Under Our Noses- A Vampire Knight Fanfiction: Sequel.

Disclaimer- Don't Own VK. T-T But I do own Nezumi! :holds up Nezumi: :D

Nezumi: "Ack! What the--?!"

Author's Notes:Hey, hey! :D Look- it's the sequel to What Am I Doing?, finally! Sorry it took so long. DX I've been sick, extremely busy, lazy... ... Then it took like... ten minutes to think of the title. XD

Oh and I've been watching the anime and now I can't help, but type "Kiryuu" instead of "Kiryu" so... can someone tell me if Ichiru's name is "Ichiruu"?... Ew, that looks incorrect... Ok, so how about this? Ichiru Kiryuu. Aaaand my formatting will be a tiny bit different. I'm gonna see if FanFiction will leave the italics in so I'll be using that for thoughts...

Anyways... This one's more about Ichiru and Nezumi's plot to get their brothers who've finally settled down. It takes place only about a few weeks after the first one. Now... a few of you kept complaining that the little brothers just need to get with each other and leave Zero and Kaname alone... wellllll... they miiiiight. Might not, though. That's kinda why they've gotten together to break them up.

Oh and in case you haven't read What Am I Doing?... go read it before reading the SEQUEL, which is this one. X3

Enjoy!

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Chapter 1- Man Wife and Manipulation

-Zero-

"Kaname, do you want anything while I'm out?"

"...No, just hurry back."

That was usually how the mornings and evenings went now. It wasn't as boring as it sounds, though. It was more like... normalcy. Like a scene from some old 70's show or something- I was the wife with the short, sandy, curled hair sporting a dress and apron in the softest of blues. While Kaname sat at the table with the day's newspaper; a cup of fresh coffee next to him and his already empty breakfast plate. His brunette hair smoothed back with grease and his nice pressed clothes hiding that lovely figure from me.

But that's not how we looked right now- trust me. Rewind, and I'll tell you how us boys really looked that morning.

My usually volumeless silver hair stuck out every which way from an eventful night in Kaname's room (which is where I slept most of the time now) and I guess you could call the giant red shirt a dress since it went down past my knees. It hung off of one of my shoulders while I shuffled out of the bathroom into the main room of Kaname's unnecessarily large dorm, mumbling the lines mentioned earlier. Kaname was sitting at a chair with a cup of tea, but he only wore a pair of sweat pants and I could very well see his perfectly toned chest and abs. They weren't huge but the smooth lines of his six-pack covered up the true strength of the young pureblood. He glanced at me with sleepy burgundy eyes and answered his reply softly.

A smile slid across his lips as he raised the tea to them, still looking up at me. I returned his expression and crept over. He set down the cup on a side table and opened his arms for me and I fell into him happily. Heh, I wonder how everyone else on campus would react if they saw this side of me? Away from Kaname, I was still the stoic, unapproachable Zero.

"What's with you this morning?" I questioned as I nuzzled into Kaname's chest like a kitten and purring just as such.

"Nothing, but you look mighty sexy in that shirt..." he answered gently, but a mischievious hand pushed up the back of the shirt and groped at my bare bottom, making me gasp.

"K-Kaname, stop that! I have to go into town..." I grinned at him, though, leaning up to place a kiss on his soft lips. He promptly kissed back and when his tongue decided to come in, I could taste the sweetened tea and the cream he took with it. Pulling away I murmurred jokingly, "How am I supposed to go shopping after that...?"

He just chuckled and ran a hand down my back. I actually figured that shopping could wait and that I would just stay on Kaname's lap because all classes were out today, but a few loud knocks were heard at the door. We both sighed and I slid from him onto the floor. He patted my head as he stood and walked over to get the door.

As soon as it opened I heard him exclaim, "Nezumi!" and when I looked up sharply, Kaname's brat of a little brother was standing in front of me, grinning.

"Hi, Uncle Kiryu!"

I just narrowed my eyes at him and, as Kaname walked up behind him, Nezumi narrowed his green ones as well before turning to Kaname.

"Brother, may I stay with you and Kiryu-san...? Ichiru-kun is out..." he pouted at that last sentence, whereas Kaname and I started at my brother's name and how it was used in the very sentence. Ichiru-kun?

Kaname stammered most uncharacteristically, "Y-yes you can stay, but Zero has to go shopping as well..."

Well, he didn't seem to want to ask about Ichiru, but I sure as hell wasn't afraid to.

"Kuran? Since when did you and Ichiru get on first-name basis?"

Nezumi's grin flashed back with a nasty glint to it and he said eerily pleasant, "Ichiru-kun? He is my friend. It's been like that for quite some time, you know. He's very nice, your brother, and I'm glad I have at least one friend."

"...Ichiru hates vampires," I growled bluntly. After I had my first time with Kaname, I found Ichiru willfully and told him that I could not go with him. Ichiru seemed like he was cool with it and I had expected him to freak, but no. He then randomly stated that he didn't like vampires any longer, so he wouldn't be able to join me in any activities with Kaname, which actually bothered me. He was still my little brother whom I enjoyed being with when he wasn't trying to rape me.

Nezumi only tilted his head to the side and he replied, "Well, he seems to like me. I don't like hunters... or humans, really, but I like Ichiru-kun." He offered a fanged grin and I still kept my angry look while Kaname sighed in the background.

"Oh, for God's sake. Zero, if he likes Ichiru, then so be it. Calm down," he said, exasperated. I turned a slightly shocked pair of gray eyes to him and he raised his eyebrows back at me. He was basically letting me to let it go and that he was fine with this. What?!

Nezumi is a freakin' psychopath and now he's friends with my brother?

I just rolled my eyes, releasing a groan and rising to my feet; liking that I was a good six inches taller than Nezumi. He now had to glare up at me and I smirked, turning on my heel to go change because at this point, I'd rather go out shopping.

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I seemed to be having quite the time figuring out whether I wanted strawberry jelly or apple jelly when suddenly I felt an arm slink around my neck to rest on my other shoulder and, very cliche-ish, I looked at the hand resting on my shoulder before actually turning to see who it was.

"Ichiru! What are you doing here?" I exclaimed, more surprised than actually shocked. I barely saw him much- he didn't hang around campus all the time (as far as I know) and it's not THAT small of a world that I'd see him out and about.

My little brother grinned at me- when did he get to be my height...?

"Zero, what do you mean what am I doing? I'm out sampling the wares of this fine, fine area."

I blinked at him, still holding the two glass jars of jelly in my hands loosely. Suddenly, after he removed his arm from me, my shock faded and I said knowingly, yet flatly, "You mean, you're out shopping for Nezumi Kuran?"

Ichiru crammed his hands into his faded blue jeans and shrugged, "Ah, I guess he got to go over to Kana...Kuran-san's to wait, then. Yes, I'll probably get something for him, too..."

I rolled my eyes in annoyance and began to walk away; absently deciding that Kaname wouldn't care if I just got both apple and strawberry and dropping the jars into the hand cart that I had. Ichiru started after me, unprompted and said, almost wistfully, "You've met Nezumi, right?"

"Yeah. Real great kid." I answered bitterly. Ichiru ignored the tone- or maybe he didn't hear it in his little admiration speech.

"I met him not too long ago. We just immediately got along and I knew he was a vampire and he definitely knew me... most vampires tend to know us Kiryuus, huh? Anyways, he's younger than me and when he began to seek me out, calling my name with a squealing undertone, it was like having a little puppy following me around..."

Ok, now, I do not think my little brother could see it, but I had the utmost look of appallation (I don't know/care if that's a word or not X3) on my face at his obviously smitten babbling. The poor idiot was falling for this kid? Being my awesomely blunt self I turned back to him, barely concealing the disgust in my voice: "Ichiru, don't tell me you actually like that brat!"

His cheeks took on a slight pink tint when he shrugged again, looking down at the floor.

"Wh-why not? He's nice. ...Besides, I think I deserve some affection after you rejected me..."

I let out a loud snort and tilted my head back in a sarcastic laugh, turning back sharply to go to another area in the store. Ichiru pouted along after me, still.

"Right! After I rejected you! As if you took a noble road of winning me over. But it's all right. Yeah, whatever, I rejected you. Doesn't matter- I was with Kaname, so it didn't matter if you came using fair play. ...And you didn't mind you."

"Yeah... I know."

We both knew that I would never have the same level of trust for Ichiru and also that I would never let him live it down. He molested me and caused signifigant issues a few weeks ago and then up and disappeared and NOW when he pops up again, it's with that freak, Nezumi! It's like he's for everything I'm against, and it didn't used to be like that... Although... why does it seem like I'm always missing something...? --

"So?"

My now ashamed little brother glanced back up at me. "What?"

"Does he know? That you love him."

The blush darkened a bit and he cast an embarrassed stare at the shelf of groceries in front of us.

"I- I wouldn't call it love... but I don't think he knows... I haven't told him, anyways. I mean, he could know..."

I waved a hand to silence him and his rattling again, "Ah, well, love is as good a word as any..." I paused to smirk over my shoulder at him. "Besides, has any other boy made you blush like that?"

His eyebrows lowered and he mumbled, "Shut up, Zero. He blushes for me, too, you know."

I turned my attention back to the items infront of me, feeling comfortable at this friendly and interesting topic.

"That's a good sign. You may have noticed, but... I hate Nezumi. But if you like him then that's fine. As long as you leave me out of your lust...?"

He caught onto my gist and said immediately, "O-of course! I'm really sorry about that, you know."

"You've told me. Anyways, I'm pretty much done here, " I said, putting a last item into my full basket. "You should be getting that something for Nezumi." I smirked again. It's so fun teasing people with their crushes. He sighed with a soft smile and grumbled good-naturedly, "Yeah, yeah..." his eyes fell to the products in my basket.

Oh boy... here we go...

"What's that...?" he narrowed his eyes to see down into it before reaching down and

grabbing a box. Pulling it out, I rolled my eyes when he examined it.

"Ichiru, those are condoms."

"...!!" he dropped them back into the hand cart quickly and his face was as red as the zip-up jacket he sported. "I-I'm sorry..."

My face was a bit red, too, but I smiled at my younger brother. "It's fine... besides... I'm the wife- I have to buy the embarrassing things."

He tilted his head at me as I waved my hand in a small wave when I turned on my heel to go to checkout. I was very pleasant now. It seemed like our relationship was healing faster than I thought. I did not exactly want to thank Nezumi for attracting my brother to get his mind off of me, but it sure did make me feel better to not have to worry about Ichiru raping me or hurting himself because I "rejected" him, as he put it. And to see him so happy and in love... it makes a big brother feel special...

I was lost in my own bliss and I didn't notice the cashier boy blush a bit as he rang up the condoms...

Or my brother walking out of the store with not one purchase and an evil look on his face.

-Nezumi- ((I've never written as him before, so bear with me... ))

My head snapped up as I felt him, yes I could sense him, his aura. Ichiru was back.

I hadn't bit him, no, but I've spent so much time with him as of late, his aura was as familiar to me as my brother's strong, lovely aura. Speaking of him... I glanced over at Kaname- he was busying himself with some paperwork at his desk, unaware of Ichiru. I guessed he didn't ever know Ichiru enough to get his aura down like I have... have I really spent so much time around that Kiryuu? The thought attempted to annoy me, but not much...

((this is sort of a un-factual story... wouldn't Kaname be able to sense Ichiru anyway? X3 Oh well!))

"Hm. Big brother?"

He looked up. "What is it?"

"...Ichiru-kun is back! I'll be going now!" For this to work, Kaname must think that I adore Ichiru, so I wore the look of a girl with her crush walking by and I let the tiny blush over my cheeks. This is so stupid... I thought angrily. I took this chance to read Kaname's mind...

He must really like that kid... Otherwise he wouldn't miss the chance to be alone with me while Zero is out... And such an early detection of Ichiru. His aura must be attractive to Nezumi's feelings.

It was working: Kaname thought that I had feelings for Ichiru, b-but an attraction to my feelings? Impossible...

"Very well, go on. Mind the sun."

" I will; thank you! Bye, nii-san!" I squealed ridiculously, running for the door, grabbing my black boots on the way out. Using my vampiric speed, I practically warped outside to the edge of the campus, on a bench under a tree. (I was lazy). I could see Ichiru walking closer, unfazed by my random appearance. His being a hunter, he was probably conditined to see me running, unlike the normal humans who only felt the wind or don't notice until after we've stopped.

"What happened?" I asked, leaning over to place one boot on my right foot. Ichiru reached me now, and began, "I found him. He was in the store you specified..." suddenly, he knelt before me, genlty nudging my hands aside, and finishing the tying of my boot laces... I opened my mouth to ask what exactly he thought he was doing but he shot a sharp look up at me. It was one that silently told me to hush and let him do it. I clamped my mouth shut and the soft smile that I caught on the older male's face as he looked back down to tie the bow made me... it made me blush.

Ichiru quietly continued his report of what him and his twin had spoke about, but I was quite distracted now.

Wh-what's wrong with him...! What's wrong with me?! I'm blushing! This is embarrassing...!

By the time he was finished telling me the story, my eyes were tightly shut as if that would hide the flare of color on my face. When I opened one of my eyes a crack a few seconds later, I saw that he grabbed the first boot's partner and he reached out to hook his hand around my left calf, which looked like a child's leg in his larger hand. At that, I opened both eyes wide and stifled a gasp. A bit of a grip on my muscle from him and then I did something even more embarrassing than the wild blushing: when his hand slid gingerly down the length of the back of my leg to hold my black stocking-clad foot... I made some sort of noise that must have been borne from a moan and a squeak. Immediately, my hands flew up to cover my mouth and that blush that insists on staining my fair skin and being extremely noticable. He paused, one hand holding my foot and the other holding the boot.

Silver eyes locked with my emerald ones and his eyebrows were raised in surprise. Agh! How could I be manipulative if Ichiru thought I was so girly?! I only act that way in front of Kaname and the others- the vampires around here are suckers for a sweet little boy. The two Kiriyuus are the only ones that have seen my true nature.

Ichiru will never take me seriously if he finds out that I'm only a... only a pureblood kid who's never really been in a sexual encounter... I- I have to be tough and serious...

I blinked at him and lowered my hands... along with my head. The blush faded a tiny, tiny bit, but he was still looking at me. I felt his hand slip away from my foot slowly and I chanced a peek at him. His face was deathly serious... and then after he apparently saw something satisfying in my eyes he smiled softly. Ggh! What--!

"Wh-what?!"

"Nothing, Nezumi..."

I growled softly and glared at him... and read his mind.

I am not stupid, Nezumi-kun. I know you're reading my mind, but I will allow you to know what I'm thinking...

You're the cutest vampire I've ever seen in my life.

Green eyes widened. Cute...? He thinks I'm cute? ... I tilted my head foward to let the cocoa-colored locks cover the damnable blush on me face AGAIN. I.. I couldn't back down. I can't be passive to him. He is my pawn right now...

"Boys of my age aren't supposed to be cute... Don't call me that..."

He shrugged and gently grabbed my foot again, lightly caressing the slim, shapely figure of it. I clenched my fangs together and let out a mean-sounding hiss rather than the shudder and whimper I wanted to release.

"S-Stop it, Ichiru...! Ah..!" I tried, attempting to insult him with such a rude tone of his first name with no honorifics, but my voice wavered and whispered his name. He smirked now, groping at my calf again.

"Fine... I won't call you cute. Besides, you're right. Such a... developed young man of your age and stature should be called... sexy."

My breath hitched in my throat in a half sob, half whine and I whispered, "Oh, God... Ichiru... please stop... I don't like being like this..."

Thankfully, he listened and paused- his hands still on me though.

"Don't like being what?"

"I..." I turned my head to look at a rose bush surrounded by butterflies over by a tree and crossed my arms over my chest protectively. "I don't like being weak and helpless... I feel controlled."

...He smiled warmly up at me. "Controlled? I'm not controlling you, but if it feels good then that's not a bad thing, Nezumi... And if I'm manipulating you to make you feel good--"

I snapped my head back to look at him at that menacing word while he continued, "then that only means that I want you to trust me with your body and that I like you." My arms fell away from my chest slowly as his words sunk in.

"You... you like me?"

"Well, yes. You are very... cute... and intelligent." He said his words hesitantly due to the earlier rebuking of him from it, but I suppose it was fine. I do follow him around like a pet out in public...looking adroable. -- How demeaning...but...

"Th-thank you." I lowered my brow in an angry sort of pout. I tend to get mad when I'm only a little embarrassed and I mumbled, "Now put my shoe on before I kill you..." he chuckled deeply and said, "Ok, ok..." and began obeying. I watched his quick fingers tie the laces and I wondered who was it that I liked more? My brother or Ichiru? We had gotten together to get our brothers back, but--

My thoughts were involved in a screaming pile up of the words and emotions in one screeching mess when I felt warmth on my lips. My hands automatically shot up to brace myself on the silver hair in front of me, to maybe pull him off. Ichiru was kissing me!! The heat rushed to my lower regions and I groaned quietly at the feeling and then more heat rose to my cheeks at my terribly mortifying noise and the very actions that were taking place. My fingers tightened in his hair and he moaned softly. I...I made him moan... I pulled slightly harder and he grunted in response, pulling away.

"I see you like getting reactions... Too bad I'm the seme, huh?"

"Wah?!" I managed to squeal before he kissed my mouth again. This time I felt his tongue flick over my lips and into my mouth.

OhmyGod, ohmyGod, ohmyGod...--

-Zero-

"Zero, what are you looking at? Come eat. I'm going back to bed later- it's too early for me, so if you're leaving to go do something later then... Zero!"

"Huh?" I replied brilliantly and looked over my shoulder. Kaname sighed and stood up, coming over to where I was to look out of the window.

"Oh. Look over there- it's Nezumi and Ichiru," I explained while pointing way out on the edge of campus. We were up on the second floor of the Moon Dorms, so Kaname shouldn't have had a hard time seeing them like I was...

"What are they doing, Kaname?"

"Kissing." and he turned around to drag me back to the table.

"What?!"

"They are kissing. I told you that they liked each other. Nezumi told you, too. What's wrong? Ichiru seems to have moved on. Isn't that good?"

I couldn't wrap my mind around it...

"B-but... forget it. You're right. I guess I just thought it wouldn't have ended so quick."

Kaname smirked and tore a piece of toast off with his fangs that was smeared with a mix of strawberry and apple jelly saying, "Well, maybe he's not as stubborn about his feelings like you."

"Shut up!"

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Author's Notes! AWWW!! Nezumi is a true tsundere! Cold and aloof and BAM! Blushing and making odd noises! That's a real tsundere for ya! Anywayses... a nice long chappie, huh? Yeah, when I got back from school on Fri, I fell asleep around 5 pm and woke up at like... 12 am, so right now it's about... 7:30am and I'm hyper and tired at the same time...!! . yaaaay--!

So does anyone have any different opinions of Nezu-kun now than what they thought of him in the first one? I like him. Thinks he's so tough. 3 Cute! I love my tsunderes.

Nezumi: :blushes and crosses arms: "It's not that big a deal... "

Right, so! I've been thinking. Is there anywhere where one could post their own stories? A nice site with good, responsive traffic like this one. But it's my own characters, not a fanfiction. If you enjoy my style of writing then there's plenty more original work to read, if you guys could help me out...? Pleeeease...?

...CONDOMS! XDDDD

Oh...and I have some bad news, ya'll... ((X3)) I'm thinking of discontinuing that one story- Alone in the Dark. RIGHT after I started it, my favorite KH pairing became RoxasxSora... so... um... Sorry!! ; And that's not all. This update was really easy to get in because I happened to fall asleep forever and have enough energy to type, so while the flippin' story is up and healthily began, the updates might be uber slow and shorter- perhaps even crappier. I'll try my best, but exams are the week after the next and I don't have the internet still, so over the summer... who knows... --

I'll start chapter two now!! :types!:

Ah well, whatever will be, will be. My philosophy to live by! And review! That's one you should live by!

Anata ga ichiban!! :3