The Adventures of Mikey Way: New Vampire

The brothers sat on the floor of Gerard's apartment. Glitter and paper were spread over the floor. Mikey was helping Gerard work on a new project, what the end result would be, he wasn't sure yet.

They both sat quietly cutting different shapes out of the coloured paper and sorting them by size. Gerard was thinking his plan through as he worked. Mikey had told him previously about his healing ability but Gerard was yet to see it.
"Mikey, could you get the other tub of glitter from the table?" Gerard asked.
Mikey nodded and went to retrieve it.
When Mikey returned, Gerard pushed his foot in his brother's path. Mikey tripped on the foot and fell with a heavy thump on top of his brother. They both groaned and Mikey rolled off Gerard.

"Ow", Mikey said as he clutched his arm.
Gerard groaned in agreement as he turned to inspect his brother's arm. There was a large cut on Mikey's forearm from where he fell on Gerard's scissors, just as he planned. Blood was pouring out of his arm at a steady pace.

Gerard quickly got up from his spot on the floor.
"I'll get a towel to press on your arm. Just until it heals", he told Mikey.
He ran out of the room and into the kitchen where the towel and extra glitter were located. Gerard poured the glitter from the jar into the towel and held it carefully as he ran back to Mikey.
Mikey was still where Gerard left him on the floor, but was now sitting up. Gerard carefully placed the towel over the cut and pressed the glitter into the wound. Mikey hissed with pain but made no move to pull away. He didn't see the glitter.

Gerard kept pressure on the wound until Mikey said it was fine to remove. They pealed the towel from the cut gently so it wouldn't reopen. The cut was clean and not as deep as they originally thought, and the brothers watched as it slowly closed. Gerard could see that most of the glitter from the towel made it into Mikey's wound. Mikey saw some too.

"Gee was that towel clean? I think it had some glitter on it", Mikey said.
"Did it? Oh no it must have come off my hands when i grabbed it. I'm so sorry Mikes, will it be ok?" Gerard asked as the concerned brother he was.
Mikey shrugged.
"It'll be fine. My body will disperse it, nothing will happen", Mikey replied.
Gerard sighed with relief. He never thought the glitter would harm his brother but it was a relief to hear him say it.

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The next day Mikey met his brother for lunch. This was something the brothers tried to do at least twice a week, but Gerard's work had kept him busy lately. The two walked from Mikey's apartment to the diner they usually went to.

They walked into the diner and took a seat at one of the booths as usual. The waitress walked over to them to take their orders.
"Hello boys, same as always?" She asks them.
They both nod and thank her.
Soon, the food was brought to the table and placed in front of them. The waitress then turned to Mikey.
"Are you wearing body lotion?" She asked.
Mikey looked at her in confusion.
"No I'm not. Why?"
Gerard had to hide his giggles.
"You have glitter on your face. And on your hands too so I assumed..." she trailed off.

Mikey looked down at his hands to see what she was talking about, and there was indeed glitter on his hands. He looked up in shock to see Gerard's smiling face. Mikey turned back to the waitress.
"My brother and I were using glitter for a project, I must have wiped my face without thinking", he said as he smiled at her.
"Oh how wonderful to hear you two are working on something together. You must show me when it's done", she insisted.
"Of course we will", Gerard replied to her while he smirked at Mikey.

When the waitress walked off, Gerard leaned over the table to whisper to Mikey.
"See, vampires do sparkle".
Mikey looked at him with wide eyes before remembering the incident with the glitter. All he could do was stare at his brother. Gerard laughed and began to eat his food.
"Just for that, you pay for lunch", Mikey said.
Gerard could only nod as he tried not to choke on his food while he laughed.

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When Mikey returned to his apartment, he fed his hamsters and gave them some new straw before deciding he needed a shower. He finished cleaning the hamster enclosure and feeding his pets before he wandered into the bathroom.

He turned the shower on and began removing his clothes while it heated up. He glanced in the mirror after removing his shirt and let out a (manly) scream. His entire torso was covered with glitter. But when he ran his hands over his chest to remove it, the tiny sparkles stayed in place.

He looked down at his skin and saw with horror, that the glitter wasn't on his skin, but under it.
He let out a low growl as he looked at his legs to find them sparkling as well.
"I'm going to kill you Gerard", he growled at his reflection.

Notes

I'm sorry this has taken me so long to upload, I started uni so I've been really busy trying not to get lost or forget to take stuff with me.

On the plus side, I should be able to update more regularly now that its sorted out :)

Till next time