"This is my first time writing here a long fanfiction… I guess I would like to continue this story into two or three chapters or maybe longer. I hope you would like it"
Black Rose,
The Author
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Chapter one: Torn between feelings
Night was about to spread throughout Cross Academy but dark gloomy puff of clouds were looming over the usual beautiful midnight blue that they settle their gazes upon. It was the time where the curtains of the Night Class were open. The vampire students were getting ready for their evening classes but boredom and irritation were written at the surface of their pale faces. It was because the Day Class students were swarming beyond the gates of the moon dormitory and their typical vigorousness was multiplied even if it's going to rain.
"How troublesome." Shiki pointed out with not much enthusiasm.
Naturally, Aidou and Ruka were throwing insults at each other while Akatsuki tried to intervene before the predicament gets out of hand. The efforts that he always put on every time those two were mocking each other were useless and it seems their nonsense was getting louder each moment. While they were at it, the dorm vice president was getting worried that the weather would turn worse so he suggested his dorm mates that they should bring their own umbrellas. Shiki, on the other hand, noticed that Rima was nowhere at sight. He stood up and let his eyes wander around the whole room.
"What is it, Shiki?" Ichijou asked while pulling a dark blue umbrella from its rack.
The younger vampire diverted his attention to him but didn't respond.
The blond vampire already knew was his young friend was looking for. "I saw her outside near the Hyacinth garden." He smiled afterwards.
Shiki was already outside before Ichijou could finish off his sentence. He was a little bit concerned since it was very rare for his model partner to roam around before classes especially without him. He started to draw conclusions like she was not feeling well so she needed to take a little cold breeze or there was a big possibility that she was mad at him. He knew her very well. She was a bit short tempered and she particularly hated when someone is teasing her but deep inside she was very benevolent towards him. It was always shown in her glassy blue eyes even if she tries to hide it from him.
The petite girl was definitely taking her time as she walked slowly inside the garden. The mild fragrant of the hyacinth flowers were intoxicating and she suddenly wondered the color of the petals were just exactly the same as the eyes of someone she knew. She let her fingers run to its stem but was suddenly interrupted by a mild pat on her head. It was her childhood friend that pulled her back to reality.
"Shiki…." She remembered that class was about to start.
"Let's go back." He grasped her left hand.
"Ah…" the orange-haired girl shoved her friend's hand away gently and darted off to the direction of their dormitory by herself.
He was surprised by her sudden reaction to him. The deep color of loneliness slowly begun to stained his heart. It was not the usual response he gets from her. He stared at his hand that was shoved away for a while then decided to rub off the feeling of disappointment. The matter at hand was that he needed to return back since it was almost time for class. He walked beside her and gone back to the dorm.
The rain abruptly poured and every noble was handling their own umbrella or sharing it by two. Ruka offered to share her umbrella to the dorm president but he refused it politely for the reason that he already has his own. There was a heap of joy painted on Hanabusa's face because he plan to go outside without carrying any protection from the pouring rain so the girls would surely insist on him to share their umbrellas however his cousin ruined it by forcing him to use one. Shiki sought refuge in Rima's red parasol. She sensed that his icy blue eyes were prickling needles behind her back. A surged of blood flushed her cheeks hence she tried to hide it by glancing away from a different way.
"Stop staring at me." The girl's cheeks were colored crimson by now. "And… sorry." Then she practically moved her feet away towards near the gate leaving Shiki behind.
He smirked a bit by her embarrassment. It was a relief that she was still herself and another minute or so he would be worried by her negligence at him. He caught up to her by moving in with her pace. She was walking swiftly although it went slower by a couple of seconds.
The gates were finally open. A storm of Day Class girls were surrounding the outside premises. They were screaming and herding all at once as they noticed the group of the elegant nobles. The brunette prefect was having troubles on how to calm them down. It was a good thing that her partner, Zero, was halting them by his scary glares. The foundation of the Night Class students comprises rare beauties and prodigies from prestigious family so it couldn't be help if they were popular for the commoners.
"Idol-senpai!"
"Wild-senpai!"
"Ichijou-senpai!"
"Ruka-chan!"
"Kuran-senpai!"
Hanabusa was surely enjoying his moment of glory by waving and smiling at the girls. It was the same for Takuma but he was not as flashy as the cheerful vampire. In Kain's view, it was not a scene that he would not prefer to enjoy. Well for Kaname Kuran, he was walking politely like a respected honor student. It was a custom to him to be composed and neat in front of any person except for his princess. Rima and Shiki, who were walking last at the group, were thinking that this day was a lot annoying than before. Out of the blue, a small group of girls were suddenly murmuring when they saw the two young students sharing one umbrella.
"Look, Shiki-senpai is sharing a parasol with Toya-senpai."
"I envy her! I want to do that with him too."
Touya was trying to ignore them but it suddenly grew into something personal.
"I heard they were they were childhood friends and were models working in the same agency."
"Really? Are they…. Lovers?
"Actually, I don't hear anything much but it seems that Shiki-senpai isn't the type to get into relationships, ne"
The murmurs went louder. "Then… we still have a chance?" The girls said in unison.
The girl with glassy blue eyes couldn't take it anymore so left her umbrella to Shiki and walked out hurriedly out of the rain. Senri tried to catch up with her but when he saw the annoyance in her eyes. He decided not to and stopped while watching his childhood friend get soaked with pouring rain. Rima Toya was certainly drenched up to her skirt when she arrived at the door. She bit her lip and a droplet of blood flowed out. The tiny wound she had healed fast. It was a natural power of any vampire of her age. A thought struck her that it was not a rational way to snapped out just because of those stupid murmurs but when she heard about something about him. She suddenly got distracted and let her angry feelings lead her. She breathed deeply. It was not like her to be moved by her foolish emotions.
Since when she acted like this…
A momentary, she went back to her past when she was just a little kid.
It was raining at that day and they were playing at her house. A game of hide-and-seek between two kids was stupid but they still played it. Shiki was "it" so she hid in the small forest located near her residence. She was just searching a good place to hide but a beautiful path of flowers came to her way. There were all sorts of plants like rose bushes in the color of white and red, lavenders, daisies, ivies that hung up in trees, chamomiles, and there were so many to mention but a small bud caught her attention. It was a flower with icy blue petals. It resembled Shiki's eyes very well. She gazed at it with wide eyes and small smile showed in her little face. She loved it very much. Then all of a sudden, she was patted at her head by a boy.
"Rima…" a small familiar voice called out to her that woke her senses up. Shiki approached her and took a handkerchief out of his pocket. He didn't say any words but carefully dried her hair. It was just sort of like him to never question anything weird that happens to his life. It was like he was letting them flow like running water and you can see in his masked face that he has no care for the world.
"You're going to get sick." He said.
The cheeks of the girl were stained red again. Of course, he noticed the slight of color in his friend's face and the hotness in her cheeks so he got anxious that maybe she caught a cold. He touched her forehead by using his own forehead therefore making Rima a bit startled by his actions.
"What are you trying to do?" She asked with a hint of annoyance in her voice.
"Checking temperature." He answered.
She sighed. "You know, I'm not sick so…." She slowly went back to herself. "Shiki, let's go."
"Pocky…" He demanded while composing himself.
She nodded and they walked side by side again.
