Sexy Drug (Sequel to Vampires Will Never Hurt You)

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Kellin POV: 

After a week, I was released from the hospital and sent straight to rehab. I was glad to be out of the hospital, but rehab was a nightmare. It was super religion-emphising. I mean, I have faith. I even have a tattoo for it, but I always figured that I was going to hell anyway. It's not like I could control being a vampire, but I'm pretty sure that addiction, self-harm, and murder were sins. At least according to the Bible. 

But there was a tiny part of me that longed to go to heaven. Because Vic was going to end up there. If I didn't go, Vic and I couldn't get eternal sleep together. That's kind of why I pleaded that heaven and hell were all just made up to make us feel better. Like something happens to us after death. But nothing really did. 

Either way, religion pressure on the scale that it was used for rehab was just annoying. Fine, God loves me and doesn't want me to treat myself like shit. Woo-hoo. But do you have to say it every five minutes?! I think the absolute worst part of the whole thing was that they didn't even notice I had been doing self-harm. They just though the scars were needle marks. I guess maybe that's a good thing. But you know, they could've asked. This is why I hate therapy. 

Anyway, I was released a month ago, and now Vic was coming home. I was so happy to see him, especially after he seemed so excited that I was finally clean, for good this time. I'd flushed all of the heroin that I still owned down the toilet, and burned all of my needles. I'd been taking the blood tablets sparingly, and I didn't even dare think about biting myself. Hell, I hadn't even had more than a small glass of wine. 

And for the first time in my life, I actually felt alive. 

But I really couldn't have done it without Vic. The man who found me locked away in a closet. The one who cleaned all of the layers of blood off of me. The one who pushed and shoved his way into my life. The one who told me that I was beautiful. The man who I accidentally kissed. The one who acted ridiculous with me, but also was serious when he needed to be. The man who told me that I didn't have to like him. The one who tried to stop me from hurting myself. The one who invited me to sing with him on a song. The one who let me hurt him to keep me from hurting myself. If there were any way that I could turn back time, I would've yelled at myself for being such an asshole to him. I only want to be with him. I even made friends thanks to that persistent guy that brought me back into the world. 

I love him so much it hurts. 

Vic POV: 

As I came closer to Kellin, the box in my pocket weighed heavier and heavier. I was both a reck of nerves and bursting with excitement. I finally got to see Kellin in person, but if I ruined it by moving too fast, I would never forgive myself. I'd been trying to drop tiny hints left and right, but either he wasn't picking up on them, or he was just playing dumb. 

When I knocked on the door, Kellin opened it almost immediately, overjoyed. He pulled me into a tight hug before I could think. I hugged him back after a few seconds, realizing what was happening. "Welcome back, baby. I missed you so much. " 

"I missed you too, " I said, letting go of him slowly. "I'm so proud of you, being clean for almost two months! " 

"You know what, it kind of feels nice. I really feel alive again. " 

I nodded, we were walking through the house now. I was looking for the right time and place. I just needed the right time and place. "Do you remember our first date? " 

"Of course! You took me to the book store, since it was cloudy. "

"And you were buying everything they had! " I said, laughing. 

"It had been a while, " Kellin said, rubbing the back of his neck in embarrassment. 

"You're still so adorable. " 

Kellin blushed, and changed the subject. "You know what I got? " He started walking away. "Hang on, I gotta go get it. " He ran upstairs, and when he came back, he was carrying a black sort of cloak. It wasn't thick like the other things that he usually worse outside though. It was very long, and could easily cover every inch of him. "So I can go outside. It works really well. " 

I looked at him. He was asking for this opportunity. "Do you want to go back to the book store? " I offered. 

Kellin nodded excitedly. "Of course. " 

And when we got to the book store, I ran way ahead of him, planting the box in the vinyls. I went back to him. "I saw a few really cool records over there. You should look at those first. " 

Kellin eyed me suspiciously. "Sure, Vic. If you want me to, I'll look. " I followed him as he started for it, nervous all the while. He spied the box quickly, and then he looked back at me. He opened it. "Oh my god! Vic! Did you-" He was tearing up. "Yes! Yes! " I took the ring from him carefully and placed it on his left ring finger. Thank god it fit him perfectly. He wrapped his arms around my neck and kissed me, and I kissed him back. "I love you so much, " He said, breaking the kiss. 

"I love you too. "