The Neighbor Next Door [Reader × Vampire] (18+)「Completed」

Chapter 9: Aftermath

The sun shone through the now-lit apartment our vampire, giving him a slight agitation. Unknowingly, he seemed to have fallen asleep and left the blinds open, causing him to weaken. Rushing over, he closed them before it started to burn his skin and body altogether. He was quite naked after all.

Letting out a sigh of relief, he looked over at the mess from last night as she lay splattered across the bed, all tangled up in his sheets. They were stained in bodily fluids of multiple colors. He scratched his head in confusion as he thought about the cleaning process.

His head was still groggy and scrambled from waking up like this, so he sought to clear it up. Stepping into the shower, he turned the knobs around until they hit the perfect temperature, and he let the heat wash over him.
A quick scrub and shampoo later, he left the stall in his bathrobe, looking around for his toothbrush.

It was on the kitchen counter... for some reason. So he fetched it before looking back into the bedroom area again to see if she was still asleep. She rustled around in the sheets little, but he assumed she was still asleep. So he went away to finish up with his morning routine of brushing and breakfast.

Truth be told, this was usually the time for him to go to bed, as no sane vampire would ever be awake around this time. He checked the clock, which read 6:43 am.

"Tf am I supposed to do now?" He questioned himself as he slowly consumed the bloodbag in his hand. The morning was quite tranquil indeed. It's been about 5 years since he stayed up this late. Back then, he'd stay up this late to look at the sunrise, back when he used to be a happy little bat.

Now, he had way too many responsibilities to be doing that, and one of them is on his bed right now. He curiously came over, staring at this pretty little human who had given him quite an amazing night. Gently caressing her cheek with his finger, he moved the hair covering her face to have a better look at it.

"So pretty," he muttered aloud, causing her to stir, just a little bit. He placed his cold hands on her face, cupping them around her cheeks to feel that warmth once again, something he had never properly. The warmth of a human being.

It felt odd, certainly nothing he was used to, but it was not unpleasant, far from it, in fact. Forgetting that his body exuded a cold uncommon to humans, he continued to hold her face while he longingly started at her, some uncertain feelings budding in his heart as he did so.

All this cold had caused her mild discomfort, enough to wale her up. Stirring around, rubbing her eyes, blinking rapidly to make sense of what is going on. Some strange man with very cold hands is staring into her soul. A strange sight indeed.

Took her a second, but she came to her senses eventually. Holding his hands as she snuggled into them, seemingly warming them up with her own body heat. She smiled as she looked at him, making him blush unexpectedly and caused him to turn away from her.

"AHEM, right. Uhhhh, what do you usually do when u wake up? Uh... anything I can do?" He spoke in a rather innocent sounding tone, all jarred and confused at how to receive her. Which caused her to chuckle at it.

"Why are you so tensed, silly? I can take care of myself, don't you worry yourself over it. Besides, I literally live next door."

"Ah.... yeah. Sorry, I seem to have forgotten about that. Shall I bring your things over?"

"Or..." she said while slowly crawling up to him, "You can carry me back to my place. How about that?" The bluntness of her statement causing him to fluster again.

"I'm just kidding, silly. The place is locked anyway, and I need to call that locksmith to come and open it up. Ughhh, so much work. If only I hadn't been so stupid."

"Then last night would've never happened, I guess." He blurted out, surprising both of them in the process.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Makes me happy I did so now. Thank you, darling." She leaned over and kissed his cheek.
"Can I uhhh, take a bath? I'd love to clean up just a little."

"Uhh, God. Ahem. Sure baby, right ahead."