Hello guys! I'm in with a new update!Your suggestions made me have ideas swarming in my head continuously. So, I hope you will enjoy this new chapter and well, Akemashite omedeto! (Happy New Year) min'na-san! Though it's already February... hahaha.

KxZ Fangirl: I'd love to do that pose but maybe for a bonus chapter in the later parts of the story. I'll keep your suggestion in mind, don't worry. :D

Lilly-Queen23411: I'm not sure if this next pose will be more embarrassing than the first but oh well, read and find out.

My Hopes and Dreams: Your suggestion might happen, but not in this chapter. :D Wait for it okay?

Guest: I'll write it down so I don't forget. But, I can assure you that they will be staring at each other alright. XD

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"Alright you guys. There was a slight change of plans." Yuki started out as the two still half naked models went onto the stage. Zero had sighed and Kaname just pulled at one strand of Yuki's hair with his pure blood powers, careful not to let anything seem suspicious to the still oblivious Zero. "Ow! Kaname!" Yuki whined but she just shrugged it off after looking into those annoyed wine colored eyes of her friend. Yuki was a vampire too, and she knew that Zero didn't know about them being so yet. So, she'll just heed that one little request of Kaname's.

"Please don't tell me that we're going to have to pose for more than the said quota." Zero said. His eyes were closed. He doesn't think that he could bear to even last another second of posing with a half naked Kaname - let alone a fully dressed one. Heck, if he had to pose naked with the pure blood then that would be the end of him.

"Actually, never mind the back of the magazine. You don't have to pose for the Cologne Mystique anymore." The silverette sighed in relief at this. However, it was shirt lived when the next sentences came out of the brunette's mouth. "But, you and Kaname are going to re-film that advertisement in a different way. Zero's going to be the user of the said cologne and Kaname will be Zero's target, 'using his scent to capture his prey' sort of thing." She smiled cheekily.

"Yuki, don't make me obliterate you." Kaname said harshly. His nerves were pulsating on his head at how forward this chick could get. She really did want him to get as close tot he silverette as possible, not that he minded though, but he was thinking for Zero's sake.

Yuki looked at him with a knowing gaze. "You know you can't." Her tone was stating that she knew that this round had favored her. This chess game Kaname was trying to corner her in was too easy to play. "Now, shall we start with the poster before we go with the commercial?" The two models just looked at each other for a split second before just nodding their heads in defeat. This girl was surely someone you would regret having encountered.

"N-ne, Yuki-chan, are you sure that this won't damage their reputations?" Takuma asked in a whisper to the short brunette. Yuki just smiled a smile that said 'don't worry about it'. However, that made Ichijo worry even more. It wasn't that he was uncomfortable seeing his best friend with another dude but well, the media can be quite the bitch sometimes.

"Have I ever lied to you, Ichijo-san?" The smug smirk she had just made Takuma worry all the more. The way she looked at the two models on stage, he knew that she was definitely getting her way this time. Why? Yuki is just a person you would regret having encountered in your life.

"Well, there was this one time when you said you'd show me how Kaname looked like when he was young if I bought you an ice cream. In the end, you didn't. I wanted to see my cute best friend before he became a stunning man." Takuma muttered the last part just in time before a jab was directed to his side by the brunette girl. "What was that for?" Takuma asked, rubbing the part she struck before chuckling at the embarrassed look she was displaying. It was cute. But then again, nothing was cuter than Kenji-san's face when he was flushed beyond compare due to being dead drunk. Wait, what?

On the stage, the models were conversing about the next pose. Though it was embarrassing on both their parts, they had to come to an agreement since this task of job didn't consider the choice called 'backing out'. Zero and Kaname were no longer in their half naked state but rather, this time, they were in high school uniforms without the blazers - just the long white polo shirt and slacks, their shoes on of course and their red neck tie. It would have seemed like an average school themed pic if it weren't for their shirts half way unbuttoned and their ties not even tied but just slung on their necks as if it were nothing -not to mention the one thing that's supposed to be featured on the poster. Pocky.

I have a bad feeling about this shoot. Zero thought as he made his hair messier so that he had more of a delinquent look. He eyed the box of treats on the table for a while before he let the make up artists do their job on him. They didn't put too much make up on. Heck, the silverette didn't need any because he was already flawless but they added cylindrical earrings to his ears and they were, to be honest, stunned by their own work. Zero looked so much like a delinquent that most of the female staff present in the room were blushing at how handsome he was.

Kaname on the other hand didn't have his hair messed up. His hair was straight and slick, wearing glasses that gave off the 'student council president' kind of atmosphere around him. The staff had made their looks opposite to each other to make things interesting. After all, the thought of the poster was 'discipline'. Nobody except Yuki knows why it was like that but somehow there was just that feeling in both models' guts that just screamed trouble.

"Kuran." Zero caught the attention of the brunette. Zero walked to him and whispered. "Do you know what she's planning? I'm getting goosebumps by just thinking what she may do to us." Kaname nodded to this. Zero wasn't the only one feeling uneasy.

"No need to fret. We'll get by this somehow."

"Yeah, yeah, Kaichou." From the way the brunette was dressed now, Zero thought that it was appropriate ,despite it being a complete waste of time, to address themselves as their supposed role.

"Ditto, Yankee-kun."

"ALRIGHT YOU GUYS! YOU BETTER BE READY!" Yuki shouted once everything was in place. She directed for Kaname to take the Pocky box, making sure that it was already open, and to place one piece in his mouth and handing it to Zero. Basically it was a picture about the pocky game.

Being in close proximity to each other had its effects on the two models. Kaname had one end of the pocky stick in his mouth while the other was in Zero's mouth. They made no move to inch closer though. Just for the sake of the shoot. Just for the sake of the shoot. Both of them thought. If it were another time and a another place, Kaname wouldn't hesitate to close the distance. Zero on the other hand, well, it was hard to explain.

"To think that you made them do this, Cross-san, you're really something." Kenji remarked, trying to keep his eyes off of the display on stage. The props weren't that much since the backdrop was just a plain bright color and besides, it was more of a close up shot for the two people posing. It's for a god forsaken poster so there really wasn't any need to worry, or so they thought.

"You two! Take a bite closer! Kaname, hold up the box so that the people could see! Zero, look at the camera and don't forget to scowl. You can scowl while blushing, don't worry! I'll permit that!" Zero's eye twitched at this.

Remind me not to do any more jobs for her anymore. He thought before doing what the little brunette had instructed. Zero did the first bite and then Kaname followed suit.

I'm surprised that he's taking this quite professionally. Kaname thought to himself, glancing back and forth from the camera and Zero's eyes. Their gazes didn't meet but that was to the pure blood's advantage anyways. Who knows that if they did, Zero would suddenly back away and have them pose yet again to redo the photo. That would be too much of a hassle. But then again, it would be worth it if Kaname could get to see how flustered he could make the silverette.

"You know, Kenji-san..." Takuma whispered suddenly into Kenji's ear, making the megane feel a small shiver run down his spine though he wasn't sure if that was a bad or a good thing.

"What is it, Ichijo-san?" The megane stuttered, taking just one small step away from the blonde in caution.

"Our models really do look good together, no?" Takuma commented, not minding the small precaution the four eyed manager took. He understood why and he too might have done the same if he were in Kenji's shoes. Keyword: 'might'.

"Y-yes, they do." Kenji knew that if Zero had heard him say that, he would have a fit. Luckily the silverette was busy with being embarrassed on camera. The megane had to regain his composure though. Getting flustered and all that wasn't his job, it was Zero's. Yes, he admits it that it's his model's job to feel that way. He could see it clearly after all. "This is the most emotion I have seen from Zero-san ever since he started this modeling career."

Takuma had caught that small smile that graced the manager's lips and he could help but smile himself. He could feel the tinge of happiness in the other's voice and it also made him feel that feeling, even if it was just for a temporary time. Everything became serious once more when the blonde set his eyes on the models again. Everything took a turn to heating things up when he caught wind of what Yuki had said again.

"Guys! Take a bite closer! Make sure that only just about 3 centimeters of the pocky stick can be seen. Come on! I haven't got all day!" Yuki was no longer the gentle girl Takuma had known just before the shoot. She, in fact, had turned into the fujoshi monster she was more likely known to be. This signalled danger on the model's parts in Takuma's eyes but since, at least, he knew how the two obviously feel for each other despite the themselves not even realizing it yet -more likely Zero.

She was getting on the silverette's nerves. He was doing his best to make things possible without having it to actually get embarrassing on his part but this girl standing just a few feet in front of them is doing so otherwise. He was going to snap. Oh hell he was going to snap any moment now. He was sure that Kaname was almost at his wits end and he looked up to meet his eyes in order to see if he was right. But, when his lavender orbs met wine, his blood pressure diffused almost instantly. Kaname's eyes were telling him to calm down, though silently.

I get it. This isn't going to finish unless I have the patience to see it through huh? Zero knew that his question couldn't be answered since he just thought of it but as if Kaname had heard him, the pure blood gave him a small reassuring smile before doing what the female brunette had said earlier.

In truth though, Kaname did know what the silverette had been thinking. Well, his pure blood powers was the explanation. However, no way was he telling that to the male in front of him.

Yuki squealed as she held the photographer's camera in her arms and hugged it, almost crushing it but luckily not. It had been a successful 2nd shoot. Despite her happiness, there were 2 other people in the lounge that weren't so happy, more like tired and embarrassed still. Once the said female had exited her room to give the camera back to its rightful owner, the models were allowed to talk freely.

"I can see why you don't want to do her favors anymore." Zero stated, leaning into the couch he was on, hanging his head on the top before turning to face the pure blood who too looked rather annoyed and tired.

"It's not that I'll never do her favors again. This one was just an exception to all the others she had asked me." It's because it caused your discomfort. He kept his thought as a thought. There was nothing else he could say aside from that because he was afraid that something might slip his mouth if he said any more.

"Haha, I see." Though it wasn't really a laugh, it was the first time the brunette had ever heard Zero do that. Zero's laughter came in short when he received no reply from the brunette. "Hm? What is it?"

"You should smile more. You look more radiant when you do." There it goes. That one slip of the tongue he wished he hadn't commit. Crap. He shut his mouth quickly while maintaining his usual composure stricken face.

Meanwhile, Zero was just a little bit on the confused side. "You don't have a twin do you, Kuran?"

"Apparently I don't."

"Huh." Zero stared up at the ceiling, ruffling his hair, only now remembering that his 'delinquent' look was still intact. While he was undoing the silver clips slash earrings from his ear, he chuckled again, catching the brunette off guard. "Maybe you have split personalities? You're very different now than when we first met, bastard." Zero smiled.

It struck Kaname's realization. Now that he pondered about it, what Zero had said was true. Minus Zero calling him a bastard, which he had every right to do so for being one from the start, Kaname thought about his previous behavior and how it developed into such. "You think so?" Kaname asked, slightly feeling distress because of the thought, not that he liked how he was from the start but well, that all depends on the silverette's thoughts about it now.

"Don't get me wrong. I still think you're a bastard." Kaname's eye brow twitched. "But, I like how you are now." He wasn't going to mention how the brunette made him go from 'nearly-snapping' mode to 'keep-it-calm-and-collected-professionally' mode. He was afraid that the pure blood would insult him or make fun of him, or something!

"Oh, is that supposed to be a con-"

"ALRIGHT MEN! I'LL LET YOU OFF THE HOOK NEXT TIME! WE'LL CONTINUE OUR SHOOT LATER THIS AFTERNOON AT 5:00! SEE YOU THEN!" Yuki shouted as if she was a military general but before she could walk back out of the room, she was hindered from her steps.

"Why can't we just continue now to get this over with?" Zero asked, point taken.

But, nothing was going to make Yuki change her mind.

"It's already noon so you guys should go out for lunch. Remember, 5:00 later this afternoon." She smiled, taking out her phone and dialing somebody's number before happily skipping away.

"She's got a date with her best friend." Kaname intervened, standing up, taking off his 'student-counci-president' glasses off and taking his jacket from his arm rest. "But, lunch sounds good. Are you up for it?"

Zero looked at the brunette with one eye brow raised before smirking. "As long as you're paying."

So, guys, sorry it came a little late. Hahaha. It took me a while. But hey, at least I updated. So, lunch date comes next before that Cologne Mystique re-filming.

Does anyone have ideas for the lunch date? I'm open to them.

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