AN- baaaaaadum! Here we go! Chapter 14! AT LONG LAST! Only took 13 chapter to get to this point...who'd have thunk it? XD

IAmLove, SSSHHHHHH! I didn't say that! X(

Well, I am SOOO SOOO SOOO happy...well, not soo soo soo happy. I'm content with his chapter...could be better...ehh...

~UxieSweetie

Chapter 14

Johnny peered over his shoulder, his hands still on the wall. Raven stood there and gawked at him. She took cautious steps closer to him until they were standing shoulder to shoulder, well, not quite. She slowly raised her hand and touched the wall with her fingertips. She looked at her fingertips, which began burning from the suffocating skin underneath the blood. Johnny's gaze never left her hand. She turned to him. "Nny, I just wanted to say I'm sorry about what happened yesterday…" She whimpered. "That was really, really wrong of me." She looked down. "But the truth is…I really…really…l-love you." Johnny let his arms fall limply to his sides and he stared ahead blankly at nothing. Raven scratched her nose and looked up at him to see his reaction. He had…sad eyes. "Nny?" He took a full step closer to her and let just his fingertips gently grip her wrists. He leaned in and, like the first time, let his lips barely even brush against hers.

"Haphephobia." He whispered.

"What?" Johnny backed away and released her wrists.

"I can't do this. I'm sorry." Raven nodded. Johnny went around her and reached in the bucket for more blood, and then he speared it over another section of the wall. Raven watched as he did this several times, then she removed her jacket and rolled her sleeves up as well and dipped her hands in the bucket. Johnny noticed her expression when she did so. "You don't have to do that."

"I know. I want to." She smiled as she rubbed the blood on the wall. Johnny smiled slightly as well. The blood dribbled down her arms as it did Johnny and soaked into the black sleeves of her sweater. "Why are you afraid to touch people?" Johnny looked away, half ashamed.

"Because…every time I let someone touch me, even in the slightest, I always get hurt. I always get fucked in the ass, and I was just one day done with it." Raven sighed and continued her work. Johnny forced back a genuine smile, keeping his usual bleak demeanor. "Red looks good on you." Raven, though the red that was on her now was absolutely disgusting, blushed.

"You too."

"So…you…love me?" Raven nodded, blushing more. "I wish I could say the same for you. I locked that emotion away so long ago, I don't think I can access it anymore."

"What about…I don't know…lust?"

"No!" He said, slightly harsher than necessary. "I will not succumb to physical longing."

"Does that mean you do want me?"

"We're not talking about this anymore." He said, scooping yet another handful of blood. Raven tilted her head.

"You don't even want to try?"

Johnny held out his scabbed wrists. "If I did, do you think I'd have these?" Raven lowered her head. "Back up." He said as he gripped the sides of the bucket and threw the remaining blood on the wall. "Um, since you're all bloody…you can use my shower." He mumbled and leaned against a different wall.

Raven nodded. "Thank you…Nny?" She gazed upon the odd sight. Johnny leaned against the wall with closed eyelids. He managed to stay upright. His breathing was soft and gentile and Raven thought he was so cute, so…vulnerable. Blood still coated his arms, but nothing more. He needed this much deserved sleep, though he didn't want it in the least bit. She stepped up to him and brushed a single hair from his face. It seemed that that one hair was the only thing that kept his balance, because then he slumped over straight into Raven. She caught him and was surprised to see him still sleeping. He opened his eyes just slightly, and so she led him upstairs, her bloody hand in his bloody hand. He was an amazing sleepwalker. He was better walking while asleep than Raven was awake. She led him to his couch, where she lay him down so he could continue the rest. While he slept, she jumped in the shower to wash the blood from her skin.

Johnny jolted awake and fell on the floor. "Ow." He looked around and saw the Doughboys and Nail Bunny staring at him. "What happened?" He looked down at his hands, still covered in blood. "SHIT! Did I kill her?"

Unfortunately…no, you didn't. You fell asleep.

"What? Where is she then?" He heard the water to the shower shut off and let out a sigh of relief. "Thank God…" He smiled.

What are you smiling for?

"Is it not an obvious reason? I didn't kill her!"

That's no reason to be cheery.

Leave him alone, D-Boy. Let him be happy just this once.

I never thought I'd agree with that rodent, but I concur.

Shut up…

The door to the bathroom opened and Raven walked out. She wore one of Nny's shirts since hers got bloody. "I…I hope this is ok." She said shyly, pointing to the "Smile, you fucker!" shirt. He nodded.

"Um…Raven?" He whispered. "When I was sleeping…I had this dream. You were in it. And we were…I dunno…kissing?" Raven tilted her head to the side. "And I was thinking, maybe, if you wanted, we could try? If you…want." She nodded and smiled and sat leg-crossed on the floor next to him. "But! If I say stop, you have to stop!" She nodded again and they leaned into each other, locking their lips, officially, for the first time. Nny's breath caught in his throat, but he didn't pull back. He actually smiled a bit. Raven hummed, "I love you, Nny."

"I…I…" He stumbled on the words he hadn't used in over sixteen years. "I…"

Screaming.

Raven and Johnny both jumped at the sudden shrill sound that erupted from Johnny's basement. Raven looked worriedly over at Johnny, who shook his head. "Please don't go." She disobeyed and ran downstairs, Johnny following close behind. She heard the screams again coming from the door; that one single vile door that Johnny didn't want her to go through. She did anyways, and she stopped abruptly at the entrance. She gazed upon her findings in shock, Johnny walking up slowly behind her. In front of the two, strapped in a strange machine, was the red-head; Kathy.

AN DUDUN DUN DUUUUNNNNN! THE DRAMA! NOT DRAMA! HEAVEN FORBID THERE BE ANY DRAMA! Ugh...so bored...and cold...hmm, maybe I'll make me some Hot Cocoa! Yum! ^_^

What didja think? Cheezy? Well...I dont know. This story won't last much more...a few chapters, 6,7...8 maybe left...well, there is according to my plans... I DON'T KNOW! We'll see.

~UxieS.