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[miraculost]

[it's been a long couple of years, without Kaito.

after the first decades of life, time seems to go faster - after the first century of immortality, mind still undulled by age, the world seems to rush by in a terrible hurry. A year or two could pass as nothing. even Len, for all that he loves this world, sometimes loses track of the swift flow of time.

but Kaito... Kaito had brought something precious into his life. he brought youth and vitality into a house that had come to feel cold and stagnant... he'd brought a human touch, companionship, and...

... family.

even before the illness, even before Len had made his offer, and Kaito his decision - Len had already come to think of Kaito as his son.

and when Kaito had left, cursing Len and the immortality Len had given him...

Len angles into a controlled descent, catching hold of a drainpipe on the side of a building. he's been flying for a long time, and the bat form can only take so much at a time, even with the strength of a vampire. resting his wings for a moment, he surveys his surroundings again.

the hospital isn't far, now. there, he's sure to find the girl who was bitten. he'd fumbled the first lead, the one with the old man - but this time, for sure, he will make it in time. he knows every vampire on Honshu, where they live and what they do, and the one behind this attack could only be the newest and youngest of them. the one he created.

he will find Kaito, this time.

letting go of the drainpipe, he takes flight again, speeding towards the hospital.]

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[miraculost]

[HAS TO BITE HIS LIP TO KEEP FROM LAUGHING OUT LOUD]

[icecreamtopping]

[what. what did I say— oh did I say that first part out loud]

Ah... ehehe, I guess I'm more than just a little... you know.

[WAVING ONE HAND AIMLESSLY in an attempt to indicate her mental state (or. lack thereof...)]

Sorry! This probably isn't the best first impression...

[miraculost]

No, no, it's quite all right! I understand you're not in top condition right now. But you seem like a very nice young lady. I'm glad Kaito met someone like you.

[icecreamtopping]

[mission charm boyfriend's daddy: somehow success?!]

Well, okay! But you're not allowed to change your mind if I say something stupid later, ehehe~

I'm glad too, though! Did he tell you how we met?

[miraculost]

Ah, no! He only said that you were his girlfriend.

[icecreamtopping]

Of course he didn't...

Anyway, I sometimes volunteer at a soup kitchen kiiind of close to a rough part of town, and one night I had to try going home by myself. ...Well, that didn't end too well, but fortunately Kaito was nearby to play knight in shining armor ♥

[miraculost]

... I'm very glad the two of you met, then.

You seem well matched to one another, too.

[icecreamtopping]

Ehe, like I said...

Mmm, a little bit~ You probably know about his bad habit of taking care of everyone but himself first... It's a good thing I've got a backbone; it means I can usually bully him into being nice to himself too, ufufu ♥

[miraculost]

[the memories come painfully to the front of his mind, unbidden: Kaito, working so hard, so devoted to his new "family", that he ignored his declining health for too long...

...just the way Len himself had, so many years ago.]

I certainly do know about that. ... It may run in the family a little bit.

[icecreamtopping]

Eeeh, does it...? Maybe Kagamine-san needs someone to bully him, too.

[miraculost]

[chuckles] I don't need it as much as I once did, but that was part of why I originally hired him. He was working as my housekeeper before we came to think of each other as family.

[icecreamtopping]

[...s-starts giggling, shoving one hand over her mouth to try to muffle it somewhat]

[miraculost]

What?

[icecreamtopping]

[still giggling]

Th-that's how Kaito's been paying his rent to me when he stays...

[miraculost]

[b-biting his lip again]

Well, he had good training picking up my mess...!

[icecreamtopping]

...Uwaaah, Kagamine-san'd probably have a lot of things, huh? Just from being around for a while, I mean... It piles up!

[miraculost]

Like you wouldn't believe! Two centuries of accumulated possessions, combined with myself generally being bad at housework...

[icecreamtopping]

Haha, yikes! No wonder vampires always have mansions, you need somewhere to put everything where the cobwebs won't look out of place~

[miraculost]

[biting his lip again, we really must talk sometime when my son is not trying to sleep on me]

You'd hardly guess the age of the place now, though!

[icecreamtopping]

[giggling again]

Then it really is a vampire's mansion~ It matches its owner!

[miraculost]

And it's all thanks to Kaito.

... Quite fitting, really. He had much the same effect on me.

[icecreamtopping]

What, he cleaned up your wrinkles? I'll have to make extra sure I hang onto him until I'm old, then~

[miraculost]

[oh no I couldn't hold in that laugh]

[was_no_monster]

[papa you could drive a roadroller an inch from my nose and I would probably not wake up.

I will, however, get very clingy. my pillow is moving I MUST KEEP IT FROM RUNNING AWAY]

[icecreamtopping]

...cuuuuute. ...How old is he, anyway?