Chapter Text
Another night.
Yet another night for Satsuki Yumizuka.
She'd managed to steal a blood bag from the hospital the night before. Now, she was splayed on a park bench drinking what was left of it.
As she slurped the last of the fluid out of the bag, Satsuki froze.
She realized something was watching her. Not a cat or other pest, something sentient.
“Evening, Yumizuka.”
There was a soft thud as Ciel’s boots hit the ground, landing in front of the bench.
Satsuki was too distressed to move.
“E-evening, Ciel.” She stuttered, unable to pull herself up.
“Something the matter?” Ciel asked, looking sideways at Satsuki.
Satsuki said nothing and just stared at Ciel fearfully.
“Ah, right.” Ciel seemed to realize what was up.
“I’m not here to kill you if that’s what you’re afraid of.”
“Then why are you-”
“I have other business tonight. But, I spotted you and thought I’d speak with you.” Ciel said.
“I-I see.”
“How are you holding up?” Ciel asked.
“I’m surviving,” Satsuki said flatly.
Ciel nodded. She noticed the blood bag in Satsuki’s hands.
Satsuki realized she was looking, and grit her teeth, expecting the worst.
“Here.” Ciel tossed her another bag.
Satsuki clumsily caught it and looked back up at Ciel.
“I’d like to see you again tomorrow,” Ciel said.
“Sure.” Satsuki nodded.
“Let’s meet here again,” Ciel said.
Satsuki nodded.
Ciel glanced up at the moon.
“Hm, I’m afraid I have to go now. Take care.”
“Y-yeah, see you around, Ciel.”
“Be careful,” Ciel said. Her expression softened a little. “I don’t want you to die.”
Satsuki blinked, and Ciel was gone.
Afterward, Satsuki returned to her lair, an abandoned apartment building near the edge of Misaki.
After scaling the stairs up to the room she used on the top floor. Satsuki collapsed on a mattress she’d found.
“Ciel…” She mumbled.
She glanced over at the bag of blood she’d been given.
“I don’t want you to die…” she said under her breath.
She smiled. A weak smile. But, It was a smile.
* * *
When Satsuki arrived at the park the next day, she found Ciel already there, sitting on the same bench she’d been laying on the previous night.
“H-hi.” Satsuki said.
Ciel was dressed casually, rather than in her vampire-hunter getup or school uniform.
“Nice to see you.” She said, smiling.
“So, what did you want to do?” Satsuki asked.
“Would you be willing to come back to where I’m staying?” Ciel asked.
“Oh, sure. That sounds… nice.” Satsuki imagined curling up next to a radiator and falling asleep.
“I’ll make you dinner, and then…” She hesitated for a moment. “You could, um, stay the night if you wanted.”
Satsuki stared at her for a moment, then nodded. “S-sure!”
“Great. Shall we go then?” Ciel asked.
Satsuki nodded and followed Ciel back to her place.
* * *
“How’s the curry?” Ciel asked, looking up from her plate.
“Good!” Satsuki said enthusiastically. “A bit spicy, though it’s not a problem.”
Ciel nodded and returned to her plate.
“Glad you like it.” She said, “I made it a little milder than I usually do.”
“I see! I’d like to try it spicier at some point.”
Ciel smiled. “I’ll keep that in mind.”
Once they’d finished dinner, they went to Ciel’s room.
“You still look hungry,” Ciel said.
“Er, yeah, but-”
Ciel pulled down the collar of her shirt.
“Ah, n-no, I don’t think-”
“I insist,” Ciel said.
Satsuki hit the wall as she tried to back away.
“I, uh, ah, I-” Satsuki started sputtering.
“Drink. Please. Remember what I said yesterday?”
“Ach.” Satsuki gritted her teeth, and began squirming against the wall, as though she’d be able to fall through it if she tried hard enough.
“I don’t want you to die.” The words echoed in Satsuki’s mind, bouncing back and forth, unable to be suppressed.
“Please.”
She stared at Satsuki, eyes pleading.
“F-fine.” Satsuki slowly crept over from the corner she’d hidden in and sat beside Ciel on the bed.
She hesitated for another moment, and then vampiric instinct took over.
Satsuki felt every tendon in her body tremble as Ciel’s warm blood spurted into her mouth.
Gulp. Gulp. Gulp.
Satsuki gasped as she stopped drinking. She stared at the blood trickling out of the wound in Ciel’s neck, then leaned back in and licked it off.
As she slowly drew away from Ciel’s neck, Satsuki mumbled.
“S-sorry.”
“It’s okay,” Ciel said gently. "I offered.”
“Mm, I know, b-”
“Don’t worry about it,” Ciel said.
Satsuki noticed the puncture wounds in Ciel’s neck had already disappeared.
“T-thank you.”
Ciel nodded.
“Of course.” She said.
Ciel got up from the bed and walked over to her dresser. Satsuki’s gaze followed her hungrily. Hmm, not quite that.
Out of politeness, she averted her eyes while Ciel undressed. Ciel finished getting changed for bed, then looked back over at Satsuki.
“Are you okay?” Ciel asked, noticing Satsuki’s gaze.
“I-I, I’m not thirsty anymore… but…”
Ciel cocked her head, awaiting the rest of Satsuki’s sentence.
“Could I…” Satsuki felt herself tense up as she finished asking. “Hug you?”
Ciel smiled.
“Sure.” She walked back over to the bed and sat beside Satsuki.
Warm. Ciel was warm. Satsuki hugged tighter.
“A little looser, please,” Ciel said.
“Okay…” Satsuki returned to how she’d been hugging her before.
"That's good," Ciel said.
After a minute or so, Ciel said.
“I do have to get in bed at some point.”
“Ah, of course.” Satsuki let go. As she did, she felt… empty. No, that wasn’t it.
“Good night, Satsuki.” Ciel yawned as she turned off the lights and slipped into bed.
Night, Ciel.” Satsuki mumbled happily.
Satsuki lay there for at least another hour before falling asleep herself. Upon waking, she found a note on the vanity in Ciel’s room.
“At school today, sorry for trapping you in my house for the day.”
There was a little heart drawn next to the last word.
Satsuki raised an eyebrow at the last bit, then realized something: all of the blinds were drawn.
“Ah, right, sunlight,” she mumbled. Ah well, there were certainly worse fates than being stuck waiting for Ciel.
She glanced at the clock. It was two in the afternoon. Not that bad of a wait.
She sat back down on Ciel’s bed, then feeling guilty, decided to make it. Her current situation was no excuse to be a bad guest, after all.