First, only, and last time

.2.

He paused and looked away from the window they were both looking through to watch Jake, who for once was completely focused and silent.

- You must surely suspect it, but we arrive at the crucial moment of the explanation of my my existence. Things were happening faster than I'm about to tell you, but I want you to understand.
So I saw a tall man, taller than myself-

- Are you doing it on purpose to specify?

Heeseung couldn't suppress the second smile that formed on his face but refocused almost immediately.

- Crucial moment Jake, please don't cut me again.

- Yes yes sorry.

- He was covered from head to toe, I saw him approaching, advancing in the alley where I was. Without a word he leaned over to caress my cheek with his icy hand.
He said nothing, me neither, I didn't care about his intentions. Surely he wanted silverware, gold or food, I thought to myself at the time.

"Come with me, you will find an interest in life, you will be stronger than ever"

These had been his first words to me.

I do not say a word about his promises.
A sigh crossed the border of my lips and I resumed:
"What good is it to be strong if not to have nothing to protect"
The other straightened up, towering above me.
"Isn't protecting yourself would already be a lot, don't you think? Rather than letting yourself die in an infested hole"
So I took the time to think, but I saw no possible way.
I even came to believe that I was talking to some kind of sorcerer using dark magic who wanted to sell my soul to the devil.
If I had known that I was not so far...
"I have something that can give you eternal life and inhuman power my boy"
In all my sadness and distress I couldn't help but feel worried.
"Trust me boy, at this point, what else can you do?"
"Die in Silence"
The being let out an exasperating sigh.

"Do you want to die? I can help you with that too"
I didn't have time to formulate my sentence when he lifted me up by the collar of my clothes and pinned me against the damp wall of the alley to insert his fangs into my neck.

- It was painful ?

- Let me finish Jake.

- All my excuses.

It hurt terribly, he clings to me with his long fingernails to hold me in place.
I felt myself leaving little by little, sip after sip of my blood pouring into his mouth.
As I began to let go, accepting my fate, I fell back to the ground, dying there pitifully.
I was going to die yes, but not as I thought.
The stranger held out his wrist to me, then I noticed its strange color and in my mind, at least what was left of it, I understood.

I would never have believed this possible.
I had been lucky enough to be educated enough by the books I had read to know what, against all odds, was indeed happening to me.
So without hesitation, I planted my canines in the whiteish skin of my murderer, letting the metal taste of the red liquid slip into my parted lips.
The wrist detached from my lips, by force, I still felt weak, but indeed, in a certain way, I could not explain it to myself, but felt stronger, yes.

I got up, a bit lost, a little frightened.
"Don't worry, come with me, I'll take care of you, either that or you die at first day light tomorrow."
I did it, we settled in the house left by my parents- the same one where we are both tonight.

I spend half a century in the company of the man who made me tonight what I am today.
He taught me everything. Everything I know about our species and sword fighting, but also, he taught me how to use my vampiric abilities, he only had one of the two, telepathy, so for the rest I had to manage by myself, and you can see the result even after all this time.
We spent whole nights together fighting with swords, he always surpassed me despite my efforts, but millions of years separated us, I defeated him once, only once.
Of course he also had a passion for reading, so on calm evenings I recited for him poems or passages from his favorite stories.
Then came the night he didn't come back, he was gone.