Min Yu’s deep brown eyes took on a dangerous glint as Caleb as snapped at him. Where did that mouth come from? His fingers twitched with the urge to reach out and rake his nails over Caleb’s face and pinch the tongue that talked back at him. Who was Caleb to call him pathetic, vulnerable, or helpless? Min Yu wasn’t anything of the sort – at least he thought so. He wasn’t the chump that had gotten knocked down by one measly little vampire and was sent to death’s door with just a little bite. Both their deaths had befallen them in similar ways, but Min Yu had<em>earned</em>his. As a human he had won his fight against his vampiric attackers, he’d killed them as they’d torn him apart, but victory hadn’t stopped his death.<br/><br/>He looked at Caleb with a bitter snarl of his upper lip. Min Yu couldn’t help but feel a bit superior, somehow better than the other young watcher. Caleb was lucky he amended the talk back and insult he had given by saying his would do it. Or he<em>guessed</em>he could do it. Min Yu pressed his teeth together. Apparently his fledgling didn’t understand the full extent of the situation. Or he just didn’t care. Min Yu wan’t sure which irked him more.<br/><br/>While Caleb fiddled with his fingers Min Yu leaned forward and crawled over the satin of the bed so he could sit right in front of his fledgling. He reached out for Caleb’s hand with both of his hands, his pale fingers snaking around the other watcher’s wrist and arm with a firm grip.<br/><br/>“Don’t be so stupid,” he said. Once again he chose to ignore Caleb’s questions for now. With greater strength he lifted Caleb’s hand towards his mouth. Min Yu’s tongue darted out and he curled it around one of Caleb’s fingers, carefully licking away at any vampire blood he found. Min Yu frowned and thought of Sorcha. While he had hoped his text messages would make Frederick cut their outing short, or at least make Frederick decline to stay the morning with her, he couldn’t really know for sure. He just wanted Frederick to get there within the next few hours. But it wouldn’t ruin his plans if his sire didn’t show up. Min Yu was perfectly content to leave Caleb in the bed and starve his fledgling until Frederick did show up. He supposed that really would make Caleb into a pathetic mess.<br/><br/>There wasn’t anything particularly sensual or flirtatious to Min Yu’s actions as he licked away at Caleb’s hand. His posture was stiff and he wore a hard expression. Min Yu’s movements were methodical and intentional as he worked on grooming away any trace of Caleb’s first meal. At first he wasn’t sure why he was doing it. Min Yu was still annoyed with Caleb, but something deep inside him urged him to do this. As he licked he had vague recollections of Frederick doing this same exact thing, back when Min Yu had been quite the messy eater himself.<br/><br/>“I don’t think you get how important this is,” Min Yu said as he finished with Caleb’s first hand he glanced up and glared at his fledgling. “If Frederick walks in here and we can’t trick his ‘sire’ instinct into restarting, if he looks at you and sees even the tiniest bit of a threat towards his territory, well.”<br/><br/>“Remember that beautiful sight back in the parking lot?” He let go of Caleb's wrist and arm to find his shoulders instead. Min Yu just watched Caleb for a moment, met his gaze and stared. It might have seemed a bit dramatic, but it was the truth. Even when it was just himself and Frederick they were already on shaky ground at edging towards a territory and dominance fight. And there was no way Min Yu could win that. But he still refused to be Frederick’s mate. So this was the third option that Min Yu created. “Think of that right in this bedroom, only it’s going to be a hundred times worse. We’ll both be the new paint job and carpeting.”<br/><br/>Min Yu released Caleb's shoulders and his expression lost some of its hardness. "Now, lay back down."