AN: Oh, what's this? A new chap? Yes.

Trying to get this story off the ground while keeping the chapters short.

Happy reading~ :D

I Don't Like This

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"Silver?"

"Burns but won't kill us. Jewelry with zinc and metal alloy is perfectly fine"

"Garlic?"

"Irritates our fangs which causes them to protrude but won't kill us"

"Religious relics?"

"Home décor"

"Huh…" Izuku leans back in his seat having been slouching forward to listen intently to Shouto explain a few misconceptions there were about vampires.

"Any other burning questions?" Shouto asks with an amused gleam in his eyes and nothing but adoration for the green-haired male in his tone.

"Honestly, you've got me stumped" Izuku confesses with a light chuckle as he pauses mid-chuckle to graze his fingers over the hidden puncture wounds on the right side of his neck.

"What is it?" Shouto slowly asks, seeing him stop as a new thought took over his curiosity.

Izuku surprised the teen vampire as he leaned forward again, half his body bent across the table separating them as his palms laid flat on the cool wooden surface. "Is it true you can compel someone?" he asks with a giddiness that surprises the dual-tone male as Izuku pressed their foreheads together, meshing his green with his boyfriend's white-red streaked hair.

"Yes, the elders call it 'spellbind'" Shouto licks his lips having caught the sound of the adrenaline rushing through Izuku's heated veins, "it's nothing more than being persuasive enough to convince someone to do your bidding but there's a limit to how many times you can use it on the same human before it becomes ineffective"

"'Ineffective'?"

"Depends on the person's will. Some have gone mad, others are called liars, and there's an even smaller percentage who simply grow immune to our charm"

"Have you ever used it on me?" Izuku wonders as he stares directly into Shouto's eyes. Their heterochromia beauty of dark gray and turquoise has always entranced him, forgetting he even has a noticeable burn scar on his left eye.

"Never" Shouto firmly tells him as he closes the gap between them with a kiss.

Pulling away, content with the answer he was given, Izuku quickly pecks Shouto one last time before flopping down again on his side of the table.

Shouto gives him a half-smile, amused by Izuku's ever curious mind seeing as how Ochako hasn't really provided much answers to said questions to the occult loving male. He picks up his glass filled with ice cold water to take a sip when he hears Izuku ask another question with a sparkle in his green eyes. "So, how about turning a human? How does vampire transformation work?"

Shouto nearly choked on his drink, not expecting such a heavy loaded question at noon. "It's a complicated process. The human has to be of strong will and wanting in order for it to even work"

"Okay so not so far off from my comic books" Izuku nods, "what else?"

"Only purebloods and elders can perform the ritual–" Shouto begins to explain as the shorter male scoots closer in the booth when they're interrupted by a loud groan.

"Why am I so pathetic?" Ochako drops herself into the booth seat next to Izuku and grabs his arm to wrap around herself to cover her flustered face.

"What's wrong, Lovebug?" Izuku softly chuckles as he leans down to kiss the top of her head.

"I hate Katsuki so much yet…" she starts mumbling when she furrows her head deeper into Izuku's side, "he says and does things that confuse me!" she muffles her yell as she shakes her head.

"What did Kacchan do now?" he carefully asks, knowing their relationship was a touchy subject.

Shouto remained quiet, not wanting to ask what his idiot cousin did now.

Ochako reluctantly crept away from her hiding hole to speak up, "he came by last night looking for my mom but my parents were away so he was about to leave when I grabbed him because the storm was freaking me out" she looks down at the wooden table as she deeply sighs, "he had the nerve to give me a lecture but then he gave me his jacket and I'm so mad at myself for not being able to fall asleep without wearing it"

"D'aww" Izuku awes.

"Don't start" Ochako warns.

"So, are you gonna keep his jacket?" he wonders out loud knowing he just activated the bomb.

"HECK NO!" Ochako shouts, jolting out of her seat.

Shouto silently gave her credit for not being bothered by the fact she caused a scene making the surrounding students eyes in the small café lock onto their table. The trio was currently spending their lunch break at a nearby café that was popular amongst Yuuei high school students that were allowed to leave the campus for their short break.

The taller male slipped out of their booth as Izuku frantically tugged Ochako back down, trying to calm her down from her outburst. It didn't take much effort or long for him to succeed as Ochako explained that she was just waiting for the perfect excuse in order to return what didn't belong to her.

Across the small café, Shouto patiently waited for his order, crossing his arms over his chest and chuckled with a shake of his head.

"What's so fuckin' funny?" Katsuki grumbles while sipping on a red tinted 'strawberry' milkshake – anyone staring would never suspect it as being a vanilla shake with blood mixed into it.

"You" Shouto simply says as he avoids eye contact.

"Fuck you, it's a public place. I can be wherever the fuck I want" the blond defends himself. It's not like he was spying on the trio to make sure his infuriating cousin was doing his part or that Ochako was okay after leaving her a sobbing mess the night before. He still felt extremely guilty about that and the fact that he had to keep playing the villain in her life in order to not disturb the fragile balance of things.

"Never said you couldn't" Shouto walks over to the counter when his order number was called. Thanking the employee, he took his tray filled with Izuku and Ochako's favorites.

Katsuki remained silent, still waiting on his order to be called out. "You got Ochako's order wrong" he speaks up a second later once he notices that the meat patty of her hamburger steak meal was too well done, "she likes things on the rare side, practically raw and bloody" he rolls his eyes, mumbling, "that weirdo…"

Shouto doesn't say a word, fighting back the urge to tease him about knowing such minor details about someone he wasn't supposedly in love with. "You'd think she was like us" he still had to comment on something.

He scoffs, "she wishes"

"Ah, by the way," Shouto grins, "you still owe me for this grand gesture I'm doing you by attempting to befriend her but I'm putting my payment on hold since tonight we're both being summoned"

"What the hell? To what?" Katsuki was instantly put on edge, never liking being summoned anywhere.

"The Todoroki estate," Shouto informs as he watches Katsuki's frown deepen.

He's never liked being forced to go to the Todoroki estate. Most of their conferences and business was conducted at the Bakugou's because his mother saw to it but whenever they had to move things to the other respected household – it always spelled trouble for the grumpy blond.

"The elder has awoken" Shouto flatly finishes, his own expression neutral.

"Ahh… shit" Katsuki mutters under his breath.

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Done! To be continued.

For anyone reading Singularity, I'm planning on finishing that story sometime this week!

Also getting started on a couple of one-shots if I can and of course updating this story again before updating Just Friends, Right?

You know the drill! Please R&R – it's greatly appreciated and I always get a kick out of reading your reviews/feedback. And again, please don't be afraid to – I can fluently read Spanish and partial French! Thankies~ :D