Warning: some boys love. More self-injury. Hinted bullying and abuse. Hinted drug use

Pairings: Vlad x Sprat

Word Count: 2765

Chapter 2

Without a Paddle

Sprat kicked the edge of his house as he walked to the front door. His hand plastered over his lips, a dark blush crossing his face. He couldn't believe he had just kissed Vlad, let alone agree to going out with him. He pulled out his phone and quickly texted Vlad;

Do you think we should date yet? Or do you want to wait for a while. To make sure like, were not rushing into things?

He put his phone back into his pocket, pulled out his house keys and smiled. Opening up the door and walked inside the tiny house. Slightly angered at the smell of incense, he knew it was to cover the fact that his step dad and mom were either stoned, high or tripping. He shook his head and walked up the stairs.

Jumping shyly when he felt his phone vibrate and pulled it out, looking at Vlad's text.

Why do you ask? Did something happen to you?

He quickly replied;

No. I was just wondering.

Putting his phone up, he walked into his room. Dropping his book bag onto his bed plopped down next to it. Undoing every single buckle oh his boots, he kicked them off and grabbed his lap top, placing it into his bag as well as the charger and his headphones and sighed. Walking over to his closet he walked inside and closed the door behind him. Pulling a long string, he hissed softly when the light flickered on. Pulling the bag so it was slung over his shoulder, he started to climb up his ladder and pushed open the attic door. Then crawled up, turning on the light up there, then turned off the light in the closet and closed the door.

He smiled, this was his favorite place in the world. He walked back to a desk, and placed his bag onto the chair that was already slightly separated from it. He looked at his phone and opened the text from Vlad.

Oh. Well I don't really care. Do you think were moving too fast? I guess we are huh…?

Sprat nodded to himself and thought of a reply, yeah. We are. He quickly typed it in and placed his phone down.

Reaching into his black bag he sighed, pulling out a small razor and his laptop. Yawning softly he flipped the switch on the side of it, waiting for the small computer to turn on. Plopping onto his chair he yawned, typing in his password he pouted. Staring at his phone, waiting for the screen to light up. Wanting to know what Vlad had though more. Or if he wasn't going to answer. He shook his head, and logged on to MSN. Pulling out the long black cord he plugged the smaller end into his laptop and the other end into the outlet on the wall. Smiling when he saw that October was on.

Double clicking on her name he typed;

Hey. What's up? Guesss what!

He moved from the conversation and pulled out his headphones and plugged them in right as the small icon light up orange. He looked at her reply and chuckled.

What's up? Did you finally see someone get brutally murdered? Oorrr was it something along the lines of mermaids? -giggles-

Sprat chuckled and shook his head; typing in.

Noo. But something almost as awesome!

I think I might have a boyfriend!

Sprat froze at what he had written, and stared at it. A boyfriend, a dark blush crossed his face then he hit the enter button.

As he waited for a reply, he got onto the internet and yawned. There was never anything interesting to do on there. He pouted and rested his head on his desk and looked at the computer when he heard the annoying noise of MSN.

O_o

Really!

WHOOOOOOO!

He chuckled softly at Octobers reaction and then typed;

Not officially. So you cant tell!

I wont I swear!

Who is it Spratty!

As far as I know, its Vladimir Tod -blushes-

Sprat looked at his phone and blushed when it lit up. He looked at the text.

Good point. We can wait, but if you want to come and hang out. that's fine. I really really want to hang out with you more. I want to know you better

A dark blush crossed the thin males face. Nodding quickly he smiled, hugging himself.

Crash!

Sprat jumped in his seat and looked at the floor, dropping his phone he quickly ran towards the attic door and climbed down, turning off the light, letting himself drop to the floor and locked his closet door. Then turned to the ladder and quickly collapsed it, then hid in the corner, his inter body starting to shake when he heard heavy footsteps crawling their way up the stairs. Tears collected in his eyes, as he pulled a small teddy, well what was a mangled teddy missing an eye its nose was falling off and it looked like it was just at a wild sex party, that he had hidden in his closet to his chest. He pressed his face into the teddy's head when he heard his door slam open. He bit into the teddy's head and shook.

"Where are you!" A loud voice snapped.

Sprat remained silent.

A loud knock came from the closet door, as well as a grunt and fumbling around with the handle. A roar came from the other side. Then a loud kick sounded though the small space. Sprat bit onto the teddy, muffling a whimper. He stared at the door as it slowly was kicked in.

A large man glared at Sprat as he walked over to the smaller male, he gripped the boys hair roughly and pulled him up. Sprat let out a whimper and started to cry silently as he was dragged from the closet.

Vlad sighed and looked at his phone. It had been hours since he had texted Sprat. Maybe it was something that he had said. Did he think it was weird to want to hang out with someone, that they didn't really expect to date yet.

He sighed and rested against his bed board, he softly rubbed his phone and sighed. Maybe it was a bad idea to say that they should only be friends. He shook his head and ran his fingers through his hair.

- Next Day -

Sprat whimpered as he walked towards the school. He looked around and ran over to his friends. All of which were in black, he quickly wrapped his arms around the silver haired boy, starting to cry silently. October's eyes widened when she saw Sprat's thin body trembled. She quickly ran over to him and held him close.

"S-stop." He whimpered, starting to cry harder.

"No. what happened to you?" She asked, pulling him close, then softly pulled his face back, then softly caressed the boys bruising face.

"N-nothing.." He whimpered out, clinging to her. He whimpered as she continued touch his face feeling the bruises, then looked at the boys neck.

"Don't you dare lie to me," She said, holding him close. The boy shook his head. He took his hand, and quickly lead him to the other side of the school and pushed him against the wall. "Roll them up." She said, knowing that she was the only that knew that her friend cut himself.

Sprat shook his head and dropped down to the ground. Tearing up. "No!" He whimpered and hugged himself.

October sighed and got down on her knee, pulling Sprat's arm to her and pushed up his sleeves. She winced at the sight and looked at the boys. "He did it again?" She asked, then looked at his arm again. "And you did it again…and again. Didn't you?" She requested an answer.

Sprat nodded, he reached up and clung to October, starting to cry. "Pl-please don't tell anyone."

"Okay kids. Get together with your partner and start to finish your project." the teacher smiled a toothy grin and she sat down at her desk.

Vlad yawned and walked over to petite boy and softly rubbed his shoulder. "Whats up?" He asked.

Sprat looked up at Vlad and tilted his head. "Not much. Can I come over again today?" He asked, watching Vlad sit down next to him.

Vlad grinned and nodded. "Yeah, of course." He smiled and pulled out the paper and smiled. "Wanna at least watch a movie at my house? If so, we can either watch a movie or play some games on the Xbox360." He grinned.

Sprat thought for a moment as he looked at the drawing Vlad had done the other night and smiled, looking over at the other male and nodded. "Okay." He blushed.

"So a movie, then homework, then Xbox?" He asked. Sprat nodded and watched as Vlad pulled out a box of colored pencils and started to search through the box trying to find colors that they would need.

"He'll have black hair, pale skin," the thin goth looked at his notes that they had taken over their child and tried to figure out what else needed to be colored. "Blue eyes." He said and nodded, then blushed. "Some freckles." he watched as Vlad started to color in things for the child.

"So movie wise, what's your favorite kind?" He asked, looking up at Sprat.

"Um. Either comedy, or horror." He replied and smiled, playing with one of the buttons on his vest.

"Okay. I have both kinds." He smiled brightly.

"Awesome." Sprat smiled shyly, and started to scribble down a few things about the child. Trying to figure out what would be the best way to describe it, not exactly sure on what they should say about having a child.

"Do you like popcorn?"

Sprat shrugged. "Its okay."

"Alright. What do you like to eat with your movies?" Softly chuckling at the way it came out.

"Fruits." Sprat blushed.

Vlad stared at the tinnier boy and grinned. "Oh yeah, like what kinds?"

"Strawberries and cherries. As well as banana's."

"Banana's, hm~!" Vlad chuckled, causing Sprats face to darken.

"Not that banana you perv!" He squeaked, hiding his face.

Vlad reached over and hugged the small boy. "I know, I'm sorry." He whispered into Sprats ear, hugging him close.

Vlad yawned and smiled at Sprat as he placed two large square bowls down onto the table in front of the other goth. One was full of fruits and a small container of sugar was placed in the middle, as well as a bowl of popcorn that was filled with melting M & M's.

"Movie time?" He asked, walking over the shelf and pulled out a large stack of DVD's and walked over to Sprat, laying them down on the small boys lap. "Pick whatever you want."

Sprat riffled through the movies, placing a few to each side of his thighs and said. "I either want to watch Without a Paddle, or Saw IV. Because yeah." He smiled, placing the rest of the unwanted DVD's to the side and grabbed his square bowl of fruit, dumping some sugar onto the strawberries.

Vlad thought for a moment. "My two favorite." He pouted, then took Without a Paddle. "This will be okay?" He asked, "I die every time I watch this move." a grin played its way onto his pale face. How could a movie kill me? He chuckled and then placed the DVD into the Xbox and turned on the T.V.. Dimming the light he walked back to Sprat and sat down next to the boy, picking up the popcorn bowl and smiled. "Cold?"

Sprat nodded.

"Okay, want a warm blanket?" He smiled and stood up, placing the bowl down onto the couch. Walking away when he saw a nod.

As Vlad walked away, Sprat snuck his hand into the popcorn bowl, grabbing a small handful that had plenty of M & M's starting to munch on it. He watched Vlad as he looked back at the other boy when he walked back with a large black and red blanket and smiled. "Al-" He paused and laughed. Moving the bowl he sat down and rubbed his finger against Sprat's upper and bottom lip. "Got chocolate?" He asked.

Nodding the thin boy took a bit of his strawberry and smiled. "Yeah." He watched Vlad lick his thumb to remove the chocolate then wrapped the blanket around Sprat and kissed the side of his cheek. The smaller male smiled and snuggled into the blanket. "So warm." He smiled, happy that he was finally warm.

Clicking the play button, Vlad leaned back and wrapped his arm around Sprat, who rested his head against Vlad's shoulder and smiled shyly. He nuzzled his face into the others shoulder. Chuckling softly at the movie. He looked up at Vlad and blushed deeper.

As the movie continued, Sprat continued to look up at Vlad. But each and every time the other looked down at him, he would quickly advert his eyes. Scared that Vlad thought he was weird for staring at him.

Vlad grinned and ruffled Sprats hair, pulling the boy a little closer. He rested his head against Sprats.

Sprat's face darkened as he let Vlad rest his head against him, though he wasn't really sure if it would be okay if Vlad started to lean against him

Half way through the movie Vlad smiled down at Sprat and hugged him close. "Can I kiss you this time?" He asked, leaning down kissing the thin boy's shoulders, then up to his nose, after Sprat had nodded. Shuddering softly when Vlad kissed his nose.

A dark blush crossed his face when Vlad kissed him, moving a little closer to him. Sprat shuddered and slowly wrapped his arms around Vlad's neck, his face darkening when Vlad deepened the kiss.

Vlad's arms snaked around Sprats waist and pulled the thin boy closer, slowly moving the bowls away from them, he started to lower Sprat back so that his back rested against the arm rest of the couch. He kissed Sprat deeper, softly licking the boys lips.

The movie was almost too loud, neither of them noticed a bright light showing up outside of the window, and the roar of and engine that was killed in the driveway. The lights were taken off and the front door opened up minuets later.

A beautiful brown haired woman walked into the house, hearing the movie, she went to the fridge and put up the blood, then walked back out to the living room. Pausing when she saw Vlad, or was that Henry? Leaning over someone on the side of the couch. She shrugged and walked over behind the couch.

"Vlad." She said softly, touching the one on tops shoulder. Of course it didn't really bother her if Vlad had been kissing a male. He had came out to her near Christmas time. It was hard to accept at first, but she wasn't at all bother by that. She was just happy that the male trusted her enough to tell her. So, he would allow it. She waited for a moment, then poked Vlad's shoulder again.

Vlad flinched and slowly pulled away, his eyes widening as he looked up at his aunt who was tilting her head.

"Vlad, that's not Henry…" he whispered, starting at Sprat who started to shake. Then he quickly hid his face, not wanting to get Vlad in trouble. Vlad slowly sat up and pulled Sprat up as well and hugged the smaller boy.

"Sh sh sh. Its okay. Nelly knows that I'm bi okay." he whispered into Sprats ear, hoping that it would calm the other male down.

Nelly crossed the room and turned on the light. Vlad hugged Sprat close and softly kissed his cheek, rocking him. Sprats arm's found themselves wrapped around Vlad's waist.

"O-okay." he whimpered shyly and clung to the other male.

Nelly walked back over to the two dark haired males and smiled shyly. "Vlad, who is this?" She asked.

"This is Sprat." He smiled, letting Sprat cling to him until he calmed down. "And we're kinda sorta, almost dating." he blushed shyly.

Nelly smiled and nodded, hugging the two of them. "Hehe okay." He thought for a moment. "Is Sprat going to stay the night?" She wondered. "After all it is a Friday, so why not?"

Sprat shrugged. "Okay."

Vlad nodded and grinned.

"I'll start making some food. Vlad, Sprat. Is spaghetti okay?" She asked.

Both males nodded.

Please commnet 8D

And remember, its been a few days/weeks since they've been talking okay!

So this can happen!

No nasty complaints!

Please pleas please tell me what you think~!

I would really love it 8D

One or two more parts of this small story left~!

Enjoy!