He had been a vampire for five days and fourteen hours and Hyde sat looking out the window at the lit-up city. It seemed so much more vibrant now in the dark.

The new lenses Gackt had given him that afternoon meant that he had no trouble with daylight anymore, but he was still getting used to them and he preferred being without. He had tried to eat real food for the first time since his conversion earlier as well. He had only managed some soup with a few light noodles, but it had given him a sense of normality he had been missing. Gackt had promised him that his appetite would return much faster than his dependency on Gackt's blood would reduce, and he was looking forward to a proper meal.

Megumi had gone out with some of the female members of the crew at his insistence since she had been by his side for days without a break. He was almost ready to face the world outside Gackt's hotel room, but he wasn't quite there yet. Gackt himself had never been far away and was sitting at his desk now writing furiously in a journal.

Curious and feeling a need to be closer for a while, Hyde stood up and wandered over.

"Writing?" he asked, hoping that he wasn't prying.

"No," Gackt replied, looking up from what he was doing, "just trying to decide how best to close down the shoot. This is the first chance I've had to deal with it. We have a lot of footage now and I think if we close down, we might be able to finish at a later date."

"No," Hyde said, surprising even himself with his vehemence, "don't close it down. We should finish the film."

Gackt looked surprised and then grateful but reserved.

"Thank you, Hyde-kun," he said with a smile, "but we should get you home. The film can wait."

It was clear that Gackt thought he had objected out of some sense of loyalty, but that was only half it. As his friend went back to writing in his journal, Hyde reached out and put his hand on Gackt's shoulder.

"I think I need to finish the film with you," he said sincerely; knowing that he had to be very clear. "I don't think I can go home without doing what we came here to do."

Gackt looked at him steadily then, eyes boring into his soul. He held his friend's gaze.

"Are you sure you can do this?" Gackt asked very seriously.

Hyde did not reply immediately and gave the question the thought it deserved, but then he nodded.

"I have to," he replied and then it was Gackt who nodded.

"We have to start filming again tomorrow to make the schedule," the older vampire said simply.

That sent a shot of fear through Hyde, but he swallowed it quickly. He had no choice; it was this or spend the rest of his life afraid.

"Just tell me where and when," he said with all the courage he could muster.

Gackt smiled at him then and there was a proud look in his maker's eyes. It comforted him in a way he had never expected it to.

End of Part 1

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