Darkness, that was all he knew for now; infinite, unyielding darkness. It surrounded him as he seemingly floated on nothing but air. He felt weightless. What was the last thing he remembered? Oh, right, he had checked up on Jasper, found him asleep and then went around locating art supplies to move into what would become Encre's art room for a while. "I'm probably asleep then, that had taken until the sun rose." Suave mused aloud into the inky darkness.

The what Suave supposed he could call a world shifted around him until he was stood in front of an army of angry townspeople, his arms tied behind his back. He looked to his right and found Jasper similarly bound, except the rope went around his middle, probably to stop him using his wings. The sun was going to rise soon and they where on a wooden podium with a tall pole in the middle. The townspeople surrounded them on all sides and two guards each where holding Suave and Jasper, preventing escape. As the sun got closer and closer to rising, the crowd started to get more excited to see the vampire burn.

The guards tied Suave and Jasper against the pole, back to back. They both struggled the entire time, fear for their safety and lives took over. Their hands had been untied though. Suaves' hand found Jaspers' and clutched it tight, not letting go. The sun started to rise, bringing with it light lethal to vampires. Suave heard soft sobs, Jasper must've been terrified. Suave' thumb digits gently rubbed the back of Jaspers' hand. "I'm here with you my lord."

The townspeople yelled cruel words at the two, words aimed at Suave like traitor and derogatory terms, words like parasite where aimed at Jasper. Jasper didn't want to die, his soft cries turned into screams of pain as the sun reached him. Suave held onto his hand, tears coming to his eyes as he heard his love scream. Jasper screamed in pain, the light burning him until all that was left where dust and ashes. Suave cried out, "no!" as Jasper's hand dissolved into nothing and slipped though his hand. Tears streamed down his face. The guards retreated and came back with wood, one holding a lit torch of orange and red flame. They where going to burn him alive. The townspeople where happy to see this. Eterna stepped up as the guards got everything ready.
"Let him die like his 'Lord', burnt to dust and ashes!" Eterna cried out, the Town residents roared with approval. Suave didn't even pay attention, the one person he loved was gone, he had broken as Jasper died right beside him, hearing his cries of pain and anguish. He didn't even get to say goodbye. He'd see him in the afterlife.

The guards vacated the wooden stage and set it alight. Suave closed his tearful eyes as the fire reached him.

He bolted upright, tears streaming down his face as he awoke. It was just a nightmare? Suave wiped at his eye sockets, he probably wasn't going back to sleep after that. He reached over for his glasses, putting them on. The world quickly came into focus after. He went to the window to try and see how much time he was asleep for. It was about midday out there, so about five or six hours. Suave didn't feel like going back to bed after that nightmare. He might in an hour. He might as well do something. There was a storage room nearby that really needed reordering. He headed there to do it and get his mind off the nightmare. Had it been a delayed reaction to what happened the day before? Whatever caused it, he wanted a break from sleeping, if only for a little.

Suave entered the storage room and took stock of what was there, a few art supplies, cleaning supplies and some other things. He put the art supplies and the cleaning supplies nearer the door, as they would be used or moved soon. Then he started to order the other items, putting them in groups of uses so if someone found something they needed for a job, they'd find the rest of it. Reorganising the storage room took a while, but it allowed Suave to keep his mind off the nightmare from earlier. He might talk to Jasper about it later, Fallacy wouldn't be back for a few days, so they didn't need to worry about him hearing proof of their new relationship. Suave smiled a little at the thought as he tidied up.

Nighttime started to fall over the castle and some of the male servants woke to a sharp knock followed by the sound of the door opening and a well known, "good morning all, meeting in 10 as usual." And a couple replies of "good morning" before the door closed once more. Suave was in a better mood, his had a good sleep despite the nightmare. He made sure the maids where up and getting ready, without invading their privacy. He then went to the meeting room to wait. The servants entered, ready to work. Suave started the normal meeting, the two chefs went to go start preparing breakfast for the group and others trickled out as their jobs where assigned for the day. Suave got a group of five strong servants and they started to sort out the art supplies for Encre's art room.

They carried easels, paints, brushes, canvases and all kinds of supply's to one of the unused rooms, which had a side room where they could store most of the stuff. The room was near Encres' room so he couldn't get lost easily. They put the paint cans on the shelves in the storage room on the side and the paint brushes in the draws, sorted into size by Suave. The easels where set up in the main part of the art room and canvases where also put into the storage room. They cleaned up the room, did last checks after setting it up and then left to get breakfast. Encre joined them as they walked past his room. It was pretty much breakfast time by the time the art room was set up. The servants and Encre ate breakfast together, there was much joking, talking and fun. A couple of the guys ribbed Suave about something he did once while drunk after drinking a small amount of alcohol. He was a lightweight when it came to drinking.

Breakfast passes and Suave showed Encre his new art room. Encre looked around a little, there was a desk,chair, sofa, 4 easels spaced out and a mirror. He looked in the storage room as well, he could do with another couple art supplies, but what he had here was amazing,"Suave, thank you and whoever helped you, this room is really nice and will work perfectly." He smiled, he couldn't wait to get started. Suave smiled back, he was glad Encre liked the room.
"I'm glad you like it, I should go check on Lord Jasper, I'm supposed to be looking after him."
"Bye Suave."
"I will see you later, Encre" Suave left Encre to it and headed to the young lords' chamber.

Suave gently knocked and entered after 5 seconds of silence. Jasper was asleep in bed still, though he didn't seem to be in pain or discomfort, which reassured Suave a little. He smiled softly, walking over to Jasper's side, thinking for a few seconds before deciding to sit on the edge of the bed.

I was just waking up when a felt the bed shift under a weight as it settled beside me. Knowing habits and recent events, it's probably just Suave. I listen out, keeping my breathing even and my eye sockets shut. I feel a skeletal hand on my cheek and a gentle, "I love you," be said; definitely Suave. I smile a little at the small show of affection.
I open my eye sockets, "I love you too." I smile as I see him blush slightly, cute, though I can feel my face heating up a little. I slowly sit up, not wanting to feel the pain from my burns. Suave helps me sit up, I hug him as he starts to let go of me, he hugs back after a second. This is nice, could probably stay like this for a while. I smile, resting my skull on his shoulder. One of Suaves' hands moves up to stroke the back of my head. That feels... Different, but nice. As it continues I feel an urge in what I guess is my vocal chords. I let it do as it pleases and find myself surprised. Suave is as well as the petting(?) stops.
"Did you just... Purr?" Suave asks me, as if he isn't sure about what he heard. How do I respond!!?
"Urrr, iiiiii think so?" There is silence after as we both process this information, "can you, um, pet me again?" I'm unsure, but the petting returns, "thanks, it feels nice." Might as well be honest. I hear a soft chuckle, probably about how weird this is.
"Okay, but just for you my Lord." I can hear the smile in his voice, but the petting is too nice for me to care. After a few seconds the vocal urge returns and I let it happen, which causes the petting to slow for a couple seconds before Suave continues at his original pace. Yep, I'm definitely purring. I don't really care though.

A few minutes pass with Suave petting Jasper before Suave stops, also letting Jasper go. Jasper begrudgingly let's go as well as his purring stops. There are a few seconds of silence, "so, you can purr like a cat..."
"It appears so Suave, I don't know how or why though." Jasper was a little worried about what Suave thought of this before he felt a hand take a hold of his.
"Before you let negative thoughts swarm your mind, this doesn't change how I feel about you. In all honesty, its kinda cute." Suave smiles as Jasper blushes.
"Suave!" He yells slightly before  muttering: "I'm not cute." Under his breath. Suave smiles, but it turns into a small frown as the nightmare he had comes back into his kind. "Is something wrong Suave?"
"No, not really, I just had a rough time sleeping. I had a nightmare about half way though the daytime."
"Do you want to talk about it?" Suave nodded slightly as he told Jasper about his nightmare. Jasper proved to be an active listener. He put his hand on Suave's shoulder when he was finished speaking. No words where said, both knew what the other would say. This time of intimacy pushed Suave to tell Jasper about his fears of what would happen if Fallacy found out about their love. Jasper quietly promised him that he wouldn't let Fallacy hurt him; that he would protect Suave from his own father if he did turn violent or hostile.

After the reassurance from Jasper, Suave gets the book the two where reading and opens it to the bookmark, they start to read together.