Ah, I have posted the fourth chapter now. I hope to get more reviews, love, and readers! X3 I smile at all the reviews and such, as I've probably rambled on more than once. Heh, yeah… Still not sure how I'm weaving this story nor the ending… I'm going with the flow and my whim, I guess. X3 Hope it still is a good fiction so far….. Poor Zero. He is in such denial….. Yuki's silly….---Miki (moi)

Zero nervously ran a hand through his silver shaggy hair as he bit into his bottom lip with his fanged eyeteeth. The whole problem when it came down to the core was all from him being cured for Yuki's sake. "Why didn't I just kill myself first…?" He muttered under his breath so Yuki would not hear his morbid words. Never trust a damn vampire, Zero recalled his old master, Toga Yagari, saying that once. How could he have let his guard down so easily? After all those years of training with Toga, he had still let himself fail. Zero had let himself stumble into a problem he probably could not have the chance of getting out nice and clean.

In addition, what was with those annoyingly confusing emotions? Still, he hadn't voiced those out to receive some answers. That burning aching abnormal feeling in the pit of his stomach has seemed to scare him. Not a lot of things scared Zero. These emotions were about the few things he found himself fearing. Twice he had felt it. With Kaname as well as with Yuki. What was wrong with him? Was he getting sick? No, it could not be any sickness. He felt perfectly healthy. Besides, vampires weren't affected by bacteria like humans, right?

"Zero…please…answer me. I thought we had decided to stop keeping secrets from each other?" Yuki trembled. She felt oddly sick after reading that strange letter. Her head felt light and dizzy.

"Yuki-chan, I'm sorry. See, this was what I was trying to tell you earlier. Right before that son of a bitch, Aido, had to go and interrupt us with Kaname's damned letter." Zero flopped down upon her bed, trying to organize his thoughts with little to no success. "Maybe I should start from the beginning, huh?"

"That would sound pretty reasonable, Zero…" Yuki sat herself beside him on her bed. "Please continue on, then…"

"Well, a few days ago, maybe a couple of weeks ago, I went to visit Kaname. It was the night that I couldn't help but guzzle more blood than needed out of you… For your protection, Kaname told me I could drink off of his blood just that time only, which would then prolong my life from going insane and hurting you, Yuki. You actually care about what happens to me. See…I feel the same way, you know? You're like my little sister and I can't help but worry for you. In the end, I drank his pure blood. I showed Kuran submission. But what scares me the most is—" Zero stopped speaking just as he felt Yuki jump on top of him, wrapping her arms around his stomach. He felt confused by the sudden wetness appearing on his shirt. His confusion eased as he noticed that it was Yuki's doing. She was crying.

"What are you most afraid of, Zero-kun?" Yuki wept, nuzzling her head against his black uniform.

He was silent for a few minutes before proceeding, "When Kaname let me drink in his rich, sweet, pure-bred blood, it felt so good. I had a weird warm feeling going on below my stomach. It was a burning warmth congealing there… I don't know what's wrong with me. Am I sick? Can vampires even become sick…?"

Yuki slowly lifted her head from his uniform. Her fingers clenched the black fabric. She simply stared at him. Her lips formed a perfect small 'O'. Yuki's honey-colored eyes widened as realization dawned upon her.

"Zero, you aren't sick…" Yuki whispered, clenching the fabric of his uniform tighter.

"Why are you looking at me like that for, Yuki? Why are you whispering? If I'm not sick, then what is wrong with me?" Zero questioned her frantically.

"Nothing is wrong with you, silly," Yuki stated, giving him a faint smile.

"You are in love." She added, chuckling.

"In WHAT?! With WHO?!" Zero freaked out, shouting out unnecessarily.

"Isn't it obvious? You are in love with Kaname-same. Like I am…."

"WHAT?! THAT'S RIDICULOUS! I'm not like Headmaster Cross!" Zero yelled.

"Hey!" Yuki playfully slapped him. "That's not funny. Leave his preferences alone. But Zero, I am serious! You must be in love! Do you know what that means?"

"Pain up the ass?" Zero frowned.

"No! We're rivals for Kaname-sama's affection! Oh ho ho!" Yuki giggled, covering her mouth with her hand, trying to stifle the giggles.

"Why am I not surprised by your reaction…?" Zero grumbled, sitting up from her bed. Yuki climbed off of him. "I just can't accept your answer. I cannot be in love with Kaname. I'm not gay…" He mused aloud.

"Well," Yuki shrugged. "Maybe you really never knew your preference. Ah, this is what I call forbidden love…." Yuki grinned at him, poking teasingly at his ribs.

Zero kept silent. Was he really in love with the vampire rival of his? Did he want something more than Kaname's blood? Did Kaname want more from Zero than submission to his blood?