''D-dad!''
The blue haired male looked up from his phone as he heard his daughter calling out to him, the girl sounding quite distressed. The green haired girl came running in as she wasn't looking too good, her whole body was trembling as her eyes were red, her fangs out as she almost dropped to the floor. Kaito's eyes shot open as he walked over to her, grabbing her shoulders to keep her from falling down.
''Dad what the hell is happening to me?'' The green haired girl asked with fear in her eyes. ''I've fed myself yesterday, this shouldn't be happening!''
''How was school?'' Kaito smirked as he already understood.
''W-what do you mean?! I don't care how school was, I'm asking what the hell is happening!'' The girl clearly wasn't having any of it.
''Don't worry, we'll fix this.'' Kaito said with a gentle smile as he pulled his daughter over to the couch, putting her down. He walked over to the fridge as he pulled out a small plastic bag filled with a dark red liquid, giving it to his daughter. The green haired girl immediately grabbed ahold of it as she pushed her fangs into the plastic, almost drinking the entire thing within a few seconds.
''Better?'' The older male smiled at his daughter, the girl nodding. ''Good. Now I'll get your dad, he can explain this better than I can.''
''W-what?'' The girl muttered as Kaito chuckled.
''You'll see.'' He simply said while smirking as he walked off. He walked up the stairs as he entered the study, the blonde sitting down typing franticly on his laptop. The blue haired male very silently walked up to the blonde to make sure he to make little noise even though he knew that if Len was this focused on his work he wouldn't hear anything anyway.
''Boo!'' He shouted as soon as he was close to the blonde, Kaito's hands grabbing his waist.
''Ah!'' Len yelped as he almost jumped out of his chair, looking over his shoulder with an irritated expression. ''I told you not to do that you jerk!''
''I couldn't resist.'' The blue haired male said as he kissed the blonde's cheek. ''But there is something I need your help with.''
''What?'' Len wondered as he pulled off his reading glasses.
''It's Gumi,'' He smirked, the blonde's eyes now getting a little bigger as he could already tell by the tone Kaito was speaking with what it was about. ''I think she matched.''
''Oh whoa… Well that's early, she's only seventeen.'' Len said while looking down.
''As long as she doesn't repeat your family history of getting a lovely surprise while she's only a few months into her relationship it's okay, right?'' Kaito chuckled as the blonde pouted at him, slapping his arm lightly.
''Shut up, I still think that's your fault that happened so early.'' The blonde now also lightly smiled.
''It's both our 'fault' but I wouldn't have want it any other way.'' Kaito smiled as he grabbed the blonde's cheeks, squeezing them gently while kissing his nose. ''It does make me feel old though, damn… I'm already forty-one, practically a grandpa!''
''Hey, we just said that's not going to happen… Yet.'' Len warned the blue haired male with a smirk. ''Now let's go tell Gumi the good news.''
''Come on Miki, what's wrong?'' Miku pulled at the leash that was attached to the small dog's collar, the animal standing frozen at her spot as she was looking in the direction of another dog, this one being much bigger and running right towards them.
''Oh no…'' Miku sighed as she already knew what time it was, the bigger dog being a dark brown husky as the turquoise haired female already knew her small corgi was no match for him. The dog ran towards the small corgi as they enthusiastically started sniffing each other, the female just groaning at this as she just wanted to go home already. It was winter as the temperature had dropped drastically, it being now only thirty degrees as the clothing she was wearing were quite thin, she was freezing.
''Jiro! Stop that!''
Miku looked up as she heard someone shouting, probably the owner of the dog as she could see a young man running towards her. He had short dark blue hair and was wearing a track suit while carrying a leash in his hand. 'Yup, that's him.' The woman thought.
''Oh hey, I'm so sorry!'' The young man apologized as he was finally in reach of the turquoise haired female, Miku surprised he wasn't even panting as he had been running for a good forty yards for sure.
''It's okay, your Jiro seems nice.'' She said with a smile. The man put his dog back on its leash as he attached the leash to his pants.
''Thanks.'' He said as Miku noticed he had quite a gentle smile, his features also looking very defined yet soft. He looked quite handsome as his shoulders were also pretty broad, maybe he worked out?
''My name is Kaito, I just moved in close to here.'' He said with a smile as he put his hand out for the female, Miku surprised by this as she shook his hand.
''Miku, I live down the street at number fourteen.'' She smiled. ''Don't tell me you're my new neighbor? The house next to us has been empty for a while now.''
''Yup that's me!'' The blue haired male said with a smile. ''Nice to meet you.''
''Do you live there alone or do you have a girlfriend?'' Miku asked as she could see the man's face change from a genuine smile to a fake one.
''I just broke it off with her, I wanted a fresh start so I moved here.'' He said as he petted the head of his dog. ''I live there together with Jiro, for now.''
''That's good to hear.'' Miku smiled. ''If there is anything you can always come to us, don't hold back. This community is very close, everyone helps each other out.''
''Thank you.'' The man said as he looked back up at the female. ''Do you have a family? Or also alone?''
''I live together with my wife and kids.'' She smiled as Kaito's face changed to a more confused one for a second, quickly understanding as he nodded.
''Oh I see. How old are your kids?'' He wondered.
''Nineteen, they're a twin.'' Miku said. ''And what age is this handsome young man if I may ask so?''
Kaito chuckled at this for a moment. ''I'm twenty-four.'' He answered as the female nodded.
''I'm forty-two but don't you even try treating me like an old lady.'' Miku said with a smirk, the blue haired male chuckling again as he shook his head.
''I wouldn't dare!''
''Ugh why does Kasane Sensei always give us so much homework?!'' Rin shouted in annoyance as she scanned through the textbook while walking home, the boy not really paying attention to her as he just wanted to get home, it was so cold he could see his breath.
''Whatever, it's just this one semester we have with her and then you'll be done. Stop whining about it already.'' He muttered as he pulled up his scarf to his face, feeling like his nose was about to freeze off.
''I know but we're in college! Why do we need to get history lessons when our major is drama and theater arts?!'' she shouted again as the boy just had enough, not saying anything anymore as he just continued walking. With each step they got closer to their house he could feel his body starting to burn a little bit more, his heart beating a little faster as he could feel his throat and mouth itching… Why was this happening now?
''Len?'' The boy tensed up as he hadn't been listening to his sister at all, distracted by this feeling as he noticed this was much more intense than is usually was. How? Yesterday he fed himself to last for at least three days.
''W-what?'' He stuttered as his sister was looking at him with a more suspicious expression, the girl already knowing what was up.
''Didn't you drink yesterday?'' She wondered as the boy just nodded.
''I-I did…'' He answered honestly as he also had no idea why this was happening.
''Then what the fuck is up with you?'' She asked in disbelieve as she pulled up her phone to the boy as a mirror, Len gasping as he could see his eyes turning from its blue color to a dark red quickly, it flashing and switching by with a rapid pace as the boy had never seen himself like this, why was his body acting this way? As he gasped he could also see his fangs were also out, this scaring him the most as he hadn't even felt them growing.
''Ah! W-why the hell is this happening now?!'' Len shouted as his sister immediately slapped his arm, the boy tensing up at this as she looked at him with a warning expression.
''You want the whole neighborhood finding out or something? You're like a walking freak show right now, let's just stay calm and get home, I'm sure mom will know what to do.'' Rin hissed with a soft voice to make sure no one heard, the boy sighing as he nodded, this probably being the best option.
With their house already in view he could feel his body starting to tremble and shake even more, his urge to just grab a random person and bite them getting bigger as his breathing got heavy. He grabbed his sister's arm as he kept his mouth open but his scarf in front of it, he couldn't even close his mouth right now as he would bite himself in the gum. Just as he thought it couldn't get any worse he could feel his head starting tospin, his vision getting blurry as he felt like he was about to pass out. What was happening to him?
''Mom!'' Rin shouted as she pulled her brother inside the house, slamming the door shut as Luka came running down the hall, having heard her daughter's scream as she could tell by it something wasn't right.
Len fell to the floor as soon as he stepped inside, his arms catching him but still shaking. He was breathing quickly as he felt like he was about to hyperventilate, his blurry vision making his head hurt as everything about his body felt like he had 50 pounds of extra weight on it.
''M… Mom…'' He muttered as he started back at the pink haired female, Luka picking the boy up and placing him on the couch. She grabbed a packet of blood out of the fridge as she quickly walked back to the boy.
''Here.'' He said as the blonde just sighed, grabbing one as his sharp fangs easily pierced through the thin plastic. He quickly sucked out all of the red liquid as he'd never thought feeding himself could feel this relieving, letting out a big sigh once he was done. He could feel his vision returning to normal as his breathing also regulated, his body starting to calm down even though he could still feel something in the back of his mind wondering, some kind of feeling of dissatisfaction…
''Feel better?'' Luka asked with a warm smile as the boy nodded, smiling weakly at her as the female petted the boy on the head before giving him a small kiss on the cheek. ''Good, don't scare us like that again.''
''I won't, sorry… I thought that yesterday would be enough though.'' He muttered as he got off the couch, walking over to the kitchen to throw the now empty plastic bag away.
''Well you don't feed very often so if may be your body telling to you drink a little more.'' The pink haired female just said as the boy scoffed at her.
''I… I drank enough.'' He muttered as he grabbed himself a normal drink before walking off. He walked up the stairs to his room as he did feel a little weird, some odd feeling of his body not having gotten what it needed lingered in his mind as he couldn't ignore it. He had no idea what this was though, he didn't know what to do with it. He just hoped that if he could distract himself this feeling would fade, grabbing the papers out of his bag as he started with his homework.
Kaito grabbed his ringing phone from the couch as he was still unpacking all of his boxes, now standing in the living room as this house was much bigger than the one he used to share with his girlfriend, now also having less stuff as this made the space even more empty and lonely…
''Hello?'' The older male answered without checking who it was, his mind still all over the place as he was thinking of where to put all of his items.
''Hey…'' The woman on the other side sounded a little sorrowful and also quiet, Kaito feeling his eyes shutting closed while he let out a slight annoyed sigh.
''I told you to stop calling me already, it's not making things any easier this way.'' The blue haired male said as he could hear the female on the other side letting out a whine.
''You're such an asshole!'' She shouted. ''I can't even talk to you?! How am I supposed to get back to my normal life with us just ignoring each other?!''
''We're not ignoring each other, I just really want some peace and quiet. You do realize that it's difficult for me too right? Especially with you acting this way… I don't want to be mean to you but you have to give me some space too.'' Kaito said with a more strict voice as he knew the female was never going to understand it anyway, this being the whole reason they broke up. She was too controlling and easily agitated, this driving Kaito absolutely insane as after five years he couldn't take it anymore.
''And I'm not giving you peace and quiet?! I've been trying not to call you this whole week! I really tried but I just can't stand not to hear your voice when I come home! Please just forget about all of this and-'' The female started rambling on again as Kaito let out a harsh sigh, his mind really not being able to care for her feelings right now.
''Meiko,'' He said with a loud voice, the female stopping immediately as she was clearly in shock by the male suddenly calling out her name. ''We're over, leave me alone.''
The blue haired male could hear her rambling on again as he just quickly ended the call, throwing his phone back on the couch as he put it on silent before doing so, really not wanting to hear that irritating voice again. He had moved here for a reason, to not be in touch with that erratic psychotic woman any longer.
''Len? Dinner is ready!'' Miku shouted up the stairs as the boy still hadn't come down yet, it already being evening now as he was usually down long before the food was ready.
''I… I-m c-coming!'' The boy stuttered from his room as the turquoise haired female immediately noticed something was up, frowning at this.
''Are you alright?'' She asked as she could hear the boy moving, getting up from his chair as he walked over to the stairs. Miku let out a gasp as her eyes widened, the blonde looking like he was about to pass out. His eyes were once again flashing red and blue as his mouth was open because of his fangs, his face looking sweaty while his chest was raising up and down with a fast pace, his breathing heavy.
''W-why is this happening… A-again?'' He muttered as he very slowly walked down the stairs, holding onto the railing for his dear life as he felt like one wrong move and he would fall down and pass out.
''I might have an idea…'' Miku smiled weakly as she grabbed the boy, Len holding onto his mother's shoulder as they slowly walked into the living room.
''Are you kidding me?'' Luka said in shock as she could see her wife and son walking into the room, the boy looking just like he'd done earlier that day as she was now sure he'd drank enough for at least two days. The boy sat down on one of the chairs at the dinner table as he was still breathing heavily, his body feeling like it was going to fall apart if he didn't get some blood soon.
''When did this start?'' Luka asked as the boy looked up at her, shaking his head as his breathing was too irregular to answer.
''I think this afternoon was the first time…'' Rin muttered, the girl sitting next to the boy as she felt pretty bad for him.
''Oh my god…'' Miku said with a sudden big smile, looking at her wife with big eyes as Luka let out a small chuckle.
''You don't think that it's that new neighbor?'' The pink haired female wondered as her face was also showing a big smile.
''W-what? What are you guys talking a-about?'' Len muttered as he put his head down on the table, wondering what they were so happy about as he couldn't think straight right now.
''You dumbass, they're talking about that you've matched!'' Rin shouted with a big grin, slapping the boy's back out of joy as Len let out a painful groan at this.
''M-matched?'' He muttered as he let out a relieved sigh as he finally understood. Vampires would only have partner for life unlike most humans, this relationship being the strongest and most pure. The only way to find out who your match was just to wait and have that special person give you that feeling of thirst, hunger and even more. Your body would not stop to crave the blood of that person, and once you did get to feed off them the feeling of euphoria would be overwhelming. Or at least, that's what Luka told him, the pink haired female being the vampire of the two as Miku was her match.
''That's so cute, you've already matched at this age.'' Miku smiled as the boy let out a chocked chuckle, his body still feeling horrible but as least he knew what the cause was now.
''Alright so tell me, who is it? Is she cute?'' The blonde wondered as the turquoise haired female let out a small scoff.
''He's very handsome.'' She said with a big smile as the boy had his mouth hanging open for a second, his mind still processing what his mother had just told him as he let out a loud scoff.
''Oh no. No no no, I'm not gay.'' Len said with a determent expression, his body still feeling horrible but really needing to make that clear to them. ''There must be someone else, a girl, that's my match.''
''Why do you hate the thought of it being a man so much?'' Luka wondered.
''Because I'm not going to suck some disgusting guy's neck!'' The blonde shouted as he lifted himself off the table, immediately feeling his head starting to spin as he did this.
''Len, calm down.'' Miku said as she gently grabbed the boy's waist, putting him back on the chair as his body really felt like a heavy sack of potatoes.
''Just drink this and think about it. Okay?'' Luka said with a small smile as she handed the boy another plastic bag of blood, the boy just looking down with a pout as he grabbed ahold of the bag anyway. He pushed his teeth through the plastic as he sucked the blood out of it, his face still looking irritated as he really didn't like this. There must be someone else…
''At what age did you two match?'' Rin wondered as they started eating, the boy having finished his packet as he was now just sitting at the table with a grumpy expression.
''I was twenty-two and Miku was twenty.'' Luka smiled as she looked back at her wife. ''My parents didn't really explain anything about it so soon after I became pregnant with you two.''
''Okay, that's not what I asked but thanks!'' Rin said with a sarcastic smile as she turned to her food.
''Just be grateful I did tell you, I would have loved to know that kind important stuff. You two are going to have to deal with this stuff too so I just want you to be prepared.'' Luka said with a serious expression, Rin just nodding with big eyes as she was clearly uncomfortable.
The boy really felt kind of grossed out right now as he just couldn't see himself with some guy… How did that even work? Kissing some man while his beard was scrubbing down at his cheek like sandpaper? And don't even get him started on sex, oh god the horror of going down that only hole guys have… Len felt shivers going down his spine as he thought about it. That guy probably wanted him to suck his dick too, this making the blonde sick to his stomach as he couldn't even imagine the taste of it.
''Len?''
''Eh? Did you say something?'' The boy was snapped out of his trance as he could see he was sitting down at the couch in their living room already, dinner having finished about fifteen minutes ago as he'd been having this day-nightmares about having intercourse with a guy for a while already.
''Are you really sure that your match is going to be a girl?'' Miku asked with a big smile as Len raised an eyebrow at this, wondering what his mother was up to.
''Yes, I'm pretty sure it's not some guy. My body it telling me otherwise, at least.'' He said while crossing his arms.
''Why don't we try finding out then?'' The turquoise haired female proposed. ''I met up with our new neighbor this morning, he's a very nice guy. He also has a dog so I asked if we could walk together this evening.''
''And you want me to go with you?'' The boy added as he looked at Miki, the animal already standing at his feet with her tail wagging in the air.
''Yup.'' She said as she walked over to the hall way, grabbing the dog's leash as the animal came running to her while letting out a small bark, obviously happy to go outside.
''Pff whatever, I'll go with you.'' Len said with a smirk as he knew for sure she was joking about it being a guy. She had to be, she just wanted to prank him as he always said he'd never wanted a guy to be his match.
''Now you should have more than enough blood in you to at least not lose your mind when you see him, so that's something. Just try not to stare or act weird and you'll be good.'' Miku said with a smile as she put on her coat and shoes, the boy doing the same as he let out a scoff.
''I'm gonna prove you wrong, just you wait.'' He said with a smirk as they stepped out, the dog already running off with a fast pace as it was a hyper little animal.
''It's so cold!'' Miku whined as the boy let out a chuckle, nodding in agreement. They walked down the path next to the street as they walked towards the house right next to theirs, the lights being on but the curtains closed.
With each step Len could feel his heartbeat speeding up a little, hoping this was just because of the nerves as he had no idea what to expect. Would it really be a guy living here or a woman? Would this really be his match or just some random neighbor he didn't care about? He could feel his breathing speeding up again as he thankfully didn't feel his fangs growing, probably because of the blood he'd drank only half an hour ago.
Miku ringed the doorbell as the boy noticed they were already standing on the porch of the house, his mind getting a little fogged up as focusing was hard. No, this couldn't really be happening… This couldn't really be his match, could it?
He heard footsteps closing in on the door as it suddenly hit Len, the smell. There was a weird scent in the air, it suddenly appearing as he'd never smelled this ever before in his life. This was making him feel like he'd just wanted to devour, hug and squeeze this person tightly as he felt his hands starting to shake…
What was this scent?
''Hey there!'' Kaito smiled as he opened the door, his coat and shoes already on as he had his dog on the leash as well.
''Heya!'' Miku smiled as she turned to the boy, already seeing his face having turned a slight red color at the sight of the man as she had to hold back an enormous smile.
''This is my son, Len.'' She said as Kaito nodded, holding out his hand to shake that of Len's. The boy was frozen at his spot as he had no idea what to do, his eyes big as he felt his face getting warm, hating himself right now as he still couldn't give into it. He pulled his shaking hand out of his pocket as he shook that of the man's, thanking himself for wearing cloves as his head would have probably exploded at the feeling of their skin touching.
''Nice to meet you.'' The blue haired man said with a smile, ignoring the boy's shaking hand and big eyes as he thought he was probably just a shy kid.
''R-right…'' Len muttered as he turned his gaze towards the ground, already hating himself for feeling this way and agreeing to come with Miku. They started walking as the boy noticed the man's dog was much better behaved than theirs, Miki never being able to be let loose as the husky was walking along without a leash just fine.
''So what do you do for work?'' Miku wondered as she was walking next to the man, the blonde walking behind the two as he really couldn't stand to be closer to Kaito than he already was. His heart was beating at an insane speed as his face still hadn't calmed down, his body starting to ache and itch. Was this really happening? Was he really about to fall for a fucking man?
''I'm a fitness instructor.'' Kaito smiled as the turquoise haired female nodded.
''How athletic.'' She commented as the blue haired male chuckled, Len wanting to kick himself in the balls for finding the sound of him laughing more than pleasing, the man bringing up some sort of weird tingling sensation up inside of him.
''And what do you do Len? School still?'' Kaito asked as he looked behind him, the boy tensing up at this as he almost lost his balance.
''I-I… I go to c-college.'' He stuttered as he felt like slapping himself in the face for not being able to talk normally.
''What's your major?'' He asked as the blonde looked down again, hoping he could hide his steaming red face this way as he didn't want Kaito to think he was weird.
''D-drama and theater arts…'' Len muttered as he could hear the blue haired male let out a small gasp at this.
''Really? That's so cool!'' He said with a big smile as the boy looked up slowly at this, feeling his whole face now flushing as he could see Kaito smiling gently at him. The boy's body almost couldn't take this as he could feel his eyes widening and his legs started shaking, making walking very difficult.
''T-thanks.'' He muttered as he looked down again, pulling up his scarf higher to his nose as he had to keep himself back form breathing heavily. He really didn't want to fall for some man, some stupid fucking guy he'd never even met before! He couldn't help feeling this way though, his body was telling him otherwise as he wondered what his bare neck looked like, really wanting to have a taste…
'Oh no…' Len thought to himself as he could feel his fangs starting to grow, this really a bad time as he already knew his eyes were doing that weird flashing thing again. He needed to make sure Kaito wouldn't look his way right now, being able to hide his mouth but not his whole face.
''Well I'm off here, it was nice talking to you!'' Kaito smiled as he waved at the two, walking to his front door as Miku waved back, the boy just having his face turned away from the blue haired male as he couldn't wait to get back inside of his own house.
''Bye! I'll see you later, maybe even tomorrow?'' Miku said as she could see Kaito nodding at her before closing his door.
The turquoise haired female just chuckled as they walked back to their own house, letting themselves and Miki in as it felt good to be back in a warm house. Just as Miku opened her mouth to say something Luka and Rin came almost running towards them, Len still taking off his coat with shaking hands.
''And?'' Rin said enthusiastically as the turquoise haired female just let out a small laugh, looking at the boy as Len could feel all eyes on his back. He turned himself around very slowly as his face still had that red flush on it, his body still trembling a little as he could feel the drops of sweat rolling down his back.
''Oh my god, Len's so gay for him!'' The girl shouted loudly while smiling, the boy letting out a frustrated sigh as he just crossed his arms.
''I-I'm not!'' He shouted back. ''I'm not gay!''
''Yes you are.'' Rin smirked as she just walked off, the boy letting out an irritated groan as he walked up the stairs straight to his room. What the hell was he going to do with this?
Hello everyone reading this, thank you for making it all the way through the first chapter! This story will be a more cute and fluffy kind of story, also keep an eye out for some (maybe odd) plottwists (you should be able to tell by this chapter in what direction this story is going to go...). The main paring will of course be Kaito and Len but the backstory of Miku and Luka will also be told throughout the story, just letting you know. Anway, I hope you liked it so far!
