This was Kalvin Svedko's typical weekend-night routine: he would make his way to one of the local nightclubs, where he would buy himself a drink or two, perhaps observe some of the attractive mortals on the dance floor - he rarely partook in such rituals himself, unable to dance in any manner not awkward, and not liking the social aspect of the passtime anyway - and then went to the brothel down the street, where he'd buy himself a whore, get in a good fuck, and end with a much-needed snack. Vampires could not simply buy their food at a supermarket: they had to be a bit more resourceful at dinnertime. Stealing the whore's money was an important part of the process: he did not have a job and did not desire one, and thus robbing those whose blood he drained allowed for him to procure some funds without having to waste too much of his time.
But what happens when the system - a system he had created a decade ago and had followed religiously ever since- fails?
It had been a night like every other. The twenty-five-year-old brunette had bought himself a few Bloody Mary's and had spent a good hour or so watching a few of the hotter club-goers grinding on the dance floor before deciding it was time for a meal. He had made his way over to the same brothel he went to every weekend, choosing a slim blonde who looked like he could use a thrill, and together they had made their way down that same dimly-lit hall into one of those bare rooms. Everything had been going according to plan, the same way it had for ten years. But then, as lips roamed and hands explored, they got to talking. Kalvin despised conversation - he preferred to remain quiet - but they had gotten to talking, and the damage had been done. Hearing this poor boy's life story - something about his mother being a jerk, the Ukrainian native could no longer remember the details - Kalvin had decided, in an uncharacteristically compassionate moment, that he could not do to this boy what he had done to so many. "Let's go," he had said simply, standing and folding his arms across his chest in his typical manner. The boy had been confused, and so the man had repeated, "Let's go." That was three months ago. They had been living together ever since.
Theirs was a strange sort of relationship. They weren't close enough for Kalvin to consider them an item, and even if they were, the brunette was extraordinarily unfaithful. But it wasn't his fault: he and Isaac had only had sex once, and if he couldn't get it at home, then he would go out looking for it, and get a meal and some cash on top of it. Having a roommate gave him a companion - although he didn't talk much and preferred to listen - and gave this other boy a shot at a decent life, so this system, unlike the other, was set to work.
Kalvin now walked down the dark sidewalk back towards the apartment he now shared with this boy. It was just past midnight, but Kalvin was not particularly social and thus had no place to go but home. Walking down 54th street, he turned the corner onto 3rd avenue and was in a completely different world: no one on the inside would mention it, and no one on the outside would notice it, but the neighborhood he had just entered in turning that corner was filled almost entirely with undercover vampires. Valnak, with its boring brick apartment buildings and its quaint little convenience stores - completely indistinguishable from the rest of the city - was home to some of the most ruthless of immortal beings, cordial enough on the outside, but always plotting how to get his or her next meal. The mortal boy Kalvin had taken home with him - Isaac Bennett, who was adorable if not a bit talkative for Kalvin's tastes - was, in fact, one of the only mortals who lived in the neighborhood, and was entirely unaware that vampires dominated the area. Kalvin supposed it was best he remain oblivious, lest he cause a scene: it was difficult enough protecting him from hungry eyes without him knowing he was considered prey.
A few blocks later, Kalvin was entering his apartment building, making his way up the stone stairwell to the third floor, upon which he resided. Most of his family, immediate and more distantly related, lived on the third floor, a strange yet somehow comforting situation. However, it did have its drawbacks:
"Did you bring home another whore with you this time?" Asked a tall and lanky brunette, one hand on her prominent hipbone. This was Teresa, Kalvin's older sister, and she had been among the most disapproving upon finding out that Kalvin now had an unsuspecting roommate. "I swear you're starting a collection."
Kalvin, who was the silent type even around his own family, simply shook his head: he was in no mood for Teresa's little jokes, and so he moved silently past the pale woman, inserting key into lock and promptly entering his own room, closing the door behind him.
His room was typical for a young man living on his own: there was a living room with connected kitchen, two bedrooms - although more recently only one of them was being used - and a bathroom. It was certainly nothing special, but Kalvin didn't need much, so it fit his needs perfectly.
He found Isaac sitting on the couch in the living room watching television, and he silently moved to sit next to him. He found himself wondering if he still smelled like sweat and sex - and the cheap cologne whores tended to wear - and he licked his lips quickly to ensure no blood had stained his skin. He crossed his arms as he turned to face the other male, saying nothing but gazing at him with his dark eyes in that slightly odd way of his. This boy - this poor, destitute boy whom Kalvin had rescued for reasons he himself did not comprehend - was completely unaware that he lived with a vampire, and surrounded by said vampire's family. How ignorant he was. Cute, though.
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