So school started a few days ago, and I've just been so tired. I really don't have the motivation to write at the moment. I just need to have some time to relax and think, you know? So I'm sorry that I haven't been updating. It's been, what, three weeks since I've updated Love the Ice and Perfect for You? I'll try to write tomorrow night. I was really able to upload this story because I have a lot of chapters in advance. I have a couple for My Summer Romance, but I don't want to be behind on my new story! Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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"What's this about?" Gray asked, panting for air. Running with Lucy was worse the second time, believe it or not. "I've already seen your house."
"You haven't seen all of it," Lucy said with a smirk. She moved the painting in the living room to the side, revealing the staircase. "This house is so much bigger than you thought."
"That's impossible," Gray gasped. He followed Lucy down the stairs. "I thought this only happened in movies." When they got to the lab, he had to plug his nose. The smell of blood was extremely strong. It didn't bother Lucy because she was used to it. She also drank it, so that helped, as well.
"There's something I really want to show you!" Lucy said excitedly. She grabbed his hands and ran down the hall at a fast human pace. She took him into the room where she practices her water spells. There was already a large basin set up filled with water. She pulled two chairs from the side of the room and set them down.
"What, you can control water?" Gray laughed. His eyes widened when he saw that Lucy actually could control water. She lifted the liquid into the air, spinning it around. She split it into different portions, then moved them around. She was getting better, so she could move the water clear across the room. "That's amazing," he said in awe. He didn't know that vampires had that kind of power.
"I've been practicing changing the form, as well," Lucy said. She brought a few droplets closer to her. She closed her eyes and concentrated. The droplets came together and formed an ice cube. Since it was heavier, she couldn't keep a hold of it. It dropped to the floor and smashed. She ignored it and concentrated on the rest of the water.
"I can't even believe this," Gray said. He didn't know if he was dreaming or awake. Then again, he's been questioning reality for a couple days now, and Lucy was the reason.
Lucy felt that most of her energy was gone. She quickly threw all the water into the basin, some sloshing out the sides. She dropped to the floor, grabbing her neck. She could feel the burn. She was about to call the bats to go get her blood, but Gray sat on the floor beside him. She didn't want to drink his blood. She would probably drain most of it. After losing all her energy, she drank almost three times as much.
"No, Gray," Lucy said, trying to push him away. She ended up just lightly pushing his shoulder. "I can't drink your blood." She closed her eyes, trying to calm down. She felt him move closer to her.
"Lucy, it's okay," Gray said. He thought she looked pretty cute, trying to help him instead of herself. He realized he mentally called her cute and blushed. He shook the thought from his head. "That's what I'm here for, right?"
"No, I'll just get the bats to get me some," Lucy said. Her body was moving on its own as she moved towards him. "Really, you don't have to-" She was cut off by her fangs sinking into his neck. She hated herself for doing it to him. She felt like she was putting a huge burden on his shoulders. She didn't even want to think about what Rogue would say. He would probably kill her. He cared about it that much. He never wanted to see any vampire drinking a human's blood.
An ear-piercing scream erupted in the room. With Lucy's sensitive hearing, she thought her head was going to explode. She shifted her gaze to the doorway, where Kara stood. Lucy could feel that Gray was tense as well.
"What are you doing?!" Kara screeched. She was never taught that some vampires drink human blood. Rogue didn't want her even thinking about it. So seeing Lucy drinking Gray's blood confused her so much.
Lucy licked the wound on Gray's neck, healing it instantly. She could see that he looked a little pale. She knew she would take more than she wanted to. She didn't know whether to deal with him or Kara first. She decided on the first. A few bats came into the room. She ordered them to go find some sort of food for Gray to eat. She knew that that would make him feel better.
"I'm fine," Gray said assuring, flashing a grin. He was feeling pretty dizzy, but it wasn't anything he couldn't deal with. He also knew that dealing with Kara was more important at the moment.
"Why were you drinking his blood?" Kara asked, stilling freaking out. She was practically shaking. "I-I'm calling Rogue!" She pulled her phone out and started running.
"NO!" Lucy yelled at the top of her lungs. She sprinted after her sister, the wind actually knocking Gray over. She was actually having trouble catching up to her. Since when was she so fast? She must have recently drank blood.
"Rogue?" Kara said. She looked behind her and saw that Lucy was getting closer. She quickly moved the picture aside, ran out of the house, and went towards the forest.
"Kara? What's wrong?" Rogue asked from the other line.
"It's Lucy!" Kara could see her sister getting closer.
"What's wrong with Lucy?" The panic is his voice was clear.
"She was with a human!" Kara gasped when Lucy grabbed her waist.
Lucy decided to lie a little. She made sure she spoke loud enough for Rogue to hear. "Kara, nothing happened! I just kissed him. It's not that big of a deal." She was hoping that Rogue believed her white lie.
"Put Lucy on the phone, Kara."
Kara glared at her sister, passing the phone. She was so confused. She's never heard of drinking a human's blood. She figured it wasn't allowed by the way Lucy was acting. "No, Rogue, it's fine," Lucy said.
"You know you shouldn't be around humans like that."
"I was completely careful! I already drank blood today, though, so nothing to worry about!"
"Don't expect to be in a relationship with anyone. I'll kill them and feed them to beasts."
"It's not like that!" Lucy's whole face was red. Kara was snickering. She earned a glare. "It was just an in-the-moment thing. We were just studying together. Don't worry about it. I barely talk to the kid." Rogue hung up without another word being said. It took everything in her power to not crush the phone in her hands. "I'm going to kill you!" she yelled.
And so the chase started again.
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"You're so mean!" Kara laughed, entering the house with Lucy. The latter had her arm around the former's shoulders for support.
The two chased each other around for quite a while. They ended up further into the woods. Lucy caught her sister and threw her into a pond. They splashed around and played, Lucy using her power to control water quite a bit. Kara ended up having to carrying her sister all the way home since she was so weak.
"Just go get some blood," Lucy laughed. Kara nodded and went downstairs. Lucy never drank Kara's blood because she was so young. She would rather drink beast blood, and that's saying something.
"You're finally back," Gray said. Lucy flinched and turned around. He was sitting on the couch, eating pizza. There was an almost full box sitting in front of him, along with a large bottle of soda. "Seriously, your bats are awesome. I don't understand how they could get this stuff."
"You're still here?" Lucy asked. She plopped down on the couch beside him.
"You guys were only gone for ten minutes," Gray sweat dropped. He noticed that she was soaking wet. "What exactly did you guys do?"
"We ran about twenty miles into the woods and splashed around in a pond. Then we came back." Lucy noticed that she was drooling due to the pizza smell. She quickly wiped it away.
"I got you raccoon blood. Is that okay?" Kara asked, entering the room again. She handed the package of blood to Lucy.
"You realize that you just gave me blood in front of a human, right?" Lucy asked. Kara visibly paled. "It's okay. Gray knows what I am."
"How does he know?" Kara's eyes widened. "You were drinking his blood, weren't you?"
"Kara, I already told you. We were just kissing. It's not a big deal." Lucy ripped open the package with her teeth and started drinking.
Gray's face was so red he thought he would explode. Lucy told Kara that they kissed. He's never really thought about it, but he wouldn't really mind kissing Lucy. He did like her. A lot. And he knew that she let her guard down around him. That was the first step. Would that even work? She was vampire, after all. But that didn't mean anything. He knew she was a vampire and still felt the same about her. For some reason that he didn't understand, he wasn't phased by what she was.
"Can I have some?" Kara asked. Gray was snapped out of his thoughts. He looked over to see Kara staring at the second bag of blood Lucy was drinking, drooling a little.
"No way!" Lucy moved the bag behind her, blocking it from Kara's reach.
"That's not fair! I had to carry you the whole way here! And that's technically my bag!" Kara crossed her arms and pouted. "You know Yukino only left us each one per day."
"It's your fault for giving me your bag." Lucy stuck out her tongue and took another sip. Kara ripped it out of her hands. Since Lucy still had ahold of it, the package broke and blood splattered everywhere. "Kara!"
"You should have given it to me to begin with!" Kara accused her.
"You shouldn't have grabbed it!" Lucy looked around. They would has to call someone to clean the blood, but how would they explain that? She looked and saw that most of the blood ended up on Gray. He had his mouth open that exact second that the blood exploded, so he even got it in his mouth. He was completely pale. He gagged into his hand.
"Why are you gagging?" Kara asked with interest. "Raccoon blood is my favorite."
That just made it worse for Gray. Lucy grabbed him, and in a split second, they were outside. She knew that there was a bathroom inside, but she wasn't sure if it actually worked. He didn't seem to mind that he ended up throwing up into a bush. "I'm really sorry. I didn't mean to scare you, either."
"You didn't scare me," Gray said. He wiped his mouth with his sleeve and sat down in front of the bush. "Why would you think that?"
"Because we were fighting over blood like animals." She covered her face with her hands, turning away from him. She didn't even think she could look at him.
He sighed and stood up, wrapping his arms around her waist. "I didn't even think about it. It's exactly like siblings fighting over soda or something, right?"
She smiled and turned around in his arms. His scent hit her all at once. She smiled and put her nose to his neck.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"You smell amazing with blood on you," she practically purred.
"If you were anyone else I would say that's creepy," he laughed. He felt her lick the blood on his neck. He wondered if it tasted different because it was on his skin. Then again he didn't know if his skin had a taste to it.
It didn't take long for her to clean his neck completely. He just let her do what she was doing. His breath hitched when she started to clean off his face. Her tongue moved along his cheek and eventually went over his lips. His eyes went wide at that. She probably didn't even notice what she just did.
Without warning, Gray pressed his lips to hers. He wasn't thinking about the fact that he was just throwing up in the bushes, or that she was a vampire that loves to drink his blood. He noticed that her lips slipped off of his and she licked the other side of his face.
Then it hit him. She didn't even realize he just kissed her.
