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     Alistair yawned, shrugging his shoulders. Somehow, he felt as though he couldn’t be mean to the Doctor, considering he’s the one who helped keep him alive after that incident. Of course, that didn’t mean he’d be a perfect model citizen either. 

     He’d simply be slightly more behaved around the Doctor is all. 

“ít'ѕ fínє. í cαn αlwαчѕ tαkє α nαp lαtєr. ѕσ whч thє víѕít, dσctσr? cσmє tσ σffєr mє чσur вlσσd?”

     He was, of course, joking. He wasn’t going to drink the Doctor’s blood, unless he was actually going to offer it– then why should he refuse? 

“𝓨𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓰 𝓶𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻.”

     That’s the reason. How annoying, he was going to nag at him later for this, he was sure of it. Alistair showed his displeasure openly by frowning. Wilfred had some uncanny way of always appearing at just the right moments. Alistair was sure that it was some kind of ‘butler-sense’ that allowed him to do this. 

“𝒟𝑜 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒟𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇. 𝐼'𝓋𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒲𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓎 𝓃𝑜𝓌 𝑜𝓇 𝓁𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇?”

Jakurai smiled fondly at Alistair's words - he didn’t seemed to have changed, and that was another source of relief for him. 

“I wanted to know how you were doing. If you were adapting fine and if anything unusual has happened... make sure you and young Wilfred are in good condition“ he explained in a gentle tone. He was about to add catching up on things when Wilfred walked in.

     It was always pleasant to have a visitor who knew about Alistair’s circumstance, so they didn’t have to put on airs around them, neither would he have to later appease Alistair for ‘forcing him’ to act the part. The fact that the Doctor truly cared for them was another source of comfort for two who lost everyone who was important to them in the past. 

“𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓂 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓉𝑒. 𝑅𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝐼 𝓌𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁𝓎 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒟𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓉𝑜 𝓊𝓈𝑒.”

     That being said, he already knew which room he was going to have Jakurai use. It was the same room he stayed in before, to give the Doctor a room he was already familiar with. He was simply going to double check to ensure the room was suitable for a guest prior to allowing Jakurai to see the room himself. 

     After he’d made sure to change all the bed sheets into new ones, the room was ready. Along the way, he came up to Alistair’s bedroom and he walked right in, knocking on the coffin.

“𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝓉𝓇𝑜𝓊𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒾𝓃 𝒶𝓈𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓁𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝑒 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝒴𝑜𝓊 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂.”

     A groaning sound could be heard but the coffin slowly opened and a vampire yawned loudly. 

“hαh? whσ íѕ ít? í’ll вítє thєír nєck fσr wαkíng mє up єαrlч.”

“𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓈 𝒟𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇 𝒥𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶𝒾, 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇.”

     Alistair yawned once more, but he stepped out of his coffin sluggishly. Guess he’ll have to show his face then. Using his vampire speed, it looked like he only took one step before he seemingly teleported to the guest room. 

“dσctσr.”

Wilfred’s extra consideration wasn’t unusual, yet it brought a troubled smile to his face - if anything, he’d rather have Wilfred rest a bit than worry about preparing the room for him. However, he’d bring that up a bit later - for now he just gave a small nod in his direction.

He mildly hoped it would be the same room as last time, if only because the familiar location and organization would certainly be soothing for someone that continued to change address every few moons.

Siting back with the tea and book, he was ready to wait for as long as it was necessary - which wasn’t long at all.

A familiar call made him look over the tattered pages of his book, finding before his eyes the face of the young master of the house. It had been a while and yet he seemed exactly the same -as expected. He also looked like he had just woken up...

     Though it’s true that he was about to get ready for his other job and Dr.Jakurai’s sudden visit was a surprise, it wasn’t something that was a big trouble, and that was primarily due to the fact the doctor already knew about Alistair’s circumstance. 

“𝒫𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓈𝒽 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉, 𝒟𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇. 𝐼'𝓂 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃. 𝐼'𝓂 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝒻𝑒𝑒𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝒶𝓂𝑒.”

     At least this meant that Alistair may have another conversation partner aside from Wilfred. The maids were usually too busy, so they hardly could stick around to converse with Wilfred. It wasn’t to say that Wilfred himself wasn’t kept busy, but he would make the time to converse with Alistair if he was dying for company. You could say it was his way of pampering his young master. 

     Seeing as the Doctor had brought a suitcase with him, it was a good guess to think that he may stick around for quite some time, so Wilfred decided he would find a room for him to stay at during his visit. In the meanwhile, he trusted a maid to prepare tea for their guest. 

“𝒯𝒽𝒶𝓃𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓊𝓃𝒹𝑒𝓇𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒟𝑜𝒸𝓉𝑜𝓇. 𝒫𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝒸𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝓂𝑒 𝒶𝓈 𝐼 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓇𝑜𝓅𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝑔𝓊𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊. 𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒴𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓌𝒶𝓀𝑒𝓃𝓈, 𝒾'𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒹𝑜𝓌𝓃.”

     It was more accurate to say that he may walk into Alistair’s room and wake him up forcibly. 

“If that’s the case I’m glad. I always look forward to seeing the two of you” he admitted in softly, in a tone that spoke of endearment.

There was a bit of relief in Jakurai’s darkened grey eyes at Wilfred’s words, the already overly-grown strands of dark hair moving over his face and forcing him to get them together behind his ear. It might be time to cut his hair again, he thought to himself. 

     When the doctor reached the mansion, the sky was dark, but daylight still remained to lead the doctor the rest of the way. He knocked on the door and a familiar face opened the door to greet him. At this hour, Wilfred would soon transition to his monster hunter profession and Alistair would go about his day being a menace, as per usual. 

“𝐼𝒻 𝒾𝓉 𝒾𝓈𝓃'𝓉 𝒟𝓇.𝒥𝒶𝓀𝓊𝓇𝒶𝒾? 𝐹𝑜𝓇 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒹𝑜 𝓌𝑒 𝑜𝓌𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝓊𝓇𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉?”

     The butler stepped aside to allow the guest to enter. The mansion was dimly lit as the Vampire master of the mansion would not appreciate his eyes being met with blinding light the moment he woke from his slumber. 

     Even so, the mansion was kept in an impeccable state of cleanliness. It was hard to imagine that the butler with a sparing number of maids (who were trained) were responsible for caring for the entire estate. 

“𝐼𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑜𝓃 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓋𝒾𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒾𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝒸𝒽𝑒𝒸𝓀 𝓊𝓅 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇, 𝐼 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒷𝓁𝓎 𝒶𝓈𝓀 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓉𝑜 𝓌𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓃𝑔 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒾𝓈 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝓁𝓊𝓂𝒷𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔.”

     One of the maids motioned for the doctor to follow her to the guest room where they could prepare some tea for him as he waited. All the maids here were trained to fight, and were people that both Alistair and Wilfred would trust. They were people who had similar circumstances to the other two, with no where else to return to. 

“Good evening, young Wilfred.“ the doctor spared a kind smile, expression tired yet serene. He seemed to be getting ready for this ‘other job’. It might be better not to disrupt him all too much -although coming uninvited might be enough of a disturbance to the inhabitants of this mansion. “I hope my visit isn’t too much trouble for you.”

Nodding slightly, thankful to be let in, he stepped into the house.

“I understand. I shall await in that case” he replied simply, giving a warm greeting to the maid that had approached him and letting himself be guided towards the guest room.

“Waah- You’re so cold~ It must keep you popular with your clients fufu!” Cheerfully disregarding the cold dismissal on the doctor’s part, the host glanced around the office, noting that there were no patients around. And a lack of women- a plus for him. 

“I got worried about you and before I knew it made two lunches instead of the one I usually pack for Doppo~” Smiling, he brought out a neatly wrapped bento, tada~ bubbling past his lips in excitement. 

Not that he would admit that, fearing this would become a habit for the host.

A crook of his eyebrow, Jakurai observed the bento with growing interest.

moreeee ~~

Ichiro: Uh, thank you?

Samatoki: I bet they’d look better wrapped around my-