Possibly a Vampire
A/N: Hi! This plot was eating me the whole week. It's different from my other fics but I like the idea. I don't know if it's good or bad, but I have so much fun imaging and then writing the chapter!... This is OOC, perhaps not that much, but anyway any mistakes pardon me, this is unbetaed. Tell me if you liked it!.
Summary: Kise's a vampire who moved to a new town where he knows his neighbor Aomine who lives behind a curious black will try to find out if Aomine is a vampire too or not and if that's going to change his life.
Chapter 1:
"Hello?"
"Ya? Ko chan! You called! You missed me! You are cute!"
"Stop it! Gosh Kise, I'm not deaf. How are you? How is your new house?"
"I'm not there yet, but I'm seeing the neighborhood, it's quite pretty… I like it!"
"You sound good," Kotaru sighed serene on the phone "I was wondering… how long are you going to be there…"
Kise looked out the window of the bus "Ko chan… I don't have a predicted time… as long as things calm itselves… "
"I know you don't wanted to leave," She leaned her back on the wall "Just needed to ask… you understand, right?"
"Yeah, this is different from the city… there are many trees everywhere, and the air is like tranquil and perhaps colder, and mmm smells like strawberries and woodsmoke."
"That's odd." Kotaru giggled. "I think you're eating cake. And woodsmoke? Way to have pneumonia or worst."
"You're cute."
"You're naive."
"Kotaru…" Kise narrowed his eyes playfully. He hated being told he's naive.
Kotaru! Lunch's ready!
"Seems like I gone. I'll text you later. Don't do things recklessly."
"Fine. Bye."
Kise slid his iPhone in the pocket of his jeans, waiting any second that the stop was announced. The bus stopped and Kise ran a hand through his blond hair looking around the path to take. The neighborhood looked something sumptuous compared to where he lived before, his parents had left him enough money to travel wherever he wanted and seeing himself in the painful situation of leaving the city where so many years he had lived, Kise thought that for once, he could afford to buy a nice house. He walked over to a couple of girls talking outside a car in the corner.
"Hey, excuse me, can you tell me where is the house 523?"
"That's a far one." The sandy one said "You'll have to walk a lot."
"Doesn't matter, I like to walk." Kise smiled a paralyzing smile.
"W-well, if it's like that… walk straight until you get a house with big black bars. You'll recognize it because it's quite special..." the girl blushed "beside that house, there is the 523."
"Thank you." Kise smiled again leaving the two girls whispering behind him.
Green trees where everywhere around the houses and while Kise looked at the leaves his heart squeezed him with nostalgia and the memory of his apartment, the pictures, the sofa and the neighbor's noise putting loud music every weekend. A leaf fell on his hair in the same instant he heard a dry cough behind him.
"You allright Sir?"Kise asked concerned putting a hand on the old man shoulder.
"I'm living," the old man coughed whipping a hand over his mouth. "I noticed you are not from here."
Kise smiled "Yeah, I'm new but I already like this place." He paused and looked at the pictures held under the old man's arm. "I'm Kise Ryouta, are you a painter?"
"You can call me Kyroga." The old man talked slowly but his mind was racing as he get details from the curious young. "I noticed you were watching quietly the trees, specially this…"
Both looked up and a comfortable silence grew until the old man decided to ask but coughed again and Kise shuddered smelling a faint trace of blood.
"You drink medicines?"Kise asked worriedly trying to get some of the man's weight by pulling his arm behind his back. "You sound very bad, you shouldn't be walking without a jacket."
Kyroga was slightly panting when the coughs ended and a warm spread over his back making his brow frowning at the young who was looking distractedly at his sides.
"I'm not cold boy…" Kyroga make to quit the offending piece but Kise stopped him fast.
"No, please… I'm fine. If anything you do me a favor,"Kise craked a smiled "I think I'm going to run to my new house, so…" Kise settled his bagpack firmly on him "see you later Kyroga!"
Kyroga coughed shaking his old white hair… boys these days…
Kise ran spacing out of his thoughts and instead enjoying the feeling of his feet conecting with the ground as he impulsed faster barely playing attention at the numbers until his breath was literally out rather than in of him and he stopped.
"Wow, that was quite a run."
Kise turned back finding a tall redhead staring at him with a bottle of water just reaching his lips. His black jeans were ripped and his hair… Uh, he's quite hot. Kise couldn't help his brain.
"Thanks, you're cute I must say."
"Excuse me?" I did say that loud. I'm always the same! Kise scratched his hair thinking a way to… "Uh, I like to run sometimes."
"I noted." The red head took the hint following the blond's change of subject. "I'm Kagami Taiga, your. . ."
"Neighbor," Kise couldn't keep his eyes off that hair, outstanding even more with the red hoodie and his handsome face. Crap. I'm not here to flirt with anyone! "… my house should be the 523."
Kagami tilted his head "That's the one in the corner, such luck you have." He passed him stopping his eyes to check the blond over again. He opted to drink water.
What?
"So, how is this place?"Kise reached his pace, trying to find new information aside from internet.
"Depends, some days are quiet and some are pretty hectic. You will find that there are diversities of neighbors around."
"I met the painter Kyroga before… He seems kind though sick."
Kagami stopped. "Kyroga? Are you sure?"
"Yes… " Now Kise feels perhaps not awkward but rather confused under Kagami's eyes. Did I say something odd?
"Huh." Kagami leaned in close Kise's face. "Are you moving alone?"
"I… yeah…" he stepped back looking away. What the hell? Was he going to kiss me?
"Hey -" Kagami reached out but the blond was away fast looking at what not. The. fucking. house. of. that. fucker.
Kise didn't know to decide if the house was terrifying or beautiful as it was. It was such a simple house, not something from another world, but there was definitely something appealing in the sight. Modern two-story house, white and brown colors dominate the entire facade with bricks on the first floor and large windows but covered with thick curtains. Driveway, porch, pavers, landscaping, planter boxing and black fence. THE fence. Making the sight difficult to detail or even watch without being disrespectful. Why hide the aura of that house?
Kise almost forgot his feet and was about to touch the bars of that house when he felt himself dragged backwards thwarting his imagination immediately.
"Don't do that," Kagami said, he breathed hard for a moment his heart sped up to see the blond walking fast (Honestly he ran like a rabbit), stopped and then almost shyly extend his fingers to the fence. The bad news is that breathing heavily he could smell the blond.
Kise moved away soon he found out that Kagami had his arm around his waist. Shit, I don't want to flirt! No no no!
"Err thanks? I should go, that's my house."
"Cool. Just don't go into that house." Kagami stared at Kise's lips. He flushes pretty.
"And… why is that?"
"A friend's advice." Kagami shrugged sliding his eyes to the ground before sighing and turning to go. Kise watched the motion thinking it could be good to have Kagami as his first friend here. Maybe we could be just friends…
There was much to be done at the house, after 6 hours, when Kise finally sat on the living room floor and laid his head on the wall, the sunset was coming in full force. Weak sunlight huddled Kise half conscious until nearby grunts and barking woke him. Kise guessed that those were from a wolf barking. Kise loved wolves, in general any dog, but the wolves were beautiful beings as well as impressive and loyal.
Once, as a child, he was in the mountains with his parents spending a different Christmas when for his innate sense of knowing, he saw far prints larger than that of a dog footprints. Taking advantage of his distracted mother, he rushed following the path of tracks up to a cave, walked in with his heart pounding with emotion and his ears ringing but found nothing. When he went back thinking some excuse to tell his mother and father, Kise heard a growl and saw the most beautiful scene he could have ever now. A family of black and white wolves playing in the snow growling and nipping at their ears and necks. From that time he learned to love wolves and not run from an annoying mother.
The bugle sounded along with the wolf Kise couldn't reach to see and the noise of the neighbor's opening fences. Kise opened the front door. His view was excellent at night though ...
A black BMW 6-Series Gran Coupe appeared getting out from the house, the driver's door opened and a handsome guy got out showing a smile that sent Kise's defenses up.
Hanamiya shrugged the pain in his shoulders off. His black hair was seriously longer, and his skin. . . paler. . . he thought rather amused. His clothes were perhaps a little formal on him but he like it and do him perfectly well, his long black shirt and smooth blue jeans with comfortable black shoes.
"Aomine, you are making me weak. I don't like that." He whispered knowing Aomine was going to definitely hear. "I'm waiting."
"You're insufferable."
Hanamiya chuckled closing his eyes as he lifted his pale arms to travel around a tan neck and broad shoulders.
"Just in time," He didn't need to see. He kissed softly those lips that he lusted for more than anything else. The heat from that person was close to be intoxicating, he wondered how a broken doll as him as got this obsessed about someone, something, anything. Aomine healed his wounds, carressed his insecurities away, he wondered how, and for how long this relationship… if it can be called like that will endure because both were dark. Both were black. Both were the same thing. But Aomine wasn't broken… he's just naturally like that.
Perhaps he's even gentle. Hanamiya broke the kiss. Kuroko is not the perfect proof of that.
"When can I come back?" he lingered on Aomine's lips. "Tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? We don't want anyone jealous… don't we?"
"Weekend. I have classes."
"I know." Hanamiya slided his hands down Aomine's waist. It was hard to say good bye to this guy. "I'm feeling curious right now. Someone is watching us for a while." He whispered on Aomine's ear.
Kise stepped back. The one with the long hair was staring darkly at him over the other's shoulder. Kise recognized a look when he saw one. And this isn't only a look. This was the check over thousands of times. And it was horrible. Something sick rolled out slipping into Kise's heart. He wasn't scared but tense. A hungry snake came to his mind biting into the throat of a bluebird. Kise made another step back until his hand made contact with the door and a sudden bark broked the charm.
Kise yelped pushed hard to the floor and gasped when a hot thick tongue started to lick his face.
"W-what… "
"Silver!"
"You're… overly… sympathic," Kise evaded the licks trying to pry off the big wolf from over him "wait, wait," Kise smiled when the wolf stopped suddenly looking down at him "just like a human," he carressed the wolf' ears which didn't move.
"Silver!"
The wolf growled but left Kise. The blond sat raising an eyebrow when another hot guy appeared just in front of him. Just my luck, isn't it? Kise sighed.
"I apologize, Silver never does that to strangers."
"Is difficult for you to apologize." Kise stood. Oh, well, he shouldn't have said that… Aomine's eyes hardened and his hand extended suddenly dissapeared inside a pocket. The moment grew and Kise scratched the back of his neck. Uh… I'm not usually like this!
"I'm sorry… my name is Kise Ryouta, your new neighbor," he cracked one of his handsome smiles waiting to alleviate the mood. However nothing happened and the hand Kise was extending to make up things stood alone. Under the guy's eyes Kise knew, just knew this scene was awkward. Not a good start, sure.
Lights started to appear inside the houses, Kise suddenly noted how dark they were looking at each other and only when Aomine turned away with Silver barking at his feet, Kise swallowed leaning on the door.
"Let's go Silver."
Kise heard from the other house. The BMW wasn't there anymore.
The next morning Kise woke with a headache that coffee isn't helping at all. He hurried some toasted bread to his mouth as he looked for his cellphone and the keys.
"Late late late!" he closed the door running with his hoodie under his arm and his bag on the other.
Seirin University. It was kinda famous for prepare students for leadership and to attract talented students from around the world. To position Seirin as a good university in Japan was consequence, through the increasing scope of research collaborations, teaching programs and international projects.
Walking to Humanities, Kise walked straight to reception where someone could help him. After fifteen minutes Kise walked out with a new bunch of papers and his new schedule. Let's see today…
Wednesday: International Relations Theory, History of Political Thought and Public International Law. One in the morning, two clases after one p.m.
That's awesome! I can sleep more…!
"Kise?"
"Kagami!" he exclaimed happily to see someone known. "What are you doing here?!" Wait! Don't hug him!
"Studying." The red head smiled "So, you're going to study here too?"
"Ya, but I'm a transferred student. International affairs and you?"
"Economy. I'm good with maths." He showed the fat book in his hand.
"Chill that book away! I don't like maths very much."
Kagami laughed, and Kise took the chance to wander his eyes in his new friend's face. He is very tall… "Your eyebrows are funny Kagamicchi."
"Huh? Funny why, in a good or bad way?"
"Good way," Kise said sincerely.
"Are you free at lunch?"
"Yes, you?"
Kagami nodded. "Let's meet at the coffee opposite the pool. You know the pool?"
"No, but I'll ask." Kise looked the clock on the wall.
"Fine, let's share numbers." Kagami reached for his iPhone on his pocket while Kise did the same.
"Done," Kise looked again the hour. "I should go, It's almost ten!"
"No problem, I have clases too." Kagami lifted his hand, doubted because the blond lifted an eyebrow at him, but then stroked softly blond hair. "It's a date then." He smiled flushing a little but oh he was stubborn. Then slipped quickly away before the attractive blond could say anything.
Date. Date, WHAT? A date? No way. Why? Stupid question. It's because he likes me. But… a date… I want us to be friends and that's it.
The D Word was on his mind till he got into the class and sat in the auditory.
"Stupid Kagamicchi, why he said a 'date', I don't want a date." Kise said to himself annoyed.
The girl scribbling the class at the blond's side heard the quiet complain and turned somewhat stunned to hear "Kagami" in the new guy's lips.
"Kagami? As in Kagami Taiga?" the girl asked in an equal tone of voice.
The blond looked at her still dazed with his thoughts. "Sorry?"
"You know Kagami Taiga?" She asked once more trying to hide the agitation on her voice.
"Yes, we live close."
"And I guess you are his new boyfriend? I haven't seen you before."
"No." Kise answered aghast. "We are not boyfriends." Oh, please.
"Seriously?" She put a finger under her chin "You said date though."
"I… did,"Kise admitted reluctantly "But that's not- wait, who are you?"
"I'm Riko Aida, I'm sorry I forgot to said my name…" She blushed "You'll know me as the asisstant of the basketball club's coach. I just got excited and ask you all those questions because I'm interested in Taiga to joy our team." She sighed "However he has told me over and over he's fine playing alone for fun. I don't know what more to do."
Kise looked at her dissapointed face feeling sorry for her, she seemed a nice girl. "And you thought that I could convince him?"
"That's right!" she said with a smirk on her face "If it's his boyfriend-sorry, his pretty friend he would at least listen," This is playing dirty but I need him in our team! The short girl with caramel hair thought "please try to talk with him." She bowed finally begging.
"I like you." Kise chuckled. She was one of the bunch who didn't throw at his arms hitting on him. In fact, if Kise's intuition was well he dared to say she was in love of another guy. "So, I'll try Riko chan."
She blushed anyway and sighed. Geez, he is a good looking guy.
Kise sat in one of the free tables out of the coffee, the day was beautiful, perhaps much sunlight… that wasn't good for him, but he liked it. People was enthusiastic today, they remember him of himself a little… he's usual self was easy-going and perhaps a bit boyish, he can get many friends and well… yes… perhaps he was… naive… He saw a red head walking with three more guys, they were laughing and even one of them pushed him hard to one side gaining a growl.
When Kagami reached his side he was only with the kind one. Kise couldn't find another word to describe him. His face was kind, he seemed too nice to his own good.
"Hey, you're punctual."
"Ya. It was easy to find the place."
"Kiyoshi, this is Kise, my date." Kagami smiled when Kiyoshi's eyebrows shot up. Kise in the other side…
"This is not a date."
He's embarrassed. Both Kiyoshi and Kagami thought.
"Kagami… tell him, this is not a date. We are friends."
"I believe you," Kiyoshi intervened gently immediately earning Kise's trust. "But I'm amazed. Kagami doesn't act this way usually."
Kagami sat and sighed. And when Kise looked at him he blinked startled to see the red head flushing.
"Kagamicchi…"
"Anyway, I should leave both to talk," Kiyoshi grinned "Bye Kise! See you later baka!" Kagami stood running behind Kiyoshi who was just playing and hell, he ran fast! Kise was still laughing by the time Kagami sat again panting.
"He's funny." Kise said "he ran damn fast, he's a sportsman, right? By the way, talking about sports, I was in HPT class and while mumbling alone because I was annoyed, I knew this nice girl, Riko, she told me you wouldn't listen to her never. She seemed sincere, she wants a chance to talk with you. She thinks you would do a good player in the team. I have never seen you playing, perhaps you can show me–"
"What's that suffix?" Kagami lifted his head from his arms. His crimson eyes were shining as he looked at the blond's eyes. If Kise didn't knew better he would swear Kagami was a vampire.
"I always put a suffix to my friends… and when I'm feeling confident." Kise paused "And I'm feeling like that because I feel… safe."
Hell, he made me say it.
Kagami said nothing. He looked away, Kise's honest gaze was exasperating. "I don't know if you're doing things worst or better."
"I hope better? It's my first day here, let's have fun, ok?!"
Kagami couldn't help his lips twiching upwards. The blond was smart. "You're right. Let's eat and then I'll show you around." He was rewarded with more words from Riko, questions about Seiren and the neighborhood.
Kise was in a good mood when he entered his last class. Four o'clock. It's a good hour to take a nap. How he desired one! The trip was getting him and without Kagami at his side or hot coffee the two hours of laws were going to be difficult. He took a seat in the far corner with hopes to close his eyes without being noted.
"…now we will choose pairs to work all semester. I decided to choose the couples personally as an experiment this time." The professor said. She fixed her glasses to read the list on the desktop.
I'm impressed that no one complains. Kise scratched his eyes struggling with his fatigue. He supposed that was fine, he didn't know anyone, maybe his pair was someone friendly or at least easy to work. The professor started with alphabetical order of surnames. And while she was calling, she assigned the work and the students go out of class.
"Aomine, Daiki -" She looked him perceptively. Then said as though nothing. "-Kise, Ryouta."
No.
"Ichijou, Zen – Katana, Yori."
I said friendly or at least easy to work.
"Usui, Yuki – Takamiya, Kaname."
Whatever.
He didn't even told me his name yesterday. Of course I heard from the other guy kissing him. Only his memory brings a bad taste to my mouth. Kise had seen him at night, but now that he watched him at day, there was no doubt that Aomine was very attractive.
His dark hair was not exactly so as such. It was a confusion of black and navy blue that stood out his eyes nicely. His tanned skin, his strong features, his eyes were definitely the worst part to describe. Kise shook his head. I'm thinking too much into this.
But Aomine wasn't in the classroom anymore when Kise looked around. He walked fast with his bag to the professor's desktop.
"Excuse me, Aomine Daiki took his assignment?"
"Yes, two minutes ago, I think."
"Thanks!" Kise hurried out. Using his excellent vision, Kise honestly tried to walk slower, but he was eager to find Aomine and clarify points of their work. He couldn't have walked so fast, he couldn't have disappeared, Kise wanted to grunt in frustration. But then he felt it. He could be mistaken, confused or fatigued, but there existed.
Something impossibly weak, almost colorless and without energy, moving and belonging to a vampire.
Kise inhaled subtly, Who…?
The question was throbbing for all his blood so hard that for a moment he forgot to hide his aura, his ticket to keep him hidden! And out of any vampire affair, it was something unconscious almost innocent when he show his aura. And there was when he found Aomine watching him obnoxiously inquisitive.
This sucks.
Kise scratched his hair smartly gaining time to focus his senses in the reality. He hid his aura in a millisecond.
"Hey! I think I'm your new partner." he meet eyes with Aomine. All right. He's not that tall. He's like Kagami, so two, three inches is our difference. He shouldn't look at me like that.
"You shouldn't look at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Demanding. Like a bastard."
Aomine stared, Kise stared back. (He honestly wasn't like that! But the guy was making him nervous acting odd!)
"Listen," Kise said with patience "This is not going to work if we fight. So, can we just start again?" I'm very friendly, I can't help it, so accept my offer? No, Kise couldn't say that. But he didn't want him as rival.
Aomine turned around.
"What the hell… wait!" Kise walked at his side, very much like a silver wholf had do another day. "You're seriously wrong about me. I don't hate you or anything. Not yet at least! I'm only asking for you to stop being a jerk, are you even listening to me?!" Kise grabbed his arm to stop him, he looked up and stopped all movement.
"Back. Off."
"I don't want to." This irks you.
Aomine leaned in fast, faster of what Kise was prepared. Dread gripped from his fingers to his heart, adrenaline stormed his mind and before he knew he pushed Aomine far.
He… he can't smell me. Never do that! Never!
Kise's eyes got lost unfocused, W-What happened to me? ,his hands were close at his sides. I felt in danger just now.
Aomine tilted his head. "You're a really curious person."
"So… that… means… we are friends?"
Stuttering…? … Aomine sighed and turned away for the second time in the day. He just has the horrible feeling that he was going to do this many times in the following days.
Kise didn't follow him this time. Somehow… a little smile appeared on his face. Well, at least this was a start.