Eyes On You |AXEL|

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

Blood. Simply, essentric and marvelous. It flooded through everything. The people he passed on the streets, the rodents that swept down the alleyways he passed and through himself. His humanity was going, and the demon was taking over. All he could smell, all he could hear was the simpleness of blood coursing through bodies. His blood read eyes could see it. It only happened an hour ago. He was courted in an alleyway, against an old and sophisticated vampire. He didn't catch his name, but he had sunk his teeth into Eli and turned him into what he had killed that night. And the night with Axel; the one person he wanted to see. Moving in front of the dorm, staggering and trying to keep upright. He will be ash if he goes to him, but he didn't care.

Once he had trudged up the steps onto the third floor, his skin felt like it was on fire. The lights on the ceiling hurt his eyes, so he tried to look down. Class mates moved past, staring at him as Eli was stuck to the wall, dragging himself along with blood over his neck and his shirt. Once one guy tried to see if he was okay, Eli had swung him into the wall. After that, everyone else was too scared to even look at him. They all smelt - human. Blood in their veins just ready to be drunk, but Eli knew better. He couldn't do it. A night where Axel and Eli were supposed to go to a party together had evolved into the night that he would become a vampire. There was nothing he could do now.

Getting to the door, his fist pounded. Not one but twice, as he hung on the doorway frame. Long nails dug into the wood as he gripped to stay upright, to be able to look his boyfriend in the eye. He didn't know what he was going to say or what he was going to do. He just needed to see him. Not his sister, not his friend; him. He waited for an answer, but screamed out instead. ''A - Axel! Axel, open up!''. Eli's legs gave out as he fell to the ground, dragging his claws down the wood. The thirst was already becoming a serious issue, and there was nothing he could do. Looking down at his hand, it looked cosmic and as if he was on a bad trip. He couldn't smell Eli's roommate, just him. ''Axel!''

[Axel Hayden Evans]

What a night? That was an understatement. He had managed to escape from Thayer, now really finding it a good time to call his brothers. Well, probably just Everette, as he now remembered how Xzavier had reacted last time, but even moreso he remembered how Xzavier had acted when Everette didn't tell him he nearly got killed by a soul-sucking demon. Yeah, he would be in the bad books either way, but he was new to this, he had an excuse, right? He assumed if he called Everette, he would have a better idea of what to do about the situation, and would probably be able to deal with Xzavier himself. Despite this, he knew where Everette was coming from. Although this guy had tried to kill him and hand him over to the evil big bads, Thayer was just a messed up kid, and he couldn't just be killed because of that, right? Who woulda thought, Axel seeing the 'grey' in Los Angeles and realizing that not every supernatural being is evil. Well, he did know unicorns weren't evil, at least.

He paced his dorm, wondering what to do. Luckily Thayer didn't know which dorm was his, or anything, even though he felt like he'd be save for now. But the kid could change his mind and come after him at any moment, so he was at a loss for ideas. He decided it would be best to call Everette, but just as he was about to dial the numbers, he heard a banging on his door, startling him so much that he dropped his phone, with it falling under the bed somewhere. He turned to the door instantly, shitting himself in realizing that Thayer was already after him. Feck! Couldn't he even have time to make a call?! But then he heard the yells of Eli, which was a relief yet a confusion at the same time. He rushed to the door, opening it as he saw Eli against the door, in terrible shape. There was blood all over him, he looked dazed as if he had got the life beaten out of him. What the hell?

"Eli?! Eli! What happened to you?" He grabbed the man by lifting under the man's shoulders and pulling him into the dorm by his back as people looked on, shocked and confused. He shot them a glare, then ignored them as he shut the door behind him, and locking it. He didn't need an uninvited guest in Thayer, and he didn't particularily need Rodney coming home, even though he had his key. Duh. He couldn't think of that now, as he sat Eli on the bed, sitting next to him as he examined him in confusion and shock. "Did Thayer do this to you?" It made perfect sense, Thayer had some stupid excuses about Eli not being home, of course it was him. Eli must've escaped, like he had just before. "He attacked me too...Shit, look at you, I'm going to get some water or something...Hold on." He shot Eli a concerned look as he got up from the bed next to Eli and rushed into the dining area grabbing a glass of water for Eli and wetting a towel at the sink. He came back over, sitting next to Eli, passing him the water. "Drink, it'll help..."

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[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

The next thing he knew, he was propped up on the bed with water being held out to him. He didn't know what happened, but all the pain was gone. His uncertainty and exhausted feeling was gone. But the thirst wasn't. Axel seemed to have been talking to him about something, but he didn't catch it in his delirium. Looking at the man, he looked him up and down. Sexy he was, and his eyes couldn't help but skim him up and down. He bit his bottom lip, looking at his neck and smiling as he took the glass of water in his hand of sharp nails. ''Thanks babe''. Taking the glass in his hand, he realized how much he really wanted Axel. He wanted to sink his teeth deep inside him and turn him. His feelings weren't gone for the kid but what was also there was passion and ferociousness. So with that in mind, he wasted no time throwing the glass to the side as hard as he could as it smashed into the wall.

His hand gripped onto Axel's arm, smiling at him seductively. ''A vampire came to me tonight, Axe. He told me the funnest things, and then he sank - his fucking teeth into me and drank deep. Not before giving me a face, only a boyfriend could kiss''. With that, he changed. His forhead disfigured, crinkling into the centre and distorting his face. His eyes glowed yellow as hell's gardens and his teeth sharpened to fangs. A low growl accompanied his transformation as he smiled at Axel. ''How about it? Huh? Just a kiss''. Eli felt liberated. Like he had been weak, useless and goaless for years and now he was filled with initiative and power. He felt connected to everything. He felt his desire for Axel more stronger, but not as a pathetic human. As he leaned in for a kiss, he had other plans.

With his hand, he ripped Axel forwards and through the air, aiming at the wall. In a split second, Eli was standing. With claws, he tore his own shirt open and pulled it off, revealing blood stained skin down his body and bitemarks all healed. Laughing, he looked to Axel. His flicked his arms and legs, loosing up for a fight. Oh, this was exciting for him now. Very exciting. ''Come on my little mysterious vampire hunter? Let's let some of those little secrets out, huh? Vampires knowing you and a box of hunting shit under your bed. Brava buddy, it's a big turn on''. He grinned as he then moved towards Axel. If he was going to taste blood for the first time, he wanted it to be with Axel.

[Axel Hayden Evans]

Smash! He turned slowly to the wall, jumping as he noticed the water dripping down the wall, glass shattered all on the floor below. He paused in his glance over at the wall, before turning back to the man before him with a shocked and confused gaze pierced across his face. He felt the strong grip on his arm, feeling pain rush through his arm almost instantly. He bit his lip as he now looked up at Eli with confusion. He knew Eli was strong, but he had a pretty damn tight grip on his arm, what was he playing at? Was he just so elated that he felt like being all aggressive, or something? If that was the case, what did he think was going to happen tonight? Was this supposed to be some kind of turn on, for Axel? Or Eli himself, for that matter? He really wasn't sure.

Then he mentioned a vampire, and Axel's worst fears were realized when Eli admitted to him that a vampire had bitten him and turned him. Goosebumps came onto his arm without him even having to feel his arms to know. He couldn't move his mouth as this man spoke, he couldn't take his gaze away from the man as he looked on in bewilderment. The only person who he really thought he was connecting with in this town was a vampire! A friccan vampire of all things! Which meant the Eli that he was falling for, that he was supposed to meet tonight, was dead. Emotions were running wild throughout his body, he was speechless, he could feel his hands shaking as he continued glancing at Eli. That aside, he was now locked in a room with a newly turned, apparently bloodthirsty vampire. And he may not be the brightest of people, but he had a feeling he knew who Eli wanted his first bite to be.

When Eli asked for a kiss Axel sighed softly. "Eli...No. This can't be happening...It just can't!" Before he could react, Eli gripped him with force and threw him across the room, into the wall. It was a step up from an alley wall, but still, it hurt. He took a moment before he got back to his feet, his hands staggering. He glanced up at Eli, who was looking excited about the thrill of a fight, with Axel of all people. He couldn't even recognize the man before him; the vampiric vampire, the cockyness, arrogance and aggressiveness. He didn't even know who this man was, he had never met someone who was turned into a vampire, so he only knew what the personality of the person was like after they were turned. But knowing Eli personally, and seeing him like this...It was unbelieveable. Horrifying.

He looked under his bed, realizing the difficulty of fighting off Eli and opening that bloody box to get a weapon out. Wait, was he even considering fighting Eli, slaying him and loosing him forever? He couldn't kill Eli...He couldn't. Could he? He realized he had no choice though. If he didn't, Eli would kill him, turn him and hurt innocents? It would be easier to just let Eli turn him, but it wasn't right. He couldn't have that. He needed a plan, and he needed one fast. He looked to his side, then glanced at Eli more fiercely. "Fine, lets let out some secrets. Another secret? That trunk under my bed isn't the only place I had weapons." On that, he threw the alarm clock off of his nearby table towards Eli's head and darted towards the dining area where he opened the bottom cupboard where some more stakes were located. It was now a good thing he put them there, he thought.

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

The question wasn't what he was going to do to Axel, it was what Axel was going to try and do. He was some mysterious vampire hunter that had won Eli's heart, but he must have something up his sleeve. Some trick up his sleeve for him to unleash onto Eli. Eli might be a vampire, but he wasn't stupid. Actually right now, he was quite the opposite. He was apart of everything, looking around at the world that he could stomp on. He might be Eli, but he was different inside. He had a darkness that casted over everything, and it made him smile. Like he had waited his whole life to feel this way and have this destiny that he was going to embrace. After he was finished with Axel however.

When the guy darted towards the kitchen, Eli laughed. It was exciting and a rush as Axel shot towards it. But these vampire senses and reflexes were really really knew. Unfortunately for Eli, he charged and missed Axel, crashing into the doorway. Shoulder first he hit, wood splintering from impact as dark eyes spun to look to Axel as he held a stake. Eli kept a serious look on him but quickly moved in front of Axel, close enough for kissing range. Or biting, which ever you choose. Also staking range, but we will see how that goes.

''Can you do it babe? Kill me? You know as well as I do that I died - because of you. So hey, you killed me once might as well do it again. So here -''. Placing the stake to his chest with Axel's hands, he looked into his eyes, his face morphing back to Eli's. ''- do it. What if I kill someone? A student, the state or even you. Or what about a brother or two, huh? Come on, it'll be fun but oh no, not if you kill me Axel''. He smiled devilishly at the boy. If he was to kill him, Eli was able to bounce back from the position he was standing. This was now getting very heated.

[Axel Hayden Evans]

He was kind of relieved to see that Eli hadn't fully adjusted to his new strengths, as he crashed into the doorway. However despite this, Eli wasn't just a regular vampire, which would prove difficult enough for Axel; no, he was Axel's boyfriend, stil was his boyfriend, he wasn't really sure. But if he kept the whole "killing his boyfriend" thing up, he was definantly going to be dumped rather quickly. Whether it be verbally or through force, which Axel did hope he had. What made this confrontation so difficult, was the burning question on whether he could bring himself to stake Eli. And the other, would he even want to? Although Eli was gone and this vampire was here, he still had Eli's memories and personality in some respect too. He still looked like Eli, too. How could he bring himself to stake him? This was oddly the closest he would have to Eli, and staking him would lose that forever. Eli was the only one he could really bond with.

It seemed he would be pressed with the burning question sooner than he thought, as Eli zoomed in unexpected, his face extremely close to Axel's. Axel gasped softly as he stared into the vampiric eyes of Eli. He wasn't scared, he was just nervous and confused. He was lost. He tried the mind games on Axel, blaming him for this happening. "This....No...I went looking for you...There was nothing I could do, I didn't know..." He sighed, putting his head down and then looking back up at Eli as his face morphed back into Eli's. He wanted to embrace the boy with a kiss, hug him for comfort, but he knew he wasn't going to get any from this man anymore. What was he supposed to do now?

He felt the stake pressing against Eli's chest, where his heart was. He pushed softly on the stake, but then stopped. He couldn't do it, he couldn't kill Eli. He dropped the stake, his hand slightly trembling as he glanced down at the stake, as if time was going extremely slow. He then raised his head back to face Eli's, staring into his eyes, almost wishing none of this was real, and that he'd wake up soon. "I can't..." He stated, almost feeling disappointed, or defeated in that response. What kind of vampire hunter was he if he couldn't even kill a vampire? Sure, it was his boyfriend, but wasn't he supposed to be above that and still fight against evil? What if Eli killed someone, how would his brothers react knowing he could have stopped this all? They would hate him, for sure. Then he would have no one. No Eli, no brothers.

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

His words were so full of pain and defeat as he spoke to Eli. It was hilarious. Eli looked at him, not fighting to keep a straight face. Right now, Axel looked so innocent and defenseless. The strong facade was broken down in front of Eli as he looked at him, and burst out with a laugh. He laughed in his face, still close and with the stake against his chest. He could feel Axel putting some pressure behind it which kind of tickled, and Eli moved his face closer. This was hurting Axel alot, but Eli couldn't care. It was strange though because he couldn't figure out why he didn't. He always cared, some would say he over-cared at times. But now, nothing.

''You didn't know? Well now you do. Don't feel sad baby, I am full of energy. I am a walking, stalking, talking fucking time bomb. Nothing could be better''. He smiled as he dramatised it and - with no emotions - she kissed him lightly. His lips were cold and his breath was gone, but it was still Eli. But when the stake fell to the ground, Eli's smile depleated. Looking down at it, he heard Axel's words. The words hurt more then the stake.

A hand rose and touched Axel's face, trying to keep the humanity under control. With those few words, it had hit a soft spot inside him. He looked into Axel's eyes, and tried to find the words. ''I - I don't want to hurt you. But I can't be with you like this. There is only one way''. With that and selfish intentions on the mind, his revealed his demonic face. Smashing down, he sank his teeth into Axel, and drank. He drank deep into his neck, taking in his blood. His blood, it was riviting. The first taste was strong, it was different. It was full of power. It ran down Eli's throat. It - hurt.

Stopping, Eli shot back. Staggering, he felt his throat close up and he chest hurt. What was this? His first taste of blood and it was hurting him. He coughed and spluttered, trying to get it out of him. His head felt light as he looked to Axel, watering eyes as he tried to grip onto something to stay upright. The blood ran down his chin as he face mutated back slowly. It was stuck in a limbo of human and vampire, unable to decide. The pain was excrutiating until he fell forwards onto the floor. The fangs went away painfully and he felt weak. Laying on the ground, he felt nothing as he blacked out. Nothing but the thud of his heart starting to beat.

[Axel Hayden Evans]

Maybe Eli felt that nothing could be better right now, but Axel could think of a few things which would make things better, for him. He knew being a vampire changed your whole landscape inside, but seeing Eli like this was just extremely difficult to witness, and be apart of. He felt the soft kiss from Eli, but he didn't close his eyes, he just looked on at the man. His lips felt cold, no longer warm or comforting. He felt the kiss, but he didn't necessarily feel anything. It wasn't the same, although it was still Eli's body, it wasn't his heart, or soul for that matter. It wasn't the same.

His eyes widened softly as Eli stated that there was 'only one way', and Axel instantly caught on to what Eli was trying to get at. He was going to turn him into a vampire. That, or kill him, but he was leaning towards the first. He would prefer to be dead than turn into a vampire, like Eli had, and he was positive Eli felt the same way when he was turned. Right? He really couldn't answer that, as he understood that the temptation for some might eat them up inside. He could feel powerless, manipulated by someone? Or in the situation he was hoping for, Eli was just taken by force. But what did it matter, when Eli was gone and a demonic essence was taking his place?

Before he could react, he was gripped tightly by Eli and Eli lunged foward, his vampiric face back, as he gasped in pain as he felt sharp teeth plunge into his neck. He soon felt Eli drain the blood from his neck, his eyes cringing in pain. He had experienced numerous blood tests in his time, but he could easily say that it was nothing like that. Although it was extremely painful, the painful sensations of the sharp teeth in his neck had gone, all he could feel was the drinking process, and in some ways it felt relaxing and soothing....Good? But the stinging sensation wasn't going away, it seemed, and he felt as his body continued to lose energy, lose life. He was going to be turned into a vampire by Eli and there was nothing he could do. "Eli..." One last breath to speak and he felt himself loosing unconsciousness. But then he felt Eli take out his fangs, which Axel figured meant it was time. But it wasn't, all he felt was himself falling motionlessly to the floor, hearing strange sounds in the background, until he was passed out on the floor.

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

It was hours until he woke. It seemed like days as his eyes flickered open, a heavy feeling in his head. A severe pounding hit his head. Boom, Boom, Boom. It was solid and breaking, a constant rumble in his skull as he looked up from the kitchen floor. The light strained in his blurred vision as he closed his eyes again, this time tighter as he tried to figure out what was going on. What that thumping was. It was only when he focused he realized what it was. His heart. It beated hard and fast as Eli started to wake up more. He was still light headed and nausic, but it was him. Finally he felt himself back in business, like he was possessed or something. The blood had dried on his mouth and was sticky against the floor as he tried to pick himself up, and pushed against the floor.

It was as if he had taken a little detour out of his body and he had just come back from the most trippiest hour of his life. He remembered everything, but couldn't believe it. He remembered getting turned, waking up in an alley and staggering to Axel's. Axel! He bit Axel! With that he shot up, looking in front of him. His already rapidly pacing heart looked at the body in front of him as he looked at the blood on the ground. Had - had he killed Axel. Fear swept over him as he looked at the guy, and rose to his feet. It was like instinct and within a second he found himself next to Axel's body. The speed seemed to stay with him though, which was weird. Maybe the trip hadn't finished yet? That wasn't the case, the case was his boyfriend lying in his own blood on the floor. His boyfriend who he had - killed.

''Axel!'' He propped his head on his lap, looking at the complexion of the boy. Oh god, he had done it. He had drank him. The thought made him sick, sick that he had been able to actually do it. Questions swam around his mind. Why was he alive? Why was he breathing and his heart beating? Why did it feel like his soul was back? Why did he still feel so strong? Why did he do this? Looking down at him, a tear dripped from his eye. Guilt filled him as he looked down at the mess he had created, and nothing could fix it. ''No, Axel - baby. Please, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry''. Tear swept down his face as he looked at Axel, holding his head and hugging the body on the ground. Until he finally heard it with this fun vampire senses - another heartbeat besides his own. Was it Axel's?

[Axel Hayden Evans]

It was like a nightmare. He was out, but he had such a vivid memory of everything happening; the darkness, the fangs, the blood, everything. But everything felt so different now. It felt as if he was frozen, his mind racing, however his body lifeless on the floor. Was he dead? He really didn't know, it did feel like it. What did being dead feel like? The state of ease, and feeling relaxed? If so, he was probably dead. But then everything flashed away and he felt a jolt, as if he was back in his body or something. He heard his name being called, and he felt sudden warmth which he wasn't sure of why he was feeling this. He had felt so cold, been in a complete state of coldness for a while now, so feeling the sudden warmth triggered him or something like that.

He thought he could hear Eli's voice, but he didn't know why. His vision was phased, but he opened his eyes slowly and softly, looking up at the man who did resemble Eli; then he saw the blood on his face, and his hand tensed, slowly gaining more and more strength. He tried speaking, but it was as if he had no breath or something, because nothing came out. He felt like shouting, but nothing. He still felt lifeless, like he had before, but it seemed as if his faster healing had kicked in, or something like that anyway, because he was still alive, it seemed. Or was he dead? A vampire? It would make perfect sense, since the last memory he had was passing out after Eli had bitten him. But then, why didn't he have any 'urges?' Any urges for blood, killing or violence? He still seemed the same, he was the same. He had to be alive...Somehow? How was that even possible? Why hadn't Eli killed him, and why was he here, in what seemed like comfort?

Then he felt it, a heartbeat on top of his own. What? It couldn't be Eli then, it must have been someone else, someone trying to help him. But they smelt like Eli, which was strange? Was everything that had happened just a nightmare, and never actually happened? Then why was he feeling like he had been bitten in the neck, and why was their blood over Eli? His hand jolted fowards, almost instinctively as it gripped onto the wrist of Eli. He still tried to speak, but couldn't, then begun breathing more heavily, as if now that he was awake, he was recieving the effects of the attack, or something. His hand started shaking, his throat numbing up and feeling a burning sensation, almost like he was choking, as well. He gripped Eli's hand tighter, but begun loosing strength in his hands and couldn't continue gripping the other man's wrist.

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

A tear fell off of his face, landing of Axel's shirt. Crying may not be macho, but it was real. It was amazing to feel real, but horrific that it had to be in these circumstances. The blood still in his mouth made him feel sick, purely disgusting and he wanted to puke. But he couldn't, he had to save him. He just didn't know how. Looking around, he looked for something. A towel or something to stop the bleeding would be nice. Reaching, he grabbed a tea towel off of the counter and quickly put it on Axel's neck. Holding his head close, he shook in sobs as he prayed to god to help the man he had hurt. ''Please. Please, no. I'm sorry''.

The it hit him. It almost scarred him as the hand gripped his wrist. Watery eyes hit the digits around his arm as he looked from them to Axel's face. He was stiring. He was alive! A small smile peared over Eli's troubled face. He had to do something, something to wake him up more. He was freaking out but he wasn't irrational. ''Axel? Axel, please. Are you -''. He began loosing strength, Eli hearing his heartbeat get slower. This wasn't good, but he had to stay conscious. Eli had only one idea; the shower. Trying to calm down, he scooped his arms under Axel's arms and legs and picked him up. This enhanced strength was very good, it was just good that it was coming in handy. Hurrying to the shower, he turned the tap. He was hysterical, groaning and sobbing incoherent words as he held Axel under the water fully clothes. ''Axel? Axel, please wake up?''.

[Axel Hayden Evans]

He went back to a state where he felt completely powerless after the choking. He felt himself being lifted, as if it was a dream or something, where he wasn't even watching it happen, but could feel, hear everything. He didn't necessarily understand it, but he felt safe, as odd as that would sound in this situation. He knew this feeling pretty well, from when he would pass out from excessive alcohol drinking, with some occasions being worse than others. Sure, it was nothing compared to bleeding to death from your neck, but still, it was a relatable circumstance.

His eyes shot open as he felt the cold water trickling over his body, and his neck. His eyes were still dazed, but they were open, and confused, as he tried looking around at his surroundings amongst the water splashing over his eyes, which didn't help. He gripped the man he suspected was Eli tightly, feeling the pain in his neck from the water jolting over it. He hissed at the pain, in turn with gripping Eli tighter, scared that he was going to collapse or something from the lack of strength he was feeling. He was sure, no doubt, that he would look like he had spaghetti legs from first observation, which he probably did. He just felt no strength or energy in his body, but the water had definantly woken him up.

"S-s-ssso-so c-c-oool-d," he hissted again, breathing heavily from the water trickling fast over his body. He wrapped his arms around Eli's neck for some kind of warmth, and it did help to a certain extent. He looked down slowly at his body, seeing blood trickle off of his clothes and from his neck. But ruining his clothes was the least of his problems right now, he really didn't know where he was at, what he was doing. He was definantly confused. He eyed Eli curiously. "E-e-eli? W-wh-at are y-y-ou d-do-ing...? Y-y-ou b-bi...." He didn't know what was up, and why Eli was here in the shower with him, confusing him entirely. "Y-y-ou w-ere t-t-urned..." He begun choking again, coughing loudly as he tried to regain some breath which he had gained from the wake up of the shower.

He looked to his side, noticing a stake on the floor, which he recognized from their little fight encounter earlier. He glanced at the stake, then back at Eli, then back at the stake again. He didn't even know how he managed it, but he slowly stumbled out of the shower, tripping as he landed on the floor, just managing to grip the nearby stake tightly. He needed it for protection. After all, he was weak, and if Eli had already bitten him, who knows what else he would do to him. That is, unless he wasn't already bitten, and that somehow he was turned into a vampire, but he was protected by something, cancelling out the effect? If so, he would probably need the stake.

[ELI VINCENT DIASTONE]

The water ran over everything. His arms that held Axel, his body that faded crimson ran down his chest, and the sins he had committed in the past few hours. He attempted murder! He had tried to paint the walls in his boyfriend's blood! He didn't know what to do, but looking to the boy in the cold and awakening water that ran over him. It was a disgusting scene as the blood spread through the shower, and looked like someone had died. But Axel wouldn't die? Would he? Eli cried like he hadn't before, like his world was being put in a depressing blender and was being smashed, spun and ruined in a mixture of pain and horror. He couldn't believe this was happening. Eli Diastone; a vampire. The worst thing to ever happen to him. He was awake now, barely, he couldn't handle it. Arms strung around his neck to hold himself up, he waited for a response. Something..

Cold. Worriedly, he looked straight to the hot water tap without any hesitation to twist it. In time, the water felt a bit warmer, but Eli had already taken care of it. Pulling Axel closer, he hugged him and tried to use his own body heat as comfort. Though he had no idea if Axel would even be able to be around him ever again. Eli, demon influenced or not, had sunk his teeth into Axel. He had ruined everything, and nothing could fix it. ''Okay, okay. It's fine, the hot is on. Axel - baby - are you -''. Axel cut him off. He could barely speak, shaking in the cold temperature and probably fear. Eli wasn't the cute lead singer who Axel dated, he was the vampire that tried to turn him, and Axel knew it. He knew he had bit him, and what could Eli say? ''I know, I'm sorry. It - It wasn't me''. Eli said through sobs, looking to the boy as he tried to speak. Maybe it wasn't fate with them. Maybe, meeting Eli was the worst thing that could have happened to Axel.

Soon, Axel was away. He had fallen from the shower, trying to reach for a stake. His intentions were obvious. He didn't want Eli near him, and the stake was in Axel's hand. A tear ran down. He didn't mean for any of this to happen. Seeing this was heart breaking, and bawling he stepped towards Axel. ''Axel! Axel, I'm so sorry''. He could barely breath, he was sobbing so hard. But then, thanks to super strong hearing he heard the front door being opened. Creeping forwards, sobbing silently, he saw Axel's brother Everette coming in. A gulp went down Eli's throat, and he had to go. He shouldn't. He should face the music, help Ev save Axel and amend everything. By amends, a stake would be in Eli's heart and he would be dead. Axel wasn't alone now, so pouncing he leapt through the open window. It was two stories but Eli still found a way to land on his feet. Eli couldn't do anything now - but run. So he did.