Hello again everyone. I hope you all are doing well. Sorry it has been a while since I have updated. But, I can manage my time better now, and type more since I am about to be out for Christmas brake. So, here is the update. I don't think I will make this chapter very important to the plot, but more of a funny chapter (if I can manage that).

Well, enjoy mes amies. (my friends)

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Chapter 9: Barely Making It; Deadline

-Yuuki's P.O.V-

As I walked into class the next morning, everything seemed a blur for most of the day. I was still trying to soak in my meeting with Davien, and the history lesson Kaname had given me. I still felt terribly guilty for choosing the wrong one. It almost brought tears to my eyes just thinking of how Kaname had suffered.

"Oh, Yuuki-chan, how about we turn your ugly little frown upside down and go take a walk?"

I smiled at Zero's suggestion. Always looking out for me, he was. Probably now more than ever, since Kaname had told him to.

"Nah," I said, dejectedly. "I'm okay."

"Well, if you change your mind, come and find me," he said, turning right, leaving the classroom. Going to tell Kaname how I was, I guessed. I sighed, and gathered my things as I noticed that most of the kids had left. Right as I was about to walk out the door, a huge group of girls came running at me. My eyes got huge and I was about to start running when they called my name.

"Yuuki-sama! Yuuki-sama!"

Sama? What was with that? I waited for them to reach me and for them to catch their breath. I glanced at them curiously, and wondered what they wanted. Yori, the girl who seemed to be the leader of the group, and the friendliest, said, "We heard about you and Kaname-sama! You must have done your dare for him to have made you his girlfriend."

"Wait-who told you about that?" I asked.

"Kiryuu Zero did. He said that he heard it from Kaname himself that you were an item now."

I sighed. Ah, Zero, zero. I would have to have a talk, or a beat down-whichever was more fitting- with him later.

"Oh- well, you see, I didn't actually complete my dare."

I looked down to the ground in remembrance of what had transpired between Kaname and me in the bedroom of the bar. Well, what they didn't know wouldn't hurt them.

The group behind Yori gasped.

"You didn't?" they asked in union.

I shook my head. "Nope…but, does my initiation still count even though I didn't really complete it?" I asked hopefully. I really did want to have some friends of the Day Class. The girls huddled in a group for a moment and then turned back to me.

"Hai, you are still in! Only because Kaname-sama made you his girlfriend though," Yori said as she casually looped her arm through mine. As we started to walk away, the other girls dispersed in all different directions.

"I have to tell you girl, you have balls. I don't think I could I have done that to the guy I like."

I beamed a smile at her.

"Well, I had a little help from Jose," I laughed as we were walking to her dorm room. As we got to the door I noticed that it was my room too.

"Hey, I didn't know we were roommates!" I yelled.

"Well, we are," Yori said. "I guess you have just been so busy lately you haven't noticed."

"Yeah, I guess."

I went in the room and threw my stuff down on my bed, flopping down on the floor. Yori did the same and slid down to the floor beside me.

"So, you had help from Jose? Who is that?"

I laughed.

"It isn't a person, Yori. It's an alcoholic beverage. And very tasty," I added, licking my lips. She looked at me and tilted her head. She looked to be thinking. "May I try some? I mean, if you have any."

I stared at her for a moment. I was really picky when it came to this. I didn't like many people knowing where or from whom I got my supply from. And if anyone ever found out how much I really drunk, they would surely make me take A.A. or something.

"Can I trust you? I mean really trust you?" I asked lowly.

She nodded. "Yes, Yuuki-sama, you can surely trust me." She leaned eagerly forward when I reached under my mattress to take out a little bottle I always kept there.

"Please, stop calling me Yuuki-sama. It's too formal, and besides, now we're friends. Here," I said, tossing one bottle to her, and taking one for myself. I held mine up as she opened her bottle and we toasted. I immediately took two swallows, letting the warm, sweet poison run down my throat and spread warmth to my body. I sighed. Damn, I loved this stuff. I glanced at Yori to see if she had taken a sip yet. She had, and then she took another, and another. I smiled at her. Finally, someone who loved it as much as I did.

"You're right," Yori said, licking her lips. "It does have a good taste to it. So, do you want to do anything tonight? I mean, you barely made it through initiation, girl. We should go and celebrate!" She declared, holding the bottle up for another toast. I toasted her, took a swallow, and nodded.

"Yeah, we should celebrate. How about we go to the bar? Since we don't have any school for a week for Christmas, let's just have some fun."

"Yeah!" She glanced down at herself and shrugged. "I don't really care what I look like tonight. Do you?" I laughed.

"I don't really ever care what I look like, as long as I am comfortable."

"Good enough for me. Now, let's get our coats and go." She stood up slowly, and swayed a little, the alcohol taking effect on her. I smiled. She would be a good drinker yet. Yori straightened herself and smiled down at Yuuki.

"Well, come on slowpoke! Let's go!"

I finished off my bottle and carefully put it back in place under my mattress. I took Yori's bottle from her grasp and put the top back on and put it back as well. She looked at me like she was about to cry.

"Hey, more for later," I said, and she beamed. We both grabbed our jackets and headed to the bar. We weren't outside the school grounds good when Kaname and Kain showed up. I stopped abruptly.

Uh-oh.

Something was going to happen that I wouldn't like, I could tell. Just from the way Kaname was looking at me. Not like anything was wrong, but just that he almost looked disappointed. I sighed, my breath fogging up the air in front of my face. I shrugged off my jacket. It was getting hot. Maybe I shouldn't have drunk that entire bottle, I thought, and prayed that Kaname couldn't smell the alcohol on me.

"Hello, Kaname-kun, Kain-kun," I said, addressing them. "How are you this evening?" I asked a bit too sweetly. I shook my swimming head. Kaname smiled at me.

"Where are you two headed this cold evening?" Kain asked.

"Just to the bar to celebrate Yuuki's barely-made initiation," Yori said to him.

"Oh, really?" Kaname asked, looking to me, my flushed face, and then to the jacket that I had pulled off.

"Yes, really. Now, if you would excuse us, we will be on our way," I said, and stepped to the side to get around him. But of course Kaname countered me.

"Actually, Yuuki won't be going anywhere tonight. We have much to talk about."

"What!?" I squeaked. "I know you are not telling me what to do, Kuran Kaname," I seethed, outraged by his statement. No one and I mean no one, told me what to do. I grabbed Yori's hand and dragged her around the two, further down the walkway, and then the son-or-a-bitches flashed in front of us.

"Urgh, fuck off, Kuran! I just want to go to the bar with my friend tonight. There's nothing wrong with that!" I shouted.

Damn, why couldn't he just let me go!? I wasn't going to get into any trouble; I had only had a bottle of Jose. That wasn't enough to do any real damage to me. I looked to the ground and noticed that it was somehow coming closer to my face, and coming fast. I put my hands out to keep my face from making contact with the ground, but they wouldn't obey what my mind was telling them. Then I felt a pair of strong pair of arms around me and I closed my eyes, and sighed. Why was everything suddenly taking such effort to do?

"Kain," I heard Kaname say. "Escort Yori back to her room and make sure she stays there. I don't want anything happening to her."

"Nothing will if I look after her," I heard Kain reply in his rough voice.

My legs were pulled up closer to me and I could feel Kaname breathing. I guess he was carrying me. But to where? I shrugged slightly, and breathed in his scent. I had a feeling that when I decided to open my eyes again, I was going to get chewed out.

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-Kain's P.O.V-

As I reached for Yori's hand she gladly accepted mine. I looked to her and she smiled at me, and it made me want to smile back, but I didn't. Relationships between vampires and humans were just impossible. Save for Kuran and Yuuki. They were the only exceptions. I lead her up the stairs to her dorm. She thankfully didn't ask how I knew which room was hers. I had just happen to be walking by her window and decided to see what she was up to. Of course it had been night, so she had been sleeping. She looked so angelic when she was sleeping. So at peace.

I shook my head.

I shouldn't be thinking things like that!

I opened the door and glanced around the darkened room to see if there were any unwelcome visitors. There were none so I stepped aside and let Yori in the room. As she stepped around me, her hand brushed mine and I stiffened. Just from that little contact I could feel the pulse of her blood and I gripped the door frame so as not to make any rash moves.

"Well, if that is all," I said and turned to leave.

She grabbed my hand and said, "But that's not all." And then she leaned up and laid her lips to mine, shocking me to the very core of my being.

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-Yuuki's P.O.V-

I stirred as I felt something cool on my face, and struggled a moment to open my eyes. Once I did, I saw Kaname, and I immediately closed my eyes.

He laughed. "Now, now, Yuuki, you don't have to be ashamed. I knew you had been drinking last night, so all is forgiven."

I inwardly sighed. Good. I hated it when he was mad at me. I sat up in bed and glanced around. So, he had brought me back to his room. Well, it could have been worse. He got up off of the side of the bed and made me a glass of water. As he brought it to me, I greedily took it out of his hands and drained the contents of it in less than a minute.

"Kami, Jose always makes me dehydrated."

I handed the glass back to him and I could see pain come into his eyes. I reached for his hand.

"Kaname-kin? What is it?"

He sighed and sat down on the bed and dragged me into an embrace that nearly strangled me. But, I sighed and wrapped my arms around him and kissed his cheeks.

"Yuuki, Kain and I went to re-read the documents that we have on Sherti's Choosing."

My breath caught in my throat as I was breathing in his scent and my body stiffened.

"And what did you two find out?" I asked cautiously.

"Well, she-you-only had a certain amount of time to choose the person."

"Oh, is that all?" I laughed. "Kaname-kun, you really had me worried. I thought you were going to tell me something awful."

When I noticed that he wasn't smiling at me, I knew that there was something else.

"Yuuki-chan, it is awful. You will only have two more weeks."

"What?" I whispered, too stunned by his information to fully comprehend it. He cupped my cheek gently and kissed my lips very softly.

"Two more weeks, Yuuki-chan. And that's all the time you have. That's the deadline. On the last day of the choosing, it will be the full moon. And if you choose the right person, all will be well, but if not..." he trailed off.

I looked at him in a bit of horror. Two damn weeks? That was it? I gulped. Well, it was obvious who I was gong to choose; but then again….I shook my head furiously. No, even though I had to admit that Davien had a certain charm about him, I guess I should know from experience that he wasn't the one for me.

Man, you know, it was really sad to think, that without doing my initiation dare, I wouldn't have known about my past life, and would have ended up making the same mistake twice. I sighed.

Damn, I hated deadlines.

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A/N: And, there is that chapter. Sorry if it wasn't that funny. And, I guess I can't but develop the plot more in each chapter. Well, go press the green button and tell me what you thought in a review?