Vampire Passion?
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Vampire's Theory
3
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Juvia and Gray walked on the streets, going to the nearest fast-food restaurant which was just around the corner of her block. It feels weird, the blunette thought as she stole glances to the 'vampire' beside her. She once thought that vampires were simply people told their kids to so they would sleep faster, like the monsters under the bed.
Trust her, she wasn't the believing type either, albeit she did have some politeness not to say it on his delusional face.
"So you're a vampire?" Juvia examined the raven-haired man beside her. He didn't look one bit like the mythical creature he claimed. He was normal, too normal even. But Juvia kept her lead pencil just in case.
"Yes." Not sparing a glance at the guarded up girl next to him, who just moved a step away from him.
"It's just not funny, you know. I'm told to be careful, and here you are, a bundle of mysteries and unknown stories." The blue-haired girl muttered with a titled head. A cute frown adorned her clean face. Gray almost gulped from hunger. "Is this a joke or something? You don't seem like a blood-drinking being after all."
At that, the self-proclaimed vampire touched her neck with his cold, cold fingers, gaining a shocked shiver from the girl. He proceeded to hug her—OMG what'shedoing?! If he so much as to touch my eyelash I swear—and slowly, calmly, brought her into a back alley, where no one could see his incoming violence. Juvia, who couldn't manage a proper thought, felt like draped in ice.
They stayed embracing each other like that too long for Gray's liking and the health of Juvia's heart. And then the vampire whispered to her left ear, almost without a voice at all, "It'd be better if it was a joke."
Then he let her go.
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Gray looked in confusion at the brightly lit board. Was this a menu? What was he supposed to pick? They all look the same in a frustrating way!
The fast-food restaurant worker looked pointedly at him since he had taken almost seven minutes just to choose which deal he wanted to eat. Both Gray and Juvia became more and more conscious of the line behind them, muttering impatient snarls at the couple. The blue-haired girl eyed the helpless Gray as she sighed. "He'll have the same as me."
Gray couldn't be more thankful for breaking into her house.
As they wait for the meal to be prepared, it falls upon him that the people here do not wear those swelling frilly dresses. They actually look like what Homo sapiens should look, not like inverted mushrooms in the medieval times. The self-proclaimed vampire brings this up when Juvia finally finds a place to sit, "Where's your corset?"
Pulling out the food from her mouth—yuck!—she lifts an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"
"Women use them even they sleep, don't they?" He voices, half distracted by the scent of meat from his burger. He takes a casual bite, and visibly paled. She doesn't ask whether he's okay or not—who hates burgers?
"I'm not cosplaying in 2k17, okay, Mr. Vamps?" The human rolls her eyes and swallows the delicious meal. A frown appears on her face as she watches the man in front of her puts away everything except the ham. "What is the matter?"
I'm a carnivore by nature so bread and lettuce can go eat each other. "Nothing…" The raven-haired man replied absentmindedly before mumbling to himself. "The changing era sure is interesting if you time-leap."
Juvia hurriedly chews her last bite and freezes to think in an obvious panic. He's a time-leaping vampire? This is too much to take. What if after this he whistles in a sonar voice to call his friends and eat her neighbors alive while forcing her to watch it? No! The blue-haired girl eyes the man with narrowed eyes. If this man is truly a vampire, he would be sparkly under lights, right?
As if in a slow motion, the Lockser girl takes out her phone, turns on the flashlight feature, and points the blinding light at the suspect in front of her. "Gotcha!"
Gray, with no visible difference than before, stared confusedly at her. "What is the matter?"
Huh? No sparks? No burns? Juvia snorts to herself. "What, you're just joking after all!" Laughter escapes her small mouth. People turns their heads at her to see what is so funny, but a young raven-haired man eating a hamburger isn't very fulfilling. Gray notices the kind of disappointed staring and takes Juvia's hand, dragging her laughing body outside. "Can't believe I was scared for nothing!" If any, her hoot increases by triple as she almost hits a nearby fence.
Confusion is choking him but so are nostalgic feelings. It's been a while since someone has laughed with him. Although on further observation, this tiny little human is actually laughing at him. Heh, funny. "So, Mr. Lockser, were you trying to find out what would happen if I were to be under light?"
This manages to almost completely stop the girl's laughter. "Yes!" High-pitched.
"It drains our energy." He says, holding to her bag for was it not for him, she would have forgotten her precious bag. "It's fine for a while, but too long bathed in sunlight will make us sleepy. It's quite a dangerous condition, you see, since we don't have enough power to even blink. My brother nearly died a vain death when he couldn't bear the sleepiness and decided to take a rest in the middle of a grass field for five hours."
Juvia listened closely, thinking it all as a hoax, but since she's a civilized woman, she does not interrupt nor point out his lies straight out. For now, she'll cope with his cute lies and pretend to be taken in by it. She'll turn the table when the meeting comes. "What happened next?"
Gray half-smiled. Thump. "He's fine. My sister and I found him and took him home. We did not treat him though, he had to deal with it himself."
Juvia smiled with rosy cheeks. He's very excited when talking about his family, eh. "Are your brother and sister vampires, too?" She joined the theater club in high school, she got acting on her palms.
The non-humans paused, he then swallowed the rest of the ham in a single gulp before giving the bread, lettuce, and onion to the girl in front of him. Juvia was confused, but she took it anyway because it'd be such a waste if thrown away. She also wouldn't admit that her question may have crossed the line, so she steered the light.
"I have a brother, too." Well, not really, but it's a story of another time. "His name is Gajeel. He proclaims he's a badass." The female rolled her eyes. However, Juvia was surprised when Gray glared. What? What did she say wrong again, this time?!
"What is a badass?" He asked sheepishly. Turned out he was just clueless about what a badass was, that sure put her in a total alert mode.
He's so… ignorant. Juvia might think that he was a better actor than her.
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Ah sha. Webtoon sucked me in. Anyone reads Webtoon?
Anyway, thank you for your support!
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11/20/2018 ~NollyLvn