A/N: Okay, so it's another short chapter. Chapter 3 is short as well, but I promise it will be longer after that. Not much was accomplished in this chapter (nor the next |: ) but at least I got this up. Please review! I wasn't too successful with my previous chapter anyhow, so I'm just going to add all the chapters I have.

"Uuuuh."

Yuuki woke up and stared at the door where Zero stood, rapping on the wood.

"Yuuki! Are you up?!" He shouted.

She was nearly drooling from being half-asleep. She sniffed then and gave a weak reply. "Ah…huh."

"What?"

She blinked at the sharpness in his voice. She scrambled then, shoving all the blankets to the end of the bed. Like someone turned on a switch, her eyes were suddenly lively. "Y-yeah, one second. Let me get dressed first."

Yuuki jumped around the room, rummaging through doors. A couple seconds later she slipped on a dark green skirt and a peachy long sleeve.

There was a muted sigh on the other end. "Fine, I'm using the bathroom first then."

Just as she finished pulling the long, knee-sock up, she threw the door open and slammed him on the shoulder as he turned to leave.

She cringed from the impact. "Ooh… sorry 'bout that. Eh heh" Her finger brushed against her cheek innocently as she turned a dull pink.

Noticing he didn't say a word, she grabbed the frame -- hiding behind it -- and peeked at Zero.

Waves of anger pushed off him, so much that she jumped back.

Then he sighed, all signs of anger gone, and walked down the hall without saying a word. She looked after him for a moment, then followed him to the bathroom.

While in the bathroom, a question popped into Yuuki's head.

"Uhm…"

Zero finished drying his face and then watched her face rise to a violet from the corner of his eye. "Hm?"

"Oh, uh… Well. I-I was just… wondering… urgh," Zero then looked at her hands which were twisting and untwisting a small white hand towel.

"K… Kaname's not going to be there… is he?" Now that she got it out, her shoulders lifted and she looked down, blushing violently. Zero acted as if he didn't notice.

He looked back at the mirror, gazing into his own eyes. A brief image of last night brushed his way into his mind. He looked down instantly.

"I'm not sure."

Yuuki sighed in relief, letting go of the hand towel. She took that as a 'no.'

"W-well," Zero didn't move as she spoke again, "I'm going to go see what the Headmaster is up to. And since there aren't any classes today, I'm going outside."

She began humming happily as she unlatched the door and turned down the hall.

Zero waited until he heard the small click of the door hitting it's frame.

Click.

His head dropped into his hands with a small moan.

Then they were covering his face. Covering his eyes.

After visiting with the Headmaster, Yuuki spent the day outside, sitting in the branch of a tree. Zero joined her later, but they didn't talk, and they hardly looked at each other. The farthest they got was:

"Look at that bird!" Yuuki said.

Zero squinted his eyes and saw a bird feeding it's baby with a worm.

"Interesting," he muttered as he leaned back against the trunk and closed his eyes.

She frowned, resisting the temptation to push him off the branch.

The day was slow, and as the sun was right above the horizon, Yuuki jumped from the tree. She looked at the melting colors of red and orange as they slowly spilt across the grass. Then she turned to Zero, who was watching the sunset as well.

His lavender eyes reflected the sun's beauty, but his own eyes had their unique beauty as well.

His eyes looked unfamiliarly depressed.

"Come down, Zero!" Yuuki shouted through cupped hands.

Her voice sent a flicker lighting in his eyes, and so she smiled.

He jumped down with equal grace, and put his hands in his pant pockets. Yuuki then observed him, watching his face for any signs of discomfort, but there was none. She stopped searching and just stared at him, as he did her.

A small breeze pushed small strands of hair into her face, so she pushed them back and turned toward the wind. Dark clouds began to cover the horizon's beauty, all though the sun had just begun to set.

The wind began whapping her clothes against her body.

"Let's go inside," Zero suggested. Yuuki turned back to him. "I'm imaging it will rain in less than two minutes."

That piece of information sent Yuuki walking back to the school, although she would have gladly stayed outside if it weren't for getting wet.

Zero had been wrong. It began to rain in 36 seconds. They trudged through the rain, and then stopped under the shelter of the dorm house. Taking off muddy shoes and squeezing wet hair, Yuuki laughed. Zero did nothing but wait for her. His silver hair dripped with water, and his clothes were soaking.

She looked at him disapprovingly. "You're going to get a cold." she told him, but he remained uncaring. "Come on, let's go inside now."

She hooked the tips of her fingers around his, and pulled him inside. He didn't pull away from her touch, but rather clung to her more as he looked down at the ground, watching her feet.

"When do we leave?" Yuuki asked casually.

She had slowly been running a towel in Zero's hair for the last ten minutes, making sure all moisture had gone.

"Not for another 4 hours." he replied in a murmur. Yuuki mm'd, understanding.

As she set down the towel and began to squeeze the ends of his hair, she said, "Because of the light, right? I suppose they wouldn't want to hold a meeting in the middle of the day when they are tired."

She stopped and put her hands in her lap as she sat on her heals. He looked up, "Yeah."

His eyes seemed to have slight more life when he spoke. His eyes were dull, but at least he wasn't glaring.

Yuuki smiled. Zero seemed to be back to normal. Then she held up her finger, a small 'o' on her lips. "You need to go change."

Zero didn't move from his position on the ground, so Yuuki sighed and pulled him up with all her strength. "Get…up…"

He began chuckling as she tugged at him. Eventually Zero got tired of her worthless efforts and stood.

Zero was sitting on the end of his bed now, watching Yuuki fish out some of his clothes. Eventually she gave up. A light blue-V neck with a pair of black pants was what she had clutched in her hands.

She put them in Zero's hands.

He looked up her, slight annoyance in his eyes. "Just change," she snapped.

He didn't move…again, but rather looked down again. He stared at the pair of clothes, looking as if he didn't know what to do with them.

Yuuki let out an exaggerated sigh and began unbuttoning the soaked white undershirt.

"Some things never change," she chuckled.

Yuuki became used to changing Zero's clothes for him. Usually he wouldn't do it himself if he was tired or ill. Was he ill?

She put her hand underneath his bangs and touched his forehead. "At least you aren't sick," she murmured, "You had me worried."

Although she couldn't see, Zero blinked behind his curtain of hair, surprised. He suddenly felt close to her. He did not want to.

Her hands slowly unbuttoned the last two, and then she tugged his shirt off his limp body. He appeared cold.

She retrieved the blue V-neck and began to fasten the buttons up his pale figure, while he remained silent.

She sealed the last button, but then Zero pulled the top three buttons loose.

Yuuki smiled.

Zero didn't like shirts that hugged his neck tightly.

She stood and slipped on her pink slippers.

Zero didn't look at her as she walked around the side of the bed and then sat at the head. She reclined against his pillows and stretched her feet out so they were poking his back. He didn't seem to mind, but then she got the feeling he wasn't himself again. She stopped poking his back, afraid that he might get mad.

Yuuki stared at the back of his head.

"You know what time it is?" She asked casually as she put her arms behind her head. Her feet clacked together in a pattern, until she made some very dull tune.

"Yuuki."

His voice was hoarse and strained. He pulled his right hand over his face, and put his elbow down on his knee. She thought that she had annoyed him, but then his breaths picked up.

Yuuki jerked forward and touched his back.

Don't touch me, Zero thought. But her hand didn't move.

The overwhelming smell of her was strong. It hit him like a wall.

"Zero--"

In less than a second, Zero's head snapped up, and he spun around, grabbing Yuuki's shoulders and pinning her to the bed. His body was crouched over hers, and the veins became noticeable through his hands that gripped her shoulders tightly.

Yuuki let out a very small shriek of pain.

That small noise was so…

Zero licked his lip.

Irresistible.

Yuuki's eyes flew open in shock at the sight of Zero's lustful eyes, burning with an intense red.

She had been so stupid.

It had been nearly two weeks since the last time he had drunken her blood. It must have been torture to even be inches from her. Then she remembered the night before when Zero was staring intently at her neck, as he was now.

But then… when he came to sit with her in the tree. What was that? Maybe be wanted blood then. Yuuki didn't realize.

The first emotion she had was fear, rather than sympathy.

Her legs pushed at the covers and away from him until her head hit the board at the end of the bed.

She winced in pain again. Zero's grasp on her shoulder's grew weaker, and she returned to gaze at him. His eyes were wide with horror at the sudden realization at what he had done. But he never let go.

"I'm… sorry, Zero."

"No," he said then, his voice sounding indifferent.

"I…" he murmured.

His neck inclined to hers where his lips brushed her warm… hot, neck. She exhaled.

He didn't finish his thought.

His tongue slid down from the tip of her jaw to the middle of her neck. He inhaled through the nose as she cringed. He hardly noticed.

The piercing in Yuuki's neck was some sort of relief to her. She could feel Zero swallow her blood, but at that moment, his bite was as intense as any kiss.

Her eyes closed, and she pulled Zero toward her, wanting him to take more blood.

He began to pull back, but she held him tightly as he did her. Eyes open, she told him no.

"No. Zero. You must…"

Zero's eyes were pinched tightly together.

But the smell.

The sweet… sweet smell.

Yuuki, I…

His tongue came out again as he tasted her sweet skin, covered with hot, sticky blood. Whenever they met, they were connected.

His canines fell deep into her flesh.

"I want you to drink my blood, Zero." She said, although he was already doing so. Her hands wrapped themselves around his neck. He was drinking more than normal.

I…

"Don't…" her eyes began to close again, "hold…back."

He didn't hold back in the least.

His tongue caught any blood that ran down her cold neck. Without realizing it, Yuuki began to grow limp. It was odd how happy she could be when she was in pain.

Even though she felt as if she was slipping under, she clutched him tighter. She felt his arms slithering under her sides, making her back arch so he could curl his lips over her neck easily.

The feel of his tongue again sent shivers down her spine. So many shivers that her back was aching. And his lips. They were amazingly warm.

The pain in her neck was excruciating, though. But… it made her happy knowing that Zero could give all of his worries to her. It was better that way, she thought. If she could have all his worries, maybe she'd be able to see Zero smile again. That's what she wanted most right now. For him to be happy.

Right?

A single tear escaped her closed eyes, even though she tried so hard to hold it back. It found it's way down the side of her jaw. But a thin, pale finger swiped at it.

Thicker tears began to follow.

"Zero…?"

Her body fell slack, and her arms slid from his neck and down to the bed, but he did not hesitate.

Just as she had wanted.

A/N: Thank you all for reading! I should have the next chapter up soon. It's another short one, because it's partly old like these two. But I promise they will be much longer after that. And I'm not quite sure how the prompt goes after chapter 3.

Please, help me by reviewing this. I would love some feedback.

Until next time (: