How Not to Love a Vampire
Author: Kittykat7290
Relationship: Cath + Kono
Description: AU where Cath and Kono are roommates in college but Cath's a vampire and president of the most popular sorority on campus whereas Kono's a freshman with no idea what's about to happen to her. Loosely based on the 2004 movie The Sisterhood, starring Michelle Borth.
Chapter One
Kono sat in the passenger seat of Chin's car as they drove to drop her off at college. Kono was contently reading a book, with her feet resting in the open window. While actively trying to ignore her cousin, Kono ended up finishing her book and had to resort to teenage tactics: social media before real life human interaction.
When they finally reached the campus Chin offered to help her with her bags, but Kono declined. This is how she found herself climbing four flights of stairs, just to almost fall back down them. Upon entering her dorm Kono placed her bags down on one of the beds. It wasn't until she turned back around that she noticed the flower on the other bed, her roommate must've already come and gone. Upon closer inspection Kono noticed it was a rose but it seemed as if it had been dipped in black dye. The tops of the petals were completely black, and they got redder towards the stem but never quite reached the vibrant crimson roses are known for.
"That's weird." Kono muttered to herself.
Later that night Kono was getting ready for the first rush week party hosted by the sorority she wanted to pledge: Beta Alpha Tau. The BATs were notoriously popular on campus and well known for throwing awesome parties.
Suddenly the door opened and Kono jumped.
"Sorry, did I scare you?" The girl's voice was like music to Kono's ears. She was just a couple inches shorter than Kono, with raven hair, lightly tanned ivory skin, and doe-like light brown eyes.
"No, it just startled me. It's totally fine."
"You must be Kono. I'm Catherine, but most people call me Cath."
"That'd be me. It's nice to meet you."
"Likewise," Cath agreed. "Where you headed? If you don't mind me asking."
"Party at the Beta Alpha Tau house."
"Well lucky for you, your roommate just happens to be BAT president." Cath said proudly, placing her hands on her hips.
"Wow, you're Catherine Rollins," Kono turned away from the mirror to face the other woman, "you're like a sorority legend."
"I guess." Cath shrugged before letting her hands fall to her side once more. "Come on let's get going." Cath bent to pick the strangely colored rose up off her bed, then turned to walk out the door with Kono close behind.
Over the duration of the party Kono noticed that people gravitated toward Cath, the way it happened was strange yet alluring. Kono also noticed how Cath would disappear only to waltz out of the house and into the courtyard minutes later with a proud smirk on her face.
After a week of BAT parties Kono was finally getting a good night's sleep, but when she awoke in the morning she was facing the wrong way on her bed, and the slight movement of trying to sit up made her topple to the floor with a soft "oof".
"Owww." Kono groaned as she stood up.
"Are you okay." Cath mumbled from the other side of the room, never sitting up or opening her eyes.
"Yeah." Kono said flopping back down on the bed.
"Okay." Cath muttered and pulled the covers tighter around herself.
The rest of day went by slowly for Kono. She had three general ed classes she couldn't really care less about and had to restrain herself from strangling about ninety percent of the people she saw.
"Ugghhhh." Kono groaned as she pushed open the dorm room door.
"Long day?" Cath asked from where she was sitting on the floor with a book.
"Yeah..." Kono ran a hand through her hair, "Wait... Why are you on the floor?"
Cath just shrugged and continued reading. Kono placed her stuff on her desk, and grabbed her copy of 'Beautiful Creatures' from the shelf before joining Cath on floor.
They sat side by side reading for about an hour before Cath's phone went off.
"Shit" she mumbled.
"Everything okay." Kono asked
"Yeah, well kinda. I'm late for a BAT meeting, we're discussing who our pledges might be."
"Oh, okay." Kono mumbled, she was pretending not to listen when in reality she was hoping that she would be one of those pledges.
Kono was still on the floor when there was a knock at the door an hour later. When she opened the door she found Cath and two of her BAT friends at the door.
"Couldn't you've just let yourself in?" Kono groaned.
"Yeah but this is more fun, and I don't have to find my key."
"Wha- you know what I just don't know what to say to you." Kono said and started to move out of the doorway.
"You can say you'll be a BAT pledge." Cath said handing Kono a strange colored rose, like the one Kono had found on the first day of school. Kono looked at her awestruck.