Moon River

by lazer-launching-unicorn

Riku Decker is a waiter at Moon River Bar and Grill. People are having a hard time accepting the existence of vampires, even fewer are able to accept them into society, including Riku. One day, a vampire walks into a bar and changes his life forever.

1. Chapter 1

Chapter One: Moon River

-Moon River-

(Riku)

"Order up!" The cook, Axel, yelled.

Riku went up to the window and picked up the order for table ten. It was a simple order of hamburger and fries, and a Salisbury steak with carrots and mashed potatoes. Before he could pick up the order Axel stopped him. "Watch out baby, them rednecks have been downing a lot of beer, they tend to get a little handsy."

Riku raised his eyebrow with a curled smile. "I don't think I'm their type."

"Hot is everybody's type." Axel smiled while he chopped up some lettuce, dancing to some old funk music, he claimed it made his food taste better. The usual suspects were either Prince or Stevie Wonder with the occasional Kool and the Gang.

Riku laughed."Whatever, you got orders piling up." he flicked one of the tickets before leaving to tend his tables.

Moon River Bar and Grill was busy tonight, which hopefully meant he was gonna make serious tips. It was loud and filled to the brim with drunk rednecks dancing and hooting along to the newest country song. It was him and Axel's little sister, Xion, waiting the tables. Tifa was running the bar, pouring the drinks for the customers. As he passed by the raven haired waitress she gave him a warm smile and a pat on the back, she was his closest friend.

Table ten had three men several beers into their night, laughing and talking sports. The waiter placed down their food and passed it to the right individual.

"Alright, do ya'll need anything else?" Riku smiled at him. He caught a whiff of the men and did his best to keep his composure. They absolutely reeked of beer and piss.

The man to the right looked up to him, and had a glint in his eyes, that the waiter didn't appreciate. " Yeah, I want the girl serving me. I want something I can look at." This man was at least thirty five and Xion was only seventeen, he made a mental note to keep this man away from her. "I'm sorry, she's busy with her other tables, is there anything else you need?"

The man leaned back into his seat disappointed and muttered whatever as he took another swig of his drink. Riku snuck a glare before leaving to help his other tables. He noticed everyone was surrounding the bar's large, tube tv right above the bar counter.

"I wonder what's going on now?" He spoke quietly to himself.

The news was on. A woman was reporting on three new deaths that happened in the next town over.

"Those damn fanged fucks drained all the blood out of them." one of the patrons of the bar growled. "They should be hunted down and destroyed." Riku full heartedly agreed. Ever since the vampires came out of the dark and made themselves known, people have been on high alert and terrified. They say they want to integrate into society, but monsters like them, they have no right to be ever thought of as people. They were predators.

He looked over to Xion, she was looking at the screen and had a look of melancholy. One of her friends from highschool got taken by one of them monsters. She was probably thinking about him. Riku pulled her into a side hug and rubbed her back to comfort her. She gave him a grateful look. She was pro-vampire, thinking they could change and be good- she thought they were still people. Riku didn't have the heart to debate her on that subject.

"Do you think it was him?" she asked him.

"Nah, Roxas wouldn't ever do that." he answered.

"I don't think he would either." She looked at the waiter. "Do you think I'll see him again?"

"I don't know, Xi, if you do, I just hope he doesn't hurt ya."

She leaned into him. "I'll be alright, you and Axel are always looking out for me. You're the strongest people I know."

"That's pretty bad, Xi." Riku grinned and gave her a squeeze. She laid her head on his arm.

The news ruffled the feathers of the patrons pretty well, causing a huge commotion full of small town gossip. More beer was ordered, he helped Tifa hand out drinks. As he reached for a bottle of Corona he spotted the untouched cases of Blood13. He felt his face scrunch up in disgust. Blood13 was synthetic blood for the vampires; they hit the shelves quickly after the vampires came out of hiding. He hoped they never sold a damn one.

"Honestly, we should just throw that shit out." he spat.

Tifa didn't look away from pouring her whiskey on the rocks but gave Riku a nod. "We don't need any of those nasty things in our town anyway."

He caught Xion furrowing her brows. Doing her best not to speak her mind, she didn't want anyone to jump on her. He mentally cursed himself. He was ready for this shift to be over already. He had an early shift at his other job at the retirement home in the morning.

A fight broke out, the epicenter of it was a booth by the window. Beau finally found out their wife was cheating on him. Again. A chair got thrown at the wall and the front leg cracked. Riku felt his brow twitch and his lips curl into a frown. He had to intercept it and end it. He threw down his cleaning rag.

"Alright, if ya'll are gonna fight, you're taking it outside! Beau, you're gonna pay for that chair!" Riku grabbed him by the scruff of his jacket and started to drag him outside.

"Get yer gawddamyn hands off me!" He flung his arms around drunkenly- Riku just stared at him back, unimpressed.

He brought the drunk to the door. "Goodnight, Beau." The man staggered outside and waved goodbye. He was getting too old for this shit, he should've stayed in college.

Tifa pulled him to the side to speak to him. "Dude, you're getting sloppy. You overserved Beau. Are you okay or are you just being greedy?" she smirked at the end of her sentence playfully. There was concern in her voice though. Riku usually didn't overseve.

"Sorry Tifa, guess I'm not on the ball tonight." he chuckled lightly.

"It's okay, just next time leave the drunken fools to me. What good am I as a bouncer if you aren't letting me take out the trash?" She winked before going back behind the bar.

As the night dragged on, the customers slowly left and they could finally close. Tifa was counting the register and checking stock,Axel was cleaning up the kitchen for the night while singing offkey to another old funk song, and he and Xion were rolling silverware. Riku was doing his best to stifle his yawns as closing prep dragged on, his body felt so heavy and he would jerk himself awake when his head lulled a little too far back. They finally put chairs on the tables marking the closing prep finally over. Tifa called it for the night and everyone started packing their possessions and leaving the bar for the night. Riku couldn't wait to go to bed.

"Riku, do you wanna ride home? It would be no problem for us." Xion asked as her brother got their stuff. She knew he was too tired to drive home.

"Nah, you guys go on ahead; I'm gonna wait for Tifa." Riku replied while he picked up his lunch bag.

Axel ushered his sister towards the door and walked up to Riku and put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a playful shove. "You ain't gonna get much tips if you're looking rough, boo. Don't work too hard."

Riku grinned, he was exhausted. "I'll keep that in mind." As the back door closed, he pulled out his keys. He actually really wanted a ride home, but he didn't want to bother them. Axel was already busy dealing with raising his sister alone. Xion was busy trying to get scholarships for college; she was way too smart to be stuck in this town like he was. Riku walked out the employee entrance and waited for Tifa to come out. Tifa was tough as hell, but he didn't want to leave her out here alone at night. She was a beautiful woman who had the attention of a lot of men and several women. She came to the door and locked it from the outside. "Thanks for waiting for me, I appreciate it." She let out a loud yawn and stretched her arms. "You drive home safely tonight."

"You too, Tifa." He walked her to her midsize SUV. before she got in her car she turned to him. "When you go home you make sure you get some sleep, okay?" She made a gesture with her fingers telling him she had her eyes on him. He gave her a half assed salute. "Yes ma'am!" She chuckled and was shortly on her way home.

Riku went to his old truck he got for cheap from the bar owner. It's body was actually made of metal instead of that plastic polymer that modern cars and trucks could be mostly made of. It was an aged and weathered red with some light rusting around the undercarriage. He lived about ten miles away in the outskirts of Twilight Town out in the wooded area that started to become the mountains and unkempt forest that many people would camp and hike at. There was a waterfall and river that ran through his rented property about twenty acres away from the house. But before the woods started there was a clearing that maybe had a tree or two. Riku had to keep his eyes peeled here for deer and other woodland creatures. There was an abandoned house deeper in the woods by the base of a mountain the bar owner used to own, but he said it was too much trouble to repair, no electricity, no plumbing etc; not to mention no one wanted to rent it because it was hard to get to in general without an ATV.

His home was a small ranch style brick house nestled in some trees. He left his front porch light on. Riku felt a smile curl on his lips. He had someone waiting at home for him. When he opened his heavy wooden door there was a wagging tail smacking happily against his coffee table making a loud thunking noise.

"Hey pretty girl!" He cooed. His wolfdog, Kida wiggled her whole body happily seeing her master and jumped on him to lick his face. Riku was a tall man, about six foot four. But Kida was mostly wolf so she could lick his cheek with little effort. He rubbed her ears and kissed the top of her snout. He let her out the front door to go to the bathroom. She ran around the front yard happily and did her business, her white coat shimmered in the moonlight. He was glad he lived out here, she was safe from neighbors shooting her thinking she was a full wolf and she was fiercely protective and actually took on a bear and won. The bear tried to attack him because he accidentally got too close to her cubs. He saw her stop dead in her tracks and listened to the woods, her ears flicked zoning in on a certain sound. Her tail stopped wagging and she was looking to attack. Riku narrowed his eyes to try to pierce through the darkness, trying to see what caught Kida's attention. He decided it was probably a deer and he didn't want to chase after the big dog.

"Kida, come one girl." He commanded. She didn't move. "Kida!" That caught her attention. "Come along, it's time for bed." she looked over to the woods once more and whined before coming to the porch. She nudged Riku into the house and nipped at his fingers to get moving. Whatever was out there, he didn't like it. After he locked all the doors once again he grabbed his shotgun to put by his bed, just in case. He shedded his uniform. Which was a simple white tee with the bar's name on it and his black jeans and his black Nike shoes. Once he was under the covers, Kida jumped onto bed and rested her big head on his chest. He plugged his phone into its charger and petted his girl and played something from youtube and promptly fell asleep. Kida was eyeing the door still as he fell into unconsciousness.

He woke up early that morning, he checked his phone and he realized he was gonna run late for his other job if he didn't get his ass up now. He rubbed his eyes and stretched his back. He made himself some coffee and fried up an egg in the kitchen, he was wondering if the night shift took care of the patients last night. Kida padded loyally behind him, tail wagging as usual. He let her out the front door once again and watched her run around in the thick, green grass as he waited for his coffee to brew.

He sniffed himself and cringed. He needed a shower, he smelled like beer and sweat. He showered and brushed his teeth; put his hair up in a short ponytail, his bangs and pieces of his hair slipped through and couldn't be contained by the hair tie. He shaved his face, when he was finished his fingers slipped down his jawline, checking for stubble. He donned his scrubs and fed his girl. She hastily ate and headed towards the door once again. The only thing he burdened Axel with was taking care of Kida as he worked his other job. He paid him of course, but Axel loved Kida as much as Riku did, and she was just as fiercely loyal and protective of the red head and his sister. He headed towards the door, and heard Kida barking happily. She was waiting by the truck, ready to see more of her favorite people. He opened his truck door and she jumped in, he hopped in as well and headed down his long gravel driveway. He had the windows rolled down since his air conditioner didn't work, Kida stuck out her head and took in all the smells.

Axel lived by his other job in a nice house that was left by his deceased parents. He made sure his home looked nice, it was his parents pride and joy. Axel's parents came to this country with nothing and worked their asses off to make a comfortable life for Axel and his little sister. He saw Xion working in the front garden, since it was a Saturday she didn't have school. Xion had a green thumb, just like her mom. The garden her mother started was vibrant, colorful and lively. The two story home was white and had a porch wrapped around it and surrounding the porch was the garden and surrounding the garden was an elegant iron fence. He opened the truck door and Kida bolted to the iron fence entrance. Xion let her in and attacked her with kisses and cuddles. He smiled and waved a goodbye and headed out once again. Both Axel and Xion had keys to his house and would drop her off on their way to work. He would be off from his dayjob on Tuesday as well as his job at his bar. A complete day off, he was beyond euphoric at the thought of having a full day off.

The home that Riku worked for was pretty high class. Arendelle Acres was where the upper class folk would drop off their elderly family members they were too busy to take care of. As much as he loved working at the bar, he loved helping out his residents, there was one in particular he enjoyed talking to- Mrs. Grimes. She was ninety but she still had her mind, she was quick and witty. She made him laugh and he thought of her as his grandma. He knocked on her door and walked in with her breakfast.

"Morning Mrs. Grimes! I got your breakfast." Riku smiled.

She was in bed, her handmade quilt keeping her warm, but her sweet smile lit up the room. "Goodmorning Riku, how are you sweetheart?"

"I swear, you're getting handsomer each day." she giggled.

He placed her breakfast on her nightstand with a bashful grin on his face. "And you're getting evermore radiant each day."

She laughed. "Boy, you are too good to me." Her blue eyes that almost look violet scrutinized his face. "Have you been getting enough sleep, sweetheart? My handbags ain't got nothing on the bags under your eyes."

He rubbed them. "I'll sleep when I'm dead."

Mrs. Grimes took a bite of her eggs. "You keep that shit up, you'll be dead before me!"

Riku laughed. "You might be right."

"Oh, I made you something!" she placed her fork down and reached on the other side of the bed. She pulled out a folded quilt. " It's always good to have an extra blanket."

Riku was touched. He gently took it from her frail hands and hugged it to his chest, it was soft and warm. "Thank you, Mrs. Grimes, it really means a lot; I'll treasure it forever."

Mrs. Grimes smiled warmly with her hand on her heart. "You're welcome. I think of you as one of my own. I want you to have a little piece of me."

He placed the quilt gently on her couch. He noticed a new picture on her nightstand, it was an old sepia photo of a little girl and a young held the girl in his arm, resting her on his hip. "Mrs. Grimes, who's in your new picture? Old family?"

She looked over and picked up the framed picture gently. She pointed to the young man. "This is my daddy; handsome isn't he?" The young man barely looked twenty. He had wild spiky hair, soft freckles, tanned skin, and a warm smile. He was Riku's type. The little girl, who he assumed was Mrs. Grimes, was an adorable little critter with a cute bob, she had her daddy's smile.

"He is." Riku smiled at Mrs. Grimes. She beamed.

"My daddy is one of the sweetest, most loving men I've ever met. It was only him and I. My momma died when I was born. Life was hard for us, he did everything he could to provide for us and give me the love and attention I needed….My daddy was so kind and sweet he attracted… evil things…" She had a distant look in her eyes. Riku had a sinking feeling in his gut. A tear fell from her cheek, but she wiped it away quickly. "I'm sorry, darling." She chuckled. "I couldn't ask for a better father."

Riku placed a hand on her shoulder, comforting her, showing her he was here with her. She placed her wrinkled hand on top of his and gave it a light squeeze.

Riku felt a deep resentment grow inside him. He bet her dad got unwillingly mixed in with vampires… just like Roxas. He hated vampires, they ruined everyone's lives.

Riku picked up the remote and turned on the TV. M*A*S*H was probably on, that would help both of them keep their minds off unpleasant memories.

He started picking up and organizing her room. For someone who was so well taken care of, he never saw visitors. Riku made it a point to talk to her like she was his family when he first noticed she didn't get visitors and now, she had become his family. What made him most upset was she had pictures of her family all over the place. She had children, grandchildren and even great grandchildren; where were they?

It was almost like she could read his mind."They have such busy lives, they need time to rest. They don't need to bother with an old heifer like me." She smiled, but there was sadness in her eyes. "Besides, I got you to take care of me."

Riku smiled sadly.

They didn't deserve her.

-Moon River-

(Sora)

"Hey, you can't leave me here!" his new progeny squaked. "This shit burns!"

"Well, the last time I left you here without being bound in silver, you drained three people." Sora popped his neck. "You know, even for a baby vamp, your appetite is pretty vivacious."

The blonde boy glared at him, he bared his fangs and snarled. "I hate your fucking guts!"

Sora rolled his eyes. He was starting to regret taking him in, he didn't even make him. He pinched his nose and sighed. "Behave, I'll be back before three. I'm gonna see my daughter." Sora smirked. "I'll even get you some Blood13."

Roxas gagged. "That synthetic stuff tastes like dog shit!"

"That's not my problem, kid." Sora taunted before leaving the old, abandoned house.

The night was warm, the stars and moon kept him company as he headed towards the retirement home. He knew his time with her was dwindling by the day, her cancer was spreading and she decided she didn't want the chemo. It was a cruel fate as a parent, to watch your child dying. If his heart could beat, it would be aching.

When he made it to the retirement home he snuck into the third story window. The night shift never checked in on their patients.

"Daddy, you know you ain't gotta sneak through my window like you're some type of criminal." his daughter must have been waiting on him.

"I think it makes me look cooler that way." He approached her and gave her a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "How are you doing Kairi-cat?"

"I'm well, Riku makes sure I'm taken care of." She assured him. She cupped her hand around her mouth and whispered. "You're his type."

Sora laughed. " Ah, he told you, huh?"

She shrugged. "Not exactly."

"It's rude to read people's minds, child." He picked up the framed picture of him and his daughter and wiggled his brow at his girl. "Even if they got good tastes."

"Well, I don't really want to listen to people, and you know it." She scrunched her face. "People are gross. There's a janitor here that wants to suck my caretaker's toes!"

"Yeesh." he felt his face scrunch up.

"If you eat anyone here, I wouldn't suggest him. Probably gamey." She giggled. "How's Roxas doing?"

"That kid is beyond ornery... I never wanted to kick a teenager in the teeth so much in my life! He's already killed three people! If I was his actual maker, I would be able to order him not to drain people and he would have to listen to my command." Sora paced by her bed, frustrated.

"Having a hard time being a father again?" she raised her brow.

"I'm still your father." Sora pouted. She placed her warm hand on his cold ones.

"You are. You may not have made him, but that baby vampire needs someone to guide him." she gave his hands a squeeze. "Speaking of looking out for someone, could you look after my Riku? That poor boy is running himself ragged! He won't let anyone take care of him."

"You want ME to check in on him? I'm pretty sure you have told me many times that boy isn't fond of my kind." Sora grinned.

"Most humans aren't daddy. But will you do it for me- please?" Sora sighed and placed his hand on hers. "Of course honey. I'll keep an eye on him."

"Maybe you can get a date out of it?" She grinned playfully.

He was making his way out the window and turned to her. "You know damn well I don't date."

"You need to! You haven't dated anyone since mamma!" she raised her brow.

"You don't know that!" He blushed.

"It's painfully obvious! Go find someone nice you old coot!"

He jumped out of her window and floated. "Goodbye Kairi-cat, I've gotta check in on your human," he furrowed his brow and muttered. "And feed a bratty baby vamp before daybreak."

"I love you, daddy." She giggled.
"Love ya, baby." He disappeared into the night, already heading to one of the few places that served Blood13 and he could keep and eye on his daughter's friend: Moon River Bar and Grill.

-Moon River-

The bar was loud, and it reeked of piss and body odor. He was greeted by a black haired hostess. "Hi, welcome to Moon River Bar and Grill, my name is Xion, how many are in your party!" she chirped happily at him.

He smiled at her charmingly, "Just me. I would like to sit at a booth, please."

He scanned around looking for Kairi's human. Kairi said he had silver hair, he expected a silver fox in his forties; she said he was young. She walked him to a booth at the right end of the bar, she gave him a menu. She had a soft, shy smile on her face. "Your waiter will be here in a second!"

"Thank you, Xion."

He flipped through the sticky menu looking at all the food he would never eat.

"Hi, My name is Riku, how can I help you?" Riku's voice sounded young- young, young. Sora lifted his head and what greeted him was a young man who looked to be in his mid twenties. He was tall and broad. His silver hair was pulled back into a loose ponytail, strands of hair tickled his neck. Pretty aquamarine eyes. Chiseled chin, nice lips, and a straight nose. He looked like he should be modeling somewhere if he didn't have such dark circles under his pretty eyes. He looked exhausted.

" Hi, could I have a Blood13 please? B positive?" Sora smiled shyly while he scratched the back of his head.

Riku's eyes narrowed and his eyes were filled with fire. "We're fresh out. I guess you need to leave." he spat out venom with every word.

Looks like he overstayed his welcome.

He was about to get up but was stopped by the hostess. "Wait! Please stay! I am so sorry for my friend here, he's usually never this RUDE!" she elbowed Riku in the gut. "I'll get you some Blood13 - any preferences?"

"B positive please." He made sure to look at the waiter with a victorious smirk, Riku's eyes bore holes in his head.

After he received his substitute blood he noticed everyone was staring at him. He didn't expect anything less. The hostess came back and leaned into his space. "Hey, are you okay? The people of this town aren't used to people who are… different."
"I'm fine, they don't bother me." He took another gamey swig of the blood. " Thanks for looking out for me though." The hostess smiled kindly at him before going back to serve other patrons. Riku was still staring daggers at him from the bar.

As the night passed he watched Riku work and the customers slowly stopped staring at him. He would catch whifs of Riku and he had to keep retracting his fangs. He smelled so good. He hadn't wanted to suck someone's blood this bad since he was a baby vampire.

Sora waited outside for the rest of the night, he was afraid he was going do something impulsive and stupid to his daughter's caretaker; besides the night was beautiful. He checked his phone as it was getting close to three, he was gonna have to release Roxas so he could train to keep his impulses in check. He made sure Riku was on his way home before leaving. He went to a nearby gas station and picked up some Blood13. The cashier looked at him incredulously. He must've thought Sora was pulling a prank on him since Sora didn't look like a big, mean scary vampire.

As he approached his home he heard a loud crash. He felt his lips curl into a snarl, his fangs came out, ready to attack. If one of those blood bags found out where he lived and hurt his progeny, he was going to rip them apart. He raced into the old house ready to kill, only to find his progeny was trying to get out of his chains. He signed in relief.

"Hold on, let me get some gloves on, quit squirming." He was actually quite impressed. If he was chained up in that much silver he wouldn't be able to move to save his life.

"GET ME OUT OUT OF THESE FUCKING CHAINS!" He had bloody tears running down his face. "THEY HURT SO MUCH!"

Sora undid his chains and Roxas lunged at him. Sora easily threw him off and into the wall.

Sora jingled the Blood13. "I got you some blood."

Roxas snagged one and inhaled it, when he finished it he gagged and threw the empty bottle against the wall. It shattered on impact.

"Alright, I got a proposition for ya. Do you wanna drink someone?" Sora asked.

Roxas perked up and raced to him, wiping his tears and had a hungry grin on his face, it felt like Sora just offered the teen a thanksgiving feast. "Yes, please."

Sora nodded his head with a smile. "Tonight, I'm gonna teach you how to glamour and drink without killing your prey."

Roxas was practically bouncing, the blond grabbed his hand and started to drag him towards the door.

"Easy, it's the weekend there will be plenty of humans out to feed on." Sora chuckled.

"Yeah, but I won't have to drink those nasty Blood13's again!" He leaped into the woods, stretching out his legs. "Can you teach me how to fly?"

"Of course, it will take a while to learn though. Not every vampire can do it." He was happy to watch Roxas want to learn.

Roxas stopped dead in his tracks and sniffed the air. Sora knew exactly why.

"I smell blood." Roxas licked his lips. "And a lot of it."

Sora recognized the smell. It was the caretaker. Roxas and Sora raced to the smell of blood. What stood before them was a clearing. By the side of the road there was a car that crashed and was wrapped around a tree. Roxas bared his fangs and went to drain him. Sora threw him back.

"Wait!, that's my kid's nurse!" Sora barked.

"I just want a little bit!" Roxas whined.

"Stay! I'll get you a human in a minute." Sora ordered. He went to the car. Riku must've fallen asleep at the wheel. He was still alive, but barely. Sora bit his wrist, blood seeped out and he put it against the silver haired boy's lips. "Come on pretty boy, you gotta drink." After a few drops of blood went to the human's throat Riku started to drink.

Sora pried him out of the wrecked car and kept feeding him. The silveret's wounds started to heal. 'Don't overcook him, don't overcook him' repeated in his head. If he gave Riku too much blood it could kill him. He needed a lot more blood than the brunet thought he would. Sora took his wrist away, allowing it to heal. The caretaker still needed to rest and he couldn't leave him out here. Riku started to gain consciousness. Sora tilted his head so he would look at him in his eyes.

"Look at me, Riku." Sora started to glamour him. Riku had a blank look on his face but nodded his head. He got him. "Where do you live?" Riku croaked out his address.

Roxas watched from behind. "Can I at least lick him?"

Sora started walking with Riku in his arms. "No. I can barely keep myself in check with him and I got a hundred years on you."

Roxas groaned and kicked the ground childishly. Sora rolled his eyes. "I told you I would get you a human to eat."

"But I'm hungry!" Roxas cried.

Luckily, they were only about a mile away from Riku's home. Riku lived in a small brick home set back into the woods, it stood alone with no close neighbors, except him of course. The porch only covered the front end of the house and needed to be repaired seeing how much it creaked with their weight. Sora walked up the steps to his screen door. "Riku, will you invite me in please?"

"Come in." Riku said, still glamoured. Sora walked him in and gently placed him on the couch. He heard a definitive growl.

His head snapped up and there was a wolf..dog? She bared her teeth at him and continued to growl, almost frothing at the mouth. Usually, dogs would whimper and retreat when they smelled him. Sora raised his brow for a moment and smiled softly. "He's okay." He said quietly to the beast. The dog slowly made her way to sniff her master's hand and let out a whine.

"Yeah, he got hurt pretty bad, but he's okay now, he just needs to sleep. You're a brave dog, or maybe a stupid dog." he muttered the last part to himself.

The handmade quilt resting on the back of the couch did not go unnoticed. Sora smiled fondly. "She really cares about you." Sora tucked the young man in. "Go to sleep, get as much rest as you need. If you have to call off work, do it. Kairi will understand." Riku's eyelids were heavy and he nodded his head, within a second Riku fell asleep. The wolf dog was immediately to her owner's side but kept quiet to let him sleep. She was not a stupid dog, she was simply loyal. Sora tried his luck and was able to pet her head, she wagged her tail softly and licked his hand. Sora grinned to himself, a dog hadn't let it pet them in years. Sora wrote him a quick note before leaving. He was gonna need to feed along with Roxas.

Roxas was waiting outside of the residence impatiently. "Can we eat now!?"

Sora nodded his head. "I need to feed too, let's head towards the city."

-Moon River-

(Riku)

Riku woke up to his phone ringing. He pulled it out of his pocket and groggily answered. "Hello?"

"Mr. Decker, are you gonna come to work today?" His supervisor, Aerith asked.

Riku jumped out of his skin, he was late! He ripped off the quilt only to see his clothes were ripped and covered in dry blood. He felt a chill go down his spine and he dropped his phone. He started to pat and check his body for any wounds… he didn't have any..

"What the fuck?" Whose blood was it?

"Mr. Decker?" Aerith beckoned politely on the other side of the line. "Are you okay?"

He picked up the phone slowly to his ear. "I'm not coming in today. I'm sorry." He said quietly.

"Okay, I heard about what happened, are you in the hospital?" She asked.

"Why would I be in the hospital?" He asked. He was scared to hear why she thought he should be in one.

"Riku, your car is totaled...It was wrapped around a tree in a clearing.." She spoke slowly.

Riku remembered driving his car home last night, his eyelids were so heavy, the last thing he remembered was closing his eyes…. It was then he realized he fell asleep at the wheel.

"Ms. Gainsborough, I'm still not feeling right, can I call you tomorrow?" He asked.

"Of course, get plenty of rest, Riku." Her voice was coated in concern before she hung up.

He collected his thoughts for a moment and looked around, he noticed a note on his coffee table. He picked it up; he didn't recognize the handwriting. It was in cursive? He didn't really know anyone who actively wrote in cursive anymore, except maybe the owner of the bar.

Hello,

I hope you slept well and feel better! I had to give you a lot of my blood, by the time I got to you, you almost bled out completely. You're probably going to have some weird dreams and I'm sorry in advance!

Sincerely,

Your Friendly Neighborhood Vampire.

Riku read the note several times, trying to process what was written. When it finally clicked that the only reason he was alive was because a monster saved his life; he was baffled. Why would a vampire save him? Shouldn't they have just eaten him and left? He looked at all of the dry blood on him, it was his blood. All the rips in his clothes were from the car piercing him.

He needed a shower...and a drink. He grabbed a bottle of jack and made his way to the shower. He peeled off his bloody clothes and threw them in the garbage. He checked himself in the mirror and even noticed some of his old scars were gone too. He started his shower and climbed in. Riku let the water run down his body, slowly ebbing away the crusty blood and he opened his bottle of booze and drank. Kida laid down by the tub.

-Moon River-

"I'm so glad you're okay!" Xion hugged Riku and cried as she rubbed her tears into his clean shirt. "I was wondering where you were this morning! I called the Home and they said you weren't there! We came here as soon as we could!" Riku hugged her back, glad to see his friend.

"Dude, I've seen your car; are you Superman or something? Anyone else would've died from that!" Axel asked incredulously, he was also hugging Riku. He felt warm and relieved to see his friends again.

"I should've been dead." Riku stated. "Being alive today is sheer fucking luck."

Xion checked Riku for any wounds but it was obvious he was unscathed. "How are you not hurt?"

Riku pointed towards the note on the coffee table, Axel picked up the note and started to read it.

"Holy shit..Holy fucking shit! I've heard that vampire blood had some crazy properties but this is incredible!" Xion snagged the paper out of his hand and started to read it as well before her head snapped back to Riku.

"Did you know him?" Xion asked.

"No." He didn't know any vampires. Hell, he never met a vampire until last night. That creature looked so human, before he asked for the synthetic blood Riku actually thought he was cute! He grimaced.

"Do you think it was the vampire at the bar last night?" Xion asked pensively.

"I don't know." He hoped not. That monster's face seemed so familiar if he really thought about it. They stayed there for the day and kept Riku company. Axel brought his old car for Riku to use until his was fixed. It was gonna cost him a small fortune to get that thing fixed up even with insurance. Xion made breakfast and lunch, her brother was the better cook, but Riku thought she was just trying to keep herself busy.

The day went by too quickly. He looked over to the window, the shadows created by the twilight loomed in the woods surrounding his home. He prayed he wouldn't have an unexpected visitor that night.

He sent Axel and Xion home before the sun set completely, if something did happen, he didn't want them involved no matter how much they protested. Frankly speaking, Riku wanted to count his blessings, get roaring drunk and forget about the whole thing. He just wanted that vampire to disappear and never come back into his life. He grabbed the tequila from his fridge and made himself a shot. He downed it and poured himself another.

He turned on his record player in his living room and laid on the couch with tequila at hand. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell filled the silence of the home, and the sunlight finally disappeared behind the horizon. The stars and the moon shined and lit up the world softly as Riku's eyelids felt heavy once again. Thankfully, this time he wasn't driving his car. He was safe at home, at least he thought he was before falling asleep once again.

After an hour or so a knocking at the door and a bark from his beloved Kida woke him up. The record player was silent, the turntable kept the record spinning absentmindedly. Riku looked at the tequila bottle in his hand that was empty but not because he drank it all, no, he spilled it on the floor when he fell asleep. He quietly muttered 'shit' to himself and went to get a towel to clean up his mess. The doorbell rang again.

"I'll be there in a minute!" He hollered as he cleaned up his hardwood floor.

He stretched as he headed towards the door after he got his mess cleaned, his muscles were tight from sleeping on the couch. He opened the door and what stood before him was a young man who was almost a foot shorter than him. He had porcelain skin that had no acne or any blemish for that matter. His hair was brown like milk chocolate and looked thick and wild, his eyes were a bright blue, almost like they glowed. He had a soft smile on his face. He wore a simple red hoodie with the sleeves rolled up, some black shorts along with some simple black Nike shoes. Kida sat by Riku with her tail wagging.

"Hi, how are you feeling?" he asked like he knew him already.

"I'm okay?" Riku felt his face contort in confusion. "Do I know you?" Riku asked rudely, he didn't mean for it to come off that bad.

The young man's face raised his eyebrows, he looked away for a moment trying to think of something to say. "Oh, I'm your neighbor. The town told me about your wreck and I wanted to check in on you."

Riku nodded his head slowly knowing he had seen him from somewhere, he just couldn't put his finger on it. He went through his memories and tried to pin the man, he flipped through people in town; not there. The hospital; nope. The bar? Yes.

Riku immediately backed away from the man, no, creature! It was the vampire from the bar! He slammed the door in his face.

There was a silence for a moment before the creature spoke. "I guess you remember me now."

"What do you want, vampire?" Riku growled.

"I came to check in on you." The vampire stated. "When I found you last night, you were pretty badly hurt. I was afraid my blood wouldn't be enough to fully heal you. But I guess my blood isn't as weak as it used to be."

"Well, I'm fine, leave me alone!" Riku growled. The bar vampire was the one who saved him? This skinny creature, who dwarfed Riku's tall, broad and muscled build, carried him a mile through the unkept woods to his home?

There was silence yet again, if he was a human Riku would have felt guilty for treating him so poorly when he had saved his life. No, the guilt was still there, human or not. Riku drummed his fingers on the door, gathering courage before he spoke again. "Are you gonna bite me if I open the door?"

"No." Riku could see the vampire shake his head through the window.

Riku slowly opened the door and the vampire smiled but didn't say a thing. Riku gulped from fear and swallowed his pride. "Thank you for saving me."
"It was no problem. It's the least I could do. Thank you for taking care of my daughter. Her kids have gotten too caught up in their own lives; your company has made her days better." the vampire grinned. No fangs, just straight white teeth.

"Daughter?" Riku asked, confused. This man didn't even look old enough to have a daughter in school, especially one who had kids herself.

The vampire chuckled. "I'm a lot older than I look. She's ninety now, but my wife and I had her when we were twenty." the vampire looked over to the couch. " She made you that quilt. I can recognize her work anywhere."

Riku's mouth opened in shock. "Mrs. Grimes?"

He nodded. Riku fell silent, his mind flipped back to Mrs. Grimes's picture of her and her father and sure enough, the vampire fit the description, though now a lot paler and less freckled.

"What's your name?" Riku asked sincerely.

The vampire stuck out his hand for a shake. "I'm Sora Fair, it's a pleasure to officially meet you." He smiled politely.

Riku hesitated taking his hand, but he slowly guided his hand there. It was cool to the touch and it gave Riku goosebumps. "It's nice to meet you, Sora." Riku spoke apprehensively.

Sora winced slightly, probably feeling Riku's fear of him and distrust. He just couldn't shake it off.
The vampire looked almost hurt that Riku still distrusted him.

"I hope I can earn your trust enough that you won't be afraid of me one day." He paused and pondered for a moment before speaking again. "Would it be okay if I come to the bar every once in a while? It would be nice to meet the townspeople and get to know them."

Riku questioned if he was under a spell, because he didn't want to refuse the creature. Riku decided he was gonna ask more questions before he would answer yes.

"Why did you come to this town?"

"I wanted to be with my daughter. She's getting up there in age, and I wanted to make sure I would be there for her till the end." Sora stated.

"Are there any other vampires in town?" Riku questioned.

"Yes, my progeny. He's still young so I need to be his guardian while he's out and about." Sora pulled at his shirt absentmindedly. It was cute.

"Progeny?" Riku asked curiously.

"Yes, I'm in charge of him to make sure he doesn't do anything too… impulsive." His voice got quieter at the end of the sentence. Riku took note of the vampire's wariness of his progeny. He would watch that one like a hawk. "Oh," Sora interrupted his thoughts. He pulled out his phone. Riku didn't think vampires would need modern technology. "Let me give you my number just in case you need anything. I am your neighbor technically, I live out in an old abandoned house in the woods...I'm kinda in between homes until I buy the place officially." He chuckled nervously. "But feel free to call during the night." Sora looked at his phone like he was still figuring it out himself. "Roxas says these things are something humans never go anywhere without now."

"Kinda out of the loop still?" Cell phones have been common for over a decade now.

"I didn't really get out much till recently." he stated. That was a loaded answer.

Riku decided to take his number and listened to how he recited it clumsily. He had to remind himself that he wasn't a person, at least not anymore. He was dead, alive by only magic. Sora waved a goodbye and told him he would see him at the bar. He couldn't tell if he was excited or nervous. He realized that Kida didn't try to attack or harm him in any way, she looked happy to see him, and that baffled him deeply.

-Moon River-

(Sora)

His phone started to ring and he felt a wave of excitement, hoping it was the handsome nurse asking for his assistance; hopefully it was something simple and not life threatening. He answered the phone with vigor.

"Sheriff?" a woman said flatly on the other line. His shoulders dropped, work was calling him.

"What?" he asked dryly and coldly.

"We have a problem that requires your assistance." he internally groaned. What petty shit did they need him now for?

"I'll be there shortly. You'll need to entertain my progeny while I'm doing business." he said flatly. Vampires usually didn't bother to waste energy on emotion and he had to act the part most when he was dealing with his citizens and their humans.

"Of course, Sheriff." and hung up the phone.

Sora shoved his phone into his back pocket. He didn't like that he was so accessible now. He missed being a human; he never had to worry about phone calls. He didn't have a phone.

"Roxas." He called flatly. "Duty calls."

Roxas bolted into the living room. "Hell yeah! They let me feed on humans there! Was that Aqua? She got some niiiice tiddies!" he purred.

Sora raised his brow. "I thought you liked that Xion girl?"

"Well, we both know that isn't gonna happen. Besides, I don't want to drag her into this world… it's scary." he said quietly. Sora nodded his head in agreement. " I don't blame you there." he did his best to keep Kairi away from it and now that he met Riku, he would keep him away too.

He had a feeling what he was about to walk into was something he wasn't gonna like. Roxas just seemed happy he was getting out of the house and getting some free eats.

Sora escorted Roxas to his old mustang and they drove off to the vampire bar in Radiant Garden called Oblivion. The bar stood on its own, almost isolated from the area that surrounded it. He was obligated to come there once a month to act as a showpiece for tourists. He did the bare minimum but made sure he was dressed completely different while being showcased, he didn't want to be recognized by locals or anyone for that manner. He even went by a different name, wore a black wig and had on colored contacts; it made goths and wannabes swoon. Aqua made him wear skin tight black latex pants that made him feel like a stuffed sardine and all these belt additives that went across his chest. Roxas caught him in his little costume and started to belt out snorts and chuckles.

He entered the black and blue schemed establishment with his progeny through the backway. The sign on the door read 'employees only', when he entered he was greeted by the owner herself, Aqua. Compared to Sora and Roxas, she was ancient; but only looked to be in her late twenties. Her hair was dyed blue and cut in a fashionable shoulder length bob which was styled and spiked. She wore a short, tight, black dress that had his progeny drooling. Sora didn't mind looking at her either. Roxas would be quite jealous if he found out Sora already slept with her years ago.

"How can I help you, heretic?" he said flatly, which earned him a quick smile. She was turned during the Spanish Inquisition.

"Someone is capturing our humans and infecting them with the Decay." She said matter of factly, her accent was showing. The Decay was one of the few diseases that infected vampires, but it didn't affect humans, they were simply carriers. Many extremists would get themselves infected and lure vampires to bite them. The symptoms were of course, body decaying. It was slow and painful and would last until the vampire was nothing but walking bones. Anyone with any form of sympathy would just steak the poor fuckers who were infected, there was no cure. Vampires infected with The Decay would become quite ravenous and would attack and try to feed from human, vampire, animal; anything they can dig their fangs into hoping to make the pain stop.

"That's pretty serious, Aqua. Do you have any leads?" he looked over to Roxas and waved him off. "Go play with a human, remember what I taught you."

Roxas nodded his head and went over to his favorite human waitress who went by the name Dandelion.

"Dandelion is infected." She smirked. Of course she waits until now. Sora huffed and called for Roxas. "Why is she here if she's infected?"

"We're short on staff." She said blandly.

Sora rolled his eyes. " Make sure your infected staff doesn't get bitten. Now, leads?"

"I believe that the Daybreak Church of God is having their flock infect themselves. I've been seeing more and more of their kind checking out the bar." Aqua grimace. "They even infected my Ella." She scoffed. Ella was Aqua's favorite human, or at least the one she sleeps and feeds from the most, she decided she was done with men in the fifties.

Sora made a 'tsk' noise and pushed his bangs out of his face.

"If I ever get my hands on the one who infected her, I'll rip out their throat and feed them to dogs." Her fangs were half out.

"Anything else I need to know?" he asked.

Aqua pursed her lips, her face was scrunched up with emotion and a tear went down her face. Uh oh. Aqua was not the type to let her emotions slip."Terra is infected… He was attacked by some drainers a couple of nights ago.. He was able to escape with the last of his strength and he bit the nearest human he could get his hands on… he's already showing symptoms." Terra was Aqua's first progeny. They've been together for centuries. Sora was surprised such an old vampire could be tricked by a bunch of drainers. Maybe they had a tasty feirie in haul? The only feirie Sora wouldn't eat was his daughter, and that was for obvious reasons. They must've been rookies, if they knew how old Terra was they wouldn't have let him go so easily. Blood from Aqua and Terra would sell for thousands on thousands. Sora and Roxas? Eh, not too much. A college kid could afford a small vial of their blood with little effort.

"I'm sorry." he said full heartedly as he could. Aqua loved Terra as much as he loved Kairi. "I can't imagine how hard this is for you."

Aqua wiped away her tears quickly and called for one of the waitresses. This one was Alice. She looked very young, he raised his brow at his former fling. "She's eighteen." she stated, Sora shrugged. She presented the girl to him. She was a short petite blonde girl with big, blue doe eyes. Her chest was small but her hips, butt and thighs were curvy and thick. "Alice is clean and a virgin. I'll loan her to you and your progeny while you work this case." Personally, Sora wanted to feed on a certain caretaker. But who was he to pass up virgin blood?

"Thank you, that's very considerate of you." he paused for a moment. "Where's Terra?"

Aqua sucked her teeth and looked away. "He's in the back. He was starting to get aggressive, he broke Aurora's arm. He's bound."

He looked over to his progeny. He was busy trying and failing to flirt properly with Alice. Alice could tell he was a baby vamp and was still very young but she was patient with him and she started to give him some tips on flirting. Roxas and the human were the same age, but Roxas came from a very conservative household and wasn't exactly a casanova in high school. Bless his heart, completely ignorant to the gravity of the situation before him.

"Take me to him. Me or you?" He asked. Was she going to be able to stake her progeny? Or would he have to be the one to end him. He didn't think he would be able to do it if he was in Aqua's position.

"I'll do it." She sniffled. "He is mine to take care of...leaving him like this any longer would be cruel."

Sora nodded his head. "Very well."

She escorted him to a backroom where her beloved progeny was slowly dying a painful death. When the door was opened Sora immediately covered his nose from the putrid stench of death that hit him like a wall. He got a quick look at Terra and snapped his head at the bar owner. "He was only infected a couple of nights ago!? Aqua, this isn't a normal rate of decomposition. He looks like he's had it for months!" Terra skin was falling off him with every movement he made. It looked like he started eating himself, his lips were ripped off, and his teeth were rotting. His now milky white eyes narrowed and he hissed at both of them and started to wriggle to free himself. This once beautiful man was now something grotesque and absolutely revolting.

"He didn't look like this earlier today." She said, shocked.

There was no use to speaking to him to see what he knew. He was just fluids and misery. Aqua told her progeny that she was sorry she couldn't save him before staking his heart and ending his pain. With one stab in the heart with a wooden stake, he turned into nothing but blood and ash. Aqua fell to her knees and started to sob. When a vampire's progeny was killed the maker would feel the same pain they felt before they met the true death. She was gripping her chest and writhing on the floor. Sora felt pity for the older vampire but did not reach for her to comfort her, he knew she did not want to be shown pity or be patronized in any shape or form. He simply told her he would be outside when she was ready to speak again.

He had to report this to his king and fast.

-Moon River-

(Riku)

Sora was not kidding about the weird dreams. Actually, he would have been more accurate if he said sexual dreams. Riku woke up with a hard on that was almost painful. He dreamed about sleeping with the vampire and he about reached for his phone to call the creature to come to his house so Riku could bite his neck, grip his hips and fuck his brains out. He was quite surprised about how carnal his desire was, but it also could be the fact he hadn't had sex in months. He laid his head back on his pillow and sighed. Well, this damn thing wasn't gonna go away itself and he had to go to work at the retirement home. At first, he tried to think about his ex and the times they fucked anywhere and everywhere in his house, but it just wasn't cutting it. So, he shamefully thought about the pretty vamp to get himself off. He couldn't tell if he was imagining hate fucking him or lovemaking with him, but as long as it was him it was working. After he climaxed he realized he was going to go into work full well and knowing he jerked it off to his favorite resident's dad. He hid his face in his pillow and groaned, his embarrassment burned his cheeks. He decided vampire blood was not worth this type of trouble even if he was dying.

He walked to his shower and started to get ready for work. He scrubbed himself a bit more aggressively than usual, trying to get the sweat and desire he had for the undead creature off him. He would have to speak to Axel about the full properties of vampire blood so he could watch out for anymore undesirable side effects. Once out of the shower he dried himself, shaved his face, brushed his teeth, put on deodorant and blow dried his shoulder length, silver hair. In the mirror he noticed the bags under his eyes were gone. In fact, he felt completely rejuvenated, like he went off on a week vacation to somewhere he didn't have to lift a finger.

He brewed himself some coffee and lazily fingered through his Facebook feed while he waited for his toast to be ready. Every girl he went to highschool with and college was either pregnant, showing off their kids, engaged or got a new promotion. The guys he went to highschool and college with were about the same, even the gay ones. He couldn't say it wasn't normal he was twenty eight afterall. Everyone grew up, including him. He noticed one of his exes messaged him and he immediately blocked them. Riku wasn't exactly good at dating good men. If they had a good job they were either emotionally unstable or emotionally unavailable. If they were broke they were fun but were not ready to settle. He knew not all men were like this; just the men he picked were. Riku crowned himself the King of Bad Decisions. His toaster popped out his bread and he quickly added butter and sweetened cinnamon, a childhood favorite of his. He stuffed the toast into his mouth and washed out his now empty mug. He quickly finished getting ready for work and drove off in Axel's old car with Kida in tow. He was very thankful for Axel's help.

After clocking in he did his rounds. He greeted all of his residents, even the grumpy and forgetful ones. As he went down a narrow corridor, he noticed one particular resident doing something he hadn't seen in a long time. "Mrs. Fitzgerald, you're walking again!" He beamed. She was an old frail woman he had been taking care of for years. He hadn't seen he be able to walk in her walker for about a year. She looked up to him and smiled fondly. Riku walked up to her grinning ear to ear happy to see her improved health. She reached out a withered hand and touched his forearm. "You are such a good boy. Thank you for everything." Her old voice vibrated her whole being. "Make sure Mrs. Grimes takes all her pills today, she's been extra achy as of late." Her warm eyes beamed up at him.

"Who are you talking to?" A masculine voice interrupted their conversation.

Riku looked up and it was his coworker, Pence. He was looking at Riku bewildered.

Riku furrowed his brows in confusion. "What are you talking about? I'm talking to Mrs. Fitzgerald." He stated obviously.

It was Pence's turn to make a face at Riku. "Dude… what are you talking about? Didn't you hear;" he said slowly. "She died last night in her sleep."

Riku snapped his head where he was just talking to Mrs. Fitzgerald and she was gone like she was never there in the first place.

"Oh." Was all he could muster. It happened again. "Sorry." Was all he could say before walking off. He could feel Pence's eyes following him and he heard him mutter 'Someone forgot to take their meds today' under his breath.

There was one big problem Riku had that ruined a lot of his past relationships and jobs… Riku was a medium and it made his life a helluva lot more difficult than it needed to. He could see the dead for as long as he could remember but he knew better than to talk to them.. on purpose at least. He got bullied a lot when he was younger because he would openly talk to them at recess. But being bullied was the least scary thing about being a medium. It was the ghosts who died violently and brutally who scared him. Some of them would still be bloody and mutilated because they still weren't over how they died. There were certain parts of town he would avoid because lynchings occurred there years ago and the ghosts were rightfully still very upset. If they knew he could see them… they would haunt him doing everything they could to get his attention. Riku did everything he could to block them out of his mind. If he helped every ghost he came into contact with, he would never sleep.

Riku finally made it to Mrs. Grimes' room and let out a sigh of relief. She made his days better. He found her in her walking around in her room fixing it up and putting up new photos of her family. She was favoring her left leg over her right. She looked over to Riku in her doorway and smiled warmly. "Hey there, could you water my plants for me please?" he happily complied and started to spray her succulents.

He decided to talk about the elephant in the room. "I met your dad." he stated.

She didn't bother looking up from her task, but he could hear the grin on her face. "Didja now? I heard you got in a nasty car accident early yesterday morning; but it looks like you don't have a scratch on you."

"You were right." he said quietly. "If he didn't find me I would be dead." He paused for a moment before speaking again. "He said you sent him to keep an eye on me."

She was quiet for a moment and hugned up her last photo. "I was worried about you. You work so much and you seldom make time for sleep, or even time for yourself for that manner. You're always trying to take care of everyone else you forget to take care of yourself and you won't let anyone take care of you."

"I just didn't want to be a burden to anyone. I'm sorry I worried you." he was upset with himself that he became a burden on a man he didn't even know because he worried an old woman.

Without noticing it he felt a warm hand on his shoulder. She brushed away some hair off his cheek and tucked it behind his ear. "You look a lot healthier."

He smiled softly. " I'll try to take care of myself more." Which earned him a playful flick on his ear.

"You better! I'm too old for this stressful shit." She laughed. She interlocked her left arm with his right. "My joints are feeling a little stiff dear, walk me in the garden please."

"Of course." he escorted her out of her room to go to the beautifully flowered courtyard in the center of the building.

The garden in the center had gorgeous wisteria trees, flowering roses and hydrangea bushes against the walls of the building. Moonbeams swayed gently in the wind and kissed the walkway they traversed. The smell of flowers wafted in the air making Riku smile.

"Did you take your meds today Mrs. Grimes?" he asked, Mrs. Fitzgerald was back in his mind once again.

"I did. Goldie always made sure I took it. I was sad to hear about her passing this morning. At least she's not in pain anymore." it was like she knew he was thinking about his dead resident. But of course, she would be on a lot of people's minds today.

Mrs. Grimes started to talk about her great grandchildren and Riku's mind went back to the vampire who saved his life and his dream. When he thought about vampires beforehand, his heart would race from fear, now one of them had his heart pounding from desire and he didn't like it.

"Vampire blood is pretty potent isn't it?" she added. Was he saying what he was thinking out loud? He looked at her stunned. "Your face is red, dear." she added quickly. "Vampire blood in a human can cause some funny side effects. Like desire." Her own cheeks turned slightly pink. He wanted to hide in a hole. 'Yes, Mrs. Grimes I want to fuck your dad.' was what his lebido was screaming while banging pots and pans.

"That feeling will go away once the blood has run its course. It will take about three weeks though." she chuckled. Oh, great. He was gonna be like this for three goddamn weeks? Maybe he needed to find a fling so he could get all this spent up sexual energy out of his system. He wasn't ready to be a necrophiliac. Mrs. Grimes choked on laughter and tried to pass it off as a cough. It did not go unnoticed.

Author's Note: Hi! I've been working on this for a while and I'm so excited to tell you this story! I would love to hear some feedback from you guys, eventhough I make these purely for the self indulgence *snort*

Thanks for looking!