Night Time Walk (Seras)

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"I just.... needed.... to keep you.... safer... from me..." Hiro whispered weakly as he coughed up a bit of blood onto the floor. "It's nothing... I'm fine...." He added, though anyone could laugh at his remark and wouldn't believe him in the least. Hiro honestly felt right then that he could perhaps finally die. It killed him to know, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't even barely move until finally he forced his body to put a hand on Era's cheek. His skin was rough and painful to the touch. Hiro could feel his heart beating slower and slower, and there was little left for it to pump.

"I'm heaps sorry... you had to fall... for a vampire.... its all my fault..."

Hiro coughed again, blood running down his chin as his lips trembled. For whatever reason, despite being burned alive, he felt horribly cold right them. His breathing grew too shallow to notice. "I c-can't.... I w-won't wake up.... no more..." A faint voice escaped his lips but probably only Era with her hearing would have caught it. "... soo.... tired...." Hiro began to close his eyes, knowing he probably would pass away in his sleep. Had he gone too far this time? A thought found its way into his mind and made him force himself awake, but each time he'd open his eyes, they would start to fall closed once more. If Era was with child now... he couldn't let it live all alone with only her. Somehow even in his potential last moments, all Hiro could think of was everyone other than himself. His lover meant the world to him. Hiro again moved with what little strength he mustered from somewhere and his hand gently touched Era's tummy. "Allie...? I'm.. sorry...." Again his last breaths were selfless apologies.

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[era]

Listening to him Era bit her bottom lip hard to try and stop herself from crying, it hurt her more then anything to see him in the condition he was in. As soon as he touched her tummy she started crying, there had to be something she could do to help him. Coming to the only idea that might help him she forced a smile through the tears, kissing his cheek gently she shook her head slightly "Stay awake until I come back, I wont be long I promise" she whispered as she wiped the blood off of his chin. Getting to her feet she walked to the door and pulled it open, Hiro needed blood and she needed a knife.

Looking around her mind was else where trying to think of how quick she could be, Era didn't care that she had blood on her hand Era knew it wasn't what Hiro wanted but she couldn't could bare to see him die. Without hesitation Era started running, she needed to find a kitchen or some place that had a knife, tears were running down her face and she accidently ran into someone muttering that she was sorry she continued running.

Finding a kitchen ran into inside startling a few people she grabbed the first knife she saw before running back out, running a fast as she could she ran back to where Hiro was. Era was now beyound disstress, she wasn't thinking clearly. Reaching Hiro's room she ran in, she wanted someone to try and stop her as she fell down beside him "I'm back" she gasped still crying as she looked at him.

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No matter how near death Hiro was, he knew Era was feeling worse for having to watch him. He ignored all his pains, physical and emotional. None of it mattered to him. When Era returned, he noticed she was panting and highly distressed. He opened his eyes and could barely make out what he instantly recognized as a knife. Tears ran down his cheeks as he moved and put a hand on hers, keeping the knife down. "P-please..... don't....." he muttered weakly before finding the strength to try and sit up. There was a chain hanging above him still and he didn't even care that the shackle on the end was silver plated. He grabbed it and pulled himself up kneeling position and put his arms around Era. Her love had given him whatever strength he needed to live enough to hold her again. "... don't Miss Era.... I can't... let you..." Hiro put his arms around her lovingly before forcing himself to stand with her. He made her drop the knife and just held her as close to him as he possibly could. Her dress was getting stained with blood but it didn't matter he would buy her a hundred new ones to replace it.

Surprising everyone including the doctors, Hiro lifted Era into his arms and started for the door. He almost stumbled a few times but finally made it back to the other room. The vampire used his last bit of strength to make it to the bed where he fell to rest with Era on top of him. It was evident he would probably live, but would need to rest and would need to be cared for and looked after for a while. Most importantly, he could use Era's blood, but after ruining her night and destroying perhaps both their trust in him, he wouldn't dare drink from her unless she force fed him herself. He had had enough of his vampirism for a long while.

"Please.... don't go.... don't go... no where.... I'm sorry.... I just... want to be with you.... for a while longer..." Hiro whispered weakly. There was still a good chance he wouldn't wake up if he fell asleep again as his lungs and heart were wanting to die, but the stubborn vampire did his best to make his body work. He coughed up blood with nearly every breath. "Its okay now... they're gone Miss Era. I won't let them touch you again... did they hurt you bad? I'm so sorry... you poor thing..." Even in his decrepid state, all Hiro could worry about was his lover's safety. In truth, he just wanted her to not be afraid of him. He wanted her to tell him it was alright and she still loved him for saving her. He needed to hear it from her, to hear her tell him he did the right thing even when the rest of the world would look down on him for doing something so horrible.

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[era]

Letting Hiro make her drop the knife she placed her hands on his chest as he held onto her, hesitating slightly as he picked her up she glanced at the doctors slightly before she turned her attention back to Hiro. When they reached the room and she ended up laying on him she sighed softly before giving a small smile "I'm not going anywhere....I promise...It's ok, I'm all better Hiro" she whispered, "I love you...you did the right thing..." Era added softly as she watched Hiro bitting the inside of her lip lightly in an attempt to stop herself from crying again.

Placing a hand on his chest she watched him Era kissed his cheek gently "Rest...please? I-I'll make sure they'll take care of you" she whispered, moving her hand from his chest she took one of his hands in her's and held it gently. If someone really wanted to help Hiro they would have to convince her how they could help him, continuing to hold his hand she rested against him lightly trying to comfort him. Era knew she would have to leave him at some point to get changed into clean clothes but even then she wouldn't be gone long enough for him to notice if he did fall asleep she would stay until she felt comfortable letting the doctors and nurses look after him.

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Hiro stared up at the unfamiliar ceiling with a blank stare, his eyes dull, before finally glancing over at Era with tears in them. The bruise on her cheek was very light, but to him it was clearer than anything. It hurt so much, but he managed to put a very gentle touch to her cheek. "I'm so sorry... does it hurt?" No matter what, Hiro never cared about himself. He was near certain death without help, and still he only worried about the beauty and well being of his lover. Since their evening, his selflessness only seemed to have gotten much worse.

Doing his very best to stay awake and breathing, Hiro ignored the pains in his body. They were so severe even a bit of a masochist like himself couldn't enjoy them except for the notion that surviving it would perhaps make him somehow less of a vampire. Make him less dangerous for Era to be around. Even though it was his own denial to feed off blood that could have done this to him. When he saw someone attacking Era that night, it set him off with no end to the violence, but the moment he spilled blood the vampire couldn't hope to have ended his massacre. Deep down, the monster in him enjoyed all the blood and the taste of it.

"I...I don't... I don't want them to... to help me..." hiro muttered in a very weak voice. He started coughing up blood again but cringed in pain and stopped. His breathing became short; his lungs weren't working so well. "Please.... don't go...?" Hiro's eyes began to fall closed again, and he was doing his best to force them open. The normal, everyday things people do, breathing, speaking, their hearts beating, it all became so hard for him to keep doing. Putting a hand on Era's shoulder, he was glad he couldn't notice any scars, but he still knew the pain to her was very real. "I'm so sorry.... I couldn't get there... soon enough..."

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[era]

Era shook her head slightly "It doesn't hurt...but seeing you like this hurts" she whispered, Era didn't know how much pain Hiro was in but she didn't want to know. When he touched her shoulder Era buried her face agianst his neck gently "You don't have to be sorry Hiro" she whispered agianst his neck. "You need some blood...and I want them to help you even if you don't...I'm always going to be here" she added, staying pressed against him she closed her eyes.

Sitting up slightly she touched his cheek gently with a soft smile, she wasn't going to give up on him too easily. Taking her hand from his cheek she held onto his hand again as she laid back down her fingers lacing with his. "I'll be right here when you wake up" she whispered befor she kissed his cheek Era was going to make sure he woke up if he did fall asleep.

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Letting his eyes close for just a moment, Hiro felt horrible when she told him it hurt to see him like he was. But how could it not? Its not like he expected her not to care. Soon he forced his eyes open again because he was afraid to fall asleep. If he did, he could maybe not wake up again and all the vampire wanted was to stay with his Era. "I'm heaps sorry, Miss Era.... you had to see... everything... like it really is...." Turning his head to the side for a moment, Hiro coughed blood onto the sheets beside him before returning to look Era in the eyes, his own eyes telling a story of such sadness. "I wished... this could have ... lasted longer for you, but now... you know... what I really am... you saw it... with your own eyes..." There were reddish tears forming in his eyes and his eyes had long since lost their amber hues. But they weren't the same eyes Era saw when he had been killing uncontrollably. They were the same ones that had been horrified and stared at her fearfully after the ordeal. The same ones that suggested he wasn't a monster, but still the gentleman she had fallen in love with.

Biting his lip in pain, Hiro ignored it the best he could, did his best to take steady breaths no matter how weak, and just listened to her soft voice. He shook his head no when she told him he needed blood. Hiro didn't want to be a vampire that needed blood. Though nobody could deny genetics, he wanted to try for the sake of loving Era. Which would hurt less? Hurting himself for her sake, or hurting her for his own selfish lust? It was a question that could drive anyone mad. "I c-can't... Miss Era... I want to stay... here with you.... I don't want to go.... but.... sooo tiiired...." Hiro's voice drifted off, but not before suggesting how scared he was, not of dying, but leaving Era. If he fell asleep now, even if his body survived, Hiro knew he wouldn't have the energy to even wake up.

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[era]

Bitting her bottom lip she looked away from him for a moment convincing herself not to cry anymore, "You can only stay with me Hiro if you drink" Era said looking back at him. Carefully she let go of his hand as her canines grew, it was one of the only things she could controll without shifting fully. Bitting down on her own wrist she cringed at the pain, crinkling her nose at the taste of blood she put her wrist near his mouth "Please Hiro" she begged softly.

If anyone came in and told her to stop Era was going to be as threatening as she could be, using her free hand she wiped the blood from her own mouth as she looked at Hiro. Era was eaither going to hit him or hug him if he was going to be ok, both sounded like very appealing ideas. But first she needed him to drink and get better before she hurt him in anyway, even though she knew him drinking from her hurt him. Nuzzling his neck gently Era kept her forehead pressed gently against his neck, her body pressed to his as she bit down on her bottom lip again.

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Hearing what she had to say, it hurt Hiro so very much to see her upset but to watch her bite her own wrist open, for him, it pained his heart like nothing else. He couldn't expect her to want to watch him die, or suffer horribly until he finally did heal on his own, but to drink from her could start a lust in him that may be never-ending. One of the biggest reasons he hadn't aloud himself to drink from her is because love aside, the vampire was absolutely infatuated with her body. Perhaps she couldn't understand the extent to which he cherished her precious, petite frame, but to drink from her was like a godsend. It always had left him with the utmost pleasure imaginable, despite soon being won over by a horrible depression. Hiro constantly used every amount of strength in him as of late to keep from feeding off her whenever he simply even kissed her, and it had only gotten much worse the longer they had been together. The vampire never mentioned it to Era, and probably never would, but the more he drank from Era, the less likely he would be to stop his lust later on. He would be in the same position his Seras had been, completely won over by her urges, feeding off him whenever she felt even the slightest thirst. It absolutely tore them apart thought Hiro still never complained nor protested. But he just didn't want that to come between Era and him.

His eyes averted for a short while, Hiro thought long and hard about what Era was asking him to do. He understood it was in both their best interests to not oblige, but how could he still find himself in the position to deny what she wanted? Hiro loved her and she only wanted to help him. Tears rolled down his cheeks. If it had to be done, for her sake, he knew he could feel horrible for it on his own time. As far as the vampire was concerned, he didn't matter in the least anymore. It was all about her.

Hiro slowly took her thin wrist in his hand and stared at it for a few moments, tears still rolling down his deathly pale cheeks. Perhaps it was time to leave Era to keep her safe? The thought horrified him, but it could be true? He slowly put her wrist not up to his own mouth, but Era's, letting the blood flow into her cheeks. Thinkingly deeply, Hiro leaned over and kissed Era passionately, taking the blood from her. At the very least, he didn't want to bite her. Licking her lips as well as his own clean afterwards, Hiro went back to laying on his back and cringed. As her blood entered his body, it felt so wonderful, but left him feeling equally as empty. It hurt to think he desperately craved more, but forced his mind and body to think otherwise. That was all he would take from Era. It was barely enough to help him at all, but she didn't know that. In fact, he much rather have suffered through his pains and healed on his own eventually rather than to add a severe urge to his list of tortures at the moment. But, Era had gone through enough, and even lost some of her own blood. He wouldn't dare take anymore.

"I'm so sorry...." Hiro whispered under his breath, unsure if she would be listening or if it was just his mind talking. "I've ruined us ..."

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Resting her arm on his chest her wrist was slowly healing itself with little hassle, looking at him she frowned slightly before giving a light sigh "No, you haven't ruined anything Hiro" she said softly and kissed his cheek gently, staying pressed against him she kissed his cheek again. Era tucked her hair behind her ears as she stayed laying with him "You can't ruin anything" she told him gently, she was trying to comfort him.

Tracing patterns lightly on his chest Era watched Hiro as she bit her bottom lip gently, pressing her forehead against Hiro's neck gently she closed her eyes as she sighed softly again. "Try and get some sleep?" she asked softly as she continued to trace patterns on his chest. Getting comfortable against him Era opened her eyes, looking at Hiro she knew she had made him do somethin he hadn't wanted to do but it was the only way to make him feel better.

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Hiro sighed lightly before coughing and biting his lower lip hard. He couldn't even find the strength to look Era in the eyes anymore, feeling like the worst thing on the planet. "Vampires don't sleep..." He whispered and put his arms around her, bringing her up to lean against him still when he sat up. Ignoring all the pains the rocketed through his body right then, Hiro went to kiss Era on the lips, but instead felt too awkward and landed a peck on her cheek. The more he though of it, the more he just knew that things would be too different between them now. No matter how much he'd tried not to, he just couldn't get the image of Era out of his mind. It haunted him. She had worn such a discomforting, fearful glare when she saw how Hiro had brutally killed so many people. No, they were werewolfs. Just like she was. He couldn't imagine how unnerving it must have been to see the most proper gentleman, the love of your life, murder so many creatures just like yourself.

"I know... I promised you.. a night far better than this.... but... but at the very least, let me take us home to rest there?" Hiro couldn't barely even look at Era as he talked, biting his lip nervously. Without saying anything more, he stood with her in his arms. Her blood had helped him heal enough to at least hold his own once again, but it still didn't feel wonderful at all. To the vampire, however, the pain was simply proof he was still alive. It was all he needed. When the pain would grow too great and only feel pleasing, he knew he wouldn't have much more time after that.

Ignoring everyone, and even glaring angrily at those few who dared step in his way, Hiro limped his way out of the hospital into the night air. Its soothing cold temperature felt wonderful on his burned skin. As a nearby nurse was returning to the building from a cigarette break, Hiro convinced her to give up her white coat. It wasn't much, but anything to help keep his Era from being cold as he began to walk slowly down the street, not saying a word. If Era was conscious enough, she may have noticed he started in the direction of her apartment, not his suite.

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[era]

"Ok" Era said softly as Hiro picked her up, she wasn't going to argue with him seeing as she doubted that would solve anything whatsoever. Hooking her arms around his neck Era glanced at a few pepople before she closed her eyes only to open her eyes again when Hiro spoke to someone, seeing a nurse she sighed softly as Hiro asked for her white coat. Placing her forhead back agianst his neck she closed her eyes as if trying to go to sleep, yawning softly Era open her eyes once more and looked around with a small frown "Hiro...why are you walking towards my apartment?" she asked softly.

Era felt tired but she wanted to stay awake because she was curious as to why they were going to her apartment, holding onto the coat she pulled it more around her slightly feeling cold. She shivered slightly in his arms and pressed a little more against him as she closed her eyes, resting them for a moment before she opened them again.

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Hiro held her against him tighter when he felt her little body shivering. "I'm taking you to your home, Miss Era." He commented lightly, not meaning much by it. In truth, he thoroughly enjoyed spoiling his lover and giving her the best she deserved. But he knew, if she didn't want to be a rich girl no more and enjoyed her simple life, he wouldn't force her back into who she used to be.

On their way to her apartment, the two had passed by the alleyway where there night had gone so horribly wrong. Hiro stopped before it and stared at the blood stained pavement. He began to shiver just looking at it all. There were tears in his eyes. Even though it only happened a few hours ago, he still couldn't believe he had done such a thing. But in the end, it was his primal instincts that had taken over and let him admit his undying love for Era as he saved her from perhaps death. For that, he could feel at least a little bit swell for.

Sighing, he continued on his way and soon his strides grew shorter and weaker, and his limp stronger. Finally they had reached her apartment building. Unlocking the door to the lobby, Hiro never dared let Era out of his arms as he began heading up the stairs painfully.

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[era]

Era frowned slightly as he spoke, giving another yawn she dozed off for a little bit until they were at her apartment building. Forcing her eyes open she could feel Hiro struggling "Hey...put me down, you can't carry me up the stairs Hiro" she said softly, sure she was half a asleep it would be like any other night she got to her apartment late from work. No-one cared anymore about the noise she normally made by tripping up stairs or tripping over her own feet and falling into a wall, everyone in the building was used to it.

Even though she said that he should put her down Era doubted she would be able to make it up the stairs without falling over and going to sleep, she had done that a few times and no-one bothered moving her. She didn't really blame them at all, rubbing her eyes she tried to wake up more but failed at waking herself up only making herself yawn softly once again.

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"I won't let you fall asleep out here, Miss Era" Hiro told her politely as he continued to limp up the stairs slowly. By the time he had reached the top, he felt as though his legs would rot and just fall off, but they lasted him until her door before he realized he wouldn't be able to go much further at all. Still, never once did he complain about carrying Era. It wasn't that she was heavy at all, but in his state he shouldn't have even been moving, much less walking across town carrying someone in his arms. But nothing else mattered to him save for getting his precious lady home, to her home, safely.

Opening the door slowly, Hiro made sure it was locked as he carried Era to her bedroom and placed her softly down onto the bed to rest. Without even barely a look of pain on his face, he smiled and went to run the shower for her so she could clean herself off and get a good nights sleep. As the water ran and grew warmer, Hiro helped his Era up and brought her to the bathroom though she was halfway asleep. He kindly took the dress off her and her jewelry and let it drop to the floor, not even caring that it was thousands of dollars worth of things. The vampire stepped into the shower with her and let the water run across her soft skin as he cleaned all the blood and sweat off her. He neglected to mention how even just the warmest of water burned when it touched his body. As usual, his own feelings and pains weren't something he ever wished to bother Era with.

After rinsing her matted hair and running conditioner through her locks, Hiro finished cleaning her and helped her step out of the shower without falling over from fatigue. Where he found the energy to continue to care for her was anybody's guess but it was very evident how much Hiro just absolutely adored Era. He put a towel around her body after drying her off, bundled her hair in one as well and carried her off to her bed. The girl was nearly asleep by the time he laid her down to rest. Kissing her cheek, Hiro didn't even bother cleaning or drying himself off before he just stopped the shower and went out onto her small balcony out back. They were only on the second story, but the view was still a nice change. Being in her apartment made him feel increasingly awkward. It was a place she shared with other men, not him. He didn't find himself worthy enough at all. Though it was probably one of the worst things for him to do for his collapsing lungs right then, Hiro took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up, taking a deep drag.

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