Finally, the two blondes reached Arthur's house. The Brit turned around to thank Vlad then reached for the doorknob. Locked. He dug his house key out of his pocket. It wouldn't go in. Then he started to bang on the door.
"Ian! Open this door right now!" Don't you dare do this to me again! Open up, asshole!"
They waited silently, nobody answered. Arthur sat on the front steps pouting.
"Great..."
Vlad glanced down at the Brit.
"What's wrong?"
"My brothers changed the locks while I was gone again..."
"Again?"
"They've been doing it to me since middle school. They never let me in until the next morning because they always expect me to sleep outside. Of course I always went to Alfred's house, but his dad walked in on us making out. The only time I'm able to go over there is when his dad's gone, and he got back home yesterday. So, I guess I'm sleeping outside..."
The Romanian remained silent for a brief second then smiled at the other man.
"You can stay with me tonight."
"R-Really? Are you sure? I wouldn't want to be a burden..."
"Really, it's alright. There's plenty of room at my house, besides we have to study anyway. Remember, we have a geography test tomorrow."
"That's true...Thank you so much, Vlad!"
The Brit hugged Vlad tightly, then they began to walk to Vlad's house. Though Arthur was happy about not having to sleep outside, he still felt a bit uneasy about Vlad. Those eyes...Arthur was drawn to how beautiful they were. It's like he was under a spell. Once they reached Vlad's home, Arthur walked inside cautiously. The Romanian closed the door behind him, watching Arthur as he looked around. The Brit was amazed at all the historic items from Romania that he had.
"These are incredible."
"Thank you, I do my fair share for collecting."
"And...these are all real?"
"Of course."
The Brit smiled still fascinated by everything. Vlad laughed a little and pulled him away.
"Come on."
They made their way upstairs, both of them tossing their backpacks in the corner. Vlad plopped down on his bed, kicking off his shoes. Arthur sat on the end of the bed, looking around the Romanian's bedroom.
"Your entire house is amazing."
"Thank you."
Vlad looked outside his window and noticed it was sunset.
"Sunset already?"
Arthur looked out as well.
"I guess so. It's beautiful, isn't it?"
"Yeah."
The Romanian's eyes shifted to the other blonde and he smiled. The English man looked back and smiled shyly. All of a sudden, there was a very loud knock coming from the back door. Arthur jumped a little then looked at Vlad. All the other blonde did as smile.
"Come in, Kiku."
"Kiku?"
The Japanese man appeared in the doorway, smirking at Vlad.
"I didn't realize you had company...Hello, Arthur-san."
The English man smiled slightly at Kiku.
"Hello."
Kiki made his way over to the two blondes, at first to Vlad then turned his direction to Arthur. He circled around him a couple times before the Brit questioned.
"Kiku...? What are you...?"
The smaller man licked his lips and got closer to him.
"You smell delicious."
"W-what...?"
The Romanian got an annoyed look and glared at the Japanese man.
"Kiku. You're scaring him."
The raven glared at Vlad then wrapped his arms around his neck.
"Gomenasai, Vlad-sama. He just...smells so good..."
Arthur noticed Kiku's eyes turn crimson just as Vlad's did the night before. The Romanian caressed the Japanese man's face.
"I know he does, but we can't have him."
The raven looked back over at the now confused English man, still clinging to the Romanian.
"Vlad-sama?"
"Yes?"
"Arthur still doesn't know...does he?"
Arthur's eyes left Kiku's and met Vlad's.
"Know what?"
Vlad sighed, still holding Kiku.
"The two of us...we're...I didn't want you to know. We're not human."
The Brit took a step back.
"Then...what are you...?"
"We're...vampires."