Chapter Seven

Cold Blood - Apocalyptica

Oh no. he knew that look. She was pissed. She was going to punch him. As much as Uta would have loved to see that, he intervened. He snatched her arm and took ahold of her hand, again intertwining their fingers. He dragged her away from them. He pulled her down the crosswalk and down the sidewalk. He felt her yank at their hands. He let her hand go. "What the hell? Why did you st-" "What did he say to you?" Uta interrupted her.

She looked at him with a are-you-serious-right-now-look. "He said I looked like a good lay." Raiu crossed her arms. She saw the very small twitch of his lip. She sighed, "Uta why did you stop me? That asshole deserved it." "Because the two guys were Ghouls, they were going to kill you." Raiu got the hint and relaxed her body, dropping her arms. She clicked her tongue.

"If they wanted to fuck me that bad, they could have taken me out to dinner first." Uta was the one to give the are-you-serious-right-now-look this time. "Come on, that was funny." She laughed. "No it wasn't." He replied. "Yes it was." "Okay maybe a little." He surrendered.

They began to walk again down the sidewalk. Uta began to zone the noises of the city out. He focused on the smells around him. He caught a whiff of the scent of Ghoul. Was it the two Ghouls again? Were they following them? It wouldn't be hard to spot them. Raiu and himself stuck out amongst the crowd. Him being in dark clothes with strikingly blonde hair, and she was in all black. If the two were following them, then they'd spot them quickly.

They were approaching another crowd. Uta stepped in front of Raiu to guide her through it. Raiu grabbed the back of Uta's jacket. They wormed their way through the people and exited through a back street. Raiu caught up to Uta and fell in sync with him. She looked at him curiously. Normally they would take the subway home, but he took her this way.

The sun was going down and it was not safe in this part of 13. It was on the border of the 4th Ward. A lot of people were killed here or went missing. They were close to her apartment when Uta pulled her into a hug. She was surprised by it, she almost didn't hug him back. He wasn't one to be affectionate towards her. He would tease her about kissing her, but that was it.

"They're following us." He spoke up. She immediately understood why he did it. He wanted for them to mistake them for a couple. "What do you want to do?" She asked him. "Play dumb, I'll handle it." He let her go and walked off. She sighed and stood there. She looked at the sky and pretended to be distracted by it. Not soon after he left, she noticed to figures approaching her. It was the two Ghouls from earlier. She frowned. She shoved her hands in her pockets.

Uta cursed at himself. He didn't want to leave her standing there. He really didn't want to after being so close to her. Her scent enveloped him. It was so intoxicating. It was almost unbearable. She just smelled too damn good. He had to make himself pull away from her. God, if he could just have her that close all day long and just reveal in her aroma; he would die a happy man. Uta shook the thoughts from his head as he peered around the corner at the two imbeciles approaching Raiu. He didn't to be some fool drooling over some human. Ghouls and Humans couldn't have a successful relationship. Then again, he wasn't just some Ghoul. Raiu wasn't just some human either.

"Hey baby, did your boyfriend leave you all alone?" One of them called to her. She snarled at them. She rolled her eyes and turned away from them. She could hear their snickers. She could feel their presences getting closer. She walked towards the lamp post next to the street. She leaned against it. "Come on, don't be like that. You should ditch that loser and come hang with us." She raised a brow. "That loser can kick her ass, I'd be careful." Her words were dripping with sass. They laughed at her. They actually laughed at her. "I don't think some kid is a problem, Come on, don't you want a real man?"

"He's more of a man that you two could ever be. At least he doesn't lead chicks on and then feeds on them. He's a pretty straightforward guy." She looked back over to them. They did not look happy. They were both glaring at her. "You gonna snitch, bitch?" One of them barked at her. She laughed at them. "Like I have time for you douche canoes. Now go away." One of the guys growled at her. Their eyes had changed over. Oh boy. "I'll make a meal out of you bitch." The guy smirked. He walked towards her. He didn't get very far though.

See, it's very hard for the body to work without a brain. Actually it's nearly impossible for the body to be able to function period with a pair of hands squishing it between them. That is precisely what ended that man's life. The second man was so shocked he tried to back away but tripped. Uta retracted his hands and turned to the other man. "M-man, we were just kidding. We'll leave her alone. Promise! P-please!" Raiu rolled her eyes. She whipped the blood from her face and neck. Uta had splattered the blood on her hen he killed him. She knew he did it on purpose to mess with her. "Too bad you didn't take the hint the first time." Raiu called to him. Uta walked over to him nonchalantly.

"W-wait. I know who you are. You're N-n-no F-face." Uta licked the blood from his hands. He watched the man beg for his life. Raiu bent over the dead body. "Good job, you destroyed your favorite part." Uta squatted down next to the still alive man. "Yeah, I know. I didn't want his eyes. I didn't like the way he looked at you." The man was lost for words. "Yeah and that one called me a bitch." Raiu stood and pointed to the man next to Uta. "Oh yeah?" Uta stood, looking at the man with his casual aloof face. "Twice." Raiu smirked. She was somehow enjoying this. "Twice? That's not cool." The man looked almost in tears. He looked like he had seriously screwed up.

Before the man could come up with something to say, Uta stomped his throat. His eyes bulged before rolling in the back of his head. Uta bent down and dislodged his eyes. He popped them in his mouth and chewed on them. Raiu couldn't help herself. She started to laugh. Uta dug into the man's arm. He pulled the muscle tendons right off the bone and into his mouth. "What's so funny?" He asked with a mouthful of meat. "That was a bit of biblical justice don't you think? Look at someone wrong, you take the eyes. Say something wrong, take their throat." Raiu grinned.

Uta rolled his eyes. He got his fill before standing and walking over to Raiu. He cornered her against the lamp post. "You know I could kill you just as easily." Raiu frowned at him. "But you wouldn't." She shot back.

"But I could."

"And? You won't."

"And I think you'd let me."

"Maybe I would."

"You're a sadistic murderer who doesn't even care about her own life."

Raiu just shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe I just trust you too much for my own good." That threw Uta off. He never expected her to trust him. He didn't think she would. Yes, their friends, but friends don't necessarily trust each other, not in Uta's world that is. He backed up to let her free. She rolled her eyes and began walking towards her apartment. He followed her as per usual. They acted as if nothing had happened.

"Wait." Raiu stopped Uta. He turned and looked at her. Was she going to say something about what he did? Or was she going to say something about what he said? She yet again took him for a loop. She grabbed her sleeve. She reached up and wiped his face. She licked her thump and wiped at a smudge on his cheek. She smiled and dropped her arm. "Good. Now you don't look like a killer."

Uta couldn't figure her out. He really liked it.