[IC] We Are Alive

[Sapphire]

Vivian took Micha's hand climbed out of the car, "Thank you. This may take a while since I'm assuming you don't have any food at home." She walked into the grocery store ignoring the attention she attracted, it was almost as if people could take one look at her and know she was new. It probably was because she hadn't been able to change out of the dress she was wearing. People, in her experience, didn't dress like this to go shopping. She filled a basket with basic food items and turned to Micha, clearly embarrassed she asked, "I..well...its just... I don't have any money, do you think you could pay for it?" Vivian had never needed to depend on someone like this before and it made her quite uncomfortable.

[TrulyAwakened]

Micha shrugged. "Whatever you need. I'll be back I need to get some uh-blood. Meet you at the register, and don't talk to anyone." With that said Micha handed Vivian his debit card and walked off to the isle marked as 'blood'. The veins around Micha's eyes flared as they always do when he is in this part of a store. His nose flooded with a thousand different scents. Every drop of blood was stored in small vials containing about 1 ounce of blood per vial. Micha walked to the blood vials labeled as O negative. He could tell by the scent that this blood is from an animal or was made in a lab. Micha picked the blood up and headed back for Vivian.

[Sapphire]

"Right." Vivian murmured and watched Micha walk away. She grabbed a few last items and headed towards the check out, it almost made her laugh that there was a section devoted to blood and perhaps other things a supernatural being would need. She knew it shouldn't have felt so funny to her but the whole town looked so normal on the outside, it was mostly little details that set it apart. She examined the debit card and waited for Micha, she handed the card back to him when he reached her. She glanced at a vial Micha had selected, reasoning that it was probably, well hopefully not forcibly taken from a human.

[TrulyAwakened]

"Don't freak, it's animal blood. I don't drink human blood." Micha took his card back and the basket Vivian held and placed it on the convayor belt. The man working the register looked at Vivian and gave a warm smile. "She's a pretty one. Where'd you meet her?" Micha saw that he was a vampire. His caynines were slightly extended. "She needed help so I-helped." Micha said not wanting to reveal where Vivian really came from.

[Sapphire]

She was relieved that it was at least animal blood but the clerk' words broke through her thoughts, she blushed slightly and looked out the storefront windows. She moved to the end of the conveyer belt and waited for the bags she would carry.

[TrulyAwakened]

"So you're a human?" The clerk asked. Micha looked to Vivian who was blushing which gave away that she was a human. Micha sighed. "Yes and she's my human, so keep looking." Micha said with a smile as the last food item was bagged. Micha grabbed a few of the bags and handed the clerk his card who now looked a little agitated. He shot Micha a dirty look and handed his card back when everything was paid for. "Guess we should head home now, yeah?" Micha said to Vivian.

[Sapphire]

"Actually don't keep looking, I don't particularly appreciate it." Vivian said as she left the store. She turned to Micha, "What happened back there? Why would having a extra person to take care of be so desirable?" Vivian could not understand why people were so jealous of Micha as she carried her bags to his car. Some thing kept bothering her about the my human this and my human that, "I want a full explanation of this 'tradition.'"

[TrulyAwakened]

Micha shrugged as he opened the trunk setting the groceries down and taking the ones in Vivian's hands. "There's not much to it. Supernaturals like to see themselves as the dominate species so we pretty much kiddnap humans. There are rules, if these rules are broken there are consequences. Some which end in death." Micha realized he was yelling. "Listen," he spoke softer but still in a hard tone. "You don't understand that the things here don't want you for your looks they want you because you'd be a trophy to them. A social status. And that's only if you don't get stuck with a vampire who would use you as a human blood bag. I didn't mean to objectify you, I did it because if I didn't you would be up for grabs. It's best if everyone knows that you are mine." Micha shut the trunk and aproached his car door.

[Sapphire]

Vivian flinched as Micha shouted, "Oh! And I'm sure I was supposed to know that already, guess I must have missed the memo." She snapped back and got into the car, without any doors being opened which was much to her relief. She replayed the conversation in her mind as she began to calm down, feeling guilty for speaking to Micha like that. She sighed and looked out the window while waiting for Micha.

[Scara_blood]

Thresh stood at the door and waited for her to go in. "Well? You go in now, yes?" Maybe she thinks I'm to freaky to want to stay. Thresh thought. "If you want to go back you can." He suggested.

[TrulyAwakened]

Micha got in the car shutting the door and starting the car. He pinched the bridge of his nose bringing some ease to the pressure in his head. Micha placed a hand on the top of the wheel. After a brief moment of silence Micha drove away from the store and to his house. Micha's house was given to him by an old friend. The two story house glimmered in the moonlight. The porch is lined with pillars and fence lined the perimeter of the house. Micha pulled into the drive way and cut the car off. He climbed out of the car and opened Vivian's door, this time not offering her his hand. He walked to the back of the car opening the trunk.

[Sapphire]

Vivian took in the sight of the house, it was a nice place, luckily not as big and gloomy as her old home. She refrained from grumbling about opening her own doors and climbed out, walking to the back of the car she grabbed some bags, before Micha could say any thing she looked at him, "Look I'm sorry for what I said back there, it wasn't the right response, but what you did wasn't okay either. So we're even, I don't want to waste time pouting about it."

[Scara_blood]

Thresh walked into the hall and took off his cloak and hung it onto a hook. He walked into the kitchen and opened thr fridge. "Do you require any food?" he asked.

[Savi]

CorruptedShadow said
"Well, judging by the red on your face, it seems you really are in a horror." He laughed as he brought her a bit farther from the town. The houses began to thin in numbers, but the farther they got, the better the houses seemed in condition. Not only that, but the road seemed to be getting cleaner. Adjusting his glasses, he smiled again as he looked down at her, "Tell me something, how does someone with such a tiny body manage to live such a normal life? I don't mean this as an insult, but more of a curious and scientific purpose. That and you are quite the look, I must say."

Her blush turned a deep crimson. "I-I manage just fine! I can do anything a taller person can do! I just cannot reach for things." She looked down at her hands and fiddled with her them. "I just have to be more creative than taller people sometimes Also, what do you mean 'quite the look'? Some may take that as an insult." She crossed her arms rebelliously.

[TrulyAwakened]

Sapphire said
Vivian took in the sight of the house, it was a nice place, luckily not as big and gloomy as her old home. She refrained from grumbling about opening her own doors and climbed out, walking to the back of the car she grabbed some bags, before Micha could say any thing she looked at him, "Look I'm sorry for what I said back there, it wasn't the right response, but what you did wasn't okay either. So we're even, I don't want to waste time pouting about it."

Micha nodded. 'And I'm sorry, because if you keep this attitude up you're as good as dead.' He thought to himself. Micha walked to the door, unlocked it and entered. He set the grocery bags down next to the door and walked towards the stairs straight across from the entrance. Micha motioned for Vivian to enter before climbing up the stairs and to his room. He raided his drawers for an extra shirt. The only clean clothes he had were a button up shirt that looked way too big for Vivian and a pair of shorts that would also look too big. If Micha had a pulse a steady stream of red would stain his face. He'd never thought of anyone wearing his clothes, especially a girl. He shook the thought off and silently cursed himself for not thinking to get Vivian clothes at least for the night. Micha stopped by the linen closet by the stairs for a towel and other toiletries. He held out the items for Vivian. "Sorry but it's all I have. As you can see no one else lives here except me, so my clothes are the only ones in the house. Bathroom is upstairs first room on your right and there's an empty bedroom last right."

[Sapphire]

Vivian was admiring the house when Micha handed her the clothes, "No need to worry, I appreciate all that you've done there is no need for you to apologize. Until today there was no reason to have any clothing in the house besides yours, there was no way you could have anticipated this." She went into the bathroom and took a quick shower after drying herself off she changed into the new clothes. They were too big and the shorts threatened to slip off her waist if she moved too much but she could deal with it. She rolled her sleeves up to her elbows and ripped of the bottom inch of her dress, by threading it through the belt loops in the shorts she had created a sort of make shift belt. After a moment of triumph she knew felt a bit silly for not just asking for a belt but it felt good to rip the dress they made her wear. She tied her hair into a bun and exited the bathroom. She went down stairs and took the grocery bags into the kitchen, which she luckily found after only a bit of wandering, once every thing had been appropriately stored away Vivian made herself a sandwich. She didn't even bother with sitting down, opting rather to slowly eat the sandwich while staring out the kitchen window.

[TrulyAwakened]

Micha sat on a nearby table next to Vivian. "Are you okay?" He pulled the vial of blood from his pocket and unscrewed the metal cap.

[Sapphire]

"I'm fine, I keep expecting to wake up or for someone to tell me this is some big prank. It's just so surreal." Vivian said quietly while putting the sandwich on a plate. Leaving her food on the counter she sat down across from Micha and stared off into the distance.

[CorruptedShadow]

"When I mean by 'quite the look', I mean it by, 'you sure are one sight', or something more simple, 'you're a cute thing'." He smiled, his hair covering his face just a little bit. He started to walk with a bit more power in his step, which he then stopped using his walking stick. It seemed as if he was getting younger...like he was changing into a different person entirely. "Also, you are pretty short. You sure you can reach a cabinet that high?"

[Scara_blood]

Thresh grabbed a soda and sat down on a chair. "You are free to move about this house. Do you require a room?" He thought for a moment. Of corse she needs a room you idiot! There is a room upstairs of you need it." He pointed to the stairs at the side of the kitchen.