After a rather short and embarrassing breakfast where Little Zero had to sit in Kaname's lap the whole while he ate, the two returned to the pureblood's room where they were to return to sleep. That was supposed to be the plan but Zero was wide awake again while the brunette went back to a peaceful sleep in the darkened room. The hunter made sure that he was actually resting this time.
Even so, as the silverette watched the brunette's breaths even out as he fell into a deeper sleep, Zero felt oddly guilty. He was deceiving all of the vampires after all, however he felt even worse after witnessing the pureblood's gentle behavior towards him. Zero had never seen the brunette show such gentle faces or any emotion at all more than the course of time the silverette had been at the mansion alone. It was very unsettling yet Zero couldn't help but feel that those rare expressions were for him and him alone.
The hunter was shocked at this revelation, shaking his head soundlessly, causing silver strands to fall about his face. It hadn't been a full twenty four hours in the Kuran mansion and he was already having these thoughts. He had already reprimanded himself for those same thoughts more than once already.
A inaudible sigh ghosted through pale lips. I have no idea what I'm doing, Zero thought as he wordlessly snuggled closer to the warmth the pureblood was emanating. But this isn't terribly bad. A small smile came onto the chibi hunter's face as his eyes slowly drooped to a close.
A rude awakening is what Zero would call being picked up and squeezed so tight his eyes nearly popped out of his head. That was not even the worst of it, the squealing was near unbearable.
" Little Zero, you look so cute when you just wake up. I couldn't wait to hug you." Yuki emphasized her last words by hugging the poor boy tighter. I wasn't given a chance to fully wake up, Yuki.
"Yuki you may want to lighten your hold on Little Zero. You are a pure blood vampire and he is a human child." Kaname pointed out as he had awaken from the uproar as well. Zero gave a sigh of relief when he felt the girl's hold lessen.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Little Zero." Yuki lifted the silverette until they were face to face. Zero saw the sincerity in her eyes and knew that he couldn't help but forgive her. After all, he had known her for a considerable amount of time to know when she was lying. Yuki shifted Zero again so that he rested on her hip. " Guess what onii-chan, Little Zero and I will be going shopping today!"
"Will I be able to attend?" A small smile graced the pureblood's lips as he looked at the silverette. Please say no Yuki, please say no-
"I'm sorry onii-chan but you have had enough personal time with our precious baby Zero and now us girls want to play with him as well. Rima and Ruka will be coming as well."
Zero actually had thought Kaname was hurt when he saw a brief sadness flash in his red wine orbs. The silverette shook his head. No, Kaname would never be hurt by something as simple as this. It's not like he could actually want to go shopping with the silverette.
"See onii-chan, even Little Zero wishes for you not to come." Zero's head snapped up to look at Yuki and he had wished she had not said that because when he looked back at Kaname, he could actually see the hurt in the pureblood prince's eyes.
" Is that so? It's fine, I have work to attend to anyway. Just make sure Little Zero does not get into too much trouble and while you are out be productive and see if anyone recognizes him. After all, he is not ours to keep nor does he belong with us." The brunette's eyes were back to their normal coldness as he looked upon Zero.
The hunter had almost felt bad that Kaname could not come along and he would have even put up a protest until the pureblood went and said that. His words actually hurt the silverette because he knew that he did not truly belong anywhere.
"Kaname-chan that was not very nice. Come on Little Zero, he's just brooding because he has work to do." With that Yuki took Zero out of the room.
As he watched them leave, Kaname let out a long sigh. Truthfully, the brunette did want to go and pick out clothes for the little silverette; however he knew that wouldn't be best. Eventually someone would come looking for him yet Kaname could not help but have an odd attachment to the child. He knew it sounded out but it was almost as if he knew him from somewhere besides the boy looking exactly like Kiryuu.
Kaname gave a slight shake of his before getting up and going to prepare for his day. He really did have work to do, even on break, which meant that he had no time thinking about Lilac colored eyes.