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"...This fucking sucks."
In the other room, a pair of feline ears perk up - that voice, it's her roommate Vivian's! And she sounds...worse. It's been a phenomenon that Chloe's seen over the past few weeks: Vivi's been getting paler, sicker, and more irritable, and she has no idea what's causing it. It's been eating at Chloe as well; she cares about Vivi, maybe a little more than necessary, and this mystery illness is something she's powerless to stop.
"Vivi...? You alright? Anything I can...oh. Oh my god are you okay?!" Vivian's got her head in her hands and her forehead to the wall, leaning like she's about to collapse. Despite being a head shorter Chloe rushes over, hooking an arm under her shoulders and gently pulling in the direction of the couch. "Come on, you should sit down. I-is there anything I can do besides this?"
For a split second, their eyes meet - Chloe's eyes filled with worry, Vivian's eyes bloodshot and full of...something - before Vivi rips her gaze away with a faint scowl. It leaves Chloe feeling a little nervous...
"...Nah. This is fine. Thanks, by the way..."
The two take a seat in awkward silence. Awkward to Vivian at least - Chloe, meanwhile, is stressing over what could possibly be going wrong. "Um. Vivi, is...is this some kind of chronic illness? 'Cause I can probably get you on my family's health plan if you need care-"
"No. But...also yes. It's complicated." Vivian, what the fuck are you thinking? Don't give up the game like this, what if she turns you in?!
"'But also yes?' Vivi, I can't help you if you don't let me know what's wrong."
"I really shouldn't say anything more. Please, don't-"
Chloe retreats, hearing the edge in her voice. "I see. I-If you wanna talk about it later, I understand. But...if you're in pain, I won't stop wanting to help you. Okay?"
Vivian is silent for quite some time. Chloe knows something is off. She won't stop paying attention to it. Sooner or later, she's gonna find out...and if Vivian wants the best chance of not getting ratted out to the CVA, she should fess up. Throw herself on the mercy of the (admittedly very merciful) court. With a sigh, she speaks again...
"...There's no point in hiding it though, is there." Vivian scowls, before a sudden cough forces her to quickly turn aside. It hurts...and tastes of metal. Not good. "I'm..." Chloe's worried eyes are burning her up inside. "...I'm infected with vampirism, Chloe." She's expecting the worst. Screaming, accusations, calls to the Counter-Vampirism Authority...instead, Chloe just lets out a soft oh as she nods absently.
The pale skin, the late nights, that one time she punched out my car window like it was nothing when I locked my keys inside...how did I miss it? "Wait. That...that kinda makes sense, yeah. Do I uh, do I have something on my face?" Chloe's hit with a fresh wave of nerves as she realizes Vivi's starting aghast at her.
"N-no! I just...thought you'd take it poorly."
"Why? I'm not one of those freaks who takes issue with vampires just trying to exist, I don't- ohmygod you're crying. Is it something I said?!"
Her roommate is, in fact, crying - seeing the usually stoic and tough-gal Vivian break down into gasping sobs shocks Chloe to her core, but more importantly: she was already motivated to help, and this just makes her MORE motivated.
"Hey. Heyheyhey. It's alright. You're safe here, okay. Just...just bring it in..." Slowly, her other arm comes up and pulls the taller woman into a loose hug.
"This...this has to be - snif! - t-too good to be true. Right?!"
"Awh. If you really think I am...then thanks, roomie! But I'm as true as it gets..."
Vivi pulls in another wracking breath and begins returning the hug, ten times as strong. "I...I was so scared, you know. I didn't know how to tell you, but you're always so nice and I knew I needed to let you know eventually..."
"...Well, now I do. And you're fine. Right?"
"Heh. Halfway there at least." Vivi gives Chloe a squeeze and pulls away, dabbing at her eyes with the hem of her shirt. It gives Chloe an eyeful of her toned abs...she hurriedly looks away, hoping Vivi doesn't notice her blush. "I'm still running on empty, remember?"
"R-right. And uh, if I may pry...how did you do it, rob blood banks? I know you're not the kinda person to hurt someone. Just curious, is all."
"...I just went to the nightclubs. Lotta people there who are so drunk they just think I'm giving them a hickey. With the loud music, the darkness...nobody else notices either. But...recently, with the new 'silver checks' they put in, I can't do my usual thing. And yeah, there's no way I'm gonna go predatory like the other vamps and start...hunting. I re-fucking-fuse."
"So, um...how long has it been? Since your last meal I mean." The genuine concern in Chloe's eyes makes her stomach twist. Guilt? Regret? Vivian doesn't know.
"...Two months. The headaches started after a few weeks. Then the shakes, always feeling cold and nauseous...I can't even sleep anymore. I don't know what I'm gonna do, Chloe. I just don't know." Her eyes are boring a hole in the tiled floor. In the silence after she's finished talking, Chloe gathers her nerve and asks:
"I mean...if you're running on empty, you could always feed on me. Ya' know?" Her friendly smile is met with a flash of abject horror ghosting over Vivian's features, before her expression resolves into something unreadable...
"No. Not a chance."
"I get it, Vivi, but-"
"Goddammit Chloe, listen." Vivian's hands - strong, pleasingly cool hands - grip down onto Chloe's shoulders to complement her interruption. Predictably, this leaves the feline lady stuttering...
"This isn't something pretty or sexy, like what the vamp chasers want you to think. It's not glamorous. There's no romantic music in the background as things fade to black. You're asking me to bite into your neck and drink your blood. It hurts, it's messy, and there's going to be a nasty wound left over that won't stop bleeding for a while. And besides, I...I promised myself, you know. That I wouldn't feed on you specifically. I refuse to see my own roommate as...as food. I don't want to prey on you like that. I don't want to hurt you. So please, just...just stop."
For a few moments, silence reigns.
"...But I care about you." Even Chloe seems surprised by the words that sneak out of her, but she doubles down. "I care, Vivi. You mean a lot to me, you know? If you're having a health emergency I can help you with, I will. I know it might hurt but...but dammit Vivi, helping you is more important than a little pain!"
Her response is a huff of bitter laughter. "...You can't seriously mean tha-"
"Yes I fucking do!" Now it's Chloe's turn to grab her roommate by the shoulders, ears falling flat against her head. "I care about you! I wanna help you! I'm pretty sure I..." She cuts herself off, looking away with burning cheeks. "...Fuck it. Just take my blood, you amazing...gorgeous...total rat bastard."
Well don't I just look like an idiot twice over, huh. Chloe has been supportive and trusting in the extreme today. And she seems to have something more going on regarding her...slowly, Vivian nods.
"Um. Okay. But...safety first. What's your safeword?"
"Hweh?" Chloe's "angry" face cranks a hard left turn into a fierce blush, creeping almost up to her eyebrows. "That's uh, isn't this not a sex thing?" She distantly wishes it was, but...
"It's got a few things in common," Vivian continues, backwardsly grateful for her inability to blush in turn. "Namely the fact that it involves trust, communication, and you could get very badly hurt if we don't take precautions. Ok?"
"...Fair. My uh, my safeword is 'moonlight.'" A moment of awkward silence follows; Chloe's hands twist in the hem of her shirt. She nervously looks back up to meet Vivian's gaze and she's...smiling?
"That's kinda cute, actually. Better than the other ones I've heard, that's for sure. Moonlight it is - if you start feeling faint, or I'm going too far, just say it. I won't be mad at you, promise."
She thinks my safeword is cute? Ohmygodohmygodohmygod-
Chloe quickly shakes her head, dispelling the butterflies in her stomach. "Awh. Thanks for uh, for that," she murmurs, before noticing Vivian's bemused stare and continuing, "ah! I mean! Got it!"
"Good, good. Now that you know the score - where do you wanna do this?"
"Um. How about right here, lying down? That way I can get comfy while you, um...y-you know."
Vivian smiles again at how out-of-sorts her feline roommate is getting. "Sure thing. Y'know, you're pretty flustered for someone who had me in tears not ten minutes ago..."
"Th-this is different, okay? We're gonna be really close...and you definitely have it figured out, right? My feelings?"
"Mmmm-hmm. Just like how you're chill with me being a vampire, I'm gonna be chill about your crush. Okay~? Now, lean back..." Chloe, blushing even deeper, sinks back onto the couch cushions...
Vivian leans down, and both of them realize just how close they are to the other - Chloe is keenly aware of Vivi's weight, the sensation of being straddled, and the faint tickle of breath on her neck, and Vivian can't ignore how she can hear Chloe's heartbeat. It's almost mesmerizing. Her next words come out in a breathy murmur, almost a whisper with how close she is to Chloe...
"I'm going to start now. Take a deeeeep breath..."
Chloe begins to inhale, and it ends as a gasp as she feels Vivi's lips press softly to her neck - followed by the cold sting of her fangs sinking in. Warmth blossoms - blood, her blood - before wicking away as Vivi gently swallows. Slowly the reality of the situation refreshes in her mind: she's being fed on by a vampire. A vampire she happens to have a crush on. Who is currently pinning her to the couch with her taller, stronger body.
It's the hottest thing she could have dreamt of.
"Ngghhhh~! Viviiiiii-" Her arms come up, encircling Vivian and pulling her closer while her back arches reflexively. They're closer than ever now, with bare millimeters of distance between their bodies as they press together. It feels so fucking good, she can't help but-
Prrrrrrrrrr~
The sound pulls Vivian out of her heady trance. Catfolk purr when they're in pain, right? When her eyes flick over in concern, though, she sees that Chloe's eyes are half-lidded, her expression one of really enjoying things. Is she...?
Chloe, in fact, is having the time of her life. Vivian can see it clearly, with how she's biting her lip hard enough to draw blood - her roomie is clearly enjoying the fuck out of being fed on by a vampire. It kinda makes her feel like an idiot post facto - all those years of drinking from random barflies, when she had a cute catgirl willing to be her personal blood pack? What was she thinking?!
Wait. This is just the transfusion talking. Right?
"Chloe...your blood is just divine. So warm, so sweet...the clubbers all tasted like alcohol and regret but you, you're...you taste like the life I want~"
...Well. It's mostly the heady feeling of actually being satiated for once. The rest, that's something deeper forced to the surface by this intimacy. Something that might've always been there. After all, that was something she was after - a stable partner. One who didn't give a shit about her condition. Chloe sure doesn't, and she's clearly into her, so...
"More. You can take...more from me...!" Even though she feels kinda cold, those words from Vivi spark something in Chloe's heart as well. She desperately snuggles closer, trying to press all of herself against all of Vivian...!
"...Hey. Be a good kitten and stop wiggling around, or my fangs might slip." Chloe doesn't respond, still lost in the sensation, but Vivian slowly puzzles out why her roomie can't stay still - at some point her right knee came to rest between Chloe's legs, and the feline woman is rolling her hips into it like crazy. "Oh~...are you getting off on this? That's...kinda hot, actually. Knowing that my little kitty enjoys being fed on this much - want to enjoy it more~? Just nod your head if you want me to take care of you down there too..."
Chloe nods furiously, almost pulling away from Vivan. That brush with catastrophe (or at least, spending all day cleaning blood out of the couch) doesn't register as she puts her free hand to Chloe's chest, slowly dragging it down her body with fingertip-light touches. She presses down hard just over Chloe's womb though, taking pride at the sharp gasp that it drags out of her roomie...then it's down to the waistband of her sweatpants, firmly pushing through them to rest on the sweat-slick skin just above her clit.
"Viviiiiiiii...put one in alreadyyyyy~" Hearing Chloe whimper like that is uniquely satisfying, but her begging takes Vivian over the edge.
"Oh~? Want me to come in so soon? So impatient..." She melts further as Vivi's fingers begin circling the sensitive nub, pushing her deeper into the delirious bliss of the moment... "Ask me. Ask me to finger you senseless."
"Yesyesyesyes pleeeeeease~! Please break me with your fingers Vivi...!"
Vivian moves her hand down oh-so-slowly, leaving the heel of her hand resting heavy on her roomie's clit. She gently teases her labia open with a fingertip... "So polite...and so wet for me, too. Wish granted, kitten~."
Her moans escalate to a back-arching yowl of pleasure as Chloe's entrance practically welcomes Vivi's fingers in. She's straight-up dripping with arousal - did she enjoy the sensation of being fed on this much? Vivian resolves, then, to make her enjoy this next part more. With this much wetness foreplay is irrelevant - she gets straight to driving two fingers into and out of Chloe's core with an intensity that surprises even her. Chloe matches her movements, bucking her hips into each thrust...!
"...You really like this, don't you? Being pinned down, and fucked, and drank like a glass of wine...do you wanna be kept that badly? Just a cute little housecat, for me to keep and use as I see fit~?" Chloe doesn't say anything in return, but her moans spike shortly after so she's got a good idea of what she thinks... "Mmmh. Good kitty. Now let me get back to it..." She presses her mouth back to Chloe's neck, drinking deep and relishing in how the warmth returns to her body while her roomie writhes underneath her...
Minutes pass, or maybe hours. Neither of them are counting. All that matters is the sound - and scent - of sex filling the room, the fingers pumping in Chloe's core, and the warm flesh under Vivian's fangs...but this, like all things, must come to a head eventually.
"Aaa-aaaah~! Viviiiiiii! I'm...I'm gonna..." Chloe's cries go up an octave as she finally arrives at the brink of climax...!
Vivian increases her pace, practically grinding the base of her thumb into Chloe's clit. "Go on, then. Cum for me. Fall apart for me, kitten, I'll catch you~." Chloe clenches around Vivi's fingers, almost so hard it hurts...
"Nyaaa-AAAAAHHNNN~!" The fingers on Vivian's back become claws, gouging into her as Chloe's entire body writhes in the grip of pleasure beyond words. The way she screams...is also kinda hot. But it only lasts a moment - panting like mad, Chloe goes limp underneath her.
...Right, aftercare. This had to have hurt. She needs to do something...with that beautiful neck right in front of her...
Focus, Vivian. She gently wraps her arms around her roomie (does that term even apply anymore?) and pulls her along as she sits back upright. One hand idly fluffs Chloe's hair as she flops forward to put all her weight on Vivian.
"...You alright? Chloe. Hey. Say something, please, I'm getting worried here..."
"...Amazing." She says it in a bare whisper, her breath warm against Vivi's shoulder. It was, in fact, amazing; Chloe pulls her head up to give her partner a hazy smile. "Don't worry...at all. I had a great time..."
Oh thank god. "I just...wow." Vivian flops back on the couch, enjoying the feeling of actually being warm again after months without. "Holy shit, that happened so fast. We just..."
"...Fucked like crazy while you drank me like a fine wine? Yeeeep~." Chloe snuggles up next to her, a syrupy smile on her face as she rides out the afterglow. "Ehehee~. That was the best orgasm I've had in months... You know, Vivi, it would be really hot if-"
"If what? Wasn't giving you that 'best orgasm you've had in months' enough?" Vivian tries and fails to keep her laugh out of her voice as she gives Chloe an especially forceful headpat. Gotta antagonize your cat, right~?
"N-no, I mean - nngh! - I mean that you could, like, condition me, yaknow. Make me cum by brains out every time you feed on me, until I start associating pleasure with baring my neck to you and letting you drink your fill..."
"Chloe." Deep red eyes meet silvery-white. "You know you should be careful with doing stuff like that. One wrong move, and someone could take advantage."
"...Not if I be a good lil' piece of arm candy and never leave your side, ehehe..." Chloe breaks eye contact and leans in, rubbing her face against the hollow of Vivian's throat. The gesture sparks something in her - something warm and sweet, just like the blood of her roommate.
"...You weren't joking about wanting to be kept, huh." Vivian idly scritches her ears as she rolls the idea over in her head, eliciting another round of purring. "I mean...I was gonna ask how serious you wanted to get, but I wouldn't mind a cute catgirl on my arm 24/7. Shake on it~?"
"Mn. And...if you wanna keep calling me 'kitten' like you're doing already, I wouldn't mind..." Chloe takes her roomie's hand, squeezing it tightly while she gently shakes on the agreement.
"Heh. Speaking of, you're gonna want to hide that bite mark. It's gonna bruise too. Maybe you could, I dunno...put a collar over it?" That line makes Chloe tense up immediately. "Wait, is that taboo in catfolk culture, did I just-"
"N-no, that's just...it's basically an engagement ring if you do that. I-I mean! It's not something I would be against, but I still think that's going a little fast right now..."
"...I see." Welp, never accidentally proposed to someone on day one of a relationship before. "You can borrow some of my turtlenecks then if you want - they got my scent all over em too, kitten. Know you'd like something like that~."
Her smile warms Vivi's cold, dead heart. "Awh! You know me so well, Vivi..." A yawn interrupts her, long and faintly tinged with her ongoing purring. "Mmmh. Tired now. Can I fall asleep on you...?"
"'Course you can, kitty. Just relax onto me, you're basically like a weighted blanket. Hm hm~." Chloe does as she's asked, her eyes drifting shut.
She's fast asleep ere long, leaving Vivian with a floating feeling in her chest that almost makes her jump for joy (although she doesn't follow through for obvious reasons!) She's not gonna go insane from hunger. Her roommate's not gonna turn her in. Hell, her roommate is her girlfriend now (maybe!) It's...this is...
A yawn sneaks up on her. This feeling...it'll still be there after a nap, she figures.
"See you in a few hours...Chloe." Vivian closes her eyes as well, carding a finger through her catgirl's hair as she, too, drifts off in the afterglow.