A/N: This chapter was particularly difficult to write, especially considering most of the original chapter two was missing and got deleted on accident. I still can't believe that happened...I really can't...I'm really upset about that...
So I know I haven't posted in a while...yeah it sucks, but I've been sick, and going through stuff, and I had to do some stuff, and go some places I didn't want to go, and I don't want to bore anyone with sob-stories or whatever, but some things may change in the near future. I'm not feelin life the way I used to. Growing up is hard stuff. So, now that I'm done with my homework, here's another chapter. Again, I know it's terrible, cause it's half-baked and it's short, but...yeah I got no excuse. So I'll leave before the one person actually reading this story beats me up. Enjoy!
Warning: violence, language, suggestive themes, dolls, mention of dols, paranormal activity
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight. That belongs to Matsuri Hino respectively.
Come on, let it go,
Just let it be,
Why don't you be you,
And I'll be me?
"Attention! I said attention, you worthless maggots! You nipple-sucking milk lovers need another 2k! Now get out of my face!" the company disappeared onto the usual track run around around the base as their sergeant stood watching from the start. Nearby, other companies were doing intense exercise, or running, or getting screamed at.
Lieutenant just so happened to be in the company that was getting screamed at.
He stood silently at attention, and though he already knew this was a memory in a dream, he still decided it was better to go along with it than get into trouble. But why this particular memory..?
"You! Look at you, all shakin and quakin. You got somewhere to be, boy!?" The sergeant barked in the face of the kid standing next to Lieutenant, who seemed to be doing the macarena with no arms.
"Sir, no, sir!"
"Then what's with the groovin!?"
"Just...drank too much...water, sir!"
"Oh, you got to go the one-oh-one, do ya? Well, I got just the solution for you. Go ahead. Right there. Perfect spot to mark your territory. Go ahead."
"S-sir, everyone's watching...I can hold it..."
"No, I insist. Go ahead."
The rest of the unit watched the soldier, but Lieutenant had no interest in what the kid was doing, so he simply looked away. The sergeant noticed him.
"You think you're better than him, pretty boy?" The sergeant asked, but Lieutenant didn't answer. This didn't make the sergeant very happy.
"Answer me, Twilight; I said, do you-"
"I heard you the first time, 'sir'. And I would prefer not to answer that, 'sir'. But, if I absolutely have to, no, 'sir'. I do not think I am better than him. I just know that if I need to do my buisness, I do it on my own time, not yours, 'sir'."
The others in the company were now watching the two intensely, amazed at Lieutenant's response. The sergeant wasn't amused. "What's your name, boy?" he asked.
"Sr. Cpl. D'mitri Karev, sir."
"Senior Corporal, huh? What kind of idiot gave you the position of 'senior corporal'? You're demoted to private first class, boy. I don't like your attitude."
The sergeant turned to walk off and shout the next order into the wind when Lieutenant responded with something he knew would get him thrown in detention.
"That's not what your mom was saying last night."
Lieutenant jolted awake, still in her room. She hadn't any idea why she'd had that nenory as a dream, or why it had ended that way. Nothing seemed very accurate, and she hadn't remembered ever disrespecting a senior officer like that. All the same, she was alone now, awake, and away from that horrible six months of boot camp she had to endure in her male form.
Lieutenant started to drift back to sleep, sounds of faint music and conversation echoing in her ears. She half listened to the sounds, trying to figure out what they were saying. Assuming they were just students gossping and being loud, she ignored it. But the sounds didn't cease, and as she tried harder to ignore them, she realized the voices weren't of students she recognized, and she was sure she knew all the students.
She could feel the bed sink behind her a bit, and instead of feeling Zero or Kaname's warmth embrace her, a cold brushed her back, almost as if something was breathing on her. Then she heard it.
"Animam pueri."
"Vestrum erit flagitium."
Lieutenant grabbed the glass bottle on the bed next to her and smashed the bottom off, leaving the middle jagged as she turned to face the presence. Pure emptiness. She was all alone.
But then why did she still feel that cold spot next to her bed?
"What the hell happened!?"
Kaname leaned back in the bed. Lieutenant looked away. "You don't believe me," she said, "do you?"
Kaname pet her. "Lieutenant, sometimes when you're on the verge of falling asleep, you hear things from nearby and they sound louder than they really are. You could've just been hearing the students outside or something."
"Except that's the thing, Kaname. I know every single student here. Every. Single. One."
"Lieutenant-"
"Every. Single. One."
"You were asleep."
"Not the whole time."
"When you awoke, did you hear the noises persist?"
"Well..no...but they had kinda stopped before I fully woke."
"Doesn't matter."
"Kana-"
"Kaname," Zero's voice came from the doorway to the bathroom as said hunter stepped out in a towel, holding the porcelain Kaname gave Lieutenant with slight amusement.
"I know you like to see me naked, but this is too far," he joked.
Lieutenant covered her mouth. "How do you explain that?" She asked, and Kaname shook his head. "Simple. Somebody moved her. Dolls don't just move on their own."
"Kaname, she was sitting on my desk when you came in!"
Zero set the doll down. "And she wasn't sitting on the stool in the bathroom when I got in the shower," he added.
Kaname sat up. "Stop it, both of you," he growled, "Lieutenant, you're just tired. You were hallucinating things. Zero, dolls don't move on their own. I'm sure she was moved there by mistake. Now Lieutenant, I want you to go back to sleep. Zero and I will be just outside the door."
Lieutenant reluctantly agreed, and Kaname and Zero stepped out.
"You need to stop letting her watch horror movies, and stop encouraging her with stupid, childish ideas," Kaname growled in a low tone. Zero snapped.
"I suggested she watch something else. She wanted to watch that, and I didn't argue because she's carrying my kid too, if you haven't forgotten, and I want to keep her happy, not terrified of every thing that goes bump in the night."
"It's not enough, Zero! I don't care if she throws a tantrum like a two year old! No more horror! It's filling her mind with crap!"
"You know what? Maybe if you were actually here once in a while to really take care of her and not nearly kill her friends, you wouldn't need to say anything, and we wouldn't be having this fight!"
"No. We wouldn't. Because you should know better, but you don't. And unfortunately, I have to be the one-as usual-to step up and clean your mess."
"Oh. Okay. That's it? That's how it's gonna be? Fine. Good luck, Kaname. You won't last a day, you twisted bastard." Zero grabbed his phone and left, slamming the door to emphasize his point, and Kaname immediately regret what he'd said. Especially since he heard Lieutenant scream for Zero right after the hunter had left.
It had taken a few minutes for the twins to stop kicking, but Kaname had managed to find the right spot to pet because Lieutenant started to loosen her death grip on his free hand and calm down. "I'm so not giving natural birth. I don't care what you say. Having vampire babies is going to hurt more than normal labour, and you are GOING to pump me full of drugs when the time comes, got it?" Lieutenant sighed, and Kaname chuckled softly. "For someone that hasn't been through a pregnancy or labour before, you sure know your way around it."
Lieutenant bit her lip. "Pregnancy. Fifteen weeks. Miscarried." Kaname frowned.
"I thought you said-"
"I lied. The worse thing I ever went through was what happened to my second in command. After he died, and I lost...I couldn't. Not anymore. So I hid it. From everyone. You're the only person I've told. I didn't even tell my second. I didn't tell him. So don't say anything about it." Kaname gently held her. "I won't. Promise. And nothing's gonna happen to us. We're gonna be fine."
"Kana..."
Kaname looked over where Lieutenant gestured to her desk. All of her porcelains, boys or girls, were in their proper places on their shelves. All but one.
"Don't worry about it," Kaname said, "she probably fell over when Zero slammed the door."
"And the others didn't?"
"But the others have their own stands, and she doesn't."
"Right. Okay. Yeah, okay. You're right."
