A Piece of Your Heart
Chapter 7: Falling for Someone New
AN: God, it's been FOREVER. I'm going to finish this fic in about 3 or 4 more chapters. I will finish though. I promise! Oh, and I don't think I addressed the fact that Lydia and Duo and everybody can walk in sunlight because the legends aren't all true. In fact, they're all lies except the steak in heart, cutting off the head, and fire rumors.
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Lydia opened her eyes to see that she was in an almost empty room. The only thing in it was a bed and a dresser. She sat up quickly, vaguely remembering what had just happened.
"Where the hell am I?" she asked herself, standing up and rubbing her head. "Duo?" She heard footsteps coming down the hallway outside the bedroom door. "DUO!?"
A man stepped in the room.
It wasn't Duo.
Lydia screamed "Duo!" a few more times before the guy grabbed her wrists to try and calm her down.
"Don't, hey- it's okay, girl! Stop moving! I'm trying to help you and I-" Lydia heard very little of what the guy had said, but she did hear the word "help" and stopped struggling.
She looked up at the guy and studied him. He had caring, icy-blue eyes and semi-long black hair that curled at the ends naturally near his ears. He was built nicely, and he was wearing a black T-shirt and baggy jeans. He was quite handsome.
"Who are you?" Lydia asked cautiously, backing away from the guy slowly.
"My name is Shane Akamatsu. You ran in to me a few hours ago. You hit me pretty hard. You okay?" Lydia stared in to his eyes. He seemed to be telling the truth.
"I'm fine."
"What's your name?"
"Lydia. Where are we?" she asked looking around.
"My apartment."
"I need to find my friend. Did you see a guy with a long brown braid about my height when I hit you?"
"I wasn't really paying attention, but I hope you're not talking about some guy named Duo Maxwell." Lydia gasped. How did he know Duo? She was sure he wasn't a vampire, so how could he possibly know?
"Apparently that is who you're talking about?" Shane questioned her upon seeing her expression.
"Um, yes. How do you know him?"
"I'm after him. You shouldn't be with him; he's a vampire. Did you know that?" Shane asked her, a genuine expression of worry on his face.
"Why are you after him?"
"I'm a vampire slayer," he smiled sheepishly, "that's kind of what my job is."
"You're a WHAT!?" Lydia almost ran from the room.
"What's wrong? As long as you're not a vampire you've got nothing to worry about!" Shane joked, putting one arm behind his back as though he were scratching it.
"But I, well, that is, what about Duo? He's not a bad guy!"
"That's what he wants you to think," Shane said, holding up one finger as though he wanted to say, "tut, tut, tut."
"No, really, he is! He's never hurt me!"
"That doesn't mean that he hasn't hurt anyone else before."
"But I know he-" Lydia cut herself off. "I can't stay here for very long. They'll come here. They'll come!" She pushed her way past Shane and headed for the door. Shane grabbed her hand before she could get out.
"You could still be hurt; you can't leave yet. Let me check you out and then you can tell me all about your friend and whoever's after you." Lydia fought to get away from him, but Shane's tight grasp on her wrist didn't permit her to do so.
"Damnit, you'll get yourself killed! They'll kill you and me both!" she screamed at him, but Shane screamed back.
"I can take care of myself, thank you very much!" Shane yelled, grabbing on to the doorframe to pull Lydia back inside the bedroom.
"Not against this many vampires!" Lydia cried, leaning back so far that if Shane had let go she would have hit the floor. Perhaps someone watching this scene would have found it to be comical, but that was not what Shane and Lydia had meant for it to seem.
"Well if I can't stop them, then we will both just have to die!" Shane yelled, letting go of Lydia's wrist.
She fell to the floor with a *thud* and only stared up at him. After a few minutes, she finally spoke.
"You're willing to throw your life away to protect some girl you just met?"
"Yes."
"Even though I could be the one who was in the wrong in the first place?"
"But you're not."
"How would you know?" Shane closed his eyes and sighed.
"Even if you had done something wrong, no one has the right to try to kill you for one mistake. So they're wrong, too, either way." He raised his eyebrows and crouched down beside where she was sitting. "But you haven't done anything wrong, have you?"
"Nothing except being bitten by a vampire." Shane's eye twitched and he hopped up from the floor. He was about to get his crossbow, but when he looked back at her, Lydia was just sitting there looking at the floor.
"I'm not going to hurt you, Shane. I'd never do that and neither would Duo. At least, not on purpose. If I was going to kill you, I'd have done it long ago." Shane stared at her for awhile before speaking.
"I'd like to see you try," he said and laughed. That was the last thing Lydia had expected him to say.
"You're weird," she commented and laughed along with him. She knew she was safe here with Shane, at least for the time being. He was so funny, and interesting, and handsome, and. . . There were a million great things that she could say about him already and she had just met him. She still had a bad feeling in the back of her mind though.
She wanted to find Duo.
She needed Duo.
But he could take care of himself better than she, herself, could.
Lydia silently decided to herself that she would get to be closer to Shane and eventually persuade him to help her find Duo.
And who knew? He could end up playing a larger part in her life than she had first imagined. . . .
AN: Well, that was a nice chapter. No Duo though! Well, I promise he'll be in the next one! Please review guys!
AN: God, it's been FOREVER. I'm going to finish this fic in about 3 or 4 more chapters. I will finish though. I promise! Oh, and I don't think I addressed the fact that Lydia and Duo and everybody can walk in sunlight because the legends aren't all true. In fact, they're all lies except the steak in heart, cutting off the head, and fire rumors.
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Lydia opened her eyes to see that she was in an almost empty room. The only thing in it was a bed and a dresser. She sat up quickly, vaguely remembering what had just happened.
"Where the hell am I?" she asked herself, standing up and rubbing her head. "Duo?" She heard footsteps coming down the hallway outside the bedroom door. "DUO!?"
A man stepped in the room.
It wasn't Duo.
Lydia screamed "Duo!" a few more times before the guy grabbed her wrists to try and calm her down.
"Don't, hey- it's okay, girl! Stop moving! I'm trying to help you and I-" Lydia heard very little of what the guy had said, but she did hear the word "help" and stopped struggling.
She looked up at the guy and studied him. He had caring, icy-blue eyes and semi-long black hair that curled at the ends naturally near his ears. He was built nicely, and he was wearing a black T-shirt and baggy jeans. He was quite handsome.
"Who are you?" Lydia asked cautiously, backing away from the guy slowly.
"My name is Shane Akamatsu. You ran in to me a few hours ago. You hit me pretty hard. You okay?" Lydia stared in to his eyes. He seemed to be telling the truth.
"I'm fine."
"What's your name?"
"Lydia. Where are we?" she asked looking around.
"My apartment."
"I need to find my friend. Did you see a guy with a long brown braid about my height when I hit you?"
"I wasn't really paying attention, but I hope you're not talking about some guy named Duo Maxwell." Lydia gasped. How did he know Duo? She was sure he wasn't a vampire, so how could he possibly know?
"Apparently that is who you're talking about?" Shane questioned her upon seeing her expression.
"Um, yes. How do you know him?"
"I'm after him. You shouldn't be with him; he's a vampire. Did you know that?" Shane asked her, a genuine expression of worry on his face.
"Why are you after him?"
"I'm a vampire slayer," he smiled sheepishly, "that's kind of what my job is."
"You're a WHAT!?" Lydia almost ran from the room.
"What's wrong? As long as you're not a vampire you've got nothing to worry about!" Shane joked, putting one arm behind his back as though he were scratching it.
"But I, well, that is, what about Duo? He's not a bad guy!"
"That's what he wants you to think," Shane said, holding up one finger as though he wanted to say, "tut, tut, tut."
"No, really, he is! He's never hurt me!"
"That doesn't mean that he hasn't hurt anyone else before."
"But I know he-" Lydia cut herself off. "I can't stay here for very long. They'll come here. They'll come!" She pushed her way past Shane and headed for the door. Shane grabbed her hand before she could get out.
"You could still be hurt; you can't leave yet. Let me check you out and then you can tell me all about your friend and whoever's after you." Lydia fought to get away from him, but Shane's tight grasp on her wrist didn't permit her to do so.
"Damnit, you'll get yourself killed! They'll kill you and me both!" she screamed at him, but Shane screamed back.
"I can take care of myself, thank you very much!" Shane yelled, grabbing on to the doorframe to pull Lydia back inside the bedroom.
"Not against this many vampires!" Lydia cried, leaning back so far that if Shane had let go she would have hit the floor. Perhaps someone watching this scene would have found it to be comical, but that was not what Shane and Lydia had meant for it to seem.
"Well if I can't stop them, then we will both just have to die!" Shane yelled, letting go of Lydia's wrist.
She fell to the floor with a *thud* and only stared up at him. After a few minutes, she finally spoke.
"You're willing to throw your life away to protect some girl you just met?"
"Yes."
"Even though I could be the one who was in the wrong in the first place?"
"But you're not."
"How would you know?" Shane closed his eyes and sighed.
"Even if you had done something wrong, no one has the right to try to kill you for one mistake. So they're wrong, too, either way." He raised his eyebrows and crouched down beside where she was sitting. "But you haven't done anything wrong, have you?"
"Nothing except being bitten by a vampire." Shane's eye twitched and he hopped up from the floor. He was about to get his crossbow, but when he looked back at her, Lydia was just sitting there looking at the floor.
"I'm not going to hurt you, Shane. I'd never do that and neither would Duo. At least, not on purpose. If I was going to kill you, I'd have done it long ago." Shane stared at her for awhile before speaking.
"I'd like to see you try," he said and laughed. That was the last thing Lydia had expected him to say.
"You're weird," she commented and laughed along with him. She knew she was safe here with Shane, at least for the time being. He was so funny, and interesting, and handsome, and. . . There were a million great things that she could say about him already and she had just met him. She still had a bad feeling in the back of her mind though.
She wanted to find Duo.
She needed Duo.
But he could take care of himself better than she, herself, could.
Lydia silently decided to herself that she would get to be closer to Shane and eventually persuade him to help her find Duo.
And who knew? He could end up playing a larger part in her life than she had first imagined. . . .
AN: Well, that was a nice chapter. No Duo though! Well, I promise he'll be in the next one! Please review guys!