((Disclaimer: Yeah, I don't own VK.))
((AN: …MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….ominous))
I, of course, was devastated, to say the least.
It was only the inevitable, I told myself. There was pretty much no reason for Zero to pay any mind to my existence.
Besides being horribly traumatized, I was also furious. I know that what happened that time meant something, and I was determined to figure out what. There was no way anyone could shrug something like that off.
And Zero was equally determined to keep me away.
I knew it would take a lot of dirty work if I wanted to figure it out, since he wasn't budging. That's why I rounded up the girls. I call them my Ears. They have the best ears in the school. They hear everything.
I also dug into the Night Class. Aidou and I have been chums for a while. Except that he knows nothing. And that if he did, Kuran-sama would swear him to secrecy.
I mean, gosh. They take Kuran-sama so seriously.
I didn't really think the Night Class knew anything anyway. It was sort of a false hope.
The main source of my anger was the fact that Zero and I weren't talking. The main source of everything was that.
I stopped sleeping, and instead lay in bed with a worried mind.
I stopped eating, trading my appetite for sad lunches drinking water.
I overall stopped. I think I would've curled up and died if I weren't so set on solving the mystery.
It was not like I had a right to be so depressed. It would simply go back to the way it was before; when the only time I would speak to him was when he wanted me to retrieve his pen. I just didn't want it to go back. I was quite content with talking to him everyday.
But if he did decide to talk to me again, I was going to make it hard.
Our little chat made me angry, but what else is new? Everything he said either made me angry or sad.
When classes got out that day, I fully intended not to think about it. Only I wasn't allowed that option. I ran into them. By 'them' I mean Yuuki, Kuran-sama, and Zero.
It was on a landing. There were stairs leading up and down.
Truth be told, I was going to the Chairman's office. If anyone should know what's up with Zero, it should be him, right? It made perfect sense to me.
Be that as it may, the said trio stopped me. They didn't really say, "Hey, Shinobu! Come, join our party!" but rather it was their image.
Kuran-sama stood, very intimidating, with a very mad look in his eyes. The look was directed at Zero, who stood behind Yuuki. Yuuki was plainly protecting Zero. My brain couldn't comprehend this until I saw the blood on Zero's face.
At this point, I would've beat Kuran-sama with something had I been better prepared.
Then I saw the red eyes. By this time, they had detected me, so they were looking at me. Kuran-sama looked angry still. Yuuki stared at me dumbfounded. And Zero's red eyes shone out.
"Whoa." I mumbled.
Then, Yuuki fainted.
Kuran-sama's eyes flicked to her as she fell. Zero caught her. I could tell Kuran-sama wanted to say something, but he returned his gaze to me. He was trying to tell me to leave.
But I couldn't do that.
I glanced at Zero. He looked ashamed.
"What…? What's going… huh?" I stammered.
When I looked at Yuuki, I saw blood on her neck. Which explained the fainting. She'd lost a lot of blood. Zero had blood on his hands, too. And Kaname was clean.
This registered in my brain as completely and utterly ridiculous.
"Shinobu…" Zero said. His gaze was lowered to the ground.
"You might want to leave, Hyui-san," offered Kuran-sama.
I suddenly felt a rush of adrenaline. Maybe it was the blood, or maybe it was the way Kuran-sama glared at Zero, or maybe the fact that Yuuki was losing blood, but I suddenly snapped,
"Kuran, shut up!" It was a shock to even me, but I didn't stop there. I dashed forward and took Yuuki and began to drag her up to the chairman's office.
"Stop! Hyui!" called Kuran. I ignored him, and dragged Yuuki to the Chairman.
Surprisingly, Chairman Cross wasn't shocked. He just took her and told me to go to my dorm.
I couldn't really disobey, so I shrugged and began to walk away. Kuran flew by me at one point, but I wasn't paying attention.
I found I was crying. Just tears, streaming down my cheeks. I had this fake smile on. When I reached the landing, Zero was gone.
This was the last straw. I fell to all fours, bringing a vase with me. It crashed from its spot on the end table with a loud, echoing crack. I watched all the porcelain pieces swim on the floor as I sobbed.
I'm not really sure how, but I woke up in the infirmary.
Then it occurred to me that someone carried me. And guess what? That someone was Aidou.
"Well, sunshine, I do believe you're awake." He mused when I opened my eyes.
"Evidently," I mumbled, sitting up.
I have become quite comfortable with Aidou. It was almost like with Zero, without the awkward love part. I'm quite sure we both have a mutual feeling of friendship-for-now for each other. He's proved to be somewhat… caring, underneath the narcissism.
"See, I found you wailing on the floor surrounded by broken pieces of some vase. You didn't say much, but I couldn't just leave you there, right? So, right when I got here, you had this amazing panic attack, but we were already here, so it was like, 'Pfft. What attack?'"
I nodded. I only remembered some of that story, but I knew it probably happened.
"Any idea why I was crying?" I asked. He shook his head, smiling.
"You kept saying 'That's ridiculous,' over and over. Maybe you thought the vase was so ugly it was ridiculous? It was kind of blah,"
I didn't have another answer for this, so I had to agree. Of course, he was joking, but he only replied with a smile when I said, "I guess,"
I had this feeling that something more happened, but how would Aidou know? He appeared after the scene.
"What day is it? Saturday?" I asked groggily. I couldn't seem to rub all the sleep out of my eyes.
"Yup, no school for you, Nobu."
Nobu was the nickname he gave me. I just called him Aidou, though I can think of many names for him.
"Kay, well, when do I get out of here?" I wondered.
"Now, if you want. I'm tired though. See you, Nobu."
"Yeah, Aidou."
After my talk with Aidou, I retreated from the infirmary to my dorm. I had no idea what to do with myself. I kept racking my brain for the memories of the night before, but nothing came. Just a bunch of broken vase. Why was I crying? I know I saw something. I didn't know what to do to remember, except go back to the scene of the crime.
When I arrived, nothing came. So I sat next to the now empty end table and thought. I thought really hard. Despite all my attempts, they were in vain.
Eventually I had to go. I wanted to greet Emi at the dorm.
We talked about what happened. She knew less than I did, and I didn't expect more. I just really wanted to remember what happened. I felt like I got all I could out of Aidou, so I decided to give the Chairman a try.
"Wait," I said to myself. I had been on my way, and I stopped on the landing. When I thought about it, a snippet of something came back.
I was doing the same thing yesterday, going to see Chairman Cross. And… something had stopped me. But what was it? I do remember seeing him, but not for the reason I had originally wanted. There was something else. For some reason, the color of blood came to my mind.
And that didn't explain the crying.
Maybe I had asked the chairman about Zero. And maybe he told me something… something that would break me. With a small gasp, I launched myself up the stairs to the office.
"Cha—" I began, about to knock on the door, but I stopped when I heard Kuran-sama.
"It's lucky we erased it before she woke up," he said.
"Lucky. It has all been very lucky," I heard the chairman.
"Maybe back then. But now it could ruin everything." Kuran-sama sounded grim.
"They are bound to remember each other eventually,"
"Exactly, then they'll have to do what we stopped."
"No. No, I think that their bonding has done some good,"
"That hunter never planned on keeping them both. And who knows? Perhaps they'll remember their rivalry and turn against each other," Kuran-sama sighed, a long slow sigh.
"I don't think she's capable of doing that. For years she has held a very deep passion for him," Chairman Cross was talking quietly now.
"Well, that could be a side effect. It could vanish when they remember."
"I don't think so,"
They were silent for a while, and I had to choose between knocking and running. In a current state of confusion, and a strange opposing feeling to Kuran-sama, I turned and walked back to the landing.
I didn't understand any of that conversation. Nor did I think I was supposed to hear it. So, instead of obsessing like I normally did, I pushed it to the back of my mind and made for my dorm.
((AN:…MUAHAHAHAHHAAAA!! BWAHAHAHAHAAA! HAHAHAHAHAHAA! I cannot wait to see your reactions!! It's gonna be AWESOME. KYAAHAHAA! Also, I want to give a shout out to glozinga for being there since the beginning! D –Mimi ))
