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When Nelly had finally gotten vlad a phone he was ecstatic! He loved finally getting his own bit of freedom. It wasn't very common that he was able to have private calls with people without being spied on from the other line.
Though that didn't mean he could be expecting a phone call from Joss, not at 2:34 in the morning at the very least.
Vlad was already awake, so it's not like joss had woken him. "hi, sorry if you were sleeping but I need to tell you something now or else I'll probably never say it." Joss said after taking a shaky breath
"Uh hey man, is everything alright, what's going on?" Vlad asked. through the phone Vlad could hear Joss breathing intensely. "I'm outside your house vlad I wanna talk, alone. please?" Vlad obviously felt suspicious at the request, but joss wouldn't fight him, not at his home. so he walked up and opened the door. he looked up at joss who had a furious blush on his face still holding the phone to his ear.
"hey, come in, let's talk." vlad offered a reassuring smile and pulled joss by his sweater and brought him to his room.
Joss nodded as he pushed his glasses up his face with his pointer finger. once vlad and joss were in his room vlad noticed how joss had his hair down. it was long and flows and went down to the center of his back. joss always had it pulled into a low ponytail. joss ran a hand through his hair and opened his mouth to speak but then closed it. "can't you just read my mind... I don't wanna say it out loud. it feels... weird to say."
vlad raised a brow and nodded his head. he slipped into joss' mind and all he saw was just him. it was just images of vlad? "it's just pictures of me, what about it?"
"dammit, i was hoping that would be enough."
"Joss, what the hell are you talking about? just spit it-" but vlad didn't get to finish before joss cut him off and said: "I think I'm falling in love with you and it's the worst feeling in the world! it's awful! I'm betraying my society, my heritage. I'm betraying everything! but I'm betraying myself too by not telling you. it's torture vlad!"
vlad's eyes widened and his mouth parted in shock. what? joss mcmillan liked vlad? that's impossible. joss had a task to kill him not fall in love.
and then joss cried. there were tears silently streaming down his face. and joss never cried. "it's awful vlad. I don't want you dead. I liked you since freshman year. and it's terrible. knowing my mission and what I had to do! knowing what you are. all i wanted was you. it's all I still want. but I can't have that."
vlad closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "hold out your hand joss.
"what?" joss wiped away his tears. "just do it, don't ask questions." Joss help out his hand for vlad. vlad stood up then walked over to joss on his bed. he held his hand in his and brushed his fingers over all the calluses that graced his hand.
"what are you doing?" joss asked softly. vlad looked lovingly up at joss. "my mom used to do this. she would just graze my hand and arm until i felt better." vlad smiled.
"why don't you hate me. you should hate me, vlad." Joss looked down at vlad with anxiety written all over his face.
"because I couldn't ever hate you. your probably the only person I've ever felt so strongly about." vlad looked back at joss' hand and gave him a sad smile. joss grabbed his arm out of vlads hold and moved it to vlads hair. he tucked a peice behind his hair and smiled. a real smile. it made vlad blush at the sight. "I can't believe this is real, it feels insane." vlad said feeling nervous and jittery. "yeah it's real vlad. it's real, okay?" joss said, but jt sounded more like a question. and vlad nodded with a smile painting his face. "can I kiss you?" vlad asked sincere. joss nodded and leaned in as he put his hand to vlads cheek. vlad pressed his forehead to joss' and joss pressed his lips to vlad's. vlad pulled away before kissing joss' cheek then going back in for another kiss. joss put his other hand on vlads chin. vlad felt like he never had before. it felt beautiful, strange, confusing even. eventually after a while joss brought vlad to lay down.
"what are we gonna do vlad. they can't know about us."
"I don't know joss. the universe must be against us. we're both boys, and your a slayer and I'm a vampire."
"the universe can't be against us if it brought us together, it can't be against us if we love each other. we can do something. we can figure out a plan, okay?"
"okay."
Otis listened to there conversation from outside the door. he p rubbed his temples then brushed a hand through his black hair. God how that boy was a fool. I mean, being with a slayer! was he insane? but he left them be. it wasn't his right to express his thoughts. not right now, anyway.