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They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex looked around the well-lit room and picked out a table, furthest from the only other customer, tucked away in a corner, away from the windows, almost hiding from everyone. He turned to face the young man in front of him and smiled, his teeth glinting in the light. The man looked slightly shocked, but only for a split second, not enough for any regular human to even register it.
'Just a coffee for me. Victoria?' He asked, turning to look at her. His anxiety at her seeing him was somewhat lessened here. She seemed to be more alert when she was anxious, or expecting to see what she didn't want to. Here, where he was the only non-human in sight, she would be more relaxed, less expectant. Of course, that didn't wholly explain why she hadn't seen him for who he is already. But that could be because she didn't want to see it. Human minds had a way of protecting themselves. They would block out things, ignore facts, deny the truth, in a way that was almost foreign to Alex. Perhaps that was what was happening. He was a comfort for her, and for her to know that he was what she feared, it could well cause some problems.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex chuckled. 'Interestingly, the name is quite similar. It's called Haven.' He smirked. The café was an interesting one. The reason it was called Haven was because it was somewhat warded. Any supernatural with negative intentions was warded against and wouldn't be able to enter. Most supernatural's nearby avoided the place, feeling that the ward may be confused if they were so much as in a bad mood, which wasn't true, but it kept the place quiet either way, and Alex was glad of that.
He had stumbled on the place a while back, when he was wandering around on an evening, it was open rather late for a café. He had been chatting with the owner when the secret of the name was divulged. As it turned out, the owner couldn't see supernatural's as Victoria could, but a rather magically potent one had approached him and offered his services.
Alex took Victoria's arm and smiled 'Let's go then.' He led her outside, where it was a little more open, and took a slightly more scenic route. In the first few days of school, certain areas got rather crowded, and he would prefer to avoid them. He led her off campus and down a few streets until he found the café.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex led her through the hallways to the main space. The classrooms were mainly around this area. There were corridors leading off the main circles on all floors. Off those hallways were all the classrooms. He watched as Victoria became more timid as a lot of people began walking through.

He realised, all of a sudden, that Victoria didn't want to see the truth behind the disguises. It was obvious now, by her behavior.

He nodded. 'Sure, I know an excellent little café off campus. It's normally pretty quiet. We can go there.' He suggested, knowing she'd prefer not to see many more people. The less people there were, the less likely one of them would be a supernatural of some kind.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex nodded and left the room ahead of Victoria. He was beginning to worry about her. She seemed very distressed when seeing new people, he knew it was because of her ability, and the whole fear element that surrounded the mere mention of the paranormal, but surely she, of all people, would understand that they just want to live regular lives...

Again he found himself worrying about when she found out the truth about him, and how she would react. He'd been her best friend for a while now, and he wasn't sure if that meant she'd be quicker to come around, or if it would make the betrayal sting that much more...

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex smirked as Victoria half-ran away from him. He had watched her reaction as she noticed him. Embarrassment, but why? Not many people would be embarrassed that they had caught someone else looking at them. He had followed her, of course he had, and he looked at where she had stopped. 'Well is there anything you specifically want to see? I mean, the signs point everything out pretty clearly, so unless there's something specific you need me for, I'm sure you can manage in here on your own. If there's nothing else, though, we can move on to the classrooms?'
His mind was working overtime, still trying to decipher the behaviour of his only friend. No human had ever confused him as much.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

'A good library is a thing of beauty, and they are becoming fewer. It's a shame that so many are having to resort to desperate measures to remain open. This one, however, I am glad to say, has remained excellent. The number of books is in the thousands, at the very least. There are text-books, non-fiction books and all the paperbacks you could wish for. I wish I could spend my summers in here, sometimes.'
While Victoria looked around at the vast library, he watched her, watching for her reactions, her interest, her awe. He watched her face as she took in the scene before her. He didn't know why he was watching her, he just felt compelled to, by some unseen force he was not, as of yet, familiar with. Victoria was a very interesting type of human, unique in the most literal sense. All humans are unique in some aspects, but she was unique in much more of them, and he was bewildered by it each and every day.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex smiled, his heightened hearing catching the thud of the droplets of rain splattering against the window. The smell of a storm was on the wind, coming through one of the windows, which had been left open, but was quickly shut by a librarian. The rain slowly began to climb in it's severity until there seemed to be an endless rush of water flowing past the windows.
As they walked into the library, he smiled at Victoria. 'Just one. Psychology.' It was the only one he felt would be useful to him. Psychology was an ever advancing field, and he was more interested in people that he was in physics or natural sciences.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex smiled as she linked arms with him. It was a part of their friendship which he quite enjoyed. It was only a small thing, but it showed a closeness that he had not experienced with anyone else. Not even when he was human.
He looked at her and had something between a knowing smile and a quizzical look when she commented on his dislike of crowds.
He noticed her tense up when the other students walk past them, at least one of which raised an eyebrow at Alex when he looked between them, evidently assuming there was something going on. Alex had come to terms with the one track mind of teenage boys a long time ago, but it didn't help with his frustration at them.
The boys quickly left, and Alex was relieved of it. Victoria had relaxed a little as well, and Alex almost laughed at how completely obvious it was, but he didn't, for the sake of Victoria.
'Let's try the library, shall we?' He offered, smiling down at her and beginning to walk in the direction of the library.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex internally chuckled at her calling him a jerk. Playful name-calling had always, seemingly, been a part of human friendship. One that he had grown to find rather endearing.
He smiled at her before offering her his arm once again, to head to the next destination. 'Unfortunately the cafeteria does get a little crowded. Not my scene.' He said simply. He didn't see the point of eating socially when he wasn't a social person. He had no friends here. A few acquaintances who he could nod to in the hallway, but he never really allowed himself to get close to anyone. He spent a lot of his time studying, reading and quietly contemplating his life. When you had an eternity, boredom didn't seem to be such a problem anymore.
He wondered if Victoria had ever noticed his anti-social tendencies, as he often did. Recently she'd been going through his mind a lot more frequently. Thoughts about her seemed to fill a lot of his waking hours, and even more of his sleeping ones. It was getting ridiculous. But she was the only person he had ever been really close to since before he turned, so it wasn't totally strange.

They Live Among Us (Vampiricchild x Siaya)

Alex lessened his hold on her, allowing her to move a little further away from him, should she want to. He chuckled at her question, and shrugged. 'I didn't think. It's been a year since that happened to me. Plus it's like a right of passage. If we have to suffer, so do you.'
He continued to walk down the corridor until he stopped by a doorway, which had no door. It led into a wide space filled with tables, each of which were like a tiny island, surrounded by a sea of chairs. These chairs were always in place at the start of every day, but by the end they would be strewn around the room as people moved to sit next to their friends.
At the back of the room there was a long counter, with enough space behind it for the cafeteria staff to stand behind, and there was a door on the far end, where they brought the food through, generally.
'Welcome to the feeding ground.' Alex said, sighing. 'Generally, at lunch time, basically everyone files in here, and it turns into a manic zoo-like place. I don't tend to come here. There's a store just outside of campus which sells decent enough food. There are a few of us who tend to go there instead.'