"I'm glad you liked it." Ryo smiled, kissing her back. He thought about everything that had happened with Rise, and he scoffed internally. He couldn't believe he'd gone through all that, and for what? For her to just disappear, and if she comes back, to have her restart everything and make him miserable again? To have him go against his Vampire nature because the human inside him was lovesick for her?
No. That wasn't going to happen anymore. From now on, the human wasn't going to take charge when he fell for a girl. Especially if he was going to fall for a girl who wasn't a Vampire. In the end, he would just end up hurt. A human girl would eventually die. A Veela girl would end up having to be married to another Veela. And a Werewolf... Well he already knew what would happen there. Everyone did. They were meant to be enemies, nothing would change that.
Besides, he loved Maura. Not just the Vampire part of him, but the human part too. That was what separated her from the other girls he'd liked or loved before. When he'd liked a girl in the past, only one side of him liked her. Victorie - the human liked. Evalyn - the Vampire liked. Rise - the human. This time it was different. Both sides of him liked Maura - scratch that, they loved her. That's what would make all of this different. The boy loved her because she was sweet and caring. The Vampire because she was of his kind and he would never lose her.
Ryo smiled gently when she apologized for getting teary and emotional. "Don't be sorry for it. It's okay." he told her softly, kissing her forehead gently. "Well now you can get used to it, because I plan on saying it everyday, forever." he smiled at her. By saying that, he literally meant forever. Vampires were immortal, and he was going to call her beautiful forever, no matter what. He knew that the love he felt for her would always last.
"Just so you don't forget it." he told her. "Because you are beautiful. I know others have said it to you and not meant it, but I do. I mean it, because it's the truth." he smiled at her. "If anyone tells you differently, don't believe them, because they're only trying to make you feel bad." he added. He knew there were always people who wanted to make other feel bad about themselves. He also knew that because she was a Vampire now, these people would pick on Maura, calling her ugly and a monster because she had to drink blood and she was part of the living dead.
He just wanted her to remember that even though humans will call her that, she would always be beautiful, because she hadn't changed since she was a human. She would remain a beautiful girl, just as she was while she was a human. Now that he thought about it too, Werewolves would try to pick on her, and they'd try to kill her too. Just as the two psychos from before had tried to. One of them was a Werewolf and she was supposed to hate Vampires, although he'd seen her before. She used to be a Vampire, but she was turned. Normally, she would've died from both of the venoms mixing. But she was only part Vampire so the Werewolf venom was able to take over easily.