The Vampire's Heart II - The Dying Heart (Phan)

Chapter 2 - My Sweet Dan

Phil's POV

Later that night, Dan was cuddling me in the dark. We laid in his bed together, warm and safe. I remembered having to sleep in a cave as a vampire, but Dan invited me into his room and his bed. He had blocked the windows from the sun so I wouldn't get hurt in the morning, since vampires can't touch sunlight or they'll burn. The blockades he used (which were just thick sheets staple-gunned to the walls above the windows) were still hanging up. It was a comforting feeling to me. It felt like home, to be in the dark.

Dan was still awake. He shuffled around until finally reaching a comfortable position. I cuddled back to under his arm, laying my head on his chest. He kissed my cheek.

"I love you," he said.

"I love you too."

"You really make me so happy, you know that?"

"I wish I knew how."

"By just being you."

"Stop," I said. "I can't handle the affection."

"Get used to it," he ordered. "I love you so much and I'm going to be telling you how beautiful and amazing and perfect you are every day."

I felt my face feel hot and red. "Dan, please," I hummed. "You're too kind."

"You're too kind."

"You say you love me every day."

"That's because I love you more every single day and I feel the need to reestablish that."

"Dan!" I said somewhat loudly, unable to understand or control the butterflies in my stomach or the mixed feeling of love and giddiness he gave me everyday. I didn't know how to express it either, and I ended up curling into a ball and covering my face. This only made Dan hug me tighter and kiss me again.

"You're so cute."

"Shut up! You're so freaking sweet, Dan. Why do you do this to me and make me feel this way?"

"Because I love you and you deserve to feel loved."

I sighed and gave in, kissing his mouth and keeping his arms around me.

I loved him so much. I would give my life for him. What he's done for me in the past few months since we met is unmatchable. I would do anything to repay him, but being his overly adored boyfriend was good enough for now.

I kissed him more to show my love for him. My Dan. My sweet, loving, adoring Dan. He would never understand how much he meant to me.

???'s POV

Look at them. Mortals. Walking around and talking happily like they wont ever die. They will. They all will, one day.

That one mortal. That one who found the little vampire boy, and broke him free of his curse. His name was Dan. I watched him. I watched him with the ex-vampire boy as they lived together. They never separated. I didn't understand. It's not like he loved him. How did I know he didn't? That's easy. He would learn to love me instead.

That mortal was the only one I respected. He wasn't only ravishing to look at, but he appeared so kindhearted and true. I shyly watched him at night, cursing anyone who stepped near him. I wanted him to approach me, like he had done for the other vampire. Why didn't he see me?

I laughed to myself. It didn't matter. He didn't have to. He would be mine eventually. Very soon, he would be mine.

I too, like his other friend, am a vampire. I knew of the male one that my precious mortal Dan "saved." He didn't know me. I never spoke with him, though it was him who unknowingly guided me to the little town. I saw him, wandering aimlessly long ago, and followed him since, all the way until I was certain he had decided to reside in the quiet woods of the small, barely inhabited place. Once the beautiful mortal Dan showed up, I was hooked on him like a drug. I was much better at hiding than the black-haired vampire boy, and Dan never saw me. I wish he would have. He would love me then like I loved him.

I licked the sharp fangs poking out over my bottom lip. I stared at Dan's little house, where I knew he lived. Why doesn't he know I exist, instead of that pathetic ex-vampire boy? I could make him much happier. He could make me mortal again. I could be human. He would be the one to break my curse and fall in love with me. I just knew it.

And if he wouldn't do it alone, I knew simply what would have to be done. My beautiful love, my sweet Dan, would need a little push. Then he will know who I am. Then he would realize he loved me. I would win.

Tonight, I thought to myself as I stalked his home from a distance, I watch and wait for you, my love. But soon, I will have you to myself. You will be mine, mortal. You will love me and make me human.

As for the ex-vampire boy - whoever he was - he would have to get a new place to go, because Dan would be mine soon, and he will want to live with me and me alone.

I knew so.