Misery Loves Company II - A Vampire Knight Fanfiction by Clue-sama .Sequel.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything legally affiliated with Vampire Knight as made by Matsuri Hino. No money (unfortunately) is being made from this. However, I do own Nezu Harita and any extra characters I bring in during the following chapters, I will mention beforehand.
Story Rating: M
Story Warnings: Yaoi, straight people (dunno how graphic as I type this particular warning, probably not lemon- oddly enough, I don't like typing that ), lemon/lime sex scenes, fictional facts, occasional naughty language, mild typos... And of course... CONFUSION! X3
Overview: Hey! This one is basically about the more realistic issues with Kaname and Zero's romance following the prequel, Misery Loves Company. So while it won't have all these crazy rescue missions/fight scenes, it will be entertaining to read, I assure you.
Teaser/Slight Spoiler To This FanFic: Technically... since Shizuka's blood was in Ichiru... and Zero drank his blood... wouldn't that mean Zero has now drunk his maker's blood...? And... if Kaname is in love with Zero, won't that mean Kaname can't continue his pure blood line? Then again, Sara seems to be good for that. Kaname doesn't see the problem with "breeding"- he has to have kids, as all purebloods do, but Zero was once a human so his ideas about that sort of thing maaaay be a bit different from Kaname's... Ah, but Nezu could always keep Zero company while Kaname is with Sara, no? Hee hee... but Zero doesn't seem to like that idea either; nor does Kaname. ;
Author's Notes: Hi! I really think this one will be good! :D I got another story idea, based off of The Used's songs X3 I dunno if it'll be VK, but it might be, seeing as how I like to type with Hino-sama's characters. I'll let you know when I start on that (even though I have unfinished stories laying around!)
Oh yeah- this one starts only a few days after MLC!
Chappie Warning: Some mild yaoi. KanamexZero!
For the love of all that is holy and sinful, enjoy it!! XD
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Chapter 1- It's Quiet... Too Quiet
Zero stared up at this quite familiar length of neck above him and was shocked. He was shocked to find that he in fact... was not thirsty. Well, not as thirsty as he normally was when presented with Kaname's lovely, pure blood-filled body. Usually, he got that terrible ache in his chest and feel his fangs swell hungrily; the deafening, psychological cry in his mind for him to rip that neck to shreds... Nothing like that now.
Now it just looked yummy.
"Zero...?" Kaname called softly, slightly moving to look back down at his lover who had not yet bitten him once all day.
Zero had been playing hard-to-get all day (in a way that only he could: simply ignoring Kaname's pleas) and now, instead of attending the first few minutes of class, Kaname had to kidnap the silver-haired teen and drag him to the hunter's room. Now Kaname had managed to get a still-skittish Zero in a plush armchair and had trapped him there by leaning down with both hands braced on one of the arms of the chair. Kaname was totally expecting a nice drinking session right about now, but when he presented his neck to the younger vampire... he didn't bite right away as he usually did.
"Kaname, I... I don't feel starved," Zero mumbled, running his long fingers over Kaname's sensitive bite-area. The pureblood shivered a bit at the touch, but Zero didn't seem to catch it.
"What a strange thing to say," Kaname pointed out dryly. He really wanted to feel Zero's fangs right about now... But he was kind of curious.
"What do you mean?"
Zero's eyes barely looked reddened by the thirst when he sat back to look Kaname in the eye. He almost had that puzzled "should I be panicking?" look as he said, "Normally, when I see your neck, I get all crazy and stuff. But now... I don't know..."
This did sound odd, and it began to perk Kaname's interest more and it dulled his ache to feel Zero bite him for the moment. He eased up on his heavy lean over Zero, but still hovered over him while saying softly, "What do you think it is? You know yourself best."
Zero wasn't even noticing the slight teasing tone to the pureblood's voice and he seemed so concentrated on whatever was going on. Did he really want to be consumed with that shameful hunger he was cursed with? No, of course not. But that didn't mean that if it suddenly and considerably eased up, which it has, Zero wouldn't want to know what lucky star had begun to shine on him.
"It... just feels like... I could wait for it. Your blood; your neck. Here it is- I'm touching it and," Zero leaned up to place a little chaste kiss to Kaname's neck, seeming to have no seductive motive, but having that effect (Kaname shuddering again). "kissing it. But I don't feel like I have to have it right now, even when I can feel your pulse through my lips; an area in sync with my fangs."
Kaname shook the lust building from Zero's experimental caresses to his bite-region and tried to think straight.
"Sounds like a normal vampire's thirst to me."
Zero only gave another sigh of confusion at why he was suddenly... sane around Kaname's throat. He certainly wasn't complaining, but he couldn't help his curiosity. He was willing to let it go for now, dispite how tempting it was to go off and research this some more. Perhaps he was only going through a phase from the new two-way bond. The pureblood's life was intertwined even tighter with his own now, so maybe it was just his strength staving off his Level E hunger. Yeah, that was it.
"Now then..." Zero purred slightly, his cheeks tinting a bit in self-consciousness as he reached up and tangled his long fingers in Kaname's earthen locks. Being with another man (Kuran, no less!) was going to take some getting used to. But he didn't want to seem stuffy so... "Where was I?"
But Kaname decided to turn the tables on this a bit and play with Zero some more. (He loved "playing" with Zero.) Before Zero could get close enough to bite him, Kaname figured he could wait a few more minutes as he said, just as sly, "You were about to do this." Swiftly, but gracefully, the brunette quickly sunk his own fangs down into Zero's soft, warm neck.
Zero was taken by surprise, albiet a pleasant one! The hunter's lips parted in a sharp gasp, but Lord knows it wasn't a how dare you?! gasp. It was definitely a how naughty! smirk, smirk, heart gasp which quickly melted into a little moan as the pureblood drew from Zero in deep sensual draughts that he knew the boy enjoyed.
The speediness of the action and how unprepared Zero had been actually turned out to be very erotic and the ex-human ended up tilting his head back in a sort of ecstasy against the chair and hugging Kaname to him. Tiny whimpers spilled from the ex-human's mouth quietly and he found himself not only getting horny, but only a bit thirstier. He was definitely going to drink from Kaname next- he wasn't really thinking straight enough to consider waiting to see how long it took to have the thirst become unignorable to further his pondering about what was going on with his bloodlust.
"Oh... Zero..." Kaname whispered against his lover's healing skin, kissing the slight smear of red he had left behind. Ususally he did a good job of not leaving traces of the liquid, but it always looked so sexy to have Zero dirtied with his own blood.
Now it was Zero's turn and Kaname readily gave it to him, turning his head to allow access. Zero's bite wasn't as neat as Kaname's, but the slight pang of pain of the unskilled bite only made a hot shiver crawl up the older vampire's spine. Zero sucked gingerly compared to how his last bite had been and Kaname noticed this quite quickly dispite his Zero-high. It was like he wasn't deprived of the pure blood Kaname gave like he acted usually. Because, yes, no matter how many times a day Kaname came to Zero, the silver-haired teen started drinking like Kaname's lifeblood was going out of style (which it definitely wasn't), but now he was... feeding. Not gorging, but having a nice meal.
It was strange.
Kaname waited until Zero had had his fill- and that was not as much as it often was- before trying to get Zero to focus on him and not unbuttoning his white uniform jacket. It took a few moments because poor, smitten Kaname couldn't help but loosen Zero's tie a little more and undo the first few buttons of his Day Class uniform. But! Kaname steeled himself like a good boy and said, "Wait, Zero."
"What?" Zero grumbled, becoming a bit agitated from his lust being interrupted.
"..."
Weeeeell, Zero had the most adorable, angry pout and blush ever on his face from being all dressed up and nowhere to go (if you know what I mean) and Kaname would never be able to live with himself if he didn't supply. And now.
--bow chika wah wah, chika wah wah--
Okay! Now that that was dealt with...
Kaname glanced at the clock and realized that he was very late for class; it was nearly eleven -o- clock at night and he still hadn't discussed the decrease in bloodlust with Zero yet. However, when he turned back to Zero from his spot on the floor (yes, they did it on the floor, in front of the aforementioned chair), he saw that Zero was in no mood for wondering and hypothesizing. The dear hunter was fast asleep, stark naked and curled up next to Kaname for warmth.
At first, the pureblood was inclined to just forget class and stay with Zero for the night, but as a chill crept up Zero's spine and he let out a slight chatter, Kaname immediately jumped up and rushed Zero to the bed. And as he tucked his beloved in, one of those yellow sticky notes caught his auburn gaze from the sidelines, over on Zero's desk.
He had seen it earlier, but he dare say that Zero was more important than some piece of paper. Of course, as he stole a look at it, he found that maybe the information of it could be kind of useful in protecting Zero and all of his importantness.
It said:
Nezu Harita
Phone: xxx-xxx-xxxx
Meeting place: park in town
Sum: 18,000 yen
There were a little more tidbits of info, but Kaname had read enough. NOW what was Zero doing?! Kaname thought Zero wasn't going to bother with this kid anymore! What was he doing setting up meetings again? And what was with this "sum"? Sum for what?! Was Zero giving his blood out again? Was it something else? Something Kaname did and did not want to know at the same time?
At this stress, Kaname's aura leaked out a bit heavier than usual and the window rattled a little from it. This soft, yet constant noise woke Zero slowly and as the hunter rolled over in his bed and saw what Kaname was holding, he knew he would have to explain. Quickly. --
"Kaname!" he croaked, his voice rough from sleep and other things. But the pureblood only crushed the defenseless sticky note in his hand and with that, the window spilt with a lightning bolt-like crack up the middle. It didn't break, but Zero saw it and glared at Kaname.
"Chill out, would you! God... That paper is old," Zero explained wearily, getting all ruffled from Kaname's raging jealous streak. The aura faded a litte bit with that, but now Kaname was probably thinking of Nezu now, the young Level B vampire who Yuuki and Zero had hired to make Kaname jealous and then the plan kind of backfired and now Nezu was "in love" with Zero.
"How old?" Kaname demanded darkly, his eyes narrowing at Zero's lavender ones. But he wasn't mad at Zero, not unless this had been recent...
Zero sighed and rolled over, now facing away from the over-protective boyfriend, droning, "It's from that one time, Kaname. Go take a nap."
But Kaname ignored the order of taking a nap and dropped the tiny paper ball on the floor.
"Why do you still have it?"
"Contact info," Zero grunted tersely, burying his face into his pillow. Why would Kaname sap his energy and then decide to play twenty questions! Zero was not a guy who could be rational when he is sleepy.
Kaname let out another little snarl before leaving his tired lover alone for now, seeing and feeling his displeasure of being kept awake for such a taxing reason such as Nezu Harita, to go wash himself a bit. While he liked having Zero's scent all over his body (and he meant all over), the accompanying dried sweat wasn't really one of his favorite feelings to have.
As he sulked to Zero's attached bathroom, the hunter found himself unable to fall back asleep, much to his annoyance.
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"Stupid Kaname..." he grumbled, pushing himself up into a sitting position. He swore... Kaname was such a pain in the ass sometimes. But... he had so much more to cover for that possesive, protective section of his character. Zero knew that the pureblood was only like that to make sure Zero, or anyone else Kaname favored, never got hurt and it was because he loved them. Still though, Zero could take care of himself! Nezu was nothing but talk and Zero wasn't a girl- he definitely would not get taken from Kaname with sweet words. And he would like to think himself so attracted to the older brunette that nothing could wisk him away from Kaname.
Zero tightened his hold on his blanket that he had wrapped around himself and felt a little blush float over his cheeks. Ah, he was in love with Kaname... How embarrassing...
Honestly, he hadn't expected it to last this long since the whole Ichiru fiasco. He thought that maybe it was a passing crush on the pureblood, brought on by Kaname not being able to hold back his feelings and then prolonged by their completed blood bond after Ichiru's death. But when they had gotten into that fight, Zero was so sure that he would see past that fog of enamour and realize that, yes, he only loved Yuuki and no, Kaname didn't really love him. Of course, nothing like a little immediate and prolonged pining to get Zero to see that, holy crap, what have I done? He had been pretty shocked to feel such powerful longing for Kaname from their long-enough seperation. Then with help from Yuuki, here they were. Together- all of them. Yuuki was still a precious component of both their lives, but Kaname got a little more physical than Yuuki with Zero, obviously.
"I had never imagined this..." Zero murmured to himself while glancing to the bathroom where he heard the shower running. But, while the whole thing with Kaname was crazy, now Nezu was after him as well! Maybe it was just a vampire thing, wanting to take what wasn't theirs and being so open about it like Zero was some trophy to be won over, but damn it, Zero was not going to just stand by and let them fight over him. This wasn't kindergarden!
Zero bristled slightly at the thought of those two, Nezu and Kaname, arguing amongst themselves while Zero stood off to the side being pretty. How humiliating! He was going to handle this himself! Forget his strange lack of bloodlust! He had bigger asses to kick.
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Ruka sighed as she noticed how late it was getting and their resident pureblood still had not come to class yet. Sure, he always seemed to know everything about the lesson they were having, but he usually didn't just... not come. However, everyone seemed to know where he was... as did she, but she could pretend that Kaname wasn't skipping class to be with the ex-human.
The teacher lectured on while she leaned on one hand, bored-looking. She turned to look at the others who knew why exactly Kaname wasn't here.
Aido looked just as irked that Zero had "taken away" Kaname for the night and his thoughts were clearly written on his face. His cousin, always more composed, didn't look too upset about Kaname's absence, but Ruka was sure that he was pondering as well. On the lines of not caring, Shiki was definitely not caring. Shiki never really worried about Kaname was Aido and Ruka did, but it wasn't because he really wasn't concerned- he just knew that Kaname would not do anything unless he knew what he was doing. Ichijo wasn't as pissed-looking as Aido, but he kept glancing to the door as if Kaname were going to walk in any moment. The pureblood probably wasn't going to, but Ichijo, as his friend, adviser and vice president, frowned upon Kaname's skipping class in favor of his lover. Then again, Ruka supposed, Shiki was always with him in classes and his dorm, so the green-eyed noble might not understand how hard it was to miss his boyfriend as much as Kaname did.
Poor Zero had a completely different schedule than Kaname, what with them being in seperate classes. While Ruka was very jealous of Zero, she had to feel kind of sorry for him, too. She knows how confused he must have been in the beginning with his feelings towards Kaname. And the thing with Ichiru! She couldn't even imagine... Now, some aristocrat boy was encroaching on Kaname's mate. She was sure Zero was feeling the embarrassment from that, but Kaname! His mate was being flirted with right in front of him by a lesser vampire! A hot-headed pureblood would have killed that Harita punk as soon as he even laid a pair of lecherous eyes on his lover. But Kaname wasn't like that. Sometimes, he should be more irrational to save him the trouble of being kind, but the man was too nice for his own good sometimes.
"...and that's how the Era of Good Feelings was an oxymoron. Any questions?" the teacher concluded, turning around to face his beautifully scary students. No one said anything, but a blank stare said that they had heard enough. If Kaname wasn't here, they kind of didn't want to be either. But they knew that if Zero made him happy, then they would rather go this alone (for now) if it meant Kaname got to be with his love. Because they figured that if they all skipped just because Kaname wanted to spend time with Zero, then Headmaster Cross might investigate into why Kaname wasn't attending class and then the pureblood wouldn't get to see Zero... It would just be one big angry mess, so they let him slide this once. But they all also knew that if Kaname kept this up, someone was going to say something! How pointless class was...!
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Tossing his mud-colored bangs from his emerald vision, he looked to where his phone was vibrating on the table. Who could be calling him...? He didn't have any friends except for the one who was raiding his fridge across the house right now. He was home-schooled by his human-paranoid parents, so he couldn't attend Cross Academy with his dear Zero...
"Nezu-kun! Don't you have any salsa for these chips!?" a distant voice inquired. Nezu's vampire ears heard it clear as day, though, and he yelled back, "It's on the bottom shelf in the fridge, Eiji!" But as he said that, he leaned over and snatched the phone off of the table and read the caller ID. A slow grin found its way over his lips and he couldn't believe what he was seeing...
"Zero Kiryuu."
He had saved Zero's cell phone number from that one time he had called to make sure Nezu was clear on the meeting and while he could remember it by heart, there was a whole other delight to seeing the hunter's name flashing up on the LCD that made him glad he put it in his contacts.
Eiji bounded back into the room balancing a plate of tortilla chips and a small bowl of salsa in the other when Nezu motioned for him to shush while he slid open his phone.
"Hello...? ...Kiryuu-kun, hi..." he purred.
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Author's Notes: Bigger asses to kick, indeed! :3 Was it good? Please, review, review!
I'm not good at history, but that's the only subject I can afford to think about right now! . The Era of Good Feelings is real, look it up if you don't believe me...!
I was gonna have Nezu not have any friends at all, but that seemed mean and I'm sure a guy like him would have at least one friend. So Eiji was kind of a last minute character. But I'm sure he'll prove useful one day. :3
