Chapter 1:

Arrival.

The simple moonlight bore down across the acres of Cross Academy like you might expect it to in some sort of cliche story book, the moon dorm separated and lit up from where Hirai was standing, a strand of her brown ringlets in front of her face, windswept and messy.

She tilted her head to look at the familiar building, she knew the place inside out, and she named all the rooms and their functions in a petty bid to ease her nerves of returning back to that place.

She hadn't left on a good note, but she hadn't regretted it up until now. But she knew she had nowhere left to go, she had been ordered to return to school by her father, her nomadic and rebellious lifestyle that she had newly adapted to did not please him in the slightest.

Her family legacy was one of snobbery and elegant ladies and chivalrous gentlemen, ruthless in every manner, always striving for excellence and to be the best of every circumstance.

She took a seat in the chairmans office, her head hung low, not in a state of ashamed stupor, just because the chairman was so shrill she was preparing herself for the worst. He was a lovely man, of course, foolish to the brim, but none the less, brilliant. "Good evening, sir." She said with a small smile faded slightly on her lips.

The Chairman nodded and grinned his hello, his feelings were torn about Hirai, she was a menace at school, constantly threatening to reveal the vampires to the day class by her general demeanor of upfront wit and view of self importance. But on the other hand, she could be charming and precious at other times.

"Welcome back Hirai. I assume that you have been informed prior to your return about the value of the rules in the academy? I am very lenient, but in return I would appreciate you to simmer down while attending here." Hirai knew too well the serious side of the Chairman, he had been a vampire hunter before opening Cross Academy, but he always had a pleasant front to people unless you gave him a reason to show his bad side.

"But I know that wont be a problem." He ended the statement with a trademark grin that he always seemed to have when he finished speaking to Hirai. "So glad to have you back." He added, his hands clasped together and eyes closed due to the intensity of his smile. Hirai laughed once under her breath, rolling her eyes as she began to make her way to the door, picking up her wooden suitcase on the way out of the office.

She paused momentarily, lingering outside of the entrance to the Moon Dorm, her suitcase in one hand, her other on the door, her palm flat against it, ready to push it open, but something was holding her back, she normally wasn't this petty and nervous, if she had been watching over herself at that moment she would have been disgusted.

"Look who's returned." A small uninterested voice called from behind Hirai. Hirai turned slightly, her hair flowing around her as she craned her neck to see Rima's small, dainty figure standing a few feet behind her. "Can't say this surprises me. I knew you'd return sooner or later." Rima shrugged, her doll like features pale as ever as she shoved the door to the Moon Dorm open, revealing the hall where several night class students were lingering. "I suppose you will want me to take your bag." But before Hirai could answer, Rima had grabbed her suitcase from her hand and was making her way up the stairs to the dorm she would share with her and Ruka.

Shiki's vibrant red hair became the first thing she noticed when she took another step into the room, and she his. His mouth opened slightly, and he looked around to Kaname, who was already taking a few polite steps towards Hirai. "Welcome back, Hirai." Kuran Kaname welcomed her, his hand outstreched for a welcoming handshake, but he quickly retracted his hand. "A handshake is too formal for such a friend." He said with a small smile, and embraced her in a hug, before Ichijo walked over to Kaname's side, his usually friendly smile was still on his face from the last time she had seen him. "It's been far too quiet without you." He chuckled, in turn giving her a hug.

"Hiraaaaaaaaii!" She heard from behind her, before someone tugged on her hand so forcefully she was caused to spin around to see Aido holding her hand, before pulling it in closer to his face, and kissing her hand twice, and looking up to her with a devious look on his face. Hirai wasn't dazed or stunted by Aido's banter, she was used to his flirting, she didn't take anything from it, he did it to every girl he could see, just to get a satisfactory squeel from them. And it usually worked. She chuckled, her hand still in Aido's. "Oh stop, you're making me blush." She teased him sarcastically, sticking her tongue out before turning around back to the others, her long blonde curls whipping around to fall messily around her shoulders.

"Thank you everyone for the kind welcome." She beamed with a grin, pausing to look up to the top of the staircase to see Kain standing there, his hands grasped on the bannister, his eyes somber as he looked down to the group of vampires. "But if you'll excuse me, I probably should be unpacking." She mumbled, her eyes on Kain.

She turned from the group, and began to walk up the stairs, Kain's eyes still on her as she walked, although her eyes were on the stairs in front of her. When Hirai was two or three steps apart from Kain, he turned and headed down the hallway, and leant against the wall, his hand outstretched, as if motioning for Hirai to follow.

"What could he want?" She thought to herself, he hardly spoke to her while she attended previously, she had been friends with his cousin, Aido, almost inseparable apart from the time she spent with Ichijo. And Kain always seemed to have a thing for Ruka... But she only thought of him as a close friend. But if he wanted something from Hirai, she would have no protests.

She approached Kain with a small, challenging smile on her lips, her shoes making a click, click, click against the floor, her hips swaying a little more than usual as she approached Kain. He stood a conscious foot taller than she did, he was the tallest in the dorm and she was one of the smallest.

She knew Kain was one of few words, she had heard him speak very few times, and she had never really had a real conversation with him during her stay at Cross Academy beforehand.

The pair were silent for a few moments, their eyes on each other, their bodies close, but not too close. "Well?" She asked him with a half smirk, as she raised both of her hands, running them through her hair. As soon as she had finished speaking, Kain's hands grasped tightly onto her arms, and pushed her back against the wall, her arms pinned to the wall. Her brow creased slightly, and "Wha-" but she was cut off by the collision of Kain's lips on hers, in a severity of passion and lust. It seemed instinctive, and her legs were wrapped against his waist so he was supporting her full weight and she moved her hands to around his neck. She brimmed a trail of kisses from his bottom lip down to his neck, where she suckled on the lower of his neck as Kain placed one hand under her buttocks to support her, and the other in a desperate attempt to open the door to the left of him, but he stopped as he noticed Hirai had stopped kissing his neck, and was tapping on his shoulder in an attempt to get his attention. "Why have you stopped?" He whispered in her ear, before turning around, Hirai still wrapped around his waist. Ruka was standing at the end of the hallway, a book in her hand, and her face flushed and embarrassed as if she was the one to be caught with her legs wrapped around her classmate. "Eh, sorry to interrupt." She babbled, before heading back into her room.

Hirai knew that Ruka and Kain shared no romantic relationship as of yet, but she assumed that Ruka wasn't pleased to see Kain all over one of her friends. "That's going to be an awkward conversation to have later on tonight." Hirai mumbled to herself. She wasn't up for having a heated debate and snide comments passed about how she was a slut on her first night back.