Chapter 4 – So baby pull me closer.

AN: Thankyou so much to Shannyrox101 for the favourite and for the follow! This chapter I'm listening to The Chainsmokers – Closer ft Halsey.

Rei and Zero walked back to the moon dorm just before the sunrise. Rei's bare feet padded against the pavement in the silence of the pre-dawn. They'd stayed together all night side by side. He'd wrapped his jacket around her shoulders. She pulled it around herself a little tighter she could smell his scent n the fabric fresh and citrusy.

"Let me walk you back." He said.

"No way. This is far enough. No need to fuel the rumours further right?" She said with a shy shrug.

Zero nodded. She was right. They had spent the night talking and just enjoying the silence and peace of the night. He felt good. Better than he had in a long time and he hadn't even drank any of her blood. He felt refreshed and invigorated even although he'd only snatched an hour of sleep if it all. Strange.

She'd watched over him as he slept. He was so beautiful. Almost like an angel. So pale and white. His sooty lashes flickering as he dreamt. She hoped they were good dreams.

"Thanks Zero. I can officially say that's the best Ball I've ever been too." She said as she curtseyed towards him theatrically.

"Me too." He said with a crooked smile and a curt bow.

"Well. Until tomorrow." She said giving him a meaningful look and shrugging out of his jacket.

He hadn't drank. He would be thirsty.

"It already is tomorrow." He said.

She nodded as she looked towards the orange sky as the sun broke over the horizon.

"So it is."

She turned from him with a shy wave. The grin wouldn't leave her face as she made her way to the Moon dorm. She twirled on the spot and leapt through the air gracefully. She felt so warm and happy like there was a fire burning inside her despite the chill of the dawn air. She felt so alive.

Zero smiled as he watched her leaping and twirling around. She was crazy. She looked so happy it made his heart feel light in his chest. Watching her gave him hope that even amongst all the sorrow and the pain there were moments of joy and he had to make them count. Before it was too late. His thoughts turned to Yuki in that moment. She had been far from his mind. That had never happened before. He looked back towards her dorm. She glanced over her shoulder at the door and gave him a final wave before disappearing inside. She was completely throwing the axis of his life out of sync. But maybe that was a good thing he thought with a tentative smile on his lips.

Rei leant against the door closing her eyes and exhaling deeply. She couldn't stop thinking about him. She smiled as she remembered the way he'd started snoring lightly in his sleep.

"Where have you been Rei?"

Rei jumped in surprise as she found Kaname gazing down at her from the head of the stairs.

"Out. I needed some fresh air." She replied annoyed to find that her voice was shaky and uneven.

Kaname's intense chocolatey gaze seemed to see straight through to her core in just one glance.

"You and Yuki looked you had a good night." She said as she ascended the stairs.

Maybe he wouldn't notice she'd changed the subject. The others must have just gone to sleep. She was thankful for that at least. She saw a rare blush gracing Kaname's cheeks as she got closer.

"Yes. We did. But don't change the subject. Were you with him? You left together holding hands." He said.

His voice was barely above a whisper but each word was barbed with disapproval. He really did hate him. She couldn't understand why he did other than that he loved Yuki too. Thinking about that made her feel sick. Zero loved Yuki. The restless writhing began in the pit of her stomach again. Best not dwell on that. She tried to act cool if he found out then they would both be in trouble.

"No. We just had a talk. I was alone." She said trying to keep her voice even.

Kaname's eyes narrowed scrutinising her completely. Her heart raced. He knew she was lying.

"Why the interest anyway?" She asked innocently playing with the bows on her shoes.

"We all have our part to play and your part is not as Zero's lover."

Her eyes snapped up towards his her mouth falling open. She blushed. His…lover? But they hadn't…she didn't. What was he talking about parts? She hated when he got all cryptic like this it scared her.

"I'm not anyone's lover. I know you think I'm crazy but I'm not crazy enough to fall in love with a level E. Part?" She said her words jumbling together in an awkward rush.

Zero wasn't a level E, but he will be, a small voice stated in her head. Not on her watch. Kaname smile as his body relaxed a little.

"Good. I'm glad we got that straightened out. We all have our part to play in my plan. All in good time Rei. You should get some sleep it is early."

Rei nodded and walked to her room feeling his eyes on her every step of the way. This wasn't good. The uneasy feeling in her stomach strengthened.

Rei collapsed on her bed willing sleep to come but her mind whirred ceaselessly with Kaname's words and Zero's violet eyes.

Zero woke as the sun streamed through his window. He'd overslept. His sleep had been fitful and permeated by memories of the woman that took everything from him. Shizuka Hio. Her silvery hair was wrapped around him her fangs were guzzling his blood. There was so much blood. Ichiru. He rubbed the old bite wound tracing the lines of his tattoo. It was aching and burning today. He showered his mind on the past the entire time. He dressed quickly and left. He noticed whispers and stares wherever he went even more so than usual. Yuki waved to him across the courtyard and ran towards him.

"Where were you last night? I was looking for you. Did you really leave with Rei?" She asked as her eyebrows rose.

He smiled. No you weren't you were with him not looking for me. It hurt to admit that but not as much as it should have. What was going on with him today?

"Yeah but nothing happened."

Yuki frowned. She didn't understand. Zero had never spoken about her before. She'd never seen him with any girls except her and they were practically siblings. Rei, she hadn't spoken to her before but apparently she was a little crazy. She seemed nice though. She always gave her a smile which was more than most of the night class did.

"Everyone's talking about you both."

Zero rolled his eyes and started to walk away from her.

"Let them talk. Gossip doesn't help grades." He said brusquely.

Yuki winced. Exams were really soon.

"Hey Zero help me study later?!"

He turned to her and nodded. He hadn't checked in with Master Cross in a while. Maybe it could be like how it was before. Zero shook his head. Back then he'd been human but Yuki had still loved Kaname. She had always been in love with him.

He sat through class his mind elsewhere he became increasingly alarmed to find a lot of his thoughts were being taken over by Rei where he'd once thought of Yuki. It was strange and frightening. He kept thinking of her smile and her long legs in the damp grass. He should stay away from her yet here he was counting down the minutes until he saw her again. Classes finished early today. He attempted to make a speedy exit but felt Yagari's hand on his elbow. He had very fond feelings for Master Yagari in a way he'd been like a second father figure. He knew he was struggling to accept him as a vampire but he was struggling with that too. Zero gave Yuki a nod saying he would be round later. She nodded back giving him a concerned glance.

"You shouldn't get close to that girl?" Said Yagari sparking up a cigarette.

Zero's eyes widened in shock. He hadn't expected that.

"Master I'm not close to anyone. What girl?"

"The little black haired vampire."

Zero swallowed awkwardly.

"She's a vampire. Of course we're not close."

Yagari nodded the tension going out of his shoulders a little. Zero felt his guts clench guiltily talking about her like that after she'd been so candid with him.

"Good. She's dangerous. Follow these pacifism rules but don't get too close all right?"

Zero nodded. He was concerned about him. Was she really so dangerous? He'd held her in his arms she'd seemed so fragile then, delicate almost. But she wasn't baring her fangs and tearing you limb from limb then he reminded himself. He blushed remembering their intimate embrace. His fangs sinking into her sweet flesh. His throat rasped. He wanted blood. Her blood.

Rei relaxed in the crook of a tree branch the dying suns rays warming her skin. She heard him approaching and felt a smile tug at the corners of her mouth. He hadn't noticed her. He sat on the boulder a frown deep on his brow. He was thinking hard. She leapt down landing gracefully and walked towards him.

"Penny for your thoughts?" She asked a smile on her mouth.

He shook his head but Rei frowned. Something was up. She sat beside him and she felt him tense.

"Is something wrong?" She asked softly.

"Yagari told me to stay away from you."

He said his eyes looking far into the distance. Rei laughed.

"Kaname told me to stay away from you too…yet here we are."

Zero felt his blood boil. Kaname yet again involving himself in other people's business. He tensed his fingers into fists and Rei placed her fingers tentatively over his. He gasped her touch was soft and gentle her fingers were cool on the backs of his hands.

"Forget about them. We're not doing anything wrong." She said defiantly.

Zero gave her a pointed look.

"Yes we are. Maybe we shouldn't…" He said his eyes steady on hers. An unwaveringly deep violet.

"We're not doing any harm." She said her eyes pleading with his. Please don't stop this.

"Not yet."

"Then until we do. We continue." Said Rei strongly as she removed her hands from his and began to unbutton her shirt.

Zero blushed and averted his eyes. She smiled he was so shy until the blood lust took over. She opened it to her stomach and bent her collar down past her shoulder. Zero was just looking at her. His violet eyes deepened to dusky purple. No red. She frowned.

"Zero?" She asked.

He shook his head. He couldn't deny the way his heart was beating and how he longed to hold her in his arms. And not just to drink her blood. That scared him more than anything. She'd never had anyone bite her before him. He should've been gentler. He bent his head down to her neck inhaling her perfume and feeling her inky curls brush against his nose. The need for blood pulsed through his body but he forced himself to slow. He tentatively brushed his tongue across the pulse point in her throat tasting the salt there. He heard her gasp and felt her tremble slightly. He steadied her shoulders with his hands. Their knees bumped together as he tried to get closer. Rei closed her eyes feeling his soft lips press against her neck. He was being so gentle. It made her entire body feel like it was on fire. She felt his fangs scratch against her throat and she bit down on her lip. She wanted him to bite her. To hold her. She wanted him.

He sunk his fangs in gently at first making her shudder then deepening his grip as he let her sweet blood pulse into his mouth. It tasted even better than he remembered richer and sweeter and laced with desire…for him. He pulled away sharply. He had to have imagined that. She couldn't. Rei's eyes flickered open as her eyes found Zero's eyes. They were violet again. He'd barely drank.

"Is something wrong?" She asked.

He shook his head licking the traces of blood from his lips and lowered his lips to her neck once more. He felt her hands fist into his hair as he softly licked beneath her jaw to the pulse point. He felt her pulse quicken beneath his lips as he bit her as gently as he could, it took a lot of self control. He hadn't imagined it. Her desire was there as he drank from her deeply savouring her taste. She wasn't close enough. He pulled her into his lap. He heard her breath hitch as his hands traced soothing circles on her hips with his thumbs. How strange. He could taste how much she wanted him to hold her. Why? He pulled back. Fully sated he rested his forehead in the crook of her neck and she stayed perfectly still. Her chin on the top of his head and her arms around his shoulders. This was becoming complicated. His head was all mixed up. His head filled with her taste and desire but he wasn't sure if it was hers or his.

Rei felt something move within her as she held him in her arms. She didn't know what it was she just knew it felt terrifying and wonderful all at once. She could stay this way tangled up with him forever and it wouldn't be long enough. But they couldn't stay like this. People would see. And they would tear them apart. He raised his eyes to hers they were hesitant and wary. She'd never seen them like that before. He was so close. She had only to bend down and capture his lips. His eyes flickered to her mouth. They were like rose petals. He wanted to kiss her. Rei blushed he was watching her mouth. She inched closer feeling his warm breath on her mouth. Her eyes flickered closed and then they both jumped as they heard the bells ringing. They were late. Her eyes flew open and she saw him staring at her his eyes panicked and his cheeks flushed.

"We're late." He said his voice gruff and shaky as he slid her off his lap gently.

Rei shivered from the loss of warmth. He would never let her get so close again. She buttoned up her shirt and tied her bow hastily as they ran through the forest. She shrugged on her jacket. He was running beside her then she pulled on his hand.

"I'll go that way so it doesn't look suspicious."

Zero nodded he hesitated as if he wanted to say something but he turned on his heel and left her standing there alone. She ran the long way round. She'd missed the change over. Class had already started. She entered the room breathless and flushed her uniform even more crumpled than usual.

"Sorry I'm late Sir."

She said bowing to Yagari.

He nodded.

"Don't let it happen again." He said roughly.

"It won't." She said quietly keeping her eyes on the floor ignoring the questioning eyes she knew would be on her.

She could feel their eyes on the back of her head like hot needles. She sat down and buried her head in her book but she read nothing. The words all blurred and morphed into Zero's eyes and lips. They had almost kissed. She blushed fiercely as the moment kept replaying in her mind. She couldn't get him out of her head. The door opened again and she raised her head to see Yagari looking like he wanted to kill someone. Her eyes widened. It was a new girl. She was shorter and younger than her perhaps by a year or two. Her hair was silver like Zero's but long. She looked a frail little thing. Her bodyguard wore an opera mask but there was something about him that seemed familiar. He was tall and his hair was longer than his but he was like…Zero. She shivered something about them set her on edge.

"You must be the new girl. I don't usually allow tardiness in my class." He said gruffly.

"Sorry. Won't happen again. I'm Maria." She said in a high girlish voice.

She bounded up leaping over tables much to Yagari's annoyance. She sat right in the space between Rei and Ichijo.

"Mmmm you smell great. Did you hurt yourself?" Asked Maria touching Rei's collar uninvited.

Rei blushed and pulled away from her. Did this weird kid have no boundaries? She checked her collar there were two crimson blood drops. He'd got messy, they'd been too distracted. She felt her face flush right to the roots of her hair.

"It's nothing." She said quickly plucking her collar from her hands.

She felt Kaname's glare burning holes into the back of her head she didn't dare look around.

"We're going to be great friends I can tell." Said Maria as she linked her arm with hers.

Rei rolled her eyes. Great. Just great. Yagari slammed a book on his desk.

"Get. To. Work. Now."

Maria gasped and buried her head in her own book. She could feel eyes on her that weren't Kaname's. She turned to the side. It was her bodyguard. She gasped. She couldn't tell but it was as if he was staring straight at her. It made her stomach knot. Something very strange was going to happen. She could feel it. She was scared. He unnerved her there was something about his presence that was so like Zero. Zero. The look in his eyes as they'd parted made her heart compress in her chest and her stomach twist queasily. What now Zero, what now? She wondered as she let the words blur into his breath-taking eyes once again. It was too late, she had to see him again and tomorrow wasn't soon enough.