New Color Me story. I'm in love with Kain so this is a story I made with him. Hope you guys like it! I don't own Vampire Knight and the characters, but the OC is mine. =] Lyrics from songs that have inspired me will be added.
Chapter 1: Aria
Mika
The bluebird outside the window sang the most beautiful song, so beautiful that it has distracted me from the math lesson. I usually don't like math. It's not that I don't understand it; it's just that it has become predictable. I never realized how complex it can be, but I understand something even more complex...Music. Its melodic intrigue has entranced me since I was a little girl. That's why I seem to blank out whenever I hear it I can't ignore it. The little bluebird gave me an idea. I pulled out a spare music sheet from my music binder and started writing down notes. To others it was like an indecipherable code; like math. But if you have studied it enough it becomes like second nature.
"D'Amore-san," called the math teacher. I immediately shot up from my music sheet to see my teacher staring at me.
"I see you are daydreaming again," he said, "can you tell me what the answer to the problem on the board is?" I looked at the factoring problem on the board. It was a complex problem where 'x' went up the fifth power. I figured out the answer ages ago.
"'X' equal s-seven," I said shyly. My teacher's had a surprised look on his face, "Correct," he said writing the answer on the board.
"If only your fellow students could pay as much attention," he said motioning to the sleeping Yuki between me and Yori-chan. I heard a loud startling snore come from behind me. I looked and saw Zero in the same face down position. I couldn't help, but feel sorry for my dear friends. Their prefect duties kept them up more than usual. The bell suddenly rang signaling the end of classes for the day. Yuki shot up in surprise.
"Oh class is over," she said with a whine.
"Yes, you slept through it again," Yori said getting up, "Mika-chan, are you going back to the dorm," she asked. I looked into her warm brown eyes as she put a strand of her short brown hair behind her ear.
"Sorry, Yori-chan. I'm going straight to the music room. I have to practice."
"Do you need company," she asked.
"No thank you Yori-chan, I'll be fine. Besides I don't want to distract you from you studies," I said gathering my things and getting up from my chair.
"Ok well be safe Mika-chan," she replied with a smile and walked away. I looked down at a distraught Yuki.
"Don't worry Yuki, I can help you out later when you don't have duties," I said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"But when you're not studying for school you're studying music," she said standing up. She was right, my place at the Saito Conservatory of the Arts as a protégé has made me really busy. That still doesn't mean I can't make time out to help my friend. I looked back to see if Zero woke up, but I found myself staring at an empty chair. Of course, he was already gone. He had prefect duties handling the Day Class students with the switch over of the classes. I needed to go straight to the music room so I could practice. My conservatory advisers were expecting me to still continue my music studies during the week. The chairman gave me special permission since I am a SCA member and prodigy, to stay in the main building during Night Class hours as long as I stay in the music room, and then have either Yuki or Zero escorts me back to the Sun Dorms.
I looked back at the window to see the bluebird still on his branch, and then fly away. I silently thanked the majestic creature for his inspiration and walked out of the room.
Kain
I yawned as we all gathered downstairs waiting for Kaname, our leader, to descend from the stairs. I could hear the screams of the Day Class girls from outside. Aido stood beside me and sighed, "Oh, the adoration of the Day Class girls is music to my ears, "he said fixing his tie. I shook my head slightly. Obviously my cousin has never heard a Puccini aria. They usually just give me a headache. Shiki made an 'hm' sound beside me and went back to sharing pocky with Rima.
"Well they're extremely annoying if you ask me," Ruka said crossing her arms.
"Ah, Good evening, Kaname-sama," Takuma said. He all turned to see our Dorm President descend the stair and bowed in reverence.
"Shall we leave everyone," he said going towards the door. We all stepped out into the evening sunlight as the sun set on another day. We all crossed the gate into the flurry of screams of our names coming from the crazed fan girls of the Day class. I watched as Yuki tried her hardest to hold back some of them, but her efforts were in vain as she was knocked over. Kaname went over to help the girl up, which earned her glares from the Kaname fan club.
"GET BACK TO YOUR DORMS RIGHT NOW," screamed Zero. The girls on his side ran away in fear of the angry silver-haired prefect. He looked over at Hanabusa who was trying to ask a Day Class girl what her blood type was. "Hey, Aido! GET TO CLASS," he shouted. He dropped the fan girls hand and backed away slowly. I chuckled in amusement, Oh cousin when will you learn, I thought as I ran a hand through my hair. I heard a flurry of 'Wild-sempai' followed by adoring sighs as I did this motion. It doesn't take much to send them off. Zero swiftly yelled at them to go back to their dorms and they obeyed with no protest.
We made to class and relaxed into our usual class activities. I proceeded to sit on the desk as the lesson bored me. I gazed over at Ruka who as usual was silently worshiping Kaname who was reading a book by the window, not giving her the slightest bit of attention. It gave me indigestion to see her fawning over him. I have been by her side since we were kids and never told her my true feelings for her. How could I. The pureblood had her heart and she would forever let him have it no matter what. I dreamed of the day that she would reconsider her choice, but I'll be dreaming for the rest of my life. I only want her. The bell rang signaling our break. I decided to roam the school. I wanted to be anyplace, but that room.
"Akatsuki, where are you going," my cousin asked. I turned to see a slight glimmer of mischief in his eyes. Oh no. I was not about to get sucked into whatever mess Hanabusa had that could get me in trouble for not doing anything. I looked over to Ruka, who wasn't the least bit concerned about my whereabouts and were content on staying up under our princely pureblood.
"Out," I said turning and not giving anyone the chance to talk to me about anything else.
I left the classroom and just started walking around the building, glancing at the structural design. I let myself relax into my strides and set my pace. This place really felt like a large palace with its large ceilings, stone structures, and musical ambiance….musical ambiance?
I honestly thought that I can hear…..music. I used my keen vampire hearing to follow the origin of the sound. It led me in the direction of the music room. I didn't anyone used it. Once I came upon the door I looked in only to find that the music was live. There was someone sitting at the piano playing so well that it could be mistaken for a recoding. It was so clear and the timing what meticulous. It was beautiful.
I quietly opened the door to find a girl in a Day Class Uniform moving her hands gracefully over the ivory and black keys. I didn't recognize what she was playing, but there was a musical score in front of her so it wasn't improvisation. Her head swayed to the melodious tune that she played almost like she was enchanting herself. I tried stepping further in the room without trying to interrupt.
She seemed to be on the petite side and she had shoulder length light caramel hair that curled naturally into wispy waves. I decided to stay behind her and observe how her cream-colored porcelain fingers created such an extraordinary sound. She suddenly stopped and rearranged her paper to a different sheet of music. It was a totally different song entirely. She then started to hum…and then she started to sing:
'Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I, I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go'
….She stopped to write something on the sheet and went back over the notes she just played. She had the voice of an angel. It was light and airy like a little bird flying, but haunting and soft all at once. I felt myself walking closer, being drawn into the magic that was her voice. I was so enchanted that I didn't notice I grazed the music stand making it tip slightly. Using my superhuman reflexes I stopped it from falling, however I wasn't unable to stop it from clashing into other music stand making loud noises. The girl was in the middle of writing on her music score sheets and sent some of them flying when she became startled by the loud clanging noise. The squeal she let out could have shattered glass.
I set the stand back up and turned my head at the startled girl. Her chest was heaving up and down and her greenish-hazel eyes were wide. She looked like a little doll sitting on the bench with her small nose and rosy cheeks. Her delicate hands were over her mouth I must have really scared her.
"I'm so sorry," I said placing my hands up defensively. She looked completely terrified that I found myself leaning towards her in a comforting manner.
"I didn't mean to scare you, I just-," I started as I saw some of her score music on the floor, "I just heard music a-an-and," she still held herself like a scared lamb staring at her predator, "I-I'm so sorry." I sounded like a blubbering idiot trying to talk to her, but I needed to calm her down, or maybe…..she might be….a fan...aw shit.
Her hands went to her chest and she dropped her head slightly, "It's okay," she said in the softest and quietest voice. She immediately got up from the bench and started to scramble for her score sheets. I knelt to help her. My fingers accidentally grazed her delicate hand, and she pulled back immediately. She quickly apologized, "I'm sorry sempai," before grabbing the sheet. We stood up at the same time. I straightened her papers before handing them back to her, our fingers brushing during the transaction. "Thank you," she said shyly peaking her bright eyes through her wavy bangs. "You're welcome," I replied, "Again, I'm sorry if I disturbed you."
"It's okay, I was lost in my world and wasn't paying attention," she said. Her voice was quiet and shy, much different from the amazing megaphone vocals she was belting earlier. I felt like a giant standing next to her, then again I am awkwardly tall. I didn't know if this girl is a fan or not, but she seemed a little scared of me, so I tried my best to show her I wasn't going to hurt her….even if I could.
"You're really good," I blurted out.
"Really," she asked looking up and looking at me directly in my eyes.
"Yeah. In fact, it was beautiful. Who's the composer," I asked. It wasn't any Beethoven or Mozart composition that I have ever heard of.
"I did," she said looking away again. She was extremely shy, it was kind of hard to think of her as an aggressive fan girl. I glanced at my watch and saw I had a lot of time left for my break
"May I stay while you play some more," I asked. I don't particularly know why I wanted to. In fact, I left the classroom just so I could get alone time away from everyone else. But I couldn't help it I just wanted to listen to this beautiful music.
Mika
I looked at the extremely beautiful Night Class student in the eye; did he really want to stay? To listen to me?
"But sempai, don't you have class," I asked. He looked at his watch then put his hand back in his pocket. He had a rugged bad-boy look to him with his shirt untucked and his tie slightly undone. His shirt was unbuttoned showing his collar bone and his orange-tan hair, was wild and unkept.
"I'm on break. Plus I have some time," he said. Those warm chocolate eyes could melt metal; how could I say no!
"Ok," I said trying to steady my voice. I sat back down on the piano bench before my legs gave out. He grabbed a chair and brought it closer to the piano and sat in it backwards. He tried to get comfortable, but he was super tall so he just leaned on the back of the chair. I rearranged my papers so I was back to the song I was composing, and I could feel him looking at my back waiting for me to start. I started playing the song from the beginning,
Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I, I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go
Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up on my own anymore
Sing to me, sing to me
I don't want to wake up on my own anymore
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go
Sing me to sleep, sing me to sleep
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Ooh, there must be
There is another world
There is a better world
I finished and looked back at him, with his mouth slightly agape. He had a sad look in his eyes that I couldn't place, "Are you okay, sempai," I asked. His lips slowly curved into a crooked smile that only looked good on him.
"It was gorgeous. You have a beautiful voice," he said. I felt my face get extremely hot. I usually don't get compliments, especially not from gorgeous boys. I'm used to my musical advisors pointing out my mistakes or what I could've done better rather than what I did right. It was nice to have someone like something you did.
"How long have you been playing," he asked me curiously.
"Um, since I was five years old," I said shyly. His eyes widened.
"Wow, that young!"
"Yeah, I would mimick my father whenever he played."
"So you're like a musical prodigy." I nodded my head at this. I was a prodigy, which is why I am one of the youngest musicians at the Saito Conservatory. He checked his watch and he got up from the chair stretching seeing as how a guy his size was probably uncomfortable in the little chair.
"I should be heading back to class now," he said. I nodded in response to this. I thought that I possibly wasn't going to get a chance to see him again, so I decided to take a leap of faith, "Sempai," I asked with a shaky voice, "What's your name?" He raised an eyebrow at the question, but gave a warm half-smile afterwards, "Kain. Akatsuki Kain," he said in his deep raspy-smooth voice.
"Goodnight Kain-sempai."
"Goodnight," he said in return and exited the room. I turned back to my compositions trying to join violin into the composition. I started to feel a little tired, so I texted Yuki and asked her if she could escort me back to the dorm. Until she got here I decided to play some more. I didn't feel like working on my playing something that I felt from my encounter with Kain-sempai. His warm aura just made me feel…..
Kain
I got back to class before the teacher did which was good seeing as how we were doing a history lesson which was my favorite subject. Everyone else thought it was boring, but I found it very interesting. That girl was very interesting. Throught the rest of the night I kept thinking about that girl in the music room. Her delicate features, her petite hands, her amazing voice...Ruka let out a yawn next to Hanabusa. I didn't realize I was staring at her until she looked back at me. I covered my blunder by asking her if she was okay. She smiled lightly and mouthed that she was just bored. I nodded and returned to my notes. Apparently I'm still in-tuned to everything Ruka does. I really need to listen to the loudest Pavarotti opera I have to stop talking even thinking about it...or I could just listen to music girl sing again.I shook the thought out of my head and went back to her notes. Come to think of it, I don't know her name. I didn't ask for her name?! I let out a big sigh and flopped my head down on the desk. Hanabusa looked over to me, "Akatsuki, are you alright, you're being weird," he said.
"I'm fine," I said in an aloof tone. He accepted my answer with a shrug and went on ignoring the teacher.
How could I forget to ask her what her name is? Why does it matter?
I'll just go to the music room tomorrow and ask her, her name.
Thanks guys this is my new color me story in the series. Gray got some good reviews so far and this story I thought of before it. I hope you guys like it.
The song and lyrics are from the Sucker Punch Soundtrack- Emily Browning "Asleep"