Not So Happily Ever After

Gerard leads me into his house with a grin. He seem pretty happy that I came back. Seeing him happy makes me feel all funny inside. I also kinda feel bad because of how I was to him last time. But it feels great to get away from Alpha. Annoying little shit.
When I walk in, the sent of blood fills my nose almost immediately. I wonder who's or hopefully what its from. I sniff again and raise my eyebrows at him. He instantly got a fearful look in his eyes.
"Oh Frank, I swear it's not a person", He stutters nervously, "It's uh, pork, I swear. I need something to keep me going y'know."
I guess I believe him. I don't want to accuse him of lying, I mean- do I want a chance with this guy at all?
We sit on his old couch and try to make small talk to get to know each other.
"So, what do you like to do, for like hobbies and such?", He asks me.
What do I like to do? Oh I know.
"I sometimes play the guitar, but I don't have one anymore.", I start, "One time, my pack was moving and we could only bring necessities and I tried to bring it and it got ripped apart."
I don't know if I should've told him that but I did. I need to trust him.
"Oh wow that su-wAIT I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU!", He exclaims, jumping up and running into another room. I've never seen a Vampire get that excited over something.
He runs back out with a beautiful acoustic guitar. I am dumbfounded. I recognize the wood as red spruce. It's black on the outline of the face and a red orange color in the middle. Same as my old one, but this looks much nicer.
"Wh-where did you get that?", I stammer.
"Well, I don't know to be honest.", He shrugs,"I can play a bit but I'm not very good."
He hands it to me. I sit up and take it out of his pale hands with precaution. I try to get a feel for it and strum it. I play an E Minor chord and wince because of how out of tune it is. He giggles.
"I don't think that sounds right.", He says.
I raise my eyebrows as if to say, really? It's makes him laugh again.
It takes me a bit to tune it. While I work on the guitar I notice Gerard watching me with curious eyes. After a few minutes, it sounds all in tune.
I start playing a little tune and then notice how fast time flew by. It was almost dark out. It was really dark in the room. I didn't think Gerard cared that much.
I set down the guitar and he looks at me with an expression I can't read.
"So are you hungry at all?", He asks me in a cheery tone.
"Sure."
"I only really have raw meant and I don't even know how to cook it."
"It's fine, I could help you."
We get up and leads me to the kitchen. He turns on a light and looks for something for us to eat while I sit down in a chair at a counter.
"So I have some beef here....I believe it's just ground beef.", He says.
I get up and inspect it. Looks fresh enough. I rummage through the kitchen and fine some spices and cook it up. While I do this, he stares at my with wide eyes. I finish it up and he has already gotten two plates and forks. I dish it out and sit down.
We ate mostly in silence. We were probably both thinking about how many rules we were breaking, just by being by each other. We finish up and he takes our plates to the sink. We both walk back into the living room and I sit down. He doesn't sit but walks into the hallway again.
I pick up the guitar and he comes out again with some candles and places and lights them around the room. He sits closer to me then he ever has. This is probably the closest someone has even been to me actually. I start getting very nervous, but tell myself to stay close, but anxiety is boiling deep in my stomach.
Leaning back, trying to relax, I start to play the guitar softly. Gerard seems to be getting tired; his eyes drooping down and then jumping up. He soon gives in and leans back and almost passes out instantly. But then he does something completely unexpected.
He puts his head on my shoulder and curls up next to me. I put the guitar down and give in. Putting my arm around him, I fall asleep curled up next to him, with the yellow candlelight flickering around us, and the sound of the guitar still hanging in the air.

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