Fanged

Unexpected Meeting

*Selin's Point of View*

My name is Selin Yılmaz. A normal, twenty-six-year-old girl from the big Turkish city Istanbul. For the past one year I have been recovering from a relationship where I was not feeling valued enough and that left me broken.

I was dating Kerem for three years. When we first started seeing each other, everything was very good, just like every normal relationship. But somewhere around the third year things started to go bad. Kerem became such an awful egoist and everything became all about him, ignoring my feelings. He was not there for me when I needed him the most. The last straw was when one day I saw him passionately kissing my best friend, whom I considered a soul sister. After this moment, I simply put an end to this relationship and cut contact with both of them.

For one whole year I had been feeling miserable and barely went out with friends. But I finally realised that it was not worth it to waste my tears for someone who did not value me as a woman even once. It was time for me to forget everything and move on, as if these three years did not happened.

One Wednesday evening I was sitting on the sofa in my living room, watching TV when I received a message notification on my phone. I took my phone, looked at it and opened the notification. It was an invite from one of my former classmates from high school - Zeynep. She had invited me to her birthday party the following Friday evening, at her home. I thought for a while and then decided that I should finally go out with friends and have some fun. I then replied to her message "Yeah, I would love to come.", after which I closed my phone.

*Author's Point of View*

The days quickly passed and Friday was finally here.

Earlier that day Selin went out for some shopping, in order to get herself a good outfit for Zeynep's birthday party. After Selin was done with the shopping, she returned at her home.

Hours passed and it was time for Selin to get ready for the party. She wore a short, floral, casual dress that matched her green eyes which pretty often happened to get someone's attention. Her make-up was light and more natural-looking, her long and beautiful brown hair was loose with light curls. For shoes she chose casual, white sneakers that matched perfectly with her dress and overall look.

Once Selin was all ready, she left her home and headed over to Zeynep's party. Some minutes later she arrived and rang on the doorbell. Opening the door, Zeynep exclaimed "Selin! Welcome! Come on in!"

"Doğum günün kutlu olsun, Zeynep'çiğim!" Selin replied to her friend, hugging her

Selin gave Zeynep her gift and then walked inside, joining the rest of the people who had already arrived before her. Selin danced and had some fun with the people at the party.

After some time she went out on the balcony for some fresh air. She was looking at the view outside when someone suddenly saw her on the balcony and went over to her, asking her "Why are you here alone?"

Selin was lost in her own thoughts and did not hear that someone was talking to her.

"Hello?" the same person spoke again

The man then slowly approached her and gently tapped her on her shoulder. Coming back to her senses, Selin turned around to look at the man. The moment she saw him, her eyes widened out of surprise. And so did the eyes of the man.

"D-Demir?!" Selin exclaimed, still shocked

"Selin?!" Demir replied

"I did not expect to see you here." she said

"Yeah, me, too... It has been so long..." he replied back

"When did you come to Istanbul?" she asked him

"Some days ago." he answered "I decided to come back. I got bored of the life in New York."

"What about your family?" Selin asked "Did they come back, too, or is it just you?"

"Mom, dad and my brother decided to remain in New York, at least for now." Demir answered "I am here all by myself."

"I understand..." she replied

"Let's join the others, shall we?" Demir asked

"Yeah, come on." Selin answered, after which they both returned to the rest of the party

***

Demir Yıldırım was a young and very handsome gentleman with black hair and very dark brown eyes. He is the same age as Selin - twenty-six. They have been knowing each other ever since high school, due to being in the same class. During the last year of high school they had started to see each other secretly, per Selin's request. In short - they were high school sweethearts.

But, after their graduation from school, they had to say goodbye to each other and separate, because Demir's family had decided to move out abroad - in New York. They managed to remain in good relations, despite the feelings that they had started to develop towards each other.

During these five years that they had been away from each other, Demir often happened to think of returning to Istanbul, but almost every time that he decided to go, something or someone always managed to stop him. One of the biggest things that had managed to stop him from returning to Istanbul, was the big, unexpected change that happened in his life. And it changed his life forever.

One evening Demir was in a night club, drinking, dancing and having fun. After some more drinks, a girl around the age of twenty-four went over to him and started dancing around him. The girl managed to seduce the already drunk Demir and minutes later they were in a hotel room, making out. There was so much adrenaline that suddenly the girl could not control herself anymore and showed two sharp fangs, which she quickly stuck in Demir's neck, injecting some of her venom. Demir let out a sound that was something between a moan and a cry. The bite caused him pain, but, he did not seem to care so much about this. After the girl unstuck her fangs, Demir fell unconscious on the bed, and she just put her clothes back on and left the room, leaving Demir all alone.

Days later, after Demir realised what had actually happened to him, he realised that he had nothing else to do, except for accepting his fate as a bloodsucking, immortal creature.

***

After Zeynep's birthday party was over, everyone went home.

When Selin returned at her home, she removed her make-up from her beautiful face, put her pyjamas on and lay down in her bed. But, before she fell asleep, she thought of what had happened at the party. She met the guy that always had a special place in her heart and live, being her first ever love. And she met him when she expected the least. Although for three whole years she was in a relationship with Kerem, she sometimes happened to think of Demir.

After some minutes of thinking about the events, Selin fell asleep, in order to recharge herself and gain energy for the following day.