A/N: These are a bitch, aren't they? Anyways, I'm totally escaping from real life and publishing deadlines right now to write this—and no one appreciates it anyways.
Anyways, the theme for this piece: Broken by Lifehouse on infinite repeat :P
Summaries: Impatience for the release of ch 52?
Warnings: It's fairly tame and (I hope) fairly cannon-y, so you're safe for now—if you don't mind spoilers like woah. However, it is COMPLETELY UN-BETA-ED, I'm looking for one, btw, who's okay with mature encounters of the Yaoi kind.
A Prologue
Zero bit back a curse as the chalky blood tablet burned down his throat.
It would be his luck to choke on the damn things.
Eyes watering, he cast a miserable look out the window, and the bright sunshine—the sun was still high, and it probably wouldn't set for another two hours. Another 120 minutes before he could lose himself in the hunt, the desperate adrenaline rush of giving into his instincts. He ignored the tiny voice that reminded him that those instincts weren't even remotely human.
On some level, he knew that he would have to take blood at some point. The clawing pain at his chest seemed to agree with this thought rather eagerly, pounding a rather violent pulse of pain through his body and tinting the world red. The bloodlust was nowhere near as desperate as it had been just a year ago, but Zero still longed for the rush of sweet blood, the give of soft flesh under his fangs, the smell of fear and then resigna---
He punched a hole in the wall instead.
"Umm, excuse me Kiryu-kun?" A soft voice interrupted his reverie, and Zero just fought back the urge to draw his gun.
"What do you want?" He articulated carefully around his growing fangs. The girl smelled so good. The usually oppressive silence of Zero's apartment only served to highlight the sound of her blood rushing through her veins with each beat of her heart.
"I'm sorry, the Chairman told me to drop off a few things from your old dorm room. It's me, Hijita Youko, your class representative?" A touch of concern went into her voice as Zero visibly trembled.
"Leave it."God, please just leave, Zero pleaded mentally. His eyes already glowed red in the dimly lit room.
"Kiryu-kun, I …ah, I know we haven't ever really talked in class, but if you need any help… Kiryu-kun? Please talk to me, you don't seem like yourself."
The girl stepped closer, and Zero tried to scream at her to run, but it was already too late. With superhuman speed, Zero's arm latched on to Hijita Youko's wrist and yanked her down to her knees. Zero's world was a haze of red mist and the thunder of blood pounding in his ears. He pinned down the now screaming girl and covered her mouth automatically, while tilting her head back to expose that pale, soft throat. Extending his fangs, he quickly licked the throat, feeling the pulse jump under his touch and opened his mouth to bite down.
Suddenly, a heavy object fell with a soft thump, and the red receded as Zero turned away from the sobbing girl under him. Reaching into his pocket for the memory modification potion, he mechanically tended to the girl.
"Your name is Hijita Youko. You came to check in on your classmate, Kiryu Zero" His voice caught a little at that, but he continued. "Kiryu was not in his room, so you let yourself in, when you passed out from exhaustion. You don't remember anything beyond that. When you wake up, you will be in your bed, and you will not remember having met Kiryu at all."
Zero breath was already speeding up again. He curse as the bloodlust was coming back again. Opening a bottle of water, he hurriedly chugged down the rest of the blood tablets and distracted himself by checking on the source of the interruption which had saved Hijita Youko's life.
It was that damned cursed doll Kaname had given him.
Review if you like it. I'll definitely continue it if there is enough interest. And also PM me if you want to beta.
Otherwise, submit fanfic ideas and I'll divert attention to a new project, since I can really only work on one thing at a time.