"Dylan, shall we go and eat something? I am kinda hungry." Rayme said.
"Alright, you stay there. My mom should be getting breakfast ready. I will be upstairs with the food."
"No, no, there is no need to do so. I will come down with you." She got off the bed. "I am feeling more than alright now."
"Okay then, let me call the doctor over to get this thing off of you. It has been over a while now. You might need a new one."
Dylan went on with his words. He was concerned about her more than she was concerned about herself.
He went downstairs and called the doctor over. The doctor checked Rayme's condition and told everyone that she was alright and she will be back to normal within a few days. He took off the needles on her skin and left.
"Rayme, let's go down and have breakfast. I cooked some red meat for you. I know it's morning but eat some of it. It will make you feel much better." Mrs. Night continued. Rayme could feel the warmth in their words cause she knew that they didn't use her at all.
Dylan helped her walk downstairs and made her sit beside him.
While they were halfway through the breakfast, Mr. Night awakened his voice. "Don't you two think that you two should have told us if you were in a relationship?"
Rayme and Dylan both choked on their food upon hearing those words, but even before Rayme could say anything, Dylan took the lead. "Dad, it's not like I am a child. I have already grown up enough to realise what is wrong and what is right. I know about what I am doing and if something goes wrong, I promise you guys that I will take care of the situation and will not get you guys involved in it."
"Dylan's dad," It was a Mrs. Night who spoke up. "Though it took you this long to realise this. I kinda knew this for some time now. In fact, I knew that our child liked Rayme from the very beginning. I just didn't say anything because he seemed to truly like her."
"Alright guys, I allow you guys to be in a relationship and if the elders get angry about this. I will do everything in my might to control the situation."
"Rayme, my child, I have to tell you this. I am not talking high about my family. Me and my wife both come from families with pure-blooded vampires who lead our kind from the very beginning. So it is a bit risky to get mixed up in our family, but I will do anything if it my child really wants to be with you."
"Also, I know you two are just kids, but refrain from any sorts of intercourse while you are together. I know that both of you are adults now and I shouldn't be telling you guys things like this, but this is a matter that concerns both of your lives, my children."
"That is why I am telling you all this: law forbids relationships between vampires and humans, but if it is for my son's sake, I am ready to do even revoke that law."
"Even if you are in a relationship, even if you get married, please know that you can't have a child in any case. That will be the only way for you guys to stay together and alive."
"You two eat your food now. I must have ruined your appetite, but I don't know when I will be meeting you guys again together, and most importantly, here. So I am telling you all this."
"Got it dad, we just started our relationship. I don't think we need that sort of advice. Anyway, however, I choose to with your words."
"Thank you for the breakfast, Mr. and Mrs. Night. You guys are the nicest people I have ever met. Also, I promise I will keep all the advice you gave in my mind." Rayme got up from the table.
"Dylan, can you send me home? My parents must be wondering why I didn't come home last night."
"Don't worry about that, Rayme. I called your parents and told them that you fell asleep on the couch while watching something on the tv. So I told them that I will let you sleep here."
Mrs. Night walked to Rayme with a small box made out of iron. "Can you take off the plaster on your neck, Rayme? I will apply this on your neck and your wounds will heal pretty soon. By soon I meant, really soon, because I can't let your parents see the scars on your neck."
Rayme took off the plaster, revealing the wounds on her neck that were still red as if she was just bitten. Though her neck was a bit swollen, she was feeling alright.
Mrs. Night carefully applied the ointment on her neck and covered it with a new plaster.
"I prepared some clothes for you, Rayme. They are in your usual room. You can and get dressed since the wound is still new. I think it will be better if you don't wash yourself. When the wound is completely healed, you can take a shower."
"Dylan, take her to her room," Mrs. Night said.
"Okay," Dylan said. They both walked upstairs into Rayme's room. There were a bunch if elegant looking clothes. They looked like some clothes a lady from a royal family would wear. High neck, long sleeves and dresses that extended up to legs.
The shoes that were beside the dresses made it look more elegant, the style on the shoes were more than a century old, but they looked good as new.
"They are my mom's clothes. I have seen a couple of them in her old pictures. You must be wondering why the style looks a bit odd. That is because these clothes are about 100 to 150 years old."
"Damn," the word slipped out of Rayme's mouth. "Just how old is your mom?" she asked.
"About 300 or something. My dad, on the other hand, is about twice as old as my mom. You should meet my grandparents. They are so freaking old. They know so many things. I stay at their place whenever I have history assignments cause no one knows better than them."
"You can get dressed. I don't want to leave you. Since I saw you the other day, I don't think that there is something else for me to see." Dylan said.
"Oh no no, Rayme. I don't want anyone watching me while I am changing, but because this is your house, I can't even chase you out.
She chooses a light yellow colour dress with small flower patterns all over it. Rayme went to a corner of the room and took off the white dress she was wearing. Though Dylan wanted to look at her, his consciousness didn't allow him to do so. He turned around naturally and waited for her to be done with changing.
Rayme came to him wearing the dress and asked him to open his eyes. He was stunned by what he was saying. She was looking a thousand times more beautiful than before. Dylan felt like he was falling in love over and over again.
"Sit down," let me put on the shoes for you.
"Woah, you look so elegant in these clothes. I feel like you suit those clothes more than my mom does ."
"Yaaaah, don't say things like that. That is because I am a bit young and compare your mom and my mom. They are like the polar opposites. My mom has grown old with time, but your mom looks like she is still in her early 30s."
"Do you know that the entire school is thinking that your mom went through some surgical procedures to look that young? I thought they won't say a word about your dad, they say that your dad got plastic surgery from one of the best doctors in south Korea to look like that."
"Oh my! I didn't know about this. Well, I only have to go through this for another couple of months and my parents won't have a reason to visit the school."
"Hey guys, may I please enter the room?" They both hear a knock on the door.
"Oh yes," Dylan quickly went to the door to open it.
"So Rayme. I don't know for how long you guys are going to be in a relationship, but well; we have his coming of age ceremony at his grandparents' place. You can come if you want to, but well, you will have to put on some protection just in case. Since you have the jewellery set, everything will be alright."
"Mrs. Night, are you sure that it is going to be alright? It is not like humans are going to be there and if they realise that I am in a relationship with Dylan, it won't be good to your name as well. Also, I haven't met Dylan's grandparents before, so I don't know whether they will accept me."
"Oh Rayme…" Mrs. Night sighed.