Ch 2 Split Second Impulse

A/N: Vampire Knight and the characters in it does not belong to me, yadi yada…

I am bored, and I still don't want to do my precalc hw, and I talk too much, but I shall continue (applause?) lol, jks, I still probably fail…

Really fast ch2 eh?


Zero(because I didn't get enough of him in the first chap ^^):

I woke up with a start. It was still early in the morning, the sky was an eerie gray; cross academy was deserted as was the dorms. Looking around the room, I realized that it was stuffier then it usually was and the window was closed shut. Yuki must have gone out of her way when I fell asleep and closed it for me. Still taking care of me like I was a small child going to run away at any second… I sighed and got out of my bed with a stiff neck. It felt good for once that I got a full night's rest, I was usually patrolling the campus for the night class and protecting any strays from becoming potential meals for the monsters that lurked inside the moon dorms. Well, time for a shower.

Walking slowly down the hallway dark with my toothbrush and towel in hand, I entered the somewhat steamy bathroom. As my eyes adjusted to the glaring fluorescent light, I saw Yuki nonchalantly blowing her hair in the mirror with a half asleep expression on her face. I walked in, unnoticed and was more than halfway across the chairman's bathroom when Yuki finally saw me.

"GAHHHHHHH!!" she suddenly screamed when she saw me and tried to cover herself with something.

She was dressed in a loose tank top and loose sweat pants, which was not the best for the weather, I mentally reminded myself to give her some warm pajamas sometime. I rolled my eyes at her and continued walking. I had seen her more than half naked on many occasions, especially when we were younger and she took a bath with me so that I would not hurt myself. Her skinny frame shuddered at the cold gust of wind that accompanied my entrance to the bathroom.

"What are you doing here?" she asked when she turned off the blow dryer "Can't you use the showers in the guys dorm?" she glowered at me through the mirror.

"Its winter break, guy's dorms aren't even open. The only shower that is still running is the one in the Chairman's private rooms, which happens to be here." I explained to her, taking off my shirt in the process. She looked childish when she was angry.

"Well could you at least knock?" she huffed angrily, turned on the blow dryer again; she looked glumly at me and muttered "keep your shirt on, pervert" under her breath.

"I heard that, fatty" I muttered back. She scowled, but did not muster the energy to say something insulting back at me.

As the wind from the blow-dryer blew her dark hair higher, I could once again see the spot where I had bitten her. The spot had healed since but a red blotch was still visible on her fair skin. Her face was pink from the recent shower and her sweet smell permeated the room. My whole body seemed to resonate with a sudden desire to sink my fangs into her.

No… I must resist, I will not hurt her.

She's prey, the monster inside me argued, and you know need the food.

But I promised to protect her, just as she had shielded me from the wrath of the other vampires.

She doesn't mind if you drink her blood, the monster continued, she wants you to drink her blood.

My nails dug into my flesh as I attempted to control the monster inside me: Yuuki could not possibly resist me, she was not strong enough the monster urged me on while my vampire hating side battled my new instincts. I was so engrossed in the battle that I had not noticed that Yuki had finished blowing her hair.

"Zero?" she asked, staring at me with those big almond colored eyes "Are you ok?" her concern filled me with anger, I did not deserve someone as good as this, the human side won, I would not harm her. "I'm done with the bathroom if you want to use it" she continued.

I nodded vaguely in her direction, and looked up just as she was waving bye while groggily walking across the wet tile floor of the bathroom towards the door.

I saw it a split second before it happened, the bit of soap residue left on the tile made it really slippery and Yuki, half asleep had walked right into it and was about to slip. This can not be happening. I rushed to catch her before she hit the floor, the dream I had last night flashed distantly in my memory…

Yuuki:

One second, I felt myself slip, the next, I was in Zero's warm arms. Wait, how did I end up in his arms? I stared at the panting Zero, his broad shoulders heaved at the suddenness of catching me when I fell, his warm chest was touching my bare arms. I stared up past his silver-grey hair and was shocked to find that his distant eyes had turned a blood red.

"Zero?" I asked timidly, hoping nothing was wrong with him, his breath came faster than usual and he closed his eyes as if he were in pain. Was he thirsty? I watched as his breathing became more even and he slumped over me in a tired embrace.

"Yuuki, you're awfully heavy…" he muttered into my ear, his mouth was inches away from my neck. Still in a state of semi-traumatic shock, I felt myself blush from the contact. I was going to insult him back but I had promised myself that I would keep him from his pains. In a split second, I decided what to do.

My right hand slid into his slightly damp and messy hair and my left hand hugging him on the back "Here," I pressed his face into the side of my neck "Drink, you're thirsty aren't you?"

I felt Zero stiffen beneath me and his heart beat faster than ever. He gently lowered his face and opened his mouth; I could see his sharp fangs from my peripheral vision.

"Are you sure you are ok with this" Zero sighed in my ear "You don't have to do this, you know."

I nodded "I'm ready" I said to him, shutting my eyes in preparation for the pain.

My skin was pierced in an instant as Zero sank his teeth into me; I hugged him tighter, trying not to wince as his teeth dug into my flesh and hit a vein. I could feel the blood gurgle of my blood racing into his mouth. When he had drank his fill and pulled his teeth out; as abruptly as the pain had come, it subsided to a dull throb on the side of my neck. He sighed, ruffling my hair; whether it was a contented sigh or a defeated sigh, I could not tell.

"Yuuki" he breathed my name, hugging me tightly. But before I could ask about this sudden turn of events, Zero let go and stood up, offering a hand to pull me up as if nothing had happened.

I looked up at him, glad that I saw he looked better and took his hand. I pulled myself up and felt my knee weaken as the sudden loss of blood hit me, Zero steadied me and pulled out a band-aid from one of the drawers and stuck it firmly on my fresh bite mark.

"Thanks" I whispered, smiling at him; he returned my smile sadly.

Ushering me from the bathroom with a warm towel wrapped around me, he ordered: "go eat something to replenish that lost blood of yours, you're going to fall all over the place if you don't" and shut the door in my face.

Dazed, I turned around and began my trek to my bedroom to change into more suitable clothing, still blushing slightly from the sudden contact.

The sudden cold of the hallway woke me up slightly and I weaved my way from my bedroom into the dining room where the chairman was already making breakfast, humming a cheery tune. I slumped into a nearby chair and grabbed a Clementine and began to peel, my mind was in turmoil. What did he mean when he hugged me? My semiconscious brain spun in circles trying to figure out an answer to that question.

The door opened announcing Zero's entrance into the dining room. By now, the chairman had already finished cooking breakfast and was pouring the orange juice into his cup. Zero sat in his usual chair across from me and the chairman and began to chew his eggs thoughtfully, gulping it down with some milk. The chairman cleared his throat authoritatively.

"Since cross academy is empty, I thought it might be good if we ventured into the 'outside' today" he said happily "Besides, I have to get my lovely daughter and son a Christmas present~" the chairman slid closer to Zero.

Zero raised an eyebrow at him but continued eating.

"Kiryu- kun! What can daddy give you this year?" the Chairman asked with shiny eyes, putting an arm around him in a, what he thought was a 'fatherly gesture'. Zero spit his mouthful of food out and gagged at the idea

"Who are you calling your son, old man?" Zero retorted, glaring at him, whipping his mouth with a dining cloth.

"So colddd!" the chairman whined back at him, with big fake teary eyes.

Zero looked away, his mouth twitched in annoyance. "I'm outa here" he said and pushed back his chair with a clatter, leaving the room in a rush. The chairman went to sulked in a corner.

I sighed and got up to follow Zero out. "Bye dad," I said and waved to the still sulking chairman, I was looking forward to visiting the town again, there were so many things to see. I caught up with Zero halfway down the hall, he smiled kindly at me and we walked to our perspective rooms in a peaceful silence.


ASR (my after story rant): haha writing fanfics are a fantastic way of using your SAT terminology to build arbitrary and intricate sentences that may or may not make any sense xD

The bathroom scene sounds familiar? Probably because it's part of the book, but I forgot when o_O; I wanted to include it anyway (cuz its awesome and really sweet) and it sorta makes sense.

Oh no… wait the bathroom scene was right before the dance wasn't it, oh well…. =.=

Im skipping the retarded scene when they try to find Yuuki's past, b/c no one actually cares, I think kaname is going to make an entrance soon, should I add a POV for him too?? O.O

The chairman is like gay =3=

~review plox, so I can make it better ^^