11 - I Am Blaise

"You said Reece's sister would be fine, that's only if you gain your strength back, right Blaise?"

I looked up at Corny, a severe banging in my head and a pain that ran through my chest making me stumble, Corny holding me up as he had been doing all the way up the stairs.

"I'll be fine, I've told you."

I smiled at him, pushing open the door in front of us to find a bedroom decorated in deep brown and purple, pulling Corny into the room behind me and closing the door.

"You're lying, you look like you're ready to drop and I can tell you're in pain."

I sat on the edge of the bed slowly, pain spreading through my chest again as I pulled Corny down next to me, squeezing his hand. I stared at the door for a while before looking at Corny and taking in every inch of him, he was taller than he had been three years ago and his hair was dyed black now instead of his natural blond which upset me a little, his bright brown eyes and the freckles dotting his nose and cheeks making me smile before those eyes met mine.

"I'm hungry."  I said, holding eye contact.

"So you're not fine?" He laughed in response, squeezing my hand back.

"I'm exhausted, I'm hungry and I haven't had sex in weeks."

"And you want me to fix all three?

"Well, I want you to solve my hunger problem but if you're offering?"

He laughed again, a sweet sound that I'd missed hearing, my heart aching a little as he flopped backwards onto the bed, grinning up at me.

"If it's what you want."

"Before any of that," I began, not smiling in return, "that kid, Reece, you like him don't you?"

"Uh..."

"You kissed him and I know for you kissing is a huge thing so you must like him to some extent."

I moved quickly, straddling Corny and ignoring the pain that shot through to my head as I smiled at the look of shock on his face, watching a grin form as he slipped an arm around my waist and pulled me against him.

"He rejected me quite obviously."

"And yet you're not going to give up on him?"

I pushed my chest up from his, holding myself up with one hand as I lifted his shirt with the other, stroking back down his chest lightly with one finger before leaning down and biting his left side, his fingers digging into my back as I punctured the skin, licking up the blood and moving back to smile at him again.

"Of course I'm not, he's cute. You taught me to go after a cutie when I see one." I could hear the slight pain in his voice as he returned my smile.

"He may be cute but he's not entirely human."

"I know, but neither are you, you're a halfer after all mister were-vamp cross breed."

I kissed down his chest, biting higher up on the right side and feeling his fingers dig into my back again as I punctured through the skin, more blood dripping out.

"I'd suggest keeping that a secret around him, he's very touchy about anything that's not one hundred percent human or werewolf." I whispered, stroking down his sides as I thought of where to bite him next, "Besides, I don't have the rage of a madman like he does."

"You can have."

My eyes met Corny's as  he pushed a hand through my hair, moving it out of my face with a serious expression before yanking on my hair, my vision sparking red briefly.

"That hurt, man."

"It was meant to." He yanked again, digging his nails harder into my back, "I know what gets you going, remember."

I remembered to well, the pain he'd cause me every time I fed from him, it had been the reason I'd left after all, the one person in my entire life that could make me lose control so easily and I loved it. My sister had convinced me it would be best to leave him, after all he had been young at the time and sleeping with him wouldn't have been my best move in life, not that it would have been my worst either. I smiled to myself, Corny pulling on my hair to look me in the eye, his smile daring me to do my worst as he loosened his grip, tangling his fingers in my hair as I bit him again, trying to get as much as I could out of this opportunity, kissing each bite gently.

"I love you..." I whispered, pushing myself away from his chest so I could see him properly, "You can love who you want but I'm not going anywhere until every inch of your being belongs to me."

"I know." He smiled,  kissing my forehead, "I knew from the moment I saw you in that doorway. You've always been persistent."

I couldn't help but giggle a little as I realised he was referencing his first kiss, the one I'd spent months trying to steal from him before I finally wore him down, it was one of my fondest memories after all, every detail of that moment was etched into my being forever from the first time I'd pestered him for a kiss to the minute he'd turned around and kissed me.