Considering that A. I write this kind of content, and B. literally every other problem with this tire fire of a site, I’m out. This blog and all of my others will continue, but I’m going to be working towards finding a better platform to use for them. For the moment, I’m considering making a request-based Discord server to avoid any potential Tumblr complications, but I think I’ll be trying to move to Pillowfort soon.
I’ll be exploring my options and keeping y’all updated. Hopefully I’ll find a solution to this disaster soon.
-It had been a long, long time since Karlheinz had let anyone fuss over him in such a way, allowed himself to be cared for by another.
You’d already spent long minutes simply combing his hair, twisting it into some elaborate braid. Now, you were sitting in front of him, brushing pale red eyeshadow onto the skin above his eyes.
It felt strange, Karlheinz thought, to be so close to his partner without the slightest hint of lust. You’d spent so long touching him, and all that had come of it was a sense of relaxation, of peace.
He even had his eyes closed, trusting you near the soft skin.
Laughable, that the vampire king would allow such a thing. You moved on to a tube of dark, burgundy lipstick, cupping his chin with one gentle hand.
Your expression was one of concentration, of care, and for all Karlheinz had thought himself to be incapable of tender feelings like yours, the emotion choking him felt painfully like what you described as love.
(´,,•ω•,,｀)Yes, that is most definitely a thing! I imagine that it’s most often done to expensive breeds, or otherwise treasured pets that an owner would be willing to spend their time fussing over. It would definitely be typically seen as a big privilege/sign of favor to the vampire, too.
Shuu:
-That kind of decoration isn’t something he would have expected anyone to bother with for him. It feels sort of weird to be so fussed over, to be treated like something precious, like it’s not really meant for him.
Reiji:
-The pride in his eyes at being treated like that is visible. Such rewards are reserved for only the most favored of possessions, and he’s ridiculously pleased to be considered to be something so wanted.
Ayato:
-Any attention is good attention, in his mind, and this is no different. It feels a little stuffy to be prettied up in such a way, but if it means that his owner wants him, he’s more than happy to be good and put up with it.
Kanato:
-Being treated like an owner’s doll is probably the best thing that could happen to him. He’s not being hurt, and he gets to stay still and have no other expectations but looking pretty. It’s an amazing deal.
Laito:
-He doesn’t trust his owner’s intentions for a second, but it’s not so bad to be fussed over. Nothing immediately awful is happening, and even if the good part won’t last for long, it feels good to be spoiled in such a way.
Subaru:
-It’s beyond hard to believe that anyone would want to waste their time making him pretty. Decoration and spoiling feel like things that were never meant for him, even if it’s surprisingly nice to be taken care of.
Ruki:
-His opinions on the fussing are mostly neutral. It’s more a tool to please his owner than anything, and since it means that he’s gotten into their good graces, he takes the spoiling as a very good sign.
Kou:
-The humans who hurt him before always talked about how pretty he was, and this is similar enough that it’s bound to make him panic. He’s torn between being delighted at the attention, and terrified of what might come next.
Yuuma:
-He’s not exactly the type to be all done up, and it feels kind of weird to be on the receiving end of that kind of fussing. Still, it’s good attention, even he can recognize that, and there’s no way he’s going to ruin it.
Azusa:
-He’s never had a chance to be pretty in his life, and he’s beyond grateful that his owner wants to spend their time taking care of him. Perfectly cooperative, he happily accepts whatever decoration his owner sees fit.
Carla:
-That kind of decoration has been very common in his life, and it’s more something that he’s just had to get used to. Because of his rare breeding, and good looks, fussing and prettying are all too common from humans.
Shin:
-Like his brother, he’s dealt with plenty of this kind of thing before, and he hates it. He doesn’t have much of a choice but to sit still and take it, but being treated like some human’s toy isn’t something he appreciates.
-Vampires are generally terrible at pro-social behaviors. A long, long time ago, they had to rely on (most often familial) bonds to survive, but as their society became more civilized, the idea that attachment equaled weakness formed. Naturally speaking, vampires need both physical and emotional care, but their current society demonizes any kind of vulnerability. Forming genuine bonds of any kind is discouraged, as that would make them weak, and that’s not something that would be allowed to prosper.
Familial bonds, when done right, can definitely have something of a pack mentality to them. It’s instinct to stick close to the people that will protect them, so when a parent or sibling fills that role, they get attached. However, those kinds of healthy relationships are worryingly rare in recent times, and the majority of families treat each other more like what we see in the Sakamaki family. Vampire families indeed tend to see each other more as competition, but more so in a “this person would hurt me” kind of way, thanks to the utter lack of trust and connection between vampires, even family members.
(๑ゝω╹๑) Thank you!! This request is really old, but I hope it lives up to your expectations!
Shuu:
-What he’s doing with you is one thing. Love is entirely another. Deep down, he’s known that he’s been getting more and more attached for a while now, but hearing the reality still hurts. Once again, he’s opened himself up to someone, and he’s still terrified that it’s going to go all wrong all over again. He’s not going to admit that he loves you, if only to spare himself for a little longer.
Reiji:
-He tries very, very hard to remain unaffected, but it’s pathetically obvious that he’s basking in the praise. You’re happy with him, you love him, and it’s so close to the attention he’s longed for since childhood that it breaks right down into the fragile self he used to be. The more painful or intense the session was, the more likely your words are to lodge themselves deep.
Ayato:
-He’s always, always desperate for praise and attention, and this is no different. The more vulnerable he’s just been, the more your words get to him, and in order to hide just how fragile he’s feeling, he winds up burying his head in your chest and refusing to move. It shouldn’t be like this. He shouldn’t have these feelings for you so easily, over such pathetic things.
Kanato:
-You have to love him. He’s made himself so weak for you, if you tried to leave him now, he’d have to kill you. By this point, Kanato is near frantic for you to be just as attached to him as he is to you, and hearing that you really do love him, that he’s not just something to use when you’re bored is exactly what he wants. He’ll be sweet and soft for a while after the session, like a needy child.
Laito:
-Of course you love him! All of what you’ve been doing so far is just showing your love, right? Laito does everything possible to keep things to just the physical. If he admits to himself that your definition of love is different than his own, it’ll break him. He forces himself to keep going with what he’s always done, forcing the fragile feeling in his chest back down.
Subaru:
-He can’t help but feel like you’re going to take those words back any second, but you aren’t and you’ve been nothing but nice to him so far and fuck now he’s crying. Hearing something that emotional, that soft and loving and genuine right after being taken apart is just too much for him, and he winds up curled up, hiding his tears and trying uselessly to insist that he’s fine.
Ruki:
-He struggles to stay stoic, to accept the words with as much dignity as he can, but he’s shaking a little, and can’t stop running what you said over in his head, trying to figure out if you meant it. He feels downright pathetic for spending so much time on the idea, but you’ve already taken him apart. How much lower can he fall, when he’s already given up and submitted to you?
Kou:
-When he sees that you mean it, he’s close to tears much faster than he’d ever want to admit to. It’s not his fault! You’ve already made him feel all fragile, and then you go and say something like that. He does everything possible to hide how emotional he’s feeling, and winds up red-eyed and sniffling, not-so-subtly trying to get closer to you and feel loved until he can calm down.
Yuuma:
-He doesn’t want to show a lot of reaction, but his eyes get wide and his cheeks go red, and you’re very, very aware that you’ve gotten to him. It shouldn’t be that big a deal, and yet, he feels like he’s falling apart just because of a few little words. Trying to keep himself together, Yuuma will act tough and brush off what you said, but it’s clear how he really feels.
Azusa:
-The happiness in his eyes is visible. You’re going to have one clingy vampire attached to you for who knows how long, mumbling into your chest how much he loves you too. It doesn’t matter if you hurt him or be kind. It doesn’t matter if you use him or treat him like something precious. As long as he’s yours, it doesn’t matter. He’s happy as long as he can be by your side.
Carla:
-You’re making him weaker and weaker, and somehow, he can’t bring himself to stop it. He wants to believe you, wants to accept that he really could be this happy with someone, but the feeling that he’s doing something horribly wrong, that he’s becoming worthless won’t leave him alone. It’s laughable, after how you’ve seen him, but he fights to stay as collected as he can.
Shin:
-He’d sooner diethan admit how happy it made him to hear you say that. He doesn’t want to so much as think about why, but his whole chest is going warm, and suddenly, every humiliation he’s gone through for you feels worth it. It’s pathetic. He’s pathetic. He kind of wants to curl up and never face you again, for how weak that one sentence made him feel.
(*´ω｀*) No problem!! I don’t mind “strange” requests~
-Ruki is curled into a ball of blankets, almost buried in every quilt you could find. He’s been complaining of chills for two days now, and even the little nest of blankets doesn’t seem to be helping much.
You’re sitting next to him, combing fingers through his sweat-damp hair. Every so often, a new wave of painful coughs will wrack his little body.
When Ruki looks at you, you’re fairly certain he’s seeing someone else. His eyes flutter open for a minute, staring up at you with a look of utter confusion. Shuddering again, from cold or pain or maybe both, Ruki buries his face in the blankets, a soft, miserable noise leaving him.
“Mother…” he mumbles, almost inaudible, “What are you… doing here..?”
Ruki doesn’t like to talk about what his life was like before staying with you, but you do know that the person he calls “mother” is long dead.
Your own chest is starting to feel tight.
But a minute later, Ruki is gagging, forcing himself upright and vomiting into the little trash can that you’ve started to keep beside the bed. He coughs, chokes, and shivers like he’s falling apart, little eyes scrunched tightly shut.
-Yes, it’s quite likely. The bonding instinct, one of the few pro-social behaviors that vampires have, demands that they stay in the good graces of who it is that they’re attached to. In the same way that heartbreak from losing a friend or lover hurts humans, feeling rejected or separated from the bonded person is very nearly physically painful. It depends on the vampire, but nearly all of them would wind up doing what you described if they got desperate enough. In the case of our boys, especially the “increasingly annoying things” part, because they’re all children who don’t know how to ask for attention.
-For him, it starts out of laziness. He’ll let you fight back a couple of times, seeing dealing with it as too much trouble. And then it sinks in that he kind of likes not having to make the choices. The connection honestly bothers Shuu more than the idea of submission, and the idea of opening himself up so much to someone brings up some of the worst of his trauma.
Reiji:
-His realization hits when you show no fear of him, making it very clear that he’s not going to be able to manipulate you. No piece of prey has ever refused to bend to his will before, and the shock of a total loss of control is enough to make Reiji start to slip. He’s mortified that he could ever enjoy losing his carefully constructed power, and denies any such feelings.
Ayato:
-In his case, it’s the stability. Ayato goes a long time without picking up on what’s going on his own head, and by the time he catches on that he’s liking when you take charge, its much, much too late. He’s so prideful that he has to have a fit about it, fighting to take back control, and furious that his “superiority” has been compromised in any way, even while it’s painfully obvious that he’s feeling more lost than he has in years.
Kanato:
-What gets to Kanato the most is the feeling of being wanted and taken care of. He has fits over every moment of it, but when he’s obedient, when you praise him, the dizzy, warm feeling is downright addictive. He fights desperately to convince himself that he’s still in charge, that he’s just using you, so by the time he comes to terms with what’s happening, it’s much too late.
Laito:
-He’s plenty open to being the submissive one, at least on a surface level. It’s when you manage to strike an emotional nerve that he starts to long for more. You make him feel flayed open in a way he never has, vulnerable, but safe. Laito is bound to panic at the thought of being so open to anyone, and this kind of weakness is going to come dangerously close to breaking him.
Subaru:
-When you stand up to him, refusing to be afraid of his temper, the sudden rush of feeling controlled is what gets him. Feeling like, no matter what he does, you’re not going to be afraid to stay with him and put him back in line is a staggering thing. Even though the shame is choking him, Subaru can’t help but be drawn to the foreign, painfully tempting stability.
Ruki:
-Ruki is difficult. The moment that gets him to finally break, though, is feeling taken care of. He’s been the one in charge, the one taking care of everyone for so long that the relief of someone doing so for him is what starts his change. He outright refuses to believe that he’d want you to take that position right up until he’s in way, way too deep to ever go back.
Kou:
-One of the main things that sways Kou is being able to see your intentions. When he uses his magic eye, and sees that you’re determined to put him in his place, the first cracks appear. He’s terrified of giving up control to anyone, but at the same time, he’s well aware that you don’t want to hurt him. It’s an adrenaline rush of a contrast, and that’s what gets him.
Yuuma:
-You could never physically overpower him in any way, so it’s a matter of getting inside his head, instead. What gets to Yuuma is the thrill; the knowledge that he’s letting a human do what they want to him. He actually takes the realization pretty well, however, he spends a long time keeping himself convinced that he’s just allowing you to do what you want.
Azusa:
-He’s already well aware that he prefers having his partner in charge, but the moment that it sinks in that he really, really like having you controlling him is when you finally do something to hurt him. It feels like you really love him, and as for his reaction, he’s more than willing to beg for you to keep him. Azusa has very little shame, and and this situation is a prime example.
Carla:
-His realization comes through the knowledge that he doesn’t have to be strong. You give him an escape from the personality that’s been very literally beaten into him, and once he figures it out, the idea looms over him like a threat. Carla would sooner die than admit that he wants to submit to you, the idea is so shameful, and he’ll resist until he completely breaks.
Shin:
-No one other than his brother has been able to control Shin in any way since he was a child. When he throws his absolute worst at you, and you stay perfectly calm and unaffected, willing to keep pushing no matter what he does, that’s what starts to break him. Of course, he’s going to have an absolute fit over feeling so “weak”, even before anything actually changes.
Good evening, everyone! I have probably made a mistake! 😀 I’m manic at the moment, so my brain is convinced that nothing has consequences. Thus, I made another blog, this time for my current hyperfocus, Utapri.
Good evening, everyone! I have probably made a mistake! 😀 I’m manic at the moment, so my brain is convinced that nothing has consequences. Thus, I made another blog, this time for my current hyperfocus, Utapri.
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