All girls enjoyed being called young, that was a give, but the comment he had spoken off the top of his head hadn't been meant as a compliment. She just looked young. But he just nodded in response to her rhetorical question.
"I've been to America before," he corrected. "I've been everywhere at least once. I prefer Japan - get your boyfriend to take you there one day." Japan was also a country somewhat known for it's miniscule number of 'random attacks', at least in the vampire community. It was the home of the council of ancients, after all. The gathering place of many noble vampires.
Japan, also the place where indigo tattoos are used and -
He shook his head as though negating a phantom question, and gritted his teeth. As they came up on the final three locked doors, the vampire made a note of the most important label he'd seen so far: Electrical Utilities. Obviously the lack of light didn't bother him, but at one point, being able to tamper with a fuse box for the building might be useful.
She had asked something else, and that was something to focus on. It hurt to think. His age? He couldn't very well confess that. Human years were fine, maybe, but instead he said, "How old do I look to you? I'm still underage."
“Wow. It must be fun to travel.” The only time she had traveled to somewhere worth mentioning was last year, and … well, she didn’t really like to talk about that time much. “I’ll have to ask him sometime. Who knows, he might just say yes.”
Bella hadn’t noticed when Aidou shook his head, but it was for the better. If she had seen that, she would have asked him if he was okay again and who knows what he would have said. He was probably annoyed as it was.
“Hmmm” Turning back towards Aidou at his comment, Bella looked up at the boy with a frown, trying to figure it out. She couldn’t really judge by age anymore, considering Jacob had the mind of a sixteen year old boy, yet looked to be twenty-five. “You look my age, if not a bit younger? I’d say seventeen just to be safe.” Shrugging her shoulders in a nonchalant way, she spoke again after a few seconds of silence. “Are you still in school?”
"When money's available, there's no point in not travelling. America is a surprisingly boring country." Small talk just wouldn't come easy - and it was no surprise, as derived no enjoyment in it at the moment, anyway - but he tried to keep going. Think about the irony. Wasn't it funny? She would taste so good, but here was being such a well-behaved vampire and not laying a hand on her; instead, they were engaged in conversation.
It wasn't that funny, and he felt like he was on the verge of splitting right down the middle, but he had to do something.
"Good guess," said Aidou, without elaborating. Not the same seventeen in their minds. "This rude, bitter girl said I looked close to thirty, isn't that horrible?" When, they came up to the end of the hallway, the vampire couldn't help flicking his glance to the right, towards the area where that woman lurked. And there she was, with that eerie glow about her.
He wasn't crossing that area again, never. Let her other victims suffer as they would.
"Let's go." His voice was quieter. "Keep that flashlight off."
All girls enjoyed being called young, that was a give, but the comment he had spoken off the top of his head hadn't been meant as a compliment. She just looked young. But he just nodded in response to her rhetorical question.
"I've been to America before," he corrected. "I've been everywhere at least once. I prefer Japan - get your boyfriend to take you there one day." Japan was also a country somewhat known for it's miniscule number of 'random attacks', at least in the vampire community. It was the home of the council of ancients, after all. The gathering place of many noble vampires.
Japan, also the place where indigo tattoos are used and -
He shook his head as though negating a phantom question, and gritted his teeth. As they came up on the final three locked doors, the vampire made a note of the most important label he'd seen so far: Electrical Utilities. Obviously the lack of light didn't bother him, but at one point, being able to tamper with a fuse box for the building might be useful.
She had asked something else, and that was something to focus on. It hurt to think. His age? He couldn't very well confess that. Human years were fine, maybe, but instead he said, "How old do I look to you? I'm still underage."
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Bella hadn’t noticed when Aidou shook his head, but it was for the better. If she had seen that, she would have asked him if he was okay again and who knows what he would have said. He was probably annoyed as it was.
“Hmmm” Turning back towards Aidou at his comment, Bella looked up at the boy with a frown, trying to figure it out. She couldn’t really judge by age anymore, considering Jacob had the mind of a sixteen year old boy, yet looked to be twenty-five. “You look my age, if not a bit younger? I’d say seventeen just to be safe.” Shrugging her shoulders in a nonchalant way, she spoke again after a few seconds of silence. “Are you still in school?”
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It wasn't that funny, and he felt like he was on the verge of splitting right down the middle, but he had to do something.
"Good guess," said Aidou, without elaborating. Not the same seventeen in their minds. "This rude, bitter girl said I looked close to thirty, isn't that horrible?" When, they came up to the end of the hallway, the vampire couldn't help flicking his glance to the right, towards the area where that woman lurked. And there she was, with that eerie glow about her.
He wasn't crossing that area again, never. Let her other victims suffer as they would.
"Let's go." His voice was quieter. "Keep that flashlight off."
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