After eating his fill, Danny followed Darren upstairs to his room. Darren locked the door and walked up to Danny. Danny wrapped his arms around Darren’s waist and gently eased him into a kiss. Leading him backwards, they collapsed onto the bed, laughing and smiling while looking at each other in a light they hadn’t quite seen before.

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*** The following scene does go more in depth, if you would like to read the full, uncensored story of what Danny and Darren got into next, you can find that in the Level 2 Patreon category. There will be a small time skip here for those of you who are not interested in the smut and would prefer to continue with the normal story. <3 ***

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It was as Danny was stepping out of the shower that he felt the searing pain in his head return. He reached out to find something to catch his balance as he found himself falling out of the shower and toward the tiled floor.

Darren heard Danny yelp as he started to fall and fear hit Darren like a sack of bricks as he reached out and realized he was just a few feet too far to break Danny’s fall. Danny’s head seared with pain again. He closed his eyes and grabbed his head. It was throbbing in sync with his heartbeat. As his heartbeat rose, so did the pain. Danny’s memories were breaking through. The prison in which they were held seemed to be reduced to mere rubble; the walls were broken and there was nothing left to stop the flood of memories from overpowering them.

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James caught Danny seconds before he hit the ground.

“Shh, don’t worry. Everything will be fine.” James told him. Danny looked around and as his eyes met James’ again, he could see they were pitch-black. Something else was different; something Danny just couldn’t put his finger on. James bared his magnificent white fangs and sank them deep down into the glistening nape of Danny’s neck; Danny could feel his blood pour out of his body.

He felt cold… It hurt… The blood leaving his body felt like the fire in the furnace being put out. James got the most part of it, but when Danny occasionally felt a trickle slide past James’ tongue, it scared him. James knew Danny now; he knew every little detail. From the first moment Danny could remember to this point in time, James absolved himself in every fiber of Danny’s being. The world went black and Danny passed out. James moved Danny to his bed and left, his last words being

“See you soon…”

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Danny awoke cradled in Darren’s arms with Darren whispering comforting words into his ear, holding him close. They put their clothes back on and went to lie in Darren’s bed; Danny fell asleep in Darren’s arms within a matter of minutes. When Danny awoke, he got dressed. Darren woke shortly after.

“Danny, I don’t think you should be going anywhere after what happened last night,” Darren told him.

“I have to. I need to find out what this is all about,” Danny replied.

“What’s this Danny? What are you not telling me?” Danny gave Darren a look of uneasiness and sat down on the bed next to him.

Danny told Darren the story of what had happened the day before and about all the dreams.

“So, you think this has something to do with James, the new guy?” Darren asked.

“Basically,” Danny answered. Darren let out a long breath and just then, Darren’s cell phone rang. Darren answered, talked for a moment, and then hung up.

“You’ll never guess who that was,” Darren told Danny with a look of disgust.

“James?” Danny guessed.

“Yes, and he wants to see me,” Darren told him.

“Okay, I’ll drop you off over there, then I’ll go home and you can meet me back at my house when you are done talking with him.”