.The Used- A Vampire Knight Fanfiction.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything legally affiliated with Matsuri Hino's Vampire Knight or any songs by The Used. I only own this profitless plotline. Any ideas regarding things not explained already in the manga/anime that I use that other authors have already used, credit goes to them.

Author's Notes: Holy freaking crap! Do you know what I realized last time I posted a chappie that I had not noticed the other times!? I have over one-hundred reviews! I almost died when I saw it! I'm so happy! I just... I don't know, but thank you sooooo much to the readers and reviewers... *tears up* I'm so thankful...

Thank you to everyone who reviewed and a special re-thanks to YenGirl for beta-ing (even though she is doing many other stories and as consequently not gotten to this chappie just yet... XD). I am actually shocked to find that this one has gotten more response than MLC... But trust me- I am NOT complaining- keep reading and reviewing! :D

By the way- the chappie title's corresponding song (which I LOVE!)... It's not the actual title that the chappie goes with, but rather the lyrics, so don't get confused. In fact, I listened to this song as I typed it! ^^ Maybe you could find it and listen to it while you read! *.* Granted, the way the music sounds is a little... hyper (besides the perfectly-matched, slower beginning, bridge and end) for the content. X3

It was actually a toss up between I Caught Fire and Dark Days... Dark Days won. XD

Chappie Warnings: Lemon that may be a little... meh. I've been writing alot of it lately... *fake innocent look* More in the ending A/N's so I don't spoil it~!

Enjoy!

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Chapter 10- Dark Days

"Zero..." Kaname called to the other gently, his fingertips brushing over the closed lids of the boy under him. The boy that was quivering slightly just like he had the last time he was laid upon this bed. The younger vampire's eyes slowly, shyly, opened and fixed on the pureblood that was hovering over him on all fours- the dark, wavy chocolate locks falling over his shoulders as the pureblood looked down into his lover's timid gaze. The auburn, desire-telling stare was melting the younger's slight fear and it stilled his trembles with its warmth and silent, yet insistent, promises to treasure and to only please rather than hurt.

Kaname...

Zero seemed to forget that he was actually very scared to let Kaname make love to him, and reached up with both arms to wrap around the brunette's neck, pulling him down. Kaname let himself be taken down and felt his skin crawl delightedly when the hunter's soft lips met his own, kissing him tenderly and taking his time to thoroughly taste the older male's flavors while the pureblood tasted Zero's in return. It was a slow kiss, but not lacking punch at all. In fact, Kaname found himself getting even more aroused at this and found that it was just as good as any painful or wild foreplay that he naturally craved.

It was also different in the way that he could practically feel Zero's adoration and love for him through the kiss' ginger motions and caresses. (Kaname would have never guessed that Zero just had his first kiss that one time by the tree.) Maybe he should have treated Zero more like this previously and then none of the suffering or torment would have had to have happened. Kaname should have let Zero know exactly how he felt before he even tried bedding him... no, he should have told him as soon as he felt sure that he loved the hunter. The way Zero had told him that he didn't mind if he used him... So sadly... so broken-sounding. Zero had continued on to tell Kaname that he didn't mind as long as he did not ignore him anymore. The thought of Zero like that... the very notion that Kaname had been ignoring the silver-haired beauty when the boy had been wanting the pureblood so badly that it hurt them both...

Kaname involuntarily shuddered at the heart-wrenching memory of a few minutes ago and Zero felt it. He could also feel the broodingness in Kaname's aura and he pulled away.

"Kaname... what are you thinking about...?" he asked softly, his emotions for the pureblood coming through a little more than normal.

Quickly soothing himself, Kaname smiled reassuringly at Zero and, instead of answering the hunter, whispered, "You know that I love you, right, Zero?"

Immediately, the mellow, contented look that Zero had been wearing turned a little flustered as his eyes widened slightly. His cheeks burned a bright pink and he contemplated closing his eyes again and just lying there stiffly like he had been earlier. But the way Kaname's eyes, so compelling and intense, held him, Zero could not stop looking straight into them, even as the blush deepened from the very same intensity of that stare.

"And I never meant to harm you... I cherish you over all else... Zero," Kaname added, his voice growing more and more passionate. As he spoke, the words reminded Zero of the vivid dream he had had that one night after which he awoke to scent Kaname on his bed but saw that the brunette was nowhere around. Maybe... Had Kaname really been in his room caressing him and whispering his rapture while trying to atone to a slumbering body? And those kisses to his neck... Kaname must have been terribly tempted to bite him, but he didn't. Perhaps he was showing control and how he could, in fact, be with him without blood? Zero felt stupid that he hadn't realized that it really had been Kaname and the effort behind the acts... but he supposed that it was all right considering the way they both sought each other out this morning.

Before Zero said anything more or showed that he wanted Kaname to continue, he had to clear up everything- all doubt.

"...What about Yuuki...?"

"What about her?" Kaname asked, slightly tilting his head. When he did so, his cheek met Zero's still-clothed arm. (Zero wore his slacks and the button up shirt while Kaname wore a three-quarter length shirt and a pair of jeans.) Kaname kept his attention on Zero and his answer, but reached up fleetingly behind his head where the prefect's hands were and deftly undid the buttons on the cuffs of the shirt. That skillful little display made Zero gulp from the unintentional intimidation, but he kept his mind on the task at hand.

"I thought that you loved her... You... you told me that feeding me was for her when you first started to let me drink from you, so you must like her..." he muttered, getting more discouraged with each word.

Kaname looked a little shocked, surprisingly.

"Zero, just because I do not want her to get bled does not mean that I love her. Well, I do love her, but definitely not like I love you. Back then, I had simply meant that I fed you in her stead to keep her health about her. But now..." Kaname's sly smirk returned and he started to unfasten the buttons down the front of Zero's shirt with one hand's flick of the fingers. "I let you drink because I want... I need you to live. Besides, that day when you expelled the blood tablets in front of me was the first time that I really thought about being with you. Come to think of it... I had thought that you felt like that about her..."

The lilac (and now slightly reddened) -eyed vampire shook his head, trying to stay serious for a moment. That was no easy feat when Kaname's fingers were now drifting back up his bare abdomen after completely unbuttoning Zero's shirt.

"N-No... I treat her as a sister..." he murmurred distractedly, struggling to keep his shivers inside of his body when Kaname replied, "I see..." and let the ends of his fingernails graze over his flesh teasingly instead of his fingertips, coming dangerously close to one of the ex-human's nipples. "Ah..." Zero breathed, closing his eyes and letting his head loll to the side.

"No, Zero..." Kaname whispered and Zero flinched inwardly at how husky and... and how downright aroused the other vampire sounded. The pureblood slipped his hand between Zero's cheek and the pillow, gently turning his head back to look at him. "Please. I want you to look at me."

"Why?" Zero muttered, a blush crossing his face again. Kaname could tell that the younger vampire probably didn't want to stare at him and be stared at while he was undressed and touched by another man, but...

"I want to see the expressions that you make for me and I want you to see how you make me feel... so you will never question my love for you again."

Zero moaned. He wasn't quite sure if it was how embarrassed he was or... if it was the strangely romantic(?) way Kaname was talking to him.

Without further ado, Kaname finally sat back and began undoing Zero's black pants, still watching the hunter. The silver-haired teen's face was tense and he looked expectedly nervous, but Kaname only continued and offered a smile.

"Do not worry... I will let you look wherever you wish when I am inside of you. But only because I doubt you will be able to hold still then."

"Kaname!" Zero whined and he couldn't help but put his hands to his face for a moment. (Well... a kind of whine that only Zero Kiryuu could whine.) However, before Kaname could plead to him some more about where he should be looking, Zero steeled himself and put his arms back down determindedly and forced himself to meet Kaname's burning auburn gaze even as his pants and undergarments were pulled off of his body. He whimpered slightly in mortification when Kaname let his eyes fall between Zero's legs and he felt a little too exposed for comfort... He was erect. Zero watched as Kaname glanced up at his horribly red face momentarily with a little, wicked smirk before lowering his head.

Zero gasped before Kaname even did anything and he went to cry, "No...!" but all that really came out was a wavering moan when a warm tongue passed over the tip fleetingly. Zero's legs bent at the unfamiliar, yet maddening sensation, and Kaname reached up to push his knees farther apart so the hunter wouldn't smush his head with his thighs or anything.

Maybe Zero had bitten off more than he could chew this time... He didn't think he would feel so... so damn self-conscious when it was happening! Of course, he knew that Kaname was going to be doing all sorts of embarrassing things to him, however, he didn't really stop to think about how he himself may handle the experience. Zero would have to remember to think ahead in the future... Of course, Kaname seemed totally unperturbed by all of this and it made Zero feel a little immature in the sense of his sexual experiences.

Has Kaname had this kind of practice already? With whom...?

As if he could tell what Zero was thinking, Kaname murmurred softly as he lifted his head slightly, "Zero, although it is common for vampires, especially purebloods and nobles, to have more than one lover... You are my first in terms of actually caring. So do not start getting jealous."

Zero flinched slightly and he muttered off-handedly, "I... I wasn't getting jealous."

He did pick up on the fact that Kaname hadn't denied having sexual encounters with others before Zero, but the hunter gave Kaname the benefit of the doubt and realized that the brunette was a pureblooded vampire and probably did have sex with some other vampire already. But Kaname had just told him that he cared about the ex-human...

With a low chuckle, Kaname decided that he should probably stay up where Zero could see him and said as he crawled back up the hunter's half-stripped body, "No. Of course not." He lowered his head and pressed his lips to Zero's firmly; immediately pushing his tongue past the younger vampire's lips and fangs, letting his lover know how much he ached for him without having to plead verbally. Zero failed to look too far into that and was just thankful that Kaname wasn't giving too much attention to his shamefully hard member any longer. It was still a little too strange for him to have that happening, Zero supposed about himself.

However, Kaname was getting a little more needy with every passing moment. Zero was sighing into the kiss or running his hands through Kaname's hair ardently or even subconsciously arching his back towards the warmth if the pureblood's hips got a bit too close to the ex-human's exposed length; it all was driving Kaname through the roof. It also spiked up his bloodlust noticably and he wanted so badly to bite Zero again... The bond cried mercilessly at him for the release, but he couldn't- not after the look on Zero's face that Kaname's haphazard abandon had caused last time. The pain from the memory of Zero's accusing and disbelieving expression ached worse than the pureblood's hunger. Even before that, with the nightmare that Zero had- the cries of fear that spilled from his lips as he writhed on the bed. ...Never mind the fact that they had a powerful two-way bond which truthfully required more blood exchanges and also provided extra feelings of desire and stronger feelings of want... That extra desire to sink his swollen fangs into his lover's taut and yet wonderfully soft neck and listen to the long, pleasured moan string from the younger's bruised lips; that strong want to feel the hot, thick liquid flood his mouth fully, letting it dribble down his chin and Zero's throat just to make a pretty mess, before swallowing it and tasting the sweet, metallic tang on his tongue and waiting to have it followed up by a lovely sense of euphoria flowing through his veins.

Kaname let out a low, self-provoked growl as his eyes brightened with the bloodlust and his already half-aroused fangs lengthened and sharpened further. Zero's tongue had since entered Kaname's mouth tentatively and when the brunette's ivory canines grew, one scratched the hunter's invading tongue, making the younger vampire wince and let out a small yelp. His amethyst eyes widened a bit when he noticed the hue of Kaname's iris', but the crimson within them, although of the same nature as she had had that one night... well, Zero only felt calmed by this pureblood's gaze. It was as if Kaname had actually spoke soft, soothing words aloud and as quickly as he had been startled, Zero relaxed once more in the other's arms.

"Kaname..." he called after a moment.

"Yes?" Kaname responded immediately, glad to not hear any fear or any true, unexpected negativity in the hunter's quiet voice.

"I... I'm ready..." he whispered, his lips trembling slightly with the effort to not sound or appear afraid. Well... at least he wasn't scared of the vampire Kaname. But as for the roving lover Kaname... he was kind of worried. But only because this was his first time and Kaname looked so damn confident while Zero lay beneath him, trembling like some child. He would show him. Zero would prove to Kaname that he loved him just as much as the brunette loved the ex-human... Zero spread his legs from where they were already just open enough to accomodate the pureblood's waist and locked his resolute gaze with Kaname's. Yes, he was definitely ready.

At Zero's words, Kaname endured a pang of excitement in his stomach and stared down into the lavender eyes. He saw determination and a need to prove himself as well as Kaname. ...But there was also tender caring and- Kaname smiled- love?

"You really do love me, don't you, Zero?"

Zero thought about getting angry at the pureblood for teasing him when they were... well, when they were the way they were right now, but he thought better of it and remembered that Kaname was just infuriating.

"I want you to say it..." Kaname pressed when Zero just blinked at him, the playful tone in his voice making Zero scowl in good-natured annoyance. Kaname was indeed infuriating, but...

"... I... love you, Kaname." The hunter blushed, despite himself, and added softly when Kaname leaned down to kiss the tip of his nose happily, "I love you when you aren't being a bastard, anyway."

Kaname chuckled lightly.

"Says the boy who tried to kill me."

"I said I was sorry!" Zero hissed.

"I know, I know... Calm down..." the older vampire said, finally re-starting the intimacy by moving his semi-clothed body to rub against Zero's hardness. The silver-haired prefect gasped and gulped down his heart which had jumped into his throat at the sudden stimulus. Kaname's shirt was suddenly undone and removed by the pureblood himself, but when the brunette reached down to undo the button and zipper keeping his pants on, Zero stopped him with a shaky hand. With a slightly startled glance, Kaname saw that Zero looked a little surprised at himself- maybe his hand had moved on its own... That would sound like Zero, Kaname thought wryly.

"L-Let me," Zero mumbled, not looking at Kaname, but rather at the waistline where Kaname's creamy skin met the dark fabric of the clothing his fingers were poised to remove. He felt his face burning and held his breath when he saw that Kaname had no belt- that meant that it wouldn't take long until Kaname was exposed... right in front of him! Zero moaned internally. But he would do it! ...Ah, but that bulge in Kaname's jeans wasn't really helping his razor-wielding butterflies stop lacerating his insides.

He looks... larger than I thought... Zero thought uneasily when he ran his eyes over it.

But he would do it... he would do it... Zero's fingers weren't completely still as he undid the button. He could feel Kaname's eyes upon him and could also feel the sense of "calm" falling over him, making him relax slightly as he took the gold-colored zipper in between his fingers. Okay... Zero sighed and slowly drew the zipper down, gradually revealing more and more of the second layer of cloth he would have to take off. So he couldn't see it yet, but the material Kaname's boxers were fashioned of was not modest at all. Soon the track ran out and now all he had to do was get the garments off and he could just lay there the rest of the time. Steeling himself, Zero swiftly and fluidly slipped the pants and underwear off of the lithe hips together, freeing Kaname's length from it's fabric-y confines.

He tried not to look, but he just couldn't help it and his eyes blatantly disobeyed his brain as they stared hopelessly and slightly wide-eyed at the straining display before him. Kaname seemed to remain in his kneeling position over Zero on purpose to let him see. It wasn't really done to intimidate or show off (Zero's anatomy wasn't anything to scoff at either...), but rather Kaname wanted Zero to see the power that he held over the pureblood. Well... one of the powers anyway.

"You did this, Zero..." Kaname whispered huskily, finally lowering himself back on all fours, effectively getting the hunter's awed gaze back on his face. "I hope you are going to take responsibility for it."

Zero's mouth worked wordlessly, but it was fine because Kaname just leaned forward and captured the younger's lips with his in a deep, passionate kiss. He relayed as much of his love and lust into Zero like the hunter had done earlier- he would not make the same mistake again. As he did this, he slid his erection along Zero's, eliciting moans from both of them, but Kaname recovered a lot quicker than Zero who had to take a few breaths to calm himself. Kaname smirked and mentally opened a drawer somewhere in his room and a compact tube flew across the room at blinding speeds. Zero started slightly when Kaname lifted his hand quickly and the sudden smack! of the tube into his hand was enough to make Zero's eyes widen all over again. Agh, why was Kaname so... so seductive!?

After a moment of unseeingly staring up into Kaname's darkly burning eyes, Zero yelped when he felt a cool, slick finger teasing his entrance- his legs were still open, allowing access easily. The pureblood wanted this to be perfect... it had to be absolutely perfect for Zero... His face lost a bit of the playfulness as he applied the lube, preparing his lover carefully and gingerly, moving his finger in and out slowly before slipping in another.

"Ahn..."

Zero squrimed a bit when the second digit began to actually stretch the muscles in his rear and a sharp pain shot up his back. The first one had been uncomfortable, but bearable. He saw a flicker of concern flit behind Kaname's now-sanguine eyes and even felt it floating between their bond. Zero took a breath and pushed the slight pain to the back of his mind and he reached up, looping his arms around Kaname's neck again, pulling him down.

"Are you all right...?" the brunette whispered in Zero's pierced ear.

A soft laugh.

"Kaname, two fingers isn't going to kill me. I'm sure your... you know what will be something to worry about. ...But I want you to. I want you so badly..." Zero pleaded somewhat shyly, aware that the way he was talking was what had made Kaname bite him last time... But this time, he wouldn't get mad. He loved Kaname more than his own life- at least, that's how he felt right now, with the older vampire in his arms- and if Kaname wished to bite him, then so be it.

"Zero..." sighed Kaname wistfully, burying his nose in the soft neck next to him. The words he spoke... the very way he spoke to him. He felt Zero tense slightly when the pureblood opened his mouth and ran his tongue up the side of the un-tattooed flesh. He wanted to so much... but if he hurt Zero with his fangs again, he wouldn't be able to look the hunter in the eye ever again.

Kaname knew that it would feel wonderful to Zero to bite him, and he ached to make his lover feel good so badly- it was like pleasuring Zero was one of the single most important things in the world. True, Kaname wanted to partake in Zero's blood as well, having already tasted it, but it was mostly him wanting the ex-human to get as much pleasure as he could. He wanted nothing but the best sensations to overtake Zero and what better bliss for a vampire than a bite to the neck? Maybe if he was careful, he could....

Zero let out a languid moan when the crimson-eyed pureblood scissored his fingers briefly and whispered huskily, "I want to bite you, Zero... Please..."

Seemingly out of his mind by now, Zero only nodded slowly as he panted slightly.

"Yes... yes... go ahead..."

It was actually more urgent than the first time, since Kaname knew what he was about to experience, but also different from last time was the fact that he knew how heart-wrenching it was to hurt Zero. He kept the pale, dreadfully offended expression the hunter had given him last time in mind when he bared his fully aroused fangs and pricked the surface of Zero's neck. The slight penetration of the highly-sensitized and needy area made Zero let out a small begging whimper; he turned his head away more. Kaname's eyes were glowing by now and he proceeded to tenderly press his long fangs down into Zero's neck. At the same time, he added a third finger inside of Zero, both to add sensation and to distribute his mate's attentions. Kaname could feel the muscles in his jaw aching to jerk and dig deeper, but he kept himself under strict control this time.

A sharp cry (that Kaname could tell was only surprised and mildly pained) was issued from the silver-haired teen and he squeezed his eyes shut when a sudden pain laced its way up from his bottom as well as the teeth puncturing his flesh. Of course, the bite was half-expectedly mind-blowing and he felt a little dizzy from it all. He remembered that he hadn't fed in a while and, while moving his hips fruitlessly to get more comfortable, he hissed, "Kaname... Kaname I need to... feed..."

"Go on, then," breathed Kaname, obviously lost in the taste and feel of Zero's blood. They were both a little out of it, it looked like. Even so, Kaname knew that if Zero took from him now, it would help lessen the pain of their joining in a moment.

With an equally sickeningly exciting pop as Kaname's bite, Zero had quickly moistened the expanse of skin near his mouth and bit down, letting gravity pour pure vampire blood down his throat. The ex-human had had this blood before, obviously, but he would have bet anything that it tasted miles better when Kaname was taking from him at the same time. It was pleasantly odd- the way giving and taking at the same time felt to both of their bodies, but that didn't mean it wouldn't be stored to memory of things to do when they had time and were together in an empty room...

After a particularly sweet mouthful, Zero felt Kaname's fingers pull out and he felt a little too empty. He started to whine once again, but, as Kaname kissed away his lover's wounds, he murmurred comfortingly, "Shhh..." Although, he knew that his own hardened length was leaking by now and he could also feel that Zero's was as well, seeing as how it was pressing into the older vampire's stomach as Kaname leaned over to clean the blood from the hunter's neck.

Softened and preciously vulnerable violet eyes gazed lustily, trustingly and lovingly up into the swirling sorrel-scarlet ones which were just as enraptured, and they didn't really need words to say what needed to be told. Rather, it was conveyed through their stares. Before any of this, they hadn't thought that that sort of deep, near-incomprehensible bond was possible- probable, even- especially between them, but... It would seem as though Kaname Kuran and Zero Kiryuu were just that in love.

I'm ready, Kaname.

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Author's Notes: I actually didn't want to stop where I had, but I noticed that the chappie was kinda long (for me anyhow) and it was all sex! o.o So I wanted to just let it be romantical (for the most part) rather than all porn-y. Haha, it even got sappy at the end. Sorry fot those of ya who wanted it to be written all the way through. X3 If you must, just go back to my bio and clicky on By Your Side- it's the third in a series, but you acutally don't need the first two (it would be better to understand the storyline but...). Anyway- dat one has got plenty of bow-chika-wah-wah for you. XD

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