He sat down on the sofa in front of the fireplace and looked at her from where he sat, grabbing her hand and pulling her in a bit, looking up at her. Oh, she was so gorgeous, he could look at her all day and night long and never get tired of her beauty.
But he tried to not mind that as he could tell she was a bit uneasy about the fact he was still a bit sketchy.
"Creepy right? Dont worry, that's just where he stores the blood. He works at the morgue not far from here. And that's why I can always come here if I need any emergency….well blood. He used to kill. No wolves in case you were wondering. But he spent the last…60 years choosing not to kill anyone. It was too much of a hassle he says. Making sure nobody found out. He says it was easy. But it was easier to just do this. You can even come down there and look for yourself if you want to. It just has freezers filled with bags down there" he says, trying his best to reassure her. He really wanted her to like him and not to be wary. There wasnt anything to be wary of. Well he knew Cass had secrets, plenty of which he hadn't told him. But none that were too bad. Yeah, he accidentally killed his whole family and all of the royals that lived with them and.he fled. But he wasnt going to tell her that unless she asked Cass and.cass wanted to.tell.her. which definitely would, but he didnt know if she would ask.
She leaned into him content with being in his arms. She was surprised and a bit relieved to hear that Cass hadn't killed in nearly 60 years. "That's innovative, as well as effective, the morgues get rid of bodies they don't have space for and you guys get a reliable food source." She was glad that Min could come here as a source for blood instead of killing people. She shook her head at his offer, her hunger only growing as she remained in place though she was alright for now, the blood would only increase that urging to hunt. She knew Cass wasn't entirely innocent, she could smell the underlying regret around the home but she also knew he wasn't a man to fear or at least to be scared of.
"I'm glad I met him. He seems like a wonderful man and a very caring person." She said and meant it, truly believing that despite the regret, Cass had learned from whatever mistakes he had done and had turned in the wise and compassionate man he was towards Min as well as to the other beings in the area.
He was glad she understood, a small smile on his face as she spoke. He heard footsteps coming up from the stairs and he stood once again, slowly though. Kissing Vals cheek before he heard Cassius' voice humming along to a rather old sounding song.
"Awe, young long" he says sweetly, missing being in love. In his hand was a bag of frozen blood. The hand it held it in had a glove on before he slipped it off and set the bag on the counter, opening the bag and setting it in the microwave.
He turned around and walked up to Min, ruffling his thick wavy mess of hair with a peppy smile. "I didnt think you had it in you!" Cass laughed before turning to Val. "You got lucky. Hes one of the vampires in this state that actually has a warm heart" he says, metaphorically of course.
"Oh, you must be hungry too huh. Do you want anything to eat darling?"
"really?" She smiled teasingly at Min "That would have been great to know before all the threats and the name calling." She laugh and stood with a shake of her head "while the offer is greatly and truly appreciated, I think I'll let you two eat while I hunt for a bit." She returned the kiss on Min's cheek and bowed her head to Cass in a silent 'that you' before opening the door and shifting. She turned her head and let out a bark before trotting in a small circle and running off to find prey.
She eventually made it into the thicker part of the forest where she knew prey was abundant. Letting her instincts take over her more human side, she let out a low growl and crouched down, pressing her belly low to the ground. She spotted a young dear near a few trees, practically cornering it in. She couldn't smell the mother or father anywhere which was great for her. Usually she would be able to hunt the smaller deer while her pack members drove the other deer away. Sending a thank you to her ancestors for a hearty meal as well as a thank you to the deer for giving it's life so she may live another day, she took a deep breath and launched herself at the small deer, hearing a yell from the creature before her teeth sunk deep into it's neck. With a quick jolt of her head, she dislocated it's neck and let it slump to the ground. Sniffing around to make sure no other wolf was near, she settled comfortably in the small clearing and happily ate her fill, planning to come back later to retrieve the rest for her pack.
He leaned into her lips a little with a boyish grin before he watched her leave. "Be safe plesse" he says nervously, though remembering who she was. He knew she could take care of herself but he was still worried. He was always overprotective over the ones he loves.
Once she was gone, he turned to Cass as he walked into the living room from the kitchen with a mug full of the syrupy dark liquid.
He handed one to Min as he set a pitcher down on the coffee table, taking a mug of his own and leisurely drinking it.
Min cleared his throat and looked up from the mug, "she doesn't trust you" he says calmly.
"Well she has no reason to do so. I'm a vampire. A sketchy one at that. I have plenty of secrets nobody knows about. Shes good to judge from the cover." He says carefully with a smile, his tone relaxed but dangerous as he took another sip.
"What secrets? Other than killing people" he asked raising an eyebrow. What was he hiding?
"You dont want to know. But just know this" he finished off his cup of food as if it were simply tea and set it down on the coffee table before licking his lips rather seductively. It sent shivers down Mins spine.
"Theres a reason I tell you not to ever go down any hall in this house" he says leaning back in his seat and pouring himself some more blood from the pitcher.
Val took a detour back home, needing to change and to let Chire know where she would be for the rest of the day. When she told him about Cassius, she felt as if his guard slightly went up. She tried to reassure him as best he could, but he was her big brother.
"Val, I know Min would never put you in direct danger but a vampire who's lived in this forest for centuries is bound to come with some background and some secrets. He wouldn't tell Min everything, maybe for his own privacy or for the safety of both Min and everyone else." he reasoned, leaning against the wall next to her room, waiting for her to change.
"I know, but he doesn't seem like a bad person, and no that's not me being bias towards vampires. He genuinly seems to care about everyone and he's sworn off drinking any living beings blood. yes, a few things about him do seem slightly suspicious but I'll be careful. if at anytime i feel uncomfortable, I'll leave." she reassured, coming out of her room in a black graphic t shirt and some simple jeans. her makeup was scrubbed off but a bit of black smudging remained around her golden eyes. "I'll be careful, I promise." she hugged her brother and headed out again, shifting back into wolf form and making her way back to the house. Thinking that the boys were still eating, Val remained outside in her wolf form. She found a patch of moss in front of the home, curled up in a tight ball and rested her head on her paws, taking the time to rest and relax.
Once Min finished his fill, he stood, a rush of a sort of headache come to his head. He got dizzy but he didnt mind. Cas it was nothing. Just his senses. Right? He had just found out Cass is most likely hiding something dark and that made him nervous. Cass's voice sounded less welcoming and more dangerous as did his yellow snake eyes.
"Uh…I think I heard Val out there. We better get going too. But thank you really. Ill come around some time later to just hang out." He says loosening the collar of his fancy outfit.
Once outside, he looked to Val, and to his relief she was there. "H-hey. Sorry I took a bit. We can go now though" he says with a stumble, leaning against the wall a bit but he didnt seem to be questioning it
She picked her head up when he heard him coming and immediately went to his side, worried whimper coming from as he leaned against the wall she glanced up at Cass’ house before crouching down and nodding her head behind her, gesturing for him to get on. She didn’t know about Cass’ secrets or about his sudden changes in innocence but she didn’t fully trust him as with ever Vampire she met. She didn’t want ask for his help in case Min’s nervousness was caused by Cass. She believed he wouldn’t hurt Min but she also believed that there were more important things to the vampire than keeping Min’s innocence when it came to the two’s relationship.
Min-Hyuk looked at her with gratitude, "I'm fine. I think I just stood up too quickly. Low iron is more a lifestyle than anything now" he says rolling his eyes.
He stood straight smiled at her "so hey, did you get any food?"
(Sorry its short)
She shifted back into her normal form and looked him over carefully before taking his hand in hers and pulling him into a wall.
“Yeah, a small deer on the outskirts of The territory. I’ll bring the other half back later for the pack.” She ran a hand through her hair and guided him around the forest until they got to the abandoned home. She broke out into a smile upon seeing it and stared up at in wonder, excited to see how it was inside
He stood in his tracks when she started to wander, looking up at the abandoned home. It was a decent sized house. It looked like an old farm house, the windows still in but cracked and dusty. He stepped into the building with Val, looking around. The furniture was turn along with the plastic sheet over them. Everything was awfully dusty and rickety, Min left footprints in the dust of the creaky floorboards he was afraid would fall through in second.
"We should fix this place up or something" he says to Val with a little grin
She wandered in a little more, coming to stand in the center of the room. "really? with what skills between us?" She waved a hand in front of her, trying to get the floating dust away from her before she got a full on sneezing attack. " okay maybe at least a thorough dusting."Managing to finally get her allergies under control, Val wander over to the stair's and peeked up, smiling when she saw a few rooms. Slowly, she made her way up, shifting in the middle in case anything was anything that was up there.
When she finally made it upstairs, she sniffed around, sneezing a few times, accidentally bumping into a plastic sheet that covered a bookshelf which fell on top of her. With a yelp she shifted and yanked off the sheet, still sneezing a bit. once she stopped, she looked up at the bookshelves and ran a gentle hand along the spines.
"Hey, I'll have you know I have plenty skill. I could easily fix this place up. All I need is time" he huffed, crossing his arms before the shelf fell.
Before Min could even help her, she had helped herself and he once again felt useless. But it was whatever. It didnt bother him too much. He was just glad she was safe.
"Are you alright?" He asked cautiously
She laughed and nodded “yeah I’m good,” she scanned over the book again, drawn in by their intricate design and intriguing titles, some not even in English. She took a peek over at Min and tilted her head, walking over and gently taking his hands in hers. “Are you alright?” She asked softly, brow furrowed in concern. “You’ve been…off…ever since you went to talk to Ryuu. You’re sure everything’s okay?” She looked up at him, cupping his cheek with her hand and stroking over the skin with her thumb
He was taken by surprise at her words, then followed by her actions. But he only leaned into her touch. "Yeah. I'm fine. Ryuu has his doubts and to be frank… doesn't trust you yet. I mean, you didnt trust me at first either and neither did I you. So I can see where hes coming from. Hes protective over my little sister. But he doesn't know you like i do. But he'll grow to like you. And hey, my sis already seems too" he says kissing her forehead. "I'm fine. Trust me"
She sighed softly and pressed both her hands to his cheek. "I hope he can trust me one day." She gently stroked his features, tracing over ever curve and feature. "Now who says I still trust you hm, darling vampire?" she teased in a soft purr, tired of feeling worried and overwhelmed for the day. She took a deep breath and reached up and pressed their heads together "if you say you're fine, then i trust you but please do let me know if anything comes up."
"I will. And hey. If you dont trust me…that's your problem. Maybe I dont trust you either" he says stubbornly crossing his arms and pouting.
Before he could say anything else he heard a thud in the attic and dust fell from the ceiling followed by a few voices. Min assumed some teens were around
she looked up in slight confusion before pressing a kiss to Min's lips. "I trust you with my life, love." she smiled softly before gently pulled away from him to find the attic. "I wasn't aware of other people here." she mumbled, lowering her voice in case the other people heard them. She shifted into her wolf form and trotted around, sniffing a bit in case she caught someone's scent. The the dust was hard to get through so her nose wasn't much help but she did find the entrance to the attic.
Min tilted his head up to the boards in the ceiling to see a small light flitting through the cracks of the floorboard to the attic.
"Well, let's see. They're probably some stupid teenagers exploring the place. We're more dangerous than….well anything else in here probably." He says before pulling down the built in latter from the attic and stepping up.
She shifted back once again and followed him up. "probably, and yeah, we most likely are. They should be glad we came after we ate and not before." she laughed softly and poked her head up into the attic, scanning the area and follow Min, keeping to the shadows in case it wasn't mortals. "who would be here at this time of night besides us?" she whispered, her eyes shining in the dim light of the attic
He chuckled at her small comment before he answered her, looking around. Hearing footsteps but he didnt see anything. The attic was quite large with boxes of old junk everywhere. It would be easy to hide.
"Hopefully not another vampire. Nor a wolf, but I cant say" he shrugged
“Great.” She muttered, hailing herself up into the attic and slowly crept around to the edge of The attic, keeping to the walls. She scanned the area, seeing what she assumed were mice. She started towards the back, where she hoped the people were. “Hello? Anyone here? Just so ya know this is private property!” She called, falling to all fours in case she needed to switch “leave now and we’ll forgive you today.”
"Speak for yourself" he chuckled, his eyes giving off a faint glow into the dust floating up around them.
"I might give em a good chase just for fun" he thiught to himself.
Turning to her, Min-Hyuk touched her shoulder ligjtly before stepping away. "Stay here. Ill see who it is. I dont think theyre gonna talk to us" he says
She shook her head slightly and grinned. She nodded after he told her he would go off to find whoever was there with them and moved to crouch down near some boxes, trying her best not to breath in so much dust. “Please Be careful Min.” She called after him. She shifted into her wolf form to see if she’s could pick up any sound or movement from the other people. She hoped none of them were hunters hiding out at the house. Last time they had to deal with hunters on the property, a bet about had gotten shot in the leg. She sighed softly and slowly crept forward to the last set of boxes closest to the farthest wall in the attic.
His foot lightly landed on the creaky stairs, the dust flying back up from the planks that had finally settled from when they first came up here.
Mumbling could be heard across the house through one of the drywalls.
Min-Hyuks eyes scanned the place before dropping down lightly and stepped closer to the sound, silver dagger in hand.
(Okay so like what should they actually be? Im thinkin something thats gonna cause some action or like a new character because we gotta have a plot going for this not to die lol)
(I had an idea of a slight plot including Daniel(the dude who was talking to Val before) maybe having a thing for her? Maybe he comes from a line of hunters as well?)
Despite his words, Val decided to creep forward a bit more, her annoyance and slight worry was stronger than her own safety at the moment. She fully straightened when she realized no one was around and started sniffing around at the boxes. She nudged open a box and looked inside, finding old clothing and pictures. She shifted and slowly picked a picture up, immediately recognizing the couple in the photo.
(I like it!)
Faint footsteos were heard from a few rooms back. There had to be at least 3 people there. Hopefully they were just hunters but he could never be two careful.
Stepping down the steps and into the next room, he peeked his head through the doorway to see three hunters searching the house. Yikes…
"should i tell Val to leave? After that ill take care of these hunters"
“Daniel, for the last time, no one’s here.” his older brother whispered, glaring at his sibling.
“Markus, I’m telling you, she went in here with that creep. She’s not safe!” Daniel whispered back, “you should have seen him back at the dance, one minute, arm in arm with Emily, the next with Val, then the next she’s alone at a table.”
Markus laughed softly and shook his head sheathing away his army knife and facing his brother. “i thought you brought us here to bring down some blood sucking demon or an overgrown dog. Not to help kill someone’s boyfriend you have a problem with. If you’re jealous, why not tell this so called creep what you think. Better yet, why not tell this girl that you like your feelings towards her?”
Daniel rolled his eyes, “first of all, have you seen this kid? He looks like a literal vampire, emo nightmare, walks like he owns the place, every twilight book ever written, vampire. as for telling Val, I can’t. Not when she’s with him.”
“aw, wittle baby Daniel is having trouble telling a gurl he wikes how he fweels.” his sister chimes in with a laugh. “Ya know I could take that vampire out of the equation for ya, I could have my own little Edward Cullen!” She squealed, practically bouncing in place
Val shifted once she saw no one around and rummaged through the boxes, pulling out a few photos of her grandmother when she was much younger as well as an old dress of hers which she assumed was for more formal events. Zizi never really spoke of her past love life, the memory of having lost her mate due to a car accident years ago was never a good thing to bring up around her. The few times she had spoken about her partner, she had described them vaguely, but still with much love and compassion as if they were still there.
(Okay so are we going for like a love triangle/ like two of the guys fighting for Val or something?)
Min-Hyuks eyes narrowed when he mentioned Val. He didnt care what they thought of him, though…yeah he was a little offended.
But we dont talk about that
He pressed his back against the wall, rolling a rock in his hand before throwing it acorss the room, directing their attention away from him.
A loud thud came from near one of the broken down rooms.
Edward Cullen? Rude he thought to himself. His sister had made him was the whole twighlight saga a few times before and he despised the dude. He was more team Jacob than anything. And no, not just because Jacob was hot and Edward looked like he was holding in a fart the whole movie.
He was slightly irritated that this dude had the hots for Val. But he wasnt worried about it. As fae as Min knew Val was only interested in him and only him. But his trust issues and paranoia got the best of him. What if she didnt?
No…they were already past this stage. He trusted her…right?
