Us

Alucard

I don't know how to talk to you anymore, while it has only been 30 years, you have changed so much. You are calm, the hot headed little girl I once knew is gone. She is replaced by a gentle, humble, woman. While you and Seras have your spats, you are still, the majority of the time, calm. I am perfectly okay with your change. You're less easy to annoy, and you seem to have all the pactice the world could muster. I sometimes like to watch you read, eat, sleep. I like to watch you in your most sedentary. Humans are amazing, they can stare at a screen for hours and not get bored.

"Integra?" I call your name. You look up from the tiny screen in your hand, taking out a small speaker from your ear.

"Yeah?" You scratch a patch of skin underneath your eyepatch.

"What are you doing?" I ask, curiously looking at you. I slowly approach you, kneel down before you.

"I'm watching a video." You answer me, sniffling.

"On that?" I point to the tiny screen your hand.

"Yeah, it's a smart phone." You answer me.

"A what?" I blink. Confused.

Your laugh rings in my ear like bells. Your cheeks rosy with blood. Seeing the blood rise in your face, sets a stinging in my throat. I swallow, trying to keep it down.

"A smart phone, it has a touch screen, a camera, an alarm clock, a flashlight and a-"

"Woah, slow down." I say, putting my hand on the arm of your chair. "You're telling me phones can take pictures now?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

You nod, happily.

"Do you wanna see?"

I nod. Your finger moves across the screen quickly. I am in awe of the small device. You beckon me to come close. I do as instructed. I lean in close, I see our faces in reflected in the screen. You press a button on the screen and it flashes. I blink, not expecting it. You smile, looking a the true to life image.

"Perfect," You smile, your face flushed. "Look." you say, putting the screen in my face. My eyes widen. Your smile, so bright. You're eyes looking into the camera lens, white in your pupils. I can see the snapshot caught my blink.

"It's perfect, i'm saving it as my background." You click a little button, bringing you to a screen with tiny squares inside of it, you press one the looks like a camera. You then press our picture, it gave you a small menu. You press 'set as background.' Then you click the button again. They we were, you're background. I couldn't help but feel a tiny bit special. I wonder if this was a term of endearment in today's world.

"There, all done." You say, chuckling.

"Can I have one?" I ask.

"One what?"

"A smart phone."

You laugh very loudly. "You are quite funny, I don't remember you being this funny."

"It's not funny, maaster, i'm serious."

"Sure it is." You tease me. You put your hand on my shoulder. There it is again, you touch me, your friegal heart thuds in my ears, and that is all I can focus on. It's like, hypnosis. Nothing else exists, but your fragile, aging humanity. I feel your bodily rhymes beat through your fingertips.

"Don't look surprised Alucard, you're making me feel weird." You tease. Your rub my shoulder, back and forth. "Can't I show some affection?" You ask.

"You never touched me before, I don't know how to take it." I say. "It's so, strange to say the least."

"Well, I think it's the master's duty to make sure the servants needs are met." You explain to me.

"Touch isn't a need." I say, leaning into your hand despite my words, I love it.

"Yes, it is." You smirk. You continue to scratch my shoulder. I begin to make a sound from my throat. You give me a curious look.

"Are- are you purring?" You question me.

"N-no." I pull away.

"Yes, yes you were!" You shove my shoulder, laughing. "You were purring!" You continue to laugh, holding your stomach. "That's really cute actually." You smile.

"Cute?"

"Yeah, cute." You lean forward. "It makes you so, vulnerable, so human, yet so not human. It's quite the contradiction."

"My existence is a contradiction, Integra." I smile.

"You have a point." You move your hand behind my ear, and begin rubbing, I can't help but my the sound again. I shut my eyes, accepting your touch, you heart in my ears.

I doze off from the sound.