CHAPTER 422: SORA

"Nngh," I groggily wake up from the little nap. Well, calling it a nap will be less accurate. I basically lost consciousness because someone got a bit too greedy. Honestly, I would say I am too lenient on her, but I know myself; nothing will stop me from being that way. Especially when she makes those faces. It’s a problem, honestly.

I felt a poke on my cheek, and my eyes followed the fingers to the owner, who was looking at me with a big smile on her face and giggling to herself. Her hand was ruffling my hair, and it was comfortable enough to put me to sleep again. I went with the flow and closed my eyes yet again, leaning into her hand. This made her giggle even more in glee, and the sound alone was for me to jump out of the bed and show "CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE" in my loudest voice.

"Kazu-kun looks so cute with his sleeping face," she whispered. "I will absolutely take a bite out of him if he keeps staying this adorable."

Is this revenge for last night?

"I think biting is enough for now," I said in my drowsy tone, which for some reason made Ai cheer happily. "What is it?"

"The sleepy look! The messy hair! The drowsy eyes! And that just woke up deep voice! Oh my gosh, Kazu-kun, you will make me fall in love with you all over again!" she said excitedly. "Ooooh, this is big, I need to capture this moment!"

I looked as she fiddled around the bed to find her phone and quickly open it. What came after were multiple taps on the phone as she took I don’t know how many pictures of me.

"Why this reaction, though? Have you not seen me woken up like this before?" I asked her.

"Not his close! Normally, you are always the first one awake, and I get to miss out on this delight. I think waking up early might not be so bad." Yea, she is drooling.

I grabbed her arm and pulled her in a hug and stuck my face in her hair. I took a deep breath as her scent entered my nostrils. Yea, sweet as candy.

"Ugh..." I felt the urge to dig my teeth into her skin build up yet again. Maybe it was because my body was literally sucked out of almost every single droplet of blood, but it was a lot stronger than before.

Not being able to hold back, I pulled her up and placed my lips against her neck. She seemed a lot calmer about it, given the events of last night. Her hand started caressing my hair, and she planted a kiss on my forehead.

"Go ahead, I know Kazu-kun is thirsty," she said, and without missing a beat, I dug my fangs in her neck.

Cold blood started entering my mouth, and I started to drink it. I tried my best not to go too overboard with my urges and dig any deeper. She tasted just how she smelled. Sweet like candy. I continued drinking it as slowly as I could while a warm feeling came over me, with Ai holding me in a gentle embrace as I fed on her.

Aaaaah, this is the best. This is exactly what I needed at this very moment. The sweet taste of her blood touching my tongue made me feel slight ecstasy as I continued to feed on her. The warm feeling started to completely envelop me. I took my fangs out of her skin, feeling satisfied, and started slowly licking the place where I bit her. Her skin started to heal on its own, and I continued to stay in that position with her, clinging to her like a kid.

"There, there," she whispered in my ear. "This is the first time for Kazu-kun to be drinking blood like this, so let’s both enjoy this moment as much as possible."

"Hmmm? What do you mean?" I whispered back.

"How vampires experience feeding is very varied depending on multiple factors," she started slowly explaining to me. "Personal emotions, the feelings of the person you drink from, the place where you feed; all these factors heavily influence how you get when drinking from someone. What you feel right now is how I normally feel when I drink your blood. This warm, fuzzy feeling fills me up, and I couldn’t help but cling to you even after I am done, not wanting this feeling to leave. We have been drinking each other’s blood in correspondence instead of only you drinking from me, so it feels different. The same is when we drink during a lustful act."

"Please don’t bring back the memories of last night," I complained, but Ai chuckled and planted a kiss on my forehead.

"Kazu-kun still has a lot to learn, and that is okay. Luckily, a lot of what I know was taught to me by my dad, but there was still a good amount of stuff I had to figure out myself, so I know better than anyone how you are feeling right now. It’s okay, you don’t have to be perfect on the first go. You can make mistakes. I am here to support you always," she said, pulling me closer.

I couldn’t help but cling to her tighter. She felt so soft to hold and be held by. Her scent was putting me at ease, and every inch of our bodies that was in contact was keeping me at peace. I nuzzled my face into her neck, and she giggled a little. Right, I am not alone. Ai is here. I have her, so I don’t need to take everything on myself.

I know full well how moronic it was to try to take everything on me, but somewhere deep in me, it felt like it was my responsibility to take care of it all. Ai has gone so far multiple times for me, so it was only natural that I would do everything in my power to be more useful. Even if that wasn’t the case, I would still be feeling this way about things since I care about her. I want her to be living the best life that is possible, as long as she wants.

Maybe I am just doing it for myself. I need Ai after all. At all times.

"Plus, Kazu-kun looks like a little kid, and big sis cannot help but feel excited seeing a cute little good boy like him holding onto her~" she said in a more alluring voice, making my body shudder as my face started to heat up. "Hehe, I got Kazu-kun all blushing. Aaah, it’s been so long since I saw that face. Makes me want to tease him more."

Yea, she is dangerous. On levels not even known before.

I don’t even know how long I was out. If I have to guess, I think it was about an hour or so. Though I have no way of confirming that right now. I did say we would be ordering food, so it’s good that I don’t have to worry about preparing anything. Schools have already started, and we are missing a lot of days. We definitely have a lot of explaining to do about our disappearance to Ai’s friends.

After what felt like a blissful eternity, Ai let go of me, much to both our dismay.

GROWL

Both our stomachs growled at the same time. We looked at each other and started laughing. Sitting back at the bed, I looked around for my phone only to realize it was in another room. I don’t want to leave the bed, it’s too comfortable here with Ai. Please, by the power of the supernatural, have it appear before me. Akira, can I call you for something like that? I think she would understand, right? Though I know she will do it without any questions.

"What do you want, Kazu-kun?" Ai asked me, shoving her phone in my face. I looked back at her as a cheeky little grin formed on her face. Oh no, you are not doing it today.

"No, you will not be ordering," I said firmly. "I finally got paid by the VEO, so the lunch is on me."

"But I also got my first pay. I wanted to celebrate by spoiling you," she said innocently. No, you just want to spoil me. I know you.

"No, Ai has been spoiling me ever since we met. Now it’s my turn. Let me go get my phone," I said and started getting off the bed, only for a pair of strong arms to pull me back in.

"No!" Ai said in a playful turn. "Kazu-kun always spoils me by cooking all our meals; it’s my turn to spoil him with food."

"I do that only because you pay for most of the ingredients. You know I get an allowance from Natsumi-san for this stuff exactly," I tried to reason with this adorable creature who refuses to be loved. "I am ordering and paying for the food. That’s it."

"Ehhhh?" she whined in opposition. "Nooooo, let me spoil you."

"No, I will be the one spoiling you!"

"No! I will do that!"

"No!"

"No!"

"NOOOOOOO!"

Yea, I love this woman more than anything.

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