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Chapter 11: Pleasure to meet you
After a one-hour drive, Yuuki arrived at Cross Academy. She was wearing her uniform, but the cape was in her suitcase to avoid any question and her hair was down, no complicated updos here, it was already weird enough that it fell right under her chest. She was also wearing flats and no makeup. She had decided to go back to the old Yuuki for the ten days. She did not want to worry her family and she did not want them meddling in her stuff.
When she got out of the car, her Dad came running to her. She of course avoided his hug and took her suitcase out of the trunk.
"Hello Dad." she said. "How are you?"
"I'm good and you? You look gloomy."
"I'm fine." She quickly gave him a big smile. She truly had to remember to keep smiling as she used to.
Zero joined them, gave Yuuki a quick pat on the back and took her suitcase to carry it inside. They followed him into the house. Kaname was standing in the doorway of the living room. When he saw her in the hallway he moved closer and took her in his arms. She did not hug him back and her smile faded. He broke the embrace and lifted her head so that she faced him. She smiled again and said:
"It's nice to see you Lord Kaname."
"I missed you Yuuki."
"I know." she smiled and went to the living room.
There three persons were sitting in the armchairs. First, a woman with curly brown hair, almost the same shade as Yuuki's, her back was facing the door so Yuuki could not see her face. On the left closest to the woman, was a man with very dark brown hair, like Kaname's but much shorter, and the exact same eyes as Yuuki. Finally, an older looking man was sipping tea. He had the same hair colour as the woman and wore it short with a mustache. The first two were Juri and Haruka for sure. And the last one was probably their father, the last Kuran king. He was the first to speak:
"You must be Yuuki, my name is Hayato Kuran, I am Juri and Haruka's father," he pointed to his children who had gotten up, Juri was now holding her husband's hand, "I believe you have not been told that I was here as well. I am sorry for the inconvenience."
"It's alright don't worry." Yuuki tried her best to appear cheerful and smiling "I am very happy that you're all alive and I hope you'll enjoy your stay at our house. It's a pleasure to meet you."
Of course, she already knew about him but did not say it. She was uneased by the appearance of Lady Juri, she looked so familiar. She smiled again, bowed and took her suitcase to carry it to her room. She closed the door and started unpacking, at least, no fake happiness was needed in this room. She heard the door opening behind her.
"I'm sorry we did not tell you about Grandfather." Kaname said.
"I said it's alright. I knew it anyway."
"What? How?"
"Lord Kaname, we've already discussed it, I am not telling you." She sighed, put her smile back on and turned around. "Now, how has been this period here?"
"Lonely." he mumbled.
"Lord Kaname are you pouting?"
"You don't want to tell me, it upsets me."
"I have the right to have secrets too you know. And besides, you can't force me to tell you."
"I could."
"You wouldn't!"
"No, I wouldn't, not yet. We'll be discussing downstairs if you want to come, my family was quite excited to meet you."
"I'll get changed and follow you after." she replied.
She took off her shirt… when the door opened again and Zero entered.
"You used to wear tank tops over your bra." he said.
"I was going to say that you used to knock on the door but that's a lie." she commented.
He closed the door and crossed the space between them before taking her in his arms.
"God, I missed you." he whispered.
He moved his head toward her neck, but she stopped him.
"Are you mad? I mean, I know you're probably starving right now, but do you want the entire Kuran Family to know you're drinking from me, they're just downstairs."
"It would be the same if they were in the moon dorm. That never stopped you before." he said. His eyes were begging her. She sighed.
"Fine, but not my neck it is too visible. Forearm is better."
He bit her. It hurt at first, but she was used to it. What she was less used to however was the feeling of dizziness that came, he was taking to much.
"Zero... stop, please." she asked.
He got up and wiped away the blood from his face before handing her a towel and wrapping her wound in bandages.
"I should probably disappear for a few hours." he told her.
"You should." She agreed.
She took a light purple jumper, put it over her bare chest and found a black skirt to go with it. Then she headed down to the living room, battling the feeling of weakness for a second. She stepped inside the room to find the Kuran couple in a sofa, their father and hers in armchairs and Kaname looking out through the window. She chose to sit in the other sofa. Haruka was the first to speak:
"So, Yuuki, tell us about your new school. How is it?"
"It's refreshing, I've been able to rest and bring my grades back up. I'm very pleased."
"Tell us about your friends." Haruka continued.
She told them mostly about Emily and Mayumi and avoided all the vampires. They continued chatting about her school for a little while until Kaname asked in a gloomy tone:
"Are there any vampire?"
"Maybe a few but how would I know I can't sense them like you." she replied carefully.
It froze the discussion, everybody could see that Kaname wasn't at peace with the situation and it was awkward. Finally, Kaien decided to serve the dinner so they all took place around the table and started eating the huge feast he prepared. Hayato who had remained silent all the time eventually said:
"Did you cut yourself Yuuki?"
"I do it all the time, I am so clumsy." she voiced her lie challenging him with her eyes. In the end, he did not push further.
At last, it was time for her to go to bed. When she changed into her pyjamas, she realised that she was already missing Aruto, Emily, Arisa and Sosuke. The holidays promised to be long.
