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Glass Goblet said Sorry

Ai was left inside her room with confused and depressed expression. She seemed, in some way, offended those three. With heavy feeling, Ai crawled towards the center of the bed. She already like Ichijou, he's been the only one besides the eccentric Head Master, who warmly welcomed her arrival here in the Academy. The single thought of offending Ichijou was so depressing.

"Ai's so sad…" the silver haired girl sighed. "Ai has to think of a way to make Takuma-chan like her again but the question is how?" Ai throw her back on the pillow and rolled to her side. She noticed a yellow stick up note pad laying on the bedside desk. An idea came up into her mind, she quickly grabbed the pad and look for pen.

Ichijou and Shiki entered the dinning hall, the others was sitting comfortably on their designated seats. Rima was skimming through the magazine, Ruka and Kain was exchanging words. Aidou had his elbow supported by the table while his palm was cupping his chin, the blonde Ice Master has his usual bored expression. Kaname was still not inside the dinning room, along with Seiren.

"I forgot to do our Ethics homework. Ichijou-san, let me copy your aswer." Shiki said after occupying the seat next to Rima. Ichijou sweat dropped.

"Shiki, you should start doing your homework on your own and stop copying Ichijou-san's notes." Rima said with her calm—almost uninterested—expression while flipping the page of the magazine on her hand. Shiki shrugged his shoulders and started to pull some stick biscuits called Pocky, his eyes was traveling around the people surrounding the long table. Strange, he felt someone's missing, maybe it's their Pureblood President.

"Has anyone seen Ai-chan?" Ichijou asked, ignoring the violent twitched from Ruka and Aidou. Shiki arched an eyebrow when Ichijou mentioned the new girl's name. Why was it when Ichijou speak Ai's name, it felt as if she was the missing 'thing' he felt before?

"That's a very good question, Ichijou." A voice said coming from the door. They all stand and gave a polite bow at Kaname. "Seiren told me she was not in her room." Kaname said and took his usual seat.

"We left her inside her room an hour ago, right, Shiki?"

Shiki nodded while a Pocky was sticking out from his lip. A couple of maids entered the room with trolley of foods. One by one, the Nobles and one Pureblood was presented with foods but they all blinked their eyes when the maids offered Shiki, Rima and Ichijou a glass goblet of artificial blood with a yellow stick up pad attached on the glass.

"What's this?" Ichijou asked lifting his glass at the maid.

"A lady helped us to prepare Master Shiki, Master Ichijou and Lady Rima a glass of blood in return of allowing her to attached these note pads on the glass." The maid politely answered.

"A lady?" Rima was playing her goblet while staring at the yellow pad.

The maid nodded. "Yes, a lady with long silver hair. I think her name's Ai-sama."

"Do you know where is she right now?" Kaname asked.

"Ai-sama said something about visiting the Head master, Kaname-sama."

Ichijou smile widely while his hand played the glass goblet.

Sorry

One word. One simple word but Ichijou felt something warm coming from the elegant hand writing on the note pad. Ichijou gracefully stand up. "I'll go get Ai from Head Master." He said. Kaname nodded his head with his usual stoic face.

"I'll go with you, Ichijou-san." Shiki said pushing himself from the chair.

"Can I come with you?" Rima followed.

Kaname gave the three a nod and focused his attention on his food. Ichijou, Shiki and Rima walked towards the door clutching the small pad on their palm.

The three arrived at the HM's office. Ichijou knocked on the door while his two companion stand quietly behind him.

"Come in." the Head Master said from behin the door. Ichijou turn the knob and entered the HM's office. He found Ai sitting on the single couch with wide grin. "Oh, Ichijou-kun, Shiki-kun and Touya-kun. Please do come in."

"Takuma-chan look!" Ai bounced towards Ichijou while holding out a paper to the blonde boy. "Ai is now officially a student of the Cross Academy and look what Ai's last name! It's Cross! Head Master said he wanted to adopt Ai. Now, Ai's full name is Cross Ai, isn't that great Takuma-chan?"

Ichijou smile widely and nodded. "Indeed. Good for you." Ichijou answered carressing Ai's cheek.

Ai stayed smiling at first before slowly her smile fade away. She stared at Ichijou's confused green eyes before gasping. "Eep!" she scrambled away from Ichijou and run towards the HM, she crouched behind HM's swivel chair hiding from Ichijou.

"What's wrong Ai-chan?" Ichijou asked with the tone of concern. He stepped forward when Ai exclaim.

"Don't come any closer!"

Pain crossed from Ichijou's green eyes but he remain where he was standing. "What's wrong with—"

"Ai remembered that Takuma-chan hates Ai now. He was mad at Ai awhile ago. You, Senri-chan and Rima-chan were mad at Ai now." she said trying to conceal the sob and then she heard a soft chuckled followed by footsteps. When Ichijou appeared in front of her she squealed and cupped her red face.

"Eeep!" Ai slapped her two palm into her face. Ichijou chuckled and kneeled before the silver hair girl. The girl tense when she felt arms around her and then she realized Ichijou just hug her. Ai removed her hands from her face.

"I'm not mad you." Ichijou pulled Ai away an arm length. "Sorry you misinterpret my words, how can I be mad with a sweet girl like you?" Ichijou playfully tapped the tip of Ai's nose.

"You're not mad at Ai?"

"Nope."

"Promise?"

"Yep."

Ai pulled Ichijou in a hug. "Ai doesn't want Takuma-chan to hate her. It's so depressing." she said while nuzzling her face against the side of Ichijou's neck. Ichijou blush but hug the girl back.

"I don't think I can be mad at you, ever." he said and helped Ai to stand up. Ichijou took the small piece of not from his pocket and waved it at Ai. "The way you said you're sorry is cute." He said and winked.

The HM squealed. "Aww that's so cute!"

"That's pretty cheesy." Shiki interjected. Rima nodded.

"Ichijou?" a stern voice was heard from the door way. They all whipped their head at Kaname. His red eyes were fixed at Ai who was still had her arms around Ichijou's neck.

"Kaname-chan..." Ai whispered while unknowingly unwrap her arms around the VP's neck.

"Kaname, I didn't know that you're going here." Ichijou said.

Silence ensued first before Kaname answered. "I have a meeting with Head Master Cross. You can all go back now to the dormitory."

Ichijou nodded. He pulled Ai from the arm after the girl said her melodramatic goodbye to Kaien which the eccentric HM returned with equal melodrama goodbye as well. Kaname watched the whole scene with his usual sorrow-looking face, that did not go passed unnoticed by the silver haired girl.

"Is Kaname-chan always like that?" Ai asked after a silence of walking. Ichijou blinked his eyes with confusion. "He look so sad. As if his whole family has been killed in front of him."

Ichijou abruptly halted. Ai creased her eyerows and gave the green eyed boy a questioning look. "Takuma-chan?"

"I think I'm going to be like that when that 'thing' happened to me."

"Huh?"

"Kaname's parents... Killed themselves in front of Kaname..."

Ai stared at first before gasping. She slapped her one had over her mouth. "For real?"

Ichijou nodded. Ai's horror-struck face glance around her three companions and to the Head Master's office where the subject of their topic is inside.

'Kaname-chan...'Ai grabbed Ichijou's one arm and burried her face into Ichijou's arm. Ai let out a faint sob. "That is... So sad. Kaname-chan's probably feeling lonely. Poor, Kaname-chan."

Ichijou sadly smile and patted Ai's silver head. Then the sorrow girl's body tensed. She slowly lifted her face at Ichijou and stared for a moment before a sly grin stretched from her pinkish lips. Her cerulean eyes glints with mischievouness. Ichijou has a very bad feeling about this.

"Ai needs to go to the kitchen. She's hungry." and then she released Ichijou's arm to skip her way towards the Moon Dorm. Ichijou obviously noticed that she was planning something and silently prayed that it will not cause for Kaname to erupt in anger—not that their prescious Pureblood ever lose his cool before—but there's always a first time right? Ichijou shuddered and followed Ai to make sure she's not going to cause any trouble.

Ai bounced inside the kitchen and greeted all of the maids, cooks and hired-help inside the room. They seemed to taken a liking over the cheerfull girl.

"Hi!" Ai greeted waving her hand. "Can Ai borrow a glass goblet and some blood tablet?"

A/N: The usual Read & Review! Ai, the eccentric return! hahaha Ai: Ai wanted to thank all of the review! Yay! The Author said that forgive her if any of original characters of VK are all out of character for the future reference as well... oh yeah HM means Head Master; the Authoress is such a lazy bone tut,tut,tut...