It was a cold December morning as Yuuki was quite suspiciously taken to the living room by her older brother, Kaname.
Seeming from his rather hard to read face, he didn't knew what was going on as much as Yuuki did.
All that was told them is to come to the living room at 10:00 in the evening and not a minute earlier.
Usually, with just one glare, either Yuuki or Kaname could make Aidou speak up, but the stubborn young vampire had kept to his case and didn't tell them anything.
Yuuki was a little anxious. nothing much good came when secrets were being kept from her onii-sama, so she glanced at him a little nervous.
Kaname patted her back, though. "Shall we go, then?" He smiled at her encouragingly. Perhaps onii-sama did know what was going on?
If so, Yuuki felt even more left out.
But she soon got to find out what all the commotion had been about.
"SURPRISE!"
a large... perhaps too large... load of confetti was thrown at them.
In the living room were Aidou, Akatsuki and Ruka, but also Rima and Shiki.
The room was needly decorated, with in the middle a large banner saying '1 year of Yuuki-sama and Kaname-sama'.
"eh? ...EH!" Yuuki staggered. A year! a Whole year had already passed!
"What's with that response, Cro-... Yuuki-sama? We went through a lot of trouble doing this, you know?" Aidou snarled.
"eh- no- just-... has it.. really already been a year?" She glanced up at Kaname, startled.
Kaname nodded and smiled. "Your face looks like you're wanting to say 'only a few months or so has passed.'
Time has sure run fast, hasn't it?"
Yuuki fiddled a little. A whole year... it seemed like only yesterday when she entered this windowless mansion.
At first, it seemed so cold and scary. But within such a little time, it had been filled with the warm faces of her friends. And among them, her brother... and lover... Kaname.
"Kaname-sama, Yuuki-sama, please sit down here." Ruka guided them to their chairs.
As they both sat down, Shiki placed something in front of their noses.
It was a book, quite large of size, the pages bulging out for a little.
"This is?" Yuuki asked.
"What does it look like! it's a present! You can at least-" Aidou was silenced by a poke in his stomach by Shiki as Rima took the word:
"It's a book we have been filling with memories of the past year... I hope it's to your liking."
"everyone..." Yuuki felt a lump in her throat. She had always troubled everyone a lot and they had been so thoughtful.
She felt the warm hand of Kaname on her head, a lot warmer then one would expect of a vampire.
"Will you do the honor, Yuuki?" He asked her.
"ah! y-yes..." A little hesitant, she opened the book.