Chapter 4: Beauty and The Beast

"I've finally found you my cinderella." Kaname said as he hugged Zero from behind. "W-who are you?! Let me go!" Zero squirmed. Kaname did let go but didn't allow Zero to leave by holding Zero's hand. "I see... you really are a boy." Kaname commented then Zero's eyes went wide. 'He... He knows...' Zero stared at Kaname. "I... I don't k-" "Did you cry? Who made you cry?! Tell me!" Kaname said as soon as he noticed the puffy eyes and tear stains on Zero's face.

"Why..." Zero whispered. "Huh?" Kaname asked as Zero started to tear up again. "WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU EVEN CARE?! YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME!" Zero cried. He doesn't know why but, rejecting this guy hurts him so much. "Shh... It's all right... So what if I don't actually know you... At least I know that... I fell for you..." Kaname said while Zero froze. 'No... No one will like me! I'm a freak!' Zero thought as he remembered that he's a pureblood hunter and a pureblood vampire. "Liar..." "What do-" "LIAR!" Zero broke free from Kaname's hug and ran for dear life. Kaname stood there shocked. Kaname sighed then went home. He would pay Zero another visit tomorrow night.

Zero ran until he's in front of his house's door step. He knocked, Kaien answered the door. "Zero! What happened?!" Kaien shouted worried for his step son. Zero walked in with a blank but noticeably broken look. Kaien decided to ask tomorrow. He would rather let Zero rest. "What happened?" Shiki appeared with Rima and Kain. They were in Zero's room. "You fought with that Yuki girl didn't you?" Rima asked as she placed a mattresson the ground along with two more mattress. "Zero, One day have passed. You only have two more days." Kain said while Zero sighed. He just have too much problems.

"Yeah..."

-The Next Day-

Kaien knocked on Zero's door. Shiki opened the door. "He's still asleep." Kain said as he looked at Zero. Kaito entered Zero with a tray of pancakes and juice. "Wake him up. He needs to eat." Kaito said while Rima woke up Zero. "Ngh..." Zero started to wake up. He looks sad and dejected. "Zero here eat." Kaito gave the tray to Zero who stared at it. Kaito laughed while the three new comers became confused. "Don't worry I made that. Like hell I would let Kaien cook your food! You would be bed ridden for a month!" Kaito laughed while Zero took a small bite.

"You're right. Plus Kaien can't cook food like this." "YOU TWO ARE BULLYING MEEEE!" Kaien shouted with crocodile tears. They laughed.

Kaname watched from a mirror. He wanted to be there with him right now but, he can't, not in this appearance. He couldn't let Zero look at him, he's a beast in the morning, a vampire at night. "Kaname-sama!" Aidou's voice came from a moving candle holder. "What is it Aidou?" Kaname asked. "Rido and Shizuka... They're going here by the end of the week." Aidou said with slight distaste. "WHAT?!" Kaname shouted.

"I'm sorry. I lost control..." Kaname said while the candle holder smiled at him. "I know your temper is like that in the morning." Aidou said then left Kaname to think about some things. '... Zero when can I tell you?' Kaname thought with a sigh.

-That Night-

Kaname stood in front of Zero's home together with Aidou and Takuma. The sun have long hidden into the depths of the Earth and Kaname together with the others turned into human looking vampires. Kaname knocked and Kaien opened the door. Kaien gasped as he saw the crown prince. "Y-your highness!" Kaien shouted as he let Kaname inside the house. "Hello, sorry for the sudden intrusion." Kaname said while Kaien offered him some tea.

"What brings you here your highness?" Kaien asked with his goofy smile. "Please Kaien, I have known you since I was a kid. Please just Kaname is fine." Kaname said as Aidou and Takuma stood beside their seated master. Soon running footsteps resounded through the room. "KAAAIIIITOOOOO!" Zero screamed as Kaito ran for his survival. "I'M SORRRRYYYYY!" Kaito shouted while running away.

Zero then started to fire Bloody Rose. "SHUT UP YOU PERRRVVV!" Zero shouted as he fired a bullet near Kaito's feet. "Eeek! Kaien help me! Zero is seriously gonna kill me!" Kaito looked pale while Zero held a very red face. Then everything stopped when they both saw Kaname. "Y-you?!" Zero pointed at Kaname while Aidou scowled. "Don't you dare disres-" "It's fine." Kaname said while chuckling. "It's nice seeing you again my cinderella." Kaname said while Zero ,if possible, blushed even darker. "I-I'M NOT C-C-CINDERELLA! DAMN IT!" Zero shouted still red while Kaito took this as his escape.

"Zero? You have met the Prince before?" Kaien asked while Zero stood there stiff. "Prince?" asked Zero. "Crown Prince Kuran Kaname." Takuma chirped with a bright smile. 'Y-you're joking right?! I did NOT fall for a PRINCE!' Zero thought as he paled. Kaname smirked while Kain, Shiki and Rima went down when they noticed that it suddenly became quiet. "Zero, Kaito is getting away." Shiki said while eating a small bread. Takuma looked at the owner of the voice.

At that moment Takuma thought he fell. The same thing happened to Aidou when he saw Kain. "Who are they?" Rima asked. "My name is Takuma Ichijou." Takuma smile brightly and directed it mostly to Shiki, who just took out another bread to eat. "Aidou Hanabusa." Aidou winked though pink dusted his cheeks when Kain smirked. "My name is-" "Kuran Kaname. We know." Kain said while Zero maimed Kaito.

They talked for a while and laughed but, Kaname asked Zero something that made Kaito jealous. "Zero, can I ask you something?" Kaname asked while Zero looked at him curiously. "What?" Zero asked. "Will you live with me in the palace?" Kaname bluntly said while the others processed what was happening. "What?!" The others shouted. One is enraged, three are surprised, four are shocked. "W-why?!" Zero asked shocked. "Well... I fell for you during the ball... so..." Kaname explained.

"E-eh?" Zero stuttered with a bright red blush while Kain, Shiki, Rima, and Kaien looked at them with a smile. "Zero, you need to choose now because, the sun will go up soon. I need to be home by then." Kaname said with a slightly worried tone. He was scared that Zero might see his morning appearance of a beast.

"O-okay?" Zero said unsure. He wanted to be with the other but was scared if the other knew what he was... the other might leave him...

Kaname smiled then stood up. "Pack up. We'll lea-" "But on two condition." Zero said cutting Kaname off. "What is it?" Kaname asked. He would give Zero everything he wants, even his own life. That's how much he have fallen for the silver haired beauty. "Kain, Shiki, and Rima can come with us-" "Consider it done." "and that I will have the Ex-hunter ceremony." Zero said then silence. "You're a hunter." "But I've never hunted before." Zero said scared that Kaname will reject him but, all Kaname did was smile. "Thank you for being honest Zero." Kaname said as he did his award winning smile.

"T-thank you..." Zero began to tear up. "Shh... Why are you crying?" Kaname asked as he removed the tears from Zero's cheek. Kaito couldn't stand the lovey dovey event, so he left with out saying bye. "I-It's nothing..." Zero said then Kaname hugged him while Kaien partied dancing around them. Rima then suddenly raised her hand. "I want to stay here." Rima said then Shiki looked at her. "Why?" Shiki asked while Rima looked to where Kaito left to. Shiki understood, he said nothing to the confused ones.

-The Next Day-12:00 After Noon-

Zero woke up inside a very extravagant room. He thought about the things that happened yesterday. He smiled as he remembered it, then Kain went inside his room. "Zero. This is your last day! You need to be bitten!" Kain said worried, no, panicked. Zero stayed silent. "I-I don't know how..." Zero said with a now downcast look. "You know the curse right?" Kain asked as a candle holder stopped by the door as he accidentally heard it. "But... I don't... want him to... think bad of me..." Zero hesitated. "For goodness sake! You'll die if you don't do it!" Kain shouted while Aidou's eyes went wide.

A moving clock caught the candle holder's attention. "Takuma!" Aidou shouted whileKain looked behind him and saw no one but a candle holder and a clock. "That's weird..." Kain said then continued to talk to Zero. "Are you and Idiot?! You almost blew our secret!" The clock silently shouted at the candle holder. "But! Zero and the others have a secret!" Aidou shouted. "What is it?" The clock said curious.

"He's gonna die." Aidou said while Takuma stared at him confused. "How?" Takuma asked. "Anyways! We should tell Kaname-sama!" Aidou said while jumping away while Takuma ran.

'... Die? What do Aidou mean?'