Chapter 4

Yuki's Point of View

A hand stretched down; a voice accompanied it.

"You're perfect to become my.." I didn't like the sound of this voice. I felt fear grip my heart. Suddenly, two different colored eyes greeted me. Slowly a man's face, a smirk on his lips, followed. His face was sinister, I felt watched.

"AH!" I screamed and shot up from the bed. I curled into a ball as the sounds of approaching feet hammered the floor.

"Yuki?" The door burst open to reveal the subject of my heart's desire, Kaname Kuran, and my adoptive father, Kaien Cross. Kaname stepped toward me, as if approaching a frightened animal. The Chairman looked at me once more, as if deciding whether or not I was in good hands, before closing my bedroom door-effectively leaving Kaname and me alone.

"Are you alright?" He asked me, his hand coming to my shoulder. I leaned toward his touch and let the tears fall. Kaname wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into a tight hug, he was still standing while I was sitting on my bed. I fisted his uniform top tightly in my hands. I pulled at him gently. "Yuki?" He questioned, I looked up at him through tear-filled eyes.

"Will you lay next to me?" I asked, my voice shaking. I scooted over to give him room. He lay above the covers, his arms wrapped back around me. Once more I laid my head on his chest, my hand lay above his heart.

"Do you want to talk about it?" The concern and sincerity in his soft voice reached my ears. I closed my eyes and breathed in his scent, the effect was instantly calming.

"I don't know how to explain it." I kept my tone low, afraid that if I raised my tone he would disappear-leaving me to the fear. "It was like I was being watched." I turned my head so that my face was hidden. "Two different colored eyes stared at me through black. Before a hand was reaching for me, this man's voice was speaking." I started to shake once more as the dream came back to me. Kaname's arm tightened around my waist, his thumb moving in soothing circles on my hip. "He said, 'You're prefect to become my..' I didn't hear just what I was perfect to become."

"Well, you're okay now." Kaname's tone was similar to mine. "I won't let anything hurt you." I felt his lips touch the crown of my head. I turned my lay back on his chest, tilting my head at an angle so that the button of his uniform top wouldn't press uncomfortably into my cheek. I looked up at Kaname's face, he smiled gently at me. "Here." He sat up, taking me with him. I looked at him confused, then his hands started to undo the buttons of his uniform, he shed the jacket and left the black undershirt on. He laid back down and beckoned me to take the position I had recently tried to take.

"Thank you." I placed a kiss over his heart. "For everything." Kaname smiled.

"You're welcome." His finger slipped underneath my chin, he tilted my head up so that our eyes met. "Yuki, would it be to forward to ask if I could kiss you?" I propped up on my elbow, my hand applying little pressure to his chest. I leaned down at kissed his lips lightly. I rested my forehead on his.

"You never have to ask." I smiled down at him as his smile returned, he leaned up and kissed me once, twice, then a third time before slipping his tongue into my mouth-engaging my lips and tongue in a battle that I would surely lose. Once we pulled away, I asked, "What are you doing here by the way? I mean don't get me wrong, I'm happy you're here.." He chuckled lightly.

"I forgot to mention when we parted that I had business with the Chairman."

"Ah." I shrugged and lay my head back on his chest. "Stay with me until I fall asleep?"

"Of course." Kaname said. I closed my eyes. "I'll stay with you as long as you want me too." I heard him whisper.

Without opening my eyes, I whispered back, "Good, because I'll always want you around." An almost inaudible gasp reached my ears. His fingers began to run through my hair.

Kaname's Point of View

'Yuki..' I thought remorsefully. 'When you know the truth will you hate me?' The door to her room slowly creaked open. The Chairman looked at his sleeping duagther and then to me.

"Kaname? Shall we finish the meeting?" He questioned me. I looked down at Yuki and sighed. She rolled over onto her side, off of my chest. I nodded and stood from her bed. I followed the man that had taken Yuki since she was small, the man that was indept to my family.