Romancing the Vampire Princess

Chapter 2

As Zero swallowed the blood tablets he could feel his body starting to reject them, but he couldn't. He needed them and he knew it. Catching his breath he looked back in the direction where Yuuki was and saw Kaname with her now.

"I have to get back to Yuuki quickly, I don't trust that Pure Blood with her." He growled mentally to himself slightly irritated by Kaname's presence at this time.

Keeping this in mind he wiped away the cold sweat from his face with a pale hand and picked the blue rose near a little lake he saw when he was still with Yuuki.

Wanting to preserve the rose's beauty he turned to the willow tree and put the rose into the tree's hallow that was full of clear sweet smelling sap then gently rolled the rose around in it skillfully, coating the rose in layers of the preserving substance.

When he finished, he placed the sap covered rose into a small cold rock by the lake that had a tear shaped hole in it.

"This should keep the sap from melting for now." He thought to himself as he carefully wrapped it up in a cloth and put it in his pocket. "I'll seal it properly when I get home."

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As Yuuki watched Zero run to the little forest that was just across the rose garden she heard footsteps and turned around only to meet a pair of light brown eyes that always seemed to be soft and somehow familiar to her.

"Hello Ms. Prefect." Kaname said coolly as he smiled at Yuuki.

"H-hey Kaname-sama." she said as she blushed and smiled back at Kaname.

Just as she was about to say something she noticed as the smile dropped from Kaname's face then turned around to see Zero walking over to them with long strides and a straight face.

Standing by Yuuki now, Zero and Kaname stared as if silently challenging each other. Feeling the tension in the air between the two Yuuki grabbed Zero's hand and began walking really fast back towards the school.

Looking over her shoulder she politely said with a smile "Sorry Kaname-sama but we have to go now, See you around." She finished with a nervous giggle, hoping that he wouldn't hate her for this later as she continued pulling Zero.

On their way back to the school grounds, Yuuki could feel the softness of Zero's hand in hers and blushed slightly as she thought back to when they were on the ground and Zero was on top of her then shook her head lightly to try and lose the image.

Noticing this, Zero wondered what was going through her mind at the moment and why she was blushing. As he continued to look at her, he couldn't help but to think about how cute she is to him and how she felt under his body when they had tripped back by the rose garden.

After finally reaching the school, they went back to the barn where White Lily idly sat waiting for her master's return. Looking at Yuuki, Zero thought about taking her somewhere special.

While taking Lily out of her stable, Yuuki watched curiously wondering if Zero was going somewhere after seeing him jump on the large horse's back with ease then held his hand out to a puzzled Yuuki and helper her up.

"Hang on tight." Zero said calmly.

Before Yuuki could really get a good grip, Lily began running extremely fast making Yuuki almost fly off the back, forcing her to close her eyes out of fear until Zero grabbed her hand pulled her to him. After doing so, Yuuki wrapped her arms around Zero and held on to him tightly.

"You can open your eyes now Yuuki." Zero whispered to her softly but still loud enough for her to hear him over the wind blowing.

When she opened her eyes they went wide from how fast the horse was going and the scenery that went by so fast almost like a translucent breath taking dream. Almost everything was a blur to her and she loved the wind that blew through her hair and brushed against her face.

But what she loved the most was the warmth she felt with Zero's heart beat through his back as she kept herself close to him to keep from falling off the horse. But her thoughts quickly changed to the beautiful white birds that were flying by over a river.

As Lily began to slow down her grip loosened on Zero. This made him frown a bit but when he noticed what he was doing her quickly made his face the usual stoic nostalgic look he always had. But he couldn't stop himself from blushing slightly at Yuuki's hand brushing against his chest as she let go when the horse stopped.

Zero jumped down from the horse then helped Yuuki get down as she looked around with wide eyes in surprise.

Then Zero calmly said in a deep baritone voice to Yuuki "Welcome to Melancholy Hill"

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Sorry for taking so long to update/ fix this chapter everyone.

Hope you liked it and please review and tell me what you think.

Oh and sorry if this chapter doesn't seem like it belongs in the story like this ^^'

Until next time :3

~*YourAngelRukia*~