Kal had been a vampire for about two years, but he had already reached the conclusion that un-life was significantly harder than the movies made it out to be. As a matter of fact, it downright sucked a lot of the time.
How am I suppose to live for hundreds of years if the bus doesn't get here on time so I can get back to my haven before the sun comes up?
This was just one of many problems faced by the young vampire.
Monday Through Friday, Kal puts in 8 hours of his night working remotely as a search engine tester for a marketing company. That brought in some income, which was good considering that he needed to pay the monthly rent on his storage locker he used for a haven, but it didn't leave time for hunting. It also meant a paper trail.
Saturday and Sunday were his nights to hunt, and by the end of the week he was always really hungry. Hunting and life in general are confined to the barrens out in West Sacramento. You know, the place where hunting is supposed to suck.
To make matters worse, Kal didn't even have a car. When he went out hunting, he would have to make sure he caught the last bus in order to make it back to the haven. If he missed it, he'd have to walk back...always a "fun time."
And as for the hunting itself, that was also a pain in the ass. Kal never had what it takes to "get with chicks." Though he'll at least stalk people on facebook.
So for hunting, Kal preyed on people that were asleep. Sometimes it might be a bum passed out in a park, or the drunk college kid passed out on the couch at the end of the night, other times he's had to literally sneak into someone's house to steal the blood and get out.
He's managed to survive so far. But deep down Kal knew it was only a matter of time before something went terribly wrong.