Nick and Alucard: Dinner Date

Nicks pov

I was sitting in my room reading. There was still thirty minutes left , I knew he'd be here on time. Why wasn't I getting ready to go? Oh, right because I still wasn't convinced that I even wanted to go on this damned date in the first place. I knew I was being stubborn and at the moment I didn't care.

There was a knock at my door. Great who was coming down to check on me? Probably Ahzri, to make sure that I was actually getting ready. I set my book down and got up to answer it.

"I still don't think this is going to go very well." I said as I opened the door.

"I think it will go just fine." Alucard said as he stepped by me.

I stood in the open doorway, stunned. Well shit, I hadn't thought that he'd show up early. Of course his long black hair was freshly washed and brushed already, he was dressed in clean but casual clothing, and he was looking at me in disapproval.

"I see you're not ready yet." He said while looking over my unbrushed hair and pants which were still filthy from training this morning, "I figured this might happen, so I came by to get things taken care of." He reached over me and pushed the door closed, "Come on."

He grabbed my arm and tugged me forward. I stopped halfway across the room and he let go, continuing on towards my dresser. He pulled out a fresh set of clothes and draped them over one arm. He then went and opened the door of my bathroom, set the clothes on the shelf just inside the door and came back to get me.

"Wash up, get changed and get back out here. Take too long and I might just have to come in there after you." He told me with a glint in those bright blue eyes of his.

I had a feeling that he was only half joking about this, so I glared at him and went in locking the door behind myself. I heard him laugh and move away from the door. I turned on the water, undressed and got in. I showered quickly not wanting to find out if he had been serious about coming in after me and I knew that a locked door was only going to stop him for so long. I got out, dried off and redressed.. I opened the door and took my dirty clothes to the basket near my dresser.

"That's better." He said from where he now sat on my ash blue sofa, "Come here." He said pointing to the floor in front of him.

I went and sat where he'd told me to. Why wasn't I telling him off? It didn't make any sense to me. I didn't even want to go on this damned date. Did I? He had a brush in hand, mine in fact. He began to brush out my long red hair and I felt myself shiver as his fingers contacted the skin at the back of my neck. Damn it, did he notice that? I didn't really mind that he was brushing my hair for me, it was long enough that doing it myself could sometimes be a pain. It was the fact that he was doing it so he could take me out tonight that was bothering me. Several moments later I shivered again as his fingers brushed over my left ear, this time I heard him chuckle lightly to himself. Damn it.

Alucard's Pov

He was so easy to get to in some ways, but getting him to admit that there was a chance between us was the hardest thing I'd tried to do in quite some time. I brushed my fingers gently over his ear and I felt him shiver again under my touch. I couldn't help but to laugh a little. He was trying so hard to deny it in his mind, but his body was being honest. I was nearly done with his hair and there was still about ten minutes until I actually wanted to leave. I stopped brushing momentarily and leaned forward, wrapping my arms around his shoulders.

"Nick, just give it a chance ok?" I asked softly near his ear.

I felt him nod very lightly. I took the opportunity to brush my fingers gently along the side of his face and down along his neck. He shivered at my touch and then I felt him shift away slightly. I moved my hand away, resigning to the possibility that he didn't want me touching him, and watched him lift one hand as if to stop me. He seemed to decide different suddenly and dropped it after just a few inches, so I picked up the hairbrush and resumed to finish the task of getting his hair done.

When I had finished with his hair I told him to put his brush away, he did and then we left his room together. Once we arrived in the gate city of Centra, we headed for the portal gate that would take us straight to the little town of Alrune. He stayed pretty quiet while we walked towards the Inn, and I couldn't help but wonder what he might be thinking about.

Nick:

He hadn't said much the whole way out here, I hadn't either but that wasn't the point. We entered the Inn, it was a nice little place with its own restaurant and a small bar. I followed him to a table, we placed our orders and sat there facing each other. This was so stupid, we had nothing to talk about. I was now more certain than ever that this whole plan was about to fall through.

"How is your training coming along?" He asked.

"Uh, fine." I responded numbly.

"Uh huh, what have you been learning about this week?"

"Well I finally got the walking on moving water thing down, so now we're moving on to finding my element. Raven seems pretty sure that it's air but there are a few more exercises to do just to make sure." I told him as I realized that he had just done what I thought was impossible.

We kept talking all through dinner. He even shared a few things about himself that I had not known previously. Somehow I found myself enjoying this. When we were done eating he took me upstairs.

"Alucard, you said it was just going to be dinner tonight." I complained as he gently nudged me through the door of one of the night rooms, which were offered by the Inn.

"Yes, I did and that is exactly what I intend." He said as he locked the door behind himself.

Now I caught his meaning more clearly, "Oh, oh no. Alucard, I…"

"Easy Nick it will just be blood tonight, nothing more."

I momentarily breathed relief. Alucard happened to be several kinds of Vampire all at once and I had been worried as to just what he wanted from me. I myself am a blood Vampire but I don't do nearly as well with it as some people. Being turned against your will, kind of has that effect. My relief didn't last long as my brain now reminded me of the fact that at this point I was still his target for tonight.

Alucard:

I walked towards him casually and he still started to back away from me, "Really Nick, is this how you want to do things tonight?" I asked.

"Can't we just go home now?" He asked.

I shook my head lightly, "Come on, sit down." I said to him indicating the bed.

He glared at me again with those bright and piercing sea green eyes of his, but walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed, I followed him and sat beside him.

He held out his left arm in front of me and looked away, "Here." He said flatly.

I had actually fed from him a few times before this and it was always from an arm. That was not what I wanted this time. I took hold of his arm anyway, pulled up his sleeve and brushed my lips along his skin. I felt him go rigid as he thought I was going to bite him. While he was distracted I trailed my other hand up under his long hair, he shivered as my hand made contact with the skin at the back of his neck. I slowly let go of his arm and gently pulled with the hand I had tangled into his hair. As soon as I felt him start to lean back I used my other hand to push against his chest before he decided to fight back. While this was happening and he was still distracted, I moved and straddled him on the bed. He squirmed under me, glaring up at me now.

"Alucard! Get off!" He demanded, pushing his hands against my chest.

"Not going to happen, not yet at least."

"What are you doing?"

"We're doing this my way tonight."

I saw some amount of panic creep into him as he realized what I meant.

"Alucard, no. Come on, please no." He said while squirming again, his hands now at his sides trying to help pry him out from under me.

"You already know that I'm not going to hurt you, Nick. Just relax and then we can go home." I took notice of how he felt under me for a moment and I liked it. He was compounding things due to the fact that he wouldn't stop moving, "That feels nice." I told him.

"What?"

"You keep squirming around like that and I like it." I knew that this would make him stop doing it, which kind of sucked but it would also make him easier to deal with. He was glaring up at me again, "That, needs to stop." I said in reference to the look he kept giving me.

I reached up and trailed my hand gently along the side of his face and down his neck to his shirt line, he closed his eyes and sighed.

"That's better." I said to him as I tugged at the first button on his shirt.

I had two undone before his hands grasped mine, stopping me.

"You said it was just going to be dinner, now this. Do it and get off of me so we can go home." He growled at me.

I took one of his hands in each of mine and pushed them down, pinning him under me now. As I leaned over him he turned his head to the side, giving me access.

"Is it really so bad to think that you might actually want this, Nick?" I asked softly in his ear.

Nick:

I wasn't really sure what I wanted, not that I was about to tell him that. I was scared and I didn't like that, but there was something about this that I did like. How was that even possible and what was it?

He was kissing my neck now, my body shivered under his touch. Damn it, why couldn't I control that?

I knew he wasn't going to bite me just yet, he was playing with me, trying to prove his point. He moved slightly and I felt my cheeks heat up. He was back to pulling open the buttons on my shirt again. I didn't stop him this time, there was no point, he was going to get it open one way or another. When he had all of the buttons undone, he slid a finger down the middle of my chest and stomach, separating the fabric as he went.

Why was I letting him do this? Sure it felt nice but… He was using both hands now to slide the fabric away from my skin completely. I felt myself shiver again and I closed my eyes.

Alucard:

Now I was getting somewhere with him. He was finally starting to at least try and understand what his body was telling him. I already knew he was interested, but getting past the mental blocks he'd put up so long ago was proving to be a challenge. I felt him move under me and I watched color flush his face, so he did like that.

I leaned towards his ear again and whispered to him," I saw that, Nick."

"Yeah, I know." He said sounding defeated.

I kissed his neck once more before I bit down. He didn't move while I drank from him, but I could feel other things as it came to me through his blood. Some fear, which I expected, but also pleasure and desire. That confirmed further what I had already known. When I was done, I healed the bite for him and let him catch his breath for a moment. He looked up at me while I was still leaning over him, I smiled and leaned down kissing his lips.

"Hmmn!"

He didn't push me away or turn his head however and eventually he seemed to ease up, "See? Not so bad was it?" I asked as I pulled away.

"I guess." He said blushing.

Now that was progress, at least he wasn't denying it. I let him get up and fix his shirt. We left the Inn and I took him home. We were standing at his door, him just inside his room.

"Good night, Nick." I said.

"Yeah." He said absently.

"Was there something else?" I asked.

He blushed and looked down. It wasn't hard for a Master Vampire like myself to figure out. I put one hand under his chin and forced him to look up at me, I kissed him and he relaxed into it. Finally, I thought to myself. We said our goodnights after that, and it had been indeed.