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The world wasn't very kind. But chuuya wouldn't go as far as to call it cruel. Well, depending on the times.
When he was calmy eating his meal, doing his job without worry, and sleeping well, he liked this world. Enough that he would cling on to life when he was being threatened of being killed if he didn't do his new assignement.
Chuuya was nothing but a mere butler, serving in a rich family's castle. They took him in from the orphanage when he was seven and taught him multiple jobs. He could live there as long as he did his assignements properly.
But that family was special, since it was one of vampire hunters. It didn't really mean much to chuuya that they were, they were just the ones he had to serve. He hadn't even seen a vampire before, but he did get a glance of his masters training. It seemed like quite the miracle that a mere human could defeat someone with supernatural strenght. Chuuya certainly couldn't do it. And for that he admired them. He admired them and he was grateful for them for allowing him to live a somewhat good life, even if he sometimes did jobs he didn't want to do.
But could you really say no to someone who had the strength to kill a vampire, and who claimed loud and clearly that if he ever betrayed them or refused their demands they would kill him ?
This time was one of them. Although this time he begged harder than the other times to not go on his new job. They were sending him to another castle to spy and gather some informations for them. Chuuya hated those kind of jobs that would endanger his life if he was found out. He did those multiple times. But this time the request was a bit different, since they were sending him to a vampire's house.
Chuuya was defenseless against them, as he had received no special training. He knew they were sending him knowing he is a pawn that could easily be replaced if he ever was to be killed.
But he had no choice in the matter. Between possibly being killed by a vampire or surely being killed by his masters' hands, he chose the one that had a lower pourcentage of him being dead.
The details of the mission were very brief. He had to work as a house servant in the black mist castle. Only one vampire lived there, the master of the domain, lord Dazai Osamu. He was apparently only a few centuries old, but despite his young age held an important place in the vampire community for his cunning mind.
The castle was really the farthest place where chuuya has ever been. When he asked about more details, he was told that was all they knew and that he was the one who had to give them information from now on, as they barely managed to find the locations after many years of searching and having someone inside within the postmans. He would give the intel he gathered to a certain Yamato. They did say they trusted him most for this mission and they had faith that he would be able to greatly help them to gather more information about Dazai and the vampire community as a whole.
So that's how chuuya was sent to Dazai's domain.
He was a newbie, along with five other persons. The person in charge of them explained how things worked here. All servents obeyed to Touma, the butler who seemed to be in charge of the place. The castle was very big and had three floors.He explained that the last two floors were forbidden to go to, and chuuya guessed that was where dazai lived. Apparently the vampire didn't spend much time down there, and that made chuuya relieved. He hoped he could get his job done without ever having to meet him.
His job was to clean around the house. He spend the first days diligently doing it while looking around to try and memorize the few parts of the castle that he was allowed in. Each day he discovered a new room. He was steadily starting to get a routine in, and a few weeks had passed without him being able to completely visit the ground floor. But he wasn't a newbie at this and knew he had to be patient. He also prefered to be careful.
He never met Dazai, as he worked by day and the vampire lived in his castle by night, and had other servants who served him at that time. He was rather glad that he wasn't one of them, although his masters would call it a missed opportunity.
He also had free time, just before the sunset. He would usually use it to stay in his room, resting. However this time, he chose to go out and have a walk in the garden. He hadn't heard it was forbidden to go to so he guessed it was ok.
Walking throught it, he trully felt more relaxed, seeing the different species and beautiful plants.
But then a sight caught his attention. There was someone frail lying on the ground, with long beautiful black hair forming a halo around their head. At first chuuya thought it was a girl, but all of them were dressed in dresses so it couldn't be. The man sat up, probably feeling chuuya's gaze on him and he looked back at him with curious wary eyes. Chuuya held his breath for a moment from how beautiful he was. His black eyes seemed to see right through him, and his dark long hair contrasted with his pale skin. If the sun wasn't up chuuya could have sworn he was a vampire, because of how amazingly handsome he was and how pale he was.
"Who are you ? What are you doing here ? " The man said in the defensive.
Chuuya bowed his head a little as an apology.
"I'm sorry if I have bothered you. I was just walking around, I didn't mean to catch you by surprise. My name is Chuuya. "
Looking at him, he wasn't wearing the suit of house servants, so who was this man ?
"Stop looking at me. Lower your gaze. "
Instead of doing as he was told, chuuya looked him straight in the eyes, tilting his head as if he didn't understand what he was saying.
That was one bad habit of chuuya. He never really could be tamed or could be ordered easily. That's why his masters had to threaten him more times than was necessary. They didn't really mind it when he did something that could be deemed as impolite especially in the vampire community, like looking straight in the eyes ot talking back. They wouldn't care about those things as long as he did the job he was asked to. So chuuya was never really the shy submissive type that he heard most humans were in the vampire community.
The man's face seemed slightly angered.
He stood up and walked to chuuya. He was taller than him.
"I know you regard me with such disrespect because you are jealous of me. "
Chuuya's eyebrows furrow.
"Why would I be jealous of you ?"
"Pff please, don't play dumb. I know all of you hate me because of the time I spend with Lord Dazai. "
At that, chuuya became really aware. If this person was close to dazai, they could have useful information on him. So he better not get one their bad side. Chuuya manages his best apologetic smile.
"I'm really sorry, i'm a newbie here and I have no idea who you are, really. I was just staring at you because you were so beautiful. I'm sorry if I have offended you in any way. "
Chuuya could have sworn that the brunette's ears turned red for a moment. He takes a step back, looking up and down at chuuya, like he was analyzing him to measure how truthful his words were.
"Come to think of it, I heard there was a group of new servants coming in. I guess you're one of them."
Chuuya smiles and bows a little looking at him with piercing eyes.
"May I know who you are as well ?"
"I'm Ren. "
Only his name ? He had hoped to know the relationship he had with dazai or his status. But chuuya could find that out on his own.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Ren-san "
"Likewise. "
He was rather dry, but chuuya hoped he could sway him a bit.
Chuuya looks at Ren while he tries to style his hair in a ponytail. Unfortunately his hairtie breaks when he pulls at it.
" Tsk. "
Without any warnings, Ren turns around and starts walking away. Chuuya's heart starts to race, thinking he might never see him again and miss such a good opportunity. He chases after him and grabs his clothes.
"No.. Uhm, please don't go I.."
Ren looks at him with a questioning face. His eyes seem annoyed and chuuya actually feels quite embarrassed when the man looks at him.
He tries to find an excuse.
"Your hair ! I can help you with it if you want, even with a broken hairtie. I'm used to this kind of thing."
Ren looks at chuuya's messy hair in something that seems like mockery. Chuuya blushes.
"I mean, I do know how to style hair but I don't have time to do mine. You know, because I'm.. Anyway you can at least let me try."
Ren looks warily at chuuya, but decides to accept his request with a sigh. He gives him the broken hairtie and turns around.
"Umm.. if you want a high ponytail, I think you're a bit too tall for me like this."
"It's just you that's short."
"Although I agree to disagree with you, it might be best to just leave it at that. Sit down a bit for me please. "
Ren seems cautious around chuuya. But since the redhead has shown no signs of hostility and didn't seem like a real threath, he supposed he could let him do what he wanted.
Chuuya gently brushes Ren's hair from his face and gathers it behind to straighten it . The darkhead has to admit his fingers on his hair feel quite good, just like a gentle caress. He notices that in no time, his ponytail is done, and it seems good from how it feels. Just as chuuya makes a move to straighten up, Ren catches his hand and brings him down, holding him just in time so he doesn't hit the ground. Chuuya yelps a little at that. Ren puts him steady on the ground with a hand on his chest and his arm on his throat, just like a knife.
"What are you doing ? " chuuya screams, panicked.
"Why are you doing this? "Ren asks him instead.
"I'm .. for nothing in particular. "
Ren uses the hand that was on his throat to grab chuuya's hair and pull at it. He winces at the pain.
"You certainly have ulterior motives."
"I don't, Ren-san.. I just.. " chuuya bites his lip like he's stopping himself from saying something.
Chuuya suddenly feels Ren's knee on his crotch and he instinctively closes his legs while fisting the man's clothes. " What are you .."
"Tell me what it is. "
If chuuya didn't understand what that knee was for at first unless to embarrass him, he understood when it slightly rubbed him that it was to help open his mouth because the movement made him gasp. And opening his mouth made it easier for him to speak.
"Ren-san. Stop it, please.. It's just that.. I didn't want to be alone and you were the only one that I met that I liked and so, I wanted to stay with you so you could help me getting used to this place.. "
Ren takes a moment to look at him while chuuya's heart is already racing. He wasn't even before a vampire that he already felt he was in danger. He hated it. He much prefered feeling safe as a butler ot intel gathering by reading books for his masters instead of this dangerous mission.
Ren stands up, and looks away to see that the sunset is almost over.
"I have things to do now, I'll choose to believe you, so don't make me regret it. "
Chuuya nods his head and watches him go away while he tries to get a steady breath.
Well, this was quite the encounter!