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Zero jerked away after slipping off his hand that had been his support. He looked around to see nothing had changed except for Yuki's arm was hanging off the side of the bed as if it had just fallen.

Was I holding her hand? He thought. Why would he be doing that?

His duty as a vampire hunter and his feelings for Yuki mixed in a wave of confusion that washed over Zero's mind.

"Ermmm," he groaned, putting his face in his hands again, but he did not cry. That had to have been the weirdest experience he had ever had. He never remembered crying. He probably did when he was a child, but not even when his parents were killed.

He blinked and thought; Then again I was too weak to do anything then.

A light moan brought Zero back to the world. He glanced over at the waking girl in the bed and grabbed the sides of the chair. What was he going to do? What was he going to say? Yuki's eyes fluttered open and she looked around. Once her gaze set on him there was silence for a long time.

"You're still here?" she said. "How long have you been sitting there?"

Of course that is the first thing she would say, he thought, knowing she didn't mean any offense. In a way, she had not changed a bit, except for the fact she was a freaking vampire. Her long hair looked weird on her. It was not her. I supposed where she used to live it was an elegant touch to her stature.

"I haven't been here that long," Zero mumbled. Yuki frowned and replied, "Liar. Your hair is getting greasy. It doesn't do that easily. How long have you been here?"

"Shortly after you arrived."

"Well how long has it been?"

There was tension; both of them could feel it. How could there not be?

This has to be the most awkward situation I've ever been in, Zero thought.

"A few days," he said. Yuki put her head back into her pillow and stared up at the ceiling, collecting her thoughts. Zero just watched her. Her various facial expressions changed with each thought.

"What happened to you?" he finally asked. Yuki began to tear up and she covered her face. Everything crashed down on her. Zero took a bold move; he leaned forward and put his hand on one of hers and pulled it away from her face. Yuki froze, her eyes locked on his.

"Yuki," he said. "Please tell me what happened."

She was silent, again. Then she sat up in bed and said, "Why aren't you going for your gun? Why aren't you at my throat? You said last time you saw me you would kill me. You didn't at the vampire ball. Why?"

Zero grew impatient.

"I asked my question first."

Yuki crossed her arms and pouted.

"Fine," she snapped. "I was having dinner with Kaname. It was a normal evening. He did seem a bit off…" Yuki realized Zero probably did not want that kind of details. "Anyway, after dinner, he started going on about how our parents were about our age when they started trying to have children. Well not our age, but more physically. I think they were somewhere around a few hundred years—"

"Yuki, you're rambling again."

"Sorry. Anyway, Kaname kept getting closer and closer, and I could tell he was thirsty. But he started luring me into his room. His grip became hungry-like and rushed. I told him I wasn't ready. I told him I didn't want children. I wasn't even ready to…" Yuki saw the pain in Zero's eyes and tried to avoid buzz words. "So, he kept pressing, saying things like it was our obligation, our responsibility. I retaliated with things like there has to be love in it. I could not do it without love. He kissed me and started pulling me in again and I pulled back and told him to stop but…" She started to tear up again. "His eyes grew red; he picked me up, and closed the door. I think he locked it too." Zero winced. "He was gentle in a way, but he still forced me. It was like the night he turned me back into a vampire. After he… after it happened, I went stumbling around the house. It was so huge, and I was so disoriented, I could not find my room until morning. And once I did… the rest is a bit blurry… but…"

She recalled the escape and Kaname's attempt to bring her back. She skipped the part where he had said she was carrying his child. She did not believe it herself. He had to have been bluffing to get her to come back.

Once she had finished she noticed Zero's fingers digging into the chair, causing it to splinter. She lunged forward to grab his hands and said, "Zero stop it. I'm here now. I'm safe. I. Am. Alright."

Zero looked at her for a long time, studying her damaged face. He reached forward and placed his hand on the side of her face. She flinched at first.

"You're lying," he whispered. "You are still in pain. You are so tense, Yuki. You haven't relaxed at all. Not one inch of you. Damn it, I'm going to kill that son of…"

"Zero, please," Yuki interrupted. "Just calm down. I'm too tired to deal with your temper right now." She leaned back into the bed. "Now answer my question. Why haven't you tried to kill me?"

Zero sat back in his chair.

"I don't have my weapon. That's why," he said, getting out of his chair to leave. Just before he walked out the door, Yuki softly said, "That's not why. You're lying."

And he was gone.


Author's Note: Chapter 3, didn't take long. Again I probably won't be updating this frequently. I just want to get this up and running. Please please please review and tell me what you think.