The Human Experiment (bxbxb)

Hurt

After getting a bit of help back into the cab of the brothers' truck, Rolland settled in, buckling the seat belt before hugging himself. He was wearing the new sweatshirt the twins had tugged on him earlier, but it was still pretty cold outside. When Bryce got in, he quickly buckled his own seat belt and started the car, which in turn made the heater blast on Rolland.

Mm, feels good.

Dartanian scooted in beside him, and they were off as soon as he got the door shut. Rolland wanted to tell him to put his seat belt on, but he wasn't really sure if they were even on good terms yet. They seemed to tolerate him, but was that emotion heading in the positive or negative direction? He didn't know.

After a few minutes, he bit his lower lip and leaned across Dart to grab the belt, then tugged until he could click it into place. He could feel eyes on him, but he didn't dare look up. Instead, he relaxed back against the seat, only to doze off a moment later from the heat.

****

"He's leaning on me..."

Dartanian snickered as he watched his brother's face darken with annoyance. He was getting pissed with the scrawny little human sleeping against him. He didn't even like when girls he was doing in bed tried to be affectionate, so this was honestly hilarious.

"Aw, he wuvs his big brother," Dartanian said with a sarcastic tone.

"I'm going to kill you," Bryce replied, no joking tone in his voice whatsoever.

"But I'm already undead!" Dart shot back with a laugh.

"Oh don't give me that shit. We were born this way, not raised from the dead like some retarded zombies."

That made Dart laugh louder, especially since his brother was leaning to the side to try to get farther away from the little human sleeping against him. Too bad everything he did just made Rolland snuggle in closer.

"Come on, bro. Get this darn kid off me."

Oops. He's growling now, guess it's a good idea to do as he says.

"Fine, fine. Geez, it's just a human, you've gotten a lot closer, and inside, plenty of them."

"Yeah, but this one is freaking broken and a guy."

Dart rolled his eyes but gently reached over and tugged Rolland back to the middle. He tried to sit him up or lean him back so he could sleep off of them, but after a moment and a turn of the truck, he ended up falling over into his lap.

"Dammit," he hissed, lifting his arms to keep from touching the kid.

"Looks like you got a bag of blood in your lap, bro," Bryce chided with a smirk. Dartanian glared at his brother as his fangs slowly began extending. He didn't have nearly as much control as his twin, and it wasn't easy not touching food lying defenseless in his lap.

"Keep it together, Dart. We're almost back."

"We should just kill him now. This is a waste of time."

"As lovely as that sounds, I'd like to keep our truck."

Dart sighed and moved his left hand to Rolland's shoulder, shaking slightly to wake the kid, but it didn't work. After a minute, he shook him a bit harder and finally got a response.

****

"Hm?"

Did I fall asleep?

Giving a huge yawn, Rolland nuzzled into the pillow... then realized it wasn't a pillow. His eyes flew open and he sat up with a bit of effort. Darn, he really had fallen asleep. And in the truck, no less.