A/N: So I had a bunch of little...stories...here and there, but they were on my other iPhone...the one...that's...broken...Hopefully, my friend can fix it, but..uhm...it's doubtful, so I dunno if I can save those stories, much less remember them. I will try...but no promises. In the meantime, I rescued some of the old files on my Toshiba and transferred them to this laptop I'm using (my dad gives me hand-me-down laptops and apparently he's a bigger fan of Asians than he's aware of cause I also have a Korean car NEVER BUY CARS FROM KOREANS), which means more of my older stuff. I'm also editing through some of my...not-so-good stuff, so that's going well!
Which brings me to the next thing. Pretty recently, I've had some people writing some pretty unsightly reviews that are rather rude. Obviously, some people aren't reading my notes, so for those of you that like to skip my notes and say things that would make better sense if you DIDN'T skip my notes, I give you my favorite little finger. Now unfortunately, I will have to disable reviews if this continues, so I ask as nicely as possible that you please refrain from reviewing if you have nothing nice to say. Thank you all.
Well, something quick about the story. I was reading Blackened Wing's(well, re-reading) fics, and there was one in particular about little Kaname and baby Yuuki that gave me inspiration to write this. I apologize if some of the characters are a little...well, out of character, but it HAS been a while since I've seen Vampire Knight.
Anyway, enjoy!
Warning: uhm...very mild vildolence...but other than that-maybe some swearing on Yagari's part?
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight, that belongs to Matsuri Hino respectively.
Kaname stared intensely at his father, hardly even struggling with holding his breath. Haruka, on the other hand, looked like he was about to explode, even though he was faking for his son.
They played this game often; the game of stare-and-hold-your-breath. It was a game Kaname unconsciously invented as an infant, but now that he was five and fully aware of what he was doing, he and Haruka often played this game out of Kaname's amusement.
It all begins with one thing: Kaname will start staring at Haruka and the two will engage in a stare-down while holding their breath. While Haruka was usually the winner, this time, it didn't look like he stood a chance.
Juuri playfully shoved her husband from the side. "That's enough, you two. I just put the baby down to sleep and you're gonna wake her with your rambunctious games," she said, but the two ignored her. Juuri gave them looks that told them she meant business, and finally Haruka sighed heavily. "Your mom's right. You win this one. Besides, we're gonna be late for our meeting anyway if we don't head out pretty soon," he said, looking back at Juuri. When he saw her face, however, he grew concerned. Her casual demeanor changed into a more unreadable one; she was on the phone listening to something that was obviously troubling her.
"Haruka, listen to these messages," Juuri said, and she turned the volume up just enough so Haruka could listen in but Kaname could not. The child whined softly and strained to listen, but only caught a few words.
Then he heard something that sent chills down his spine:
A gut-wrenching, inhuman shriek. Juuri covered her mouth as they continued to listen to the recording until it ended abruptly.
Kaname kept quiet as his parents debated their options silently.
"Maybe Kaien could come over for a few hours to watch the kids?" Juuri suggested, and Haruka shook his head. "He isn't in town all this week and next week," he replied, and Juuri thought for another moment.
"What about..his...hunter friends?"
"You want to bring hunters near our children?"
"Do we have another option?"
"Take the kids with us or leave them with a sensible vampire babysitter. I'll find someone."
"Thank you again for this," Haruka said to an obviously unsettled Yagari. "We won't be gone more than a few hours. We just got called on urgent business at short notice."
Yagari felt like the story they were feeding him was bullshit, but he went along with it. He was no babysitter, but he did owe Kaien a rather large favor and only under a considerable amount of reasoning did Yagari finally agree.
He already had plans to train Zero for the day, so he simply brought the child along with him to train while he was at the Kurans'. What he wasn't expecting that was making him uncomfortable, however, was that the Kurans were purebloods, and not just any purebloods, either-the most powerful, full-blooded purebloods in existence. That is what made him uncomfortable.
He waved Haruka and Juuri off with a curt grunt and Kaname poked his head up from behind the couch to watch his parents' BMW disappear down the street.
Probably the more curious and interesting thing that caught Kaname's attention though had to be the kid with bright silver hair and wide lavender eyes that had decided to attach itself to Yagari's leg like a leech.
Kaname wasn't at all used to playing with other children aside from his best friend Ichijou and fairly close friends and relatives(though he wouldn't really call 'talking awkwardly' with them playing), so he wasn't quite sure about how to approach the leech-er, other child.
"Hi," he began softly, but the kid only glared weakly at him in return. Great.
Yagari saw the exchange and scoffed. "If you want the kid to talk to you, Kuran, I suggest you stop being a vampire first then check with him again after," he said simply, and Kaname sank back down in his seat. Yagari pried the silver-haired boy off his leg and muttered something about "going in the back to smoke" and "play nice with each other". The silver-haired boy wasn't in the least amused as his master disappeared into the back yard.
"So what do you like to do for fun?" Kaname asked the boy, but the boy simply glared at him. Kaname sighed. "At least tell me your name so we can address each other properly. Here, mine's Kaname," he said as he politely extended his hand to the boy's to shake it. The boy merely glared harder at him, and Kaname finally gave up.
"Fine. Do what you want. I'm gonna get some ice cream." Kaname got up from his seat and started for the kitchen when he heard a meek voice call to him. "Ice cream..?" The silver-haired boy asked, and Kaname grinned. "Yeah, but it's only for boys who play nice and tell me their names. I'm sure you wouldn't like fudge brownie flavor anyway," he said, and the other boy looked down. "Z-Zero," he finally admitted, and Kaname grinned wider. Finally, they were getting somewhere. Hey this could be fun...
"I don't give a fuck what the president said; he's a fucking idiot if he can't even read a report properly! My handwriting is perfectly-hello!? Fuck." Yagari checked his phone and growled to himself when he had seen the other line had indeed hung up. He was about ready to chuck his phone and see if it could make it over the defining line of the Kurans' property when he heard the sound of shouting inside and a baby's cries.
Great.
When Yagari went inside to see why the boys were shouting, however, he saw them both eating ice cream and playing Uno on the coffee table in the living room. "UNO!" Zero practically screamed as he slammed his second to last card on the table. Kaname smirked. "Not for long," he teased, and dealt a Draw-4+ card. Zero whined and Yagari almost lost it.
"What on earth are you two DOING!? You woke the baby! Quit this stuff and play a more quiet game, will you!?" He snapped, and Zero pouted.
Yagari left to calm Yuuki down and put her back to sleep, and Kaname and Zero quietly and slowly continued their game. "I call the color green. It's your turn," Kaname whispered, and Zero slowly and quietly placed his card down. Kaname did the same and quietly whispered an "uno", but both boys froze at the sound of Yagari's voice.
"What did I just tell you boys? Put it away and play something else," he said, and Kaname and Zero looked at each other trying to fight laughter. Yagari looked like he had gotten into a bit of a fight with Yuuki, and Yuuki had won. The infant was now playing with his hair and attempting to eat pieces of it, at which Yagari would stop her and she finally set it down to contentedly gum his hand.
Kaname cleared his throat. "We'll be quiet this time," he promised, "we'll whisper for now and just point at stuff instead of screaming."
Zero nodded, "Yeah."
Yagari sighed heavily in frustration.
"You two have until the count of two to clean this up and play a different game."
"But it's three," Kaname retorted.
"What?" Yagari hissed, and Kaname continued. "It's three. You're supposed to say you have until the count of three."
"Well, now it's one. Ready? One."
Kaname and Zero 'eep'd and took off running, Yagari quick on his feet after them. Kaname was faster since he was a vampire, so he decided they'd be safer if they just hid where Yagari couldn't get them.
Yuuki giggled and showed off her toothless grin as she bounced around in Yagari's arms. Yagari, however, was not happy at all.
He chased Kaname and Zero until the two climbed into the dumbwaiter and Kaname pulled the rope. Yagari barely missed them by a hair, and in an instant, the boys were gone and the door closed. Yagari looked at the grinning, bubbling Yuuki and sighed. "Your brother is weird."
"Kaname! Yuuki! We're home!" Juuri called as she and Haruka walked in the front door. Juuri frowned when she saw the lounge room in a state of distress. "Haruka," she said as she grabbed her husband's arm rather tightly. The two immediately searched the large house for the kids and Yagari; Haruka stopped when they heard Yagari calling for them from the...billiards' room?
The two ran up and sighed in relief when they saw Yagari had baby Yuuki in his arms and she was happily gurgling on a small bottle of juice. Juuri started to panic again. "Wait, where are the boys!?" She asked, and Yagari pointed at the closed door to the dumbwaiter behind him. "They've been down there since lunch. I don't know what they've been doing."
Haruka quickly unlocked the passcode to get into the wine cellar and he went along the front wall until he found a sight that nearly made his heart melt.
Juuri watched worriedly as Haruka walked up the stairs to the wine cellar with a sleeping Kaname and Zero in his arms. Juuri was once again relieved and she took Kaname from Haruka's arms gently as not to wake him. Haruka traded Zero for Yuuki from Yagari and Juuri smiled as she held her son. "I'm so sorry if they caused you trouble," she said softly, "Kaname just doesn't play with other kids that often."
Yagari sighed. "Neither does Zero...guess they were both a little excited."
Haruka and Juuri thanked Yagari and watched the master hunter leave with Zero. Juuri looked down at the sleeping Kaname in her arms.
"You did good, Kaname. Now if only all human and vampire children could live together happily like that..."