I sat on the train my eyes closed, the sun felt nice and warm. My arms were laid back, my hands almost holding my head.   

As a vampire I’m in a constant state of cold and the sun is a helpful escape. Sort of like how reptiles bask in the sun to warm themselves. Of course I’m not getting any warmer. I was skeptical at first, all the legends tell of my kind not being able to withstand the suns rays. Though luckily it was all a cover, my skin within legends should be burning at this point, though it’s not. It’s shining in actuality, though not enough to draw attention, only when someone fully starts paying attention does a shimmer start to form.   

Most of my kind in my situation wouldn’t be like me and try staying content, they would stay sullen and seem like an empty shell of humanity. Some would go about reeking havoc to feel some form of pleasure or delight. I’ve met some that have moved past such expressions of themselves and become in such states as I am lucky enough to be in right now. Those who don’t escape such evils or pains are usually those that need to be extinguished, but those who seem trustable and at least stable enough to not cause harm to humans are those I tend to leave alone. I’m not one to continue on in my existence in such a state. I much rather hold onto any semblance of my humanity, not an empty husk of what humanity is. Though in the beginning I was like every other, my heart stopped beating and my mind didn’t know how to cope. Sadness, anger, fear, and any other emotion you could think of fell on me or left me at the drop of a hat. The only thing that drove me was the instinct to fight and kill all who caused my fall from humanity and all those who would do such horrors to any other innocent person like me or my friends. Though after a while of such acts I realized that this wasn’t good for myself. Sure I continue and will not stop my hunt for all vampires that pose threats to humans but I’m not going to brood along the way I’m going to enjoy myself, at least a little. This simple act was a way to do so.   

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As I sat for a while I started to feel something, as if someone was watching me. I could usually destinguish glares and looks, the feeling that came from them, whether they be malice or want. Such feelings of intuition and feeling of the senses occured all the time. 

 Though the one I was feeling wasn’t one I’ve felt often before, it felt nice actually. I opened my eyes and sat up slightly. There weren’t many people on the train, though I already knew who it was that was looking at me.  She stood in front of me holding onto a pole, she wasn’t looking at me at the moment.  Though she moved her eyes towards me and our eyes finally met. She looked lost in that moment, drawn to me for some reason. Maybe she saw the shimmer from my being, maybe she was entranced by my enjoyment of just laying there. Who knows. Though that brief moment our eyes met was only for a second, once she noticed me looking back at her. She quickly blushed and moved her face somewhat downward. She actually seemed to try hiding behind the pole. I put my fingers to my mouth, I smiled, the sight was quite pleasing to see, cute and humorous honestly. Her eyes were black, like many of the other people in this country, though somthing about them was interesting.  

I was intrigued at this point, so I slowly stood from my seat, I made my way over to her in much of the same pace. You could hear my footsteps, she seemingly reacted to each one of them.   She must have felt my overwhelming presence because she tried scrunching her face downward as if about to be beaten and not wanting to see the hand come rushing down. Such reactions were before I even reached the pole. My hand grasped the pole she was holding, my body rested slightly on it. I moved my lips down towards her, it was close to her head. Her sent was quite pleasing, one unique to what I’m accustomed too. I spoke softly and somewhat playfully to her.  

 “I don’t think hiding behind a pole is the best place you could have chosen...”  I backed off slightly she opened her eyes and faced the ground still. I decided to crouch down, looking up at the face she was trying to hide from me. I smiled and spoke.  “You don’t need to hide you know, I won’t bite... Plus a girl as cute as you shouldn’t need to hide away..” She was quite pretty.  She stayed in silence, her face still showed signs of blush, though slightly more now. It even reached her ears. I smiled lightly and spoke once more, standing up as I did so.  

  “I’m Lance, w...” The train started slowing to a halt.   I was interrupted with an announcement.  

 “We have reached xxx station, please watch your step while exiting the train.!”  All the doors opened, my attention left the girl in front of me for a moment as all of it happened. Though when the announcement ended and people started leaving and entering, I turned back to her.   

Though she wasn’t there, I saw her as she left the train.  I stood there for a moment, my hand moved over my mouth and I spoke. “Huh, your the first one I’ve ever let get away...”  My nose breathed in, taking in the smells of the train. One scent stuck to my nose, sweet and entrancing.  

I looked off at the door she hurried out of and then after uttering those words to myself. I turned my back. I started walking and closed my eyes to think. 

   ‘Though, I guess since your not one I plan on killing, it won’t count against my streak.’  I opened them and stepped out of the train.   ‘Though don’t count on getting away next time..’