Chap. 1-In Plain Sight
"Stay away!" The young woman cried.
Tsume took a step towards her. Staring at her dead in the eye. His amber eyes were calm and cool, but her dark ones were brimmed with tears of fear. There seemed to be something different about them though. He reached a hand out to her.
" I won't hurt you." His tone of voice was unusually kind and caring.
It shocked him the way he was treating this human girl. She looked to be about 17 and she was a beautiful thing, but the way she was acting towards him shattered his heart. Those eyes looked like a terrified deer and her thin frame shook with convulsions of fear. But didn't she know he wouldn't harm her, though she was one of the humans.
" Stay away!" She cried again and crawled even farther away from him.
Her back hit the brick wall where the alley ended. She winced in pain and small drops of blood fell onto the pavement.
" You're injured, please let me help you. I won't harm you, I promise."
She had been injured previous from what, Tsume had no idea. The young girl's eyes seemed to become more trusting now, but she still stayed back from him. She sat there not moving. A small puddle of blood now forming. She did not look at him though.
" Then prove to me I can trust you."
He groaned and rolled his eyes. But a smile spread across his tan face.
" Fine then."
Tsume sat down in front of her and put his hands up in a surrender position.
"There now I can't harm you. I have nothing, I swear."
She crawled over to him a little reluctantly. He could see the deep wound on her arm and then noticed the deep one on her leg. It was hard for her to even crawl a little without wincing in pain. However, she did reach him and gently touched his face. But her eyes did not meet his. Could this girl see? Her hand then reached down his chest, to his sides where she slipped her hand into his pocket. There she found nothing and smiled a little to herself.
" I suppose I can trust you. But I'm not satisfied yet."
He put his arms out in front of him so she could feel those. A laugh escaped her rose petal lips. She ran her hand up and down his arms.
" Still not yet."
"You know I am just about to leave you here." Tsume groaned.—
" I just want to feel your face again. I can tell it is very handsome." She told him —smiling.
She's blind?
"My face?"
" Yes, I liked the way your skin felt on my fingertips. Broken in and soft like leather. Your body has the shape of a warrior or maybe a wanderer I can't tell. But your face gives me the impression that you are a little rough around the edges, yet you are full of compassion."
" What?"
She laughed a little.
" I know I'm crazy. I just can tell things about people by their face or tone of voice. And your voice is what got me to naively trust you."
" I see. Well, will you treat your wounds now."
" Of course."
He licked her wounds gently. Her face reacted to the pain, but she smiled in gratitude. Her human blood was very strong, but almost sweet. Tsume still had his wolf instincts and the sweet taste of blood made them bubble to the surface.
"You're a wolf, huh?"
"Yes. I knew you could tell."
" That I couldn't. You have a good disguise."
" Thank you, ookami."
" Call me Tsume."
" I'm Kegawa."
She stood up unsteadily and placed a hand on his face. Her fingers gently touching his lips.
" I am going to go home now, Tsume. Thank you."
" Are you going to be okay?"
" Yes, forgive me for not trusting you earlier."
"I forgive you."
She reached a hand out feeling for him. He took it and placed it on his face. Kegawa smiled to herself.
" Your face feels so warm and soft still. I know you won't let me feel your fur, but I know it must be like velvet, though I have never touched velvet before." She sighed a little to herself.
"When you see Toboe tell him I'm sorry. And if you ever see Darcia again tell him that I won't return."
"Stay away!" The young woman cried.
Tsume took a step towards her. Staring at her dead in the eye. His amber eyes were calm and cool, but her dark ones were brimmed with tears of fear. There seemed to be something different about them though. He reached a hand out to her.
" I won't hurt you." His tone of voice was unusually kind and caring.
It shocked him the way he was treating this human girl. She looked to be about 17 and she was a beautiful thing, but the way she was acting towards him shattered his heart. Those eyes looked like a terrified deer and her thin frame shook with convulsions of fear. But didn't she know he wouldn't harm her, though she was one of the humans.
" Stay away!" She cried again and crawled even farther away from him.
Her back hit the brick wall where the alley ended. She winced in pain and small drops of blood fell onto the pavement.
" You're injured, please let me help you. I won't harm you, I promise."
She had been injured previous from what, Tsume had no idea. The young girl's eyes seemed to become more trusting now, but she still stayed back from him. She sat there not moving. A small puddle of blood now forming. She did not look at him though.
" Then prove to me I can trust you."
He groaned and rolled his eyes. But a smile spread across his tan face.
" Fine then."
Tsume sat down in front of her and put his hands up in a surrender position.
"There now I can't harm you. I have nothing, I swear."
She crawled over to him a little reluctantly. He could see the deep wound on her arm and then noticed the deep one on her leg. It was hard for her to even crawl a little without wincing in pain. However, she did reach him and gently touched his face. But her eyes did not meet his. Could this girl see? Her hand then reached down his chest, to his sides where she slipped her hand into his pocket. There she found nothing and smiled a little to herself.
" I suppose I can trust you. But I'm not satisfied yet."
He put his arms out in front of him so she could feel those. A laugh escaped her rose petal lips. She ran her hand up and down his arms.
" Still not yet."
"You know I am just about to leave you here." Tsume groaned.—
" I just want to feel your face again. I can tell it is very handsome." She told him —smiling.
She's blind?
"My face?"
" Yes, I liked the way your skin felt on my fingertips. Broken in and soft like leather. Your body has the shape of a warrior or maybe a wanderer I can't tell. But your face gives me the impression that you are a little rough around the edges, yet you are full of compassion."
" What?"
She laughed a little.
" I know I'm crazy. I just can tell things about people by their face or tone of voice. And your voice is what got me to naively trust you."
" I see. Well, will you treat your wounds now."
" Of course."
He licked her wounds gently. Her face reacted to the pain, but she smiled in gratitude. Her human blood was very strong, but almost sweet. Tsume still had his wolf instincts and the sweet taste of blood made them bubble to the surface.
"You're a wolf, huh?"
"Yes. I knew you could tell."
" That I couldn't. You have a good disguise."
" Thank you, ookami."
" Call me Tsume."
" I'm Kegawa."
She stood up unsteadily and placed a hand on his face. Her fingers gently touching his lips.
" I am going to go home now, Tsume. Thank you."
" Are you going to be okay?"
" Yes, forgive me for not trusting you earlier."
"I forgive you."
She reached a hand out feeling for him. He took it and placed it on his face. Kegawa smiled to herself.
" Your face feels so warm and soft still. I know you won't let me feel your fur, but I know it must be like velvet, though I have never touched velvet before." She sighed a little to herself.
"When you see Toboe tell him I'm sorry. And if you ever see Darcia again tell him that I won't return."