ROMANCE ANYONE?

Arien chuckled softly.
"Well, that's obviously not the case. That brings us to the second point. You know now, and it's been too long for me to wipe your memory. I can't just let you go."

"Why not?" Ben asked confused.

"You're… A human. I'm a vampire. Vampires eat humans, humans kill vampires. If I just let you go, there's no way I know you won't rat me out." Arien shrugged. "It's happened before."

"Honestly, I could care less your a vampire. Plus you said you don't even try to hide it. Now i have to get home, I have work in an hour." Ben said and slowly stood.

Arien reached out grabbing Dan's wrist, pulling him to a stop.
"Me not hiding it is how I hide it. And you don't seem to get it- I'm not letting you leave yet."

Dan looked at him with a hint of fear, "I wouldn't tell anyone, now please let me go."

Arien looked at Dan for a moment.
"No. Not yet."

Dan tried pulling away from him as he became a bit more scared, "I'm pretty sure this is a crime."

Arien stood up, still holding onto Dan.
"I'll let go when I'm done," he said. "But there's something we have to do." His hand went up to the side of Dan's neck.

Dan flinched and closed his eyes, he hoped though that Arieb kept to his promise and let him go.

Arien lightly traced his thumb over Dan's throat, looking for just the right spot. Once he found a good one, he lightly pressed his thumb nail into Dan's flesh, drawing a drop of blood. He held his thumb there, then pulled it away.
"There. We're tied now."

Dan flinched for a second."Tied?" He asked confused and opened his eyes.

"It just means no one else can feed on you. It tells other vamps that you're mine." A black mark appeared on Arien's neck, mirroring where he had nicked Dan.

Dan nodded, "um… Alright? Could I go home now? I don't want to be late for work." He asked quietly.

Arien thought for a moment, then nodded. He went to leave the room. He paused.
"I expect to see you tonight. You'd best not make me hunt you down."

Dan nodded and sighed, "reminds me of an abusive relationship." He mumbled under his breath then composed himself before walking out.

Arien watched Dan go.
"I could hear you!!" He called out after him.
(Time skip?)

(Sure)
Dan finished work and packed up his stuff. Though he had to stay a bit later to finish some stuff for his boss before walking to Arien's home.

The door was unlocked. Arien was sitting on the couch, looking sleepy. It was still daytime, after all.
"Took you long enough," he said, patting the couch for Dan to sit down.

Dan rolled his eyes then walked over and sat next to him. He was quiet tense as he sat down.

"Don't worry, I'm not gonna bite. For now." Arien chuckled a little.
"I just wanna get to know you a bit."

Dan nodded slightly, he really didn't trust this guy. "Um… Why do you want to get to know me?"

"Well, we are gonna be seeing a lot of each other now." Arien pulled his legs up onto the couch butterfly-style, holding his ankles.
"Seeing as you are my main source of food now."

Dan nodded a bit, "Why does it honestly matter since I will basically be unconscious after you use me for my blood." he looked away and around the room.

"Not necessarily. Since we're tied, it won't take as much blood for me to be satisfied." Arien shrugged, watching Dan. His home was… well, it matched his clothing quite well. Very gothic.

Dan nodded, then looked at him "Alright."

Arien smiled.
"So, will you at least tell me your name?"

"It's Daniel, you call me Dan." Dan said and pulled his knees to his chest.

"Well, Dan, my name's Arien. It's nice to formally meet you." Arien smiled, his fangs showing a little.

Dan nodded, "Nice to meet you." he said quietly.