Midnight Father
We're all sinners, we sin with the thought, the word and the deed. The first step to redemption is feeling sorrow for the sins committed, the second is the confession and the latter is penance. I'm there for that, and they call me Midnight Father. ON AIR.
He put headphones on and spoke softly in the microphone " Good evening, Seoul, Good evening, dear listeners! Midnight Father on We'll start the program with before the first confession of the evening" and put on the soundtrack for them to listen to. After that, he got up and made his way to the minibar he had requested to be brought since he covered the evening -night slot. The whole broadcasting room was in semi darkness, the only light sources being the machineries and the mini bar. He approached the minibar door and looked through the opaque glass. His food was there and he needed it before getting to his job. He used the right hand to open it and took out a small amber boston round glass made from brown glass with a black cap, labelled "Echinacea tincture" and drank it in one go, making weird slurping sounds. The inner parts of his lips were bloodied and his teeth reddened, meaning there was no tincture, but blood.
"It's February, I'm nocturnal because of my work schedule and my allergy, and I can't afford to catch a cold. Sounds pretty normal, eh? I was lucky that Echinacea tincture bottles are made from brown glass. Good Lord, I am grafeful for this awesome disguise." he mused to himself and made the sign of the cross, getting his hands together as if he would be really grateful to his Lord and Savior.
Filled to his body's content, he went back to his job. He looked at his wristwatch before opening the phone line and speaking in the microphone, noticing there were five minutes elapsed until Saint Valentin's day. The vampire-turned-father smirked and decided to proceed differently this one time. "Dear listeners, you know I don't usually choose topics, but, today, I want you to reflect on love. The we celebrate today is, as you know, associated with courtly love. Alright, Midnight Father is ready to hear your confessions about love." the vampire announced. Love is and will always be a hot topic no matter the epoch.
"And the first call of this long night comes from..."
It was a young woman's voice. A bit too high and childish, but manageable. She stuttered at first, but gained courage to finish her sentences. He chuckled, it was too cute and too sweet.
"G-g-good e-evening, M-Midnight Father! M-My name is Juliette. I-I-ve heard about you from classmate. Y-Y-you're quite...popular in our campus." she muttered and this new piece of information raised his ego a little. On the other side of the conversation, she was laying on her bunk bed, all alone in her dorm room, staying up after the curfew. He chuckled to himself at the hearing of the name, it was so obvious to him she wouldn't give her real name to him.
"Good evening, my daughter. I haven't heard this name until now. You're calling for the first time, am I right? he asked her, trying to make her to open to him easier.
"Yes, Midnight Father. Y-You know I'm supposed to...start with " Bless me Father, for I have sinned, It has been [time period] since my last confession, but this is the first time I'm confessing to you." the young woman said, trying to suppress her nervousness. She sighed and breathed deeply, adding "My sins have something to do with love."
"Is it perhaps a forbidden love, my daughter?" he boldly asked, trying to provoke answers and clues from her part. She blushed and touched her burning cheeks and forehead with her other hand. Hearing that gruff, sexy voice pronouncing 'forbidden love" made her blood rise to her cheeks.
"N-n-nothing of this sort, Father. He doesn't know I love him or how I look." she shyly confessed. "When I first saw him,I felt a pang in my heart and I knew we have some sort of fate together. I felt strongly drawn to him, yet I didn't speak to him." the young woman continued.
"I understand, my daughter, but why doesn't he know what you look like? How is this a sin? the vampire asked, very curious about the whole situation.
"I-I met him last year, on the Christmas evening, I-In Omok park near the CBS building. H-he was sitting on a , forlorn, as if he would have waited for someone who did not come. During Christmas, a lot of couples gather in the park to confess or to watch the Christmas tree lights." she said and smiled widely. The vampire touched his forehead with his hands, massaging it, and his breathing became unsteady.
"Omok Park?" he asked once more. Last Christmas, before the Christmas broadcasting, he had been there as well for a short while. "Should I dare to hope I might be the one she talks about?" he questioned himself as well. Feeling eager to hear even more details, his heartrate went up. "Should I dare to love a human once again? Lord, please guide this ungraceful soul!" he thought as he massaged his temples.
"Yes, Father. I observed him for a while.I work part time as a promoter for a chocolate brand and I had been carrying a basket with chocolate samples and wearing a huge bunny head. That's why he wouldn't know what I look like." she responded, very innocent and having no clue about what was happening for real. On the other hand, he was at a loss for words on the other side."Ah, the fateful BUNNY!" he screamed internally.
"I was approaching him with the pure thought of giving him a free sample of chocolate and...my fe-et w-ent wobbly and..I-I... fell on-n h-i-i-is-s-s.. crotch. I dared not to speak and ran away with all the chocolates I hastily grabbed." the young woman confessed and suddenly felt hot under the blanket at the thought of her bunny head meeting that unknown man's crotch.
"So that's your sin, my klutzy daughter Juliette. " he gravely answered. She was confessing to him right now, although she did not know of it.
"I sinned, Father, by doing something inappropriate. Father, how can I earn my forgiveness?" she earnestly asked the vampire, but his next reply startled the hell off of her.
"My daughter...but you weren't doing it with ill thoughts. Do you regret it ? Do you wish he had criss-crossed them?" he asked, fuming because of that wicked memory they shared.
"Midnight Father, I do regret it. But the latter part...I don't now how myself." she replied, and removed the blanket she had covered herself with. Suddenly, it was too hot for her to breathe and she hoped that the coldness of the dorm room would help her cool off. "So, she's attracted." the vampire told to himself, and that pleased him.
"How do you know you like him? You've seen him only once!" he admonished her, and she pouted.
"I just know, Father. I couldn't get him out of my thoughts no matter how much I've said my prayers of purity." Juliette replied back, and the vampire chuckled a bit. He liked her sweet voice and wanted to prey on her innocence.
"Will you be in Omok Park...tomorrow...no...today in the evening?" the false priest asked her, with a much sweeter tone.
"Of course, I have to work. Women have to offer chocolates to their beloved ones on Valentine's day. Why?" she replied, and spread her feet on her bunk bed, half removing her pajama pants.
"If your Romeo is a regular in Omok park, you may be able to apologize at least. I think you should. As for your penance, you have to re-start your Because you're giddy and you must cast away these impure thoughts which torment your mind and flesh.
