living as apart of the supernatural world alone hadn;t been as disappointing as buffy thought it would be about a century ago. in fact it was 125th birthday in a few days and she planned on celebrating. she’s lived full lives in about 8 different countries-the U.S., belgium, chile, canada, greece, morocco, russia, and venezuela. she planned on starting her new life in thailand, mostly just for the fuck of it. the constant moving around really did well for her and besides, she realized she could really only go about 10-12 years in one place before someone starts questioning why it is she hasn’t aged a single solitary day. but humans were stupid and the idea of vampires roaming among them was so absurd they usually asked what kind of facial cream she used. that always got a chuckle out of her. but nothing made her blood boil like the reminder of ashton. the man she was supposed to be spending her eternity with. after the first twenty or so years without him, he didn’t cross her mind as much especially since most of her human memories were fuzzy or just...gone. but everyone once in a while she’d hear a song, or smell something, and the memory of him was instant. she’d tried tracking him down once she first turned but she realized, pretty quick, that if he wasn’t there then he didn’t want to be. and buffy was not a desperate girl. she could get anyone in any lfietime and immortality had proven just that. but seeing him in person, in fucking italy of all places- she had no words. at first she wasn’t quite sure it was him but she’d know that body shape just about anywhere. she stood on the streets of mercerie in venice, staring at him as he wandered around the store across the street from her, a scowl on her face. she couldn’t even help herself and so maybe she didn’t have the level of restraint she’d thought she’d had because one moment her hands were tightening around the bags of clothes and jewelry she’d had and the next, she’d rushed through the store, grabbed him and slammed him up against the wall in an alley. her hand was around his throat and she knew if he wanted to, he could rip her to shreds...but oddly she didn’t have any words to say. because after a hundred years apart what even was there to say. she took two steps away, a scoff leaving her before she gathered her shopping bags, turned on her heel, and walked away.