My Eternal Keeper

Chapter 1 : Sleeping on the job

The teacher was droning on and on. It took all my effort and strength just to stay awake. But my eyes were dropping rapidly. Everytime I noticed there decent I forced them to stay open again. They carried on trying to disobey me. And so in the midst of my raging battle with my falling lashes Yori sitting next to me elbowed me. Okay so my sleepiness's was a bit obvious but then again maybe only to her because she new me well.

"Try to stay awake Yuki, or you'll have to be doing extra classes again" she whispered into my ear as discreetly as possible. Even her words seemed far away in my hazy mind. I should really listen to her after all Yori was always right. But yet the thought of closing my eyes and sleeping soundlessly was an all to powerful urge. Like a drug I couldn't get enough of. After all being a discipline committee member did mean that I had hardly any hours of sleep at all. I should get a decent break now and again I thought to myself. And the teacher wouldn't even notice if I drifted of for a second. He doesn't even notice people throwing paper across the room when his back in turned. Slowly but surly darkness came.

"MISS CROSS! WELCOME BACK TO THE REAL WORLD!"

I jumped I could say almost out of my skin but that expression did always sound ridiculous. The teacher was standing at our desk. His face held nothing but anger. Anger directed at me. Oops. Looking around me the rest of the class were packing there things away. Each one of them looked happy that this was there last lesson. I wish I felt that happy. I should be with them packing my things up and looking forward to some yummy dinner but sure enough the words I new would be coming from my teachers mouth were

"Your staying behind now! You and Kiryu! You can both write some lines that will teach for sleeping in my class YET AGAIN!"

he slammed his fist on my desk and stormed of to the front waiting for everyone else to leave. Great not this again. I turned around to look at zero, he to had been slumped on the desk and had been snoozing. He caught me looking at him and rose up rearagning his hair around his face. He usually did that when feeling annoyed or uncomfortable. His face was now almost unreadable since most of it was covered behind his thick silver hair.

I looked back to the front most of the class was just leaving. Yori was still by my side she stood up and gave me a stern look that must only of meant I told you so. I rolled my eyes at her I should of listened to her after all.

"ill see u later, and well at least your not alone doing these classes" she laughed slightly then departed. Yes I wasn't alone but id probably rather be alone in these classes. Anyone but zero. All he does is stare of somewhere and look angry and usually for some reason I always feel like he's blaming me for him falling asleep.

"You two grab some sheets of paper from the front I want you to write as many lines as possible saying 'I will not fall asleep in class' you are not to leave until I come back"

he left and closed the door behind him I heard the lock click. How could we leave anyway if he locked the door? Well suppose there's always the window. I heard zero grunt and he walked past me to the front of the class grabbing a handful of sheets. As he walked back again he put some onto my desk and sat next to me. This was very much unlike him usually he never really got to close to me if he didn't need to. I always found this hard to understand after all my foster farther the chairman had adopted me and taken in zero as well as a child so we were kind of like family. But that was zero all over, very hard to understand.

I went to start some lines then realized I didn't even have a pen or pencil. I glanced at zero he had already done a full page of lines and was just about to start another sheet.

"errmm can I borrow a pen?" I said sheepishly. I new better than anyone not to interrupt him when he was in this kind of mood. He looked up rolling his eyes at me. Yes ino what he was thinking I came to classes without equipment, useless.

"Here" he rolled one over the small space between us. I picked it up. It was warm. He'd given me the one he had been using, he then got another out from his pocket and carried on writing. I started writing my lines to.

After writting a couple of pages my hand started to ache. I then decided to doodle instead the teacher really wouldn't be interested in reading all of my sheets if they just say the same messy lines over and over. I didn't doodle anything inpaticular just swirls and patterns and little circles.

"given up already huh?"

I looked over to him, he too had stopped writing lines but he had done a whole stack of sheets it was a mountain compared to mine. He always was better at everything then me. It made me slightly annoyed.

"I just got bored with it" I said feeling the need to explain myself I didn't want him to think that I was incapable of writing lines just because my hand was hurting. He didn't reply but stared at me. This wasn't very normal for him, well I mean now and again he would stare but when he caught me looking back at him he would look away or glare at something. He wasn't looking away this time just staring. His brow furrowed like it always was. It might have been less furrowed I wasn't sure. His eyes that purple blue holding an emotion I couldn't even guess at. It kind of embarrassed me him looking at me like that. I looked back at my doodles and drawn some more stars. I gave up then and set the pen down, leaning back into my chair to feel more comfortable. I looked at him again he was still staring at me his head resting on his hand.

"what are you thinking about?" I asked him

"nothing"

I wasn't surprised by his answer he had never been the type to open up to anyone.

"wonder what were missing for dinner" I looked out the window it was not dark but the light was slowly fading.

"you always think about food" he sort of chuckled

I glared at him trying to give him the look of death well as much of one as I could muster. He smiled slightly at my face. Wait zero smiled like actually smiled hmm that was new of him. It wasn't a full smile though not something you would say was a happy smile.

"well I need something to think about being trapped here" I told him still trying my best to glare. "were gonna miss our duties to stop the day glass confronting the night class!"

"yeah we are but what can we do" he said simply. Zero was a committee member aswell and it was his and my duty to stop the day class running off to find the night class when there curfew was up. Did I not mention that the night class were all vampires? Yeah well that's why the chairmen chose me and zero. We are to protect the day class from them. But of course since the night class are all amazingly beautiful its pretty hard to stop the day class from confronting them. It was a constant job, one mostly for there safety but they didn't no that.

"hmmm I might try the window"

"if you do that and he comes back to find you not here he will make us stay behind like this for months." he groaned

"he wouldn't make you just me so you have no problems." I told him ignoring his angry stares.

"yes he would as he'd blame me for not stopping you" I guess he was right he would do that. I sighed I was fed up of being here already and hardly any time had passed.

"why did u fall asleep in class anyway you usually don't do that its always just me?" I asked. I was always the one he teased at for falling asleep. He flushed a little in his cheeks and looked away his sliver hair once again covering most of his features.

"to tired today I guess" he said quietly folding his arms on the desk. I had forgotten why zero would be so tried. He not only stayed up doing his duties but he also had an illness he suffered from. He was slowly turning into a level E vampire and this worried him. I knew he didn't want to become a monster. Him and his old family had been vampire hunters, he finds himself revolting and is probably scared about what he will do when he does become level E. The lowest state of a vampire, he will loose his sanity and only blood lust will consume his thoughts, he wont even remember me. I to always worry about this but not as much as he must do. I felt selfish for teasing him about falling asleep it wasn't his fault after all.

"sorry"

He didn't reply but leaned his chin on his folded arms on the desk. And so the silence began. I was fairly use to it by now though and put the side of my head on the desk still facing zero. I felt tired once more. I closed my eyes and welcomed sleep. Snoozing seemed the best way to pass the time.