CHAPTER-11: MOONLIGHT AND MAGIC
"Oh, I'm so excited mother". Yuki exclaimed as she continued to get ready for the 'Desert Moon' ball.
"Calm down, Yuki dear". Her mother relied. "We still have a lot of work to do". Juri informed the younger vampire as they walked towards Zeros room and knocked before entering.
"Zero honey, are you awake? It's time to get ready for the party." Juri announced as she walked in to find the human boy staring absentmindedly out the window at the setting sun. Before turning around at the sound of Juri's voice.
"Zero, are you ready for your bath?" Yuki asked and Zero simply nodded his head in reply before standing up and walking to the bathroom.
Juri ran the bath as Zero began to remove his cloths and slipped into the bath as Yuki and Juri left to get his cloths ready and other things they had to get.
Zero sighed as he settled into the warm soapy water. It had been a week since the night with Kaname that just couldn't stop thinking about.
"Zero, may I talk to you about something". Kaname's soft caring voice caught Zero's attention and he nodded to the pureblood. "Ok, Zero I would like to ask you to be my date for the up coming ball that my family is hosting". Kaname asked looking genuinely concerned that Zero would say no. But instead Zero nodded his head in approval (although he wasn't quite sure why) and a relived grin spread across the brunettes face.
"Thank you Zero, you have made me very happy". Where the last words Kaname said before giving zero a gentle hug and leaving the room.
That memory kept replaying in Zero's mind as he sat in the bath. The gentle words, the dashing grin and the warmth of the hug just wouldn't leave him alone. "Why am I giving these thoughts? And for a vampire at that". Zero thought to him self before he was interrupted by a knock on the bathroom door.
"Zero, honey, are you nearly finished? We need to get you dressed", Juri asked trough the door. Zero sighed before he climbed out of the bath, wrapped a towel around himself and opened the bathroom door to walk back to the bedroom where Juri and Yuki where waiting for him.
"Ok Zero, first of all we need to get you dressed properly and than we can move on to your hair and other things". Yuki informed the human boy.
Every thing was quiet in the room for several minutes until suddenly a loud cry was heard from Zero's bedroom.
"Zero hold still, if you relax this will be much easier on both of us". Came Yuki's strained voice from within the room where Zero was holding on to the bed post for dear life as Yuki and Juri tried there best to fasted a corset around his midsection.
"Well at least getting the padded bra, panties, stocking's and suspenders on him weren't this difficult". Juri joked. Obviously they had informed Zero that they were going to dress him up like this to help disguise him from the vampires. Yes indeed zero knew the situation well, he just didn't know how painful wearing a corset was.
But soon enough Yuki and Juri fastened him in it and finished getting him dressed before adding hair extensions and make up before leaving him to go and get ready themselves.
Mean while in Rido's castle Siren and Kain decided to set there escape plan into action. They had both been held sepretly in silver chains for days on end in Rido's dungeon, as they where beaten for information about who they were and about anything useful they both knew. Yet both refused to tell the guards anything and instead thought of ways they could get out.
"Hugh?" Siren groaned as she came too to find herself chained to a chair (after their latest interigation and beating) with Kain next to her giving the guards a death glare.
"Siren!". Kain exclaimed when he saw she was awake. "Are you ok?". He asked.
"Yes, I am unharmed, and you?" she answered.
"Still in one piece". He replied. "But I don't suppose you know a way we could get out of here and past these bastards?". He asked motioning to the two guards staring at them.
"No, how about you?" She said disappointedly.
"I've got a few but I might need you to slip your hand down my belt first". Kain grinned at her confused look, before her eyes widened as she got the gist and complying slid her hand down his belt until she caught hold of something long and hard against her fingertips, a dagger!
Next she firmly grabbed onto the dagger before thrusting it out of Kain belt and slashing through the chains around her arms and upper body in one swift move, before jumping up as the two guards ran at her.
First she stabbed one straight in the heart before sliding out of the other guard's way and slitting his throat killing them both instantly, before running over and untying Kain as they both ran from the room and escaping the castle completely. Neither of them slowed down as the both ran as fast as they could towards the 'desert moon' ball, praying that they made it in time to worn Kaname.
A few hours later Kaname, Haruka, Shiki and Takuma (Yuki's date for the night, who is also on Kaname's side of the war) where waiting patiently, and nervously in Kaname's case, for there dates to present themselves.
The first to show herself was Juri who was wearing a long elegant scarlet dress which showed off her figure, and her hair was tied up in a neat and stylish bun. As she descended the stairs she was greeted by Kaname first.
"You look stunning mother". Her son commented before the Mother vampire walked to her husband who kissed her gently.
"As breathe taking as always my darling". Haruka added before they all turned there attention back to the stairs where Rima was making her way down wearing purple dress belled out at her waist and reached the floor , her hair was tied up in her usual short pigtails. She walked over to Shiki who was about to say something to her when a noise from upstairs distracted him.
"Oh, come on Zero, we have to go down or we will be late for the ball". Yuki's voice travelled down the stairs.
Kaname chuckled, only just realising what he had let him self in for as Yuki came into sight at the top of the stairs wearing a light pink dress, much in the same form as Rima's but with shorter sleeves, that just covered her shoulders and her hair louse with a pink band in.
"Come on Zero, we really have to get a move on" Yuki coxed again, this time with more success as the human stepped into sight.
Kaname gasped at the sight before him. Zero was wearing a strapless dress in a light blue dress that reached just above his knees at the front, but reached the floor at the back. His legs where covered in lightly tinted tights and he wore high healed shoes in the same colour as his dress and he wore long gloves that reached past his elbows. His hair was tied in two long pigtails to the sides and ran louse down the centre of his back.
"Zero you look like an angel" Kaname told the human boy as he held out his hand to Zero when he had reached the bottom of the stairs.
Next the four couples left the Kuran manor and arrived at the ball shortly after. When they entered the building Rima put up her perception filter around Zero. Then they entered the ball room and started to socialize with the nobles and other vampires and hunters (who where incognito) as the party continued.
The entire time Zero was glued to Kaname's side and the pureblood vampire could feel the boy shaking against him. Kaname felt extremely guilty for making Zero come to a place with but it was the only way to keep him safe.
Many people where currently surrounding the pureblood prince and his date, asking a lot of questions about Zero and making the boy increasingly fearful. Feeling this Kaname decided to save the boy as he heard music begin to play.
"Excuse me" Kaname said to the crowed as he pulled Zero in to the middle of the dance floor and played one of his hands on Zeros waist and took the other in his while Zero placed his spare hand on Kaname's shoulder.
They danced rather slowly as Zero was only just learning how, but Kaname felt that the moment was simply magic. He loved the smell of Zeros hair and the look in those big amethyst eyes looking into his own scarlet ones. He loved feeling Zeros slim hips move as they danced under his hand and how tightly the boy was grasping at his own hand for support. But most of all Kaname love Zero, and it all became clear to him during that one slow dance that Zero was the most precious thing in the world to him and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with him, even though he was only human.
Kaname made a secret wish for that moment to never end, but little did he know what horror was just around the corner and just seconds away from knocking at the front door.
TBC…..
Ok another chapter finished, a little more romance in this one and I hope it wasn't too fluffy.
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Until next time my friends….XD