Disclaimer: I do not OWN Vampire Knight
After that incident, Yuki noticed that they were starting to close with each others strangely.
Zero started to give her, his complete attention. He started to treat her like family. She was happy, but at the same time, sad because she couldn't get him.
After that, they spent every weekend with each others. He took her everywhere with him except his family business work. She became a great friend of Saya. She also started to behave nicely with Maria. Maria was a sweet and shy girl. But after becoming friend with her, Yuki thought that she was really worthy of her friendship.
Yuki also noticed that Zero's way of looking her, had changed. Firstly, she thought it was nothing but only her fragment of imagination, but she could observe, how he looked at her lovingly.
In past, he looked at her like she was something annoying, but now, his eyes changed his color to see her. Now those eyes had color like that she was only worthy to peer into this world. Yuki was simultaneously confused and happy to see a softness in his eyes.
They often trained with each others. Instead of using football ground as their training ground, Zero took her in his personal gym on every Sunday. He started to teach her shooting. Though, she couldn't wield anti-vampire weapon. So, Zero gifted her a special rode called Artemis rode to her on her birthday.
It was anti-vampire weapon, but if a pureblood had known that how to wield it. Then he could wield it.
It was after 12 a.m., she was talking to her family on phone. They called her to wishing her birthday. He knocked at the door, she knew who was on the door.
She excused her parents and bid them goodbye.
She opened the door and as expected found him on her door.
Before she could ask anything from him, he held her hand and almost dragged her outside the dorm.
"Where are you taking me Zero?" She tried to protest but he hushed her by pointing his finger on her lips.
He almost threw her on the front seat of his Jaguar and took passenger seat.
"Oh! If you're planning to give me surprise, you can tell me" she rolled her eyes and forgot that she was princess.
Zero raised his eyebrow, his eyes had the sparkle of impish glint and a mischievous smile was playing on his lips.
At that moment, he looked sinfully delicious that Yuki wanted to eat him. She could swear, if she was his girlfriend, at that moment she swooped at him and swallowed his haughty smile.
She mentally slapped herself on her wild fantasies.
He stopped the car in front of the restaurant.
"I thought, we should do something in a human way" he opened the door from her side and extended his hand to her.
She was grateful that she wasn't wearing Night Class uniform, neither Zero.
He was dressed in blue jeans with a white collared shirt and royal blue blazer. He commonly dressed in formal dressing instead of t-shirt and jeans.
She was luckily wearing long cream dress with butterfly sleeves.
It was five-star hotel, not new for her, but her heart was still beating loudly in her chest because except those small picnics in the company of Saya, it was almost first time, she went with him alone. It felt like a date, but she knew, Zero cared about her and somehow started to considered her as his family. That was the reason, he introduced her to her family. And also showed her, his special place.
So, Yuki thought somehow she was the precious person for him. Her heart missed the beat to think about it.
"So, now I've to cut the cake like humans do on their birthdays?" She held his hands and closed to him that she almost hugged his arm.
He unintentionally intertwined their fingers, she squeezed her eyes softly to feel his touch.
"Who knows?" He shrugged his shoulders and heaved her hand softly towards entrance.
"I didn't come there before. So, is it human's hotel?" She asked, they were taking their pace slowly like they had no any work in this world except enjoying the company of each others.
Zero nodded in anticipation.
Inside the hotel, Zero steered her towards the elevator.
"I thought, you would lead me towards the restaurant area and I would cut the cake and you would sing birthday song for me" when he pressed the button of the top floor, she said teasingly.
He turned and pointed his index finger on her lips.
"Shh... You talk too much" suddenly she fell silent. He was so closed to her that she could feel his breath on her face, his delicious smell hunted her nostril. She controlled her bloodlust hardly.
Love with the wrong person, was curse for vampires, specially in the case of pureblood. She was facing bloodlust from the moment when she injured him during their first sword fighting. She almost ate half of blood tablets to stopped herself to drink from him after their combat.
Suddenly, Zero also realized their posture and he kept distance between them. Though, fingers were still intertwined with each others.
Elevator stopped at the top floor. Both Night class students headed towards the rooftop of hotel.
It was dark, but not completely dark. It was dark like night, they had so many stars-like-lights around rooftops and stars and early date's moon was also creating little bit luminous on the floor.
He leaded her towards the edge of building.
"Close your eyes" he whispered in her ear. She complied, completely conjured with his mesmerizing voice.
When they reached at the edge. She felt Zero disentangled her hands, but she didn't know why.
After one minute, Zero scooped her, she didn't understand why, but she trusted him. He held her both hands and put them on something which she felt like rode.
Zero held her from her stomach. Her back pressed on his chest. She was madding with his intoxicated fragrance. It was musky like sandalwood and salty like ocean. A strange combination with lavender.
She inhaled deeply to drowned in his smell, but at the next moment, she felt Zero ran.
She abruptly opened her eyes and startled to see her position.
They were hovering in the air.
"Happy birthday Yuki" he whispered in her ear, his voice was raspy like he was also effected by their proximity.
She turned her face to him.
"I didn't know, human celebrates their birthday in the air" her tone simultaneously held surprise and sarcasm.
Zero chuckled lightly, his voice echoed in her ear like jingle bells.
Suddenly she felt Zero's grasp tightened around her.
"I don't know about humans. I just wanted to surprise you and I thought this is a best way" he answered coolly.
She flinched, his lips were touching her head.
Both were somehow aware of their proximity but both pretend like it was nothing.
Yuki decided to observe her surrounding. Zero decided to enjoy their sky diving through kite. Both were secure, but still she felt uncomfortable.
His scent was driving her crazy in the surrounding like this. But she decided to enjoy her ride which also helped her to distract her mind from his scent and bloodlust.
She saw the dark night, but there were many tiny lights scattered on the earth, which was coming from several houses. She could see the whole city from the point she was with Zero.
The rush winds were touching their face, but Yuki didn't know, that wind was leading her fragrance to Zero's nostril too and his condition was not different from her.
Zero didn't know, why did he plan skydiving on her birthday. He wanted to do something different, which surprised her.
From the last few days, he felt she was distracting. After watching his blood on their combat, he understood the bloodlust because he also felt the same to see her blood. But he was expert in controlling his bloodlust. So, he composed himself at that time.
But Yuki was still distracted. Though, she was trying her best to compose herself and stayed normal with him, but he could see in her eyes that how much she wanted blood.
So, when he learnt about her incoming birthday. So, he decided to make it special for her.
He planned everything before. As a prince, he almost had known everything. From horse riding to dancing, from every adventure sports to marshal art.
So, he decided to charm her with one of his skills.
And when she turned to him and he saw a sparkle of happiness and excitement. He thought at the moment that his effort was worthy.
But it was a first step of his surprises, he wanted to make her feel happy as possible as he could.
At the same time, he didn't have any idea, why he wanted to make her happy. He thought, it was because she was his friend and he started to consider her as his family like he considered Maria but inwardly he knew that he wasn't considered her as he considered Maria. But he just ignored the voice of his heart.
But during skydiving, when the swishing wind was passing her scent into his nostrils. Her smell like Night-blooming-jasmine mixed with something sweet like raspberries. She smelled deliciously and darkness of night, twinkling of tiny lights and her proximity and smell, every element of that night was driving him crazy.
His lips were touching her hairs. Her shampoo's faded smell was still there and her hairs' softness was teasing his face.
His both hands were unconsciously tightened their grip on her hands.
"Thank you Zero" her voice was slow but he could sense happiness in it.
He smiled widely and started to move the kite.
"Do you want more or we can land?" He whispered in her ear, unwillingly, his voice was heavy with their vicinity.
"More" she answered in the same hoarse voice like him.
He didn't understand which she wanted more. Their flight or their proximity.
He smirked, might be both.
He started to tighten his grasp on her petite torso.
She was also feeling his possessive grip, but she didn't protest.
They were in air, but not only their feet, but also their hearts.
He decided to tighten his grip more. He turned the kite fiercely, but she didn't flinc.
He huffed at her courage, she giggled, he smiled. Yes! Her courage was one of the reasons which conjured his heart.
Suddenly, he stopped his train of thought.
Was she conjured his heart?
Answer was yes, but he didn't want to listen more.
They landed in the park, which he specially planned for her birthday.
"More surprise?" She raised her eyebrows.
He only smirked and started to freed themselves from the belts of kite.
He already ordered his valet to arrange table there.
It was his favorite park in which he often came with Saya.
He held Yuki's hands again and tugged her towards the pond, which surrounded by cherry blossom trees.
The sweet scent of cherry blossom, also didn't able to surpass her jasmine's like fragrance.
"Master!" One of his loyal valet Kaede greeted him.
"Mistress!" He bowed to Yuki, Yuki nodded to him.
"I arrange everything," he proceeded.
Zero nodded and cued him to leave them.
"Have a pleasant time," he said politely before leaving. Both royals nodded him.
"May I princess?" He lightly bowed to her, Yuki giggled."The great Kiryu prince bowed to Kuran princess?" She teased him with an impish glint in her eyes.
"King always bowed down to his queen," he murmured softly the quote which he read somewhere in literature book. But Yuki's sharp hearing sense heard clearly every word.
Yuki startled at the word Queen. Words of Ayami were echoed in her mind, but she simply pushed those thoughts. She didn't want to hurt herself again with false hope.
At the next moment, Zero realized what he said unintentionally. Both froze in their place. He saw something glistened in her eyes after listening his quote.
Both avoided eye contact for a moment.
After a pregnant pause, Yuki broke the silence.
"Yes, sure," she amiably gave her small hand in his big one.
He wanted to pull her towards him and hide her in his chest.
No. It wasn't right. He castigated himself for thinking like that.
Both silently went to their destination, where he arranged everything for her.