Chapter Four: Bittersweet Encounter
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"CONFUSED LOVE"
A VAMPIRE KNIGHT STORY
…Konran Ai is completely owned by moi and it better stay that way!…
CHAPTER FOUR: BITTERSWEET ENCOUNTER
"Your blood," he sighed breathing down my neck, "smells so sweet," he traced his fingers on my collarbone. I whimpered helplessly.
Sitting straight up in bed my eyes were as wide as saucers. A chill ran up my spine and a shudder shook through my entire body. My heart was pounding in my ears.
Then I finally noticed my surroundings
The thick wooded (and currently unused) desk in the corner
The vacant bed across from mine
The huge mirror that I was planning on taking down
I was in my dorm room.
My heart rate came down a bit after I realized that. Not by much though. "It was just a…dream?" relief washed over me. Unfortunately dread slowly crept back into my body and made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.
What exactly had happened?
Tears fell silently down my unmoving face as he licked my neck again. This time my head leaned back automatically into his waiting hand. "Stop," my feeble plea was drowned out by my pitiful cry as something sharp grazed along my neck.
I trembled remembering that night so vividly. Wrapping my arms around my body I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. Sooner or later I'd have to face what I'd experienced.
"I choose later," I retorted to myself.
Clearing my mind I got up and wandered into my bathroom. Closing the door behind me and turning the shower on I sighed heavily. School was certainly the last thing on my mind.
"What are we going to do?" the emerald-eyed boy wondered aloud. It didn't take long to get a response. "Of course, we erase her memories." The longhaired blonde scoffed like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Ruka," amber eyes looked at the girl and then around the room, "Is that really the best thing to do?" Ruka looked immediately taken aback. The look on her face soon changed to that of pure fury.
Seeing the clear irritation on the girls face Ichijo got up flaunting a look of fake comfort at the difficult topic. "Now, now I think that what Akatsuki is trying to sa-" Ruka erupted then, not bothering to let Takuma finish his sentence, "What is it that you don't get?" the girls wine colored eyes narrowed at the small group of people in the room. That is, except for one.
"This girl will become a bother to Kaname-sama and-" no was cable of finishing their sentences today. "Enough," the voice was but a whisper yet the girl standing up visibly flinched at the power behind his command.
All eyes turned to the man who'd spoken. The room was still for several moments. Everyone waited to hear what the man before them would say. Everything in the room seemed to be holding its breath. "Aidou," the silence lingered a bit more, "What do you propose we do?" Kaname sat with his chin resting on one of his hands, no emotion showed through his mask of a face.
"Me?" Hanabusa was the picture of shock. Apparently the questioned startled the others as well. "Wasn't this whole affair because of him?" despite Rima's words her tone was void of an accusation and her face remained as impassive as always.
"With all due respect Kaname-sama," Ruka paused and waited in case he found her words offending, "This girl could become…troublesome if we let this continue for too long." Silence followed her statement. The silence was thick enough to choke on.
"Ruka" the man's voice sliced through the tension in one fell swoop. The fair-skinned girl looked up at him with expectant eyes. "Do you have any idea why this school was built?" the question hung in the air for a while and confusion struck the blonde as she scrambled for a suitable answer. "To uh," she searched for the right words, but failed miserably.
Slight amusement danced in his dark red eyes. "Did you know that the intention of this school and my dream are one and the same?" he didn't wait for anyone to answer. "The hope that one day, humans and vampires may live together in peace," he broke off then to meet each of his friends in the eyes, "Knowingly."
The meaning of the pure blood's words hit home to the gathered vampires. Understanding was finally mutual between them all.
"So what," Kain's voice sounded, "we do nothing and hope that she doesn't tell anyone that the Night Class are filled with vampires?" Almost everyone was thinking the same thing now.
Kain's dead meat
Only, Kaname just smiled. It wasn't of happiness that much was clear. It was more of a bitter understanding. "Yuuki knows of what we are and nothing awful has risen because of it," his tone held a hint of some underlying grief, but no one dared call him out on the feeling.
"So we…wait?" Takuma inquired his tone was teeming with doubt. "We wait and we watch," Kaname explained tiredly. Then the leader of the pack turned to rest his eyes on Senri, who had managed to avoid the inconvenience of talking for almost the whole meeting. "I want you to keep tabs on her Shiki," the auburn haired boy looked as if no one had even uttered a word to him, let alone a pure blood. "You'd do that for me," the pure blood beauty almost grinned, but stopped himself, "won't you cousin?" the blue eyed boy frowned at the reference. "Yes anything for my," Shiki turned to glower at Kaname, "cousin."
"Emi Hikari!" I averted my eyes away from the window. I was watching the clouds and clear blue sky wishing I could be anywhere but here.
"Huh?" I responded brilliantly to the fuming teacher in front of me. Quite a few snickers were heard throughout the room. "Ms Hikari I realize that you are new, but that does not excuse you from-" Here we go. I mentally sighed blocking out the teacher (whose name had just slipped my mind) and her useless lecture.
Fortunately luck appeared to take my side today, in the form of a bell. All the students scrambled out of their seats and I was no exception. I knew the teacher was still trying to get my attention, but I couldn't care less.
I strode out of the building. No one stopped me. It was lunchtime so they were all thinking I was going out for a lunch break. That is, if they were even paying attention to me. What they didn't know was that I wasn't coming back for classes.
I meandered my way throughout the forest around this whimsical school. I wasn't sure where I was going. I just knew I was getting away from all of the noise and distraction. I also made sure that I'd be on the complete opposite side of where I'd traveled last night.
Being in the all-consuming woodland area in broad daylight put me more at ease.
I didn't want to roam too far, so I found a big oak tree that was nestled directly in sun. I rubbed my arms feeling oddly cold and sat down leaning my back against the tree. My eyes were closing, that much I knew. My sleep last night was full of nightmarish scenes. I hadn't wanted to think about it, but now that I was alone the topic was taunting and tempting me.
"Stop," my feeble plea was drowned out by my pitiful cry as something sharp grazed along my neck.
"No, no, stop it!" I held my head between my knees my breath was coming out in short shallow gasps. I knew I was shaking, but I couldn't stop myself. I felt so weak. All I wanted to do was run and hide away from what I'd gone through.
"Stop what?" I recoiled from the voice even though he spoke in a quiet monotone. I looked up with startled eyes even though I knew who the voice belonged to. I'd only heard it once and he hadn't even been talking to me. Oddly enough I knew it was one of the Night Class students. The one called Shiki.
One of the Night Class
I'm sure my eyes were dilated in fear. The only other time I'd run into a Night Class student was when- I shook my head. I wasn't even sure what had happened that time. I shouldn't just jump to conclusions about them all.
"Nothing," I lied "I don't feel well. I should probably go to the infirmary or something." Well that wasn't a complete lie…
He didn't look convinced in the slightest, although he also didn't look like he particularly cared. "It's not very safe to be out here by yourself," his azure gem-like eyes watched me carefully. I laughed but the sound was far from carefree. "I'm sure it's not," that's when I really turned and looked at him in the eyes. "But I can handle myself," even I could hear the fright veiled behind my words.
The cynical and suspicious look he was giving me made my breath a bit shaky. He nodded even though I was sure he didn't believe me. I was walking away too, but I couldn't help the words that slipped out. "You know," I heard his almost fading footsteps stop, "I still don't know what happened with Aidou." He didn't say anything, but I took that as a sign to continue.
"I was afraid," I turned around, "I still am." At once he turned around giving me a foul look, it seemed like he was going to growl at me. "So what," he spat, "Why don't you go tell someone about it?" he mocked spitefully. I held his fierce look, my eyes unwavering. "No." It was a simple word really, but I didn't regret saying it. Especially when I saw the baffled look on the striking boy's face.
"No, I won't tell anyone," I faced my back towards him and began walking the way I came. "Why?" the word was but a ghost of a voice, but I heard it. "Because," a bittersweet smile reached my lips "you Night Class are more than you appear."
Hi guys! Sorry about this chapter I had total writers block writing it. I'm trying though. You should all be a little happy though! Shiki and Emi finally meet. The meeting was far from romantic, but I feel the need to build this relationship. Shiki just does not seem like a "love at first sight" kind of guy to me.
However he won't hate her either. Its kind of complicated lol. I'll be working on the next chapter of course and cross your fingers my writer's block goes away! Anyway leave me a review, because I practically live on them…
~lovely