Cursed And Love's

23: Blood

Serena stretched her stiff body, apparently taking a long time than she expected to pack the store. Now he just needs to take the flowers from the garden while giving fertilizer.

Serena paused for a while, since this morning she had not seen Van's nose at all. His voice had not been heard, even this morning there was no quarrel between Louis and the man. What a strange sight.

"Where's the kid?" Serena was confused.

Taking the tools to cut the flowers and some baskets of woven rattan, the girl immediately went to the back garden. Serena stopped under the stairs to the attic, looking up at the attic for a long time before finally going up.

Geck.. Geck... Tok~

"Van's? You're in there?" Serena raised her voice, "have you eaten your breakfast?" Again, but there is no truth at all.

The girl turned the doorknob. Silence, there's no one in there. Even the room felt cold because the glass windows that were there were left open.

"Is he downstairs..." Serena immediately went down and entered her house through the back door.

But he was again confused, his eyes were glued to the whole sandwich on the dining table. It was the breakfast he made for Van and Louis. Since Louis had already eaten his breakfast, then it was certain that what was left was Van's.

"Where is this kid?" Serena immediately checked the whole house, "Van? Why don't you eat your breakfast?" His shouting.

But again the only thing that greeted him was silence, Van was not in the house.

Where's she? What was the fight with Louis? Did Louis throw him out?

The girl had gone around, but there was no sign of Van at all.

"Always go without saying goodbye...." Serena muttered in annoyance.

Serena returns to the garden to continue her activities, trying to calm herself down if Van just goes to the forest like he used to. I don't know for what, maybe the man misses the forest, right?

"If you come back get me-prepared"

"Flower," The hoarse voice startled Serena who was nagging.

Serena looked up, she very much recognized that familiar voice. Yeah, who else if not Van. The man looks messy with dirty clothes and torn in some parts, even his face is also dirty because of the ground. Serena got up and approached Van who was standing still.

"Where have you been?" Tukas Serena, he looked at Van with a flat gaze after researching the man from top to bottom.

"The forest...." Van replied slowly, the man's face looked very tired.

Serena approached him, the girl pulled one of Van's hands that had been squeezed by the man. He immediately grabbed the sleeves of the clothes worn by Van. And sure enough, there's a pretty deep scratch.

"Basin a bad boy...." Lirih Serena, "you seem to owe me an explanation of where you are and how you can get hurt and even go home with a fir face like this!" At length, the girl immediately pulled and brought Van into the house.

*****

Van sat quietly while reading a book in the living room, now the man had returned neatly after being attacked with scolding and also pinching Serena. The wound had been treated and Serena would not allow it to appear in the store.

Meanwhile, Serena was daydreaming while working on some flower bouquet orders. In addition to confusion, now comes fear and worry because he is aware of Van's strange habits and behavior lately.

Actually Van said if he likes to see fireflies in the forest at night, last night he had slipped because he was not careful and eventually got injured and also went home dirty. Serena believed what Van said, but she still felt awkward about it.

Do I have to follow him if the boy goes into the forest again?

Serena arranged the flowers while daydreaming, unconsciously her hand was injured because of the cutter that she thought was a flower stem.

"A-ishhh..." The girl immediately realized when the pain spread in her hands, even now fresh blood flowed to drip on the white roses she was arranging.

Serena immediately ran into her house to pick up the medicine box and also the bandage, it certainly surprised Van who was focusing on his book.

"Blood...." Hiss Van, his pupils dilated.

Serena was in a hurry to pick up bandages to immediately bandage her wound, the girl was busy cursing herself for not being careful.

"Damn.., that's a pain...." Ringice.

"Flowers.., blood...." Van muttered softly, he stood in the doorway of Serena's room.

His yellow eyes stared intently at Serena's back, clearly ringing the girl as she wrapped the wound in her hand.

Slowly, Van approached with a glittering eye.

"AHH! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

Serena squealed loudly as Van suddenly pulled her injured hand, the man took off the bandage Serena had rigorously fitted and threw it in any direction.

"Are you crazy?! L-let go.., sick tau!" Amuk Serena, he thrashed trying to release his hand.

But it's free. Van's grip was too strong and Serena couldn't possibly let go. Quickly, Van pulled Serena, his face closing in on Serena's bloodied hands.

"W-what the fuck are you...."

Serena fell silent, her eyes widened in shock at what Van was doing. The man licked his wound, Van's warm tongue gently sweeping his injured hand.

Serena was too shocked that her body seemed to freeze, her eyes staring in disbelief at Van licking his hand.

"Later healed," said Van softly, his eyes staring at Serena who was still frozen.

Serena looked at her hand which was now clean of blood because Van was licking it, she fell silent. What made the girl speechless was not her blood anymore, but her wounds that were now almost gone. Even the wound was no longer painful, only a small fade scratch mark left that was a little painful if depressed.

The girl looked at his hand and Van alternately, "w-what is this?" He muttered with a confused look.

Platkk!!!

Serena slapped her own cheek, she did that because she thought that what happened now was just a dream. Van who saw that of course immediately held Serena's hand to slap her cheek again.

"Van..., what are you?" Slowly flowed.