No Such Thing As Normal
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight, but if I have a choice, I want to own Zero.
A wave of weariness washes over me as I collapse on to the soft, four post bed. A faint whiff of roses fills the air as the sky starts to lighten outside of the window. I run my hand over the silky red sheets and glance around the room. The night dorm sure is different. Everything about the it screams prestige and wealth. Skilfully carved filigree twists to form the antique furniture, and carpets with elaborate patterns cover the floor. Even the ceiling is filled with flowers and leaves made of plaster. It feels like being in a palace rather than a dorm, but I guess that's no surprise considering it is used to house vampire nobles.
Or a princess like me...
Ahh, the perks of being a pureblood. A soft sigh left me, and I feel my strength draining. I start to reflect back on what happened today. Being an uncharismatic leader is such a hard work, and to be passed down the title of class president from Sara is just plain embarrassing. Kaname onii-sama, my betrothed, has left me, while Zero... a hunter and a pureblood could never be together, right? An overwhelming feeling of loneliness consumes me, and a single tear falls from my eyes. How did it end up like this? What is this cruel twist of fate! My throat suddenly feels dry from despair, so much so that I jump out of my bed; bump my bedside lamp in the process; and grab my bottle containing Blood tablets in desperation; emptying it straight into my throat in one large gulp, coughing and nearly choking, I force the tablets down.
"Not delicious at all..."
Why is this happening! I cover my face with my hands, squeezing my eyes shut and want to scream...
No!
No, I must get my emotions under control! Now breathe deeply. In and out, in and out...
Control!
Or the chairman will be troubled with replacing the windows again next morning. Ack, I attempt to distract my mind with the image of the chairman fussing over the windows and giving a lecture about being mindful of school property and that the school funds are not bottomless. I chuckle at the thought, since when does the school have money problems...
I manage to calm down after a couple of minutes and lie back onto the bed, propping my arm over my eyes. I wish... I wish there are no vampires in this world, and no hunters. Just us, living a normal life... together. Normality. Ah... wouldn't that be nice.
I smile at the thought, and close my eyes...
Beep, Beep, BEEP!
A sluggish hand reaches out from under the covers, searching for the culprit that's disturbing the peace... and then unintentionally knocking it off the desk and onto the floor. That of course does not deter the alarm clock's determination to wake up it's owner, and it decides to roll to an inconveniently distance just out of reach. Yuuki emerges from the blankets and feels around on the floor with her hands, her long chocolate coloured hair is sticking up in all directions from the twists and turns from the previous all-so-real dream. She finally switches off the alarm while somehow balancing her lower half of the body on the bed, but that doesn't go quite go as planned as her arms give way, and she falls off the bed with a thump.
"Awww!"
I wince and rub my hurt shoulder. Ah... what was it again? Mmm, there was Onii-san, and Zero, and vampires... oh gosh, too much Twilight I think... And then my eyes widen, I was in a relationship with Onii-san! Well, if we are unrelated I guess it would be... kinda nice, I mean he is good-looking, smart, kind, and would be the best boyfriend in the world, I mean he is the bestest, smartest... I wonder into fantasy for a bit. The fact that he is related to me is a secret, even Zero doesn't know about it. It saddens me that I can't see him as often as a sibling is allowed to because of our unfortunate situation that has been brought upon us by very complicate events... I guess I really do have a brother complex, but this relationsh-, errr, no. And Zero... I facepalmed. This dream is a whole lot of awkwardness...
Then it strikes me that I am sitting on the floor of my bedroom spacing out thinking about a stupid dream. If I want to get to school on time, I must get a move on.
I stumble into the bathroom and start to take off my pink pyjamas. Today is a very special day, it is my first day in senior high in Cross Academy, a prestigious school for the elite students. I worked very hard so that I would pass the entrance exam to get in! I look at my new Cross Academy uniform reflecting in the bathroom mirror. It's grey coloured with black trimmings, and cute little silver rose buttons that are a little too fiddly to button. I stare into the mahogany eyes staring back at me and roughly run a comb through my long hair. Mm perhaps I should cut it, it's getting rather cumbersome. But then... Onii-san loves my long hair... mmm. It's not hard to see why. Long, voluminous brown locks fell from my hand and reach down just below my waist, not one split end in sight and glows with a shade of honey in the morning sun. Well I guess I was never a girly girl. I decide to put a simple black headband on just to get it out of my face. That would do I guess. I smiled, and readjusted the bow at my neck. I can finally go to the same school as my older brother! I barely see him in the pass few years and now I get to see him everyday!
A knock on the door breaks my thoughts, "Ditzy head! Kaien has finished cooking breakfast, you better come down now or we are going to eat it all!" I can hear Zero smirking on the other side of the door.
"Ah wait, I'm coming! Don't you dare eat everything!"
I finish up quickly and rush down stairs and into the kitchen. The smell of bacon,egg, and toast reaches my nose, and father is in his usual kitten apron and ponytail, happily waving around a spatula. Zero on the other hand, is trying to murder a sausage with his knife.
"Ah Yukki! You look so pretty in your new uniform, ahh my little girl is no longer a little girl any more, daddy is so proud!" I can't help but smile at his silliness. He might have been my adoptive father, but he is father nonetheless. Zero is sorta just staring at me, holding the murdered sausage half way in his mouth. Zero is never the one to follow the dress code, his grey jacket is unbuttoned, showing a studded white belt with attached silver chains. The top two buttons of his white shirt are undone, revealing a flower like tattoo with what looks like dagger pointing inwards from the petals. His red tie is in a loose knot around his neck. Silver earring lined his ears, like scales off a dragon's back. He does looked quite handsome in the Cross Academy uniform I thought. it is a wonder how he got into the school, since he seems to skip classes a lot. When I asked him why, he just said "I can't leave a ditzy girl alone all by herself, she will surely get into a lot of trouble," with his usual smirk. I have no idea what he is thinking half of the time, though I can't really blame him...
"Thanks dad!"
Mr. Cross is beaming after hearing my comment, and then turns to Zero, "See Yukki-chan called me dad, you should too sometime your know!" With a pout on his face.
Zero suddenly stands up and slams his palms on the table, "There is no way I would ever call you da- da... You should be lucky that I call you Kaien! You know what, I will call you ponytailed alien from now on!" He turns quickly and stumps off, "I'm finished so I'm going to pack my bag," and walks off with his hands in his pockets.
"Zerooooooooooo!" A look of despair flashes across his face, but soon recovers as Zero exited the room. "Ah, always a ray of sunshine," jokes father, and turns to serve me breakfast.
"It's not just jam on toast today I see."
"Well, I know how special today is for you, so I want to do something special as well." A gentle smile is plastering on his face. "But you need to hurry, or you are going to be late, and we can't have that now can we."
I finish quickly and then pick up my bag, while Zero leans against the door waiting patiently.
We are about the leave, when we are suddenly attacked by a pair of keys dangling in front of our eyes. "Do let my drive you two to school, I am the chairman after all- "
"No! Not in this lifetime, not when you are like... like this!" Said Zero, pointing at the over sized coat and the frilly shawl.
"Yuuuuuki!"
"Sorry dad, but I have dignity."
"Not your too~~" The chairman does his best impression of an abandoned man with all of his hopes crushed.
Feeling just a tad bit sorry, I am about to reach out and apologise, when Zero roughly grabs my hand and pulls me out of the door. "For god's sakes, it's only 15 minutes walk..." Zero grumbles under his breathe.
Author's note: Mm, I must confess I've had one of these dreams where I had a relationship with a family member and then vigorously brushed my teeth the next morning. This is AU so the idea of Kaname being more than a brother is, er, no. Sorry Kaname/Yuuki fans. Without the different day/night class I have decided to make the uniforms grey with black trimmings just because. It's a pretty normal uniform colour anyway. Also, sorry about my spelling/tenses, English is my second language. :P