Preview Progress of......Project King-Chapter Two-Code Vein series- OC x Coco for R

Chapter Two- The Lovelorn Woman (Coco)

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'When in doubt, a lover's caress will soothe all your ills away. All it takes is for you to open up your arms and let that person.'

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Somewhere in a place not known by those outside in reality there lay the 'King', the True Successor known only as Ronald stirring awake someplace where there was only a foggy white void surrounding the landscape of ruined buildings around. He was lying flat on his back asleep and stirring awake finally the moment his eyes peeled open and he bolted upright with a gasp escaping his lips.

"Huh....? I'm...where am I? No, wait..this is that place...from when I first started my journey, isn't it? It's the place where I first met Io...." Ronald spoke aloud to himself as he sat up, noticing the ruined scenery of delipidated city buildings around and seeing the white void of nothingness behind them all in the sky. It was odd and everything including himself felt surreal at the moment, he took a look down at the ground and saw that it was the kind of ground that'd match the way the buildings looked; ruined pavement. Former streets.

He got up from his resting spot and stood up entirely to take in his surroundings with wonder and a vague sense of familiarity, remembering how he first woke up in the world with no memory of his past and being there with Io every step of the way till he first met Louis. From there he became part of his group, made friends, and started his journey to save all the Revenants doomed to fight amongst themselves in a bid for survival against the nearly endless Lost Ones as well as other monsters made in this part of the world after the great collapse. He was wearing his usual clothing made for casual lounging around the Hideout, but he didn't have his Blood Veil or his weapons on hand.

"Hm? If I remember correctly, she should be popping up right about..." He led on quietly and heard the sweet voice of a young woman as she appeared behind him with a smile on her face.

"Waited long? Hope you had some sweet dreams before I called you here, my King. Hehehe." A girl's soft, silky voice called out to him and Ronald turned his head expectantly to see the tanned-skinned girl of his so-called dreams standing a few feet away from where he stood. She had a navy blue hospital gown over her body, she had a figure matching Io's but only with as large a pair of breasts nor with as supple a curvature to her figure. She had long, silken silver hair that complemented her tanned skin and had once adorned a mournful expression on her face when he last remembered seeing her during their fateful encounter. As for her body type, she seemed rather dainty yet there was an unmistakably angelic Aura around her that he couldn't deny seeing when greeting this woman face to face once again. She didn't have the black sclera in her eyes, nor were they glowing blue with that Unholy power she was cursed with when he first faced her down so very long ago.

She was the former, now deceased "Queen" who simply appeared here in this realm of consciousness as her old self without any part of her personality going out of control due to her power. Cruz Silva.

"Cruz....yes I have, do you think that maybe we can make this place a tad more comfy rather than hang out in a white void with ruined buildings around? It's kinda bumming me out, but it is good to see you again though. I'm happy to see that our connection is still going strong to the point that we can visit each other even now." Ronald greeted the woman as she playfully winked at him and waved her right arm around in the air in a swift stroking motion, changing their surroundings to be more at home with reality.

The white void sky went away and was replaced with a normal, sunny sky with a blue color to emphasize the peacefulness they shared.

"There, better, Ronnie? Sorry you had to wake up to this place's default blank slate, but I don't have proper control over how that starts out. Still, just making a change of scenery here and there is no trouble at all. How about we pull up some chairs and whip up some drinks to enjoy our little get-together again, hm? It gets really lonely here sometimes.~" Cruz joked with a soft giggle and a smirk as she saw Ronald walking up to her with an equally pleasant smile on his face.

With another swishing gesture of her hand, she materialized a pair of comfortable-looking patio chairs behind each of them and created a circular table between them as they each took a seat down. With a simple flick of her fingers, Cruz manifested a pair of drinks in the form of wine glasses before each of them. Their contents resembled Blood Beads to an extent with their red color yet that didn't deter Ronald from picking up his glass and holding out toward Cruz for a toast, a gesture she returned with glee as she tapped his glass before starting to drink down its contents.

"Ah, I know it's weird to say while we're here, but the taste is always crisp and fresh when you make these things. I'm kinda wondering if you've somehow created them back during your....life..before things went haywire and remember the recipe subconsciously." Ronald stated, making Cruz shrug as she started taking a strong sip of the drink before leaning over on her arms with a playful grin on her face.

"Probably, there's a lot I don't remember by heart before the Collapse, but it is peaceful here and I do enjoy seeing things through your eyes from the inside of this mental space we share. Who would've thought that we'd have such a connection? One strong enough to establish some kind of mental rapport between predecessor and successor? Life is full of surprises, Ronald, but I am glad you make time to be with me here. So...~" Cruz began as she sat back in her chair more comfortably, swishing her Blood Bead Martini around in her glass as she broke into the conversation. "...I thoroughly enjoyed that party yesterday. Did you?~"

"Yeah, it was a nice and memorable celebration over coming back to Vein and finding out Io was 'alive' again. I missed her so much and seeing her face, body, hair, and enchanting pair of eyes in the flesh after all this time was a very nice surprise. Heh, meeting you for the first time too was also a nice and rather shocking surprise when I first woke up here. You should've seen the faces everyone had when I proved to them that I was really talking to Cruz Silva inside of my head. Of course, they were skeptical at first and didn't believe me, thinking I'd gone crazy somehow until you told me to pull that particular card. Louis's face was a sight to behold, but everyone really was surprised and shocked to hear it was really you....somehow conscious inside of me as though we were sharing a soul.~" Ronald went on before taking a sip and hearing Cruz giggle as she brushed a lock of silver hair behind one of her ears with a smile.

"Heheheh, Louis was always embarrassed by that little 'secret' we shared back when we were in the Academy together. I swore I wouldn't tell while I was alive, but since I'm dead now, there's no harm in using that to prove you weren't insane when you told them we were talking to each other in here. I could never have anticipated this, but I'm not going to complain about it. I'm just glad I found you and learned that you and the others have improved things here in Vein as well as saved so many lives from the parts of my body that were made into the Relics.~" Cruz admits with a bashful yet slightly somber smile on her face as the pair enjoyed the pleasant quiet of their surroundings till they both broke out laughing together from the memory of embarrassing Louis to the utmost extreme.

"Hahahah..! I'm telling you, his face was as red as a Blood Bead, Cruz. It really was a sight to commit to memory, Heh." Ronald laughed, thinking back to how this unexplained rapport between souls and minds happened when he went out on his journey to explore the world beyond Vein. 

Both Cruz and Ronald agreed with each other, much to their surprise and confusion, that this was a special connection made between the Queen and her true successor. Despite not having the Relics in his body or any of her former Godlike power, Ronald had inherited Cruz's will and her desire to change things for the better for all Revenants. There was no animosity between the two as they sat here in this fabricated realm of cognitive existence, enjoying each other's company once again as they had many times before.

"I tell you, it is such a pleasure to experience the outside world again thanks to you. Hearing your stories and seeing things through your eyes has truly been a joy, not to mention seeing all the friends you made. Seeing Karen in good health again as well as seeing Io has really made my existence here worthwhile, Ronald.~" Cruz added and Ronald, feeling glad for her enjoyment in this shared life of theirs, lifted his drink up to his lips to take a sip when Cruz suddenly pouted at him. "Hey, are you paying attention to me? I'm bearing my literal soul here, you know.~"

"Hmmm? gulp....gulp..gulp..are you now?~" He teased with his answer and then Cruz suddenly put on a smug look on her face when pretending to lift her glass up to her soft brown lips. 

"So...Io's tits really came out nice, huh? They're a lot bigger than I was expecting them to be when I made her.~" She states casually, making Ronald's eyes go wide as he did a spit-take with his drink.

"Spppptttttttt....!!" 

"Ooh, I saw a rainbow there, Ronnie.~" Cruz added after seeing the young King spit out his drink in shock and nearly doubled back in his seat to cough it all out, only to remember at the last minute he was in a mindscape and not actually. 

"Gugh..! W-what...?! W-what are you talking about, Cruz...?! Ungh..! That Blood Bead Martini felt really enough to have come out as strong..! Hmgh!" Ronald gasped, coughing with a reddened face. He was looking at Cruz who now had a wide, smug grin equivalent to the Cheshire cat as she responded.

"Oh, I mean what I said, Ronnie-poo. Io's tits are huge...both inside of that flimsy dress and without it. I saw everything you two did together. You lucky King, you.~" Cruz giggled, taking delight in seeing her Successor have a red face while averting her eyes. He tried tugging on the collar of his shirt to help himself get readjusted and more comfortable after hearing Cruz drop that on him.

"Heh..well now, I didn't know you were watching us...ahem..make love. But taking her breast size into account, is that really such a surprise to you? I mean, you made her and the other Attendants in Karen's image back then. Not that I've checked out Karen or anything, but it is strange Io's chest size surprises you as much." Ronald said, kicking back a bit in his seat while Cruz simply nodded her head in agreement before putting a finger to her chin in thought.

"Well, while Karen does have big breasts, Io is two sizes bigger and it just sorta happened in the crux of the moment when my body was dying. But I'm sure you don't mind that, do you? I mean, think about it, Ronald, what would it feel like if you have Karen and Io together pressing their breasts into each other side by side in front of your eyes for comparison?~" Cruz let on with a sly voice, making the man become as red as his drink again when thinking about the fantasy of having the beautiful and lovely Karen pressing her buxom breasts into Io's bigger ones in front of him. He was starting to puff air out of his ears and get lost in the fantasy of when hearing Cruz laughing loudly again in merriment upon seeing his face. "Heheheheheh..! you're even thinking about it too..! Ooh, Ronald, you are precious, but that being said. I'm truly happy you two are together. The love you share is pure like the brightest light in the night sky and I don't doubt that Io will want to spend the rest of her possibly immortal life with you.~"

Ronald straightened up, letting the red drain from his face a little as he engaged Cruz with a friendly smile before nodding in agreement.

"Thank you, Cruz, that really means a lot coming from you and it's only because of you that Io is here with me. I don't think I can stand the thought of not having her by my side and being alone again like I was at the start." Ronald pointed out and then felt saddened upon seeing Cruz make a somber look as she stared at her drink with a downcast expression.

"Must be wonderful to have somebody there with you, faithful and loyal every step of the way to where they'd never want to leave your side. I wish...I wasn't alone anymore, but it was my just punishment for bringing Calamity and untold destruction onto Vein as the Queen. I...caused everything wrong to have  happened here such as the Lost, the Revenants starving and fighting to survive, all those monsters created because the 'Queen' went out of control one day and went on a rampage." Cruz said to herself somberly, hanging her head in shame and nearly feeling the urge to cry when she suddenly felt a hand clutching one of hers. It made her look up into Ronald's eyes, so full of optimism and hope that she couldn't resist getting lost in them and feeling her sadness melting away little by little.

"You're not alone, Cruz. You never will be, not as long as I'm here. There's still also Louis, Karen, and all the friends we met on our way to bring Vein into stability now that Lost are dwindling in number thanks to Io's sacrifice a while back. Mido is gone and will never hurt anyone again, the Relics of your power are doing absolute good for every Revenant here thanks to the near-infinite wellspring of Blood Beads it produces throughout all of Vein. That was thanks to you, who created Io as her last Will to help people. All you've ever been is kind, Cruz, and I'll always be here for you.  Not just as your successor, but as your friend. So chin up, okay?" Ronald said with heartfelt tenderness toward Cruz, making the woman shed a few tears as a smile broke out on her face before she grabbed his shoulders to pull him into a hug.

"Nhmmph..! Thank you...! Ronald...! I'm...sorry I let you see that side of me...I was supposed to be stronger than that after meeting you again and seeing all the good you and the others did, but hearing you say those things has made me feel so much better than before.~" Cruz said into his right shoulder as she wiped her tears into his shirt, sniffling with happiness as he held onto her for a while longer till they broke apart. 

"Well, a King has always been there for his Queen, you know. Heh." Ronald quipped, making Cruz laugh rather jovially as she wiped the corners of her eyes with a smile and noticed that his image was visibly shaken up, meaning that he was just about to return to reality right now. "I can feel myself stirring back to consciousness in reality now. I guess this is goodbye, for the time being, Cruz, we'll talk more later. I promise.~" 

"Okay, I'll be waiting, my dear King. Hehehe. I always will.~" Cruz said, whispering the very last part as Ronald faded out of existence within the dream realm, leaving her all alone at the table with a soft smile on her face and cheeks beginning to blush red. She eyed the spot he occupied, feeling the heat in her chest grow strong as she sighed softly to herself as a woman who's now felt feelings of longing for someone who was just there. "I wish I could be out there just like Io, in the flesh and with a body to boot. I could show him my true feelings for him if that could happen to me, but...never say never, right? Io came back after all.~"

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