Things ought to be (Era//Seras//Isi)

[serasalcaste]

Hiro sat on a cold bench in the latter half of the night, staring mindlessly between his cellphone and periodically up into the cloudy sky. It had since began to drizzle sometime earlier, his bangs were soaking wet and dripping water down his chin, but the vampire ceased to notice. There was far too much on his mind that night. His deathly pale skin left a ghastly appearance for the few who walked and passed him by. The would each glance over at him curiously, perhaps wondering to themselves why such a man was out so late, getting rained all over without a care in the world. What could possibly have been bothering him so much to rid his typically happier face of such smiles?

"Whatever... am I to do...?" He whispered to nobody in particular, and it was doubtful anybody could possibly answer him anyhow.

The vampire leaned back in the bench, his arms resting out to each side on the backrest and his head dropped back over the edge of it. The rain fell upon his cold face and dripped off the tips of his jet black hair. His eyes were inbetween hues of red and amber, a certain lust staying all too true in his heart. There was blood dripping off fresh bite wounds in his wrist, but it was soon washed away with the rain and healed over. Lately it had been all too common an occurrence to see the vampire tearing at his own flesh, desperate for blood but never to hurt his lover. He normally got his fix when he'd been away from Era during such short hours of the night when she worked at the club. He wondered if she had begun to take notice of his reoccurring absences from her place of employment. Hiro knew, deep down, something severe would have to be done. As of late, he could barely even think or see straight without pondering about how wondrous Era's taste was. No longer able to so much as look at her without envisioning biting her neck open, it both aroused his lust constantly and horrified him, further building upon his depression.

"Era... I'm so sorry...." Hiro whispered with tear or raindrop filled eyes as he took out his cell phone and dialed a number. He waited only two rings before he quickly got cold feet and hung up. The number belonged to an Isi Runasimi, a vampire hunter he had since been informed of. She was rumored to relish in large sums of cash for her duties and seemed to even take on the most bizarre of jobs if it payed well enough. And Hiro's request would be an odd one indeed. There was a strange rumor of the hunter taking in a slave that was a vampire. If she could house one creature of the night, perhaps Hiro wondered if she could take in another, and keep him safe from the outside world. To keep him locked away in darkness and unable to harm anyone when his bloodlust grew to rampant as he feared it would soon. If Era would be around, he knew she would possibly be the first victim, and the one that would drive him the most wild for more. Hiro just wanted to be kept isolated from society if he were to succumb to his inner monster, but he also didn't want to deny Era the opportunity to see him. No matter if he would have trouble recognizing her in the mindset he would probably soon find himself in for the majority of his days as a vampire, Hiro knew Era would still be in love with him and wouldn't want to stop seeing him. Perhaps if Isi could house him someplace safe, he would compensate her with very much cash and Era could come see him. Something of a caged animal, but a vampire in a bloodlust was nothing more than an animal anymore, a monster.

Hiro decided to send a txt message to Isi, hoping she would even respond to such a bizarre introduction.

My name is Hiro Winslet. A Vampire. I've been informed by your people that you were the one to contact about odd 'jobs'. Of course the pay will be more generous. In cash. Upfront.


Now the vampire would wait for a reply as he sat by hoping Era's shift would end soon. This was something he would need to discuss with her, but not let her have her way for once in his life. She wouldn't have to see him hurt himself no more, if he could help it perhaps Isi would oblidge and provide him with enough blood to stay remotely sane and more manageable to keep in a cell. Though that wouldn't be enough. Just long enough so he could slowly get back to being in control of his bloodlust and not have to fear for his own lover's life.

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[era]

Era walked out of her work, she was a little tired and her ears were ringing from the loud music which had been playing inside the club. Noticing it was drizzling she grumbled about how her work needed to get better closed, sighing she pulled the coat she had on tighter around herself. She had noticed that Hiro had vannished from her work, Era had noticed that a few times. Looking around for a moment she walked towards a bench "Hey" she said softly with a smile as she sat down beside Hiro "Are you ok?" Era asked.

Watching Hiro she ignored the light drizzle, rain was something she could cope with. Running a hand through her hair Era glanced at the people walking past them, a few looked back at them. Smiling softly at Hiro, Era leaned against him gently; she had been worrying about Hiro when he wasn't in the club. But she knew there wasn't anything too worry over, the rain felt nice even though her coat was getting soaked she loved the cool rain. Staying leaning against him gently Era crossed her arms over her stomach lightly, holding back a yawn she looked away from Hiro for a moment.

[Isi Runasimi]

Isi received a phone call from an unknown caller. Isi didn’t enjoy taking calls from people she didn’t know but she answered the phone anyways. Instead of saying, “hello” or anything she would let the other person speak first. Instead the person hung up without saying a single word. Isi put the phone back down and ordered a refill on her caramel frappichino. The drink was delicious if not expensive. It was still filled with businessmen who could afford to purchase such drinks but most seemed to now be at the dunkin donuts since the economy was in a state of crap. Isi’s cell phone rang again and she gave it a wee bit of a look before reading the text message. She hardly ever got them anymore. She was out of the whole assassin for hire game and had changed her number.

“My name is Hiro Winslet. A Vampire. I've been informed by your people that you were the one to contact about odd 'jobs'. Of course the pay will be more generous. In cash. Upfront.”

The message came as quite a shock to Isi so she read it three times. She even tipped the person who brought her her drink a hundred dollar bill instead of the ten she meant to hand over. This had to be some kind of joke. Some really sick, sick joke by the people who supplied Seras’ drugs or Seras herself. Isi couldn’t resist so she took her purse, her drink and raced outside dialing the number. This way too important to deal with via text message. Besides, Isi had to hear the voice herself. “Who. Is. This.”

[serasalcaste]

Smiling as she took a seat on the bench beside him, Hiro put a hand over her shoulder and held Era close to him. "I'm alright dear. And how was work?" The vampire kissed her on the cheek gently before taking of his coat and draping it over her shoulders. It may have been heaps wet, but the inside was still dry and it would keep her from getting soaking wet and catching a cold. "I love you bbydoll... I really do u know?"

His other hand in his trousers' pocket, Hiro could feel his phone vibrating. Era also probably heard it with her amazing hearing. He ignored it for a few more seconds and kissed her wet neck softly before giving in and answering it. "Will you excuse me for a moment, Era?" Hiro leaned back in the bench, turning an ear away from Era. He spoke in a low tone.

"I understand this may be quite a bizarre predicament you find yourself in, but I assure you I mean no harm... its that, that I would like to ask for your assistance in. My name is Hiro Winslet, and of course, I am willing to pay nearly any sum of cash upfront for your services. You'll be compensated in full for any expenses and hardships." Hiro paused for a moment. "Is there any way we can meet in person? Please... you're the only one I could even hope to ask such a bloody outrageous ordeal. I must be mad, really."

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[era]

Era smiled and gave a shrug of her shoulders slightly "Boring and busy...but as alight as it could ever be" she said giving a soft laugh as Hiro kissed her neck and placed his coat over her shoulders, continuing to lean against him she made a slight nod of her head as Hiro answered his phone. Catching a few words from his conversation Era had no clue what he was really talking about, let alone who he was talking to. But she didn't want to know it was his buisness and not her's, pulling her hair over her right shoulder she pulled the two coats tighter around herself.

Right then was a good reason to have a steaming hot shower or bath and warm up, or have a hot coffee. All three sounded like good ideas, leaning back against the bench comfortably she watched as car's head lights went past their headlights making everything seem so bright from the rain. Placing a hand over her mouth she stiffled a yawn, she hated showing how tired she really was to anyone even Hiro.

[Isi Runasimi]

Isi’s boots clicked on the pavement as she walked. Every now and then she would make a little circle in her pattern. She couldn’t enjoy her leisurely drink. It figured. The one time Isi had something delicious she couldn’t enjoy it. She might as well toss the cup on the ground, stop on it, and kick it into the gutter. She sipped her drink as she decided to not walk in angry circles; people were parting like the red sea around her. She bit her lip softly as she pulled up the hood to her black and pink hoodie. She was wearing matching black sweat pants. Her gun of course, only one, was inside the hoodie. It had seemed like the perfect time to go jogging. One couldn’t rely on running on a machine over and over again.

"I understand this may be quite a bizarre predicament you find yourself in, but I assure you I mean no harm... its that, that I would like to ask for your assistance in. My name is Hiro Winslet, and of course, I am willing to pay nearly any sum of cash upfront for your services. You'll be compensated in full for any expenses and hardships." Hiro paused for a moment. "Is there any way we can meet in person? Please... you're the only one I could even hope to ask such a bloody outrageous ordeal. I must be mad, really."

“No, you misunderstand me. I know the name Hiro. I’ve heard it before. And I doubt that you can be Hiro, that Hiro. Seras’ Hiro. Therefore, this is very much a trap. But, just because I’m curious. How much money were you offering for this ‘trap’?” Isi quite doubted that Seras’ Hiro would be chatting with her on the phone. How did the bloke get her number in the first place? No, it was probably Seras’ drug suppliers who were trying to set her up into such a trap. But if they were able to get into her estate with ease why bother with a little trap in the first place? Why not just pull up a van alongside the road when she got out and shoot her until she was dead. It was agreeably the easier option. Could this be Hiro? What did he want and why did he choose to contact Isi? “You know you really got Seras all fucked up in the head.”

[serasalcaste]

Hiro listened to the voice on the other side of the cellular conversation, leaning closer to Era to keep her warm the best he could. Looking over at her, he mouthed 'I love you' before continuing to listen in to the lady speaking to him. "I'm flattered that you've heard of me, miss." Hiro told her rather lazily. "What say you to... ten thousand... and we'll only go up from there?" As he whispered into the receiver on his phone, knowing full well that Era could still hear his half of the conversation. But even just sitting beside her began to stir his lust. Hiro finally began to feel as though he may very well lose his battle for his body to the vampire inside. But when the name Seras was mentioned Hiro nearly dropped his phone onto the wet street below. His hands began to shake. Did this Isi know his previous lover? She had to have! What did she mean by HE really messing with HER head? Nonetheless, Hiro's resolve nearly faltered and he felt horrible. "Just txt me..." He whispered before hanging up the phone with a terribly sad look on his face that faded the moment he saw Era once more.

With a smile, he stood up and held out a hand for her, helping his lovely lady off the bench. He immediately held her close, not caring about the rain, the noisy city, or anything. "I love you Era. Lets.... let's get you home." He bit his lip. "I'm sorry... But I promise Im keeping you safe..." he whispered in her ear as he took her hand and they began to walk.

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[era]

As Hiro leaned closer to her to keep her warm Era moved slightly and pressed against him gently, laying her head down on his shoulder she half listened to what he was saying to whoever he was talking to on the phone. Closing eyes for what felt like a second she opened them again when Hiro moved and got to his feet, smiling she took his hand as she got to her feet "Ok" she said said with a soft laugh. "I love you too" Era said with a smile before giving Hiro a light frown before smiling softly "You have nothing to be sorry about Hiro" she said gently.

Staying close to him as she walked she nibbled on her bottom lip gently, she was glad work was over and to be with Hiro again. Though she had a feeling that something was going on that she didn't know about, holdng the two coats she was now wearing around her shoulders tighter Era glanced at Hiro with a smile "You know, you should be wearing you coat and not mean" she teased gently before she gave a soft yawn. She just wanted to curl up in a warm bed beside Hiro and sleep, it seemed like the best idea that she had thought of all night.

[Isi Runasimi]

Isi began to look rather bored and began to wish she had never rung back the anonymous caller. Part of her knew that she should tell Seras that she had spoken to her Hiro. But another part of Isi knew that she had no proof. Anyone could be pretending to be Hiro. It wasn’t like she could make the man take a test or say something that would without a doubt prove to Isi he was the real deal. Isi didn’t even know anything of the man besides his name. Any test given would be absolutely worthless. “Text? Fine.” Isi replied to the voice of whisper. She threw her cup at the nearest trash bin. Her aim was more than horrible for the cup and it bounced upon the bin and landed in the gutter. Its half full contents began to pour into the street.

“Hey. Go pick that up. You can’t litter here miss!” Said the voice of a hippie with a guitar strap around their neck.

Isi didn’t bother to stop, turn around or even laugh at the man. She continued to walk away without a word or even a look. When the man caught up with Isi, as she knew he would, Isi took his hand by surprise and flipped him over onto his back. With her four inch boot heel she dug it into his guitar, crushing the old beauty in half. “Mind. Your. Own. Business. Hippie!” Isi had a dislike of hippies. They were too free going. They lived their lives without a care for anything. It was just a joint here and a joint there, work some demeaning jobs for a few bucks, fuck an older male for some more free cash and a place to spend the night. In other words hippies were freeloaders. And they were probably also easy targets for vampires. Most of the time they were kept safe by their ravage smell and drugged blood which only the desperate might touch.

After a swift kick while the hippie was down, telling onlookers more of Isi’s personality, she began to move on. Only at a red light did Isi stop since it was inevitable since there were cars and taxis and even a limo rushing through. You had to have real talent to drive a limo in New York City! Isi began to text “Hiro” a message. “What’s the job?” She had been about to text that ten thousand was too low until she thought it better to ask what the job was first off. But Isi would never ever work for a vampire. That was despicable! Any human who did she would destroy and had destroyed! They worked for vampires under the promise that if their job was acceptable they too would become a member of the undead. Completely despicable!

[serasalcaste]

Hiro walked alongside his Era, keeping her close. He had taken out a brolly and held it over her head, but it was much too small for two people and half of him was still getting soaked, but it didn't bother him at all. "Keep it darling, you need to stay warm. I won't want my princess to catch a cold." He smiled and was as caring about her and selfless as ever. He let her lean against him as they walked, seeing how tired she was especially after a long night of work. Hiro grew to dislike her choice of workplace more and more, but never brought it up. The environment was despicable for a proper lady like he knew she at least used to be, but Era seemed pleasant every night she left for work so perhaps the girl enjoyed it. Hiro might have just been a bit jealous. He knew if Era would eventually be with child, it wouldn't be the best environment for the baby at all as it developed, but once it was found out surely she would be fired because of it, because of Hiro. If Era were to leave, he would much rather it be on a good note, on her own accord. But the gentleman wouldn't dare ask her to do something she didn't want to, especially not for his sake. It felt unlikely, unless it wasn't biologically possible for the two, but perhaps Era wouldn't be carrying? Or at the very least, there was the chance she wouldn't go through with it.

All these strange thoughts made him bite his lip nervously, when just then his cellular phone began to buzz with a message. He sighed a bit when he read it and promptly responded.

'I need help. Very soon, I know it. I need to be contained before this gets worse. Or just disposed of, but there are people that shan't have that. I know you have the means and you will be paid generously. 25k to start? cash. IDK how long Id need to be kept but Im losing my mind. I don't want to hurt anyone anymore."

Of course Hiro hoped Isi would respond favourably, as it was a daunting task to ask anyone to undergo. Especially for one who normally killed his kind. He wanted her to understand he would pay her the same amount to simply get rid of him, but there were a few people that didn't want him gone. So for them, he wished to be locked away safely in a cell where they could still see him, perhaps see him for what he was. But where he could be controlled and given blood enough to contain and settle him down enough that he may regain himself. As of now, the lust and vampirism inside him was driving him slowly mad. With the way he had gotten now, he wouldn't be able to keep himself under control enough to just take a bit of blood from a lover without completely draining her and still lust for more and more. Hiro had denied himself the substance for far too long.

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[era]

Era smiled softly as she leaned against Hiro gently as they walked, watching as he pulled his phone out of his pocket as they walked and texted. Era knew she needed to find out if she was carrying a child but then again she didn't really want to, it would give her a reason to leave her work even if people wouldn't like that. "Well you're still getting soaked and I don't think that's very fair" she said with a smile at Hiro as people rushed past them to get out of the rain and into some place warm, reaching up to her hair she let it out of the pony tail she still had it tied it and placed the hair tie around her wrist as she ran a hand through her hair.

Era was curious as to who Hiro was texting and calling, but she wasn't going to ask out of pure politness. She was thoughtfull of other's when it came to their privercy more so then her own at time, going back to leaning against Hiro gently she smiled as she leaned up slightly as they walked and kissed his cheek gently. Era wasn't fussed if people gave them odd looks every now and then, she doubted most people saw men acting like gentlemen these days; that thought just made her feel lucky that she had Hiro.

[Isi Runasimi]

Isi knew the only way to find out if Hiro was Hiro was to meet him. She would ask Seras for a description, maybe even a picture. All hopefully without tears in the girls eyes and suspicious in her face. And of course Isi would need guns. Lots and lots of guns and weaponry. She thought the odds of her walking into a trap were forty-nine percent. It would be far easier to kidnap her off of the street and kill her rather than to talk her into a trap and maybe have her rot in a mental institution. Death was always the safer choice to take when involving enemies. So for only that reason it became forty-nine fifty-one instead of fifty-fifty. She crossed the street and blended into traffic. She would get to her car, get home, gather up a description, and take her most prized machine gun from the wall. A girl never knew when she needed to use a machine gun but now sounded like the perfect opportunity! Isi’s walk almost had a little bounce to her step at the pure joy of using the machine gun.

“I’ll accept 25K because I’m curious. When & Where?” After a few moments Isi sent the message to the alleged Hiro. This vampire was obviously mental. If Isi could make a few bucks off him right before she killed him then great. Who did he think she was – Mother Teresa? Of course Mother Teresa might not be so motherly about blood drinking abominations of nature. Twenty-Five thousand dollars was but a pittance. She spent that weekly on silver! She had to cast her own bullets but they were pure silver of course! It was just too hard to get silver bullets these days. Sometimes people would fake them and the metal wouldn’t be silver at all but painted on a gray color. And of course if you bought enough silver bullets, specifically silver, red flags might be raised sooner or later. And of course they weren’t everyday items too. You didn’t need a silver bullet to hunt a deer.

[serasalcaste]

As they walked along, Hiro heard Era's words and shrugged a bit. "Life isn't fair at all dear, but at the very least I'm doing what I can to make yours the best." He smiled and leaned down, kissing her cheek gently. He was only inches away from her precious neck and it even took him a few long seconds to pull away from her skin, but the vampire still exhibited the most dire of self control. It wasn't like he was fighting himself anymore, the vampire within him was far stronger. The young couple made it to the Roosevelt where his suite was soon enough. But Hiro stopped outside the door, under the balcony. He looked Era deep into her eyes and the seriousness written on his expression was sincere. Slipping his card access key and wallet into her coat pocket, again the vampire kissed her, but on the lips this time. He slowly pulled out his buzzing cell phone and responded to the message.

'I'll make it 50k for your curiosity, Miss Runasimi. I'll be outside the Roosevelt in ten minutes.'

Hiro knew this would not only give him time to go upstairs and retrieve her money, but let him talk to his Era as well.

"Bbydoll, listen..." Hiro already had a single tear in his blood red, demonic eyes. "There's something that has to be done... and I know you're not going to enjoy it. I promise I won't either. But I have to do something about this... about me... before I hurt you again." He took a deep breath and wiped a tear from Era's eyes. "Please, don't worry too much okay? I promise everything will work out... somehow. You can still come see me. You may not want to... but we can still be together. It won't be for too long. I just... I need help. Im afraid... I just cant keep you safe from me any longer. There's no other way."

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[era]

Kissing Hiro back gently Era was a little confused as to why he gave her his wallet and keycard, listening to him speak she let him wipe away a tear that had escaped her. As soon as Hiro stopped talking Era had wrapped her arms around his waist her face pressed against his chest as she hugged him "I-I will want to see you" she said softly before looking at him, kissing Hiro gently Era smiled softly and stayed leaning against him "I guess there is no way for me to talk you out of this?" she asked softly.

Staying leaning against Hiro, Era bit her bottom lip softly doubting she would be able to change his mind. Though she knew something had to be done to make them both happy, keeping her arms around him Era didn't care if they were getting odd looks. Nuzzling his neck gently Era looked at Hiro again, the small smile still on her lips.

[Isi Runasimi]

Isi was right by her car. She entered her black Aston Martin and people began to stare. Of course they were still staring before she entered the car. The Aston Martin was all that. It was a very sleek and sexy as hell car! It had voice activation along with push to start not to mention black leather. “Start,” Isi commanded as she checked her phone. She had a brand new text message from Hiro. The offer being doubled peaked Isi’s interest. Isi was about fifteen minutes from the Roosevelt herself. She knew exactly where it was located.

“I’ll be there in twenty.” Isi texted back to Hiro. There was no way she was going to wait on a vampire. She was assuming the man was a vampire since Seras was a vampire. It would be even worse if the man was a werewolf or werething. Isi didn’t have enough time to drive home and pick up her machine gun – She lived at least forty-five minutes away. She would have to go on what guns she had. Oh well, her glock had never let her down. Isi coughed as she re-read the text message. She had only skimmed it but something hadn’t sat right. On the third time did she catch it, “Miss Runasimi”. “Fuck,” Isi muttered to herself. How did he know her name? Isi was slipping if she wasn’t as anonymous as she once was.