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Her frown deepened. “I can feel that you’re old. Definitely older than three hundred but I’ve never met anyone older than that,” she shrugged in thought, “Never figured that I’d want to. It seemed that the older the more out of touch and, well, dangerous they are.” Anita looked at him again, her dark eyes moving across his face for any sign of age or interest and finding only the welcoming face of the man (when did she begun to see him as that?) that she had revealed so much of herself to. 

“Are you saying that you can go out in the sunlight?” She looked at him again, her hands hovering over her seat belt as she was frozen to her seat, mind buzzing in thought at such a strange musing. “Axel. How old are you?”

“Most of the older ones do not bother with technology, that is what they have a human servant for…at least that’s their way of thinking. I have tried to keep up but I am used to the old ways.” Axel laughed as he looked over at her. 

“I can not go out in the sunlight, it will burn me if I do but I can be awake during the day time, most of my windows are heavily tinted so that I do not need to close the curtains all the time and I like to look outside at what I used to be able to go out in.” He sighed and unbuckled his seatbelt before looking at her again. “I am older than

Nikolaos was, and older than most vampires you will meet outside of the council, though I am the youngest on the council.” It wasnt really an answer and was more of a riddle. 

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While the kitten was soft to the startled animator, Anita was just as shocked to be handed the ball of anger and fluff as it was to being given away. She didn’t know exactly how to hold the creature so it was awkwardly propped on its underarms, a sad attempt at The Lion King. 

“I guess,” she shrugged again, attempting to disrobe her disappointment in the answer by focusing on the sharp claws of the kitten who did not enjoy being held in such a manner. Although, the longer that she looked at the small beast, she doubted that it liked being held at all; and that thought almost gave her the sense of a kindred spirit. But another thought caused her to pause. “Wait… This isn’t this a Christmas gift…. is it?”

Axel burst out on laughter as she failed at holding the kitten, he sighed and moved a little closer to her picking up the kitten again and moving Anita’s arms so that the kitten could sit comfortably in them. “You have to hold them the right way or you will get the sharp little claws in your skin. Be gentle with her. If you dont want to hold her like that put her over your shoulder like your would when burping a baby.” Axel suggested as he smiled down at both of them. 

“If it was would you be upset?” It wasnt his main present for her it was just something he thought she needed even if she wasnt able to keep it at her place. 

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She gave him a look of exasperation, blinking slowly to clear it away with a smirk of her own, “I’m still pretending to ignore that, Axel. Your getting on the naughty list.” With a shrug Anita folded her arms gestured towards him with her chin, “That also depends on how long her father is planning on staying here.”

He laughed and placed the kitten in her arms as she shrugged and said he was on the naughty list. “I think I am permanently on the naughty list.” He grinned. “Well that depends on certain things…I do wish to stay as long as possible. But we know that also depends on certain someone we do not speak of.” He pointed out. 

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“Okay, so I’m just gonna pretend you didn’t say that,” Anita laughed and shook her head, “I’m fine with that. You take full custody, weekends, holidays, school years, and summers.”

“Okay so you know you have resting bitch face, do I need to take a picture to prove it?” He asked with a smirk. “Hey now you have to come and visit then and spend time with her….Or she will think she’s been abandoned by her mother.” Axel joked.

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Anita shook her head slowly, “Kitchens and I don’t really mix. I could burn water even if I was trying.” She laughed again, “I only really know how to make coffee, and maybe a bagel if I feel so inclined.” Shrugging at the thought, the animator was finally able to get the initial image out of her mind with the sullen hope, as failed as it would be, that she would not catch even the glimpse of an apron when they strolled into his home. Else that image would be forever lodged into her wandering head. 

“Oh but it was close,” it was her turn to point it out. “Oh, right,” Anita nodded, “Disney would be considered as ‘new’ to you, right?” It wasn’t necessarily a jab at his age, but she did smirk at him, glancing over briefly to soften the blow where she could. “Aren’t eagles daytime creatures?” She frowned suddenly.

He held back a laugh as she talked about burning water, he doubted that, he had never seen someone burn water and he had been around plenty of cooks and chefs. “I could teach you to make bagels from scratch.” He teased as he looked at her. “Though I think you really need someone to just show you the way around a kitchen so you do not burn the house down.” The vampire teased. 

“It was close but I tiptoed the line and did not crossed it.” Axel said as they turned the corner and they arrived at his house, it was a cabin in the woods but unlike some cabins it was not small it was large and looked more like a families holiday home ratehr than a vampires day time resting place. “And yes Disney is new to me, I have heard of it and I was there when the first cartoons came out but I have not watched any….I do not do much with technology.” He explained as he smiled at her jab at his age. “Can you even tell how old I am Anita?” He asked before realising that he may have said a little too much about his powers and what he could do when she asked about Eagles being daytime creatures. “Uh..yes they are.” Was all he said as he turned the car off. 

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“True,” Anita chuckled and wiggled in her seat, her hands rubbing lightly on her thighs, skipping over the sparked space of where his hand touched. “But not everyone has the convenience of a master chef in their kitchen.” Pressing her face to the cold glass, the animator kept her eyes ahead on the road, occasionally looking in the rear-view mirror and cursed herself for feeling so… fragile. 

“Ah ah-” She tsked at him, “Remember the rule.” Laughing lightly, Anita imaging the picturesque moment. “Well, that’s pretty Disney of you,” she smiled, “Do you whistle too?” Unfortunately, Anita had to halt her energetic wandering thoughts as they began to slide to a more, risque imagining of the sweet ancient vampire cooking with only an apron covering his… delicacies. She opened the window a bit more and adjusted in her seat again while attempting to wipe the thought from her mind.

“You could become a masterchef. I could teach you.” Axel told her as he slowed down just in case an animal decided to jump out in front of the car. “And I am not a masterchef, I have just learnt everything I know from masterchefs through my many years on this earth.” He laughed as his eyes flicked up to the rear-view mirror, he was glad that at least for now no one seemed to be following them. 

He laughed as she tisked him. “I did not say a name nor did I even say if the person was male or female.” He pointed out with a smirk. “Disney…..That is the movies that have the princesses in them, yes?” He was actually a little embarrassed now, not wanting to tell her that he had never seen a Disney movie in his life. “I can whistle. But not at eagles as they dont whistle so they look at you confused.” 

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“Well, I don’t know,” Anita snickered, happily shifting the tide of their conversation even if another presence lingered in the air, a something that was left unspoken as they sat in the warm car together. “That cheap stuff has a special place in my heart,” laughing, she cracked the window a bit, needing the fresh air on her hot face, thankful for the cover of night hiding her flushed cheeks. 

“I’m glad that you told me,” she adjusted again in her seat, cursing herself for forgetting to buckle her seat-belt and doing just that before she forgot again. Anita had an odd sense of companionship with animals. She loved them as they were, precious lovable beings, but she couldn’t bring herself to owning any. Her work life was too unpredictable, besides, after raising her family’s pet from the grave when she was a child Anita wasn’t too keen on reliving that moment. 

“Ah but having freshly made pizza is better than having frozen pizza dough with sub par ingredients.” He pointed out with a smile as he felt the cool air coming in from the window as she cracked it.  He took his hand off of her thigh and put it on the steering wheel as they got to a more windy part in the road. 

“Though it has been strange I normally have wolves at my house in Sweden but here they do not come to my house it is as if a certain someone is forcing them to stay away.” Axel chuckled as he looked over at her. “….You might get lucky and a eagle may grace us with a visit. I had one sitting on my shoulder while I cooked it some food the other week.”

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“No,” she shook her head again, setting her head against his now, her eyes close shut attempting to ignore the slight waves of shivers sliding up and down her arms. It was different for him, had to have been. Vampires where slaves to their appetites, their hungers could and would lead them to the darkest of paths and bloodiest of nights. But humans? Humans had a choice, could choose mercy over rage, they’ve done worse just over being afraid, and fear made you do horrible things that could never bring you back. 

And yet Anita stayed like that for a moment before answering his question, the battle raging between her head and what could be considered as her heart. A certain pull moving over her to him, one that she hadn’t felt in years. With a slow and trembling breath, the animator pulled away from him, even as her eyes darted to his lips and back again to the now silhouetted city lights ahead of them. “Besides, I’m still hungry,” she chuckled after a while, brushing the hand that was rested on his cheek over her tangled hair, trying to ignore the weight of his hand still on her thigh or her hand on top of his. 

She rushed to change the subject, “Now if you burn the pizza… well, that’s a whole ‘nother thing.”

He let out a content sigh as she rested her head against his, he could feel the shivers that were on her arms and he used his free hand to lightly rub one of her arms to help the shivers disappear. She had no idea how much he could hurt her if he let go of the control he had mastered over all these years, he kissed her cheek softly as he moved her head away from hers and put the car into gear again, his hand still on her leg as he turned the car back towards his house and started to drive again. 

He laughed as she said she was still hungry, shaking his head and smiling. “I never burn food. My pizza will be the best you have ever had and you will not want the cheap stuff from other places.” He bragged with a grin to show he was just being silly. 

“I have animals at the house so please dont be alarmed if you have a few cats coming up to you for pats.” Axel told her. 

Axel raised an eyebrow as she handed the baby to him, he was confused as to where it had come from and why she had it, he knew it wasn’t theirs as they couldnt have children and had not even had sex yet. “I do know what to do but the bigger question is why do you have a baby?”

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