Title: Blood of the Snake, a Get Backers fanfic
By: retroelectric
Warnings: Mature Themes, Vampirism, Horror/Supernatural, Strong Language, Yaoi, Alternate Universe
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Get Backers. This is a Get Backers fan fiction, ideas purely fan-made speculations based off the relationship between the Get Backers duo and infused with several elements inspired – and not stolen off the Vampire Chronicles Universe by Anne Rice. It is also important to note that this does not contain ANY of her characters, thus this is strictly NOT a Vampire Chronicles/Get Backers crossover. In this way I do not breach any of Anne Rice's policies regarding fan fiction on her work.
Chapter 24
Ban saw that Cadmus's eyes were positively glinting with concealed anger when Ban steeled himself to look at him. He turned his head away, gulping slightly and thinking of what the vampire was capable of doing to him if that irrepressible anger was unleashed onto him.
He then turned to look at Ginji in the eye, intent on ushering his blond partner into their room if it could ensure some safety against the vampire's anger. Ban knew deep inside, however – that if he was hiding away from Cadmus, the vampire could easily break down the door if he was angry enough, but nothing of that scale would happen in front of Ginji. If things grew desperate he could always rely on his superior magic to ensure his safety…
With that thought, he tugged onto Ginji's wrist and offered a sincere smile to him, masking his true emotions and then gesturing to the room. Ginji returned his smile and let himself be pulled along, following Ban's lead.
"Ban-chan? What about Cadmus-san?" Ginji asked, before Ban closed the door behind them.
Ban's eyes glanced to the locked door momentarily and then turned to face Ginji with a soft smile on his face. "Well there's nothing wrong with me wanting to spend more time with you, after all, is there?"
Ginji blushed slightly and rubbed at his eyes tiredly, blinking several times as he directed his gaze to Ban's again.
"Are you tired?" Ban asked, raising an eyebrow. "Because if you are, you can go to sleep, you know."
"Will you stay with me, Ban-chan?" His voice was hopeful.
"Of course I will," Ban murmured, affectionately ruffling his blond hair. Ginji smiled again, and climbed onto the bed with a child-like motion. When he was settled in, he looked at Ban questioningly when he saw the dark-haired male still standing and not resting himself beside him. Ban noticed the look, and he shook his head out of the reverie he was in, settling himself next to Ginji's warm body.
He felt Ginji's arms instinctively curl around his slender waist. He sighed, feeling guilty, and hoped the emotion wouldn't show on his face. Ginji buried his face in Ban's neck, and the Jagan Master was glad for the darkness in the room, for that Ginji wouldn't be able to see the bruise on his neck left by Shido.
"Ban-chan?"
Ginji's voice sounded after several moments and it had a hesitant, muffled quality to it. Ban's upper lip twitched impatiently for a moment and then he answered with a short groan. Ginji took that for an admission for him to continue, and he did.
"Ban-chan… before I go to sleep, c-can you kiss me?"
Ban was startled and was about to meet Ginji's eyes incredulously, when he remembered the darkness in the room. Ban was about to reply to Ginji, but he decided to lean forward and plant his lips softly on Ginji's as a silent form of answer to his partner. He knew that the reason why Ginji asked him to kiss him was that he wanted to remember this moment, freeze and capture it into his brain should he ever revert back to Raitei; and if he wanted to fight off his other half attempt to emerge, he could use those memories and be strong. For himself, and for Ban and Cadmus. Ban kissed Ginji again tenderly.
"Now go to sleep, eel," Ban whispered.
He could almost feel Ginji smile and Ban relaxed. He curled his arm loosely around Ginji. After several moments Ban heard soft snores coming from Ginji. The hold his blond partner had on him had loosened, and Ban was glad for it since he felt like he couldn't sleep. His frantic thoughts made him feel strangely infuriated – why couldn't he stop thinking, just for once?
Carefully removing his limbs from around his body, Ban slipped out of the room silently and proceeded to enter the spare bedroom, where he could use the bathroom and wash himself in peace. He hoped that Cadmus had gone out to feed or something, he felt like he couldn't face Cadmus again lest he break down and sob in front of the vampire.
Ban closed the bathroom door behind him after removing his clothes and throwing his bloody bandage away. He turned the shower on, sighing softly as warm water soothed his tense muscles. He didn't notice the water turning pink from blood, he simply closed his eyes and let his wet long spikes plaster across his head.
A familiar cold arm suddenly wound itself around his waist and Ban gasped at the iciness of it. He tensed again, just waiting for Cadmus to lash out at him, bite him at his jugular, feel the sharp sting of his fangs tearing into his muscle, anything… but he didn't expect Cadmus's sad, accented voice to whisper softly in his ear.
"You're injured. You never told me you were injured; you never tell me anything."
Ban wriggled uncomfortably in Cadmus's light grip and felt, to his surprise that Cadmus was in a similar state of undress. Then he remembered Cadmus's melancholy statement, and turned his body around to face Cadmus, meeting his eyes with an expression of vulnerability. He could see Cadmus hesitate upon seeing the look in his blue eyes.
"Then what do you want to know?" Ban asked.
"I want to know a lot of things. I may be centuries old, but because I've never actually been so close to a human being I still don't know how their minds work. So forgive me. I want to know why you never say that you love me or Ginji, I want to know why you're so elusive… and I want to know why you let Shido possess your body. I want to know if you want me because of my powers or because you really like me. I want to know." He said, with a bitter tone to his voice.
Ban watched distracted as water travelled down from Cadmus's long wet hair down his marble-like chest slowly. Cadmus saw this, and cupped Ban's cheek, making him look at him again.
"Not everyone likes the truth. It's the same for all creatures, Cadmus." Ban said, avoiding his point.
"If you can't speak the truth to me, then can you apologise?"
Ban gave a short laugh, meeting Cadmus's eyes cockily. "Ha! Me, apologise? For what?"
"You hurt me when you stepped into the café with that man's scent all over you. I felt as though you had ripped away a piece of my heart… and you know this is something I have never for so long. So, apologise for hurting me." Cadmus whispered, backing Ban into the bathroom wall. The back of his throat ached strangely, an unprecedented feeling threatened to unhinge him.
"I don't have to apologise for something I had to do!" Ban snarled.
"Why do you keep saying it was something you had to do?"
"Because… because I-" Ban faltered, then fell silent. He stared at the bathroom tile behind Cadmus, defiantly not meeting his eyes.
"You are really, very proud, cherub. I've always liked that in you… but pride doesn't bring you anything unless you apologise. Tell me, what it is that you want me to give you? The both of us know that answer." Cadmus licked the skin of Ban's neck, where the blond vampire had marked him before months ago. The scar hadn't faded away. "I can even taste it on your skin." He whispered again, harshly.
Ban gasped, arching into Cadmus's cold touch. "I… I want immortality…"
"You want immortality."
"Yes…" Ban hissed.
"And I can give it to you right now…" A hand stroked his neck again.
"Yes." He said again.
"How much do you want it?"
"I want it so much – no, I need it!"
"Then you have to apologise to me before getting what you want!"
"I won't!" Ban said defiantly. He saw Cadmus bristle, and his hand moved close to his face, but the slap he'd been expecting never came. Ban was utterly confused. Cadmus turned off the shower and in a forceful, sudden movement had shoved Ban into the large bed, the dark-haired male wincing because of the wound on his leg.
Cadmus was on top of his body, his light damp hair falling into his eyes and brushing Ban's face. His eyes were a haunted violet. The Jagan Master expected something negative to happen, and closed his eyes tightly. If Cadmus wanted to kill him now, Ginji would know. His hands were grasped strongly by Cadmus's grip, and the next thing he knew was that his hands were bound tightly together by a rope.
Ban opened his blue eyes, blazing with anger that the blond vampire had the audacity to do this to him. "You damned bloodsucker, Cadmus!" he shouted angrily, certain that Ginji would hear and burst into the room to witness this. He writhed, trashed about fiercely, but he was unable to tear the rope even with his strength.
Cadmus's face was impassive as he stared at him. "What's the meaning of this?!" Ban yelled furiously, feeling a tinge of hate and unwanted fear seep into him.
"You can't tear this rope because it's made out of my hair; even with your strength."
Ban stopped for a moment, realisation dawning in upon him as he recounted a fact from the stolen Talamascan book from his old library in Germany. He'd read about the strength of a vampire's hair before, and he disliked where the situation was heading at.
"You fucker! Untie me this instant!"
"I will do anything you say if you apologise to me."
"Apologise? Ha!" Ban snorted, although he knew he was driving him even deeper into the situation he didn't want. "I didn't do anything wrong, if you've noticed!"
"I thought you'd say something like that." Cadmus sighed, wistfully. "I hoped you'd been more agreeable, but I suppose I've been wrong in that area. You're still so proud."
"Oh, and this is the first time you've noticed this," Ban snorted sarcastically. "If I'm not mistaken, being proud is one of the things I'm good at, so sue me."
Cadmus looked to be clearly annoyed. "Ban! Apologise this instant!"
"No, I won't! I don't care!"
Cadmus frowned, looking at Ban threateningly, challengingly. "What did you say?"
"I don't care!" Ban shouted, furious.
"There you go. You've just hurt me again, you and your foolish stubbornness. I think you deserve a punishment." Cadmus said, eyes glinting with the same anger again. "You've betrayed my trust in you."
"I didn't! Fuck this!" Ban lost his patience and writhed angrily under Cadmus. He tugged forcefully at his bonds but they didn't budge. "Untie me, you bloodsucker!" He spat.
Ban could feel his skin tearing when he tugged forcefully at the unyielding restraints again. A thin stream of blood trickled down his wrists, and he saw Cadmus moving forward and licked at the blood, his tongue darting out of his mouth. Ban felt enraged at the gesture and snarled, baring his teeth.
"I might try using another way to make you apologise, then."
Ban was about to question him of his statement when all of a sudden Cadmus's lips were ravaging his. Ban moaned softly as he finally yielded to Cadmus's advances, letting the blond vampire explore the whole of his mouth. The sensations were sublime, and what Cadmus was doing to him felt so good that he forgot he was bound at the mercy of Cadmus.
Cadmus had moved away from Ban's mouth and was sucking lightly on a hotspot on the side of his neck. Ban moaned, feeling the stirrings of his organ and bucked his hips up for contact.
Cadmus obliged him and Ban moaned again as the vampire started sucking on Ban's nipples, lightly scraping the nubs with his fang. Ban made an impatient growl when Cadmus stopped the contact on his organ, and Cadmus spoke again.
"Are you ready to oblige me, and apologise?"
Ban looked up, his pale skin flushed and his expression desperate and defiant at the same time. "What? No. Don't stop now…"
Ban cried out in pain as Cadmus sunk his fangs into his neck, but not deep enough to make him bleed too much, and make him too weak. "Fuck!" he cried out, angered. "Don't fucking bite me there, you bastard!"
His neck was now throbbing with pain, and coupled with the wound in his leg, his whole body now ached. It was beginning to feel unbearable for Ban. "You know the way out, cherub." Cadmus licked the blood from his neck. "Mm. Your blood is so sweet."
"You're despicable!" Ban said, his body trembling with pain, shame and anger.
"Both of us are. Let's be despicable together." Cadmus said, his hand moving to caress Ban's erection. "See? You're even harder than before I bit you."
Cadmus saw that the wound on Ban's leg was bleeding once more and he forcefully turned Ban over. Ban growled and threatened Cadmus with several things, but it all fell on deaf ears as he examined the wound. It looked disgusting, and Cadmus didn't want the wound to scar Ban's body. Make his beautiful body flawless again.
Cadmus bit his tongue with a fang and tasted his own blood in his mouth before he let his blood drip onto the wound. Ban gasped in surprise – it felt oddly good, a mish-mash of pain and excitement surging through his body, and he could feel the pain and numbness in his leg dissipating away, only to be replaced with a dizzying pleasure.
He knew that Cadmus was healing his wound but he didn't know why. Ban figured that the vampire wanted him to suffer until he apologised, but it seemed that he was wrong.
"Why?" he croaked.
"I don't want you to be marked by anyone else, other than me."
Ban let out a laugh, getting his implication. "You're so selfish, Cadmus."
"Are you ready to say you're sorry now?"
"No…" Ban said breathily. His erection was painfully hard now, and if Cadmus didn't do something soon he was going to burst. He wasn't objected to the position he was in, but he needed Cadmus's touch so much. He wanted completion!
Ban moaned blissfully when Cadmus's mouth engulfed his straining length, skilfully licking his sensitive skin there. His mind was fogged with pleasure and all he could think about was – how was this pleasure-laden moment supposed to be punishment? Cadmus's lips left his erection, leaving him hanging.
"Please," he moaned needily, getting desperate.
"If you want to come, say you're sorry."
Ban shook his head, unable to say anything more. Lips suddenly came crashing onto his again, and Ban responded with equal fervour, uncaring for the sounds he made. The kiss coupled with Cadmus's touch on his erection rendered him breathless, and his head felt light with pleasure.
"Are you sorry?" Cadmus whispered, getting breathless himself. "Yes?" He kept stroking him lightly and so teasingly, that Ban bit down on his lip forcefully to keep himself from begging Cadmus to fill him. He was desperate but he wasn't that desperate.
I'm not going to say I'm sorry, Ban thought frantically to himself. Cadmus engulfed his erection deep in his mouth again, and Ban's eyes teared up from the overwhelming sensations. He bit his bottom lip hard, feeling the tender flesh give away and then tasted coppery tang of his own blood. His hands clenched and unclenched in his binds.
Cadmus's mouth left his erection again and he hissed. "Say it!"
"Please!" Ban moaned desperately, hips bucking in the air.
Cadmus was intent on making his dark-haired lover apologise. He knew Ban was close. Cadmus plunged his fingers deep into him, causing him to moan and write beneath him. A haze of lust slid over his eyes, and he bucked his hips wordlessly for more.
Ban was still loose from his stolen moment with Shido, Cadmus noticed. Without warning, he buried his unaroused organ deep in Ban.
Ban let out a short scream as pain filled his body. He wanted to swear and curse at Cadmus but that wouldn't make Cadmus budge. Cadmus started rocking in and out of him languidly, and Ban panted as the pain gradually turned into pleasure.
"Are you sorry?" The vampire panted in his ear.
Ban couldn't answer. He let out another short scream as Cadmus pushed himself deeper, and the head of his erection hit a spot deep inside him. He gasped loudly, his legs beginning to feel numb. The pleasure was too overwhelming and he felt like he could die of this.
Cadmus growled when Ban didn't answer and bit down on his own tongue again. He smothered Ban's lips, and Ban returned the kiss hungrily, unable to control his body. He couldn't continue meeting Cadmus's forceful thrusts as pleasure he'd never felt before overtook his body. He screamed.
"Say it!" Cadmus repeated, forcefully. He saw the glazed-over look in Ban's eyes and the tears of pleasure as the blood filled his system.
Ban came, and Cadmus thought that he made an ethereal picture with his pale, flushed skin, wild dark hair and bloodied lips and neck.
"Yes, yes…" Ban screamed, riding out the waves of his orgasm and not realising what he was saying. The last thing he knew was that Cadmus was kissing him again, and blackness overtook his being.
A/N: Apologies for the wait, I'm going to revise this chapter later since it's like 5 am in the morning and I'm not very satisfied with this draft (something lacking in it) and my eyes are killing me and I'm so very delirious right now. School sucks, kinda, since it leaves me so drained of words. This is the first time I've tried writing chapter 24 in nearly 2 TIRING weeks and I wrote it in one go and I should stop typing right now.