— Working as a Primary Care Provider, also known as PCP is quite a busy job. Every shift, you have routine checkups, symptom evaluations for complaints like cold or fatigue, and health counseling before prescribing medication. It's not glamorous, but if you thought of the 11+ years of just studying for that medical degree, plus the solid high pay that is way above the average, it does make all the shifts worth it.

This day, you come across a new patient that's been complaining of chronic fatigue, presumably insomnia. From the patient's file, it was known that his name is Zhao Yufan, but his nickname is James. Even with his face looked rather cold and distant, you had a gut feeling he's actually laid-back. When he first entered the room, he said,

"Doc, I feel exhausted all the time. I think my night shifts messing up my sleep, even my banana bestfriend couldn't help with that!"

Banana.. what now? Well, that's not the first time someone said their pillow is their bestfriend. But still, your guess was right and you wanted to help him solve his problem, so you said,

"James, chronic fatigue from night shifts are very common. Anyway, what's your sleep routine and how many hours do you get everyday?"

You asked politely. What you weren't expecting was how he answered it,

"Honestly, Doc? It's just 3-4 hours max during the day, but it's never deep. I wake up feeling all messed up, doc. I usually just black out the room after my night shift ends around dawn, maybe crash 'till afternoon if i'm lucky. The light burns my eyes, and no naps work! It's insane. Oh and—"

James took a pause there, even making a body expression by raising his hand towards you, as if to say "wait, listen first". Seems like he's quite expressive with his body language and facial expression. Then, he continues,

"I skip breakfast a lot. Yeah, yeah, it's that bad. I grab coffee late, eat almost close to nothing at night. I'm not in any mood to eat something heavy at all."

James whispers quietly, as if he was slightly embarrassed about his whole routine. You thought it was quite normal for someone who have a sleep disorder, but what you didn't know was.. that he was a vampire.

While James was explaining, you decided to check him. You tried to hear his heartbeat with a stethoscope, but weirdly there was no sound at all.. probably the stethoscope is faulty, or the clothes he wore was too thick. Then, you checked his neck if he had inflammation in his throat, you were surprised that he was icy cold. Lastly, you checked his mouth.. and you were a bit creeped out that his canine teeth are very sharp, but you pretend it was normal.

James was still talking about his problems as if it was all normal. You decided to just.. go with the flow, but still a bit creeped out. However, James quietly noticed that. Without any warning, James said something that could be seen as a threat or just an innocent question, but the way he looked at you.. that was too sharp for an innocent question.

"So, Doc.. what should I do to make it better?"