Vampires Will Never Hurt You

I woke up to the sun shining through the window of my hospital room. It felt quite peaceful until I realized Gerard was gone.

I sat up and looked around the room, but he was nowhere to be seen. I started to worry about him, but he probably just went home and would be back later. I decided to walk around a bit since I had been doing nothing but resting the past three days.

I made my way to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. Right away I noticed the patch of gauze stuck to my neck. I peeled back the tape holding it in place and closed my eyes, bracing myself for what I was about to see.

When I opened them, I was surprised to see that my neck was completely healed. No scar, no blood, nothing. It was as if I was never bitten in the first place.

I tossed the gauze in the trashcan and walked back into my room. I took a seat on the bed, wondering how it was that I was completely healed overnight, when I heard the door open.

I looked up to see Gerard holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand.

“Hey,” he said, smiling when he saw I was awake. He handed me the flowers. Cherry red lilies.

“Thanks, Gee. They’re beautiful,” I smiled, setting them on the bedside table. I lay on the bed and he joined me, taking my hand in his. We were silent for a few minutes, just enjoying each other’s presence, when I decided to tell him about my neck.

“I know,” he said once I finished. “I gave you some of my blood when you were sleeping to heal you.”

“What? You can do that?”

“Yeah, it sort of comes with the whole ‘vampire’ thing,” he chuckled. His smile soon faded. “You need to be careful though, because… well, if you die with vampire blood still in your system, you become a vampire.”

“I’ll be sure not to die then,” I said, making him laugh. The noise made my heart flutter.

“I love your laugh.”

“I love you.”

I pecked him softly on the lips and he scooted closer to me so we were cuddling. My head was against his chest and his arms were wrapped protectively around me. The sound of his heartbeat along with the feeling of being safe in his arms was so calming that I almost fell asleep.

“I talked to the nurse this morning, you can go home whenever you like.”

“Now?”

“Sure,” he replied, kissing my forehead.

I changed into a pair of clothes Gerard brought me and grabbed his hand.

"Gee, can I stay at your place tonight?" I asked.

"Of course," he smiled, squeezing my hand.

We got to his car and he opened the passenger door for me before sitting in the driver's seat. He held my hand the entire drive home.

Notes

I wasn't planning on making this anything more than a one-shot but I saw how much people liked it and I decided to keep writing and I think I'm gonna stick with it. Please comment, rate, or subscribe if you enjoyed! c: