Dustine woke up with Blair crying in her room. She went to check on them, thinking both of them would still be sick. She entered the room and found William with Blair on his arms, with his hair completaly white, the bandages off his face and a distorced pointy horn coming out of the left side of his forehead. She just starred speechless until he finally noticed her and they both starred at each other.
- ...What...? -
Dustine said while getting closer.
- She just needed a change. -
He answered. Dustine got really close to his face, it was like the rotting flesh of his wound had hardened in something that resambled scales, the part of it that was supose to be at his forehead was at the pillow, along with the remains of the bandages that were loosen and or ripped overnight. The horn was noticable, but luckly, there were several people that had natural horns. Dustine softly touched the horn, William flinched and she rapidly took her hand out.
- Are you sure that is normal? -
She asked. He stayed in silence.
- I know I promised to never force you to go to a hospital but you have been worrying me a lot during those last days. Your fever yesterday got so high you fainted! -
She said, William continued in silence. Blair starred at them confused.
- I'll figure something out. -
William mumbled.
- Your eye looks very dry. I'll get the eyedrops. -
Dustine went to the bathroom grab the eyedrops and new bandages. She came back to her room, but she stoped at the semi open door and saw William and Blair playing, making funny faces and laughing. It felt so light to see. Since they first met, she had never seen him so calm and relaxed. She stayed watching them play for a while until she finally entered. She put the eye drops in his eye and wrapped his head up with the bandages gently and almost the same way, but leaving the horn out.
- I got a meeting tonight at dinner time. Would you like anything? -
She asked.
- I fulled out the frigde. -
He said, a little sad.
- No! I mean like diapers, or... chewing toys? I heard somewere that babies also like chewing toys. -
She said very fast and a little nervous.
- Do you have anything to wear to this meeting? Seems really important. -
William asked. Dustine almost answers, but she thinks really hard about it and realises she doesn't have any feminine formal clothing. She could try her only suit, but she donated that after it stopped fitting her body.
- Oh. -
- What? -
He asked.
- I don't have anything really. -
- Not even a dress? -
- Not all dresses are appropriate for that. -
- So you do have a dress? -
- Of couse I have dresses! -
- So let's check them out, sure at least one of them will do. -
Dustine picked all her dresses from her dresser and showed them by putting them in front of her body. There was six of them, but they were all too short and half of them had way too much cleavage for the occasion. William and Blair looked at her disappointed.
- What? I like dating! -
She said.
- Four of them are not even mid-thigh! -
William pointed out, in a mixture of disappointed and disbelieve.
- I am a tall girly! Also, those legs need more appreciation. My uniform's pants do not valorizate them. -
Dustine joked while posing, which made Blair giggle.
- If it's tonight, we need to go shopping imediatly. -
William said.
- Oh right! Blair also needs tail friendly clothing and diapers! -
Dustine said, all entusiastic while looking for more casual clothes to go out. William's eyes widened as she spoke and he almost told her, once again, that's completaly normal in vampires, even if it obviously isn't. She noticed he was getting really unconfortable and after picking her clothes and her handbag, she said while getting out of the room:
- I bathed her yesterday, nothing special. -
William stopped and thought about what Dustine had just said. "Nothing special", must mean Blair is somewhat average. Not for a vampire baby, but maybe for another species. Since Dustine didn't knew Blair's mother, she could have simply assume she's a hybrid and that's probably why it was so easy to convence her that Blair was normal. He started to get lost in his own paranoia until Blair accidentally spat on him while sticking her tongue out and making noise. William decided to join her by making the exact same gesture.
Micheal was at a cafeteria close to his appartament doing his homework on his notebook when someone sended him a message.
"Hey Mike, we got a meeting with the possible next S rank hero, wanna come?"
"Sure."
"When?"
"Were?"
Micheal texted back. After getting the time and the address, he abandoned his homework, close the notebook, putted it in his backpack, paid his bill and went walk around. He entered a clothing store to buy a new jacket since the last one was eaten up and found Dustine looking for dresses.
- Hey... -
Micheal said, a little shy.
- What? -
Dustine looked at him and asked, visibly angry and annoyed.
- I just wanted to apologise! -
Micheal answered, now a little scared.
- Hmmm... Okay. -
Her expression softened instantly and went back to look at the dresses until she finally found one that could be her size.
- WILL! What do you think? -
Dustine turned to opposite way to Micheal and asked out loud with the dress in front of herself. Not that far away there was a guy with a horn and completely white hair with a baby in his arms. Micheal feel like that guy was familiar and kept starring while he was looking for baby clothes.
- The fabric is also quite stretchy! -
She said, picking the dress. The guy came closer with a couple of onesies in his arm, and also picked the dress. He made a light approval face and started to look around while Micheal was still trying to figure out who he was.
- Why don't you try this black one too? It's the same type of fabric. -
He said, pointing at another dress. It was when Micheal finally realized who that guy was.
- ...William? -
Micheal said in shock, trying to process how the golden blond, already pale, hornless William from the previous day became a snow white haired, palier William with a horn. Micheal had noticed that from the last time he saw William before his "death" to when he met him again he had changed, but it took months. William quickly realized that Micheal was right behind Dustine, his eye widen as they awkwardly stared at each other in silence while Dustine went to try the dresses in the changing room. Blair broke the silence by crying.
- We have to go. -
William said before running to the restroom. Dustine came out of the changing room with a beautiful dark green dress, the exact color of her eyes. The dress was a drop waist with an assymetrical neckline, a circle skirt that went mid calf and a couple of round golden details.
- Were is he? -
She wondered.
- He went to the restroom I think. You look great by the way. -
He answered, while looking at her up and down.
- Thanks. -
She gave a spin. William came back shortly after.
- Sorry, had to change her diaper. -
He said.
- What do you think? -
She gave another spin while asking.
- I want to see the other one first. -
William answered while Blair was trying to wonder around. Dustine rapidly entered the changing room again. The silence between William and Micheal was broke only by Blair making gibberish sounds. Micheal was still trying to understand how that happened, and William was very nervous with Micheal presence.
Dustine finally came out of the changing room, the black dress hugged her curves, the skirt went mid calf and the back was open and the V neckline was low, but not scandalous.
- Okay... I loved that one! What about you guys? -
She asked.
- If you liked that much, you should get it. -
William said.
- Feels basic. -
Micheal said.
- Don't you worry. I have PLENTY of jewelry and I plan to use it tonight! -
Dustine answered, with a big smile in her face before going back to the changing room. Micheal goes back to starre William. Blair puts her arms up and William started to play a little with her, putting her upper and making silly faces. Aside from the fact that the only other time he saw William making a silly face was when he was mocking his younger brother Norman, Micheal noticed that Blair had a tail. But he just brushed it off thinking he just haven't noticed that before.
- I'm gonna buy the black one! Did you got everything you needed, William? -
Dustine came out with both dresses in hand. William showed her his shopping bag, she picked it and went to pay the clothes.
- Sooo... What are you doing tonight? -
Micheal asked, with a misture of a joking tone and genuine curiosity.
- She's going to a fancy restaurant. -
William answered, withou even looking at Micheal.
- Don't you got anything nice to wear too? It is a fancy restaurant and you should not enter wearing... That. -
Micheal asked again, looking at William's clothes. He was wearing an old grey jeans pants with a long sleeved lavander shirt with a cat and a pair of black flip flops.
- I'm not going. Can you stop starring? -
William asked, slightly angry. Micheal turned his head to the opposite direction and they both stayed at the same place until Dustine came back.
- Ready to go home? -
She asked joyfully.
- Sure! What we're having for lunch? -
Micheal answered, then turned to William and asked. Suddenly, he felt someone grabbing his shoulder and slowly turned to Dustine.
- Who said you are coming with us? -
- Sorry ma'am... -
Micheal said, Dustine let him go and came back to her joyful expression.
- Bye! Hope to not see you soon! -
Dustine said while waving Micheal away and getting out of the store with William.