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Kuro allayed on the couch of Mahiru's apartment, sleeping quietly in the soundless room. The vampire- currently a cat, was waiting for his partner to come out of the bathroom, as they both had an arduous day after encountering Tsubaki and his vampire magician again. Yet this time, Kuro's Eve had gained a few injuries, but weren't as bad so they didn't have to go to the hospital. That didn't stop the first deadly sin to worry, though.
The cat shifted around a bit in his spot. "What a pain..." he groaned quietly, before yawning. "I'm gonna be sore again tomorrow..."
The door to the bathroom open, as Mahiru stepped out. "Hey, Kuro," the teen greeted with a smille, "Nice job, today." He said, walking over to the kitchen area to make some dinner.
The cat lazily opened one eye to look at the boy, before closing it and turned away, the words "What a pain" escaping from his mouth again. A soft murmuring was heard from Mahiru, but Kuro didn't bother in the slightest to ask what he said (being the sloth he is). I don't deserve that compliment at all... If I had protected you better and if you hadn't gotten those injuries... Then maybe I would've taken the compliment... The servamp thought, but soon nodded it off.
"Ah... I really hope we don't bump into Tsubaki again, tomorrow..." Mahiru sighed, before flinching and dropping a pan. Kuro perked his head up, and although he didn't show it, he was even more worried. "Tch... People like you are so troublesome..." the cat said bluntly, before standing up and stretching, leaping up into the air and changing into his normal form after. The vampire walked over to the kitchen and picked up the pan, placing it on the counter. "...You... Okay...?" Kuro mumbled, glancing away. The Eve blinked, slowly nodding, "Uh... Yeah... The injuries just... Hurt..." It wasn't often that Kuro sounded concerned and/or worried- well, asking questions that sound concerning and worrying, that is. Whenever Kuro did so, it always surprised the brunet.
"So troublesome..." Kuro sighed, scratching his head, "You're not even in the right state to cook... We should've just picked something up on the way home... Geez... Here, I'll cook for once..."
Mahiru blinked, giving off a blank expression. The vampire looked the the teenager, "Why are you... looking at me like that..."
"Kuro. You.... cook...?"
The blue-haired male sighed, "I've seen you do it plenty of times to the point I (think I) know what I'm doing... Plus cooking channels air sometimes on the television, so..."
"O-Oh... I see..."
"Just... Go sit on the couch or something and wait until I'm done..."
"R-Right..."
The Eve walked over to the couch, sitting on it as he turned on the television. He glanced over at Kuro at times, and to his surprise, the vampire was doing just fine- well, sorta. The blue-haired male would drop some things here and curse to himself with his casual "what a pain" catchphrase every now and then. The vampire seemed fine if anything else. Mahiru really should get his servamp to cook, but of course, Kuro being the Sleepy Ash of Sloth, he'd be too lazy to do so. The teenager could also take advantage of the whole "servamps-listen-to-every-order" thing, but that'd be too mean and selfish.
After a few minutes of utter silence (and things dropping along with Kuro saying "what a pain" or "so troublesome" a couple of times), the servamp had finally finished, followed along by a "Come to the table now, idiot". "Hai..." Mahiru said, as he stood up and walked to the table, before taking his seat. Kuro slowly placed the food down on the table, and to Mahiru's surprise, the vampire had made some decent looking omelets.
But now came to the final countdown...
"Taste testing..." Mahiru whispered quietly. "I heard that... So bothersome... Do you have a problem with what I made?" Kuro asked, looking away as he sat down. "Eh-? Ah, no... It's just..." Mahiru's words trailed off. No, the Eve didn't have a problem with the servamp's food in the slightest. It was just surprising on how caring Kuro can suddenly be whenever the teenager was hurt. "It's just... That you're surprisingly caring whenever I'm hurt-" "Tch, idiot... Just shut up and eat..." the other male sighed, before picking up his fork and started eating. The vampire seemed to be okay with the taste of his dish, but that may be only because of his vampire-y taste thingy-ma-bobber. Mahiru looked back down at his omelet and picked up his fork, before cutting a small piece of the dish and plopping it into his mouth. It only took a second, before his expression lightened up, the flavoring taste of the omelet melting in his mouth.
The Eve quickly swallowed. "Kuro—! This is really good! You should cook again!" Mahiru blurted, before going back to eating quickly. Kuro stared at his Eve, before glancing away, elbow on the table and his head leaning on his hand. "Oi... Don't eat too fast... You're gonna get sick or something..." The vampire said, a tint of red on his cheeks. "I don't wanna go through the trouble of taking care of you... It's too troublesome..." The brunet just blinked, before laughing softly. "Kuro. You're a good partner, ya know?" Mahiru said softly, pausing before continuing to eat. The red on the vampire's cheeks grew, as the word "idiot" escaped Kuro's lips.
Another set of minutes passed, and Mahiru was done eating. The teenager stood up, walking over to the sink and placing his dish in it. Kuro, however, was taking his time and only had a fourth left on his dish. They both knew it was just his laziness, but as well as he was just tired from the day they had. They both were, and maybe a nice sleep for the night would be good.
An hour passed, and Mahiru climbed into his bed in his pajamas, as Kuro climbed into his bed in his cat form. A "Goodnight Kuro" was heard from the Eve, but no response came from the Servamp. Assuming that the cat was already asleep, Mahiru nodded off and turned away, facing the wall. Really, though, Kuro was awake, and would stay awake until he knew Mahiru was asleep and safe for the night.
All was quiet in the apartment for what seemed like forever for the black cat. The sound of Mahiru's soft breathing could be heard, but Kuro didn't mind; that's how he knew his Eve was asleep. Now the Servamp could sleep well knowing his partner was asleep and safe...
The vampire slowly closed his eyes, before opening them again to hear Mahiru shifting around in his bed and small whimpering. Then he went quiet. Then another shift and a sob. Quietness. Then another shifting around and more sobs to follow it.
Kuro, worried, stood up and stretched, before hopping onto the cold floor and turning into his normal form. The blue-haired male knelt next to the bed, before placing a hand on Mahiru's arm and shaking him a little bit. "Hey... Mahiru... Oi..." However, got no avail from the boy who was in quiet sobs. Kuro shook him again, yet, a little harder this time. "Mahiru... Hey..." Still no avail. The vampire frowned slightly at this, and was deeply worried. Then it finally hit him; a nightmare. Mahiru Shirota was having a nightmare. And probably a very bad one from the looks of it.
Not in the slightest did the Sleepy Ash know how to deal with this. This was the first time that this had ever happened to Mahiru. "Ugh... So trouble—..." No, this wasn't the time to be saying such things. His Eve was in... Some sort of danger, and he didn't know what to do about it. What would Lily do... Or say... He tried to think, but only resulted in an image of the youngest deadly sin stripping. Slightly disgusted of the image, the older deadly sin shook it off and kept on thinking. Then it hit him— he's seen it in a lot of movies, shows, and manga... So it should work... Right...?
The Servamp hesitated for a moment, before quietly, yet quickly fitting in the space that was between the wall and his Eve's sleeping body. He layed down next to Mahiru, before slowly, nervously putting and arm over the brunet's body, pulling him close to himself. "Mahiru... It's... Only a nightmare... It's okay... It's... Okay..." Kuro mumbled. To his surprise, it actually did work. The teenager's sobs had lessened, turning into small hiccups that had only lasted a few minutes. Not only that, he didn't shift around anymore. Kuro had done it; he had done the most awkward, cliché thing he's ever done in his whole entire immortal vampire life. And to his Eve that was the same gender, too. He would've praised himself right then and there, but he was to tired to even think about praise.
Ah... What a pain... I can't get up now... Kuro thought, sighing quietly closing his droopy eyes. I'll just... Get up... In a few... Minutes...
Then, all faded to black as he fell asleep hugging his Eve.