-1Vamp -- Chapter 2
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"M-my… blood?" I could barely mutter out, and I had started to lean on the wall on the other side of the alley, weak from shock.
"Yes, your blood." he smirked.
"W-wait… I-if you really are… a…" I stuttered out.
"A vampire?" he finished.
"Y-yeah… I-if you really were one… why could you go into the sunlight?"
He chuckled. "Oh my… That myth." he said in such a way that he had obviously heard it before. "What a naïve concept! We do not fall beneath the suns rays. That way of thinking came about when one vampire was particularly susceptible to sunlight. We're not all like that." he stepped forward and placed a hand on the wall just above my shoulder.
A smirk spread across his face and he placed his mouth against my neck. I couldn't say anything from fear as I felt the fangs press on my skin. I was completely frozen against the wall as the pain split through me, in almost the same spot as before.
"Ah…" I just barely passed out, but a thought rushed through the darkness of my mind. It kept me holding onto consciousness, so I could ask him… "S-stop…! Stop it!"
He pulled away, liking his lips. "Yes?"
"What… What about the thing where… if you're bit by a vampire, you will become one?" I asked with a weak voice.
He stayed silent for a moment, and I began to fear the worst as he opened his mouth to talk.
"Well, that one…" he looked up at me, straight in the eyes again. "is true."
Fear ripped through my entire body. "Oh… Oh God…" I murmured as the world went black. "Oh God no…" was the last thing I remember saying before I blanked out.
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When I woke up, I was in my room again. Al was hovering over me and when he saw me wake, his eyes glowed.
"Ed!" he called in happiness and hugged me. "My God, Ed! Do you ever not get yourself into trouble! You make me worry too much!"
I hugged him back and apologized. Then I wondered… "Al… How did I get back last night?"
He detached from the hug. "Oh… He didn't tell me his name. He had black hair… He did say he's a co-worker of yours though! You should thank him."
"And what did he say happened to me?" I asked. There was probably a fierce look in my eyes, because Al looked taken aback.
"Er… He said you collapsed in the street… Ed, should we take you to a doctor? This is the second time."
I shook my head. "No. I'm just fine. It's not my fault." I mumbled.
"Than who's fault is it? Is someone attacking you in particular?!" he asked in concern.
"No Al. Don't worry about it. I assure you, I'm just fine." I looked up at the clock. "Good. I still have time before work… I won't be late." I sighed with relief and got out of the bed.
Al put his hands on my shoulders and gave me a determined look. "No. You collapsed for the second night in a row. I'm not going to let you work!"
"Al! Come on! I told you, I'm fine!" I argued.
"Ed, please!"
Then my eyes wandered as a feeling rushed though me. One I couldn't explain, and then I felt like there was a foreign object stuck on my upper row of teeth. My eyes wandered, and then focused on Al's neck. A kind of… I don't know. A kind of lust you could say. Then it struck me, right in the heart.
"What… What about the thing where… if you're bit by a vampire, you will become one?" I asked with a weak voice.
"Well, that one…" he looked up at me, straight in the eyes again. "is true."
I pushed him off and ran into the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind me. I couldn't do that… No… HELL NO! I can't do that to Al. I shouldn't have even thought about it. I know… I'll bite that bastard who gave me this. Give him pain!
I took a clean pair of clothes from the bathroom and hurried out of the house. I avoided Al as best as I could, but it didn't help that he followed me, asking what was wrong. I ran to the building in which I work.
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When the workday ended, I was so glad. I stood outside the building, waiting for that bastard to come out. I stood for twenty minutes, waiting. Just waiting…
Then finally, he came out and looked at me with surprise.
"Oh, hey Ed. Why are you still here?" he asked so serenely, like there wasn't a problem in the world.
I drug him into an alley, that same damned alley as the last two times.
"Hey! What's wrong Ed?" he asked.
"You damn well know what's wrong! Why the hell did I have the urge to bite my brother this morning?"
He just smiled.
"What the hell are you smiling at?" I growled.
"Oh Ed… Of course, we all want to suck blood. It's a natural feeling. A natural want to feed."
"Natural?! You're telling me I should just suck the life out of anybody?!"
"Well, not anybody necessarily." he looked out the alley across the street. "It all depends on taste."
"Taste?"
"Yup." his eyes followed a man who walked on the opposite side of the street. "That guy has an aura of distrustfulness. He won't go near anyone, living only close to those who can break his miles thick walls. Too bad that he's a nice guy and would die for a complete stranger if he had to."
"How…? How do you know that?"
"Just look at him. I can teach you the colors of auras later. On an off day when we don't work."
I looked over at the man who stopped for a second to stand under the cover of a buildings awning. The amazing thing was… colors flickered all around him. Colors of all kinds shining from his body like his own personal aurora borealis. It was beautiful, but I wondered if I would see this in every person now. I'd better stay away from large crowds if that's the case…
"That's… his aura?" I mumbled.
"Yes. He's not my type though." Roy said blandly.
"Your type? You're gay, aren't you…?" I replied just as bland.
"I mean blood type!"
I chuckled myself in such a long time, and then it just happened. I started laughing hysterically. Roy asked me why I was laughing, but I couldn't tell him. I'd try to speak, but it would just come out as laughter. I swear I've gone insane, or it's just gotten so stressful and confusing that I just needed to laugh. Chances are I would still hate Roy by the time I was done, but at the minute, I was too busy laughing my head off.
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A/N: Ah, I hope you all like! I don't like it myself… Particularly not the ending. BUT! I hope that the next chapter will be better. I would have written more to this, but it's already on the third page, so I'll stop the chapter. Byes!