"Did you learn anything?"
I looked up and shook my head. A sigh wrought itself from my throat and I put my face in my hand boredly. "How about you?"
Loki smirked then, his emeralde eyes dancing in the retreating light of the sun. "Actually, I did find somthing. Apparantly, there is this night club in town where goths hang out. Somone told me that there have been a few girls there lately who look like angels."
"Or like elvs." I muttered, standing from the park bench. The sun was about half way gone by now, and the more it disapeared over the horizion the more my body started to become alive.
I had been deathly bored in one of my classes today and had borrowed one of Mayura's books to keep myself busy. It was quite a coincedence that the book she gave me had been about "vampires". Reading it had both enlightened me to the stupidity of the human race and it intruiged me with the inquiry of why would they beleive this crap. They changed the spelling from vampyre to vampire. They said that we died in the sunlight but we really just become extremly weak and tiered. It had said that we die during day, we actually only die when we want to, like when I had went to sleep for all those years. It had said that holy items kill us, the only thing that truely kills us is our head being decapitated or our heart being taken out. Though, if the person weilding it had true faith, a cross could leave a nasty burn mark.
I knew for a fact that Loki had just such a scar on his right shoulder blade. He'd tried to take blood from a nun he had found attractive and she had seared him with her irksome cross. He'd never tried to take blood from another holy person after that.
"So, how was your first day of school?" Loki asked me as we made our way down the darkening side walk. He still wore that attention grabbing outfit he'd had on this morning but he now had a black trench coat on, swallowing his thin body in a sea of black.
I shrugged, not really wanting to tell him about my new human aqaintences. Knowing him, he'd probably hunt them down and drink them dry just to smite me. "Well, it was extremly boring, if thats what you mean."
"Did you make any new friends?" His voice sounded smug, as if he were assured that I hadent. That my personality, my appearance, my social skills had fended off any and all who had tried to aproach me.
". . . no."
The club was, indeed, a goth hang out. Masses of black moved to the music that thrummed loudly, making my insides tremble. Everyone was so dark, so mysterious, so - like me. Some were vampyres, others just wanted to be vampyres. I even saw a few who had their canines sharpened to be like fangs. For the first time, in a long time, I actually felt at peace. Like, this was where I belonged. My normal enviroment with just my own kind was dull and boring, and at school too much had been expected of me to act a certain way. But here, it was a mixture. The dead with the living. The light with the dark. Good intermingling with the bad. It was like a form of heaven for me, and it would definetly be the closest thing i'd get to those pearly gates.
I followed Loki through the crowds, focusing just my eye on him where the rest of my senses were locked on the music, on the people around me.
Walking
Waiting
Alone without a care.
Somone brushed up against me, a hand distinctly trailing down to grab my ass. The tight leather of my pants made the grope feel all the more bold and I turned my head in the direction my admirerer's hand had come from, though I did not know who had did it so I merely smiled my best at the blond girl with the red highlights in her hair. She smiled back and continued to dance with each and every person her body came into contact with.
Im hoping
And hating
The things that I cant bare.
I watched as Loki pressed his body tightly against a boy who had dark, cerulean blue hair to get past him. The contradicting materials of Loki's thin, loose shorts and the boys tight black jean pants brushed agaisnt each other almost silently as my creators rear brushed lightly over the humans groin. I shivered at how good that looked, the boy and Loki would look perfect together in bed. I was almost jealous.
Did you think it's cool to walk right up
To take my life and fuck it up
Well did you?
Well did you.
We finally made it out of the crowds enough that we werent surrounded on both sides and we could see the small area where tables sat with a few chairs here and there. One dark skinned man was drinking a bottle of alchohol, judging by the smell I got when we passed him, his mind already lost to drunkeness. A girl with short, bright pink hair that was pulled into pig tails was sticking a needle under her skin and injecting some sort of liquid into her system. This place was an orgy, not just the crowds but the entire building itself. It was all an orgy of sex, drugs, alchohol and bodys. Even now I was still feeling more and more at home.
I happened to look up at the place where Loki was leading us and I instantly felt my good mood drop into oblivion. At the table we were walking right at, sat a pair of siblings I hadnt seen in centurys and I hadnt really planned on seeing them ever again.
I see hell in your eyes
Taken in by surprise
Touching you makes me feel alive
Touching you makes me die inside.
Freya had long, pure blond hair that reached well past her waist, artfully curling in places around her face and shoulders. Her violet eyes matched my hair in a way, only my color was alot more fiery. Her eyes just looked like dead, cold amethyst jewls. She had a black lolita dress on that showed off the curves of her body but left enough to the imagination that a man would die to find out what lay underneath her clothes. She had been the first horrific encounter I had experianced as a vampyre and she would always remain the bringer of nightmares for me, most of the time, more so than Loki. She had locked me up in her bed chamber and had her way with me for almost five years and after, I have never really been as open to pchysical contact with a female.
Next to her was her brother Freyr. He had dark brown hair that was cut to his shoulders, and his bangs were parted to the side to slightly hide his left eyes, so one would naturally focus on the right one whenever you saw him. He wanted people to take in his ice blue eyes, one more so than the other, to create an air of mystery about him, to make him seem more dashing to the person. He wore an all black army uniform that looked like it had been made during the civil war. It suited his lean, muscular build but it also made him seem slightly aprehensive. He had been my freind for some time until he'd shown me his real nature and forced himseld on me. He'd done the same thing his sister had. Even now im still reluctant to get close to anyone as a result of their stupid games.
Walking
Waiting
Alone without a care
Im hoping
And hating
The things that I cant bare
Did you think it's cool to walk right up
To take my life and fuck it up
Well did you?
I HATE YOU!
I was snapped from my daze by the loud, war like cry the vocalist let out, my head spinning with everything. This couldnt be happening. They couldnt be here. Hadnt Odin said that everyone was to be assigned a seperate city to search for the elvs? What were they doing here? Had they come to have more "fun" with me?
I hadnt even noticed but i'd stopped walking when i'd seen them, and Loki was now giving me an annoyed look. "Whats wrong Heimdall? Why have you stopped?" I couldnt beleive what I was hearing. He was actually asking me why I was reluctant to go near those two! He knew that my psyche had been bruised beyond repair from what those two had done to me. He'd been the one who had given me to Freya in the first place!
After a moment of hesitation I shook my head, deciding that if they disobeyed Odin they would be punished so they wouldnt try anything with me. That was my rationalzation and it was what gave me the courage to step towards the table Loki was standing beside and where the two other vampyres sat. "Nothing master Loki. Something just caught my attention is all. I apologize." Hey, my voice even managed to come out mutual. Points for me!
I see hell in your eyes
Taken in by surprise
Touching you makes me feel alive
Touching you makes me die inside
I tried sitting as far from Freyr as I could but he scooted his chair closer to mine and put his hand on my shoulder. With the weight of his hand settling on me I could feel someting inside of me slowing down and ,finally, dying out. I felt like I was going to explode. What was I suppost to do?
"Hey, Heimdall, it's been a while. Sleep well?" He asked in a chummy sort of way, as if I wasnt ready to faint this very moment. Or knock his head off his shoulders. Which ever came first.
I've slept so long without you
It's tearing me apart to
How'd you get this far
Playing games with this old heart
I've killed a million pansy cells
But I couldnt kill you
"Yah," I muttered, staying as still as I could. I heard a little squeel and out of the corner of my eye I saw Freya hugging Loki, so his face was pressed between her breasts. He didnt complain obviously, and instead returned the hug, using his hold on her to push his face further into the cavern of her bossom. I felt even more sick now. Loki and her have been on and off lovers for centurys now and at one time she even told people that she was actually inlove with him, but no one beleived her. Who would? A vampyre in love, the thought was absurd, and in return she grew bitter and cold to most people. The only people she opened up to being Freyr, Loki and ,sometimes, Odin.
I've slept so long without you
"So, I geuss we're all here because we heard about the rumor of some angelic like beings around here?" Loki mused, pulling away from Freya with a smirk on his lips. Freyr nodded, finally taking his arm off of me. I resisted the urge to wipe my shoulder off, and instead I watched the crowd. They were still moving like nothing mattered in the world, like I wished I could still be feeling like right now.
"Have you seen anything resembling our target?" Freyr asked, leaning on his elbows against the table. It almost startled me at how serious he was being but I refused to look at him. I wasnt even going to talk to him. I even stoped drawing air into my lungs just so I could not breath the same air as him. None of us vampyres needed to breath out of nescesity, but alot of us did just because we could.
"No. I take it you havnt either if your asking." Loki replied fiddling with the safety pin in his ear. "I havnt sensed anything unusual either." He closed his eyes for a moment then began speaking again. "There are fifteen vampyres in this building, not including our selfs. There are three werewolfs and twenty witches. The rest are all human. No elfs here." He reopened his eyes, focusing on Freya with a look that would make any human female swoon. "Why are you here? I sensed you two as soon as we entered the building."
"The same as you. We heard the rumor and, techniqually, this club is right on the border of both our assigned cities, so theres no penalty here." Replied Freya, smiling at Loki with the smile that she reserved only for him. No one else could get her to smile like that, no matter how hard they tried. I started to beleive that she really was in love with him, but i'd never admit it aloud. I'd never give her the satisfaction of that.
"Freyr wants to know why Hemu is being so quiet." said Freyr, leaning over towards me again. His annoying habbit of speaking about himself in third person irked me at that moment like it never had before. I needed an excuse to get away from here. I couldnt take it. Something bad was going to happen, I knew it!
I stood then, my chair sliding against the floor loudly. "Im just hungry is all. I havent eaten all day. Im going to go find somone to drain." I didnt wait for Loki to give me permission. I didnt wait for Freya to object to my leaving. I didnt wait for Freyr to offer to come with me. I merely disapeared into the crowd as fast as I could, hoping and praying that none of them followed me. This time through the moving mass of flesh didnt feel as secure as the first time had. Pushing my way, I made it out of the crowd and threw myself against the door, stumbling out into the warm night air.
I looked up to see where I could go. There was always the option of going back to the house, but that place didnt feel terribly safe. I could, I suppose, try to find a willing donar and stay with them tonight, that way i'd get both a meal of fresh blood and a place to stay. But I didnt know if I could just trust anyone like that. I didnt trust more then half of the people around me as it was, why on earth would I trust a total stranger? I finally decided to take a walk through the park, to try to calm myself a little and maybe then i'd think about finding a meal.
The trees were just reaching their prime and the soft moon light from above made the leaves seem other wordly. Some of the greens looked black, where others looked blue and purple. My keen senses could both smell and hear the woodland animals going about their night, some living to see dawn others falling to the life taking hands of the darkness. I heard a bat flutter from over head and my mind back tracked to the book i'd read earlyer that day.
It had said that Vampyres turn into bats to get around. That statement had made laugh and grimace at the same time. The thought of me turning into a bat. I could see it now. The only bat flying around with violet fur and one red-brown eye. Oh yeah, that was totally plausiable. Come on now people. Use your brains. How could anything thats supposed to be dead change into a little flying rodent like creature when the two are not related in anyway except that we are both night walkers and some species of bat take blood to survive. Having a bat as an animal to call and control perhaps, but no transforming and, flap,flap, there I go in the moonlight.
The thought was so absurd that it made chuckle slightly. Then I heard a small crash followed by a cursing voice. It took me a moment but I recognized the voice and I started my way towards the area where I knew it had come from.
Sure enough, there on the ground picking up some fallen grocries was Narugami. He was wearing a red tee-shirt and a pair of blue jeans, plus a pair of old battered shoes that looked like they were half falling off his feet where he stood. As I emerged from the brush, he looked up and his frown turned upside down. Literally. His mouth went from facing down to up, nothing else changing but the direction. That was strange. I dont think i'd ever seen a human- or a vampyre!- do that before.
"Hey, Heimdall! Strange seeing you out here! What are you doing outside so late, going to one of those goth clubs?" He chuckled slightly as if there were somesort of joke but no matter how I looked at it, I did not see one.
"Uh, sort of, I geuss. My brother dragged me to one, but I left." Narugami nodded and bent back over to finish picking up the rest of the store bought food and before I realized what I was doing, I had knelt down beside him and was helping him. He watched me for a moment, as if surprised by my actions then he grinned.
"You know, your actually a really good guy Heimdall."
I looked at him with a side glance then back at the few remaining food items that I conitnued to sweep up into my arms. "Really? Your probably the only person whose ever said that and meant it." I muttered, though he somehow heard it. I must have gotten so used to dealing with vampyre hearing skills that I didnt really realize how loud or quiet I was actually speaking.
"I dont think I beleive that." Then he held one of the bags out towards me, open to show that there were only a few things inside. "Go ahead and put those in here. Thanks for the help." I nodded and started to deposite the items into the bag. When they were all inside I took the bag from Narugami, having to nearly rip it out of his hand as he would not let it go for one reason or another, then I stood. He followed suit. "I can carry it, y'know. Im not some dainty girl you can just carry their grocries for and they'll sleep with you."
I stared up at him for a moment then I smiled. Truely smiled. It had been centurys sinse i'd actually smiled. "Oh, so are you one of those strong willed girls who I have to beat somone up to impress and then you'll sleep with me?" His face turned red, and he couldnt seem to think of anything to say so I continued on. "Or should I just bend you over a bench and have at you right now, by force?" For a moment I thought for sure he was going to faint judging by how red his face was, then, much to my surprise, he actually gave a tactfull responce to my teasing.
"Force is all well and good, but only after we've established some boundries and a safe word."He smiled broadly at that, face still slightly flushed but he seemed to be getting used to my joking. "My safe word is negi ramen!"
I felt my mind shut down at that statement. It took a second or two to get it up and going again but I managed. "Well then mine is, fried chicken." He busrt into a fit of laughter at that and I didnt really see why, though my statement had, had its affect. I'd wanted to see him laugh like he was now because when he did he looked like a carefree angel. Though how fried chicken was any more amusing or absurd than negi ramen I had no idea.
Narugami slung his arm over my shoulder and started to lead me down the path that lead to the entrance/exit of the park. Small snickers still escaped him now and then, but he had it under control, more or less. "You really are funny. We should hang out more often. It would be alot of fun if we could become best buds."
I nodded, leaning into his warmth just a milimeter of an inch. If he noticed he might freak out. I think he's still confused about his sexuality though he's starting to get more comfortable with the idea and scarring him off now would ruin any and all aspirations of creating a future drag queen.
Just the thought of Narugami in a dress made me laugh, a small light sound as it had been years and years since i'd last had a reason to, but it was still a laugh. I looked up at him, my laughter rocking my body slightly. "Alright. I'd like that alot Narugami."
He nodded, the blush starting to creep back onto his cheecks. "So, uh, why did you decide to help me out? You look like the kind of person who would just shrug somone in distress off and say its their own damn fault."
My laughter returned slightly at how blunt he was and I gave a small shrug. "I told you i'd repay you didnt I? For helping me find a place to sit at lunch. It is night time and we are alone so I didnt lie now did I?"
No, i'd never lie to this boy. Something about him just wouldnt let me.