"If you keep on checking me out Jay ...", Ace spoke without opening his eyes," ...it might endanger your safety".
It was no warning or threat. His voice was abnormally calm and deep as he talked. It's obvious for a chain killer to have unusual sharp senses as a child-play.
"Are you sneaking?", Jay still had eyes on him.
"I can feel those gazes burning upon all over me in this dead silence", Ace slowly opened his eyes and turned around on his side, meeting eyes with Jay.
His manner of lazing in his comfort zone appeared even more representing. His sneaky eyes scanning all over Jay, but fixed with her eye-lock. The deep blue check-out was intensifying. He forced Jay to back off from the unannounced game since his ray was blinding enough to meet for any longer. Also, for Jay, she was getting hypnotized by the darkness in those eyes. Her cheeks were flushing as her stare drooped lower.
Ace chuckled and turned on his back.
"You're a pure M!", he exclaimed.
- What's a M?
"Masochist!", Ace creepily moved his pupils at her. Jay glared at him for a moment trying to collect her confusion and his theory as she sighed a suppressed annoyance," Ridiculous hypothesis!".
Ace sat up again rubbing his hand through his hair, laughing nervously. The reaction was apologetic and shy, trying not to gain her irritation after what she has just been through. It was clear of her several metamorphoses with his company around. But if he were to rush her, it could backfire. She has started expressing moods and taking interest in his words. Decent progress, still yet negative.
"Want a warm drink?", he diverted the topic for a change of mind," It's cold!".
"It's getting suffocating", Jay sighed out a warm breath," Don't you think?".
"As you noticed earlier ...", Ace raised and dropped his shoulders," I detest the cold! Not particularly I enjoy summer, but I dislike cold!", his voice stronger than before. So, there is one! A past memoir, to make him hate it. They always do!
Jay rested her chin on the chair top, over the back of her palms. Her head tilted. Her eyes were basically asking for the explanation.
Ace quickly replied," Not with that look on your face," he read it," You're gonna make me trip", he looked away even though Jay still had the poker face on.
Jay raised her face with redder cheeks due to the itchy warmth. Still waiting.
Ace gaped for a while too. He smiled lightly as he looked down speaking in a low tone," You have the rights Jay ...….", he said," ...but not today. Not the best time you see", he looked a little pitiful requesting like that.
"Bipolar!", Jay commented. She was having a damp forehead already by the time. Her ears were flushed red. Ace has been noticing the change for a while when he finally got up and let out a short laugh," Wait ...before that....", he walked past beyond her.
Jay turned around following his steps. As he disappeared beyond a furniture, she started feeling the temperature decreasing. He just turned off the furnace. She again spotted him pacing up quickly. Returning, he snuggled in the sofa and cuddled with a furry cushion.
"I'm already cold!", he said chattering his teeth.
"Perfect contrast in the personality and reality", Jay had leant on her hands again," Even though it's obvious that you're just a cover, it creeps into me sometimes. What if there are times you are actually honest? That's' being just delusional, I guess".
"No, you're right", Ace's eyes were portraying earnestly to add up to her mind," To be true, that form just comes over itself when I'm at job. But in front of you, I've been pretentious. Never felt the need to. Right now, I'm completely myself. If anytime, I become a person whom you might not recognize, that'll be another form based on situations I need to fight. But that won't be me!".
Jay stared cluelessly.
This time, she didn't betray herself with those bright deep blue meadows in front of her eyes. Now it made sense, that why Ace never swapped himself whenever with her. The cheerful chattering person, with lively eyes like none other had always been him. Surely, he couldn't be the same at Jay's age because there was no one for him. She's still ignorant to the amount of darkness and suffering lurking within. To suppress those raging demons in his heart, he had to undertake such heinous crime upon himself, giving birth to the present him. In normal terms, he would be just a psychopath who sucks life out of death for survival.
But to Jay, he was pitiful.
For the likes of their kind, there is no medication or help. Either death ...or actions against laws of humanity!
Suddenly, Jay felt that all this time she has been indeed so lonely. And Ace on the other hand, had crossed the time all by himself. Finding someone like a companion right now, he's just too excited to let out all his emotions. Jay needed him but he too needed her. Only he can teach her to live further without corrupting herself. Without extracting life points from others to just corrupt herself and slaughter others. To grow normal enough ...to blend in.
"Is it the right time now?", Jay suddenly urged him on the leftover topic. Ace was amused to find her remember it and interested.
"Are you sure?", Ace asked in his conscience.
Jay just nodded once and waited for it.
"If you insist so bad, right…...", he started in another thing for the time. Since the mood was rotated by her, he didn't hesitate anymore," You might guess that I have no family. But for the time now, the tormenting truth is ...…...I do have one unfortunately. Still living and well, I guess".
Jay interrupted," Did they .... abandon you?". She was somehow reminded of Travis.
Ae sighed and continue," Listen with the flow," he scolded lightly and went on," As per my name went, I was indeed an Ace at things. Be it be academic or sports. I have always aced them. Idolized and admired by all ...…lonely and being jealous of by all. Bullied too by most", Ace talked about these pretty casually as if everything is taken out from a story and that's all. It really takes a lot of effort and experience to do that," Expectations grew from the folks, and I earned hatred from my brother too. You should know, our gifted talent always comes with a cost. No one can compensate it. Same for me too.".
The vision in his eyes transformed. That must be the time when he started to undergo the changes in a serious turn.
"That time, those flames from my inner self felt as if directly raged through hell. I can't remember how I've survived back then, being only 15. I can only recall at least 4-5 times beautiful suicide attempts"
It was Jay's turn to gasp. 4-5 times? Only at mid-teens?
That's something she couldn't have predicted. Her first trigger landed her brutal self in the hospital for days. And Ace, he just survived it up until now? Without any support from anyone, not even his family who just wanted their hopes high from him? Just like she was, before Arthur dragged her out from it. This person, he is really deserving of something he wants, having being such a brave one!
"Detention Centre!", Ace laughed out in a weird manner," The only common place for us all mad people they think. Better than home though, beatings were getting monotonous ...…." Ace paused. He's cutting it short and eager to end it," After escaping that place, I joined school back. Not soon after one of the students went missing. The saga has continued and look .... I've completely learnt to survive till this point", his polite face returned back.
And Jay thought that her family would never have a clue to understand her.
At least her brothers did, no idea of her folks-
That's why Ace is more mature than his real age, that's the very reason he could read Jay clearer than ice and that's why he wouldn't allow her to intake the same path as he did ...he's trying to protect her! Only he can do it!!!
It had never struck Jay what kind of a monster hid behind that exquisitely pretty face, nor did Ace try explaining because he's aware that it won't budge Jay's kind. She just wanted to believe what he showed her, and ignore the consequences.
"Why do you look so shunned?", Ace put up a light face," It had been 7 years now you know".
Jay is currently 18, the time when Ace had it all. And her, still relying on someone else for survival. She's not strong enough to do it. Her expressions went dark as she couldn't meet his eyes. It's unfair, for both of them. Unfair for the likes of their kind. Not all can live through this. Who knows how many have already given in to death to escape it ...?
"You didn't have any one by your side ...", Jay inaudibly whispered.
Ace stared at her for a while and looked down sighing," I ...thought I did", he said surprising her a little," But Jay, know this. You can't possibly ever trust anyone on this except for your own kind. Because once they see who you really are, they'll bet you!", his voice more scared and firmer than before. So, the directed person, is also a role player in his situation. Betrayal doesn't work too well in their case, since its hard to find the one to put the faith in.
Ace shifted his pupils at her again," You dare not belittle yourself", his tone gentle," You did too good till now. Lemme take over for you".
- You have already been through a lot.
"Each's case has their limit, not as much as you", Ace clarified," But, for the first time .... I've ever thought of stopping".
Jay immediately spoke, "If you stop …...you'll die", her first concern for him," So will I!".
"I won't", Ace's voice confident," And I won't let you either. These days, I never knew that I could discover this as a remedy".
"Another than this?", Jay was a little amazed," how can you be so sure it'll work for us?".
"I will experiment it on me. If it can for me, I'll make sure you are no exception", Ace said," Tell me, did you feel shaken for more than 2 weeks now? If not for today's stimulation?".
Jay shook her head once. Strangely she has noticed it too.
Ace looked at her with a sharp gaze," Me too!". He hissed out air.
Jay tilted her head and studies him with a straight face for a moment. Then getting up, she walked off behind her, turned on the furnace and returned back to seat. Ace couldn't help but bring a sneaky smirk on his lips.
Even with quick updates, I feel lack of motivation to continue the story which I enjoy writing due to the passion.
I feel I barely have readers hook up on the work without any comment or feedback.
This really gets to a writer with blank mind preventing them to continue.
Any reader on this work is requested to comment or put feedback on the work so that I can continue.
Jay had strongly hoped that Ace meant it as a namesake and not for real when he had discussed that he wanted to stop. She had disapproved of the idea because she didn't want any other gamble. Just the very mention of the words had her distressed.
But she must have held back for too long this time, keeping it as dormant as possible. At a point, she had started to get scared and panicked because the normalized situation had been dragging more than her limited deadline.
The consequences were obvious to be deadly!!!
Within 2 days of their next meet, Jay had fell hard on her weakness with no fucking undergoing process at all. She had dropped beyond the level where she was even unable to judge her steps. And to add to the pathetic circumstances, it had happened during her time at the academy. Never did she create such a scene apart from other times when she had practically dashed outta class in the middle of a lecture. In the morning, Arthur had already added to her uneasy hangover. She had been receiving strong vibes under her skin, but it had hit faster and harder than expectations.
Her first instinct had been to dial up on Ace, still after a moment of debate to gain the initiation.
No one had picked up.
She had wanted to try a second time, but when her fingers had fumbled before her dizzy vision, her senses of reasoning had nearly passed out.
Trembling in the knees, she could have only attempted for basic measures. She had paused on them for a while, but it had been dire!
Please Travis, don't bail out right now ...
But even the fucking gang had to seem to be betraying her.
The alley had been stark empty.
When another wave had hit Jay's heart, nearly making her feel as her flesh was rotting due to acid inside, she had come to a conclusion.
Ace was needed!!! And fast!!!
That liar couldn't do better. She had wished she could just through him off a cliff lying right on to her face, but its true than he can't do any better than anyone else. Maybe she'll just have him one last time, and return to being as pitiful like before. Because right then, her insides had been collapsing like landslides. Every inch of her skin had twisted and contracted like emerging a new feel. Were these side effects?
Jay had conscience left to collect her leftover sanity along with the flaming waves in her heart, the pangs of twisty aching and fluctuating vision just to make it up to Ace's den. There had been instant bags under her eyes and a cracked voice by the time she had reached.
............................................................…..
Ace was there, fucking he was there!!!
She was facing him leaning against the door, unable to produce any voice. There's no way he could sensed her weak presence if not spoken. She just gained loaned energy to speak something ...anything. The person standing before her at a little distance, with a broad and bare back, a motherfucking liar, an excellent savior and a faker ...…had to listen to her!
She managed to groan out, her tone like of a zombie.
So were her hollow eyes.
Only one word, she could afford to let out using all her strength.
And it was enough!!!
"Ace ......"
Immediately the broad back facing her hardened without even checking the source. He didn't need to. The serious figure flashed back his head swiftly.
"Christ fuck, Jay ...!"
Cursing, he didn't waste another second inquiring. With a frightening raged expression, he bolted towards the half-passed out lass, throwing a piece a clothing over himself. She was still panting and leaning helplessly for support when he grabbed her wrist and started dragging her with his huge marching steps, seeming outta patience completely.
Jay had no idea where he was going, or what her own navigation or location. All the way, he didn't give her any attention at all, not even when the girl stumbled trying to match up his pace and had a foot stepped on mercilessly in the process. Ace's hold only tightened on her wrist to pull along like a rag doll coz she's not able to make it on her own. She only walked through out of sheer will force in her pain drunken state.
Only did she realize when her pace started to decrement and Ace let her hand go free to collapse beneath him. He didn't look at, didn't tend to her the whole time. Because that's not going to help her. He will do what will help!!!
"Watch me!", Jay had a silent voice run through her head at a brief second of eye lock with him.
The girl, when first caught sight of Ace, had her face full with excitement and a pretty smile on her lips ...which eventually faded when Jay came in the scene along with him. For the stimulation, fear engraved from her confusion when she met Ace's expression. She knew that the sweet guy from their first meet is not what he seemed before.
For the next few minutes, Jay had forced on her eyes not to miss anything from the time she heard Ace speaking," I'm sorry that it's quick for you ....... but I've no choice". Fucking lies!
Ace wasn't talking to Jay .......
................................................
After receiving her cool, Jay was so exhausted that she gave in to her senses and blacked out. She had no idea how long she was out cold as she dwelled on the fragments of the memories when Ace did his thing right in front of her eyes and face.
Reminiscing, when she finally opened her eyes next, she faced a pair od eyes which were rather unfamiliar to her. They had the same blue depth of ocean's but with another new and unidentified metamorphosis was it!
The insides were glazy, eyebrows raised up as a frown up in the temple, mouth open with audible heavy breaths and a pure reflection of concern!
Ace had always openly worried for Jay verbally, but this time ...…. he was openly exposing it. Lest other times he held back not to annoy Jay. Guess he seems really worried this time and couldn't control it. A sigh of relief escaped his lips when Jay regained her consciousness. He fell on his bottoms comfortably as soon as he was assured, his eyes not separating from her. His face hollow and broken. It was unexpected coming from him.
Jay turned her head beside.
She had missed the highlight of her dosage. She regretted at the cold still horrific body lying beside her, completely lifeless. The after intakes were good enough for her too. The white dress, which made the red design on it look brighter and more beautiful. It appeared a true sight of enchantment to the eyes. Every particular detail of it did. The messed-up locks, eyes glued open due to terror, fresh red spray over her face and the soaking drench of her body spreading and spilling around.
"How long?", Jay asked sub-consciously ingesting the relief.
"20 minutes", Ace's voice lacked it usual confidence.
"Shit!", Jay exclaimed.
"You ...….', Ace ignored her and drooped his head low, frustrated," ...… Why did you wait for things to get this far?", it sounded like a demand.
- Got a phone on you?
A faint sarcastic smile followed.
Ace stared blank before going all through his cargo pockets. Producing his cell from within one of them, he checked it with a disappointed look. Tossing it away, he ran his hands through his hair messing it up outta regret. He was the one to miss it. It was his fault for not reaching back to her. Jay had to drag herself to him whereas it was his promise to keep in the first place. She might not have even made it in time.
He looked up at her and sighed with no words of apology coming out from his lips.
"You're messed up", saying he reached for her cheek and caressed gently. Jay didn't defy. She studied him instead, to find him perfectly cleaned. Such a freak at some point. But she shrugged to realize that she was sprayed with red instead, right on the face and below. It was bound to, since Ace worked right before her damn fucking face .... too close to be true.
"You're such a mess", Ace repeated chuckling and leaned on to her level without any sign of disgust in his eyes.
"It's always your fault", Jay retorted back.
"Hmm? My mistake, right?', Ace looked down and then at her. An unsafe smirk on his lips. He was hatching his normal pervert side. Jay knew his intentions, but she couldn't read predictions like him. Thus, had no idea of his motive.
His hand slowly approached her as he took a strand of her lock in his fingers. Gently dancing them among his fingers, he slowly tucked them behind her ear, enabling the loose release of few more strands.
There were still trickles of blood running down her cheek. Ace moved his face towards her. Slowly, he reached out his tongue and started licking away the stains on her skin. His tongue felt soft against her cheek as he enjoyed every moment of her. The blood was tasteless, but she was perfectly delicious. Ace wondered when he'll really able to taste her. Slowly his tongue started its way from her cheek towards her neck, till where the stains had reached. He couldn't ever get enough of this. He's been just holding back for Jay's cue. Else he would not have wasted any time sooner to just pounce on her like a predator and lavishly ruin her to surrender to him!
Crazy doing shit like this when there is dead body rotting right beside them.
As his tongue felt something rough on her, he backed off and checked. There was a scar on her neck, and a few more beneath it. How come he didn't notice before? Weren't they too close for him to see it?
His fingers started tracing through them
Jay flinched a little as she spoke," I needed a little something to make it till now". The words cut through Ace.
This is what she resorted to before his arrival? This cruel a method? It's hideous!!!
"It's cold", Jay pulled her kneed up to her chest, hugging them.
"Isn't it? Let's go back", saying he turned and bent facing with her back. Jay was thoroughly bewildered, trying to figure this new attempt of intention.
"Why the delay?", Ace ushered and wriggled his fingers behind him.
"What are trying to do?", Jay asked.
"No fucking way I'm letting you walk like that", Ace said, "Climb on!".
Jay took a whole minute to learn the attempt of her next action. She sighed a breath of hopelessness but didn't let her obedience get the worse of her. Slowly reaching for his shoulders, she carefully leaned on his back and wrapped her arms around her neck. Ace took a last glance at the third still body and stood up, clasping beneath her thighs trying not to move her much.
As he started walking, Jay didn't hesitate to rest her head against his back and intake his warmth closing the eyes.
A pure smile spread across Ace's lips as he felt the body getting comfortable against him.
Through that darkest night of tremors, between two abnormal human ...…a beautiful story was born!
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