It's sunny today for once, the temperature seems to be a nice one. Everyone around me has short sleeved shirts on with shorts. The best part about warm weather is the fact that I don't have to rip clothes to get a bite. I haven't eaten in some time so its either do it now or later. Work certainly had been interesting, today was Ymir's second day. It was what, Friday? She was working part-time so she won't be coming in everyday. It was nice to talk to her again, this time no creepy questions were asked. Hopefully it stays that way.
I'm standing in my ally, the once I always go to. People should be warned not to come down here but would they really listen? No, cause that's how humans function. Do what you think is right, even if it's wrong. But it seems like today might be an unlucky day for me. I've been here for over an hour and no one has even approached the dark ally. I turn back towards the back road to leave but a voice stops me.
"...No, I'll be fine. I promise just hang up. No you do it. Stop it, I need to-" I lunge at her, moving faster than the human eye can see. Her phone is knocked away as my fangs dig into her sweet pale flesh. Her blood begins to leak into my mouth, but it taste so sour. Like rotten milk, oh yes I remember that taste from when I drank our old milk as a child, I retract my fangs immediately and throw up the horrific blood.
A hand touches my back and pats it from time to time. The women above me whispers for me to "let it all out" and "that's a good boy." Shouldn't she run away and call the cops or something? Once all the blood I've consumed in the last three months is out, I stand back up and wipe away the blood from my mouth. I glance over at the girl, she smiles once we make eye-contact. Weird.
"What the fuck is in your blood?" She laughs and pulls the collar of her shirt down, exposing three separate bite marks. None of those were mine, the teeth are too small plus I didn't actually use my teeth. I look back up to her eyes and shrug. "Kinky but I still don't understand. Do you insert drugs or something?" She blushes and twirls blond stands of hair through her fingers.
"I'm in a relationship with one of your kind. I believe the correct term is an inamorata. When a vampire finds a human vessal, they mark them. Didn't your creator teach you?" Her blue eyes shine in worry, how does she know all this?
"Um, well, my dad kinda turned me then left so... Nobody ever taught me. But thanks for not screaming I guess. Oh and sorry about biting you, its nothing personal." I scratch my neck and turn to run away. This is a little too awkward. Time to run.
"Oh I know you now, Annie was searching for you. You're Eren, right? Everyone will be so happy-" I walk back over to her and stare into those blue orbs. "This Annie chick, who is she and what the hell do you want with me?" She jumps from how inhuman my voice sounds. I apparently can do that, make my voice sound demonic. I'm just learning so much today, fun.
"S-she was our leader, the alpha of Maria Titans. We left our homes in Maria for Rose. We want you to join us since we have lost so many. You're all alone and don't know so much. We can teach you, you'll have a family." A growl leaves my throat at the last word. I won't ever have a family, mom's dead.
"Go back to Maria then, this town is mine. Rose is my territory or did you not smell it?" She smiles and pats my head. "I should get going but I'd appreciate it if you came along. The others would love to meet you. I'm not fit to explain everything, I shouldn't even know what you are. But Ymir loves to break the rules." I freeze at the name.
"Ymir? Your Ymir's girl?" Earlier today Ymir had mentioned that she had a girlfriend after I told her about Levi. The girl smiles bigger at hearing her lovers name. "Oh yes! See you should totally come now." She looks down at her new bite mark and frowns. "Oh goodness, she's going to be upset about this though. She hates when guys even look at me. This might send her into a heart attack." I sigh and lick my fingers then press them again the two bloodied holes. The blood that has ran down her neck and into her shirt evaporates while the holes heal up. No marks remain. She looks up in my eyes and nods her head.
"I'm Christa by the way, so you coming or what?" For some reason I follow after here, only sending one text message out.
'Hangin out with some of my coworkers, I wont c u tonight till later'
/Message Sent to Levi/
It wasn't until an hour later that we finally met up with the rest of her group. They lived in a nice house, I guess. It wasn't as amazing as Levi's but it still looked decent compared to my apartment. It was a two story, brick home. Four cars were parked in the drive way not including my own, I had to drive Christa here.
"Oh goody, we're here! Lets go in." Christa's jumps out of the car and makes a bee line for the front door. I get out when the door opens, Ymir scoops Christa up and squeezes her. Giggles fill my eardrums, well this is cute but I would have just watched a romance movie if I wanted to see this. Both of them seem to remember my presences after I cough.
"Oh you remember Eren, right-" Christa begins but is cut off as Ymir punches me in my face. Well there goes the whole I-didn't-try-anything-with-your-girlfriend-I-swear conversation. My cheek feels a little sting as this happens but I act like it hurts more. Hopefully she'll believe me.
"Stay away from Christa, Eren. I bet her blood tasted like shit, didn't it?" Ymir's cold glare softens when I stand up and rub my neck. "Yeah I didn't know she was your girlfriend or I wouldn't have tried to feed off of her. How do you do that Marking thing? Just asking for no reason." I stutter, feeling a bit embarrassed, Levi doesn't even know that vampire's are real. Yet here I am asking on how to protect him from others of my kind. Ymir, however, smiles and throws an arm around my shoulders.
"I'll teach you that before you leave, but let us introduce you to everyone else." Ymir seems like a real evil bitch at times but she's just trying to protect what she loves. I admire that about her. They lead me through the house, telling me whose room is whose. We reached the dinning room, where everyone else is.
Ymir walks over to a short girl with pigtails and a really tall brunet, "this is Mina and the tall sweat machine is Bertholdt." Christa goes on to show me more people as Ymir begins a conversations with the two.
"This is Sasha, try not to get in her way when she's eating. And here's her inamorato, Connie. You'll find that almost everyone here has a partner. The only one who didn't was Annie and that's because the other person denied her. It was a sad day, she was so hopeful." Christa whips a tear away as Ymir joins back up with us. A man with brown hair and freckles walks over.
"Hey Eren, I heard you bite Christa. I'm surprised you can even stand. I'm Marco." He raises a hand and I shake it. "I didn't know that Marking was a thing. Its disgusting to taste." Ymir and Marco start laughing, Christa pulls on Ymir's sleeve telling her to not be rude.
"That's the point Eren, so no one hurts your mate." Marco says a goodbye and walks away. There were only two other guys that I haven't met. They're standing at an island, drinking mugs with blood in them. Ymir walks over and bumps into the first guy with short blond hair and gives a half hearted apology. I wave at him but then stop, his scent is familiar. I begin to growl, throwing my hands up into fist, he was the guy who followed me and Levi around. The noise in the room quiets down immediately, everyone stares at us.
The blond guy finally notices me and raises an eyebrow. "Found me did ya, love bird? I'm impressed that you could smell me from that far away. Name's Reiner, this guy is Mike. It's nice to see you." He smiles and goes back to his conversation. Oh this fucker is gonna get it.
"I don't care if you're impressed asshole, why were you stalking me? Was it Annie's orders?" Reiner's eyes widen as he looks back over to me. "You know Annie?" I shrug and look away but his freakishly large hands grab my shoulders and turn me towards him.
"When did you last see her?" His voice trembles as he shakes me. I push him away and sneer, "yeah she left one hell of a message. Telling me to get revenge on the Wings of Freedom for killing her." Reiner backs up until he hits the counters. I can tell that Annie meant a lot to him, but he still pisses me off. No wait its not really him.
"You were her second in command, weren't you? Now you're the alpha." I can smell the dominate scent, it reeks. He nods his head, he looks very lost.
"You're in charge of all these vampires yet you can't even control yourself. How pathetic." My words echo off the wall, I didn't want to be here. I just wanted to see more of my kind then leave to hang out with Levi. So why do I feel the need to challenge this man?
Golden eyes look up, an anger has risen in them. "You come into my territory-" I slam my hands down against the island, "no you came into my territory! You left your scent and destruction on my city. I don't want to hear your bullshit. So either grow the fuck up and take care of your people or I will." I turn to walk away. Ymir stands in front of me, she looks impressed and proud.
"I told you Reiner, Annie didn't spend the last moments of her life with a loser." I want to question what she's talking about but I really can't stay in here or I'll rip Reiner apart. I walk out of the house without killing anyone, thank god.
I unlock my door just as Ymir walks up to me. She places a hand on my arm. "I know you aren't an ass, so I'm gonna act like Reiner provoked you into that. Next time don't challenge the alpha unless you're prepared to go through with that. Killing another vampire isn't an easy thing to live with. Trust me I know."
"Thank you, Ymir. I don't think I'll be coming back though." I open the car door and sit down. She stands in the way, preventing me of leaving.
"Just mix some of your blood, not more than one drop from your finger, into a drink and give it to him. He won't notice the taste but it'll make him taste nasty to everyone except you. If you give him any more, he'll notice and throw up." She pats my head and walks back inside. Not looking back at all. I close the door and start the car up. I'm coming Levi.
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