A/N: *shudders* I know it has been a while since the last time I popped up with an update! But have mercy on me please, because my Muse-chan is a tsundere, so he went to a long vacation before he returned back to me! *sniffs*

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight or else the genre will be yaoi instead of shoujo! *bounces happily*

Rating: T-Rated for now (M-Rated is still in deep consideration.)

Pairing: KanamexZero, and a secret pairing (revelation will be resulted to mini-spoiler).

Warning: AU, Yaoi/Shounen-Ai, Angst, No vampires, non-attempted OOC-ness, high in sugar fluffiness at some part of the story (later), plot idea belongs to a silly author... That's it I guess ^^;;

Story is edited by myself.. In other word, not beta-ed.

Chapter I: Wavering

Takamiya Kaito hummed along the beats of the song that was rolling around in his music player when a foreign sound abruptly interrupted his solitude. Given the normal circumstance, he'd rather ignore the source of the annoyance alone and kept on indulging himself with his self-created play list, while his break hour still lasted.

But since the object, situated on the coffee table centimeters away from him, had been ringing for the umpteenth time for that evening, he took the liberty of answering the phone belonged to his friend.

"... Hello?" Kaito answered the phone nonchalantly, as if he was an actual owner of the phone in his grasp.

"Excuse me? I believe this is supposed to be Kiryuu Zero's phone number, right?" The person on the other end of the line finally spoke after a moment of an eerie silence. Kaito mentally slapped himself for taking someone's else phone call without introducing himself.

"Pardon me, Sir. I'm his friend... Zero is currently busy." Kaito informed the man, while being cautious with his words, controlling himself from not blowing any of Zero's secret to some unwanted guys.

"Could you pass the phone to him, please? Tell him that this is urgent.." Kaito could sense the impatience in that deep baritone voice. He contemplated for a second before replying him back.

"May I know, who are you, sir?" The ash-brown male inquired as he concluded that if he was going to sacrifice his remaining 10 minutes break for his friend, the call better be worth his time.

The next reply from the other end of the phone started with a low growl, before the man introduced himself, "I'm Kuran Kaname... Your friend's boyfriend.." He replied as he emphasized his last word.

For a moment, Kaito face-palmed himself for not checking the caller's name before answering the call. After all, he was well aware that Zero had a lover named Kuran Kaname. It was the first fact that he learned about his silver-haired friend, as a safe precaution of not suddenly flirting with someone's property (albeit the fact disappointed him for months).

He wondered how dense he could be as he took his precious time and glanced over the caller's ID, which was exactly the Kuran Kaname's name, the only difference being the two love symbols tailing after the name on the screen.

"...Opps... Sorry, Kuran-san, I didn't realize... A moment please.."

Kaito immediately emerged out of the staff's lounging room, scanning his surrounding for the silver head of his friend. It has been about a couple of weeks and a half since they started to work at 'Shironeko', not a pet shop but a Japanese Restaurant specialized in serving traditional Japanese cuisine. Once, he questioned the ever-so-knowing Zero on how the restaurant got its silly name, and the latter had simply implied that it was because the owner had an obsession with white fat cats.

His eyes finally landed on the figure who was busying himself at the 'sushi-belt' area, taking orders while preparing the various kind of sushi at the same time.

Kaito grabbed his own apron before motioning for his friend to take a break. Zero left the working area right after Kaito took his place, but not before processing Kaito's whispered words that Kaname was waiting for him on the other line.

As Kaito tied his apron securely around his waist, he didn't miss the dejected sigh from the male customers upon losing their silver-haired server.

Zero rushed to the resting area, barging through the crimson oak door. He took a deep breath to calm his exhausted self before picking up the call again. Truth to be told, it has been awhile since he had any actual conversation with his lover.

"Kaname..?" The silver-haired male whispered to the phone, while testing the long-unspoken name on his tongue. The longing was evidence in his voice as he had been missing the love of his life for quite sometime.

Ever since he started his part-time job, he barely had any time to spare for his lover. But at the moment, Zero was more than keen to deeply apologize to Kaname for that matter. Regardless, he was still trying to empty his schedule for a day, in hoping that he could have a day off solely reserved for his lover.

The silence between the lines lingered for a couple of seconds more before the voice that Zero had been yearning to hear finally resounded.

"Zero... When did you hire a secretary to answer your own phone?"

The silver-haired male frowned a little upon such question from his lover, and he could sense that Kaname wasn't happy on the other line of the call. He took a seat on the vacant settee in front of a coffee table, unconsciously nibbling on his fingernail before he voiced out a reply.

"Kaname... You mean, Kaito? He's a friend of mine, you should probably just ignore him since he's rather bold at times..." Zero let out a low chuckles at the end of his reply, attempting to lift up the heavy atmosphere.

And yet the creases between his brows returned when the only reply that he received from his lover was a loud dejected sigh, which sounded more like an upset groan.

"Kaname... Are you mad? I'm sorry if he annoys you..." His voice sounded apologetic as he had no idea on what was upsetting his lover's mood to such a degree.

"No... Zero, it's just that it was hard enough for you to answer my call and it frustrated me that it was not your voice that I heard when someone finally picked up the phone..."

A sigh of relief escaped Zero's mouth as Kaname finally conceded on talking rather than growling and messing up with his mind.

"I.. I'm sorry Kaname. I was busy a moment ago.."

"Zero, you're supposed to be on your summer break, right? Please... Don't tell me that you're working, because we both know that your college forbids the student from taking any job." Kaname's voice dripped with suspicion.

They weren't in the same level of education due to their narrow age gap. While Kaname was already in his first year of university, Zero was still finishing his college. Despite the circumstance, the older one was aware of his lover's college rules plus the risk of breaking them.

"N-No... Of course not, Kaname! I just have a major partner project that need to be finalized over the summer. That's all." Zero bit his bottom lip for lying to his lover. He couldn't afford Kaname to find out that he was indeed working, or else he would end up involving him in his problem again.

But it wasn't entirely a lie either since he did have a project to be settled over the summer. Of course, his partner was none other than Kaito, since his brunet friend was the only person that he got along with ever since he entered college. Mostly because he was a socially awkward person.

"... And you can't ever spare sometime to answer at least one of my calls just because of a mere project?"

Zero was taken aback as he discerned the raise in Kaname's normally gentle voice and it was never a good sign when his lover lost his composure. He was at a loss of words, trying to make up some plausible reason for his lack of attention for Kaname lately.

He never intended to neglect his lover as of recently. But Zero was trapped in a situation which demanded for his utmost attention, to find a way out of his personal conflict. A problem that couldn't be told to his lover in any way possible, for fear of burdening his beloved Kaname.

"Kaname... I miss you so much, I do. But I... I just want to finish this project of mine as soon as possible, so that I can spend the rest of this summer with you, uninterrupted. Promise!" He reasoned with his lover, albeit he feared that perhaps he couldn't keep his promise just a second ago. But he could always find the other way out of his problem, as long as it concerned with Kaname's happiness.

"I think you can keep your promise to yourself, Zero..."

"Wha – "

"... And take as much time as you like for your project."

The amethyst-eyed male was startled for a second. His lover had said those words with voice that lacks off any emotion. Deep down in Zero's heart, he feared for what was to come next.

"Kaname... What do you mean?" He inquired attentively, picking the right words as to avoid worsening the situation even more.

"We need to talk, Zero... Right now."

Zero felt as if his heart stopped for a moment upon hearing those words. But he braved himself to confront with Kaname for the moment to come. He felt somehow that their conversation didn't have to end up with a broken heart.

Kaname... It doesn't have to be this way...

"Kaname... I promise.. alright? I'll make up for all those time that we had lost recently. I realize that it's my f-fault for neglecting you. So please.. I'm sorry and I'll do anything, just anything that you wish for me to do. But please – .."

"Just no.. Zero. I feel that we're no longer on the right track... Not anymore, not like how we used to be.." Kaname's voice was heavy with regret and perhaps guilty. And yet he sounded too calm at the same time, too calm for Zero's comfort.

The hand that was holding the device close to his ears trembled uncontrollably, but Zero held his wrist with his other hand. Trying to calm his nerves, clutching around his wrist so tightly that he didn't realize he was leaving a red mark there.

"Kaname... Kaname! T-There must be some misunderstanding somewhere! Please.. listen to me..." He couldn't believe how much desperation dripped off of his voice. And yet he always knew, when it came to Kaname, he'd always expect the unexpected effect the older male had on him.

"No.. Zero. I don't know how to say this.. But you need to listen..."

"Kaname –.."

"Zero.. I.. My parents introduced me to someone, a daughter of one of their close friends, her name is Cross Yuuki."

The silver-haired male bit his bottom lips with such a high intensity, unable to suppress the sob that threatened to fall from his lips. To the extend that he never realized when his lips started bleeding.

He had always feared moment like this. Always feared that perhaps one day Kaname would abandon him for another person... for another girl.

He was well aware of the critical position that he took the moment he became Kaname's lover. The brunet was an only heir to the Kuran family, and if the situation turned too demanding, his place in Kaname's heart could be rattled in a blink of an eye.

But he had always clung on to the hope, that his lover would never leave him, no matter what happened. And yet he never predicted that the day he feared the most was being presented at him right at this moment.

Kaname was his first lover, the one that received everything that Zero had had to offer. He gave Kaname his love, his trust, his understanding, his care... and his chastity. Thus, he never expected this to happen, because he always trusted that Kaname would treasure his love for him.

"K-Kaname. Stop.. Please.." He begged to his lover, he tried to avoid the inevitable, and yet when his lover continued on with his words, he felt like his heart was slowly being ripped to pieces.

"Listen Zero! I.. We have been going out for about 2 weeks and a half, me and her... And I realized how much similarities she has with me. So I think, it's better if you and I call off this – .." Kaname's words were cut off by a sudden loud choked sob, followed by Zero's voice.

"No! Stop it.. Please!" The younger male wondered, when did his tears had started fallen, because the next moment he realized was that his tears were streaming off his chin. And he had to muffled his sobs with the back of his hand, attempting to slow down his tears.

"Zero... It's better – .."

"Please... Just p-please, Kaname.. I'm not ready for this..."

You can't do this to me...

The silver-haired teen disregarded Kaname's repeated calls of his name as he dropped his phone onto the plush sofa, not even having the strength to press the ending call button.

He raised up his slender legs closed to his chest, burying his head between his knees before letting out the uncontainable tears to fall profusely. His frantic sobs filled the earlier silence in the room that he was not alerted to someone's sudden presence in the room.

The only thought occupying his mind was the love of his life as he was drifted back to the past. To the very first moment when he met Kaname.

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[TBC]

Readers, I'm sorry that the chapter is so miserably short! T^T Even me myself won't be satisfied with such a mini chapter, but this is sort of the prologue. So I promise that the next chapter will be longer!

If you realized, my writing skill has become rusty throughout the year T^T. It's because, English isn't my mother language, my daily communication in RL is conversed in Malay language, and I mainly listen to Japanese music. So pardon me for my terrible grammar and everything.

I'll finish this story first before I update my old ones! Because this story is sort of the victim of the situation for me to sharpen back my touch! This is a short story anyway, the max will be about only 3 chapters! ^^;;

Anyway, this story is fully KxZ, if you want ZxK, go read the on-going 'Luscious Pleasure' *mini-advertisement* X3

Reviews are the elixir for every writers to keep on writing, so I'll love to hear from you guys. I seriously have the feeling that people are afraid of me, I don't know why! T^T I'm not cold-blooded, so please tell me your thoughts!

P/S: Next chapter will be the flashback, on their first meeting! It's sweet that you can drink it with coffee! ^^