Authors Note: So this is basically a series of unrelated drabbles with multiple, various pairings in it leading from het to yaoi to a three-way relationship. So chances are, somehow, your favorite pairing will be in here. All the drabbles are inspired by photography done by (www. Sasami – takarai. Deviantart. Com) So be sure to check out her pictures, they really are incredible! All the chapters have the same name as the picture they were based off of.

Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight or any of its characters.

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Silent Observation

Her small mouth was pursed, her brows furrowed in concentration as she watched his pen move fluidly across the paper. The small x that he drew in the box had cut off all of her advances, and she internally sighed before sketching a small circle in the box next to his and then putting a large C over the game.

"Cat's game." Yuuki sighed. "No winner."

Kaname smiled softly, starting up a new check board on the back of some files that, let's face it, probably shouldn't have six games of tic-tac-toe on the back of them. They were in his private study, Yuuki seated in his lap with both their legs kicked up onto the edge of the desk. One strong arm was wrapped around her waist as they both quietly doodled on the papers in front of them.

These were Kaname's favorite days. He really should have been filing all the arrangements made, and start to make calls to certain powerful individuals; but he hadn't seen his girl in two weeks, and it had begun to make him antsy. So imagine his delight when she walked into the room two hours back and began this comical game of normalcy.

Her head rested back against his shoulder, her entire body relaxed against his, and she drew a circle in the center box. Kaname smiled and leaned his cheek against the crown of her head before placing an X in the upper left corner.

"We can be at this for hours," Yuuki laughed quietly. "You're never going to beat me."

"Is that so?" Kaname mused, his lips brushing against her hair.

"It is." The young pureblood nodded with a grin. "You can be Mr. Chess guy, but I am the master at tic-tac-toe."

The young man's eyes took on a delighted glow at this challenge, and once she finished blocking the top row of his advances, he struck.

Long fingers went under her chin, tilting her round face up towards his as brown eyes widened in mild surprise. His lips came over hers, and he could almost feel her melt in his embrace. Yuuki's pen dropped in limp fingers as she raised her hand up to cup his cheek, seating his mouth more tightly against hers. Kaname's arm tightened around her as his tongue lightly caressed her lips, delving further when she easily granted him the right.

Slender fingers stroked his cheek, going into his hair as a small sigh passed between them. Kaname dropped the pen after drawing three x's along the bottom row, and used that hand to idly run through the ends of her hair. He could feel his stomach flip and his blood rush in hot friction through his veins. She almost always had this effect on him. There was the soft, loving way her lips moved against his, and the sweet release of the fact that he was finally able to kiss her whenever he pleased. At certain times, it was almost enough to make him whoop with joy.

…You know, if Kuran Kaname was the whooping type.

Which he wasn't.

Most defiantly not.

….whoo!

A small noise of protest passed through her lips when he slowly ended the kiss. He smiled softly, and kissed her forehead. Oh, he did enjoy the gaze she set upon him in these after-moments. When her cheeks were flushed and her breathing was uneven. When her eyes held a soft, deep want that he didn't think she even understood.

His girl was breathtaking in these silent moments.

Yuuki blinked a few times, then glanced back over to their forgotten game and gasped.

"Hey!" She looked back at him and lightly smacked his chest. "You cheat!"

"I don't know what you mean." He replied, quite innocently.

"You…You kiss me and then you put all your players down there and win! That is cheating!"

Kaname pressed his forehead to hers, an amused smile gracing his features as she pouted.

"In the game of war, one mustn't get distracted." His voice was low, quiet, and it made her shiver.

"Yeah, well in real wars, the soldiers don't have you going around kissing them."

The Kuran heir laughed softly. "No, I think that'd be a tad bit on the inappropriate side."

"Just a tad."

Their laughter was interrupted by three loud knocks against the oak wood door, and Kaname felt her weight shift quickly on his lap as she sprung off the chair and ran until she hid under the table against the wall.

He raised a brow. "What're you-"

"Shh!" His beloved hissed. "Don't tell him I'm here!"

Kaname blinked before looking up at the closed door. "Yes?"

"I'm sorry to disturb you, Kaname-sama…"

Ahh, Aidou. Yuuki must have escaped from her studies to visit him.

"…but have you seen Yuuki-sama anywhere?"

The future king stood and walked over to where his fiancé was crouched under the table, bending over to be level with her. Her teeth worried her lower lip, and her knees were pulled up to her chin, arms wrapped around them.

"Kaname…" She whispered. "…please."

His heart thudded loudly in his chest, and his smile grew as he gazed at her.

"You called me Kaname."

Yuuki's lips parted in confusion, and then she smiled gently back at him and lifted a hand to touch his face.

"That's your name, isn't it?"

He tilted his head, pressing a kiss to her palm, before answering the blonde on the other side.

"I can't say I have, Aidou. Sorry."

He heard the young vampire sigh before walking away down the hall. Kaname offered his hand, and Yuuki took it, pulling herself out from under the table as they grinned at each other.

"Sorry about that." She sighed. "He doesn't like that I'm skipping on my lessons to come see my fiancé."

The older boy froze, her hand in his, as he stared down at her. Fireworks exploded in his head, warm blood thrummed through him as his heart beat sixty miles per second. It was a day to be noted, first 'Kaname' and now 'fiancé'. He couldn't stop the true, full-blown smile that he sent to her. One that crinkled at the corner of his eyes, and had him laughing slightly. One that made her knees weak and her cheeks tinge just by seeing it.

"What?" She questioned nervously. "Why…are you…staring at me like that?"

His arms came around her and pulled her to him, elation extending through his entire being. His face went into her neck, nuzzling the skin there before pressing a warm kiss to her shoulder.

"Kaname, you're weirding me out."

He laughed and pulled away slightly to look at her.

"You've never called me that before. Your fiancé, I mean."

Yuuki's face shifted to an extremely red state, and she shrugged and pulled away from him, trying to hide her blush. She walked back over to the desk, suddenly extremely interested in the papers that resided there.

"Well that's what you call someone who you're going to marry one day, isn't it?"

"Yes." Kaname followed her path and grabbed her by the hips, lifting her up as she squealed and sitting her on the edge of the desk. "Yes, it is."

She tried to be more embarrassed, but it was so hard to when he was smiling like this. When his arms caged her to the desk and he was staring at her with such tender devotion in his gaze.

But Kaname, being ever silently observant of Yuuki, knew that she was still nervous about the slip of tongue, and changed the subject.

"If you want," He kissed the tip of her nose. "I could tutor you before your lessons with Aidou."

She laughed, her arms lazily circling around his neck as she pulled him to her. Her grin was like the warm sun upon his face, and he soaked it up as if he were a dying plant.

"Kaname, you'd be the tutor that Fathers worry about."

He shot a fake offended look. "Are you implying that if I helped you, not much work would get done?"

"Well look how much has gotten done today!"

"I disagree," He smiled. "I think it has been a rather productive day. I read over important matters, I taught you battle tactics, and evasive maneuvers, and how to be a good liar."

The young Kuran grinned with him. "You're right, it's been quite the accomplished afternoon."

Her lips brushed his cheek. "You should teach me how to distract the enemy now."

He leaned forward, his lips a breath away from hers.

"Oh that one is fairly simple…"