A/N- I think these updates are gunna be pretty fast, since i have just about finished this whole fic... so, this the third out of around eleven... or a number close to that...
"Bryan, why didn't you tell me?"
I do not reply… for the same reason as always…
"Bryan…" There's a pleading tone in his voice. "I want to help!"
"Then, leave me be…" I manage to wheeze.
"What? Leave you to die? Bryan, don't try to be the hero; if I left you to die, it would make both you and me cowards."
"Touché…" I admit. "I just-"
"-Don't want to hurt me and Kai; yeah, Bryan, I know." He sighs. "But you wouldn't be hurting us if we consented, would you?"
"Touché…" I admit once more. "But I made a vow that I wouldn't… bite anyone… not even if they offered their neck on a gold platter."
"Well, sorry, I don't have a gold platter." Replies a voice. I look over with weak eyes to the door; I'm just able to make out Hiwatari. "But I have this…"
Tala helps me sit up. I'm leaning heavily on him, since it's been just over a week without blood; therefore I have next to none energy left. I feel the bed's mattress depress and I guess it's Kai. A familiar, yet foreign, smell meets my senses and a dusty yearning surfaces. I feel my fangs slowly grow out of instinct and my hands fist Tala's shirt to stop me from grabbing something else… namely someone's neck and biting it…
A cool glass is pressed to my lips and it's tipped, letting the almost-forgotten sweet taste of crimson blood enter my mouth. The glass is drained within seconds, but I know I am still weak; I will remain so until I get more…
"Better?" I hear Tala whisper. My only answer is the fact that my grip on Tala's top slackens. One of his hands moves over one of mine and he strokes it, soothing me into a state of sub-consciousness. He sighs. "I've never seen him like this…"
"And you never will do." Kai answered. "He'll learn from this… but he can't rely on the blood bank so heavily… he's like a drug addict stuck on cocaine… if this carries on, he'll-"
"No he won't." Tala's voice was full of powerful confidence, his hand entwined with mine. "I won't let him just lie down in his grave like this. He's so much stronger than this… so much…"
"I know he is, Tal. He's just got to realise the truth that one day, he will have to do what vampires were built to do." There's about a minutes pause. "I'll go wash this up…" I can guess he's gesturing to the cup of animal's blood; yeah, well, it's better than nothing, I guess…
"When does your flight leave?" Tala asks, now running his fingers through my hair.
Flight? Kai's leaving? Well, you know, I guess some thing's never change… please note that I'm referring to the fact that I'm never informed about these types of things…
"Two…" Kai replies softly. "I don't think I should leave, though… not with Bryan in this state…"
"You're going to help Bryan though…" Tala reasons.
"But you know Tyson… sometimes he gets things into his head that he thinks works…"
"That's only one time, Kai." Tala states. "And I've heard that shamans are the real deal."
Great; I'm going to see a quack about being quack…
"Just go." Tala continues. "I'll be fine with Bryan. Just… hurry back, okay? I don't want to have to leave Bryan on his own…"
There was silence after that, the only sound coming from Tala; the sound being his breathing and heartbeat… vampires have this kind of built in x-ray hearing aid, meaning we can hear pulses and heartbeats from around a mile away; we can also, how you say, turn it on and off as we so do wish… not that it's any use to me…
"I don't want to lose you, Bry… it'd be so… so horrible without you… and so weird… there wouldn't be any snide remarks; or sarcastic comebacks… and Kai wouldn't have anyone to fuck around with! Think about that one!" I sense him smiling. He buries his face in my hair and kisses my scalp. "We really need to get you a haircut… any longer and you'll be able to tie it back!"
I guess he is kind of right… but I'd like it long…
I like this type of Tala; the cuddly Tala; the friendly Tala; the I'm-never-going-to-let-you-go-so-quit-wriggling Tala…
"Tala? You… going to let go now?"
"No, so don't even think of wriggling." He heaves a happy sigh. "Welcome back to the land of the living."
"Tala, may I remind you that I have less blood than a premature dust particle; I am classed as dead."
"Dust particles don't have blood though." Tala replies.
"Exactly. And it's the same with me…" I open my eyes to find that my vision has returned fully. "Is there any more?"
Tala smiles. "Yeah, I'll go get some."
He leaves me, his hands trailing behind as if he doesn't want to leave. I can sit up on my own, now…
He returns a few minutes later with another glass of crimson liquid. Resuming his original position (his arms around my waist and his head resting on my shoulder), he watches as I sip the glass; watching me as I sometimes help the glass on the bed and stared off into empty space as I thought of Kai's words.
I sigh, finishing the 'drink' and setting the cup on the beside table, settling back against the black, satin pillows. Everything in my room is black; covers, walls, carpet…
Tala hates it, I know, but sod him; he doesn't live in this room.
Speaking of Tala, he's still sitting up, looking down at me with his clear, icy blue eyes.
"You know… I realised something last night… after you passed out…" he says slowly.
"Hm? And what's that?" I inquire.
His cheeks take on a rosy tint and I can see he's chewing the inside of his lip. "I… don't worry about it, actually."
"What? Tell me."
"N-no… just forget I even mentioned anything." He tries to leave but I manage to grab his wrist. He looks back at me. "Please Bryan… I'll seriously tell you when the time is right."
I simply nod and he gives me a lop sided smile, reaching over me to grab the empty glass. His scent is so overwhelming, but it's not a bad thing… it's hard to explain, so let's skip it…
He moves out of the room but I stay; I need to save my energy for one last attempt…
A/N- remember to review, o lovely reviewers of mine!