I needed to post something so that I can get back into posting again so here’s this random vampire writing that oral tren I rewrote. Spring break is pretty cool so far, I just finished building a robot for Robotix Institute and I’m still working at my novel. Anyway here’s the story
Vampire Guilt
He liked to think that his food was nothing more than food. It had no life, no family, no friends, no sentience, no feelings. They were separate, him and them, different species. Perhaps once upon a time he lived amongst them, but that was years behind him. And perhaps at some point he felt what they felt and had what they had, but that soon became irrelevant. It was easier to pretend that they were nothing more than prey to be hunted. And it seemed to work, for hundreds of years at that, but as his newest victim’s heart stopped, with veins run dry, the once foolproof system produced a flaw.
As soon as he felt her body go limp, he dropped her to the ground, like an emptied candy wrapper. Her body hit the ground with a noise fairly louder than a plastic wrapper, and wiping red off his lips, he searched her for valuables. It wasn’t as if money would help a corpse more than it would him- there was no point in wasting. Checking her jacket’s left pocket he found a thin leather wallet. He smiled and opened it up, but scowled to find only a credit card. New technology was the bane of his existence. He sighed, throwing the wallet aside and checked her other pocket. Inside was a 20 dollar bill (which he naturally pocketed), and a phone. He turned it around in his hand, blood smearing the cover. It wasn’t the newest model, but it certainly was worth something. The bright screen lit up his face, almost blinding him in the dark night. Under the time, there was a new message. Someone named Lauren, telling of his victim’s successful interview, asking how she was doing. He frowned at the message, and cleared it, revealing a screen saver with a baby boy. Assumably his victim’s baby. It was a beautiful picture, such a pretty baby, and it made him smile. On the baby’s shirt it said his name- Grayson. A disgusting name for a lovely child. His eyes moved around the picture, and rested on red fingerprints across the screen. He looked back at his victim, still laying cold on the floor, and a small hole planted itself in his gut. It was an uneasy feeling, he hadn’t had it in hundreds of years. Another message popped up on the screen- Lauren again- his victim got the job. Too bad they would have to hire someone else, he thought as he swiped the message, clearing it again, leaving a red trail across the baby. Suddenly, a pang of guilt struck into the hole in his gut. It hit him very abruptly, and he didn’t like the feeling. He hated it. It hit him hard, the knowledge that the Lauren girl would wait for no reply, and the knowledge that the baby boy would have to grow up without his mother- with barely any memory of her at all.
Sliding down the brick wall, and landing down with the same thud as his victim did, behind his eyes he felt tears, actual tears. They fell down slowly against his face, leaving a red trail behind them. The hole in his gut grew deeper and deeper, and raged, with a shout, he threw the phone across the alleyway. What had he done? What had the vampires of the world done? The hard sidewalk scraped his knees, and all he could see was red- red on his hands, on the ground, on her. Everywhere there was red, because he survived on it. He felt the urge to run to the police station and then turn himself in, woman in his arms. The baby deserved a mother, and Lauren deserved a reply. The woman didn’t deserve to die, and he didn’t deserve to live, but what could he do but sit there with that knowledge and cry for the end of immortality. Thus, the life of the vampire loses its charm, and all that remains are dead bodies and red tears.
Okay that’s the whole thing. It wasn’t too bad honestly, but I think my writing’s just a little bit on the dramatic side haha. I really like writing about vampires though, it’s basically all I write about. Anyway I’m gonna try to post more cause it’s fun plus I write like a lot. Okay that’s all for now, see ya
💛 Dia