“What?” My breath was barely audible as the neko pulled away from me, “Star…” His face was turned away from me as I clutched the bottom of his t-shirt, “Do… Do you really mean that?” My face started to go a pale shade of red as the ginger-haired boy slowly looked back at me, “I won’t do anything you don’t want; I promise.”

“So, what if I really do mean that!” He huffed his face was already a thousand times redder than mine, “So, what if I really like it when you say, ‘I love you’!” The boy started to shake like a small puppy as the words spilled from his lips as though nothing could hold them back anymore, “So, what if I really like you’re face and hate it when I have to leave every day!”

“Starburst!” My heart gave a throb as green eyes finally met mine, “Sorry, I guess I forced that one out of you, hmm?” His face turned away from me once more as he gave off an annoyed, pouting expression, “Oh, come one!” I chuckled latching onto the cat’s arm tightly hearing his heartbeat in time with mine, “You’re not that mad at me, are you.”

“It wouldn’t matter even if I was…” Starburst muttered still keeping his face from mine, “No matter what you do I always come back in the end…” He covered my eyes with his hand as he turned back around pulling me carefully from his arm, “Onyx…” The boy breathed rustling a hand through my hair before I felt the gentle gust of his breath on my face, “Onyx, would be alright if I kiss you now?”

“Hmm…” I laughed silently as the corners of my lips turned upward at the boy. My eyes were still covered, but somehow, I managed to hook my arms around his neck as a shiver trembled down my back, “Don’t you think you’ve made me wait long enough…?”

“You impatient vampire…” He cursed lightly as his other arm found its way around my waist, “You think it’s that easy…?”

“Yeah, I do…” I hummed in contentment at how flustered he was becoming, “I suppose I should be a bit easier on you since it’s obviously not…”

My words were suddenly cut off as the softness of Starburst’s lips met mine. The action was uncoordinated and brash. It was obvious that my partner had little expertise in the area. There was no way that Starburst had ever done this before, and yet here he was in this position with me of all people. His lips slipped away before the hand was removed from my eyes and the cat’s face was buried in the curve of my neck. I started to pant once more as the hunger suddenly reached me once more. If we stayed this close, I was likely to end up biting the boy once again…

“Star…” I breathed tightening my grip around him as I bit my lip trying earnestly to hold myself back, “I’ll be right back… I just need to get a drink really quick. There is somewhere to get blood around here, right?”

“There’s no need is there?” Starburst still held tight to me as he reached his arms up my back grabbing onto my shirt once he reached my shoulder blades, “There’s plenty of blood right here, so why should you leave…?”

“Starburst, what’re you talking about?” I questioned his steady heartbeat filling my ears as the hunger began to gnaw at me even further, “If you keep this up, I’m going to bite you. You don’t drink blood, so… what do you…?”

“I want you to bite me…” He replied softly against my skin, “I’m right here, so just go ahead. I don’t mind.”

What’re you trying to do to me…! “I can’t do that…!” I insisted pushing my hands against his chest causing me to catch sight of his love-drunk face, “If you keep letting me do this… I’m going to get addicted to you…”

“I don’t see the problem with that.” He interjected tossing his face to the side as he gave a pouting expression once more, “If you become addicted to me, then you can never get tired of me, right?”

“Geez, that never would’ve happened anyway… Idiot~”

. . .

We had found our way to the couch and were sat with our legs tangled up together and my face deep in his neck. I hadn’t bitten him yet, but we were both out of breath as I brushed my fingers along with tender skin.

My tongue soon replaced my fingers as Starburst gave my shoulder a light tap, “What is it?” I asked in alarm immediately halting my actions, “Do you want me to stop?”

“No…” He whispered guiding my hands to the fluffy cat ears atop his head, “Put your hands here…” I gave his ears a light squeeze earning an almost silent groan from him, “Hnnn… I like it when you touch my ears…”

“Okay…”

I was at a loss for words as I massaged them between my fingers and sank for my fangs into the softness of his neck. He gave another groan and clung to me as I drank greedily. It was so fresh drinking blood directly from its source and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t hoping that I would get the chance to drink Starburst’s blood again. He was so sweet inside and out though he normally hid it preferring to come across as cold and foreboding.

“Starburst, I’m so glad I met you…” I released his neck licking up the red that trickled away, “It almost makes me glad that I’m so bad at taking care of myself…”

“What’re you doing… being so caring all of a sudden.” The catboy wrapped his fingers around the marks now on his neck, “Just be as you usually are, vampire…”