Chapter 16
Yuma watched in silence as his smaller brother carried the blood covered blonde bridal style out of her chamber and swiftly walked past him. He figured that Ruki had gone to school, perhaps to leave the horrors he had just performed behind for a bit, and would be gone for the next few hours and his protection of the couple was be unnecessary. He now only feared the safety of himself and Kou, for after the the incident earlier, the safety within the mansion had disappeared and it was every man for himself. He decided he would keep an eye on Azusa for the hours to come. When Ruki returned, there would surely be hell to pay and he didn't want to miss the show.
The walk to his room seemed like an eternity, whether if it were because Yui had already fallen asleep in his arms or because the smell of her blood was completely intoxicating over his entire being. It would be overly erotic if it weren't for the disgusting stench of Ruki's stench all over her, between her thighs and along the nape of her neck. He could spit, it made him so angry. It was strange that a smell that once made him feel so safe and comfortable, the smell of his cold brother, was now an aroma that made him feel sick to the core. How could he do this? Years ago, the two boys had once had a talk about Azusa and what he had to live for. His cutting. It was what made him happy but that wasn't good enough for Ruki, he claimed the sight of his scars made his stomach churn and it was unnatural - that he needed a new way to feel alive. Now he had something that made him feel alive. Even if they viewed it was insignificant or stupid, it did not change the fact that Eve - Yui - was the reason he wanted to live.
Azusa delicately placed the shell of his love onto his faded stained sheets. Her blood smeared against and she turned onto her side, coughing violently until specks of fresh blood sprinkled onto his pillow. She looked up at him with tired eyes, her face still plowed into the cushion of his bed, and smiled weakly. He tried to smile for her but could not. "You need to bathe..." he said slowly. Yui shook her head relentlessly and assured that the trip to the bath tub was something she was incapable of taking, for her fragile limbs were aching. There were clear indents from where she had been cuffed and suspended. "As you wish," Azusa sighed in his usual calming fashion. He kneeled down in front of her and she fought to keep her eyes open, curiosity striking at her cords as to what he would do next. She opened her mouth to say something but quickly shut it, for no matter how much pain she was in - she belonged to him. Azusa placed a hand on her outer thigh and leaned forward to softly flick his tongue against the inner parts of her legs. His tongue lapped at her smoothly and slowly, but never grazed too close to her heat. She was confused until she came to the sudden realization that touched her heart. He was grooming the blood for her flesh. He was cleaning her. Yui closed her eyes and allowed the dark eyed boy's mouth to wander her body. His lips trailed up the front of her belly and just as she was drifting to sleep to the soothing feeling of his tongue, he abruptly stopped. "Wha-?" Yui began but Azusa suddenly said, "What did he do? What is happening..." His fingers traced over the front of her belly. The swelling had seemed to grow and her trimmed stomach seemed to have inflated farther than he had ever seen. He had first thought that the swelling was due to Ruki's attack and even then considered that her 'monthly gift' may have something to do with it. But this was different. Something washed over Azusa and he slowly rested his head to Yui's stomach. He felt the twitching that the girl had been feeling. Like something was moving in there. "Yui," Azusa gasped.
After a long line of questioning, Yui finally burst into tears and flipped over to bury her face into the covers. "Could it be Ruki?" Azusa stuttered. Words seemed to be dripping from his mouth with no filter and he clutched heavily onto the bed sheets, overcome with both shock and anger. "No," Yui said. Her voice was muffled by the mattress and she continued to cry, "He never... went inside. Not with his - you know." Her body suddenly jolted as she held back another bellowing cry. The overwhelming memories of Ruki on top of her, ravaging her flesh like a doll, made her want to scream. A bit of the weight slipped off of Azusa's chest but he was still lost. The possibility of his spawn growing inside of a human girl, of any person, was too much for him to handle. He had never considered it before, never even knew if it were possible in his state of being. Silence washed over the two besides the sounds of the girl's weeping until Azusa gently placed an open palm onto the mid of her back. He rubbed it awkwardly, attempting to comfort her as she cried. Yui quickly silenced herself and waited for her love to speak, if he were ever going to. "Perhaps... this was meant to happen. Adam and Eve... Yui, maybe we were meant for this..." The words tumbled over his lips and he couldn't believe what he was saying. His speech came to a sudden end when Yui forced herself to turn over and stared up at him with horribly bloodshot eyes. She was crying harder than he had known. "You d-don't understand! Ruki, he said things. He said he would tear me open!" She collapsed back down to the sheets and closed her eyes. The tears were burning her inner sockets but she managed to speak up and say, "There is nothing more that I want... than to carry your son or daughter." Her heart suddenly stopped and she squeaked, "Ruki will tear me open and kill our child with his bare hands."