[C][M] Astringent Fate

"Alright then, later, come on, the food will get cold."

He replied, scooting out of Dario's lap and heading back toward the kitchen to finish serving the food which he did swiftly and brought it out into the living room for the three of them.

"Try to eat a little Rayner, until we can get you more to drink."

He muttered to the Vampire before setting Dario's out for him and sitting himself down on the couch, placing his bowl of fresh ravioli in his lap and picking at it with a fork.

Dario padded out into the livingroom after a few moments just staring up at the ceiling again.

When he was out, the man tutted, padding towards the couch. He picked Hayden up and sat down, placing the boy in his lap and nuzzling against him comfortably.

"Feed me," he murmured softly in the boy's ear, tongue trailing slowly over the shell of his ear.

Hayden perched in the man's lap comfortably, nestling in against him with a soft purr as his ear was lapped at, making a small shiver run through him.

He speared a piece of pasta with his fork, blew on it softly before lifting it to Dario's mouth for him to devour.

"How did you no starve before I came around?"

He asked with a chuckle, feeding the man another piece.

Tentatively Rayner lifted a piece to his mouth after watching the two of them, slowly chewing on the morsel.

"Fawzi's kindness."

More than once his friend had cooked or paid for pizza for him when he couldn't afford to buy anything himself.

She was the reason he hadn't starved many times over in the past.

He chewed on the pasta eagerly, purring as he swallowed.

"Tastes good."

He pulled Hayden a little closer to him, nuzzling him happily.

"It better, I made the pasta by hand."
He muttered with a soft laugh, feeding Dario two pieces for every one that he ate.

When they polished off his bowl full together they moved onto the human's bowl.

His gaze turned over to Rayner who seemed to eat the food with less reluctance.
"Do you like it?"

He asked warmly, smiling at the man who nodded softly in reply. Eating food was becoming less daunting now that he knew that Cy wasn't coming back for him, what did it matter if he was tainted or not. Plus, seeing them eat every day made it a normal occurrence, if they did it, he could too.

Hayden fed another piece to Dario, nuzzling back against him.

Dario swallowed the pasta he'd be offered and grinned to himself.

When Hayden began chewing on his own piece, he pressed his lips to the boy's ear.

"When you're my little kitten, I'll be making you eat from a bowl on the floor. Naked and wearing only your beautiful tail and a pretty collar," he whispered softly.

His hands stroked slowly over the boy's stomach.

When Dario's words hit his ear Hayden nearly choked on the pasta he was eating.

The man's words always got to him and he couldn't help but squirm in his lap as his stomach was stroked.

The thought of it made his cheeks flush red as he looked up at the man.

That wouldn't be happening any time soon, not if they were sleeping out in a shared space like the living room, what if his family walked in on that, or Ray did?

He could only imagine was Pina and Desi would have to say about it.

Dario smiled down at Hayden brightly like he hadn't just shared one of his dirty little fantasies that had made Hayden choke.

His fingers continued stroking the boy's stomach, slowly moving lower and lower.

"We bought another bed while we were out today, Rayner. Hayden and I will be sleeping on it out here so you can keep using the bedroom."

Rayner looked up as he was spoken too, slowly chewing on a piece of pasta, he was a slow eater, making sure each piece was properly chewed before swallowing it.

"I don't mind if you sleep in the bedroom with me...it's your room after all."

He muttered, in truth, he would welcome the presence of other people, he didn't like being alone, spending day after day in the bedroom by himself seemed incredibly lonely.

Meanwhile Hayden's squirming got worse as his stomach was rubbed.

"I'll have to see if I can move some furniture around to fit the new bed in, then."

His room was fairly small. He didn't know if he could get two large beds in there. He'd like to, though. Sleeping in the comfort of his own room again would be nice.

His fingers slid under the boy's shirt and delved under the waistband of his pants to stroke his skin gently.

"We'll have to take a look at that later."

Hayden was barely listening to what was being said, Dario's hand on his skin had him leaning up against the man and purring loudly, he couldn't help it, being petted and stroked was his weakness, his greatest weakness by far though was being licked.

Rayner felt bad for taking over the man's room like that, after all he was merely a stray they had picked up on the beach.

The Vampire licked his lips softly as he watched the two of them for a moment. It was obvious to see that Dario and Hayden cared deeply for each other and the way the two interacted made him a little jealous, he wanted someone who would touch and kiss him like that.

Worse than that was the fact he just drank the man's blood, sex and feeding were so closely linked that his body was yearning.

"If push comes to shove we can just remove the bedframe and create a huge nest on the floor."

Nesting was fun. He had done it many times when he was younger and, though he had grown and matured now, the idea of nesting like that again was a fun one that he was more than willing to do.

Dario nipped the Shifter's neck gently before sucking on a patch of skin, marking the boy as his.

His Hayden.

He still loved the sound of that. His.

"One huge bed sounds like fun."

The boy muttered with a smile, not that he would need a lot of space, he liked perching himself up on Dario's chest or having the man's body completely covering him as he curled in against his arms.

Hayden couldn't stop himself from making a small moan as his neck was bitten, the feel of his teeth against his neck was addictive.

"You being possessive Dario?"

He asked with a little chuckle, looking up at the man.

"It does," Dario chuckled softly.

His lips pressed against Hayden's neck in gentle pecks.

"Maybe I am." He liked claiming Hayden. A primal part of him purred when he saw those marks and just knew Hayden was his and only his.

"You just look so good with my marks."

"Does that mean I get to mark you back?"

He replied with a little purr, he had to admit the thought of Dario having a mark of his on his skin as he walked around was immensely appealing.

The man was his. Due to his work he had to share Dario's body, but the man's heart belonged to him.

Dario nuzzled against Hayden, pulling the boy closer.

"If that's what you want, Sweetheart."

He'd proudly wear Hayden's marks if the boy gave them to him. He liked the idea of Hayden being a little possessive of him.

He wanted Hayden to mark him and claim that he was completely his sometimes.

Hayden turned around in the man's lap so he was facing Dario instead of having his back to him.

His hand stroked over the man's jaw gently, stroking down the tanned skin of his neck.

"Mine."

He murmured gently, pressing a kiss to his boyfriend's lips before leaning down and capturing the skin between his teeth, nipping and sucking at it firmly until he was sure there would be a dark mark on him.

"Yours," he agreed with a soft purr.

His eyes slid closed and he pulled Hayden closer when the boy's teeth sank into the skin of his neck.

"You want to be careful about biting me," he murmured as softly as he could. "We have a Vampire that could be tempted." He didn't want to make Ray uncomfortable with needs that he couldn't fulfil.

He cuddled Hayden closer, though.

"When we're all done with dinner and it's settled, let's go build ourselves a nest."

Hayden pulled away from Dario's neck, his cheeks blushing darkly as he looked over at Rayner.

The Vampire looked uncomfortable and his fangs were clearly visible behind his lips.

"Sorry Ray."

He murmured, Rayner gave a little nod, he had been lusting after the two of them but controlled himself enough to not attack either of them.

Hayden leaning down and handed Dario the bowl of food for him to finish off as he slowly crawled out of the man's lap and went to get his phone.

"I'll make some calls for you and see if I can find someone who sell blood okay?"
He asked, receiving a small nod.

He dial instantly, still having the phone number for the mansion from when he had first moved to Catania.

The boy started talking to the person on the other end, trying to get the number of their blood supplier.

Dario raised his hand to pat Ray's shoulder in a friendly manner when Hayden crawled off his lap.

Immediately he missed having the boy's weight in his lap, but he didn't want to make Ray uncomfortable around them. The three had to get along if they were going to be living together like this.

Dario returned to eating, wolfing down his meal happily.

"Hayden will find you a blood supplier. That boy can work wonders on anything he tries."

Hayden was good at getting things done.

After a few minutes on the phone Hayden was muttering frantic little thank yous before hanging up and calling another number.

The call didn't last all that long and soon he was hanging up again a victorious little smile on his lips as he padded over to Dario and sat on the floor beside him, looking up at the man with a grin.

"Tell me how amazing I am."

He boy muttered, clearly proud of what he had just accomplished.

Dario gave a laugh as Hayden looked up at him with a proud smile.

"Very amazing," he replied, reaching out to ruffle the boy's hair.

He set his empty bowl on the boy's head then stood. "Let's go build that nest of ours."

He held out a hand to help Ray up, grinning at the Vampire.

Hayden gave a huff and rolled his eyes as the bowl was set on his head, he cleared it up and padded toward the bedroom.

Rayner smiled softly and gripped them man's hand, pulling himself up onto his feet and following after Hayden.

The boy was busily moving clutter out of the way.

"Rayner's blood supplier will be here in half an hour, I talked to the leader of the nearby coven and she said she will happily pay for all the blood he needs, all we have to do when we need more is call up her supplier and place an order, he will keep us on his books."

He explained, he was pleased that they had gotten that deal, he could imagine how expensive packaged blood would be, far beyond what they could pull together, Dario barely made enough for all the people under this roof as it was.

"That's good to hear."

At least they could make sure Ray was well fed while he was here. He had dreaded the thought of not being able to feed Ray properly. he wouldn't have been able to feed him with just his own blood, that was for sure.

When Dario entered the bedroom, he hummed softly.

"Let's get the mattress on the floor first. You two can do that while I go and get the tools to dismantle the bed."

Rayner was relieved at that news, at least he didn't have to worry about hurting anyone, someone else would bring his meals to him and he just had to get use to not drinking from the source.

"Alight."

He replied, with that the Shifter and the Vampire got on either sides of the bed and lifted the mattress, it took a little bit of effort but they managed to get it laid out on the floor next to the empty frame.

While they waited for the human they both sprawled out on the mattress with a little groan, this was comfortable.