It was 3 am in the morning and Negan woke up from a nightmare. He dreamt that Razia ate him.

Wonderful, right?

He had woken up sweating. He got up from the chair and drank some water. He then heard growling and sighed sadly. "Dammit." He whispered. He knew what that meant. He turned around and walked to the couch, grabbing his bat. He knelt by Razia's body and watched her.

Razia turned to her left side on the couch, facing away from him. She groaned and mumbled incoherently. Negan sighed in relief, "Thank fuck." He then thought about his dream and decided to take a precaution. He grabbed some rope and tied her right wrist, which was the closest to him, to the coffee table.

He went back to the armchair and fell back asleep. He slept a little better knowing she was restrained.

9:00 am...

Razia woke up slowly and felt something wrong. She tugged her right arm and growled in anger as she realized ti was tied. She turned to her right to face Negan and saw him sleeping. She grabbed his leather jacket with her left hand and threw it at him.

"Wake up." She hissed.

Negan jumped and grabbed the jacket from the floor. "Well, morning to you too." He mumbled and went to grab a glass of water.

"What is the meaning of this?" Razia struggled.

"Precaution, miss vampire." He brought the glass over to her.

Razia raised a brow.

"Oh come on, vampires drink water." Negan raised the glass to her lips.

Razia parted them and drank some. She glared at Negan when he set the glass on the table.

"Now that that's done. You ready to talk now?" Negan asked.

Razia growled but noticed the three scratches on his right cheek.

Negan chuckles, "You left me quite a mark, I might leave one too, but I really don't want to doll." He looked at the rope and sighed. "Don't make me regret this." He moved to untie the rope.

Razia moved to sit up on the couch then saw the bandage on her arm. She ripped it off.

Negan turned around to see that and raised a brow. "You're welcome." He then got a better look and saw that the bite...Faded? He walked to her and took her arm, looking at it closer.

"Okay, now you have to explain." He looked at her.

Razia glared for a bit then sighed in defeat. "Fine."

Negan grabbed his jacket and placed it over her. Razia just nodded in thanks. She adjusted the straps of her black tank top and took a deep breath.

Negan moved to sit across from her.

"I was turned by my ex, let's call him Jacob. The moment the outbreak happened...We had drunk sex. I woke up the next morning to find these on my neck." She pointed to the two holes on the skin of her neck that covered her jugular vein. "I asked him why he said 'Immunity'. I didn't understand how or if any of this was real until he and his friends taught me how to use my abilities. Once I did, I ran away from him. I didn't want this, if I was going to die then I was going to die, he shouldn't be allowed to decide that." She sighed softly.

Negan took out the photo she was holding the other day from his jean pocket.

The photo was of Razia's wedding.

"This guy you mean? Didn't know you were married." Negan threw the photo toward her.

Razia made no effort to grab it. "How did you get that?"

"Snooped around when you were asleep. Wanted to see what else were you lying about." Negan shrugged.

"Negan look, I lied about my fangs because you obviously would freak out and not believe me." Razia sighed in frustration.

"Yet I still did. So lying to me made no difference." He shrugged.

Razia picked the photo up and looked at it with regret.

"That's not Jacob is it?" Negan raised a brow.

"No. This was my ex-husband..." Razia said sadly.

"What happened to him?"

"He married me."

Negan stayed silent.

"I was...In an arranged marriage with him by our families. I had no say. But he never mistreated me...Yet I felt no love for him...I-I fell in love with Jacob...He was passionate, kind, and adventurous. He had a bad boy look to him but he was sweet...He was a singer in a band...We had an affair and I divorced my husband and ran away with Jacob to Georgia to start a new life. And well I guess I did...I guess we all did." Razia put the photo down. "I may have felt no love for my ex-husband but he never betrayed me, lied to me...He tried so hard and I was so terrible..." Tears fell down her cheeks.

"Yeah, that's a pretty shitty thing to do." Negan said bluntly.

Razia turned to him and glared, more tears falling from her cheeks, and her fangs were bared.

Negan just glared back, "And what happened to this Jacob?" He stood up and walked over to his bat.

"I killed him. And his friends. After I ran away, I found a couple of places and helped a community out...Jacob found me and held the place hostage, killing innocent people. They then told me to stop it I must feed on the youngest. 'It's them or us.' Jacob told me...I chose them. I set the survivors free but the damage was done, they drove me out, calling me a demon..." Razia looked back at him.

Negan looked at her, "So you don't drink human blood?"

"I'm supposed to, to help with my strength, but...Walker blood is easier and less guilty to drink from." Razia shuddered.

"That's disgusting." Negan scoffed.

"Would you like me to hunt humans?" Razia growled.

"No, but still, must taste like shit." Negan sat back down.

Razia shrugged, "It keeps me alive."

Negan nods and sighs softly. "You're not the only shitty spouse in the room."

Razia looked at him.

"I cheated on my wife...With a looooot of women..." Negan grumbled.

Razia rolled her eyes.

"When I found out she had cancer though...I broke it off...I was with her at the hospital...When she...When she passed...I didn't know what was going on at the time. I just remembered...Seeing her coming back to life...I saved a kid from getting eaten and he told me. I didn't even have the courage to finish her off, I had the kid do it. Then two days later...He gets eaten." Negan pinches the bridge of his nose.

Razia looked at him, "I'm sorry for your loss."

Negan looked at her and walked toward her. He sat at the end of the couch she was on. "I'm sorry for what you went through." He said softly, "And I'm sorry for being a dick. You saved me twice." He moved to gently rub her feet.

Razia moved her feet away and moved to sit next to him.

"At least you broke it off with him." Negan sighed.

"Doesn't make it better."

"At least you didn't sleep with seven women."

"Seven?!"

"Yup."

"Yeah, you sure beat me there."

Negan chuckled and looked at Razia and saw her smile. He moves his arm to rest on the back of the couch behind her frame. He leans in closer to gently stroke her cheek.

Razia turned to look at him and gently traced the scratch on his cheek. "At least it's not too deep."

"I think it makes me look sexy." Negan winked.

Razia laughed and shook her head. "Whatever you say." She noticed how close he was getting to her. She froze, not really knowing how to feel.

"So do your abilities include experiencing more pleasure during sex?" He whispered.

"I don't know after I became a vampire I didn't really do anything besides train so I could leave." Razia shrugged.

"You are badass, aren't you?" Negan met her gaze. Negan leaned in closer to press his lips against hers.

Razia didn't know how to feel so she didn't kiss back.

Negan pulled back and looked at her softly. "You okay?"

"I'm fine. Are you? I don't think this is a good idea." Razia said softly.

"Doll, all I've been through is pain and loss. I'm so fucking tired of feeling bitter and angry all the goddamn time. When I'm with you, I feel something different. I want to feel something, anything...I swear to you if this becomes long term, I won't ever betray you," Negan took a few strands of her hair in his large hands and stroked it.

Razia looked at him and searched for truth. She leaned in to kiss his cheek. "I understand. But I don't think I'm the woman to give it to you, you deserve better." She said softly.

"Dollface..." Negan said sadly and cupped her cheeks, Razia held both of his hands and took them off of her cheeks.

"We both really need to rest." She whispered.

Negan looks at her noticed how tired her eyes were and he knew he was the same. "Can I at least cuddle you?" He grinned.

Razia chuckled and shook her head.

"Worth a shot." Negan smiles and kisses her forehead gently. He moved to get off the couch and took her hand and helped her up.

Razia smiled and gently rubbed his arm, "Thank you."

Negan nodded, "Just doing what I do."

Razia smiled and said good night. She walked to her room. Negan watched her leave and walked over to his room as well.

Both of them had a rather peaceful sleep as they dream of each other.