~ArShi SS~ The Vampire Knight - chap 9 page 121 - Page 18

Chapter 5

"Huhh.. Lord!!" Arnav dismissed to acknowledge the creature standing before him in all his might. While Khushi nudged her elbow in his rib to indicate him to behave..

Master left them to go to some other place, leaving Shyam eye both of them.. Something about Master's behavior was really odd, thought Arnav, coz for all his life, he had never seen his Master try so hard to hide his emotions..

That made Arnav all the more mad at the leech, as very few people on earth had the power to make Master flinch like that and leave quietly. His godfather, Vikram Aditya Dev, was almost a regal creature, if Arnav could speak out loud about him, the only attribute about Master that would leave his mouth would be Majestic.. Master was royal in every sense of the word, somehow helping Arnav preserve his own bloodline.. The Raizadas had been extinct for now, he being the sole survivor, yet, Master had always made sure Arnav knew what the definition of a Raizada was, how there's was a clan considered royalty in the hunting community..

"Hmmm…" the blood-sucker smiled at him, making Arnav's hair at the back stand up in disgust, "Even I don't like to be acknowledged like that…" Shyam said, "What are you called, Mortal?"

"Seems like your age is wearing your senses off.. Didn't you just listen to Master calling me Arnav??" Arnav was already seething. It was impossible to maintain conversation with things whom's head you wanted to rip off..

"You have no idea about my age,boy. I'd rather not indulge in a topic like that. Besides, I hardly pay attention to Vikram. Now Arnav… Right?? What makes you think you are worthy enough to stand before me spouting such nonsense??", he smiled condescendingly, "You look pretty much like a useless mongrel to me…"

Arnav could swear he tasted blood just now in his mouth… Something for sure he had bitten. The bile already rising in from the pit of his stomach was a sure-shot indicator he wanted to shred this creature to pieces. How dare he humiliate Master like that.

"Its Arnav Singh Raizada, leech… Think before you say a word more about Master… We wouldn't want all these years of your existence end so abruptly now, Would we?"Arnav hissed…

The change in Shyam's behaviour was evident would have been an understatement.. He looked perplexed. As if he, the great timeless vampire lord, had finally witnessed a ghost.

But then, a smile played on his lips.. A mix of amusement and victory.. Finally, now he understood. Why Vikram wanted to hide this… So, this was going to be fun… He could use a toy to pass his time until he got what he had waited patiently for all these years…

"So, A Raizada in full flesh and blood…. Never thought one such existed… Should I be afraid mongrel?? I thought we annihilated your clan ruthlessly… Did you hide in the closet to be spared??"

That was it.

That was so it.

He unged forward at his throat, while two really soft hands made their way holding him from his back… Whispering something into his ear…

Shyam laughed out watching the scene unfold before him… How beautiful she looked, completely panic-stricken, trying to pacify the measly petty human, as if her life depended on it…

Arnav straigthened up, swallowing the bile in his mouth… While Khushi's proximity made his senses go haywire, it also helped conentrate his mind only on her. Making everything around much more bearable…

He took in a deep breath, inhaling her intoxicating fragrance as much as possible, just to drown in her a bit.. So that the Venomous excuse of an existence in front of him could be ignored.

He opened his eyes, just to see Shyam now eyeing Khushi.

Lord, Was this creature out today to test his patience?

Without saying a word, he grabbed Khushi's hand.. Murmuring a very feeble "She's mine.." led her away from there…

"Arnav…" Khushi carefully asked once.. But neither did he reply, nor did he look back at her.. He was just hell bent on getting her out of sight of all these thirsty vampires around…

Completely ignoring the fact that he had thirsted for her early in the evening too…

Completely ignoring the promise he made to keep her away from him, just for her own safety…

Completely ignoring the fact that he had wanted to ravish her as soon as he had seen her in red…

"ARNAV!!! Would you please stop… Where do you want to drag me to?? And What was that?? Master told you to behave.. didn't he?? Can't you control yourself just once?" Khushi could not take it anymore… She had had enough of dragging around for god's sake. She didn't even know where they were right now.. Master must be looking for them. Fear gripped her as she realized the situation they would end up in if Master came to know about what Arnav was inches away from doing just now…

Anxiously, she did what she would do every single time… She started nervously biting her own lips and mumbling to herself about all the possible ways she could keep Arnav away from Master.

He had been outraged at her outbreak just now, and had been more than ready to give her a piece of mind, till he saw her tremble and mumble jibberish while wreaking havoc on her lower lip…

"Khushi… Relax okay? Would you stop talking to yourself?" He tried his level best, to calm her down as well as keep his calm..

"Relax?? YOU are asking me to relax?? YOU of all people should know what happened just now!!! Why the hell could you not behave, Arnav?? Why did you drag me out of there with each and everyone watching?? Do you even know what punishment would await you back home? Why couldn't you RELAX then, Arnav??" She blurted out… Angry, yet still fumbled…

"I dragged you out here coz every leech had eyes for YOU!!! I cannot have any more creatures thirsting for you!! Do you UNDERSTAND? Protecting you gets bloody damn painful! Why the hell are you wearing RED??? You don't even like red as far as I know!!"

"I wore red because you like it!!" She uttered really softly, almost impossible for him to listen to… Her eyes teared up at all the screams he had just thrown on her face…

"Ouch!!" Before she realized, her nervous biting had hurt her lip, making a small speck of blood rush out…

Instantaneously, before he even knew what he was doing, his lips were on hers. Sucking the magnificent drop of nectar, almost felt like Ambrosia to him… He continued nibbling softly into her lips, mad with bloodlust or just pure lust, he couldn't define. He continued grinding in his lips into hers, holding all of her frame possessively, not wanting to let go in the slightest…

He could feel her grip tightening onto the collar of his suit, her mind frazzled. Hell, he himself wasn't quite able to make out what he was doing, let alone blame her for being out of senses…

His grip tightened around her waist, making her gasp for air as he did so… Her eyes flew open as she felt him licking away her nape, as if savoring a really good meal before digging into it…

As soon as realization dawned on her, horrified, she pushed him away…

The instant she had pushed him away was the same instant he had realized he needed to stop.

Stop, before the protector became the marauder.

She gasped in shock, as she saw his eyes had an undertone of red at the moment…

"Arnav???" was all she could breathe out. A thousand questions flickering in her mind, going back to the day she had first met him…

He saw what her face looked like, and cursed himself, as bad as he could…

What could he do right now?

What could he say to her?

Wait, he couldn't say anything, but he could show her…

He saw her hesitant eyes… She took a step back from him, as if being wary of him…

This was the last thing he would ever want in his life… So, quietly he stripped his suit away, and opened the first few buttons of his charcoal black shirt…

This time, Khushi's eyes got even wider… She had heard folklores about it.. Had thought it to be a myth… Always hearing that a human being would choose becoming a vampire than enduring the pain of sealing…

Her eyes welled up completely now, as she took fast steps towards him, engulfing him in her arms.

Gently caressing the evident Seal on his neck, she cried…

Cried, for all the pain he would have endured… For all the pain he still endured… For the fight he still kept on going every day…

So what? So what if he had slipped once?

She couldn't imagine how hard he tried every day to stop the transformation…

He silently pulled his arms around her… Burning in her scent some more... Controlling himself more… Promising new promises of protecting her… Even when he realized, someday, protecting her would mean killing himself…