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Ruka: Since the author is asleep, I have to take over for this chapter… The plot is right here. (waves plot in air) Although I don't know why I have to. She prefers the Yuuki/Kaname pairing.
Chapter XIX: The Tears of a Pureblood Part I
It became quite obvious that Takuma was desperate to get over me when I saw him trying to laugh and talk with Aido in his normal tone, but the spark never entered his eyes. Honestly, I've never seen anyone else try so hard. It hurt just to watch.
Ruka was looking at me with sympathetic eyes. Of course she would know what was going on. She stayed right next to me. But she kept her mouth shut. Thank goodness.
It was hard to look at him, to see the emptiness in his once laughing green eyes. It hurt me. A lot. But I couldn't seem to tear my eyes from him. Even as I passed him and he didn't look at me, I continued to look until Kaname caught me from hitting the wall. He shook his head once, very firmly, and I sighed.
How I longed to see his laughing eyes once more, directed at me.
Takuma...
"Takuma-sama!"
My heart gave an extremely pained wrench, and all eyes flashed up to meet mine.
All but two.
Takuma smiled at Sara, the girl who hated me the moment I entered this school. She smiled back, a flirtatious smile that made me furious in one instant. The lights overhead flickered dangerously, but the two took no notice.
As if he wanted to hurt me as much as I hurt him, he swiftly bent to kiss her hand. She caught his cheek and kissed his lips, lightly.
A tearing sensation ripped across my chest.
Without warning, I whirled around and tore away from Kaname, who had grasped my hand in case I went berserk. I threw myself into a dead run, knowing that no one can outrun me but Kaname, and I had a head-start.
Suddenly, I stumbled, clutching at my heart, panting, straining to find myself again.
A burning sensation curled up from my toe, to my ankle, up my calf, all the way up to my chest.
In the moment, my heart broke completely in two. It was a terrible, spine-shattering feeling. I felt my consciousness slipping, and saw a bright light, bathing me in its warm radiance. I raised one hand, and felt peace move through me. The last of my consciousness wondered vaguely how I could stand the bright light.
Then, darkness.
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"Will she be all right, Shizuka-sama?"
"Yes." Someone stroked my forehead. "She's frozen cold," the girl murmured. Her voice turned gentle, and I sighed, unconsciously.
My eyes fluttered open.
Kunarei Maria stared down at me, her eyes gentle, but filled with a weariness that I didn't understand. My brain was confused, and I blinked at the boy in a mask standing next to her. He was a human, but he smelled suspiciously like a vampire.
"Are you all right?" she asked, a small smile playing on her perfect lips.
The question rang in my head several times before I fully understood what she said. Are you all right? Are you all right?
"I am." Although it depends on what you meant by that.
Maria stroked my forehead once more, and I closed my eyes, revelling in the sensation that I was actually loved, once again.
"Ichiru," she murmured over her shoulder. "Take her to my room. Make her comfortable."
"Hai, Shizuka-sama."
"Ariya-sama, Ichiru will stay with you until you feel better."
I opened my eyes and sighed. "Okay. Thank you," I tacked on as an afterthought.
Maria smiled.
My hazy head began to clear, and I felt half-dead. It was like my feelings were all locked away, in a place where no one can see. Not even me.
"Maria-san?" I asked, aware that my voice was flat. There was no inflection in my tone.
"Hai, Ariya-sama?"
"Can you inform Kuran-sama that I'm ill and I can't go to class? And tell him to keep it quiet, please."
"Of course, Ariya-sama," she replied, her voice soft and understanding. "I will not tell... the other one." She walked away, leaving only Ichiru and I. I was stunned.
She knew, too.
But, something told me to thank her, so I did, whispering into the darkness, even though she couldn't hear me anymore.
Ichiru stared at me through his mask. "Let's go, Ariya-sama."
"Hai," I whispered, taking a step forward, only to stumble. His strong hands caught me, and I blushed. No colour actually reached my cheeks, however. It was like I was really a vampire. Like I was really dead.
A tear slipped down my cheek.
The last thing I felt was Ichiru's hands prying mine off his shirt.
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-No POV-
Takuma was unsettled.
What he did that day was meant to be a friendly gesture, but when Sara kissed him, he knew that she would react badly. As much as she had hurt him, he knew, in some part of him, that she still loved him. He knew that she only did it for his own good. She must've seen something in that crystal of hers.
He suspected that Kaname knew what she saw, and that Kaname knew where she was now. But Kaname said naught to anyone about her. He only mentioned that she was ill, very vaguely, then changed the subject.
Takuma resolved to search for her once class was over.
She could never be away this long.
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