Vampire and I (English Version)

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"Good morning," a voice said. Shinji greeted me from his desk as I sat down at my desk in class. I was still shocked. I wanted to reply but my lips locked in place.

"Yuka," he said.

I decided not to talk to him. He was a vampire and he hurt me.  I was disappointed and angry at him. But most of all, I was scared of him more than anything else.

"Yuka, you have a lot of bandages around your neck. What happened?” One of my classmates asked me. I did not say anything.

"Strained neck?" she asked. 

"Uh-huh," I made a noise in my throat as an answer. It didn’t mean “yes” and it did not mean “no”, just made a complaining sound. I hoped it would make my friends think that my neck was strained.

"I’m sorry. Get well soon," she replied.

I knew that Shinji heard my response, and he glanced at me with his sharp, twilight-colored eyes. Even though I made the decision to ignore him, I unintentionally looked at him anyway. I was pretty angry at myself that I did that. Why did I have to look at him again? I asked myself. But I had to admit that this morning, he looked more handsome than yesterday.

But why? Could it be because he drank human blood? The thought sent a shiver down my spine.

I remembered a line that I read from a book when I was young, “Just by drinking blood once, a vampire would become elegant and timeless.” That was really scary.

"It's time to hand in your homework,” I announced to class loudly as usual. As the class president, I was in charge of collecting homework from the students. After I said this, everyone came to put their homework book on my desk. Everyone except Shinji. 

I stood up and walked with all my friends’ homework assignments in my hands. But as my hand reached for the door, Shinji walked to me and put his homework on the stack in my hands.

As he did that he said, "You wrapped a lot of bandages around your neck. Are you scared of me drinking your blood again? "His cold voice was like a whisper.

I nodded. I frowned at him too. Of course, I wrapped so many bandages around my neck so thick that it looked like a cast. He wouldn’t be able to drink my blood anymore! At least, that was what I thought. 

"Vampire fangs don't cause that much pain," he said, “In truth, your wounds are gone."

"What?" I asked.

I looked at Shinji as he went back to his desk and sat down.

I didn't talk to Shinji for the rest of the day. I didn’t care if he would study or not. I paid no attention to him at lunch. I just wanted him to disappear from my life.

But would he really be alright? I couldn’t help worrying about him.

Could Shinji not eat anything but blood? Or he could eat anything but found blood tastier? I wondered. 

At lunch break, I didn’t see Shinji at the cafeteria. Where did he go? Did he really disappear as I wanted? I thought. A vampire would not die easily, so I should better worry about myself, not him! I assured myself. 

The lunch break ended without a sign of Shinji. When the afternoon class started, I saw him again. He was at the back of the room, sitting at his desk beside me while writing a lecture with his usual, beautiful handwriting.