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(Name) was in such incredible pain, but not as much as what it felt like twenty minutes ago. Her body was sore and she had a throbbing headache that would kill an elephant. Yet strangely enough she felt cushioned like she was in a bed, she opened her eyes slowly and she was right, she was in a bed, but not hers.

Had she dreamed the whole thing up did she really get attacked by Lovino or did she just fell and hit her head in the park and someone brought her to their home to help her? All she could think about right now was getting some food in her stomach before she really killed over.

She slowly sat up in the bed and winced with each movement she made, she was finally up, and she was out of breath, moving took a lot out of her. She looked at her hands and saw that she had bandages on them. She slowly rolled up her hoodie sleeve and found a few bandages and band aids on her arms too. She clenched her fist and winced, that was the same hand were she punched Lovino. She had to catch her breath, she touched her neck all over with both hands, it didn’t it had any bite marks of any kind.

She held her head and felt the bandages there too, “Was it really a dream?”

Just as she asked herself that, the door opened, she looked and saw Lovino standing in the door way, he looked at her with a stoic expression. She froze she didn’t know what to say or do, she looked in his hands was a plate of two pizza slices, not delivered but homemade. She stared at the pizza as if she hadn’t eaten in months.

Lovino walked slowly towards her and handed her the plate, she was hesitant but not too much that she didn’t take it anyway. She dug into the food like a dog would to kibble, the first bite brought back so many memories of parties and get together, with the pizza, pasta, and tomato soup as the main courses. She continued to eat until they were both gone, crust and all. She liked her lips and wiped her face on her sleeve.

She sat the plate next to her and Lovino took it, he then handed her some water, she snatched it and gulped it down. It was all gone within seconds, and (Name) gave a hearty burp after. She looked at the sheets covering her but not at Lovino. She knew with her peripheral vision that he sat down next to her, she gripped the sheets and didn’t look at his. She felt his hand touch her forehead and she flinched away staring at him, scared about what he might do next.

He retracted his hand and looked at her with slight concern, “I’m not going to hurt you.” He said softly.

“Then what was last night then?” That was a fast response from (Name) and she wasn’t expecting it.

“B-bloodlust,” he stated. She looked at him expecting more of an answer than that.

He sighed and went into further explanation, “I haven’t eaten something in two-well nights not days-and I was in the park starving. My fangs started to hurt and that’s when vampires know they are hungry and when I smelled a scent I immediately thought of you. I tried to run before I got to close but it was too late, the urge took over and my other side got to me, my not human side.”

He touched her forehead again and this time there was no reaction she didn’t fight back, “You were running a fever when I brought you back.”

He pulled back his hand, and continued to stare at her, she looked away blushing feeling awkward, she looked at the TV in front of her and found the remote next to her, she reached for it but Lovino stopped her, “Don’t.”

She looked at him and wondered why without saying it, “I don’t want you to see the news.”

She moved her hand away from the remote and continued to look at his, his skin wasn’t as pale as last night and his eyes seemed to go back to their original color, he looked like the old Lovino Vargas. She didn’t know what she was going to do next would catch Lovino off guard. She wrapped her hands around him and hugged him burying her face into his chest. He stiffened at her sudden action; he slowly wrapped his around her and rested his chin on the top of her head.

She parted the hug and looked at him, “I missed you.” That’s it out of all the events all the feelings, after two years, after the tragic accident with his brother, all she could say was ‘I missed you.’ It was almost like ‘I love you.’

“I-I missed you too,” he said. ‘I love you too.’

“A-are you going to come home?” She asked. Lovino pulled an angry face and huffed and puffed.

“Are you seriously asking me that again?”

“Well are you?” She pestered on.

“I know I hit you on the head but did I hit your fucking brain!? I told you I can’t go back, and I don’t want to go back!”

(Name) furrowed her eyebrows and yelled back, “You’re such a liar Lovi! I know you wouldn’t leave your brother like that, no matter what happened.”

“I’m not going to be around him when I can kill him and/or you at any point when I get hungry. I don’t want that blood on my hands.”

“What if we like cure you or something?”

He growled and ran his fingers through his hair, “You can’t cure this dumbass, once your bit you’re either dead or one of them! So let me tell you one more time I’m not human anymore! I don’t want to go home! And we aren’t friends! So. Just. Drop It!”

He got up from the bed and slammed the door, (Name) hung her head and sighed, “Maybe I should just go.”

She slowly got off bed; she didn’t go for the door she just went to the window, it was hard with her body aching but she managed to get it open. She looked before she leaped and made sure she wasn’t on the second floor or anything, she was in luck, first floor.

She carefully climbed out, she fell on her face and winced in pain, she was so fatigue but she didn’t want Lovino to be mad, he had enough to deal with. She got up and dusted herself off and looked back. She sighed to herself and limped all the way home.

Lovino opened the door to the room to see if he hurt her but was more disappointed when she wasn’t there. He sighed and closed the door; he went down stairs and went to sleep to prepare for the night.

“Thank goodness I’m finally home,” (Name) reached into her pockets and found nothing, “Right stupid you left your keys too.” She looked to her mail box that was attached to the house next to the door bell and reached inside and found an extra key. She unlocked her door and put the key back. She went inside and closed the door behind her. She went to her living room and flopped on the couch. She smiled to herself to feel relief of all that walking and closed her eyes.

Before she could even get into a deep sleep she heard her doorbell ring, she opened her eyes and groaned to herself, “Hell.”

She slowly got up and went to the door; she looked through the peep hole and saw the guys standing at her door step. She sighed and wondered how the heck she wasn’t going to explain what happened to her.

She opened the door but only cracked it so they couldn’t see the bandages, “Hey guys,” she had to clear her throat because her voice came out raspy, “Um hey guys, what’s up?”

“Bro, you said we could hang out at your house today, I mean it’s like one, West didn’t want to come too early so we had to meet in the middle,” Gilbert explained. (Name) was surprised that it was one in the afternoon, she slept in so much, granted she did have a rough night.

“Uh yeah guys, I’m a little tired so maybe we can try another time, sorry you came all the way here for nothing.” She said trying not to seem obvious.

“What’s the matter did you have a rough morning?” Ludwig asked getting suspicious of her behavior.

“N-no, more like a rough night.” She murmured. Ludwig still looked to her with suspicion when Gilbert snapped his fingers.

“Here you left these in my room,” from his pocket he pulled out her phone and keys, without thinking she took them showing her bandaged hand.

“What the--?” Gilbert questioned.

“Well got to go bye,” (Name) tried to close the door but Gilbert stopped it with his foot and pushed the door open. (Name) backed up and everyone saw her looking completely tattered.

“Oh my gosh! What happened!?” Feliciano pushed through Gilbert and Ludwig and examined (Name).

“I-I was attacked?” She answered unsurely, technically she wasn’t lying right?

“Attacked? Was it an animal?” Ludwig asked. (Name) looked to all of them and nodded.

“So do you know what attacked you?” Gilbert asked they all looked concerned like they knew something she didn’t.

“No why?”

“Here it should be still on,” Gilbert went to her TV and turned it on, he switched to a news channel and pointed to the screen with the remote, “See?”

(Name) walked to the TV and saw a news reporter in the park, “Now here I am standing in front of the park and in this park, middle –aged George Walker was attacked and killed by something that authorities have yet to reveal. It seems Mister Walker was almost drained of his blood but whatever what was left of it was left all over his body, he seemed to put up a fight but in the end he couldn’t win. Whatever attacked this poor man it’s still out there and still out there. I advise extreme caution—

Gilbert turned off the TV and (Name) sat down in the couch, ‘That’s why he didn’t want me to turn on the TV,’ she thought. Feliciano sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her.

“Are you okay, did you see what attacked?” He asked calmly. (Name) looked at Feliciano and hesitated, she didn’t know whether to tell him about his brother or not.

She shook her head no, “I-it was dark and I um I didn’t—

“It’s okay, come on let’s get you to bed, you look exhausted,” Feliciano helped her up.

“I’ll make you something to eat,” Antonio said going to the kitchen, Gilbert followed him. Ludwig stayed behind and cleaned up the living room, something he always did when over at her house. Feliciano laid her in the bed like she was a young child.

“Just sleep okay, and we will have food for you when you wake up.”

(Name) nodded and laid down on the bed and closed her eyes, she finally relaxed and drifted off to sleep. When she opened her eyes again, things were blurry she turned her head and saw a figure that looked familiar.

“L-Lovi?” She whispered. She blinked again and it was Feliciano smiling down at her, he pressed a cold towel to her head and sat down next to her.

“Sorry it’s me,” he said with sadness.

“I’m sorry Feli it’s just that—

“I know, I look like him. After he left I couldn’t look myself in the mirror, it’s hard being a twin.”

(Name) sighed and felt so bad, she wanted to tell him, but she didn’t know what he would to, or Lovino.

“So were you dreaming about him?” He asked. (Name) smiled softly and stood up.

“Yeah, well more like memories.”

“Like?”

(Name) smiled even more and chuckled to herself, “Well the first time we met.”

Feliciano looked to the celling and tried to remember, “We were in the fourth grade, right?”

“Yep,” (Name) nodded, “I was already friends with Luddy and Gil, Sadiq was the bully and he was bullying you two, when we three came to help you. Two days later Antonio was the new kid and we all became friends.”

“You and Lovi especially, he liked you a lot you know.”

(Name) smiled and shrugged, “I-I mean I guess.”

“Come on, don’t lie I know you liked him too…..I really miss him.”

(Name) grew silent and nodded. That was it, she wasn’t going to take it anymore, and things had to stop.

After the boys left it was already dark, and (Name) was able to walk without any help, she actually felt better than usual. She left her house remembering her phone and keys this time; and headed straight for Lovino’s place.

She remembered the route she took and came up to the house, it looked like something out of Supernatural, she went to the front door, but instead of walking in she checked the window. She saw him asleep on the couch, “Maybe it’s not time for him to wake up yet.” She said to herself.

She went back to the front door and slowly opened it, she walked in careful not to make a sound. She closed the door behind her and went to the couch. She stood over him watching him sleep; he looked so peaceful like he wasn’t changed at all.

She went to her knees and went closer to him; she looked at his chest that was slowly rising with each breath he took, then back to his face. The Position he was in was complete leisure, one of his feet hanging off the side of the couch, along with his hand. His other hand was supporting his head like a pillow, but something in particular caught her eye; his curl.

She was always told by both Lovino and Feliciano not to touch it, she never knew why and they would never tell. (Name) bit her lip, she twiddled her fingers and slowly reached for the curl, she gulped when he moved slightly. She extended her finger and lightly stroked it for about two seconds before Lovino woke up and talked her to the ground.

He pinned her looking raged and his face was red but not from rage, “I told you. Never. Touch. It.” He snarled.

(Name) was holding her breath the whole time, she didn’t know what he would do, and all she knew was that she was never going to do that again. He still had her pinned he looked at her with a confused face, “You came back?”

He got up off of her and sat on the couch, she sat up and sat next to him, “Yes.”

He glared at her, “Why?”

“I talked to Feliciano about you.”

“You told him where I was!?” He growled, she went back and shook her head, “No I mean—when I got back to my house they came by my house today and Gilbert showed me the news…cause they saw my bandages.”

Lovino looked away from her she scooted a bit closer to him trying to show some comfort, “So was it really you?”

“When you got to eat,” he said plain and simple, “The bastard tried to shoot me anyway, the asshole, I threw his gun in the lake. Fucker deserved it, trying to hurt me.”

“Lovi, you can’t be—

“I’m not human anymore so I don’t give a shit, get over it,” he snapped. She was really getting fed up with his attitude.

“You know just because you’re a vampire that gives you no excuse to be an ass.”

“You’re really pissing me of you know,” he stood up. She stood up as well, she wasn’t as tall as him but she could still be intimidating.

“And you don’t scare me.”

He smirked and leaned in, “You seemed pretty scared when I had you pinned down, just now, and when you were crying.”

That was it, she was done, she kneed him right in the groin and he went down to his knees cussing up a storm in Italian.

“Do I seem scared now?” She asked with her arms crossed.

Lovino shook his head no still holding his groin, he stood up slowly trying not to look hurt, “I fucking hate you,” he grunted.

She faked a step forward and Lovino jumped back and fell down on the couch, (Name) laughed and walked upstairs. Lovino was trying to calm his beating heart down, “Shit I hate it when she does that.”

Lovino found (Name) again in his room lying on her stomach watching TV, he sat down next to her and she still didn’t make eye contact. He opened his mouth and was interrupted.

“How do your balls feel?” She asked with a stoic expression.

“Real fucking muture.”

She sat up on her knees and looked at him, “So it was mature of you to bring up the fact that I was scared to literal tears that my best friend was about to kill me in cold blood, no pun intended, just to sike me out!”

“But I didn’t kill you!”

“I know you—wait,” the thought never came across her mind, “You didn’t…….wh-why?”

“Before I did you said, ‘Lovi I’m your friend please don’t,’” he whispered, “Feli begged me the same way you did, ‘Lovi, we’re brothers remember?’ Then I stopped before I could do anything else.”

(Name) just stared into his eyes, they still looked to have a bit of human in him, and she slowly reached out and touched his cheek, “Oh Lovi.”

“You don’t know how hard it is, you’re right I do want to go back but I can’t…..I don’t want to hear you guys say that again…ever.”

(Name) wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a hug; she kissed him on the cheek and froze realizing what she had done. She blushed madly and stared at him still had her arms around him; Lovino looked to her lips and leaned forward and planted a kiss.

Butterflies flew in her stomach all the way to her heart and head; Lovino took her sides and pulled her closer, he angled his head slightly still going with the kiss. She eventually accepted it and closed her eyes, she kissed him with every feeling she felt, pain, fear, happiness, and love.

Lovino began to get a little into it and deepened the kiss more, he held her tighter and pushed against her, she lost her balance and fell on the bed, but that didn’t stop Lovino he kept going. (Name) jumped and squeaked, Lovino noticed and stopped the kiss, they were both breathing hard, Lovino looked at (Name) under him and noticed her lip was bleeding.

“Your f-fangs,” she breathed. He touched his lip with the back of his hand and saw her blood, he looked at it with pure lust in his eyes, and he licked the blood. As soon as he did eyes went red and he looked at (Name) with hunger.

“L-Lovi don’t—

She was caught off by Lovino kissing her and sucking her blood, he gripped her sides tightly and triggered flash back to the night they fought. She took his wrists and tried to pull them off; he let her go and practically tore the sheets.

He hovered over her showing his fangs snarling at her, his fangs grew larger and he dove right for her but bit the bed instead. She gulped and thanked god that he didn’t bite her.

“R-run and lock the door,” he mumbled. Without a second thought she pushed him off of her and ran for the door, she knew he was chasing her but still ran anyway. She closed the door right in his face and locked it, there was silence, than a bang hit the door making (Name) jump. She stood all the way back to the wall.

She watched the door moved with every hit Lovino gave it, she could hear him growling and swearing on the other side. She didn’t hear some mindless beast she heard her friend suffering and struggling.

“Why are you still here!? Get out before I break the door down!” Lovino yelled. (Name) stood in the hallway for a few seconds and ran out of the house, it begun to rain but she didn’t stop running, she wasn’t heading for her house either. She headed the one place she knew that could help her.

Vladimir looked up from his book in the candle light to the clock wondering who could be knocking on his door at this hour and with this weather. He book marked his page and stood up to answer it. He opened the door to find his old friend (Name) bandaged and dripping wet.

“(N-Name) what are you…come in hurry.” He escorted her inside and closed the door. He went to go get her a blanket, “What on Earth were you doing out there? What happened to you?” He asked sitting her down on the couch, he got up again and came back with a cup of tea, he handed it to her and she gladly took it shivering.

“Vladimir I know you watch the news just to see the chaos, Lukas told me you loved to see it, so you know what’s happening to the people who get attacked in the park.”

He was silent, “It’s a vampire.” He stated with all seriousness. Vladimir looked her over and put two and two together, “It’s Lovino?” He gasped, “He did this to you?”

“It wasn’t his fault he couldn’t help he told me it was—

“Bloodlust? He has no control of his hunger, he smells something he has to eat it, and when he tastes blood—

“He goes crazy and wants blood no matter who it’s from,” (Name) whispered. Vladimir looked at her and noticed her lip was cut.

“Did he…” he trailed off. She looked at him and then back to her cup of tea.

“It happened so fast, we just—you have to help him Vlad, you’re the only one I know who knows vampires. I could ask Arthur or Lukas but they would just send me to you, so please tell me how do I cure Lovino?”

Vladimir put his elbows on his legs and went to a praying position; he sighed and closed his eyes, “You swimming in dangerous waters (Name), it’s been two years since he was bitten right?”

(Name) nodded, her heart was beating hoping that he would give her the answer, “Yeah two years.”

“Well then he hasn’t been a vampire for long, he is a very young vampire if he still has bloodlust. A fully grown vampire would know how to control it without even flinching.”

“He is trying to control it but he losses each time.”

“There is still a chance to save him, but there is no chance she is still here.” Vladimir mumbled the last part in his hands.

“What?” (Name) asked.

Vladimir rubbed his eyes and shifted in place, “To stop a weed you have to get it at its roots. You have to find the vampire that bit Lovino and kill him just like in the movies, the one thing that the media got right; but Lovino has to do it himself. If you or someone else does it then it wouldn’t count and Lovino would remain a vampire.”

(Name) bit her lip and nodded, “How do we find the vampire that bit him?”

“You’re not seriously thinking about looking for the vampire, (Name), this is some dangerous work here and—

“I don’t care. I don’t want Lovino to suffer anymore, he doesn’t deserve this. He still feels awful about what happened and I’m afraid is he keeps his anger in like that he might….do something.” (Name) covered her mouth before she could say anything more.

Vladimir sighed and leaned back on the couch, “You always cared for him the most. Fine, you have to go to there, and find the vampire that bit him and kill her.”

“Her?” (Name) asked.

“Yes, vampires can only turn people into one of them if they are a virgin of the opposite sex, didn’t you know that?”

(Name) shook her head, Vladimir waved his hand, “No matter, I can show you the dimension were the vampires are and you and Lovino can travel there and defeat this curse. You may want some extra muscle so help would be strongly advised.”

“You’re not coming with us?”

Vladimir rapidly shook his head, ‘I’m banished from that dimension and many others, if I step one foot there I get so many curses on my head, that the seventh circle of hell would be paradise for me. You can handle it if you can handle Lovino like this.”

(Name) nodded and stood up, “Thank you Vlad this means so much to me.”

“Of course anytime.”

Using a simple teleportation spell (Name) made it back to Lovino’s without having to walk through the rain, she entered the home again carefully wondering if Lovino had calmed down or not. She looked and found him face down on the couch like he was asleep; she knew that wasn’t the case considering he was nocturnal. She looked to the ground and found his shoes on the floor; she picked them up and threw them at his head.

He jumped up holding his head and growling, “What the hell!?”

“Put your shoes on right now mister, we are going to tell the others about everything and then we are going to cure you.”

Lovino looked at her and sighed, “You’re still on this? Just get over—ack!”

(Name) grabbed his caller and looked him dead in the eye, “You listen to me right now, I don’t want a smart ass remark Lovino Vargas understand, I don’t give a damn if you think you’re a vampire. You are still human and you still have feelings like one. You are going to see your brother again, you’re going to be with your family and friends and I don’t care if I have to drag you kicking and screaming you’re going to do it. Understand!?”

Lovino was silent and gulped he nodded, and (Name) smirked with victory and let him go. He quickly put his shoes on and while he did (Name) spoke on more time, “And another thing Lovino….” She trailed. Lovino looked up to her scared about what she might say, “You failed to mention the vampire who bit you was a girl.”