Saga kept thinking about the words of the noble; she arrived to a point in which she began to fall in a deep confusion; was she feeling something for that person who walked in front of her? That was impossible if she saw it from every point. The first one referred to the amount of time she had been living with them; only a few weeks and of that time, half of it missed Dimitri’s presence; the truth was that she spent more of her time with Elizabeth and Sophia trying to figure out the answers for her questions before all the procedure began.
The second point referred to Sophia. It was clear that she was something more than a maid for the noble; however deep in her mind she tried to forget that fact so she could maintain the hope of sharing more time with him.
Most of the times she felt like an intruder on the family; she didn’t know many information about their life, only some data that she received the time were they told her everything and the way the behaved. They told her she was now a part of the family but that thought kept passing through her head.
She didn’t remind they were walking until a cold breeze brought her to earth; it was cold and the sun had already hid itself, letting a piece of moon to show up. For a moment she felt she was lost but she kept walking and then stumbled with the noble’s back; he was standing in front of what it seemed a comfortable little house built very far from the main town; the only thing you could see were the lights of some lamps.
“Dear, can I tell you something?” Dimitri asked without even turning back to face her; he was concentrated in sound that came from the house that were unable for Saga to hear. At the end he continued without her concern “You are acting very strange, I suppose it is all fault of your grandmother’s death; however you need to restore from it quickly or else I would not be able to do anything. And forgive me if it sound harsh, you will need to get used to my personality” His words were harsh and she felt them like that; after he talked she was returned to reality in a hundred percent and faced everything she tried to hide; the only thing she did was to kept her tears inside.
“Well as you can see we are in front of this house, currently waiting for someone; we are going to stay here tonight and then you’ll be leaving tomorrow; I’ve already bought your tickets and you probably are going to be fine” The words he said were even worse than the last ones; Saga’s mind broke down and she felt betrayed for an unknown reason.
“So it is you again, making young ladies feel the worse way right Dimitri?” an interesting voice of a male talked in the darkness; the vampire turned to see who he was expecting, he too saw a sad Saga but he only ignored her and talked to the voice.
“It’s been a while since I last saw you” Dimitri said in a happy way that the girl couldn’t understand; she knew she was being ignored but it was a harsh way to do it; she also was confused with the conversation they were having.
“It has passed more that a ‘while’ and I’ve missed you a lot! At least you
could have written something so I knew you were doing fine…” The voice said.
“I know that and I’m really sorry, you know I care for you. Anyway, before you try doing anything, please let us in and then we can talk.”
The man transformed into a figure that led them in. The inside of the house looked messy but in a way it looked like a warm home. Finally the man was revealed; he was the same age of Saga and had ochre eyes that were not hidden because of his hair; his hair was dark but you couldn’t tell the color of it; there was a mixture between cream, black and brown over his head. At that moment, Dimitri remembered he had company with him and decided to break the silence with Saga
“My friend here is right, I’m sorry if I made you feel like that; however what I said was true. If you need some time, let me know, it can wait I guess…” Dimitri said with an air of disappointment crossing his voice.
Saga didn’t answer and then they sat on some comfortable furniture full of pillows. Dimitri was familiar with the place so he went to take his coat off.
“Well, I guess I need to present both of you; Saga he is Viau Ochs, someone I’ve known for a long time. Viau, she is Saga but you already know everything about her so I don’t need to tell you new information” those last words altered Saga and for the first time during the night she talked.
“Excuse me, but how does he know about me? She said
“Well dear, he knows everything I know, I had always told him everything..”
“But you said before that he didn’t write anything to you so you could know he was fine, how do you explain that?” Saga said while she looked at Viau. This time Viau talked.
“Well, I was just bothering him, we have this kind of connection that allow us to know many things about the other” He said and you could tell he was anxious about something; everyone noticed that and when Dimitri was returning to take his seat, he finally gave up and said “It’s alright, I know you were anxious because of that so just do it…”
Viau nearly ran through the living room and hugged Dimitri tightly; after that the noble pet him and then they sat down as if nothing had passed. Saga was feeling an awkward sensation within her; she didn’t know how to react.
They seem to notice that too; anyway, both decided to let that session of
answering question for some other time.
“Saga, I think you should need to rest for your trip tomorrow; we will join
you in probably, two or three days so please, when you arrive to the mansion tell this to Sophia and Liza alright?” Dimitri said in a more relaxed way than before and that kept Saga’s curiosity locked in so she went upstairs and let them talk.
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The reaction of Liza and Sophia when she arrived alone was not the best; they kept asking her many questions and, at the end Saga told them about the little incidents that happened and the other two were really worried, however they didn’t say a world about Liza’s strange meeting.
After two days the noble arrived in company of his strange friend Viau; everyone seemed to be happy about his returning and received Viau in a good way; according to Liza, Viau wasn’t someone new for them, he appeared from time to time (long time) and it all pointed to a good relationship with Dimitri. However, they didn’t know much information about him, the only think they knew was that the noble treat him in a way very different from what he treated other familiars or friends; the three of them wanted some answers after all so they insisted and that discussion led to a meeting in the huge living room.
“Where do you want to start?” Dimitri asked in a happy way
“Well, what is his story with you? How did you met?” Elizabeth asked and with that it all begun.
“Well it began some years…no, not some years, in fact it happened a very long time ago when I was still human; we met when I was little and he was one of my closest friends ever; we didn’t have any problems until I realized what I was; however he didn’t run away from me, it was all the contrary, he stood by my side until an incident happened” Dimitri was embarrassed and a little depressed after mentioning the last words; on the other hand Viau notice it and tried to make the noble feel better with himself.
“Well the incident was that he killed me; anyway it wasn’t that bad after all, in fact I think that the incident made our bond a closer one, don’t you think so?” Viau asked Dimitri while he ignored the different expressions that came from the three girls that were in front of them. The vampire led those feeling apart and was happy again.
“So are you telling me, Dimitri, that you somehow, like both sides? I mean, you talk about Viau in a different way and I’m not sure if that is the case….” Saga said in a worried voice. The two men that were in front of them began to laugh in a high way and after some minutes they stopped and realized they hadn’t understand anything that they told them.
“Well Saga, if you believed in us and what we were, you are certainly going to believe what I’m about to tell you. When I was little, I had an Akita, it is the name of a dog that nobles had; anyway that animal was my only friend; other kids were afraid of me and kept their distance; animals on the other hand, did the same, except of the dog and now our dear cat Hades. When the great accident happened and I was left alone, the only thing I had was that dog; however I couldn’t control my instincts and I ended killing him….” He stopped there and Viau continued in a fast way before everyone noticed the vampire’s sad feeling.
“Well, at the end many years passed and believe it or not, I think I reincarnate in a human. One day I was walking through a town when I saw Dimitri; when that happened I remembered everything and I think he did too because when we had the chance to talk, it felt like nothing had changed except for a better way to communicate between each other.”
“Thank you Viau, after all you still are a loyal friend” Dimitri said while he petted Viau once more.
As the night passed, everyone went to their own bedrooms, leaving Dimitri with Viau. He continued to pet him on the head and Viau felt asleep; at a first point the sight would look weird; however Viau still had some behaviors of dog within him, it was his nature and that didn’t seem to worry the noble because of two things. First one refers to the kind of person he was; he would do anything for the ones he loved, including petting another man.
Second reason was the fact that he liked to see how people slept; he found that activity very interesting and could saw it in only few beings.
