Forbidden Sunrise

The Tenderness 2.0

A/N "With an apparent refusal to kill someone to survive and against the idea of drinking blood, what does Beck have in mind for a "cure" to his and Tori's curse."

Chapter 19: Proclamation

Lakeside Chateau, 3:30pm

"Even if I do go hungry as you say Tori, I don't think I actually have it in me to kill someone just so I could get a few gulps of blood. With Marcus and Tony I think I could have taken them down now…with my…arsenals of death. But everyone else I don't think deserve to die- that's why Tori I'm promising you right now, that after I find a cure for us, we won't have to drink blood to survive. We won't have to eat hearts to go out in sunlight for 24hrs, or even have to look at someone else as a source of food. Never Again!, Never Again!"

Tori had to smile, smirk actually. Beck sounded like a leader, a politician to be exact. But his words sounded sincere and honest. She didn't want to do what she's been doing for over a hundred years anymore than Beck who had yet to kill his first victim. But for now neither of them had no choice but to face the fact that of their condition, Tori went up to Beck and gave him a kiss on the lips.

"I believe you Beck, I believe you'll find us a cure. But right now while we still have moonlight, its probably best if I go out and get us some food. Don't go falling asleep before you feed ok, I'm gonna go out."

"You don't have to do that for me Tori, I'm not gonna drink blood anyway. I'll just stick to good old fashioned food and juice." Tori walked out of their home and blew a kiss at Beck.

Beck checked what was in the fridge and cooked something up for himself. He never imagined he would be making himself an egg and bacon sandwich at 3 in the morning. It smelled delicious, the eggs mixed with bacon and vice versa. With a hero bread inside a bag, he took it out and sliced it halfway to stuff the bacon and egg in it. He couldn't wait to stuff his face, he left the pan and knife in the kitchen sink and went to go sit in the living room table.

Beck picked up his sandwich and took a bite out of it, there was no taste and no sense of even being filled when he finished eating his entire sandwich. Beck was sure everything was fresh, even the bread. Yes bread gets stale but everything smelled fresh to him, he gave it another go and checked inside the fridge. There were grapes, apples and oranges- he took all three of them with him and ate them. He didn't understand why he could smell the freshness of vegetables, meats, grain and yet still taste absolutely nothing. He wasn't even being filled, was this what vampires like him went through? He took a seat on the living room couch with a half eaten apple in his hand.

Looking at the red skin of the apple made his stomach crave something powerful, he peeled the skin off with one bladed finger as quickly as he could. He munched on the apple and licked it's juices off and around his mouth. Still absolutely nothing, he laid down on the couch and looked up at the roof. He closed his eyes and thought back to the moment when Tori ate just one French fry back at the diner, she threw up so much of that black nasty stuff he wondered if it made her sick.

That only brought more questions than answers, if Tori basically passed everything down to him that was a part of her, why didn't he throw up upon eating something. Why were his fangs and claws deadlier than hers, and why did his abilities surpass hers. He knew it and Tori knew it too, that he was something more than just an average vampire. The growling and pain in his stomach was starting, he didn't care if his stomach pains got worse- he wasn't going to drink blood for anything…so he wished.

5:30 am

2 hours later after Tori had left to get blood for her and Beck, she came back with a book bag which she didn't have with her hours ago. Her clothes were stained with blood and a bit torn up. Tori came back to a dim lit home, the sun was going to be up in just an hour so she made it back in time. Beck wasn't in the kitchen or the living room, but there was a lot of garbage on the floor- Like the skin of oranges, apples, bread bags and Hawaiian punch bottles.

There was a knocking sound coming from their master bedroom, Tori dropped the book bag on the couch and ran up the stairs to check it out. She wondered if Beck was alright, what kind of trouble did he get himself in while she was away hunting for both of them. She kicked the door open and scoped the room for Beck, her boyfriend was nowhere to be seen. She walked over to the closet and checked under a mound of clothes for him, she found him in a fetal position- his right hand punching the wall of the closet. His eyes were closed shut as were his lips, he looked like he was in pain and terrified as well.

"Beck?…Beck it's me Tori, c'mon get up we have to get you to drink blood." she urged him, but he refused to get up.

"It feels like more than just my stomach is hurting Tori…it's like all of my muscles are…screaming at me. I tried eating and drinking things in our fridge, but all my mind can think of is…God Damn Blood!"

"you actually ate all that stuff Beck? You actually ate all that stuff and that's why theirs a mess in the living room" she said in disbelief and wonder.

"AAAHHH! TOORRII!" his scream sounded more pain filled, Tori rushed back downstairs and grabbed a wine bottle filled with blood from her book bag. Beck tossed and turned like he was having a nightmare of the worst kind, Tori came back and lifted his head up like she was gonna feed him from a bottle. Beck refused any blood Tori wanted to drip in his mouth.

"Beck drink this or else you'll die!" she begged him, "NO Tori! Someone…That blood came from someone alive, I can't do it! I Don't Want To Do It!" he resisted.

"This isn't just the blood of someone Beck, the person who I took it from was from someone bad. He was about to rob a mother who was taking her baby out for a stroll…it's ok to drink his blood- I Promise." Beck grimaced at the thought of drinking blood, human blood.

But he was in to much pain at the moment to care and grabbed the neck of the bottle, he chugged the blood down with a scrunched up face like he was taking disgusting medicine. The blood mixing with his taste buds and filling his stomach quickly made the pain an afterthought, as a young male vampire- blood did something to Beck.

Apart from stopping his grunts and bodily pain, Beck saw Tori how a Lion saw his newly won harem from a rival lion. Tori caressed his face and kissed his forehead, Beck held her face in one hand that reached up to grab it. Tori was elated that he was feeling better, he was feeling so much better that he reached up under her shirt and under her bra. Tori Gasped, She looked over at their bed and lead Beck over to it. He laid himself down on their bed as Tori removed her shirt and bra, Beck looked drunk, happy but drunk.

Story Details

"The Funny Farm"- inspired by the same song by NeuroticFish, Beck was to have an illusion whilst in pain about men in white who were actually vampires, he was to run and run In a dark ghost city trying to run away from the men in white who kept trying to pour glasses of blood down his throat. In one light they were well dressed men, at night they were monstrous demonic vampires.

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