Chapter: 2.

"He's always late since we were together," Ken was annoyed.
"Maybe I should have mercy and give him a watch."
Grumbling, he stomped down into the crypt and looked around.
"Shadow?" He called into the crypt.
"Here", there was a knock on the inside of Shadow's coffin, "The cursed thing is stuck", one heard from the coffin.
"Maybe you need a new one?" Suggested Ken, "I need a lot", the vampire sighed.
Shaking his head, Ken opened the coffin after some effort.
Shadow lay in it and looked at him gratefully.
"I also don't know how you can feel comfortable in it," said Ken, shaking his head, "You're squeezed in like a sardine in a sardine can."
"You get used to everything," sighed Shadow and stepped out of his coffin.
Ken looked at his friend in admiration, he could never get enough of him.
Smiling, Shadow came over to him and hugged him.
"So my little one, you lie down in bed and sleep well, this constant long awake harms you, I'll come back in the course of the night and then I want to see you sleep, okay?"said the vampire sternly.
"If it has to be", the brown-haired man sighed, "It has to", Shadow picked Ken up and brought him upstairs to his room, where he put him to bed.
"So and there you stay and sleep well," he said contentedly.
Ken nodded and closed his eyes, Shadow began to stroke him gently, after a few minutes you could only hear even breathing, so Shadow quietly got up and left.
At 1 o'clock he came back, he looked down lovingly at his friend, suddenly he had to smile.
"Hey you simulant, I told you to sleep," he said with a smile.
Embarrassed, Ken opened his eyes, "How did you notice that?"
"I've been a vampire long enough to know if someone is sleeping or not," smiled Shadow, Ken looked at him embarrassed.
"Can't you sleep or did you wait for me?", Asked the vampire, "Both", answered the brown-haired man.
"Come on, back a bit," said Shadow, Ken slipped happily, it wasn't often that Shadow snuggled in bed with him.Shadow stretched out next to him, the smaller one cuddled up contentedly, smiling Shadow took him in his arms and caressed him tenderly.
Slowly close Ken's eyes, the vampire stayed with him until shortly before sunrise and then had to leave.
Around noon Ken descended into Shadow's tomb and opened his coffin, he looked down tenderly at his friend who was lying in his vampire sleep in the coffin.
"My dearest", he breathed and gently kissed the full lips, suddenly he felt a gentle response, astonished he broke away from the vampire and looked at him.
"Shadow, are you awake?", The little one asked confused, Shadow nodded weakly.
"So you can be awake during the day," said Ken, astonished, "I didn't know."
The vampire smiled.
"You don't seem to have a lot of energy?", The black-haired nodded again weakly.
"Hmm, wait a minute, I'll be right back," said Ken and left, one after the other he dragged in two inflated air mattresses, blankets and pillows.Next he lifted the vampire out of his coffin, which opened his eyes.
"What is that supposed to mean?", He asked, Ken gave him a kiss with a smile, "You will see in a moment."
Carefully he put the vampire in the blankets and then snuggled next to him.
He began to stroke him gently, relaxed the vampire closed his eyes and snuggled himself, mobilizing all his strength against Ken, where he soon fell asleep exhausted but happy.
Ken smiled and put his arm around him.
"You can be really cute," Ken breathed into the sleeper's ear, "Oh, you're just always cute."

When it began to get dark, the vampire woke up again from his vampire sleep, smiling he looked at Ken, who was sleeping next to him.
Carefully, so as not to wake Ken, he got up and changed his clothes quietly.
Ken woke up with a sigh and blinked open his eyes, he stared at his friend, who was standing stark naked in front of him and was just about to get dressed.Immediately he blushed and turned his head away.
Suddenly he felt two hands on his shoulders, he turned his head again and saw Shadow's smiling face in front of him.
"Am I so ugly that you have to turn away at the sight of me?", Smiling, he stroked Ken's cheek, who was a bit redder.
"N- no, of course not, a- but ....", the vampire laughed, "You may be one of me, the guys would have given a lot in the past if I had stood naked in front of them and you turn away . "
"D- they never saw you ...?", Naked? ", smiled Shadow," what do you think I am, do you think that all you have to do is make nice eyes and I'll hop into bed with everyone? "said the vampire, played upset.
"No, it wasn't meant that way," said Ken, embarrassed, the vampire kissed him with a smile, "I know, I just think you're cute."
The brown-haired man became a touch redder.The vampire smiled, "So I have to go and no one will see me naked apart from you."
The little one blushed again, Shadow stood up smiling and got dressed, then he left with a kiss on the hand.

That day Shadow didn't come back, Ken was sitting at home almost sick with fear for him.
When Shadow didn't appear again after a month, Ken had to face the truth, the vampire was dead, he had to be dead.
Weeping, he thought of their last time together.
"Shadow", he whimpered, "My Shadow."
Since then he has felt more dead than alive.
He meandered through life, finished high school and became a librarian.
Year after year went by, the young man from back then became a 50-year-old man, owner of a small local library.

"Excuse me, do you also keep vampire books here?" A voice startled him.
"Far back on the left," he said, and continued sorting through his books.
"Do you have any about Shadow?"," A whole shelf full back there, "he said and continued to sort things out.
"Thank you, you say, do you think it existed?"
"Yes," he said, "but he's dead."
"Do you think so?"
"Yes," he said.
"Do you really believe that, Ken?"
Annoyed, the man turned around, he widened his eyes.
"Shadow", he stammered, the other nodded and looked at him attentively.
"How?", The old man just asked, "I'm back here," said Shadow simply.
"And where were you ten years ago, twenty years ago? Where were you when I was young, when I was still a handsome young man? How dare you? How dare you come to me now, now that I am the brown-haired sobbed.
"Ken I ... I'm sorry," said Shadow, bowing his head.
"Boy, go, there's nothing for you here, it's just an old man with a broken heart," said the other.
"I still see my sweet Ken from back then," said the vampire, "Sweet?", The brown-haired laughed cheerlessly."That was once upon a time, go now", he turned around and went into his office, the vampire looked at the closed door and went quietly.

In the evening Ken could hear the old flute playing, he thought back to how he had met the vampire more than thirty years ago, he closed the window and sat down in front of the television.
He could see the vampire sitting outside in a tree and playing the flute.
He sighed, the black-haired man hadn't changed, he was still like before.
He looked at him again, the youth had closed his eyes, tears were running down his cheeks, this sight almost broke the heart of the brown-haired man, but he stayed tough and continued to watch TV.
When he looked at the window again, the vampire was gone. Sighing, he switched off the TV and stepped up to his bedroom.
"Ken", the vampire was standing in his room, "Shadow, make yourself disappear, there are enough young men outside", said Ken.Shadow looked at him desperately, "What else should I do? Should I fall on my knees in front of you? I do it," the black-haired man fell to his knees.
"Tell me what to do, I'll do everything, I'll do everything for you, Ken", the vampire looked up at him, desperate and infinitely sad.
Ken looked at the youth who had fallen on his knees in front of him, he looked at him sadly.
"Shadow, go," he wanted to turn around and leave.
Suddenly he felt how the youth clung to him and began to cry indefinitely.
"N..no, ... i..i ... go .... n ... not ....", Shadow sobbed, "Ken ... i..i..love ... .you ... but ... so ... very. "
"Shadow look at me, I've gotten old," said Ken, "U..and w..if..d..you ... triple ... so ... old..would be ... love ... I ... you ... always ... still, "sobbed Shadow.
Ken looked at him and slowly began to sob, he held the young man gently, he snuggled up against him.
"Ken", he whimpered, "Shadow" sobbed Ken, "I've missed you so much all these years.""Me you too, ME TOO", whimpered Shadow, "I went away then, a vampire hunter had found me, I couldn't go to you anymore, he would have killed you."
"Shadow," sobbed the brown-haired man, "I'm 200 years old, by the way," smiled Shadow suddenly, "But you can't tell by looking at it," said Ken.
Shadow snuggled up to him, "Can I offer you something?", Ken asked, Shadow nodded.
"What?", The brown-haired man wanted to know, "What to drink, please", said Shadow, Ken nodded and went into the kitchen sank to the ground, Ken caught him and hugged him.
"Ken, why?", Shadow breathed, "We can't be together, you have to forget about me, the potion does that", Ken said sadly.
"No," "gasped Shadow," Ken I love you, I don't want to forget you, give me the antidote. "
"No", Ken shook his head, "You will fall asleep now, I'll take you to your castle in the crypt, when you wake up there you will have forgotten me.""No, please Ken", Shadow breathed, Ken shook his head, "Ken I will never forget you", said the vampire, "Yes, you will," answered Ken.
"No", Shadow shook his head, "You will see, I'll come back and I'll find a way to turn back time, then ... are ... you ... again .... young ... u ..and ... ka .. can ... stay with ... me ", the vampire fell asleep.
Ken smiled, "If only it were so", he kissed the vampire's forehead and then carried him to his car, he drove him to the castle and put him in his coffin, then he closed it and walked slowly home.

A month later he woke up