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This is a 30 AU challenge with the Mad Child! This is 19 out of 30. Afterwards, please go check out the Mad Child's version of this AU if you hadn't already!

The theme for this AU is: human and monster!

Seras IS HUMAN in this!

Oxford Not Brogues

Playtime for the Monsters' Mate

A ten month old baby sat in her highchair with a small bowl of dry cereal in front of her. Her mother was passed out on the couch. Alucard and Sebastian kept a tight hold on the human's mind, making sure that the mother of the child was left immobile and unconscious so they had time to spend with their future mate. They've been with her every day since she was born and they enjoyed every minute they got to spend with her even though she was only a baby. They supposed they loved it so much because she always smiled and laughed whenever they were around, and they absolutely loved making her laugh.

"Where's Seras?" The demon purred as he hid his face from her. Of course, the small blonde laughed at him with such a bright smile. He didn't have to do much to entertain his mate. He pulled his hands away revealing his dark demonic eyes and smirk that showed off his incisors. "There you are," He once more covered his face. "Where's Seras?" He continued playing with her. The child waited in anticipation for her favorite part. When he moved his hands away this time his face was different. It was horribly demonic. His skin was dark and leathery. Black horns protruded from his head and his smirk was abnormally wide, as if someone had cut his mouth open towards his ears. With the smile he flashed, there were far more teeth, each one as sharp as a razor. "There you are," The demon repeated in a low, demonic voice. But the child wasn't afraid, mainly because she didn't understand what he was or that he was a horrible monster. All she knew was that she trusted him and that he was funny. So the toddler clapped as if she was applauding his performance and laughed in amusement from his trick. Sebastian laughed at the darling child and changed his face back to normal.

"Your participation during the performance is much obliged, young lady." He purred as he placed his hand on his chest and bowed to the young miss. Seras giggled some more as she reached out to grab fistfuls of his hair. But she ended up having to let go when black tendrils started tickling her sides and feet. She sat back in her highchair properly and gave the cutest laughs a baby could emit. Alucard bent over with a toothy grin while his tendrils tickled her.

"Does that tickle?" He asked her in a deep purr. Seras smiled at him while she wiggled in her seat, trying to get away from his ticklish tendrils. The baby made garbling noises as if she was talking to them and she grabbed one of Alucard's tendrils. She held it up to them with sweet noises that made it sound like she was practicing her vowels.

"Yes, that's an appendage." Sebastian snickered at her. Hearing him talk, she looked back at him curiously and giggled. She then reached into her bowl, grabbed a piece of her cereal, and then leaned forward again to shove the cereal into his mouth. "Cereal doesn't interest me or satisfy my hunger, but thank you for sharing." The demon purred with a warm smirk on his face as he consumed the food she gave him. Thinking that he liked it, Seras again tried feeding him some more. He laughed at her politeness and took the cereal from her to place it back in her bowl. "No, Seras." A weird look crossed over her face, but that changed as she turned to look up at Alucard. She grabbed a piece of her cereal and held her hand up to him. The child moved in her seat, pushing against the table of her highchair as she made this weird 'ah' sound as if she was telling him to open his mouth. She would then demonstrate by opening her mouth up wide.

"Ah!" She exclaimed over and over again. Alucard chuckled at the baby as he bent down to her level. Seras practiced more of her vowel sounds and leaned in to place the cereal in his mouth. He didn't bother to chew it and just swallowed it whole.

"Thank you, my dear." He purred, making the girl giggle. She grabbed her cereal and fed some to herself then. "But I see a much yummier treat." The vampire purred as he reached into his pocket to pull out two foamy plugs that was about the size of the tip of his pinky. He opened his mouth and carefully pushed each foam plug over a fang. Afterwards, he reached down, gingerly wrapped his fingers around her wrist, and brought it to his mouth. The vampire then nibbled the baby's hand, making her giggle and wiggle in her highchair all over again. The foam on his fangs brushed over her chubby little hand, protecting her from the sharpness. Seras laughed as Alucard nibbled up her arm, tickling her flesh all the way up to her neck. She tried turning her head so the vampire couldn't nibble on her throat with his ticklish fangs, but his hair only ended up tickling the side of her face. When he was finished, he stood back up with a wide grin on his lips while he cackled at his mate's adorable laugh. Even though nobody was playing with her or tickling her, the baby continued wiggling in her seat and laughing while staring up at them with such a bright look in her eyes.

"Ah!" She exclaimed. She leaned back in her seat and pushed up against her table. "Ah!" The baby went on and she opened her mouth wide. "AH!" Understanding what she wanted, Sebastian grabbed a piece of cereal from her bowl and dropped it into her mouth. The girl giggled in response and ate her cereal. She then looked up at Alucard, opened her mouth once more, and pointed. "AH!" She exclaimed. With an arched brow, Alucard snickered as he took a piece of her cereal from the bowl and tried to feed it to her. But instead, she gave the cereal a strange look, pouted her lip, and pushed his hand away. "AH!" She exclaimed louder as she looked back at him and opened her mouth.

"What does Sebastian have that I don't?" The vampire asked her and chuckled before he again tried feeding her the cereal only to get rejected. She whined and pushed his hand away for the second time. Seras looked him dead in the eye and pointed at her mouth as she opened it again for him.

"AHHH!" The baby whined.

"I think she wants to see your fangs, Alucard." Sebastian muttered while they stared at the fussing girl. Confused, Alucard leaned back down to come face to face with her. He removed the foams from his incisors and opened his mouth up wide to show her his fangs. But, again, she did something that they hadn't expected. The child wasn't interested in his fangs, but the things he had put in his mouth. She took the foam from his hands. Almost instantly, Sebastian placed a hand on her mouth to prevent her from eating it, but the girl seemed content just looking at it. She placed the foam plugs in her cereal bowl and started placing cereal pieces on top of it, entertaining herself as she slowly buried it. Seeing that Alucard was still bent over with his mouth open, the baby started placing her cereal into his mouth.

"You're a peculiar child," The vampire whispered to her and pulled away so she couldn't feed him any more of that revolting mortal food. He then held his hand out to her. "May I have my foam plugs back?" Of course the baby wasn't going to know what he was asking for. Seras looked at his hand before glancing back at her cereal bowl. Thinking that he wanted some more cereal, she started placing one piece at a time in his hand. She managed to give him one plug back, mistaking it for food. Alucard sighed as he fished out the one plug from the pile of cereal she had put in his hand. He placed the plug safely into his pocket and then waited patiently for her to give him the second one. When they saw that she was going to give him every piece of cereal but the plug in her bowl, Sebastian managed a distraction. To her right, a beastly creature started to form from a black mass. It took on many different shapes, but ended up settling on one that looked like a dragon. The baby calmly turned to look at it. So many red eyes of different shapes opened to look at her and it opened its mouth to show off these rows of sharp teeth. Seras smiled brightly at the funny looking creature. She clapped her hands in her cereal bowl and then turned to try to grab it, but the monstrous creature moved to her other side. While the creature played peek-a-boo with the child, Alucard reached in to her cereal bowl and grabbed his other foam plug. He placed it in his pocket with the other and smiled down at his laughing mate. The monstrous creature disappeared causing the child to whip her head from side to side in search for it. Believing that it was still hiding on her, Seras laughed and tried turning around in her highchair to look behind it. Alucard brushed the cereal that was in his hand back into her bowl, capturing the baby's attention. She giggled at him and reached up to make a grabbing motion.

"You are adorable and I wish we could spend more time with you, little one, but it's time for us to go." The vampire said with regret. He leaned over to kiss the top of her head which gave Seras a chance to grab his hair. She gently pulled on the locks and laughed at him. Helping Alucard, Sebastian reached down to pry her fingers free. He pinched her hands between two fingers and raised them up. But this only made the baby laugh harder. She kicked her little feet and moved around in her highchair in excitement.

"That's not nice, young lady. You don't pull people's hair." Sebastian lectured her for the tenth time this week. Her fingers gently curled to brush over his hands. She stared up at them with interest and made these garbling noises. The demon snickered at her as he leaned down to kiss her cheek. Seras laughed and instinctively moved her head to prevent him from tickling her cheek with his lips. "Now, eat your cereal like a good girl and we'll be back tomorrow." He promised her softly. With that, the males disappeared. The demon's hands left hers and her arms dropped back down. The baby, unsure if this was another game, started laughing as she looked about for them. When Sebastian didn't reveal himself and said 'there she was' and Alucard's tendrils didn't tickle her, she started to fuss.

"Ah!" The child cried, but there was no response as she opened her mouth. She kicked her little legs and looked around some more as her face started to redden. Hot tears burned her eyes as she began to cry, and she didn't calm any until her mother appeared from the other room looking drowsy.

"Seras?" Her mother murmured, looking confused and lost. She didn't know how much time passed. She believed that she had been so exhausted that she had passed out on the couch and woke to hear her child crying. The mother walked across the kitchen to her child that was making grabbing motions. "Oh, Seras." She picked her child up and hugged her to her body. She rubbed over her back to try and calm her down. Looking down, she saw that her child barely touched her cereal. "Are you hungry for something else?" She asked while she wondered what caused her baby to cry this time around.

"-ard," Her baby made a strange sound she hadn't made before. Furrowing her brows, the mother shifted her baby so she could look down at her. Seras wiggled in her arms while she continued to cry. "Seba-" The child whined. "-ard," The mother had no idea what her child was saying, but she believed that Seras was trying to say her first word.

The End

I hope you guys enjoyed this AU! Please go check out the Mad Child's version of this AU if you hadn't already!

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