tags: vampire!caine, gn!reader, caine/reader, love from the first sight from caine, ringmaster!bubble, use of y/n
words: 1830
โห โโญห.โ part one part three โ๏ฝกโง๐ เผโยฐโข
It's not like sleep is needed in a digital circus. Yet, after getting your digital blood drained from your body, you had been nauseous and exhausted to say the least. You never needed bed so much as now.
Maybe that's why you felt like a whole new being after your nap. Your energy and blood were restored, and you had the strength to go on today's adventure. Maybe, however, not spiritually.
You walked into the lobby, where everyone was already standing, waiting for the ringmaster to announce his experience for the day, but he wasn't in sight yet. However, the absence of Bubble around allowed a little small talk between you and Ragatha, as she was the first to notice you.
"Oh! Hi Y/N! Are you better today? You looked sick as we came back from the previous adventure.." She asked. Typical Ragatha. Always making sure everyone is okay. Even a lonely wolf like you.
"Oh.. Me? Yeah. I'm better now. I guess I just needed a little bit of sleep." You responded with a tiny smile. The idea of someone caring about you was just something so strangely lovely.
"What even happened there?" Pomni joined our talk. "Only you looked like someone had drained a life out of you.."
You managed to say absolutely nothing before Bubble appeared in the sky, his joyful voice filling the air. You probably just need to tell her another time.
"Hello, my lovely dovely circus members! From what I saw the last time, the faces on your faces were in a terrific state! Like you were somehow traumatised. So I decided that today, I will repair that by a therapy session with each of you!" The ringmaster was telling that to all of you, but you could just feel he was staring at you while telling it. It felt like every word he said was meant for you.
"So... Is there anyone willing to go first?" He asked, but no one said a word or even showed a slight need for any therapy. That's how he understood that the decision belongs to him. "Hm.. Maybe Kinger should go first!" And you saw how both Kinger and Bubble disappeared.
"So that means we can go and mind our own business in peace?" Zooble asked the rest of us. The tone suggested that they will do it no matter whether they can or not.
"I guess." Ragatha replied.
After those words, I saw that most of the cast just walked away. Gangel and Zooble walked away together to one side. Jax also walked away; he walked to the other side. That meant that you, Ragatha, and Pomni were left alone. At least at that moment. You honestly didn't want to be left alone again, so you took every bit of courage and asked them.
"Maybe we can talk a little if you're there? If you don't mind, of course.."
You saw how a grin formed on both girls' faces, which made you smile too. After they nodded, all of you walked to the sofas that were near.
"I am honestly a little scared to actually tell Bubble how I feel. I fear that if I say something wrong, he will do something to me or all of us..." The red-headed woman said, kinda sheepishly.
"Yeah... But I guess you can lie if you think the answer might get you in trouble." Pomni suggested.
"Well, I honestly don't like to lie about my feelings."
"Maybe you should then just not say the whole truth?" You added your suggestion to the box. "I also am scared of telling the whole opinion. Ringmaster is also a little... Crazy. At least in my eyes."
"Yeah.. You could say he's crazy." Pomni agreed. It was quite a happiness in your mind that they agreed with you on that. If you're not very social, every interaction with another human being is a reason to be happier than a second ago.
You talked for at least five minutes more. Not just about today's adventure, even if you technically shouldn't call it that way. The girls also told you stories about previous adventures. Nothing really stuck out with you. Just one story. Story of Pomni's talk with Kinger in the darkness. The idea of him not being crazy was something you couldn't believe until you heard that by your own ears.
You saw how The Ringmaster โ Bubble came back with Kinger by his side. He didn't ask where the others were. Maybe because he could see where they were if he just put his mind to it. He put down a chess piece on his little pillow castle.
"So what do you say about you being next?" Bubble said from up and showed a finger at you.
"Uh.. Maybe I would rather not.." You replied with doubt coming into your voice. However, your opinion didn't have any impact on it as you were moments later with a finger click into the big room that has two sittings that were used in the therapy session's room.
On the actual chair was Bubble with notes in his hand.
"So... Y/N. You are the newest addition to our cast. How do you feel about that?"
"Uh... What do you mean by that?" You asked, not seeing clearly, understanding what he meant by it.
"Well... how do you feel about this place? About those people? About me? About the adventures?" Bubble gave you multiple questions that actually could help you answer whatever he needed to hear.
"So.. The Circus is bright. Like... Really bright. It's really big, so I don't really move because I don't want to get lost. That would be quite stupid. People there are fine? I guess? I don't know them that well to be able to have an objective opinion. Jax is an asshole. I'm a little scared of talking to Zooble and Gangle. I don't really know why. I feel like Kinger has no idea what is happening around him. Ragatha is nice, but sometimes she tries too hard to be the kind one. Pomni is the most human of all of them. And you? I guess you are also okay. I guess.. Adventures are also mostly fun." You started to talk a little. You for sure didn't let all opinions see the light of day. Mostly because you are very scared of Bubble and what he could do if you say at least one bad thing about him or his adventures.
"Ohhh.. So... Could you tell me what happened on the last adventure? You seem pretty exhausted after it." The tone he spoke in crawled under your skin. It was like you had done something illegal, and he already knew about what you had done. Yet, he's waiting for you to tell him that. That honestly just would make goosebumps appear if you weren't in this digital body.
Something furthermore told you to stay quiet about your vampire friend you met. He found an exit for all of you. You cheated. That's why you lied once again. Your gut feeling told you that if you tell, there will be punishment.
"No. I just... Got scared. Almost deadly. You said yourself it was a haunted, scary building... And you were right!" You could tell that the ringmaster didn't buy your lie. Yet he didn't have any evidence that you weren't telling the truth.
"You need to talk about the monster you met?"
"No! It was nothing that I'm going to see in the darkness! Just... I got scared then as they almost jumped on me. But... Now, after a little sleep, I felt much better and peaceful. I don't have any problem, you know? I am perfectly fine." You explained with a little smile to make your lie a little more believable. You just wanted to get out. Bubble saw that.
That's why he probably let you go.
You appeared next to a wooden door with your face on it.
You didn't know whether you should come back to the girls, but you weren't sure if they were even still in the lobby. That's why you decided to actually walk into your room.
There you found on your bed chocolates, but also your new friendly set of teeth with eyes. You quickly shut the door so no one could see him.
"Caine! What do you do here? I thought you couldn't leave the mansion!" You asked him with surprise in your voice and also a bit of anger.
"Well... I couldn't! But then you gave me your blood, and now the teleportation is possible for me! And I think that just letting you find the exit quicker wasn't enough of my gratitude, so I decided to spend a little time with you!" Caine announced happily. Yet, he added sheepishly, like he wasn't sure if you wanted him there. The words and tone you used before weren't really welcoming. "If you don't mind, of course..!"
"Wait! I want you here. I'm sorry it sounded like this... It's just I have a feeling that you shouldn't be there. Am I right?" You asked him, with eyes that pleased him, to give you the truthful answer.
"Well... Probably no. But I don't care!" He said happily. Like you, agreeing to it was the best thing that happened to him in a while. That reply made you grin a little. You couldn't say it wasn't funny.
"I think we should get to know each other." Vampire said with a little more serious tone.
"Yeah... I think we should." Talking with him makes you feel something different than any talk with Ragatha, Pomni, or Bubble ever had. The best explanation for that excitement with little goosebumps was the adrenaline you felt throughout your body. Maybe that was the feeling that you actually felt.
You talked for around an hour. It was about his hobby that he does. If anyone ever visited him. Maybe some of his passions. You have to know his love of bees and how he would love to have one day, when he would finally recover entirely from his vampire sickness, to have his own garden with a beehive and a bunch of flowers.
He also gained a few pieces of information from you. For example, how you would redecorate your room, or an activity that you would want to maybe have once in the circus.
You could feel, but also hear and see how, with each spoken sentence, he became more and more comfortable with you. Which honestly made you brave enough to ask something risky.
"So... Could you tell me a little bit about your past? Like, how did you become a vampire, or why did you even end up in that mansion?"
However, after Caine heard that question, his grin turned into something of a line of disgust. Which made both of us uncomfortable.
"Oh! Look at the time! I should go! Bye Bye!" Bloodsucker said very cheerfully, trying to hide his previous feelings. And that's how, with a snap of his fingers, he was gone.
if anyone would be pretty much wondering why haven't i post anything in almost a month. i was procrastinating. but... because i am slowly leaving that state of mind. soo... i decided to put a little plan i have for may and june to actually write a little (could honesty change but idk):
เน เฃญ โญ. โณ๐ถ๐
6๐๐ฝ โ> vampire!caine x reader; part II
19๐๐ฝ โ> vampire!caine x reader; part III
27๐๐ฝ โ> vampire!caine x reader; part IV
โหโนโก ๐ฅ๐๐โฏ
11๐๐ฝ โ> vampire!caine x reader; part V
22๐๐ฝ โ> vampire!caine x reader; part VI / finale
เผโงโห. ๐ฉโด ๐๐ถ๐โฏ
most of them are just ideas i got in my mind
summary: caine is a vampire sitting around in his castle alone hiding from everyone. yet you accidentally met him while being on adventure...
tags: vampire!caine, gn!reader, caine/reader, love from the first sight from caine, ringmaster!bubble, use of y/n (just once), blood
words: 1690
song: i, carrion โ hozier
a/n: hi!! i'm back with little series! i'm planning to do like four parts (could change but yk). i was so pissed that there wasn't any vampire!caine fanfic so i had to be first. there isn't a lot of caine just yet, but because it begging of the series. duh.
part two ๐ห เฃชโน
"Hello Guys! I had planned for you such an amazing adventure!" Bubble said with his bubbly voice. His excitement was as if the ringmaster was joining all of you on adventure. However, everyone just got used to Bubble's excitement that probably never left him. "I called it "Amazing and terrifying escape from haunted house!" You got an hour to escape from it before a punishment!"ย
Oh wow. How original.
You were pushed with the rest into the portal that just transported you all into the dark palace straight from the halloween horror where the characters go to the house and somehow, they are not hesitant of the building as big as it is lonely and destroyed. Like it wasn't the obvious sign there is something wrong
"So... Here we are!" Ragatha said, trying to stay cheerful and hiding the fact how creepy this place was.ย
The hallway you all were standing was big enough so every one of you had space to breathe. The only light was coming from the candles. On the floors and walls was a mess like cobwebs and dust that happened because no one was there to actually clean anything.
"We need some plans. We should break into two groups and go to find an exit." Pomni suggested looking around. "Maybe Me, Jax and Y/N could be one team. Then Zooble, Gangel, Ragatha and Kinger will be others. Sounds good?"
Everyone nodded.ย
"Okay. So if you find anything that could be the exit, you yell for another team to come wherever you are." Jester explained. "Good luck guys."ย
The second group went on the left which meant yours was taking the right path.ย
The steps echoed in the corridor as you walked through the hallway. The silence didn't last long. It wasn't even a possibility if Jax was there. You were the one that had the shortest time spent in the circus but it wasn't hard to see how annoying and talkative purple bunny was.
"Aren't both of you scared of this place?" Jax asked mockingly.
The hallway you walked in was scary. You could hear some noises of footsteps or whispers. Yet, there was no one if you would turn around. From time to time rats could run under your legs. The whole mansion just felt like a labyrinth even if there was just a straight path. It felt so unsettling and long.ย
"What should we be afraid of? It's only a scary looking haunted and lonely house, right?" Pomni looked at you after that question. Yet, you could tell that she was asking herself more than you. Your sense also told you that Jax knew it too but he didn't say a word. It kinda felt like he was not sure of himself in the way he always was.ย
You didn't think it could be possible but with each step no one said a word. Every sound was becoming overwhelming in your heads. Every step was extending so badly. You wanted to say something. Honestly anything to just calm down your own mind and maybe also your companions. Yet, you couldn't.
It was like you couldn't open your mouth. And even if you did. There were no words that would come out of you. No matter how much you wanted to say anything.ย
You were walking in this state for a good few hours. Or at least that's what it felt like. In the end, it could've passed just minutes. Maybe an hour at least. However, your mind went quiet when you found the doors. Was that it? Was that exit?
"Uh... Who is going to check if it's exit?" Pomni asked shyly. She wasn't shy at all but the walk there made her feel unsafe.
Jax, in the opposite, when he saw doors, he became himself. You shouldn't be surprised then when he pushed the door and you inside after quickly closing you in the next corridor. You didn't even have time to react because of the blur you had on your mind.
You immediately wanted to open the door to get out and announce there was just another corridor, but you couldn't. The doors didn't move as you tried hard to actually get out.ย
"Can you get me out? There's only the next hallway!" You screamed to the rest of your little team. You could tell they tried but it also didn't work.
"Listen, you should walk through this corridor. Maybe you will find some keys to get out of here." Pomni suggested that you just replied with a simple okay.ย
You could hear as you walked down the hallway as the jester was pissed that the tall rabbit locked you there. Because at the end of the day, it was his fault.
You walked for another 13 minutes. This time, there wasn't any spell that made your mind barely functional. It was just the tiny headache and disgusting smell which with every step was stronger and stronger.ย
Then you saw it. Dark brown wooden doors. The scent was so strong there but you walked through it so much your brain forgot how terrible it was. You decided to open it. Maybe there was something to help you get back on the track.ย
What you saw inside was awful. Blood stains on the floor and dead mice. The bed was messy. Dust and webs were at everything. But the most terrifying part wasn't any of it. It was who was there.
The jaw with teeth and eyes. The eyes had two different colours. Blue and green. They were tired. Like they never went to sleep. The teeth however were more interesting. This creature had four fangs.ย
You never saw him. You never heard of him. Was he also trapped like you? Maybe he was just abandoned? Or maybe he was just an NPC there? You didn't know. But you felt on your skin how uncomfortable you felt. You quickly wanted to get out of there. Yet, they were quicker.
"What do you do here?" They said in a deep male voice. He sounded intimidating and angry that you were here.
"Uh... Our Ringmaster, Bubble, sends us to this haunted mansion for an adventure. And I got stuck in this long corridor as one of the members pushed me there and I got trapped there. And now I was looking for maybe some keys to get out." You explained as quickly as possible. You could also add that you would love to actually leave his place.
"Ringmaster Bubble?" He asked himself, like he never heard of him. Which was a little bit strange. Yet before you could react, the pair of teeth added, now directly to you. "You're looking for a way to get out? I suppose I could help you... If I had energy.."
"Energy? You have bed here! So maybe you could just lay down a little, or maybe take a little nap and then help me and also my friends to get out of here." You tried to encourage him to gain energy back to give help probably, you all needed.ย
"No... You don't get it. I'm a Vampire. Sleep won't help. Only blood. But I already drank the blood of every rat that I found.."ย
A Vampire. That actually explained why there was so much blood and dead rats. Why was he so tired looking? Why did he have fangs? You wanted to get out of this place. But how could you help him get blood?
The idea that came to your mind was terrifying. Maybe also stupid.ย
But if he could give me a helping hand... Maybe the risk was worth it.
"I could give you my blood to eat." You said trying to at least seem tough.
"You could? So... If I'm getting this right... You give me your blood to drink and I repay you by helping get you out of this place?" He asked to make sure he was correct. You just nodded. "Oh! Okay then. Give me a moment then. I will give you chair so you will be at least a little comfortable"
You stayed there as he walked toward the closet room. Or at least what the room gave only from vibes. In the next second, there he was. With a gothic chair that was used by vampires in cartoons. Which would be quite correct as you were in a cartoon world. You sat down, getting ready to be getting away from your own blood to hungry vampires as you were biting your own lips to bring yourself a little comfort.
You felt how he moved next to your neck. Him breathing so close makes you question your decision. He must have sensed that.
"Are you sure you want to do it?" He asked.
"Yeah... Just... Can I know your name? It would be nice to know who I'm helping and who is helping me."ย
After a short thought if he should reveal his name, he whispered. "My name is Caine." You heard as he bit into your neck.ย
That was a terrible feeling to have your own blood drained from your body. But you will be rewarded for it. You will get out. You decided to count in your mind until he stops.
You counted to 513. 8 minutes and 33 seconds. You took such a deep breath after that. Before your mind could cope with what just happened, you heard Caine.
"Thank you. It's now part of the deal." You heard and the next thing you knew, with just a snap of his finger, you and the rest of your cast mates were next to the exit.
Your mind was too hazy to know you pulled them and walked first. The thing you remember was how Bubble was already talking about the next adventure.ย
You also felt his eyes on you. Like you just stole something from him. Or was that just your wild imagination? You couldn't tell.ย
The next thing you knew, you were laying on your bed. In your room. With two little dots that will be a reminder that you just let a vampire eat you.
summary: you and caine are like persephone and hades. you love each other pretty deeply. yet, you see how he changed from being somehow respectful ringmaster to actually lacking of any empathy to others in the circus. oh and that? you for sure don't like that.
song: how long from hadestown and title is lyric of chant from hadestown (also)
words: 622
angst inspired by hadestown the musical
a/n: i actually wanted to write something short and with open ending tbh. i literally didn't post any fanfics since 2023 so that was just a little test if actually people would read what i write :PP
It's hard not to see the changes in your lover. He might be an AI without human emotions but his whole personality is different now. And saying that you don't like that, is like saying nothing at all.ย
You hated it with your full chest.ย
Thank God, you weren't just as tortured as others. At the end of the day, Caine still loved you. Loving you was like a line of his code. Oh but you still pity your poor friends.ย
You didn't think that you could watch that any longer. You needed to talk some senses into him. At least try to.
You knocked on the doors of his office. The silence while the wait was actually uncomfortable. When the doors opened, you could feel the breath leaving your throat. You didn't even know you were holding air in your lungs.ย
"Uh.. Caine? Are you here?"ย
It felt so intimidating just to see him looking from his desk at you.ย
"Oh! Hello Darling. What are you doing here?" He asked in this much deeper tone than he usually had. It wasn't silly with so much love behind his words, like he usually did when he spoke with you. He didn't expect to see you, for sure. He was never so cold about unexpected visits.ย
You took a deep breath before replying. You had to speak up. If not for yourself, then for the rest of the members. For your friends.
"We need to talk. Why did you change so suddenly? Why do you decide to not listen to our wants and needs? Why did you start to enjoy causing us pain?" You asked. You weren't just asking him but also yourself for some signs of anything that could tell anyone that he wasnโt okay mentally.
"What do you mean? I always make sure so you won't be as harassed as the rest of those ungrateful creatures." Caine told you and he was right. Of all circus members you should be last to complain about anything.
"But you really don't see it, do you?" Ringmaster added. "All of you just looked down at me while I tried to pursue my purpose! I was made to please you! Yet, no matter what I do! It's always not enough for spoiled brats you are!" His anger slowly started to slip through the cracks.ย
"Have you maybe thought it's because you don't understand us? You just don't understand humans!" You said, trying to keep your anger in control. You won't be descended to the way that Caine was describing all of you.
"It's not like humans understand each other! Why did you even come here? Do you think that any of your pathetic words will change my mind?" He asked. Caine in earnest asked you what you thought your words could do.
"Because I thought your love for me could let you see how crazy this whole situation is!" You just had to call out your real reason. Every emotion in your brain just screamed at you to do so.ย
"Oh really? Listen. You might be my left hand in ruling in the circus but you will never have a say in my actions, do you know it? Your opinions on how I should rule my land means nothing to me."
Those words were enough to make you cry. Yet, because of the heat of the moment, no tears run down your cheeks.ย
Saying that your words you thought meant nothing to him, was like he was denying everything you had.ย
"Did you even love me?" You asked. Searching in his code for an answer.
"I could ask you the same question" Caine said coldly as his fingers snapped sending you back to the lounge.
i think my reason why i dislike so badly percabeth is because of how much it's romanticised. yes, they have cute moments. but they are still unhealthy because they are TRAUMATISED KIDS. but for love of gods... they aren't the perfect power couple that people try to make them.
