My neighbour is a vampire

My neighbour is the one❤️

My 327 years of life was losing its meaning with every passing day. I felt as if I was finding my way in a dark forest with just a small lamp of hope. The sky was void of the moon and stars. The lamp of hope was losing its light and I couldn't see the way ahead. Until. I saw you. Standing alone. Lost in your own world. You were the moon of my dark night. Meaning of my life. My soulmate.

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" Don't forget about the party, elder. " Dhruv on the other side of the line reminded me.

" I will be there on time. " I promised before ending the call. The clan of this town was throwing a welcome party for me tonight. I still have 2 years before entering the human society. Until then I decided to live here.

I was walking around the departmental store putting food in my basket. This town looks quite. My 2 years in this town will be peaceful, I thought.

Suddenly, A sweet fragrance hit me. It made my brain hazy, my pupil dilated, my heart palpated and my soul ached. It's my mate!! My mate is near!! I followed the fragrance.

Every werewolf is blessed with a mate by the moon goddess. One can meet their mate at any point of their life. Some meet their mate when they turn 18, some at 28 and even at 88. As sad as it sounds, some never meet their mate in their entire life and I thought that was my fate.

For us our mate is the first and the last partner we will have. They are like the other half of our soul.

And the other half of my soul is standing right in front of me. He's standing in front of the fridge holding two types of chocolate, struggling hard at choosing which one to buy. He thought for some time and ended up putting both of them in his basket.

I laughed at my mate's cuteness and didn't realise I was staring at him until he asked.

" Bro, are you ok?" Even his voice is sweet. I couldn't speak a word and stupidly stared at him. Me, a feared elder from the 3rd biggest clan in India, has suddenly forgotten the art of speaking. The cute little boy stared at me for sometime before walking away whispering 'weirdo'.

It is our destiny that we crossed paths. When I was following him to his house, I couldn't believe my luck. My mate is my neighbour. When he noticed me parking my car in front of my house, he called me. We talked for half an hour.

His sweet voice reached my ears and I was smiling the whole time. His name is Nachiket. What a cute name. Just like him.

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That night I was happily getting ready for the theme party. A dracula costume was prepared by Dhruv. He's only 14 but his brain works fast in these kind of things.

The party was going great. The head of the clan and my old friend introduced me to his clan members and other guests. After the party I told my friend that I have found my mate. As expected he was very happy but when he found that my mate is a human he warned me about the consequences.

Statistically speaking, whenever someone's mate is from a different species the rate of rejection increases by 30%.

Hence, I decided not to tell my human mate about what I am. I will make him fall in love with me just like in the movies.

On the first day I met Nachiket he was friendly but still kept a distance from me like I was a stranger but the very next morning I found him looking towards my house many times a day. Is it a bad thing?

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Today when I was drinking juice after my workout Nachiket walked over my house to talk to me, on his own, for the first time!! I couldn't be more happy.

As we were talking I offered to make him a glass of beetroot juice. I was so happy at this opportunity of impressing my mate but even before he tasted the juice my sink filled with unwashed dishes made me lose face.