Snapshots
2-Wrapped Around Her Little Finger
Summary: Yuuki realizes for the first time just how wrapped around her finger Kaname is and she, dangerously, exploits it.
Disclaimer: Vampire Knight and characters belong to Matsuri Hiro.
Yuuki giggled as she slipped out the door. She had overheard Kaien speaking to Kaname on the phone; he would be here in a couple of minutes. She crossed her fingers and giggled as she did the same to her toes that Zero wouldn't follow her this time. Just as she had predicted months ago, Zero was always there—glaring—when Kaname visited. It made the moments they did spend together very awkward and tense. She was always aware that Zero's glare would linger on her as well. She sighed as her little feet carried her farther away from the house. She knew Kaname would have the driver stop if he caught her walking so far away from the house. She would be scolded of course, but it would be worth it. She wanted at least a few seconds alone with him before his meeting with the Headmaster would begin. (Plans for the school were well underway so just for the sake of one day being a student, Yuuki had begun to address him as such. She could hear construction going from where she walked).
She folded her hands behind her back and linked her fingers. Her teal skirt swished around her knees as she walked and girlishly she hoped Kaname would like the color on her. She wore a simple white T-shirt covered by a light darker blue jacket that had little white butterflies stitched alongside the buttons. White boots completed the outfit. She would reach the place where the gate was to stand soon. She walked down the block, confident that Kaname would be coming from this way.
Her confidence was rewarded when a black limo—always a black car, the make always changed—came to a stop feet from her. Kaname emerged from it and fixed his unique-to-her eyes on her. Zero had pointed out countless times that they shared the same eye color, but he just didn't understand. He didn't see what she saw. His eyes were different each time she saw them because she could see the emotions swirling underneath. She was certain that her eyes had never been so beautiful. Even with them filled with sternness and slight amusement, she was charmed by them.
"Yuuki," he sighed. "Why are you so far away from Cross' house?" His tone was so exasperated that she found herself balking slightly underneath it, but she wouldn't be sorry. There was no crime in wanting to see him. She set her chin defiantly despite the blush on her cheeks, unaware of the amusement she was providing the pureblood in front her.
"I wanted to see you before the meeting, Kaname-sama," she answered boldly but honestly. "Zero-kun always glares and pouts so much whenever you're around that I can't really enjoy my time with you." She could see the effect her words had on him; and in that moment she knew she had the pureblood completely wrapped around her finger. He wouldn't scold her. She watched him sigh and smile. Like it always did when she saw it, her heart skipped a small beat.
Yes, Yuuki knew she had the pureblood wrapped around her finger; but she also knew that she was wrapped just as tightly around his. One look from him and she was willing to do anything to make him happy.
"Such an honest child," he muttered as he walked toward her. She knew he didn't expect an answer as she fell into step beside him before he could bypass her. "I wonder…" He looked at her out of the corner of his eye, "will Yuuki always be so honest with me?"
"Always, Kaname-sama," Yuuki promised with a cheerful smile.
