A Piece of your Heart
Chapter 6: Painful Memories
AN: Please don't hesitate to review! Sorry again that it took so long!
Not a second had gone by that Lydia hadn't thought about her "moment" with Duo. It had felt so good to have him on top of her like that, so natural. But he had almost bitten her, and after that incident, old memories were awakened. But she didn't want to tell Duo. It would only worry him.
She remembered everything about when she was first bitten. Everything.
She remembered she had been playing outside with her father, and she was about 8 years old. Suddenly, her father went inside to make dinner and left her in the backyard alone.
She remembered when the dying vampire had crawled into the yard, whimpering that he was hungry.
She remembered when she had asked him what he wanted. She also remembered him grabbing her and biting her. He had said that she would be great someday as a vampire. She had screamed through the whole incident.
Her thoughts were directed back to Duo. Vampires couldn't feel immense passion or pleasure or they would get hungry and wouldn't be able to stop themselves. It was the worst downside of being what she was. She could never experience true love or her partner, whomever it may be, would die.
Duo's words woke her up from her daydream.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked casually. They had left the hotel and were continuing on their long journey.
"Nothing special."
"Have you remembered anything about being bitten?" Duo asked. "As a child, I mean," he added, remembering the previous events. Lydia turned a bright shade of pink, but lied and shook her head.
"Were you born what you are now, Duo?" He smiled at her.
"Vampire isn't a dirty word, Lydia. I'm proud of what I am."
"Sorry. So, were you?" Duo nodded.
"Yeah, I was. It was like hell for me though. I had no idea what was happening to me until my father told me that he was a vampire. I was always trying to bite people, even my closest friends. I was so afraid, and to think, if my mother only fed me any animal's blood, instead of human blood, I wouldn't have had to be so weird."
Duo's story was keeping Lydia occupied, and she was glad. She was trying to ignore her growing hunger.
Duo had stopped talking, and was writing something.
"What's that?" Lydia asked curiously.
"Nothing important," Duo said, putting the paper in his pocket. He was hiding something, but Lydia didn't want to pry into it.
They walked along in silence for a while. Suddenly, Duo stopped.
"What?" Lydia asked.
"How strong are you?" he asked. She stared at him.
"What?"
"I want you to punch me, Lydia," Duo said simply.
"No way!"
"Listen, you can't be that strong. And I need to know how strong you are in case something happens. So hit me."
Lydia looked at him as if he were insane.
"Okay," she said reluctantly. She balled up her fist.
"Don't hold back," Duo added quickly. Lydia hit him.
"I said don't hold back," he said, a frown crossing his face.
"Okay, fine." Lydia balled up her fist again and pounded Duo in the face as hard as she could. The force from her punch made his head whip to the side, and his nose was covered in blood.
"Duo! Are you alright? I'm so sorry!" she cried. Duo "smiled off" the pain.
"I'm fine. Could you go into that store," he pointed, "and get me a tissue or a napkin?" Lydia nodded, a worried look still on her face, and went inside.
Duo waited until he couldn't see her anymore and then coughed a few times. He didn't realize until he looked at the ground that he was coughing up blood.
"Damn, she's strong," he said to himself aloud. "She only hit me hard once." When Lydia still hadn't come out of the store, Duo decided to go in to make sure she was alright.
The store was completely empty. Duo ran in and hopped over the counter and went into the back kitchen or the restaurant.
"Lydia?" he called, waiting for a response. Before he could hear anything else, a teenage vampire pounced on him.
Duo fell to the ground and tried his best to knock the vampire off of him.
"Duo? It's a trap!" Lydia's voice was heard, but Duo couldn't see her.
"No, you think?" he said sarcastically. He smiled but still tried to kill the vampire. Duo kicked him into the air and stabbed him in the heart with a stake that he had torn off a desk in the room. The vampire turned to dust.
"Where are you Lydia?" He coughed again, and this time he tasted a mouthful of his own blood. He spit it onto the floor.
"In the freezer. It's cold," she said quietly. When Duo finally got the door open, Lydia was shivering and starting to turn blue.
"Are you alright?" Duo asked sincerely. She nodded. Duo wrapped his arms around her to warm her body. Then he handed her an envelope.
"What's this?"
"Don't read it unless you think you're going to die or you get in trouble," was all he said. Lydia nodded and shoved it in her pocket.
"What about that guy?" she asked.
"He was just bitten. His wound is fresh, and I was stronger than him. Vampire-born's are stronger than people that were bitten." Duo frowned.
"How come my punch hurt you then?" Lydia asked. Duo didn't answer. His bangs seemed to conceal his eyes from her. She couldn't see his expression.
"If you get into trouble, my cell phone number is 425-6592," Duo said. He turned back to the pile of dust on the floor that had once been the vampire boy.
"Someone else is here. He didn't bite himself," Duo explained. His eyes darted back and forth until he spotted a vampire hanging on a pipe in the ceiling. When it realized that Duo had seen him, it jumped on Duo, completely ignoring Lydia.
The vampire's teeth brushed against Duo's neck a few times. This one must have been born a vampire, because Duo couldn't push it off.
Duo coughed up blood again and spit it in the demon's face. The vampire didn't back off though. It still punched Duo.
Lydia wanted to help him so much, but she was afraid.
"Run Lydia! I'm fine, just run!" he yelled at her.
"I'm not leaving you!" She felt the tears in her eyes fall down her cheeks.
"Run! I'll find you, I promise! Just be careful!" Duo cried before he coughed up another mouthful of blood. His clothes were permanently stained with blood from his internal bleeding, and Lydia was afraid he might die soon. Had she really hit him that hard?
She didn't ponder this anymore. She hopped over the counter and ran out of the store.
She shut her eyes in fear that she might turn back to get Duo if she opened them. She finally let herself go and ran as fast as she could.
Suddenly, she felt something hit her head on. It was extremely hard. She was unconscious before she hit the ground.
AN: A cliffhanger! Aren't I evil? LOL! The next chapter will be out soon! I promise!
Chapter 6: Painful Memories
AN: Please don't hesitate to review! Sorry again that it took so long!
Not a second had gone by that Lydia hadn't thought about her "moment" with Duo. It had felt so good to have him on top of her like that, so natural. But he had almost bitten her, and after that incident, old memories were awakened. But she didn't want to tell Duo. It would only worry him.
She remembered everything about when she was first bitten. Everything.
She remembered she had been playing outside with her father, and she was about 8 years old. Suddenly, her father went inside to make dinner and left her in the backyard alone.
She remembered when the dying vampire had crawled into the yard, whimpering that he was hungry.
She remembered when she had asked him what he wanted. She also remembered him grabbing her and biting her. He had said that she would be great someday as a vampire. She had screamed through the whole incident.
Her thoughts were directed back to Duo. Vampires couldn't feel immense passion or pleasure or they would get hungry and wouldn't be able to stop themselves. It was the worst downside of being what she was. She could never experience true love or her partner, whomever it may be, would die.
Duo's words woke her up from her daydream.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked casually. They had left the hotel and were continuing on their long journey.
"Nothing special."
"Have you remembered anything about being bitten?" Duo asked. "As a child, I mean," he added, remembering the previous events. Lydia turned a bright shade of pink, but lied and shook her head.
"Were you born what you are now, Duo?" He smiled at her.
"Vampire isn't a dirty word, Lydia. I'm proud of what I am."
"Sorry. So, were you?" Duo nodded.
"Yeah, I was. It was like hell for me though. I had no idea what was happening to me until my father told me that he was a vampire. I was always trying to bite people, even my closest friends. I was so afraid, and to think, if my mother only fed me any animal's blood, instead of human blood, I wouldn't have had to be so weird."
Duo's story was keeping Lydia occupied, and she was glad. She was trying to ignore her growing hunger.
Duo had stopped talking, and was writing something.
"What's that?" Lydia asked curiously.
"Nothing important," Duo said, putting the paper in his pocket. He was hiding something, but Lydia didn't want to pry into it.
They walked along in silence for a while. Suddenly, Duo stopped.
"What?" Lydia asked.
"How strong are you?" he asked. She stared at him.
"What?"
"I want you to punch me, Lydia," Duo said simply.
"No way!"
"Listen, you can't be that strong. And I need to know how strong you are in case something happens. So hit me."
Lydia looked at him as if he were insane.
"Okay," she said reluctantly. She balled up her fist.
"Don't hold back," Duo added quickly. Lydia hit him.
"I said don't hold back," he said, a frown crossing his face.
"Okay, fine." Lydia balled up her fist again and pounded Duo in the face as hard as she could. The force from her punch made his head whip to the side, and his nose was covered in blood.
"Duo! Are you alright? I'm so sorry!" she cried. Duo "smiled off" the pain.
"I'm fine. Could you go into that store," he pointed, "and get me a tissue or a napkin?" Lydia nodded, a worried look still on her face, and went inside.
Duo waited until he couldn't see her anymore and then coughed a few times. He didn't realize until he looked at the ground that he was coughing up blood.
"Damn, she's strong," he said to himself aloud. "She only hit me hard once." When Lydia still hadn't come out of the store, Duo decided to go in to make sure she was alright.
The store was completely empty. Duo ran in and hopped over the counter and went into the back kitchen or the restaurant.
"Lydia?" he called, waiting for a response. Before he could hear anything else, a teenage vampire pounced on him.
Duo fell to the ground and tried his best to knock the vampire off of him.
"Duo? It's a trap!" Lydia's voice was heard, but Duo couldn't see her.
"No, you think?" he said sarcastically. He smiled but still tried to kill the vampire. Duo kicked him into the air and stabbed him in the heart with a stake that he had torn off a desk in the room. The vampire turned to dust.
"Where are you Lydia?" He coughed again, and this time he tasted a mouthful of his own blood. He spit it onto the floor.
"In the freezer. It's cold," she said quietly. When Duo finally got the door open, Lydia was shivering and starting to turn blue.
"Are you alright?" Duo asked sincerely. She nodded. Duo wrapped his arms around her to warm her body. Then he handed her an envelope.
"What's this?"
"Don't read it unless you think you're going to die or you get in trouble," was all he said. Lydia nodded and shoved it in her pocket.
"What about that guy?" she asked.
"He was just bitten. His wound is fresh, and I was stronger than him. Vampire-born's are stronger than people that were bitten." Duo frowned.
"How come my punch hurt you then?" Lydia asked. Duo didn't answer. His bangs seemed to conceal his eyes from her. She couldn't see his expression.
"If you get into trouble, my cell phone number is 425-6592," Duo said. He turned back to the pile of dust on the floor that had once been the vampire boy.
"Someone else is here. He didn't bite himself," Duo explained. His eyes darted back and forth until he spotted a vampire hanging on a pipe in the ceiling. When it realized that Duo had seen him, it jumped on Duo, completely ignoring Lydia.
The vampire's teeth brushed against Duo's neck a few times. This one must have been born a vampire, because Duo couldn't push it off.
Duo coughed up blood again and spit it in the demon's face. The vampire didn't back off though. It still punched Duo.
Lydia wanted to help him so much, but she was afraid.
"Run Lydia! I'm fine, just run!" he yelled at her.
"I'm not leaving you!" She felt the tears in her eyes fall down her cheeks.
"Run! I'll find you, I promise! Just be careful!" Duo cried before he coughed up another mouthful of blood. His clothes were permanently stained with blood from his internal bleeding, and Lydia was afraid he might die soon. Had she really hit him that hard?
She didn't ponder this anymore. She hopped over the counter and ran out of the store.
She shut her eyes in fear that she might turn back to get Duo if she opened them. She finally let herself go and ran as fast as she could.
Suddenly, she felt something hit her head on. It was extremely hard. She was unconscious before she hit the ground.
AN: A cliffhanger! Aren't I evil? LOL! The next chapter will be out soon! I promise!