Kaze ni Fukaretemo
(RisaNeru fanfic)~Part 3~Risa slowly opened her eyes. She groaned. Somehow her body felt so tired and heavy. She looked around, she realized that she wasn’t in one of Techi’s room anymore. The room she was in was full of cute plush toys and the walls were painted light blue. The room was kinda remind her of Neru somehow.
Speaking of Neru, Risa suddenly remembered what happened. She touched her neck, she felt a sharp pain on her neck. She grunted. Neru’s bite was so damn hurt.
(Neru had fangs. And she freaking bite me?!! And her eyes was blood-red *shivered* Is she really a vampire? Am I going to turn into a vampire too???) Risa cringed at the thought.
“Hey~”
Risa gasped. She was startled by Neru’s sudden appearance.
“Neru...Don’t scare me like that. You almost gave me a heart attack.” said Risa dramatically while touching her heart.
Neru chuckled.
“Gomen, gomen. I didn’t mean to scare you. Here, I’ve made you pancakes.”
Neru put the pancakes tray in front of Risa. Risa eyed the food suspiciously. Neru might looked pretty much like a human right now, but she remembered clearly how Neru’s eyes turned blood-red and she even bite her with her two sharp fangs.
“What’s wrong? You don’t like pancakes?” asked Neru.
“Y-you’re a v-vampire... a-aren’t you?” Risa stuttered.
Neru bite her lip. She calmly responded Risa’s question.
“Do I look like a vampire to you?”
“You bite me,” Risa stated.
Neru sighed. She knew she had screwed up. She should’ve control herself around Risa.
(But controlling myself around Risa is really hard though. Her smell is just too tempting...)She unconsiously eyed Risa’s neck. Risa touched her neck protectively.
“O-o-oi. You’re not going to bite me again, are you?”
Neru averted her eyes from Risa’s neck. She honestly wanted to taste Risa’s delicious blood again, but Risa have just recovered. So she decided to wait a little longer. She took the fork from the tray.
“Don’t worry, I won’t bite you (yet). Here, say aa~”
Neru tried to feed Risa. Risa was hesitant for a moment, but she was starving so she opened her mouth anyway. She chewed the food slowly.
“Mm~ Oishi~” said Risa with a smile.
Neru giggled.
“I’m glad you like my cooking...” said Neru.
Risa was happily munching the pancakes that Neru fed her. But she couldn’t help but bothered by so many questions inside her head. So she decided to let them out.
“Ne~”
“Mm? Doushita?” Neru put down the fork.
“Are you a vampire?” Risa asked Neru.
Neru sighed.
(She just won’t give up is she? It can’t be help then. Maybe I should tell her the truth. But I don’t want to put her in danger though. Dousiyo???)Neru took a deep breath. Then she stared intensely at Risa.
“No. I’m... what they called a dhampir-”
Risa cut Neru’s statement. “-A what?”
Neru continued, “Like I said, I’m a dhampir. A half-human half-vampire hybrid. That means, I’m faster and stronger than humans but slower and weaker than vampires. Also unlike vampires, I can walk under the sun, and consume human food. Though I also find human’s blood very alluring~”
Neru bite her lip while looking hungrily at Risa. Risa gulped.
“J-ja. What about our eyes then? Why are they black? Are you wearing contact lenses?” asked Risa.
“My eyes are normally black. They only change into red-colored when I'm angry, thirsty of blood... or when I’m really turned on,” Neru said seductively.
Risa fidgeting on Neru’s bed uncomfortably. Don’t get her wrong. She would love to do some naughty stuff with Neru. But she just didn’t wanna die after a sexual intercourse. That would be the most embarrassing way to die.
“Do you have other questions?” Neru asked Risa.
“Eto... Am I going to turn into a vampire?” asked Risa nervously.
“Nope. Damphires can’t turn humans into a vampire. Only full-blooded vampires can do that,” told Neru.
“Ah~ So I’m safe then?” asked Risa.
Neru giggled.
“You’re in a room with a supernatural creature... you’re clearly not safe,” stated Neru with a teasing tone.
“Somehow I feel really safe though. Being here with you... I miss this.” Risa gently gazed at Neru. “I miss you...Neru.”
Risa couldn’t hold back her feeling anymore. She looked down and cried. Neru felt uneasy by the sight of the crying girl. She bite her lip.
“Risa... I’m sorry. For everything. I know I’ve hurt you so much. I know don’t deserve you... or your love. But I’m very happy that even after all this time... you still love me. And... the truth is, my heart is always belong to you and you only. It killed me to leave you just like that,” Neru confessed to Risa.
Risa looked up. She angrily asked Neru.
“Really? Why didn’t you came back sooner then? Why did you have to leave me on the first place?”
“I was just- I wanted to protect you! Supernaturals are prohibited to have a relationship with humans. They would kill you if they ever found out about us...” said Neru with a sad tone.
“Who are ‘they’? Are they the reason you were so frightened?”
~~~
FlashbackRisa approached her girlfriend. Neru was spacing out alot lately, which made her really worried. She tapped Neru’s shoulder.
“Neru...”
Neru jerked a little. Then she calmed after realizing it was just Risa.
“Ah, Risa. Doushita?”
Risa sat beside Neru under the zelkova tree. She sighed.
“You were spacing out again. That’s so unlike you. Is there anything bothering you?” asked Risa with a gentle tone.
Neru bite her lip.
“It’s nothing. I just-“ Neru choked “I’m scared...”
Neru hugged herself. Risa put her arms around her girlfriend.
“You know I always be here for you, right? If you just tell me what’s going on-“
Neru released herself from Risa’s hug.
“I can’t. I’m sorry...”
Then Neru stood up and left Risa alone under the tree.
End of Flashback“Yes. They’re called the watchers. They’re the one who rule all supernaturals. For centuries, it’s been their duty to make sure that no humans would found out about our existence. They made many rules and punished anyone who dare to break them. Talking about this things with you is already breaking many rules. If we become lovers again... they’ll kill you for sure. They have suspected me before-“
“That’s why you left me?”
“....Yeah. My father told me to stay with him in England. So I would be away from you. He was so mad when I told him I wanted to go back to Japan.”
Risa raised her eyebrow.
“Your father?”
(Didn’t she told me she never knew who her father was?)“Un. We’re never really close to each other. I didn’t even know about his existence until I was 13. When I turned 13, I started to shown my vampire-side. I even tried to bite my friend once. I told mum about my condition, then she told me about how she fell in love with a vampire and gave birth of me. A half-vampire half-human... an abomination,” said Neru.
Risa was pissed off by the word “abomination”. She scouted closer to Neru and touched her cheek gently.
“Don’t call yourself that! You’re not an abomination. You’re... you’re like the most beautiful and wonderful girl in the whole world. You’re everything to me. I... I love you. And I’m willing to sacrifice everything for us to be together again,” Risa paused “ Even my humanity,” she continued.
Neru smiled. It was a genuine smile.
“Arigatou... but becoming a supernatural is not that easy,” Neru warned Risa
“I don’t care. I wanna be with you,” Risa stated.
Neru sighed. Then she get off the bed and told Risa “Go get a shower then. I’ll take you to my secret hideout to meet my friends.”
“Are they all supernaturals?” asked Risa.
“Yes, but they’re good people. They won’t hurt you. I will protect you...” Answered Neru.
Risa smiled. Then she get off the bed and head to the bathroom.
~~~
Once they arrived at Neru’s “secret hideout”, Risa raised her eyebrow and asked Neru
“This is your ‘secret hideout’?”
Neru and Risa get off the car and walked toward a cafe called “The Nocturnals”. It was located at a quiet neighborhood outside Tokyo. A maid walked towards the two and gave them a strange question.
“Welcome to Nocturnals Cafe. Do you sleep on broad daylights?”
Neru answered the maid “No. But We love drinking fresh blood.”
“Ah... hybrids. Please come this way,” said the maid with a kind smile.
The maid led them to a table. They followed the maid without saying a word. Risa was busy looking around the dim cafe.
(I wonder if this people are all supernaturals... meh, I have Neru here. I have nothing to worry about.)Risa gazed at Neru. She smiled at Neru and held her hand gently.
“Did I ever told you how beautiful you are?” Risa flirted at Neru.
Neru smiled shyly and bite her lower lip.
“You did. Ma~ny times even,” said Neru.
Risa chuckled. She flirted again “Well, I can’t help it. My girlfriend is just too beautiful~”
Neru became silent and drew her hand away from Risa’s hold. Risa realised her mistake. The reality was... they were not officially girlfriends yet. Because Risa hasn’t break things with Manaka.
“Uh...I...-“
“Yo! Neru-chan~” Techi greet Neru.
Neru and Risa glanced at Techi’s direction. Techi walked towards the pair and sat right beside Neru (Neru and Risa sat across each other). While the other two girls who came after Techi sat beside Risa and Techi. Risa eyed the three girls suspiciously.
Neru greet the three. “Techi, Yuuka, Rena-chan. How are you guys doing?”
“Fine. A girl left me on my party last night,” Techi said sarcastically.
Neru gave Techi an apologize look. Yuuka sensed the awkwardness, so she tried to lighten up the atmosphere.
“Akanen agreed to be my date last night~” Yuuka said with a huge smile.
“Heh... congratulation~” Neru congrulate Yuuka.
Rena giggled. “Took her forever to finally have the gut to asked Akanen out,” Rena teased Yuuka.
Yuuka pouted. “Maa, I do have to thank Jurina for that. Your girlfriend is is a really good advisor,” said Yuuka.
Rena smiled. “She sure is. Jaa, why did you called us here?” she asked Neru.
Neru bite her lip.
“I ever told you all about my ex-girlfriend right?” asked Neru.
Yuuka, Rena and Techi nodded. Techi scoffed.
“The human... what of her?” asked Techi with a bored tone.
“Her name is Risa. And...she’s here with us. Right beside you,” Neru addressed Yuuka.
Yuuka was startled. “Huh???”
She eyed Risa strangely. Rena eyed Risa curiously. While Techi gave Risa a disgusted look. Techi snorted.
“This... puny human was your lover? Are you serious?!” said Techi mockingly.
Risa felt offended.
“I’m not a puny human! Don’t be so smug just because you’re...” Risa paused.
“A lycan,” Techi said with a smirk.
“...just because you’re a lycan!” Risa continued.
Risa whispered to Yuuka “What’s a lycan?”
Yuuka was about to answered Risa when Techi cut her.
“A creature which way way more superior than you humans,” said Techi smugly.
Rena snorted. “Right~ we all know my baby Juju could crush you with her left pinky...” she dissed Techi.
Yuuka added Rena’s phrase “With a blindfold.”
Rena and Yuuka chuckled with each other. While Risa smirked at Techi’s annoyed face.
Techi scoffed. “I might be a newborn lycan. But I’m still way... stronger than this weak human,” she addressed Risa.
Then Techi averted her gaze at Neru.
“You know the rules, Neru. They’ll kill her. If you’re with me, no one’s gonna get killed” she told Neru.
Neru was dept in her thought.
“They won’t kill me if I become one of you,” Risa stated.
“You want to be one of us?” asked Yuuka.
Techi scoffed. She asked Risa "Are you ready to leave your parents? Friends?"
Risa was silent by the question. She didn't think about it before. Neru glanced at Risa.
(Risa is hesitating. Yappa, it's impossible for her to let go of her family and friends. Techi... I can't deny that she's really attractive. Cool, cute, funny and powerful.)Neru felt insecure of her future with Risa. Would she dared to take the risk and be Risa's girlfriend once again? Or would she chose a risk-free relationship with Techi?
You'll find out on part4 To be continued