*Chapter 10*

Yuuki could hardly believe that she had agreed to this. Mood was about has far from "romantic" as it could get. Her headache refused to leave her alone and all she wanted to do was crawl home into her bed. Although as much fun as that sounded, she couldn't. First of all, she had promised Yori that she would accompany her and second of all, this "date" was a could way to show her father and Zero that she was, as they said, depressed.

"This will show them." Yuuki mumbled to herself. Yori cast her a quick glance, but then continued staring at her reflection at the store window. She had done so for the last few minuets. It was as if she stared hard enough then a flaw would magically reveal itself as if it had been in hiding.

"Did you just say something?" Yori asked.

"Just talking to myself." Yuuki said and looked down at what she was wearing. Compared to Yori, it was plain. She had meant to dress up more, but couldn't find the line between dressing nicely and trying to hard. "When are we supposed to meet them?"

Yori looked at her watch. "Any minute now." They were standing in the middle of the mall where they had agreed to as their meeting point. A shopping mall didn't exactly scream date material, but it was convincing for both of them. Yori had to buy a gift for her mother's birthday and her date was bringing his baby brother to buy new clothes. They figured that they could just knock to bird with one stone.

"What does his friend look like exactly? How does he know about me?" He had told Yori's boyfriend for her to bring Yuuki, which truth be told, was creepy.

"He saw a picture of you." Yori answered.

"How did he get a picture of me? Did you send it?"

"It was picture with both of us. Relax."

Yuuki turned away and took a few deep breaths. There was absolutely no reason for her to worry. This was normal guy. Not someone who hid in the night and only appeared in a whim.

"Yori!"

Both of them turned around and recognized the caller as Daiki, Yori's first and current boyfriend. They embraced and Yuuki turned away when she saw their lips meet. The amount of affection they showed each other made her more then a bit uncomfortable. And jealous.

"Nice to meet you, Yuuki."

The one that approached her was probably Daiki's friend, her blind date.

"Hello." He was not bad looking. More cute then handsome. Curly hair and freckles. She would have probably been attracted to him, but wasn't. Her mind was unfortunately on someone else.

"My name in Kin." He extended his hand and she shock it, and prayed that her palm wasn't sweaty.

"I'm Yuuki."

He opened his mouth to say something when the youngest one of the group gave a small shout.

"I want to go home." It was Daiki's younger brother, Raiden. He looked to be around the age of five maybe more. "I hate to buy clothes. I want to go home!"

"Mother said that the ones you have now are to small. If you stopped growing then you wouldn't need to buy more." Daiki told him.

Raiden only crossed his arms and puffed. "Fine but I want ice-cream."

"Deal." Daiki said. It was easier then to argue with him.

They went to various stores and looked for different outfits for Raiden to try on. He managed to find a few things that he liked, but mostly he only complained.

Yori also managed to find a present for her mother. A small elegant purse. It was a simple present, but something that she could use on a daily bases.

"Maybe we should leave them alone for while." Yuuki whispered to Kin. Yori and her boyfriend were acting all lovey-dovey and might want some privacy.

Kin nodded and led her around the mall. They looked at different stores together and he proved himself to be a very pleasant man, or boy. Whichever was the right description. He was a bit childish, but not in a silly way and made her laugh more then once.

"I do have something to confess." Kin said.

Yuuki got an uncomfortable feeling in her stomach. This can't be good,

"I recently broke up with my former girlfriend."

"Thank God." Yuuki said before she could stop herself. She covered her mouth and turned bright red. "I-I'm so sorry I did not mean it like that. I-I just thought that you had something terrible to tell me and I got all anxious. So when you said that you had broken up with your girlfriend I was relieved that it wasn't anything serious. Not that that is not serious. It's sad but,..."

Yuuki stopped her rambling and wished that she could crawl into a hole and disappear. A few who were passing by looked her way.

"Sorry." She whispered and was prepared to make a run for it when her phone sang. It was Yori and she was wondering where they were.

The rest of the day went by really uncomfortable. Yori wondered what had caused Yuuki's mood to change, but Yuuki refused to answer her. Even Kin tried to talk to her, but she successfully avoided it. It wasn't until she reached her home that she began to relax.

She stepped through the front door and her phone made a noise. Someone had sent her a text but she waited to read it until she was safely in her room

"How was your date? Did he do anything inappropriate? We'll kill him." Kaein said and moved to hug his daughter. Yuuki awkwardly hugged him back.

"I'm going to my room."

"No! Wait! We have to talk about it!" Kaein shouted after her as she ran up the stairs. "Did you have fun?"

"So much fun!" Yuuki replied and disappeared out of eyesight.

"We have to do something about this." Zero said as he entered the room. "She is not herself."

"Maybe we should move. She was fine before all this happened." Kaein said. He didn't want to move. This place was bigger then anything they could ever afford and he had become comfortable. But he had to do something to get his daughter in higher spirits.

"I don't think that we have to make any drastic changes." Zero said.

"It's not drastic." Kaein corrected him. "I have thought about it for sometime and I have even made a contact with a lawyer to see how much this place is worth. Many companies would like to build a hotel here. We could walk away with a lot of money on our pockets."

Zero was surprised at how serious he was on this subject. He hadn't thought that far ahead. His plan was just for her to admit was what bothering her and then they could solve it. Simple as that. "But who would want to build a hotel here? It practically in the middle of nowhere."

Kaein shrugged and readjusted his glasses. "Maybe they want privacy."

Yuuki shut the door firmly behind her and jumped up on her bed when he phone vibrated again. Another text.

Laying comfortably on her back, she dug it out her pocket and read the two messengers. Surprisingly they were from Kin. Where did her get my number?Yori probably,

/I's so sorry. I tried to tell you earlier that you were cute when you rambled, but you wouldn't litsen. Can't ignore me now, huh? Please answer./

/How about we go on another date?/

After making a fool of herself, Yuuki didn't know if she could face him again. It was just too embarissing.

A soft knock sounded from her window and she nearly jumped out of her skin. She was on the top floor which meant it could only be one person. Kaname,

Softly and quietly she walked towards the window, but found no one there. He was probably hiding. She quietly debated with herself if she should or should not open the window.

Temptation won and she opened it, but again she saw no one.

There was a low sound coming from below her before she was pulled down and darkness surrounded her.

Slowly Yuuki woke and saw only darkness in front of her. Her head was throbbing and she let out a small moan.

A hand touched the side of her face and Yuuki jumped back only to realize that she was tied to a chair.

"Does it hurt, princess?"

She recognized the voice as Kaname's but couldn't figure out why he had called her that. Her headache slowly disappeared and she became aware that there were other people with them. She could see their shapes in the darkness.

"W-where am I?"

"Shh." Kaname whispered. "You are safe."

"That is not what I asked! I asked where am ?" Yuuki shouted.

"Such a rude person." Someone said. A female. "Are you sure about this, Kaname? I think that you are making a mistake."

A low growl sounded through the place. She could have sworn it came from where Kaname was standing.

"She is perfect." He said in a hard voice.

Yuuki's skin began to crawl. "Perfect for what?"

Lips touched he temple before moving down to her ear. "To be my bride."

To be continued...