Happy New Year!
There are a few answers in this chapter. More coming soon.
Kurt and Blaine will fall in love with each other. Something will happen that changes everything.
Warnin: violence, minor character death and the usual creepiness
The hunger was killing him. It had been weeks since he had caught and killed that human girl and he hadn't left the manor since then. Blaine had no idea why he kept hurting himself instead of getting out to take somebody again. Or there was as even easier slution, he could just grab Kurt who was right in front of him and kill him, quickly and quietly.
"You're doing this again."
Blaine looked at Kurt with a raised eyebrow. They were in the library this time, Blaine had ordered Cooper to serve his breakfast here – grapes that Kurt had to peel for the man. Kurt had been reluctant at first, of course, he had run to the door but Blaine had caught him easily and with some magic, he had forced Kurt to kneel in front of him and feed him.
Blaine snapped his fingers and watched as Kurt held up another piece of fruit. He smiled as he leaned down to take it into his mouth, making sure he licked Kurt's fingers in the process. The boy grimanced in disgust and turned away.
"Doing what, honey?" Blaine asked and motioned Kurt to peel another grape.
"You look at me as if you wanted to eat me instead of the grapes" Kurt answered.
"Hm" Blaine hummed. "You would love it, don't you?"
"Believe it or not, you're not that appealing" Kurt answered.
"I am" Blaine said and forced Kurt to lean forward. "You would like me to put something else into my mouth instead of fruit, don't you?"
"You're disgusting" Kurt snarled.
"There's no need to deny it. We can be quiet. Nobody would know about it, not even the old man id that's what you're afraid of" Blaine said.
"I would kill myself first" Kurt replied.
"It's just matter of time and you will come to me, begging to make you feel good" Blaine smiled.
"Are you done with your breakfast?" Kurt asked, annoyed. "I would like to wash my hands before they start rotting from your saliva."
Blaine threw his head back and laughed. Kurt was really amusing and he liked listening to his harsh words.
"You can go now" he said and let Kurt go. "But we're going to spend the evening together."
"Of course" Kurt said through gritted teeth and left the room, slamming the door behind him.
~ o ~
Something had changed in the past few days. The deads of the house were reckless, they kept bothering Blaine during days and nights, not giving him a second of silence. The only moments when he was able to shut put their voices were when he was with Kurt. For some reason, the boy's presence kept the ghost away and Blaine was incredibly happy for it. They gave him a headache every time he was left alone with them and he didn't like the way they tried to convince him to get rid of Kurt.
"He isn't looking. Break his neck!"
Blaine rolled his eyes and tried to avoid his father standing next to him as he was watching Kurt cleaning up in his room. He had no idea how the man had ended up in his room when he usually stayed in his old bedroom with Blaine's mother and Blaine wanted him to disappear.
"Get out of my room" Blaine whispered.
"Hm?" Kurt asked as he turned around to face Blaine.
"Nobody's talking to you" Blaine said sharply.
Kurt rolled his eyes and turned away from him again. Blaine kept his eyes on the boy but unfortunately his father stepped in front of him again and shook his shoulders.
"I know what you're doing and you have to stop before it's too late" John Anderson reasoned.
"Would you just go back to your room and burn yourself?" Blaine hissed.
His father finally disappeared but he only found out why when he noticed Kurt looking at him with wide eyes.
"Not you" Blaine said and turned away from Kurt.
And it got worse later that day when Blaine tried to eat his dinner with Kurt. Both his mother and his father decided to join them in the dining room, although they kept the biggest distance between them and Kurt they could, eyeing the boy carefully. Blaine watched them in interest. It seemed like they were afraid of Kurt and it made him want to laugh. They had never seen them afraid, not once expect from the day when he had killed them.
"What are you waiting for?" his mother asked. "You're starving and he's right here. Kill him!"
They had to remind him on his hunger in the right moment, of course. Sure, Blaine was hungry, he hadn't had anything since that blond girl but he could close out his hunger most of the times when he was around Kurt. It looked like his parents might have noticed it because now they tried everything to make Blaine attack Kurt. And they were close to success.
Blaine gripped the edge of the table, hard, and took a few deep breath. He needed all of his willpower not to grab Kurt by his neck and slam him to the nearest wall. He usually wasn't out of control like this. He must have been really hungry for a soul, that's why he was acting like this.
He looked at Kurt again. The boy was silent, he kept his eyes on the table in front of him and used his fork to push his food around on the plate. Kurt barely ate when Blaine was around what meant he only had a few bites of food a day because Blaine was always there with him. Kurt had lost some weight since he had been there in the manor, he looked even skinnier than before and he looked always tired. For some reason, Blaine felt bad when he thought about it.
"Just one small movement" his father whispered into his ear again. "You're suffering, Blaine. Is it really worth it?"
Before Blaine could stop his father, John stepped to Kurt, grimancing as if he had been in pain. He grabbed the boy's hand, the one that was holding the knife and forced Kurt to cut himself with a quick movement.
"Ouch" Kurt hissed and put his injured finger into his mouth.
Blaine watched the scene with wide eyes. The wind brought Kurt's smell right to him and Blaine felt like he would lose control. He was barely able to stop himself from attacking Kurt and he knew that he had to act quickly if he didn't want to kill the boy. He jumped up from the table and grabbed Kurt's arm.
"What are you doing?" Kurt asked as Blaine dragged him out of the room.
"Dinner's over" Blaine said threw gritted teeth and opened the door of Kurt's room hastily. "You aren't allowed to leave this room tonight."
Before Kurt could ask more, Blaine slammed the door shut and locked it securely. He backed away from the door and pressed his back to the wall behind him. He grabbed his hair, pulling it painfully just to make himself forget about his hunger. Unfortunately, the ghosts were there again, looking at him angrily.
"Stupid boy! He was right there!" John hissed.
"What are you doing, Blaine?" Pam asked.
"Shut up. Just shut up" Blaine whispered. "Leave me alone."
John knelt down in front of his son and pushed his hand through Blaine's body. The man hissed in pain, his hunger rising again.
"Do it."
"No…"
"Blaine, you need to kill him to survive!" his mother shouted.
"No!"
Blaine pushed himself away from the wall and ran out of the house, towards the gates. He rushed through quickly, into the forest and way from his parents. He had to be alone.
~ o ~
Kurt watched Blaine through his window. The man was acting weirdly lately and he had no idea why. He had seemed like a calm but cruel murderer earlier but in the past few days, he had caught Blaine talking to himself several times and he seemed troubled. Something must have happened to him that caused this change.
With nothing else to do, Kurt lay down and closed his eyes, thinking about Blaine. He fell almost asleep when he heard a soft click from the door's direction and it opened slightly. He frowned and got up, waiting for Blaine to step inside but it didn't happen. He walked to the door and peeked inside. He was completely alone.
After a minute of hesitation, he stepped outside and walked down the empty and dark corridor. As he passed the library, he looked towards its open door and found Cooper inside sitting by the desk, reading a book. He cleared his throat to let the man know about his presence and stepped inside. Cooper looked up at him and frowned. Kurt wasn't supposed to be there, he had heard what Blaine had told him earlier.
"You should be in your room. He can be back in any minute" Cooper said.
"My door opened" Kurt explained. "I don't understand. It was locked earlier and I thought Blaine came back but…"
"It's the house" Cooper said and looked around nervously.
"The house?" Kurt frowned.
Cooper looked around again as if he had expected somebody else being there with them.
"Something's wrong with this place" Cooper said. "Sometimes I see shadows moving around in the darkness and hear footsteps, even when Blaine isn't here."
Kurt gulped nervously, expecting a ghost to appear in any second.
"Is it why Blaine's acting weirdly?" he asked.
"I'm not sure. I don't know as much about this as Blaine" Cooper answered.
"What happened to him exactly?" Kurt asked. "What is he?"
Cooper stood up from the desk and grabbed Kurt's arm.
"We can't talk about it here. Come with me" he said.
Kurt frowned but followed the older man outside, to the rose bushes. He wasn't sure it was the best idea to be out here in the middle of the night, especially if there were possible evil creatures hiding behind the trees. Cooper dragged him to the roses and leaned closer to him, his voice barely more than a whisper.
"It happened almost fifty years ago" he started. "Well, it started even earlier. I think you noticed my brother's affection towards men."
Kurt rolled his eyes.
"Our parents couldn't accept Blaine like this. Appearance was really important for them and they were afraid that Blaine would disgrace them. They asked him to stop acting this way" Cooper said.
"That's horrible" Kurt said, although he knew some of Blaine's story.
"There was another boy like Blaine in the town. They understood each other, I think. Blaine was happy with him. They planned to run away together after finishing school but the teacher told my parents about them and they locked Blaine up in the house" Cooper continued.
Even after everything Blaine had done to him, Kurt felt bad for the man. He had had a horrible childhood.
"One night, a woman appeared in front of the gates" Cooper said quietly. "She was a beautiful young woman with blond hair and bright blue eyes. Anybody would have fallen in love with her for the first sight."
"What happened?" Kurt asked, eager to know more.
"She asked for accommodation" Cooper answered. "She couldn't pay but my parents allowed her to spend the night here. I don't know who she really was but the next day, our parents called us into the sitting room and told us Blaine had to marry her."
"What? It doesn't make any sense" Kurt frowned.
"That's right" Cooper nodded. "We barely knew that woman, I have no idea how she convinced our parents to let Blaine marry her. Or better say, force Blaine to marry her. They planned the wedding for the next day and locked Blaine into his room, so he couldn't run away. He hated the idea of marrying that woman, of course, he cried and begged for our parents to not do this to him. It was heartbreaking. So I went to talk to that woman and asked her to leave, to leave my brother alone. She agreed to talk to Blaine that night."
"She did?" Kurt asked.
"I have no idea" Cooper sighed. "When I woke up the next day, I heard my mother screaming. She was right here with Blaine who had just ended my father's life. I ran down but when I arrived, my mother was dead as well. I tried to fight against Blaine, like the others in the house but he was just too strong. He killed everybody else within an hour."
"What happened to him? How did he turn into… whatever he is now" Kurt asked.
"He never told me but sometimes I hear him talk to himself. He adores that woman, so I guess she was responsible for my brother's change" Cooper answered. "She disappeared sometime that night before we realized what Blaine had become."
"What is he?" Kurt asked the question that concerned him the most.
"I guess he's some kind of demon. He's awfully strong and fast and he doesn't age at all. Although he needs others lives to keep his strength. That's why he kills humans. He needs them to keep up his strength" Cooper said.
Kurt nodded, somewhat disappointed. He had hoped that Cooper knew Blaine's sore spot.
"How did you survive?" Kurt asked to distract himself.
"I don't know. I'm lucky, I guess" Cooper smiled. "Blaine never tried to kill me. He threatened me, of course, but he never hurt me. He locked me into my room for a few weeks but once we were alone, he let me out, so I could do everything around the house."
"Did you try to run?" Kurt asked.
"A million times" Cooper nodded. "But it's impossible to leave the house. Blaine's just too fast. I stopped trying a long time ago. I'm too old for that and I don't want to leave him alone. He's my brother after all."
Kurt smiled sadly.
"He said that you were the only one who accepted him the way he was" Kurt said.
"Like I said, he's my brother. I love him no matter who or what he is" Cooper said.
Kurt looked away, thinking about his own family. His father, his stepmother and his stepbrother who was like a real brother for him. He missed them so much, he could have done anything to see them again, just once more. As his eyes wandered up the walls, he saw two figures standing at the window of the Anderson parent's room. Kurt gasped and looked back at Cooper with wide eyes.
"What is it?" Cooper asked.
Kurt forced himself to look back at the window but the people he had seen there were gone.
"I… I think I might have seen somebody" he said quietly.
"Oh, it happens sometimes" Cooper smiled. "I imagine seeing my parents most of the times. I guess it comes with living in a house like this."
Kurt nodded but he wasn't sure he had just imagined things.
"We should go back inside" Cooper said. "Blaine can be back in any minute and trust me, we don't want him to find us out here."
They walked back inside and went their separate ways. Once Kurt was alone, he ran back to his room and shut the door behind him, leaning against it. He could hear footsteps from the other side of the door but as he bent down to look out through the keyhole, he couldn't see anybody.
It looked like Blaine wasn't the only person in the house he had to be scared of.
~ o ~
Blaine smiled to himself and took a step closer to the couple standing in the woods not too far from the town but still deep inside not to get help in time. It was so easy to find them, he didn't even had to follow their scents, his legs brought him to them automatically.
"We should go back, Ryder" the girl said and pushed the boy away. Maybe she could feel that something was wrong.
"Come on, Marley, just one more minute" the boy smiled and pulled the girl – Marley – closer to kiss her.
Blaine didn't think as he surged forward. Without Kurt being there to stop him, his hunger grew unbearable and there was no way back. He grabbed the girl first and pushed her back to the tree behind her. The boy didn't have time to react, Blaine grabbed his neck and sank his fangs into his skin.
"Ryder!" Marley screamed. The idiot tried to save the boy but Blaine grabbed her with his free hand and pushed her back again. Marley hit her head and fell to the ground, unmoving.
"Who-who are you?" Ryder asked in fear.
"The last person you see" Blaine answered and pushed the boy to the ground. He knelt over him and grabbed his wrists, pressing the boy to the ground. He could barely move under him. Blaine didn't hesitate, he leaned down, his lips almost touching Ryder's. He closed his eyes and let the boy's life leave his body and fly right where it belonged: into Blaine. He hummed happily as he felt the first waves of the energy running through his body but he needed more. After weeks of hunger, he deserved it.
Blaine tore the shirt off of the boy's unmoving body and sank his long nails under his skin, draining blood. He repeated on his neck and his limbs as well and he bit down several times, making Ryder bleed even more. That was the way he fed: through the wounds on his victims, with their blood, he could literally suck the life out of their bodies. It was quick and effective.
Once he was done with Ryder, he stood up and turned towards the girl. She was awake but too horrified to move. She kept her eyes on Ryder's remaining and sobbed loudly. Blaine stepped to her and grabbed the girl by her neck. He pressed his nose to her hair, smiling. He could smell the fear all over her.
The monster inside of him told him to kill her as well but after a minute of thinking, she stopped. He should save the girl for later, he would need her if he didn't want to leave the manor anytime soon. And he wanted to stay because he couldn't leave Kurt alone.
"You're coming with me" he decided and smashed Marley's head into the tree behind her. After knocking her out, Blaine lifted the girl into his arm and with one last look towards Ryder, he disappeared.