HI EVERYONE!! I took a really long break... and I was working on the one shots! Well imagining is EASY but writing it all down to make it sound delicious every time :P now that is tough!! ^__^ so here is the next chapter to the much awaited (um… lots of y'all put me story on alert! Thanks!)

AUTHOR'S NOTE : MUST READ

Zero may sound a little bit outta character--- I suggest you read the earlier chapters… he had been pitted to kill Kaname and his attitude towards life has changed a lot.

The story here begins a while after the two guys are reunited and Zero is living away from the city in hiding. Consider this a vital warning to reading this one. Both will act a little bit different!

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Kaname opened the door and herd a beautiful sound. A sweet guitar note reached his ears as he set his bag down and took off his coat. "Maybe he's put on a CD," he thought, but he saw the music system was silent. It didn't sound like anything he'd ever herd. Sweet, yet each note rang in his ears and plucked at his heart. Something about the song was heart-felt. He followed the sound into the bedroom. The door was slightly ajar and from there you could see the blinds were blowing in the mild breeze. As he stepped to the door, Kaname's breathe caught. The view from their bedroom was beautiful. He had all the money in the world and he'd come to buy a beautiful villa far away from the city. He needed the peace and privacy to enjoy his lover's presence. His day was usually long with boring board meetings so he wanted to make the most of the peace he got. And now he knew why he needed his safe house to be far away from human civilization.

Zero's fingers flew over the strings of the guitar he was playing. His eyes were closed, totally dissolved in his song. Everything about him spoke passion- His hate or his love- he always put everything he had into it. Every sound the guitar made was selected yet not something played from memory. Soft notes with pauses where Kaname felt his heart caught and was looking for the next note until it was played. Strings of depth paralleled with sounds of sweetness, Kaname felt himself compare their life with the song his lover was playing. The pace of his playing picked up, the depth increased. Kaname was imagining what all they'd come thro to be who they were. Of all the struggles, all the pain that they'd been thro. And they'd come out together. Zero's playing reached a climax and he left it there hanging.

A long moment later, he played out a heart gripping sequence which was blossoming out the prettiness and all the love that overflowed Zero's heart. He gripped the last note and made it vibrate for a long moment. He slowly lowered the guitar and rested his head against the wall. He opened his eyes to notice it was twilight and a small magical breeze was blowing. And someone was standing at the door looking at him with only love in his eyes.

Kaname stole a step inside when Zero finished playing. Slowly he crept over to see the glow on his lovers face. The captivating beauty that he was, adding to the fact that he was tall and rather skinny added to his school-boy charm. Kaname smiled. This boy here was the only one who could get him to smile from his heart. Other than as his sister Yuki used to, of course

Zero blushed a little knowing Kaname was there and removed the guitar and placed it aside. He got up to hug his lover- something was longing to do all the time awake. Kaname welcomed the warmth that filled his heart as Zero held him tight and ran a hand thro his hair.

"I missed you," Zero whispered in his ear.

Kaname blushed a dark shade which Zero had never seen him do. Zero was the shy lover that showed more in his actions then in words. Kaname was the one with the silky praises and the annoying nicknames that he'd adorn his lover with. Zero grinned knowing what his answer was. Earlier he'd have been shy to say what he felt… But now he was proud about what they had and he felt like letting his love know how he made him feel. Kaname kissed his cheek and proceeded to tease him. Thanks to his vampire reflexes, every time Zero tried to capture his lips, he'd turn away and replace his cheek. Zero could be such a tease. Knowing Kaname was playing, Zero played on for a few moments, but finally he couldn't take any more. So he pinned the pureblood against the balcony wall and kissed him soundly out of his senses. Pausing to take a breath Kaname managed to ask him, "Where did you learn that?"

Zero was still thinking about the guitar and replied, "At Cross Academy." Kaname grinned bright, since that was where their story had begun. Caressing his cheek, Kaname kissed him again.

After a dozen more of the kisses, Zero got Kaname to stop at least for dinner. Both of them knew that sleeping on an empty stomach was no good. So eating before was essential. Zero made Kaname sit down at a table he'd laid with all the skill he knew- which to Kaname, was surprising. He could be so raw at the classy things at times...ah well at least it was a savior that he knew how to and loved to cook. Other wise both of them would spend their lives either dining out or ordering in. Zero got all the food on the table and served it on both the plates. Kaname opened a bottle of an aged full bodied wine and served them both. The meal proceeded in silence. "So, how was work?" Zero asked in a small-talk manner.

Kaname looked up from his food. Generally, they both ate in silence. He just let his eyes meet Zero and replied shortly, "The usual. What did you do all day?"

"Was checking my old trunk, when I found my old guitar," Zero replied between bites of spaghetti.

"When did you buy that?" Kaname asked really interested as to the origins of the instrument. He'd never seen him play it in their days at the Academy. "It was a present from Yagari-Sensei," Zero replied. "It was the first Christmas after I left Cross Academy."

"Oh," Kaname whispered. That first Christmas without Zero had been horrible. Having to sit at the dinner alone, and then to have a cold bed and waking up alone to welcome the New Year. He saw the concern in Zero's eyes and reverted back to the topic. "So did you take lessons to play it?" he asked. The skill with which he had been playing was something not easy. "No," he replied. "I apparently had an ear for it. I'd not touched it for a long time. Then one day I just picked it up and played it.. And eventually came to like it." Zero had spent many a nights playing this instrument. What he didn't say was he'd kept the guitar next to him and slept. It was perhaps his only companion then. "You play anything?" he asked Kaname.

"Piano. That's what mother taught me. She played very well," he replied. "I could play you something if you want." He looked at Zero as if he'd love to oblige.

"Yes. I'd like to listen to you play."

"There are a lot of good Guitar and Piano duets if you want," Kaname took it a step further. Zero smiled. Expect the pureblood to come up with a clause. "But I cannot read music," he replied. Ah.. That had passed from his classes.

"There's no need for that," Kaname replied. "Just play like you were playing when I came home."

That night when they went to bed, Kaname held Zero for a long time. In the silence he noticed their heartbeats matched perfectly. All coinciding and filling his heart with joy.. He fell asleep just listening to that warm beat in his ear. It was magically musical.

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next chapter is a lemon... PROMISE! ^___^

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