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“Not happening-“
“BUT-!”
“Not happening, my dear.”
Luna gave a huff at the two Not-Exactly-Vampires before her. Blade and Morbius. The Vampire Slayer and The Living Vampire. Demons of the night. The DayWalker and The Night Stalker.
Two men that gave vampires a reason to be afraid again.
“You ain’t gonna join us in vampire hunting. Your ice powers put you at a disadvantage compared to advantage-“ Eric tried to explain to her as he made sure the parasol over Morbius followed against the sun. They had errands to run and neither wanted some burnt vampire to deal with.
“Not to mention it seems you have ulterior motives to why you wish to accompany us.” Michael called out. Pointed his pinky at a KPDH poster they passed by as he drank his 99% likely blood filled tumblr.
“I…..”
She was called out.
Kpop Demon Hunter’s was such a global success of a film. It also put pressure on the Kpop community as well. Especially her. She was the super hero after all. What’s her excuse? Hell! The film most likely took inspiration from her life, but she didn’t even get a cameo! The social pressure was getting to her.
It was getting to her.
“You guys need help anyway! You aren’t fully recovered from Dracula’s kidnapping!” She kept trying to plead, but those men were stubborn. They understand their personal demons well. They had such a will power about this. A connection and sensitivity. They wouldn’t just let anyone get in their way.
“Seol, darling, we have The Midnight Sun’s. We can handle this just fine. Like Eric said, your ice powers aren’t as strong against vampires as you think they would be. We are very tolerant of the cold. Not to mention icicles aren’t quite the same as a wooden stake.” Least Michael was giving her explanations.
But she can shoot right back.
“I can make holy water stakes!”
Alright. That got their attention.
“Luna, baby, we will talk about this later. Morbs and I gotta get these errands done before the sun falls-“
“Can I help then? Please. Guys just give me a chance here. Guys….”
The two men would stop walking to properly look at her now. Damn she looked rough. Normally she could handle the social pressures of being a Kpop star. Now? She looked rough. Bags under her eyes, huddled in on herself, wearing a hoodie to hide herself more so emotionally than physically, she just looked rough. The balance of two worlds is hard. That seemed to be lost on people.
It’s more than just being a singer and killing demons. There were a lot of core values there. Things Eric related to painfully. It didn't seem those messages reached the right people. Now Luna was getting the negatives over the positives.
The two would share a look before a mutual sigh was shared.
“We will think about it.”
“Just please get some rest, dear. You look, frankly, like shit.”
She can take that. That’s something she can work with.
“Alright. Yeah. Maybe I need a nap-“ Luna muttered.
This whole thing was exhausting and stressful. The pressure was on her hard. Damn that movie. And damn it more for such catchy ass music. Already was doing song covers whenever in the studio. People are that up. Gonna make bank with her Idol recover.
Guess now was just food for thought.
A pair of Not-Exactly-Vampires to chew on.
They both were worried about her intentions. It wasn’t just to hunt vampires. There was a publicity angle. Morbius was certainly worried, but Eric actually fought with her. She proved she could balance it well. She wouldn’t have asked unless she had no other choice. It wasn’t really her choice to begin with.
A being with two worlds.
They both know that burden well.
Half vampire.
Artificial breed.
A week would pass when Luna finally got a answer.
It was a simple text message with a time. If she was going to take this seriously she better prove it with her prep and her skills. Something she can offer easily.
“HEY GUYS~!”
Landed with elegance on the roof top meet up. Ice skating up hill? More like up walls.
She did her best to dress properly for the affair. Found whatever black leather she could find to protect herself from attacks, belts all over the place that had mini bags to hold supplies, hair pulled back, she was ready to go! The only skin exposed was basically her face and finger tips.
“Not bad. Not bad. Hope you know dressing good isn’t the whole story.” Eric warned her.
“Duh. You forgot I helped with the vampire problem while you were not only Drac-napped but also in your coma.” She would remind him, as Morbius had to give a agreeing nod.
“That was different. Those were a breed of vampire bats. Ya know, the kind someone injected into themselves.”
“I am reminded of that moment every second of my existence, Brooks. Do you see me recalling your mother being a snack while in labor?”
The two men were swift to bicker with one another. Such made her realize it was a good thing she didn’t follow through on the live stream concept. Better to just take pictures and videos where she can form a less messy narrative.
“Guys?” She would wave her hand at them. Sent a few snowflakes even. Maybe hanging out with vampiric men was a bad idea. Oh well!
“Right right. Sorry. Things get a bit heated between us. We…..Got a long history-“ Eric tried to explain. Kept it vague but Luna couldn’t help but narrow her eyes.
“You two exes or-?”
Morbius had to laugh at such a comment.
“Exes? My standards are not that low!”
Eric had to lower his shades at total offense at what was just said. The nerve! Luna had to fight her giggling at the sass the two shared. They definitely had a weird off again on again situation. She could smell the enemies to lovers to enemies again dynamic. Vampire and vampire hunter. What more could a fujoshi want?
“Let’s just go over what the plan is right now. Ok?” Eric would push up his shades and motioned for her to come closer. She did just so and stood at attention. Excited, nervous, curious, and ready to get to work. She had a job to do and she will do it. With her own flare, of course.
The plan was simple. Painfully simple. It was just scouting areas that had reported vampirirc attacks. Boring. No real action. As much as she wanted to complain it at least meant that she could have some kind of night off. Take the wins when you can find them. When she isn’t singing she is training, and when she isn’t training she is doing super hero work. You don’t get time off with a life like that.
“Cool cool. Ok, everyone, SELFIE!”
She held her phone up and gave a quick snap.
She looked it over and was happy with the results. Blade really had no such thing as a bad side. His shades were lowered just right and the flash made those eyes just POP! Same for Morbius. He gave a rather endearing peace sign and awkward grin. Such a contrast to the cool and calm demeanor that Eric had. It also wasn’t lost on her that Eric was standing behind the black side of her hair while Morbius was on her white. The color theory here was really gonna make the photo pop!
“Who do I tag?”
“Just tag Bri.”
“Cool cool. You, Doc?”
“Tag….?”
“.....I will just tag a Blood Drive….”
That made Michael smile. From what little Peter (Parker) and Eric told her if there had been just a little more time and care to the world of Blood diseases maybe Michael would never have become The Living Vampire. Really broke her heart how so many villains would have never existed if their health, physical or mental, was focused on. Maybe this could help. No matter how small. She was still a influencer. Maybe she should donate blood sometime.
“Hey, think maybe we could do some PR together? Would me giving you my blood help with your studies? I….I don’t know much about that, but I know I have influence. Maybe I can help get a spike in donating blood? I….I am honestly just spitballing. It just crossed my mind while writing the tags….”
Now she felt embarrassed. Wasn’t Morbius a Nobel Prize winner? God did she feel so stupid now. She is a Kpop idol. She sings. Meanwhile she was standing next to a brilliant scientist and a master hunter. Maybe she really was biting off more than she could chew. Maybe-
“You would really do that….?” Micheal seemed ready to cry. He was covering his mouth with his artificial scarlet’s watering with dark tears. Blade also was giving her a expression. Not one of overwhelming happiness. It was those ‘not bad kid’ type of comforting smile.
Now she was smiling too.
Maybe they can scout another time. A surprise Blood Drive was gonna be held.