He is Real

Chapter 28

Warnings: Lemon, gore, language

*Author's Note: Okay, two more, as promised earlier today. So I'll give you this one, and twenty-nine, 'cause I gave you twenty-seven in the morning. Yeah, the usual disclaimers, and so on and so on. I'm really glad so many people like this! It was pretty popular on quizilla, too. But hey, I'll tell DestinedShadow how much you all like her story! (And I'll see if I can get her to let me put her Devil May Cry story up.... No promises though ^^')

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You collapsed on your side, still holding your neck. You gritted your teeth together. Leon got up; ignoring all the pain he had in his body. He crawled his way towards you, bringing his hand to your cheek, turning your head to face him. You opened your eyes, starring at him.

"Any longer, and she would of crushed my neck," you whispered but it sounded more like a croak. His frown never left his face while his expression slowly softened.

"You almost got yourself killed," he said softly, "You should have listened to me and ra-"

You cut him off, "I didn't want to leave you, I didn't want to leave everyone behind." His frown formed into a weak smile.

Jessica once again attempted to get up and finally succeeded. She held onto her stomach, tightly shutting her eyes.
"Oh, God," she gasped as she ground her teeth together. With her other arm she resumed getting up. With a little difficulty she triumphed and limped her way towards Luis' unconscious body. She kneeled down beside him.

"Luis, hey, wake up," she said and began shaking him with no avail. She sighed and lightly tapped his cheek a few times.

"Luis..." finally he slowly opened his eyes, softly smiling at Jessica.

"Such a beautiful awakening," he said. Jessica gave a weak smile and lent a hand. He took it and she helped him up.

"Let me take a look at your neck," Leon insisted.

"It's fine," you lied. Although the truth was it wasn't fine. Your neck was in so much pain, it was like getting whiplash over and over and over again. The skin on your neck felt tender. You could even feel the bruises so you kept your hands on your neck, you didn't want Leon to worry. Being as stubborn as he is though he gently pulled your hands out of its grip.

He furrowed his brow as he looked over the bruised puncture marks. He slowly traced it with his fingertips.

"It's nothing, honestly," you told him. He slid his hand to your cheek, brushing it with his thumb.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't protect you," he whispered and pressed his lips on your forehead. You looked into his eyes and smiled at him. You placed your hand behind his neck and pulled him towards you. You brought his lips to yours into a deep passionate kiss. You pulled back with a smirk.

"At least you tried," you replied, "Besides, I don't always need protection." He grinned back and leaned down, pressing his lips hard on yours. Leon slid his hand from your cheek down to your neck, to your shoulder and continued on going until it finally rested on your hip. You slid your other hand over his collar bone and around his neck. You could feel his tongue suddenly graze your lower lip, begging for entrance.

You were just about to, then, "Hey amigos, why don't you have your fun later? We have to set up camp for the night," Luis yelled. Leon and you broke apart. You flushed with embarrassment.

"We'll finish this another time," Leon informed with a smirk as he stood up and lent out a hand for you.

'Looking forward to it,' you couldn't help but think. You took his hand and he hoisted you up. You brushed yourself off and rubbed your neck from the pain of turning it.

"Wow she really did a number on you," Jessica stated, pointing towards your punctured bruises. "Look what she did to me," Jessica then lifted her shirt revealing a purple and blue bruise on her stomach.

"Shit, that's gotta hurt," you winced to yourself. Jessica lightly laughed.

"Yeah..." she whispered, "It did, and it still does...that God damn bitch."

"Let's be glad that she's gone, for now," Luis stated as he took Jessica's hand, "Let's go find a good place to sleep for the night."

You nodded in agreement and began following after. Leon came to you side, acting as if something was on his mind.

"___________, that day I was teaching you how to aim, you were going to kiss me, weren't you?" he suddenly asked, you tensed up, you had completely forgot about it.

"Well, I, um..." you bit your bottom lip, feeling your face burn up and redden. You nervously laughed and scratched the back of your head. Leon grinned.

"You never finished what you started," he remarked.

"Actually, I kinda I did, a few seconds ago," you replied. Leon smiled and placed his arm around your shoulder. You caught sight of his bite mark which was still wrapped and bandaged. His blood had soaked it. You frowned.

"We have to re-bandage your injury," you stated. He looked down to his wound but didn't say anything. "Do you have extra bandage or am I going to have to use my shirt again?" you asked.

"I got some," he answered. You nodded. You looked forward again. Jessica and Luis had stopped in a circle of trees.

A moment later you few had begun to settle in. Luis was creating the fire and Jessica was helping out, although they often played around, then created your source of heat and light. You, though, were kneeled down beside Leon, untying the old bandage while he watched. You slipped it off and examined the wound.

"We should clean the bite mark in the river," you informed. Leon nodded in agreement. You stood up and lent a hand for him, he took it and you hoisted him up. You two walked back towards the edge of the river, you kneeled down and pulled Leon with you. You dipped the piece of your shirt you used to bandage his injury in the river to clean off the blood.

"Take off your shirt," you simply said. Leon obeyed and lifted his blue muscle shirt over his torso and his head. You cleaned off all the blood you could from the black piece of fabric. You turned towards Leon but only to be caught off guard and stare at his chiseled six pack of abs.

"Having fun starring?" Leon asked slyly after a moment. You shook your head, breaking away from your trance as you blushed. He grinned and jerked his arm towards you. You smiled nervously and began dabbing the fabric onto the injury.

Leon lightly winced a bit, but you could hardly see. You began cleaning off the dried blood and some access blood that was beginning to trickle down from the gash. You cleaned off the edges of the gash.

"Have you done this before?" Leon asked.

"I studied a bit of Medicine in university," you replied.

"Then why didn't you-"

"Help out earlier?" you cut him off. You sighed, "I'm sorry, it's just the shock of all of this happening I couldn't think straight, and I was afraid I might not be able to help properly and I..."

"Shh," Leon shushed you as he placed his finger on your lips, silencing your babbling. "It's all right, I understand, no need to explain yourself," he told you. You nodded and cleaned up the last of his injury.

"Bandage?" you asked. He reached for a roll in one of his pockets of his belt, he handed it to you. "Thanks," you grabbed it and began wrapping it around his bicep. You stopped when knowing it was wrapped with enough bandage, you looked around for something to cut off the access bandage that was not needed.

"Leon, can you give me your knife?" you asked. He unsheathed it and handed it to you.

"Careful it's-"

"Ow!"

"Sharp..." Leon finished his sentence. You held onto your bleeding finger, pouting at your stupidity. "Let me see," Leon insisted as he took your bleeding finger into his hands.

"Shit, that hurt," you winced. Leon looked down at the long cut at the top of your index finger, blood beginning to trickle down from it. He brought your finger to his lips, and kissed it, all the while starring into your eyes. You laughed and smiled nervously. He grinned and pulled you closer to him.

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*Author's Note: Oooh, so close to finishing that kiss with Leon! But Jessi and Luis had to stop you, didn't they? Then again, I believe you've stopped them once or twice, huh? Ah well, you'll get your chance, I think. Just wait ^_^