So can I have 42 + sangrites? 💘
“I’m not sure why you think that I want to die,” Sanguini said, avoiding Pyrites’ searching eyes.
“You’re sitting on a throne of bones, staring at a cold meal,” Pyrites answered, the poetic way to say that Amadeo was depressed feeling wrong on his tongue but fitting for the circumstances. He wasn’t aware that vampires could starve themselves until he spent time with Sanguini. He didn’t think that Sanguini would ever succeed in starving himself to death. He didn’t think that Sanguini would ever succeed in dying at all.
“I’m taking care of myself.”
The lie held no weight behind it; Pyrites could see through it before the sentence had been completed.
“Then drink from me,” he offered, tilting his head to the side to showcase the pale skin of his throat. Sanguini’s pupils dilated before dark eyes turned away from him, fixating on the scenery outside the window instead.
The second lie fell even flatter than the first one. Pyrites dragged a hand through his hair, dishevelling it in a rare show of frustration. He could of course do Sanguini a favour and kill him, but he found that he didn’t want to. He enjoyed the vampire’s company - or he used to. He wanted to enjoy it again.
“I can see your ribs, Amadeo,” Pyrites sighed. Sanguini’s shirt hung lose on his bony frame, the light shining through the fabric and highlighting the thin body underneath.
“Maybe you should leave,” Sanguini still didn’t look at him.
Pyrites silently conjured a knife. He hadn’t wanted to, but he would not have Sanguini waste away. He calmly cut his palm and held out his hand in Sanguini’s direction.
The vampire’s nostrils flared, and slowly the dark eyes focused on him once more. There was a moment where the world seemed to stop, and then suddenly Sanguini was on his knees in front of Pyrites, licking his palm clean.
“I hate you, ma raison d’être,” Sanguini whispered, and exchanged the licks for kisses.
“Then you wouldn’t speak French, mon plaisir quotidien.”
“Vita mia,” Sanguini kissed Pyrites’ wrist before biting into it. “You’ll be the death of me.”
“You wish,” Pyrites answered, his smile impossibly fond. He’d do whatever it took to keep Sanguini - to keep Amadeo - from ever becoming a skeleton.