Out of the corner of your eye you spot him: [Closed]

[manbanchoku]

WHO: Mako Mankanshoku and Dio Brando
WHERE: A dark street
WHEN: July 30, late evening
WHAT: Dio is a vampire. Dio is a vampire that hasn't 'eaten' in about three weeks. Measures have to be taken.
WARNINGS: Well, vampirism, so blood, and so on. Also Dio being a manipulative douchebag, but that's basically a given.

It was, perhaps, inadvisable for a young lady to wander the streets as dusk swept through and ushered in the night.

Luckily, the only one winding through shadowed shortcuts was Mako. Sure, her mother and Ryuuko and Senketsu and...everyone...might scold her for being careless, but she had super-strength now. She could take care of herself just fine! If anything, the people to worry about would be the ones foolish enough to try for a mugging or some other means of attack. In a way, she was even performing heroic duties by moving around by herself.

She just...wouldn't mention that when she showed up for dinner.

Good deeds didn't go unpunished, after all, and being lectured while forced into seiza was never fun.

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[diociopath]

Incredible. In his world, stand users would do anything to protect the nature of their abilities, yet here she is telling him everything.

"A useful ability to have, considering the circumstances." And he's decided this may have to be something he profits off of, at least until he takes over the world. "Perhaps it wouldn't hurt to make this arrangement more...long term. Permanent."

It was easier when underlings or useful people just wanted piles of gold he had lying around in his mansion. Now he actually has to get off his lazy ass and do things for his side of these kinds of deals, ugh.

"In exchange for your blood, I'm certain I could be of...some use, on occasion."

[manbanchoku]

Mako had never exactly been a champion secret keeper. Really, at her core she was more of a 'scream it to the heavens' type; totally shameless and often oblivious to the more negative consequences of being so loose-lipped.

"I wouldn't mind," Mako decided after another brief moment of thought. "We could totally be friends, then; just like Ryuuko-chan and Senketsu-chan are! Blood buddies—no," Mako gasped and clapped her hands together. "We could be bluddies!"

...yeah. She really did just say that.

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[diociopath]

[diociopath]

"There is one last thing."

Is he moving on without even acknowledging that? Yes, he is. If she wants a friend who appreciates puns, she ought to go befriend Jotaro.

...actually, don't befriend Jotaro, that would ruin everything.

"As kind as it is of you to trust me like this-" 'Kind' he says, as he thinks a whole slew of words that he believes are more fitting. None of them are flattering. "-I feel like others would be wary of me, simply because of what I'm doing. This kind of behavior...there's a lot of prejudice loaded with it. They would assume I'm no good simply because of what I need to do to survive, feeding off of you like this.

"So I'd appreciate if this were our little secret, Ma-...Mako."

He even referred to her by her first name. He is totally owning this fakefriendship thing.

"Friends keep secrets, don't they? It's how we know we can trust each other."

[manbanchoku]

"I don't think my friends will be like that!" Mako insisted, rocking back on her heels. "After all, Senketsu-chan always has to drink Ryuuko-chan's blood!"

She paused, though, an uncharacteristically serious look settling into place for a brief moment. "But...the last time I made a new friend here, it...it didn't go so well. Starscream-chan tries to take over the city with robots and we had to beat him down!" And Dio...well, he does look sort of intimidating.

"They might be a little overprotective this time..." After a bit more hemming and hawing over the matter, she nodded resolutely and extended one pinky solemnly. "Okay! It'll be our little secret!"

[diociopath]

Ah, the confirmation of a plan coming together. Isn't it wonderful? Dio's all ready to end things here and leave when he sees her extend her pinky, confusion clearly written across his face.

Pinky swears weren't exactly high on the priority list when he started catching up on the future he missed out on. Rather than respond, he just gives her a puzzled look.

Please explain.