Sweet Confectionaries

Cross Academy was a school for the elite, more of a gathering ground for the future inheritors of high status and a place to make connections, securing ties with some, while enriching them with others. Kuroki Yuuki was just one of many of the students that attended, though there was one factor that made her different from nearly all other members.

She was from a normal, regular, working class family. Oh gasp, the horror.

How did an ordinary person such as her pay for the tuition? Well, simply put, she didn't. Yuuki had fought her way through on a full scholarship. It was how any student from a working class got in and stayed in. If they couldn't keep up their grades…bad things happened.

But keeping up with the workload was easier said than done. Cross Academy's tuition wasn't high and the institution so well known for having mediocre students or professors. People felt proud of being Cross Academy graduates and they had every right to. As it was, Yuuki was fairly average when it came to their standards, although she'd been one of the top five students at her junior high school. It was no wonder the students here looked down on nearly all other schools, sneering at their low expectations.

The Academy had five different levels that separated students in accordance to their academic performance. If that wasn't glaringly obvious enough in terms of intellectual status, the classes were organized in letters, from A to E, A being the highest and E being the lowest. The elementary and junior sections of the Academy were also divided in such a way.

If anyone is curious, Yuuki was in class C.

She was also the only one of her 'kind', and the other students generally kept distance, except for two. Despite her 'commoner' label, Wakaba Sayori and Kiryuu Zero had no qualms associating with her. But while Sayori's open friendship didn't cause much of a disturbance, Zero's did, if for no other reason than that he belonged in class A.

Class A only consisted of ten students and while sometimes the members of the other classes changed due to it being based on grade average, this particular group of ten students had, from the very beginning, earned and kept their status since elementary. They were considered the celebrities of the Academy. It was rumored those in class A had privileges none of the other students had, but none of them had ever come to light.

Zero's attention had come rather abruptly. He'd helped her in the library the first time they met, and since then, their friendship had grown. Yuuki didn't really know why he bothered with someone like her, but she was glad of his support. There weren't very many people that imparted her with kind words or a smile and he provided both, just when she needed them.

Through Zero, Yuuki had gotten a chance not many other students got, where she was able to mingle with nearly every member of the elusive A class members. She thought 'nearly' because she hadn't met everyone yet. She'd been introduced to nine out of ten of them. She wasn't bothered by it, but it did get her curious. She wondered what the number one student at Cross Academy was like, one too busy to even take off time for a short meal during the day.

She had no idea she'd meet him that same day and in a manner she'd have liked to forget.

Having gone to the library to study for upcoming exams, she paused when gathering her things to leave, hearing a scuffle and quiet murmuring from behind one of the tall shelves.

As she got closer, she was alarmed by the strangled groan her ears caught and rushed over. She opened her mouth to ask if anything was wrong, but seeing just what had been causing that strangled groan, she wished she'd just left. Not a lot of people would choose the back of a library to collapse in, her mind belatedly realized. Her mouth was still parted, though for a completely different reason this time. And instead of a question, all she could manage was a horrified squeak.

Zero was roughly pushed up against the shelf, his wrists held up and above his head in a tight grip. His pristine white uniform jacket was strewn half-haphazardly on the floor and his black dress shirt was completely undone, his pale chest and torso on display for whoever happened to pass by, only marred by the loose crooked crimson red tie hanging by his sternum. His face was flushed and his head thrown back, the long column of his throat exposed in an erotically tantalizing show of submission.

His captor had his free hand against Zero's ribs, slowly sliding up until it reached a pert nipple, circling it teasingly with his thumb before taking it between his long fingers and squeezing softly as he twisted, pulling another guttural groan from parted lips. Though most of his face was hidden from view by Zero's neck, Yuuki saw the rhythmic vertical movements of his elegant jaw line as he nibbled and sucked at the pale skin beneath his mouth.

"Zero…" Even Yuuki felt her cheeks heating (further) just at the seductively husky tone of his voice. It was deep and smoky with desire. "I've missed you so," he continued, as he drew ever closer to his lover, subtly slipping his leg between Zero's, pressing his thigh up against the other's groin.

"Nn, fuck, Kaname…" Zero's soft cry was laden with sweetly aroused agony as he pushed his hips against that of his captor's, wanting more of that friction.

Yuuki involuntarily gulped. She'd always liked Zero's voice, it had a pleasant lilting quality she could listen to forever, but hearing it like this…well, it certainly changed things. She didn't think she could ever look at his perfect lips the same way again, ever.

"Why did it have to be you? Mm?" Kaname murmured. Yuuki had never seen him around the Academy before and she couldn't tell if he was even a student (though he looked young enough to be one) with his lack of a uniform. He was dressed elegantly in a dark shirt and pants, both most likely tailored, with even a tie to match.

"Now I hardly see you, and that C class girl gets to greet you, every morning, noon, and after school. She gets to eat with you, talk with you, see you…" It was completely unfair in his opinion. Why should someone else get the chance to interact with Zero more frequently than Kaname himself? Zero should've let Seiren take the position of being the Observer. He shouldn't have to waste his attentions on anyone but himself.

Yuuki blinked. Was he, that Kaname person…talking about her? Zero wasn't close with any other C class girls, to her knowledge, so…she supposed he was. She couldn't help a bit of indignant anger, however, at how she was referred none too pleasantly as 'that C class girl'. It sounded as though he were talking about a disdainful smudge on his sleeve or something just as insignificantly dismissive. She felt she had a right to be Zero's friend just as much as the next person. She didn't even know him; did he have something against her?

"Kaname, that, ah…that C class girl is our," Zero paused to gasp, "our," he broke off again in a loud moan. Ugh. The feeling of Kaname sucking that spot, right below his ear coupled with the agonizingly slow circular shifts of his warm thigh against his arousal was taking all coherent thoughts from his mind.

"I know, but it doesn't have to be you," the brunet almost sounded petulant, (childish too, Yuuki's mind supplied) his lips latching onto a tender ear lobe, further weakening Zero against him. Letting go of his wrists, Kaname placed both of his hands on either side of his lover's slim hips, removing his thigh and rubbing soothing circles against his damp skin with his thumbs.

His hands free, Zero immediately clung to Kaname's broad shoulders, taking a desperate hold of his shirt, knowing without the warm hands at his hips, he wouldn't be standing up right. Dropping his head against the familiar slope of Kaname's neck, he sighed raggedly and tried to get his bearings. He had to remember they were still in school, in a library no less, and continuing their business here wouldn't be wise.

But just as he opened his mouth to suggest a change in location, Kaname ground his hips against his own, cutting off the words before they ever made it out of his mouth. The feel of Kaname's arousal against his own felt so good…Zero was hard pressed not to start stripping himself of the rest of his clothing for more skin on skin contact. He wanted more, more of his lover, more of this, more of Kaname.

"Ngh, fuck, Kaname, please…"

Cross Academy's top student chuckled lowly in his throat. "What do you think we are trying to do as of now, Zero?" He lowered one of his hands, rubbing the back of his fingers against the obvious tent in the other's pants, eliciting a weak whimper, before unbuckling the dark belt and slipping the button free, carefully lowering the zipper.

Hearing the sound of the zipper going down, Yuuki automatically felt her eyes go to its source, brown irises settling on the brunet's long fingers gently tugging it down.

Oh god. She couldn't watch this any further. She shouldn't have even stayed in the first place. What had she been thinking, she dreaded. But even as she tried to move now, her feet seemed to be rooted to the marble floor and her legs felt weak. Fisting her hands in her skirt, she squeezed her eyes shut and pursed her lips, and forced her right leg back. Good. That was progress. And now the left –

"Kya!"

Hearing a sudden thud not far from them, both males looked over and their eyes widened at seeing an unexpected audience they'd had no idea about. Had she seen everything? Zero flushed to the roots of his hair.

"Kaname," he whispered frantically, trying to get himself presentable. Lightly pushing his partner back, he quickly did up his pants and the buttons to his shirt, fully loosening his tie and letting it hang around his neck, too flustered to bother with trying to fix it on top of everything else. Sagging back against the side of the shelf, he sighed and covered his eyes with his hand. His face still felt hot with embarrassment at having someone he actually knew catching he and Kaname about to...well...

Ugh, what was he supposed to say?

Kaname couldn't really find it in himself to be anything other than satisfied and quite smug. But seeing Zero like this tickled something inside him and he couldn't help pulling the slighter boy into his arms, cradling his head against his neck as he rubbed gentle circles at the small of his back. He didn't think there was anything to be embarrassed or ashamed about someone seeing them, though he was quite aware it was just his possessiveness making its grand self known. The fact that it was that girl that'd seen them only added to the pleased beast inside him, rumbling contentedly.

She would now know Zero belonged with another and hopefully keep some emotional distance. If not, he was ready to take matters into his own hands.

Knowing he couldn't keep hiding himself in Kaname's arms forever, Zero slowly pulled away and met wide chocolate brown eyes. He took a step forward and then stopped, having not a clue as to what to say or do.

"Yuuki, did you…?" Well of course she did, you idiot, he berated himself. "Yuuki, I'm sorry you had to see something like that, and that you had to find out this way…" Everyone in class A was involved with one another. It was easy to tell who was with whom by simply watching them interact. Akatsuki, Ruka, Hanabusa…Takuma, Senri, Rima…Sara, Seiren… With Zero, it was just harder to guess, as Kaname was never around when the others came.

"Zero," Kaname's voice was soft, "you need not defend yourself. The implications of what we've done and what she's seen is fairly easy to decipher." He didn't like what the girl, Yuuki, his mind supplied, was doing to Zero. His lover was hardly ever so flustered with an outsider and yet, she managed it so easily.

"Kaname," Zero tried to protest. She looked traumatized, just sitting there. If it weren't for her clenching hands gripping tightly onto the skirt of her uniform, Zero would've thought her to be an inanimate doll, dead and cold. He had to say something…

"Ze-Zero…?"

"Yuuki, what is it?" Please, don't let my efforts have gone to waste in befriending her, he pleaded, the last thing he wished to do was scar her for life. What if she never wanted to come near them again?

"I…I…" She visibly swallowed then coughed slightly to clear her throat. "I'm kind of hungry. And thirsty." She smiled uncertainly.

Even Kaname blinked at her words. He's almost expected a bawling heartbroken girl they'd have to go out of their way to comfort and all she touched upon was her physical disposition. Maybe she really was fit to be their Center, the Diamond they were all made and destined to protect.

Zero couldn't have cared less if she'd mentioned floating pink elephants as long she said something. Relieved to see she'd responded verbally, he smiled. "Well, back in our Tea Room, we have some sweets in the fridge…"

"Wait, so you saw them?" Sayori asked. "As in Kuran-sempai and Zero-kun?"

Yuuki nodded, her cheeks flushed. "I thought I'd stopped breathing when I first saw them. They," her eyes softened as she remembered, "they looked so beautiful."

Sayori sent her best friend a sympathetic smile. Brushing her dark hair gently, she pulled Yuuki into a loose embrace. "I'm sure they did, but that's not all you felt, was it?"

"Yori-chan," Yuuki started. Sayori shook her head. "It's okay. I already knew, and I know why you didn't tell me. You could tell, couldn't you, that Zero-kun already had someone? And who that someone might've been?" It was obvious Zero adored every one of his friends, nearly made up exclusively of those in class A with the exception of Yuuki and herself, but there was something different in his tone when he spoke of one in particular.

Yuuki buried her face in her best friend's shoulder as she nodded, tightening her grip on her uniform, inwardly trembling. Kuran-sempai and Zero…they looked beautiful, their bodies fit together so perfectly, movements so naturally in sync…it left her in awe, both good and bad.

Zero did have someone…someone very special, so special Yuuki couldn't hope to compare, and the realization left her numb and hollow. She felt she'd lost a little of herself as she'd watched, transfixed, Zero being made love to, and she'd never get it back.

"It's okay Yuuki, you'll be alright. Everything will be alright." Sayori softly murmured. She'd been aware of her friend's feelings maybe even before Yuuki herself noticed, looked on as her feelings grew with every moment they spent together, and had wished and prayed for those feelings to be reciprocated. But that was before both she and Yuuki had noticed. Noticed the gentle gaze and affectionately warm tone that he spoke in whenever mentioning that one person. That even as he insulted them, it hardly sounded offensive or demeaning.

"Kaname? He's such a pain in the ass…"

It may have been true, who knows, but it sounded more like something Zero said out of habit than out of any real meaning. And when they saw despite how unwilling he was to talk about Kuran Kaname, he always ended up doing so. It could have stemmed from any small thing, from the dark wine red color of Yuuki's wallet to the way someone walked. Zero would stare for a while before softly, gently murmuring,

"Kaname…"

As similar incidents piled and occurred one after the other, it didn't take much for Sayori to realize Zero Loved him. Loved him in a different way than he did the rest of them – Loved him in an eternal way, one that spoke of absolution and complete faith.

"What? Yuuki?" Zero was near incredulous. "Kaname, you don't even know her," he started to argue, but was swiftly cut off by soft pliant lips against his own. "Mm, ah, Kaname," he tugged at his lover's hair, managing to pull away long enough to ask, "What are you saying?"

"It's perhaps because I can view things on an objective level that I've noticed it so soon," Kaname said softly. Of course, that wasn't the only reason. When it came to Zero, he noticed everything.

"But, but she's…" Zero looked upset. "She's Yuuki, and she's," he firmly shook his head. "I won't believe it unless something happens to prove your words." Yuuki, attracted to him in more than a friendly way…? He'd definitely need something more concrete than Kaname's words.

"Is it so hard for you to accept someone else may want you?" Kaname murmured, raising his hand to brush silvery strands away from Zero face, tucking them behind his ear.

Soft lilac eyes lowered and avoided his gaze. "I just don't like to consider it. I don't—" he bit his lip. I don't want anyone other than you to love me as I am.

He honestly believed there was no other that felt, could feel, more for him than Kaname, and he didn't like the possibility that someone else could either. All those love confessions, he could deal with, as he knew they were just minor crushes they'd soon get over, but he knew Yuuki wasn't the type to just give her deeper affections away to anyone. He truly hoped Kaname's speculations were just that, speculations, as he would never consider feeling for anyone else. He was Kaname's, just as much as Kaname was his.

Seeing how much his observatory comments were affecting him, Kaname leaned forward to place a chaste, comforting kiss to his forehead. He'd only mentioned it to give his lover a heads up, and not to be so unassuming around her. He knew first hand girls in love were scary creatures. He remembered, with some dread, at the enmity Ruka had aimed at Zero for some time before she'd found her place beside Akatsuki and Hanabusa. There were also Sara's icy glares he himself had had to deal with years ago before she'd come to find love and companionship in her childhood friend, Seiren.

Zero shot Kaname an amused look, wondering what in the world the other could be thinking about to have gone so pale. Well, he thought impishly, he knew of at least one way to get color back in those cheeks. Smiling, he lay down and rested his head on Kaname's lap, boldly nuzzling his groin.

Kaname twitched at being abruptly, but oh so pleasantly pulled out of his musings. His breath hitched as he saw Zero turn his head further, parting his lips to mouth him through the fabric of his pants. Unconsciously, his hand came to rest in Zero's baby soft hair, tugging slightly when he saw his belt was being undone as well as the button to his pants.

Zero paused as his fingers clasped the zipper, ready to pull it down. For the belt and the button he couldn't really have used anything other than his hands, but the zipper…he hadn't done it before, but doubted it could be all that difficult. All he had to do was…

Kaname couldn't contain the low groan that rose from his throat, choking out Zero's name as his eyes were glued to the full supple pink lips and teeth pulling down his zipper in an agonizingly slow fashion. He could feel the warmth of Zero's breath more clearly against his arousal and it nearly drove him insane. That wonderfully hot wet mouth was just a single cloth's hindrance away from his rapidly growing erection. Why did he ever have to bother with undergarments?

Zero smiled, pleased with Kaname's reactions before raising his head and pulling the band of his boxers down, letting the source for all of his distraction free with the subtle use of his fingers. Getting off the couch, he went on his knees between Kaname's legs, pushing his thighs apart and leaning forward to lightly nibble on the left side of his hip before resting his cheek, his lips right beside that of his lover's hardening length. Breathing softly against it, he enjoyed the strangled sound of his name pulling itself from Kaname's lips. Pressing a soft kiss, he trailed his mouth up until it hovered above the tip, already glistening with precum.

Zero raised his eyes, making sure to have eye contact with his lover before dipping his head, gently drawing in his length as he stroked the base. Swiping his tongue against the tip, he suckled softly before nibbling at it and gently scraping his teeth as he went further down, taking in as much of his lover as his mouth allowed him before he sucked.

Kaname nearly jerked off the couch as his back arched. He fought desperately against his carnal instincts wanting to just shove himself down Zero's sweet mouth over and over again until blessed release.

"Nn…" Oh god, Zero…Zero, Zero, Zero, it was all his mind could focus on. Zero and his mouth, Zero and his tongue, Zero and his teeth, Zero and his lovely, so lovely lust filled eyes…

Breathing through his nose, Zero relaxed his throat before going in for the kill, taking the rest of his lover into him and swallowing sharply. Having shifted as he did so, he moaned softly around the thick shaft inside him as the cloth restraining his own arousal rubbed deliciously against it.

Despite himself, Kaname was unprepared for the sudden tightness from Zero's throat and hit with the deep vibrations of his lover's moan not a moment later, gave out a low guttural cry as he came, spilling his essence into and down Zero's beautiful pale throat.

Licking his lips, Zero smiled, pleased, "That didn't take long." He tucked his lover back in before he slid up the length of his body and straddled his hips, leaning on his shoulders as he swept in for a kiss.

Managing a smile of his own even through his labored pants, Kaname leaned up, raising his head to receive the tender kiss his lover bestowed him with. As Zero was on his knees, Kaname slid his hands up, placing them behind his lover's thighs, caressing them softly, and tracing the bottom curve of his ass before pulling him forward and down, right atop his lap.

Their lips still firmly involved in the kiss, Zero groaned into his mouth as more pressure was applied to his groin from Kaname's actions. Leaning back, he panted,

"Kaname, it's alright, I'll calm down soon enough."

"When you paid such careful attention to me? You know me better than to think I'd leave you this way, Zero," Kaname smiled.

"Horny bastard."

Disclaimer: No own Vampire Knights.

Ah, how was that? *fidgets* I find it pretty plain...if anyone has any suggestions for improvement, I'd gladly take them! :D Oh, and if anyone noticed the class ranking pretty much the same as Special A, hugs and cookies to you! For those who don't know of the manga, I recommend it, if you're interested in romance/comedy.