clothes that would fit her. The first jeans was a no go. It just wouldn’t close. She tried a second and it closed but didn’t feel entirely comfortable. With a soft grunt she tossed both of them to the side to add to a bottom shelf in the closet later as she picked out some sweats that would have enough slack to actually fit her. She refused to start wearing maternity clothes that soon. She also found a t-shirt that would normally have been considered lose on her but now shows just the slightest bit of tightness around her stomach. She figured after everything that happened yesterday, perhaps it was better to conceal it for as long as she could manage it. She finally made her way downstairs and leaned into the doorframe just in time to see the three cows make themselves as comfortable as they could having just been carried around. She brushed a lock of hair behind her ear before walking up to them, noticing that it was not just Delayna but also Airaden. Their eyes met briefly before he stepped into the truck. She couldn’t help but wonder why Airaden would stick around them after what had happened the day before. Surely something more was going on then she know. But she didn’t pay it no mind, not now. She walked up to Xaiden and once more looked the cows over. “They are cute.” She said with a small giggle. Of course she knew why the cows were there, but she needed to keep it light of fluffy or she would lose her mind. “You slept well?

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The entire interaction seemed off from the moment they pulled in the driveway. He expected Airaden to act as he had, but not Delayna to have invited him back, not after his threat. As he was left at the fence with Delayna, he crossed his arms and watched the man walk towards his truck, only speaking once he was inside. “You’re sleeping with him, aren’t you?” Before she could answer, Elina made herself known. Xaiden looked up from Delayna to see her make her way towards the fence and admire the cows. A slight smile formed against his lips as he held an arm out to wrap around her should she step close enough. “I did.” He kissed her forehead before turning back to Delayna. “Well, thank you for your help. I appreciate it. Your connections should get us through the next few weeks anyway. I’ll… look into a more accessible source when I can.”

Delayna had been trying to get a word in edgewise, but Xaiden talked over her or silenced her before she got the chance. Her eyes bore into his after his accusation so much so that she paid little mind to Ellie. When he basically dismissed her, she rose her chin as if she was looking down on him and nodded. “Good. You may need it sooner than you think.” Her eyes would finally shift to Ellie, giving her a small smile before flicking back to Xaiden. Her threatening gaze told him to stay in line as she spun around to make her way back to the trucks. Herself and Airaden pulled out one after the other, leaving Xaiden’s residence behind them. @nakachu

She couldn’t help but notice the tension between all of them. She looked up to Delayna’s face and then to Xaiden. She could swear she could see the electricity moving between the two as they seemed pissed off at each other. She coudn’t help but sigh once. She wondered if there was anything in Xaidens life that was just easy and sunshine. She had half a mind to go after Delayna, wanting to ask her questions, but before she even got the chance the woman was already in the truck and pulling out. She turned to Xaiden instead. “We need them Xaiden..” she said softly. “I don’t know what is going on between all of you and how deep it goes, but we need them.” She said softly before she walked towards the cow, picking up a bit of hay from the bales and offering it with her hand. One of them seemed brave enough to come over and she pet it lightly over his nose. If Xaiden had come over to join her she would continue talking. “Sorry.. I just..” she tried to find the words. “I wish it was easier..” she admitted. She put her hands on the fence and moved back to bend her body down, stretching her back. The same annoying feeling was in it that she had felt the day before. “Want to just make breakfast? And then maybe we can for a walk.. grab an ice cream?” She tried, forcing a smile on her face that was not at all convincing. @shayshayrian

’We need them.’ She had said. He knew it and he agreed, but what they needed now was blood. He turned his attention down the road to the neighbor he had visit yesterday, but was quickly pulled back by Elina feeding the cows. With a sigh, he walked over to the fence and hung his hands over the edge, watching them stiff about their new home. “I know.” When she began to stretch he turned to watch her bend her back into place, noticing that the bump was definitely getting bigger. Before his mind could cast itself down that rabbit hole, she had suggested breakfast and walking. As he answered, he directed his gaze back to the farm. “We need to secure you a blood source. While you could probably feed off these cows, you are still human and I worry it could make you sick. A clean, healthy human would be best, bust the decision is yours. As long as in the end, you are healthy and alive, I don’t care what we have to do.” As he spoke, he could feel how she would spin what he just said. Yes, he was aware that she admired the part of him that would do anything for her and coming from a human, that is probably one of the sweeter things that could be said, but he needed her to understand. His deep blue eyes turned to her and lingered until he was sure she comprehended exactly what he meant. “Elina. I’m serious. I don’t care what we have to do.” He would kill for her, he would kidnap for her and he would do it all within the blink of an eye if it meant keeping her alive. When she either nodded or verbal accepted his position, he turned to face the house and lean against the fence, feeling a bovine come up behind him to smell his hair. He brought a hand up to pet it while keeping his attention on the house. “Go ahead and start breakfast. I’ll be inside in a second.” He would need to feed before he started getting more irritable. @nakachu

She cast her eyes down to the ground as he let her know he would do anything to keep her healthy. She couldn't help feel the intense meaning of that. He would kill for her is what he meant and in that moment she could feel that. She looked at the cows. She would prefer that. She would not be hurting a human that way and she could keep an eye on the cows. But he had said that he wasn't sure if it would be healthy so she knew that wasn't a good option. "I want to do whats best for her." She said then, swallowing away tears as she still looked at the cows. She could not look at Xaiden in that moment or she might break down entirely. Already just from saying that she felt the guilt eat away at her. She he suggested breakfast she gladly took the out and went inside. She walked into the kitchen and put a skillet on the stove as she searched the fridge for what she could use. She found eggs and sausages, as well as some tomatoes. She got all that grilling on the stove before getting to toasting some bread to go along with it. @shayshayrian

As soon as she disappeared inside, Xaiden hopped the fence to inspect the cattle. They seemed to be healthy, but he didn’t know if he could trust the blood enough to give to Ellie. He petted each one that approached and turned to the smallest to stare into its eyes. Within moments, it stood completely still. It was good to know he could compel animals, but he would have to get something to catch the blood in. He sped into the house to see Elina working in the kitchen, radiant as always. He walked by her to grab a tumbler from the cabinet, kissed her and made his way back outside. The crisp air was enough to shock him out of his desire to stay inside with her, utilizing her speed again to rush to the frozen cow. He used his nail to make a small incision along the ribs, catching the blood as it dripped. He ran his hand along its back, sometimes pushing into its side a bit to get more out of it until the cup was almost full. He capped the portable cup and came around to its face as he bit two holes into his own palm and commanded the animal to lick his hand. The wound healed almost instantly and with that, he allowed the cow to have its free will back and leapt over the fence. As he slowly made his way into the house, he opened the top of the tumbler and took a small sip. He hated the taste of animals compared to humans, the small drink making him shudder, but it was a better alternative he supposed. When he entered the house, Elina had almost finished making breakfast and the smell of cooked eggs and toast filled the room. He made his way to the fridge and grabbed a jug of orange juice as his eyes became glued to her. “It smells fantastic, but you look better.” He smiled wide at her as he stepped past her again to grab a new glass, filling most of it up with orange juice before turning it away from her sight. He’d fill the remaining glass with the blood, turning it a darker orange than it should’ve been. “Let’s see how this works. Maybe we’ll get luck

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y.” He handed her the glass and closed the tumbler which still contained more than half of its contents. @nakachu

She just got lost in making breakfast. It was normal, easy, simple. Something she had done so often that she could almost do it with her eyes closed. The familiarity of it, no.. the normality of it made her feel good. She soon had some sausages grilled, eggs both sunny side up and scrambled, some grilled tomato slices and about six slices of toast. It was probably way to much, but she liked the idea of not being short. She placed down plates as well as salt, pepper, butter and some jam. By the time Xaiden came in it was beautifully set, ready for them to eat. She giggled at his compliment, blushing a bit as she started to plate some of the stuff and bring it to the table as well. She soon lost that blush though as he turned towards her with the glass. She knew what was in there and even just seeing it made her stomach turn. “After breakfast..” she said to him as she looked up at him and took the glass to place it on the kitchen counter, a place she could find it later. “I just don’t want to get sick now.” She explained with an apologetic smile. She motioned for him to sit down at the table and if he did she would join him right after. “I got eggs, sausage, grilled tomato and toast. So I hope you find something you like.” She smiled, trying to act like it was normal. @shayshayrian

He watched as she sat the glass on the counter and gave her half grin. He hated how hard this was for her and if he could take it all back… he might consider it. When she motioned for him to sit, he looked at the chair, but leaned in to give her a long kiss instead. He pushed into her a bit, making her lean back as he wrapped an arm around her lower back. As he pulled his lips from hers with a small smack, he looked into her eyes and kissed her forehead. “Of course.” Only then did he take his seat and look around at all the food she cooked. There couldn’t have been anything to make it look anymore perfect than it did. He quickly rose to get himself a glass of orange juice, something to wash down the taste of the contents in his tumbler and then proceeded to eat. “You did great, love, but you really didn’t have to make so much.” He gave her a kind smile as he ate and alternated his drinks. As he did so, he remembered what she had wanted to do during the day and donned a look of apology. “Elina, I know you’ve had a lot thrown at you in 24 hours, but it’s not always going to be like that. Normality will settle back into our life a bit, I promise. We can do whatever you want to do today, but don’t worry. It’s not going to be the last time you get to do anything normal.” @nakachu

“I just didn’t know what you would like.. so I made a bit of everything.” She shrugged as she started to plate a sausage and some eggs. She also buttered a piece of toast and put some strawberry jam on top of it. She had always liked something sweet in the morning. She had also made herself a cup of tea that she was sipping softly. She was trying her very hardest to not think about the glass that was on the counter. Yet if it had been a person she surely would have felt it’s stare burn in the back of her head. She paused her eating for a moment as he talked again. “I know things aren’t just going to be normal Xaiden.” She offered him with a smile. “I just need time to get used to it and I need at least a small bit of normal..” she admitted. “All I am asking of you today is a walk and ice cream.” She chuckled. “Whatever else this day will throw at us we will see then. But I want to be with you, like a normal couple would.” @shayshayrian

He couldn’t fault her for wanting normal. Hell, sometimes he craved the same thing; to be out and about with someone without having the dangers of having to constantly watch your back for werewolves or witches. The mere thought of wolves caused the hair to raise on his neck which brought his hand up to rub at it. “Ice cream and a walk sounds lovely, if you think you can handle it.” His eyes drifted from hers down to her stomach, a stomach that was indeed getting larger by the day. She wasn’t massively showing, but she was growing at an exponential rate considering her stomach was near flat two days ago. The timing of everything made Xaiden’s nerves shake. He had no idea what was going to happen when this child was born, if the child was born. The mere thought gave him a smack of sorrow, but also caused him to laugh out loud. “This must be how every parent feels, eh? What the hell are we going to do when the time comes? Except, instead of wondering if she’s going to look like you or have my attitude, we’re worried about whether or not she’s going to survive—“ The stress of it all was rapidly rising in his mind. He stopped himself with a deep breath and long sigh as he stood from the table with his empty plate. He downed most of the tumbler, leaving only a few sips left as he sat it on the counter next to hers that was untouched. He wanted to throw it out the kitchen window, but he tried to remain as calm as he could. He put his palms on the counter, feeling the cold against his skin. “I’m sorry. Let me go change and then we can leave.” If she wouldn’t stop him, he would be on his way up the stairs and into the bedroom, shutting the door behind him. @nakachu

At first her eyes would be loving towards him as he spoke about how this was perhaps how every parent felt. She agreed with him. She was sure that even if the child had been normal she would have been worried about it, even if perhaps not as much as she was now. It was only when he dropped that last line when her face fell and her eyes found his. She refused to accept that.. she was still in denial when it came to the baby dying. Her mind was just not willing to go to that part of it. In her brain she was going to live, even if it would be hell to get there. The possibility of the child dying was just not something that she felt she could live with. He apologized, but she didn’t even really pay it much mind still to lost in thought. Only once he left did she start to move, trying to focus on the things in front of her. She cleared the table away and put some food in tupper wear and in the fridge. Only when she was done with that did she eye the glass of orange red liquid that was on the counter. She took the glass and raised it to her nose to smell it and already felt her stomach turning on her. She told herself that it was just because she knew what was in there that it did that, not because she couldn’t stomach it for real. She brought the glass to her face and took a few quick gulps of it, drinking almost two thirds of the cup down before she had to stop. She couldn’t do it.. she quickly dashed towards the toilet like she had done the day before and ended up at the floor in front of it. She heaved violently before finally emptying out her stomach into it. As she came down from it she sat herself down against the wall. She buried her face into her hands and just started to cry. Why couldn’t she just keep the damn stuff down? It was all she needed to do.. to just keep it down and she couldn’t even do that. @shayshayrian

After closing the door behind him he took inventory of the room, trying to find the thing that he could live without. When he saw himself in the mirror above his dresser, chest heaving and eyes filled with danger, he lashed out and punched it as hard as he could. The glass shattered instantly and his hand embedded itself in the wall behind it, breaking his skin and sending wooden splinters into his knuckles. A deep, restrained yell came from his throat as he roughly pulled his hand away to see the damage. He knew life was going to be stressful, but he didn’t know how much. He had no idea how blood was going to affect her and he could’ve punched himself for that. He’d been living that way for decades before he finally got use to it and she had to do it in weeks. He hung his head as he placed his palms on the dresser top, staring at his reflection amongst thousands of shards. It took several deep breaths before he was able to walk away and tend to his aching wound in the bathroom and it would take longer still to find a pair of jeans and a nice white button up shirt. It all seemed so trivial to him that when he slid the dark green sweater over his dress shirt, he didn’t feel like himself. The bathroom mirror showed a respectable, handsome man, but he wanted nothing more than to take his anger out on yet another inanimate object. He cast his gaze away, sprayed his cologne and ran his hands through his hair before he left the bedroom and made his way downstairs. As soon as the door opened, he could hear Elina crying somewhere in the house. He used his speed to rush down the stairs and follow her cries until he appeared in the doorway of the bathroom. He quickly crouched at her side and held her hand while using his free one to move the hair from her face. The anger was instantly erased from his eyes and replaced with worry. “Are you okay, Elina? What happened??” @nakachu

“I can’t keep the damn stuff down!” She just shouted in frustration as the tears kept rolling down her cheeks. “I just can’t do it.. want to do it, I really do.. I want to give her everything she needs. I want her to be healthy and happy. I want her to be alive Xaiden..” she then said, admitting to that fear for the first time. “I want to feel her.. I can’t even feel her.” She couldn’t help the intense sobbing that came out of her. She launched herself forward, grabbing into his shirt and pressing her face into his chest. She was shaking from the emotions that were running through her as she sobbed freely into him, just letting everything out. She felt so weak in that moment, so small and so alone. The human among the supernatural, like a grape that could be crushed at any moment. Even her child was going to be stronger the she was, perhaps already from the moment she was born if she made it that far. “There has to be another way…” @shayshayrian

Her cries broke his heart and when she flung herself into him, he held her tight and came to sit on the floor so her could hold her closer. Her rubbed her back and massaged her scalp as she continued, shushing her soothingly as his eyes squeezed shut. He knew the child being a vampire was something that she didn’t necessarily like, but to hear her admit it gripped him harder than he thought it would. He felt the tears well in his own eyes before he spoke, but he tried to choke them down, squeezing her a little tighter. “Whatever you want to try, Ellie, we will.” It was her decision. All of it. He was willing to go along with anything, anything to help her get through the next few weeks. He pulled out his phone and sat it next to him, instantly wrapping his arms around her again. “Do you want to call Delayna? What is it you want to try, baby?” @nakachu

She simply sobbed into him for a small bit more. Needing to get everything out of her system. She had tried to hard to be okay, to just take everything in and act like it was no big deal. And that had finally broken her. The stress of it all had gotten to her and it had hit her hard. Only after a while was she able to stop her heavy sobbing and give it an actual thought to what she wanted to try. She thought about ways that they could help her keep it down. Maybe lower quantities, mixing it with different stuff. That was when it hit her and her eyes went a bit bigger at the realization. It was her stomach that was the problem. If her body had no way to reject what it was giving, then it would need to deal with it. “I can’t keep it down.. what if I don’t have to keep it down..?” She suddenly said to him before looking to the phone. “What if we can inject it..? She drinks from my veins right..? We just need to put it back in there.” She said, studying Xaiden’s face to see what he thought about it, hoping he didn’t think it to be a horrible idea. @shayshayrian

He could tell how excited she was at the idea, but he didn’t know how well that would work. Something didn’t sit right with him with injecting any kind of blood into her own, but if she wanted to try it, who was he to tell her no… He watched her eyes light up and he tried to keep his own head on his shoulders. “Would you be able to do that? Are you okay with needles? Would you be able to inject yourself however many times a day we would need to?” He figured injection was a Delayna question, but he had to make sure this was what she wanted first. “And.. if this is what you want to do, I want you to try my blood first. At least I know mine is clean. Respectively.” He couldn’t help but smile at his joke as he stared into her green eyes. “Do you want to call Delayna?” @nakachu

She considered it for a moment and she knew that putting a needle in her arm multiple times was going to be tough, more then tough. Yet what else could she do? Keep struggling to keep blood down when she obviously couldn’t stomach it. She didn’t even know if the night before with the human blood was a fluke. Even if it wasn’t she didn’t know if she was prepared to have Xaiden hunting down humans to keep her fed. Right now it might not be a big deal, but once she needed more.. She didn’t know if she could live with that. “I want to do what is best for her..” she said again, looking up to find his eyes. “If that means needling my arm.. I will do it. I can’t keep vomiting up blood every time.” She said. She was feeling desperate, more then ever. When he offered to call Delayna she nodded eagerly. Even if the woman and Xaiden were friends she had learned one thing about her. Once it came down to medical facts, she would do whatever was needed and she would leave emotions out of it. “Yes, I want to call her.” She said. She held out her hand, wanting him to let her do it. If he ignored it and called himself she would let him handle the call, but stay near so she could be part of it. If he handed her the phone she would take it and put it to her ear, her heart beating in her chest as she listened to it ring. When it was finally picked up and she heard Delayna’s voice she wasn’t willing to waste much time on it, she needed to know. “Delayna? It’s Elina..” she spoke into the phone, her voice still not as steady as she would wish it to be. “We uhmm.. we tried the cows blood for me. But I couldn’t keep it down either. Human blood worked yesterday night, but I don’t know if that was just a fluke. Even if it wasn’t I don’t want Xaiden too..” she paused, biting down on her lip. She would get the point. “I was thinking. If my stomach is the issue, because I can’t keep it down. Couldn’t we put it in my body a different way? Through injections?” She proposed. <@463

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Xaiden internally battled himself as she spoke. He was glad more than ever that he had never turned her or allowed Rowan to do it. He knew it wasn’t common practice for humans to particularly like the taste of blood, hell even he was disgusted the first time he had to feed, but seeing how averse Elina was to it… He was happy she was human. When she declared that she would do whatever it took to keep the baby, he nodded in agreeement, albeit slowly. He looked at her outstretched hand and swallowed his worry. He wasn’t sure what Delayna was going to say, but all he could do was hope that there was in fact another way. Searching Delayna in his contacts, he pressed call and handed the phone to Elina. The phone ringing as Elina put it to her ear was one of the most nerve wracking experiences he had had that morning. It wasn’t as if the call itself worried him, but with her talking to her directly, it meant that he couldn’t be that barrier between her and bad news. He couldn’t deliver the message in a way she could handle and Delayna was rather blunt. All he could do was hold her against his broad chest and hope that whatever Delayna told her was of some good news. As Elina and the vampire conversed, Xaiden did his best not to interrupt. He sat there in silenced and listened to the words back and forth without much effort and rubbed Elina’s back in the process. When the call was finished, he nodded to her in understanding.

The drive back ‘home’ was long and tedious. The hills and highways made it seem much longer than it was, but they couldn’t have been on the road for more than an hour or two. Delayna looked in her rear view mirror to make sure Airaden was still behind her when her phone rang in the center console. Without looking at who it was, she answered with a professional and upbeat tone. “This is Dr. Marx.” The sound of Elina’s voice made her fake smile fade as she listened to the woman explain what had happened the night before and this morning, things that would have been nice to know before they set their sights on the local hospital. Delayna flipped her hazards on and pulled off to the side of the road, which in turn signaled Airaden to do the same. “Alright, umm.. let me talk this out for a minute to see if I’m missing anything. You tried vampire, human and animal blood orally, but we’re only able to keep human blood down and instead of ingesting human blood you want to try injecting the other blood into you.” It wasn’t a question, she was simply speaking the facts while she leaned back in her drivers seat, seeing Airaden in her side view mirror exit his truck and start walking towards hers. “Okay, here’s what we are going to do. I’m going to grab a few bags from the hospital. While I’m away, I want you to try injecting Xaiden’s blood into your leg. If I come back and Xaiden’s blood works and you would rather do that, then Xaiden will have a some snacks to last him a few days.” As she finished the sentence, Airaden walked up to her window and draped his forearms across her open window, looking into her eyes. “If it doesn’t work, then I will be bringing your only solution and you’ll have to get over your morality if you want her to survive.” *She would wait only a moment before she hung up the phone and inhaled deeply. She told Airaden that she had an urgent call and needed to head to the hospital immediately, suggesting he go back ‘home’ to finish

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taking care of what he needed to. With a hesitant nod, he made his way back to his truck and pulled away before she did. She looked down at her phone and opened her text messages, replying to Xaiden’s phone.* “If his doesn’t work, don’t try the animals. Out of your three options, his should always be the first you try, animals the last.” @nakachu

She listened carefully to the phone, leaning into Xaiden a bit as she did. She listened close to what Delayna had to say, confirming she had heard right when she did. “Yes, that is correct.” She said quickly to her and then nodded more. She peeked up at Xaiden a few times but mainly just stared in front of her. As she instructed how she had to inject the blood into her leg and that it should be Xaiden’s she tries first. “Okay.. yeah I can try that.” She said even if the hesitation in her voice did sound. None of this would be her choice, but she knew that she didn’t have that luxury anymore. This would at least keep her from endlessly puking up till she could maybe stomach the blood at some point down the line. And it was also a bad option since it wasn’t just the blood that came out. She had lost her entire breakfast most likely. She asked a few more question like how much they should try and where exactly on her leg. After she got those answers she hung up and sighed out once. “She wants me to try yours first. In the leg.” She said as she looked up to them. “You probably don’t have needles here anyway right? So we would need to wait for her..” she said. “She said she would bring by some blood, just in case.” She hugged her knees trying to be calm about it as she handed him back the phone. @shayshayrian

Xaiden nodded in agreement when Ellie hung up the phone. Delayna was right, she should try his first, if only for the reason that his blood shouldn’t harm her like others could. When she mentioned needles, he took a deep breath and thought about what he had in the house. He had a first aid kit, but he wasn’t sure if it had needles in it. He stood up from the floor and opened the medicine cabinet above the sink. There was a small first aid kit in it, but not an empty syringe. He zipped up the bag and put it back before turning to her with his arms crossed. “Well, she has to go to the hospital first. Do you want to go get some ice cream and see the town for a bit or do you want to wait for Delayna?” As he spoke, he lowered himself back to the floor and brushed the hair from her face, peering into those pale green eyes. He was willing to do whatever she wanted, anything to try and take her mind off the tasks at hand and to keep her happy. “I’ll take you anywhere you want to go, Babygirl. Just tell me where we’re going.” He smiled into her eyes, pulling her jawline up to make her eyes meet his. His thumb traced just under her eyes as his smile widened. @nakachu

With those loving eyes once again back on her and that sweet smile dancing on his lips she almost felt the eyes welling in her eyes all over again. Before she answered him she launched herself forward and put her arms around his neck and kissed him on his lips. It was one full of loving and emotion, just their lips held together tightly for a long time. She only pulled back a bit later and moved her hand past his cheek before she pulled herself up from that bathroom floor. “Yes, I want to go for ice cream. A really big one.. with three scoops.” She said, smiling at him. “One vanilla, one strawberry and the last one I will decide when we get there.” She kissed him again. “Let me just brush my teeth real quick.” She said before she got off and went up to their bedroom to get the vomit out of her mouth. @shayshayrian

As soon as her lips connected to his, he felt a wave of relief wash over him. Not because anything was solved or because she was magically better, but because that was just the feeling she gave him. She pulled herself into him and he settled back onto the floor instead of in his crouch position to simply hold her there. The closed-mouth kiss lasted for almost a full minute before she pulled away, suddenly all too excited to get ice cream. As she sped off to the bathroom, he let out a deep sigh as he looked around the bathroom. He couldn’t wait for all of it to be over. He rose from the floor and made his way into the kitchen, cleaning up what was left of breakfast and washing her glass that contained her mixed drink. A deep sigh echoed throughout the empty kitchen as he watched the liquid roll down the sink. He had to keep telling himself it would be okay or else his anger was going to get the better of him again. With a few calming breaths he donned a smile and waited for Ellie to return, heading into the living room to sit on the couch until she did. @nakachu

She made her way up stairs and only then let that smile fall from her face again. She took a few deep breaths herself. This was stressfull, very much so. But anytime she let it get to her Xaiden seemed to be the one paying. He got agitated and worried.. she wanted him to look at her with love and smiling, not that worried look that made it seem like he needed to punch something. However, as soon as she came into the bathroom to brush her teeth she saw the mirror shattered on the ground along with some of his blood. So he had punched something.. She picked up one of the towels and started to clean up the big shards. Making sure she used the towel to keep herself from cutting herself. She sweeped it aside, making a mental note to get the vacuum and broom up there to clean it up once they got back. She brushed her teeth quickly and then headed back down with the worst of the shards in that towel in her hands. As she saw Xaiden on the couch she just stayed silent, not wanting to waste words on it right then and moved to the kitchen. The glass clattered together as she dumped it in the trashbin before she would emerge again. "Okay! All ready."

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At the sound of the glass clinking together in the trash bin, Xaiden swallowed hard. He had forgotten to clean up the mess in the bedroom and she had cleaned it up. He closed his eyes and hung his head for a moment, wiping away the abashed look on his face before coming to stand and shoving his hands in his pockets. She was as beautiful as she ever was and didn’t smell of blood which alleviated his worries a bit. Giving her a closed-mouth grin, he stepped to the side and held his hand out towards the door. “Let’s go get you some ice cream, Babygirl.” If she would move to follow him, he would walk her to the front door and open it for her, doing the same with the car until they were both buckled in and ready to go. If she remained in the hallway, he would shove his hands back in his pockets and wait for her to speak before they made their way out of the house. The drive downtown was short and scenic, passing by large houses that were decently spaced and huge sections of farmland. Once in town, the view changed drastically. Buildings were practically on top of each other and people travelled in groups as they walked down the strip of stores. Xaiden made his way to the end of the strip where a small ice cream shop sat, conveniently next to a park. When he pulled in and stopped the car, he turned to Ellie with a smile. “We can get ice cream here walk that trail through the park, if you want.” He would point to each location before he hopped out of the car and made his way around to her side to open the door for her. @nakachu

She smiled at him. She was not going to let all the bad things get to her. She was going to get ice cream and walk and have fun. No vampires or blood or any other talk. Just them two.. like how it was before. She gladly took his hand when he offered and let him walk her to the car. She sat down and buckled herself in. As they drove down she turned up the music, singing along softly to the music. When she sat down her stomach was the most visible and she pettef absentmindedly over it. She enjoyed the view. Getting to know the place she now called her home. The first bit told her how much privacy they had at their home, but once they got to the city it became more like what she had known from their first bit together. She let him open the door for her and got out with a small grunt as her back was really starting to feel strange. "Yes! And remember. I want three scoops." She teased him with a smile before she reached up on her toes and gave him a kiss. She had meant for it to be a short one, a simple peck. But the moment their lips touched she just needed him closer. She let her hands come around his neck and petted through the hair in his neck as she deepened the kiss. When she eventually pulled back she had a loving look in het eyes. "Let's go then." She grabbed his hand and pulled him along. @shayshayrian

’… I want three scoops!’ He smiled at her just before she leaned up to kiss him. His arms draped around her and pulled her closer, feeling the warmth and comfort in her lips against his. His fingertips curled into her back as a new haze coated him. Of course he wanted her, he always did, but her soft lips so gently against his and her hands in his hair made a love wash over him that made him feel immovable. As her lips left his, he had to fight the urge to pull her in again as she took his hand and lead him inside the ice cream parlor. He took a deep breath as he opened the door, clearing his throat and trying to keep his hands off her. The shop was a decent size with a long counter that separated the ice cream from the patrons. There were a handful of tables, most already being taken up with people and a small line in front of the array of desserts. The light throbbing that seemed to always be in the back of his mind lately had started to twist and pull at his temples with the plethora of humans nearby, but he didn’t let his pain show. Instead, he held out his arm for her to take and walked her to the back of the line as his dulling blue eyes shifted around them. “One vanilla, one strawberry… and what have you decided your third will be?” His voice was light and barely there as he leaned slightly down to her. He didn’t whisper, but he made sure to let her know he was talking to her and no one else. The shop workers were bustling behind the counter, loading up cups of sundaes, cones with sprinkles and large plates that had no only ice cream, but fruit as well. It was definitely the biggest display of desserts he had seen, spotting even a shake machine and a section of baked goods. “Oh, and I’m paying for this one since I didn’t get to buy you clothes.” @nakachu

She let him lead her inside and take their place in the back of the line. It was a nice day out, so it was no surprise at all that it was a bit busier at the store. She would peek around the line and try to get a look at the different flavors that they were serving. She had to swift left and right to get a look at the long row of what they were offering. In the end she saw one that caught her attention and would fit with the other two flavors that she had picked for herself. “And Lemon pie!” She said then as he asked her what else she wanted. “And I want it in a cup not a cone. I am slow eater when it comes to ice cream and it will just melt all over my hands.” She chuckled softly. The line moved forward a bit and she stepped to close the distance again as she leaned in against him. She was enjoying this more then she wanted to admit. The normal.. She was glad they had gone. As he said he was paying she wanted to complain, but he was right that she ended up paying for the clothes, even if she had mostly done it because she had wanted to get out of there quickly after they had.. Just the thought about that brought a slight blush to her face, one that she quickly tried to will away by talking about something else. “What are you getting?” She asked him. @shayshayrian

An involuntary smile creased his face as she started spouting off what she wanted and how she wanted it. It amused him how far she had broke away from her shy demeanor that overshadowed her when they first met, but just as the thought crossed his mind he looked down to see bright red smear her cheeks. His smile deepened even though he had no clue what had embarrassed her and looked towards an empty table when she asked her question. Leaning down to her again, pulling her arm into his chest, he spoke again in a faint voice as he peered at the table and the open seating area outside. “How about you go pick a table and I’ll get our ice cream.” Just as he finished, the line moved and it was their turn. He would gently kiss her on the forehead before he released her arm and stepped forward. If she chose to stay, she would hear him order a butter pecan cone with two scoops and her order as well as he walked down the line with the workers who put together their order. He would look over to the baked goods section and ask if she wanted something from there before he paid for it all and carried it to wherever she chose to sit. If she walked away to claim a table, he would order everything the same along with a large raspberry scone for them to split. After he paid and gave the cashier a charming smile, he would carry the items to wherever she chose to sit. @nakachu

(Good god. I’m so sorry)

She nodded with a smile as he suggested she pick a table. She was about to walk off when he gently pulled her closer and placed a kiss on her forehead. Normally it probably wouldn’t have made her blush anymore, but with the image of them together in that changing room so fresh on her memory it did refresh the pink on her cheeks that time. She flashed him a shy smile before he released her and she walked to the table. As she sat down she once more let out the softest of grunts. She moved her chair closer to the table and the sudden sensation of the table hitting her stomach before she had thought it would was an odd thing at first. She really was growing.. and it was growing fast. It wouldn’t be long anymore before clothes just didn’t hide it no more. Maybe 3 days? 4? She didn’t know. Once she got herself comfortable she looked over at Xaiden and watched as he put in the order. As he moved down the line she could see the girl behind the till was already eyeing him, her eyes moving from his face down his body before a small smile danced on her lips. As Xaiden rolled up to pay she twirled a lock of hair between her fingers and gladly rang him up. Even when he walked off her eyes dances over his frame, taking in the backside of him before she spoke a few worlds to her co-worker and chuckled together. The whole exchange shouldn’t bother her, but somehow it brought back that small spike of jealousy in her, perhaps along with her insecurities. These girls were beautiful and would probably fit with Xaiden better then she did. She suddenly found herself wondering if he would have found someone else if the baby had not happened.. if he had moved away. She quickly brushed those thoughts off her mind as Xaiden sat down with her and she held out her hand for the cup with the scoops. Everything looked delicious. “Thank you.” She mused. “What flavors did you get?” She asked, looking at his cone. @shayshayrian

As he made his way to the table, he couldn’t take his eyes off her. She hadn’t done anything special, but her posture, her eyes and the way the light hit her practically made her glow. He settled himself into the chair and handed her the cup containing her ice cream. He had also come back with a spoon and several napkins, much more than he expected to be given. When she asked him what he got, he held the cone away from himself for a moment as if he couldn’t remember and sat the plate with the scone down between them. “Butter Pecan. It.. kind of tastes like sweet coffee.” He wasn’t sure if she had ever had that specific flavor or not, but when his eyes drifted from his cone that actually had three scoops on it to her own eyes, he let out a soft chuckle. “I actually can’t stand it, usually. I get a craving for it every now and then, but I also only ordered two scoops abs they gave me three. This place isn’t half bad. Maybe next time I’ll get something I actually want to eat. Think you could fit in one of those freezers?” He chuckled lowly as he bit into the side of the tallest scoop, not letting his eyes leave hers. @nakachu

She was grateful for the napkins and the spoon and she soon scooped the first bit out of the cup. It was a nice scoop that had some of the vanilla and some of the lemon pie and popped it in her mouth as he explained what he got. She couldn’t help but smile. As he explained that he had only ordered two scoops and got one free she couldn’t help the slight falter in her face. She peeked to the side of them again, to the girls behind the counter. They were still giggling among each other and looking his way. “Did they huh?” She said, trying to sound cheerful and chuckle. She bet they thought he was way to hot to be with her, the self consciousness getting to her. She looked back towards him then, trying to just concentrate on him. As he asked if she could fit in the freezer she couldn’t help but blush just slightly. “I don’t think I would like it in a freezer.” She chuckled in a shy way. “I think I would rather have you eat me warm.” She watched him take that bite of the ice cream, his white teeth digging into it and a thin layer of the ice being left on his lips. He looked really gorgeous taking that bite somehow. She peeked sideways again and the girls seemed to agree, yet his eyes were on her. As he pulled away from that ice cream and seemed to work it over in his mouth she leaned forward. “Let me taste..” she said then, her cheeks blushing as she leaned into him and pressed a kiss into his lips. She licked the ice cream from his lips before deepening the kiss and getting a taste from it directly in his mouth. The mix of the heat of his mouth and the cold of the ice somehow making it even more erotic. That would teach them.. he was hers. @shayshayrian

At her request, his gaze seemed to lower hungrily. She leaned in and pressed her lips against his, her tongue slowly swiping over his lips before entering his mouth to collide with his. His eyes closed as he brought his free hand to the side of her face and pulled her closer to him. The lemon and vanilla was sweet and smooth on her tongue, her breath intoxicating him alongside her soft kiss. A small groan left him as he sealed their kiss and pulled his lips between his teeth. His eyes slowly opened and the pure starvation in his eyes was deeper than any food or blood could quell. Light blue eyes bore into hers and draped over her body as if it was the first time he had seen her all day. “You… shouldn’t do this to me in public.” His voice was suddenly deeper and only broke when he chuckled after he finished. He slide his hand into her hair and pressed his forehead to hers, closing his eyes and letting out a deep sigh. “You can’t expect me to walk after this.” He released his hold on her and let his eyes leave hers for the first time since he sat down. The girls at the counter were no longer smiling and seemed to be annoyed with the work they were currently doing, which only brought a deeper smile to his face. “Ohhh. I see. Is someone jealous?” @nakachu

The hunger in his kiss had been exactly what she had needed in that moment. To know that he didn't care about the girls behind that counter and was only there for her. If his loving eyes had not already told her that, this surely did. The groan only added to it as they didn't break their kiss till the taste of their ice cream had long faded away. She herself also had her heart beating in her chest after that. A kiss with him never ended up just being a kiss. She chuckled in a shy way once more as he said she shouldn't do that. And perhaps even more as he said she couldn't expect him to walk after that. Her lips pressing together at what she thought that might mean. She watched those eyes go to the girls behind the counter and she followes them. They had finally backed off. Seemingly having accepted that he was off limits now. "Oooh. I see. Is someone jealous?" She quickly turned back to him, her face turning a bright red and the grin on his face not helping. "No.." she said quickly though not in a convincing way as she quickly popped another bite into her mouth. @shayshayrian

He couldn’t stop the wide smile that creased his eyes. She was absolutely adorable. He watched her eat another spoonful of ice cream and pulled his bottom lip between his teeth just before he clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth. “Oh, well! Maybe you would like to give that blonde one over there a call?” He spun her cup around the table to reveal a handwritten number along the side with a small heart next to it. The tip of his thumb grazed against the scoop of strawberry as he did which he promptly stuck in his mouth as he awaited her response. “Since. You’re not jealous.” He couldn’t help but laugh as he watched her face contort. Those girls meant nothing to him and he felt like she knew that, but he couldn’t resist the soft prodding he gave her. If she became angry in any way, ||he would lean in again and give her a soft kiss on her neck, pressing those cold lips to her warm flesh and ending it with a gentle bite.|| “I only want you, Babygirl.” His whisper was just for her as he kissed her again and leaned back in his seat to continue eating away at his ice cream. @nakachu

She looked up in a bit of confusion as he said she could call the blond one. As he turned to cup to show the number that changed into her eyes widening. They had actually given him their number even though he had obviously came there with her. The heart only added to the small prod that it did at her heart. Even if she knew Xaiden didn't want anyone else but her, her insecurity couldn't help but feel a little butt hurt. Wondering how many of those he got and how often he might have actually called one before her. Her brows did knit together a small bit in annoyance while he poked fun at her. Though as he leaned in to her and kissed her neck that knitting soon undid itself. Those cold lips against her sending a small shiver through her. "I know.." she whispered in a way that almost sounded like it wasn't just her neck he was touching. As he sat back down she also concentrated back on the ice cream. Poking at it with the spoon and mixing the scoops together a bit before taking another bite. "Would you have though?" She suddenly asked. Her curiosity getting the best of her. "If you had not.. you know.. had to come back for me. Would you have called her?" @shayshayrian

After Xaiden took his seat comfortably again, he took another couple bites from his ice cream; the almost toffee taste mixed with the lemon still on his tongue and made it taste better. If his eyes weren’t on the cone of slowly devolving ice cream before him then they were locked onto hers, contemplating what exactly he could get away with in public as far as teasing her went. When she asked if he would’ve called the woman who gave him her number, he rolled the ice cream around in his mouth for a moment before he answered. “I’m assuming you mean in a romantic sense and if I’m correct, then no. That girl watched me walk in with another woman, a pregnant woman, and still felt comfortable giving me her number. If she did that to me, how can I know she wouldn’t do that while she had a partner? Why would I want that in my life?” His crystal eyes never left hers the entire time. He was too focused on the intricacies of her green hues and how her facial expressions changed as he spoke to care about anyone around them. “Take you out of the equation and that girl gave me her number then immediately bragged to her friend. Don’t get me wrong, confidence is sexy, but just trying to prove a point or show off isn’t.” He took another bite of his ice cream and cast a glance towards the workers. The blonde was attractive, but something told him that was all she had going for her. There wasn’t any depth behind her eyes and having a conversation about anything other than herself seemed like it would be flat and unenlightening. He quickly redirected to Ellie, which brought a faint smile across his face. “So, no, babe. If I didn’t want to come back to you, I wouldn’t have pursued someone like her. You’re also not an obligation. I didn’t have to come back for you. I wanted to.” @nakachu

She knew that he thought that his words would make her feel better, but the truth was they didn’t. All it told her that perhaps it would not have been this particular girl, but he would have moved on. If she had been cute and shy and yet still handed her number to him, perhaps he would have called her, he would have ended up in her small apartment and perhaps her roommate would have walked in on them. Just like it had gone with them. She knew she could not blame him for that. He had every right to move on after her. Perhaps she did not even like the thought of him staying alone just because of her. Honest truth.. she didn’t know what she had wanted him to say and that was all she needed to realize she was being unfair. It was only the last part that brought a smile on her face. The part where he said he had wanted to come back for her. “I am glad you came back..” she said and she meant it. She swirled the cup in her hands, the ice cream already starting to melt a small bit from how slow she was eating it. She dug her spoon back into it and put another spoonful in her mouth. She chewed it over slowly, her teeth being sensitive to the cold. Just letting it melt on her tongue, as she half chewed on it.

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“I love you Xaiden.” She said in a loving voice. “I am sorry I got jealous.” She said quickly. She was ruining the mood, just when they had gotten to do something normal. She popped another bite of ice cream in as she watched him take bites of his own. She wondered if there was anything he could do that did not make him look so sexy. “You know..” she said, thinking it over. “I could try it, make blood ice cream?” She found his eyes, remembering how he said he might want to come back and eat something he actually wanted. “Or a bloody mary with actual blood.” She chuckled. “If you want.” @shayshayrian

“I’m glad I came back too and if I’m honest, maybe I didn’t have a choice because if I had left… I would’ve thought of you every day until it became all consuming. I can’t imagine being without you, Ellie.” He cut his sentence off short, not wanting to bring up anything relating to his true nature or her inevitable death. It wasn’t something he wanted to dwell on or even think about in that moment. When he heard her loving words, he tore his gaze from his ice cream and looked to hers. The smile that broke his face was genuine and made him feel a little more alive. He opened his mouth to respond, but was cut off by her talking about making blood-related food. His smile faltered, but only for a moment before he used his free hand to hold hers atop the table. “You don’t have to do that, love. Don’t worry about making concessions for me. I need you to be okay first.” He licked the remaining ice cream above the edge of his cone before taking a bite out of the side and catching the clouds outside. It looked like rain and that was going to ruin their walk. He let out a soft sigh without looking away from the windows before turning back to her. “If you want to walk through the park, we should probably go soon. It looks like it’s going to rain.” His tongue slid between the jagged edges of the cone to scoop out a large chunk of ice cream as he looked back at the workers. The shop had slowed down and most were keeping about their duties, except the blonde girl who had been casting sideways glances at Elina as often as she could. “And we might want to leave before she fights you for my honor.” He laughed. @nakachu

She chuckled and shrugged. “I mean.. it would be a nice way to spend my time. Experimenting in the kitchen.” She admitted. “It wouldn’t be that bad. Like baking a cake. Something normal even if one of the ingredients is a little bit odd.” She admitted. She knew that he wanted her to be okay, but she couldn’t spend the entire time worrying about wether this baby was going to kill her or not. She would go crazy. When she looked back up that tongue had only just disappeared into the cone to scoop up some of that ice cream and she couldn’t help but mill about the scoop that was in her mouth a little bit longer. It was unfair how sexy he was. Unfair how attracted she was to him, especially in a sexual way. She couldn’t imagine having been with anyone else than him and the truth was.. she bet she would do it again. Once more that blush decorated her cheeks. As he made a joke about the girl behind the counter she looked that way again, meeting the blonds eyes and getting an annoyed sneer. Like she was cursing her for actually being with the sexy man before her. She couldn’t help but chuckle softly in her own shy way before getting up, taking her cup with ice cream with her. She was only about 2/3rds done with it. “Then we should go.” She mused and as he got up she wrapped her arm around his, walking closely beside him as they went outside. She looked up the sky and he was right, it was starting to get darker. @shayshayrian

As Elina stood, so did Xaiden, offering up his arm as they made their way outside. It had slightly warmed up, but not enough to be uncomfortable and the impending rain cooled the air a bit as started down the paved path. The flowers, trees and bushes that lined the walk were well tended, bright and shady, leaving enough room to see the center of the park and the more nature-consumed trails in the distance. Their feet scuffed and clacked against the pavement and it wouldn’t be long before Xaiden’s cone was completely gone, a few fingers entering his mouth one at a time to clean the sticky dessert from them before he felt comfortable enough to lower his free hand. “So tell me, Elina Hayes. How do you feel about movies? Or restaurants? Or maybe sex cults?” He had genuinely been curious about her feelings towards the first two, the last was added to get a reaction and no matter what that reaction was, he was going to smile and laugh as they walked. The center of the park held a small playground where three kids were running around, their parents on a nearby bench and down the track there were a few joggers, but otherwise it was a quiet area. No conversation was so loud as to create a distraction and no one was too close to hear them well. “I ask because we’ll need to switch up our date days eventually and im not entirely sure you’ll want to get ice cream in the winter.” @nakachu

As they walked she would slowly work on her ice cream, still letting every careful bite melt down on her tongue before swallowing it. She had always liked the feeling of it melting down, so she would never rush her ice cream. It was a waste to do so, or at least that is hat she believed. The air around them was nice and crisp, a very comfortable temperature as they walked. She liked the feeling of the wind against her skin and hair and honestly, she liked just walking for a bit. She had been about to answer his question when that last one was added to it. She would blush again and give him a small push as he laughed at her. She pouted for a short second before she decided to just ignore what he had said last. “Well.. we have been to a restaurant before, so yes. I like that.” She said to his question. “And I like going to the movies. I like romcoms and fantasy movies.” She said before the realization about something made her blush and chuckle at the same time. “Like vampire movies..” she admitted, never thinking that would feel like a strange thing to admit. “Why do we need to switch date days?” She suddenly asked as she frowned. She didn’t fully understand what he meant with it. He could go out in the daytime right? They were out right now. She had thought that trope about vampires had not been true. Or was there something else she was not aware of? @shayshayrian

He pulled his bottom lip between his teeth at her nudge, chuckling as the sun slowly started to disappear behind heavy clouds. He laughed heartily at her admitting she liked vampire movies and he almost commented on it before her tone changed. “Well, ice cream in the winter will only make you colder, so I’m sure you don’t want that. That specific ice cream shop might end with us taking a blonde stray home with us and I’m positive that’s not something you’d like to do. And, honestly, movies are one of my favorite date activities.” As soon as the words left his mouth, he realized how it sounded. Of course he would love being in a dark theater with him where no one was paying them a whole lot of attention. He imagined sliding his hand down her leg, kissing her in the dark and holding her if she was scared, but that wasn’t how he meant it. He cleared his throat and looked directly at her before he continued. “Not for those reasons either.” He looked ahead and slowly pulled her to the side of the path to let a cycler pass them as he spoke. “I don’t know what it is. There’s something, calming about seeing a movie near the end of the day and making your way home on the dark. But hey, if you want to get ice cream and take a walk every weekend, we will. As long as you’re smiling, I don’t care where we go.” He pulled her close to him and kissed the top of her head as they started down the small decline of the path. The road ahead was winding, but the flora around them was blooming and beautiful. Bright colors popped off the trees and flowers and the smell of leaves was heavy. He took a deep breath and sighed happily, even as small droplets of water began to slowly pelt his face. @nakachu

She couldn’t help but chuckle, though this time it was mostly at her own stupidity. Of course.. he just meant it like a normal person would have meant it. Just asking questions because he legit had wanted to know if she was interested in going to the movies. Yet her mind had instantly assumed that something was happening because he was a vampire. Like she just expected normal was an impossible thing. She needed to stop that. “I would love to go to the movies.” She said then as she turned to him and gave him a loving smile right before he pulled her aside for a cyclist and kissed the top of her head. “We can do both. Go for walks from time to time and go to the movies the next.” She said. “We could even get one of those annual passes so we can go whenever we want.” She suggested, wanting him to know that she was alright with it. She stepped into her toes and pressed herself against him as she rain suddenly started to fall. She smiled at it. It wasn’t cold enough for the rain to be awefull, but also not warm enough for it to be welcoming. She leaned into him anyway, pressing her lips against him once more, her mouth still tasting of strawberries and lemon. She didn’t care if someone was watching them and she didn’t care if the rain was stating to get more heavy. She could be soaked to the bone and still be happy because she was near him. “Deal?” @shayshayrian

When she leaned up to kiss him, he slowly stopped walking on, bringing the back of his knuckles to her cheek and eventually stopping all together. When she pulled away and asked him if they had a deal, his eyes slowly opened to look at her beautiful face, seeing a few drops of water land on her forehead. “Deal.” He pulled her back in for another kiss, taking a step back and allowing his back to hit and rest against a large tree as his lips gently parted. His tongue glided against hers, tasting every bit of the strawberry and lemon ice cream. His own toffee taste mixed against hers, dulling the sharp fruit to a savory dessert that he simply wanted more of. He let his hands drift down her body and pull at her waist, closing the distance between them to feel her body against his. The rain started to attack them both, but the dampening of his hair didn’t bother him at all. It did dawn on him though that while he was wearing a button up shirt under his sweater, she didn’t have too many layers on. He ended the kiss with much regret and pressed his forehead to her as his grip around her waist tightened. “Do you want to head home?” He looked up at the trees catching a lot of the rain for them and saw the open area of the park was nearly white with how hard it was coming down. He felt the water running down his face now, but he didn’t care, bringing up a hand to wipe it off before she answered. @nakachu

The kiss was intimate, like all their kisses seemed to end up being lately. She could taste that slight bit of pecan and toffee in his mouth as he deepened their kiss and pulled her up against him. She could feel the water falling against her forehead and even hear the rain that was clattering down around them. She couldn’t help the softest of moans to enter his mouth right before he pulled away from her. “Do you want to head home?” “No..”

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The answer had come out of her before she even realized it. She wanted to stay under that tree, she wanted to keep kissing him. She wanted his hands all over her. She instantly turned red again before looking away and taking one small step back. “I mean.. yeah. We should. With the rain and everything.” She quickly corrected herself all flustered. @shayshayrian

He smiled widely at her ‘no’, but after she stepped away from him, he grabbed her free hand and took two steps back. His feet went off the pavement and into the grass next to the tree and they ended almost on the other side of it, nearly completely hidden from the visage of passers by. He pinned himself between her and tree, looking down into her eyes as his thumb caressed just under her lip and over her cheek. “Are you sure?” The rain was starting to come down harder, but with how many leaves and trees were above them now, very little was actually making its way to them. It wasn’t that he particularly wanted to stay there, but he wanted to be close to her, to feel her skin against his and hear the breaks in her breathing when he was close to her. It reminded him of the shopping trip all over again and it did bring a devious grin to his lips, but that was brought on by her teasing and a ravenous need. This was simply an effort to tease her further. “You said you wanted to walk, rain or shine.” He had brought his lips almost to hers and whispered against them. His fingers curled around the nape of her neck and her sweet breath made him lean in closer. “If we go home, you won’t be doing much walking.” @nakachu

She let him guide her around that tree an once more lean his back against the tree. That hand against her cheek was making her heart beat as she could see that small glint of hunger in his eyes. He asked his question with a small grin, but her breath simply caught and she found herself unable to do anything but stare into those blue eyes. She stepped closer into him as if he had physically pulled her closer. Her chest resting against his and her slightly extended stomach resting against his as well. Her hands grabbed gently into his shirt as she held into him. Small drops of water still occasionally fell down on them, dampening their clothes, but she didn’t care much. “If we go home, you won’t be doing much walking.” He teased her as his mouth danced so close to hers, his breath colliding with hers. “I don’t think we will do much walking if we stay either.” She said in an almost breathless whisper as she leaned into him and closed that distance. She would open her lips for him almost instantly. There would hardly be anybody around at that point, all had ran off to find shelter for the rain. The few bikers that came by were simply concentrating on getting home as quick as they could. Even if they did she, she did not care that much in that moment. She had felt that need for him building since the ice cream shop and it had simply tipped over then. “I love you..” she whispered into his mouth, not ready to pull away yet. @shayshayrian

He couldn’t pull her close enough as she kissed him again, gracing him with that sharp tongue once more. He could feel the heat from her body seep into his sweater and while her grip said she didn’t care where they were, he knew she didn’t feel the greatest after she has exerted herself. A smile pressed against her lips as she spoke, but it was followed by another deep kiss and a low growl as his grip on her loosened. “I’ll love you until the day I die, Elina Hayes.” His lips begged for hers, but he reluctantly parted from her as his hands fell around her protruding stomach. His touch was gentle as he leaned down to kiss her neck, whispering lightly against the damp skin. “Let’s get you home then.” His teeth claimed a small section of her neck as his tongue swept behind it, his lips sealing it with a kiss before he separated from her and started for the pavement. If she would allow him, he would step back onto the path where the rain was coming down a little harder and help her back onto it. They wouldn’t get far before he picked her up in a Princess-carry and began jogging down the path. There would be no display of supernatural ability, only the two of them bustling through the rain to get back to their car. If she didn’t allow him back on to the path, he would watch her eyes as she kept him against the tree and a soft sigh escape his lips. The hunger in his eyes would grow and if she chose to speak, his teeth would fiddle with his bottom lip until he decided exactly what to do to her. @nakachu

She almost didn't want to step aside for him. Keep him trapped against that tree. Instead she placed one more quick but hungry kiss against his lips before letting him get to the road. He pulled her along and the moment the rain really hit them she couldn't hell but laugh. Her hair started to stick to her body and so did her clothes. She yelped as he picked her up from the ground yet she was sokn chuckling again. They must look ridiculous, yet she did not care in that moment. She loved this, she loved him. He was great and she was happy to have him. By the time they got to the car she was quite wet, her clothes sticking to her body and her bra just barely showing through her sheer shirt. She wiped her hair out of her face and couldn't stop chuckling even after he got in. "Well.. it did rain." She said, finding it highly amusing. @shayshayrian

The run back to the car may have looked ridiculous to on-lookers, but Xaiden couldn’t stop himself from laughing. The rain was colder in the wind and had his sweater completely soaked in a matter of seconds. His jeans had stuck to him and his hair looked wild, yet seemingly styled on purpose. After he tucked her into the car, he ran around to the drivers side with a wide, white smile across his face. Throwing himself into the car, he slammed the door and shook his hair around as if he was a dog. “WOO! Yeah, it did!” He was still laughing as he shook out his hands and essentially soaked everything he touched. Turning on the heat and the radio, he faced Elina. His eyes traveled up and down her body as she smiled and caused his smirk to returned. “Ya know, I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this wet.” He joked, throwing the car in drive and speeding off. It was hard to see, but headlights were still visible in the near white cascade of rain. It wasn’t too long before they hit their secluded road since there was very little traffic. His smile didn’t start to disappear until they were nearing home and it wasn’t due to anything altering his mood, their experience had just kept him smiling that long. When they finally pulled into the driveway, he parked the car and laid a hand on her thigh. “Are you ready?” He asked with a light-hearted laugh. They were going to have to brave the rain again to get inside. He didn’t like the idea that her normal day had been cut short, especially since his reoccurring withdrawal was starting to make his head pound again. The supernatural was going to be back in her life again after only a short few hours of reprieve. He tried to keep his demeanor bright though, for her, and as his eyes scanned the yard that he could barely see, he felt a small bit of warmth in his chest. This was their house and she was his. His eyes eventually landed back on hers, waiting for her to tell him she was ready. @nakachu

His little joke made her blush a deep red. For a moment she pressed her lips together not sure how to answer to that before she gathered her wits and just replied what she felt like replying. “You sure? Perhaps it is time to shower together then.” She chuckled though her shyness was clear in the way her face looked and her eyes kept darting away from him. She wouldn’t mind taking a shower together with him.. actually that would be nice. Something that only made her blush even more as she started to chew on a nail before buckling in. The whole ride she went between shy and chuckling as she recalled everything that had happened. So much for her bit of normal time. Getting jealous at him getting a girls number, getting turned on by the way he ate his ice cream and then getting soaked in the rain before heading back home. It was such a strange life, but it was hers.. and she got to share it with him. As they pulled up she undid her seatbelt and opened the door. “Ready!” She said before she started to take a small sprint towards the front door. Even just that small bit of road got her even more soaked, yet even this time she was giggling by the time she got there and could hide beneath the small bit of cover that was there. She wiped the water from her face as she watched him open the door. “We should get towels.” She chuckled, knowing they would be dripping all over the floor. @shayshayrian

At her word, he jumped out of the car and chased her to the front door without any use of power. He wrapped his arms around her, lifted her for her legs to clutch around his waist and spun her in circles just out of reach from the front porch, soaking them both even more as he held her against him. They were both smiling and as the rain fell down between the two of them, he leaned up to plant a soft kiss on her lips. The water ran down their faces and made their kiss much more wet than usual, his hair and hers plastered to their faces. When he pulled away, he kissed her again very quickly before he sat her down and ran to the front door. He fumbled at his keys for a moment until he opened the door and heard her request for towels just before he stepped onto the hardwood floor. “You’re right.” He shook himself as dry as he could, flinging water from his hair and letting the loose droplets fall from his sweater and jeans. He slipped off his shoes and disappeared with a small breeze only to reappear a few seconds later with two large, white towels in hand. “Here you go.” He chuckled, handing Ellie a towel. “I’m sure I dripped somewhere, but it’s definitely not as bad as it could’ve been.” He stripped his sweater off, unbuttoned his shirt and rubbed the towel over his hair. The air had cooled down considerably, but it wasn’t enough to freeze him. He ran the towel over his torso before dropping it over his shoulders and flipping his hair out of his face. “Now, what did you say about a shower?” @nakachu

She still couldn’t keep the amazement from her face as he seemed to have grabbed the towels in barely two seconds time when it would have taken her a hell of a lot longer. Surely he would have left some water somewhere, but that would dry up on his own. “Never thought I would find your speed so useful.” She chuckled softly before taking that towel from him. She rubbed it over her face first and then over her soaked hair, but she was soon distracted as she peeked to the side and saw him stripping off his sweater and shirt. Her breath caught in her throat as she saw his naked skin again, that perfect flawless skin. She loved his muscles. He looked like one of those marble statues that were crafted to be the perfect depiction of the humans body. His mention of the shower only had her eyes flicking up to his face. She blushed deeply, realizing she had been gawking at him instead of actually drying herself off. A small puddle already having formed near her feet. She bit down on her lip as her eyes just simply danced into his, the thoughts in her head almost visible in them. “Well.. I don’t think I get wetter then this..” she said in a shy voice as she hid part of her face away behind the towel and kicked off her shoes near the door.