As he was knocked over a small confused yelp left him, he stared at the other still confused when Brent started to kiss his face. As he said he remembered Axel smiled and cupped his face lightly before kissing him, closing his eyes as he felt tears rolling down his cheeks.
“Don’t ever leave me again..” He whispered to him after he had explained everything to him, he picked up the stone and looked at Brent again. “I….I’m glad your mother helped….I couldnt go another day without you..” He said softly, the vampire had been very close to giving up on life, the only thing that had kept him going for all those years after he lost Brent the first time was the fact that he knew Brent would be reborn, but this time it was harder to believe that Brent would remember him.
Axel nodded and gently pulled Brent into his arms. “Its okay…..I love you too and I always will.” He whispered as held the other close.
After that, life felt like a blur, especially with the speed that Brent took to carry out the rest of the events. He was in a hurry because he did not want another thing to go wrong. He and Axel were engaged, but never had an actual ceremony.
He invited a few close friends and it was a small, but meaningful one. Their home was decorated in such a way that it hardly looked like the same place, yet it was so small, simple yet charming with all the stringed lights, vases with white crystanthemums, and tall candles. He knew what he was doing, marrying an immortal being as a mortal himself, but he was planning to do something about that.
For the sake of Axel, so he never has to feel alone without him when he dies again, he was going to be immortal himself. This was a secret.
After a clink of a wine glass, Brent cleared his throat to say, “I’d like to propose a toast- to the man who made me believe in destiny. Thank you, for being my rock, my guide and inspiration. Axel Alrikson, I am forever grateful for your perseverence, patience because I know I am not the easiest man to be with, and most of all, loving me so much that I don’t know what to do with it sometimes.”
“Well aren’t you a sweetheart.” Raina laughed at him telling her that his friends would of made a dirty joke. “ Someone has brushing up on all the rom-coms if your words are that sweet. “ Raina moved past him, her fingers brushing across his hand. “ We should get going , before the traffic in our parking lot gets bad.”
He blushed as she said he was a sweetheart. “Never watched a rom com…but I have heard the ones my sister watches.” He confessed as he nodded when she said they should leave, she was right if they didnt know they would be stuck in the traffic. “They need to fix the parking lot.” He chuckled as he felt her hand brush agianst his.
Hailey knew he’d start about how she wasn’t allowed back here. The entire idea to come to him relied on her ability to get her to listen before trying to kick her out. Maybe she would have been better off seeing on of her professors about this since they were all experts on the topic, but– they wouldn’t have believed her. They thought – everyone thought vampires were extinct.
Axel did begin to shoo her away, but he froze up suddenly, and she worried. Because of what – who knows? – but her stomach sank and her gut told her to leave. She didn’t listen to it. “Look, I know I’m not supposed to come back, but– if you own this place, then you must know a lot about vampires, and I– Someone bit me. Just now. He grew fangs and bit me.” Only when she said it aloud did she realise how crazy her story actually was. It probably didn’t even happen the way she thought it had.
He could hear her heart and his heart, beating so fast. He took a deep breath and shook his head as he tried to calm down and ignore the blood that was on her neck. Axel did his best to listen to her voice and what she was saying, he turned and looked at her as she said they had grown fangs and his bit her.
That couldnt be right, he was the last vampire in this region, no one else had dared to set foot here because of him and yet she had been bitten by some thing. “…..Could…have been a human….Fake fangs.” He mumbled a little more to himself then her right now, he moved away from the door and headed up to one of his rooms, he needed to look into this now. Her wound would heal after all it looked like the vampire didnt get a good bite one her.
“So, it’s an endless cycle.” When he opened the door, she rushed out ahead of him only to stop in her tracks when he wondered aloud what Snapping meant. She swirled around to face him, and her momentary shock was replaced by a huge grin. “Are you serious? Look, you said you’re old, and I believe you, but– oh my gosh, are you a technophobe? You’d have to be like…50 for that. But listen, I got your back! We can make you a Snapchat right now, and we’ll look so pretty in your stories we’ll break it! Have you ever even taken a selfie? I have so much to teach you!”
“Im not a technophobe…Im just not used to technology.” He confessed as he closed the door behind him and raised an eyebrow at her, he sighed and shook his head. “I dont need a Snapchat Hailey. It seems a little silly. I can be in your stories, whatever that means. I have taken a selfie, I can do that without help.” He told her, though in truth all of the selfies had taken were for Brent and it had been her brother that had shown him how to do things.
Adonis returned about half-an-hour later with fresh pancakes from a nearby diner and a dark plastic back like the ones he usually brought the blood bags in. He didn’t encounter Axel until entering the kitchen, where he set down the pancakes and turned on the kettle. “Okay, so I sort of lied. I got you blood, but I was thinking maybe you could mix it in with a hot beverage? Have you done that before? You must have tried.” Yeah, he must have. And Adonis should probably stop trying too hard when Axel told him he didn’t have to get any blood.
Axel had been making a cup of tea for himself when Adonis walked in, his stomach grumbling as soon as he smelt the pancakes. “God they smell good.: He said smiling as he opened the bag and took out a container. “Im all good on blood for a few days….Why do you think I drink tea all the time? My tea bags are full of blood and thats why you cant have any of mine when you ask.” He laughed.
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