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Chapter 10: Daily routine

The council apparently did not take the news of the vampire existence too bad. They were frightened of course but Yuuki did not seem scared and besides, none of their vampire friends ever did something weird. Yuuki and Emily were discussing this matter in Emily's room.

"So, tell me, how long have you known for vampires?"

"My whole life. I have no memory of my childhood before the age of five and my first memory is the attack of a vampire. I was rescued by another vampire."

"Who is he?"

"Kaname Kuran. He is a student of the Night Class at my father's academy."

"Wait. This Night Class…"

"They're all vampires."

"Oh… And I wanted to ask. Aruto he's special, isn't he?"

"He's a pureblood. He has no human blood at all, there are very few like him and they are treated as royalty." Yuuki replied reluctantly.

"And you like him, right?"

"Trust me, I did the mistake of getting to close to a pureblood before I won't do it again."

"Excuse me, but your recent shopping trip looks like a date to me." Emily giggled.

"No, it was not like that."

Her friend gave her an amused look.

"What do you mean you already did the mistake?"

"Lord Kaname is a pureblood."

"I see. Why do you call him a lord and not Aruto?"

"Because he told me not to and I also feel more comfortable around him than around Kaname." she mumbled. "You ask a lot of questions today."

Emily squeezed her arm and decided to talk about her plans for the holidays which took her the rest of their tea time.

In the following days, Aruto came to Yuuki's room every evening and some mornings to style her hair. He appeared to like the task a lot and Yuuki's hair had never been so gorgeous. He often did complicated braided updos that made her look powerful. They talked a lot, not only about their duties but also about their lives in general. She knew that the Kuran and Toma families were not exactly allies and that Kaname would strongly disapprove of their friendship. Yet, she could not deny that she liked the young pureblood, he was way more accessible than any other vampire and he trusted her. He trusted her even when she failed like she just had: they had had their first incident with a vampire since the publication of their new rules. One of the students had biten a girl on school ground. Yuuki, Aruto and Hiroto gathered with the culprit and at Yuuki's impulse they decided on a light punishment of two days suspension. The student anyway was very upset that he was not allowed to do what he wanted. So, as a revenge, he attacked the same human girl and the poor student ended up in the hospital unconscious. The offender was excluded of course, but Yuuki felt guilty toward the girl. That's what she told Aruto when he came to her office after the event and she told him of the outcome. His help was precious then, he reassured his president and cheered her up. That was when Yuuki realised she could trust him, that he was not like Kaname and would never try to keep things away from her whether it was secrets, responsibilities or painful facts, he just offered a helpful hand when needed.

Holidays were just three days away. Everybody was excited, even Yuuki who usual looked focused was a little bit ecstatic during her practice with Sosuke. They had started to train two weeks before and even if she already knew how to use Artemis, she was not very good with a sword. She was a quick learner when it came to sport however and her teacher did not spare her any bruises. They practiced every two days and now at least, Yuuki did not cut herself every three minutes. He was currently showing her what she could do alone at home to train. She needed sport to survive those ten days at home. She was both happy and tensed at the prospect of seeing everybody again, moreover as school at Shinrinchi stopped one day before Cross she would get a chance to meet her former classmates. She wanted to see Yori but not necessarily the others. Anyway, she still had one math test before Friday and needed to study. That's what she did after a quick shower. When she stopped studying, not exactly sure how the test was going to go, she called her father.

"Hello Dad."

"My sweet daughter! I'm looking forward to have you here for ten full days."

"I'm looking forward to go home." she replied.

"Really?"

"Yeah, really Dad, I miss you."

"Me too." Now he was crying, not for long at least. "By the way Yuuki, Kaname will be staying at our house during the holidays, it's a bit complicated but all you need to know is that he found his parents and they'll be here to. Isn't it wonderful?"

God, his habit of keep things from her was annoying.

"Humm…" she replied, "I have to go Dad I have a test tomorrow, bye."

She did not wait for his replied. She was really upset, not only he did not tell her such an important news for two weeks, but he also did not tell her all the story. She was still angry when Aruto found her in her office at nine o'clock.

"I knocked, you did not hear?"

"No, I'm sorry." she looked at him, his face was graver than usual.

"Is something wrong?" he asked.

"My Dad just told me that the Kurans are alive. Can you believe it? For two weeks he kept it hidden from me."

"Is it a surprise?"

"No, and that's probably the worst. What about you? You look a bit weird."

"Actually, I have a proposition for you."

"I'm listening." she said, puzzled, and went to the sofa.

"You know I hate being alone with the servants in my mansion," he started, "that's why I stay so late at school, and also, my parents hate this house, it's "too small" for them, so they never come. So, I was wondering if you'd consider moving in with me."

Now Yuuki was shocked.

"I know it's weird, but you're kind of my best friend… wow that's such a human thing to say… and we're always together and clearly it would be more comfortable than the dorms. We could even ask the director to transfer you the money for the room without telling your father."

"My father would probably faint if he knew that." Yuuki giggled. "Well, I don't know what to say, I need time to consider it."

"Of course. You can tell me after the holidays."

He came closer ran his hand through her hair and left the room after wishing her good night. When she looked at herself in the mirror there were lilac flowers in her hair, her favourite. She smiled.

One last test later, she was in holidays. Before getting in the car that was going to take her home, she looked one last time at the dorm, thinking about Aruto's propostion.