You are not my enemy

WHO: Yuichiro Hyakuya, Mikaela Hyakuya
WHERE: Yuu's housing in Heropa
WHEN: October 9th
WHAT: Mika's needs are mostly being met through the synthetic blood he is provided with. But every so often, he still needs some of the real thing.
WARNINGS: Blood, vampirism?

[Of course, Yuu is aware of what happened. Even if he himself doesn't recall actually doing it. Letting Mika feed from him that first time back home. And as observant as Yuichiro is, it's hard not to notice the gradual lethargy and the like from the blonde, even if Mika might be trying to hide it from him and want to believe the synthetic blood he's provided with is enough.

Thus, he pauses in whatever he might have been doing, shifting from his spot where he lazes on the bed to lean over to the other.]

Oi, Mika. You feeling okay?

[Because clearly getting up in his space will not make the situation potentially worse at all. But Yuu is just concerned. He's not really registering what might be the problem quite yet, since Mika has been provided for in dealing with his vampirism. That leaning in closer would probably only get Mika more tempted, more worked up and conflicted over feeding from Yuu.]

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[Mika knows. He does. The synthetic blood he'd been able to find shortly after arriving here was no longer sustaining him as it once had been. It's the same as it had been with Krul's blood only it didn't last as long. Every day his throat feels a little drier and he stares too long at people on the street after catching a scent of blood. Mika has been going through more of the synthetic blood than he first had, downing it almost daily rather than every third day.

But it wasn't painful yet. It hadn't reached that stage where it felt like his whole body was on fire, like there was lava coursing through his veins and so he can still hide it. Hiding it from the world was easy. Most of interactions with it were through his communicator or even at work Mika only has to deal with people through a sheet of glass. Good enough to keep himself under control.

That doesn't mean he can hide it from Yuu. They've only been together for two months according to Yuu's memories but they've spent that time getting to know each other again. And Yuu - being Yuu - is watching him and learning. Of course he's the only one to notice that Mika's moving slower, putting more distance between them.

A shift in the bed causes him to look up lazily, only to stop when Yuu was much closer than he thought. He keeps his gaze from dropping down to where the vein in Yuu's neck is - he can pick up on the other teen's pulse at this range. Forces his eyes to stay on Yuu's face.]

I'm fine. Why do you ask? [Even if he's looking at Yuu, his eyes are unfocused - sort of looking down at one of the corner of the hunter's mouth rather than directly into the other's gaze. It seems safer than looking anywhere else.]

You just seem more tired lately. And kind of pale. You sure you're not getting sick or something?

[Can vampires even get ill? Yuu isn't sure. But the weather in general should be less sunny over time about now or so, so that should help Mika in being outside more. Still, Yuu can't help being concerned, if Mika or any others of his friends seemed so tired. So much slower and unfocused, the way he notes Mika's gaze not seeming to be quite 'with it'. At least right now. His lips turn down into a faint pout, a frown at his lips as he gives Mika a disbelieving look.

One hand raises, apparently intent on checking Mika's forehead, his t-shirt shifting with the movement.]

[A frown appears then.]

I can't get sick.

[Not the way humans do anyway. Maybe if he had a batch of bad synthetic blood, Mika might find himself emptying his stomach into the toilet but otherwise no. But then he knows why he's tired and pale. The synthetic blood isn't enough and Mika just isn't willing to admit that. If he does then he has to think that maybe it won't work anymore. If he has that hint of human blood then he won't be able to go back to synthetic blood again.

Probably an irrational thought considering Yuu and his friends had been feeding him in the four months they were on the run but he can at least admit to himself that human blood tastes better than the synthetic crap.

The look on Yuu's face tells Mika that he doesn't believe him (and honestly he shouldn't). Then Yuu is doing more than being in his personal space - he's touching him. Something that's become more common between the two of them and more comfortable but this time, Mika practically freezes. He lays motionless to the point where he even stops (the pretense of) breathing. Yuu will find that he's cool to the touch, cooler than usual.]

[Yuu doesn't linger, not once Mika freezes, tensing at the contact for some reason. But it's enough, with his bare hand to tell something is wrong. That Mika is far colder than he usually is.]

Mika, you're freezing! Maybe you're not sick but something's wrong.

[Why though? Would a doctor or another imPort more familiar with non-humans be able to help? With whatever might be going on? Yuu isn't sure. But he is then reaching for a hoodie he discarded wearing earlier to offer another layer at least, unless Mika might stop him.]

[With a sigh that he releases when Yuu is no longer too close, Mika sits up. He runs a hand through his hair and allows his eyes to close. If this keeps up Yuu will attempt to do something stupid. Like trying to take him to a doctor. Not that a normal doctor would be able to figure out what was wrong. He has no pulse, doesn't need to eat human food or even sleep.

When Yuu offers him the sweater, he can't stop himself from the initial inhale that floods his nose with the other boy's smell. It's not dangerous considering it doesn't smell like Yuu's blood but he remembers. Remembers being in that abandoned store, being so close that his nose hovered over the other teen's neck as his fangs created holes not far away.

He glances at Yuu from the corner of his eye, expression almost one of anger but it isn't directed at his friend. Pushing the sweater away because it won't really help.] Stop, Yuu-chan.

I'm not sick. I'm not... [Mika doesn't know what he was going to say... or how he even wants to say it so he struggles to find the words for a long minute. Plus he knows exactly what Yuu will do once he does say it.]

The synthetic blood isn't as... effective as it was when I first got here. That's all. Same happened with Krul's blood only it took longer. [There's no point in saying that he hoped it lasted as long as the vampire blood did - that he could live off the synthetic stuff for years before needing to get fresh human blood.]

[Yuu pauses when the other tells him to stop, blinking as he puts the hoodie back down on the bed, frowning as Mika tries to explain. The blood isn't enough? Does that mean he needs more? Or did he need the real thing? Either way, considering Mika doesn't eat, he clearly needs it. They have to do something.]

The blood....? But then, we can just ask for more, right? Or I could help.

[Which is probably exactly what Mika had anticipated Yuu offering and exactly why he had been trying pointedly to avoid telling the other. But he doesn't want to see Mika suffering. Not when there could be a solution. A simple one, that Yuu could easily help with. Of course the ideal would be that he could manage without resorting to this, but Yuu at least is willing to help, to offer himself or to help try ask for more synthetic blood if Mika isn't getting enough. He's willing though, not needing a second to consider, even when previously he'd been vehemently against letting any vampire touch him again.]

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