Thanks to everyone who reviewed chapter 1 and followed or faved this story. This has to be super quick as I wanted to post this on Halloween, but we are going away now. So please excuse any mistakes in this chapter – there might be a repost of this as the end is a bit rushed, but any way chapter two is here!

Chapter 2

Kaname and the Jack-o-lantern's

Kaname had been invited over to Kaien house for Halloween. He didn't really know what Halloween was, he had asked Kaien on the phone but he had just said wait and see. He vaguely remembered Yuki saying something about Halloween and sweets, but he hadn't really been paying attention. So when he arrived at the Cross house the next evening he was surprised that the door was opened by a hyperactive witch (Yuki) who was already having a sugar high.

"Ah, Kaname! You are just in time – you have to dress up and get in the spirit of things." The hyperactive witch said (or rather screamed) "I hope Zero is done by now, he went up ages ago and he still hasn't come down. Come on I can find you the perfect costume!"

Yuki dragged Kaname upstairs and into a room with a huge chest full of different costumes and items of clothing and accessories, which were spilling out all over the floor. "Not all of this is Halloween stuff, but lots of it is!"

Kaname noticed Zero in amongst a rapidly growing pile of clothing that Yuki was flinging out of the chest.

"Hi Zero!"

"Hello"

"Do you need a hand?"

Kaname stuck his hand out to Zero, who took it and was dragged from the pile, at the same time a Yuki turned round.

"ZERO! You haven't got a costume on! You came up ages ago!"

"Fine! I'll be ghost." Zero grabbed a white sheet of the floor a flung it over his head

"You can't be a ghost and wear a red t-shirt and jeans Zero!" Yuki waved her hand at what Zero was wearing under the sheet "go and change in to this a white top and trousers!" Yuki ordered handing the clothing over as Zero left to go and change.

"Anyway Kaname you can be a skeleton! Look!" Yuki help up the trousers and long sleeved top, both were black with white bones painted on them

"What about my head though Yuki?"

"I have a skeleton mask too!" Yuki waved a white mask in the air. Shoving the whole lot into Kaname's arms "go and change now Kaname!" she pushed Kaname out the door "I'm going to find a wand! A witch wand!" Yuki went back to the chest

Kaname set of down the corridor to find a room where he could get changed he glanced into the open doorways he passed. On the third open door he saw Zero pulling the red t-shirt off and dragging on the white top Yuki had given him. He also couldn't help but notice how slender Zero was and how pale his skin was, matching his silver hair and amethyst eyes perfectly. He really was very pretty. Kaname felt himself blush at the thought of calling a boy pretty, but it just suited Zero.

Suddenly he heard Zero step closer to the door. Oh no! Zero was going to come out and see him blushing like a girl! He glanced up and down the corridor to see if there was room he could get to – but the all nearby doors were shut. Where could he go? He had been distracted by looking for a room where he heard Zero's voice.

"Kaname? So Yuki found you something to wear them? You can get changed in my room if you like."

He turned around, to see Zero, he immediately dropped his gaze feeling himself blush even more.

"Um…yeah…um thanks…" Kaname stuttered out, then darted into the room that Zero had just vacated, pushing the door shut and leaning on it, breathing deeply.

Zero shook his head, Kaname sure was acting weird! Anyway he needed the sheet, so Zero set of down the corridor to retrieve the sheet.

Kaname got changed quickly, trying not to think about considering Zero pretty. Zero was and that was all, anyone would consider him pretty! He had just drawn this conclusion, and finished getting changed when he heard a yell from outside the door. Dashing over he found a white heap that was making whimpering noises.

"Zero!"

"Yes…"

"What happened?" Kaname asked whilst pulling at the sheet till Zero's silver head appeared.

"Well…the sheet doesn't have any eye holes yet, I was going ask Kaien to cut some, put I can't see where I'm going and then the sheet slipped and I stood on it and then the crashed into the cupboard. And now my hand really hurts!" Zero held out his hand for Kaname to look at, it was a bit red around the wrist and was slightly swelling. On seeing it, Zero's eyes welled up with tears.

"Kaname, it hurts!" Kaname panicked slightly for one Zero was crying and on the other he had no idea what to do!

Then he had brain wave, he remembered once Yuki had fallen over and bumped her head, when she had gone crying to Kaien he had kissed it and said "there I've kissed it better now!" Yuki had stopped crying and cheered up considerably. But did he dare do that to Zero? It was Yuki and Kaien were one thing but him and Zero was quite another, but last time Zero had kissed him as he left, so it was fine right? And it was only his wrist for goodness sake!

His mind made up, Kaname took Zero's wrist and placed his lips to it, "There, I've kissed it better Zero! So you can stop crying!"

Zero opened his eyes wide, he never imagined Kaname would do that! Surprisingly his wrist did actually feel a lot better now, he looked down and was surprised to see it was no longer red and the swelling had gone down. That was weird, usually when it was Kaien the 'kissing it better' didn't actually do anything, but with Kaname it had worked! (a.n. Kaname is a vampire so his saliva has healing properties, and as he's a pureblood it works faster than with other vampires)

"Thank you Kaname…" Zero beamed and then dropped his gaze as he was sure he was blushing.

"Shall we go and get Kaien to cut some eye holes? You can hold my hand so I can guide you down stairs." Kaname suggested

"Yes, thank you Kaname!"

So they set off with Zero holding on tightly to Kaname's hand so he didn't crash into anything. Kaname had just finished helping Zero navigate down the stairs, when they were pounced on by a hyperactive wizard with a digital camera. (Kaien)

"Oh you're both so cute!" Kaien yelled snapping a few pictures of Zero and Kaname holding hands.

"I was just helping Zero down the stairs, cause he fell down upstairs. We need you to cut some eye holes in his ghost sheet." Kaname explained, blushing slightly dropping Zero's hand. Zero was silent he was just glad he had a sheet over his head, so no one could see how much he was blushing, he Zero had just been caught, on camera, holding Kaname's hand!

"I see, come through to the kitchen. It's this way Zero!" Kaien noticed that Zero was about to turn and walk into a wall. Kaname grabbed Zero's hand.

"Come on" He said tugging him in the direction of the kitchen.

However when Kaname reached the kitchen he stopped dead, on the table were three huge orange things. Kaname wasn't sure exactly what they were, they were kind of like huge oranges, but they weren't quite round, they were a bit squashed.

"What are those?" Kaname asked

Zero wondering what Kaname was asking about pulled the sheet off and stepped round him into the kitchen.

"Those are pumpkins, Kaname!" Kaien informed him gesturing for Zero to hand the sheet over.

"What are pumpkins? And why do we need them?" Kaname asked

"Pumpkins are a kind of fruit Kaname." Kaien informed them

"We need them for Jack-o-lantern's!" yelled Yuki excitedly who had just appeared and was climbing onto a kitchen stool. "We each empty out the flesh, then cut a scary face in the front then put a candle inside, so it's a lantern! I'm going to do Zero's angry face cause it's super scary!"

"Hey don't do my face!" yelled Zero, who had taken the sheet back from Kaien and had pulled it on.

"Yuki it isn't nice to say you'll do your brother's face." Kaien scolded

"I'm not her brother." Zero muttered quietly, but only Kaname heard him as he was standing closest.

"Come on boys!" Kaien smiled as the two boys climbed up onto stools. Kaien handed each of them a spoon, "I'll cut the tops of for you and you scoop out the insides and put it in this bowl" Kaien placed a bowl on the top between the three.

"That's not a very big bowl. Will there be enough space for all of this stuff, these are huge!" Kaname whispered to Zero.

"They are mostly hollow, so it should all fit. Haven't you ever done this before Kaname?" Zero whispered back

"No, I hadn't even heard of Halloween till Kaien said about it a few weeks ago!"

"Ah, that makes sense" Zero said

Kaien finished cutting of the top of Yuki's pumpkin and helped her lift of the lid, Zero showed Kaname how to push down on one side of the lid so it tipped over and they could lift them out. Kaname peered in, Zero was right! They pumpkins were mostly hollow.

Zero and Yuki were already scooping out the small amount of flesh there was and dumping it in the bowl, so Kaname hurried to dig out the flesh in his pumpkin too. It was harder than it looked, and it took a lot of scraping till all the pumpkins were completely hollow. Yuki gave up halfway through, so Kaien helped her finish off.

Then Kaien handed out black marker pens,

"You three are too young to use the sharp knives, so draw out your face on the front of the pumpkins and I'll cut them out for you!"

Kaname took the pen that was handed to him, and thought for a moment about what was a scary face to draw on his pumpkin,

"It doesn't have to be too detailed, then Kaien couldn't cut them out" Zero told him

"See look at mine" Zero turned the pumpkin so Kaname could see, Zero had drawn a open mouth with jaggedly teeth, triangular eyes with a little triangle for the nose.

Kaname decided to draw a similar style to Zero's but he didn't do a line of jiggered teeth he did fangs at the side – like a vampire.

"Hey that's good Kaname!" Zero complemented – then both turned to look at Yuki

Kaien then noticed Yuki's

"Yuki that is too complicated to cut out – draw something like Zero's or Kaname's!"

Yuki sulking whipped of the face she had drawn and drew a face that Kaien could cut out.

Kaien told them to go and wash their hands while he cut out the faces. So the three trooped off upstairs to wash their hands, when they had done they all came down. Kaien had just finished and was talking out three tea lights and some matches.

"Now watch" Kaien lit the tea lights and placed them in the pumpkins "turn of the light Zero!" Zero, who was nearest the light switch, turned it off. And three scary Jack-o-lanterns sprung to life on the table.

"Everyone gather round your pumpkins!" Kaien called out so the three went round to theirs while Kaien snapped some photos. Kaien then set the camera on timer and went to stand behind the three children,

"Smile everyone!" as the shutter snapped.

After Kaien had enough photos, he turned on the lights and gave them all some Halloween cookies he had been baking that day as a surprise. Though he said Yuki couldn't have to many as she had already eaten so many sweets that day.

Because Kaname had got permission to stay over at Kaien's that night the three went up to bed late in the evening, Kaien had made a good dinner but by that point the three had eaten so many sweets and cookies that none of them could manage very much. Zero and Kaname had managed a bit, but Yuki hadn't eaten anything at all, and had been being even more hyper than she was before she had and so much sugar and in the end she was nearly sick after bouncing round on the sofa.

"What a great end to Halloween!" Kaname snuggled down in his sleeping bag on the floor of Yuki's room, as all three of them were all having a sleepover in Yuki's room that night.

END