A/N: Thank you to Triple T 123 and XxXheartbreaks'badmemoriesXxX for reviewing. Thank you midnight star237 for favoriting. I had fun with Chapter 6, could you tell? LOL Okay, you probably want to read Chapter 7 already, here it is:
I woke up in the middle of the day to my phone going off, I picked it up and answered it without thinking.
"Hello?" I said, I could hear the tiredness in my own voice.
"Hi honey!" A voice said excitedly, I rubbed my one of my eyes with my free hand.
"Mom?" I knew it was her but I knew she would say why she called now.
"Oh yeah, sorry honey! I know you said you had classes at night and that you would be awake then, but I couldn't wait to call you!" Great. My 'mom' had called me at the perfect time. After I had remembered everything and didn't even want to call her mom anymore. I wondered if she'd notice if I started calling her by her first name...
"What do you want?" I asked, I wanted to get this over with, or else I'd start calling her Pamela.
"I just wanted to talk to you! I know you might not, but we miss you!" This conversation and what I had remembered was making me miss her even less.
"Listen Mom, I'm tired, I've got class tonight, why don't you call me tomorrow around sunset? I should be up around then."
"Alright, I can tell you aren't lying, go back to sleep then. Good...Afternoon..." She said, unsure of the last part, what to call the time of day now, whether to change it or not. After that, she hung up. I sighed and put my phone back on the nightstand by my bed. That was taken care of...For now. Then I realized something, wasn't the ball tomorrow night? Didn't it start around sunset? Oh well, I'd just end up being a few minutes late. That reminded me, I hadn't gone out and gotten something to wear to the ball, I did need something because I am going, because I told Kaname I would be. That would be the interesting thing I would do for today, go dress shopping. I wasn't sure if I had ever done this before...Oh well, first time for everything. I left the dorm quietly, then I realized, I wasn't exactly sure how to leave the academy. It was the middle of the day, so Yuki would be in class, all the Night Class students are asleep, I would know that as well as anybody. I couldn't bother the Headmaster with something this trivial, that was it, my only option was to wander around the grounds looking. I changed into something other than my school uniform, then I started out, I found a path and followed it, I found the large gate I came through on my first day here, I smiled, it hadn't taken me very long to find it. I walked out and kept walking until I reached town, then I began going through some stores, looking at dresses and trying a couple on. I finally found a long sparkly sapphire blue dress that I really liked. By that time, the sun was setting, I guess I must have completely lost track of time, but at least I'd gotten this done. I began walking back to the academy, but I realized I was being followed by a few people, it was nerve racking, they kept following me, I took a couple detours but the people kept following me. I kept walking but I got lost, then I found myself at a dead end, what now? The people who were following me began surrounding me as I walked slowly in the only direction I could, forward toward the wall. I kept my back to the people following me, then I reached the wall, I turned and looked. Before me I saw a tall figure, darkness by now had fallen, so I couldn't see who it was that stood before me or anything about them. I stood nervously, who was this person? The person turned to me, I briefly saw the people who had been following me were gone, now all that was left was the person right in front of me and me. The person in directly in front of me pulled me close to them in an embrace, I simply stood there. The embrace ended and the person placed a hand on one of my shoulders.
"Yumi..." I held back a gasp, it was Kaname. "Why are you out so late? And alone."
"I-I'm sorry...I was out shopping and, I, lost track of time..." I stammered, Kaname placed his hand on my back, together we walked back to the academy.
"You shouldn't be out late alone." Kaname said after we got back to the academy.
"I'm sorry, I-"
"It's alright. I'm just glad you're safe." Kaname said. "You must be tired, you should rest a bit before class." I nodded and went to my room and suddenly realized how tired I was. I didn't even bother to change into my pajamas, I simply laid down in my bed after putting away my new dress, and went to sleep.
I woke up not long after class ended and the Night Class students had gotten back to the dorm, I brushed my hair and went downstairs, everyone was sitting around and I took a seat next to Rima. I immediately noticed something, there was someone I hadn't seen before. I knew all the Night Class students by face and I knew I'd never seen her before. She had long silver hair, she didn't talk much but everyone seemed a little on edge until she went off to her room. After she left, I could feel the mood lighten, once she left everyone began talking and joking as usual.
"Who was that girl?" I asked Rima quietly, I didn't want to disrupt everyone.
"Her name is Maria Kurenai, she just came here as a new student." That would explain why I didn't recognize her. A brief look about the room informed me that Kaname wasn't here, where was he? I know he had been here when I had come and sat down, and I know I would have noticed him getting up and leaving the room. I shouldn't worry about it, I knew that, but I had a difficult time even convincing myself. I sat quietly listening to some conversation before I silently got up from my seat when everyone was distracted and slipped up the stairs. While I was walking to my room, I passed a room with an open door.
"...Maria, Kurenai." It was Kaname, he must be talking to the new girl. I tried to keep walking, but I found myself standing next to the doorway, listening.
"So what of your new little pet?" That must have been Maria, who was Kaname's pet?
"In time she may prove difficult to control, but for now, Yumi seems to be behaving herself." I covered my mouth with one of my hands. I couldn't believe it. I slid down against the wall until I was sitting on the floor. I sat there, then the lighting in the room changed. I looked up, it was Kaname. First impulse, stand up. Now I was standing there. Wonderful, I had accomplished that, now what? Second impulse, back away slowly until I was at a good distance, then run to my room, quickly go in, and shut the door. That seemed like a good plan, so that's what I did. Once I was in my room with my door shut, I stood with my back against the door. Crap, Kaname knew I heard part of what they were talking about. Honestly it was their fault though, leaving the door open like that. I thought about what they had said about me. One, it was rude. Two, I didn't know about two yet. I had to worry about right now was my excuse for why I was sitting on the floor, why I was up there, had I heard anything, answers to any and all questions that I could be asked. Why I sitting on the floor: I tripped. Why I was upstairs: I was going to my room. Had I heard anything? No. Good, simple answers to those questions. If I was asked what I tripped over, I could say my own feet, or air, I had always been clumsy. I relaxed and stepped away from the door, what was next? I couldn't think of anything, my mind was blank. I walked over to my window where the curtains were drawn, I pulled one curtain and held it in my hand so I could see out. The sun was beginning to rise, and I could see Yuki hurrying back toward the Sun Dorm. Since I had become a vampire, the sun seemed even brighter. I thought about my situation and what I knew, in time, if I didn't get some of Kaname's blood, I would become a Level E and be killed. If I could find someone else in a similar situation, there would be no choice other than us to work together to resolve our similar issues. Now the question was, who? I sighed, there was probably no one in my situation or a similar one, the likely hood of that was very slim. I would still keep my eyes out though, the probability was slim, but it existed. I let the curtain fall back into place as I rubbed my eyes, I was tired, I had to sleep at some point and now was currently the best time in the foreseeable future, so I had to take it. Who knew, maybe I'd have to go days without sleep soon. I changed into my pajamas and went to sleep, trying to allow my head to clear from all the thought of what I'd have to do, and how I could easily be murdered in my sleep. In reality actually, the last thought about murder was somehow comforting. I felt like I wanted to kill something or someone, not out of anger, but just for entertainment. How weird, but maybe I'll get to kill someone. It could be, I don't know...Fun?
My phone buzzed under my pillow, I sat up slowly and looked at it, I had a text. Further inspection showed it was from my best friend, Alice. 'Hey! How's that school you're going to?' the text read. The screen was blurry through my tired eyes, I carefully typed. 'I'm sleepy, can we chat later?' I sent it and waited for her reply. My, wasn't I the popular one? A call from my mom yesterday and now a text from Alice. What next? My phone vibrated in my hand and I looked at the new message. 'Sure thing, bye!' I didn't bother responding. I let myself fall back onto my bed, damn it, the ball was tonight and I was still tired. I knew if I went back to sleep, I'd be late, if I stayed up, I'd be tired for about half an hour, neither of those were good. I decided to stay up, I noticed the ball wasn't for a while so I felt no rush. I relaxed and messed around a bit, I read a little of my book I had brought with me, it was nowhere near as interesting now as it was before. It seemed too much like my life now to be entertaining.
I found the sun setting, that meant I should see about getting ready for the ball. I showered and put on the long, glimmering, dark blue dress. I hated heels, and besides, I didn't own any, so I slipped on a pair of plain black flats. On my dress were many swirls, that being what sparkled. I looked in the mirror, what would I do with my hair? I thought a moment, and concluded that my hair was fine the way it was. When it got closer to time, I put on lip gloss, I was never one for much make-up, I was always fine with lip gloss but I never did much else. My phone began to ring, I rushed over and picked it up, it was my mom, I answered it.
"Hey honey!" My mom's voice sounded through the small speaker.
"Hey Mom." I said distantly. We talked for a while until I began to grow worried of running late. "Listen Mom, I've got to go now." I said.
"Why?"
"There's a ball and it's going to start soon." As soon as I had said that, I regretted it.
"Oh? Are you going with someone? Like, a cute boy?" I turned the phone away as I sighed. What would I say?
"No, I'm going with a life size voodoo doll." I said, layering my voice with as much sarcasm as I thought possible.
"Okay, well you kids have fun!" She said cheerily. I pulled the phone away from my ear and hung up. She must not understand sarcasm. The first thing I would have to do when I got home was explain sarcasm to that woman.
I looked around the room and took a mental inventory of the couple items I was taking with me before I left my room. I walked down the stairs to the main room, making sure not to trip or step on my dress, I noticed something, there was no one in the room. Had everyone left already? It didn't matter, I was going now whether everyone had already left or not. It seemed odd now with nobody in the room, usually there was always someone in the room except for when I first came here and when I went out during the day. I walked quickly, thinking about what I had remembered, should I tell Yuki about what I had remembered about her being a pureblood vampire and Kaname's little sister. If I did, no doubt Kaname would be pissed, it would be interesting though. I thought about it and I decided not to, at least for now. I still had to become a real vampire, I didn't want to become a level E, what a lousy end that would be. I stumbled but caught myself thanks to a near by tree. I guess that meant I was drifting too deep into thought. I paid more heed to where I was going until I got to where the ball was. There were only a few other people going in, so that meant, I was late, or I was early. I didn't care which, though I secretly hoped I was a little late, I wasn't one for social events, but I had said I was coming, so here I was, going. I had said I was coming, not that I'd be on time or early or how long I'd be here. Just that I'd show up. A thought occurred to be, should I have brought a book? No, if nothing else I was going to do what I did best at social events and places I didn't want to be, act as a wall flower. I reached the open door that lead to ball room, I slipped into the room, trying to not draw attention to myself, it proved simple and fairly easy, I noticed a couple bored people noticed me enter but they didn't seem to care. I walked over to the wall on my right, I saw there was an opening in the wall leading outside onto a small balcony, exposed to the night. The room was comfortable for now, but I knew once more people arrived and began dancing, the room would become stuffy. Instead of being an obvious wall flower and have people possible ask me to dance, I could simply hide out on the balcony. Then hopefully I wouldn't be noticed by anyone, then I will have kept my promise and enjoyed myself. I smiled to myself for a moment, I was glad I had noticed that, then I remembered something, didn't the Headmaster tell us to socialize? Hopefully no one would notice or if they did, not care that I wasn't socializing with anyone. I always preferred either a small group of people I enjoyed being around, or being by myself, submerged in thought.
The ball started and I carefully slipped out of the room to the balcony, good, there was no one out here. If I was somewhere obvious, someone might come out here to talk to me, that would ruin everything, once one person knew I was out here, depending on who it was, probably everyone would know. I chose my place carefully, as I walked out onto the balcony, I sat on the railing on the left, my legs dangling over the edge. I sat there, not listening to the loud music or the noise of the voices talking, but the sounds of the night. Every student was probably in the room I didn't want to be in, whether they really wanted to come so they could dance with a Night Class student, or one of their friends wouldn't leave them alone about it, so they had no choice but to come. As for us Night Class students, we pretty much had to come, if we didn't, we would all probably be sitting back in the dorm, or going to class. I guess that was the upside, we didn't have to go to class, it was so boring anyway, but I don't think any of us except Aidou wanted to come, or would have if given the choice. I looked up to the sky, the stars were clearly visible, I could see the thinly crescent moon, I had always loved looking at the night sky. During the day it was so boring, only the sun and clouds, only occasionally the moon. However, at night, the sky had a totally different face, the sun went down, revealing stars and making the moon clearly visible, I looked at the stars, and found a couple planets. I heard a footstep, my head turned, it was Kaname, for some reason, I stood up, realizing in milliseconds how stupidly I had just acted. I was falling, then I stopped suddenly, I couldn't have hit the ground, besides, there was nothing below my feet. Someone had grabbed my wrist, I looked up, Kaname was looking down at me. I knew something, right now, I must have seemed like an idiot, by all definition of the word, I even thought I did. Kaname outstretched his free hand to grab mine, I reached up and grabbed his hand. He swiftly pulled me up so I was standing directly in front of him, he released my hands. It had happened so quickly, my head spun, not being able to keep my footing stable, I fell forward, into Kaname, he held my shoulders to prevent me from falling over.
"Are you alright?" He asked, I waited a couple moments until I felt stable, then I stood up straight and looked up to him.
"Yeah, I was just dizzy." I explained, Kaname let go of my shoulders, trusting that now I could stand on my own.
"Why did you stand up when I walked out here?" He asked. I thought about it, there had been absolutely no thought about it, it seemed like it was instinct.
"I don't know, I didn't even think about it." I responded, it was the truth, it may have seemed like a lie, doing something like standing up without thinking, but Kaname appeared to believe me. There was silence, I heard the music inside stop, ending a dance. I was glad I was out here, I would have found the noise inside unbearable, especially being from people talking. I allowed my mind to drift from where I was, I looked around the room, picking up pieces of conversations, none of it was interesting or relevant.
"Would you care to dance?" Kaname asked, bringing me out of my thought.
"Um, sure." I said, it was annoying not being able to say no to him. We stood out there and simply danced, I wasn't sure for how long, but I didn't really care, what did it matter? It didn't. We stopped dancing and someone came out onto the balcony, Rima.
"So this is where you've been hiding out." She said, and as always, had a stick of Pocky in her mouth.
"Oh, yeah, sorry. I didn't feel like being social so I've been sitting out here." I said. I walked back inside, oddly enough, all we really did was stand and act as wall flowers. Then again, most of the rest of the Night Class was doing that, hiding and hoping not to be asked to dance. Most weren't near that lucky, some random Day Class boy almost asked me to dance, but there was a little trouble, there was someone running, I tripped them, happy accident. Sorry, I'll do what I can to avoid things I don't want to do, I'll find a way, even if that means being mean, lying, or cheating. Sometimes things wouldn't work out though, and I'd have to do something even if I didn't want to. I scanned the room, there was nothing else to do. I saw Zero leaning against a pillar, and for a moment his eyes flashed red. Only a vampire's eyes did that, but he wasn't in the Night Class... Could that mean? Perfect, he was like me. That was the only explanation. There was no way they would let a regular vampire in with the Day Class students. Now, the question was, who had turned him into a vampire. It had to have been a pureblood, eliminating everyone but Kaname. I would have to find out more, I couldn't assume things, assuming got people bad places. I would have to find a time and secluded place to talk to Zero, I had to get blood from Kaname and he had to get someone's blood too. We could work together, it would be the smart thing to do. I could try to catch him while he was out patrolling, that would be easy enough. The only thing for now was to get through this evening. I thought a moment, I had come, I had been here more than five minutes, I could leave now. Couldn't I? There wasn't anyone to stop me. Stay, or go? What was I waiting for? I had come, stayed, I was leaving. It was getting a little late, if anyone asked, which I doubted anyone would, I could say that I was tired. Can't argue with that. I told Rima I was heading back to the dorm and I left. Nobody noticed. It was so nice outside, the night was beautiful, the day, boring. Then again, the night is the vampires' day.
A/N: Sorry! Been meaning to update. Like the chapter? Let me know! Your reviews keep me writing!
