2 December 2012

This one is so long! With an amazing, shocking end. Hope you like, get reading!!!

•Chapter 12 - I Trust You• •Ammi• I woke up that night with a thirst so strong it was burning and tearing at the dryness of my throat. I grasped at my neck, my breathing heavy and urgent. I needed a drink. I couldn't get up though. My leg was throbbing, aching with an almost unbearable pain spreading down to my ankle. I pushed back the covers and let my legs hang over the edge of the bed, daring to place a single foot on the floor. I put all of my weight on it, and got off the matress, beginning to limp towards the door. I made it there with minimal pain, clinging onto the door frame as I hopped into the hallway. The bathroom was at the end of the hall. The furthest room from mine. As long as I stayed against the wall, I should be fine. I began to limp along once more, one shoulder sliding along the peeling wallpaper to support some of my weight and keep me balanced. Half way there. Nothing's hurting yet. I'm gonna be okay. I went on confidently, the fact that it was pitch black in the hall not phasing me at all. Darkness doesn't scare me. However, I was not as coordinated as I'd always thought. My limping became out of rhythm, and I found myself falling, and catching myself with my bad leg. I let out a cry of pain. It could be identified as a scream, but maybe not as high pitched. Either way, it felt as if someone had set my leg on fire. A burning, singeing pain spread throughout my entire leg, unbearable heat pulsing through the muscle. I couldn't take it. I was forced to take my leg off the ground and fall to the wooden floor, scrunching up in pain as I groaned at the feeling that wouldn't seem to leave me. "Ammi!" Kai's voice cried out, and footsteps came speeding to my side, a small amount of light over my body now that Kai's bedroom door was open. He was at my side in moments, eyebrows furrowed together as he checked me over for injuries. He gently held my lower leg as I felt a trickling of liquid run down my heel. "Ah shit" Kai cursed, before taking me into his arms and lifting me off the ground. I squirmed and tried to push him away, tried to get his hands off me, but he ignored me. He walked me to the kitchen, his grip vice-like around my back and legs. "Kai stop it! Get off me!" I yelled at him, uncomfortable with the situation. I didn't care about the pain in my leg any more, I just didn't want to be like this. "Shut up! Would you rather walk?" He snapped at me, teeth gritted together to stop him from saying any more. Suddenly I was reminded of the pain. I didn't want to walk. At all. "No" I admitted as he flicked on the kitchen light. "Then stop talking, and let me fix it" he told me sternly, placing me down on the kitchen counter top. He fussed around in drawers and cupboards for a while, getting various things that looked completely irrelevant to the situation at hand. He poured a bottle of white wine - that I had no idea he even had - over a cloth, and rung it out. I didn't think about his actions, not until he'd actually played them out. He placed the cloth over a deep gash on my leg I had not noticed before now. This time, it was most definitely classed as a scream. I ripped the cloth and his hands away, tears of pain springing to my eyes. "Ow!!! Don't do that!" I yelled at him, frustrated with the carelessness of his actions. "I'm trying to help you!" he spat back. "Well don't!" I told him, a tear rolling down my cheek as the alcohol took effect. We both fell silent, clearly regretting our impatience with one and other. Kai let out a deep breath, looking guilty for snapping at me. He placed the cloth back on, and to stop myself from crying out again, I found myself clinging onto the nearest source of help available - Kai's hand. I squeezed his hand so hard I was surprised it didn't hurt him. He held me back, an apologetic smile on his face. "Just a little longer" he told me. I chewed my tongue and nodded as tears spilled down my cheeks. After a few more minutes, he removed the cloth, and opened the first aid kit. He rummaged around in the vibrant green box, before pulling out the most dreaded items inside. A needle and thread. "No no no no no no no" I said continuously, attempting to get down from the counter. Sterilisation, a bandage, a couple of plasters, that'll do me. I will not, Not, Be sewn up in my own home. "Ammi, there's no other way" Kai told me as I hit the floor on my good leg. He pinned me to the counter top, pressing me there with every inch of his muscular self, not allowing me to move. His deep blue eyes were showing every emotion he'd never shown before. Concern. Care. Passion. An incredible amount of protection. But most of all, love. Kai loves me. If he says there's no other way... Maybe I should trust him. A moment a go he was screaming at me almost exactly like he used to. Why should I trust him? This could all be a little game for him to watch me suffer. But those eyes... I've never seen anything like them. "Ok. I trust you" I told him. I just hoped that I had ensured trust in the right person. He lifted me back onto the counter, and laid my leg out flat. "I suggest you either lay back or look at something else. You're not gonna wanna watch this" he warned me quietly, tipping some of the bottle of alcohol over the needle. He dried it in a tea towel, and I decided to fix my eyes on Kai himself. "You ready?". "Just do it" I winced, waiting for the pain to come. There was a slight twinge where I clung onto Kai's shoulders, but that was it. I was pleasantly surprised by how little pain there was. I kept my arms around Kai's neck, just in case. He patched me up in silence, occasionally chewing on his lip as he got to a tricky part. "This bit's gonna hurt a little bit babe" he warned, wincing himself as he pushed the needle into my leg. I let out a muffled cry and bit my tongue until I could taste blood. He tugged on the thread softly, pulling the two separate sides of the wound together. "Oww" I groaned quietly, gripping onto Kai's body until I thought I might have glued myself there by accident. "Look on the bright side, this is the most you've touched me since I killed you" he smiled softly at me for a moment, but then realised what he'd said didn't sound too good. He shook his head, clearly wishing he hadn't said it. I found it weirdly cute. "Yeah, it is" I began to smile, but it faltered when Kai pushed the needle a little too deep into the flesh. "Ah!" I winced briefly, drawing in a breath through gritted teeth while grasping onto his t-shirt. "Sorry" he apologised, suddenly focused on his work again. I dared a glance down at my leg, and was repulsed by the sight of a half open wound. Watching the needle go inside me seemed to make it hurt more. "Kai, please stop, I don't like it" I pleaded, unable to remove my eyes from the gory sight of my torn apart leg. "I can't stop now Ammi, just a few stitches left, I promise" he told me, briefly glancing up to give me a look of surety. "No" I moaned prolongedly, burying my head in Kai's shoulder so I wouldn't have to watch. I just hoped it would end soon.

Kai placed me back in my bed thirty minutes later. So, he'd been lying when he said there were only a few stitches left to do, but I understood it was only to keep me stable and happy. "Are you okay now?" He asked, gently placing my legs under the covers, then cloaking the rest of my body in the warmth of the material. "Yeah, I'm not thirsty any more" I smiled, unable to hold back the gentlest of giggles. Kai smiled lovingly down at me, leaning in to carefully kiss my cheek. He was extremely precise with the placing of the kiss, making sure it wasn't too close to my lips or touching my jaw line. He had only pulled back centimetres when I decided to do it. I took him by the shoulders, and kissed him. <3

Tell me what you think of this chapter!!! Do you guys believe Kai is changing? Should Ammi really trust him? Leave a comment if you wanna be tagged! Love, Drew xxx

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