~ Chapter Three ~

"K-Kaname-sempai…w-what are you doing here?"

"I came looking for you," he said, taking a step toward me. "I wanted to ask you something."

I took a step back. "Like what?"

"Why do you seem so afraid of me?"

"W-What do you mean?"

"You backed away from me," he said, with sad looking eyes.

I bit my lip and tried to find something to say. Should I tell him what Le told me? Or just flat out lie to his face?

I sighed. "Le told me about you."

"Oh really?" he asked. "And what did she say?"

I swallowed hard, not really wanting to have a conversation with him about this. "She told me that you are dangerous, and that I shouldn't be around you."

He smiled and then chuckled softly. "So she's spreading those rumors again, huh?"

I gave him a questioning look. "Rumors? What rumors?"

He took a couple more steps toward me, and this time I didn't back away.

"She's been telling the Day Class students, mainly the girls, that I'm a dangerous threat to them. That if they actually got to know me, I'd hurt them."

So, then what she said isn't true?"

He shook his head. "None of it."

I looked down at my feet and tried to gather my thoughts. If what Kaname says is true…why would Le lie?

Snapping me out of my deep thoughts, Kaname took my hand. "Please be aware of everything Le tells you. Not everything she tells you may be true."

"Um…o-okay."

He smiled softly. "Good, now what I really wanted to talk to you about was this." He dug around in his uniform pocket and pulled out a red envelope. "This is for you."

I looked at the red envelope and slowly took it from his hands. He nodded at me, gesturing I should go ahead and open it.

I tore the top of the envelope open, and pulled out a black card with a red rose engraved at the bottom right hand corner.

When I opened the card, there was a message that read:

Night Class Party! Come join us as we eat, dance, and get to know each other!

"It's tomorrow night. I hope you can come," Kaname said.

"Oh…well gee I-I don't know…"

"Are you still worried about what Le said?"

"Well…kind of."

"Don't worry about her. In fact, if you can, come to the party without her knowing."

"Wait," I said, "Le's not invited?"

"Only people we find interesting are invited," he said with a warm smile.

Find interesting. Did that mean he actually liked me?

Face turning red, I looked back down at the invitation.

"Well, hope to see you tomorrow," Kaname waved.

"Wait! Um…is there anything specific I need to wear?"

He looked at me up and down. "Something red. You look beautiful in red."

I blushed harder (not only because he called me beautiful, but also because I now realized he was seeing me in nothing but a nightgown) and moved a stray piece of hair behind my ear. "O-Okay."

He smiled. "See you tomorrow night."

"See ya," I waved.

As Kaname turned to leave, I finally went to the bathroom, did my business, and walked back to my dorm room.

Quietly opening the door, I tiptoed into the room trying not to wake Le up.

"Where'd you go?" Le asked.

I winced, knowing I had failed at trying not to wake her. "I was going to the restroom."

"And it took you fifteen minutes?" she asked.

"Well, I got lost. I wasn't sure where the restrooms were."

And honestly? What I said was the truth. Sure I had been talking to Kaname for a while, but I couldn't have spent more time talking to him than I had looking for the bathroom…right?

Le sighed. "Alright, as long as you weren't with Kaname."

I faked a laugh. "Of course not! Why would you think that?"

"…"

"Well, goodnight!" I said, jumping back into my bed.

I turned on my side, pulled the covers back over me, and pretended to go back to sleep.

But what I actually did was try to think of a way to get rid of Le and get to the party without her knowing or following me.

This was going to be hard.

"C'mon Rae! Time to get to class!" Le said.

I groaned. "Can't it wait? I'm tired…"

"Well maybe you would've gotten more sleep if you hadn't been looking for the bathroom for fifteen minutes."

"Hey! I told you I got lost!"

"Uh-huh…now c'mon! If you keep messing around we'll definitely be late!"

I groaned one final time and lazily got up out of bed.

While Le started brushing her hair, I pulled my uniform out from the closet and got dressed.

I went over to the mirror and took a good look at myself. The outfit looked good in general, but I think I could've done without the really short skirt.

Then again…maybe Kaname would like to see me in a short skirt.

The thought made me blush.

"Ready Rae?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah," I said, grabbing my book bag and following Le out the door.

When we walked outside, we saw Yuki, Zero, and Pen already waiting for us.

"Morning you two," Yuki said.

"Morning," Le and I said together.

"How'd you sleep?"

"Okay…" I mumbled. Then I looked over at Pen. "What about you?"

"How do you think I slept?"

"Uh…peacefully?" I guessed.

"No! Horribly! I couldn't sleep at all knowing that he was watching me!"

"Oh c'mon Pen," Yuki stepped in. "Zero wouldn't do anything to you. He's a big teddy bear."

"Yeah, a big, vicious teddy bear!"

The sound of Zero's annoyed groan made me laugh.

"Alright guys, enough chit chat. We gotta get to class!" Yuki said, practically pushing us out the door.

"Okay, okay! We're going!" Le turned to look at me, and she saw that I was looking out the window with a distant look on my face. "Hey, everything alright Rae?"

"Huh?" I said, snapping out of my thoughts. "Oh…yeah! I'm fine!"

"You sure?"

"Course I'm sure!" I laughed nervously. "Now…let's get to class like Yuki said! We don't wanna be late!"

I flung my book bag over my shoulder, and ran down the hallway before Le could ask anymore questions.

God, how was I supposed to get away from Le if she was gonna be on my back all the time? I had to conjure up a plan as quick as I could during my classes; otherwise…I wasn't sure what I was going to do.

After classes were over, Le and I headed back to our dorms to have a little study session for an upcoming test next week.

Unfortunately, I had better things to do.

"Uh…Le? Why don't you and Yuki go ahead and study? I gotta go do something."

"Oh? And what is so important that you have to miss studying?" she said, putting her hands on her hips.

"Um…" I couldn't really think of an answer. My mind was racing trying to figure out how to escape from Le without her knowing I was going to see Kaname. "I uh…have to go to the dentist!"

"…The dentist?"

"Yeah! It's been about six months now and I gotta go get my teeth cleaned!"

Le just stared at me. I knew she could see through my lying because I was a horrible liar! But could you blame me? I'm a really honest person! I couldn't lie to anyone!

"Uh huh…"

I faked a laugh. "Well! Better get going!" I quickly grabbed my purse which I had stuffed one of my silky red dresses into, and ran out the door.

"Phew…that was close," I mumbled.

I quietly walked passed Pen and Zero's room, and then quickly made my way into the bathroom to change into my outfit. I fixed my hair and makeup in the bathroom mirror and put in some gold hoop earrings.

"Okay…I think I'm ready."

I grabbed my purse from off the sink and quickly ran down the hallway and out to the Night Dormitory gates.

As soon as I passed the gates, I walked up to the main dormitory and knocked on the door.

"Hello?" Aido said, opening the door.

"Oh…um…hello Aido-sempai," I said, giving a polite bow. "Is Kaname-sempai here?"

He looked at me up and down, noticed what I was wearing, and let me into the dorm. "You must be here for the party."

"Y-Yes, I am."

He smiled. "Well, we're glad to have you. And Kaname-sama has been waiting for you."

This made me blush. "H-He has?"

Aido nodded.

"W-Where is he?"

"Out in the courtyard. I'll show you the way my lady." He gently took my hand in his and led me out the back doors into the courtyard of the Night Dormitories. There, I saw the whole Night Class but no Day Class students.

"Um…am I the only Day Class student here?"

"Yes. We all wanted to meet you Rae."

"Oh, I see."

As he walked me through the courtyard, I got a bunch of looks from the Night Class students. A girl with long, dirty blonde hair glared in my direction and mumbled something to a classmate.

"Uh…why was that girl glaring at me?"

Aido looked back at the girl and then back at me. "Oh, that's Ruka. Don't mind her though, she gets jealous of all the girls that Kaname-sama gives looks to."

"Jealous?"

Before Aido could say anything more, Kaname's voice filled my ears.

"Ah, there you are Rae."

I looked up to see Kaname standing on a platform a couple feet away.

"Oh, h-hello Kaname-sempai."

"I'm glad to see you. I've been waiting for you to arrive," he said, smiling softly.

I blushed slightly. "Well, it was hard trying to escape from Le."

"Ah, I figured as much. Le never let's people around us. She thinks we're 'dangerous'."

"Yeah…I heard."

He looked at me and held out his hand. "Come sit with me?"

"Oh…um…s-sure."

I took his hand, and he led me up to the platform where two chairs sat side by side. I took a seat in the left chair, and he took a seat in the chair next to me.

"You look very lovely tonight," he said.

I looked down at my outfit and blushed. "Oh uh, thank you."

He moved a bit closer to me and moved a stray piece of hair that was in my face. "You have such big, beautiful brown eyes."

My heart couldn't stop from racing at the sound of his voice. "T-Thank you very much."

With every compliment he was giving me, he seemed to move an inch closer to me. Pretty soon, he was getting close to my lips.

"W-Wait a minute sempai, this doesn't feel right."

"Hm? Why not?"

"W-Well, you like Yuki don't you?"

He chuckled softly. "I do, but she's more like a sister to me."

"Oh…I see."

"But that doesn't matter," he said, taking my hands in his. "What I really want is to be with you Rae."

I looked down at his hand on mine, and couldn't help but blush harder. "K-Kaname-sempai…"

He lifted my chin so our eyes could lock, and he started to lower his lips to mine. Until…

"Ow!"

Kaname looked down at me. "What's wrong?"

I held my finger up to my lips. "I accidentally scratched myself." I said, showing him the small cut on my finger.

Kaname looked at the small wound on my finger and his eyes went a dark red.

He reached out to take my finger into his hands, but a loud, familiar voice stopped him.

"Stop right there Kaname!" Le yelled from a couple feet away.

Kaname and I both looked up to see her standing there with a gun in her hands.

"Le? W-What are you doing here?"

"Rae, get out of here," she said, pointing the gun at Kaname.

"What? But why?"

"Just do it!" she yelled.

I stared at her in shock and then looked to Kaname. "I-I have to go. I'm sorry…"

Without saying anything, Kaname watched me leave and then turned his gaze to Le.

"I don't know what you're planning Kaname, but stay the hell away from Rae." With that being said, Le backed away from Kaname and followed me out of the courtyard and Night Dormitories.

As Kaname watched the both of us leave, Aido stood next to Kaname.

"You smelt it right? Her blood?"

"Yes, that I did," Kaname said.

"It smelt sweet, like innocent blood."

Kaname smiled and the redness in his eyes started to glow. "Yes, but that'll soon change."

Woot! Finally finished! I promise that I'll try updating this as fast as I can guys. Just, school's getting in the way a lot and it's making it hard for me to update. So please stick with me! I'll update these as soon as I can! Anyways, with that being said, please review! Your reviews inspire me to write and motivate me!