Hello, readers! This is just a short one-shot I penned after reading the newest pages of the VK Manga. Disclaimer I do not own the rights to these beautiful and complex characters.
Zero was dying.
As I looked deep into his amethyst eyes, I could tell that he knew it too.
His body was slowly turning to ash, as he collapsed against me no longer able to support himself. I couldn't stop the tears; we both saw this moment, but now that it was our reality neither of us could bear it.
"You idiot," I half heartedly teased him, tears streaming down my face. My hand was wet with the blood that flowed freely from his wound, it was a scent I knew by heart, and I could feel my throat tighten with hunger.
"Really, it's so like you to meet your end protecting a child you don't even know." I wept for our love, the time we had spent together since childhood, for the love that he had given without expectation, and the new life growing inside me.
Zero smiled weakly at me knowing I was right. He held onto me in his final moments and for the second time in my life, I was losing a man I cared deeply for.
"My beloved," I whispered as he kissed away my tears, still trying to comfort me and reassure me that somehow everything would be alright.
He kissed me fervently one last time holding my body close, with whatever remaining strength he had left. One final goodbye kiss as we desperately clung to one another, my fingers entangled in his silver hair.
As we parted, he gazed lovingly at me, drinking in these final moments, committing to memory the last time he would see me until our souls met again in the next world. I understood what he wanted from me, silently begged for before he was no more.
"Alright Zero, as you wish in your final moments before you turn to dust, I'll love you in the way that vampires love, I'll devour your life, I'll devour you."
I was disappointed that there wasn't more that I could do for him, his shirt was almost entirely soaked through with his blood, and his wound would not heal, not even if he drank my blood.
I assure myself of your beloved presence even if the warmth we exchange is gone.
Zero was my childhood friend, my beloved, and the one man who truly knew the secrets guarded in my heart.
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