PERSUIT

She didn't sleep all night, she lay in his arms tightly wrapped around her.

His breath fell on the back of her neck for hours, all night. His soft lips resting on her neck, innocently. He held her tightly afraid to loose even in his sleep.

She kept thinking even after he had confessed, why doesn't he seem like a criminal. Were killers this soft in touch, this loving in embrace, this hurt , this lonely.

He wasn't even half as harsh as a normal human . Laying in his arms , squeezed in his warm cuddle, she just wondered the compassion of his touch , the care he had for everyone, the tears and pain in his eyes he always suffered alone.

His past may have changed him, but had only made him milder not a monster.

Pursuit of the complete story, and trust were two things that had her where she was then.

She wouldn't run away, even if he is as much to despise . Not until things start to make perfect sense, but not everything does.

She watched him get ready as the light took over the night. Putting on his watch he sat near him.

"have a bath, you'll feel good " ,he looked at her tired face.

" I can't get up " she covered her face with the sheets.

With her hiding in the sheets, he lifted her up and carried her to steam filled bathroom.

She laughed hysterically .

He landed her in the hot bathtub, steam rising from the water.

She felt a relief in her cramped legs, she smiled at him.

She splashed the water at him. He held her arms " what the heck! It's my new shirt " he kissed her.

" when will you be back? " she said ruining his perfectly fine hair with her wet hands.

He held her hand ,and got up ," no idea " .

And letting go of her hand, he left.

She sat in the tub, the dried up blood from her skin gained life and flowed away like dancing waves . Like the Polar lights .

What happened ? The fight between Blue and Saiph didn't make sense!

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She put on his shirt, choosing the softest and most comfortable one ,and started to look around the room, searching everywhere everything.

His stuff was lavish. Every little thing was a luxury.

She roamed in the cozy, soumptous room, examining every little thing.

She discovered the disturbing things too. The cigarettes, liquor, bandages, blades and knives. The last drawer was locked. She ran her fingers around it's boundaries from the sides to bottom.

"it has to be the last piece of this puzzle " she said to herself.

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" hey, you're still here ",Saiph entered

" yes! I wanted to show you something "

He sat on the sofa , exhausted.

Putting the fine glass, enclosing the dreamy lights, on the table next to him, she sat beside him

" is the world about give and take? " she asked.

Saiph started the aurora thoughtfully.

" No " he replied.

She held his hand and put it around her shoulder. " but why everything comes back around ?"

His hand slipped in her hair, pulling her head toward him ," because the world is round "

She leaned on him to kiss his lips , so that he discovers what she wanted him to.

His gently moved his fingers in her hair, he felt the bumps on the back of her head.

" what's this? " he held her head down to look.

She wrapped her legs around him and sat on his lap and took of his big shirt that she was wearing .

Her bare body was revealed, all bruised ,and harmfully damaged.

He looked at her in horror, her skin was spotted with bruises, purple and blue over her neck and her chest. Her abdomen and waist had lost color.

He fearfully touched her neck and ran down his hand tracing the wounds.

From her abdomen to her waist, and at her thighs which were marked the same painful way.

She held his face up ," what is this Saiph? " she asked.

" I don't know. What happened? " he asked bewildered.

" you don't know? " she placed his hand over her chest , he felt her heart beat.

" what happened? " he asked again.

She put her face on his and whispered " I slept with you " .

" what do you mean, I did it? " he was shocked.

" you don't know? "

" are you insane? Why would I hurt you? " he yelled.

" if you are Saiph then you won't . If you are Aidan then you will "

" what are you talking about? " he was confused and afraid.

She held his face in her hands .

" when you lost your mom you lost every connection with your past , but one can't loose or rewrite the beginnings "

" I don't understand . Bliss what are you... "

She covered his eyes and placed her chin on his shoulder and whispered in his ear " you choked me Saiph, hit my head on the floor..

Her voice trembling as she spoke and recalled the scene in her mind.

Drunk and dizzy, out of his senses, he grabbed his neck, and furiously hit his head on the wall. He was unable to breathe due to the pain and the big man placed his heavy hand over his mouth to shut him up.

It was going way too far, the abuse only increased and the there was little time to recover between the incidents.

His young and soft skin, was bruised badly. The image of his body in his memory was the perfect reflection of what he just saw in reality.

"I told you I can't get up " she brushed her fingers through his hair.

"I can't get up ", he cried. The man pulled his arm almost breaking it and threw him out. He sat on the chair, suppressing his wails.

" did he hurt you again? " the small child was hiding behind the wall.

" he won't hurt you, Ed " , he straightened up, to hide his pain.

"you said you won't hurt me " Bliss sobbed .

" was he very bad? " the child asked innocently "

"but you hurt me very bad " she whispered.

"come here " , the kid sat close to him.

" don't be afraid " he said to the small afraid child.

" but you are bleeding " kid said innocently.

"there was blood " she took one long breath.

He saw the reflection of his blood ,streaming down near his ear down the neck , in the steel knife on the table.

" it was just like knives cutting through my body " he told the kid.

" you held out the knife, I was so afraid " she wept

He held the knife firmly in his hand, and the abuse he went through took over his mind, in an instant he stabbed the knife in the kid's abdomen.

Crying intensely, she put her hand in his shirt, on the wounds he gave to himself.

" you cut yourself " she said.

" you cut yourself " Blue said to him . " I know it's hard , you lost your mom, but please don't hurt yourself "

He had knife in his hands and was covered in blood.

" she left this " blue handed him something.

" you connected with your past through the only thing left " she whispered.

"her phone " Blue said . He held it with shaking hands.

"you wrote it Saiph, as Aidan, as her son. As the person you used to be. "

He saw the old pictures in the phone, the memories pinched him.

" it's you. You're him. Saiph. Aidan and.. "

"Damien . It's you. You wrote it, I saw you " Blue yelled at him. They fought over the silly blame. Fight grew intense.

He threw the glass piece at the wall and hit Blue against it. Blue fell on the broken pieces. His hands on the floor, pricked by the shattered pieces .

" Get lost Blue or I'll kill you "