A while ago…
　　The moment the duo materialized inside one of the mansion's many bathrooms, Alicia immediately reached out and grabbed Zeke's collar before pushing him against the door and kissing him in an almost desperate manner.

  　　Zeke stilled for a moment, not expecting for Alicia to suddenly pounce on him and make such bold move when she was still shedding tears just a moment ago.

  　　And to think that she had literally slammed him against the door that hard and with such strength. It seemed as though this woman of his had very quickly forgotten about how strong she had become right now! Most likely, she had long forgotten the fact that she had been turned into a vampire.

  　　When she finally pulled away from that quick but hard kiss, she was already panting hard. The remnants of tears were evident on her pretty face as some were still clinging onto her long lashes.

  　　"Feel better now?" he asked, smiling gently. Now that there were no other audiences around them, his expression had relaxed and was now pretty readable. "I didn't sing that song to make you cry, Alicia." He attempted to press her against him in a comforting hug, but Alicia did not allow him to.

  　　She kept her intense gaze on him instead, pressing her palms over his chest.

  　　He stared back, waiting for her to speak. But seconds ticked by, and no other words came out of her mouth. Her tears just quietly fell again, causing Zeke to frown in concern.

  　　"Alicia…" he uttered her name as he lifted his hand and brushed her cheek gently. He was worried now as he could see a pain so raw that had replaced the happiness in her eyes from earlier. "What's –"

  　　"K-kiss me… more." She choked out, not knowing how to broach the subject. Therefore, she approached it the only way she could think how to for now. "Make my tears stop. Please…" her voice hitched at the end as she pleaded with him.

  　　He listened. There were deep lines between his brows as his head descended and he kissed her passionately.

  　　Zeke did not like how she was crying in this moment. He did not like seeing the pain in her eyes. He would not mind seeing her cry as long as she cries on his shoulders. But this time was different. He hated seeing that raw pain in her eyes because it just made him falter terribly.

  　　When he pulled away and saw that her tears had not stopped, Zeke latched on her mouth again. However, this time it was no longer passionate and coaxing and gentle. It came at her hard, deep, savage, and devouring. This is the type of kiss they both love the most.

  　　Until the bathroom was filled with the sounds of their dirty kisses. Alicia did not even realize that she was already being seated on top of the sink top. Her back was pressed against the mirror behind her. Her fingers clutching his dark hair in huge handfuls and her legs wrapped tightly around him. It was as though she as trying to imitate an octopus that was coiling and tightening its arms around its target.

  　　"F*ck! Alicia…" he groaned as he forced himself to stop the kiss. It was almost impossible for him to pull away from her mouth – as though there was a black hole that was drawing him in powerfully with its gravitational pull. Their eyes met, their breaths panting hard and in sync with each other's. Her tears had finally stopped flowing and her eyes now were brimming with raw desire. Over the past few days that they had spent together, he had come to recognize this look. It was that expression that could drive him mad just by looking. "Any more than this and I'm going to f**k you right here right now, babe." He panted, trying hard to hold back. "Don't start something you can't stop if you don't want that happening."

  　　Alicia finally snapped out of the haze of desire that had enveloped her. She remembered where they were at the moment, and why they were here.

  　　Slowly, she loosened her tight grip on him and combed back his now ruffled hair with her fingers.

  　　"I'm sorry…" she whispered, feeling a little embarrassed at losing her self-control so easily like that. "I was so emotional and…"

  　　Zeke gripped her wrist, his gaze now boring down into hers. "You cried because you're hurt. You cried because you were in pain." He said, his jaws clenching even as he called it as it is. "I didn't… I didn't know that would hurt –"

  　　"No, Ezekiel." She cut him off, shaking her head, not wanting him to blame himself. "You don't know how you made me so very happy. Happiness is even an understatement if it were to describe what I've felt. You don't know what kind of feelings you've made me feel while you were singing." A watery smile appeared on her face.

  　　"Then why did you suddenly look –"

  　　"Because I had realized then that I don't want to let you go!" her voice came out louder than she had intended it to be. "Because I don't want you to disappear when that day comes, so I can hold you and keep you in my arms forever! I told you I will not stop you. I told you I will never let you ruin your plans. I told you I will never let you make any sacrifices. I told you that I will… support your plans. I told you all I want from you is this… for you to give yourself to me for a few more days! But…" she buried her face in her palms as she drew in a few deep breaths. "I don't know what to do now, Ezekiel. I want you so much… I want to love you, stay with you much longer than this… I want you for myself for eternity and it's getting so painful the closer we get to that day…"

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  　　A/N: I've changed the lyric of the song in the previous chaps as i was told i might get in trouble for using the lyrics even if i put proper credits on it. :( 

  　　I'm not good at writing song lyrics so it might suck but i did my best T^T 

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