Suicide Girl (A Diabolik Lovers Story)

Chapter 19: Killing Loneliness

"S-Shu," she stuttered out, still overwhelmed from the pressure in her chest.

Shu panted, swallowing the last of the blood that drizzled out of the wound before raising his head and staring at the wound, as if admiring his work.

"Your blood is so hot and thick...are you actually enjoying this?" Shu teased, before sitting up and grabbing her thighs, scowling at the cast on her leg.

"This is in the way," he complained as he lifted the thigh on her free leg to his lips. At this, Ren tensed up and whispered, "Please don't..."

Shu ignored her as he raised the thigh to his mouth. As soon as his lips touched the tender skin, Ren's body jolted as a overly pleasant sound escaped her lips.

Shu's eyes widened as he looked at her face. She seemed as equally surprised at the sound she just made as her hands covered her mouth, her eyes watering fervently while her face deepened into a crimson blush. Shu felt something fluctuate wildly in his abdomen as his excitement in the situation grew.

"Did you like that?" he smirked, suppressing a laugh before humming, "I can do it even more~"

"Shu! Stop it!" her meek voice asserted louder than usual. Her protests just made him more eager to continue messing with her as he slid his fingers over the highest part of her thigh.

"Wearing your school uniform was a mistake," he murmured as he raised her bare thigh to his lip again and punctured the soft skin with his teeth. Shu vocally hummed in delight as he drank from her sensitive legs.

"You're tasting sweeter now," he addressed in between sips and gulps. Above him, Ren's body was trembling at his touch despite the pain. Her mind felt feverish as her body loosened up after some time.

Feeling satisfied, Shu stood up and looked down on her. Her face appeared exhausted as he knelt down and lifted her up and carried her inside his room. Approaching the bed, he sits down, allowing Ren to sit on his lap as he sits across a large mirror hanging on the wall. Grabbing Ren's face, he turns her head towards the mirror and utters, "This is the effect I have on you. Look at the kind of lewd woman you truly are."

Ren's eyes widen as she looks at their reflection in the mirror. Her face appears to be flushed, her eyes hazy and her body limp and submissive. Shu's arm is wrapped around her waist as he holds her upright, his blue eyes staring absently into the mirror.

Just then he turned her face back towards his before pulling her lips to his and kissing her. Holding the back of her head with his hand, he tilted his head and challenged her wetly with his tongue as she dizzily kissed back. The taste of her own blood that he had drank earlier mixed with his saliva, leaving a metallic taste in her mouth as he pulled away.

Looking at Ren's messy state and also the cast on her leg, Shu sighed heavily and muttered, "That's enough for today. Your leg needs to heal before I do any more than this."

"M-more than this?" Ren wearily asked, suddenly appearing very innocent and child-like. Shu chuckled at her expression as he mentioned, "So now you finally act shy. Took a lot to get you to break that detached act of yours."

"I didn't think you would notice," she admitted with a sigh. She leaned backwards and rolled off Shu's lap onto his bed in defeat. The two of them stared at each other in silence for several minutes before Ren asked, "Shu...what does it mean to be together with someone? I don't really understand what it's supposed to be like. What makes it different than how it is now?"

"I don't know or care about the conventional and temporary relationships that humans have," he answered somewhat abruptly. Sighing at his tone, she reiterated, "Okay. Well then what would it mean to be in a relationship with you?"

"Are you asking out of curiosity or is it because you're personally interested in me?" Shu questioned in return.

"Maybe a mixture of both. To be honest, I don't really understand what it is I'm feeling," she exhaled frustratedly as she clasped her hands together nervously.

Shu thought about it for a moment before answering her initial question with complete seriousness, "To me, being together means always staying like this, forever and always. To have an unbreakable bond."

"Does that mean you want that with me?" She asked seriously, "You told me you would pursue me. I can only imagine that you mean as a woman and not something trivial like your prey or something. Right?"

"Don't be conceited," he whispered lowly, "I simply meant that I am interested in you physically."

"Oh," she whispered, appearing somewhat distraught before asking, "And before that? What did you think of me then?"

"You were an annoying eyesore who kept butting into my life and making me exhausted constantly," he answered somewhat childishly.

It was quiet for a few moments before Shu asked, "What about you?"

"Huh?" Ren asked, taken aback at the sudden question.

"What do you think of me?" he asked simply with indifference in his voice.

"Simply put- I like you. You intrigue me in many ways and despite you trying to act indifferent about everything, you still managed to have many conversations with someone like me. So, I guess a part of me appreciates that. And if anything, my interactions with you encouraged me to care about the things I love again. I think you're a very beautiful person, Shu, even if you don't see it."

"Ah," Shu gasped before turning and facing the opposite way. He felt a strange tug in his chest at her words. They were so innocent and yet they complimented him so fiercely and directly.

"Did I make you blush?" she snickered, leaning her head over to see his expression. To her surprise, he appeared to be very perplexed and wore a very child-like expression on his face.

"That's a really cute face," she muttered her thoughts out loud, surprising herself as she fearfully awaited a stubborn reaction from him.

But instead of disputing it, he simply just muttered, "You're so weird..."

The two of them sat in awkward silence as Shu glanced at his watch to see that it was getting pretty late. Looking up at Ren, he murmured, "I'll take you home."

"Oh no, it's fine. I can just catch a cab," she started to say before Shu stood up and grabbed her wrist.

"During a full moon, we can fly pretty far..." he spoke softly, alluding that he intended to take her home by using his powers. Ren's jaw dropped slightly before he whispered, "Okay..."

Shu pulled her up to a standing position, before grabbing her crutches with one hand and stating, "Hold onto me tightly."

Ren nodded and without another thought, Shu shot out the door to the balcony and off the edge into the darkness. Their only path being led by city lights and the illuminating brightness of the moon.