Gentle Fangs And Bloody Stakes

Realizations and Plans

         Jun hands Sebastian a few blood bags to drink so he can heal himself and treats Gutsy's wounds. 

"Hey, old man, how long have you known this vamp?" Gutsy ask raising an eyebrow with crossed arms. 

"...since he was a kid." 

"Thought so, why didn't you tell me?" 

"Your parents was just murdered by a vampire, Gutsy. How could I?" 

"How you two even meet?" 

Gulp, Sebastian finished sipping the last blood bag and started to answer.  

"...The night Lucien killed my mother. I crashed landed into his yard because I was still not good at controlling my wings. I was distraught, angry, and empty all at once. I had nothing but the thought of killing that disgusting thing. I saw my mother heart being ripped out by him and it played in my head over and over. Then I smelled this strong, very sweet scent. It didn't help with the pain much, but it did fill me with hope that there was beauty in this world, that Lucien couldn't take it all away." 

Gutsy's face drop with sympathy, Jun's as well even though it wasn't his first-time hearing this. 

Sebastian continues, "The next day, I followed where the scent was, revealing a boy angrily chucking sticks and rocks into a pond." 

Gutsy's green eyes widen.

"Seems it was you. I'll have to apologize now because I hadn't been around any humans all my 9 years of life then and almost attacked you." 

Gutsy punches Sebastian in the gut. 

"I said sorry. Luckily, Jun made me unconscious at the time. And when I woke up, I told him everything. To my surprise he let me live in a shed a little further away to keep the boy in his care safe, you, and helped me control my urges. I never thought a person would treat a vile creature like me with kindness. Even though Jun told me to stay in the shed, I secretly watched you train together often and thought how cool it would be if we could train together? How cool it would be to be friends with another kid? But that couldn't happen 'cause I was a vamp and few years later I had to leave since you were getting stronger by the day. Would probably kill me on the spot, aha...My only motivation was to kill the King and I always thought it would be by myself. Then I heard of the Vampire Killer and figured it had to be you. Jun gave the hint about the Hunter's Bar, and I went there in disguise. I smelled the scent I did years ago. I had prepared myself to finally meet you in person and thank you. For the hope you gave me. I didn't care if you killed me on the spot. But I wasn't ready to die until Lucien was off this earth, so I didn't enter the Bar at all."  

It would seem I've liked him for a long time. Sebastian thinks thoughtfully as he pictures the first time, he saw Gutsy as a child throwing rocks in a pond. 

Gutsy slumps his back against the van's wall he looks Sebastian up and down, so it was him, he thinks relieved. 

 "After my parents were murdered by Lucien and I was whisked away by Jun, I cried like a fucking baby the whole day. Something my father always use to say hit me once night fell, "My boy, whenever we're not with you, we're watching over you from the moon." So, I willed myself to look out the window and stare at the moon, hoping it would quench just a little of the wreck inside my mind. That's when I saw a boy, but he had black wings, flying in the sky, he was a disgusting vampire. My eyesight was extraordinarily clear that night. When I saw tears roll from the boy's red eyes and he was biting down on his lips like he was holding in something that troubled him. I know it sounds cruel, but I was happy, someone else was suffering too. And I told myself If he was the vamp I met, I would apologize and thank him for helping me cope that day.  And depending on his character, I probably wouldn't kill him either. So sorry and thank you, Sebastian."