Sneaking out
1098 Words
The tent was mostly quiet as the young Vampire carefully made his way towards the entrance, his Coven for the time being, all peacefully asleep save for those who had decided to pull a secret all nighter outside, guarding the camp, walking the perimeter of the dunes and keeping an eye out for any and all threats including the humans and other Vampires within the camp.
He once again thanked the soft desert sand which erased any noise he made as he walked the length of the tent, if one of his Coven woke up or found him sneaking out... god, this must be how kids feel when they sneak out of the house Zeran thought with a grin, he was almost a hundred years old yet he still had the body and mindset of a teenager though when he was a teen he had enjoyed sleeping more then anything else. Sneaking out at all hours of the night hadnt really been his thing... well... he'd never snuck out to meet up with a girl or anything. Going hunting didnt count as sneaking out... right?
Zeran had just reached the front of the tent, he was about to pull back the cloth door when his sensitive ears caught the sound of a several heartbeats outside the tent. Guards. Zeran rolled his eyes and resisted the temptation to growl before turning on heel and moving towards the back of the tent. Honestly, they allow Vampires into the Army yet they still treat them like crap, it was honest racism.... or would that be discrimination?
A sudden movement from one of the beds made Zeran stop in his tracts, the Vampire that had just woken up was a young blond by the name of Danny, Danny was even younger then Zeran, he was only 45 years of age, he had the looks of a 12 year old but about as much knowledge as a collage professor. The blond yawned sleepily and looked at the other Vampire with his mercury colored eyes
"Zeran? what are ya doing?" The young Vampire asked sleepily, his eyes closing as he yawned, showing off his small fangs. He looked back at the redhead, his eyes still half shut with sleep "is this a dream or am i awake?" The young Vampire asked with another small yawn.
"im uh... im just going to the bathroom Danny, go back to sleep okay?" Zeran offered the young Vampire a small smile, the blond Vampire happily followed the advice, turning over so his back was to Zeran and is face was burrowed in his pillow.
"night Zer...." the younger Vampire whispered softly as he snuggled into his warm bed.
"Night Danny" Zeran said softly back before he took the last few steps to the back of the tent, crouching low the male lifted the bottom of the tent and slipped into the cold night air. Zeran's eyes closed in peace for only a second as his body basked in the darkness of the desert night, he missed this so much... his body missed the feeling of darkness kissing his skin, as a Vampire Zeran needed the moonlight to stay healthy, just as many humans need the sun to stay healthy.
it was this moon basking however that got him in instant trouble. Zeran froze as there was the quiet click of a gun being c****d, he opened his eyes to look at the young human that was holding a gun to him, clearly terrified. "w-what are you doing out!?!" The boy asked, his hands trembling as he held the gun to the Vampires head. The boy didnt look much older then 16, his dark brown hair freshly cut in true military style. Zeran looked sadly at the young human boy who was probably going to die before the war was over, the pity in his eyes being obvious enough for even the Human to see. "what are you doing out of your tent... creature."
"i was going to the bathroom." The Vampire replied easily, having already used that as an excuse once and deciding just to roll with it. Zeran couldnt help but grin a bit when the younger boys face turned bright red. "are you alright kid? i know im spicy hot but you havent even tasted me yet." The Vampire purred, trying his hand at flirting, he knew his pun was awful but he chuckled at it as the boy sputtered and was left speachless for a few moments.
"unless you need me for something else, im going to go to the bathroom." Zeran patted the humans shoulder, carefully lowering the gun that was aimed at his head, he also put it on the guns safety just in case the guy accidentally pulled the trigger. "my name's Zeran by the way, it was nice meeting you Human." Zeran said cheerfully before walking off towards the bathrooms, fully intending to dissapear into the dunes as soon as he could to retrive his backpack from the small oasis he had accidentally forgotten it at the evening before.
Zeran was easily able to escape the camp after that one run in with the human boy, most of the humans were probably asleep. It was a good thing they were, it would make sneaking back into camp MUCH easier. Unfortunately for Zeran, while the humans didn’t guard their camp with a vigilance the Vampire guards did.
“Zeran, where are you going?” Dekosa asked as he caught sight of the redhead sliding down the side of a steep dune, Zeran silently cursed himself as he straightened up and grinned sheepishly.
“Uh... going to the bathroom?” Dekosa raises an eyebrow in question.
“should I assume that there’s a good reason your not using the one in the camp?” Dekosa asked the younger Vampire, clearly not buying the story but going along with it for whatever reason... probably so Zeran realized how stupid of an excuse it was.
Zeran meanwhile nodded. “Yup, VERY good reason. One that you might even say could save lives.” The older vampire said nothing for a few moments then stepped aside.
“Make sure your back before training tomorrow.” Dekosa said with a tired sigh, deciding to let the younger Vampire leave and do whatever it was he needed to do.
"thanks Deko, I swear you wont regret it!" Zeran hugged his friend before heading off into the darkness, Dekosa sighed and shook his head at the redheads behavior.
"That kids going to get himself decapitated."
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