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"I, uh, I forgot my key so I had to lock from the inside." Hunk lies.

That seems to be enough of an explanation for the guy who nods before asking, "Have you seen a guy, about this tall," he sticks his arm up above his head, "he has a lot of hair everywhere with a white streak on his head and he has claws but only on his left arm. He should also be carrying a box of files with him."

Oh, Hunk knows exactly who he's talking about. Every supernatural being in town knows about the werewolf, he's kind of standoffish with the white hair and prosthetic arm and scars and everything, though Hunk doesn't know his actual name.

But Hunk hasn't seen him tonight, "No I haven't sorry."

The guy curses under his breath and starts running again, leaving Hunk alone.

Hunk steps fully out of the window and closes it behind him, still trying to go over what just happened. Stranger things have happened to him before, that's sort of a given considering the whole supernatural being thing, but this might be the most memorable one.

---

"And then he just ran away? That's weird." Lance says

"I know right? What does the loner werewolf even want with a human?"

"Maybe he's not human."

Hunk shakes his head, "I think he is, he didn't connect the dots with the blood..." Hunk trails off, distracted by the arrival of someone in a familiar red coat. It's the guy from last night, Hunk's sure of it.

The man sits at a table alone, and eats while taking notes. Hunk has a feeling that he's recopying the files he'd talked about the night before. His hair falls in his face and he moves it back with his hand. Thanks to the light, Hunk can see his face clearly for the first time.

Oh. He's really pretty.

"Hunk? Everything okay?"

Hunk jumps and nods, "Yeah, it's just the guy is here."

"What? Where?" Lance asks, speaking way too loud, a habit he picked up from growing up underwater.

Hunk motions for Lance to quiet down, "Right behind you, on the table to the left."

Lance immediately turns his head towards where the guy is sitting, and Hunk thanks the heavens above that he's captivated in his writing because Lance is not exactly subtle.

Lance turns back towards Hunk with a look on his face that Hunk knows all too well, "Let's find out why the werewolf is interested in a human shall we?" It means Lance is about to do something very very impulsive.

Lance gets up, takes a long sip of water, and starts walking towards the man before Hunk can stop him.

Hunk follows Lance to the other's table, filling with dread more and more every step. There's no way this conversation is about to end well.

Lance gets to the table and slams his water bottle on the table hard, because of course he does, startling the stranger who looks up at Lance angrily, "So, what are you up to?"

"Trying to get some work done. Alone."

Lance ignores what he said, "Because my best friend Hunk over here says he met you yesterday."

The stranger looks over at Hunk - his eyes are really pretty, Hunk's never seen purple eyes like that - and huffs, "Maybe I did. What does it matter to you?"

"Well, we were just wondering what you were doing last night?"

He frowns looking back and forth and Lance and Hunk. The bell rings before Keith can say anything else. He picks up his stuff in a hurry and goes to leave, "Meet me after school near the bus stop if you actually want to know."

---

The end of the school day can't come fast enough. For some reason, Hunk desperately wants to find out what Keith was doing in the middle of the night. Or maybe Hunk just really wants to see Keith's beautiful eyes again.

When the bell finally rings, Hunk has to concentrate to get to his locker and then to where the stranger told them to go at a human speed. He gets there and the other man is already waiting.

"Hey," the other guy jumps at Hunk's words, "We never got the chance to introduce ourselves, I'm Hunk, and the dude from earlier is Lance."

He looks around wearily, "Is the other guy coming?" Hunk shakes his head, Lance had to go back home in a hurry, Hunk was too distracted to really pay attention to his excuse, "Then I'm Keith. Nice to see you. I guess."

Keith, that's a nice name. It fits him.

There's an awkward pause where neither of them really know what to say. Hunk decides to break the silence, "So, you said you were gonna tell me why you were running around a dark alley with a knife chasing a hairy man yesterday?"

Keith's eyes light up, as if he really hadn't expected Hunk to ask him that, "Okay, well, it's a long story. But basically, in my spare time I hunt after supernatural entities, cryptids and all that, and I keep these files on all the clues I find. Recently, for the past few months, some guy has been stealing all my files and I don't know who it is or why. All I know is the description I gave you last night."

Hunk feels his heart drop. Maybe he didn't mean it literally, but this guy hunts supernatural creatures. And Hunk just introduced himself and Lance. Hunk was right, there's no way a discussion with Keith could've ended well.

The hunting is definitely why the loner werewolf spends the time to steal Keith's files.

Keith doesn't notice the way Hunk's mood has changed so he continues, "After the third time, I just started memorising the files so I don't actually lose anything anymore when he steals my stuff. But it's still safer to write it down so he thinks he's stealing from me."

If it's possible, Hunk's heart drops even more. None of the others are safe. Lance isn't safe. He's not safe. Pidge and her brother aren't safe. Even loner werewolf isn't safe. Even if, and that's a pretty big if, Keith isn't actively trying to kill them, letting the world discover that supernatural beings exist would be a disaster.

Normally, this is where Hunk would turn back and disappear to some other town again. But normally, Hunk knows who hunters do and don't know about. This time, Keith could know about none of them and be totally wrong about everything, or he could know about all of them and be right about everything.

Which means that if Hunk wants to keep himself and Lance and Pidge safe, there's only one option.

"That's so cool! Tell me more about it?" Hunk says with a smile that feels and probably looks tacked on.

Keith smiles back, looking entirely genuine, "You really wanna hear about this stuff?"

"Yeah, of course I do."

Keith bites his lip, it's cute. Though Hunk really shouldn't be thinking about a guy that could kill all the other supernatural beings in the town as cute, "Okay, come on. I need to show you something."

---

At the committee meeting, Hunk feels like he's about to faint. Which isn't exactly a surprise, having to speak to a lot of people generally does that to him, but this is the first time he has to give bad news to a bunch of people and he's worried this time he really will faint.

If he does, at least Lance knows everything so they won't have to wake him up and make him continue.

Committee meetings are usually boring. Every supernatural being in the area meeting to make sure no one has attracted too much attention or to make sure everyone remembers that the others exist so there aren't any surprises.

Since Allura has started commanding them, they're a bit more entertaining - or maybe they're just shorter - but it's still a chore to go to.

This time, it's going to be different. In the two weeks since Hunk's befriended Keith for the greater good, he's found out three important things: Firstly, Keith is a really genuinely good and wonderful person even if his actions risk the lives of hundreds of people. Secondly, Keith doesn't want to kill anyone, and would probably keep quiet about there being supernatural beings if the situation was explained to him. And thirdly, Keith knows about everyone.

Now, Hunk has to tell the committee about those things, just so everyone knows that they've been spotted, and while he knows that it's unlikely anyone will take drastic measures against a high schooler who knows too much, but Hunk worries anyway.

Hunk would be crushed if anything bad happened to Keith, especially because of him.

"So, does anyone want to add anything?" Allura says.

It's time, Hunk has to speak now or never. Lance gives him a subtle thumbs up from the other side of the room.

Hunk takes a deep breath and steps forward, "There's a guy who knows about basically everyone in this room."

Allura looks at him stunned, "How do you know that?"

"He, uh, he bumped into me in a dark alley at night after someone stole his files and we ended up talking and becoming friends."

The werewolf looks at Hunk, "I've been stealing his files though, he shouldn't have any information on us."

Allura looks from Hunk to the werewolf with an angry expression, "Shiro, you knew about this hunter and you didn't tell us?"

The werewolf, Shiro probably, sighs, "There was never any use telling anyone. I've been stealing all the information he collects about us, and since he's not someone violent and he's the type to keep all his information to himself, I have no idea how Hunk even got close enough to him to get to see what he knows about us."

Hunk frowns. Shiro must be wrong about that last part, because befriending Keith had been deceptively easy, "He's started memorising the information he collects, stealing his files doesn't do anything."

Shiro frowns but doesn't say anything.

Allura looks between Hunk and Shiro, considering, "Since you both know him, keep an eye on him. And this time keep me updated. If he's like you say he is, Shiro, we might not have to do anything about him."

Shiro nods and Hunk breathes out. Allura doesn't plan to do anything to Keith, though she easily could wipe his memory or something. He's safe.

The rest of the meeting goes well, but Hunk doesn't really listen to it.

After it's finally over, Lance follows him home, a bright look in his eyes, "You did it! Dude that's so awesome lying to a hunter to spy on him."

Hunk feels blood rush to his face, "Lance, I think I really like him."

Lance stops dead in his tracks, and grabs Hunk's arm, "Dude, haven't your parents ever told you to not mess with hunters? All the love stories between people like us and people like them never end well for a reason,"

Love stories? What was Lance talking about? Oh, Lance just misunderstood what he was saying, "Lance, I'm not in love with him. I just like him, as a friend."

Lance squints at him, "Nope, that's your crushing face."

Hunk rolls his eyes, he doesn't have a "crushing face", and feels his phone vibrate in his pocket. It's a message from Keith inviting him over to look at new information he has, "Come on, I'll show you why I like him come with me."

---

They get to the shack Keith does his work in - he's told Hunk he doesn't live there, but Hunk isn't convinced - and Keith immediately frowns when he sees Lance.

"Lance wanted to see some stuff, do you mind if he comes?"

Keith doesn't stop frowning. He does not want Lance to be here, that's abundantly clear, "Yeah it's okay. Just, don't let him touch anything."

Keith motions them in and Hunk looks around. He's started sticking stuff a new board. This time, there's a moon calendar on it. Hunk desperately hopes it's not what he thinks it is.

"I've figured out what's been stealing my files." Keith starts, "I think it's a werewolf of some kind."

Hunk's heart drops. It's exactly what he thinks it is.

He puts on a smile and points to the moon calendar, "So you've figured out when it shifts and when it doesn't?"

Keith nods, "Yeah, I think so. This is at least pretty close to his schedule,"

Hunk nods and looks over it more closely, memorising the dates Keith's circled.If he can't convince Keith to give up on whatever idea he has to catch the thief, he'll need to tell Shiro about it. Though he's not entirely sure how he would even contact the werewolf.

"I don't buy it," Lance speaks and Hunk almost jumps. He's been so silent, Hunk thought he'd left, "When you met Hunk, you described him as humanoid. How does that equal werewolf?"

Keith shoots Lance a dirty look, "Well this guy, obviously either doesn't turn into a full wolf, or he has some amount of control over the transformation. I know he's a werewolf, I can feel it."

Lance shoots him an incredulous look. Hunk can tell what he's thinking, "This guy really hunts us based off feelings?". Which, yeah, that is sort of unbelievable, but it's not like Keith's wrong either.

"Couldn't it be just a shapeshifter who's trying to make you think he's a werewolf?" Lance is trying to get Keith on the wrong track. Smart.

Keith frowns and looks at his board, "That's a good idea actually, a really good idea. As much as that hurts for me to say." Lance smirks from behind Keith's back, "But it doesn't matter, even if he is, he'll still come when he would if he were a werewolf."

"So, what are you planning to do about it?" Hunk asks.

Keith turns around and looks at Hunk, beaming, "That's why I invited you over actually. If he sticks to schedule, he should come back in around three weeks. I want you to help me catch him. We'll stay in the shack, or maybe on the hill over there and we'll wait for him. I'd do it alone, but it gets really boring."

Hunk feels a little stunned. Sure, Keith's let him see what he's working on, but he's never asked Hunk to help him. And to spend an entire night with Keith just waiting for someone? That sounds amazing, "Of course I'll be there, I wouldn't miss it for the world."

When they leave, Lance looks smug, "You have a crush on him. You should've seen your face when he asked you to help him catch Shiro."

"He's just nice. I do not have a crush on him!"

---

Hunk has a crush on Keith. There's no doubt about it.

He's so screwed.

Tonight, he has the fourth late night meeting with Keith to catch Shiro stealing his files. Of course, Shiro won't come. Hunk found a way to contact him and told him Keith figured out. He doesn't sneak in to steal his files anymore, instead meeting with Keith to steal a few at a time.

Keith seems to know that no one's going to steal his files anymore, but he still invites Hunk every month to stay up all night. During the third meeting, they mostly looked at the stars. It was nice.

"So, are you really gonna tell him tonight?" Lance snaps Hunk out of his thoughts.

"He's not going to do anything, and I have to. If I don't tell him now, I won't ever feel comfortable telling him about you know. Besides, I think he's starting to wonder why I never eat and why I always wear long sleeves and hats when I go out."

"Are you sure though? When you met him he was holding a knife. He can say what he wants, but a guy who doesn't plan on killing something shouldn't go on chases with a knife."

"That was a one time thing. I'm pretty sure. I hope. Even if he does react badly I can always just disappear again right?"

Lance takes a drink of water, "And lose me? No way, you're not allowed to disappear and move away. If he reacts badly I'll just drown him like the sirens of old."

Hunk laughs, "You really think he'll come because you're singing?"

Lance gasps in fake offence, "Of course he will! I'll let you know I sing like an angel!"

Hunk laughs again when his phone buzzes. He checks it and his heart skips a beat. "He just invited me to have dinner at his place."

"So it's a date? Lemme see the message." Lance takes Hunk's phone from his hand, and makes a face, "You should say no. He sounds like he's really asking you to eat with him, not just hang out a bit earlier."

Hunk pouts, Lance is right, he shouldn't go, but it's not like eating a meal will kill him or anything.

"No, no," Lance interjects, "Hunk, I know what you're thinking and you can't make yourself sick for this guy."

"I'll tell him I'm a vamp before we eat?"

Lance shoots him a look, obviously not believing him, but he relents, "Just be safe okay? Get out of there fast if stuff gets heated."

"I will don't worry about it Lance."

---

Hunk probably gets to Keith's shack much faster than anticipated, if his shocked face when he answers the door is any indication.

Hunk is mostly surprised because Keith's cleaned up. His usually messy hair is pulled back into a pony tail, his usually wrinkled shirt isn't wrinkled for once, he's not wearing that ugly red jacket.

He looks so good.

"Come in," Keith says, "I haven't had time to finish dinner yet, just give me ten minutes okay?"

"Yeah, that's fine," Hunk sits down at the small table while Keith goes to a stove Hunk didn't even know he had.

Hunk starts feeling anxious. He really should tell Keith right now before Keith cooks anything for him. But he can't make himself do it. What if Keith thinks he's joking? What if Keith is angry he didn't tell him before? What if Keith is scared of him? What if-

Keith brings two plates to the table and sits down, "I'm not great at cooking, so don't feel forced to eat it if it's bad."

Hunk shakes his head and takes some of the food with his fork, "I'm sure it's great, Keith."

He takes a bite and immediately remembers why vampires aren't supposed to eat. While they can make meals with specific ingredients, human food does not mix well with vampire anatomy.

Hunk takes a deep breath and sucks it up. It's worth being a little sick to be with Keith.

Throughout dinner, Hunk tries to make himself confess his secret. But every time he tries to say the words, they stay blocked in his throat. He realises that he's never actually told a human that he's a vampire. The thought of doing it is terrifying.

But this is Keith. It shouldn't be scary.

Keith is quiet throughout dinner too, though he keeps trying to start conversation. It never really goes anywhere because they both seem to be nervous.

When they're both done eating, Keith asks him to come outside with him. They sit down on the porch together, looking at the stars.

Hunk clenches his fists and takes a deep breath. It's now or never.

"Keith-" "Hunk-"

They both stop when they realise they're talking over each other.

"You go first," Keith says.

"No, you should, what I have to tell you really isn't that important anyway." A lie. But Hunk needs to know what Keith has to say before he confesses. Who knows, maybe he's about to say he wants to kill all vampires.

Keith nods and looks away, "Hunk, have I ever told you why I started chasing after supernatural beings?"

"I don't think so."

"Ever since I was a kid, I've always felt different from everyone. Like an alien almost. I always thought I would find people like me if I could prove the supernatural exists. But since I know you, I don't feel that way anymore. I feel more like I belong here, on Earth. With other humans like you." Keith pauses, "Sorry, this all sounded better in my head, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like you. A lot. And I think I want to be with you. If you'd like that too.

Hunk is speechless. Keith likes him back? Since when? How is Hunk supposed to tell him he's a vampire after he just said that without ruining everything?

"I like you too." he blurts out.

Keith looks at him, smile spread across his face, "Oh thank goodness, I wasn't sure. I thought I just ruined everything."

"You could never do that, Keith, you're the best human I know."

Screw telling Keith about being a vampire. He'll do that another time. He can't ruin this night.

Keith's cheeks redden, "Do you think it'd be alright if we kiss. Or something. Maybe."

Hunk smiles, "Of course it is."

---

"I can't believe you didn't tell him! Hunk you promised you would!" How Lance knows he didn't tell Keith he's a vampire, Hunk doesn't know.

"He asked me out."

"He what?"

"He said he liked me and I said I liked him back and then I panicked and didn't say anything about being a vampire."

Lance freezes with a weird look on his face, "Hunk, I'm so happy for you right now. But you're an idiot. He needs to know you're a vampire for your thing to work."

"I'll tell him, I promise."

---

Two weeks later, Hunk decides that he's never going to tell Keith about being a vampire.

He doesn't really have a good reason for it. It's just that every time he decides it's time to tell Keith, something comes up. First, it was a part of the desert glowing - because of Pidge - that he needed to investigate. Next, Keith followed a family of people who looked suspicious and had a "strange energy" about them. After, he'd needed to go check out a place aliens had supposedly crash landed.

And that is the reason Hunk is giving up. It's not because he's scared that Keith will reject him or, worse, attack him. It's just because Keith is always busy and manages to avoid Hunk every time he tries to tell him.

The only problem with not telling Keith is that he keeps inviting Hunk to dinner, or lunch during a sunny day, and just generally to do things or be places a vampire really shouldn't do.

That's the reason why Hunk is in the middle of a field on what is probably the sunniest day of the year so far silently praying that he won't start burning even under the layer of clothes he has.

But Keith looks so happy to see him that he doesn't regret it a bit.

As Keith kisses him, Hunk feels a strand of his hair burst on fire and he quickly extinguishes it and puts on his hood.

Okay, maybe he regrets it a little bit.

---

"Honey, I've found a new lead. I think this one is real this time."

Hunk looks up from what he's reading, "Really? What is it?"

"It's this guy. He's new in town. His name is Zarkon." Hunk pales at the name, but Keith doesn't notice, "I think he's a vampire. But he's not a good person. I need to get rid of him."

No, Keith does not have to get rid of someone like Zarkon. Hunk's heard of him, every vampire has, he's infamous for brutally killing everyone who gets in his way, but he never thought he'd come to the same city as Hunk.

If Keith goes after Zarkon, he doesn't have a chance of surviving, much less killing the vampire.

"Keith, I don't think you should go after this guy."

Keith frowns, "Why not? I can handle it."

No, he really can't, "Please, just promise me you won't. I don't want you in danger over stuff like this."

Keith looks like he's about to argue, but instead he just shakes his head and kisses Hunk, "Okay. I promise."

---

It's around three in the morning when Hunk receives the text.

'Went hunting. Sorry'

What is that supposed to mean? There's no way Keith actually went after Zarkon right? But why else would he be sorry?

Hunk needs to find Keith before he gets himself killed.

He rushes out, not even trying to appear human. If he can find Zarkon, then maybe he can find Keith before he does something dumb.

Zarkon is easy to find, he doesn't bother hiding, he's too powerful to need to. As long as he gets to Zarkon before Keith can engage with him, everything will be fine.

It's just his luck that when he finally finds Zarkon on the edge of town, Keith's already fighting him.

Surprisingly, he seems to be holding up better than Hunk thought he would. He's not dead yet, and though he's bleeding, it's probably not a lethal wound. Gods above, Hunk hopes it's not a wound that can kill him.

Hunk wants to rush in as fast as he can, but that would get them both killed. So he waits and thinks of a plan. Or tries to. He's panicking too much to come up with anything beyond "take Keith and hope he runs faster than Zarkon."

So that's exactly what he does.

He rushes in, running as fast as he can, grabs a very confused Keith and throws him over his shoulder. Then he speeds back in the direction he came from, praying Zarkon doesn't chase after them.

It takes nearly a full two minutes before Keith snaps out of his confused silence and starts fighting Hunk's hold, "What? Who are you? Let me down!"

Hunk is briefly relieved. He doesn't know who Hunk is. Maybe this doesn't mean that Keith's going to find out Hunk's been lying to him for months. Then Keith crushes that hope almost as soon as it's there, "Hunk? Is that you?"

They slowly come to a stop. Hunk can't feel anyone chasing after them. He slowly puts Keith down and waits for Keith to scream at him or kill him or do ]something.

Instead, there's just silence. When Hunk opens his eyes, Keith looks awed, "That wasn't a human thing was it?"

Hunk shakes his head, "Keith, I've been meaning to tell you for a long time. I'm a vampire."

Keith's eyes widen. Hunk can't tell if he's mad or not. "Holy shit. That makes so much sense. And it's so cool. I'm dating a vampire?"

That was... a much better reaction than Hunk was expecting, "Yes."

"And you just saved my life, and you run so fast. That's so unfair! You're not allowed to be cute and nice and a vampire."

"You're not angry that I hid it from you?"

"Yeah, I kind of am, but you're a vampire! A real life vampire. And you're the most amazing boyfriend in the world. How am I supposed to stay mad?"

Hunk smiles and kisses Keith, "I love you, you know that?"

"I love you too, my amazing vampire boyfriend."