HEY GUYS! I am really hyper right now. I have been in such a mood for this coupling lately I was shocked to find that I had yet to write a story for them. And thus this was born. Let me know if you guys like it or not. I guess it is a bit cliché but I still like it.

Cloud POVs

The night was always so calm. So peaceful to walk in. No crowds and no moronic idiots trying to pick on me cause of my height, and usually my hair. The few people that were out were quiet, minding their own business, just like me. It was almost like a silent promise to night walkers. No one bugged anyone else. That's part of why when I heard the slow quiet footsteps behind me I took no notice of it. Another night walker is all it was. That's what I thought. Until I was shoved against the wall, making me slam my head hard on the wall, my vision going fuzzy because of it. I quickly tried to clear my vision but the more I blinked the worse it seemed to get. All I could see was the dark shape of someone, a man by my guess, holding me there. I could feel him against me. It was meant to be a terrifying experience, yet, I felt calm. Like I wasn't actually in any danger. It made no sense at all. With each move the man made, I felt myself calm more and more.

He moved my hair away from my neck, and I shut my eyes, almost instinctively. I didn't need sight. I could picture it all in my head, allowing each of their movements to be my sight. The only thing that would have helped was if I knew who the man was. But as I felt him nuzzle my neck slowly, the thought faded from my mind. I tipped my head to the side, to let them have more room. They took it, licking my neck slowly. I shivered at the feel, my hands moving towards the person to grip onto them. My hands met with stiff fabric, but I clung to it anyways, feeling it crumple in my hands. And then I felt it. Something moving into my neck, sinking in deeper and deeper. And then I felt myself being drained. It was the strangest feeling. It made me think that this is what dying would feel like. My soul leaving my body slowly, like it's being sucked out slowly.

Eventually, my mind faded and I passed out.

I woke when daylight hit my face there in the small ally. My eyes fought to open, but managed the task, looking around. I didn't remember falling asleep in the ally. That was a first for me. Looking at my watch I yelped and got up quickly, running to my house then to the school. I was late for school big time. That never happened either. I had no idea what had happened the night before but whatever it was it must have been a first too.

I bolted to my first hour, just barely making it in before the bell. My friend looked over at me confused. "Yo Cloud you ok? I've never seen you come in almost late like that."

I nodded and sat by him. "No worries. I just overslept was all."

"Must have been more than that. You're still wearing the clothes you wore yesterday."

I looked down and sighed, seeing he was right. I jumped when he poked my neck. "You got weird marks on your neck too. What the hell did you do last night?"

I shrugged. "No clue. I don't honestly remember. I remember I went out for my usual night walk, but then I woke up in the ally this morning. I must have passed out or something during the night and bonked my head or something."

He looked at me worried. "Dude maybe you should go to the hospital. Or to the nurses office at the very least."

I just sighed. "Zack I am just fine. There's no need to worry so much about me honestly. So I bumped my head during the night. Big deal. And as far as the marks go I highly doubt its anything important. I mean sure it's weird but I bet it's nothing."

He was about to respond when the teacher walked in, followed by a boy. I couldn't see him well; his dark hair had his face hidden. But he had to be new. No one in our school looked like that. No way. The teacher didn't have to do much to get everyone's attention. We were all focused on the boy. She smiled. "I expect you all to be nice to our new student transferring over from Edge." She looked over at him. "Would you like to introduce yourself?"

The boy shook his head, still keeping his face hidden. The teacher sighed. "Alright well this is Vincent Valentine." She smiled. "You can take the empty seat by Cloud."

My head snapped over to the teacher. She just smiled sweetly. "Can you share your notes and books with him for today Cloud."

I just nodded. I didn't know what else to do but watch the new boy as he walked over and took his seat by me. He seemed familiar for some reason. There was no way I knew him though. He had a name no one could forget, simply because it was one you never heard.

All class period he kept his eyes down, refusing to look at me. He never spoke either. I was starting to think he might be a mute. Actually by the time the bell rang I was convinced of it. I stood up and stretched, looking down at him. "You coming Vincent? The bell rang."

He nodded and stood slowly. "Thank you Cloud. You were a lot of help."

I blinked. So he wasn't a mute. But he didn't make much sense. "I didn't help you with anything. There's no need to thank me."

"You did you just don't know it." he looked over at me, and I finally got a look at his face. It was a short look before he turned and walked off, but it kept me frozen in place. He was severely pale, almost like he hadn't seen any sunlight in his life. But he had a very handsome face. None of that compared to his eyes though. That's what had me frozen. His eyes had been a ruby red. They were deep, that I had seen easily. Shaking my head, I ran to my next class.

All day he was in my head. His words from earlier still confused me. And the sense of familiarity. It was all so weird. HE was weird. It just made me want to get to know him more.

From that day on I tried to talk to him more. The trouble was getting him to talk. He was so silent. When he did talk it was a few words to answer a question, or a very short hello. I was dead set determined to get him to open up to me. I started eating lunch with him as well as waiting for him in the morning to walk with him to class. I wasn't sure if it was annoying him or not but he didn't seem to mind. I started to calm down with him, the two of us falling into an almost silent agreement. It was like the night walkers. We walked together but were silent with each other. We didn't need to speak. We had our own secret language no one but us understood. I started to figure out when he was annoyed or angry or happy or sad. He didn't usually differ day to day. He tended to be the same. I very very rarely saw him angry. The first time I saw him truly angry it was scary to be honest.

The older kids at the school had dropped me as their toy and made a bad choice of their next victim. They chose to pick on Vincent. Normally he would just ignore them. But like I had been in the beginning, they were determined to get a response from him. They wanted him to react instead of ignoring them.

One day they just gave up, cornering him after the bell had rang. He looked up at them through his long bangs, watching them. They were smirking, waiting for him to say something. He just sighed. "Excuse me. I need to get to class. I have a test."

They all laughed, the leader stepping forward. "Well see we have a test of our own, and if you can pass it you can go to your class to take your stupid paper test."

I stayed hidden behind the lockers. Vincent just nodded and set his bag down. "What do you want then. Money ? Or the pleasure of seeing bruises on my skin from you."

They smirk. "Well both would actually be great." They started moving in on him. I was about to step in when one of them yelped and went to the floor. One by one they fell, getting back up and attacking him again. I moved closer to watch, and honestly wanted to move away again. His red eyes were glowing and knocking them away like they're nothing. He snarled at them, his teeth showing. All of them started shaking, bolting off, one of them screaming at him calling him a vampire. My eyes widened when I managed to see him, and my hand went to my neck where the odd twin marks on my neck had mostly faded. Vincent looked over at me, his anger fading quickly. He walked over slowly, his eyes never leaving mine. I was frozen. I couldn't move. I was terrified. This new Vincent wasn't someone I knew. I started to shake where I was as he walked up to me. He moved to pull me to him, and I let him. He hugged me gently. "I need you to help me again. I can't return to class like this."

I looked in his eyes, the fear that had built in me fading away the more I stared into his eyes. He started to lead me away, but I didn't hardly notice. He never broke eye contact with me, leading me down hallways and up stairs.

I snapped out of it when we stepped out onto the roof. I hated coming up here. Heights and I had never gotten along. I grabbed onto Vincent tightly and he pulled me to sit. I sat happily, letting the view of our height vanish from my sight. Vincent turned my head to look at him. "Will you help me Cloud? You have once before, even if you don't remember."

I blinked at him, finding my voice again. "You said thank you to me the first day we met. And every time I ask you talk in riddles. Tell me the truth them I will."

I saw his face fall. "Perhaps I should just go home and take care of this. I don't care to explain to you honestly." He began to stand. I reached up and grabbed his hand pulling him back.

"Vincent wait. I'm sorry. You don't have to explain that then. At least tell me what it is you want me to help you with."

He sat. "You heard what that boy screamed. I'm a vampire. What do you think I want from you."

I shook my head. "But you aren't a vampire. I mean, you wouldn't be able to be in the sunlight without it having some kind of effect on you."

It was his turn to blink at me. "Cloud I was being serious. While yes you are right I'm not a vampire, doesn't mean I don't still want what one would want. I need to drink Cloud. I'm using too much energy holding it all back. Please. Help me and I'll tell you what you want to know. The truth about it. about that night you have no memory of, about the twin marks on your neck that you had no explanation for."

My eyes widened. Vincent knew….but no one but Zack knew about that. I had to know what he knew about this, so I nodded an ok. Vincent moved closer to me. "I promise this won't hurt you. It will just feel a bit odd."

I nodded again and he moved my hair away from my neck. I stopped him. "Wait, if this is going to leave a mark then do it somewhere that the mark won't be visible."

He nodded. "Alright. Where then."

I bit my lip lightly thinking. "Can you do it on like my chest or back or something?"

He shook his head. "I can't bite on a flat surface like that. Necks, arms and legs are the places to bite. Your neck would be visible no matter where I bite because of your short hair. Your shoulder would probably work as long as you don't have a habit of wandering without one on."

I nodded. "Then you can bite my shoulder." I smiled slightly, pulling the dirty tshirt off. "I figured just taking it off would be easier than trying to move the fabric to get a clean bite."

Vincent nodded. "That's true. And smart. I have a feeling it may have ended up trashed if you leave it on."

I nodded. My fear was gone. All there was now was a curiosity in me as to what Vincent would do. I watched him quietly as he moved close to my shoulder, nuzzling it slightly. It made me smile, and blush. I bit my lip hard when I felt him bite down. He moved his arms around me to hold me still. I moved a hand to his head slowly, tangling it into his hair, holding his head there. I wasn't fully aware of what he was doing. All I knew was that whatever it was felt amazing. Small shockwaves of calm and happiness flowed through me. I shut my eyes, slowly passing out as he pulled the blood from me.