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I hit her head.
"You're a bad friend. See? You want to eat your own friend..."
An unlimited food source?! Is she crazy?
Though if I think about it, her words make sense.
But she's still crazy!
She blushes intensely and presses her head down in embarrassment.
'Oh?'
As I am now, I can't be considered a hundred percent vampire since I'm quite different from them in many ways.
Since I was a zombie, my scent has been pretty attractive to supernatural beings.
For example, the vampire guy I killed in the 24th Ward licked some of my blood with ecstasy, just like Eto when she tasted my dried blood stuck to the ground. From their reactions, my blood is definitely too tasty.
If some of the supernatural beings drank large amounts of my blood, I wonder if it would have any special effect on them?
While thinking about these interesting possibilities, I see Touka bring her face closer to mine, and opening her mouth...
—Chomp!
She bites my cheek.
"Ow! What the hell was that?!"
She seriously has the nerve to bite me like that?
That said, even though she bit me, she didn't put force in her jaws, so in the end she didn't tear off my flesh or skin.
"Mmph! I couldn't hold back..."
She licks her lips.
"You're really shameless... Still, would you like to properly taste my blood?"
"Huh? Is that okay?"
Touka's taken by surprise and startles at my words.
At the same time, she looks at me with bright eyes before shaking her head.
"As tempting as your smell is, and trying you a bit to know what you taste like, I don't want to hurt you, and I don't want to turn into a ghoul who wants to eat her friend."
She sighs heavily.
"I'll keep hunting criminal humans to eat like I've been doing."
When I hear those words, that she'll eat other people's bodies, I clench my fists. Even though that's normal, considering ghouls feed on human corpses, it somehow bothers me to think Touka will eat someone else's flesh.
Hm? What's this?
Ah, I see...
I realize I seem to be pretty possessive.
"Tsk!"
Clicking my tongue in annoyance, I sharpen one of my fingers and cut my wrist. From the cut flesh, red blood flows abundantly.
Before, my blood was rotten and black, but with my most recent evolution, my blood also turned red, though much darker than normal blood.
Instantly, an absolutely intoxicating smell spreads throughout the room, making Touka's body shake in position. She grabs her throat with both hands while breathing heavily and raggedly. She looks like a girl who's been lost in the desert and hasn't drunk water for months.
She looks at me, and I see myself reflected in her glassy eyes.
"What... what are you doing?"
Even her voice is ragged. She seems to be suffering fighting against her instinct to attack me.
I laugh with amusement, and extend my arm where my wrist is cut. Fortunately I can control my regeneration, so as long as I don't allow it, my wound won't heal.
Touka's eyes turn toward my dripping blood, even salivating.
"It's okay, you can try it. I don't know if it'll be beneficial for you or not, still, if you want it's not bad if you drink my blood directly."
After all, according to many stories I've read, vampires can feed on each other without problems.
And even though Touka's a ghoul, it wouldn't be bad for her to try my blood.
She grabs my arm firmly, and gets closer to me.
"Is it really okay?"
"As long as you don't bite and eat my flesh, it's fine."
If somehow my blood is enough to properly feed Touka, then it would be perfect since I don't like the idea of her feeding on other people's flesh.
She nods at my confirmation and brings her trembling lips to my wrist, before starting to suck gently.
Her eyes open instantly. Her irises turn crimson and her sclera goes from white to being painted ink black.
"Hmmm...~"
Her face flushes intensely while she continues drinking my blood with more fervor. Her eyes close with what I can only describe as ecstasy. Then, small moans escape her throat as she continues drinking avidly.
"It's... it's so delicious..."
Between small sips, she murmurs those words.
"So this is what your blood tastes like...? I'm scared..."
"Huh? Why?"
Confused, I stroke her head with my other hand.
She opens her eyes and looks directly at me.
"Because... I think I'm becoming addicted... Hah..."
Seems like my blood is so delicious for Touka that it's driving her crazy.
"Now I won't ever want to taste human flesh again. What should I do? I realize that the flesh I've eaten until now was nothing but rotten food compared to your blood..."
A smile draws on my lips seeing her lick my blood.
"Hehe, I'm glad to know that."
My smile widens.
"For me, this is perfect."
She stops drinking for a moment, a bit confused by my words, with a small thread of blood hanging from the corner of her lips.
"Perfect?"
"Umu. That you drink my blood, I mean. Being honest, I don't like the idea of you eating others' flesh. I much prefer you only feed on my blood. Like you said, I can be considered an inexhaustible food source."
That's not a lie.
My blood is unlimited, since it regenerates at absurd speeds. As long as it's not all consumed in one gulp, then everything will be fine.
But Touka still seems worried.
"That's... It's not that I don't want to, I'm very happy your blood is so delicious... but... doesn't it hurt you?"
"No, not at all."
In fact, I'd even say it feels pretty good. It's like a kind of tickle.
Touka stares at me. Her eyes are still red, but the hunger has been replaced by a much softer feeling.
"Only you..."
She bites her lip.
"Only you would say something like that."
She opens her arm and hugs me tightly around the neck.
"Touka?"
"You're a fool. A complete fool."
She buries her face in my shoulder, and I can feel her body trembling slightly.
"You worry too much about me. You get into trouble for me. Now you even want to be my food."
She lifts her head, her red and black eyes blinking and constantly changing.
"I don't deserve this."
"Yes, you do."
I give her a small tap on her nose with my finger.
"You're my friend. Or did you expect me to do all this for just anyone?"
She smiles weakly.
"Friend, huh? It's a strange way to show your friendship."
"Well, I'm a strange guy."
Pouting, she puts her lips back on my wrist and continues drinking my blood.
Her body gradually relaxes, and no longer trembles. Her eyes, which were red and black before, slowly return to their normal state.
When she finishes, she licks the last traces of blood from my skin, and her cheek flushes strongly.
"Heh... I feel completely full."
She lies back on the blanket, with an expression of satisfaction on her face.
"I don't feel hungry. At all. It's strange. It's the first time I realize what it feels like to be satisfied."
She looks at me, and for an instant, her blue eyes seem darker and deeper.
"Arata."
"Hm?"
"From now on, I'll only drink your blood. Nothing else."
A smile forms on her face, but it seems a bit sinister from her words.
"I'll never eat anyone else's flesh again. I only want you."
A shiver runs down my spine. Not that I'm afraid. Instead...
I like it.
"Mm."
At that moment, while Touka rubs her belly, I see through my All-Seeing Eye that both Saya and Rei are walking directly toward this house.
'Uhum!'
This is a bit unexpected and badly timed.
Also, it'll be extremely problematic if the three of them meet.
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