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Circumstance had brought Thalia and Serana together. The events of the Prophecy of the Sun had not just brought them together, but had made them close friends, as Thalia helped her face her father and reunite with her estranged mother. Now, the duo travel together full time, as friends and adventurers.

One night while camping after an adventure, Thalia awkwardly asks Serana if she needs to bite people. Serana laughs for a second, and says that she doesn't have to, and that Thalia need not worry.
"But I've met some vampires that were feral, how does that happen?" she asks, to which Serana explains the difference between being a pureblood vampire and simply having the vampiris disease.
"Well, have you ever bitten someone?"
A long moment passes.
"When I was younger. I haven't in many hundreds of years though"
'Well...do you want to?"
The question obviously takes her off guard for a moment
"What do you mean?"
"W-well, I'm just wondering. I thought maybe you'd want to, and we're friends so, you know, if you were hungry or something..."
Serana laughs again.
"Really? You'd do that?"
"Well I mean I was just wondering. If it doesn't kill me or something"
The vampire laughs again. "No, I can make it so it doesn't kill you. Come here, I'll take you up on your offer. It's been hundreds of years, after all. And it's interesting to have someone willing".

Thalia's heart starts pounding. She didn't expect her to actually say yes. She slowly gets up and walks over to her friend.
"Relax, lay next to me".
Thalia sits down by the campfire and reclines against the log her friend is sitting on. Serana shifts a bit so she's right behind her friend. She brushes Thalia's short hair aside, revealing her neck.
"You have a beautiful neck" she says. Thalia thinks to herself that would be creepy as hell from anyone else. Actually, it's still a little creepy, even from her.
Serana begins kissing her friend's neck a few times, slowly. It feels nice, and this is definitely different than how Thalia imagined this would go. Certainly a lot more "personal". Eventually Serana pauses for a second while her lips are against Thalia's skin, and opens her mouth slightly. A tiny pain, sharp but small. Enough to hurt but not as much as a wound. Serana exhales and makes a slight "mmmm" sound, as if she just bit into a sweetroll. Thalia is laying perfectly still, staring at the fire crackling. Serana's hands make their way to Thalia's shoulders, and grip them softly but firmly. Serana has been drinking for several seconds now, and her hands begin to hold more firmly as each second passes, until it begins to hurt a bit. She seems to have lost herself, and she closes her eyes and presses into her friend's neck more. Several more seconds pass, and Thalia feels as if she should remind her friend that this was just a playful idea. She starts to speak, but the words are caught in her throat as her friend's hands grip even harder and her nails dig into her shoulders. She becomes slightly afraid. She knows that her friend would never hurt her on purpose, but she has clearly lost herself in the moment and is enjoying it too much and seems to have lost track of herself. Thalia starts to shift forward a bit away from her, and raises her voice so that her friend can hear.
"Serana, stop. You're starting to scare me".
Serana's eyes suddenly dart open, and she releases her friend's shoulders immediately.
"Oh, I'm sorry. It can be hard for us to stop sometimes. Feeding is not quite like eating food. It's almost like a compulsion. Plus, it's been so long for me. And you're so sweet..."
"I'm w-what?".
"Don't take it the wrong way. You're sweet. Some people have really sweet blood. Some say it goes along with a sweet personality, and that certainly holds true here" she says with a friendly smile.
"Serana, this seemed like more than just learning about how vampires eat. it seemed really...intimate".
The vampire crosses her hands in her lap, and seems to think for a moment.
"Well, feeding is pretty intimate, even when it's not between people who know each other. And with you, well, I really like you".
Thalia's heart flutters in her chest at those words. She had admired Serana for the entire time she had known her, but never built up the confidence to bring it up. What fortune, that she would feel the same.
"Serana, I like you too. It's part of why I brought this up in the first place. I wanted to do something for you, I wanted to do this for you."
The vampire smiles, "I figured. That's why now felt like a good time to tell you how I feel".
Thalia stands up and walks over to Serana. She takes her hand, and Serana stands up to meet her. They embrace in a warm hug, until Thalia says "I'm glad you did" as the fire crackles behind them.