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Kou had begged Mitsuba to stay with him for the night. In fear of going halfway crazy as well as sleeping. Mitsuba agreed to the sudden request but on one condition;
He couldn’t let Kou fall asleep.
It seemed odd at first, Giving him remedies for sick people to keep him up. But he just wanted to help his friend. They changed into comfortable clothes, and got to cracking.
“Well what usually keeps you up? Caffeine? Stress? People?” Mitsuba asked Kou as he tapped his chin. Kou sighed and rubbed his head as he thinks.
“Mostly my own mind, I stay up with my thoughts…It’s disturbing. It’s either that or the thought of me having a nightmare, I hate nightmares.” Kou slammed his head on his desk.
“Chillax emo, We’ll figure it out. Just go downstairs and start some coffee.” Mitsuba rubbed Kous shoulders in a gentle way, like someones mother.
“I only have decaf coffee Mitsuba..” Kou said muffle like in his arms with his face on the desk. “I’m sorry for making you do this Mitsuba, I’m sure you’re supposed to be studying..what is it biology?”
“It’s pyschology. And it’s ok, You always sulk when you’re slightly the center of a problem. I’ll just go to my dorm and pick up some coffee, you keep your peepers open and wide alright?” Kou nodded to Mitsuba as he left the room.
And there Kou was, alone in his dorm. The only light being his desk lamp and the window light. All alone.
All
Alone.
Kou slipped but then woke up, or so he thought.
Knock, Knock, Knock
Kou jumped as his head hit the desk. He saw the pink hair vampire peek through the door. He smiled with his fangs and waved.
Something about Vampsuba this time around felt off. Maybe it was his eye, being darker without the hue that it usually has. Or his smile, It seemed wider with malicious intent.
“Hi Kou! Trying to avoid me I see, Why is that?” Vampsuba hovered around Kou, breathing down his neck a bit. Vampsuba seemed more drowsy tonight then the last, it was confusing.
"I ain't avoiding you, I'm just...in need of space. That's all." Kou rubbed his head a bit before noticing how close Vampsuba was to his neck. “Can you not stare at me like that?”
“Stare like what? Like you look better then usual tonight? Maybe it’s the way your hair isn’t slacking over your neck! Or maybe it’s the way your pulse is faster then usual, maybe that’s because you’re scared.” Vampsuba rambled as he continued breathing down Kou’s neck.
Kou wanted to tell him to stop, but he had a fear of what might happen. Vampsubas eyes felt dull as he put his head on Kou’s shoulder and held Kou’s arms tight, like he was trying to restrain Kou from moving.
“Va-Vampsuba..Whatcha doing?” Kou’s pupils turned to Vampsuba before trying to move out his grasp, But Vampsuba wouldn’t budge.
“I’m just thristy Kou! That’s all.” Vampsuba whispered coldly in Kou’s ear.
His breath seemed to be getting closer and closer to Kou’s neck. He held onto Kou tighter, to stop him from moving. Kou tried to move away but this was the moment where it really felt like a dream. He couldn’t move, speak or even yell and Vampsuba looked weird too.
He had this uncanny smile on his face, something straight out a horror movie. His pupils were pitch black without any hue to it at all. Kou breathed in and out just to prep himself. He had no idea if this would be painful or not so he just closed his eyes.
“I don’t want you to be scared or in pain, So I tried making this feel more like a dream then a realistic one. I don’t want you to yell at me afterwards either, So I made sure you couldn’t talk.” Vampsuba said in a breathy tone.
“Please understand you’re the only one I can drink from as my roomate won’t comply. I hope you can understand Kou.” Vampsuba still clinched onto Kou.
That’s when Kou felt it, the bite. It felt like two syringes going straight into his neck, ejecting some kind of paralyzer in his neck. Vampsuba seemed to have relaxed his grip on Kou before letting out a ‘mmm, yummy’ sound.
Kou went limp, his eyes were dull. He was still alive obviously, it’s just his dream. Nothing too crazy. He was internally screaming in his consciousness. Despite this being a dream, Vampsuba couldn’t hear his screams of profanity and terror.
Vampsuba pulled off Kou’s neck with a bloody mouth and a bloody smile. “Your blood is sweet, but not too sweet yknow? Like a skittle!” Vampsubas head then tilted as he noticed Kou’s limp lifeless looking body.
“Kou? Kouu! Cmon don’t be dramatic you can’t die in a dream unless you’re old! You’re not old right?..Right?” Vampsuba shook Kou’s body.
“You will wake up with a surprise mole on your neck. It’ll go away when I disappear from your dreams. Hope you like the idea of me disappearing!” Vampsuba played with Kous limp body, making him swish and sway around.
That’s when the doorbell rang.
“Uh oh..visitor! I’ll be right back mkay?” Vampsuba swayed Kous body back against the desk. After Vampsuba left the room, Kou felt someone shaking him. Saying his name over and over.
“Kou?”
“Kou..?”
“Kou wake up damn it!”
It was Mitsuba. He had coffee right in his hand and put it on Kou’s desk.
”I leave for 15 minutes and you take a power nap? You really can’t go long without sleeping hm? Well that’s alright, Not everyone is bulit for the all nighter life and that’s perfectly fine!”
There was only one single thought going through Kous head as he sipped on that coffee.
”That was 15 minutes…?”