AN: The writers block! ahhhhh!

I don't own anything expect Nicodemus.

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Yuki returned to the dorm that evening with shopping bags that were nearly busting from their weight. Dropping them onto her floor she threw herself on her bed and sighed. There was a dull throbbing pain in her feet and the wound at her neck pulsated in time with her heartbeat.

She wondered laying their if today had been some lucid dream, it was five days from Christmas and the 26th would be when everyone returned. The students would only have a few days till the New Years Ball. This year the Moon Dorm was sponsoring the event and the ballroom was supposed to be decorated with one of the most elaborate decorations ever.

Kicking off her shoes, she slipped under her covers and felt sleep take her.

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That night Yuki dreamed, the first time she had dreamed in long time….

Yuki was standing in the foyer of the Moon Dorm the place shrouded in mist, confused she spun about the only sound was her loud breathing and heartbeat that seemed to drown out all other sound.

"Kaname?!" she called

A gentle voice replied "I am here Yuki, it is strange you would call me here."

Yuki blinked in surprise, it was strange to see Kaname in something other then his uniform.

"I wanted to see you, I have missed you… very much."

Kaname looked coolly down at her, his serene face blossoming with a delicate smile.

"The Headmaster has taken measures to keep me away from you. He knows about what happened."

Yuki flushed "I-I" she stuttered suddenly unable to think straight.

"You smell like roses and I suspect you will continue to smell as such till he returns." Kaname began calmly his hand whispering into her hair.

"It pains me to know you have done such a foolish thing, as to bargain with a god." Kaname's fingers whispered across her face, tracing her cheekbones

"You know why I did it don't you." Kaname's touch paused at her chin, gently he tilted her face upward. His red tinged eyes boring into her own

"You really do love him Yuki everyone knows, why can't you see that?"

"I don't love Zero like that!" she cried suddenly frustrated,

"The price you paid is very high, too high. Tsuki tricked you, but I cannot yet tell you how. If there is one thing I cannot do, is to meddle between a mortal and a god."

Yuki was slowly beginning to realize that Kaname was serious, though his tone was the same, his words….

"Kiss me Kaname" she whispered like a fool, the touch hesitated for a moment. She wouldn't look up at him, her cheeks were too red.

Soft lips brushed her cheek "You are teasing me for all the wrong reasons, my dear girl. You know the only thing that I can give you is… Death."

Yuki went still and now looked up at him, sorrow lingered in his eyes "Have you ever loved a mortal girl Kaname?"

Kaname's lips parted "Yes once long ago, before I ever met you." He pulled her into a quick embrace, sinking into her warmth.

"Yuki whatever happens please do not forget me."

"Nani?"

But she felt herself falling away as her mind returned to reality, the clock was singing loudly on her nightstand. Reaching out she pressed the snooze button and rolled over wondering what Yori would say when she returned… This place was such a mess…

Sitting up, she stretched and decided that this was a good day as any to tidy up this pigsty of a room…

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Sneezing Yuki pushed the boxes aside, the small crawl space that held the previous years decorations for the New Years Ball was cramped and hot despite the snow that lay on the ground.

Whatever possessed her adopted father to put these things here had almost proved to be his undoing. He had almost thrown out his back trying to get into here…. Zero could not fit no matter how thin he was and she was stuck with the task.

Pushing away miscellaneous boxes that stunk of dry rot and decay she came to a small open space, directly ahead lay a large box labeled in loud red ink 'new years decorations' why did the Moon Dorm need these? Weren't they already making their own? Sneezing again Yuki wiped the tears from her eyes and crawled into the open space her jeans now grayish with dust.

Giving a savage yank to the box she pulled it over and opened the flap, there was a puff of dust that formed a white cloud in her face. Coughing and sputtering she flailed at the dust trying to fan it away. After a few moments of feeling utterly stupid her eyes cleared enough for her to see what was inside.

But… there wasn't anything inside…

"What the?!" she cried and her reply was a soft giggle. She nearly jumped as a head appeared out of the box, followed by a face and finally the lower half of a torso.

"Well fancy meeting you here." Tsuki said with a smile as the rest of his body appeared out of the box.

Yuki gasped "KAMI! You're here for you hand already?!" Yuki looked around panicked the heat was making her dizzy. A delicious laugh, like the pealing of bells made her turn back to him.

He wasn't in his human form, but he held a cigarette between his long fingers, blowing the smoke into the cramped space. He hovered above her, almost as if he were sitting on an invisible ledge….

"Trouble in Paradise with you and Kaname?" he queried taking a deep drag of his cigarette and exhaling it through his nose. Yuki coughed still unable to look him fully in the face.

"He's hiding something from me"

Tsuki's pale blue brow rose "Really? What do you think that is?" he leaned forward closing the distance between them, the smell of roses threatened to consume her then. Her lids grew heavy, a strange fog blurring her thoughts

"He won't touch you because you are tainted by my smell, see how the perfume threatens to overwhelm you…."

Yuki's eyes were barely silts "Tsuki are you still going to take my hand?"

"Not now my dove I just wanted to see how you were doing. And grant you a wish…. What is that you want my dear, tell me? I would do almost anything to make you happy…"

Yuki felt his touch it burned like fire, a thumb brushed her lips and she shivered "I want to see Kaname."

"Right now in the middle of the day?!" he cried

Yuki nodded "Yes, I want him to tell me…"

"Tell you what?" he cooed

"What I agreed to you in the pact." She answered listless, her face flushed

"I could tell you that, but I suppose it would spoil all the fun. Besides Zero hasn't yet tasted his humanity. When he does, he will come running to you. His love will double tenfold."

Yuki became still "I-I love Kaname"

"I know that, the whole world knows that. But you will have to decide sooner then you think."

She looked up at him, his golden eye was hidden by a errant strand of hair "Do you love me Tsuki?"

Tsuki smiled very gently, his eye glinting with mischief that pale blue eye seemed to bore into her soul reading it like a book. After a time he answered

"You are tired of my spell aren't you? Any other mortal girl would have surrendered her virginity to me by now." He began changing the subject,

Yuki gasped "W-WHAT!" she had gone swirly eyed, so the smell of the roses was…

"OH KAMI!" she cried and he laughed.

"You are really quite amusing Yuki Cross, but I'm afraid I will be leaving. But first I will grant you your fondest wish."

He snapped his fingers and in a puff of dust Yuki was gone.

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There was a light thump somewhere on his bed and Kaname shifted turning over onto his back, trying to find a more comfortable position. There was another louder thump that was even lighter then the first.

This dream was beginning to vex him…

A new sound filled his ears, the sound of rushing blood of a heart that was pounding wildly. He knew that heartbeat anywhere…. What a strange dream…

There was a soft whimper, the weight of someone shifting on his bed. Surely that person couldn't see, the room was pitch black even though the sun shone quite merrily outside on quickly melting snow….

Kaname's delicious sleep was escaping him and his lids fluttered a moment before opening. The smell of roses reached his nose, it made him sick…

"What are you doing here Yuki?"

Yuki gasped sliding to the end of the four-poster canopy and nearly falling off. Kaname sat up aware that he had nothing but a robe on, after toiling endlessly over paperwork and painting props for the New Years Ball... He had no memory of returning to his room, showering or finding his way to bed.

Pushing the hair out of his eyes he waved his hand and two candles flared to life. Yuki cried out as light filled the room, very weak light. Light that was still hard for her to see in

For the first time in many years he smelt the fear on her body "I'm not angry with you Yuki, just curious, how did you get in here?" he crooned gently still half asleep.

"I-I wished to see you b-but not like this. Not in here…" she stammered making herself as small as possible. The way she talked it was like this was some death chamber…. Kaname blinked a few times

Did she think he was going to ravish her? A bubble of a laugh threatened to pop in him, but quickly he suppressed it. Yuki was an intelligent girl didn't she realize that he had to have been asleep for most of the day or was this another one of that god's tricks…

Was Tsuki playing matchmaker? Now that idea was absurd… Kaname ruffled his hair once more, trying to blink the rest of sleep from his eyes.

"Yuki why are you so afraid?" he asked again

"Gomen nasai" she cried, dumb with fear.

Kaname fixed his robe before crawling over near her; sitting on his heels he patted her head.

"Yuki if anyone finds you in here you and I are done for." Yuki was silent and still beneath his hand. But she was so very warm…

"Kaname I love you."

Kaname felt a small gasp leave his lips, he felt his cheeks flushing. Something like joy and sadness filled him then

Leaning close he kissed her mouth, gone was his restraint, the last ten years of pent up emotions poured out. He encircled her small body in a passionate embrace, her arms circling around his neck, fingers catching in his hair.

Kaname deepened the kiss, listening to her soft whimpers as quickly as the kiss began he broke it…Breathing heavily now Yuki was dazed, her lips swollen red Kaname resisted the urge to drink from her… Her heart was so loud in his ears…. He closed his eyes.

"Leave me Yuki" he whispered softly and as if something had possessed her Yuki scrambled from the bed and was gone out of his room.

Kami knows that be might have to borrow that Bloody Roses gun from Zero after all... Crawling back into his bed, he didn't notice the box of decorations that sat quite innocently on his bed. He would worry about everything tonight.

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