Chapter 1

Realization

Zero gathers his books and heads out the door. He had to stay for detention because he had fallen asleep in class. It's around midday in Cross academy and the day class had already gone to their dorms.

"I bet the night class has already gone to class. Yuki is going to kill me; I didn't help her calm down the crowd of fan girls that are always waiting to see the Night Class." Zero whispers to himself.

"The only reason I had detention is because the stupid guardian job has me awake all night, dam it, why doesn't the Head Master let me quit.

In Cross Academy, there are two classes, the day class, and the night class. The Day Class goes to class in the day and consists of normal student. The Night Class goes to class in the night, but consists of only vampires. Yuki and Zero are guardians of the school whose job is to keep the Night Class's secret from the rest of the students. They also protect the day class from any incident that may happen between the two classes.

Zero walks through the silent hallway which is usually inhabited with loud, noisy students. As he goes to turn the corner but stops himself when he sees's Kaname and Yuki in the hallway. Kaname has his arms wrapped around Yuki and they are talking softly to each other. Zero clenches his teeth as he see's Yuki blush. He walks back from the direction he came from and goes into the first classroom he sees. Zero throws his books across the room and slams his hands on a table.

"Why… why do I get like this every time I see them together?" Tears start collecting in Zero's eyes.

"I'm supposed to be happy for Yuki, she's finally happy with Kaname… but I'm not. I detest seeing her blushing as Kaname hugs her. STUPID KANAME! Why the hell do you have to love her...why?"

Zero quiets down when he hears foot steps coming towards the class room. The door opens and Kaname enters the room. He smiles, the smile that enchants anyone that sees it, and he approaches Zero.

"I wonder why you are crying zero," Kaname says as he wipes the tears off of Zero's face.

Zero flings Kaname's hand," I wasn't crying, leave me the fuck alone Kaname." Zero picks up his books and heads towards the door.

Kaname grabs him by the wrists and slams him against the wall. He holds zeros writs above his head, over powering him. "Hmm… so you weren't crying. You're not very good at lying Zero, would you also deny that you screamed out stupid Kaname?

Zero turns his head away from Kaname, "You're just imagining things idiot, let me go."

Kaname turns Zero's head so that he could meet his eyes, "What if I say I don't want to," Kaname leans in for a kiss but Zero pushes him before he could try anything. Zero slaps him, leaving a small cut near Kaname's mouth.

"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE FREAKING DOING?" Zero's face flushes and he stares at Kaname as if he were going to shoot him.

"Wow, I love it when you are mad. Zero, if you didn't like what I was about to do, then why are you blushing?" Kaname smiles as he see's Zero's face turn redder.

"You bastard, go to hell." Zero storms out of the room and walks to his dorm.

Zero slams the door to his room and goes to the bathroom. He's splashes cold water on his face as if he were trying to wake up from a nightmare. Zero slides to the floor, dazed, thinking about everything that just happened.

"What was that idiot trying to do; he's just making a fool out of me." Zero touches his lips, "It's all a joke to him, just because he's a pureblood." Zero takes off his uniform and goes to sleep.

In Cross Academy's night class, there are various ranking that the vampires fall into. The highest is made up of Pure Blood vampires. The only vampire in the academy that is a pureblood is Kaname, that's why all the vampires follow him. Pure blood vampires are the only vampires that can turn humans into vampires and are the strongest compared to the rest of the vampires.

Streaks of light escape the thick curtains that keep them from shining into Zero's room. He wakes up, turning off the stupid alarm clock that keeps reminding him he has to go to school. He goes into the bathroom, takes of his clothes, and walks into the shower.

"I don't want to see his face today…but I'll probably run into him, he seems to be everywhere." Zero turns on the hot water, trying to wash away all the events that happened yesterday. After taking a shower, he dresses up, grabs his books, and heads to class.

"Hi Zero! Good Morning!" Zero turns at the sound of his name and see's Yuki.

"Good morning Yuki." Zero had a hard time getting those words out of his mouth without a trace of hate and envy in them.

"What wrong Zero? You seem pale, are you eating right?" Yuki's worried look just made Zero more nauseous.

"Nothing is wrong." Zero avoided looking into Yuki's eyes.

"Okay… Zero, you wouldn't believe what happened to me yesterday!"

"I don't think it will surprise me, what happened?"

"I found Kaname-senpai in the hallway of the academics building. We talked and he even put his arms around me!"

At hearing this, Zero's heart had stop beating. Even though he had seen what happened already, it hurt him more having Yuki saying it with such a happy smile.

"Um, Yuki go on ahead, I'm going to the bathroom." Zero rushes out of Yuki's sight and into the bathroom. Tears had already started gathering in his eyes and he felt as if his heart had just been ripped apart.

"I can't go to class like this; I can't see Yuki's face until I calm down." Zero splashes water on his face. He stares at his reflection on the mirror.

"Why does she have to like him so much, why can't she like someone else, why him…" Zero leaves the bathroom and goes to the roof to get fresh air.

He pushes open the roof door and walks to the corner of the roof. He looks out to the campus view but soon directs his glance to the Night's Class dorms. He looks at the 1st floor window east of the main door, Kaname's window.

"What am I hoping for? I'm so dam pathetic," But zero's eyes don't divert from Kaname's window and he finally sees Kaname. To his mistake, Kaname looks towards Zero's direction and Zero ducks, hiding himself from Kaname's view.

"That was close," Zero says with relief but a bit of sadness.

"It sure is peaceful up here; I should rest for a bit." Zero lies down on the roof and falls sleep.

Later on, Zero wakes up to see Kaname staring at him. "How long have you been here bastard?"

"Since you fell asleep, you look so cute when you are sleeping, I didn't want to wake you up." Kaname's smile made Zero's anger grow at rapid speed.

Zero stands up and stares at Kaname, "I freaking hate you! You are such a fucking jerk, stop taking everything as a fucking joke.

Kaname's smile disappears and his eyes had a devious look to them. "Zero, so you still think I'm kidding? Okay then, I'll show you how serious I am." Kaname pushes zero against the roof door and freezes Zero's feet to the ground.

"You bastard, what the fuck are you doing?"

"Did you know Zero; you're the only vampire that doesn't fear me. You ignore your instincts and decide to go against me. That's what I love the most about you; you are not like those other vampires. "Kaname caresses Zero's cheek.

"How did you know that I was a vampire?" Zero turns his head to the side in order to avoid looking at Kaname.

"I always knew, I know everything about you."Kaname grabs Zero's by the chin and looks into his eyes.

"Zero, why do you always avoid looking into my eyes? Are you avoiding to get seduced by them?" Zero slaps Kaname's hands away from his face,

"Bastard, don't touch me. The reason why I don't like looking into your eyes is because they make me sick, I hate your gaze."

"Zero, you seriously can't lie. You should come up with better excuses" Kaname gives Zero a passionate kiss. Zero doesn't fight back, but realizes he's doing something wrong. He blushes and pushes Kaname away.

"STOP IT! That's disgusting and Yuki is in love with you! Isn't she enough? Go have a happy life together." Zero's heart was beating rapidly and he looks down at the floor in order to hide how much he was blushing.

"Zero! Zero, Look at me for once in your life!" Zero had not heard Kaname raise his voice like that before and lifted his head in order to meet Kaname's eyes.

"Zero, I'm not in love with Yuki, I'm in love with you." Kaname's face was filled with despair and sadness. "Cant you see that these eyes are only looking at you?"

These words shocked Zero and made him truly happy, but he couldn't betray Yuki, "Stop fucking around. That's disgusting, you're a guy. This must be a joke." Zero tries to laugh so that Kaname wouldn't see the effect his words had on him.

These words angered Kaname; he froze Zero's arms to the wall. "Do you truly believe this is a joke? Do you really think this is disgusting?" Kaname ripped open Zero's shirt and kissed his chest. He licked Zero's nipples and sucked on them.

"Humph…st…stop it…uhh." Zero winced and moaned.

Kaname smiled, but it wasn't his enchanting smile, this smile brought fear. "If you think this is so disgusting, than why are you enjoying it? Don't you hear all the noises of pleasure you are making? "Kaname puts his hand down Zero's pants. "Hmm, you get so hard just because of this."

"STOP IT!" Kaname looks up and takes his hand out of Zero's pants; seeing Zero crying shocks him.

"Zero, I'm… I'm sorry; I don't know what happened to me."

Zero stares at the floor, "Just let me go, please, let me go."

Kaname makes the ice disappear and stares at Zero as he opens the roof door to leave. Kaname grabs Zero's hand, "Wait Zero! I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to happen." Zero pulled his hand out of Kaname's grasp and turns to face him. "DON'T TOUCH ME."Zero's eyes were filled with hate. Zero opens the door and runs down the stairs; the door closes with a slam.

Zero rushes to his room so that he couldn't be seen with his ripped uniform shirt. He takes of his shirt and throws himself on his bed. He turns on his side and hugs his pillow.

"Why did he have to do that, he has Yuki, he doesn't need me. Saying that he loves me, does he think I'll fall for him just because he said that." Zero starts crying as he recalled his moment with Kaname, "But I think it's too late for that, I think I'm already in love with him, even if he did all that to me, I cant make myself hate him.

Zero suddenly feels dizzy and becomes very thirsty. He pulls out his container of blood tablets from his pocket, goes into the bathroom, and tries to drink them. He spits them back out and kneels near the sink.

"Why does my body have to reject them, it's just because I have vampire hunter blood inside of me, but I need blood." He turns on the shower and soaks himself in order to calm down. "I hate the taste of blood, I hate being a vampire, but why does my body want blood? Zero ignores the thirst for blood even if it was very painful, he falls asleep drenched in water.

The next morning, Zero didn't see Yuki with her cheerful face as usual. He found it strange since it was the first time he didn't meet up with her in the morning.

"I don't think I would be able to face her anyway." Zero walks towards the academics building but see's Kaname talking to Yuki. "What the hell is he doing out in the day, isn't he supposed to be sleeping" Kaname looks at Zero for a moment and smiles. Then, suddenly, he gives Yuki a kiss on the lips, shocking both Zero and Yuki.

"He did that on purpose, I know that, but why am I mad?" Zero rushes past them and goes to class.

"Dam, I had detention again." Zero gets out of the classroom and starts going down the stairs but he gets the same thirst for blood he had the day before. He stumbles and falls to the floor.

"Zero? Zero are you okay?" Zero see's Yuki approaching him with a worried look on her face.

"Yuki, GET AWAY!" Zero's eyes turn red and he feels his fangs coming out.

"Don't talk to me like that. What's wrong?" Zero gets behind Yuki and licks her neck.

"Z…Zero. What are you doing?" Zero sinks his teeth into her neck and sucks her blood. He pulls his fangs out and stares are Yuki.

"Zero…You're a vampire?" Yuki's freighted expression makes Zero realize what he's done.

"Yuki, I'm…I'm sorry." Yuki faints and it caught by Kaname which appeared after smelling blood.

Kaname looks at Zero, "You sucked so much blood out of her that she can barely stand"

"Just shut up Kaname!" Zero runs to his room and slams the door behind him. He stares at himself in the mirror of his bathroom.

"Look at myself, covered in Yuki's blood, just like a blood-sucking vampire…I'm the lowest" He punches the mirror, shattering it and cutting his hand. He hears his door open and he gets out of the bathroom.

"What the hell are you doing here? Get out; I don't want to see your face."

"Why the hell did you bite her?" Kaname seemed very angry.

"Don't you freaking think I feel bad enough about biting Yuki, she's like my little sister. Oh but sorry, I'm SOOOO sorry I bit your girlfriend, I know you would like to be the first to bite her right?

"THAT'S NOT IT!" Zero is started by Kaname's voice.

"Do you think I'm mad that Yuki got bitten? No, I'm not. I'm mad that YOU bit her; do you think I was happy to know that you had bitten someone else other than me? I wanted to be the first person you bit!

"Oh so that's what your so mad about. Then let me tell you that I felt ecstatic when I saw you kissing Yuki!"

Kaname softens his tone and looks at Zero with concern. "I'm sorry Zero, I wanted to see your reaction to see if you loved me or not.

"What the hell are you talking about? I don't care if you kiss Yuki, go marry her, see if I care!"

Kaname smiles, he places his hands on Zero's cheeks, "Then why are you crying?"

Zero hugs Kaname and buries his face in his chest."Why did you kiss her, why, don't you know how much it hurt me to see that?" Zero softly pounds on Kaname's chest, "Don't you know how in love with you I already am?"

"I did it so I could hear what you just told me, now that I know that, I don't need to hold back." Kaname pushes Zero onto the bed and kisses him passionately. He licks the blood off of zero's lips and chin. He unbuttons Zero's shirt and kisses his neck and chest.

"Humph…uh…uh" Zero moans.

Kaname laughs, "You are so cute when you are like this."

Zero blushes, "Stop teasing me." Zero puts his hands around Kaname's neck and kisses him passionately. They take off their clothes and become one throughout the night.

Zero wakes up the next morning in Kaname's arms. He smiles as he remembers what happened the day before. He tries to escape Kaname's powerful hug, "Don't leave Zero; don't go to school today. Let's stay like this for the whole day."

"No. People will get suspicious. The night class will be worried about you and Yuki…" Zero realizes that he had forgotten about Yuki while he had fun with Kaname.

"Kaname! How's Yuki? Is she okay?"

"Zero, don't worry, she's fine. Since you are not a pureblood, she won't turn into a vampire."

Zero sighs, "But how am I going to explain that we are lovers now?"

"She already knows."Kaname indifferent tone annoys Zero.

"What the hell do you mean by that?"

"She knew since the beginning that I was in love with you and the idea of me kissing her was her plan so that you would realize that you love me."

Zero throws a pillow at Kaname's face. Kaname opens his eyes, "What did you do that for?"

"Why the hell didn't you tell me this before? I was worrying because of nothing! Forget this, I'm going to school!"

"Wait! Zero…"

Zero storms into the bathroom to take a shower and brush his teeth. Later on he gets out and dresses up for school. As he heads out the door, he looks back at Kaname.

"He looks so cute when he is sleeping. I wonder if I should stay, no, this is punishment." Zero locks the door behind him so that no one would find Kaname sleeping naked on his bed.

A few hours later, Kaname wakes up and notices a note besides him. "I'll be back after classes. Take a shower and put some clothes on. I'll be thinking of you." This is what the note Zero left said. Kaname laughs. He wondered how much thinking it took Zero to write this note. Kaname gets out of bed, "I guess Cross Academy is going to be more enjoyable now." He smiles and goes into the bathroom.