THE DOVES
He found her often in his dreams.
It was one of the reasons he hated closing his eyes.
She would always be there, on his mind. She invaded his slumber with her presence.
The dream would always start off as a happy one, her cheeks high from her beautifully wide smile as she twirled around a garden of flowers, around her, the swaying grass and clear, crystal blue sky from all directions seemed to go on forever.
But, then, it would change drastically, the once bright picture turned into a memory he wanted nothing more to forget.
She would be sitting down, her eyes glowing a faint red before fading back into her brown iris', blood stained her skin and the once lively face was wet with tears with an expression of fear.
It would hit him, like a storm. The regret, guilt, self loathing- three things that should never mix.
His lover, his joy, his anchor, but he destroyed her.
It was one thing he knew how to do very well- hurt, demolish, obliviate, because for a time, he enjoyed it, now?, he would say he lavished in some of the twisted-ness, but none to spoil them with had left him rather bored.
For the past decade he has awoken, he could not quench his thirst, the desire of a place to be held, his parents and little Yuki may have sustained it for a while, but his hunger was never sated.
He knew very well that the sweet, crimson liquid that flowed through her veins will be able to feed him.
The blood of your love.
Now he had lost it, just as he has lost her.
While his eyes were still shut, he places the back of his hand on his forehead, feeling the sweat. He curls his lip, he didn't know what it was, but he felt it.
"Kaname?."
He gasps as his name echoes in the room, he quickly sits up, eyes looking for a solution to the noise.
The room was dark except for the pale moonlight that pooled into the room from the open, red transparent curtains.
It wasn't the first time he had heard her voice.
He pushed away the heavy, black blanket, he gets up, the bed reverting back to it's original state as his weight is removed.
Walking over to the balcony door, he gripped the metal handle tightly before opening it.
The cold air kisses his heated skin, he closes his eyes as he sighed, but, before he could compute himself like he did countless times before, the feeling awoke within him again, vibrating through his entire body.
He didn't know what it was then, but he did now, slightly blurry images flashed through his brain. It was a heart; an old one. As he could see it, he could also feel the organ awaken as it slowly started to pump with blood before gathering a pace, it changed from a white-pinkish color to deep red.
He rans his hand through his hair as he shut his eyes.
"Kaname." She pauses as she looks up at him, her hands still holding his.
"Yes?." He replies, putting his cheek against her as his lips were close to her ears.
She slowly pulls away and digs through a brown leather bag that hung on her shoulder. Satisfied with what she found, his eyes train on what was held between her index finger and thumb.
A ring.
"A-"
Before he could begin, his words were thrown away as her lips were now against his, stealing his breath.
It was a while before she removes herself from him, "Calm down, I'm not asking to marry you."
"This ring," She begins, "will always keep me with you."
She takes his hand and slips the gold metal on his ring finger.
He looks at it before smiling, "Actually," he stares at her and then rummages in his pocket, bringing out his own jewel.
"I wanted to propose to you."
He catches how she looks as if she stopped breathing, her hands make their way to her face as her eyes water.
"Will you, be mine, as I yours?."
She bring him into a tight hug, laughing and crying out of joy, "Yes!."
He stares at the ring twinkling in the twilight as he started to believe in the unbelievable.
"Aurora?."
It was silent for a few moments before something white flew above him, sitting down on the balcony ledge.
A dove.
Its head turned to face him, it's dilated pupils and red eyes unblinking.
His breathing became uneven as he felt the ring send a warm sensation into his finger.
"How does it work?."
"You'll know when you feel it."
He lurches towards the bird, but it flew away; out of his reach. Just like her.
Images then flooded his brain, all of them were jumbled at first, causing his head to throb in pain, but after a moment it became easier to decipher.
It was hazy but he had recognized a person, it was Yuki.
She was being held down over what he perceived to be a coffin, her eyes wide and glossed over with tears.
Blood seeped from a small wound on her neck and the droplets fell onto a pair of lips. The image slowly blurs out, but he concentrated harder and it came back, this time it wasn't Yuki, but his beloved Aurora.
She laid somewhere, eyes closed as blood dripped onto her lips and slowly, they moved until he could see her tongue lick the liquid away.
It fizzles out once again and this time he could not get it back, no matter how hard he tried.
He looks toward the sky where the dove flew off, the whole ordeal felt surreal to him, but it wasn't a lie, he had remembered how the ring worked and how it could only be triggered by her.
He breathed heavily as he turned away and went back into his room, closing the thin glass doors behind him.
He looks down at the jewel as it still gave him that warm sensation, there was also a faint sound of twinkling bells.
And there it was again.
"Kaname."