Chapter 10
I Want To Comfort Him
I haven't been myself lately. A couple of days have passed and I keep hearing a woman's voice. I would see her too. She had long, purple hair that goes all the way down her lower back and she also had green eyes. I didn't know her name, yet I knew she was the mother of Ayato, Kanato, and Laito…
Why do I keep hearing her voices in my head?
"Ugh!" I cried out. My chest is hurting again… It has been in pain for a while now.
"Yui?!" Subaru called out my name.
"I'm fine," I lied.
Subaru can see right through me. It's like he knows something is up because he would try to get me out of this mansion. I refuse to leave until I figure out why my father sent me here…
Subaru also got in trouble with Reiji for trying to help me escape out of this place. Why does Subaru want me out of here? He's the only one who is warning me about something, yet I don't know what he's warning me from…
"Please, tell me the woman's name," I whispered as I crawled back in my bed.
"Woman?"
"In the black dress and purple hair."
Subaru took a deep breath. "Her name is Cordelia."
"Cordelia," I repeated.
"She was killed…"
"By who?" I interrupted.
Subaru grunted before answering. "Her sons."
"What?!" I gasped.
"Ayato tortured her by stabbing her multiple of times in her chest. He would also drink her blood and he demanded more of it. She ran into the piano room to get help from Laito. Laito pretended to protect her from Ayato until she went by the balcony. He then pushed her off and she fell in the rose bushes outside… Then Kanato burned her lifeless body," Subaru explained calmly.
I felt my body trembling and my eyes widening. How can someone kill their own mother?! Who would do such a thing?!
"Yui," Subaru said my name as he went to touch my face, but I flinched.
"Why," I whispered.
Subaru tightened his grip on my bedspread and closed his eyes. Does he agree with what his half brothers have done?!
"Subaru, don't you agree how awful they are? Why would they do such a thing?!" I choked out.
"I cannot judge them," he muttered.
"What?! It's not like you killed your mother too, right? RIGHT?!" I sat up from my bed and I went to grab him, but he flinched away.
"I KILLED MY MOTHER TOO!" He shouted out causing my heart to sink.
"You… MONSTER!" I shouted back as I got out of my bed and ran out of my room.
How could the young man I fell in love with kill his own mother?! I know all their mothers treated their sons poorly but that is no excuse to kill them!
I'm scared… What if they kill me next?! I hate this place!
*~*~*~Love At First Bite~*~*~*
I ran into the garden. I didn't want to see anyone. No vampires, no murders, no one.
"Now you want to leave this place?" I heard Subaru ask in a low voice from behind me.
"Leave me alone!" I cried out.
"Do you think differently of me now, Yui?" He whispered in my ear.
"Why would you do it? Your own mother!" I cried out. I felt my tears streaming down my face.
"She begged me to kill her and I did it! She made me do it!" He wrapped his arms around my body from behind me… His voice is… Hitched.
"How did she make you do it?!"
"She slapped me and kept throwing things at me until I finally did it. I stabbed her in the heart with the silver knife. I'm no better than Ayato, Laito, and Kanato," he confessed.
I felt his arms trembling that were still wrapped around me and without thinking; I let my body rest in his embrace.
"Subaru," I called out his name softly.
"Do you hate me?" He asked in a plea.
"No!" I answered without hesitation. I don't approve anyone killing their own mother, yet Subaru's mother MADE him take her life. I know it's no excuse, but I believe she drove him to end her life…
All he wanted was for her to love him.
"I would never hurt you like I did to her even if you begged like she did. I regret taking her life from her!" His voice shook.
I turned around to hug him tight. I want to comfort him… I want to give him all the love in the world that his mother didn't give him.
"I love you so much, Subaru. I'm sorry I called you a monster." I nuzzled into his chest.
"I am one, though," he sighed. I felt his hot breath hitting the top of my head.
"No… You're not. I love you."
"Yui…"
"I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt me. I trust you with my life," I confessed.
I finally looked up at him and he kissed my lips firmly. Our kisses were desperate. It's like neither one of us wanted to be away from each other.
I have come to the conclusion that I need him more than he needs me.
"I love you, Yui. I'll protect you from everything. I promise. I won't let anything bad happen to you," he said sternly.
I didn't understand what or who he is protecting me from, yet I didn't care because I trust him with my heart, body, and soul.