Title: Bearable pain

Summary: When he was forced to flee with his rival, he never thought that the outside world was more dangerous than the inside.

Warnings: Slash – OOC – Maybe OCs

If there was one person that the great Draco Malfoy hated, it was Hadrian. He hated the man, loathed him and was jealous of him. Hadrian was the person that had everything that Draco ever wished to have; Power, beauty, money and Caius. Caius was the man of his dreams. He really wished that the man was his mate, but you don't always get what you want or even deserve.

He closed his eyes slowly and tried to focus on the tongue that was licking his neck. He loved the feeling of Caius' tongue running on his body. He loved Caius more than he could love anything. Growing up as a human, Draco had everything he wished for. All he had to do was point and say 'mine' and it would be his. Even after he turned into a vampire, he still had everything he wanted except one thing. That would be Caius. He was still grateful of the fact that Caius allowed to share his body with his own. Caius was a cruel, sadistic and hateful vampire and yet… Draco could never hate him. Caius was a perfection that needed to be treasured and he hated that Hadrian never realized that.

"Something in your mind?" whispered Caius as he held Draco on his lap.

"Nothing of concern, Lord Caius," replied Draco. He gasped as he felt the nails digging on his body. It wasn't that painful, but it was still something.

"Do not lie to me," hissed Caius.

"I'm sorry," said Draco as he looked at his lord's eyes. "You do not need to bother with useless, pitiful issues, My Lord. It is just some relationship problems." He lied to Caius in hope that the other man won't be interested in any relationship matters and would just drop it.

"Hmm," hummed the older vampire as he contacted his lips to Draco's flesh.

He knew that the man didn't care. He really knew that but it still hurts. Draco knew that he was cursed to live forever in pain and love.

You and I are best friends forever now, Draco.

The blonde vampire smiled sadly as he remembered and wished that it was that easy. His father and mother's faces came in his mind. Even after all these years, he was still able to remember every small detail about them. Their faces, personalities, what they liked and disliked, their voices, smiles and tears.

He got startled when he heard a growl from Caius followed by, "Get off."

"W-what?" he stuttered.

"I said get off," Caius said as he pushed him from his lap. "I'm not in the mood anymore and apparently neither do you."

"I'm so sorry, My Lord," said Draco. "Please forgive me. I just…"

"You're just?" encouraged Caius.

"I love you," whispered Draco, feeling shy and knowing that the older man would hear him.

"I know you do."

It was a typical answer that Draco heard more than hundreds of times. He knew that the man did not love him. How would he be able to love him if he already had a mate that he loved? Draco could never understand Caius' feelings toward his mate since he, himself, never had a mate. He knew though that if there was no such thing as a mate, Caius would choose him over Hadrian. Draco and Hadrian were so different than each other. Draco was cunning, ambitious and powerful. Hadrian was innocent, vulnerable and weak. It was pathetic watching Hadrian trying to fight with someone. Draco has always looked at him with disgust because of his weakness. How would he be able to protect his mate, Caius, if he was so pathetically weak?

He looked around, only to find himself all alone. Sighing, he went to his own room to pretend to sleep. Pretending to sleep was one of his favorite things to do. As a human, he slept a lot since it was the most thing that he ever liked or even loved. How much he wished to be able to sleep!

The next day, Draco found himself in the library with Alec and Jane. The twins has always intrigued him ever since he first met them. Jane was a cold hearted bitch that hated everyone. Alec on the other hand was a sweet loving vampire.

"It is stupid," said Jane, "really stupid."

"You cannot say that, Jane!" exclaimed Draco.

"Feeding of animals is pathetic," she said. "It does not fulfill your hunger nor does it stop you from lusting over human blood. It is simply pointless. Believe me; I have seen many vampires try to become animal feeders only for them to snap out of it in less than a hundred years of time."

"I would not put it as stupid though," said Draco softly. "I think these people have a great control over their hunger. That is power."

"No one is stopping you from becoming one," Jane rolled her eyes.

"Ugh that gives me the chills," said Draco. "You want me to stop tasting this sweet addictive food? Yes, no thank you."

"You never stop to amuse me, dear cousin," Alec laughed and shook his head.

"We finally heard your voice," smirked Draco. "Where's Namal anyway?"

"You really think that he would leave him mate at this time?" asked a bored Jane. "They just found each other. There's no way you are going to see him until they claim each other. It takes a long time."

"You are the expert here," he said as he looked between the twins. It was weird for a brother and sister to be mates after all.

"Did you hear about what Cullen did?" asked Alec. He wanted to start gossiping so badly.

Draco rolled his eyes at his vampire cousin. "What about them? And which one of them this time?

"It is the one goes by the name Edward," answered Alec. "It was bad enough for him to expose us to a human and then turn her, but now it got worse."

"Well, go on!" shouted Draco.

"Don't be impatient, Draco dear," smirked Jane.

"Be quiet," said Draco.

"Do you want me to continue telling you or do you want to keep fighting with Jane?" asked Alec. "Anyway, apparently they had a child born half vampire and half human."

"That's impossible!" said Draco in disbelief.

"We all thought so," replied Alec. "Lord Aro was furious at first, thinking that they have created an immortal child. The Cullens came here after a while and explained everything."

"When was that!"

"When you left for a while."

"I want to see the child," said Draco. "I cannot believe it yet."

After being with the twins for nearly six hours, his Lord, Caius, finally had the time to meet with him. Once again, Draco found himself in the arms of the man he loved. Soon, he forgot everything that happened and focused on Caius.

Just when Draco was about to finish himself, the door opened only to reveal an angry yet hurt Hadrian. He smirked at his rival's look and linked his hands behind his lord's neck.