EGO POV Yibo

Recently I remembered something from my past. About my 10 year old self that felt like the unhappiest boy in the world. I was tired of having to work out every day. I hated my parents and just wanted to get away!

But since I was not yet 14 years old and therefore could not yet go to the Assassin Academy and I certainly did not want to my grandmother, because she would have sent me immediately back home, I had to come up with something else.

I took all my saved money, threw a dart over my shoulder onto a map and bought a train ticket to the place where the dart landed.

All alone as a 10 year old and only enough change of clothes for 2 days, as well as my last bit of pocket money, I sat on the train and imagined in the most beautiful colors how my life would be from now on. I imagined I would look for a forest, look for a nice place there and then build a small hut with my own hands and live there. Of course, I would also be able to feed myself and without any problems, right?

I thought, once I live in the forest, no one can do anything to me. Then I would be free and no one could order me around, hit me on the back with a stick if I messed up an exercise or yell at me if I didn't understand something. I was looking forward to my new life.

When the train reached my destination, I got off and found myself somewhere in the middle of nowhere. There was a tiny train station, actually it was just a small old locked house and in the tiny village there were only 8 houses and a small store where at least some basic food was available. The inhabitants of this village were moreover, all old!

To find a forest was not difficult, because the village was surrounded by it. I had to find only a suitable place, where I could begin with the building of my own house. The place for it was found then also fast. But how do I build a house? And where do I get the tools and materials for it?

To have a roof over my head at least for this night, I gathered all the long branches I could find and placed them diagonally against a thick tree trunk. On top of that I put several smaller branches with leaves and twigs from fir trees. I didn't have much room, but it would be enough for now.

When it slowly became dark, I retreated into my temporary dwelling. It was eerie and the later it got, the colder it got. In addition, there were all these strange noises in the forest. A lot of them really scared me. Like the cracking of twigs on the ground. Or when the wind picked up, the creaking and crunching of branches and twigs on the trees.

Shivering, I lay on the floor in my dwelling. Under me lay my jacket and with the only sweater I had with me, I covered myself. But I could not get a wink of sleep. Besides, there were always some insects crawling around on my body. And I have always hated insects. I was disgusted by them and I couldn't close my eyes just because of them.

To distract myself, I walked around a bit in the forest. Fortunately, I remembered my flashlight. My bad luck was that I had forgotten to bring spare batteries. So I had light for about half an hour. Then everything was dark and I couldn't find my way back to my dwelling. So all I could do was keep walking around until eventually I ran out of strength and was so tired that I just fell asleep on the cold ground under the trees.

When I woke up, I was roaring. Because my whole body hurt. I had laid in the night namely next to an ant hill and they have attacked me while I slept, pretty nasty. All over my body I had painful large pustules. I cried for an hour when I was finally back in my dwelling and could hardly move because of the pain.

And then hunger came, too. However, I had already spent my last pocket money the day before on a bottle of soda and a pack of cookies in the small store in the village. And without a knife, I couldn't build a trap for animals either. I was also slowly running out of soda.

Slowly but surely I realized that I had totally overestimated myself and had a huge problem. It was clear to me that I could not do it alone. I knew I had to go back home. But how could I get there without money? So there was only one thing left to do, I had to ask for help in the village. But I couldn't leave right away because I could still barely move.

After more than three hours I could slowly move again and made my way to the village. But these old people were anything but friendly or helpful. They shooed me away, threatened me with beatings and one even pointed a firearm at me. What was going on with these old people? Were they all crazy? I was a helpless child and asked for help!

The woman in the store gave me a candy bar and a small bottle of water and then sent me away again. She had no phone and I would have to go to the nearest town 29 miles away where there was a small police station. I thanked her and left.

As a child who is in pain, hungry, thirsty and scared, having to walk 29 miles to the next town is beyond bad. I remember walking and walking and walking and there was just no end to it. I followed the directions the woman from the store gave me. But no matter how long I ran, I just didn't get to the village. Instead, my body ached even more, my feet burned, my stomach ached with hunger and my throat was dry. In addition, I became more and more afraid that I would not be able to make it.

The sun was setting and darkness was coming, bringing rain and cold. I dragged myself slowly forward and asked myself only, why no cars drive here at all. Did no one want to go in this direction from which I came? Didn't anyone come from the village where I started?

I don't know how many miles I had walked when I just collapsed in the middle of the road. I lay there all night and no one miraculously came and helped me. Instead, I woke up in the morning feeling miserable and just dragged on and on. Well, thanks to the rain, at least I wasn't thirsty anymore.

At some point around noon I finally saw a house and then another and another and finally the little police station. I dragged myself there and a police officer just caught me before I collapsed again.

I then woke up in a hospital room and the police officer asked me who I was. I tearfully told him who I was and how I got there and he said, "Well, kid, you should have thought about it before. Running away never helped anyone." Then he called my parents and they came to pick me up a few hours later.

When we got back home, my dad gave me a good spanking. But not because I ran away, but because I didn't make it back on my own. There I was again, at home with the parents I hated. I was the unhappiest boy in the world again.

And this feeling of being the unhappiest boy in the world continued. At some point, even though I was already in the Assassin Academy, I was the unhappiest teenager. And then the unhappiest man. I felt like no one loved me and that I couldn't love anyone. I was lonely and alone and had been for as long as I could remember.

Well, and then Zhan came into my life. And with him his parents. And suddenly I began not to be the unhappiest man in the world. I began to open my heart and feel the love, attention and security I had been searching for all these years. I found it in vampires, of all people, whose bodies are cold and whose hearts barely beat.

My life began to change fundamentally and suddenly I was a new person. I was loved and I loved. I even began to love myself. To realize what love really means and how it feels. And after only a short time, I felt like the happiest man in the world. And then, like the happiest vampire in the world.

I got to know a new me of me and the old me, the little unhappy boy from back then, was completely gone. And that was only because of Zhan and his parents. I finally found my happy self.

I remembered all that from back then when I talked to one of the students a few days ago. He is 10 years old like me back then and didn't want to go home for the vacations. I asked him why and he told me he didn't feel comfortable there. He would hate his parents, his life and would want to run away.

I then told him my story and he laughed. "I don't need to be afraid of starving. I'm a vampire and I can find blood anywhere. And I don't just freeze either." He said.

"Yeah, I guess that's true. But what do you do without a home when the sun is shining? And where do you find all the blood you need? How are you going to dress? Where will you live?" I asked him.

He looked at me thoughtfully and replied, "I'll find a solution."

I talked to Zhan about this boy and Zhan suggested we leave the boy alone outside for two days. "We'll watch him secretly, of course, so nothing will happen to him. But let's let him see for himself how difficult it is."

And so we told the boy to prove to us that he could survive alone for two days. And if he could, we would even help him get away. He immediately agreed.

The boy took some clothes and went out into the forest. He did as I did at that time and built a shelter out of branches. Not very carefully, which is why it offered little protection. Shortly after he was on his own, the young vampire got hungry.

Since he now no longer had unlimited access to blood, as a young vampire he needs much more blood than we do, he went in search of an animal whose blood he could drink. But he was unlucky and found no animal. His hunger quickly became unbearable for him. But still he would not give up.

We watched him walk the entire forest looking for any animals and found none. He had simply been too loud and thus kept startling the animals. Also, animals can sense vampires. So it was almost impossible for him as an inexperienced hunter to catch anything.

As dawn slowly came, he ran back to his shelter, realizing he had done a poor job when he saw the light filtering through the many wide cracks. He covered his body with his clothes and lay huddled on the floor. He whimpered and moaned about the stomach ache he had from being so hungry.

And then there were the insects crawling all over him. Finally, it wasn't long before he was crying out for help from Zhan and me. We then wrapped the boy in a blanket and brought him back to the dormitory. There he told us why he hates it at home so much. He had gotten a new brother who was currently getting all of his parents' attention.

So he was jealous and felt abandoned by his parents. We called his parents and explained to them what was happening and what he was telling us and they came to us the same day. They took their son in their arms and said, "We love you son. You are our greatest pride. And even though you have a younger brother now, it doesn't change our love for you. We are sorry if you felt neglected by us."

The family reconciled and I was glad. And then before the boy left for vacation with his parents, he said to me, "You know, today I'm the happiest boy in the world." And I agreed with him.

Afterwards, I went to Zhan, put my arms around him and said, "ZhanZhan, you have made me the Happiest Vampire in the World. And I want to thank you for that. Because through you I have experienced how it feels to be loved and to love."

Zhan then kissed me and said with a smile, "BoBo, my dear wonderful husband. I am also the happiest vampire in the world. Because I have the most wonderful husband in the whole world. I am so proud that you are my husband. You handsome, fantastic, loving, crazy, brilliant, talented vampire assassin. You are my whole world and I will always love you and always make you feel loved."

Afterwards, Zhan kissed me again and we hugged each other tightly. I still can't believe that this Wonderful Man has been by my side for 10 years and never gets tired of telling me how much he loves me. Our life is full of love, harmony and respect for each other. And I am glad that I will have him by my side for all eternity.

No matter what challenges may come our way, I am ready. Because with Zhan by my side, nothing can go wrong. We can do anything together and no one can stop us. I am absolutely sure of that.

The past is behind me, now there is only the present and the future. The most unhappy child in the world has become the happiest vampire in the world. Nothing is left of my old self. Now there is only the happy me.

Well, probably it is really true and I was born to be a vampire. Because only since I became a vampire do I really feel like this is exactly what I should and always wanted to be. I am a vampire assassin, I am happily married to my destiny mate and I am an instructor for the next generation of vampire assassins. My life is perfect the way it is!

End

A/N: We have reached the end of the story. Maybe there will be an extra chapter or two at some point. But only maybe. I hope you enjoyed the story and aren't too disappointed with the well, quick ending. I just got to the point where I thought it was time for it to end. These two have had a long adventurous journey creating the life they both wanted. Thank you everyone for the votes and comments and I'm glad you stayed until the end of the book. Thank you