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Kaname sat on the eloquent chair, its duplicate beside him. His back was straight against the sculpted wood, his elbows resting on the arm rests and his hands folded in his lap. His form was a look of elegance, one that had been passed down through the ages of pureblood hierarchy. His suit and every part of him screamed of his well brought up nature. He looked at the twin chair. Both equal in stature, yet the one next to him held a silver haired teen, his gaze uncaring as the boy flipped through a magazine. His leg hung off one arm rest as his other leg skimmed the floor, kicking the invisible dirt as his swung it back and forth. His arm rested on the top of the chair, holding the distorted form up and keeping it from toppling over. The torn white and black skinny jeans showed his long feminine legs but under the large fitting band tee-shirt one could still tell he had the muscular form of a full blooded hunter and grown male. He glared at the silver mop of ruffled hair. The clothing was less than adequate for meeting with any proper business owner. 'But Uncle Rido isn't a proper business owner now is he?'

"Why must this THING show me around Uncle?"

His uncle knowingly smiled, his grin harsh yet amused as he stared at the two opposites in front of him. "ZERO, is a very popular member of my community here Kaname. Who best to show you what I do than him? He has been with me so long that he knows both the business aspect as well as the ways to attract customers. I'm sure you two will grow to become great… 'Friends'" He let out a small snicker as Zero's hands tightened on the edges of his magazine showing his aggravation even though he did not tear his eyes from the page.

"In fact I have even prepared a room right next to Zero for you, my dear nephew. You are staying the rest of the summer are you not? Maybe Zero can show you some of the customers we deal with and you two can learn to work together in order to satisfy them." The last sentence was said exasperatedly and Kaname knew Rido was making an innuendo of the business field to his particular business. Even if his uncle was serious he had no intention of assisting anyone; he glared harshly at his uncle.

"Hmph, well then let us get to it, shall we?" Kaname spoke grudgingly, looking over at the disrespectful teen who, after glancing towards the nodding Rido, swung his body from the chair landing softly on his feet and stretching his arms above his head. He looked down on Kaname before bursting into a large grin, his features were lavishing. Now that Kaname could see the full view of his body he could tell why this teen was a favorite. Not only was he an odd match of blood types, being both hunter and vampire, but his amethyst eyes made him impeccably beautiful, and despite the fact that he was a male Kaname could not help but gape at his unique looks.

"Let's go," Zero said, still smiling as they walked towards the door. Kaname examined him intensely; his eyes and body language did not show what his calm composure proposed. His hands were clenched, crinkling the magazine and his eyes did not smile with his features. As they walked out the door he decided to address the contradiction of expressions, "You don't have to fake your attitude because of me."

Zero looked shocked at those words but the expression left his face so fast that Kaname had to second guess if he had seen any change in expression at all. A dark smirk quickly graced Zeros features, growing as a look of hatred spread across his face, "You know, you're the only person who has even noticed that I fake my smiles. You're very observant aren't you?" He paused and when Kaname didn't answer he spoke once again. "But I was definitely not giving you any sort of niceties; I did some things I shouldn't have so I'm sucking up, dumbass. I mean since you're his nephew if you give me a good review I should get off totally scot free. You scratch my back I scratch yours sort of thing."

"Oh and how would I need you? There is nothing that you could offer me that could possibly interest me enough to give a decent review of you, never mind a good one." 'Silly vampire, you should do your research better and not just assume. Even if I were to applaud your efforts in front of Rido he would still not think any better of you … he has no kindness for me.'

Zero turned his harsh grin showing off his pearly whites, "Nothing at all eh?" He stepped closer to the pureblood so they were facing each other. Kaname took a step back ready to defend himself but was shocked when Zero's features changed quickly once again to a more lustful gaze as his violet eyes tinted red and his fangs elongated moving to bite down on his lower lip sexually before a gust of Kaname's need could be sensed. His bloodlust for Zero becoming more eminent as the teen swayed his hips slightly, looking very comfortable in clothes that showed off his delicate body type. Kaname moved closer pulling the thin form of the pale body close. 'It's been so long since I have had real blood. The synthetic crap I've been digesting smells nowhere near this good. Wait! What am I thinking? I have more control than this.'

Kaname moved to pull away, exerting a large amount of effort into doing such a small task but Zero, sensing his movements, stilled him once again by dragging a long finger up his chest and snuggling deeper into his warm arms. "Are you sure there is nothing I can do?"

Kaname began struggling with himself as his body worked against him and his erection began to form. "I'm not gay…" he managed to mutter out but his voice was monotone and not convincing enough for his own ears never mind the professional before him.

Zero gave a small high chuckle making him seem as if he had a false sense of innocence, but his tone and words said otherwise, "You don't have to be gay. Haven't you ever heard about love not mattering whether you're male or female? It doesn't matter who you like, just that you have an attraction to them. Now Kaname, I have a feeling your tough-guy attitude needs some roughing around the edges… and a good fuck should do the trick."

Kaname looked into those violet eyes, ready to accept the offer presented to him, his pulsing erection and need for this teen's blood was all that mattered. He no longer cared about respect from the boy, deciding he would take that by different means, 'Yeah, by the form of violently pounding this overconfident teen into the bed.'

But what he saw made his erection drop and his lust disappear. He saw the hatred in Zero's eyes, the fact that the silver haired teen was not willing was definitely a turn off. 'Why does he do this job if he obviously does not want to have sex with people? Or maybe it's just men… no he said that male or female did not matter… perhaps it's just me?'

He pushed the thoughts out of his head as Zeros eyebrows furrowed, showing a confused expression. The teen he held in his arms had obviously noticed a change in mood and wondered what had happened that had suddenly forced it to come along. Kaname pushed him away making the other teen stumble slightly at the sudden force backwards. "I don't want you. Isn't that obvious?" Kaname harshly spat at the young prostitute in front of him.

Zero's look of shock turned quickly to one of anger, like a spoiled child would if they did not get their way. "You wanted to. I could tell… what changed?"

Kaname shrugged him off, walking in the direction they had previously began in and turning fully away from the boy so he could not see what Kaname was fixing. "Hmph, I'm not into having sex with the unwilling. You don't want to have sex with me; I don't want to do it with you… I don't see the problem you seem to be having with this situation."

Zero grabbed him roughly by the arm yanking him towards himself. "How the fuck are you reading me like this!"

"You're pretty easy to read, it's actually quite pathetic. I'm surprised your customers haven't noticed before."

"Oh and you think it's so easy to do what I do every day! To live like... like THIS. You're not better than me Kaname you were just given a choice!" the angry teen shouted, frustrated and insecure about the only abilities he had learned to master after years of experience. "If I don't have this I'm nothing!"

Kaname looked him over and then crushed their lips together. The kiss was filled with a strong emotion but it wasn't love or passion… it was pure surging anger. The kiss ended fast with the slight smack of lips as the brunette pulled away, his bangs falling across his face. Their proximity was still close and their deep breaths intermingled. The air surrounding them grew heavy from the tension as they glared deeply into each other's eyes. "That was real feeling Zero, that's what it takes to have a 'good fuck' or anything special really. How can you expect to amount to anything if you don't even know how to feel? Feelings are the only things that make stuff good…"

He was cut off as Zero roughly grabbed on to the dark brown tussles, yanking them forwards and muffling the shout of pain with another rough kiss. This time they made it last as Kaname clamped his fangs on the lip below, pulling it towards him but not biting through the soft flesh. A pink muscle swiftly came into play with his tongue as they danced for dominance - hands grabbing at every piece of flesh they could find. Zero hadn't felt such a sensation for a long time; his life being filled with regrets and hatred towards himself. He had never expressed an emotion in such a raw hungry way and he lusted for the next nip of Kaname's fangs or brush of the soft tongue. He was shocked when he felt his own erection beginning to form due to their heated dance. Usually he had to force it up but for once he was trying to force it down so the prideful pureblood wouldn't notice he was actually bothered by the sight of him.

Kaname moved away once again, standing up straight before the breathless teen looking down on him in a condescending manner, "Aren't emotions fun?"

He poked at Zero's erection, trailing his brown eyes along the other's form. "Unfortunately, like I said, I'm not interested. Especially in a whore that can't even fake his emotions properly. I like my partners to be gasping for breath under me unable to speak and dazed by true emotions. Hatred is a start but just because you can kiss with it doesn't mean you can do the same with everything else. You're too inexperienced in the ways of emotion to be with me."

Zero felt his pride leave him in a gust. His body growing cold as he felt the feeling of failure set in. 'How does he know all this! Nobody has ever noticed before. What will I do if I'm not even good at this?' He now had nothing. He felt his stomach churn as all of his confidence left him. He watched the form of his demise begin to walk away, his body suffered, crushed as if a weight was compressing him, pushing him down and he had no where left to turn. 'An inexperience pureblood, who has obviously has not had many partners just said I wasn't good enough! I'll show him!'

"I'll prove you wrong! I will show you I can do anything with just as much emotion as anyone you have ever been with, and I will do it better!" He screamed loud enough for the brunette to hear.

The brunette stopped, not turning around so Zero would be able to see the smile that graced his features; the smile of someone who had won, "How are you expecting to prove that? You can't just randomly wish an emotion to happen; you have to learn how to feel it. When you take so many years pushing your emotions down, they can take a long time coming back up to the surface. Plus, didn't I say that I refuse to lay with whores?"

Zero ignored the last part while holding back the glare he desperately wanted to show. "You can teach me! I'm a fast learner! At the end of the week we can 'test' my skill, and then you can see that I'm good enough."

Kaname chuckled. He often blew people off of their feet with something as simple as a kiss, yet never thought about them again, but something about this silver haired teen made him want to know more - made him want to … test … Zero until he was squirming underneath him ready for release. "What will I get out of this?"

Zero didn't hold back his glare this time. He seethed at the brunette in front of him, 'I just offered to give himself to the man as payment for the lessons and he is still asking for more! Opening myself up to emotions is dangerous, especially in my line of profession anyway! I shouldn't have to go out of my way to prove myself to any customer much less such an arrogant one. Why am I working so hard for him?' Instead he said, "I'm very expensive Kaname. With or without emotions people believe it to be real. I spent a long time hiding them for a reason and just because you think I should show them doesn't mean its safe in this work environment. One way or another it is not necessary. I am giving you a full exchange so that I can learn to show emotions at times. It's a fair trade, take it or leave it."

There were several moments of silence before Kaname nodded. "Come to my room tomorrow then, and you don't need to show me where it is tonight, Rido already has. Goodnight Zero." He turned away and walked towards his room.

Kaname quickly walked to his room and closed the door behind, him locking it and making sure it was secure before leaning on it and opening his dress pants. His purple erection was pulsing angrily at him and he was glad he had the common sense to tuck it into the waistband of his pants before the heated kiss so Zero couldn't see his own problem. His plan wouldn't have worked if the silver haired teen notices the bulging member. He couldn't believe Zero had actually asked for lessons in emotions and was giddy at the thought of being able to lay with the truly beautiful teen. One emotion a week and he would be here for two months. That was eight emotions he got to choose. He roughly grabbed his erecting, slumping further against the door.

Picturing the rough kiss, he imagined the feel of Zero's own soft hands moving up and down his length in the same rough way he was asserting pressure upon it. He imagined what his moan of lust would sound like and pumped harder, fully falling to the floor, his back leaning against the cold wood. He pictured how Zero would bite his lip, and the exquisite smell of mixed blood that didn't suit such a low level vampire. Kaname arched his back off the ground as if trying to get closer to the hand that was his own. He pictures the subtle tongue which had previously danced against his own flicking across the tip of his cock before dipping in the slit and submerging the entire penis into the warm mouth as blood red lips greedily took him down all the way to the base and…

He came… moaning loudly, shocked by how fast it happened.

Suddenly he heard soft familiar laughter from the wall to his right. Then a voice spoke out, "So emotionless me does turn you on then… go figure."

Kaname's mouth was open and he was glad there was a wall between him and the recent figure of his affection because he was blushing madly from the embarrassment of the situation. He placed his palm in his hand knowing that tomorrow Zero would not come for the "lessons" since he had obviously lied about the situation. 'Damn' He pushed his head back up against the wall sighing and was glad that Zero did not speak again.

It was mid afternoon and Kaname awoke with a start hearing moaning from the room next door… Zero's room. 'It must be a customer… But he sounds like he's in so much pain. Rido did say they did that sort of stuff here but…'

Then he heard the voice of a kind man, he could tell by the worried tone, his heart fluttered suddenly worried that Zero might have a lover, 'Why should it matter to me? It's not like I am interested in him or anything. It's just a fun toy to play with while I am here. Maybe that's why he wanted lessons on emotions… so he can show his true emotions to his boyfriend…'

He stopped his train of thought, focusing on the voices in the other room.

"Aghuhhh"

"Zero! WAKEY, WAKEY! You're having a bad dream. Come on move over, it's freezing out here! Why do you always have to turn the thermostat so low?"

"Agrrrrh…mmhmmmph."

"Zero you're not awake yet? Come on? Wake up!"

Memory/ dream

The room was dark, lit by a single light blinking in the center. During the daylight it would hold almost a domestic innocence to it; looking like a normal family home. But if one were to look closer they would notice the dust that layered the room, the home having not been cleaned since the disease took over his mother.

"He has to go. He can no longer stay here and you know it. It is a disappointment to the family to have such a weak child."

"Please darling, the hunters association understands. It's no b-"

"They don't! They pity us! I can see it in their eyes the way they look at Ichiru. He will never be like his brother. We have two children they look identical. It's as if one would have never left." The woman tried to convince her husband.

"Yes, but we will kn-"

"I can't take the stares of disappointment anymore! Don't you love me? Do you not want to see me happy? As long as Zero's around we have no need for Ichiru." The woman interrupted the man once again, clutching on to his shirt. Her eyes were wild and desperate, her mind was set.

She had gone mad long ago; years of her fragile soul being forced to kill for the hunters association had condemned her to this fate. The man should have gotten her help, should have sent her away from their boys, but he couldn't bear the thought of losing her. He knew her influence had caused him to do uncharacteristic and deleterious things in the past, but he continued to insist she stayed in their lives. He would do anything to make her happy, and he knew his sons agreed. She would often abuse them but they would take the pain and smile caringly at her, taking care of her wounds before their own. He would give up his own son if that would make her happy and he knew his attempts to argue with the fanatical lady were futile.

He sighed nodding his head in agreement, allowing her to have her way. By this time tomorrow Ichiru would be gone.

A quiet gasp came from the other side of the room, but was unheard by the conversing adults. Soft tussles of silver hair poked out from beneath the desk. Zero was shocked by his father's words. He loved his mother as much as his father but, as the stronger child, his mother had always told him to protect his younger brother. Now that she had changed, the situation should be no different. How dare his father agree to the abandonment of his own son?

He clutched his body in sadness, unable to accept the decision he had recently overheard before scurrying away from the adults and towards his room.

He pulled some of his clothing into a bag. Some t-shirts, jeans, warm sweaters, his hunter's gun, some pictures of his family, and a small purple piglet that rattled with change was loaded into the bag which he dropped out the window, hearing the piggy bank shatter upon impact.

The twelve year old looked at his twin one last time. The brother he truly adored and would do anything for, placing a kiss on the pale forehead he whispered into the boy's ear.

"If I leave they won't send you away. You need them more then I do so you can get big and strong Ichiru. I love you." He tiptoed down the stairs thankful his parents had already retired to bed. He stepped out of the home, giving one last look to the Kiryuu residence before turning on his heel and running away.

***End dream/ memory**

"Zero you're not awake yet? Come on? Wake up!"

"Kain?" a tired voice spoke up from the darkness of the bed.

"Yeah shove over, what happened this time?" Kain's orange tussles were pulled back by his hand as if he was suffering from stress. He yanked on it slightly, making the long locks stand straight up before hopping under the covers with Zero.

"It was the one about the last day I was at home… right before I left… Do you think Ichiru is okay?" Zero snuggled into the warm body beside him; these were the only times Kain ever saw any emotion on the younger teen's face.

"Yeah don't worry, from what you tell me he sounds like a tough kid… but you know you could always go look for yourself. Why don't you go back home see your brother at least?" His heart throbbed for the other teen, as he played with the tips of the silver hair, twisting it around his finger. Zero was always so strong but inside, in the middle of the night when the dreams rendered him useless and his only thoughts were of home, he was an image of true innocence. He needed protection and kind words with loving hands to hold him close.

"No! They could never see me as I am now. I'm a vampire! Even Ichiru would surely hate me if he knew the truth."Zero pulled away from the body beside him. His hair being slightly yanked as it ripped out of Kain's fingers. He had a look of horror and sadness on his face, disbelieving that Kain had been serious about suggesting a visit home. The orange haired vampire should have known better.

"What if you just see them?" Kain asked softly, pulling Zero back towards him with a soft smile. Zero tucked his face into the muscles of his large chest hiding his features from the other's worried gaze.

"...

Because I don't think I would ever want to leave them again…"

Hey this is my next chapter and I hope everyone likes it. :)

So I'm doing this sort of question and answer or just interesting comment thing on review's. They can sometimes give hints but I just sorta think the story up on the spur of the moment sorta thing so it's not always accurate but meh..

simply anonymous: It's interesting that you should bring that up. I actually didn't think about it when I was writing this story but yeah Aidou and Kain are cousins. I actually will make a reason for that; which should hold a decently big part in the story line. So thanks for the reminder.

TwistedFate108: (By the way I love how your name rhymes!) Hmmm.. how many chapters? Um I dono... I always plan on just doing 9 but then people bring up things in reviews that they think I meant or good ideas for what will happen and 9 turns into just one more and then just 2 more until I end up knowing what I want to happen for many chapters in advance. However I have decided that none of my stories will be over 22 chapters. I don't think I have the determination to go more than that unfortunately :(

LunaRina: I love how I can say 'iceblue eyes' instead of always brown or purple its always nice to have a change of pace, hahaha I just kind of see him as an obsessive bad guy hahaha ... ahhh poor Aidou. I know he's not but it's just way too much fun.

Please review!