Aww! I think this chapter is the cutest! I swear, I have a feeling that you guys will like it! Oh thanks for every single review (short or long though preferably long) that I've gotten! Thanks my many Kan&Zero fans! Happy wishes out there!

Kaname sensed something come near him. It was a very faint presence but none the less, a presence. He was too tired to worry about anything. He must of have been dreaming when he felt a small kiss on his cheek. And the first person to pop into his head was Zero: the older, more stoic version and the younger, more adorable one.

He wanted to smile but he couldn't, fearing that it might just very well be that: a dream. Then everything went black and he could feel a random warmth surrounding his face. His eyes blinked open and focused to the desk near his bed in the corner. He lifted his head up, his messy brown hair falling to his face. He wondered if it was real. He hoped it was real.

Taking a small sniff in the air, he smelled the distinct smell of Zero. Within that small moment, he found himself smiling, happy that Zero cared about him yet worried about his wellbeing. He wondered if the young boy was around here.

Getting up and stretching, he moved out and found a black sweater to wear with some regular, blue jeans lying around. Normally, he wouldn't leave anything, much less his jeans, lying around but this month has take a toll on the pureblood, even though he didn't appear like it. Combing his hair to the nearest thing to perfection, he walked out of his room. It was rather quiet down the hallway until he heard indistinct voices in the background.

Moving rather quickly toward the noises, he found himself standing in front of his own study room. Really now, Kaname was not in the mood for some spy or a stray vampire lurking in the shadows, trying to find out things that they didn't need to know. He turned the knob and found himself staring at Aidou and little Zero, hovering over a pile of books on top of his desk… in his chair.

He was utterly confused.

"O-Oh! H-Hello Kaname-senpai!" Aidou greeted the pureblood nervously.

Kaname sighed.

"I-I guess I'll be gone then. Bye, Zero-chan!" Aidou quickly gave the boy a pinch on the cheek and hurried out before getting yelled at by Kaname.

Kaname stared the boy, slightly disappointed at how the boy just willing came into his private study room and that fact that he carelessly went from the Chairman's office to the Night Dorm without any assistant.

Speaking of which, he wondered how Cross just willingly let the small boy go without worrying about someone seeing him.

"Sorry, father. I'll leave now."

He got up, walking toward the ladder leaning against the shelves filled with books. Kaname looked at him a bit sadly. He hadn't realize how much Zero cared for him in such a way and he hadn't realized just how sensitive he was. Sighing a bit, he walked over to the boy mid-way up the ladder, picker him up and placed him on the floor again.

"No, its okay. You can stay. I was just a bit surprised… that's all," He ruffled the silver locks as he reassured him.

Zero looked up and smiled brightly at the pureblood. Kaname could only smile back at him. Really now, did he have to be this cute?

"What were you reading, Zero?"

"I wanted to know what ..umm.. That word meant so I asked Aidou for the dictionary on top and I found out what it meant!" He seemed like he was smiling.

Kaname was going to later punish Aidou for getting the dictionary, correcting the boy in the beginning and for any other future acts that he might choose to do. He saw Zero climb up the ladder, get a blue-covered book then climb back down and rushed toward the big chair. Kaname walked over and hovered over the book. Just skimming the first few lines, he could tell it was Hamlet.

"Why are you reading Hamlet, Zero?"

"Because I wanna be as smart as daddy it! And if I'm smart… daddy will love me more,"

Kaname just stared at him. Zero looked over and quickly smile before looking back down and reading again. Kaname had no idea what to say. No, that was incorrect. He knew exactly what to say but… those words that came out of the boy surprised him. Love? He didn't have to be perfect. But Kaname wondered where Zero got the idea that he would love him more if he was smart.

"You…"

Zero looked up at his father. Those chocolate red eyes seemed to stare at Zero yet his eyes seem very distant. They were sad eyes that Zero saw.

"You don't have to be perfect…"

Kaname leaned over and gave a small kiss on the boy's head. Zero felt his checks turn slightly pink. He was surprised that his father didn't want him to be perfect. He felt arms wrap themselves around his small body. Then Zero realized that Kaname was slightly hugging him in a way and that he was just resting his face against his head. That was why he didn't turn his head to see the pureblood.

"Just… be yourself, Zero and I'll love you either way… I promise,"

Zero could feel a smile against his head and felt his heart thud against his ribcage. He felt so warm and happy. That's why Zero let Kaname hug him. That's why Zero smiled as he let out a small chuckle.

"I see.. Then.." Zero turned around and smiled quite sadly at the pureblood, "Father is too kind, sometimes."

Kaname couldn't quite register what emotion the boy held because he turned around just as quickly.

"Ne daddy? Did you sleep well?"

He was changing the topic and Kaname could see that. It was too obvious. Yet he let him. Kaname picked him and set him back down as soon as he was in the chair in his lap. Zero looked back and smiled warmly at the man.

"Do you still wanna read Hamlet, father?"

"Hmm not really."

Zero closed the book, reached over and got another book with the same blue cover yet smaller than the Hamlet one. The white engraved letters spelled Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Kaname looked curiously at the boy and the book. He never found this book in his small library before. He wondered where Zero got this book. But he decided to forget about it. He reached over and held the boy's hand as he flipped open the hard cover of the book.

"Hey Zero, can you read to me?" Kaname was still very sleepy but he just wanted to hear the boy's voice.

"Okay father." Zero smiled. "Alice was beginning to get very tired…"