The Damned and Deranged ⇝ Luke Hemmings ✔️

chapter thirteen (+)

"Nope." Reece smiled, wiping away the blood. "Should we head to class?"

After they'd gotten dressed again, they left with their bags and walked towards their class hand in hand across campus. Luke's mind then wandered again to Reece and his abilities, "Reece?" Luke asked, "do you eat normal food?" He asked the taller man.

Reece looked down at him, "Yes, I can." Reece then admitted, "at the restaurant we went to together, the food wasn't normal food."

Luke stopped in his tracks and stared at Reece, "I ate some of your food, what the fuck did I eat?"

Reece blushed, "Uh, liver, that was marinated in human blood—the restaurant is owned by specific people who know what people is what and who's human. You got the human menu."

Luke scoffed, "what the fuck Reece!"

"I couldn't just say no sorry, it's human blood with cows liver." Reece said, "Luke I didn't want to tell you any of this but you found out yourself, so I'm opening up about it all. I've never done that before."

Luke sighed and took Reece's hand again, continuing their walk across campus. They got to the Art classroom, Reece sitting down in Calum's seat beside Luke. They opened up their sketchbooks and Luke looked across at Reece's book, seeing a drawing and smiling, "that's really good." Luke said.

Reece hid the book, "no." He mumbled, he didn't like people looking at his art work, it was a private thing.

Luke pouted, "pretty please?" He asked softly. "You're great at art, I wanna see your stuff."

Reece sighed and let Luke take the book, Luke flipping through it and smiling at all the drawings, of flowers and countrysides and everyday things, like phones from the 60's and then Luke saw a drawing of a girl, and on the opposite page was a drawing of Luke.

Reece glanced at the page Luke was on, "That's Elizabeth." Reece said.

Luke smiled, "she's very pretty, and I see how we look alike." Luke admitted.

Reece sighed, "yeah she does." Reece then took his book back.

"You're very talented." Luke said.

Reece then leant over towards Luke, "you know I haven't actually enrolled, I came to draw, eat some people and keep an eye on you." Reece said.

"Why do you bother then?" Luke asked.

"You're nice to watch." Reece shrugged, "and you know now, I can't have people getting to you."

"Get to me?"

Calum then sat down in front of Luke, getting his attention and away from Reece. Calum glared at puke briefly making Reece roll his eyes.

"He was bound to find out Hood." Reece said.

Calum flashed his yellow eyes at Reece, letting out a growl. "Shut the fuck up Grean."

Reece flashed his red eyes at Calum in return, "don't be rude to my boy, or they'll be consequences." Reece threatened.

Calum scoffed, "Luke's just some kid you'll end up killing in a few months, like the last one you had."

Reece rolled his eyes again, "you're stupid, Lukes different."

"How is he?"

Reece quickly opened his Art book, then held up the pages of Luke and Elizabeth. "That's why, fuckface." Reece spat.

Calum stared at the drawings and nodded, turning away and sitting properly in his seat.

After class, Calum, Luke and Reece headed to the cafe that was on campus, sitting together in a booth that had a good view to the outside. Luke sipped at his hot chocolate as he looked at Calum across from him, then behind him he saw Ashton step inside the cafe.

Ashton hadn't been back to their dorm since he found out about Calum and Reece. Luke didn't know where he was staying so Luke had asked Reece to stay with him so he wasn't so lonely, hence their morning shenanigans.

Ashton and Luke caught eyes and instantly, Ashton turned and left the cafe. Luke swore and stood up, going after Ashton. "Ash!" Luke yelled, making Ashton glance back. Then when Ashton turned back to the front, he bumped straight in to Reece.

Reece grinned, "hey there."

Ashton stepped back in fear, bumping in to Luke. "Leave me alone."

Luke mumbled a thank you to Reece, the brunet going back to the cafe. Luke then turned to Ashton, "are you okay?"

"I don't want to be included in this." Ashton said, "I can't do this."

"Too bad." Luke said, "your roommates dating a vampire and your crush is a werewolf." Luke scoffed, "it's too late to not be involved now."

"I don't want to date Calum if he is what he is." Ashton said, then added, "do you not realise that Reece could snap and kill you, Q told me he's got a temper, he's going to hurt you Luke." Ashton said, "get out while you can."

"And if that happens, Reece will heal him, he did it today when he bit me."

"Exactly! He bit you!"

"It was sexual!" Luke exclaimed, shutting up Ashton and also making people stare at them. Luke then lowered his voice, "he gave me a hand job as he did it."

"Oh," Ashton blushed.

Luke then sighed and hooked his arm with Ashton's. "let's get some coffee and cake and sit with Cal and Reece and talk. I learnt a lot from Reece when he explained it, and it didn't scare me as much afterwards, it will be the same for Cal and you."

Ashton hesitated but let Luke take him to the cafe. They sat down once inside, Ashton by Calum, and Reece next to Luke. Reece put his arm across Luke's shoulders and lay back, kissing at Lukes cheek, "good boy," Reece mumbled, he knew Luke could make Ash come around.

Ashton then spoke up, "okay, so werewolves?"

Calum sighed and turning fully to Ashton, "the only thing that makes me not normal, technically, is the full moons and turning." Calum explained.

"Do you have abilities like Reece?" Luke asked.

Calum nodded, ""I can see in the dark, I've got great hearing, scent, speed."

"Not as fast as me" Reece smirked, "he's fast like an Olympian fast."

"It's not a competition Reece." Calum scoffed. "I'm still more human than you will ever be."

Ashton spoke up again, "how do you become one?"

"You've got to be born in to a bloodline," Calum then glared at Reece, "vampires, however, turn willy nilly."

Reece shrugged, "I'm fine with it, if it weren't for the guy who turned me, 'willy nilly' I'd have died from the Black Plague."

Luke smiled, "I'm grateful he turned you." Luke said, taking Reece's hand and squeezing it.

Reece leant down and kissed Luke, running his free hand across Luke's neck. When he pulled away he smiled, "you taste good."

Luke blushed, "you can have more later."

Reece smirked, "Great."

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Yes the neck biting is a low-key kink in this goodbye world

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