Write a short story about human/s being in a blood farm for their vampire overlords. I don't care how you do it or what perspective it is from. It can be modern. It can be fantasy. It can be funny or serious. Either way, do it carefully.
“Yo. What’s cooking’ my man?” asked Tony, my best friend and part-time hippie/smoker of weed.
“Nothing much. I’m just kind of bummed out, you know? Finally 16 and old enough that labor laws won’t stop me from making the dough and yet…” I heave a big sigh. “I have zero cooking skills. You should have seen my mom. Nearly cried. I managed to char Red of all things. Red!” I threw up my hands in exasperation.
His content face switched to a guilty grimace fast. “Wow… uhm, dude, that’s terrible. How’d you manage to crash your gravy train like that, my man?”
“I don’t know, Tony. I really don’t,” I said, burning with humiliation. My ears, already rounded and ugly rather than flaring out like a true beauty, felt red-hot. I was likely blushing to add insult to injury, not even managing to stay pale and bloodless-looking despite my makeup. How embarrassing…
“My dude, I came here to splurge some of my, uhhh, well, some of my recent paycheck with you. I’m for sure not here for moping around. I easily make specialty ratings so I got some real nice cha-ching. Our customers really like the buzz my cooking gives ‘em, so boss gave me a bonus and a little somethin’ somethin’ to keep me going,” he said proudly.
“Now. There are some video games with my name on it, and we are buying it!” He declared dramatically, with a clenched fist and a serious face that quickly turned into a grin. “Today is for enjoying the benefits of being a druggie and being fodder for the vampies up top!” he said, passion growing in his voice…
“Aren’t they technically beneath us, in subterranean palaces and such?” I point out.
He places his hand on my shoulder. “You, my awesome-est friend, are a buzzkill fr sometimes.”
“Video.”
“Games.”
“Let’s go!” At that pleading and puppy eyes, detracted from by his scraggly goatee, he drags me to the mall. The fancy one, Scarlet Target.