Well, this is what I wrote tonight. More angst I'm afraid but it has to happen.
The Lost and the Found
by lightpathetic
"YOU ALL go on ahead. I will take in the horses."
"Did you hear anyone speak, Yuuki? I thought I heard..."
Zero blew out a swift breath and dropped the reins of his horse. He marched over to this uncanny likeness of himself, who was currently making an exaggerated show of looking around himself in puzzlement, and pulled him bodily from his horse in an interesting show of strength neither boy bothered to examine.
"I am sick and tired of this shit! You've been acting like a child all day...!"
"Let go of me, Sir! I don't know you!" Ichiru shouted, shoving hard at his brother, parting them. He then lowered his voice, "The brother I know would have let us know there was a bloodthirsty vampire lurking around his sleeping family! Would have at least given us a heads up so I can sleep with a gun under my pillow. You hid everything! Including the fact he was polishing off all our neighbours...!"
"He was not and you know it! You blow everything out of proportion...!"
"How could you even sleep knowing what's going on?" Ichiru spat, trying to walk away. Zero followed him briskly.
"He's doing the same thing we would do! If we could see in the dark and had better artillery we'd be just as effective. So don't give me that bull! You're upset that I didn't tell you from the beginning and I've apologised repeatedly...!"
"Oh, that makes it alright then..." Ichiru drawled sarcastically, continuing towards the barn. He couldn't believe Zero had betrayed them like this. There was nothing they'd hidden from each other. Nothing! Since their parents had left and they only had each other they'd always shared everything. Now Zero had let Kaname come and divide them. It was unforgivable...!
"Ichiru! Please! There was no point worrying you all. He wasn't hurting us and he wanted to be accepted..."
"And that doesn't strike you as odd? His desperate need to live here? It made sense as a destitute human albeit with super human strength. But now it is just plain creepy. What if he can't get what he needs anymore, Zero? If I were anyone – which goes to show just how crazy Sayori is – I would stay the hell away from this ranch! What happens in that event, Mr. Know-it-all? Can you stop him?"
"You know he's not like that, Ichiru. He'd never hurt..."
"I don't know anything! I've been fed a lie! No-one consulted me about letting a mass killer under our roof!"
"This is why! Your total over-reaction...!"
Ichiru spun suddenly and Zero almost ran into him. Ichiru clenched his teeth, the muscles in his temple working. God, he was so angry...
"You think I'm… over-reacting?! What the hell has happened to your soul?!"
Zero stopped, his mouth open as if in memory of a forgotten retort. Grey eyes pierced his as they looked into his own. Was Ichiru right? Had he become desensitized? Kaname was actively removing everyone that ventured onto their land. And what if there was no one else? What would keep him from venturing further than the land and killing innocents? Or turning on them...?
Zero felt a tug on his shirt. He looked down to where Yuuki stood silently, tears in her wide eyes. She'd been so quiet all day. None of her usual spark. Zero realised he'd done this to her as well.
"Yuuki..."
"Did he kill them, Zero? Our parents? Do you think Kaname is the reason they aren't coming back?"
Zero was entirely robbed of breath as Yuuki uttered this. Was this... was this what she'd been thinking?
"...No! Yuuki...!"
The door to the barn fell open and a figure emerged hesitantly, his eyes obscured by a black cloth as it was still early in the evening. He turned his head towards the group of them who'd gotten quite loud. Zero looked away, feeling the pain Kaname must feel on his behalf. They've turned on him so easily.
"I... I couldn't help... but overhear your conversation."
The others went quiet. Ichiru, furious and just a little bit scared and Yuuki, terrified. She hid behind Zero and gripped his shirt. They'll be killed! Yuuki closed her eyes and trembled... then a soft hand touched hers.
"Yuuki..."
She flinched and opened her eyes in shock to the sight of Kaname kneeling beside her. She hadn't even heard him move...!
"You son of a bitch! Get away from her!"
Ichiru screamed and ran forward but Kaname did nothing, save steeling himself for a blow. Zero surged ahead and arrested his brother, semi-tackling him and pulling him to one side. He had never reasoned this out, he thought. Why didn't he feel that sense of horror anymore? Why was he letting Kaname touch Yuuki when she was clearly terrified of him? But what of this whole business had been rational? Despite all the odds they'd all fallen for this deadly vampire, even Ichiru. He'd yet to insist Kaname leave. He'd yet to run screaming to the sheriff. It seemed he was angrier at Zero and Kaname for leaving him out of the loop, was more upset at what Kaname had done. But besides the childish displays of anger, Ichiru had done nothing to indicate Kaname should leave. He seemed content to sulk. Yuuki, though...
"Ichiru, cool it. You know he won't hurt her and there's nothing you can do to hurt him. Just let him talk to Yuuki."
"She's afraid of him, Zero. I can't stand..."
"She's afraid of what she might find out. She's afraid that Kaname may have done the worst thing imaginable..."
"Do you think...?" Ichiru asked, suddenly gripped by the chilling prospect but Zero was firm.
"No. I don't."
Kaname looked up and seemed to stare at the boys in surprise. Ichiru turned away from Kaname's gaze and tried very hard not to feel ashamed of himself. Dammit! Stop it! He kills...! He's not what he seems! Ichiru squeezed his eyes closed and clenched his fists, feeling the cool evening breeze and tension in his heart ebb away. Even if he suspected it was another one of Kaname's "tricks" he found he didn't care. Kaname'd done more for them than any of those others, than any of the townsfolk whose opinion they were afraid of. Had shown more love than any of their human counterparts...
"Yuuki. I know you are afraid and I don't blame you. What I am is... terrifying. I have done many... despicable things. But I swear to you, killing your parents was not one of them. I don't know where your parents are but I know you shouldn't give up hope. They would never leave such a wonderful family behind unless it was necessary. I know because... I feel the same way..."
Kaname brought Yuuki's hands up to his face and pressed them against his cheeks, as if savouring their touch. He then got to his feet. Zero noticed him trying to keep his composure with some effort as he slowly let Yuuki's fingers slide from his grasp.
"I'm sorry if I caused any of you distress," Kaname rasped, inspecting his toes again, his voice dark with disgust and pain. "I realise this isn't going to work anymore. I'd wanted more... more than I had a right to after my family died. But those have always been flaws of mine: my arrogance and sense of entitlement..."
"Kaname! It sounds as if you are leaving!"
Kaname turned in as much surprise as Zero felt to hear Ichiru say these words. From Ichiru's expression he seemed equally as astounded as the rest of them. He'd no idea where they came from or this feeling of intense fear that had nothing to do with Kaname's presence and everything to do with his absence. He couldn't bear it. Not ever seeing him again...?
"Yes. I thought... that was what you wanted..."
"But...!" Ichiru stalled. Did he have the right to ask? Should he ask?
Yuuki reached up and grabbed Kaname's hands, tugging at them urgently.
"Don't go, Kaname! Please! It was just... when I heard you had killed all of these people... I'd never thought of you doing that! But these were all bad people, right? Like you'd said? There's nothing wrong with that!"
Kaname hesitated, wondering whether to keep lying or to finally tell Yuuki the truth. But he couldn't bring himself to utter the words...
"Of course, Yuuki. They've all been bad people," Zero interjected, finally approaching the two brunettes. "And Kaname saved us. Each time." Zero bent and picked up Yuuki, leaning in to touch her forehead with his own, holding her watery, anguished gaze. "He doesn't deserve this. Any of this."
Kaname trembled as he looked at Zero and Yuuki. He watched as she seemed to consider Zero's words and then purse her lips as if she'd come to a weighty decision. She pushed at Zero indicating her wish to return to her feet and turned to Kaname, taking his hand.
"Kaname..." Yuuki trailed off, unable to voice how sorry she was but she didn't get very far. Kaname dipped and swept her off her feet, hugging her to him tightly. Yuuki got over her shock quickly and held him back, a strangle-hold on his slender neck neither wanted to cease. Zero smiled and looked back at Ichiru, in time to see his relief before it was quickly hidden. He turned and headed for the barn.
"I am going to milk the cows. Kaname, tell Zero if you see him, I could use a hand..."
"You stupid bastard...!" Zero yelled, throwing his hat to the ground. Ichiru really was expert in getting under Zero's skin.
"Zero, I think your brother wants a hand with the milking," Kaname obliged, a mischievous twist to his lips, obviously enjoying doing the same thing.
"Don't encourage him, Kaname! What the hell do I have to do?! I told him why I didn't tell him! Sure, he forgives you but treats me like dirt...!"
"Do you want me to do it?"
"Yes!" Zero agreed readily, thinking if he went in there he would nail his twin with a pitchfork or something. "I'll go see Sayori then check on the other animals."
"Why? She's okay. She's making an... attempt with dinner."
Zero didn't miss the dry disdain he heard in Kaname's voice. He just chose to ignore it.
"Then I'll go help her. She was alone all day. She doesn't like that..."
"What about the animals?" Kaname called futilely as Zero headed off at a trot towards the house, looking disgustingly eager to see that woman. Kaname zoned out, his eyes narrowing as his mind took him away... Yuuki tickled his ear and giggled as he automatically swatted it.
"Why do you hate to see Zero with her?"
"I don't hate it..." Kaname pulled himself together, thinking that being that transparent to a prepubescent didn't augur well for his plans.
"Yes, you do. You get all angry and erra... errabl..."
"Irritable, Yuuki."
"...Errable when they go off together."
"I do not..."
"You're jealous."
"I am not!" Kaname growled, trying to be a bit scary as if shutting up Yuuki would hide the truth. Yuuki got a good handful of his hair and twisted her fist, obviously quite over her fright from earlier. Kaname winced and reached to gently disentangle Yuuki's fingers. Damn! She could be more sadistic than he was...!
"Why?"
"What?! Yuuki, let go or…!"
"Why are you jealous? Do you want Sayori?" Yuuki wrinkled her nose at this. Now that was one to confound the jury...
"No... I... Look, the cows aren't going to milk themselves. Let's go..."
"But, if you marry her she'll find out you're a vampire."
"I don't want to marry her, Yuuki!" Kaname cried, knowing that was the last thing he'd do to her...
"Ooohhh. I see..." Yuuki finally removed her hand to form a rather questionable, gesture in the air with the other. Kaname's mouth dropped open in horror at the obscenity from such a young girl before snapping shut in a sort of grim determination. He changed course from the barn and began to head for the water trough.
"Kaname? Where are you go...? No! Nooo! AAAHHH!"
SPLAAASSSHH!
SAYORI LAUGHED, turning her face into Zero's chest, her hand sliding further up his thigh. This touch was unintentional, of course, but Zero still felt the answering reaction in his body. He stiffened and tried to pull away a bit, hoping to give her the hint that a little restraint was called for. He was trying to preserve various intimate activities for the wedding bed, including any such exploration of his groin. He was surprised at how easily his thoughts would try to rationalise going so far, but Zero, being the gentleman he tried to be, always pulled back from the edge. Much to Sayori's annoyance.
"Zero! You're so proper! Sometimes I think you're the girl!" Sayori sidled closer on the bench, covering the space Zero had just vacated. "We are going to be married! Tell me: aren't you the tiniest bit tempted...?"
"No! I mean," Zero got to his feet and walked to the edge of the knoll near the house they had taken to walking to each evening after dinner, just to have some time together. They had placed a bench here under a tree and usually sat and talked, looked at the stars or kissed... At least until the last week or so when Sayori had become quite bold, sensing as she did that her quarry was weakening. "I mean... yes but it is not the proper thing. Perhaps we should go back..."
"Zero, come on. 'They' probably already think we're doing it..."
"It doesn't mean we need to prove them right. We'll wait and do it properly. We'll show them all that we're not as common as they think we are..."
"Is it them you are worried about?" Sayori asked, losing her coquettish teasing and rising to her feet to follow him. "Or don't you really love me, Zero?"
"Yes!" Zero answered quickly, trying to erase the doubt he saw lingering in Sayori's face. "You know I do! That's why I want us to wait. I want the very best for you. Remember when we were younger? You used to dream about me carrying you into our house, and up to bed accompanied by the scent of roses and the sound of violins..."
"We were kids. The world isn't quite the same. I'm... not the same."
Zero found himself backing away from the lustful intent in a pair of brown eyes. Actual concern showed on his face when he was brought up by the tree and was effectively pinned by Sayori's young, feminine body, breasts pressed to his ribcage as if seeking entrance. It was more than a teenage boy could take.
"Sayori..."
Arms flung themselves around his neck, pulling him down to meet a very hungry mouth; a tongue planting itself firmly between his teeth. Sayori hung on through Zero's protests, melting into his hot body, relishing his response, nurturing it, until he gave in, Zero finally moaning as hot pleasure shot from where Sayori's hand intimately brushed him. All thought evaporated as all that seem to matter was her scent; her heat...
"I'm sorry to interrupt."
Came the voice that didn't seem in the least bit sorry. Both lovers jerked apart, startled by the unexpected intrusion. Zero turned beet-red and began to fidget, only then realising he'd come loose from his moorings, so to speak. He blushed some more as he adjusted his clothing.
"What is it?" Sayori demanded rudely, recovering quicker, "Can't you see we want to be alone?!" She was fed up to the teeth with this field-hand. He had the most infuriating timing. Kaname completely ignored her.
"I need instructions for the northern field. I am headed out there now."
"At this time of night?" Sayori asked incredulously, ignoring her being ignored. Zero finally recovered and pulled Kaname away a bit from Sayori, Kaname going reluctantly. Sometimes... it was hard remembering why he was showing this much restraint...
"Kaname! What the hell are you doing?! She's not supposed to know you work at night...!" Zero whispered furiously.
"I need to know what to do. I can't wait until you're done amusing yourself before I get to work. I'll get nothing done," Kaname grumbled, his eyes devouring as much as he hated that tell-tale flush to Zero's cheeks, his swollen lips. Her scent was all over him... Kaname felt an irrational anger take him over. The air practically sizzled from it. Sometimes he wished he could just let them know who they were dealing with…!
"Wha...? Kaname, what's the matter? Why are you so angry...?" Zero asked, his eyes narrowing. You simply couldn't miss when Kaname was furious.
Kaname turned away, hoping that divorcing his eyes from the travesty would calm him. But no...
"Do you know what you are doing?! The consequences of doing this...!"
Zero's eyebrows shot up. He spun on his heel, shoved his fingers in his hair, then turned back and pulled Kaname further away from Sayori as he was certain his voice was going to get louder.
"You barged in here because YOU WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE BIRDS AND THE BEES?!" Zero whispered loudly, his face becoming red for a different reason. It was one thing wanting to help take care of them but Kaname was not his father. He bred animals for a living! And, well... he was almost seventeen for God's sake!
"You should be sure if you are ready. You are so young and...," Kaname softened a little, looking into Zero's eyes, his yearning plain for all to see... except Zero, "once you do this you can't go back. Your first time should be memorable..."
"Leave! Now!" Zero bellowed loudly, uncaring as to who heard.
Kaname stood his ground. He would be damned if Zero's first time was with this floozy. He folded his arms and looked towards Sayori with cold eyes.
"I think you need to wait, Zero. Trust me."
"Great! I am getting a lecture on propriety from a man-eating..."
"Zero!" Sayori called, realising the mood was ruined and deciding to make a strategic retreat. You can't watch him all the time... "I'm going to bed. You can go and sort out this very important field. You know where to find me."
Zero's annoyance died at the promise in Sayori's tone, and the wink with her smile. He watched her walk away, thinking how lucky he was. Kaname too watched, thinking he knew where to find her as well.
"Don't you think it is unsettling how desperately she wants you to bed her?"
"No." Zero reluctantly left the sweet place in his mind and forced it to think. "We're in love and we are extremely," Zero held Kaname's gaze, leaning in a little, "attracted," he paused again as his breath fanned Kaname's lips, his eyes lowering to where they hovered inches apart, noticing the way the vampire's stony face softened at his nearness. Zero clearly was not above exploiting the undercurrent of sexual teasing Kaname always encouraged between them, even though it mostly drove the teen crazy.
"To each other," Zero finished and abruptly spun on his heel to walk away towards the north field, smiling at the image in his mind of Kaname's parted, moist, red lips, his flared, delicate nostrils, loving the bit of revenge. When had he become such a tease...?
Zero yelped and winced as he slammed into the tree, his back smarting as something hot, wet, and restless began to lave his neck and chest. Zero recovered enough to realise Kaname was licking him. He'd never get used to the easy way Kaname would just use his tongue on him. Zero began to push.
"Kaname! Stop it! I'm not in pain...!"
Kaname trapped Zero's hands easily and held them over his head against the tree, moaning in frustration at the slight interruption. He lifted his head and looked directly into Zero's agitated eyes, his own dark with a need he was tired of suppressing.
"I've decided to call your bluff, Zero. It's very hard for someone like me to pass up such a challenge."
"What?! What challenge?! I never...!"
"Your mistake."
Kaname began to run his teeth over the interested nipple he'd cultivated, pressing hard against the response Zero gave against his leg...
Zero gasped, his body coming alive as Kaname's insistent mouth eventually covered the tan peak and drew it into his mouth, slowly rolling the small nub of flesh with his insatiable tongue before drawing greedily on it... Zero sighed, his head rolling against the bark as his body pressed automatically into Kaname's, seeking... What? Zero whined.
Kaname heard this small plea and obeyed immediately, lifting his head and capturing those teasing lips in a kiss. Kaname was rough, wanting to bruise, wanting to remove her scent, her marks but still, wanting to give Zero pleasure. The dichotomy made him tremble as he forced himself to be gentle, drawing Zero into forgetting about anything as mundane as the sex or the species of the person he was currently kissing. All that mattered was the conflagration of attraction that threatened to consume them both.
Zero groaned as Kaname's sweet mouth disappeared. He opened his eyes to try to follow it when...
"No! Don't...! Ooooohhhh, fu... Huuh!" Zero gasped, his head rolling back against the tree, all thoughts of protest at having such an intimate part of him placed into a mouth, Kaname's mouth, wiped from his mind. He was completely robbed of breath as he was quickly unfastened and popped, without too much preamble, into a willing mouth, the moist heat seeming to blind him for all of five seconds with white sheets of pleasure. Zero bucked off the tree but was pushed back with one hand, as suction was gently applied, but becoming more insistent, as a tongue drilled into his tender, virgin...
"Fuck! FUCK! I...!" Zero tried to pull away but it was too late. His body was snatched into a series of hot, achingly sweet convulsions, his carefully manipulated scrotum burning as his body inevitably threatened to culminate in... Oh God...! "Kana...!"
Zero tried to pull away. He knew from his various tentative activities in private up until now that he was going to spill into Kaname's mouth and he fought to stop it, his embarrassment taking hold. "No... stop! I'm going to...!" he rasped, his voice a desperate plea, tugging hard on Kaname's hair, trying to push him away.
Rather than stop, Kaname pushed harder, sinking Zero's length into his throat and moaning heavily around it as if there was nothing he wanted more, the small vibration seeming to travel as an earthquake through Zero's beleaguered body. Zero screamed, his head shaking, then slamming backwards into the trunk, almost grateful for the pain because it was infinitely more bearable than the pleasure. Zero whimpered, unable to form words, his mind blown away by the sensations and the way Kaname greedily swallowed his fluids and seemed to try to get more, his tongue massaging the hyper-sensitive tip until... Zero's body quaked as his legs gave way, his breathless scream punctuated by the desperate scrabble of his boots against the tree trunk. Please... stop...! I can't...!
Kaname sensed Zero's plight and finally pulled away from Zero's still turgid member, licking his moist lips with relish. He kissed and nuzzled it before getting to his feet and pressing his body into Zero's, savouring the closeness. Finally! This was how it was supposed to be: Zero in his arms, breathless from his kisses.
"As soon as I can concentrate I'll take us to the barn," Kaname whispered, in between light kisses on Zero's jaw and earlobes, "I can't wait to get you into my bed. You won't believe the things I can do to your body..."
Zero wrenched himself away, Kaname being caught unawares.
"Zero?" Kaname was there in a second, reaching for him but Zero pulled away, his face still averted. He wouldn't look at him. Kaname's chest began to hurt. "Zero!"
"Don't touch me..."
Kaname waited as Zero stayed very still seeming to stare off into the distance. He didn't understand...!
"This never happened. Things got out of hand, but it was a mistake..."
"The hell it was! What are you...?"
Zero swung on Kaname and Kaname actually stepped back at the sheer... disgust he saw in Zero's eyes.
"I have no interest in indulging you in your perversions, Kaname. I am not interested in men and certainly not in fucking one."
"What is this?! Suddenly we're back to this?! What does it matter if we give each other pleasure? What does any of that matter if we want each other? Why do you always reduce it to this stupid, simplistic reasoning!?"
"Because that is how I feel! I want a home and family! I want to marry Sayori and have children I would care for and never leave to fend for themselves...!"
Zero waved away Kaname's attempt to comfort him, his deepest hurt lying bare. He steeled himself and pressed on.
"You are not going to ruin it for me. We both know there is no future in this."
Kaname opened his mouth to say it. To promise him everything. Everything. But Zero walked away towards the house effectively dismissing him.
"Zero!" Kaname called but did nothing, his mind reeling. What happened? It had felt so right. Zero's noises, giving him pleasure. It was right! Yet he wanted her... Her!
Kaname's claws shot from his fingers as his frantic glowing, red eyes lit on the small love seat under the tree...
Zero stopped walking and turned as he heard the mighty crack of breaking timber, followed by the roar of the old oak falling to the grassy floor. His eyes met a pair of wild, crimson, feral slits as he turned away to continue his journey, never again looking back.
"DR AIDOU!"
"Doctor!"
Aidou jerked out of sleep but paused only a short while before throwing off the covers. The small town hardly had night-time emergencies but when they occurred he took them in his stride. It came with the territory after all. He shoved his feet into his shoes and pulled a robe on before going into his adjoining office and opening the door.
"Jeremiah, the Devil himself can hear you screaming like that..."
A group burst in with a blood soaked man.
"This man! We found him on the road just outside of town! He seems hurt pretty bad..."
"Let me see. That's enough Mr. Olson. I'll take it from here." Aidou admonished another newcomer as he stayed in the way, peering into the man's eye-balls. They were more curious than worried for this man's wellbeing. Aidou noticed that the pockets had been already turned out meaning his services would most likely be charitable. "Any clue who he is?" Aidou asked again after checking his pulse. It was so rapid...
"No. When we got there his pockets were already picked clean." Jeremiah volunteered, to a chorus of affirmations that seemed a tad rehearsed. Aidou sighed.
"He seems to have an infection and some anaemia. Fever. Rapid pulse. Shallow breaths... We'll have to clean him up..."
"Well, thank you doctor. I know it's late so we'll be going." Again the chorus in agreement as they headed out the door, leaving Aidou with the sick man. Dr Aidou sighed again and closed the door and locked it before returning to his patient.
"Well, that got rid of them. Let's see what we have here."
Aidou left the room briefly and returned with a basin of warm water and soap and a shears. He quickly and expertly stripped the man and threw the ruined clothing onto the floor. He then began to bath him. He was covered in so much caked on blood it was hard to see where he was hurt if at all...
Dr Aidou's eyes were drawn to a large oval shaped scab on the man's shoulder. If it had healed over already it was obviously not cause for concern, but the hairs rose on the back of the doctor's neck. The look of it... The long strips of scar that led to it looked like... He began to wash the man down again, a little more urgency in his movements, rubbing also viciously at the caked blood. It had to be here. The injury. This blood wasn't older than a few days...
The man coughed and opened his eyes looking around the room. The physician stopped what he was doing and watched the man as his eyes eventually came to light upon the blond doctor.
"Where...?"
"My office. I'm the town's doctor." Dr Aidou still didn't move. He seemed to be waiting for something.
The man closed his eyes as if in relief. He seemed to visibly relax... and begin to cry. Dr Aidou hesitated then came over to his head placing a hand to rub it soothingly.
"Okay. You're safe now. What happened? Were you attacked?"
"It was horrible! Those red eyes..." The man began to shake and was comforted by a hand to the other shoulder.
"Alright. Just rest. I can't tell where you're injured..."
"It bit me. My neck. Hurt like hell. That monster... was... eating people...!"
"Eating people? Where?"
"That ranch... We'd gone to kill them, to find where my son was..." The man began to cry again, the thought of what had happened to his boy making him sick with grief. Dr Aidou seemed inordinately subdued. You'd think he would be overjoyed the man was going to be okay. Or repulsed by the story. Or at least disbelieving... Instead he seemed... disconnected.
"Are you sure you were bitten?"
"That devil killed my boy! My poor boy..." The man wailed, tears streaming down his cheeks, not seeming to care about Aidou's questions. He covered his face with his hands gave himself over to his grief, his body heaving in despair. He'd cried any times over the last few days: frustration, anger, hunger, regret, terror. But now he dissolved into grief, crying for the both times he'd lost his son, having been taken over only by thoughts of revenge the first time.
The man continued for a while before he noticed... a scent. It seemed like the most delicious aroma imaginable and his body responded wholeheartedly to it. He removed his hands and searched the room again. He came upon the doctor nursing a cut to his finger. The blood... He was riveted by the blood.
Dr Aidou watched the man as he greedily stared at his finger and the drops of blood, following them with his eyes to the floor. He licked his lips.
"Your blood... smells good."
"Here. Have some."
The good doctor offered the finger to the man who reached out tentatively and took it, some part of him screaming at how odd this was but his hunger not letting him care. When did he come to like this? How could he have missed how wonderful fresh blood was before? He couldn't stand the thought of not getting more...
Aidou watched dispassionately as the man's fangs grew and his eyes began to glow a dull crimson. When the man grabbed his hand and pulled him closer, the doctor hardly seemed surprised.
"You ssmell sso good..."
The creature gasped and screamed as it suddenly found a shears buried in its chest. It tried to pull it out but Dr Aidou twisted it, pulled it out to stab again. The creature cried out and knocked the doctor away. Dr Aidou grunted as he slammed into a chair near the door. He rolled quickly, ready... and saw that the man had stilled. Dr Aidou got to his feet and walked to the bed pulling the shears from the body, gasping as it all disintegrated into dust covering him in body matter. Dr Aidou sputtered and turned, running from the room, opening the door and ending up in the calm, clear night air.
"Everything alright, Doc? I hear you have a patient."
The other man guffawed at his own joke and continued on as Dr Aidou smiled and nodded. It wasn't unusual to hear screams from his practice, thankfully. Dr Aidou kept taking huge sips of the air, mostly to calm his nerves. He didn't think he'd ever get used to that, no matter how many times. It was damned creepy. But he had done it. When needed...
Dr Aidou came to a decision and returned to his office. He bypassed the dusty bed and went into his quarters to change. This was silly. He was killed. They all were. But... There were too few of them. So rare. Maybe...
Aidou threw some clothes, his money and other valuables into his bag and turned to leave, pausing only to remove the old frame from his drawer. He looked at it for a while and tucked it into his bag, then throwing a glance around, he left, firmly closing the door behind him.
to be continued
lightpathetic wrote this but these are not my characters. They belong to VK.
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