Impossible Feelings for an Impossible Person
Chapter One: Intertwining of Hearts
By romanticfor3ver
Inspired by the troublesome unrequited love of Vampire Knight behind Yuki, Kaname and Zero
This is set before she was a vampire at Cross Academy
'Rima, wait! There is something that I want to talk to you about.'
It was too late; she was running out of the classroom already before he could even ask her the reason that he was staring at her. She was an idiot. She didn't understand that he thought that she was the most beautiful vampire in the world and didn't care whether she was strange or not.
He had finally caught up with her outside the stables but as he was about to reach out and remind her that he was behind her a feather had fallen from her collar. 'What is that?!'
She looked at him almost to tears with a strained expression before running away again. 'I'm sorry but I cannot tell you anything so stop trying to figure out anything about me. I'll be gone from here soon so you can forget about me. It'll be better if you forget completely about me...It'll be better if you don't know anything about me.'
She was an idiot. She didn't know how beautiful and smart she was and how much that he really was in love with her even though it seemed like he thought that she was immensely suspicious.
He was an idiot. He didn't realize that there were some things about her that he didn't need to know. There were some things that he was better off not knowing; particularly that she was an angel that was sent to oversee the young vampires and their progress within the rest of society. He was the idiot that didn't realize that the true reason that she was acting so suspiciously because she never wanted to fall in love with a vampire.
She laughed to herself as she found solace within her private dorm that she had requested from Chairman Cross. 'He was going to do something...' The warmth of his hand on her shoulder remained from today's chase...she shouldn't have initiated it in the first place.
Rima spread her wings as she was finally able to, 'it's been a terribly long day and my shoulders hurt from trying to keep them in for this large amount of time.' She noticed that there was one of her minor flight feathers that had fallen. It was clear when it had fallen...while Shiki was chasing her. It was only a feather and that wouldn't give him any clue to what she is but then...it was still one of the primary feathers that she needed to return to heaven. Without even just one feather she wouldn't be able to fly properly and might even be stranded on Earth.
The moonlight was emanating from the dark drapery covering the window in her dorm, 'it seems that the moon came out just for me today. It knew that I had to be cheered up.' She grinned as she opened the doors to the balcony and walked towards the moonlight and climbed the balcony intending to jump. Rima had to find out whether she was still able to fly even without that feather. 'Here we go!' she screamed as she jumped into the frigid crystal white snow.
He had seen her, 'Rima!' as she was drawing her wings back, 'what are you doing jumping into the snow with so little clothing on!' she didn't realize that she was only wearing a white cotton dress that was the standard uniform for the female angels in heaven. He jumped from his balcony in order to catch her so that they would fall together and he would be the cushion for her.
She laughed hysterically as she was the one that landed in the snow first while he was on top of her, 'please get off me; you are very heavy.'
He sat up while she struggled to get up on her own not realizing that the back of her dress was still torn from her wings breaking through. 'Why do you have wings?'
'I don't know what you are talking about.'
He looked at her with a serious expression, 'I saw you jumping from your balcony while your wings were spread out.'
'Argh, they are part of a costume that I had from a white swan ballet that I danced in.'
'Why is your dress torn then?' he reached for behind her dress and felt her wings suddenly fold, 'they are real aren't they? You are not a vampire?'
She looked at him with bright blue eyes that had been flawed, 'no, I am not a vampire. I'm sorry Shiki that I lied to you. I told you that it was better that you didn't know about me; I told you that there were things that had to be hidden from you at your sake.'
He didn't know what to think about her and slapped her harshly, 'you should have told me that you were an angel! You should have told everyone that you were an angel!'
Tears began to stream onto her cheeks after he had slapped her, 'I cannot tell you the reason that I am here though. It is something that is very private and classified but it has something to do with you individually.'
'So you are saying that it has something to do with vampires at Cross Academy.'
'I cannot say anything.'
He held her chin tightly with his thumb and forefinger almost piercing the skin as he pushed his lips onto hers, 'if you are going to be here for the rest of the time that everyone from the Night Class will be here don't make me worry about you again, okay Rima? Today is the first in a series of payments for your protection.' He smiled at her warmly as he walked away slowly from her.
He paused before turning and throwing his jacket at her, 'put this on before you die.'
She whispered quietly to herself. 'Angels can never die. They can only be reborn as Earth dwellers.'
'Good afternoon; Rima Touya- how are you today?' he smiled politely as he waited for her outside her dorm.'
'What are you doing here so early? I thought that vampires would need more sleep before we return to class. It's not for another half an hour that we have to leave for the classrooms.'
'Believe me that we have to leave before the Day Class Students finish otherwise they will be able to spot us and will take advantage of the situation and attempt to gain favour from the Night Class.'
'Is that so?'
'Yes; that's why.' She was reminded of the jacket that he gave her last night after class, 'do you want your jacket back. I don't think that I would've died anyway.' She paused to let the words sink in, 'It's true that I'm not a vampire and it's true that I am not a human either. Do you really wish to know what I really am?'
She was bombarding him with questions but he was prepared to answer it, 'I don't want my jacket back. You can have it; I'm sure that you'll treasure it more than I would have. You liked it when I gave you my jacket right? Then you can have it.' He paused admiring her glittering blue eyes and bright red hair, 'I admire you...did you know? Also. I want to know what you are since you seem like you don't want to tell anyone else what you are. Let's walk around the shared courtyard first before we go to class.'
'If you insist.'
'That way we'll be able to learn more about each other; that's what you want right? You want to know me?'
'That's great. We have an understanding.'
She couldn't understand herself though. Rima couldn't understand the reason that she had fallen in love with a person like him; she couldn't understand that she had fallen so deeply in love with a vampire. As they were walking together in the shared Night and Day Class courtyard she felt his hand gently brush against hers as they walked. It was unexpectedly warm.
'So what did you want to ask me Shiki that it couldn't wait?'
'I want you to tell me the true reason that you are here on Earth investigating vampires.'
'I cannot tell you that.'
'So then tell me what you are. If you aren't a vampire or a human what are you?'
'An angel to put it simply.'
'Perfect Rima Touya. My perfect angel.' He reached out to touch her hands but she pulled them away, 'I love you through anything that you would say. I love you. I love you. Now tell me what you feel about me.'
The tears were uncontrollable as he repeated the line, 'I love you.' It was terrible to love but this was the first time that she had experienced this. She had no idea what to do when being confessed to by a vampire. She was in danger of being eaten by a vampire and she wasn't sure of what she was meant to do. The only thing that she knew to do; her wings fought the boundary of the cloth and became free. 'I simply cannot be with you. I'm truly sorry for you.'
END OF CHAPTER ONE
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