06: 心から愛しい人 [Someone I love from my heart]

It has been worth a weeks travel to the Holy Kingdom of Harmonia, and he finally was reunited his mother Eliza
who warmly welcomed him home with open arms.
"My beautiful Klaus is all grown up. I can see all the knowledge behind those eyes" she said
touching his face. Klaus gave his mother a hugged and he could feel her frail body trembling slightly under his touch.
"What is it mom?" he asked trying to look at her when she clasped him tightly.

"Your eyes remind me of your dear father. I miss him badly" she whispers.
"I do too. He was a good man, a truly good man" he said and looks at her.
"I'll take care of you and the rest of the Windamier family" he reassured her.

"You grew up too fast, Klaus" she looks stricken. "Boys your age must take it easy, I'm sorry" she tells him.

"Its all right, I've accepted my fate" he straightened himself and looks out into the porch. The blue skies were cloudless and offered peace.
"If this is what we all fought for, I do not regret anything"

"Perhaps, you also want to consider getting married?" Eliza asks him. "I think I know of someone..." she ponders.

He looks a little surprised as a blush appears in his cheeks. "I'll consider that..but not now"
Eliza smiles, amused by her intelligent son.

"When?"

After I nurse this longing heart of mine, he thought quietly.

"I'll tell you when the time comes, mother. But now I want to rest. I feel exhausted" he excuses himself.

As he entered his room to retire, he thought he smelled something like lavender in the hallway.

'Starting tomorrow I'll forget about you Sierra' he reassures himself.

xx-xx
But the next morning, even as he woke up he could still smell the scent of lavender. It haunted him like a sick joke. Running a hand in his disheveled morning hair, Klaus stands up and opens the door when it opens by itself.
"Sir good morning, your mother awaits you in her bedroom" the butler tells him.
Klaus nods his head and enters his mother's bedroom. She was siting by her bed reading the morning paper.
"Please entertain the lady downstairs" she tells him, "she might be your potential bride"

His mouth dropped open in disbelief. It was only yesterday when he had returned to Harmonia, now he was to get married?
"Mom.." he started to protest when she smiled warily.
"Please just see her first. She's a good friend and was quite smitten by the stories I have told her about you"

Klaus sighed. "You even told her about me?"
It felt embarrassing in some way.
But he didn't want to be rude to the guest so he put on new clothes and fixed himself lightly.

He stared at himself in the mirror and took a deep breath.

Meeting girls has always been the least of his concerns.
He definitely did not fancy such activity.

But of course, meeting the beautiful Sierra Mikain was different.

He approached the garden and bowed.
"Good morning, I am Klaus Windamier son of Eliza"

"My beautiful Klaus"

His eyes widened at her bluntness.
The girl takes off her hat and rushes to hug him hard.

Lavender.

The silvery hair.

"Oh my god, S-Sierra?" he tries to balance her but ends up falling into the ground clumsily.

"My dear Klaus I miss you!" she straddled him to his horror.

"Its only b-been a w-week!" he stammered staring up at her.

"It was that long.." she noted.
"Wait" he gently pushes her aside and sits up. "How did this all happen?"

"I met your mother before you arrived" she simply said.
"HUH? When in the world was that? We parted at the same time!" he exclaimed.

"Klaus did you forget that I could fly, that I am a vamp-" he covers her mouth quickly and pulls her into the further depths of the garden, into a little cover covered with vines and leaves.

"D-Don't blurt that out" he muttered.

Sierra gave him a flat stare. "Everyone knows"

He took a step back and sighed.
Yes, just yesterday he told himself he was going to forget her.

He sat comically in the grass and looks up at her. "Are you sure you want to be with me? I'm going to continue working under Shu as a military strategist"
"Then go on" she simply said, touching his hand.
"I can go on missions or hunt..." she began to rant.

Klaus began to chuckle. Something he hasn't done for a long time.
Seeing her there, so willing to sacrifice to settle down with him washed away all the doubts and anxiety that had been building up inside of him.

She smiled happily, "your smiling again, please keep smiling" she once again tackled him with a hug pushing him into the grass.
She smelled his neck and licked her lips. "You smell really good" her voice became harsh.

Klaus lets out a gasp and wriggles in her touch. He could see her fangs protruding from her mouth.

"Sierra...what did we promise? Y-you've vowed not to drink human blood right?" he stuttered. He tries to pull her away but she firmly pins him down under her.
When serious, he knew how dangerous Sierra Mikain could be.

He closes his eyes.

"But I drank your blood once before, right? I cannot resist it sometimes. Its so potent and so exotic.." she rubbed herself to him.

And undoubtedly for Klaus it seems that it had turn her on.

"You must still gain control over the Blue Moon Rune's power" he whispers. "Even if you don't physically posses it. That darn thing is still a part of you" he quit struggling and let her lick his neck once before sitting up.

"This is why I am going to stay by your side, all right Klaus?" she smiled tearfully extending her dainty hands.
He reaches out and kisses it.

"Always"

FIN

Klaus X Sierra

a.n: Thank you for reading~ cheers!