"Aidou-senpai!"

Here we go again.

I rolled my eyes as I heard the all too familiar noise of screaming fan girls from the Day Class. You would think they'd get tired of seeing the Night Class boys after a few weeks, but they just won't leave them alone.

Everyday when it was time for the Night Class to start their classes, all the girls from the Day Class would gather outside the Moon dorm waiting for the Night Class to appear.

It was the prefects' job to ensure that the Day Class returned to their dorm before this happened, but they had never managed it yet. I suppose that was because there were only two prefects, Cross Yuki and Kiryuu Zero. Well, Yuki was useless anyway, and Zero either showed up late or just didn't show.

"Brace yourselves," I said to the others as the gates began to open.

"Come on Taiyou, they're not that bad," Aidou said smiling as he heard the screams.

"That's because they're shouting your name. 'Aidou-senpai! Aidou-senpai! It's so annoying."

"You're just jealous Taiyou." With that, he turned his blue eyes to his fan girls outside the gate and hurried out to greet them.

"Jealous? Jealous of what exactly!?" I shouted after him but he just ignored me. "Hanabusa..."

"Let it go Taiyou." The sound of Kaname-sama's voice cut across my own. "We don't want to make a scene."

I looked up into his eyes of brown before bowing my head.

"Of course Kaname-sama. I'm sorry."

So instead of over reacting and beating Aidou with my bare hands right there and then, I found some satisfaction in sticking my leg out as I walked by him at the exact moment he stepped backwards.

"Whoops. Sorry Hanabusa," I said, smiling sweetly at him sat on the ground, his blonde hair falling out of place. I could feel the glares of the Day Class girls, outraged that I had done such a thing to their precious 'Aidou-senpai.'

I just gave them one look and they quickly backed off. I could be pretty scary when I wanted to be.

Satisfied with a job well done, I flicked my auburn hair over my shoulder before sauntering away with a grin on my face. I think I handled the situation well considering my reputation for being a bit of a hot head. Things could have gotten pretty ugly if it wasn't for Kaname-sama.

Speaking of Kaname-sama, I noticed he was talking to Yuki again. He seemed to be very interested in her, much to Ruka's heartache. You'd think she'd have learnt to deal with it by now, but then again I was hardly one to talk. I'd learnt the hard way that heartache wasn't something easily dealt with.

While we waited for Kaname-sama to finish speaking with Yuki, Aidou came and stood beside me.

"You know jealousy is very unattractive in a woman."

"And what, pray tell, am I supposed to be jealous of?" I asked, just daring him to say it. But Aidou wasn't afraid of me. He'd known me too long. In fact, I think he rather enjoyed winding me up, as if I was some form of entertainment.

"Of the Day Class girls of course. They receive all of my attention whereas you get none."

"Are you kidding? You really need to get over yourself Hanabusa."

He laughed.

"What's funny?"

"Well even if you aren't jealous of all the Day Class girls you are definitely jealous of Yuki. It's not hard to see that Kaname-sama is pretty interested in her."

"Wrong again Hanabusa."

'It's not because of Kaname-sama that I'm jealous of Yuki,' I finished in my head.

"Class is starting...Kuran-senpai."

I turned my head at the sound of another voice. He had hold of Kaname-sama's arm, holding it away from Yuki. Only he would dare. Of course, Kaname-sama just shrugged him off and headed over to us. I could see hatred in those lavender eyes as they followed Kaname-sama, eventually resting on us. 'I wonder, Kiryuu Zero, what happened to make you hate us so much?'

"The fact that our Night Class is testing these newly developed blood tablets has been acknowledged all over the world," said the teacher. "You are the pride of not only this school, but of the whole vampire race!"Everyone was scattered around the classroom, some sat at the desks, and others sat on the desks. I was sitting in the window, gazing out into the night, my mind elsewhere as it usually was.

"He really pisses me off. Kiryuu Zero..."

My ears pricked up at the mention of his name and I moved my eyes so I could see Aidou in the windows reflection. He was scribbling something out in his notebook.

"Who the hell does he think he is? Just grabbing Dorm President Kuran's arm like that."

"What's this?" I watched as Ruka snatched up his notebook to see what he was doing. "Doing all this...it's like you're in love with him."

"Who would be?! If I could, I'd like to destroy him, that stupid prefect."

"Well he's the only one of the so called 'Disciplinary committee' that has any control over those Day Class girls. Cross Yuki is little more than useless. If you destroyed Zero all hell would break loose," I pointed out.

"Oh who asked you Taiyou? Go back to your day dreaming."

"It's not day time Hanabusa."

"Stop it you two. You're worse than children," Ruka said cutting across Aidou who was about to talk back to me.

"Whatever." I returned to staring out of the window, watching the clouds sail across the moon, as the lamps were extinguished, covering the classroom in darkness. In the reflection of the window, I could see my own eyes as they glowed red. This was our time. The night of the vampires.

"Taiyou, where are you going? We're supposed to go back to our dorm after class."

Ruka grabbed my wrist as I turned to separate from the rest of the group, Kaname-sama and Ichijou had already gone on ahead.

"Don't worry Ruka. I'm not hunting for Day Class students; I just like to look at the stars on nights like this."

She was still reluctant to let me go, but in the end she gave in. "Fine. But don't blame me if Kaname-sama finds you."

"Relax. I'll be fine." With that I hurried off into the night, the school grounds free to wander.

I soon came to rest at a place I had come to call my own. It was hidden by the trees and from the looks of things no one had ever been there. The grass was overgrown and the flowers had grown wild and out of control. It wasn't much to look at, but I liked it. I could still see the sky and that was all that mattered.

I settled myself down in the grass and rested my head on my hands, becoming invisible. Even if someone happened to walk by, they probably wouldn't see me anyway. I could lay in peace.

The sky looked beautiful as always with the stars twinkling brightly against the dark of the night's sky.

"What are you doing here...vampire?"

I heard his footsteps through the grass as he moved towards me.

"So you found my hiding place," I said, sitting up so I could look into his cold, lavender eyes, his silver hair falling into his face.

"What are you doing here? You're not supposed to wander around after class is over," he said, reaching into his jacket.

I laughed as I gently got to my feet, brushing myself down as I straightened up. "They'll be no need for that Zero. I wasn't doing any harm, just watching the stars," I explained, holding my hand up to the sky. I heaved a sigh as I dropped my arm. "But you've ruined my peace now so I shall head back to my dorm." I turned my back on him and began walking away, but the sound of his voice stopped me.

"Why?" He asked. "Why do you come here?"

There was silence between us as he awaited my reply.

"To escape."