this is the perfect end to a rather bad date night. pulls out her house key and unlocks the door.

leaves the front door open, so the cool air from the rain can move through the house and cool the air inside. Walks over to the lamp next_

to the sofa and turns it on.

walks down the hall into her bedroom. Checks the open bedroom window, holding her hand to see if it's raining into the house.

if the rain will make it too cold to sleep with the window open tonight.

changes into her pajamas, then sits on the bed, watches the curtains flutter from the open window and listens to the rain.

decides she likes sleeping with the window open and reaches for her book to read before going to bed.

looks up from the book, watching curtains flutter in the breeze ... "I wonder how Alfred is doing? Haven't seen him for a few days."

"Maybe he's forgotten about me. Ivan says it will happen eventually." returns to reading her book.

knocks on the door to her bedroom, having appeared from seemingly nowhere with a bright grin on his face. "Ya know, you should probably_

keep your front door closed at all times!"

turns to the door when she hears Alfred's voice. "Alfred!" hops off the bed and gives him a big hug. "I wanted to let in the air cooled_

by the rain."

laughs, hugging her back. "Well ya know, you could just turn on the air conditioner!"

"But then I wouldn't be able to smell the rain, or listen to the crickets when I sleep."

laughs again, patting her head. "Well then you could sleep with just your window open! You could get mugged during the night with your door

open like that!"

"I would have closed it before I went to sleep. I do sleep with the window open."

chuckles. "Well, just in case you forgot to close it, I showed up!"

"I haven't seen you in a couple of days, have you been alright?" gazes over him, he looked well enough.

nods, still grinning. "I've been trying to find Berwald so I can learn to control my abilities!"

"Have you had any luck finding him?" looks around, thinking about someplace to sit, takes his hand and leads him out to the living room.

sighs and shakes his head as he follows her. "Not one bit. And I haven't been able to find Yong Soo either!"

"Really? I saw Yong Soo yesterday. He comes to the library during the day and sleeps. I can't help you with Berwald." sits on the couch.

pauses for a moment, then pouts. "I'm coming with you to the library tomorrow then!"

"You're more than welcome to come to the library any day. Yong Soo knows I'm there, but I never know if he will show up the next day."_

looks down at her hands. "I know he bit a girl there once, but he says she wanted him to."

blinks, and tilts his head to the side. "What did she look like?"

"I don't know, I never saw her. But he did say she gave him her number." thinks about the people who have been in the library lately._

"There has been another girl there lately. She makes Yong Soo hiss. She has brown hair. "

narrows his eyes and frowns. "Is this the demon that I've been hearing rumors about?"

"I don't know if she's a demon, she could be. She's been going over every book we have in the library, researching vampire venom."

nods. "I'll have to have a look at her for myself then."

"I don't think she's found what she's looking for, but she's still looking. I did order a book from another library though." stands up and_

walks over to the bookcase. "I did see that hunter again, but he said he's leaving town." reaches behind the books and pulls out the small_

pistol. "He gave me this to shoot you, if I needed to."

observes it for a moment before nodding. "Good idea. Make sure to keep it with you too for when you go out!"

"I'm not really sure I need to Alfred." puts the gun back behind the books, sits back down next to him. "Other for you and Yong Soo, I _

haven't met any other vampires."

insists on his suggestion though. "But you could meet a new one at any time!!"

"No, I have a feeling I won't. I sleep with my bedroom window open, I walk around my neighborhood at night. No one bothers me. I walked_

most of the way home tonight alone, nothing."

frowns further now. "That could change at any time though!!"

"Everyone keeps telling me this city is full of vampires. I've met two, neither of them want to do me any harm. For all I know, you're_

the only two vampires here."

shakes his head, getting slightly frustrated. "No! There's more! Honestly! And not all of them are as nice as me and Yong Soo!"

takes his hands in hers, "Hey, take it easy. If there are more vampires here, then for some reason they don't bother me." squeezes his_

hands. "There's no need to get upset. If evil vampires were interested in getting me, they would have done it by now, right?"

sighs, shaking his head. "Not necessarily."

"Well, first they have to notice I exist. I've found a lot of people I encounter in this city work very hard to ignore people, unless they_

have a particular interest in someone. "

stares at her for a moment, then sighs. "Just, make sure to carry /something/ with you at all times, okay?"

"I wear my gold cross when I'm out." squeezes his hands, moves a little closer. "Did you know vampires have venom?"

shakes his head. "No, but I almost kinda figured that, ya know? It just sounds like it fits."

"The brown haired girl at the library that Yong Soo hisses at, she said there were two kinds of venom. One caused extreme pain, and the _

other ... she got a strange look on her face." looks at him.

blinks. "What? What does it do?"

"I don't know, she just stopped talking and ... didn't say anything else." rubs the inside of his palm with her thumb. "I hope the book I_

ordered arrives at the library soon, it's supposed to talk about vampire venom."

for a moment, and then nods, a smile spreading across his face. "Maybe I need to take a peek in it before she does~!"

"She didn't order it, I did. I get first dibs on it when it arrives." smiles at him, then reaches up and kisses him on the lips.

grins brightly then. "Awesome!! You should check it out and bring it here so that I can read it too!!"

"Oh of course." sits back when he didn't notice the kiss. "She piqued my curiosity, now I have to know."

nods, a bit excited about learning about his own kind. "Yeah! Same here!" Doesn't notice that he's done something wrong.

happy Alfred is excited, but sad now that perhaps him forgetting about her has already started. "I should have the book soon. Maybe even_

tomorrow." she looked down at his hands, rubbing her thumbs over the palms.

nods again. "That's awesome!! I almost can't wait! I wonder what all vampire venom actually does!" He chuckles, thinking about all the_

things it could be.

I hope that book has the information we need. It was in that other library's special collections, it may be a rare book.

""""

hums in thought, tilting his head to the side. "It's kinda weird that they'd even have a book on it in the first place!"

"Oh not when it's from a library's special collection, that's where all the rare and unusual books go." looks up at him and smiles._

"Special collections is the part of the library that specializes in weird."

"Ooooooh, gotcha!" He nods, grinning. "Well then I might have to have you order some more stuff!" Laughs lightly.

"Any time. I can request stuff from any library just about anywhere." looks down at her hands holding his. "Alfred, do you still like me?"

blinks at her for a moment, his brow furrowing. "What are you talking about Bela? Of course I still like you!!"

"Oh ... I wondered because I tried to kiss you, and you ignored it. You said you liked kissing me before." feels shy and looks at her_

hands holding his.

had no idea that she meant she wanted to continue kissing! "I do! Of course I do! I just didn't know that you wanted to actually start_

making out!"

blushes bright red. "I wasn't trying to make out, I just wanted to give you a kiss."

's lips form an 'o', and he nods, blushing as well since he'd been feeding more. "I uh-…ah-…uh-…um-…." Fumbles before finally leaning_

forward to give her a kiss, closing his eyes.

's lips melt into his, closes her eyes. tilts her head to the side and deepens the kiss.

tries to keep up with her, but still has no idea what he's doing. He plans to try harder this time to get it right though!

opens her eyes, looks at him. "Relax, you're doing fine. If you like how it feels, keep doing it."

nods, "A-alright." and starts the kiss back up, trying to relax and go with the flow.

kisses him back, closes her eyes and tilts her head again, opens her mouth, licks and sucks on his lips, asking him to open his mouth.

does as he's asked, but this time he meets her tongue with his own halfway, also tilting his head slightly.

"Mmm~" curls her tongue around his, puts her hands behind his neck, clasping her fingers together.

wraps his arms around her waist and pulls her closer, sliding his tongue against her's.

wraps her arms around his shoulders, pulls him closer and sucks on his tongue. runs her fingers through his hair. " Mmm~"

lets out a soft, content noise, sucking back lightly and letting her lead most of the kiss to show him how to do this.

gets bolder and explores his mouth with her tongue. Stops for a second when she finds one of his fangs, then goes back to curling her_

tongue around his.

continues sliding and rubbing his tongue against hers, and then tries to copy what she did, clumsily exploring her mouth.

doesn't care if it's clumsy, is enjoying the kissing very much. Leans back, pulling on his shoulders to make him follow as she rests on_

the back of the couch.

follows her, and moves one of his hands to rest on the couch to keep his balance as he continues kissing her.

how long Alfred can hold his breath, she needs to catch hers soon, but is enjoying the kiss too much to stop.

can hold his breath for a long long time, but breaks the kiss because he knows that Bela definately can't hold her's that long.

gasps for air, pants for a few seconds, looking at him in wonder. "Wow, you're incredible." gazes into his eyes and smiles.

greens sheepishly, blushing lightly and moving back to his previous position. "Thanks! Considering I've never done that before!"

"For someone who's never done it before, you're really good at it. My heart is still racing."

rubs the back of his neck, his grin only getting wider. "Hehe, thanks!"

(….you can tell I'm getting tired when I mistake GREEN for GRIN. WTF)

(( I'm getting sleepy too))

"You're welcome." sits up so she's closer to him. She could brush her lips across his neck she's so close. "I really like you Alfred."

nods. "I really like you too." He admits.

smiles, eyes get bright. "You do?" Puts her arms around his shoulders again. "Good, because I think about you all the time." kisses him_

lightly on the lips.

blushes brighter at this. "R-really? So do I!"

plays with his hair on the back of his head, gazing into his eyes. "You're very good looking, do you know that?" feels her cheeks getting_

pink as she looks at him.

glances away before looking back at Bela. "I've been told that once or twice." He says with a half-grin. "Has anyone ever told you how_

beautiful *you* are?"

"Me? *beautiful*?" blushes deeper, "Ive been told I'm pretty, and some of my co workers complain I work the circulation desk because it_

attracts lots of male patrons, which I've never noticed. But beautiful? " shakes her head. "No, never."

smiles softly now, kissing her lips briefly. "Well then, I'll be the first~ You're beautiful, Natalia~"

looks into his eyes, wraps her arms around him and pulls him close. "Oh, Alfred~ " kisses him passionately.

chuckles into the kiss and kisses back, trying to keep up with her again, though this time he's not as worried about it.

senses he's more relaxed now and nibbles on his lips, sucks on his lower lip gently.

lets out a short hum, letting Bela lead again.

deepens the kiss, enjoying his lips on hers. Presses her body close to his.

presses close to her as well, bringing a hand up to rest on her cheek and putting the other one on her lower back as he kisses back.

"Mmm~ " explores his mouth with her tongue, finds his fangs again, but doesn't mind, they're part of him, and her feelings for him were_

growing stronger.

pushes against her tongue back into her mouth so that he can try to explore again, getting a little braver with this whole kissing thing.

lets him, enjoying him taking more control now, feels a warmth growing in her tummy. moves one hand up and down his side caressing him.

shivers slightly at the touch, and continues to dominate the kiss, feeling better now that he wasn't being taught how to kiss.

plays tonsil hockey with him while moving her hand under his shirt, wanting to touch his bare skin.

reminded of that one day he met Arthur when her hand touches his skin, and he pauses for a moment, seriously hoping it's not going that_

far.

opens her eyes and breaks the kiss. "What's wrong?"

blushes, glancing away before meeting her gaze again. "We're….not doing anything more than kissing, right?"

stares at him, then blushes and looks down. "Oh! ... Uhm ..." fidgets "I really intended just to kiss you, but I guess I got carried away_

I'm sorry about that. "

chuckles a bit awkwardly, smiling. "It's alright! I just wanted to make sure."

"I mean, I really like you, and if someday we do decide we want to ... " feels her cheeks getting hotter.

nods, looking down. "Y-yeah, I really like you too. But not yet."

"When we're ready," caresses his cheek with her fingers. "You are really handsome."

looks back up at her, smiling. "And you are really beautiful~"

smiles, then kisses him on the lips.

kisses her back briefly, before pulling away, grinning at her. "I love kissing you and all, but I think I ended up killing the mood." Luaghs

lightly.

Laughs*

"Well, come back again, and we can work on recreating the mood."