be my guest [c]

gotta stay high
all my life
to forget
i'm missing you

Wordlessly, Merrick pulled her hands away from the chair and walked off to prepare her guest’s chosen drink. The woman opened some cabinets to find the needed items to make hot chocolate, pulling those out before the kitchen counter then working soundlessly with her task. She can remember her mother giving her that hot beverage before and somehow, she made it special for her back then which invoked pleasant memories of her earlier years. It brought a faint smile to her lips that she even remembered the Bartholomew matriarch humming a distinct tune as she tended to her daughter.

Unconsciously, the vampire began to hum the tune under her breath. It was a soft sound though with the silence in the large expanse of her home, Chidori might be able to catch some of the notes the woman was humming. Merrick was a lover of music and sometimes, she gets too immersed in it she forgets her surroundings sometimes, like now. The sound of something being stirred would be heard for a moment before it ceased, with the vampire turning around holding a mug of piping hot chocolate topped with some whipped cream.

She moved back to the table and sets the mug down beside where Chidori ate, seeing that the girl was finally consuming the food and taking in the proper nourishment she needs. The sight of it was more than enough to assure the older woman that it will not be long before her guest would be back on her feet. Letting out a soft exhale, she said, “Here you go. Careful, it’s a bit hot.”

While her task may be done, Merrick was reminded of something else; something she might have forgotten to do despite it being a nightly routine, but this night have thrown her off track, not that it was that serious anyway. Quietly padding across the room, the vampire went to the closed curtains and threw them open then pulled it to the sides, revealing the view through the clear glass sliding doors. The house was situated on some high hill overlooking the town of Kinau, still slumbering with a few lights flickering here and there, though it was the view of the beach that made it more beautiful. The night sky was a mixture of dark blue, deep purple and black, the stars twinkling over the waters that lapped at the shore. The woman chose a good location to build her home and this was the view she will never get tired of each and every night.

Merrick retrieved her notes from the other room and soon settled on the chair by Chidori’s right side. Placing the book on the table, the female looked at her guest and asked, “How was it? Was the taste alright?”