City of Blood

ch 4 - cheap thrills

*just had to mention the fact that this chapter reminded me of the song cheap thrills so i named it after that LMFAO enjoy some slight steam ;)

Elise could only watch in slight horror as Yato
easily punched his fist through the boarded up window of the unlucky store and shimmied it around, creating a larger hole. It went straight through both the wooden board and glass, creating a high pitched shattering sound.

He looked through the hole, and then back at the unsure human girl behind him with a flash of satisfaction in his crimson eyes, "I told you it wasn't abandoned."

Elise shifted her feet nervously before frustratedly throwing her head in the air, "You know, I never fully agreed to this!"

He scoffed at her reluctance, "Oh, right, you pestered me the whole way here with your whiny voice, but yet here you are anyway."

She couldn't help but find his sassy tone amusing as she watched him climb through the window and into the dark room.

Squinting her eyes, she could just barely make out his tall form now standing behind the window. His red eyes had a bit of a glow in the overwhelming darkness as he peered down at her, extending a large hand out through the window in invitation.

Elise hesitantly took it, ultimately deciding that Yato would probably not let her die in his company. She felt his cold hand tighten around hers as he gave it a rough tug, swiftly pulling her through the hole in the glass.

A surprised gasp escaped her lips as she tripped into his chest, grabbing his waist with her hands to avoid falling.

"Shit." Yato sputtered with a half laugh, gazing down at the shorter girl, "I think you were right when you said that you would die if you ever attempted something like this."

Elise scoffed at him, stubbornly removing her hands from his waist.

The crimson eyed man watched in amusement as she slowly took a few steps forward before almost immediately tripping over a large cardboard box right in front of her.

He let out a loud, taunting laugh reaching out his hand to grab her wrist once again.

She couldn't help but feel a sense of slight annoyance at the fact that he could see in the darkness but she could not even see a foot in front of her. His red eyes seemed to always pierce straight through the darkness of both the very world itself but also through one's own mind and soul.

"Give me your backpack, livestock." his deep voice finally said after a moment of thinking.

The girl gave him a confused look, knowing he could see her face clearly.

"I will get the things. Just tell me what." Yato grumbled a reply.

"Ok." she said, quickly deciding to hand the backpack to him, "Food. Anything edible. Pads. Bottled water. Shampoo. Uhhh.." she trailed off before perking up again, "and stock up on the tooth paste."

He was silent for a moment as Elise just watched his red eyes stare down at her with what looked like hesitation.

She sighed before giving him an expectant look, "What?"

"What are pads again?" he questioned seriously.

Yato watched as the blonde haired girl laughed at him, feeling an odd sense of embarrassment. She could not see the slight blush on his face as she made fun of him before she finally him a genuine answer.

The vampire's eyes then blinked a single time upon the realization. "Oh." he said with that dead fish tone, "I forgot you women get that."

Sitting down on the box next to her, she let out another loud fit of laughter at her out of touch friend.