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Chapter 24: Paperclip - When the White Rose is coloured Blood Red

For some reason, Alice Gehner was confused where she just woke up as the ceiling she just bestowed first sight from her sleep was unfamiliar like the smaller bed she was laying during her rest.

She blinked, her light blue eyes scanning the little room, eyeing briefly the lackful of bookcases.

Drowsiness still maintained quite an hold over her sore body and it took her quite the effort to get up from the bed and notice something that her first look of her situation didn't get.

Her tattered nightgown had been folded by the feet of the bed's cover... and a fresh, new set of clothes had been placed on the chair by the bedside.

Cheeks flushing at the various theories regarding her lack of clothes within her sparked no little amount of interesting thoughts.

She picked the new long, simple dress and put it on, appreciating that whoever prepared this for her had the thoughtfulness to get something mainly azure with white as a secondary colour.

Swishing her clothes around, her eyes mirthfully locked onto the full mirror that was in the room and her smile widened as she felt more and more like a little girl having received her first toy.

Her giggles ceased as someone knocked by the entrance door and Alice squeaked in surprise and embarassment, jumping back in the bed and tuckering herself in the covers, like a naughty child ready to receive their stern parents' lecture.

The door opened and she was greeted by the same man that-

She blinked and felt her Roteskind aching to jump in action, recognising the threat that had taken her away from home, frome her papa- Kill that Ghoul!

Any initiative fell and she felt shaking as the memories of the previous night took away her capacity to understand what to do of the situation.

"You are awake and- is something wrong?"

Alice blinked once more, seeing the man now closer to the bed a genuine worried look in his face, yet her voice failed her. Her mind too, unable to think how to react to all of this.

Should she just tell him to go away? Perceive him as the criminal that had kidnapped her or-

His hand was warm and she didn't shy away from the kind touch that petted her head, closing her eyes.

-or the man that actually saved me?

"I don't think you have a fever.. do you feel fine, princess."

She felt her heart quiver at the nickname, her eyes shooting open in surprise at the nice tone in his voice.

"I-I am fine. W-Who are you?"

He seemed conflicted, his eyes moving away from hers and actually disappointing her.

"M-My name is Kenshin."

Ken-shi-n!

She blinked at the exotic name, remembering having studied in one of the many books of her room that such names were given to those living in Asia and, now that she looked at him with proper lighting, the Ghoul could see the facial traits that many asians shared.

"Why did you help him, Herr Kenshin?"

This time it was the man to blink, then he smiled. "Because in that moment I saw someone quite lonely. Someone that felt sad."

She was sad and lonely, she just had not expected this predicament to bring her out of those issues.

"Also your father.." She flinched, the terrible words her parent had said without much hesitation still stung her very core. "Hey now.. You know, I too had a crappy father when I was a little kid."

"Really?" He nodded at her quiet question and he sat on the bed, avoiding to crush her soft feet.

"Yes." He started, seeming quite pensive about it. "My father was.. an abusive thug. He would take it out on my Mama and me. Then.. I was saved."

She nodded, gesturing him to continue. "The man that found me was very kind and powerful. Stern but not too much demanding and I was happy to be adopted by him."

His mood soured, remembering the aftermath of that particular period of his life.

"Then things crashed upon us and... I am here." She frowned at the sad note by the end of the short tale, before smiling and slowly pulling the unaware human in an embrace.

"My mama once told me that when someone is sad they should be hugged, because they need to be reminded that they are actually important."

He froze for few instant in that unexpected approach, yet her words melted him in her arms, letting his head softly lower unto her shoulder.

Alice would have giggled at the action, quite similar to one a child would do when he was tired or thankful of the emotional support.

Yet something else pressed on her mind as his neck was exposed to her nose and she catched a little sniff at the area, eyes widening at the results in her brain.

She endured few minutes of silence, trying to not make Kenshin notice her curious hunger but her stomach had other plans as it rumbled loudly, catching the human's attention.

He blinked... before exposing his neck fully by moving the cloth around it away.

"I will pull you out if it hurt too much.."

She was flattered at the shocking proposal and she would have wanted to protest as to not hurt him, yet...

Her teeth sank on his skin and she felt the bliss of the life substance bathing her mouth, relieving her thirst and hunger altogether.

She might have moaned at the sensation, much more different from her weekly delivered food that tasted stale.

Soon the moment vanished as he slowly pulled her away from him, drawing some of his blood out of the two small holes in his skin.

She blinked and blushed as she unconsciously licked the leftover blood before finally removing herself from him.

"T-Thank you." Her apology was both for her hurting him in the process and her enjoying the delightful experience.

Unknown to Kenshin who had planned to get the girl to trust him by taking her around Munich to show her how terrible the situation was with the GFG, Alice had already decided to bind herself to the Gamer, the young Gehner enamoured by his blunt but kind approaches and his sense of sacrifice when needed.

With a simple act the girl's mind envisioned it, the moment where she will paint all those pristine white walls back in her castle red with the blood of her treacherous father.

For the little girl lacked the mercy to be the little Alice in front of Wilhelm Gehner, more than happy to show her horrible parent how much she could act as the Queen of Hearts when sent by the King.

Off with his head, she will say with a most beautiful smile.

AN

Kenshin is dense like a rock, Alice... is Alice and man I feel super tired!

Tomorrow I will publish two chapters from CCG Repairman but I don't know what I will do in Saturday.

Maybe use it a rest day to finish the beta work and do other trivial things.

Tomorrow I will give some more definitive news regarding Saturday.