B.L.O.O.D (BlackRose)
Forty Nine.
San Francisco, California
After a long drive Arnold and Angel arrive at the airport, a taxi is waiting for them and takes them to the apartment where Angel and Arnold had discussed for the first time. Arnold breathed a sigh of relief, he was happy because at last he could return home while Angel looked agitated.
“What do you think?.” Ask Arnold
“No.” Answer Angel ketus.
Arnold felt strange, while in London Angel looked more callous while in California she returned to being a cold frozen girl.
“It turns out the atmosphere in one country can affect the feelings of others.” Inner Arnold.
The taxi continued to drive without any significant hitch, after which they got off and immediately walked towards the elevator. In the room William, Jacob, and Selena have been waiting for Angel's arrival. As soon as the door opened.
“Suprise...” William and Selena at the same time. Jacob sat with a reluctant face.
“Selena.” Selena approached Angel and hugged her.
“Sorry I don't take good care of you, this is your smartphone.” Selena releases her hug and pulls Angel's Smartphone out of her pocket.
“Kukira will lose this thing, thank you very much.”
Several bottles of whiskey and wine are available at the table, as well as several pizza boxes and cakes. Arnold looked at it in surprise.
“Who ordered all this?.”
“Didn't you ask Selena to set up Angel.” welcome party William said.
“Not this, I mean like dinner..umm.., I mean preparation to welcome our enemy. Angel is back, so there will be a change of mission.” Arnold explained nervously
“Casual, enjoy first sir. We've prepared everything not so Jakie.” William embraces Arnold to take him to sit down and pour whiskey for him.
Jacob was just silent not flinching, he was indeed not the type who liked parties or anything like that for him it was just a waste of time. Selena closes the door and leads Angel to sit next to Arnold, as Selena pours Arnold's wine to stop him.
“Do not give him alcohol, give him soda only.”
Selena looked at Angel, Angel agreed to Arnold's suggestion. Angel once drank it once and it almost made him kill Arnold, so he swore he would never drink it again.
“Well.” Selena took a can of soda and gave it to Angel.
“Let's eat.” William opens the pizza box and devours it without hesitation, Jacob is disgusted at the way William eats so he refuses when Selena serves him pizza.
Everything looks happy, Selena blabbering incessantly about her experience of serving with Angel. William listened carefully, Jacob was busy with his Laptop while Arnold was just looking at Angel who seemed engrossed in chewing on piece by piece of Pizza.
By nightfall, William, Jacob and Selena leave Angel and Arnold alone. Angel felt awkward, silence breaking when Angel opened her voice and decided to go home.
“I'll go home to the apartment, thanks for today.”
“No, you can't leave yet. Sleep here with me.”
Arnold stroked Angel's hair and kissed her neck, but the trauma inflicted by Smith's treatment the other day made Angel push Arnold so strongly that Arnold fell to the floor.
“Your performance is still as it used to be, you are very strong.”
“Stop don't get close, I beg you... I beg you not to approach.” Angel screamed hysterically, grabbed her own hair and ran herself against the wall. Slowly he sat down and started crying.
“Call Rose, it's me. Hey, relax.” Arnold tried to get closer but Angel was getting hysterical.
“Takkk.” Slowly Angel began to droop, now he did not move.
Arnold panicked, he approached and held Angel's head. Angel's body temperature was very hot and the former stitches in his left hand turned swollen, Arnold raised Angel's body lying on the bed and began calling the doctor.
Shortly after, the doctor came and began to examine Angel's condition.
“No problem, it's just a fever. That's why he's hallucinating, and for his swelling to be harmless tomorrow morning he'll be fine I've given him an antibiotic injection.” The doctor calmly.
“Thank God, thank you.”
The next morning Arnold had prepared breakfast, he was about to wake Angel but could not bear so he decided to take a bath first. Angel woke up by the pungent aroma of the kitchen, Arnold apartment is very minimalist where the distance between the kitchen and the bed is not far. Angel got up from the bed and walked towards the kitchen to turn off the stove. Arnold came out of the bathroom, his nose immediately caught the scent of a charred gossamer he saw Angel standing by the stove.
“Sorry I forgot the sauce, I should have turned off the stove first. By the way, are you feeling better?.”
Angel nodded, not even remembering what happened last night. Angel wanted to ask but hesitated, so she decided to shut up. They start breakfast, Arnold initially wants to serve spaghetti but the sauce is burnt so he can only serve a sandwich containing strawberry jam and chocolate.
“Quick finish your breakfast then go take a shower, we'll go somewhere today. Someone's been waiting for you there.”
Angel finished breakfast, took a shower and changed clothes. After that Arnold and Angel went out, while walking to the parking lot Arnold explained some dangerous things that might happen to Angel so he wanted to invite Angel to go to the morrel family secret hideout.
“So there you'll be safe, and we can better manage the strategy.”
Angel nodded. “Yes, you're right. Where?.”
Arnold reached into the pocket of his pants and jacket, the thing he was looking for was not there.
“Search for this?.” Said Angel.
“Lock, give it to me.” Arnold stretched out his hand.
“No.” Angel had given up enough and followed the will of many people, and this time he did not want to follow Arnold's orders. “I'm driving.”
“Basic stubbornness.” Arnold laughed and circled the car to the passenger side. “This time, you're in charge. Rose darling.”
After Angel enters and starts the engine, Arnold says “Take the left lane on the road.”
“Where are we going?.”
“I told you, we're in a safe place.”
Arnold steers Angel to the Bay bridge and past Oakland. They reached the edge of the wilderness bordering Stockton and continued to drive. The trees become increasingly dense, telling Angel that he has entered the vast Yosemite forest area. Even at the fast pace of the car, he had been driving for almost three hours when Arnold told him to stop.
“Are you sure you want me to stop here?.” Angel saw nothing but trees.
“Ya.” Arnold down.
Having no other choice, Angel follows.
"What do we do in a place like this?."
"Fearful?." The question was whispered into Angel's ear
Arnold's speed was good. He turned around the back of the car and approached Angel in the blink of an eye. "No, I'm Blood's best member, remember?. I'm just confused by the logic of this situation."
"Maybe I brought you here to do depraved deeds." Arnold's hand was placed on Angel's hip.
"If you want to hurt me you can do it easily when I fell asleep last night." Angel wondered if she should express her objection to the hand placed on her hip or not, but somehow Angel liked it.
Arnold's hand was raised to the curve of his waist.
"Stop." Angel pushed Arnold.
"Why?."
"Treatment like this is inappropriate." Angel said each word calmly, only that was the way he had to fight what Arnold had done to him. Unaccustomed to the thrill, Angel was already almost his slave. He often gets the same treatment from Smith maybe that's why this time he felt sultry.
'He's back to being cold, as always.a unique girl.' Inner Arnold.
Arnold moved away. "You sound like you're back."
"What's wrong?, this is how I am."
looking into Angel's black eyes, the darkness was terrifying, Arnold found himself saying "Use your feelings." Before Angel could respond, he started walking.
" Follow me."
