Probably being raised by vampire for years had caused Arjuna turned a little insensitive. Arjuna, now 14 years old.

It was supposed to be a normal night. Arjuna went to bed, and Karna left. Surely to feed himself. Because Arjuna was sure Karna go out at least three nights in a week. Though Arjuna didn't want to ask about that. He doesn't really mind it as much as before. Karna needed blood to live, just like Arjuna needed food. But it was still a mixed feeling.

All was normal. Arjuna was on the bed under covers, with his eyes closed, drifting into nice sleep.. and suddenly he felt something under his covers.

"Merlin?!"

"Oya, you're awake pet-kun~?" Merlin's violet eyes looked straight to Arjuna's dark eyes. Merlin grinned, with evil intent. "I'm hungry, gimme your blood while your owner is gone~" Merlin said as he grabbed on Arjuna's thighs. "I'll make it feel good~~"

Instinctly Arjuna kicked the vampire away. Arjuna was shocked and creeped out at the same time. He know what Merlin meant when he said he will make Arjuna feel good. And Arjuna certainly don't want Merlin to touch him anywhere.

"Akh! What's that?! That hurts you know.." Merlin asked as he fell to the ground. He stood up and rubbed his ass.

"What.. what do you think you're doing?!"

Merlin pouted. "Cheapskate! I just need a little blood.. " He said as get back to the bed and pinned Arjuna under him. "Come on, pet-kun~ I promise it'll feel good~~"

Arjuna screamed as Merlin pulled his shirt off ad started to lick his neck. "No! Stop!" He kicked him away once again.

And Merlin get thrown off bed again. This time with his face hitting on the floor. He picked up himself and rubbed his nose while crying comically. "What's wrong with you?! You're so violent! Do you know how many years I waited for you to grow up so I won't be commiting crime?"

"What do you mean by that?! Breaking into people's house and suck their blood are already crime!" Arjuna yelled as he fixed his pajama and watched the long hair vampire walk around his home, as if this was his own house.

Merlin turned on the light and opened the fridge. Checked the inside. There were so many food inside, from veges to snacks. And he also found a bottle of milk. "Oya lucky~" Merlin took the milk and drink it. Which made Arjuna's head hurts. What is Merlin doing here? Why is a vampire drinking my milk in my house? How can a vampire even drink cow milk? Arjuna felt cold from his right side. The veranda door was open. Merlin must have entered from there.

"Haa~ this is refreshing.." Merlin said as he finished the milk and put it on the table. And he sat at the chair, raising his legs to the table. "You sure are loved, pet-kun~"

Vampires cannot consume human food and drinks. Well they can. But those taste bad for vampires. Karna couldn't eat human food or drink milk. Arjuna had only seen Karna drink blood and water. And water is pretty basic. But Merlin here doesn't seems like disgusted with the milk, in fact, he seemed like a total human who enjoy drinking milk. After the milk, he even opened the Arjuna's biscuit and ate it.

Arjuna wanted to ask why Merlin could eat his food. He opened his mouth, but then he changed his mind. Because dealing with Merlin was pain in ass in general. So he changed the question. "Excuse me. What are you doing here?"

"I've come to play~" Merlin answered, happily. "Let's play card game~" he said as he pulled a deck of UNO from his pocket.

Arjuna facepalmed and sighed. What's wrong with this vampire? Karna was already pretty weird, but this guy is even worse. "Please go home."

"No! I don't want to go back!" Merlin pouted and hit on the table with his fists like a child. "I'm bored! Let's play. I wanna play!"

And so Merlin kept hitting the table until the neighbour yell and punch on the wall. 'Oi! Shut up! What time do you think this is?!' Living in apartment buildings meant the walls were thin. And everyone should be a silence as they could. And Merlin broke the unspoken rule.

"Fine! Fine! We'll play Uno.. so please be quite!" Arjuna agreed on the card game and sat on the table with Merlin, so he would stop being unreasonable. Merlin was pleased by that. He started to do the deck and gave Arjuna and himself each 7 cards, one card at the middle, and he put the rest of the card at the side.

"Alright you can go first~" Merlin said, cards on his right hand. While his left hand keep snacking on Arjuna's biscuit.

And Arjuna wasn't happy that his food was eaten by someone else. Maybe due to living with Karna, Arjuna got pampered a lot. And he was no longer used to sharing. "Oi. That's mine.." Arjuna said as he put a card on his turn.

"But I'm a guest~ why don't you serve me tea or something?" Merlin grinned as he pulled a +4 card out.

Arjuna had no plus card so he had to take in. He took 4 cards from the deck and added them on his hand. "Why do a vampire eat and drink my food?" He said and finished his turn.

"Oya. But I'm no vampire~ pet-kun, did your owner not tell you?" Merlin smirked as he pulled another +4, annoying Arjuna to add more cards into his hand. Apparently Merlin's hard was filled with magic cards. "I am a half~ my mother was a human. Be happy, You're currently talking to rare species!"

That's new. So halfblood does exist. Vampires were a mystery. They were similar, yet very different from humans. Like, Arjuna couldn't warp on his head at first when he learnt that Karna was an omega. Which totally meant female, even though he's a man. He still didn't understand how the hell that worked. But Merlin was a half? I guess this world is filled with weird things. "So you eat human food?"

"Precisely." Merlin confirmed. "Though, I still need human blood to survive. But I got to eat human food. And human food are delicious~ I pity your owner. He doesn't even know how cake tastes like."

"Say, do you kill people?" Arjuna asked the question that he probably already know the answer of. Actually he wanted to ask that to Karna, but he couldn't. Because if Karna answered yes to that, Arjuna might not return to his daily life. And Arjuna liked his current life.

"Hmm..." Merlin looked at the card at the table. "Well, I am still technically a vampire. I guess we do kill people at times." He said as he ended his turn. "Ah! But I don't like killing people okay! I even repay people when they give me blood~" Merlin added. And by repay, he meant seducing them into sexual activites. Like what he almost did to Arjuna.

Arjuna laughed a bit when he thought about Karna killing people. Drinking their blood and killing humans are two different matters. Though Karna already killed someone in front of him, even if that's not a human. And it was brutal murder with no remorse.

Arjuna wasn't happy with that thought. Karna was kind to Arjuna and didn't seem like he would kill anyone. He was even liked by the animals and birds would land on him. But even so Karna was still a vampire. Of course he would kill people. Even after years living with Karna, Arjuna still didn't know how to accept Karna's vampirism. Should he accept Karna's way of living, Arjuna had to abandon his humanity. But denying Karna's existance was also something Arjuna couldn't do. Karna had protected him and raised him. And so Arjuna had lived in between the two feelings for years. Accepting Karna's good side, and look away from the bad side. A cowardice way of living.

"Pet-kun~ Are you thinking about your owner~?" Merlin asked, teasing Arjuna.

"I am not a food or pet." Arjuna said, repeating what Karna said of him some years ago.

Merlin stared for a moment before laughing it off. "Oh yeah. You're a future mate."

"I'm not." Arjuna denied boorishly. He wasn't interested in Karna in any way like that. And imagining Karna wearing a wedding dress and holding flower like traditional bride... well maybe Arjuna had a little interest on that. Only a little.

"But that's quite possible, you know, pet-kun." Merlin grinned evilly. "Karna's omega, and a pureblood on top of that. He can easily make you his mate~"

That's also a new information. Because Karna rarely talk about vampires. And if Arjuna asked, he'll just change the topic somehow. "What's a pureblood?"

"Oya, your owner sure doesn't tell you anything, did he?" Merlin chuckled. "Well a pureblood is a vampire that's born rather than turned from a human." Merlin explained. "They are pretty rare you know, only 9 exists. And your owner is the only omega one."

Merlin was a talkative person. He like to explain things, so telling Arjuna what he wanted to know was enjoyable. "And pureblood can turn any human into vampire with their blood. In other words, your owner must be waiting for you to mature up and turn you at the right time!"

Arjuna wasn't sure what to feel about what Merlin just said. Merlin's probably making that up. No way Karna want me to be his mate! "That's impossible."

"Oho, you should be happy with your future bride, pet-kun~ Karna is the only one exclusive rare item~"

Arjuna shrugged. Feeling a little bit weird with the idea of being Karna's mate.

Then Karna returned. He opened the door, and saw Merlin and Arjuna on the table, playing UNO. It was a weird view seeing Arjuna and Merlin together.

Karna walked straightly to check on Arjuna. To make sure if he was feed on or not. And there weren't any visible bitemarks. And the room didn't smell blood either. And Arjuna seemed relaxed. And so Karna raised his question. "Why are you here?"

"Can't you see we're playing UNO?" Merlin raised his cards to Karna.

Karna shook his head lightly. "Please go home, Merlin. Arjuna have to sleep." He said, politely asking Merlin to leave.

"Tch.. how boring..." Merlin dropped his cards, signaling the game's end. "If you said so.." but Merlin didn't move from his spot. He sat there and stared at Karna with smiley face.

Then Karna pulled Merlin's hand, and throw him out from the room. Locking the doors, making sure Merlin couldn't come in again. "Go get some sleep Arjuna. I read that sleep deprivation can cause growth stunt in human children."

Karna turn off the light and Arjuna went to bed. Like usual Karna sat on the chair. He sat and read his recipe book in darkness. Thinking what he should make for tomorrow. The light coming in from the window was enough for him to adjust his eyes. And vampires couldn't be myopic, unlike humans.

"Karna?"

"Hm?"

"Are you keeping me around, to turn me one day?" Arjuna asked. Reminded of his conversation with Merlin earlier. And he blushed a bit. "To.. be your mate?"

"No" Karna answered shortly. "Don't lend your ears to Merlin, Arjuna. He's not trustworthy." He stopped for a moment, and then Karna continue his words. "...But if you are fine with me, then I'll think about it."

Arjuna's heart skipped a beat. He hide his face under the covers so that Karna wouldn't see him flustered.

Karna was confused with Arjuna's behavior that night.

"This is.." Gilgamesh looked at the blood in his glass. "Where did you get this?" He asked the butler, a slightly older man. But classy and neat.

The butler bowed. "Merlin personally gifted this for you, my king. He claimed this will please you."

Gilgamesh smelled the blood, and drank a sip. And he laughed. "This is good. This taste, this smell... pureblood and omega.. what a rare combination."

The butler smiled pleasantly with his king's liking to the gift. "I'm glad it fits your liking, my king. If you wish, I shall request more from Merlin."

"There's no need for that." Gilgamesh said after he had gulped the blood. And he smirked to the butler.

"Bring me the person." Gilgamesh ordered.

There was a new neighbor for Arjuna. A woman with red hair and blue eyes. She was very friendly and motherly. She with her two daughters knocked on Arjuna's door and introduced themselves. "I am your new neighbor. My name is Boudica. These are my daughters. Heanua and Lannosea. Nice to meet you." Boudica introduced herself, and bowed. Arjuna also introduced himself.

Boudica seemed a little too young, while her daughters were 8 and 7 respectively. The daughters were very sweet and active. They talked to Arjuna with cheeky voices. Boudica, Her youth was simply shining, added by her sweet smile. People might mistaken those as her sisters instead.

Arjuna and Boudica were talking when Karna returned home from buying groceries. And there were slight hostility from Boudica to Karna. She at first, looked shocked to see Karna. She was obliviously scared. But she kept up her smile and tried to introduce herself again. "My name is Boudica. I'll be living next to you."

Karna eyed the woman, and then to her kids. "Nice to meet you." Karna returned the greetings.

Arjuna felt the tension. He didn't know why, but Boudica seemed to be very scared of Karna. All ther smiles were forced. She pulled her daughters away and returned to their room after saying goodbye.

And both Karna and Arjuna also returned to their room.

"That woman is not human." Karna said as he pulled the chair from the table and took a seat after he put down the groceries.

Arjuna was surprised with that reveal. Boudica seemed normal. She even had children. Could it be those aren't her children? That's no way. They both look too much like her. Or are those children vampires too? "Karna. What about those girls?"

"Those children are human. She probably turned a vampire after she birthed them." Karna explained.

"That's.."

"She was unlucky. I think."

Those daughters of hers was raised well. They were happy and healthy. Boudica was a good mother. Arjuna symphatized with her, and respected her. Arjuna always looked up to mothers. And so he thought up of an idea. "Karna.. Can I ask for a favor?"

Karna looked to Arjuna. A bit surprised because Arjuna never asked for a favor before. "What is it, Arjuna?"

Arjuna smirked.

What Arjuna asked was to help Boudica. Arjuna thought it would be nice if he give something for the daughters to eat. So they made a pot of stew.

Arjuna knocked Boudica's door with Karna. She opened the door slightly to talk to them. She didn't undo the chains. "What can I do for you?"

Arjuna smiled sadly. He raised the bowl of stew he held. "I want to give this to the girls.. Karna made this."

"Karna?" She looked at Karna who had been awkwardly standing behind Arjuna. Analyzing the pureblood that she was scared of. He looked cold and dangerous. Does he really made the stew?

Karna tensed up when he saw Boudica eyeing him. "Good Evening." Karna said, awkwardly.

Arjuna assured Boudica that they meant no harm and simply want to help her. "If there's anything we can help you with, please say. If you need... umm... blood, I can provide some."

Karna smiled at Arjuna's kindness. And proud. Not many people could stay kind and compassionate after they lost their family. So Karna felt sense of accomplishment. That he had done well for Arjuna.

Boudica decided to trust them. She undoed the chains and opened the door. She took the pot and thanked them. "Really, thank you very much.." she was glad. She had struggled a long time alone. With nobody helping her after her husband's death. And she got turned into a vampire when she didn't ask for it. And these two wanted to help her. She was touched.

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They had spend days together. But it felt like months already. Boudica and her daughters was very warm. Their presence was very pleasing to Arjuna. It felt like his family all again.

Arjuna was happy that he could be some help for her. And he liked the girls as well. They bonded quickly with him. And the girls would run to him calling 'onii-chan' and when they saw him. Arjuna was proud of himself.

Arjuna would kneel down and open his arms. With proud smile plastered, waiting for the girls to come. "Onii-chan!"

Karna secretly smiled from behind because just how cute Arjuna was. He looked at Boudica, and she seemed pale. And her breath was irregular. She hadn't took any blood for days and was suffering the drawback. She must be in pain. Karna realized that and offered his own.

"Bit here... " Karna offered his arm to Boudica as he rolled up his sweater.

Arjuna heard that, he walked quickly and pushed Karna's hand away. "I was the one who said I will provide!"

"It's fine." Karna said. "I will do it."

"No." Arjuna rolled Karna's sleeve down. "We've talked about this yesterday."

"But.. what if you shrink?" Karna asked. He was very concerned. Fearing Arjuna would shrink down if he bleed too much.

"I won't shrink, Karna! Humans don't shrink when their donate blood!"

"But you're still growing.." Karna closed his eyes. Worried.

Seeing Karna and Arjuna's interaction. She chuckled. "You two are so funny." She loved watching them.

Arjuna blushed, he tried to look away from Boudica. "That's! We.. are not funny. Boudica!" Arjuna didn't know what he sprouted and got even more embarassed.

"What's funny, mama?" Heanua asked as she pulled Boudica's sleeve.

Boudica picked the child up. "Hehe. It's nothing." She said and pressed on her daughter's nose. In front of her daughters, Boudica stayed strong.

Boudica reminded Arjuna of his mother. She was a loving mother, she would pick Arjuna up when cockcroaches emerges in their kitchen. And Arjuna was scared of those thing. She would put him above the table before proceeding to chase the cockroach around.

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But that calm was very shortlived.

Arjuna opened the door to a series of loud knocking, only to saw Lannosea, crying. "Help.. help. Mama is.."

She pulled Arjuna's hand, leading him to Boudica. She was in an alley back the apartment building, hugging Heanua in her arms whilst crying on the ground. There were three people surrounding her. And they had guns and swords.

Arjuna instantly hid behind the wall. Arjuna tried to hide Lannosea as well, but before Arjuna could grab on her, Lannosea ran straightly to Boudica while she cried. "Mama! Mama!" She ran to Boudica and hugged her.

Boudica cried as she begged to the man who aimed gun on her. "Please. These children are humans. Please let them live.. I beg you.."

The man with gun, Tristan, shrugged a bit and asked his fellow hunter. "What do you think, Lancelot?"

Lancelot sighed as pulled out his sword. "We were told that there's a vampire with blue eyes and white hair here. Do you know who and where is he?"

Arjuna's eyes widenned when he heard that. Those hunters were looking for Karna?! But how did they know?!

Lancelot raised his blade and aimed it to the Lannosea. "If you tell me, I will spare your daughters."

Boudica hesitated. But she answered. "Name is Karna. He lived in the fith story..."

Lancelot grabbed on Heanua and threw her to the sides. Then he pointed the sword on Boudica.

She watched the sword's shines. And closed her eyes. She had betrayed the people who helped. It was for the sake of her daughters. But it was unforgiveable.

"I love you. Heanua, Lannosea.." she shed her last tears and spoke her last words.

Lancelot's sword was right on her neck.

Arjuna wanted to stop him. He was about to step out.

But he was held aback.

Karna covered Arjuna's mouth from behind. Holding him tightly. Preventing him from moving or speaking.

Lancelot cut off Boudica's head.

And blood spilled on the ground.

And the head rolled on the ground. Only to be stopped by Agravain stepping on it.

And two daugthers scream and cried hopelessly as their mother was killed.

All Arjuna did was watching in silence. Seeing the blood. Watching the head fell. Doing nothing. Being restrained.

He felt empty.

He stopped ressisting, and Karna dragged him away.

Arjuna frowned in silence. He felt empty. He couldn't save Boudica. And he didn't know what will happen to the girls. Were they really saved? Will the hunters fullfill their promise?

"Drink this" Karna handed a water bottle to Arjuna. They were hiding in an abandoned building. Because Boudica getting killed was her being unlucky, those hunter's real target was Karna.

"They were looking for you.." Arjuna said as he looked down to his thigh as he sat on the ground.

"I know."

Arjuna bit his lip. "Why.. don't you save her?"

"The hunters were surrounding us." Karna paused before he continue. "We might not be able to escape if we save her."

Arjuna's temper boiled. He pulled Karna's collar and glared at him. His eyes were filled with anger, sadness, and hatred towards himself for being weak. "You could at least try..!"

Karna then pulled Arjuna into a hug. He always did so ever since the book told him that this is the way to calm children. "But if I do, Arjuna, you might die.."

Arjuna pushed the man away. "I don't care! I don't care if I die! I wanted her to live!"

"Arjuna.. sorry.."

"I don't need your sorry! I need you to save her!"

Karna didn't reply. He closed his eyes, accepting Arjuna's anger. Karna had let Boudica die to save his own and Arjuna's life.

"I'm wrong the whole time," Arjuna gritted his teeth and pushed Karna away. "You don't have heart of a human after all... you're just another blood-sucking monster!"

Those words hurt Karna. Sure, he was a monster. But being called as one by Arjuna. It was painful.

Arjuna looked away in frustation. "I hate you."

That broke Karna's heart. Karna looked at Arjuna with empty eyes. If that was so, Karna would leave him.

Suddenly Karna heard noises from behind him. At it was noise of guns.

He instantly covered Arjuna. And the bullets shot on his back.

He fell down and Arjuna was under him.

"Karna.. ?" Arjuna was shocked. Karna coughed, and blood spruted out from his mouth. It stained Arjuna's white shirt as he sat up.

And then sound of a pair of hands clapping came from nowhere. And a man with blonde hair and high class clothing walked out from the shadow. He was accompanied by a few men in black. He clapped as he spoke. "That was a good drama.."

Karna looked back. "You.."

Gilgamesh did a hand signal. And his men in black carried his seat. Gilgamesh sit down in regal and watched the wounded vampire in front of him like a show. "When I heard you're a pureblood omega. I was expecting someone beautiful who will be my wife." Gilgamesh said as his butler poured blood wine into his glass. "Apparently you're just an ugly, skinny, ghostlike dog."

"What should we do with him, my king?" The butler asked.

"Hmm.. let's see. I don't want that kind of barbarian on my bed.." Gilgamesh rubbed his chin. "But his blood was good. Okay. Let's make him blood farm."

Arjuna watched in horror as he heard Gilgamesh's words. And Karna's arms moved a little bit. "Arjuna.. grab on me."

Karna carried Arjuna with his whole might and ran towards the window. And jumped from the fifth story. He landed on the ground. But his leg was damaged. Part of his bone sprut out from his leg. But even so he kept running. He was running not for his life, but for Arjuna's. Only Arjuna, only him, I don't want to lose.

He ran past his limits. Even when his body had broken down he kept running. He couldn't heal properly. It was because he was constantly starving himself. He didn't want to hurt anyone. At nights he walked around the highway to see if there was anyone who did suicide. Karna only drank from humans who had died. It might taste bad and disgusting but it was better than hurting humans. He didn't regret it. He didn't mind if he couldn't heal from this wound. He didn't care if he die here.

But Arjuna has to get out safely.

He managed to run a bit south to the riverbank. But that's it. He couldn't run any further. He stopped and put Arjuna down gently. And then Karna fell.

"Karna!" Arjuna watched Karna's back still bleeding and his legs had faced the abnormal side. "Why are you not healing?!"

Karna smiled. "I can't...Leave me.. arjuna.." Karna's voice was broken.

"No.." Arjuna cried as he held Karna's hand. "I don't want to leave you.. I'll die with you."

"Please..." Karna weakly begged. "Don't say that.."

Arjuna pulled his sleeve and put his arm on Karna's mouth. "Drink my blood."

Karna moved his face away. He never liked the idea of Arjuna being drank on. Karna didn't say it, but he didn't like it when Arjuna gave his blood for Boudica. No. Karna hated it.

Then Arjuna pushed his arm into Karna's mouth. The fangs cut the skin, and the taste of Arjuna's blood filled his mouth. It was taste of bliss. Karna lost his senses and sank his fangs in deeper to draw more blood as he fed.

Arjuna tasted as good as Karna had always imagined. Just how long had Karna dreamt of feeding on Arjuna.

After Karna took in enough blood. His sanity returned to him. But Arjuna wasn't looking good. Karna had sucked too much from him. If Karna didn't stop, then Arjuna could have died.

But even after drinking Arjuna's blood. It was just barely enough to make him move again. Karna's wound didn't exactly heal perfectly. But thanks to Arjuna's blood, he could heal some vitals and he could stand once again. But it was too late to run. As Gilgamesh and his men were already there. So Karna thought one last ditch plan.

Karna landed a punch on Arjuna. One hard enough to make him lost his conciousness. But light enough from actually hurting him. A skill that Karna had learnt thanks to the years he spent with Arjuna. He embraced Arjuna once more, before he gently laid him on the ground.

Because Arjuna won't leave even if Karna begged him to. Then Karna had to do something else.

"Monster... I can't believe you are still standing." Gilgamesh and his men were looking at a bloody monster.

Gilgamesh arrived to the riverbank. Following them were easy task. Karna was bleeding hell so they could just follow the smell of his blood.

"My name is Karna." Karna told his name. Hoping Gilgamesh would enter a conversation with him.

Gilgamesh looked at disbelief. How come a prey in corner introduces himself at verge of dying. But that was brave. And braveness amuses Gilgamesh. "Where's my manner. I am Gilgamesh. King of Vampires."

"O' king. You can kill me or do anything you want. But is it possible for you to let this human alive?"

"What will you do if I refuse?" Gilgamesh asked. Looking down to Karna.

"I'll kill you." Karna answered. He glared to the king.

Gilgamesh saw that glare. It contained determination. Gilgamesh know there was no lie in his words. Karna would come to kill him with his remaining life if he did refuse. But Gilgamesh didn't fear that. He could easily defeat Karna if he wanted. But Gilgamesh also had his pride. "Fine. I will not touch that human."

Karna closed his eyes in relieve. "I thank you, King."

Karna looked back once again to Arjuna before Gilgamesh's men tied his hands on. And he was taken away.

I hope you can live a fullfilling life as a human. I love you. Always.