And apparently part of my brain decided that the later wasn't ok and decided to quickly wrap my arms around his arm before the reasonable part of my brain could fully wake up. | 178 |
Khloe's POV:33I looked out at the extensive line that held everyone in this city that was both old enough and healthy enough to give their blood.14Whether they were willing or not wasn't really their choice.If it was then I doubt anyone would be here.29This collection wasn't like the typical blood donation where a doctor gets the blood from your elbow. No, the vampires running the operation got the blood from the person's neck with a larger than usual needle so the process wouldn't take that long. Something about the oxygenated blood that traveled to the brain peeked the vampires lik
Khloe's POV:20The blood collection was slowly coming to an end, yet it couldn't seem to come fast enough.I never remembered the collection ever taking this long, then again I guess I've never had to stay the whole time.21I held my arms against my stomach as it grumbled in hunger.Although Nico and Xander received a lunch, us pets weren't as lucky. The small portion Nico was able to give me wasn't nearly enough to tide me over.4And poor Doe hasn't had anything.360Hungry and tired, I leaned back against Nico's chest, noticin
Nico's POV:The middle-aged vendor sent me occasional glances as Khloe looked through the assortment of pastries through the glass case.I just stood silently by the cash register, waiting for her to decide what she wanted.I had planned on visiting the pharmacy after this to restock on certain items once we were done here.However, it seemed like Khloe was having difficulty deciding what she actually wanted.If she wanted to go here out of all the places in this city than I guess it's understandable for her to take some time to decide exactly what she wanted.Seeing that she would be looking for quite a few more minutes, I folded up her leash before placing it in my pocket.
Khloe's POV:I let out a sigh of relief as we entered back into Nico's room.The rest of the blood collection went by quickly and luckily without any other sort of incident.Although Nico had been quieter than usual ever since the incident with Samuel happened.I wasn't really too sure why, but I could tell that he wasn't mad at me about anything so that eased any major worry that I had about the subject.I slowly made my way over to the foot of the bed as Nico headed straight for the closet.The bed dipped a bit as I hopped up onto it, rubbing my tired eyes and letting out a quiet sigh."So, care to tell me more about that boy?"
Khloe's POV:17I sat at Nico's desk, pencil in hand as I sketched... nothing in particular...Nico was gone. Today was his last busy day before he got a long break from work, and today was a very busy day for him apparently.He had left soon after breakfast and he had said that he wasn't sure when he'd be back.Well, it was long after lunch and he still wasn't back.I sighed, plopping my head down onto the desk as my pencil fell against the paper.I didn't even bother to move the hair that fell in front of my face as I did.It felt like it was too quiet in this room. Too quiet and too
Nico's POV:The halls of the castle were silent and empty, as the should be at this time of the night.That dreaded meeting went on way too long as they usually did, leaving me tired and in a bad mood.Luckily it was the last one for a while, finally giving me the ability to tend to other things in my life.I paused once I reached my door, wondering if Khloe was asleep in there.She better be, it would be unhealthy for her if she wasn't.I know that she has difficulty sleeping without me, but maybe the safety of my room was enough to get her to sleep.Being as late as it was, maybe exhaustion alone would have put her to sleep.
Nico's POVMy first day of not having to do anything has gone well so far.For the first time in a while, I felt stress-free and relaxed.I leaned further back against the headboard, stretching out my back.It was refreshing.Hopefully ill never have to be the one in charge of that again. Maybe they'll make Xander do it next time.I smiled a bit, shifting the toothpick from breakfast around my mouth with my tongue.That would be fun to watch.I turned my head towards the bathroom door as Khloe exited out of it.Her hair was wet from the shower she had just taken.She kept h
Nico's POV:Khloe's mood hasn't changed for a couple of days.She still just been ridiculously quiet and avoidant.Normally I would just think that this was something that would just blow over, or that she would get over whatever was bothering her.But it was still evident, even more so than before.And I was becoming more and more worried about her.She wasn't even eating all of her food during any of the meals and would eat slowly as if she was forcing herself too. Not to mention that she was taking exceptionally longer to fall asleep and stay asleep.I turned my chair so that I was facing her.She was sitting in her signature spot on the window sill. Not drawing, not re