Chapter 8.
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Karin's POV.
I honestly wasn't quite sure why would Sasuke suddenly began open up to me. I didn't know where the sudden urge to be honest and nice to me came from. What did I know, was that I wasn't going to ruin it, and surely wouldn't have the courage to tell him.
As I sat beside him, I could tell him I was starting to like him, I knew he hated humans though. I couldn't even begin to tell him I was starting to fall in love with him. There was something about him I was drawn to. Maybe my mother and Mikoto were right about this arrange marriage after all.
When it comes to Sasuke, even though I have bruises all over from him, and treated me really horrible. There is something about him, I don't know what yet. I'm still trying to figure it out for myself. But there is something I like other than the looks and eyes.
This place he showed me was absolutely wonderful, the yellow roses were the most beautiful ones I have ever laid eyes on. I could tell his parents put a lot of work into the garden. He must too, now that we live here now. I picked a little piece of grass and began to twirl it in my right fingers.
As I moved, Sasuke sat up straight and moved away from me. I watched from the corners of my eye as I saw a smile spread. But once I noticed, it was quickly vanished into his usual look. I didn't understand why he wouldn't try to get along with me, maybe this is what he has in mind. That would explain why he brought me here.
"S-Sasuke?" I asked hesitantly.
"Yes, my cute tomato." he replied gently.
I didn't know why, or maybe I did. But the way he said my cute tomato made my heart skip a beat. Inside I loved it. I ignored my burning feelings and mustered enough courage to ask.
"Why did you want to show this place?" I asked quietly, being extremely careful not to make him angry with me. I knew the slightest things made him furious. I learned my lesson the first time. I used to be the type of girl who would stand up for herself, and what I believed in. But I can't win against him, so I give up before even trying.
That and the fact that I don't want any more bruises on me.
"It was a favor from my mother, I remembered." he spoke suddenly yanking me from my thoughts.
"Oh." I said extremely upset right now, my heart betrayed me sank in my chest.
"Why did you ask?" He suddenly wanted to know.
I felt my cheeks go a dark shade of red.
"U-uh, I was just curious." I stuttered out.
I heard him let out a chuckle.
"What?" I said immediately, growing embarrassed and confused.
"Don't be so defensive, my tomato." he laughed again.
"Why are you laughing at me?" I asked, getting defensive once again.
"You wanted a different answer." he snickered.
When I looked at him, he was smirking.
"No, I didn't." I defended myself, but my heart and mind told me otherwise.
'Of course you did.' my conscience was saying.
I glared at no one in particular.
"Well, I know you did. Did you forget, my tomato?" he asked, suddenly caused my curiosity to perk up.
"Forget what?" I asked hesitantly.
He laughed half heartedly.
"Forget that I can read minds." He snickered once more and now I was beyond the point of patience.
I threw the pieces of grass I was holding to the ground.
"Well that's an invasion of privacy, you know that?" I asked annoyed.
He chuckled.
"I knew, I just didn't care." he said proudly.
"Course you're not, considering your heartless." I snapped.
I felt the air shift. I knew I hit a button.
"Watch it, human." he said calmly.
"Why should I? You think I'm going to sit here all the time and let you ruin my life? Well I'm not! I'm so sick of you hurting me! Stop being so heartless for once and let that vampire ego of yours go! Get over yourself, not everything is about you, jerk!" I ranted on and as soon as I finished my last words I got up and ran away from him, back in to the house.
Once I reached the familiar doors I ran inside, up the stairs and to the safety of our bedroom. I looked the door and kneeled behind it, letting the tears fall.
"I miss you, mom." I muttered to no one in particular.
She would know what to do, why did she do this to me?
Sasuke's POV.
I was stunned, so stunned I couldn't even move. Get over yourself? I wasn't even obsessing. I can't believe she had the nerve to talk to me like that. I felt enraged, shocked but enraged. How dare she?! I do not have a large ego, did I? No way, I didn't. Stop hurting her? Maybe if she would learn to shut and listen to me I would.
Stupid human. I can't believe she walked, no ran away from me. I always have the last words. I'm always the stronger person, I have more power over her than she does over me. So why I suddenly feel guilty. I thought back to her words. Maybe I should be nicer. No, she's a worthless human. I'm a powerful vampire. Oh no, was that the ego she was talking about?
I sat up holding the yellow rose she gave me, now I really felt the guilt. She was trying to be nice to me since she arrived. And I've been nothing but be mean to her ever since. Maybe I should try to be nice. It's so hard, I don't want to lose myself to a hospital human.
Humans have blood, blood is food. So I'm in love with my food? Well that's just not right. Wait, did I think love, I meant to think is like. No way I could already love her. I hated her. I walked through the path to get to the large house. Once the doors we're in clear view I walked in and put the flower in the kitchen.
I put it in a vase filled with water. I know it wouldn't last forever.
I sighed.
What am I going to do now? Do I apologize to her or hold her? I don't even know what to do? I wasn't used to this. I don't what being nice and love was. Alright, so maybe I knew what love was because I was loved by my mother and father. But how do I let her in?
How do I love her? Care for her? And even treat her with respect? Why should I even bother? Why should I even start? I don't even know how to answer these questions. I just knew I needed to figure out what my heart wanted first.
Until then, I would be my heartless self so she could get under my skin. I marched upstairs to give her a piece of my mind. She would never have control over me, and now she needed to be hit to let her know.
Karin's POV.
Sasuke slammed on the bedroom door. I just sat down behind it and the tears we're falling down dramatically. I ignored his pleas and warnings for me to open the door. In all honesty I didn't think he would react to what I said this way. It was strange. I sighed as he continued to hit the door. Suddenly there was silence. I stood up and watched the door with curious eyes.
'Maybe he gave up?' I thought.
That would be different. Sasuke never gives up. He always win.
Suddenly the door opened. It smashed against the bedroom wall.
I flinched.
He then grabbed the door and slammed it shut, locking it behind him. It frightened me quite a bit. Soon I felt myself shaking with fear.
Sasuke grabbed my arms roughly and yanked on them earning a yelp from me.
"W-what did I do wrong now?" I pleaded, trying to escape Sasuke's grasp.
It was too late though, I knew I couldn't escape a vampire.
"You think you can talk to me in that manner?!" He roared.
He pinned me down on the bed and I began to panic.
"S-stop it." I pleaded.
I felt my arms bruising already. He straddled me and looked down into my eyes menacingly.
"Sasuke, I'm sorry!" I cried out.
He tugged on my arms and slapped me across the across.
"Ow!" I yelped out once more.
I felt hot tears run down my cheeks once again. I had nothing more to say to him. I can't believe he had hit me again. It angered me, I felt betrayed because we had such an amazing night.
He got off suddenly and whispered a few words in my right ear before he left the room.
"Pain, is only weakness leaving the body. You'l be fine." Then with that he slammed the door shut and left without another word.
I rolled over cradled myself. Too stunned and and in pain to think clearly.
Why did he react in such a manner? I was only being honest to him. I wanted to him know he hurt me. I hated that I was starting to fall for such a jerk, he treated me so wrong. But when opened up to me and showed kindness I fell hard.
"What did I do to deserve this?" I cried out to no one. I took my glasses off and put them on the nightstand. Once the tears enveloped my cheeks, sleep was easy.
Sasuke's POV.
I had done it again. I hit her. But it was better than facing the fear of liking her. I didn't want to think of such nonsense. I knew I couldn't like a human, but I knew I needed to vent my anger about the fact, and for now she was my punching bag.
I sighed as I found the den, I slid into the recliner and thought long and hard. I had opened up to her tonight, I was vulnerable. I showed her my weakness. I couldn't let that happen again.
I was so confused right now. I didn't want to like her, mostly because she was human. But she was also weak and whined and at the same time she was strong and stood up for herself. She was beyond beautiful for a human, and we had a few things in common.
At the same time, I didn't know much about her. Other than what my mother had told me about her. But I wasn't going to give into what my mother wanted. This whole marriage was stupid. But it's also not Karin's fault.
I've been treating her as if it was. I suddenly felt regret, then I felt anger. Angry at myself for feeling regret and for feeling bad at my actions. They were reasonable she's a human. But she's been trying, the voice in my head told me.
I sighed and sat up getting off the recliner, I made my way to the stairs. Once I reached my bedroom door and I opened it slipping into the dark room. I could see Karin perfectly with my sharigan.
I noticed her cheeks stained with tears and another bruise was forming. I felt the bottom of my stomach drop. I didn't know what this feeling was. Perhaps I was feeling bad about hurting her? I listened to her steady breathing, she was asleep.
I climbed into bed and wrapped an arm around her. I wanted to hold her to sleep tonight. I didn't care if she was angry at me or not.
Karin's POV.
I woke up with Sasuke's arms being wrapped around me. I wasn't quite sure why they were and all honesty I still fell really upset about the night before so I slowly sat up and shoved him with all my might. He flew onto the floor and stood up abruptly with his sharigan activated, growling and hissing. I went to retrieve my glasses.
He glared, as his fangs extended, he showed them to me.
"I wouldn't give me that look, your face could stay like that, no to mention wrinkles you'll get." I said, smirking.
He faltered his glare, eyes, and his fangs had suddenly hid underneath his lips.
He stared at me and I took his chance to ask the questions.
"What is with you? You can't just beat me up one day then you think it will be all better the next you know, I'm sorry I have feelings and I'm sorry I'm not a heartless vampire, and I'm sorry were in this mess okay?!" I said and breath in.
He studied me for awhile before coal eyes turned back into the sharigan and he pinned me down and climbed on top of me. I was caught off guard at how fast he was and stared nervously at him.
Please Don't Hit Me. I cried in my head.
I shut my eyes tightly as I could. Awaiting the painful hit. But it never came.
Instead he looked down and inched his face closer. I was now confused and as I looked into his sharigan eyes. I felt like I was in a trance, they were so mesmerizing that I couldn't look away. He was breathe taking, handsome.
He kneeled down and I thought he was going to kiss me, but instead he whispered into my left ear.
"I need your blood."
Before I could protest he bit into my neck. He bit down hard at first and I yelped. I placed my hands on his shoulders, gripping them tightly as it was slightly painful.
How could I possibly think he was going to kiss me? I hated myself for getting excited about the possibility. He didn't like me, and he never could. We were screwed in this arranged marriage and I would be miserable for life.
I felt my eyes getting heavy and I was getting tired slowly by each second. I tried to push him away, but I was way too weak for this vampire. Soon he stopped and licked off the excess blood around my bite marks. He placed me down against the pillows gently.
"Don't get up too fast, I took a good amount of blood and you'll be weak and dizzy for a little while." He explained looking down at me. His eyes turned back into coal black. He moved off of me and laid down beside me. I wasn't sure what to do.
"Ow!" I complained feeling my neck weakly.
"I'll be right back." He spoke.
And I watched as he entered the bathroom.
Sasuke's POV.
I walked into the bathroom grabbing some alcohol and a bandage for her neck, I grabbed a soft wash cloth and returned to the bedroom.
"No no no, that's going to hurt!" Karin whined, moving away from me.
I closed my eyes, sighing. Weak humans.
"It will not, just be quiet." I said, clearly annoyed.
"No!" she shouted.
I started to put some rubbing alcohol on the cloth and came closer to her. I stood above her as she layed on the bed.
"Please no, it's going to hurt!" she whined.
I decided I would have to distract her from the pain.
I straddled her.
"What are you doing?" she said, eyeing me suspiciously.
I shook my head and cupped her chin. I brought my face close to hers and her breathing picked up. I placed the wet cloth on her neck and she was about to scream until I brought my lips to hers. Our lips danced with a fiery passion, I was surprised how much I felt right doing this. I think I dropped the washcloth as she wrapped her arms around my neck. I deepened the kiss and was on top of her petite frame. She began breathing hard and I was panting myself. I suddenly thought of how much my heart and stomach started fluttering from the kissing. I slapped myself mentally and broke off the kiss. I stared down at her and she blushed self consciously.
I tooks this moment of silence to sit up straight so I was now straddling her. I grabbed the bandage and placed it on her wounds. She winced in pain a bit and I forgot about the alcohol. I reached down and picked it up as it was lying by her from me letting it go.
I sat up and got off the bed starting to leave the room. She sat up suddenly.
"Where are you going, Sasuke?" she called as I opened the bedroom door getting ready to leave.
I glared at her and she shrunk.
"Away to wash my mouth out from that stupid kiss, and don't you go thinking it meant something because it didn't, it was only to distract you." I said not facing her.
I heard her take in a sharp inhale of air and I walked away, closing the door.
I couldn't look at her after I said those hurtful words, if I did I would apologize and take them back. And I didn't want to fall in love with a human.
End of Chapter 8.
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