Author Note: I've gotten reviews asking for an epilogue, and I also have an idea for a sequel. I'm not sure when I'll be doing the sequel, but it will be done eventually. Here's the epilogue, still Ruka's point of view. This is a few years later, like five-ish actually. Maybe six. You be the judge. It's way too late to trust my math.

Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Knight. If I did, Ruka and Kain would already be together. Oh, and I make no profit from this.


My imperfections were showing again.

"I'm sorry." I whimpered amidst the broken glass. Our baby girl Akiko was in her room, she had blissfully slept through my fit.

Akatsuki scooped me up as I cried quietly. He walked around the broken glass, into the kitchen where he sat on the floor, cradling me. "Shh, Ruka, you're alright." Akatsuki kissed my forehead, then my cheek, and then my lips, each touch ever so gentle.

I continued to cry, but laid my face against his chest. "I shouldn't be doing this... I'm a mother damn it!" I knotted my hand in my husband's shirt and looked up at him. "I don't understand, I've been fine for two years. Why now?" I squeezed the handful of shirt.

"Well..." Akatsuki gave me a brief smile. "You were fine for a long time, remember? But the last time you had one of these attacks, we found out two days later that you were pregnant with Akiko. You were fine before and after you were pregnant so maybe..."

My hand flew to my stomach defensively. "I'm not... I can't be..." I bolted out of his arms and over to the calendar. The date was the 10th... oh. Oh. I was late... by a whole week. How had I not noticed that? "Oh, Akatsuki, I think you're right..." I turned to him; he had come up behind me, and wrapped my arms around him. "Akiko's going to have a little brother or sister... but..."

"What's wrong, Ruka? Aren't you happy?" Akatsuki held me close, his brows creased in worry.

"I'm just worried about what will happen... what I might do while I'm pregnant..." I tucked my face into his shirt.

"I'll watch over you." Akatsuki rubbed my back. "I'm here, always... because I love you."


Author Note: It's so short! It was originally handwritten because I couldn't be on the computer while it was storming, and it looked so long, but I guess it was way shorter than I thought. Anyway, I told my readers here I was iffy about doing a sequel, but now I have the idea for one. Thank you to everyone who requested an epilogue and a sequel, I had such fun writing this epilogue. I love reviews and PMs, and thank you for reading this story!