The weather has been pretty shit lately, sky cosntantly covered in dark grey clouds
And same could have been said for Kronii's mood, which seemed to detiorate under the slow, but constant string of issues, being technical, personal or "some management bullshit" (her words)
Anon was seated in the armchair in his room, playing games, when he heard a roar and a multiple sounds of stuff breaking and crashing, even through the music in his headphones
Confused and worried, he immediately paused the game and got up, rushing to Kronii's room, the only possible source of the commotion
When he go there he was greeted with rather unsightly scene
The indicator on the screened showed she was in middle of a stream, currently having muted herself
Kronii was standing next to her desk, breathing hard, as if to calm herself
The chair she normally used was not at the desk, instead the lower part was imbedded into the wall left of her, the connector rod snapped clean off of the plastic housing, and the top part was "integrated" into a cabinet on the otherside of the room, trinkets and broken glass from its see-through doors litering the floor now
This was...likely worse than usual...and any normal human would have backed off by now and minded their own business...
"K-Kronii? Are you ok?"
It takes couple of second for her to respond, not turning around
"Fuck. Off."
Still not taking a hint, Anon takes a step forward, then another
It wasn't first time Kronii slipped, he was sure he could help her calm down
She sensed him getting closer
"I. Said. FUCK OFF!!!"
There was shakiness in her voice, but he wasn't sure if it was her about to cry or just hair losing composure
Nevertheless, he ignored her and continued to get closer
By the time he crossed the halfway between door and the vampiric Warden, he extended his arm, hoping to turn her around and calm her down
But then, she suddenly looked back
Her fangs were out and her pupils with blood red irises, were small with extreme hatred for everything that might disturb her
It took Anon a split second to realize that that wasn't all
The crimson was surrounded by darkness, so pitchblack it looked darker than star-less night
...
Her sclera...turned completely black
...
It was at that moment Anon realized he fucked up
He fucked up hard
The sight completely froze him, the fear of it not something he learned, but something that was hardcoded in his very DNA
An ancient, primal fear of predators far beyond any human capabilities
A death sentence
If he had listened to her, if he was at the doorway and she hadn that tiny bit of self-control she now lost, he could have made it away without a scratch
Fraction of a second was all it took for Anon to suddenly find himself pinned to the ground, wind knocked out of him, unable to appreaciate the large pendulums pressed into his chest due to shock and fear
Kronii's fangs, even bigger than they normally would be in her "active" state, sank into his neck, one of them landing and piercing straight into into his jugular, causing him to roar out in pain
Even tho her saliva served as natural coagulant, with holes that big and that well placed, it barely made any difference
The Warden of Time that would bitch if even single drop slid away from her tongue, was now completely out of it and savaging his neck. tzhe geyser of pressurized blood hitting her mouth, a large mouth of it staining her face, Anon's shoulder and shirt and the ground
It was around that point Anon's flight-or-fight responses kicked in, together with a dose of adrenaline, throught he blood loss he suffered already weakened the overall effect
Not able to "flight", his right hand, which was not directly pinned to the ground, shot up to her hair, grabbing a handful and trying to pull her off
Only thing that achieved was to annoy the already beyond pissed of vampire
Her right hand shot up and impacted into his side right below his armpit
For a tiniest moment, it was stopped, until a cracking sound could be heard and her fist continued to sink into his side
He let go off her hair as large of blood forced itself into his mouth, breathing now made extremely difficult
He attempted to scream, but this only resulted in more blood and need to inhale as much air as possible
As his body slowly went limp from combination of internal and external bleeding and lack of air caused by the blood loss and punctured left lung, Kronii finally calmed down enough to let go of him and lift herself up
She started at him for a moment, barely any blood now leaking form the two large holes in his neck, massive bruise forming on his left side and mouth covered in blood as if he was vampire himself
Her eyes started to turn to normal, white replacing black, and rage and contempt giving way to different emotions
Mainly, utter shock and disbelief
"....n-no...."
Tears began to form in her eyes, rolling down and mixing with the large pool of blood on the floor
"nononononononoNONONONONO!!!"
Now it was Kronii's turn to descend into full blow panic, as Anon was barely able to percieve anything, his body starved of blood and oxygen
What has she done...
She dreaded that something like that might happen, but she thought she had everything under control, that something like this was surely too out there to actually happen
She was unable to think, tears completely blocking her view as she got up and started to look for something, anything, tho fix the biggest fuck up of her life
It only took couple more seconds for her to realize that Anon was beyond saving in his current state and there was only one think she could do...
Turning to her other side of powers, she summoned her large clock, which then moved further away, astral energies wrapping themselves around it until a proper clockface was formed, a whirlwind of Time right behind it
Anon could barely appreaciate the beauty, his mind slipping as his body started to gave up...
Kronii moved her hand until they mirrored the position of the hour and minute hands on the clock, causing them to cease all movement
She prided herself on not having to do this and only using her mind, but her mind was a mess and she needed all the help she could get to not fuck it up
Flow of time visualized in her mind, her left hand started to move counter-clockwise, minute hand following suit
It was only short shift, but seeing the scene unfold in backwards inside of her mind was too much for Kronii an she needed every bit of focus
With her hand in the right place, she took in a deep breath and snapped her fingers...
...
...
...
Similarly to that feeling of falling when you are laying down, Anon was shook in his chair
His face was plastered in confusion, causing him to ignore the game and die
But he paid little attention to the Game Over screen flashing on the monitor as the temporal shock wore off and he was hit with completely recollection of the rewound time, the feeling of blood loss, broken bones, damaged internals and utter fear still fresh in his memory
Quick inspection revealed his neck was all ok aside from some minor old scars and sliding his fingers over his left side, he found all the ribs in perfect order
Afterwards, his mind sprang into action, when he remembered one more thing to check
Headphones were thrown onto the thable with little regard as he rocketed out of his chair and down the hall, into Kronii's room
The small clock on the wall was not moving
Stream was still muted and paused
Her chair was in one piece and there was no sign of any blood on the ground
Kronii was sitting in the place she stood when invoking her powers, hugging her knees and rocking back and forth, crying her eyes out
This time with no hesitation, Anon quickly walked over and sat down next to her, hugging her
The emotinally destroyed Warden of Time didn't even protest, or tried to push him away like he expected
Instead she pressed hard into him, her hands wrapping around him so tight he was afraid of more cracked ribs for a second
"....IamsowwyIamsowwyIamsowwyIamsowwyIamsowwyIamsowwyIamsowwy..."
The apology was distorted by her sobbing, repeated over and over like a madness mantra
He raised his hand and started to wipe the snot and tears from her face with sleeve of his shirt, almost crying too at the sorry state of his dear oshi
He wasn't sure how to feel about the whole incident, but that was secondary to this
Kronii has hit her lowest low and needed all the support she could get
After somewhat cleaning her up, they stared into each other for what felt like eternity
Kronii's irises were still red, the black replaced with different shade of red from how bloodshot from crying her eyes were
Then, Anon moved forward and kissed her
She didn't recoil away and she didn't return it
She simply enjoyed the feeling of his, calming her mind
After she calmed down enough to actually focus, her tongue darted into his mouth, being greeted by his own as they locked into a passionate kiss
The clothes very soon discarded on the floor
They were like in a trance, needy but not the "heat" kind of trance
They just needed to feel each others bodies as much as possible
No edging, no playful teasing, no neck biting, Kronii's powers used only to refresh any soreness and his balls for another round
Time didn't matter, location didn't either
So soon, they found themselves on kitchen table, still going at it
After that, anon had to sit down, his body contantly refreshed, but his mind was starting to feel woozy and needed a break from the onslaught of stimuli
Kronii took a break too, walking over to the counter and grabbing something
Anon could only focus on it properly when she reached out and told him to take it
It was a large knife
Confused, took the handle and continued to stare at Kronii, who sat down next to him
Once in position, she pointed at her side
The approximately same place she punched him
"...stab me...please"
"Kronii...I..."
His gripped loosened and knife fell on the ground, but she just grabbed it and placed it back into his hand
Her eyes began to tear up again
"...please...don't play on some moral angel..."
She moved closer, positioning his hand, the tip of the blade only few centimeters away from her skin
Tears were now fully flowing again
"...I won't be able to live with myself....if you just forgive me like that and d-don't try to get revenge...I am a monster...I should be punished, not f-forgiven...for what I did...to you..."
The sobs kept breaking up her words, Anon's mind in turn was in turmoil
After couple of long seconds, he took a deep breath
His hand suddenly moved back and forward, plunging half of the long blade into Kronii's side, causing dark colored blood to leak along the blade and halndle and drip on the ground
Due to her nature, this was like a minor scratch to her, but it still hurt
She pressed herself into Anon with pained groaning escpaing her lips
"t-than-AAAH!"
Anon wasn't sure why, but something inside him compelled him to go further and push the knife deeper
Kronii felt the blood raise into her mouth, but she managed to stop herself from vomitting it up
She just gripped Anon tightly, until all of the stainless steel was inserted into her body
Tears now ran down Anon's face, feeling bad about hurting her, but knowing not doing it would just make it all worse, or even repeat...
Despite everything, despite pretty much killing him, he couldn't bring himself to hating her even a little bit
Afterwards, the knife was removed, Kronii's healing factor fixing the wound before the finished mopping the blood off of the floor
Both exhausted emotionally and physically, they collapsed on Kronii's bed
Stream could wait, the time was paused for as long as they wished
There was no need to rush anything, the stream and the game could wait
And time was something they would need a lot of...