"You got up when that hunter was preparing a curse..." Khaalida
chuckles, continuing to look out the window, hiding a blush. "Thank
you for healing me... If you hadn't I would have bled out..." She
lowers her head.
"No problem," He says with a small smile. "But...that's what I was
worried about, you got stabbed in the back and your ankle." Riku
huffs. "I told you to go..." He mutters under his breath.
Hinami continues walking and she leaves HQ.
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Khaalida grins and turns to Riku. "I never was good at following
orders..." She sighs. "And I've never had someone to keep an eye
on..." She rubs her arm.
Khaalida nods. "But sometimes everyone needs some kind of help..."
She turns back to the window, her mind filling with memories, some
happy, but most sad and painful.
Riku grits his teeth together and turns his hand into a fist. "And
sometimes that makes you lose someone!" He blurts out bitterly
before he could stop himself.
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Khaalida stiffens at his statement. "I know that all to well..."
She says as her voice cracks and she grabs the window sill tightly
as a tear rolls down her cheek.
Riku's anger went away and was replaced with guily as soon as he
saw how Khaalida reacted. "Hey...I didnt ..." He stops, not knowing
what to say. Instead, he heaved himself up and wobbled towards her
ignoring the dull pain. Without second thought, Riku hugged the
other vampire.
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Khaalida's eyes shot wide open and she quivered at the sudden
embrace. She held her breath for a moment, and let it out in a sigh
of newly discovered feeling and memories. I feel... I feel...
Safe... For once in a long time... I feel, safe... A second
tear falls onto Riku's arm.
Riku pulled her closer and rested his head on hers. "I'm sorry," He
says. "I didn't mean to upset you." After a moment he pulled away
to lean against the wall to support his weight.
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"You didn't... I..." Khaalida stood there unable to speak. Finally
she turned to Riku, blushing slightly. "We've all been through a
lot... I want to thank you..." She smiled weakly. Noticing him
leaning against the wall. "Oh, you should probably sit..." She
offered her arm for support.
Riku takes her arm gratefully."You can say that again," He nods at
her statement before glaring at his lame leg. "This sucks," He
whined. "I can't heal myself."
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Khaalida helps Riku over back to the couch and sets him down and
sits next to him. She looks at the floor. "I... Could try to heal
it..." She looks over at his leg. "I haven't tried it before... But
then again, the teleportation worked out..."