Am I A Monster?

Chapter 16

   I groaned, not wanting to get up as my boyfriend was telling me to get up.
“Ugh, I don’t wanna…” I said, slamming my face into my pillow. Izu sighed.
“But we gotta get up! You can’t sleep forever!”
“Yes I can,” I mumbled into my pillow. He seemed annoyed. “Noooo,” I complained as he grabbed my hand and attempted to pull me out of bed. I hung onto my pillow with my other hand.
“Yes Shoto, c’mon,” he said, yanking me out of bed and onto the floor. I groaned, now being cold as I was now out of my warm bed.
I huddled up on the floor, kinda shivering as I was too tired and lazy to get back into the bed. I hugged my pillow, having some, but not a lot of warmth.
“Shoto get up!” Izuku told me firmly. I groaned again, still being half asleep and not wanting to get up. “It’s already 12pm, now get up! You’ve slept long enough!” I sighed, sitting up and still shivering. He bent down next to me and hugged me, which kinda helped a little with the coldness.
Either way this part of being a vampire sucked. I could never be warm, even with my quirk. It just wouldn’t help, which is why I love cuddling with my boyfriend so much. He helps me stay warm, because it sucks to be cold.
“Okay, now you gotta get up. You’ll be less cold if you move around,” he told me, seeming sure about what he was saying. I stood up.
“You’re forgetting I’m a vampire. I can’t be warm,” I told him kinda sadly. He frowned.
“Well you don’t typically shiver when you’re awake and moving around,” he said, which I couldn’t disagree with. “Either way you can’t sleep all day!”
“I know…” I looked down. It was sad, at least for me, knowing that you can’t sleep the entire day.
“Where are you going?” Izu asked, catching up to me as I was already walking towards my door.
“I’m hungry,” I told him. He seemed a bit confused by this.
“But didn’t you have a ton of my blood last night? How are you still hungry?” He asked curiously.
“It seemed like I took a lot, to you it did. For me, it necessarily wasn’t a lot. It calmed my hunger for a bit, but after a few hours it came back. It didn’t fully satisfy my hunger,” I told him truthfully. “Also, I was sleeping for around 12 hours after that. I may not have been using any of the energy, but the hunger naturally comes back after I wake up, especially after that long.”
“Oh, that makes sense,” he replied, seeming to understand. I opened the fridge, taking out a blood bottle and heating it up.
“Woah, what happened to you!?” Natsuo walked in. “You look kinda pale. Are you a vampire too now?!?” Natsuo asked, pointing at my boyfriend. I rolled my eyes.
“He isn’t a vampire, he’s pale because of me,” I told him, annoyed. Natsuo didn’t seem to understand. “I drank some of his blood, which is why he’s pale.” If anything, I didn’t understand why he didn’t understand at first.
“Oh, that makes more sense now,” he said cheerfully. Me, still being half asleep and annoyed, rolled my eyes. I turned to Izu.
“Don’t we have school today?”
“Aizawa-sensei let us both have a day off since you just got back,” Izu said. It made me relieved since I wasn’t late for school.
“Okay,” I said, taking the pot off of the stove and pouring the blood into the original bottle. I took a sip, not liking it that much, although I continued drinking it.
“You don’t seem to like that too much,” Izu blurted worriedly. I shrugged.
“I mean, after having your blood this stuff is kinda bad,” I told him. “I’m fine with it though, I’ll live.” I took another long sip.
“And here I thought that any warm blood was good to you,” Natsuo blurted. I sighed.
“It’s not bad, it’s just more bitter than fresh blood,” I told him. “Fresh is sweeter, and it just tastes better.” I shrugged.
“Interesting…” Izu said, then going to pull out his notebook.
“Izu no,” I told him. He frowned at me. “Please, you don’t need notes on me being a vampire.”
“Sorry…” he muttered, putting his notebook away.
“No need to apologize. I just don’t think you should write this stuff down. The more people find out, the more people that will be scared of me and hate me,” I told him truthfully. I had already come to terms with these possibilities. Izu seemed sad about it.
“Okay…” he said, clearly not wanting to argue. I finished my blood bottle, the taste invading my mouth. If I was being honest, I really didn’t like that blood. Cold would be even worse, but I’d rather suffer like that than drink directly from someone and not control myself.
I brushed my teeth afterwards, happy to get most of the taste of non-fresh blood out of my mouth. Afterwards, I went back to my room.
“So what now?” Izu asked, seeming eager to do something.
“I don’t know, I might go train in a little bit. I wanna work on my powers, vampire specifically since I have little to no training with it,” I spoke truthfully. Izu nodded.
“Well I can help if you need me to,” he cheerfully offered. I gave a small smile.
“Alright, I think that’d be helpful,” I stood up from my bed and looked at him.
I got ready for training, putting on some durable comfy clothes that weren't pajamas. I had Izu close the curtains in the training room since my father normally left them open, therefore I’d get burned if I went in there with so much sunlight.
Luckily we had black-out curtains, so it wasn’t a big deal.
“So what specifically are you gonna be training with first?” Izu asked. I thought for a moment, not quite sure what to practice first.
“I don’t know, I guess I could work on my senses,” I shrugged. Izu seemed confused.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean…” I didn’t really know how to explain it. “All my senses are enhanced, so the weaker ones that I’m less comfortable with, I could train them to get them better,” I thought out loud. He seemed to understand now.
“That makes more sense,” Izu said. “But I didn’t know there were weaker senses than others?”
“Technically they aren’t weak by any means, I’m just less comfortable with them,” I explained. “For example, I’m confident with my hearing ability, along with my eyesight, unless I’m a bat. However, my sense of smell is one that I’m less confident with. It helps me navigate, but not as much as my hearing and sense of touch is.” He nodded, taking in the information.
“So how would you make that stronger than? You can’t get rid of your sense of touch?”
“Correct, but I can get rid of my hearing,” I told him truthfully. “You said you’re willing to help?” Izu nodded. “Use anything in this room and set up a difficult obstacle course. I’ll go get a few things to help me,” I said and turned to go get something.
“What are you going to do anyways?” he asked curiously.
“I’m gonna go get my earbuds,” I told him, stopping to explain. “I’ll have a blindfold on, so I’ll be blind. I’ll also have earbuds, that will block my sense of hearing. I play very loud music, which will be distracting and also tune out any sounds around me. All I’d have to focus on would be smell and touch. Taste isn’t gonna do anything.” He nodded.
I went and got a pair of my wireless earbuds. These earbuds were my good pair, which play music very loudly and stay in my ears very well. 10 out of 10 rating from me.
The blindfold was a regular blindfold. I had a couple of them for training purposes for when I trained with Endeavor, depending on what we were doing.
I got back to the training room, Izu already starting to put the course together. The training room was naturally big, so there was more than enough space for this.
I put the blindfold on, earbuds as well although I didn;t start any music or sound yet. I’d wait for Izu to finish before I did that.
After about 10 more minutes of arranging stuff, he told me that the course was ready. I didn’t sense around too much since that was, in my opinion, considered cheating.
I played the music, now basically having screaming in my ears. It honestly hurt, but it was the only thing that could cancel out anything around me. I couldn’t even hear my boyfriend talking to me.
I started sensing around, mainly focusing on my sense of smell to help me navigate. I was blind and deaf, which was actually kinda scary. I felt very vulnerable, which I hated the feeling of.
From what I could sense, Izu seemed very worried about me, but that wasn’t my main focus. I just needed to get free of this.
I tripped a few times, which kinda hurt. I had noticed from the torture, that any wounds didn’t overly hurt too bad. The only thing that was unbearably painful was the sunburn. My skin had turned black, which was even scary to look at. Lots of black, painful and stinging burns. It sucked.
Izu didn’t make the course too difficult, as I did eventually navigate through it. Once I had finished, he put a hand on my shoulder, which meant that I finished.
I took the blindfold off, my eyes adjusting to the environment. I also took the earbuds out, my ears then ringing and kinda hurting from the loud booming noise in my ear.
“Good job!” Izu praised. I smiled, my ears still in pain.
“Thanks… although I am not doing that again,” I shook my head, my ears still ringing and in slight pain from the booming music. Izu tilted his head slightly, symbolizing that he was confused. “The music was VERY loud, my ears hurt now… I also felt very vulnerable. It was honestly scary…”
“Well then we don’t have to do that again,” he told me. I nodded in agreement.
We trained for a few hours before I NEEDED a break. When I say a break, I mean I needed blood.
I didn’t even bother with warming it up, as I just drank it straight from the cold bottle. It was more bitter, but I didn’t care. It filled my appetite, even if it wasn’t too appetizing.
We didn’t train after that, just went to my room and cuddled for a while.
…
From there on, life got better. Turns out no one really hated me for being a vampire. I learned how to control my hunger, with the help of Izu and the UA staff. I wasn’t so scared of myself anymore, as many people had helped me through everything.
Life was truly going great, and I had to admit, I was happy that I told everyone. If I didn’t, who knows what would’ve happened. I might’ve gone insane, but I prefer not to think about that. I’m just happy that everything worked out in the end, and I’m living a life with Izu that I never thought would happen.
Honestly, I sometimes feel like I don’t deserve it all, but Izu keeps reminding me that I deserve a sweet and happy life, so I tried to believe that.
All in all, I’m happy with this outcome. The vampire thing truly changed me, and I wouldn't have been able to go through it without Izu and everyone else's help.