Lydia gave him a wide-eyed look, wondering how in the world he knew the correct answer when it hadn't looked like he had been paying attention. After pondering it for a moment she mentally shrugged, deciding that it didn't really matter, just as long as he didn't get in trouble. If he got in trouble by the teacher because of her, she would never forgive herself.

Soon, that class was over and the two were heading to the next class. They held hands all day and much too soon for Lydia's liking it was time to go home. Lydia didn't want to go home, she didn't want to leave Adrian's side and she felt a pout begin to appear on her face.

The fun thing about being a vampire (well, one of them) was that Adrian didn't need regular sleep. Hell, one time he went a whole month without a wink of sleep and still felt fine. While a lot of vampires slept during the day, this was more because they hated daytime and wanted to 'skip' it so to speak, not because they needed the rest. Oh sure, they did need sleep, just nowhere near as much a other races. Noticing the pout on Lydia's face, Adrian made a decision; he would follow Lydia home in secret. He had never really seen where she lived before, and didn't even know anything about her parents. Not only that, but he wasn't quite ready to leave her yet. With the sun starting to set, he was starting to regain a lot of his power. "It's so great to have you back Lydia, I can't wait to see you again tomorrow" he told her

Lydia glanced at Adrian and nodded, giving him a small smile. “I’m glad to be back. I really missed you.” She said softly as she wrapped her arms around him and buried her face into his chest. She nuzzled her face there for a few moments before she released him unwillingly. “I’ll see you tomorrow.” She said. She paused before stepping forward and kissing him on the cheek before she turned and darted down the street towards her house, face as red as a tomato. She turned once she got to the end of the street, waved before turning the corner and heading for home.

Adrian was beaming from the show of affection Lydia just gave him as he waved back to her, it made him feel all warm and fuzzy inside. After she was out of sight, he ducked behind a corner and turned into a very thin mist, something much easier now that the sunlight was diminishing. His transformation complete, he took off into the air and rushed in the direction that Lydia went, it didn't take long for him to spot her from up above. After he had found her, he dived down behind her and followed her to her home, curious what her parents were like. It would be a good idea to learn a bit about them before he met them face to face after all

find that her father was passed out in his recliner. She didn’t know where her mother was and so the neko girl quietly stepped inside and gently closed the door behind her. She carefully made her up the stairs and into her room. Once there she closed her door and sighed, flopping down onto her bed. However, before she could relax there was a bang from downstairs and her mother soon threw her door open. Lydia cowered back as the women stomped over to her and cracked her hand across her face. “I can smell it on you!” She screamed, tail lashing in fury. Lydia touched her now red cheek. “S-Smell w-what?” Her mother slapped her again. “Don’t pretend you don’t know! The vampire! I can smell his scent all over you!” The women then proceeded to drag the tiny girl off her bed and throw her to the floor where she began kicking her. Lydia whimpered, curling up into a tiny ball. There was a slight cracking sound and Lydia cried out in pain as a well-placed kick broke a rib or too. The women didn’t stop there though; she continued to kick the girl no matter how much she cried and begged her to stop.

The very sight of a mother beating their child like this was enough to stun Adrian briefly, however that ended quickly and a thin mist transformed into a dark storm cloud that completely covered the ceiling of Lydia's room. A bolt of lightning struck her mother, and sent her back. That's when part of the storm cloud broke off of the larger mass and descended to the ground, transforming into Adrian, who has a slasher smile on his face "you touched Lydia in a bad way, now I get to touch you in a bad way" he reached out and touched her leg with and electrified hand, shocking her, but not causing and real harm (just pain), however it did knock her out cold. Turning around and kneeling down, he pulled Lydia into a big hug, that's when he did something he had never done before; cry "why...why didn't you ever tell me? I-I-I had no idea your parents were so cruel to you. You should have told me" while he still hadn't seen her father, he felt it was safe to assume that he wasn't much better, given how quick her mother was to start beating her "please...let me take you away from here. Your parents don't love you, no loving parent could ever do that to their child. Please...let me keep you safe" he begged her

Lydia dimly felt hands grab her and she flinched, thinking it was her mother. However, the gentle touch made her pause and she peeked her unfocused eyes open and saw Adrian's face as he pulled her into a hug. The neko girl buried her bruised face against his chest as she burst into tears and started sobbing, holding onto his shirt with a death grip. The crying made her ribs throb in pain and that made her cry even more. "P-Please, T-Take m-me a-away." She sobbed, curling up in his lap.

Adrian had no doubt he could convince his parents to take in Lydia (at the very least, he could convince his mother who would then convince his father), however first things first; he needed to get her fixed up, she looked badly hurt. While it wasn't easy to transform other living things into mist when a vampire transformed, it was still possible, after all, they did the same thing with their clothes. While it was normally an advanced skill, Adrian's many years of experience using his powers out in the full sunlight had been great for training his control over his abilities. "Quickly, grab anything you couldn't live without, then I'll get you out of here" after waiting for her, Adrian transformed the both of them into a thin mist. While she couldn't heal in this state, it would keep her from getting any worse. After flying for a few minutes, they reached series of very large apartment buildings. After using their gaseous form to enter the penthouse of one of the buildings, he transformed them back. Then, quickly drawing blood on on of his fingers, he offered it to Lydia "here, drink this. I know drinking blood might seem grouse for anyone who isn't a vampire, but our blood has healing properties, it'll fix you up faster then a trip to the hospital. After I get you settled in, I'll go and talk to my parents"