Chapter 27
Seras' reaction was quite extreme than what would have been expected – even from her.
"NA?!" Then she clamped her mouth shut, remembering to be silent. She smiled, being smushed into him. Sure, it was strange hearing it from her master...but I guess it was her turn to speak now.
She knew exactly what to say, too.
"Master Alucard...aishiter'u ne."
Again, he moved his head away slowly...he had a feeling that this would've happened, as it was Seras. Which didn't mean he expected a positive answer, no, not at all...he was quite glad, for once. Backing away a little so he could move his head, he looked into her eyes, seeing what she was thinking, and he grinned as her eyes shone and glinted red in happiness.
He tried to go back to the position he was in, comfortably close to Seras, but his burns prevented him from moving hardly at all. His face showed some annoyance at himself.
"Hmmm...Typical...my body isn't allowing me to do much..." He said with a growl, looking at his arms. "Damn burns..." And he looked to Seras with a wide grin. "Mwahahaha...it was worth it..."
Seras slid in slowly and gently back into his arms again, wondering if she was hurting him anymore than he was already feeling. She saw the hurt on his face, and the irritation as he hurt too much to move any closer.
"I'm not hurting you, master am I?"
Alucard bent his head down to her, wincing a little; it did hurt. His eyes widened a bit at her touch, but he relaxes again and laid his head on her neck.
"It's okay...Seras...it would hurt more not to hold you..."
"Is that so, hm?" Her voice sounded a little more 'evil' than one would expect. He grinned at her sarcasm, though it still hurt. He eyed her, becoming wider and softer. He was still playful, talking in an insane voice.
"...Hmmmm...Like to find out then, Seras..."
Her eyes searched him, wondering what he could possibly mean. "Heh...sure, then," She grinned too. Alucard half expected it, half not, and got out of the embrace slowly.
"Fine...mwahahaha..." He took off his long, red trench coat, followed by his black and white shirts to show his back and arms. They were all red and swollen, still unhealed. "This is what you wanted..." He looked at his arms and body, then back to Seras, as taking off his coat and shirts made his skin redder as it caused more pain. Seras' eyes widened as he started removing his clothing, and then widened even more at the amounts of bruises and burns he had on his body, and she stared at him, her eyes showing hurt and compassion at the same time.
She was afraid to touch him, as she may hurt him badly, now that he was exposed. "...Well...no more flying out late for you, then, master...eh?"
Alucard looked at her, seeing that she felt for him, and he admits, that has been better. His eyes contracted a little and then widened with a sort of playfulness.
"Mwahahaha...I can't walk at the moment either...I have to at least hover...unless..." His eyes turned deep red. "You feel like carrying me...mwahahaha..."
Seras grinned. "Hmm...I could..." And she giggled a little. Alucard laughed, too as she did, and his eyes seemed to smile, as he realized why he liked her. He didn't feel like putting his shirts and his coat back on, as they constricted his movement and hurt him a little, and he stared at them lying next to where he sat on the bed, then back to Seras.
"Ah...I couldn't do that, Seras...it wouldn't look right," He fell down onto the bed again, a jolt of pain rushing through his body as he just out-and-out fell over like a log. He lied on his back, staring up at her, who looked him right back strangely, raising an eyebrow.
"Hmmmmm...You know you wanna be carried around by me for once..." She laughed, exposing a bit of her fangs, and she flopped down her stomach and face-planted into the bed. His head followed her fall, now turned to the side as she lay next to him, grinning.
"You walking around with a half-dressed vampire...mwahahaha..." He said with amusement in his deep voice. "...Is that really what I want, Seras...?!...Or is there something else...something that you want..." Seras turned her head towards him, unburying it from the face-plant she took.
"I don't knoooow, master..." She rolled over on her side, facing him and rested her head on her bent arm. He painfully brought an arm out, bringing her closer to him and spoke sadly; this had been running through his mind. He didn't care about the pain.
"...Seras...What is to become of us...as you can see, I am weak..."
Seras listened, hardly moving against him, for fear of irritating his burns more than they already were. Her eyes softened, and she reached up and gently touched the side of his face.
"My master, do not worry..."
Feeling the small touch, he was more comforted...but in the back of his mind, he still knew that this should not be; Hellsing corporation on their backs, watching their every move.
He leaned his face sideward more into her touch, and with a move of his arm he clasped his right hand around it to better feel her touch. His eyes closed slowly, and then opened them to an even more of a red tint as he looked down at her.
"Seras...all I can do is worry...I worry about you...always strong...about my deterioration...and your growing powers..."
She smiled at him. "I try my hardest, because of just that...but...try not to worry about me..."
Alucard tried his best to smile, his inners telling him something was wrong in general, or at least will be. His eyes concentrated on her.
"The more you try, the more you become like me...and the more I am closer to losing you..." Sighing, her face fell a little, and she looked away to study the fabric of the bed.
"...Gomen..."
His eyes widened a bit and darkened around the pupils as he noticed her shying. He looked up and away, trying not to think, but he seemingly couldn't help it and he moved his head down to look at her again as he gave into himself.
"...Seras..." He moved his other arm around her, ignoring the pain, and pushed his body as close to her than he could possibly get. "...You are here now...isn't that what matters...?" She looked back at him slowly, as if unsure.
"Hai..."
The large, gloved hand that was clasped around hers on his face moved, his gloves seemingly melting off of his hands, disappearing and reappearing on the table. He put his rarely ungloved hand gingerly on the side of her face as well so he could feel her. His eyes constricted.
"...Seras...I really do love you...and I want you to learn, to know, but I do not want you to go..."
"But you said that it would be my choice...and I chose not to go anywhere."
He looked at her, remembering it well. "It is true...you do not have to go...but you wouldn't have a special connection with me...Integral would hunt you down, as you would then be a full nosferatu...and I cannot disobey my master completely..."
She sighed, closing her eyes for a moment. "Well...like you said...I'm here now...and that's all that matters, ne?"
He did likewise, his eyes shutting as his hand held the back of her head, tilting it up. "It is true...you are here now..." And he finished, kissing her lightly. Alucard felt her head tilt in a little more by itself, without his guidance, and he pulled back, opening his eyes to see her's were still closed and relaxed. He moved his arms, wrapping them over Seras' arms as if capturing her, holding her tight and burying his face in her neck. His body was almost sending off warning signals as it was damaged. Seras did as he did, the crook of her nose resting nicely on the curve of his neck as well.
"...Seras..."
"...Nani?"
He looked at her through a side-glance, not wanting to move from his position. His voice grew sad.
"...We...can't do much more than this..."
"It's alright, master...it's much better than absolutely nothing...wouldn't you agree?"
He rubbed his face against her neck and whispered in his ear, his eyes opening and he moved his left hand to the other side of her neck.
"Hmmmm...That it is, Seras..."
Seras said nothing, as she felt nothing had to be said at the moment, and she heaved a sigh and relaxed her body. She kept her hold on him from the middle of his back, closing her eyes lazily and keeping her face where it was on his neck.