Authors notes: Right new chapter woooo! but i want to apologise i don't think much of this chapter it's a bit boring ...don't kill me please....i need it though for the next chapter to make sense...it will get better i promise.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Toya X Zero is now officially the owner of Vampire Knight and all it's characters including every male member of the night class muhahahahaha this is going to be interesting...all you wannabes bow down at my feet..................oh wait shit i'm await now! That's shit i was delusional...
*sigh* i suppose i'll have to tell you all that Vampire Knight doesn't belong to me ...i wish it did but unfortunately.....stop it before i cry lol
Let the sins begin again.....
Chapter 7: Problems
"Yuuki, come with me please." A tall woman with long, waist length, dark brown hair offered a hand to a small child sitting on the sofa in a basement like room.
"Why?" the young girl questioned. Although she was without a doubt, years younger than the woman towering above her they looked exactly the same from their hair to their eyes. Identical.
The small girl named Yuuki looked up curiously and asked: 'Where is otou-sama?"
The older woman sighed and said to the child: "It does not matter. Onii-sama must go and help him."
Onii-sama? Looking at the scene before her, Yuuki thought in a confused voice. What is going on here? Where am I? That girl is me? Then that must be my mother? Onii-sama?
"Onii-sama?" the young Yuuki frowned, "Why? Why must onii-sama leave?"
"Yuuki…" a voice echoed around the room, sounding as if it were echoing round a vast empty space which made it hard to understand. The older Yuuki searched for the source and saw it came from a teenage boy sitting near her younger self, but somehow she could not see him clearly. It was as if she was staring at something through clouded glass. His physical features could not be seen, but his voice seemed vaguely familiar, however Yuuki could not tell who it was.
"Go with mother."
The small Yuuki flipped violently in her seat to face the boy, but almost fell. The young boy caught her and returned her to her previous position "Onii-sama? Why? Why must you go?"
The boy seemed to be looking at Yuuki's mother as he asked: "Is he here? Has that time really come?"
"Hai." Juuri replied regretfully. "Haruka is out there now."
"Then I must go." The boy stood and started for the door, but was brought to a halt when Yuuki ran over to him and grabbed him around the waist, refusing to let go.
"No! Onii-sama you can't go! You can't leave me." Yuuki cried.
"Yuuki…" the boy turned, and crouched to look Yuuki in the eyes. "I'll never leave you. I'll always be here for you. Always." Yuuki then flung her arms round the boys' neck, and hugged him.
"Hurry back, onii-sama." Yuuki whispered.
Yuuki was then pulled from the boys' protective grip by her mother, who started to lead Yuuki into another room. Looking back at her onii-sama, Yuuki noticed him looking sad.
"Onii-sama? What's wrong?" Yuuki enquired, and when he did not answer the clear look of worry crept onto her face.
"Onii-sama!" Yuuki shouted, as she struggled against her mothers grip. "Onii-sama! Onii-sama!" she repeated, shouting at the boy who did not answer.
"ONII-SAMA!" Yuuki shouted, whilst tears flowed down her face. Why was her onii-sama ignoring her?
The boy turned his back on Yuuki and the young girl continued to shout towards him. When the door began to close on his form and he began to fade from her sight, Yuuki felt as though she was being dragged backwards through a dark tunnel, with her onii-sama the light at the end. Reaching out a hand for him, Yuuki shouted one last time.
"Onii-sama!"
Yuuki's eyes flew open and she sat up quickly.
"Onii-sama!" she shouted without realising.
What in gods' name was that about?
Panting a little and sweating lightly, Yuuki stared at her surroundings.
Where am I at now? She thought.
Yuuki was lying in a king-size four poster bed, in a room she did not know. The sheets covering her were made of white cotton and so were the pillows she had been resting on. The curtains that were held back were light blue and, looking around, Yuuki could see that the room had a very calming affect on her. The walls were painted pale blue and white in alternate stripes on one wall, while the others were just blocks of each colour. The carpet was white and clean. Hanging from the mirrored wardrobe opposite the bed on the left, was Yuuki's dress from Shiki's party.
What the hell is that doing over there? What the hell happened to me?
Looking down and fearing the worst, Yuuki was extremely relieved to find that she wasn't naked. She was wearing black pyjama shorts and a blue jersey, which was rather huge on her petite frame. Yuuki sighed, and continued to wonder where she was, and more importantly… how she got there.
Concentrating hard, with her eyes shut tightly, Yuuki tried to recall the last thing she remembered before waking up. Closing her eyes she tried to bring to mind images of the party.
"If I can't have him, then you certainly can't."
Yuuki's eyes flew open and a look of blessed realisation crossed her face only to be instantly replaced by a look of pure hatred.
Sara! That two faced, evil, conniving, vindictive tramp tried to kill me!
Yuuki saw that in the mirror opposite her eyes glowed blood red. The fire in her eyes was resembled the loathing coursing through her veins. A small evil smirk spread across Yuuki's face, and she kicked the covers off her body, and climbed off of the bed. The carpet was soft under her feet, and Yuuki paused for a moment, thinking about her dream. Why did she dream she had a brother?
"Onii-sama." Yuuki whispered.
At this moment Yuuki shook her head, clearing her thoughts, and turning them to Sara and how much pain she was going to inflict. Yuuki turned left with every intention of finding the pureblood, Sara Shirabuki, and murdering her. As she had tried to do to Yuuki.
This time it's personal. Yuuki thought to herself.
However, something stopped her from beginning her hunt. Something she did not expect. Something that made her heart stop for a moment and then start again beating at an incredible pace. Something that took her breath away. Something that increased her anger at the same time.
On a small, white lounger opposite the bed, with his arm over his eyes and his legs hanging off of the end, laid Kaname Kuran. His breathing was deep and Yuuki was thankful that he had not woken up. Trying her hardest to be completely silent, she slowly tip-toed towards the door.
"I did not know you had a brother Yuuki." Kaname stated, causing Yuuki to jump ten feet into the air and whip around faster than the speed of light.
"Kaname! You scared me. I thought you were asleep." Yuuki stammered, and she cursed internally over the blush creeping onto her cheeks.
"No, Yuuki." he whispered.
"What are you doing here?" Yuuki asked.
"You were poisoned Yuuki. I wanted to make sure you were ok. You have been unconscious for nearly three days now." Kaname explained.
Yuuki's jaw dropped. "Three days! Seriously?"
"Seriously." Kaname nodded sternly. "At one point, it looked as if you weren't going to make it."
Kaname was now sitting up on the lounger, with his elbows resting on his knee caps, and his head hanging low. Yuuki's anger instantly abated. Something about his tone of voice made her concerned.
Sighing but smiling, she walked over and plonked (A/N: hehe plonked what an awesome word!!) her self next to Kaname. He continued to lean on his knees, but inclined his head slightly in Yuuki's direction before he turned back and resumed his fascination with the carpet.
Yuuki laughed softly, and nudged him gently with her shoulder.
"Kaname. What's wrong?" she asked tenderly.
"Yuuki…I…Sara…Gomen" he spluttered. Words could not convey his sorrow, his pain, his hatred.
"It's not like you told her to do it." Yuuki comforted
"I made her though." Kaname whispered.
"Wh…What do you mean?" Yuuki enquired with a frown. She turned to look at the pureblood next to her, but he did not look up from the floor.
"She poisoned the drink she gave you because I asked the council to break off the engagement." Kaname replied; he seemed ashamed of himself… hating his very existence, because she got hurt.
"Kaname..." Yuuki whispered, and she lowered her head onto his shoulder, closing her eyes and breathing deeply. "Don't blame yourself, you had nothing to do with it; she's just a selfish, deranged psycho maniac."
Kaname chuckled, and Yuuki could feel his muscles relax under her cheeks; she smiled.
"Kaname?" Yuuki asked, still with her eyes closed. She figured that not looking at him would save her the embarrassment of blushing.
"Hmm." he mumbled.
"Gomen-nasai, you know for the party; I was a real bitch with you." she muttered.
"Yuuki, listen don't worry about it, you did nothing wrong. I am the one that should be sorry for more than one reason." Yuuki opened her eyes, and sat up looking at him curiously. He looked up from the carpet and turned to look into her eyes. "One, I got you poisoned." he half-smiled, and Yuuki chuckled. "And two, you were right, I've been so two-faced, you had every right to be annoyed with me. I'm actually surprised you're talking to me now and not ripping my arm off or something."
Yuuki grinned and replied "As much as I might have wanted to that night, I don't think I would have been able to. You're way more powerful than me."
Kaname looked at her from the corner of his eyes, and Yuuki saw a twinkle in his eyes that she had not seen before. The sight made Yuuki smile even more.
"Anyway, I can never seem to be able to stay mad at you for long, Kaname." Yuuki whispered. The words were barely audible and no one but a vampire could have picked them up.
Kaname's mouth curved into a smile. "Yuuki…" he whispered back.
Yuuki rose from the lounger and walked away from Kaname. He did not let his eyes stray from her body, watching her every move. Smiling still, he sensed her heartbeat quicken as the blood rushed to her cheeks, and he knew that she was blushing once again.
Is it me? Or do I spend a lot of my time blushing? Yuuki thought to herself, as she attempted to hide her now red face from Kaname. (A/N: sorry had to voice my own opinion there…I'm not lying, she does…am I the only one who finds it slightly annoying?)
The intensity of Kaname's gaze made Yuuki turn and face him and she was surprised by how tender his eyes were. For a second Sara's words resonated around her mind like a far away echo.
"He asked because he thinks he's found a more suitable replacement, aka you!"
Yuuki shook her head to clear the thoughts from her mind.
Kaname would never… he doesn't…he can't. Can he?
Kaname stood up and walked towards her. Yuuki looked up into his dark eyes and their eyes locked. Yuuki heard and felt her heartbeat increase tenfold; in her mind she ordered her feet to move and step away from his toned physique, but somewhere along its travel, it got lost and Yuuki found she was rooted to the spot.
Unable to move, unable to think and barely able to breathe, Yuuki stared into Kaname's gorgeous brown eyes; lost in their loneliness, their kindness, their lust.
Hold on a minute… LUST?? Yuuki blinked up at the astoundingly beautiful creature in front of her, and realised that the dark brown had slowly, but surely, been fading to a pale red in the time they had stood near one another.
Yuuki blushed again, and this time managed to take a step back. Kaname, however, moved forwards and closed the gap. Yuuki looked up warily before she took a step to the left; Kaname followed.
So he wants to play it that way?! She thought to herself childishly, and this time stepped to the right, only to have her movements imitated by the man facing her. Taking another step back, Yuuki never dropped Kaname's gaze.
Before Kaname could come closer to her, however, she darted to the right and ran to the opposite side of the room, giggling excitedly.
Kaname stopped with his back to her and allowed a soft chuckle to escape his lips.
Yuuki tilted her head to one side, and waited for him to react.
"Yuuki, don't think you can get away with that…" he laughed.
"Come on Kaname, I bet you've never taken the time to have a good time in your life." Yuuki stated.
"You wanna bet?" he asked cheekily, turning to face her.
Yuuki's smile faltered, when she saw the look in his eyes. Competitive, childish… fun.
"Bring it, on big guy!" Yuuki grinned.
Kaname did not hesitate as he started towards her, but she moved out of his way. He followed her every move. She moved quickly towards the doors, but while her back was turned, Kaname used his vampiric super speed to catch up to her and grab hold of her waist before hoisting her up into the air. Giggling like a five year old, Yuuki twisted in Kaname's grip, in an attempt to get free but he was much too strong for her.
"Hey no fair!" Yuuki pouted. "No powers!"
"You didn't say that; never once did you say that I had to play fair." Kaname answered.
Yuuki stopped struggling for a moment, and Kaname seized the opportunity. He lowered her to the ground and began to tickle her waist.
Yuuki started to laugh uncontrollably. "No. Kaname, no stop it, please… CHEAT! CHEAT!" she sniggered.
Kaname laughed with her as she writhed and twisted, trying to get away, but he did not stop tickling her. Somehow she managed to turn to face him, but she still could not stop laughing.
"STOP FREAKING TICKLING ME!" she shouted, still unable to stop.
"No." Kaname said simply, "Not until you admit I win."
"You'll never win." Yuuki replied cheekily.
"Fine." Kaname smirked, and he continued to tickle her.
They did not know how long they were there. Yuuki laughed like she had never laughed before and Kaname found himself genuinely smiling for the first time in years.
Yuuki attempted to move away from Kaname's tickling hands, but caught her foot on something lying on the floor. She started to fall to the ground and gasped loudly. As if in slow motion, Kaname watched her drop and without thinking, he wrapped his strong arms around her waist, but it was too late. By the time Kaname had hold of her she was already well on schedule for her meeting with the floor, one that she did not seem likely to miss. As a result, Kaname also started to fall to the floor with Yuuki.
Later on, Kaname would reason that he had used his ultra sensitive vampiric senses to realise what would happen. The truth is, he caught his foot on the edge of the rug in the middle of the room, which made his foot twist and to prevent pain and minor damage he had turned his body slightly. However the slight change in position, made Kaname hit the floor first with a loud thud, and for Yuuki to fall lightly onto of his muscular frame.
The two of them now lay silently on the white surface of the bedroom floor. Kaname was on his back with his armed wrapped tightly around Yuuki's waist, and Yuuki rested on her stomach her legs parallel to Kaname's, but they stopped a foot before his did. Her head was supported by his shoulder, and her hands had grabbed hold of the material of his shirt during the fall, and was now still clinging strongly to the dark blue silk covering his chest.
Yuuki slowly raised her head to look at Kaname. He did not loosen his grip on her..
"Kaname." Yuuki whispered. "There's nowhere else for us to fall."
She giggled at his confused expression, but he figured out what she meant and somewhat reluctantly dropped his arms from around her. Yuuki rolled off of him, and trapped his arm underneath her. Kaname sighed.
Yuuki tilted her head upwards and looked into Kaname's eyes. He looked back. The dark chocolate colour of his eyes glistened back into her slightly darker ones. He winked cheekily at her, and she grinned before breaking into a fit of hysterical laughter. Kaname joined, but not quite as enthusiastically.
Writhing around on the floor with Kaname's arm still trapped underneath her was not exactly the most unpleasant experience, but nevertheless, slightly uncomfortable. Kaname grimaced and waited for Yuuki to calm down.
It took the majority of twenty minutes for Yuuki to pause for breath and to finally end her non-stop giggling and calm down, until she finally stopped wriggling.
"Gomen, Kaname. It's just… just the look on your face." Yuuki managed to stammer, before once again collapsing into hysterics. Clutching her sides, and bringing her knees up to her chest, tears ran down her cheeks from laughing so hard.
However, after a while it started to hurt. Yuuki coughed and spluttered herself into silence before wincing in pain.
"Yuuki!" Kaname whispered sternly. "Stop it now, or you'll end up hurting yourself even more."
Yuuki smiled, but still let the pain show on her delicate features. Kaname frowned and turned onto his side to get a better look at her. He sighed.
"Where does it hurt?" Kaname asked, but did not need an answer as her right hand was leaning on her left side and she flinched when Kaname rested his hand on top of hers. His pressure was minimal but she still cried out in pain. "I'm going to guess there…" Kaname answered.
Yuuki chuckled, but winced at the same time. "Yeah it's just started though; it was fine a minute ago."
"That'll be the effect of the poison. It is specially made to kill purebloods. Slow acting poison gets worse throughout the first two or three days before calming down a little. It's still really painful… you're…" Kaname's words faded to silence, and Yuuki looked at him.
"I'm…what? Exactly?" Yuuki asked.
"You're the first person to live through the first few days." Kaname bowed his head in disgrace.
"Kaname, its fine. Its Sara you should be worried about, not me. Believe me when I get out of here, she'll have hell to pay." Yuuki murmured.
Kaname smiled and looked up at her beautiful face.
She's more like Sara than she thinks… the only difference is Yuuki is so much more… sophisticated than Sara… wiser, smarter, kinder and way more beautiful …Kaname's inner thoughts had distracted him, but he never took his eyes off of her pale skin.
"Kaname, you're staring." Yuuki uttered.
"Gomen." he replied. "Still hurting?"
"Yeah, a little." Yuuki shrugged.
Kaname lifted his hand away from Yuuki's and continued to move hers away from her side. He raised it slowly and she did not resist but rather fixed him with a curious look. He grasped hold of her hand and pressed it to his lips. Yuuki blushed a deep shade of scarlet and shied away from his intense gaze.
For heaven sake, I feel like I'm having a heart attack and he's only kissed me on the freaking hand! It's not like he's kissed me on the lips...but that could be an idea..... NO shush, woman, shush!!!
Kaname let Yuuki's hand drop but made sure it stayed away from her side. Slowly and constantly making sure he was not offending her, his hand trailed along the fabric of her top and he reached the hem of the jersey. Yuuki looked at him confused but did nothing to stop him from continuing. Little by little Kaname pulled the jersey up to show some of the creamy skin of Yuuki's stomach.
Yuuki twitched a little but did not say anything, Kaname looked up to make sure she was ok. She smiled and he continued. Looking back at her skin, he was reminded of the last time they had been in this situation. Her abdominal muscles were toned, but not defined although you could trace their shape through her skin but they did not stand out horribly. The skin was perfect, smooth, pale; delicious.
Kaname shifted a little so that he could raise the shirt a little more but he stopped before her bra showed. Now Yuuki was really confused.
What the fuck is he doing? It can't be what I thought or he wouldn't have stopped pulling. I'm a little glad; the floor of some random person's bedroom probably isn't the best place for this to happen. He can't stop though; he can't do that to me…
But the excitement made Yuuki adventurous, she found the idea quite appealing and found herself beginning to wish he would continue. Kaname's face was now level with Yuuki's abdomen, and he could see the faint bruise: the only sign of Sara's attack.
"Does it hurt about here?" Kaname whispered, as he traced the outline of the bruise with his finger.
"Yeah." Yuuki whispered back.
Kaname continued stroking her skin and her muscled contracted causing goose bumps to appear all over her upper body. Kaname smiled a little.
Yuuki closed her eyes, and pursed her lips in pleasure.
Kaname lowered his head closer to her skin and she could feel his warm breath making contact with her body. Yuuki grinned slightly and began chewing on her bottom lip. Kaname moved his arms until one was on the right hand side of her torso opposite the bruise and the other found its way to her hand resting near her shoulder. He entwined his fingers with hers, squeezed gently and she squeezed back.
Kaname lowered his head completely and his lips touched her waiting skin. The effect this had on Yuuki was unbelievable in more than one way. Firstly, a wave of pleasure ran down her spine and she unconsciously shivered because of it. Secondly, from the point of contact outwards her body began to feel a lot better. The pain had gone and Yuuki found that she felt more energized.
Yuuki grinned as Kaname brought his head back to eye level.
"Arigatou, Kaname. What did you do?"
"I can heal." he replied nonchalantly.
"I feel great now. Arigatou." Yuuki informed him.
Glad to know that she was feeling alright again, Kaname smiled. "Don't mention it."
Kaname heaved himself off Yuuki and propped himself on his hands. But, rather than get off her and get up, he sneakily crawled up her until he could look directly down into her eyes. Yuuki blushed again. Kaname sighed.
"What's wrong now?" Yuuki asked jokingly.
"Nothing. What were you dreaming about?" Kaname asked curiously.
"What? Oh right that? Erm… the night my parents died I think." Yuuki muttered quietly.
"You think?"
"Yeah... everything was sort of blurred… well not my mother but… someone else." Yuuki explained, confusing herself more than Kaname.
"Someone else?" Kaname continued to ask questions, but at the same time he reached up a hand, balancing precariously on one, and tucked a stray strand of Yuuki's hair behind her eye before allowing it to rest her cheek. He gently stroked her cheekbone, causing her to blush again (A/N: seriously does she ever stop when Kaname's around??? I'll be quiet now). She could not help but close her eyes contentedly and nuzzle into his warm hand. Kaname smiled down at her fondly.
"Was it about your onii-sama?" Kaname enquired.
Yuuki's eyes flickered open and she frowned. "I don't have an onii-sama."
"Really? Why, then were you dreaming you had one?" Kaname asked.
Yuuki began to feel vulnerable, like she was under interrogation. "Why? Is this an interview? Did the council put you up to this?" Yuuki questioned.
"No." he said flatly. "You've been out for three days. At first it was incoherent words, then Zero and the chairman, then for about five hours before you awoke it's been onii-sama… over and over again."
Yuuki frowned in confusion then shrugged "Probably just a dream."
"Yeah, maybe." Kaname whispered in reply.
Now they were closer than they had been in ages. Yuuki realised that their hips were in contact and Yuuki blushed crimson and suppressed a giggle.
"What?" Kaname grinned.
"Nothing, nothing." Yuuki repeated.
Kaname looked at her with mocking dead eyes and demanded: "Tell me or I'll tickle you again."
Yuuki shook her head violently "No. Not that. It's just that you've been on top of me for like half an hour."
Kaname cocked his head to the side, then looked down at their bodies pressing against one and other before bringing them back up to where there fingers were still entwined. "So we have." he grinned.
The gap between the two of them was minimal and both of them were using a lot of will power to stop themselves from kissing. Kaname lowered his head and Yuuki raised her fractionally as her heartbeat quickened and she prepared herself for this experience once more…
She needn't have worried.
Kaname sighed, a long, low, reluctant, frustrated sigh. He lowered his elbows and rolled off of Yuuki, who was left stunned, confused and to be honest… a little disappointed.
"What?" she asked, exasperatedly. "What's wrong?"
"We can't do this." Kaname answered.
"Why not now?" Yuuki snapped.
"You said it yourself, we can't do this." Kaname got to his feet, and offered his hand to Yuuki who just glared at him.
"That was then. Things change." Yuuki pointed out.
"Not as much as you think." Kaname uttered.
"What do you mean? What's stopping us?" Yuuki asked, not seeing anything wrong.
She's going to kill me He thought, breathing deeply and ….
"I'm engaged." Kaname blurted out.
Kaname could see instantly that his words would have a huge effect on the person still lying at his feet. The atmosphere in the room tensed and the very air felt cold. Yuuki raised herself onto her elbows and fixed Kaname with a piercing glare, trying to figure out if he was winding her up or not. She tilted her head to one side and looked up at him. Despite his discomfort, he never looked away. He preferred to let her know the truth from him than another. She rose to her feet and stared him straight into his eyes. In all this time she had not said a word and this frightened him more than words could say.
Her eyes slowly faded from brown to orange to crimson in about three minutes, never breaking his gaze. Kaname shifted uncomfortably under the intensity of her stares. Hidden in her eyes was a mixture of all sorts of emotions. Anger, hatred, sadness, confusion and clearest of all… hurt. She stepped closer to him once more and he did not move.
"What did you just say?" Yuuki hissed, emphasising every syllable making sure her point got across. She was angry. More than angry, she was livid. "Because I swear I just heard you say you're still engaged. Engaged, to the girl who tried, and almost succeeded, in killing me!"
Her upper lip curved into a sneer and she bared her fangs at him. "What's wrong? Is the famous Kaname Kuran lost for words?" her tone mocked him, and he flinched at her anger. He had never known her to be like this.
"FOR FUCK SAKE, KANAME! ANSWER ME!" she yelled at the top of her lungs, causing the glass in the mirrors to shatter all around her.
Kaname backed away from her.
"Yuuki… I'm… I'm sorry. I'm still engaged to Sara." he stammered.
Yuuki made a loud sound, something like 'nurgh', and he looked at her. If it was possible, it seemed as though her eyes had darkened again.
"But you still thought you'd come waltzing in here acting ... acting like god knows what around me. Messing with my head, and screwing with my emotions but no, it does not matter. No as long as Kuran's happy, it doesn't matter how many people he uses and throws away without a second thought, how many people he stands on to get what he wants. What was I, Kuran? A bit on the side? A plaything? Or something else? Maybe you needed someone to comfort you, when she dressed as a whore and practically shagged someone right in front of your eyes? Or was it that you just got bored and needed something to keep you going?" Yuuki ranted.
"It was never like that." Kaname whispered to his shoes, unable to look her in the eyes anymore.
"Oh really? Come on then Kuran, what was I then? Because I'm trying really hard to find some sort of explanation as to why you would do this to me, when you… what was it…care more about me than anyone else."
"Yuuki, please, stop calling me that." Kaname pleaded.
"What? Kuran?" Yuuki mocked. "Why? I see no reason why I shouldn't; we aren't close or friendly. Kuran seems like a reasonable thing to call you."
"Yuuki, please…" Kaname started, but Yuuki interrupted.
"You know, I'm getting sick of your "please' and your "I'm sorry', they get a little annoying after a while you know." Yuuki shouted. Now she was pissed off and all logical thought had left her head. Now, only sadness, loss and hurt remained. How could he have done this to her? Played her again?
"Yuuki, listen…" Kaname started.
"No I don't want to hear your bullshit anymore Kaname! I'm sick of it! I'm sick of you! You make me sick! Now for the third and final time! Leave me alone and go back to your fiancée." Yuuki screamed at him.
Yuuki turned her back on him and the door behind him and waited for him to leave.
"I'm not going until you listen to me." he said bluntly.
"Still wanting what you can't have, huh Kaname." Yuuki retorted menacingly. "You're going to leave now."
"No."
Yuuki's eyes flashed scarlet and she turned to face him. He stared wide-eyed at her expression. Who knew his Yuuki could be so scary?
Silently, water from inside a glass next to Yuuki's bed rose from its holder and formed a transparent column, which floated for a while, but began fluttering around the room from side to side. Suddenly it started towards Kaname, so quickly that humans would not have been able to see it move. Kaname merely raised a hand and as the water touched his skin it dispersed into particles. Kaname sighed and closed his eyes, shaking his head slightly.
"Do not use your powers against me, Yuuki. I do not want to hurt you." Kaname opened his eyes, and revealed that his anger was now hard for him to control. But it wasn't anger at Yuuki. He did not know why he was so angry.
Yuuki looked at him disbelievingly. "Believe me, Kuran; you can't hurt me anymore than you already have."
Kaname's eyes faded at her words. He had hurt Yuuki and he hated himself for it. Resisting the urge to hug her, due to the fact that he wasn't about to risk being blown to smithereens, he sighed and backed off.
"Yuuki, gomen-nasai. I'll leave." Kaname said dejectedly.
"Thank you." Yuuki retorted sarcastically
"She nearly killed me." Yuuki reminded Kaname, when his hand grasped the doorknob. "Remember that when you're with her. If I really mean that much to you, I hope it haunts you." her tone made him tense, and grasp the handle so tight it dented.
"Believe me it will." Kaname whispered, as he turned the handle and swung the door open.
Kaname stood there staring out of the door for quiet a while, and Yuuki began to get curious as to why. Stepping slightly to the left, she saw an amusing scene.
Kain and Ruka were leaning against the wall to the left of the door trying to look uninterested. However, the other people close to Kaname Kuran, Yori and Jamie were all piled on top of each other. It was evident from their guilty expressions that they had been eavesdropping on Yuuki and Kaname's argument for quiet some time. Ichijou was on the bottom, no doubt because of the easy access to the gap between the door and carpet. On top of him in ascending order were Yori, Jamie, Aidou, Shiki and balanced precariously at the top, was a very tousled looking Rima. All of them, including Ruka and Kain, looked up when Kaname opened the door.
Darting their eyes between the pale pink of Kaname's irises and the still crimson red of Yuuki's, they all tilted their heads upwards or downwards to see each others reactions. They all seemed to come to the same conclusion and, without a seconds hesitation, all scattered like rabbits in various different directions at high speeds, not wanting to be the one found nearest to Kaname when he left.
Only Jamie was left behind, not knowing which way to run, as he danced between starting left or right. Wincing at the look on Kaname's face, he whimpered and looked around searching for someone, anyone, to rescue him. As if answering his prayers, a small dainty hand that belonged to Yori appeared from around the corner and grabbed Jamie by the scruff of his neck before yanking him in its direction. A very uncomfortable scream issued from his mouth as he was very nearly dragged off his feet into the air and whipped around the corner.
After a few seconds silence…..
"Gomen-nasai, Yuuki, for distressing you, I shall not do so again." Kaname announced dully.
Yuuki snorted softly. "I highly doubt that Kuran." she sneered.
He closed the door and leaned against the wood. From inside the room he heard Yuuki fall to the ground and succumb to tears. Her sobs seemed to wrench Kaname's heart from his chest, but he knew that now the damage was done and it appeared highly unlikely that it could ever be repaired. Tilting his head backwards, he sighed and closed his eyes. On the outside he was looking slightly distressed but on the inside… he was dying.
Opening his eyes, Kaname did not move. "You can come out, I am not going to kill you or anything." he spoke out loud.
"Thank Kami for that"" squealed the voice of Hanabusa Aidou, as he struggled to free himself from the closets clutches.
"I'll second that." Jamie shouted, as he tentatively emerged from behind the sofa.
"Us too." Kain announced on his and Ruka's behalf, as they walked casually through the adjacent kitchen door.
"Hmm..." was all that came from Rima and Shiki as they jumped from the balcony above.
"You should be careful, Kaname" Ichijou warned.
"What do you mean?" Kaname enquired. "And where were you hiding?"
"If I told you that, you'd find me next time." Ichijou smiled.
"Behind the curtain in the bathroom." Kain informed them, yawning.
"Hey! That's not fair. Cheater! I never tell on you" Ichijou complained.
"Never mind that. Ichijou, what do you mean? Be careful about what?" Kaname ordered.
"You may be stronger than her, but if you keep that up you'll be lucky to be alive next time." Ichijou explained.
Kaname sensed it before the others, but the nobles soon clicked on to what was going to happen. Only Yori and Jamie were left oblivious. Kaname moved to the left of the door just as a large round rock came crashing through the door exactly where Kaname's head had been. The nobles in the way merely moved to the side, all except Kain, who pulled an unsuspecting Yori out of the rocks flight path. No one thought to move Jamie, so he was left wide open to the full force of the rock. With a loud thud, it hit Jamie in the centre of the forehead, and knocked him off his feet, onto the floor again. Yori squeaked and ran to his side while the others turned their attention back to Kaname.
After a few seconds of contemplation, Kaname answered. "As valued as your opinions are Ichijou, on this occasion I would be grateful if you kept them to yourself."
"Hai, Kaname." Ichijou bowed.
"I'll see you all back at the academy at the end of the week" Kaname nodded at them all, and exited.
A few minutes silence passed before anyone moved; either transfixed on the door where Kaname had just exited or the door behind which a sobbing Yuuki sat crouched next to the bed.
Ichijou moved first, turning towards the bedroom door and examining the splintered wood. Shaking his head, he reached for the handle.
"Anyone want to bet on how long it takes them to kiss again?" Aidou asked everyone.
"Aidou, stop being so heartless." Ichijou ordered, as he turned the doorknob and entered the bedroom to talk to Yuuki.
"1000 yen if it's within the next week." Kain bet.
"5000, for the next two." Ruka smirked, outdoing her mate always got him annoyed but she enjoyed it.
"We'll put on 7500 within 2 and a half" Shiki said, bored for both him and Rima.
Aidou quickly wrote all the numbers down and names before turning to Jamie and Yori. "Guys?" he asked.
Jamie slowly allowed Yori to pull him to his feet and place him on the sofa. Already, a large lump the size of a bird's egg had began to show where the rock had hit him, and his eyes were out of focus. He shook his head slowly.
"10,000 on the next time they are together." Yori announced.
"Crikey. Ok then, we're sorted. Whoever is closer to the actual length of time wins." Aidou announced, before walking off in the direction of the kitchen. Ruka and Kain followed while Yori attended to Jamie who could barely string two words together. Shiki and Rima disappeared with a box of pocky and everything went quiet.
Ichijou stood in the centre of the white carpet looking at the small brunette curled up into a ball at the foot of the grand bed. Her knees were brought up to her chest and she rested her head on them, while gently rocking backwards and forwards.
"Yuuki-sama? Are you ok?" Ichijou asked, concern dripping off his words.
Yuuki did not answer, but continued to rock. He moved forwards and sat next to her, leaning against the bed and stretching his legs out in front of him. "Of course you're not. Stupid question." he chuckled, but stopped when he saw that she did not look up.
"Gomen-nasai, Yuuki-sama. I can see you're upset, I'll go now and leave you alone." he muttered, and was about to get up, when a small hand extended from its perch on her knee and grabbed his own.
Looking down at it he frowned. Yuuki's small hand clasped his with a lot of strength; it was obvious she did not want him to go.
"Yuuki-sama…" Ichijou started.
"Can we stop with the formalities Takuma? We're friends, aren't we? Call me Yuuki." she interrupted, her voice was muffled so he could not tell if she was still crying or not.
"Hai, Yuuki-sam….I mean, Yuuki." Ichijou smiled.
Yuuki chuckled from under her arms, but still did not move her head.
"Yuuki, look at me, you know you can tell me. What happened?" Ichijou soothed, before hesitantly reaching up and stroking her hair affectionately.
She looked up at him and his eyes opened wide in shock. Her eyes leaked streams of tears. But these were not tears of sadness, but of anger, the crimson shade of her eyes had not failed in the slightest and as the tears fell steadily down her eyes they were illuminated pink before dropping like crystals off of her delicate features.
"Kaname... he's been on his own for nearly ten years now he doesn't know how to act around those he cares about." Ichijou explained.
"How can you say that he cares for me Takuma?" Yuuki sniffled. "You sound just like him. He's engaged, has been for a while and he damn well knew it, but he still chose to kiss me in the elevator, outside Aidou's party near his car, and in my apartment. He's been playing me and he knows it. I was his 'bit on the side'. He was bored, that's all. I was just here for him to amuse himself with." she shook her head dejectedly, as if she herself had given up believing.
Raising his eyebrows, Takuma asked: "Do you really believe that Yuuki?"
"I never used to. There was some part of me that saw something in his eyes. Like he cared. Then he'd be around Sara and he wouldn't look twice at me. He got me so angry, but he'd come and apologise and I'd forgive him just like that, as if nothing had happened. He doesn't really care. Today he proved it, his fiancée nearly killed me but he stays with her. He's more interested in her and pleasing the council than anything else and I'm at the bottom of his list."
Throughout her speech Yuuki had cried silently, her eyes fading with each passing word as the angry part of her mind slowly convinced the forgiving side, that her words were true.
"You shouldn't think things like that." Takuma whispered to her.
She unfurled her legs and stretched them in front of her. Her hands dropped into her lap and she bowed her head sighing.
"I don't think I have a choice anymore. What's done is done. He's with Sara now and she'll never let him go." she whimpered slightly, and started to let the tears fall again.
"Aw Yuuki, come here, don't cry." Takuma soothed, and he wrapped his hands around her shoulders and pulled her small, vulnerable frame towards his torso.
Silently she cried into his shirt. They sat in silence and did not move for an hour. Once she had finally cried all she could she closed her eyes coughing and spluttering every minute or so.
"Feeling better?" he asked politely.
"Yeah, like my hearts been ripped out, stamped on and given back." she replied sarcastically.
"That's something then." he joked, making her laugh.
He kissed the top of her head and let her sit up.
"Arigatou, Takuma, you've been so great to me." Yuuki sighed.
"It's my pleasure Yuuki. And now, if I may be of some help once more, you are welcome to my town house." he announced. "Well I say my town house, but really we all live here. Except Kaname." he added hastily, due to the look in her eyes.
"Myself, Shiki-san, Aidou-san, Kain-san as well as Ruka-chan and Rima-chan. When school's out we either leave for our family mansions, or if we can't be bothered with that, we all come here."
Yuuki giggled, looked around and saw from the sky outside that it was dusk; the stars were beginning to appear but the sun still tinted the sky pink. She and Takuma sat in silence, for what seemed like an age, just looking about the room, him with her arm around her waist and her resting her head lightly on his shoulder.
"Gomen-nasai, Yuuki I must leave you now. I have to go and visit my grandfather before we return to Cross academy at the end of the week." Takuma announced, before retrieving his arm from around Yuuki. Yuuki pulled away and smiled at him.
"Yeah sure, no problem." she said bravely "Go. I'll be fine."
"Yuuki, stay with us as long as you need to. We have plenty of room and Yori-chan and Jamie-kun are here as well. It would be an honour." he informed her.
"Of course, I'd be glad to." the smile on her face was only half meaningful; she felt as though her heart was chipping away. Her mind was blank of all emotions except hurt.
As he got up and walked out the door, Yuuki returned to her crouched position from earlier and wondered…
Will I ever stop crying?
Seriously i'm sorry this was really lame ...if you have any suggestions on what you want to happen then give me a bell.....
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