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Manga series: Record of Fallen Vampire
Prompt: #18 impulse
Timeline: before chapter 28 of the manga… kyaa!!
Pairing: implied BridgetxMorishima (kekeke…)
Word count: approx. 1098
Warning: some romance
Onigiri − rice ball, not equal to sushi… I'm no expert but they look yummie
'Why' stage – little kids love to ask 'Why?' at a certain age, thus driving their parents crazy (there's also a 'No' stage which is just as terrible)
Rating: K+ − T
She was sitting on one of the observation decks where she escaped to, and was slowly sipping some green tea. Usually she didn't really like tea, but the search for the seal was becoming frantic and she wanted to calm her nerves. The scenery on the other side of the huge glass panel was truly beautiful, as only the open sea could be, she liked it…
Then she heard as heavy footsteps approached her not so secret hiding place. As she anticipated Major Morishima turned the corner and his face lit up when he saw her sitting alone.
"There you are Miss Bridget," he greeted lightly, "I was looking all over for you." he waved some documents in the air with one hand, a box craddled in his other arm.
"What for?" she asked curtly.
"Aiyaa… so cold… I just wanted to give you the layouts of the areas we'll be investigating tomorrow." he explained.
"I don't need them, I've already looked into them earlier," she scoffed.
"…" Morishima was taken aback for a second then smiled knowingly. "As expected from you." his tone was appreciating.
Without invitation he sat down into the chair, on the other side of the table the tea service stood on. Bridget looked at him from the corner of her eye, his nosiness often annoyed her and tonight she really didn't have a lot of patience left.
"Did you want anything else?" Bridget asked, annoyence creeping into her voice.
"Hm?" he looked at her curiously, "Oh… of course… dinner! Or maybe midnight snack would be a better phrase." He demonstratingly lifted the box as he said this with a grin. He carefully unwrapped the cloth from around the box, then lifted the lid to peer inside. After a little inner debate he picked out an onigiri and began to eat slowly, savouring each bite.
She wathced, then snorted and started pouring herself another cup of tea, she coudn't resist smiling a little. 'He's an interesting human, that's undeniable… and not too terrible to look at either.'
"I'm concerned about your fate." She remebered him saying that to her not long after they met. She sometimes wondered what he meant by that. Suddenly, she found her face only a few inches away from the proffered box, so she looked up questioingly at the man.
"Would you like a snack?" he asked in an almost too friendly tone.
She smirked "Is this some kind of peace offering for spying on my private conversations?"
"Hm…? I guess you could say that…" he left that sentence hanging.
She raised an eyebrow in response, it looked like Morishima was doing his best to avoid giving her a straight answer.
"I hope you're not trying to baby me," she wondered aloud taking one of the offered snacks from the box.
"I thought you didn't need babying. You did live for hundreds of years without it." he shrugged, scratching his face-tattoo in thought.
"I'm glad you understand," she smiled secretly.
They lapsed into silence watching the sea, Morishima was already on his third onigiri while Bridget ate slowly enjoying the momentary peace. She noticed Morishima watching her eat out of the corner of his eyes, she sighed mentaly. 'This guy has too much time on his hands if he has time to spy on people.'
"Spit it out already!" she demanded.
"Wha…?"
'Is he acting clueless deliberately?' she though annoyed. "Your question. I know you want to ask something, so let's cut to the chase and just ask away."
"You caught me again… ehehe…" he chuckled nervously, sometimes Miss Bridget just freaked him out.
"Alright, alright," he paused to think for a second. "Actually I'm just trying to learn more about you… Strike up some friendly chat, you know." he shrugged.
Bridget sighed in exaperation, which was becoming a nasty habit of hers whenever Morishima decided to be 'friendly'.
"Very well, what would like to know." she gave in.
"Soo… about vampires… crosses don't bother you?"
"No, they don't, unless they have spiritual power."
"But sunlight is harmful, right?"
"Yes." Bridget answered truthfully, standing up she walked up to the glass panel and looked out to the lower deck. It was always so amusing watching humans work their way through what they thought they knew about vampires.
"Garlic is also useless?"
"Of course, that one was always a lie." she scoffed. 'I still don't know who can up with that.'
"Holy water and churches?"
"Oh, please…" she flicked her hair over a shoulder arrogantly.
"So what about the fangs?" he looked like a 5 year old in his 'Why?' stage.
"Blood-sucking you mean?" she glanced back at Morishima with amusement. "Well, we could but there is no need. They're just there, like the appendix."
"Oh, the appendix is good for something, I just can't remember what…" Morishima mused.
"How do you know?" she asked frustrated, she absolutely abhored not knowing something.
"Oh, I saw it on TV… But back to the point, isn't it illogical to have fangs when you don't suck blood. I bet it just freaks people out."
At this point Bridget was regarding Morishima with a small amused smile on her face, leaning with one shoulder on the glass behind her.
"O-oh?! So, you think it freaks people out?" she intoned, pushing off the glass she walked towards the Major. Morishima was strongly reminded of a lioness on the prowl as she walked with slow and deliberate steps across the floor.
"I guess in some cases they do," she said, standing with her arms crossed, twirling a golden lock around a finger, "But you could never imagine what some humans would do for a little thrill." her tone was laced heavily with implications, finally she felt back in control of the situation. She was greatly entertained by the expression on Morishima's face, his eyes widened comically in stupefied silence with just a touch of fear around the edges. Bridget walked passed his chair, trailing a single finger over his shoulder. Her impulse told her to push the man a bit further.
"Most humans believe the vampire legends, you know…" her finger trailed across to his other shoulder, she leaned over the back of his chair and pressed herself closer to him. Resting her chin on his shoulder, Bridget skimmed her nose lightly over his jawline and pressed a light kiss to his jugular that was beating frantically. She smiled wickedly when she felt a tiny shiver run down Morishima' spine.
"So, are you thrilled?" she purred.
Straightening suddenly she exited the corridor leaving a ruffled Morishima behind.
A/N: Over 1000 words again. ^_^ Keeping Morishima and Bridget in character was immensely difficult. I re-wrote it at least 5 times, but chapter 28 of the manga boosted my inspiration a lot *grins madly* that Bridget Morishima moment totally blew me away. I love this pairing.
So, what did you think, were they in-character?
"believe the vampire legend" No, people in this manga don't know that vampires exist. What I mean is, on some level we do "believe" the things we know about vampires, even if they are creatures of fantasy.
You guys were awesome with your reviews they also made me want to finish this so I could move on to the next one. Thank yous go to: Akatsuki Akira, RavenAlyse, bladz-liska, shadefantasma, WordlessDreams, ColinatorGX. Many thanks!
