Well chapter 13 is finally here after a long week lol. College tests are killer :P You also know you are southern born and bred country girl when you get super excited over a farm equipment expo...and you get free admission because you are an exhibitor lol. I also had to make a pikachu costume for my dog...she was sooo cute :3 So now...as i am fighting to keep my eyes open...here is chapter 13! Thank you Demonic Angel 7, Animebunny123, shewhoeatspocky, MikiMoke, Last Assassin's Shadow, Hikari-Suzume, and BelovedSakura for the awesome reviews! Enjoy!
My blurry eyes fluttered open, dim sunlight breaking through the thick maroon curtains that were drawn across massive windows coming into my vision. I blinked a few times, clearing my sleep clouded mind as I remembered where I was. I could still feel the satin sheets beneath me and on top of me, the scent of lavender wafting off of them as I gently pushed them off of my pale legs as I carefully sat up, trying my hardest not to wake the sleeping boy beside me. The boy who had risked his life and health for me. Zero. It was hard to inch myself up without disturbing him too much, since my new wound was still livid with pain. I bit my lip and grimaced as I finally pulled myself to a sitting position, thankfully not waking Zero in the process. As I brushed my long, brown hair back I realized the reason I had awoken. I was hot. Extremely hot. Little beads of sweat made my bangs stick to my forehead. Geeze it sure is hot in here, I don't remember it being so stifling in here when Zero fell asleep…I wondered, but then it hit me. Instantly I gently pulled the covers back from the silver haired boy's face, only to find his pale cheeks flushed pink with fever, or at least what I could see since half of his face was covered in a bandage. I carefully put my hand to his damp forehead, his skin burning beneath the coolness of my own. He's burning alive… I thought guiltily as I drew the covers back over him. That's it, I have work to do…I resolutely told myself. Zero's gone through so much for me already and I've only kept secrets from him, not mention causing him to risk his life for me…it's time for me to suck it up and keep my promise to Zero. As carefully as I could I began to slide out from under the covers, wincing in pain as I had to use my wounded shoulder to slowly creep out of the bed without waking Zero. Finally my feet hit the soft carpeted floor and I managed to creak to a stand, my body stiff, but determined. I stood beside the massive bed, my fingers resting on the embroidered maroon comforter as I watched the boy I loved more than anything begin to flinch fitfully in his fevered slumber. He began to mumble softly as he began to stir in agitation, sweat dripping off of his pale face.
"It's ok Zero," I whispered softly as I gently ran my fingers through his damp hair and down his back. Instantly he calmed and became quiet in sleep again as I leaned forward and kissed his burning forehead. " I made a promise to you, and I'm going to keep it," I said softly more to myself than to the boy as I forced myself to leave his side. I'm running on borrowed time…time I can't afford to waste…I thought as I opened the door, closing ever so softly behind me. Chairman and Yagari were sitting in the living room of Chairman's quarters, the expensive leather chairs creaking as they turned to look at me surprised.
"Kyra, what are you doing up?" Chairman asked worried as I stiffly began to walk toward the door leading outside, the blue sweatpants I was wearing swishing unevenly with my lurching steps. "You shouldn't be up walking around," he said as he made to get up, but I waved him back down. Yagari only stared at me coldly, his piercing blue eyes boring into me.
"Where's Zero?" he asked me seriously, the usual sarcasm in his voice gone. His severe tone caught me off guard as I slowly shuffled my way through them, causing me to stop dead in my tracks.
"He's sleeping, please don't wake him," I said calmly, but also protectively as I stood before the imposing man; our blue eyes locking on each other's. Chairman looked uncomfortable as his eyes shifted from Yagari to me. Most of the time I would have been red faced and stumbling over myself under his cold stare, which I didn't understand why it was directed toward me in the first place, but today the only thing I felt was protectiveness over Zero as I firmly stood my ground.
"Toga…" he began to say, but the hunter cut him off as his stare bored into me.
"You lied to me," he said icily.
"What are you talking about?" I asked confused, my eyebrows rising.
"That day I came here," he began as he leaned forward, the leather creaking beneath him. "You told me you burned your neck, but I know what happened," he said ominously, anger beginning to rise in his voice.
"I had to," I said firmly, but I felt my heart beginning to shatter inside my chest.
"You don't get it do you?" the hunter nearly growled at me as he leaned even closer to me, his eyes blazing behind his cold expression.
"Toga please," Chairman said more sternly, but the dark haired man whipped around to face him before he could finish.
"No Kaien," he said, his voice beginning to shake in anger. "I will not have his name slapped on the execution list because of this," he said in a voice that showed desperation. My eyes widened in shock as he turned back to me. "They won't waste two seconds locking him up if they find out he's bitten someone again. They won't listen to me, and even Kaien can hardly change their minds. They'll kill him Kyra, don't you get it?" the hunter said to me as he grabbed my arm. Never in my life had seen such desperation from such a gruff and raw man, but the single blue eye I was staring into was scared.
My heart was beating furiously as my mind processed his words. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair as I broke eye contact with the man before me. "By them…you mean the Association don't you," I said tiredly and gravely as I looked back at Yagari.
"Yes," he said stiffly as his grip on my arm relaxed and his good eye shifted to the floor. I shot Chairman a questioning look as the hunter before me sat quietly.
"I haven't told him yet," Chairman said so softly and painfully, his usually cheerful eyes heavy with depression as they faced me.
"Told me what?" Yagari snapped as he let go of my arm, his black hair falling in front of his face as he snapped his head toward Chairman.
"He's sick Yagari," I barely breathed as I felt my heart once again sink, my voice nearly breaking from not wanting to speak the awful truth.
"What?" he asked quietly, shock registering on his confused face.
"I said he's sick," I said through a breaking voice as I looked seriously into the hunter's face. "Something is terribly wrong with Zero. His bloodlust doesn't just drive him insane anymore, it physically kills him until he drinks. And then afterwards…it's like…his body just shuts down," I said gravely, Yagari staring at me with eyes that didn't want to believe. "He has fevers, a cough that is only getting worse, he's getting weak and…the only thing that has worked so far is letting him drink," I said heavily, tears threatening to spill as I began to understand how precarious the situation was becoming. "I made him do it every time," I said forcefully as a tear slid down my face, dropping to the floor between the hunter and I. "I made him do it because he was going to die if he didn't," I choked out as Yagari stared at me, his face shocked and wounded at the same time. Chairman remained silent as he stared at the floor with a grave face. "So, if anyone is going to be locked up or killed because of this, it's going to be me," I said as I drug my sleeve across my eyes. "Now, I have work to do," I said with a determined but creaking voice as I began to stiffly make my way to the door again. The silence was heavy as I closed the door behind me with Chairman staring at the floor and Yagari staring at me with pitiful, shocked eyes that my heart couldn't stand to look into anymore.
I shut myself up in the lab with a heavy heart, the chill of the cold November wind running down to my bones as I went to the lab refrigerator and found Zero's two blood samples. This may be it…I have ran away from this for long enough…I don't have anymore time to waste…I mentally told myself as I rolled the two tubes in between my hands. After centrifuging them once again I took the sample from when Zero was well and looked at it under the microscope. Instantly memories flooded my tired mind.
"Do you see these Kyra?" my mother's soft and gentle voice asked me as we looked into the eyepiece of the microscope. I felt her golden blonde hair tickling my neck as we crane our necks to see into the instrument.
"I think so," I said a bit apprehensively. "I see the normal red and white cells, but what are those cells?" I asked confused as I looked at a sample of my own mother's blood. "Is that something bad?" I asked quickly as I shot my head up in panic. My beautiful mother calmly lifted her head of golden curls with a smile.
"No dear, that's what makes us hunters," she said as she patted my hand, a relieved sigh escaping from me as I sank back in the soft leather chair.
"What are they?" I asked her, my blue eyes looking curiously into her own. My mother adjusted the rich purple mock turtle neck she was wearing as she sat back in her chair. I couldn't help but be a bit jealous of my own mother. She had a beautiful figure, a smile that would melt any heart, and a head of rich golden curls; just like my little sister. I wasn't anything compared to her beauty. I was small and plain, my hair straight and light brown, my face dotted with a few freckles here and there, but she never told me I wasn't pretty or not girly enough for her. my mother knew that on the inside, I was her exact clone.
"We aren't really sure exactly yet," she said while tapping a pencil to her lip. "But we do know that whatever those cells are, they make us hunters and give us the abilities we have. Now look at this one," she said with a glimmer in her eye she only got while she was teaching me. She slid the glass plate out from the microscope and slide in another. "Take a look at this one," she said as she nodded to the eyepiece. I bent over to see, my hair falling around my face as I turned the dial to focus my view.
"These are different too, but they aren't the hunter cells," I said curiously as I leaned back.
"That's right, they are completely different. These are the cells that make a vampire a vampire," she said with a slight frown. "For some reason, the two different cells don't do well in the presence of each other, you're father and I are working to find out why," she said softly as she starting tapping the pencil on the desk in thought. I widened my eyes and looked at the strange cells again. They looked…sickly, misshapen…dangerous…
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My heart felt as if it had been ripped apart by a bullet. It was nearing almost 5 months since the day the pureblood attacked. Five months since my and Millie's lives were destroyed. Five months since my sister's fight to live began, and now…I know why my little sister is getting sicker and sicker every day. Why her thirst cannot be satisfied anymore. Why she has to stay in bed all day because walking is now too much for her.
I sat back from the same microscope my mother and I sat at for hours as she taught me, my eyes burning with tears. I had just put everything together. The numbers of vampire cells in my sister's body were growing by the day now. My mother was right, but I don't know if they realized just how dangerous these two cells were together. I had watched as the number of hunter cells had multiplied vastly to attack the vampire cells, but as the two tried to destroy each other, they destroyed good cells and tissue as well, and it was only getting worse as the numbers grew. Millie's body was destroying itself and I had to find a way to stop it and reverse the damage.
"I'll save you Millie…no matter what," I said confidently to myself as I wiped the tears from my eyes. "I'll save you…"
I felt my body sliding downward out of the chair I was sitting in. My body seemed numb to everything as my knees hit the cold floor, my eyes unfocused as tears began to cloud them. My shoulder stung as I fell to all fours, my hands icy against the white marble floor, but I could only sit there shaking as the first tear splashed onto the hard ground. My hair fell around my face as I had to force myself to breathe, my breath coming out in hitches. "No…no it can't be," I stuttered out in trembling breaths. "It can't…why?" I choked out as the tears began to flow. "Why does this have to happen again? Why?" I kept repeating to myself, hoping that this was another one of my awful nightmares. But it wasn't. This was reality, a reality that I just couldn't escape from, although it was the ones that I loved that suffered. My past failure was staring me in the face as I had stared into the microscope over and over at Zero's various samples. They were the mirror images of Millie's. Zero's body was destroying itself. He and Millie are the same. And…I…I killed Millie.
I pressed my fist against my mouth as I curled into a ball on the icy floor to keep from sobbing hysterically. I…I failed her…I killed her…my miserable mind kept repeating to me. What if I do the same to Zero? I can't do this again…I can't take another life but…do I have the coldness to tell Chairman and Yagari…and Zero that there's nothing I can do? Do I have the heartlessness to sit back and watch as Zero's illness and suffering grows until…until it takes him? But…what I make him a monster…like Millie? I…I don't know…my mind raced as I shivered on the floor in tears, my heart being torn in so many directions. I…I can't watch him die…I just can't…I told myself as I picked myself shakily. I can't watch him wither away in front of me. I can't look into his beautiful violet eyes as he suffers while I may have a chance to save him…but I'm too afraid to do it. I can't watch him die while I stand back and let it happen…
I stood up from the floor now stained with my tears, my face now one of determination, but just barely. I drug my sleeve across my face once again and brushed my hair back behind my ears. I have to tell them what's wrong though…I told myself as I grabbed some new bandages and medication for Zero, my eyes red and puffy from the tears. I began the process of steeling myself for the delivery of the painful news as I walked out of the door.
I came back to Chairman's quarters to find him and Yagari gone, but I didn't see Zero anywhere. A quick peek inside the bed room showed me that he was still sound asleep. This was longer than usual for Zero to be down, he usually came back from much worse in no time at all. My heart ached as I went to the kitchen and began to make some coffee for the silver haired boy I loved. The rich smell of the coffee comforted me as I scooped it into the red coffee maker and added the water. After I had it started I began to scrounge around for the makings of vegetable soup, although after scanning the vast array of ingredients I realized I had no idea how in the world to go about making it. I was never successful at cooking at home. I sighed in irritation at myself as I dug through the cabinets, thankfully finding a can of vegetable soup, although I wanted more than anything for it to be homemade. I poured the contents into a pot and set it on the eye on low. After I saw that everything was set up, I grabbed the bandages and medicine and quietly walked into the bedroom. I found Zero curled up against the pillows, his hair stuck to his face in some areas from perspiration. The white bandage that was taped over his wound showed a bit of red seeping through, probably caused by his restlessness from the fever.
"Zero, wake up," I whispered softly as I sat down next to him and began to rub his back gently, his shirt warm to the touch. Slowly the boy began to stir out of his sleep, a soft moan escaping from him as his eyes struggled to open. I brushed his hair from his eyes as he slowly came to, his violet eyes finally appearing as he forced his eyes open.
"Kyra?" he said groggily as he blinked the sleep from his eyes as he tried to focus on me.
"It's me Zero," I said softly as I ran my fingers through his hair. "How are you feeling?" I asked gently while he began to try to sit up.
"Like hell," he croaked while rubbing his eyes as he pushed himself up next to me. I couldn't help but sadly smile at him as he looked at me with sleepy eyes, his hair a mess.
"Well you look it," I tried to joke as I reached over and began to brush his silver locks down, but my voice just didn't have any pep in it at all. "I brought you some fresh bandages," I said trying to force a happier smile.
Zero looked surprised for a second as he reached up and touched the gauze covering his wound, his expression falling somewhat as he sighed. "Oh yeah, forgot about that," he said somberly, his voice still a bit weak as he fingered the tape unhappily. "What about you?" he asked concerned as I got up and walked into the bathroom, grabbing a cloth and rinsing it with cool water.
"I'm fine, I'll see to my own later," I said as I walked back into the room, Zero still looking at me worried as he leaned against the pillows. "I'm only worried about you right now," I said softly as I sat back down beside him on the comfy bed. "You're burning up," I said with a sigh as I gently cupped Zero's face and passed the cool cloth over his damp forehead.
"It's not that bad," Zero said, a different shade of pink crossing over the pale skin I could see on his face.
"We'll see about that," I said as I began to try to peel the bandages from Zero's face without hurting him. "Hospital tape is stronger than duct tape," I sighed, already feeling resistance. "Don't let me hurt you ok," I said quietly as I gently worked the stubborn tape from his delicate skin. Finally the angry laceration that ran from just under his eye all the way down half his face appeared as I removed the last of the gauze. Zero winced a bit as air hit the livid wound. I grimaced at the sight of it, my heart aching as I brought the cloth up to his face. "This may sting a little, but it's best to clean it frequently," I said softly before gently beginning to clean the wound. Zero winced a bit here and there, but he just sat quietly looking down at the sheets as I worked. It wasn't long before I was carefully placing a new bandage over the wound, my thumb lingering gently under his eye as I looked at him sadly.
"What?" he asked as he took my hand in his, his touch warm on my cool fingers.
"If that level E had gotten you any higher…you would have lost that eye," I said casting my eyes away. "And…it's my fault," I whispered shamefully as I squeezed his warm hand.
"Kyra," he tried to console me, but when I looked up into those violet eyes, all I could think of was the awful news that I had to tell him…the awful things that were to come. Without thinking I dropped the few bandages I was holding and wrapped my arms around him tightly, my face burying against his chest as I heard a surprised gasp escape him. I clung to him as if he was about to be ripped away from me, which was how I felt at the moment. I pressed him close to me as I breathed in his scent, and I could feel his heart beating rapidly against my chest. Almost too rapidly.
"Kyra?" Zero asked in a voice that I had never heard come from him before. It was quiet, almost a tremble; it was frightened.
Stupid you're scaring him…I kicked myself as I relaxed my arms and looked into his anxious face with a small smile. "I love you Zero, so very much and I…I just want you to be safe," I said softly with sad eyes while tracing his fevered face, his eyes closing in comfort as my fingers brushed across his skin. Suddenly I remembered the soup on the stove, which was probably hot by now. "I have a surprise for you," I grinned as I carefully scooted back and stepped onto the floor, Zero staring at me surprised. I shuffled as quickly as my body would allow back into the kitchen to find the coffee and soup hot and ready. I shut off the stove and filled a bowl with the warm soup, although it didn't smell nearly as good as Zero's. Setting the bowl on the counter, I grabbed a blue coffee mug and poured the rich smelling black liquid into it, the steam rising up and caressing my face as I grabbed it and the bowl of soup and shuffled my way back to Zero. "I didn't know which one you wanted, so I tried to make both," I said with a grin as I set the steaming bowl and mug on the table beside the bed. Zero's face seemed to flush a bit as he looked away nervously.
"You didn't have to do that, you're hurt too you know," he said a bit embarrassed.
"Well I wanted too, so make up your mind what you want first so you can take this medicine," I said in mock irritation as I tapped my finger on top of two pill bottles. Zero rolled his eyes at me as he reached out and took the mug of steaming coffee. "It's black…just how you like it," I said softly, my cheeks flushing dumbly as I watched him inhale the rich steam.
"Well, it smells decent enough," he said with a smirk as he took a sip. I shot him a look as I climbed onto the bed with him, sidling up beside him and drawing my knees up to my chin as Zero drank the soothing liquid.
"So?" I asked as I gently nudged his arm
"Well, it's a bit better than gas station coffee I guess," he sighed as he shrugged his shoulders. I playfully punched him in the arm with a scowl on my face. I could have swore I heard the faintest laugh escape from him as he looped an arm around me, pulling me close. "It's great Kyra, thank you for making me feel better," he said softly as he kissed the top of my head, my cheeks blushing yet again as I leaned into him, but I knew that the sooner I told him about the news, the better it would be, no matter how hard it was. My heart began to ache again as I pulled away and began to shuffle off of the bed once again. Zero looked at me curiously, so I said, "There's something I need to speak with you, Chairman, and Yagari about." Zero gripped the mug a bit tighter as he waited for me to explain even more, but I just couldn't bring myself to tell him just yet. "You take one of the antibiotics and one of the fever reducers and eat some of that soup ok," I said as I leaned over and ran my fingers through his silver hair.
"Kyra, what are you…" he began to ask me, but I cut him off with a kiss on the forehead, and before he could say anything else I was out the door again with a heavy heart looking for Chairman and Yagari. It didn't take me long to find them in one of Chairman's study rooms, both talking intently over a piece of paper, not even noticing me. I softly cleared my throat to get their attention, and both men snapped their eyes over to me as I hung in the doorway. The looks both of them gave me made my chest ache.
"Kyra, what is it dear?" Chairman said tiredly with a hint of sadness as he pushed his glasses back up on his face.
"I um…I need to speak with you two in the living room…please," my voice heavily said, my eyes shifting to the floor. "It's about Zero," I breathed as my fingers dug into the paint on the doorframe. Both men didn't waste any time getting up from their chairs, the leather squeaking loudly as I turned and led them back into the massive living room. As we entered, we found Zero standing in the middle of the room, a confused expression on his face. Chairman saw a slight shiver run down his back, so he went and stoked the now quiet fire in the elegant fireplace until it was once again ablaze. I grabbed a blanket from on top of the sofa and threw it around his shoulders, taking his hand and leading him to a comfy chair, where he sat down with anxious eyes on me. Chairman and Yagari did the same and both had worried eyes pasted on me as I gently kissed the top of Zero's head and stood in the middle of the three. My heart was pounding in my chest as my eyes shifted from each one, although no comfort came to me. there wasn't any comfort when it came to delivering this kind of news, especially when it concerned the one you loved.
"I…I've found out what's causing Zero to be so sick," I began somberly, my eyes focusing on a painting on the wall so I wouldn't have to see the suffering in the eyes watching me. I could feel the tension in the air thicken, so much so that I thought it would crush me. "As you know, we are all of hunter origin and because of that we have a special type of cell that is important to our bodies that ordinary humans do not have," I began, my mind trying desperately to focus. "These cells give hunters their special abilities. Vampires also possess a certain type of cell that makes them what they are. These cells are what causes vampirism. The problem is that these two types of cells are…designed to kill each other," I said as my voice struggled to stay calm. I began to wring my hands together as the reality began to set in once again. "Zero's body now has both types of these cells, and for a long time he has had enough hunter cells to fight the vampire cells off fairly well, but…but now the numbers of vampire cells are multiplying rapidly," I somberly said as I heard anxious shifting in the chairs, my eyes still not daring to look. Ïn response to this the hunter cells also multiply and the two try to destroy each other, but it is reaching a point now where…where they are destroying everything else in the process," I said in a shaky voice as I felt tears burn in my eyes yet again. I had to breathe deeply a few times to keep from falling apart my eyes finally tearing away and looking into Zero's shocked and frightened eyes. "Your body is killing itself Zero," I choked out as I walked over to him. Zero, the most precious person in my life, looked at me with his beautiful violet eyes, now held in pain. I felt a tear escape and run down my face as I knelt down and pulled him into my arms, my hand cradling his head against my shoulder as I felt his arms wrap around me desperately.
"So…he's…he's dying," I heard Yagari whisper in shock to himself as Chairman got up from his chair and fall to his knees in front of Zero. I pulled away from Zero as Chairman pulled his precious adoptive son into his arms, Zero for the first time wrapping his arms around him and allowing him to hold him close.
"My son," I heard Chairman whisper through tears as he buried his face against Zero's shoulder as he cradled his son's head. I looked up through red eyes and saw Yagari staring off, still in shock. My heart was ripping into a thousand pieces as Chairman Cross pulled away from Zero, tears staining his face. Zero's expression was mixture of a thousand emotions.
"But Zero," I began to say resolutely through the flow of tears that slid down my face as I cupped his face and looked deeply into his eyes. "I made you a promise," I said as his eyes widened. "I promise to save you Zero," I said determinedly as I took his hand and placed it against my chest as I took my other hand and placed it against his, his heart fluttering against my palm. "I promise to keep your heart beating so that we can listen to sound of each other's for years to come," I said as he looked at me with wide eyes. "I promise you Zero," I said as I cupped his face with my hands and kissed him passionately, one of my tears mixing with the single one of his that escaped from those violet eyes that I never cease to get lost in.
I heard the muffled voices of Chairman and Yagari from the living room as I sat quietly stroking Zero's warm back as he lay silently in bed next to me. It had been a little while since the emotional unveiling of Zero's illness. Zero had said that he felt tired and went back to lie down, but I could tell there were so many things weighing on his mind as he walked back to the bedroom. I had sat and talked with Chairman and Yagari for a little while before going to check on Zero, who I found stretched out on top of the covers staring out of the window blankly, his fingers toying with the tassel on one of the pillows. I had walked over and sat next to him silently, my hand slowly slipping under his dark blue shirt, my fingers gently running up and down his warm skin in an attempt to offer him some comfort. We had been like this for a while now, since there were not any more words that could be said at time like this. I looked out the window at the now setting sun, wanting more than anything to take Zero's pain away. "Lacrimosa dies illa, qua resurgent ex favilla…" I began to softly and quietly sing as I continued to run my fingers across his shoulders. The sorrowful song was the same one that I sang to Millie on nights that she couldn't go to sleep. Maybe I always sang the song because I was begging for mercy. "Huic ergo parce Deus, pie Jesu Domine," I finished, the words begging God for mercy. That's what we needed more than anything right now; mercy. When I had fell silent again, Zero rolled over and looked at me with tired and painful eyes.
"That was beautiful," he whispered quietly as I felt my cheeks lightly flush. I smiled softly at him, my hand brushing his silver locks from his eyes.
"You're fevers gone down," I said, noticing his face wasn't quite as hot to the touch. Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I thought I saw something out of the window. I squinted my eyes as I got up suddenly, Zero sitting up and watching me as I came to stand in front of the chilly window. "It's snowing," I breathed as I watched the white specks falling from the darkening sky. "It's snowing Zero," I said with a childish smile as I glanced over to him and then back out of the window. My eyes were amazed at the millions of little white crystals that were swirling around in the air. I was so absorbed by them that I didn't even notice Zero padding up behind me. I only realized he was there when I felt his arms wrap around me from behind, his strong arms linking around my waist as he nestled his head on my shoulder, his soft lips kissing my collarbone and neck tenderly. I felt a shiver run down my spine, but it wasn't from cold or fear. I sighed softly as I leaned my head against his, my arms encircling his own. I turned around slowly in his arms, coming to rest my body against his as he gently pulled me closer. His arm pressed me into his body as he cupped my face and lowered his face to mine, his sweet minty breath tickling my face as I slid my hands up his shirt, my fingers tracing his athletic muscles. Our lips were just about to meet as I felt my heart racing…
"Kyra! Zero!" we heard Chairman's voice call urgently, causing us to pull away and rush out the door at the sound of Chairman's desperate voice. As we entered the living room, we saw Chairman standing next to Yagari, who was looking away, with a letter in his hand. A letter with the seal of the Association.
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