Welcome to my newest creation, I hope you all aren't too disappointed from the news pertaining to my other stories. I explained in my profile, so if you have any concerns please refer to it and message me if you have any questions or suggestions you'd like to give. This story most likely will not have Rido and/or Sara Shirabuki in it, or at least not the way they're in the manga. One last note before I leave you people alone; bashing characters, or just plain flaming the story won't be appreciated, so if you don't like something, be mature about it. That's all I'm asking.

Vampire knight doesn't belong to me, if it did, I would own Takuma Ichijou. Simple as that.

Akira sat still on her bench in the park in the small town outside of her school Cross Academy as she quietly observed the people in the park around her dressed in their warm coats and scarves playing or simply enjoying the lovely snow that'd piled up in the park during one of the more recent snow storms common around this time of the year. She'd taken to coming to this spot whenever things back at the academy got too out of hand for her to want to deal with. Like Ruka and Aidou's constant bickering, or Kaname-sama and Kiryuu's animosity towards each other. But tonight she had something much worse than anything she'd ever experienced plaguing her mind, someone very close to her, the once kind person she'd almost claimed to be her sister,

was being engaged to the man Akira had been working up the courage to try to be with since she'd arrived at the school with the others.

Akira had been so surprised when she found out about it, she'd nearly fainted in the foyer where Maiya had gathered everyone, especially her, to tell them. The way her cousin hung on the young noble's arm, and the way she subtly looked Akira's way as she leaned up and kissed him with all the passion anyone would expect from an ecstatic bride to be made her want to go up and rip the woman apart. The nerve she had… when she'd known how Akira felt…

Akira clenched her fists at her sides, careful to keep her nails from digging into the wood of the bench and scaring the few humans who were out at this late hour of the night. That's it… just calm down… Akira scolded herself as she forced her eyes to fall closed and her breathing to slowly even out. Losing yourself to rage won't do a thing… Especially with these humans around… Her throat ached at the thought of letting her withering control slip any further and allowing herself to fall into the temptation of blocking out her own pain by preying on one of the innocent beings that chose to surround her that night.

"You know, if you're having trouble, perhaps a park full of humans isn't the best place for you to be."

Akira's eyes snapped open and she attempted to shrink back from the too close person in front of her. She would've fallen back off the bench had she not been caught in a pair of gentle hands and pulled back up. "I-I'm not having that kind of trouble, Ichijou-senpai…" Akira managed to retort as she removed his hands from her thin shoulders. Getting slowly to her feet, Akira tried to avoid meeting his gaze and keeping anything in her eyes hidden from his sight. "What are you doing in town anyway? I thought Kaname-sama had you running some sort of errand..?"

"I just finished it." He replied matter-of-factly, never once losing the warm smile that always adorned his face. "I decided to take a shortcut on my way back." Ichijou added as he began to trail after Akira as she started to walk away from him. "What had you so riled up anyway? If it wasn't what I assumed it to be that is.." The tone of his voice had dropped slightly, taking on the more serious undertone that she'd only heard a few times during her entire stay at the academy.

Great… Akira sighed quietly as she kept up her pace, determined to keep him trailing and unable to cut her off. He's gone all distant and demanding.. He really is around Kaname-sama too much… "I was just thinking about a few… unpleasant things, I guess you could say.." Akira mumbled in reply, shrugging him off when he got too close. "How are things with you and Maiya going anyway? She hasn't come around the rest of the girls and bragged in a few days.." She questioned hesitantly, desperate enough for a chance to get him to quit prying into her private life that she was willing to listen to him talk about anything right now, even Maiya.

"Well… Actually, could I ask you a question Akira-chan?" Ichijou asked, his friendlier attitude returning almost instantly.

With her curiosity slowly getting the better of her, Akira finally gave up and let the blond noble walk beside her and looked up at him. "Sure, can't say that I'll be much help though…" She trailed off, slightly surprised by the pure uncertainty in his usually confident eyes.

"How was Maiya like before the engagement was set up?" He asked quickly, as if afraid of asking the question. "She's been so cold to everyone… And all she wants to do whenever we're together-"

"Okay, you can stop there." Akira said coldly as she clenched her fists in the pockets of her uniform jacket, silently hoping it wouldn't be noticed. "I really don't want to know that much about your private life Ichijou-senpai. Why are you complaining anyway? Most men would kill to have a go at her, you'd know that too if you paid more attention to the real world and got your head out of your manga." She scolded him, well aware of her own habits of sitting and reading the addicting books for hours and never noticing until someone forcibly got her attention.

"Sorry, I guess I kinda got a little carried away.." Ichijou apologized, rubbing the back of his neck nervously as he flashed her a sheepish smile. "But I still got the point across, didn't I?"Akira couldn't help the small laugh that escaped her lips at the way he was behaving. It was just too cute, she wanted him to be embarrassed like that when he talked to another woman about her, not Maiya…

Shaking her head to rid herself of the thought, Akira reached over and placed one of her small hands on his arm as a reassuring gesture. "Don't worry, I can't really condone you for being openly concerned about your fiance, now can I?" She said, putting on the best smile she could. "As for her being different, you're right about that one. Though, I'm sue I'd probably be doing something like her if I'd just gotten engaged.. Only wanting to be around that person and pushing everyone else away for a while… I'm sure everything will be fine between the two of you…"

Ichijou smiled even brighter than before and put his hand over the one she had on his arm. "Thank you, but we might want to hurry back… you're trembling.." He said softly before pulling the long overcoat he had on over his uniform off before shedding that one too and wrapping it around her gently. As he pulled his long overcoat back on, Ichijou started to pick up his pace as he walked with her back toward the dorms.

Akira pulled the coat around her tighter and quickly followed off after him before he got too far ahead. Thank you senpai… but that wasn't why I was shaking.. She mentally thanked him as she walked slightly behind him, too afraid to say the words out loud.

So this is the very first chapter of the story everyone. I'll have more soon for you to entertain yourselves with.