Wash It Away

[Syani]

Honestly, Syani was somewhat nervous every time she teleported, because even though she had mastered where to appear instead of just randomly warping in and out of countries, she still can't control how to land. Most of the time, she will end up appearing out of thin air 30 feet above the ground and fell, of course.

Though this time, she's bringing a guest as she warped. Maybe because that guest was a missing piece of her life that as they both appeared near Aquair Lake, they're perfectly on the ground, no 30 feet fall at all. This fact made the half-vampire uttered out a surprised "..Whoah."

The Aquair Lake was one of the most spectacular sight in the country, especially in the mornings. The area's always slightly breezy, and there's a thin forest around it that always lessen down the bright beams of sunlight and made the lake looked almost magical.

Though, Syani has to admit, visiting the lake during the night is just as magical. The moon's glow made the lake glisten, and each ripple of wave in the lake could easily be detected with a twinkle. Still with Kaekeru holding her hand, she slowly leads him towards the lake.

She then made him sat down at the edge of the lake before slumping herself on the soft grass beside him. "Okay. Kae-kun, look at me." Syani leaned towards the lake, scooping up a bit of water with her right hand, then gently rubbed her fingers at the blood spots on Kaekeru's face.

[Tag Kaekeru]

[Kaekeru]

The entire teleportation process made Kaekeru's eyes widen with wonder. A small smile fixed itself across his face as he acted just like a child, his mind wiped clean at the moment, and almost looked at Syani as though she was his mother right now.

He looked at the lake and around at the area as she led him to the edge of the lake and sat him down and noticed how pretty it looked then looked back at Syani as she instructed him to do so. Kaekeru stared intently at Syani as she began to clean off his face. He felt at peace and safe being alone with her. The longer he looked at her, the happier he felt inside.

His eyes had flickered back to it's original golden hue as she cleaned his face. Slowly he began to remember her; meeting her and pursuing her. A small smile formed on his lips as his eyes warmed to the sight of her. He slowly lifted his hand to take hold of hers then leaned towards her and kissed her.

[Syani]

Syani has mixed feelings whether she felt uneasily nervous or extremely happy just having him staring at her, or both. That's why she focused on cleaning his face than being distracted by his gaze. Dipping her hands in the lake, the half-vampire wiped Kaekeru's face from all that blood. She even has to hold his hair back a bit from shielding his face to clean it all off.

Just as she's wiping that last smudge on his lips did she noticed when he suddenly smiled. The black-haired then reverted her attention towards his eyes now and surprised to see that they're back to those familiar ones she remembered. Her own eyes widens, "Kae-kun?"

Before she knew it, he had leaned down to press his lips against hers, which short-circuited her thinking pattern. Her reaction is slow, due to the shock, and she could only blink in surprise. After that though, Syani surrendered to the familiar warmth of his kiss and closed her eyes tight, reminiscing everything thanks to this gesture.

It's when she realized she started sobbing that she pulled away from Kaekeru and seek refuge on his shoulder instead, hugging the vampire tightly and weeping on his blood-stained cloak. "You remem...You remember.."

[Kaekeru]

Kaekeru held an almost painful smile as Syani hugged onto him in tears. He wrapped his arms firmly around her, holding her close. "I could never truly forget you, Syani." He whispered gently in her ear as his hold on her tightened slightly as the memories of his torture also began to flow freely in his mind though he tried to push them aside with thoughts of her. "I love you. You are the only thing now that can keep me from becoming a monster for real.... because I could never allow myself to hurt you."

After a moment, he loosened his hold on her and leaned back a little, lifting one of his hands to cup her cheek so he could look at her. "I am very sorry that I was not around for you... and that I forgot you even for a moment..." His eyes held a painful expression as he looked at her, hating the clan that took him away and tortured him, hating himself for forgetting the one he loves. "I love you."

[Syani]

Syani breathed out a sigh of relief against his shoulder, that he remembered. He remembers...how to speak, how to be himself, and that he loves her. It relieved her so much, she actually burst in tears, which is going to embarrass her after she snaps out of it. Though for now, she's just glad that he's holding her, embracing her. Just knowing that she's that important to take the role of the key to his remembrance, made her smile.

She's still smiling so wide when Kaekeru loosened his hold on her to cup her cheek like that so she would face him. 'My face must have looked pathetic with me bawling and smiling all at the same time...argh.' Her eyebrows creased though when he apologized, and Syani shook her head sideways continuously at that.

"No... No, no, there's nothing to apologize of.. I'm..." The half-vampire paused her sentence when she noticed the look on his eyes changes slightly. There's that pain again...and so much hatred.. Out of reflex, she brings up her own hands to his face, and just gently brushes out a few strands of his hair from his eyes.

"I would never believe, even for a split second, that you've forgotten even a fraction of the essence of my soul," she refuses to believe such absurd things. Or perhaps she fears of such things that she didn't even want it to ever be the truth. She can't deny that she's a coward. "And likewise!"

It seems she regained back her usual energy, despite the amusing shades of red mounting on her cheeks. "And of course I love you too, why do you think I'm crying so embarrassingly like this?!" Syani pointed at her own face with a fake pout, and then turned away from him to completely face the lake.

"No matter how much I'm distracted, I just won't stop thinking of you, its ridiculous!" Scooping up some water in her palms, the half-vampire then splashes it on her face to cool herself. Yes, of course she's distracting herself like this, she can't say such a thing while facing Kaekeru.

[Kaekeru]

Kaekeru slowly smiled at her with the pained look relaxing out his face with her words and the blush that formed on her cheeks. He allowed her to turn away, amused at how flustered she looked at the moment.

Her words made him feel a sort of warmth and he smiled coolly at her as she splashed her face. He moved closer to her and placed a hand at the opposite side of her head and kissed her head. "You're as beautiful as ever." He whispered in his charming voice into her ear as he lowered his hand then to her shoulder and pulled her close to him, hugging her again. "Your words have made me happy."

[Syani]

There was another reason why Syani splashed her face with the water like that, though. She thought she felt that familiar sting in her eyes again, never would she thought it'd be possible to be so happy that tears are leaking out. It surprised her how Kaekeru could impact her so strongly, and only he can do that.

Syani found herself smiling unconsciously as the vampire moved towards her to kiss her head. She just stared forward, almost lifeless, but that smile of hers is definitely a sign that she just escaped into her dreamland. "Stop flattering me. I'd wear a ridiculous costume to stop you from saying that if I must," the half-vampire laughed lightly, still seemed slightly dazed, that is...before she was embraced.

Almost immediately, her normal sharp receptors flared up, and her body froze with her shoulders hunched together as if in defense."A-ah, glad it made you happy, but I...I-I'm still not used to this yet! ......Okay, okay, too close!" She thought she could endure at least 10 seconds of it, but when that didn't work, the half-vampire escaped of course.

Only to caught sight of Kaekeru smiling, in all its breathtaking vampiric glory. Plus the atmosphere and glowy magical background, he looks almost hypnotic. 'And he said I'M the pretty one...LIAR.' It came to her a little bit too late though that she has been staring at him, so Syani spontaneously raised a finger up in an explaining manner.

"Please excuse me for a few of seconds."

Then the black-haired crouched down on the grass on all fours, blinking at her non-existent reflection on the lake's water for a bit before surprisingly dunked her head inside the lake...and actually yelled inside the water.

Something close to, "I dunno if this is the effect of love or anything but WHY IS HE. SO. DAMN. CUTE JUST NOW?! This is beyond logic! LOGIC doesn't even compute! I can't believe this is happening! He's so perfect! What on Dracula's name is he doing WITH ME of all people? ME! This is MADNESS! No, this isn't madness! THIS IS VAMPIRIC FATE!!"

It's hard to hear what she yelled though, only unintelligible phrases and bubble pops. When Syani pulled her head out of the water though, the half-vampire wiped some excess water out of her face and removes some wet strands of hair from her eyes. She looks much more calmer now and merely smiled at Kaekeru, "All done!"

There was a short pause from her, the water dripping out of her hair and landing with a tap on her cloak could be heard repetitively. "...You didn't hear that. That was just... I mean, I can't really talk to people about it, so I kinda need to.." She was doing various actions with her hands, pointing to the water, and then realized that this is quite ridiculous to be put into words. So she just ended it with a "..Yeaaaahh."

Her inner madness is quite difficult to be extracted from her, after all.

[Kaekeru]

Kaekeru smiled at her commenting on a ridiculous costume. "You would look beautiful to me in anything, my dear." He watched her amusingly as she pulled away and chuckled lightly at her thought. His smile remained amused as he was able to hear the words in her head that she had screamed into the water and chuckled.

Kaekeru smiled lovingly and amused at Syani as he took hold of her hands and leaned in to kiss her forehead again. "You've barely changed, my love." He said with a smile as he stared into her eyes. Being with her there, now, the tortures he faced seemed far away and he felt invincible again.

[Syani]

She's happy. Syani is so happy right now. She's been waiting years during his absence to be this ridiculously happy. And now that it's happening, she won't ever cast that feeling aside. At least, that's what she decided internally and will never state out.

When Kaekeru took a hold of her hands, the half-vampire uttered in surprise, "Hey, hey, wait, you'll wet your clothes." Since she had literally dunked in her head inside the lake water, her whole face is dripping wet, and so are some of her hair strands. But he still pulled her close and kissed her forehead, stating that she haven't changed.

Syani smiled giddily at his actions and looked up at him with a childish grin, "Because you won't forget me this way." She even did a little wink to him and laughed. She felt natural again, it's pretty hard NOT to embarrass herself when she's around this particular vampire, so being her natural self is a little bit hard.

"I'm glad I found you," Syani smiled, "Or...well, technically, you found me. Heh. How did you do that, anyway?" She asked only because she needed to learn some things from him on how he's able to do that, so she could do it herself and find him next time. The possibilities to surprise him is endless that way too.

Then she remembered the entire reason she brought him to this lake is to wash those blood off of him. The scent of it is starting to make her nose itch. "So would you like me to clean all that off for you?" Syani pointed her finger to his bloody clothes from his previous frightening fight with the wolves. She almost winked again too, but decided against it and said something instead;

"I won't be a good wife if I'm unable to do at least that. Laundry is crucial!" She stated in a matter-of-factly serious tone, complete with such a straight face...until she can't take it anymore and burst into her signature giggle. "I'm sorry, haha. I'm terrible at flirting, I know."

[Kaekeru]

Kaekeru couldn't help but to remain smiling at her childish smile and chuckled slightly at her comment of him not forgetting her that way. His smile faded slightly as she asked him how he found her. Truthfully, he wasn't sure himself.

"I would say it was more of a chance that we happened to appear in the same place at the same time." He said with a somewhat serious look, trying to pull his mind back out from the thoughts of what the Kumos did to him. His arms grew tense but he tried not to reveal that through his hands that held hers as he stared seriously towards her, trying to use the image of her in front of him as a means to smile again, but his mind was leaving again fast.

His eyes opened a bit wide as she brought the attention back to the topic of cleaning his clothes and stared at her again for a bit. He was even more shocked at her next statement of not being a good wife if she couldn't at least clean his clothes. After a moment of shock, his face lightened up again even happier than he had been before at hearing her even mention the idea of being his wife.

He unexpectedly revealed a wide, toothy smile, even as she started giggling and made a comment about her being bad at flirting. A moment later, in the blink of an eye, he held her close again, firmly in his arms. "You're more than fine as you are." He said in a gentle tone as he held her tightly. "I love you... Thank you..."

[Syani]

Syani can't believe what she just said, it's quite embarrassing to think over her words again in her head. This is the downfall of being spontaneous; having no control of what you're saying and being unable to take it all back.

Yet again, the best thing about being spontaneous is she's absolutely and thoroughly honest about whatever she's saying. While trying hard to dispatch the guilt of saying such a thing so freely by distracting herself with giggling at her own stupidity, Syani had completely missed the priceless expression of a shocked Kaekeru staring at her.

Fortunately, she did not however, missed to see the admittedly wide grin Kaekeru is currently revealing to her. The giggles that had errupted from her throat was halted by the extraodinary sight, and that was the only reaction she had time to display before founding herself in his embrace.

"Did you realized you just showed me the single most breathtaking image of yourself?" She murmured, half wanting him to hear her but at the same time didn't want him to know her personal thoughts of him. Smiling as she recalled the image in her mind, and smiling more at his words, Syani rests her head against his chest as she closes her eyes.

"I'm trying to be more, because I love you." It's like a sacred chant to her to be better, she needs to accept her feelings as a whole in order to help him like she wanted. "B-but no more mushy kissing, it's distracting me from my goal now to wash your clothes!" Peeking her head up from his embrace, Syani takes a look of his face, spotting a lot of blood prints under his jaw.

"And wash you too. You need to get in the water, Kae-kun." As definite and commanding her voice sounds, she did not let go of the fact that this situation will get awkward. "Do me a favour and try not to make me blush so many times tonight, will you?" Better to let him know her thoughts than having him discovering it exists in her head.

[Kaekeru]

Hearing her admit that his smile looked breathtaking made him continue to smile as he held her close. She was the only one that could make him crack a smile and even that took a little while for the first smile to show after they first met.

Kaekeru closed his eyes after a moment also, listening to her saying she wants to be moore because she loves him. He gently kissed the side of her head, getting close to her ear to reply. "You are already more than enough... because I love you."

Kaekeru chuckled slightly as she changed the topic back to his clothes and smiled at her as she looked up at him again. His smile grew slightly again as she told him to get into the water. Amused by the favour she asked him, he decided to tease her just a little bit more.

He leaned his face close to hers, staring directly into her eyes with a slightly wicked grin. "So you can clean me better... should I take everything off?" He asked her in a slightly seductive voice, stressing the word 'everything'.

[Syani]

Syani likes it that somebody appreciates her, despite how magically impossible it is in her head. Heck, everybody liked when they're appreciated for even existing. So there's this huge grin stuck on her face the whole time they're beside the lake.

But then, this happens.

When Kaekeru's smile kept growing at her words, Syani could almost tell that the event of her face exploding from too much blood is susceptible. His simper is turning into one of those specific scary ones again, and the half-vampire was forced to back away a bit when he leaned in close.

His words obviously had frozen her for a good few seconds, before a wave of the color red traveled up to her whole face, she's beginning to resemble a ripe tomato. Still, despite how bad she wanted to look away, hold her own head while rocking herself back and forth chanting 'DELETE, DELETE, DELETE', Syani decided to grow a backbone and refuse to break eye-contact with this scary man.

Her face is reddening, yes, but her eyes are glaring at him so hard, it almost looks like she's angry at him rather than embarrassed. She brings up her index fingers, presses each of them at his cheeks and tries to pull that wicked grin down. "No evil-grinning at me. No seducing me. No naked Kae-kun. NO."

She had to stress it in the end, just for her own sake to not accidentally imagine indecent things. "J...J-just get in the water!" Syani gives up the staring competition. Pulling her head down, she covers her brightly red face with her hands. "I.. I-I'll wash your clothes at the other side of the lake.. Yeah. Yea, yeah, that's actually a good plan..! That's much less awkward, yeah!" Smiling wide at this idea, Syani flipped her head back up at him, expecting him to agree.

[Kaekeru]

Kaekeru expected Syani's face to turn red as it did, but what he didn't expect was her to glare at him as well. His grin deepened at that, rather amused by his love in front of him. Her fingers trying to pull his grin down didn't work very well and he only continued to hold onto that grin as she told him no for three things.

He watched her with a grin still, as she then gave up and told him to get in the water while lowering her head and covering her face. At this, Kaekeru finally started to chuckle silently at her actions and the words she began to say next. When she looked back up at him, he stopped chuckling and just maintained the grin from before at her.

He then reached out a hand and held the side of her head gently, grinning at her still but with a hint of pain flickering across his eyes again. "I don't want to be parted from you again so soon... Even if it's across the lake or only a few feet away." He closed his eyes as he touched his forehead to hers then opened them again to look into her eyes. "I want to stay close to you... forever..."

[Syani]

It's quite ironic how a few years ago Syani was trying her best to make this man smile in the first place, and right now she's trying to make the same man frown...unsuccessfully. She was starting to glare at that smile of his rather than Kaekeru himself as she removed her fingers from his face.

After she had ordered him to get in the water and suggested to leave him be, Syani looked up at him hopefully, hoping he would agree with her. Though, she didn't expect he would respond this way. Her golden eyes widened slowly at his words, and then blinked rapidly in alarm when he gets close, only to touch foreheads with her.

"Kae-kun.." She breathed out, not knowing what else to say at his request and could only stare up at his eyes. They're so close now, she could see so clearly of how his eyes glistened, of fear in loosing control again, of the pain that was inflicted to him, of how serious he is in not letting her go.

It's the first time Syani could see his very soul so clearly, it almost frightened her to realize how fragile this man can be. "Okay," she whispered to him, bringing up her hands to hold his shoulders and broke their once locked foreheads just to give him a gentle peck on his lips. "I'll stay."

She smiled up knowingly at him, ensuring that everything will be fine. Pulling back her hands from his shoulders, the half-vampire suddenly asked, "Now, would you like me to help you with your clothes?" Unlike her earlier splutter, Syani voiced out that question almost coolly, perhaps missing the fact that it sounds wrong, since she genuinely wanted to help him in any way.

It took her a moment to listen to what she just said, and at that, a deep blush colored her cheeks again. "I...I'll try not to get too embarrassed." All for the sake of helping Kaekeru.