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Title: Summer Vacation Disaster.
Summary: It's summer vacation, so Koori went back home. At home, when he entered his room he saw a maroon pentagon box which had three crystal buttons. Somehow by accident he pushed one of the buttons and it sent him and his mom, Zero to another dimension. However when he got there, his mom was nowhere with him.
Beta-ed by: Sweet Sonia
Enjoy!
It was Friday night, the day before the planned trip and Koori was really excited about it. He would have been showing more of his enthusiast if it wasn't for the fact that he was currently alone in the dorm with Mad Hana.
Kana-daddy was out, helping Zero-senpai on his mission; Senri-rin and Ri-chan were still at work while Taku-taku was busy making preparations for the school trip with the chairman. Koori now really wished he had went with Kain-rarin and Ruru to the shops; he would have followed them if had only known he would have been left with Mad Hana. The blonde had been really irritating as of late as Kana-daddy didn't spare him a minute of attention. The purebloods mood had not been good as of late which had also influenced the blondes too.
The cause of Kaname's bad mood must have been because of the fight he had with Zero. He had been ignoring Kaname but it didn't seem like the effects were just of the fight that Zero was angry but something maybe that the pureblood had done.
Kaname was acting weird too as he had this yearning look on his face when Zero was around but seemed to have been holding back. However sometimes he would also try to ignore Zero, focusing his attention on Cross-chan though it being a half-assed job.
He'd also sometime be really polite which would give off a distant feeling.
Koori hummed thoughtfully. Maybe that was why senpai had been angry with Kana-daddy. He really hoped his parents would solve their fight quickly and then kiss and make up.
The silver noble walked out of his room. There were other vampires in the moon dorm but Koori was not close to them and therefore kept his distance. Although he disliked being around Mad Hana when he was in a bad mood, he sought him out as he was really bored.
Koori entered Mad Hana's laboratory. It was dark and eerie. Maybe he shouldn't have come here. It was scary but before he could leave, he saw Mad Hana. The blond had his back to him, pouring chemicals in a test tube into a beaker, chuckling under his breath.
He felt his curiosity peek and skipped into the dark room, appearing suddenly behind Mad Hana.
"What you doing, Mad Hana?" he asked. One could clearly hear the excitement in his voice.
The blond jumped at the sudden intrusion and slapped Koori across the shoulder before resting his hand on his chest, over his heart breathing a sigh of relief. He hadn't sensed Koori's presence earlier and had almost dropped the chemicals he was working on.
"Brat! That was dangerous!" Mad Hana scolded before turning back to his work. "I'm going to be the one to get it from Kaname-sama if anything happens to you." The blond mumbled under his breath.
Koori rubbed his shoulder, pouting. Mad Hana didn't have to hit him so hard. No harm happened anyway.
"Sorry." He mumbled. He couldn't really argue when the blond was right. Chemicals were really dangerous to play around with and seeing Mad Hana being angry like that meant the blond really did care so Koori looked pass the fact he was hit.
Koori's eyes began to sparkle when he saw the colours of the chemical. It looked edible, like candy.
Mad Hana saw the look in Koori's eyes and quickly warned the boy. "It's not something to eat, stupid. Stay away." the blond said, leaving his work and turned towards Koori, pushed him lightly so he would leave the laboratory.
Koori resisted. "Oh, come on. Mad Hana! I'm not that stupid. Let me stay." He whined.
"No. Out." Mad Hana stated, firm on his decision.
"But~ I'm bored. Play with me." Koori whined again, now clinging onto the blond.
It's the first time Koori acted like this towards the blond but Mad Hana was stubborn to have even noticed it. "I have a lot work to do. So out."
Koori pouted, sulking as Mad Hana grabbed the bored boy's arms. Koori didn't resist and because of this Mad Hana found it difficult trying to get Koori out of the room.
"Hey, come on. Move yourself." Mad Hana groaned. Koori didn't listen to him so the blonde was forced to place the boy down on the floor. He turned abruptly and accidentally his hand collided with some bottles containing liquid. Several fell onto the floor and some on Koori before he could stop it.
"Oh, shit!" He gasped. Then there was a loud boom and he lost sight of Koori in the smoke.
'BANG'
Zero watched blankly as another level E turned to ash after being shot at. The mission this time was supposed to be easy. He only had to hunt two level E's that had gone crazy but when he arrived at the location he was assigned to, he sensed there was more than what was stated in the report.
That sly fox! Zero grumbled under his breath. The president of Hunter Association was not the person Zero had known a long time ago.
Zero had remembered his past before he met Kana-san. He was the president of Hunter Association and he was the youngest hunter to achieve the title in history. He also held the power to kill purebloods with ease and because of that power, everyone feared him. The hunters being no exception.
He was still one the cursed twins but Ichiru was killed by his uncle at birth. Now, he knew why he didn't remember much about Ichiru before he was ten years old. However that was not all. He was tired of his responsibilities as the Hunter President; he didn't want to be one in the first place, so he had picked the most honest and enthusiastic hunter to be his replacement.
That replacement was the current President of said association. That man had his memory altered too on how he achieved his status and it seemed like it had gotten into his head. That man changed from an honest hunter to bribe taking hunter who betrayed the association just for his own selfishness. He found this out on his previous visit to the HQ to investigate something.
Anyway, that sly fox. How dare he give me a mission with a false report? This is not the first time it has happened too. Zero grumbled. This could only mean two things; there were some vampires that wanted him dead or the fact the president wanted him dead because he of his status as an ex-human. He had to keep the association clean of vampires after all to hide his own involvement with the said creatures.
'CRASH' 'SHRIEK'
Suddenly Zero was pulled out of his thought. He whirled around to the source of the sound and found himself stumbling into someone's hard back, tripping backward. That person however gracefully caught Zero before he fall back on his ass.
"Kuran." Zero mumbled eyes widening for a moment.
The pureblood frowned, his auburn orbs clearly showed how concern he was. "What's on your mind? You're about to get attacked." Kuran spoke gently but firmly.
Zero stood in stupor, not tearing his eyes from the pureblood before snapping out of it and pushing the pureblood away. It had been long since the pureblood last spoke to him. "What are you doing here, Kuran?"
"…" Kuran didn't answer him but looked away.
Zero mentally sighed. The situation he was in, confused him. Kuran was Kana-san according to the fragments of memories he received daily and Zero was the one who sealed Kurans' memory while gave his to his twins.
He didn't know where the error was in the spell but he was starting to remember even without carrying a child. That was not all, the memory had triggered the feeling he kept locked deep inside him and now it was screaming at Zero for some attention.
He still loved Kuran, no matter how cruel the pureblood was. He was obsessed with the pureblood maybe that was why he still could love the jerk even after being raped and made into a chess piece for his dearest sister.
Zero grew angrier at the thought but alas he couldn't make any fuss about it since 'literally' right now, he didn't have the right to. It was his decision to seal Kuran's memory. It was him who wanted to test Kuran's heart. Whatever Kuran's decision was, he shouldn't interfere since he had once gave up on the pureblood.
Though aside from that, the deal Kuran had suggested flared another flame in him. How dare that man make such suggestion when he was the one using him as a chess piece for his precious girl...
It was absurd.
'Stupid Kuran. He even kissed me. How the heck is that being strangers?' Zero grumbled inwardly.
"I can take care of myself perfectly well." He glared.
"You didn't seem to be doing a good job at it just now." The pureblood retorted.
The anger flared in Zero. He quickly took a deep breath. His pain of being pushed away from Kuran was really getting to him. He was mad at Kuran to even daring to suggest that deal. "What's your problem, Kuran. Aren't we supposed to be strangers?"
"I know." He replied short.
"Then?"
"It's not odd to help someone in need. Besides… I want to ask who that person…." Kuran suddenly changed the topic.
Zero was confused at first. "What person?" he asked.
"Your condition to our deal."
It clicked.
Kuran was holding his hand out. A handshake? Zero stared at the hand, blankly. To take it or not. Finally, without realizing it, Zero's hand move to take Kuran and his mouth moved. "Deal."
'No, that's not right. Why am I accepting this deal?' the deal was sort of one-sided, it was unfair for Zero. Besides the deal didn't sit right with him.
Before Kuran could pull his hand away from Zero's, Zero gripped his hand. "Wait, I have a condition too." He spoke up.
He could feel Kuran's eyes on him, studying him in silent before he gave his reply. "You may go on."
Zero looked at the floor, feeling nervous all of sudden. "I'm searching for someone… if you turn out to be him," he paused, lifting his gaze to Kuran. His eyes were unwavering. "The deal is off."
Kuran stared at him for a while, deliberating it. "And who's this person?" he asked. There was a dangerous glint it his eyes but it was gone as soon as it appeared.
Zero's eyes clouded. He had a faraway look on his face. "Just someone I made a promise with."
Kuran agreed to it, surprisingly. Now that he thought about it, why did Kuran make the agreement in the first place? The kiss also didn't add up. The deeper he thought about it the stranger Kuran's behaviour had been to him.
Not only after the agreement, but ever since Koori appear, Kuran had been acting weird. The rape, the threat, the change of heart towards Koori, the 'I miss you' accident, the sudden interest in past murder attempt on the pureblood on the first day they met at Cross place and the touching.
Zero continued to ponder and suddenly it clicked in him.
"… I know you'll like that."
'It couldn't be…!' Zero's eyes widen a bit, snapping towards the pureblood. His body stiffed. 'Kuran remembered…'
The loud sound coming from Aidou's laboratory alerted many people and some of them were already making their way to the said room. The sight of white smoke was not doing it good for others impression too.
Akatsuki who had just got back, rushed through the door and called for his cousin. "Hanabusa! Are u in here?"
There was a cough. "Here!" the blond voice reached his cousin.
Akatsuki made his way to the blonde only to stop half way when he stumbled upon someone. He caught the person before the said person fell and was surprised when he realized it was a small child.
The smoke cleared up and soon Aidou saw his cousin and made his way to him. "Akatsuki, did you see—" his voice was stuck in his throat when he saw a boy with silver hair in Akatsuki's arms. The boy's large shirt seemed suspiciously like what Koori was wearing earlier.
Akatsuki was looking at Aidou sternly, wanting an explanation to the presence of the child. Aidou fidget but before he could answer, another person barged into the room.
"Aidou-kun, what happened? What was that loud explosion just now?" Takuma asked, just got back from his meeting with the chairman. The paperwork was still in his hand.
Then Shiki and Rima, who just gotten back from work, entered the room just because they saw Takuma was there.
"Aidou, what the heck was that loud noise all about?" Ruka asked, frowning.
"Er…" Aidou hesitated. He didn't know how to explain since he too was trying to figure out the cause of the explosion.
Suddenly someone burst into the room again and grabbed the boy in Akatsuki's arms, settling him on the floor. The newcomer held the standing boy's shoulder, looking over the boy. Meanwhile the boy looked at him confusedly.
"Oh, my god! Koori! Look what happened to you. What am I going to tell your mom?" he asked and everyone eyes shifted from Aidou to the boy and back to Aidou, expecting an explanation.
"It was an accident, I swear!"
"Aidou!" the others scolded and Aidou cringed away.
The atmosphere had turned heavy for Aidou. If it was some other person he had turned into something, it would probably still be alright. But it was Koori. He totally was going to get it from Kaname-sama later.
Then a soft giggled erupted, lifting the dark air.
"Hi-chan, look. Mad Hana looks really funny." The boy continued to giggle and the others couldn't help but coo at the sight.
Hi-chan who was actually Ichiru, instantly pulled the boy into a hug. His lilac eyes looked relief. "Koori, I'm glad you're ok." He paused, leaning back and gazed at the boy, tilting his head. "Though you looked like six years old right now." He lifted his eyebrow.
Koori pouted, folded his sleeve covered arms over his chest and huffed. "That so mean Hi-chan. Of course Koori is six since Koori is six. How could Hi-chan forget?"
Ichiru blued and in the background, he could hear some of the vampires gasped. "Eh?"
"Koori, you are joking right?" Aidou who looked so nervous right now asked. He seemed pale and he was trembling too.
Koori pouted more. He turned away, sulking. "Hi-chan and Mad hana don't care about Koori anymore…" he mumbled and he became quiet. The room was also silence. The other older student didn't know how to respond. Before soon, all the other in the room smelt salt and heard sobbing coming from the boy. The boy's small back quivered.
"Hic. Hic. Uwahhhhh! Mommy!" the boy started crying and the other quickly panicked except for Shiki, Rima and Ruka.
Ichiru gathered the crying child into his arms, coaxing him and making a shushing sound. "Shush… don't cry. I'm not good in this kind of thing." Ichiru snapped desperate eyes at Aidou, mouthing—fix it, fool—and back to rubbing the boy's back.
The blue eyes blonde noble flinched. "Bu—but I don't know how!"
Ichiru glared some more, sighing mentally before hauling Koori up, tucking him in his arms and exited the room, ignoring other inquiring gaze.
Zero could feel the gust of wind blowing at him. They had been standing in silence for a while now and the wind was becoming a signal for one of them to speak. "Kuran…"
Dark wine eyes regarded the ex-prefect coolly.
Zero gulped. Everything had turned silent around him. He couldn't say anything else but his raising heartbeat. "Are you—?"
'Rinne Rondo ringtone'
Zero flinched. He was in a stupor for a moment before realizing it was his cell phone that was ringing. He gave Kuran a glanced, as if telling the pureblood he needed to take it and whirled around, fishing his cell from his pocket and flipped it open.
"Kiryuu." He said.
In the background, he heard Kuran's phone ring too. There was some rustling before he heard a click and a deep voice answer.
"Yes, Takuma. What is it?"
The other end took some time answering. Both were panicking and talking nonsense. Zero frowned.
"Talk properly wills you, Ichiru? And how the heck did you get my number?"
"Takuma, I can't understand you. Calm down and talk slowly." Kaname voiced out his irritation.
The caller took a deep breath and a moment later, they almost shouted, strained. "SOMETHING HAPPENED TO KOORI. HURRY BACK!"
That all they needed to hear before sprinting back after giving each other a quick glance.
Yuki was making her last round around the Moon dorm when she heard a child's cry. Curious, she followed the sound and stopped when she realized the sound was coming from inside the dorm.
'Who could it be that brought a child here? It's not visiting day too.' She left her thoughts and pushed the front door open.
Instantly she could feel several pair of eyes on her. She flinched before realizing it was only her crush group.
At the same time, the other seemed disappointed to see her at the door. Are they expecting someone?
Yuki entered the dorm, approaching the others who were sitting in the lounge, crowding over something. From there too, the sound of cry came.
"Hey, you guys don't suppose to know where that cry come from, do you?" she asked, stopping beside Ruka.
Takuma flashed her small smile. "Hi, Yuki-chan. Unfortunately, we do." He answered, gesturing a hand towards the centre of the room.
She followed the hand and gasped. "Ichiru?" then her brown orbs caught another figure in the said boy's arm. "And who is this?" she asked.
Upon asking, a pair of glistering dark purple orbs greeted her dark brown one. Her heart skipped a beat and it continued to lose its beat when she absorbed the boy's milky skin, stained by tears, trembling reddish lips and the familiar features of her crush.
The boy's soft, silver wavy tresses however caused a pain thumped in her gut. 'He looked familiar.'
"As you can see, this is Koori-kun. Aidou-kun made a mistake again and this time he turned the poor boy into a child." Takuma glared at Aidou, darkly. "And he didn't even remember me."
"Eh?" Yuki gawked.
"Not only Takuma, he doesn't even remember any of us." Akatsuki sighed.
Yuki blinked at the tall vampire. He seemed upset by the look of it.
Ruka flicked her hair in annoyance. "And he only remembers that prefect's twin and that fool." Ruka narrowed he eyes at a certain blond who seemed paler that usual.
Yuki glanced at the still crying boy, then to Ichiru and Aidou. She was about to ask something when the double door of the dorm slammed open none too gently by a certain silver prefect and auburn hair pureblood.
"KOORI!" both the teenagers exclaimed, chest rising up and down in anxiousness.
The sight of the two newcomers was one to feast on because it was not one you could see as their emotions were so clear on their faces.
"Where is he?" Kaname asked.
"Mommy!" a cry snapped both of the teenagers to the child who was hugging Zero's waist.
"Wha—t?" Zero was stunned.
Kaname blinked and got to his knees. "Koori." The child looked at him and the pureblood's hand roamed over the child. "How did you turn like this?" he asked, worry and at the same time awe
"Koori? This is Koori, Kuran?" Zero asked, still shock.
Kaname nodded. He then flinched when Koori's red eyes begun to tear again. His lips trembled as his eyes stared up at Zero. He wailed. "Not mommy too, hic! hic!" Koori pulled his hands to his face, whipping his tears with both his cold knuckles. He didn't understand why no one seemed to recognize him.
Suddenly, he was pulled into a warm embrace. "Shush, it's ok. Don't cry." A deep, soothing voice reached his ears.
Overwhelmed, Koori wrapped his arms around Kaname's neck, hugging the pureblood tightly and snuggling into the said teenager's chest.
"Kana-chan~" Koori whispered lightly as his cry turned to sob. At least, he still has his Kana-chan.
A few hours later
Koori had fallen asleep and Kaname had tucked him in bed in the pureblood's room. Kaname had dismissed the other vampires except Aidou and asked him to meet him in the study room. Zero had sent Yuki back to the Sun dorm before going back to the Moon dorm. He also gathered in the pureblood's room with his twin.
Zero stood by the wall, nearest to the door leaning against it lazily with his eyes closed as opposed to his twin who was too standing by the wall but was fiddling with his cell phone, messaging. By the look of his facial expression, he was not having a good time at all. He looked like he was getting scolded by his angry boss.
In the meantime, Aidou was staring at the floor as if he was thinking about something really deep.
'CLICK' the door connecting Kaname's room with the study opened and in came Kaname.
The pureblood regarded the others with a quick glance before taking a seat at his desk.
"Aidou, explain."
Aidou lifted his head up from the floor and met the pureblood's garnet orbs. "He was bored so he came to the lab to bother me. But some accident occurred and some chemical fell on him. There was a loud explosion and before I knew it, he turned into a boy. Also from his reaction, his mind is one too." Aidou replied with the utmost calmness for someone who was in trouble, it was weird.
"I understand." Kaname paused, noticing the look on the blonds face. "What is it? Something bothering you?" he asked.
Aidou blinked, a little startled about being read so easily but then again, it always happened. "Actually there is, Kaname-sama." He gazed at the pureblood, waiting for permission.
"Proceed then."
"Well, Koori's mind is the mind of a six years old so his memory was also the memory from the said age but he recognized me, Kiryuu's ototou and you, Kaname-sama. Though he made a mistake with Kiryuu but still he acknowledge some of us, even the nickname. This can't be coincidental." The blonde exclaimed, showing his rare sharp side.
Kaname twitched. "Yes, it's not a coincidence, but Aidou it is confidential. Don't bother about it much."
Aidou was not satisfied with answer. As a scientist, he had a lot of curiosity and he wanted answers. But since his leader didn't seem like he was going to answer even if he asked, he let it go. For now, that is.
"You can leave now. Find a cure and inform me if there is any improvement. Make sure there are no side effects too." Kaname said; his gaze hard, unreadable but there was a sense of protectiveness to it.
Aidou nodded, bowing respectfully at the pureblood before leaving.
There was a moment of silent in the room before Zero opened his eyes, pushed himself off of the walls and walked towards the pureblood, folding his arms.
"I can't believe you just let him go just like that." Zero voiced out.
"I don't see why he should be punished."
"Yes, turning a teenager into a child is not something harmful, no matter how you look at it but what if next time it won't be like that. What if the chemical which fell on Koori was deadly and corrosive? What if there are side effects?" Zero frowned. He was so worried when he heard something happened to Koori and hearing it was caused by a chemical, nearly caused him to have a heart attack.
Kaname sighed. He could see the worry in Zero's eyes. He too was scared to death when Takuma called him earlier; telling him Koori was involved in a chemical accident. On the way back here, he couldn't stop imagining how bad it had been.
Kaname stood up from his seat, rounded his desk and brought Zero closed to his chest. Zero didn't react and just let the pureblood caress his back.
"I understand your feelings. I was worried too but for the time being, let it be. My punishment will only bother Aidou in his work. I'll think of his punishment later, ok?"
Kaname was talking rather childish to Zero but surprisingly the prefect didn't care much about it at the time. On the contrary, he was feeling better by the comforting hand, stroking his back and the soft voice assuring him everything was fine.
"You better." Zero mumbled before pulling away from the pureblood and left the study.
Ichiru was distracted from his cell phone with the scene unfolding in front of him. He raised an eyebrow. 'This just proves the deal was full of crap. There no way they can be strangers now. That pureblood seriously has feelings for Nii-san.'
The human almost chocked suddenly. He clamped his mouth with his palm, frowning. 'It's illegal to look like that Kuran, especially to your 'enemy''.
Ichiru couldn't help but find the two couple to be messed up. It was clear as day that both of them had feelings for each other, yearned and longed for one another presence. But still they couldn't believe the others feelings for them. What could it be? Why did they turn out to be like this? Exactly what was the reason Nii-san left Kuran-san for?
'I know Nii-san was lying to himself when he said he wanted to free Kuran-san from him. It's more confusing when Nii-san believes his own lie.' Why his proud brother was suddenly lacking confidence?
Ichiru was a bit pissed for being ignorant. True his brother 'gave' him temporarily his memory but the truth was a lot of his memory—especially the bad one—was locked away. Ichiru couldn't access the memory and it was frustrating.
Ichiru was snapped out of his thought when he heard the door click shut and his brother had left. He looked at the pureblood that was looking at his hands with an unreadable expression. He waited for a second before the pureblood acknowledge his presence.
"You are the scent I smelt off Koori these few weeks."
Ichiru nodded. "Yeah, we hang out sometimes."
Kaname took his place behind the desk again. "Koori has mentioned his uncle, Hi-chan to me. He spoke so fondly of you."
Ichiru found himself smiling.
"But, Ichiru-kun. Zero doesn't have twin. He died minutes after his birth. So who are you?" Kaname asked. His eyes had the dangerous glint in it.
Ichiru chuckled. "I'm his brother alright. He revived me not so long after sealing your memory."
"Reviving a human is impossible especially without medium and sacrifice."
"Yes, you're right. But it's possible for Nii-san."
Kaname's face showed no change, still so cold and expressionless. But soon a glare appeared and his eyes darkened.
"What did he sacrifice?"
Ichiru pushed away from the wall and walked over to Kaname's desk. "Not much with his level of power."
The atmosphere was tense and the room was silent. Kaname disliked Ichiru. He was Shizuka's follower who had betrayed Zero when they were little. The betrayal also had led Zero to turn into an ex-human after Shizuka bit him. As well as this Ichiru seemed to hate Zero from their last encounter.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to deliver this." Ichiru moved to pull out an envelope of document from inside his coat. "I heard it was an important document for you and Nii-san."
Kaname took it from Ichiru. "Thank you." He said as he pulled out the document. Upon reading it, Kaname's eyes widen and snapped at the silver human. "Where did you find this?"
"Koori's mom." Kaname jerked. "That's right. He's here too."
Kaname was alone in the study after Ichiru had left. He was leaning into his chair, an arm over his eyes. He felt so tired all of sudden.
If you are wondering what the document was… It was lying proudly on the desk over the other paperwork. It was Kaname's and Zero's marriage certificate. He and Zero were still married and they didn't go through a divorce even though Kaname had lost the duel. It was after the duel, Zero sealed the pureblood's memory.
"Zero what the meaning of this?"
"Zero! Zero!" Kaname called out, excitedly, while knocking on Zero door repeatedly.
He heard footsteps from the other side of the door and waited impatiently for the door to open, revealing his beloved hunter who gave him a strange look.
"Did you have sugar again, Kana-san?" he sighed.
Kaname shook his head, an excited smile still grazed his lips as he thrust a piece of pink card towards Zero, expecting the child to take and read it.
Zero glanced at it. "A birthday card invitation? Whose is it?" Zero asked, taking it into his hand, flipping it over.
"My sister." He chirped. "She finally contacted me again, Zero. She even called me on the phone."
Suspicion and confusion washed away from Zero's expression and was replaced by a lovely smile. "Good for you, Kana-san." He paused. "You've been depressed about it for a while now."
Kaname grinned wider. "Thanks Zero. That's why I'm going to take you too."
Zero jerked back, startled. "Eh?"
Kaname continued to smile. "I have to bring a date. The card says so." Zero glanced at the card. His eyes darkened in awareness of the fact. Kaname grinned, feeling good as he took Zero's writs and pulled him. "Come on."
Zero didn't move, stopping Kaname also in the process. "Eh? Right now?" It's already dusk.
"Yes, now. We're already late too."
Zero sighed. "Alright, alright. Let me change first at least."
"Ok." The pureblood beamed as he walked into the house with Zero, waiting for him to get dressed.
After a few minutes of car ride, Kaname and Zero arrived at a comfortable looking house near the mountains. It was dark but the area around the house was not, dim light surround the perimeter, vampires idly talking to each other and having fun.
A petite girl suddenly clamped onto Kaname's waist, smiling really happily. "Nii-sama! You made it."
Kaname brushed her long straight brown hair, with full affection. His gaze softened at the sight of the cute-bunny-like girl. "Happy birthday Yuki." Kaname wished, giving her a small pink box.
"Thank you, Nii-sama." The girl, Yuki thanked as she took the gift. "Can I open it now?"
Kaname nodded and the girl cheered. She careful unwrapped the gift before revealing a box and upon opening the lid, her eyes sparkled in delight at the sight of the beautiful necklace inside. Kaname helped her place it around her neck.
Yuki hugged him. "Thank you, Nii-san. It's so lovely. I'll cherish it forever."
Kaname smiled softly before he remembered something. "Ah, Yuki. Let's me introduced you to my best friend." Kaname said, gesturing for Zero to come nearer. Yuki looked at the boy.
Zero stood beside Kaname. He looked no older than Yuki and at the same height too. Kaname held Zero's shoulder as he introduced him. "This is Zero. He's my best friend." Kaname paused. "And Zero, this is Yuki, my sister."
Zero gave her the warmest smile, tilting his head. "Hello, nice to meet you Yuki."
Yuki smiled back, grasping Zero's extended hand and shook it. "Nice to meet you too, Zero."
Unexpectedly, not a second later, Zero's phone rang.
Sending the two siblings an apologetic glance, he moved away somewhere quieter to answer the call.
Kaname felt a tug at his sleeve and turned to Yuki.
"He smelt different. He smelt like Cross-san"
"Yes. He's a human after all."
Yuki nodded making an 'o' sound. "How do you know him?"
"He was sick and collapsed in front of our house. I treated him."
Yuki nodded again as her eyes made their way towards the silver haired boy. "Does he know about your condition?"
Kaname jerked, startled. He was under the impression that his sister wouldn't dare ask about his curse after the previous incident. Kaname suddenly felt uncomfortable. "He knew." He answered though it sounded more like a whisper but Yuki heard it clearly.
"What?" 'CLANK'
Kaname turned towards Zero. He was trembling and the cell phone he was holding so firmly in his palm just now, lay on the ground. Second later, Zero snapped out of his stupor and quickly he picked up his forgotten cell phone.
"I understand. I'll be there in a minute." Kaname heard the boy say before making his way back to Kaname. He watched the boy approached him. He seemed pale and slightly disturbed.
Did something happen?
"Is everything alright?" Kname asked.
"Erm." He said, strained like he holding out from bursting. "Sorry I have to go, Kana-san."
"It's ok. Do you need a ride?"
"No, someone is going to pick me up."
Kaname nodded. "Alright. Call me later." Kaname leaned down as Zero tip toed to place a kiss to the pureblood's cheek.
"Erm. Bye." He turned to Yuki. "I'll be leaving first. Bye, Yuki. It's nice to finally meet you. Happy birthday." With that Zero left.
Kaname watched as the boy get into a black car and be driven away. Zero's pale complexion was worrying Kaname.
It turned out the call that day was to inform Zero about his parent's death. Zero was hiding his feelings really well for a child of his age. He was only eight years old after all. His maturity sometimes made people forgot his true age.
A funeral was held and Kaname attended it though he chose to go at night when there was no one left except maybe some distant relatives. Besides the hunters would be enraged to see him there since the cause of Zero's parents' death was killed vampire.
"Zero…" Kaname brushed the boy's hair lightly. "Are you ok?" Zero turned to the pureblood, looking up at him from his sitting position with his puffed red eyes.
Zero's eyes softened at the sight of him. "Kana-san…" he breathed out, relief apparent across his face as he held his arms out, demanding for a hug. Kaname complied gladly, sitting down and pulling Zero into his chest while the boy climbed into his lap.
Zero rested his cheek on Kaname's shoulder and they stayed like that for a while. At the same time, Kaname came to notice the extra presence in the house, in the next room. Some old men were talking, discussing something and they weren't being discrete about it too.
"I'm his uncle. I should be the one to take him in." That should be Zero's uncle, Kiryuu Masato.
Someone snickered. "Oh, please. Everyone knew you abused the boy. You only want to take him in to increase your influence and take over the association."
"As if you are not guilty at all, I know all of you want to use him for your own conveniences and there are some who…" he spat. "…too obsessed with his beauty."
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"Shut up! At least I'll love him and appreciate his existence."
The argument continued making Kaname glower. He glanced at the boy in his arm when he felt the little boy's grip on his shirt tightened.
Empathizing, Kaname pulled his fingers through the silver soft tresses, stroking in comfort. "Don't listen to them, Zero."
The boy flinched but nodded his head before burying his face deep into Kaname's shoulder.
After a week, Kaname went to visit Zero again. The little child was feeling better but now he was trapped in the fight of his custody. Masato was winning since he was the closest relative to Zero but Zero didn't like it. He was abused by Masato since he was two just because the man was envious of his power.
Kaname arrived in front of Zero's house. He flipped his phone and called Zero. "I'm in front of your house now." He said then ended his call. Not a second later, Zero ran out of the front door and hugged Kaname's waist.
"Kana-san, let's go out. I don't want to stay at home."
His voice was muffled but Kaname could still understand and he nodded his head, agreeing to take Zero away even if just for a second from something that was tormenting him.
They left and a few minutes later they found themselves at a family restaurant. Kaname had ordered some lunch and a drink for Zero since the boy didn't seem like he had eaten properly for a while and ordered a coffee for himself.
Zero didn't have an appetite and was playing with his food so Kaname decided to drop the bomb.
"Zero, let's get married."
Zero's eyes snapped at him, startled. "What?" the fork in his hand fell on to the table.
"Let's get married." Kaname said again with a straight face.
Zero stared at him in stupor before a little chuckle left his lips. He clenched his stomach with one hands while his head hung low.
The pureblood felt light. He knew he had said something outrageous but at least Zero was laughing again.
After a few seconds, Zero slowly ceased laughing and turned teary eyes to the pureblood while his hand worked, trying to wipe the tears away.
"Kana-san, do you know what you are talking about?" Zero asked, once in a while slipping a chuckle though his lips.
Kaname nodded. "Yes." He felt the boy's lilac orbs studying him as all laughter ceased.
"Are you serious?"
'If it for you, Zero…' "I'm serious." The pureblood said, meeting the hunter's eyes steadily.
Silence lingered between them before a big smile broke out of Zero. "Then, I'll accept your proposal."
Kaname was shocked but otherwise he was so happy.
Finally it was the day of the onsen trip. Zero woke up especially early today to prepare breakfast. It was Saturday so he would be making pancakes.
Zero was preparing the pancake mixture when he heard a knock at the door. He washed his hands and went to open the door.
"Kuran?" he whispered, a bit startled to see the pureblood so early in the morning.
The pureblood nodded in acknowledgement. "Good morning, Kiryuu."
Zero snapped out of his shock and raised an eye brow. "What are you doing here, Kuran?" he asked.
"I need to see the chairman but judging from his heartbeat, I guess he's still asleep."
"Yes, he is." Zero confirmed.
Their eyes briefly met the others before Kaname shifted his gaze away and onto something else. Zero followed the line of the pureblood's sight and saw a small knuckle gripping desperately at his pants.
Zero stooped down, hands on both his knees as he tilted his head. A bright smile soon formed on his face. "Good morning, Koori. What are you doing hiding?" he made a little pout. "Are you still angry at me?" he said with tint of sadness.
Koori peeked out from behind Kaname, shaking his head. "No."
Zero held out his arms. "Then where are my good morning kisses?" he asked naturally while smiling.
Koori blinked as a smile slowly crept up to his lips. He released his grip and left his hiding place before getting into Zero's embrace, hugging the silver haired teenager. "Good morning, mommy." He greeted before giving his mom a kiss on the cheek.
Koori was too cute at the time that Zero dismissed the 'mommy' calling as he hugged the kid back before carrying him in his arms.
"You're so cute, Koori. I love you so muchhhh!" Zero squealed unexpectedly as he hugged the boy tight.
Koori chirped "Koori love mommy so much too!"
"Also…" Zero leaned back, meeting Koori's eyes. "I'm sorry about yesterday."
"Nuh-uh." Koori shook his head. "Koori should have known it was only a tease."
Zero blinked then looked at Kaname. The pureblood gave him the look to just play along and Zero understood right away. The pureblood must had made up a story.
"Oh, really? You're so innocent Koori." Zero complimented before changing the topic, playing along. "Let's go in, ok? It's cold outside and mommy is making pancakes. It's your favourite. Does Koori want to help mommy make it?"
"Koori want!"
"Alright, let's go." Zero said, walking into the house before glancing back at Kaname. "You too, Kuran. Come on in." He turned before saying. "You can wait for the chairman inside."
"Sorry for bothering." Kaname mumbled as he entered the house, closing the door behind him.
To be continued….
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