Till death due us part my love (On Hold)

Chapter 7

Alfred woke groggy to see Arthur laying next to him naked. Alfred looked to his own clothes and realized they were completely dirty. He sighed and of course his stomach began to rumble. He sat up and pulled his shirt off since that was really the only article of clothing that was dirty other than the stain of his trousers. He buttoned his trousered back up and grabbed his bag. Luckily Lela was kind enough to give him a change of common cloths. Grateful he stripped off the last bit of clothing and changed. Once he finished he walked back to Arthur and saw him shivering. Alfred quickly grabbed the blanket and placed it over Arthur. He got up and continued checking out the barn. In the center between where the stables are was a chimney. Alfred walked up to it carefully and checked it out to make sure no unexpected guests are trying to get in threw it. When he saw none he went back grabbed the dagger and kissed Arthur's forehead and made his way outside to look for some wood.

Alfred collected a good armful of sticks that they should be able to use and kindling and hopefully they could get the animals back to the barn with no problems. Suddenly his neck started throbbing.

"Arthur." Alfred breathed. He dropped everything pulled out his dagger and ran back to the barn.

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Arthur awoke with no one next to him. He grabbed onto the soft blanket that was wrapped around him. He smiled happily at the thought that Alfred was worried. Suddenly a odd groan came from by the door. Arthur crawled to the edge of the loft and looked down to see multiple zombies walking around. He heart stopped.

'Alfred.' He thought.

'Arthur.' A voice rang in his head. 'Arthur are you okay? My mark started burning.'

'Yes I am okay I'm hidden in the loft. There are about five zombies in the barn.'

'Stay up in the loft I'm coming.'

'Thank you Alfred.'

With that the voice left his mind. Carefully and quietly Arthur crawled back and slipped his clothing on. When he crawled back he saw the zombies closing in on his bag. Silently he prayed they wouldn't step on it. Of course they did.

At the smell of blood the zombies were in a frenzy ripping the bag open and attempting to find the flesh it came from. The ripped open all of the bags and destroyed the bags holding dried blood. Arthur watched as his food that would have lasted him months was gone in a matter of seconds. It took all Arthur had to not go into a frenzy himself at the smell of blood. Just then Alfred snuck into the room. Quickly he stabbed the first two zombies by the door and continued with the third and fourth. Finally he attacked the last one stabbing it in its skull. After each of them finally died Alfred slung them one at a time over his shoulder and went to get rid of them.

When Alfred finally came back after the last one was gone he saw Arthur crying on the floor over his bag.

"Arthur." Alfred said softly.

"All my food..." Arthur said softly chocking up a little.

Alfred tapped on Arthur's shoulder causing him to look up and see a shirtless Alfred stretching his neck slightly. "Drink from me. I don't mind."

Arthur stood there amazed for a minute then took the offer. He kissed Alfred's neck where he planned to puncture him and looked to Alfred for permission. With a slight nod from Alfred he sunk his teeth in the human. The blood tasted better than anyone else's before. Arthur wanted to lose himself in it but was careful. He didn't want to hurt Alfred. When he pulled away a meek cry from Alfred sounded. Arthur lapped up the last of the blood and planted a soft kiss over it. Arthur looked to Alfred then kissed him on the cheek. "Thank you."

Alfred nodded then smiled. "I won't let anything happen to you." He said softly.

"I'll be good for a few days so don't worry about me we need to get you fed." Arthur said seriously.

"Okay. Come and collect wood with me?" Alfred asked.

Arthur nodded in approval. Alfred grabbed his hand and they walked out of the barn together hand in hand.