Zero pinned Yuuki against the wall. His face was screwed up in a mix of pain and need. Yuuki cupped his head in her hand.
"What's wrong?" She said softly, worried for the young man that had always been important to her.
"I'm thirsty." Zero spoke, a level of horror and loathing detectable in his words. Yuuki face fell. She gently slapped him. Zero looked surprised.
"If that was all…" Yuuki ducked under his arms. "Don't worry; I'll fix you up in a jiffy." Zero watched as Yuuki left the room. Moments later she returned with a glass and handed it to him. He immediately threw it on the floor.
"I don't want water!" He growled. Yuuki pouted furiously and left the room grumbling. Several minutes later she returned again. She handed him another glass. The liquid was not water, but it was too dark to tell what it was otherwise. He slowly put the glass to his lips and promptly sprayed the liquid out of his mouth.
"I'm not thirsty for strawberry Kool-Aid!" He did his best to keep his voice at a muffled roar.
"What the hell do you want then, Mr.-I'm-too-lazy-to-get-it-for-myself!" Yuuki was furious. Zero visibly twitched. He gave her the most unmistakable, meaningful stare he had ever given anyone in his whole life. There, on that stairwell, was the most intense stare-down in the history of the universe. Yuuki was defeated. Once again, she left the area. Zero looked down, feeling rejected.
Yuuki returned with another glass. She stubbornly would not meet his eyes. "This is all I'm willing to give. Be happy that I'm even willing to share any with you…I always thought I would only share with one other person…" Yuuki was in uber pout mode.
"Who else would you share with?" Zero was hesitant to take the glass from her. He had not known she had felt so strongly about this. Then again, he could easily understand, who would want to freely share their blood with monsters?
"Kaname, of course." Yuuki blushed at the thought of sharing this most precious liquid with her most precious person. She thought of him accepting it from her for the first time. Then him wanting more, and her sharing more in painful bliss. A little bit of it would escape at the corner of those lovely lips and she would lick it off. Her thoughts quickly turned south. Yuuki would lick the dark, sticky substance from all over his body…
Zero grabbed the glass out of her hand, feeling a bit put out. He had expected the answer, for whom else would it be, but to hear it was still… As soon as the scent reached his nose, all semblance of sanity left the young man. He made no attempt to hide his fury this time.
"I don't want your damn grape Kool-Aid!" He screamed. He tried to throw the glass down again, but Yuuki took it.
"Don't waste it! I only have two packets left until headmaster picks more up from the store tomorrow morning!"
Zero strongly felt the need to kill, and it probably had little to do with his rising vampirism. For the first time he wished Kaname was here.
Kaname, working quietly in his study, suddenly sneezed. He stopped what he was doing and blinked in amazement. Had he ever sneezed before? He looked around suspiciously. This was bound to be a bad omen. He sat back heavily in his chair, considering whether to start his plan.