October 24th, 2014 - Little Child
24th of October, 2014 - Little Child
Arthur had to wonder. Never in his long life as a vampire would have ever thought that he would be a parental figure of some sort. He watched a small blond haired child running throughout the backyard from the window of his home.
Of course, he never thought he would buy a house that was haunted by a child spirit either, but that was just a small detail he guessed.
He watched for a few moments more before he had to move away from the glaring sun, he closed the drapes, making the bedroom go dim, as the sun tried it's hardest to reach him. Retreating back into his room, the young vampire sat on his bed, wanting to take this chance to get some sleep since the child was at peace for a while.
The child he cared for, who went by the name of Alfred, had died a few years ago due to unknown causes; well, mostly unknown as only Alfred knew what had happened to him, and he never wants to talk about it. Arthur could only guess, as he didn't find it necessary to force the boy to talk about it.
While yes he did love caring for the ghost child, it wasn't as easy as it sounded. The boy was still a handful like most children tended to be. Only difference was that you couldn't exactly tell a ghost to go to bed at night or stick misbehaving ones in corners.
Arthur sighed and laid back on his bed, closing his jaded green eyes. The peacefulness of the house combined with the ever present feeling of the late afternoon sun being up, lured Arthur into sleep.
Outside, little Alfred marveled at his new body that Arthur had given him. He could feel the grass beneath his bare feet again, the warmth of the sun shining down on his skin, the way the cool breeze felt against his heated skin.
To put it simply, it was amazing. It had taken him a while to get use to a body that was solid, but after those first few minutes, he was a normal little eight year old boy again. Although he was sadden at the thought of having to return to being a ghost again after sunset, he was just happy to be able to play in the sun again.
He had wonder through the backyard, playing with anything and everything or talking to each of the roses in the garden Arthur grew when he had first came to live in the house. Alfred at this moment was the happiest child as he played and smiled.
As the day wore on however, Alfred became increasingly sluggish in his movement; finally, he decided that it was time to go back into the house. He went upstairs and without knocking, went into Arthur's room.
Slowly, the child walked up to the bed and saw that the vampire was sleeping. Alfred knew that Arthur hated to be woken up, no matter what time of day it was, but he would be mostly upset if it was before the sun went down. As quietly as he could, Alfred crawled up on the bed, he watched for a moment, making sure that the other was still sleep before he made any more movements.
Once he was sure that the other was still out, Alfred carefully laid down next to him, and he turned around so his back was facing the other and closed his eyes. Arthur's bed was very comfortable, Alfred decided as he felt himself being lulled to sleep since it was so peaceful and because he was so tired.
He jolted however when he felt arms wrap around him, at first he struggled, but soon calmed down once he heard a familiar chuckle behind him. Looking back, the boy saw eye to eye with darken green eyes.
"I see someone made themselves comfortable in my bed, hmm?" Arthur said with a smile, watching Alfred's sapphire like eyes grew wide.
"I-I, um." Alfred wiggled about in the other grip, unsure of what to do. But before he could do anything, Arthur reached over and pulled a light and soft blanket over the both of them.
"I suppose I can let this slide, just this once. Now lie down and close your eyes." Arthur gently placed a quick kiss on the boy's forehead and laid his head back down, closing his own eyes.
Alfred was a bit confused, but shrugged it off; he scooted closer to Arthur and cuddled up against him more, closing his eyes again with a contented sigh. Arthur wasn't giving off any body heat, but the child didn't mind, he just found comfort that the other was there with him.
The two stayed this way until Alfred fell asleep, while Arthur, feeling more awake as the sun slowly descended watched over the little child. It was still a mystery to him as to why Alfred liked him, but he found that it made him happy that the boy found delight in his company.
A small smile crept up on Arthur face; yes it made him very happy that he could bring the ghost child some delight in his little afterlife.
