POST TIME SKIP- SAYA POV-
"Saya, do you love Hagi?" Joel asked, after the pause that in our conversation that seemed to take hours.
"What? I'm sorry Joel, I kinda spaced out. Did you ask if I loved Hagi?" My voice was heasitant on that last part.
"Yes, that is what I asked." Joel looked at me with those kind, yet serious eyes. "He is your chevalier, and he has been devoted to you ever since you showed him kindness all those years ago." Memories flash through my head of how mean I was to Hagi when he first arrived at the "zoo". Joel continued, "He has been by your side for almost 150 years, and he was bought to be your companion."
"I know that Joel, it's just that I still am discovering new memories, and I guess I love him, but only like family. I-I don't even know anymore!" I try to calm down when I feel Joel's hand on my quivering shoulder.
"I'm sorry Saya; that was a personal question." He gave me a gentle smile. Then added, "I only asked it because-" The door flung open to reveal a flustered Kai.
"Saya! There you are; did you forget that you have to get a blood transfusion?" I feel faint and lightheaded, realizing that I had forgotten my transfusion. Again.
"Yeah, I forgot. Thanks Joel for talking to me!" Joel waved goodbye to me as the door shuts.
HAGI POV
As Saya left, I watched as Joel exhaled his held breath, finishing his interrupted sentence, "He was bought not only to be your companion but also-"
"-As your mate." I finish his thought, and at my voice he almost jumps out of his chair. "Sorry, I did not mean to startle you." Joel's color returns to normal, he says,
"Yes, but how did you get in?" I jerk my in the direction of the open window behind me. The man smiles and shook his head. "Should have guessed that you'd do that." His expression falls to a serious level. "Hagi she needs your blood, these transfusions can only do so much." I nodded, and thought up an idea.
"She has always been stubborn about taking my blood, and I almost always have to force it to her. She is at the point where she needs just one drop to trigger her feeding." I then added, "However, I cannot guarantee that neither the furniture nor the room we are in will be intact when I am done." Joel gave me a strange look, but shook his head and said,
"Anyway, Hagi are you sure you can do this?" Joel's voice was full of uncertainty.
"Yes, I've done this before many times." Joel nods, and he dismissed me. I wait for nightfall.
SAYA POV
I lay on the couch and waited for my i.v. to finish.
"How ya doin' Saya?" Came the melodic, Jamaican voice of Lewis.
"I'm fine lewis, just a little lightheaded and dizzy, same as always."
"Dat's good." He gives me his big grin, and I can't help but grin back. Lewis can make anyone smile. I closed my eyes, until I heard a voice call my name,
"Saya." I could recognize that deep, silky-smooth, baritone voice anywhere. I open my eyes and shift my head over to see Hagi's blue eys staring at me. "You know you don't need those transfusions right?" He is calm and serious, but his voice conveys a concerened undertone. I watch as his human hand rests on mine.
"Hagi I-" I am interuppted by Lewis and Kai. Lewis takes down the i.v. pole and throws away the empty bag. Kai leans over me, pushing past Hagi. The two men exchange death glares.
"Saya, you feeling alright?" Kai asked. I smile and feel the cold as Hagi takes his hand off of mine.
"Yes, Kai. I'm fine." All of our heads look up as when we heard the bumbling voice of Lewis calling,
"Time for dinna!"
"Goodnight everybody!" I yell into hall from my door and get a small of round of 'goodnights' back. I sighed, and shut the door. I let out a noise of surprise as Hagi is standing not even a foot from me, with coat and cello case in the corner. I placed my hand on my chest to still my reacing heart and said, "Hagi, you startled me!" Thankful that I was already in my pajamas, I realized once more why it is that I change in the bathroom.
"I'm sorry Saya." He said. Although his voice was still calm and serious as always, I detected something else in his tone. Sorrow? No, but maybe frustration? No that can't be right either. In my self-absorbed thinking, I didn't notice that Hagi had almost closed the distance between us.
"Hagi?" I questioned.
"Yes Saya?" Whatever that tone was in his voice, it is gone now. I shook off the incident, and said, "Nevermind; I'm going to bed." I turned to walk away, but I felt him grab my wrist.
HAGI POV
"Nevermind; I'm going to bed." I grabbed her wrist. I had to take action now. "Hagi what are you doing?" Saya asked, her voice studded with worry. I felt her muscles tighten beneath my grip.
"Don't worry, I'm giving you what you need." Before Saya could realize; I had her pinned beneath me, my dagger out in one hand, the wrappings from my demon hand gone.
"Hagi what the Hell are you doing?" Saya barked, but I had already slit my demon hand and put it over her mouth muffling her cries.
"I told you, it is for the best. Please stop fighting Saya." I watched as those dark honey eyes went to a glowing crimson. I felt her tounge flicker over the rapidly closing wound on my hand, cleaning it of my blood. She looked at me and asked,
"Are you sure Hagi?" I relaxed a little,
"Yes Saya I am sure, go ahead." I unbuttoned the first couple of buttons on my shirt, and pulled it away so that she could have my neck, but right before her lips touched me, I said, "Why don't we get off the floor?" She gave a slight nod, and as I picked her up, her legs wrapped around my waist, arms clinging to my shoulders, lips on my neck ready to feed. I laid us down on the bed, and as soon as Saya's back hit the sheets; I felt teeth sink into my vien.
I let out a soft groan as she began feeding. I kept myself in control, having my hands only on her waist. I feel more lightheaded with each passing second; it feels as though I am floating. Saya finished after about five minutes, and as soon as I heard her voice, I came back to my senses.
"Hagi�" Saya's voice was sleepy from quenching her thirst; her eyes had faded back to their original brown hue. As Saya's body began to go limp, I flipped us over to our sides. Saya was on the border of sleep, and I could not help but smile at her drowsy cute state.
"No, Saya. You did not hurt me. Go to sleep." I held her close to me, watching as she starts to drift off, but her eyes open and she asks,
"Do-do you love me Hagi?" Although taken aback by her statement, I smile and stoke her short black locks,
"Yes, Saya; I love you with all of my being." Her eyes narrowed a little,
"You're not just saying that because you're my chevalier, right?" Her finger traces my lips and then flows down to my jawline.
"Saya I have always loved you, and being your chevalier has only served to deepen and strengthen that love." I leaned in to kiss her, to prove my words true. Her lips are soft and mold to mine. I caress her head with my human hand, the other rests on her back. Saya's arms wrap around my neck, and her hand snakes up to pull out my hair ribbon. Feeling my hair fall around my shoulders is like opening a gate; a gate that needs to stay shut. I pull away from Saya, who now has a light pink blush over her cheeks. She whimpers at not feeling my lips anymore, so I put my demon hand on her lips to quiet her,
"Sleep Saya. You need your rest."
