Here comes a thought, however brash it may be, Onision was never one for denying kids. He had a thing for kids, maybe it was his own loneliness, or the way he should have protected his siblings; A way to blame himself. He should have protected his family, but instead, he was just sitting around like a lost duckling, hating himself.

The chocolate feline had shared a room with Alexander, he still couldn't sleep alone. Sometimes, he had tried to sleep in his own room, with the recording of his mothers lullaby playing, but it usually didn't work. The scent of his mothers have long faded, long disappeared, never to be scented again. They were gone, and it had finally, regretfully, hit Onision's reality. 

He didn't want to believe it.

But he had to look after those who still remain. All of his family was gone, disappearing into nothingness or leaving, but Oni still had his clanmates. He was the second highest ranking member right now, still a mere Lieutenant, but he was sure that he was going to help Moonmade. He wanted to be useful, he wanted to protect Alexander.

Even if he was cursed to live for thousands of years, Oni would protect Alexander. He would protect him from harm, embrace him every day, and love him until his last breath. That was something that Oni had sworn to himself, since Alexander couldn't possibly live the same lifespan as himself. The cost of immortality was huge.

At the sound of talking, Oni had lifted his head up from the rabbit he had been feeding from, blood dripping from his elongated canines as they slipped back into his mouth, the vampire standing to walk towards the source of noise as he licked at his muzzle, clearing away the blood.

The sound was of children, he noticed not long after, and that caused him to race just a bit faster towards the two, slowing down at the sight of them. Kittens? They could speak, it seemed. Onision shifted enough so that he could see them through his single blue eye, the iris slitting slightly. The feminine body of Oni had leaned down just enough to get on eye-level with the two kits, a kind smile on his face instead of his usual scowl.

"Hello, you two. My name is Onision, who may you two be?" Oni meowed, tilting his head to the side.

all you give me is a heartbeat —