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Chester would be chilling out on the couch in his house. Laying there doing nothing to refocus and do other things that he should do. Despite this he gets distracted anyways, since there's a knock at the door. He wasn’t actually refocusing anyway, just day dreaming. Answering the door he sees Drust standing there fiddling with his hands anxiously. The last time they met was at that party Rose and Charles took him too.
“Oh! Hey man!” Chester beams a smile at Drust
“A-ah you answered very quickly! Hello Chester!” Drust replies shocked and looking up at Chester.
“Yeah I’m not really doin’ anythin’, whatcha need?”
“Uhmn… I wanted to ask you if you were… free… tomorrow night, My family is hosting another dinner party and I wanted you to come.”
“I- uh-” Chester stutters, stunlocked.
Drust looks at him and basically melts right then and there, jumping, “IT’S OK IF NOT, DON'T WORRY,” He’s speaking very panicked, “YOU- You can say no if you aren’t.”
“NONO I-I am free I can come it’s just I don’t get asked that often I’m just shocked ya know?”
Drust shifts and stands up straight again looking down.
“So you’re able to come?”
“Yeah! When do I gotta like, be there by?”
“Come at 8, thank you!”
Chester smiled at Drust quickly checking his phone for the time
“Yeah no problem- wanna come i-”
Before he can even finish his question Drust was already gone. Chester stares for a second then smiles, shutting the door and plopping on the couch again. Going back to his very important work of day dreaming again, just with a big dumb smile on his face this time.
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The next day Chester would be getting ready with a nice dress shirt and some pants putting on his jacket to go out into the chill fall night. Before leaving he goes to Damien's room and knocks on the door, coming in and hugging Damien.
“See ya kiddo! Don’t explode while I’m gone” Chester says to Damien while messing with his hair.
“gAHHH dADDDD I won’t!!” Damien laughs and hugs his Dad back smiling, “Where are you going?”
“A like… thing? Dinner party thing? I don’t remember some rich people thing.”
“Oh! Did Leafs parents invite you to one again?”
“No, I got asked by a guy I met there. He came here all anxious an’ flustered and asked me”
Damien squints his eyes at Chester. Chester looks at him confused.
“What?”
“I know what you are dad”
“... I don’t get you with your new dumb words.”
“I know what you areee.”
“... love ya too kiddo.”
Damien laughs with a big dumb smile. Chester hugs him one more time, saying I love you for the third time, then leaves.
Drust is waiting outside for Chester, patiently and vigilantly. Chester pops up behind him without Drust noticing, by teleporting, and taps his shoulder. Drust spins around and jumps with a little yelp. Jumping at least a foot back. Chester just begins to laugh.
“YOU- HOW- WHEN DID YOU GET THERE.” Drust looks around frantically.
“Hey guess what.” Chester says quickly.
“What-” Drust watches as Chester disappears in front of him, “Where did you…”
“Boo” Chester teleported behind Drust again and is right next to him.
“GAH-” Drust jumps back, again. This time in the other direction another foot.
Chester just laughs at this again smiling big at Drust. Drust looks at Chester beginning to laugh too and smiling back.
“I can teleport Drust, that's how I did that.”
“Ooh… that is interesting. How?”
“My rune it’s just cool like that.”
“Ah… what is a rune?”
“... do you not know what a rune is?”
“No.”
“It’s what our whole thing is named after.”
“... our what?”
“The series! Oh whatever it’s a magic thing some people have a magic thing that makes their pupils white and a funny shape, therefore they have a special magic attached to their heart yadda yadda yadda big magic stuff yadda yadda you get it you’re not 5.” Chester explains in a sarcastic tone to Drust.
Drust chuckles at his explanation. Looking at Chester closely, squinting, low and behold he never realised Chester's pupils were a long white rectangle.
“Oh… I assumed human eyes just… looked like that.”
“Nah normally it's a tiny black dot.”
“Aah, would you like to come inside?"
“Nah I came out here to stare at the grass.”
“Oh-”
“That was a joke I’m kidding I’d love to.”
“Yay!” Drust smiles at Chester with his wings fluttering at his sides.
Chester smiles and walks in with Drust putting his coat with the others, walking down the hall. Looking at Drust’s wings a bit more.
“How are your clothes doing that?"
“Doing what?”
“They were like, fluttering.”
“Oooh! You must be confused, these are wings I have wings.”
“OH! Really? That's cool.”
“Yes they are only sitting like this due to my clothes pushing them down behind me.”
“Do you not like, have clothes to let them through? Wouldn’t that hurt?”
“Well they make clothes for people with wings in general with zippers in the back but that is not typical for a vampire to wear so I don't."
“Oh. but they hurt if you push them down like that right? Their like, bones.”
“Well… yes actually it does hurt, but you get used to it so it’s alright.”
Chester looks at Drust concerned a bit, then gently rubs his back for a moment. Drust smiles and holds onto Chester's arm.
“Here come on-” Drust takes Chester over to sit with him and sits him down next to his chair. Chester smiles at Drust with a big dumb grin.
“Drust.” A voice behind them speaks loud and clear.
“Yes Sister?” Drust looks back at her.
“Who is this?” She looks at Chester confused, he looks back with a polite smile.
“This is Chester! I met him a few weeks ago he was brought by Mr-”
“Oh the human man they brought with them! That's why I smelt he was different.”
“Smelt?” Chester asked, confused.
“Yes yes but I already asked mother and she said he could be here!”
“... alright.” She walks away.
“... can we go back to smelling, what do I smell?”
“No your blood Chester human blood smells different.”
“OHHH That makes more sense. Ok ok, uhm since you said you like asked so they know I’m here, they have food for me this time right?”
“Ah! … I made them aware there was a human coming, I am not sure if they knew to prepare human food.”
“Food that I can like, eat.”
“.... you have dietary restrictions… Right… I forgot about those.”
“It’s fine, I can eat like. Bread or something.”
“But that is not ok! I can ask if they can make something quick here come on-”
Drust drags Chester with him again to the kitchen to ask about food. While Drust talks with the cooks Chester zones out. Going back to day dreaming. There's a weird noise nearby getting louder though. Louder and louder.
“CHESTER”
“Huh what-” Chester scrambles back to attention looking at Drust, who’s been calling his name.
“What meat can you not eat again?”
“Uh it has to be like, kosher”
“You can eat kosher food?”
“Yeah.”
“Alright!” Drust smiles at Chester thanking the wait staff before leaving with him and sitting back down.
“So Chester, how's your week been?” Drust stares at Chester waiting for a response.
“Uh pretty good, I’m tired, and stuff but like pretty good!” Chester replies nonchalantly looking at Drust, “What about you?”
“Ah! Well also good I finished a book I was reading, it was really interesting.” Drust curls his legs up looking down.
“What book? I probably don’t know it but like you can tell me about it.”
Drust looks at Chester beaming with joy and starts spitting facts about the book at him. Recounting events, plotlines, characters, and extra things he heard through the author's interviews. Chester didn’t know the book or author, but he didn’t care; he just wanted to listen to Drust talk. And Drust did talk, for 20 minutes straight about his book. Slowing down after he ran out of things to hyperfixate on, extremely red in the face from talking without breathing for the past 2 minutes. He inhales sharply before letting out a big sigh plopping on Chester's shoulder.
“That's everything!” Drust speaks while laughing tired laughs, “I’m so tired… I never get to talk about this stuff.”
“That's alright, I like hearing you talk.” Chester rubs Drust’s head gently looking away.
Drust stutters for a bit looking up. Chester's still looking away but Drust has a big stupid grin on his face. He hugs Chester closely, laughing. Chester looks over quickly, then away, then back to hug Drust back.
“Thank you for listening even if you didn’t understand everything.”
“Y-yeah no problem.” Chester holds onto Drust, rubbing his back.
Drust’s wings flap a bit from joy and he lets go of Chester stretching his wings a tiny bit, just enough so they don’t rip his shirt.
“Your hands are very warm!” Drust reaches his hands out at Chester for his to give him his hands. Chester places his hands in Drusts.
“Pfft, I think you're just really cold.” Chester snorts, “aren’t you like a vampire and dead and stuff?”
“Well undead but yes technically."
“So wouldn’t you be super cold.”
“Hm… I guess you are correct.”
“And if I’m like a living human I’m warm because of my body temperature."
“Whats a normal human body temperature?"
“Like… 90 somethin’ degrees? Fahrenheit.”
“Oh. that is warm, yes.”
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After the night Chester walks out of the house with Drust. Joking around and smiling. Spinning around with his arms on his neck like a shonen anime protagonist.
“Welppp I’m gonna ‘ead home.”
“Oh you are?” Drust looks at Chester a bit disappointed, “Well have a safe walk, or teleport, if you do that.”
“... wanna hang out again? Maybe?” Chester looks away from Drust trying to seem cool, he isn’t.
“Hm?”
“Like go out to somewhere I dunno what you like to do much but ya know.”
“Oh! Yes! Yes I would!” Drust jumps up and down smiling.
“Yeah?”
“Yeah!”
“Alright, I’ll send ya somethin’ when I get an idea, see ya.” Chester winks at Drust quickly then teleports away.
“Bye…” Drust stares at where Chester once was smiling like an idiot, looking down and walking back inside, excited.