Vamp Guards ✔️

T W E N T Y-E I G H T

Instead of the sound of metal or wood colliding with each other, or the sound of multiple grunts and groans, the large training hall was only absorbing the sound of two sighs of frustration.

"This is useless," Kai huffed as he and Iris walked to the middle of the building. "We should be out there finding more of those beings instead of wasting time here."

Iris twirled the jo stick in his hands before pointing it at Kai. "Maybe. But considering how you got your ass handed to you by one of them, I do believe it would be best to prepare."

Kai smacked the stick away from him, "Shut up." He crossed his arms and watched Iris laugh while walking away from him. "You're in an awfully good mood."

"I can't be happy?"

"That's not what I mean. With everything going on I figured you'd be sulking."

"You're the sulking type. I may be grumpy but-"

"You're optimistic," Kai finished his sentence and Iris smiled. "Fine. But I know you're not careless, well, not that much, but you have a plan for that don't you?" Kai pointed at the prince's neck where his bite mark was exposed.

Using his weapon as a pointer, Iris directed Kai's attention over to his shirt a few feet away from them. Besides the one he was wearing, that one would button up to cover his neck. It was just too hot to wear it during their training.

"I don't know.." Kai expressed his hesitation and Iris sighed. He stuck his weapon between his side and his bicep and placed his hands on the vampire's shoulders.

"I told you I wouldn't let anything happen to you. My recklessness won't get in the way of that."

Kai opened his mouth-

"Not that I am reckless," Iris quickly finished. And Kai closed his mouth. "I know what I'm doing."

"Do you?"

"Yes...most of the time."

Kai shook his head with a light chuckle. "Can we just get these two hours over with?"

Iris smirked and gripped his weapon in his hands, teasing the vampire's defenses since he didn't have one himself.

"Who said anything about two hours?"

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In conclusion, it was actually three hours of training they did.

Iris requested, specifically, that he and Kai were going to occupied the training hall until he said otherwise. His wishes were granted, they were left undisturbed, but once those three hours were up..

It felt like ten. Or a hundred!

Iris laid face first on the grass panting and complaining. They worked hard in that selective time and he knew for a fact he was going to feel the effects of their session in the morning.

Kai sat next to him with his knees bent and his arms resting over them. There was an empty flask between them that they had shared.

"Let's..never do that again," Iris mumbled almost so quietly Kai didn't hear him. He had his arms crossed and his face buried inside, but the grass still tickled his nose.

"You say that now yet we both know that's not going to happen."

"I'll make sure it happens."