Itâs undoubtedly challenging for one like him to just share a couple hours of idleness with someone. To let thoughts drift and all sans intention to scheme. But itâs also nice, being a simple guy in this fucked up, vast world instead of its final punishment in person. Needless to say, being alone with thoughts revolving around all the things wrong with his own history scares him, sometimes. Michael wonders if Katherine feels the same. Keeps it to himself, though. Because just like him, sheâs a ticking timebomb and really, he doesnât want to ruin the moment.
Were it with anyone else, he wouldnât care.
â You do have a point there. I know a lot of wealthy folks and looking behind the facade, few of them are actually happy.â The shrug of one shoulder is subtle, his attention now nowhere with shut eyes. Seeing only what Katherineâs depictions paint in his head. â But their kids? Live the best lives â, he almost sneers, as if dropping that addition with pure envy. Well, maybe he is envious on behalf of his younger self.
While her remark about his parents having to be âextraâ effortlessly causes him to snort, Michael bites back the comment lying atop his tongue. Constance was a full-fletched diva. His father definitely the epitome of extra â though never really a parent for him, so does he even count? Â
âBecoming a vampire saved meâ. Thatâs when his lids snap back open and he rolls his head to the side, mouth pulled into a thin line while he mulls over the implication. â Otherwise youâd be dead, right? â Michael gleans Katherineâs mien, brows furrowed through another brief pause. â Whoever saved you⊠I think I should personally thank them.â Might be a selfish thought, but still true. And simpering, he averts his eyes from her again.
a  siren  flashes  past  their  window,  briefly  directing  her  gaze  to  the  world  outside  this  room to  spot  the  fading  lights  in  red  and  blue,  before  returning  back  to  the  male  and  his  noticeable  grudge  against  wealthy  families.  she  scoffs,  thinking  about  how  she  was  supposed  to  be  one  of  those  enviable  kids  living  their  best  lives.  and  how  she  was  definitely  not.       â  i  can  assure  you:  not  every  kid  is  that  lucky.  â      oh, well.
his  comment  then  puts  a  tired  smile  on  her  lips.       â  yes.  iâd  be  dead.  â       her  voice  low,  fatigued.  this  story  is  a  draining  one,  and  it  has  followed  her  through  centuries.  she  perks  a  fine  brow  at  him.       â  well,  in  that  case:  youâre  welcome.  â       nobody  has  ever  saved  her,  no  white  knight  in  shining  armor.  she  has  saved  herself,  and  she  would  do  it  again,  if  she  had  to.
she  edges  a  little  closer,  taking  the  hand  that  has  been  toying  with  her  hair  to  slowly  put  it  back  in  there.       â  keep  going.  â