Vlad's lips formed a smile in return, being pleasantly surprised by those words spoken freely. "And I love you," he replied in a quiet whisper before pressing his lips and moving his body down over top of Gellert's. He hadn't spoken those words to a soul since he had become immortal. And before, it was only to his wife, which he could barely recall now. For better or worse, Gellert and love was his curse.