CHAPTER 12- EVERYTHING

"So the two of you..."

The rest of the group looked at the new couple. Some, like Shiki, Kain, Kaname, Seiren and Rima just smiled knowingly, while some others like Yuuki, Ichijou and Ruka squealed in delight and hugged a hesitant Aya and a greatly annoyed Zero.

"That's good, you don't know how long Yuuki and I have been waiting!"

They all laughed, but Aya's calculating eyes didn't miss a very quiet Aidou at the corner of the room. "Onii-sama."

"Aa." Was all he said.

"Um..why don't we all get some icecream or something. Come on, my treat."

"Wow vice-president, I never thought I'd see the light of day where you'll be willing to spend money for us." Shiki said sarcastically.

"Just go."

They all left the three of them. Aidou stood up and went towards her sister.

"Well..this is awkward."

"Just say something onii-sama."

"What do you want me to say?"

"I don't know, you tell me."

The blonde chuckled and held his sister's shoulders gently. "You know I love you right?" He smirked at the prefect's stiffening. "Not that love, but you know I do."

"And?"

"And I am happy for you, BUT, if you ever come back here, so to speak, you," adressing to Zero this time. "will never see her. She shed too many tears for you to hurt her anymore, Zero. This is the only thing I ask of you."

"I know that." He said seriously.

Aidou hugged Aya tightly, his blue eyes sparkling with genuine happiness. "Just so you know, you look really beautiful with that happy face of yours, my dear sister."

Her voice was muffled by her brother's shirt. "Thank you so much."

"Stop crying." The two growled.

Aya looked up from the blonde's shirt. "I'm not!" She said gruffly.

"Yeah right, my uniform is getting wet."

The heiress then smiled prettily and wiped her tears away. "I am such a crybaby."

"Who would have known, right? Hyuuga Aya, the so-called vampire warrioress, ice princess, a crybaby, how intimidating."

And the next minute, he felt his ribs caracking under the harsh poking of his sister. "Shut up."

"No, really." A teasing Zero joined in with Aidou. "And here I though you were made out of ice. What a relief, I didn't even know you could smile."

"Keep this up and you'll find that pretty face of yours against that window."

"Aw, we're just messing with you, little sister."

"Not funny."

Her hair was ruffled at the top by her new lover's hand. "Why don't you go ahead, you're going to be late."

They exchanged knowing glances, and Aya headed towards the door.

"Take care of her."

The two eyed each other seriously. "You know I will, even if she doesn't want it sometimes, hell, even if I try to stop myself, you know I coud never leave her."

"Do you really love her?" He asked suddenly.

Which Zero returned without hesitation. "Yes."

"That's good."

"How much do you know about...Aya's past?"

Aidou just ran his fingers through his hair. "Man, this is something Aya should tell you in her own time. Only a handful of people knows the real story, but once Aya tells you herself, you can count on it that she trusts you with her life. Just give it time. But if you want some tidbits...um, her family was killed."

"I already know that." He said flatly.

"Oh will you look at that, I'm already late for my class. Well, see you around, Kiryuu Zero. Remember, her own time. Trust her."

And was out in the next blink.

He groaned. "You're killing me, Aya..."

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"Leave the damn bird alone."

Amused obsidian orbs gazed at her lover's annoyed face.

"The "damn" bird is hurt, Zero."

The prefect continued to watch as Aya patted the bird and put it back unto it's nest. "Why did you bring me here, of all places Zero?"

Zero just shrugged and continued walking to their designated spot. Aya's eyes widened for a fraction as the young Kiryuu bent down and began dusting off the sands that covered his family's tombstones.

He turned his head slightly at his girlfriend's expression before standing up beside her. "Meet my parents and my twin brother, Ichiru."

The vampire heiress looked at Zero with her mouth slightly agape. But after a while, her lips twisted into a sweet teasing smile. "You're introducing me to your parents?"

Zero didn't talk but nodded all the same. "It's fitting. We're together, so you should meet them. My family."

"I've known your brother."

This stunned the hunter. He stared at the woman beside him with an odd and questioning look. Aya just looked faraway, she sighed and looked down on the inscribed name at the rock.

"When he was still working-" A galre. "Spying on Rido and the council. We met several times, everytime he just greets me enthusiastically and ask and tell me the same thing over and over again.."

"What is that?"

The woman smirked at the memory. "He'll always laugh before saying-"

I know I know, I'm handsome.

Then his face turns serious.

Did you meet him already?

"It took me sometime to figure out what the hell does he mean. Your brother was driving me to you. He knows, that we
are going to have to meet sometime."

When she didn't receive any answer, she continued on, this time, all her seriousness gone. "Oh and by the way, you're brother is way better looking than you are."

"Aya."

"Hm?"

"I need you to trust me."

"You know I do."

"Then tell me."

"Tell you what?"

Lavender eyes flashed dangerously. "Don't start that with me. You know what I'm talking about."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." His glare turned even harder. "Is what you must be expecting for me to say."

"Then what?"

"Did you bring me here so that in hope of maybe showing me your family will let me tell you the story of how mine died?"

"Did it work?"

The heiress sighed again and turned fully towards Zero. "Sadly, no. But As I said earlier, I trust you. But I also need you to trust me. I want to tell you, I really do, but...it's always not the right time."

"The right time? Aya, we had all the time and you can't find the right time to tell me?"

A hand reached out to his cheek. "No. Ok, here it is, I'm not yet ready. These things...I don't even know where to start."

He sensed her immediate discomfort and held her hand. "Where are you parents?"

That surprised her. "My parents?"

"Where are they buried?"

Her eyes fell a litlle, her mouth forming a small 'o'. "They're not."

"Huh?"

"You know that when vampires die, they turn into dust. On the day after my family's death, I tried to go back and get what I can, but the council had every nook of the house cleaned, they even went as far as sweeping away my parents' and brother's ashes away into the dustbin." She chuckled. "Pretty humorous actually, when I think about it. When I asked them about it, their faces paled into the the whitest color I've ever seen."

Lavender eyes closed briefly. "Aya..." He said warningly.

The raven haired woman snorted and started to go back to the Night Class dorms. "In time, Zero. In time."