No where to go (Aliyah)

[Forsyth (DELETED 6007)]

Clearly it wasn't his thing. But he knew that sooner or later the thought of taking blood from a human will wrap around his mind and kick him to his senses. He needed to feed. Blood bags would work, maybe, he didn't know how blood helped a vampire. He kept thinking about it even as she spoke, so it took him a while to respond. "So stealing is a no go with blood bags?" he scrunched his nose up. If it was expensive, it would be out of the question as well. With a new life, there was no money in his pocket to even survive. "Have you ever tried feeding off other vampires? Is it better?" He rose a brow curiously.

He still felt the ache in his stomach for something, it wasn't food he knew that, it wasn't water, he knew it was blood now. "Hungry. My stomach hurts, my gums hurt." He sighed and stopped on the side walk to lean against a building. "And my senses are going wild. I can hear everything, my eyes hurt from the sharpness of everything, brightness from lights. This is uncomfortable." Two fingers went up to gently massage at his temples.

After a while of standing there in silence he spoke up. "Maybe I'll give it another shot, feeding.. Because if it helps ease all this, I'll do it."

[Aliyah]

Aliyah winced at the male's question. Though she had spent a fair amount of time in the city so far, she had never once thought about feeding from another vampire. It seemed like too intimate of an action, the kind that should only be done with some she deeply trusted. At this point, no one of the sort had arisen. That didn't stop her from knowing of others did who, though, such as Ric. He fed from vampires, Shylar in particular. Of course, she had never really asked about how that happened, or what it was like. Her knowledge of Ric and his life was about as limited as her knowledge of China. That being, non-existent or damn well close to it. Some sibling pair they made. She blamed shitty family ties.

"I have never tried, to be honest. I know of some vampires that do it, but I never asked about it," she offered aloud, shrugging up her shoulders as she moved beside him. "In my mind, you need to really trust that vampire...feeding can be sort of...intimate." The notion probably made no sense to him, with him never having fed on his own. But in the moment, the humans become dazed and confused, the rush of toxins from their bite leaving them in a different state of mind. How that same effect worked on a vampire, Ali had no idea. But, she imaged it didn't work quite the same way, leaving an intimate knowledge of what had occurred, and the closeness that came with it.

When he came to halt and explained his feelings of hunger and hyperalert senses, she stopped beside him. A quick glance around found them quite alone, but she pulled down a shadowy alley for good measure. It was only then that she made a split second decision, sure she would regret it in the morning. With a soft sigh, she pulled back her long, blonde locks and looked him in the eyes, "Then, try it on me. I won't run scared, or struggle...It will help you get the hang of feeding, and ease some of your discomfort. So...let's do it." With idea what to expect from the situation, she closed her eyes and steadied herself.

While there were clear responsibilities of a sire, Aliyah had no idea where they ended and began, but this was far out of her realm. If this was something they could both stomach, and he preferred to feed from vampires, then so be it. If he needed blood, and she had it...then what right would she have to deny it from her own childe. At this point, it didn't matter. She had offered, and she would let him take it, if that was what he wanted.