Sire

By KnightMare24

Kristin noticed the restaurant in the hotel and glanced at Willow to see if the redhead wanted that. Willow seemed to think for a moment. “We can eat here in the day, lets find something we can’t get to.” Kristin was glad, because the promise of outside was calling her and she didn’t want to sit and eat without walking out among the prey, even if she couldn’t have one.

As they stepped out of the casino, even though it was night, Kristin could feel the temperature go up a little. It was late, closer to morning than night, but there were still people walking around and gambling. It wasn’t crowded, but it sure wasn’t abandoned either.

“It’s like it isn’t even the middle of the night.” Willow spoke as they started to the left just because they had to pick a direction. “People are still everywhere.”

“But it’s so lit.” Kristin spoke quietly as they passed an older gentleman walking into the casino they were leaving. “Where are the dark alleys?”

“I’m sure they have a few.” Willow was looking around and Kristin took a step closer to the street so she could see the various neon lights along the strip, looking for something interesting.

“Avoid those.” Kristin turned to look at Willow, thinking this place was too perfect. Sure it wasn’t on a hellmouth, but Kristin wasn’t willing to gamble like that in Vegas. If she could have prey this place would be perfect, if only she found a dark alley.

Willow’s smile and the way she leaned into Kristin helped to reassure Kristin. “I’m not a slayerette for nothing. I’m armed. Holy water and a stake, along with a cross. It’s strange how that works for me even though I’m Jewish. I’d like to try a Star of David, but normally the vampire’s are all grr and chasing me and that’s not time to experiment.” Willow glanced at her purse. “If you find a water bottle on me, don’t drink it.”

Kristin moved a little closer and took Willow’s hand as they continued to walk. It was warm and she could feel the pulse of blood under the skin. It was also comforting and nice to hold. “I’ll try and remember that.” Kristin teased a little.

“You do that missy. I’d hate to have anything happen to those pretty lips of yours.” Willow caressed her arm and Kristin focused on not going grr for a moment, as they continued to walk.

“So you hungry for anything in particular?” Kristin finally spoke as they walked past a closed little Chinese food restaurant.

In the end they ended up going into another casino to find an opened restaurant. Kristin’s eyes traveled over the many drunk gamblers and shook her head. “It’s like a buffet here.” She spoke quietly to Willow and she wasn’t looking at the restaurant they were walking towards.

“Well the Buffet is closed for the night,” Willow started and then turned to look at Kristin, who noticed this out of the corner of her eye as she was watching a woman looking rather distracted and tired at a slot machine. “oh you meant the people.”

“Easy prey everywhere.” Kristin whispered as she looked around. “Look at them all, they’ll step outside and just stumble back to their own hotels and they won’t even be looking around.”

………………

Willow could see the look in Kristin’s eyes, like a little girl staring into a candy store and she really didn’t know what to say. It was strange as she noticed that she herself glanced around to verify what Kristin was seeing, and even not being a vampire Willow could see how Kristin saw the casino. The people here were tired, often drunk, and didn’t look like they could run if someone started to chase them. Kristin considered these people prey and a strange National Geographic image came to Willow’s mind with Kristin chasing these people like a large cat chases antelope.

“How about a nice omelet instead?” Willow spoke softly and watched the brief grimace that Kristin tried to cover. “You could get one with cheese and mushrooms, you like that.” Willow babbled, trying to distract her vampire from the easy blood walking around. She knew Kristin wouldn’t disobey, but she was tempted. Tempted vampires could become depressed and Willow didn’t want her vampire all depressed and feeling all fangless.

What did it say about Willow that she felt bad about denying Kristin this? She was a Scooby and she fought vampires, but she felt bad that her own vampire couldn’t hunt because she saw Kristin wanted to. What kind of a person did that make Willow? Willow didn’t like the line of thought and she turned to look at the restaurant they were waiting to be seated at. “Or maybe you want a big cheeseburger. I think they serve everything all the time here.”

“What were you thinking of getting.” Kristin asked quietly and Willow turned to see her vampire looking at her, as if trying not to look around. Her vampire was so good, she was even trying to not think about it. Willow was proud and smiled at Kristin.

“Well, the sun should be up soon, so I was thinking about breakfast, but I guess I really should be thinking dinner since we’re going to bed soon not just waking up.” Willow grimaced as she considered that. With Buffy as a friend Willow was used to living close to vampire hours, but this vacation was going to take that to an extreme.

“Hello, two?” A tired looking woman in a nametag moved toward them and Willow nodded. “Right this way.” The woman grabbed two menus and Willow followed with Kristin to a seat that was too visible, it overlooked all the people, or as Kristin was thinking of them, the ‘yummy prey’.

“Um, do you have something a little less out there?” Willow asked quickly, not wanting to watch Kristin salivate over people all through their meal. “More shoved in a corner or secluded?” It earned her a dirty look from the woman and Willow just maintained a resolve face in response.

“Sure,” The woman finally relented and they started around the row of booths. Willow quickly slipped into the side of the new table that overlooked anyone else and her vampire only had the seat looking at Willow or the wall. The woman gave them their menus and left.

“I was thinking that once we’re done here we could go look at the Luxor.” Kristin spoke as she opened her menu. Willow looked up, trying to remember which one was the Luxor. “The big black pyramid.” Kristin finished easily and smiled softly at Willow. “I love Egyptian stuff.”

“Oh, you too?” Willow’s voice rose just a little as she smiled. “I do too. I used to read about the Egyptian gods and how they built pyramids when I was little. I told my mom that I was going to go discover a new pyramid.” Willow remembered telling her mother that on the way to grade school, and her smile faded a little as she remembered her mother barely paying attention to her and talking about how she should behave for the babysitter because her parents were going off on a week long trip, the first of many. Those trips still hadn’t stopped, Willow barely saw them. Now that had become a good thing, because her parents would just be in the way of her life, but that wasn’t how family was supposed to be.

“I really want to bite whoever took your smile away.” Kristin spoke coldly and quietly. Willow’s eyes moved to her vampire quickly in shock at the coldness of her tone. “Anyone that takes a good memory from you like that deserves it Sire.”

“There will be no biting.” Willow ordered again, this time believing Kristin would and that would be messy and wrong. “I don’t want you just biting people that upset me, I know you care, but don’t show it that way.” If her parents came home they were bound to upset Willow often, they always did, but Kristin couldn’t kill her parents.

“Yes Sire.” Kristin bowed her head and Willow sighed at the pet display out in public. Kristin’s head was bowed low and it didn’t look like a normal part of the conversation. It would look odd to people watching.

“Look, it’s okay.” Willow spoke gently. “So do you know what you want to eat? Food.” She added that last word because she strongly suspected the waitress would be the word out of Kristin’s mouth. Her vampire was such a vampire sometimes.

……………….

After their meal they left the casino in search of the Luxor, and Kristin didn’t bother naming what meal that was, because between her night life and Willow’s day life they couldn’t agree that it was dinner. Willow had insisted she should eat an omelet even though she thought the burger looked good, because it was morning. Very early morning.

“We went to the Luxor that last time I was here.” Kristin spoke quietly as they walked along the sidewalk toward the bright spotlight in the sky. “I also ran through a few other places, but the Luxor is the one that most buys into its theme. There are shops in there that sell some really cool Egyptian figurines.” She remembered regretting going all out for lunch one day when she stood in front of a statue that she liked and was short just five dollars. There was no point in asking for more money from her parents, they were big on teaching her to budget and plan ahead. She was given a set amount to play with both days and that was it, if she spent it all before dinner she didn’t get dinner.

Her parents were good, and comparing them to Willow’s parents they looked damn amazing. They were strict about some things, but they were around. Her parents thought she was dead, Kristin thought and for the first time it made her a little sad. She knew that being a vampire was all that kept her from being really sad and upset about that, being a vampire made it easier to accept she couldn’t go back, but part of her wondered what it would be like to tell them she was still around, different, but still around.

Her family would never understand what she’d become, Kristin sighed and squeezed Willow’s hand gently. Only Willow really understood at all, and she didn’t understand completely. “Just a little farther.” Kristin told Willow, who hadn’t been to Vegas before so didn’t know that the MGM was near the Luxor. They passed the large statue of a lion and took the stairs to go over the road to the other side.

……………..

The buildings were amazing and Willow stared with wide eyes as they passed a miniature city and a castle on their way to the pyramid. “We have time to get back?” She asked her vampire, wanting to be careful with Kristin, to not risk the sunrise. Their plane had landed late after all. “I wouldn’t want my vampy girlfriend to go poof in the sun.”

“Just enough time.” Kristin grimaced. “We can’t go in, we don’t have time, but I want you to see this.” Willow stared at Kristin a moment. “I don’t know how far I can push the sunrise Sire, I’m not risking it at all. I want us back before the sky starts to lighten. I’m sorry I limit us like this.”

Willow’s expression softened. “You aren’t limiting us. This place wouldn’t be nearly as fun without you.” She tried to reassure her vampire. “It’s hardly your fault you go poof in the sunlight, and well I’m pretty fair skinned too. I think if I were all walking and looking in the daylight I’d burn pretty badly anyhow. You’re saving me from a bad sunburn and maybe,” Willow paused, thinking harder. “wrinkles when I get older. I heard the sun was bad for you, so really you’re just helping me remember that. Because I really would not want to be all wrinkly at thirty, people would whisper behind my back, ‘that Rosenberg should have stayed out of the sun, look at her now.’ And they’d be right, because I should avoid too much sun, because it’s just bad for you.”

Kristin started to smile at her gently. “Sire, you’re babbling again.”

“Well, maybe, but that doesn’t mean I don’t mean it missy.” Willow spoke a little jokingly firmly. “And hey, Vegas is really pretty at night.”

Kristin’s eyes seemed to caress her and Willow blushed, but she didn’t even really know why. Something in Kristin’s eyes were just too intense and it embarrassed Willow a little, but she also liked it. “I think the Luxor is my favorite building in Vegas.” Kristin turned to look where they were walking, which was up towards the building. “But the Bellagio has a water show that I love too. We’ll have to see that tomorrow night.”

“That sounds good.” Willow responded, but her eyes were on the sphinx statue they were getting closer to. It was impressive.

“And I bought us tickets to a show tomorrow.” Kristin told her and Willow turned to look at her vampire. It sounded like an official date and Willow smiled. That would be fun. “I was hoping we could shop a little tomorrow and find you a new outfit to wear.”

“Why?” Willow felt a small hint of self consciousness start to grow large.

“Well, it’s an eighteen and older show.” Kristin grinned a little. “So I want you to pass for just about four weeks older.”

“But I’m not.” Willow started to say, but then noticed her vampire’s shoulders slump just a little. “Well, it’s only 18, it isn’t like I’m going to pretend to be old enough for gambling and drinking.” Willow felt like she was really being naughty, but the smile her vampire gave her made her feel like she was doing the right thing.

“I love statues.” Kristin spoke as she moved forward and caressed the statue in front of them. “Inside they have a few more things, but maybe we can see that another day.” Kristin glanced at the sky and Willow’s eyes followed her. There was a small change in the blueness of the horizon. It was time to go.

………………..

Kristin remembered to put the do not disturb sign on the doorknob and she did that while Willow pulled the curtains tightly shut. The sun was starting to peek up and Kristin didn’t know how long it would have been before it became deadly.

Tonight was fun, she thought as she moved to kick off her shoes. “You want the bathroom first?” She offered, but Kristin’s mind was more on the single bed in the room. Willow had booked the room and Kristin had assumed her sire wasn’t ready for one bed. Did Willow think Kristin preferred the floor? If she thought for a moment that Willow would allow her to sleep in the bed with her at home she would have asked.

While Willow was preparing for bed Kristin waited, unsure what to do. She couldn’t assume anything and be wrong.

“All yours.” Willow spoke as she came out of the bathroom in a long nightshirt and headed for the bed. Kristin just nodded, but she didn’t have much to do.

“Don’t you have pajamas?” Willow asked as Kristin stepped out of the bathroom and Kristin looked down at her black jeans and shirt.

“You never bought me any sire.” Kristin spoke slowly as she wondered what her sire was thinking. Willow blushed.

“I didn’t mean to forget that, I’m sorry. Is that why you’re always sleep in your clothes? I thought maybe that was a vampire thing.” Willow was laying on one side of the bed, not the middle. Kristin noticed that and hesitantly moved closer, to see if she’d be rebuked if she got in bed.

“I can buy some tomorrow.” Kristin offered, but then she stood by the bed wondering if she could take off her jeans and get in the bed, or if she was allowed in the bed at all. With little to go by Kristin just stood there and bowed her head waiting for Willow to tell her.

“Why don’t you get in the bed?” Willow spoke softly. “No funny business, maybe some snuggles, but maybe it’s time for you to be in the bed. Don’t you think?” The redhead sounded unsure and Kristin smiled happily in response. This was a step in the right direction, from the bed she could start to show her sire she was valuable in many ways, perhaps too painfully slowly, but it gave her opportunity.

“Jeans?” Kristin risked asking while touching her fly. Willow blushed and turned away.

“You can take them off, I won’t look.” Willow said, taking away some of the fun of taking them off. Kristin barely managed to not sigh as she unzipped and removed them, putting the jeans on the floor near the wall, and then slid into the bed.

……………………

Willow woke up and her heart started to hammer as she felt a weight on her. Her eyes opened and she looked down her body to find a mass of brunette hair sitting on her chest and Willow’s eyes widened even further as she stared.

Her face started to blush heavily as she noticed how Kristin had insinuated herself onto Willow’s chest and had one hand gently holding a breast, thankfully a clothed one. Kristin’s ear was pressed hard against Willow’s chest too.

“What are you doing?” Willow squeaked out, but all that got was a shift and a strong cuddle in response. “Kristin?” Willow spoke quietly and heard a small groan in response that time. Her vampire was asleep.

Willow sighed heavily and stared up at the ceiling as she struggled with what to do. If she woke Kristin up it would be embarrassing, but this was embarrassing too. “Second base in your sleep Kristin? You’re a naughty kitty.” Willow muttered and reached down to grab the hand grabbing her. It took a little doing, but she got Kristin to let her go and Willow moved the hand off of her body as she started to consider how to get Kristin off of her completely.

“Kristin.” Willow called out now that there wasn’t a naughty hand on her that they’d need to discuss. “Kristin, I need to go to the bathroom.” Willow spoke a little louder and Kristin cuddled her tighter for a moment, before moving her head. The brush of air on Willow’s skin where the neck of her shirt was being pulled down a bit was a shock. More shocking was how nice it was.

“What?” Kristin’s voice croaked out.

“Bathroom, I need to go.” Willow repeated and Kristin carefully moved off of her.

“I was comfy.” Kristin complained softly, and Willow rolled out of bed while considering that Kristin hadn’t accidentally ended up on her, she sounded like she’d purposely chose that position.

“I’ll be right back.” Willow said as she hurried to the bathroom, but she also was blushing as she walked away. Kristin laying all over her, what a naughty vampire, Willow thought, but she also thought it was a little nice. As she spent time in the bathroom Willow’s thoughts went to her cuddly vampire and she started to smile. By the time she got back into bed she didn’t get startled when Kristin put her head back on Willow’s chest.

Kristin’s words explained it, “Heartbeat. I like your heartbeat. You should keep it.” Kristin mumbled in a half asleep way, as she put her head on Willow.

“I’ll do my best.” Willow spoke gently and reached down to caress Kristin’s hair.

The next time Willow woke up she felt more awake. Almost like she felt in the morning, only it was probably afternoon. Willow tried to turn her head to look at the clock, but moving was hard to do with a vampire on her chest, so she couldn’t quite see it.

At least this time her vampire didn’t have naughty hands, Willow thought as she considered that her vampire seemed really tired and she didn’t want to wake her. Willow carefully untangled herself and then stood beside the bed looking down at Kristin in her now crinkled shirt. They needed pajamas for her soon.

Willow showered and dressed as quietly as that was possible to do, but when she came out of the bathroom in her only other outfit her vampy girlfriend was leaning on her side and giving the bathroom doorway a tired blinking look.

“If you want to sleep more you could.” Willow offered, but she was eager to go out. She had plans for something she wanted to do today before she lost her nerve, something that would help her pass for 18, she was going to do it for her vampire. Willow finally looked at the clock. “It’s only noon. I’d be sleeping too if I weren’t all excited and in a new place, but you should sleep. I don’t want a cranky vampire.” She kind of wanted Kristin to not come right now.

“You won’t shop without me will you?” Kristin asked and it was so sweet and a little sad.

Willow smiled gently at Kristin. “No I won’t. I’m just going to scout the mall out, make sure it’s vampire friendly during the day. Maybe look around a little.” She didn’t elaborate on her real plans.

Kristin moved to lay on the bed. “Just a little longer.”

“I’ll be back, I promise.” Willow spoke, but her eyes were mostly taking in the cute way Kristin looked, hair mussed by a pillow.

“I’ll find you.” Kristin whispered and Willow shook her head, thinking she’d be back well before her vampire woke up, and that her vampire would spend forever looking for her in a place like this.

“You don’t have to, I’ll just be a couple hours.” Willow moved forward a little and tugged a sheet up, to tuck her girlfriend in. “You’re adorable.”

Kristin grinned just a little. “I’m a vampire. Try sexy, but adorable is a little too soft.” Kristin’s grin became sexy. Willow just kissed her and then pulled back.

It took a half hour to even find what she was looking for after she left the hotel room, and Willow was so lost she’d have to ask how to get back to the hotel room after she was done.

Willow was a bit nervous as she stepped into the hair salon, looking around at the mirrors and stations while walking around a few elegant looking chairs to get to the counter.

“How can I help you?” The woman, who had been with someone moved up to the counter asked.

“Well, I need a haircut.” Willow grinned a little tensely. Then her voice softened to a whisper. “I need to look older.” She confided.

“We can’t do miracles.” The woman behind the counter smiled and it had Willow relaxing.

“Well, I’m going to go to college and I don’t want to look like a high school student impersonating a college student. No, I want to look like a college student.” Willow spoke a little faster. It was time for a change, and she’d planned to make that change before college, but she’d do it now. Her vampire needed her to pass, and Willow was tired of the looks she got walking around, the you don’t belong here missy looks.

“Well, I’m busy for another half hour, but you could look at a few pictures to give me an idea.” The woman was nice, Willow was glad because she’d been worried. “And with that red hair you might want to consider some highlights to really bring it out.” The woman walked around the counter and into a small section of chairs and a coffee table.

“Check these out.” The woman started to pull out a few hair books. “Stay away from really long styles if you want to go older. You need to consider medium or short cuts. College students seem to go for those.”

Willow swallowed nervously and nodded as she moved to sit. She hadn’t realized this would mean losing that much hair, but Willow picked up the first book and started to look.

The women in the books were all sophisticated and beautiful. Willow sighed, starting to think that she might end up looking like a high school student trying to look older. Still she continued to flip through the book and then another, marking things that she thought might look good.

She wasn’t looking forward to Cordy’s comments about her new look when she got home, it was part of what made her wait. Still, she could deal with it now if she had to, as long as her vampy girlfriend liked it.

Willow heard someone paying and then Willow looked up to find the hair dresser looking at her. “Any ideas yet?”

“I’ve got a few, but I really don’t know what to pick. I’m never very good at this, my mom usually tells me to leave it long because long doesn’t need to be cut as often, but I’ve done that for years and it’s time for a change, but I just don’t know.” Willow glanced at the books. “What do you think?” She finally asked.

Willow was taken back to a station with the books and the hair dresser looked at her hair and the pictures. The one that was suggested made Willow feel a little shocked, but she just nodded when she heard how cute it would be and how it would highlight her neck, which the hair dresser thought was pretty. When she said that Willow checked their reflections to make sure they both had one, they did. The neck comment was surprising, but thinking of her vampire it made that idea for a cut the best one. The woman also talked Willow into red highlights. Willow felt like she was just agreeing to everything, because the woman had a good sounding reason for it all.

When the scissors came to her hair and Willow stared at the large chunk that hit the floor she had second thoughts. Her eyes widened as another snip was made and she watched another long chunk of hair fall to the ground. Since her hair cut was going to be so drastic they were cutting some before coloring, but if this was just some, what was Willow going to have left? Willow was becoming very nervous.

………………

Kristin’s eyes opened suddenly and she sat up, feeling apprehensive about something, but she listened hard and didn’t hear anything nearby to worry about. She glanced at the clock and noticed it was just a little after one. “Willow.” Kristin muttered and tossed the sheets off of her body. She had to find her sire.

Kristin rushed to the microwave, but then thought she didn’t have time to deal with it. With a grimace Kristin downed cold animal blood, and almost spit it back out. She rushed to brush her teeth and get that taste out of her mouth and then Kristin hurried to change.

She didn’t bother with brushing her hair, she just grabbed the brush and took it with her. Her brush went through her hair quickly as she took the elevator down, leaving a few violently shed hairs on the floor, before she tucked it into her back pocket, the one that didn’t have her wallet, just as the elevator opened.

Kristin stood in the casino and focused on her sire, wanting to find her fast. There was something wrong, off, and Kristin couldn’t tell what it was. Kristin used her nose to smell the air, and it was recycled and hard to work with, but Kristin found a direction to take and she went with it.

The panic had been easing, but Kristin still walked fast and determined as she moved through the mall. She had to be careful of some areas that were opening to the bright and sunny day, but Kristin avoided those easily.

When she found herself standing in front of a hair salon, Kristin stopped and stared in. She could see Willow sitting at a chair, with a woman painting something onto her head. Kristin blinked and started to go inside, but Willow’s eyes opened suddenly and stared at her. Kristin stopped and just looked at her sire, looking nervous and a little surprised, before glancing at the mirrors. Oh, Kristin’s shoulders slumped a little and she nodded, before pointing behind her to the benches in the middle of the mall.

Willow was getting her hair done, Kristin sat so she could see her sire and noticed the hair was already rather short, not touching her shoulders. Was that why Willow had called her? Kristin frowned for a moment, wondering why Willow got a haircut if it caused her enough distress to call. Kristin also thought of the disgusting breakfast she’d had and was a little put out, but she just told herself it was better that it wasn’t something serious, because Kristin wasn’t sure what help she could be if Willow couldn’t handle something.

Kristin sat back in the chair and started to just people watch as she waited to see what her sire had done. After a little while she looked back into the hair salon and saw the woman was still painting Willow’s hair. This would be a while. “I’m going to look for some pajamas.” Kristin called in and Willow tried to nod, but with all the foil on her head it was slow and carefully done. “When should I be back?”

The person working on Willow turned to her. “Give us about an hour.” She answered and Kristin waited a moment longer for Willow to confirm. Kristin only took orders from her sire.

“Sure, an hour and then you can tell me what you think.” Willow spoke, and there was a small hint of apprehension.

“I’d think that even if she shaved you bald you look amazing.” Kristin told her gently and turned to leave.

“I don’t plan to shave you bald.” The hair dresser teased, “but if your girlfriend wants that it will ruin all this coloring.” Kristin heard it as she walked away and that alone took that woman out of the category of prey in her mind. That woman was being nice to her sire.

………………….

“It’s short.” Willow spoke quietly as she reached up to touch her hair. It was more flamey red and didn’t even brush her shoulders. “I mean it’s cute and all,” she rushed to reassure the woman who did this, but Willow stared at herself and it felt like it wasn’t really her. Her bangs were angled down her face and the hair was laying perfectly, but it was so short. She looked like a woman though, no boy would wear this.

“It’s a change. It may take some time to get used to.” The hair dresser told her. “But you look at least maybe nineteen now.” The woman smiled. “Just see what your girlfriend does when she sees you before you make up your mind whether you like it or not.”

It was strange and nice to be able to say she had a girlfriend here. This woman wasn’t all freaked out about it, and Willow liked being able to just be gay, since that was apparently what she was.

Willow paid and left a decent tip, before she turned to glance around at the mall and the benches for her vampire.

Willow went out to sit for a moment and wait. She luckily faced the right direction because she was able to see Kristin as the vampire walked up, carrying a bag. Willow saw her vampire’s eyes widen and the smile. “You look so sexy.” Kristin said as soon as she was closer and then Willow squeaked in shock as Kristin leaned in and kissed her neck. “And you’re neck is just right there. It’s so sleek and sexy too.” At that moment Willow decided the haircut definitely got a passing grade.

“I was surprised you found me.” Willow spoke as she turned with Kristin to start to walk in a direction. “Or that you were even up.”

Kristin looked at her with a cute little guilty look. “You called me.” She said and Willow’s eyebrows drew together as she heard that, confused. She didn’t even know how to call the hotel room. “You sire-called me.”

“What?” Willow stopped walking and turned to look at Kristin. The way she lacked hair brushing against her back as she turned vaguely registered, but the words Kristin used were strange and new and hinted to something strange and new.

“I don’t know, I just knew that you wanted me.” Kristin turned to face Willow. “And I had to come, but then it faded, but I was already looking for you so I kept looking.” Kristin glanced at Willow’s hair and smiled again. “Oh, that looks so good on you.” The compliment felt good, but Willow was still stuck on the idea that their bond had power. It did things Willow didn’t think it would.

“I called you?” Willow asked quietly, glancing around nervously. “What did I say, come to me I’m getting a hair cut?”

“Well, you didn’t actually say anything.” Kristin looked thoughtful. “Just a feeling that you were upset and nervous came through. I don’t think sire’s actually have telepathy, I never read about it anyway.”

“Oh well that’s good.” Willow muttered, not seeing the bright side on that. Willow was doing special vampire sire stuff and Kristin didn’t even think that was odd. Maybe that was why Faith was saying she sensed something. This could be a problem, a big one.

“Sire?” Kristin spoke softly, looking a little lost and concerned.

“It’s okay.” Willow gave her vampire a weak smile. Whatever was happening to Willow wasn’t Kristin’s fault. No the great idea of accepting the role of sire had all been Willow’s and she’d been the one to research how that could be done too. She just should have researched a little longer, because she’d only found stories of vampires doing it.

Of course, what witch would ever try something like this? Willow was probably the first and there were probably all sorts of reasons she shouldn’t have. Still, the choice had been to become sire or to risk losing Kristin to her vampire urges, and Willow still felt she’d chosen right. It was just, how was she ever going to explain this to Buffy once Buffy started to sense her? Would she? Is that what set Faith off?

“I saw some stores I wanted to take you to.” Kristin spoke softly, changing the subject gently. Was that sire bond why her vampire knew to do that, Willow wondered, or was Kristin really as sensitive as Willow had assumed she was. Willow really wished she could research this right now, but they were far from the library.

“Sure, take me away.” Willow smiled gently and pushed her concerns back as far as she could so they could enjoy this time, because once Willow got home she was going to be spending a lot of time researching.

……………….

“Oh my.” Kristin stared at her with wide eyes, wide hungry eyes and Willow felt self conscious standing in the dressing room while her vampire stared. “Oh, we have to get that. I didn’t think shirts could look that sexy unless they were barely there.” Willow hadn’t fully trusted her vampire when they’d started this, but unlike Buffy, when Willow said she couldn’t do something, Kristin listened. The shirts were tamer than the ones Kristin looked at for herself, and Kristin didn’t push for more than Willow felt comfortable with.

It was yet another reason to love her vampire, Willow thought and smiled fondly at the vampire working so hard to find clothes they both could live with. Kristin didn’t budge on the color issues, and she was insistent that if the shirts weren’t revealing that they at least have a flattering cut, but it didn’t feel bossy at all. Willow met her halfway just because Kristin was being so reasonable and tried on shirts she’d normally just look at a while and put back on the rack.

“Are you sure? It isn’t too modest?” Willow asked as she looked into the mirror at the shirt being discussed. It was a royal blue and it was cut nicely to show her waist, it had a real tailored look. It was nice, and it covered a lot of skin, but it was light weight as well. Willow looked at what her vampire had been trying on, and it was a shirt designed not to be completely buttoned, it appeared to only have three usable buttons, just enough to keep the clothes legal. Kristin’s shirt showed yummy cleavage and a cute little belly button. It was also a deep dark red that you’d almost expect a vampire to wear, if they weren’t wearing black. It fit the stereotype rather well, but sexy, oh so sexy, Willow thought as she stared.

Kristin stopped and stared at her. Willow watched the serious expression on the brunette’s face in person, because a reflection didn’t work. “You know what the sexiest thing about a woman is?” Kristin asked Willow quietly, seriously. Willow’s eyes widened at the unexpected quiz. She hadn’t studied, she only had her own ideas, which included that pale cleavage she could see. “Confidence. If you dress how you feel comfortable as well as what looks good you have it, and if you push too hard, wear something that feels wrong, you don’t. I want you to want to actually wear what we get, and it’s fine if it isn’t like what I wear. I don’t have modesty anymore, I lost it with my soul. I wouldn’t be trying these clothes on if I were still human, I was a bit more shy. Your still a little shy, and that’s just fine.”

“I love you.” Willow spoke without even thinking about it. Kristin was perfect, she really was. Kristin smiled in a soft pleased way and then looked down at her own shirt.

“Does it look good? I like what I can see, but, well, does it?” Kristin asked and looked up at Willow, with such a hopeful expression and slightly sad too. Willow had answered this question a few times already and she could see the turmoil her vampire felt at not being able to look in a mirror and check herself, she could see it. It hadn’t even been something Willow was aware of, but mirrors really bothered her vampire.

“I really like it.” Willow spoke gently. “That color looks good on you. I think I like it better than the first one you tried on.”

“Oh, okay.” Kristin nodded a little and then moved to slip back into the dressing room so that they could repeat this procedure again.

They were taking their time shopping, because they had the time. They still had hours before nightfall.

They both had bags and for once Willow really enjoyed shopping. They left the latest little store and Kristin’s smile widened. “I see Gelato.” Her voice became a whisper. “You think they have blood flavored?”

“Probably not.” Willow smiled at the teasing. “But I bet they have chocolate.”

………………

Kristin carried the majority of the bags as they stood waiting for the elevator. Willow had already pressed the button. A young man was standing with them, and Kristin sighed as she noticed the looks Willow was getting. “Hi.” He smiled flirtatiously and Kristin took a small step closer to Willow.

“I was thinking prime rib for dinner.” Kristin started to talk, not giving him a hint of attention and drawing Willow’s attention to her. Willow clearly didn’t think that hi was for her and Kristin liked that.

“That sounds good.” Willow’s smile was very nice.

The man chimed in and Kristin gritted her teeth as he interrupted their conversation. “I could take you both out, the best prime rib on the strip is…”

Kristin jerked her head up and stared at him. “She’s not interested in your meat, neither of us are, why don’t you just shove off?” Out of the corner of Kristin’s eye she could see Willow’s eyes widened and she felt like kicking herself for snapping. It took effort to not go grr as she glared. The elevator pinged and she stared at him. “You want to keep your meat,” She glanced down his body and then back into his eyes. “You’ll catch the next elevator.”

“Kristin!” Willow’s voice held a note of rebuff and Kristin turned to give Willow an apologetic look before glancing at the opened elevator door. Willow finally stepped into it and Kristin followed.

“I’m sorry Sire.” Kristin bowed her head and spoke after the door closed. She did notice that man had taken her advice. “He was disrespectful, thinking you weren’t worthy of a better line. Even thinking he had a chance was disrespectful, he is clearly unworthy of you.” It became an effort to not go grr and in fact she had to pull herself back from it as her forehead started to get bumpy. “You are a goddess and he is a common peasant, nothing more than prey.”

“Are you jealous?” Willow spoke gently and Kristin looked over to see a slight smile on Willow’s face. “You are, aren’t you?”

“I would never claim to control you, to, to…” Kristin’s words stalled as she had no idea what to say. She didn’t want to have Willow look elsewhere for her needs, but as a pet she couldn’t say that. Most Sires weren’t faithful to their pets, it was a foreign thought.

“My vampy girlfriend is jealous.” Willow grinned a little wickedly. “You don’t need to be. You’re my girlfriend and I love you.”

“He was rude, I was right there.” Kristin spoke quietly. “I’m carrying your bags, I was talking about taking you out. That was rude, he deserves to be bitten.”

“Technically he invited us both, he might have been after you.” Willow’s grin faded at that thought. “He probably was.” Those words were less amused and more irritated. “Okay, I see why you threatened him.”

The elevator stopped and they stepped out. Kristin waited for a second for Willow to start off down the hall, while also pulling her hotel key out. “So dinner before sunset?”

“Only if they have something good here, otherwise we have time before the show.” Kristin stopped and waited for the redhead to open the hotel room. “I think it would be nice if you wore the blue shirt and black jeans tonight, but that’s just a suggestion.”

“Only if you wear the red shirt.” Willow grinned as she opened the door and moved inside just enough to hold it opened for Kristin.

“Just the shirt?” Kristin grinned just a little as she teased, letting her voice go a little deeper, “Sire, you’re getting so naughty.”

They hung up the clothes and Kristin changed while Willow was in the bathroom, because Willow was shy. Kristin straightened up her clothes as much as she could, but the mirror wasn’t helping her.

They only had a few hours before the show and Kristin knew Willow would ask about it during dinner. Her sire was very curious, but she was also so repressed. This was going to be a hard sell, and hopefully Willow wouldn’t become mad at her if Kristin found a way to not have the conversation until they’d already gone into the show. Kristin was pretty sure Willow would like the show, and Kristin really wanted to see it, but Willow might just tell her to go alone if she knew and Kristin wanted to see it with Willow.

Once the bathroom was vacant Kristin was able to go in there and get her makeup. She wore little because of her inability to see a reflection, but she put on some deep red lipstick. Willow was still getting ready as Kristin stepped out, but Kristin just waited patiently for her sire.

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The MGM was a huge and confusing casino. Kristin had to ask directions from a bartender to try and find the theater they wanted. She noticed posters for another show the casino had that she might try and get tickets for on another night, KA. It looked interesting.

Willow looked around at the casino with obvious interest and Kristin found herself staring for a moment at how Willow had changed in one day. This just might work. “I’ll get the tickets.” She spoke quietly as they approached the ticket office.

“Sure, because you’re old enough and well I could go with you, but then they might ask for id and my id isn’t going to work.” Willow babbled just a little. “But I’ll look as old as I can, but if it doesn’t work I don’t want you to miss out.”

“I don’t want in if you aren’t with me.” Kristin spoke gently and then paused. “You know there’s a reason it’s 18 or over.” She admitted quietly, off to the side and out of sight of the ticket window. “It’s supposed to be very artistic, but there is partial nudity.” There were posters, Kristin had seen them, and if Willow saw it for the first time just as she was trying to pretend to be older it would be a disaster. Willow needed to be warned.

Willow started to blush and her eyes widened. Kristin felt a bit apprehensive and her head bowed just a little. “It is artistic, I promise I read everything. I just really think you’ll like it and I really wanted to see an adult show.” Her voice became a whisper when Willow didn’t speak. “I’m sorry Sire, I was wrong wasn’t I? You don’t want to go.”

Willow cleared her throat and Kristin didn’t risk looking up. “Look up, this isn’t acting human and people will stare.” Willow spoke and her voice was gentle. Kristin looked up and studied Willow’s face, searching for evidence in her expression as to how in trouble Kristin was. Willow looked a little red and she had her far off thoughtful look in her eyes. “I thought it was, I don’t know, about horses.”

Kristin had counted on that while getting them this far and she nodded to Willow’s words. If the posters weren’t there she could have gotten Willow seated first and then told her, or just not told her. That planned had been ruined fast by the advertisements. It was sneaky, she knew that, but she was willing to risk it. She really didn’t think her sire would abandon her for it, not anymore. She knew her sire valued her now, it gave her more security.

“Artistic?” Willow’s voice squeaked just a little and Kristin’s eyes widened at the tone, one that seemed to say it wasn’t a huge no just yet, that her sire was considering it. “And you really want to go?”

“I do.” Kristin was shocked as she watched her sire consider this, and realized it was just because Kristin wanted it. Her sire really valued her and it made Kristin feel stunned when Willow just nodded.

“I’ll try for you, but you missy aren’t going to try and trick me like this again.” Willow’s voice took a slightly firm tone. “You are a sneaky kitty and I won’t put up with that. You just tell me if you want something, don’t try and play sneaky.”

“I’m sorry Sire.” Kristin spoke gently and reached up slowly, to caress Willow’s hair and then her neck. “Oh sire, thank you.” She leaned in and kissed Willow firmly on the lips even though they were in public, ignoring Willow’s shyness in her own need to show how grateful she was to be cared for. As Kristin’s arms started to move around Willow, Willow’s head pulled back.

“Hands in public.” Willow scolded and Kristin let go and stepped back a little. She was almost worried, but Willow smiled at her just a little. “Let’s go see the ‘art’.” Willow blushed.

“Walk like you belong here.” Kristin spoke quietly and then nodded as Willow seemed to be trying to collect herself. “I’ll get the tickets.”

Amazingly it worked, it might have been Willow’s acting skills, but Kristin doubted it. Perhaps they just didn’t check anyone, or they understood the quiet threat Kristin was as they paused just a moment while taking Willow’s ticket, because Kristin had stared at them hard when it took a little too long. They were seated and Kristin grinned as she looked around the room and then happily at her sire.

“I would be so willing to have sex with you tonight.” Kristin leaned in to Willow’s ear to whisper. “Not that I’m not always wanting you like that, but you’ve made me so happy.” She could feel the blush on Willow’s cheek from that close.

“Naughty vampire.” Willow managed to squeak out quietly as well and Kristin smiled at her wickedly as she pulled back. She was too happy to take that as a real scolding. Kristin moved her hand a little towards Willow’s leg and held Willow’s hand when it was given too her. Someday she’d have more, but Kristin was happy to feel the pulse of her sire in her hand.

Once the lights dimmed Kristin had a nice view of the show and her sire, who’s eyes were wide and her face was a deep blush as a dozen topless women in some barely there military uniform came out marching and stomping. It was amazing and Kristin grinned happily, noting that this was clearly art and not slutty at all. And Willow’s eyes stayed on the stage, Kristin was happy to see that, even though Willow’s shoulders were hunching a little as if to try and hide Willow from anyone’s eyes as she watched.