I needed something to do in my free time. This will (eventually) be 100 AxI ficlets themed after whatever song is playing on my iPod while I'm writing, with no duplicates. The story will either be themed after the song, have the song's lyrics interposed in the story, or have the characters quoting the lyrics, or any combination of the three. I am not doing this as a part of an "official" challenge. This is a personal challenge. There will be touches of AU and OOC-ness throughout the ficlets.

That said, I own nothing. No songs, no Hellsing, no nothing.

I have a red dress...

Enjoy!

03. "Red Dress" – Lovehatehero

I feel there's something here,
But I don't know.
My heart beats quicker, now…
Because of you.

Another elite social function, another night spent at a ball as Integra's date/bodyguard. Not that Alucard minded all that much. He enjoyed being near his master. The monster looked up as his master made her way down the stairs to where he waited at the door.

You're the girl with the red dress on,
You're the girl I've dreamed about.
Drifting away.
Woah.

Alucard had to admit, he had never seen his master in anything so… lovely before. True, she had worn dresses before, but the vampire found that none compared to the one she currently wore. It was a floor-length red dress with a halter tie around the neck and a dip that showed off a nice (in Alucard's opinion) amount of cleavage.

We're not alone, just you and me baby.
Take you home.
(Don't tell me you're not-)
I'm so in love with the thought of loving you, baby.
My heart beats quicker now.
My heart beats fast for you.

If Alucard were alive, he reckoned his heart rate would have quickened at an alarming rate at the sight of his master. At that moment, he had eyes only for her, a stunning vision in red.

You leave me speechless, and so afraid.
Being rejected by you means everything.

"Are you ready to go, Alucard?" asked Integra as she drew near to the door.

Alucard found himself momentarily incapable of speaking; he was mesmerized by the way Integra walked, the way the fabric of her dress was always smooth against her skin.

"Well, come on, then," she said somewhat impatiently as she walked past the staring Alucard.

You're the girl with the red dress on,
You're the girl I've dreamed about...
Drifting away.
Woah.
We're not alone, just you and me, baby.
Take you home.
(Don't tell me you're not)
I'm so in love with the thought of loving you, baby.
My heart beats quicker, now.
My heart beats fast for you.

In something of a trance, Alucard followed his master out the door and into the car. They said nothing on the way to the function, both lost in his or her own thoughts.

As was his duty, Alucard escorted Integra through the doors of the building in which the function was to take place. "You look lovely, Master," he commented as he left her to take his usual place on a far wall, where he would stay until told otherwise.

The barest hint of pink tinted Integra's cheeks at her servant's compliment. She took her place at one of the small round tables and waited for the event to start.

Drifting away, I dream of a day, I'm kissing the pain away.
Kissing the pain, I dream of a day I'm kissing the pain away.
(I'll kiss the pain away).
Kissing the pain, I dream of a day I'm kissing the pain away.
(I'll kiss the pain away).

This particular function turned out to be a very boring one. Integra probably would have fallen asleep if it weren't for her servant projecting into her mind multiple amusing ways to torture, maim, terrify, mentally scar, and/or kill the men who had flirted the hardest with her during the mingling bit of the function. More than once she had been forced to hide quiet giggles behind a napkin and a coughing fit. The man next to her had offered her a cough drop at one point.

Woah.
We're not alone, just you and me, baby.
Take you home.
(Don't tell me you're not)
I'm so in love with the thought of loving you, baby.
My heart beats quicker, now.
My heart beats fast for you.

As soon as the function ended, Integra immediately made for the door, mentally calling Alucard to her.

Obediently, the vampire came and escorted Integra out. He even opened the car door for her, much to the valet's chagrin. Alucard's hand lingered on Integra's for a moment longer than usual as he helped her into the car.

Integra noticed and a tiny smile lit her features.

Woah.
We're not alone, just you and me, baby.
Take you home.
(Don't tell me you're not)
I'm so in love with the thought of loving you, baby.
My heart beats quicker, now.
My heart beats fast for you.

As soon as they returned to the manor, the pair parted—Alucard headed for his dungeon and Integra for her room.

As he walked, for once, down to his dungeon, Alucard thought about how much he liked that red dress and how he would miss the sight of his master in it.

On a whim, the vampire phased up into Integra's room and situated himself in one of the shadows of her room. He arrived just in time to see his master untying the halter part of the dress from around her neck.

It was a lovely dress, but his master was even more beautiful, he decided.