Rue: The Covenant
In a vast garden of red roses which were once white lies an isle that leads to where her lifeless body is. Today, just like yesterday the red-eyed vampire is on his way to meet his beloved wife. He walked the narrow path in uttered silence, at the end of the isle a white coffin has been waiting for him to open. As he reached the end he leisurely opened the rectangular white box revealing his ever so beautiful wife.
He leaned towards her face, close enough for his lips touch her ear "Gýrna píso se ména" he whispered unto her ear
He adjusted his lenses which fell from the bridge of his sharp nose when he leaned down to her as he fixed his posture and took a step away from the coffin. Her eyes slowly fluttered open, her pale body rose up, and her dry lips parted as if to say something.
Reiji smiled "Good evening"
"Who are you?" her raspy voice almost failed to reach him
He extended his hand to assist her "I'm Reiji Sakamaki, your husband" he answered
She hesitantly accepted his offer "I'm married?"
Totally confused by what's going on, she obediently followed him on the way inside their home (which is actually a castle). She doesn't remember marrying this man or anything about herself, even her name. He lead her deeper in the castle into the porch of their room where two teacups of tea and a slice of Banoffee pie are waiting for them.
Reiji pull up a chair for her, but just when she was about to sit down she abruptly fixed her posture and faced him "Tell me who or what exactly am I?"
"You are Yui Komori, in the present you are Yui Sakamaki, the empress of the vampire race, my first lady in the mundane world, or simply my wife" he looked at the seat, the table and then back at her "I'll explain everything, but please I've prepared tea"
Finally she settled down and Reiji at the opposite side of the round table "R-right, thank you" she managed to say "You don't like sweet things?" Without even thinking she blurted out "I-I mean..."
He chuckled "It's okay to speak up your mind; I want to hear what my wife thinks of me"
Her heart skipped a beat "Really?" she giggled as he nodded in assurance "I think you look like a butler, and you're eyes, you're crimson red eyes are gorgeous"
He smiled, but something is odd with this smile, she can somehow sense that there is something behind it. Is it because she can't remember him or is it because she acted wrongly, she doesn't know. Assuming that he's troubled by her memory lost she looked at him apologetically "I apologize if I don't remember anything, I'll try to remember something"
"You don't have to, it's better if things would remain like this" he quickly replied "As long as you're here, I won't ask for more"
Silence reigned, their conversation ended with that, however it's still bothering her, Reiji seems unhappy about something. Just a hunch, but she thinks he's quite troubled by something despite the smile he puts up she can tell that something is odd, something is wrong. Is this what they call a woman's intuition? she wondered. This matter is starting to trouble her too, and she can no longer keep quiet about it "Is there something wrong?"
He looked at her "I really can't fool my wife, can I?" He chuckled "In truth, I'm not really good at smiling, but you used to say you would love to see me smile" he sighed "I love your smile too" that line came out as a mere whisper that only he could hear "This time I want to take every chance I could grab to smile for you"
"Really, well, you don't have to force yourself, I'm sure I would be delighted to see your real smile too" she giggled "Well, that's what I think I would think" she looked at him worriedly "Or am I wrong?"
"No, I'm glad I got to hear that from you" his gaze traveled from her to the waning moon "I'm sorry I was too selfish, even a single smile I couldn't give"
It wasn't by how he smile, no it wasn't by how he doesn't know how to smile, there's more to it. She can tell that he doesn't want to talk about it since whenever she tries to bring it up he would dodge the topic. When she finally gave up upon pursuing the answer he escorted her to the library.
"This has been your favorite place in the castle" he said as if to start a conversation to lighten up the heavy atmosphere
A scene from her lost memories played in her head where she said "This is my favorite place in the castle next to your side" sadly to herself as she watched Reiji's back disappear. Without hesitating her mouth opened on its own accord and said the same line from her memory "This is my favorite place next to your side"
Reiji who was startled by what she said is unable to respond, instead he just smiled and walked deeper in the library, Yui quietly followed behind him running her hand through every book they pass. Reiji knows that her memories are coming back and soon everything will restart, back to square one. After they explored the library, they went to the kitchen where Reiji asked what she would like to eat and told her that he'll cook it for her.
Yui who doesn't know anything about herself just shrugged "What's your favorite food?"
"Spaghetti Carbonara" he answered shortly
"Then I want to have that" she smiled "Please?"
His countenance changed, she can clearly see by that expression that he's in pain. When she was about to ask if there's something that's bothering him, he smiled and prepared the ingredients for the said meal "Do you know what my favorite food is?"
Reiji shook his head "You never told me"
He couldn't blame her because he never asked since he never cared, and when he wondered what it is, it was already too late; he regretted never asking up until now. She watched him in silence, admiring how skilled he is in the kitchen. He can no longer count how many times he went through this, he can no longer count how many times he said those lines nor how many times he regretted never asking. When they're done eating, Reiji heavy-heartedly lead her back to the garden where she came from. As they were walking along the isle Yui stopped, she felt shivers ran down her spine; tears lined her cheeks as rush of memories played in her head. Terrified by what she remembered she shakily took a step away from him. Her lips parted to speak, but was stopped when Reiji cupped her cheeks and brought his hands down to her neck, and with a little effort he strangled her. Yui helplessly tried to break free from his tight grip, but it was futile.
"Why?" Was all she could say after she lost consciousness and drifted off to another long deep sleep usually referred to as death.
A/N: The first few chapters might turn out to be confusing, but don't worry because you'll understand everything near the end of the story. So, should I continue?