It was a sunny day, with a warm wind that gently blew across the school grounds. I looked up from the book I was reading, feeling the refreshing as it past my face. This was how I liked to spend my free time. Hand in hand with a good book, sitting in the shade of a nice big tree. Not that I had much free time. It didn't take long before someone showed up and took hold of my attention. Mostly, I was talking about my friend, Haruhi Tsukino. My one and only friend at Cross Academy, Haruhi loved to talk. She talked about lots of things. And of course, she talked about her favourite subject most of the time.
No sooner had I thought this, Haruhi walked up to me, notebook in hand. "Mitsuki!" she exclaimed, sitting down next to me. "Don't you ever do anything else besides read?"
I rolled my eyes at this. With Haruhi as my friend, and all of my studies, I rarely had any time to read. "I talk to you, don't I?" I asked her.
I don't think she heard me though. She was too busy flipping carefully through her thick notebook, searching for, what I thought would be, a new page she had completed. Sure enough, she smiled triumphantly, and placed the open book in front of me. What do you think?" she asked in anticipation.
I looked at the open pages. Scrawled all over the pages were little hearts of ink and bells, along with pictures of guys dancing with girls in fancy outfits. Most of the pictures were of Haruhi with other handsome looking guys, and the pictures were framed with different color inks. "It's awesome," I said, knowing that was what she wanted to hear.
"I know, right!" she said, taking the notebook back. "Now, I'll have sweet memories to hold onto, even though what I'd really want to hold on to would be one of the hunks themselves."
Again, I rolled my eyes. "Where did you get the pictures?" I asked her. "I thought that they weren't allowed."
"I bought them off of some of the girls in room 03," she said proudly. "They cost me a fortune, considering that there aren't much pictures of the Night Class going around, but they were worth every penny."
Inwardly, I sighed. Haruhi was one of the more... obsessive fan girls at the Academy. Always melting at the simple thought of the Night Class. They were elite, aristocratic, intelligent students (not to mention beautiful) that attended their classes during the night. And they were also untouchable. Off limits. Forbidden. Of course, most of the girls didn't really care about that. They just wanted to pledge their 'ultimate devotion' to them, and hope that they would, too. Right. Like that would really happen. And I'm not just talking about the fact that there are, like, a bunch of rules that restrict the crazed fan girls movements. I'm talking about the two guardians that keep interaction between the Day Class and Night Class to its barest minimum.
"So, are you coming tonight?" Haruhi asked me, jarring me out of my thoughts.
"Huh?"
She sighed impatiently. "Are you going to join me tonight at the Moon Dorm's gate?" she asked.
"For the millionth time, no!" I told her. Haruhi was always trying to get me to come watch the Night Class leaving their dorms at twilight. And no matter how many times I've told her that I wouldn't, she hasn't stopped asking.
"Why?" she asked, throwing her hands up into the air. "Don't tell me that you don't like to watch them!"
Actually, I couldn't deny that. Because, though it pains me to say it, I had a little fan girl in me. I mean, who wouldn't want to watch the hottest guys in this century? But I felt more pity than admiration. Sure, they were gorgeous. But they were always being hassled by the fan girls. So, I'm actually doing them a favour. One less girl to get away from.
When I didn't answer, Haruhi took my arm. "Please?" she asked me. "Just this once and I'll never ask you ever again."
I looked at her, and I could see how much she wanted me to come. I sighed. "Alright," I said. "Just this once."
"Yay!" she said, pulling me into a hug. "Thank-you thank-you thank-you!"
"Yeah, yeah," I said, trying to get a deep breath. Haruhi, feeling my body shake with lack of oxygen, let me go.
"Sorry," she said.
I took a breath, glad to feel air enter my lungs. Then, I heard the bell ring, alerting us that lunch was over, and classes were about to begin. I picked up my book, which lay forgotten at the base of the tree, and turned to see Haruhi starting to run back to the school. "Meet me at the gate!" she yelled to me. Haruhi and I had different classes for the rest of the afternoon, so we wouldn't see each other until after school was over.
I waved, letting her know that I heard her, and then started to head towards the school. Going once won't kill me, I thought. And it'll make Haruhi happy.
What's the worst that could happen?
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The sun was beginning to set, signalling that twilight was arriving soon. The gaggle of hyper girls were already crowding around the gate of the Moon Dorm. I leaned back against the tree that stood next to the path, well out of harm's way. No way was I going to join the group. I would probably end up getting trampled on. Besides, Haruhi hadn't showed up yet, so I decided to wait where she would be able to see me when she came.
As I waited, I could faintly hear the voice of Yuki Cross, one of the Guardians, as she tried to tame the wild mob. I had a couple of classes with Cross-san, and knew her to be a kind girl who kept to her own things, as well as her friend. Yori, I think her name was. Anyway, from what I heard, Cross-san took her job as Guardian seriously, and that was one of the reasons why some of the girls hated her. Well, not hate with a passion. More like a hate with no real heat. She did her job as best she could, whatever it entitled. I knew, because I also noticed something about Cross-san. She fell asleep during class. A lot.
From here, I could see the other Guardian, just standing near the front of the mob. None of the girls dared go past him, though. From what I could tell, Zero Kiryu had a reputation for scaring them into submission. Which, I have to admit, is a pretty good skill to have, under the circumstances.
"Hey, Mitsuki! You came!" I heard. I looked around to see Haruhi coming down the path, looking slightly out of breath. "Did I miss anything?" she asked.
I shook my head. "No, they haven't left yet." Eyeing her, I added, "You didn't have to run all the way here."
She smiled at me sheepishly. "Couldn't help it," she told me. "Are you gonna' come?" she asked as she walked towards the ever-growing crowd.
"And risk getting killed? No thank you," I told her. She just rolled her eyes playfully, then pushed into the crowd.
It was at that moment that I heard the small click of the gates, as the doors began to open wide. All of the girls immediately stood to the side of the path, forming two groups, one on each side. From here, I could make out the heads of the Night Class as they made their way past the girls. And even if I couldn't see them, the increase of screams and incoherent babble would have alerted me.
As the procession made its way, I crossed my arms, waiting for it all to be over. I guess I haven't been missing much, I thought as some of the Night Class began to emerge from the groups of girls surrounding them.
At the front of the small group was a tall, dark haired boy, whom I knew to be the Dorm President, Kaname Kuran. He was very important, from what I could tell. Following him was another boy, his hair a light blond. If I remembered, he was Takuma Ichijo, the Vice President. He and Kuran-sempai were talking to each other, barely paying attention to the girls.
Behind them, more Night Class students made their way down the path. A girl with short, greyish hair followed Kuran-sempai and Ichijo-sempai, accompanied by another girl, this one with long, flowing hair. Behind them, a red-headed girl in pigtails was leaning against a boy with blue eyes and reddish-brown hair, who looked like he would rather be in bed than be going to class. Then, they were followed by a tall, blond haired boy, accompanied by Idol-sempai. His real name was Hanabusa Aido, but the girls nicknamed him Idol. The only reason why I knew any of this was because Aido-sempai was the form Haruhi was warm for.
The rest of the Night Class passed by, all of them seeming uninterested by the Day Class girl's chatter. I was about to leave, guessing that the evening event was over, when I noticed one boy in particular. He was walking behind the others, as if distancing himself from them. From here, I could see his auburn hair, and that he was tall, but that was it, because all I could see from this point of view was his back profile. I wonder why he's walking alone, I thought.
Then, as I pondered, a gentle breeze blew past me, sending strands of my long coal black hair past my face. I quickly tucked the loose strands behind my ear, I when I looked back towards the retreating Night Class, I was surprised to see that the boy I had been watching earlier was looking behind him. It took a moment to for me to realise that he wasn't just looking back. He was looking at me.
Even from afar, I could see that his dazzling green eyes were startled, as if something incredulous had happened. His eyes met mine, and for a moment, we just stared at each other. Then, he quickly looked away, and hurried to catch up with the rest of the Night Class.
That was strange, I thought. I didn't really understand what had just happened, but for some reason, I still stood where I was, as if rooted to the spot. That is, until Haruhi placed her hand on my shoulder so suddenly that I jumped out of surprise.
"Didn't I tell you that it would be awesome!" she asked me excitedly, as if anyone who would disagree with her would probably have to be crazy.
"It was... interesting," I said, lacking a better word for what just happened.
"I know!" she said. "Idol-sempai even winked at me. ME! I swear, tonight has to be one of the best night's ever!" I could tell that she was about to go on, so quickly pulled her arm as I began to walk forward. "Hey!" she said.
"I know you want to talk more, but I think we should leave before Kiryu-sempai comes over here." We both looked over our shoulder to see Kiryu- sempai glaring at a couple of girls going back towards the Sun Dorm, walking not too far from us. Haruhi shivered, just as I knew she would. She, like the other girls, was scared of him. It didn't bother me at all, though. I mean, the babysitter from my childhood was much scarier.
"All right," she said resignedly, picking up her pace. "But tomorrow, you owe me at least a ten minute discussion on the subject."
At that, I just groaned.
Hi! *waves frantically at peoplez*
I'm Nutmaeg, and I'm glad that you guys could join me while I work on my first fanfic!
If you haven't already guessed, Vampire Knight is my absolutely fav manga/anime out there! *sparks in her eyes* It's the most awesome tale of romance out there! Ot bloody... ah well *shrugs* I love it anyway :D
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