CHAPTER 430: MEN

"Ugh..." I heard Akira gritting her teeth as I dug my fangs deeper into her skin. The taste of her blood was absolutely euphoric, and I couldn’t hold back anymore. "Please...slow...down..."

DRINK

DRINK

DRINK

VAMPIRE BLOOD

AKIRA’S SWEET BLOOD.

Her voice didn’t reach my ears as I focused on drinking her blood. My vision started to turn black, and I couldn’t see or think about anything. The only thing on my mind was to have this feeling continue as much as possible. This consistency, this taste, and this feeling were everything that I needed after my little training with Ethan.

ENOUGH

My head started to stop hurting, and after what felt like an eternity, my senses came back to me. I looked at myself and quickly pulled away. What happened to my mind? Why did I suddenly get so thirsty for blood again? Oh no, Akira.

"Aki- " I looked up to see her, but she had the same expression on her face with a little sad smile plastered on it. My eyes widened as I looked at the two big dents in her neck, which were slowly healing. Oh no, I caused this. I couldn’t control myself again, and I went overboard. No, no, no, no, not again.

"I’m-"

"Kazuki-sama," she called my name, shutting me up. "Please excuse my rudeness."

She raised her hand and brought it over my head, and slowly started ruffling my hair. The cold touch of her skin on my scalp made my body shiver. She was colder than Ai, way colder, but her hands were yet so soft, caressing me, I couldn’t help but feel the desperation in me subsiding. Don’t do this, please, not when I’ve just drunk so much of your blood.

"It’s okay," she said in a soft voice, but the sad smile on her face didn’t change. How can you say that when you look so sad? What are you sad about? Why do you have to look at me like that, but not with anger? What are you sad about, Akira? Please, tell me.

"I’m sorry..." I muttered, but she shook her head. "No, please, let me apologize. I lost control yet again, and I drank too much of your blood. Look at the wound, it is still not fully healed. How can you say it’s okay if you are in pain?"

"It’s my duty as Kazuki-sama’s servant to serve him in any way possible. Things like these are not a bother to me," she said, but that expression didn’t change on her face. Why are you saying something but looking like you mean something else?

"Then why do you have that sad look on your face?" I commented, and her eyes widened as she touched her face. "Why do you say it’s okay when you look so sad?"

Akira didn’t respond for some time and continued to ponder. Her hand still didn’t stop ruffling my hair. Her gentle touch was so comfortable that I could fall asleep again in the bed if not for my willpower. I can’t just sleep like this. I have to properly apologize and atone for what I have done. There is no other way I would be satisfied with the outcome. She will say it is okay, but I don’t believe that at all. Her words have hidden feelings behind them that she is not telling me. Please, tell me how you are feeling, Akira.

"I see," Akira said with her expression back to nothing. "It seems like I have been more concerned about Kazuki-sama than I originally thought I was."

"What do you mean?"

"I don’t think such thoughts are appropriate for Kazuki-sam- "

"Akira," I said in a bit more commanding voice. "Tell me what you meant. That is an order."

She looked at me with an unsatisfied look, but let out a sigh. "I...was afraid...of Kazuki-sama," she said after much struggle and immediately bowed her head. "Please forgive me, I understand how Kazuki-sama is feeling about his current transformation, so I wanted to keep this from you, but when you lost control, I hate to admit it, I was scared. I was worried that all the blood in my body would be sucked out. It is not something that would kill a vampire, but it does render them extremely weak. In that state, I won’t be able to properly be of service to him."

She was scared. That was what the smile was for. Her trying not to show how she actually felt. If she were to show a scared expression when I started to panic about what just happened, calming down would be harder. So, she did her best to hide her worried expression, but I still didn’t understand something. Why the sad expression? Shouldn’t she have a more scared smile than a sad smile?

"Then why the sad smile?" I asked her, and she pursed her lips, wanting not to say anything, but as I kept quiet, waiting for her to reply, she broke the silence.

"Kazuki-sama doesn’t deserve to go through all this. He has been extremely kind and treated me better than any of my older masters. I doubt I would ever change master if you were to be on the brink of death," she said and took a deep breath. "Which is why I also don’t accept feeling like this. When you are already worried about what is going to happen to you, I didn’t want to add to those worries. I know Kazuki-sama will not take this matter lightly. It’s sad seeing you have to go through this. I am extremely sorry for my insolence, but deep down, I pity him. What you looked like when you were drinking my blood was not Kazuki-sama."

"I...see..." I said, hanging my head down. I said how I wanted to be all strong, being able to protect people I care about me and look at me now. In my current state, I am more of a danger to those people than anything. Seriously, how pathetic can someone get?

"Kazuki-sama-"

"Nngh...Kazu-kun..." Ai muttered my name, and I looked beside me, her slowly waking up. At that moment, Akira vanished into nothingness, and I just lay there with my mind foggy with thoughts about my previous interaction. "Cuddles..." Ai whined, so I wrapped my arms around her and held her close to me. My arms around her tightened as I pulled her as close as I could. "Hehehe, you smell nice..."

"You do too, Ai..." I softly spoke and rested my head on top of hers. Do I even deserve to hold you when I am such a danger to you and Akira? You both stayed by my side no matter what, and how am I repaying them? Almost drinking all of the blood out of both of them. I have to get this thing under control soon, otherwise I am afraid of what I might do. I don’t fully trust myself around them.

Natsumi-sa, she would know what to do, right? I can go to her for help. I don’t have to drink her blood anyway, so I can have her do something about this, right? She is super strong, too, so there shouldn’t be a way for me to be a threat to Ai and Akira if Natsumi-san is around. That will work, right? The thought kept running in my head as I held Ai even closer to me, almost to the point of choking her, but the other party seemed to be enjoying this more than anything.

"I can feel every inch of Kazu-kun’s skin touching me, this is paradise..." she muttered and snuggled against my chest. It was almost as if I were using her as a huggable soft toy at this point.

"I doubt anything else would work, though," I muttered, and Ai, with great struggle, moved her head up to face me. Her eyes were still half closed due to the drowsiness, but her face looked ever so beautiful. If you keep looking at me like this, I’ll just end up kissing you, dummy. Stop being so cute all the time.

"What did you say?" Ai said in an adorably groggy tone.

"I said nothing can calm me like holding Ai close to me," I said, kissing her forehead, and a big grin formed on her face. You are being too cute now. This is way over the critical level.

"Yeah, I am Kazu-kun’s wife after all," she said and placed a little kiss on my neck. "He did mark me right in this spot."

"I did do that, didn’t I?" I said with a little smile, and she cutely nodded her head happily and clung to me tightly. Any more and we would be breaking each other’s ribs at this point, but to us, nothing was more secure than being this close. As I continued holding Ai close to me, only one thing was running through my head. Nothing was more important than that right now.

Talk to Natsumi-san right away.

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