pocky.
a shiki&rima oneshot.

takes place during v.k guilty eleven.
vampire knight © matsuri hino.

The sun blared in front of his sensitive eyes and awoke him from his slumber. He was confused. What happened? Why was he- And then it hit him. Rido, being possessed, not being strong enough to fight him, fighting with-

"Rima."

That pure, beautiful shrimp of a vampire had confronted him, or more appropriately, Rido. And he had attacked her. Where was she? He stood up abruptly, almost losing it as a sudden bout of dizziness overcame him, but his desire to find Rima overpowered that. He stood and walked out of his room, heading straight for the door that led to hers.

And there she was. So pure and defenseless, her hair down from its usual pigtails, and lying unconscious underneath her covers.

"That's right. I heard Rima's voice that time..." he said, flashing back to the fight. Attacking Rima under Rido's control, how could he have done such a thing? How could he have attacked the only creature in this world who actually mattered to him? And yet it was her voice that struck through, her voice who saved him from Rido's control.

"Thank you."

It was the only thing he could say to her. The only thing he could think to say to her and the only two words that did nothing to express his gratitude to her.

"You really are troublesome, you know that," whispered a soft voice from below. Shiki's eyes popped wide open as he stared down at his angel stirring from her slumber. He had no words to say to her. He hadn't really expected her to wake up while he was still there. So he did the first thing that popped from his head.

He pulled out the box of pocky he had in his pocket. Rima smiled.

"Give me some."

He sat down on her bed, fumbling with the box of pocky. If sharing his pocky with her would make her happy, well he'd be willing to give her all of his precious pocky.

"There's an uneasy feeling in the air," stated Rima, breaking Shiki out of his daze as only Rima could.

"Something strange has entered our academy," replied Shiki, his gaze focused on her.

"By the same man who entered your body?" questioned Rima, her gaze softening as she stared up at Shiki. She knew him better than anyone and she could tell he felt guilty over everything that had happened.

"Probably."

"What about Ichijou?" questioned Rima. Shiki stalled in his opening of the pocky bag. Ichijou. The one man who was able to protect Rima when Shiki was unable to. Shiki knew he owed a great deal to the young vampire. And yet, he knew there was nothing he could to do to help Ichijou.

"He's gone to do what must be done." Rima's brow furrowed, unhappy with the vague remark made by Shiki.

"What do you mean 'what must be done'?" asked Rima as Shiki ignored her, pulling out a piece of pocky, "Answer me, Shiki. What do you-"

Shiki leaned down and placed the pocky in her mouth, the other end in his mouth. Rima's eyes widened in shock before closing, beginning to nibble on the piece of pocky, aware of what would happen once the pocky was gone.

They were best friends, always had been. It was inevitable this would happen, some would say. However, that didn't make the pocky tasting kiss any less delicious to either of them. Who knew they'd be brought together by a piece of pocky?

dialogue also taken from v.k guilty eleven (subs)
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