Okay, so here is chapter 1. I hope you all enjoy it, and please don't hesitate to tell me what you think. I use mother in Japanese in this chapter, just tell me if I have it spelled wrong. This is a bit of a short chapter. :P Okay, I spelled her name right in this chapter. Enjoy!
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Chapter 1: The Dinner"Yuuki, please stop biting your nails. It is most unlady-like," my mother scolded me from the head of the table. I placed my hands in my lap. My father was to the left of me at one end/head of the table, and my mother was to the right. That left the only place available for Kaname to be in front of me. And, to top off that delightful slice of pie, my mother didn't cook any meat, afraid that it would send vampy into a state of blood lust.
So, we had to eat salads.
Mother knew I hated them, but Kaname seemed to enjoy them, so she had fixed them. Suddenly, Kaname picked up a slice of lettuce and threw it at me. I looked to him in rage, and picked up my own slice of lettuce. I would have thrown it at him, until I saw him smile. I placed the piece or lettuce back on my plate. You see, I couldn't do anything to make him smile, that would leave the impression that I like him, and I surely don't.
I glanced back to his eyes, and saw that they were mocking me a bit, and I could tell he was smirking. Then, my father finally spoke up.
"Kuran, what is with you and hitting my daughter with food?" he asked briskly.
I smiled. Slowly but surely I was corrupting the dinner. Soon, Kaname will get so annoyed with me, and then he will leave! I thought joyously.
Kaname stopped the staring contest we had somehow engaged in and looked to my father.
"Forgive me, Hetami-sama. I meant no offence of any kind. I just wanted to see Yuki smile. She seems so serious this evening."
I was almost childish enough to stick out my tongue.
Almost.
"Yuuki, please be more open to your future husband. After all, the wedding is in six months and-"
I cut her off.
"And nothing, mother! I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole! I don't, and will not, marry him."
"It is not your decision to make, Yuuki," my father stated calmly. "We arranged this marriage long ago, just when you were a few days old."
I grunted. Then, Kaname spoke up. And somehow his voice seemed to flow like velvet when he spoke. And his eyes seemed lighter. The atmosphere around him changed, and I couldn't tell you how I noticed all of those things.
"Hetami-sama," he said, addressing my father. "I would like to suggest something to you."
"What is it, Kuran?" my father asked, almost bored.
For a moment I thought I saw Kaname fidget with the buttons of his coat. Was he actually nervous about something? This had to be big to make someone like him nervous.
"I would like Yuuki to come to the academy and stay until the wedding," he said a bit quickly.
This perked up my father's interest. But before he could get a word in, I yelled, "What!?"
"Calm down, Yuuki. Now, Kuran, what made you think of something like this?"
Kaname picked up his fork and finished off his last little bit of food left in his bowl. I looked around and noticed everyone had finished, and I hadn't even taken one bite.
"Well, I would like to get to know her better, and I thought it would suit everyone if she were to live at the academy. That way I could see her more, and spend time with her, so she can personally know me better before the wedding."
Was I imagining things, or did he exaggerate a little when he said personally know him? He had to know what I said about that ten-foot pole is true. Why would taking me somewhere else make a difference? It wouldn't, I thought firmly. I'll show him what he'll get if he messes with me. So what if he saved me? I just would have been a vampire. That wasn't so terrible, was it? Apparently to everyone else, it is, I thought, looking to my father to see his reaction.
"Well, I think it is a good idea. Honey, what do you think?"
Oh, I was sunk. I would definitely be going if the decision were up to her. She couldn't wait for us to be married, and if we got married and liked each other at the same time, I am pretty positive she would die from happiness.
"Yes, Kaname-kun. I think that would be a wonderful idea. I am so glad you thought of it. Now, I do have one question though." Her voice dropped a bit.
"What is that?" Kaname asked, almost leaping with joy that they had agreed to let Yuki come and stay with him.
"Will she be in the Night Class or the Day Class?"
I looked to my father and saw him stiffen at this question. Apparently he hadn't thought of that.
"She will be in the Night Class." He held up a hand to stop any immediate protests, and they let him continue. "But, I can assure you, Hetami-sama, that she will be very well-protected. She will sleep in my quarters, and will always be provided for. Of course she will go to school with the rest of us, but when it comes time to…feed, I will ask Head Master Cross to take her to the Sun dorm."
"Sleeping in your quarters, you say?" my father asked, cracking hi knuckles, trying to intimidate him. I almost laughed. I couldn't speak any more though. The whole conversation had left me speechless. Go to the Night Class? I didn't even go to Cross Academy, and I had heard things about the Night Class. Not all good things, either. And sleeping in his quarters? I have two words for that.
Hell no.
"Yes. Unless you want someone else to try and take your sweet blood, Yuki," he said, addressing me for the first time during the conversation. Why decide to include me now? Why no-Wait. Sweet blood? Meaning what? I looked to his face and blushed. He was breath taking when he smiled. No, no he wasn't. He was repul- Oh, I mentally sighed. Who was I kidding? I had to admit-just this once-that he was gorgeous.
"No, I wouldn't want that," I said, shuddering at the memory of the Level E's fangs on my throat.
"I can promise you, Hetami-sama, that I will not take advantage of her. I would not want anything to happen to her. And she is safest in my quarters."
My father nodded, and crossed his hands. "How long will it take you to arrange for her to stay?"
"Well," Kaname replied. "I had really hoped that you would let her stay, and have already prepared everything for her."
"Must I leave tonight, father?" I whined.
"Yes, and even if you forget something, you do not live very far. You can just come back and get it."
I sighed. There was no way I was getting out of this. Not with both of them against me, with Kaname in the room.
My mother stood, and motioned for me to as well.
"Honey, please get the dishes tonight," she told me father, as she grabbed my arm and started to drag me up the stairs.
"But I don't want to, oka-san!"
"Now, now, Yuuki. Shut-up and get upstairs. You have some packing to do"
A half hour went by and I finally came back down stairs with one sakura suitcase, and my backpack for school, with all of my supplies inside.
"So, you have packed all of your personal belongings, and everything that you will need?" Kaname asked, standing by the front door. I clinched my teeth.
"I guess. Let's just go, so I can get settled in and go to sleep," I said, heading out the front door.
"I will bring her home every week so you can see and spend time with her." He bowed to my parents, and turned to leave.
"I know you will be able to change her mind and make her a great husband, Kuran. Just be sure that nothing happens to her," I heard my father say as I turned a corner.
"I promise," Kaname said, and then was beside me in a flash. I gasped at his speed.
"Don't do that! You are going to scare me to death!"
Kaname said nothing and just continued to walk, smiling down at me.
As Cross Academy came into view, my stomach turned to butterflies. What if they didn't like me? What if they did like me? I thought with a shudder.
I was so lost in my thoughts that I wasn't brought out of them until I felt something being put on my shoulders.
"Here. You shivered and I thought you were cold," he said, draping his white uniform jacket around her my shoulders. It was a bit cold to me, but, what if someone thought something when we were going into the dorm? I quickly took it off and handed it back to him.
"I don't want anyone thinking anything," I explained.
He smiled, and still put it over my shoulders. I sighed in anger. Didn't he ever get anything?
"I have already told them, so it won't matter," he replied smugly.
"What!? Why have you already told them? Maybe I wanted to-"
"Cut the act, Yuuki," he said coldly, cutting me off. I gapped at him. This was the first time he had ever spoken to me in such a way. What? Did what I say really offend him that much? Then my anger got the best of me, as it does many times.
"Well, maybe I wanted a chance at a guy or something! Being away from my parents gives me freedom to do a lot of stuff I haven't ever dreamed about!" I screamed at him.
As we passed into the Moon Dorm's gates, he quickly shoved me against the brick wall, shrouding us in shadows. I grunted at the force to which he held me with. His hands were clamped to my forearms, and his knee was in between my legs, making sure I couldn't move. He leaned up and his hot breath brushed across my ear, making me close my mouth in an attempt not to moan. Just his presence like this was doing something to me.
He moved his mouth closer to my ear, and nibbled on it for a moment before speaking, making me gasp a little.
"Even though you are out of your parent's house, you will not be with any other man. Harmless flirting, friend-wise, I won't mind. But I know the difference, Yuuki, make no mistake about that. But, if I see another man touch you in a way I don't like or see fitting, I will kill him."
"Why?" I asked, somewhat shocked by this new personality I had never seen in him. He trapped my wrists in one hand after letting go of my forearms, and brought one hand up to cup my cheek. It was so cold, I shivered. I saw him smirk, and didn't have the urge to strangle him.
"BecauseYuuki," he whispered, with his lips dangerously close to mine. "You are mine. You are soon to be my wife, and I want no other man touching you. Is that really that difficult for you to understand?"
"No," I squeaked, when he brushed his lips against the side of my mouth. I felt him smirk against my skin.
"What was that answer?" he asked bringing his lips to mine. I felt indescribable right then. Like I was floating in the air, like I was on the highest mountain, and nothing could beat that experience.
"Yes," I whispered, and leaned into the kiss. Kaname released my wrists then and brought his arms around my waist, hugging me closer to him. I brought my arms around his neck. How I knew why to do that, I really don't know. I had never done anything like this, be this close, with a guy before. Somehow, I was glad I was experiencing it first with Kaname-kun.
Whoa, kun may be a bit too much, I thought, tightening my arms.
His jacket slipped off of me, and he pressed me firmly to the wall. He slipped his tongue into my mouth and for a moment I was too shocked to respond, then, as his strokes gentled, I mix my tongue in with his. As my strokes with my tongue became bolder, I could feel him growl deep in his chest, and I smiled. I nipped his bottom lip with my teeth a bit and he pulled back suddenly. Thinking I had did something wrong, I tilted my head down. As I heard his breath even out, and become normal again, I looked back up at him. He was looking at me like he didn't know what to do with me.
"Yuuki," he whispered. He then touched his forehead to mine in the most gentle way. I sighed, and just as I was about to ask what I had done wrong to make him stop, someone cleared their throat.
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A/N: Ah! Hahahaha! Cliffhanger! Who is there, and did they watch the whole thing like some perv.? So, Yuuki is going to start at Cross Academy. Will the students' accept her? Will they like her? Or will they just think of her as food? Keep reading, and you will see.