Alucard stared at the passing students, unnerving some of them and causing a group of girls to glare at him. Ceres watched her Master as she rolled their luggage behind her, passing the entrance gate after Walter had dropped them off. She stopped next to him with a sigh. She jolted when a lanky boy whistled at her from his skateboard, on the outskirts of a group of teens. He got his friends to start harassing her as they passed by.

Inconspicuously, Alucard stuck out his foot and abruptly stopped the skateboard so that the boy flew off and landed on his face. The quad fell silent for a moment, then people either laughed at the skateboarder, ignored him, or scowled and cursed at Alucard who was grinning smugly.

"You little…!" shrieked the teen as he got up and he loomed over Alucard who continued to smile at him.

"Bitch? I'm used to being called a bastard, but thanks for the warm welcome to your school anyway." The boy's face twisted in confusion and his friends crowded around them. "It makes me feel so at home."

He grabbed Alucard's sweater viciously and growled in his face. "Damn…!"

"Wait!" the boys turned to Ceres, having forgotten about her. The skateboarder let go of Alucard and the ring loosened as the group stepped back. Ceres went to Alucard's side and stared at them anxiously. "We weren't supposed to draw attention!" she whispered and then frowned when she saw her master's amusement.

"Youths these days." He chuckled, but it sounded more like a giggle. "Picking on a little girl?"

"Come on…stop it." Ceres pleaded, ineffectively.

"Brats like these…" Alucard continued.

"Shit. This girl…!" the boy with the skateboard cursed, and glared at Alucard, but was intimidated by the big red eyes that stared back at him. "W…Whatever." They left and Ceres smiled with relief as Alucard grinned with satisfaction.

"Now let's get out of the sun." he started for the building before them and Ceres hurried after him.

Ceres looked at the woman who had come to give them their dorm keys with pity as the old woman gawked at Alucard's brass character. There was an elevator and Ceres almost expected her master to close the doors before she got in, but he didn't and she leaned against the side of the elevator, and worried about the teenagers that they had angered.

Two girls slipped into the elevator before the door closed. They were giggling and gossiping, engrossed in their own world, but they paused when they noticed Ceres.

"Wow! How did you get them so big?" one of the girls burst out, and Alucard coughed and then chuckled when he saw Ceres' face turn beet red.

Well…this is a girl's dorm…Ceres eyed Alucard with disapproval before smiling at the girls nervously. "I don't know." She put her hand behind her head and laughed slightly. "I used to drink a lot of milk."

"Really?" Alucard sniggered and Ceres put her arm down, blushing indignantly.

"Are those contacts?" the other girl asked, referring to Alucard's eyes.

"No."

"Is something wrong with you? Like a disease or genetic defect?"

Ceres smiled to herself, and Alucard grinned darkly, startling the girls.

"Red eyes are weird but freakishly huge boobs are cool?"

"Hey!" Ceres yelled in protest and the doors opened. The girls ran out, leaving the vampires behind. "They're not freakishly…."

"They are. Accept it."

***

"I'd rather have my coffin." Alucard was looking his bed over while Ceres put her clothes away.

She glanced at him, unsurprised. "I like my bed."

"Of course you would." Ceres heard the faint creaking of springs when Alucard sat on his bed and then fell backwards with his arms outstretched across it.

Ceres yawned, covering her mouth with her hand out of habit, still holding on to her socks. "I'm so tired."

Alucard was quiet, blowing strands of hair out of his face. A knock came from the door. A group of giggling girls smiled when Ceres opened the door.

"Hi!" a girl handed Ceres a basket. "We're the welcoming committee here to make sure you settle in and are comfortable in our school."

"Thanks." Ceres looked at all of the candy doubtfully. "Would you like to share some of…"

"Yes!" the girls rushed in happily. One of them yelped when she almost sat on Alucard. The other girls stared at him in surprise.

"Yeah…" he sat up and looked at Ceres with a frown. "Why'd you invite them in?"

"You shouldn't talk to your roommate like that." The girl who had almost sat of Alucard defended Ceres.

Alucard ignored her and plopped back down on the bed.