Reason I Love to Fly
Chapter 13
"She doesn't remember me," Krad told him with a sigh, "Only me."
"So, that means she remembered everything as it is minus the fact that you were there?" Dark asked the angel who lay on the bed staring up at the ceiling.
"Yes," Krad closed his eyes and pretend to fall asleep.
"Let's get back her memories," Dark said in a happier tone.
"I think it's better for her to forget," the blonde said as he put his sleeved arm across his eyes to hide the tears that had begun to make its way to the surface.
"But what about you?" the phantom thief asked.
"I will forget her, someday," the other answered and turned to face the wall. "But I'll need your help," Krad said as he remembered her journal, "Steal her journal. She keeps it in her drawer. She might know the past by reading her own entries."
"I'll be off then," Dark nodded as he stood on the window, facing the dark midnight sky, "I'll be back soon."
"Thanks, Dark," Krad said gratefully but didn't turn to face the thief. As soon as the thief took off towards the sea, Krad's silent tears began to fall as his heart ached with every memory of the sweet innocent angel.
"Krad," Dark mumbled, "He must be crying now. I know I did when I left her." He landed softly on the cleaned yet opened room and took the journal Krad had said earlier. Lying beside the white book was a white box and Dark knew that it was Krad's present to her. "He only said journal. I'll only take the journal," Dark smiled as he left the box in its place and left for home.
"Krad?" Dark called when he found that the room was empty, "Went out?" He left the book on Krad's bed and laid himself on his own before falling into a deep slumber and dreamt of her, who also possessed the same sweet innocence as Yuri.
Krad was sitting on the roof when Dark flew past him with a white book in his hand. In truth, Krad wanted Yuri to remember him. He wanted the journal to stay with her. He wanted her to know his feelings towards her.
"Who was there beside Yuri all this time?" Yuri looked at her hands as she felt a warm sensation in her body. As she closed her eyes and let her subconscious mind wander into her heart, she vaguely remembered feelings and thoughts.
"It's warm and comforting," she mumbled, "And safe."
"Snow white, sun gold," she remembered colours associated with someone whom she cannot name. Slowly, she got up from her bed and walked towards her room as if possessed by a spirit.
Krad did not hear her escaped the room but when he realized it, Yuri was already in her room. Sighing, he flew to their favourite spot in the garden and sat there looking up at the moon, as if waiting for a miracle to happen.
"Who-?" Yuri gasped as she held up the delicate snow white feather. "This feather feels like him," she said unconsciously and then gasped, "Him? Who?"
Tears began to run down her cheeks as she tried to remember who it was that she had forgotten. "Why? Why is Yuri so sad?" she held her chest, "Who is he?"
She gasped when she remembered the warmth of a pair of warm arms surrounded her when she cried. She hugged herself and sobbed silently. As she sobbed, her ears picked up the sound of large wings flapped and she rushed out into her balcony. The night sky was clear with stars twinkling above her but there was no sign of wings.
"Wings," Yuri said, "White wings." She looked down at the sea ahead of her and saw something white just vanished and a shadow sitting at the edge of the cliff at her secret hideout in the garden.
"………" she wanted to call for him by his name but she didn't know what name to call. Instead, she ran out of her room and made her way barefooted into the garden.
"What am I waiting for?" Krad laughed at himself as he stood to unfurl his wings. "Today will be the last day I see her," he sighed and took off into the sky.
From afar, Yuri saw the figure unfurled his white wings and she urged her legs to run swifter. 'K…Kr…a…d…' she began to remember, 'Krad-san!'
"Krad-san!" she called to him as she kicked herself off the cliff into the air. Krad looked back as he heard his name rolled off someone's tongue and was horrified to see her falling into the sea below her. He quickly turned back and dove through the windy air.
"What were you thinking? Did you know that you will be killed by those rocks down there?" Krad lectured her after he caught her safely in his arms. "If I had not heard you, you would be dead by now!" he scolded, "What are you doing out here, and at this hour of the night? You should be in bed!"
Krad stopped himself when he realized that Yuri was not cowering in fear like she always did when her parents scolded her. Instead, he saw her tear streaked face pressed against his shoulder with her arms around his neck.
"Yuri-sama?" he called.
"Yuri wants to hear Krad-san's voice," a tear slipped down as she opened her eyes. "Yuri wants to hear Krad's voice. Yuri doesn't care if Krad-san's scolding me. Yuri just wants to hear his voice," she said as her arms around his neck tightened, "Yuri wants to hear him, please?"
"Yuri-chan?" Krad called, "You remembered?" He received no reply. "Yuri-chan? Answer me," he said softly.
"Why?" came the muffled voice, "Why didn't Krad-san come to see Yuri?" Krad did not answer her. Although he could not see her tears, he could feel the warm holy water flowing down his neck from her cheek. "Does Krad-san want Yuri to forget the most important person in Yuri's life?"
"Don't cry," he patted her head and lightly placed a kiss on her head.
"Why?" she asked again.
"I…," Krad began, "I don't want you to get hurt anymore."
"But you are hurting me," she said. Krad momentarily thought that he was holding her too tight that he had hurt her that he released her legs that he held. He immediately caught her waist and held her to him. "It hurts, Krad-san. It cuts and it bleeds," she said and he soon realized that he was hurting her feelings.
'I've hurt her,' the truth scared him. "I'm sorry," Krad kissed Yuri's head again, "Forgive me. I broke my promise."
"Don't leave Yuri," she whimpered.
"I promise," Krad whispered, "I'll never leave you."
"Y…," Yuri began as she looked up into Krad's eyes. "I-" she was silenced by a finger on her lips. Krad smiled at her before he captured her lips in a warm and passionate kiss.
"I will always love you, forever, only you," Krad said after he broke the kiss.
"I love you," she said as she blushed. The words were simple but they were enough for Krad.
"Let's get you back home before you catch a cold," he said as he put his arm beneath her legs again. Before he brought them higher into the sky, Krad gave Yuri a short and surprised peck on her lips. She blushed a deep red colour when she saw the warm smile Krad had on his face as he looked down at her.
"Krad-san, does Krad-san remember our first kiss?" Yuri asked as he flew her back to the mansion.
"Why do you remember that?" Krad sighed, "It's very embarrassing to even recall." Yuri giggled in his arms. Krad soon joined her laughter. "Honestly, that wasn't my definition of a kiss," Krad admitted as he set Yuri down on her feet at the balcony and furled his wings.
"Is that so?" Yuri said as she let her arms fall to her sides, her eyes still captured by the sun gold eyes. A hand rested on her cheek before she was pulled in for another passionate kiss.
"I just want you close to me," Krad said after he broke the kiss and hugged the innocent angel to him. Yuri returned the embraced and listened to the steady heart beat as she leant onto his chest.
"Ah!" Yuri suddenly gasped and sprang back from Krad. Krad was surprised at her sudden reaction that he thought Yuri had decided that their relationship wasn't meant to be. "Where is it?" Yuri searched her pockets for something. "Found it!" her smile widened as she took out a white feather from her pocket and sighed in relief as she held it to her chest, "Yuri thought Yuri had lost it."
"I'd give you both my wings if one feather meant so much to you," Krad said as he covered his hands over hers. Yuri shook her head like a child.
"If Krad-san did, who will bring Yuri to fly?" she asked and was answered by a laugh.
"I was terrified," Krad embraced her once again, "When you escaped me, I thought you regretted loving me."
"That'll never happen!" Yuri said as she circled her arms around his waist, "Never."
"Yuri-chan, how did you remember?" Krad asked her.
"He could erase my memories but he cannot erase the links to my memories in my heart," she answered, "I remembered and felt your warmth from my heart and that's how my mind rebuilt my memories of you."
"I don't care what happens from now on," Krad said with a smile, "I just want to be with you."
"Will Krad-san be in danger in the future?" Yuri suddenly became solemn and looked away.
"Why would I be?" he asked and tilted her face to look into those hazel eyes that he loved.
"Because of who Yuri is and what Yuri could grant," she answered.
"Everything comes with a price," Krad told her, "I'll protect you from anything that comes your way."
"But-" Yuri was silenced by his finger on her lips.
"That'll be my price for loving you," he smiled, "And I do not regret it."
"Thank you, Krad-san," she said, "Yuri's power is our secret."
"And I'll forget the fact that you have wings too," Krad whispered into her ears.
"Why?" she asked as she blushed at the tone of his seductive voice.
"Do you know the reason I love to fly with you?" Krad replied with a question Yuri and she looked at him innocently, "It's because I can hold you closer to me." Yuri smiled at his answer.
