Chapter 4: First Sounds and Lessons Learned

"You're mine," Blaine calmly soothed the sleeping baby in the privacy of the nursery. "I wish you could repeat me. One day you will." Blaine leisurely paced back and forth with the small carefully wrapped bundle in his arms. The vampire watched the tiny chest rise and fall with each breath. "What could you possibly be dreaming about?" The vampire neither smiled nor frowned when the baby's eyelids flicked and his nose wrinkled and unwrinkled. "You're mine," Blaine repeated turning away from his nursery door and walking back towards the thick drapes that were blocking the late afternoon sunlight. "Are you happy to be mine? You better be, because you are and will always belong to me." The vampire purred to the infant in the form of a lullaby.

It has been two weeks since Kurt was born and only a limited number of times have passed when the baby was not in his vampire's arms. Among those times, only once was Kurt out of his master's line of vision. The first time Kurt left Blaine's hold was after his delivery when Nick insisted that he monitor the baby's health. Blaine agreed that matters of health were best left to Nick. In addition to Nick, the second person Blaine allowed to hold Kurt was Jeff. Deep down the idea of a human touching Kurt made Blaine sick, but Blaine certainly wasn't going to change diapers. It was the eighth days after Kurt's birth that Blaine hesitantly left his human in Nick's sole protection. During this time Blaine satisfied his need for blood and other physical joys that all healthy vampire require. Other than these instances, Blaine was whispering in the infant's ears and singing sweet lullabies. Unfortunately for Blaine, tomorrow marked the day when he would have to return to his other obligations. As for now, Blaine wanted to enjoy his private time with Kurt.

Blaine stopped walking when he reached the drapes and advanced back towards the door. His eyes never left the sleeping infant. So much has happened in the past year, it seems like only yesterday Kurt was an idea. Soon the idea became a possibility, and then possibility was conceived and delivered to him. Blaine knew what to expect when he decided to breed his human. He knew babies were small and delicate little beings, but it was not until Kurt was cleaned and wrapped in a blue swaddle before it truly hit Blaine just how fragile Kurt was. Every move and sound Kurt made both excited and terrified the vampire.

The vampire stopped walking when Kurt shifted his tiny body. "If it wasn't for my idea, you wouldn't be here." The vampire informed the inattentive baby and resumed walking again. "You are such a good little boy. When you are older you better thank my mother for the gift she sent you." Blaine laughed referring to the questionable unlabeled vial he received from his step-mother on the eve of Kurt's birth. The content within the vial was a watery substance that smelt like tea tree and vanilla. With the vial was a brief note which read, "Three drops in breeder's milk and silence shall prevail."

The vial was a mystery until Blaine asked Nick about it. To say Nick was horrified by the gift would have been an understatement.

...

"No Blaine, you can't use that." Nick reached around Jeff for the bottle in Blaine's hands. Jeff stayed quiet between his master's spread knees.

Faster than Nick, Blaine moved the bottle away. "No, tell me what it is. My mother is an expert in managing humans. If she sent it, then it has to be good." Blaine reasoned. Nick didn't say anything when Blaine removed the cork of the vial and breathed in the contents. "What is it?"

Nick sighed and rested his chin of Jeff's bare shoulder. "It is dangerous." Blaine raised his eyebrows with intellectual dissatisfaction. "Okay, it is a solution which will deafen baby's cry. It is dangerous because baby's need to cry in order to communicate with us."

"Hmm," Blaine returned the vial to his nose. "A crying baby does sound awfully annoying."

"No, Blaine, it is too dangerous!"

Blaine lowered the vial and smirked, "When did you become the noble activist for human rights? Are you soon going to give Jeff actual cloths and food before a blow job? Oh, what a friendly friend you are have become."

Blaine and Nick both laughed at the idea, and Jeff dropped his gaze to the floor in shame. "I can be very friendly." Nick tongue teased Jeff's shoulders and his hands traveled down the human's warm body. Like most matters concerning Jeff's self-worth, either vampire noticed the tears sweeping between Jeff's closed eyelids. "I think you should pawn Kurt off until he is older enough to claim. If nothing, wait until he is at least is potty trained. Either way it isn't wise to silence a baby's cries."

Blaine watched the way Nick's hands freely traveled the warm flesh. He couldn't wait to do that. "That is why I have you, Sebastian and the humans to take care of him, to make sure he is always feed, changed, burped and healthy. He won't need to cry." Blaine finalized his decision and closed the vial lid.

"Where's Sebastian and his human?" Nick grumbled, sliding one of his hands under Jeff's loin cloth. "Shouldn't he be here too?"

Blaine simply sighed, "Sebastian wanted some alone time with his human before I deprive him of sex for three days a week for the next sixteen years."

"Wait what?" Nick tightened his grip and Jeff squealed. "I volunteered to help you and now you're denying me the joys of the flesh?"

"I very well can't have you fondling a naked human in front of a child." Blaine snapped at his worried friend. "However, when Kurt is with someone else, you and Jeff can do whatever you like. Sebastian seems to disagree. He will be back in a few weeks." Blaine shifted in his chair uncomfortably. Why must Nick grope Jeff in front of him? "However, if Kurt is less fuzzy, then maybe you and Jeff could have more alone time." Blaine offered and held the bottle up.

Nick smiled at the idea and leaned into Jeff's ear. "You better make sure little Kurt is always full and doesn't get a diaper rash." Nick pulled away from Jeff, "Sounds like a great plan."

...

"You don't need to cry, do you?" Blaine pulled himself away from his thoughts and back to the baby. When Blaine looked down two bright blue eyes were attentively staring up at him. "Well, hello Kurt." The vampire sang and shifted Kurt's weight so he could see the baby better. "What bright eyes you have. I missed seeing them. Did you have a good nap?" Alone, Blaine's words were playful and cute, however they were spoken with an unnerving element of ownership and possessiveness.

Kurt opened and closed his mouth in a sucking motion. "Are you hungry again?" Blaine knew that the baby could not understand what he was saying, but he wanted Kurt to learn his voice well and thoroughly. "Let's get you some food shall we." Blaine walked towards the door and pulled the string attached to a bell. Meanwhile Kurt wiggled in the vampire's arms and his face turned an angry red. "I'll get you some food." Blaine huffed, thankful that Kurt wasn't screaming and causing a fit that would only test his patience.

"Kurt," Blaine complained when the baby wouldn't stop squirming in his arm, "Food is coming." The baby's bright eyes kept staring at Blaine and his mouth continued to pucker and un-pucker for his bottle. An unfamiliar feeling crept into Blaine's stomach. He did not like the hungry and sad look in the baby's eyes. A crying adult was one thing. A miserable baby was an entirely different story. "Food is coming, it always does."

True to the vampire's words, a quick knock and the opening of the nursery door revealed Nick and the filled bottle in his hands.

"Took you long enough," Blaine complained and snatched the breast milk out of his friend's grip. "I thought I was going to have to go down and get it myself." The older man held up the bottle nipple to Kurt's hungry mouth. It took the baby a few failed attempts before his mouth came in contact with the nipple.

"I thought I made good timing." Nick frowned, keeping his voice high enough for Blaine to hear, but too low for Kurt to notice. Meanwhile Kurt hungrily and loudly sucked off his bottle. "When was the last time you feed him?" Blaine glared at his friend and the accusation of his mastering skills. "He is acting like he is starving. I take back what I said, he needs to cry. As annoying at it may be babies need to cry." Nick whispered and emphasized the word 'need.'

"I fed him two hours ago. Kurt is a hungry baby. Leave me alone." Blaine snapped. "I can feel that he is getting little wet. Go get Jeff. I want Kurt to have a clean diaper before he takes another nap. He is always sleepy after he eats." Much to Kurt's unhappiness the vampire removed the nipple from his mouth and gently patted him on the back until he burped. Nick didn't speak again until Blaine returned the bottle back to Kurt's greedy lips.

"Fine, I'll go get him. Just know that I expect a good reward for all this nonsense." Nick closed the door behind him.

Much to Blaine's gratification Kurt paid no attention to the other vampire's presence or absence. For now, he and his voice were the only things that mattered in Kurt's life. "Nick is my friend, so I can talk to him that way." The vampire spoke over the growling and moaning sounds Kurt was making against his bottle. "When you finally acknowledge him, then will need to respect him. You will also need to respect Sebastian. He'll be here to tomorrow, but I won't allow notice him. Tomorrow either" The vampire shifted Kurt's weight, Kurt was more than a little wet now. "Ugh, maybe I should have pawned you off until you were potty trained."

Kurt stopped drinking and the vampire set the bottle on his nightstand, "But if I did that then I wouldn't get to see this." Blaine gently laid Kurt on the changing station and undid the swaddle. "Do you see this?" The vampire raised Kurt's chubby arm and admired the tag wrapped around the baby's wrist. "It says, 'Kurt Anderson.' That's you," Blaine pointed at the baby, "And your mine," the vampire brought the same finger and pointed to himself.

Blaine didn't hear the bedroom door open and close. "Careful Blaine, someone might say you're becoming soft." Nick laughed and Jeff followed behind him.

"It is called training." Blaine corrected. "Jeff, come here." Jeff practically ran to the child. It was not long ago since he changed Kurt, but he refused to allow Kurt to develop any form of skin irritation. He did not want to know what Blaine or Nick would do to him. Well, he had an idea what Nick would do and it would not be pleasant. Blaine was a wild card that he didn't want to be dealt.

Once the diaper was changed and Kurt was clean again Nick and Jeff were politely excused.

"Someone looks sleepy." Blaine sang to the infant. "You need go to sleep." The vampire returned to pacing his normal trail and began singing various lullabies from different decades. Before the third song end Kurt was peacefully asleep in his master's arms, and it was his master's arms where Kurt woke up in an hour later.

...

"Rule number one," Blaine loudly interrupted Sebastian before the other vampire had to chance to talk. "I graciously gave you a vacation, now it is time you learn the rules." Sebastian was still dressed in his traveling cloths and his body smelt like sea salt.

"Hello to you too," the vampire grumbled and pulled on his tie.

"Rule number one," Blaine ignored his friend's irritation, "Until I say so, you can't talk in front of Kurt. I don't want Kurt to hear your voice." Sebastian stopped pulling on his tie and stared wide eyed at his friend. "You can only whisper if he is present," Kurt loudly yawned in Blaine's arms. "I don't know how well his hearing is," Blaine watched the blue eyes staring at him. "Until he knows better, I want him to believe my voice is the on sound in the world." The vampire looked up again and saw Sebastian staring at him questionably. "Rule number two," Blaine cleared his throat, "When Kurt is present, Daniel is to be fully dressed and you are to keep your hands, and other parts of your body, to yourself."

Sebastian winced at the second rule. It was hard enough not to say a provocative quip when the chance arose, but anymore his hands have developed little minds of their own. Blaine smirked at Sebastian's dismay. "Oh, how was your sex-vacation with Daniel? Speaking of Daniel, where is he? Oh, let me guess, is he still recuperating from a severe case of sore ass?"

Sebastian gave a knowing laugh, "You could say something that. He could barely walk when I dropped him off in the guest room. As much as I love your no-sex rules," Sebastian sarcastically whispered. "Am I also going to be trapped in this creepy room also? Nick said you haven't left it since Kurt was born." Sebastian stepped out of the shadow he was standing in and approached Kurt's untouched bassinet. "What is this half-finished cage?" Quickly disinterested the vampire moved away from the bassinet and motioned towards a soft changing table. Without asking for permission Sebastian opened a drawer, only to find rows of unused diapers. "What are these?" Sebastian knew the answer to the question, but he always assumed that humans had evolved and their babies were now born potty trained. The vampire quickly closed the drawer and stepped away from the drawer as if his proximity towards it would dub him with the unfortunate responsibility of diaper changer.

"Don't fret Sebastian. I do not expect you to change any diapers. I will, however, expect Daniel to help out. Like I informed Nick, who later instructed Jeff, Kurt is to always be fed, comfortable and clean. He shall never get a rash or show any sign of physical distress. Now where was I? Yes, that was rule number three."

"I bet my Daniel will love that one." Sebastian laughed, silently remembering a detail about his durable human.

The laugh, the strange new sound startled Kurt and attracted his limited attention. Hot red anger consumed Blaine as he watched his precious blue eye human look away from him and towards the foreign sound. "Sebastian," the vampire growled. The growls louden when Sebastian simply rolled his eyes. Deep down Blaine knew Kurt's eyes were not strong enough to see Sebastian, but Kurt should be looking at him and not into blank space. Luckily the persistent growls recaptured the baby's attention and the blue eyes returned to their rightful place on his master. "That's better. You're not supposed to do that Kurt."

Sebastian choice to ignore display of affection and ready himself to open the bedroom drapes. There was a full moon out tonight and no sound reason why they should be ignoring it. "Rule number four," Blaine barked and Sebastian stopped his movements. "Curtains are to remain closed at all times. I don't want Kurt to learn about the outside world just yet. That is a lesson for a later day."

"What lesson could that possibly be?" Sebastian tiredly secured the drape behind him.

"You will find out when the time comes. Ensure everything I do has a lesson." Kurt yawned for the second time and Blaine continued. "Rule number five, I don't want you to babysit Kurt two days in a row. In fact, I may even recruit more sitters to help farther the inconsistency."

Sebastian leaped forward as if he was going to say something, and then caught himself. In a low voice he demanded, "Why must I come every other day and not so many days in a row? What are you trying to accomplish?"

Blaine causally shrugged his shoulders, "I have two lessons in that rule, but you will have to wait before you find out what they are."

"This is a lot of work for one human." Sebastian snapped. "It was so much easier with Daniel. All I had to do was grab him, grope him, feed him and fuck him. You're going to turn Kurt into a spoil brat that this rate." Sebastian stared at the little body in his friend's arms. "You should deprive him of good fortune and he will come to appreciate you in times of generosity. That is how Daniel and Jeff were treated and it worked."

"You better follow all my rules and keep to my lessons." Blaine snapped. "My lessons will keep Kurt's mind simple and appreciative at the same time. I don't want Kurt to learn the horrors of the world. I only want him to know the simple world I have designed for him. It is in this world where he will be my perfect human and I will be his only constant."

The two vampires continued to talk as the unknowing child fell asleep in the secure arms that rarely left him.

...

"Hi, Elizabeth," Daniel gently knocked on the open door and smiled weakly at the girl. "Can I get you anything?" Elizabeth did not say anything, but continued to rock the pillow in her arms. "Oh, Elizabeth," Daniel slowly hobbled towards the girl he befriended a year ago. "It's okay," Daniel hissed as he sat on bed and reached for the girl's hand, "Everything will be okay."

Elizabeth did not wipe away the lone tear on her cheek nor did lifted her blankets up to preserve her modesty. Instead she continued to pat the pillow and stared out the bedroom window. Elizabeth never expected much from her life. Maybe a kind master who would offer her decent clothing and respectable chores. For a while her expectations were met. She was given a simple black dress and white apron, and her chores were to clean the floors and polishing the silver. Little did she know she was a breeder all along.

"Baby," the girl's dry voice cracked. "He has my baby."

Daniel did not pretend to hide his tears while he covered the girl up with a blanket. Elizabeth was one of the prettiest and sweetest girl he ever met, and she shared many features with his former fiancée. The girl he would have married if Sebastian and Blaine had not kidnapped him. "Oh Elizabeth," Daniel lifted his legs on the bed and rested next to the girl. Sebastian was rough with him and anymore it was too painful for him to move around liberally. "Elizabeth can I hug you?" He whispered.

Elizabeth shook her head. She had been longing for any ounce of kindness. In the duration of a year she had lost her virginity and innocence, and left without a hand or baby to hold afterwards. Daniel wanted to smile, but couldn't find himself able to when he wrapped his arms around the thin girl. He needed the kind warmth just as much as she did.

"Is he really going to hurt my baby?"

"No," Daniel immediately replied. "Vampires take care of their claimed humans."

"He said he wants to make my baby cry when he is older." Elizabeth mumbled.

Daniel did not stop hugging the girl, "Blaine lied. I've known him for a long time." That part was true. "He helped me adapt into this life style." Daniel did not mention the little detail that it was Blaine who held him to the earth while Sebastian prepared the claiming rituals. He silently prayed that Elizabeth wouldn't question him. "He is just defensive around new people. Once you get to know him, then you'll realize that he values human life greatly. One time I heard him tell Sebastian that he couldn't wait to spoil his human. Blaine is quite the romantic." Daniel stumbled over his words. It was difficult for him to lie when the vivid memory of Blaine asking Sebastian if he could borrow his flesh and drink his blood.

"Will he love and take care of my baby?"

"Yes," Daniel whispered. "Your baby will be in good hands. If it is any consolation I will also take good care of him."

"Promise?" The girl's voice crackled, it was clear she had not slept since the delivery.

Daniel wished he did not have to lie. "I promise." Daniel could feel the girl relax by his simple words. "Now, you have to promise me something. I want you to promise me that when you return to your family that you will eat and sleep. I can't worry about you too. "Daniel felt the girl move her head in a weak agreement. "Thank you Elizabeth, now go to sleep." Much to Daniel's gratification Elizabeth didn't ask any questions and he stayed with the girl until her breathing leveled.

Afraid that Sebastian would find him. Daniel carefully stood back onto his feet. "I'm sorry I wasn't able to help you escape." Hesitant to violate the girl's trust in him, Daniel restrained himself from kissing the girl's forehead. "Good bye, Elizabeth."