Lucy's P.O.V

The next night I woke up on something solid and hard. I felt my cheeks heat up knowing who I had been just sleeping on and looked at the owner to see Ayato, who had been sleeping peacefully. His eyes fluttered open and he let out a small smile. "You're awake" I nodded.

"Yeah" I sat up and was about to get off of the couch when he grabbed my hand.

"So you really don't hate me?" I shook my head.

"I can't"

"Neither can I" He yanked me into his arms and held me tightly in an embrace. "Never can I hate you." I felt my eyes began to water. He had admitted this now? All this time when I needed him to say this he did?

"Why are you like this?" He backed away and looked at me.

"Like what?"

"At one moment you show me that you are the cruelest, inconsiderate, person I have ever met and then you are this, the caring, gentle, person who I fell in love with. It is like you are tearing my heart in two and I do not know which piece to go after first and before you say to go for both, I realize that it does nothing but make the situation worse."

"You're right" My eyes widened.

"Huh?"

"You are right when you said that I didn't grow up, that I always hurt you, that I treated you in the worst way possible. I guess I was doubtful that someone like you would fully love me and not leave me. If I could go back then-"

"I don't care about then, I care about now." My tears started to fall uncontrollably. I couldn't help it. I was afraid of what would happen next. "You want me to stay but I fear what you will do. Do you know how much it hurt to sit here and become nothing but a blood bank for you? For you to say so many horrible things to me when you were angry, it hurt. It always hurt. I tried helping you so many times but you always pushed me away. "

"What can I do to make it up to you? I am willing to do anything just for your forgiveness."

"I want you to prove to me that you want me to forgive you. Not with your words but your actions."