The sun was high above the horizon at Cross Academy. The coming change of the season caused the mornings to be brighter sooner and evenings darker sooner. The change also meant the end of the semester was near. And it meant that the dance was closer and so was Gina's birthday.

Speaking of that pink-haired girl, where was she? Zero had assumed that she would have been with Kemino on the way to Kemino's Home Economics class. When he was the girl with a short blonde wig and asked her where Gina was, Kemino told him that Gina had said that she went out earlier.

"I thought you and her were going to meet up," Kemino said, adding a perverted smile at the end.

Zero shrugged. "As you can see, she's not with me."

Kemino shook her head slightly. Oh, Zero-kun has to be the only teenage boy that's not a pervert. I mean, even Kaname-kun would have some sort of reaction. "Oh well," Kemino sighed to herself. "She couldn't have gotten too far, seeing that she has to go to gym today. But then again, she might just skip." Zero started to walk away. "Hey! Don't just leave!"

Zero looked back at her. "I'm going to go find Gina."

"Yeah, but still say something before you leave, like 'bye' or 'see you later' or 'I'm going to go fuck Gina to make 20million babies.'"

"What?" Zero stared at Kemino due to the last comment with confusion. His pale cheeks got a very slight amount of color on them.

Kemino looked at her wrist. "Oh goodness, look at my wrist, I got to go. Have fun!" She ran off.

Zero sighed to himself. Now he understood how Gina would get annoyed with her friend. She really did spatter nonsense half the time. He put his hands in his pockets and began his search for the small pink-haired girl.

He found Gina at their usual meeting spot asleep. She was wearing her green jacket and simple black pants. The strand of hair that was usually in her face was to the side. One arm was at her side and the other was bent so a slight fist was by her face. Zero sat down next to her. By moving closer, he could see that her cheeks were slightly reddened and her breathing was off. He could also hear her heart beat at a quick pace. Gina's head moved to the side, exposing her neck.

Zero turned away from the vulnerable girl. "Idiot," he muttered to himself. He took a quick look for Gina's sketch book to occupy himself, but it wasn't in sight. He sighed again and decided to wait for his friend to wake up.

"Zero…" Gina breathed out softly. Zero looked at her, unsure if he actually heard what she said. She shifted slightly in her sleep, but stayed on her back.

Zero leaned over her to see if she would speak more in her sleep. He put a hand on her should and shook her gently. Her breathing went off a little more and she began to come out of sleep.

Her eyes felt heavy as she tried to open them. The light that snuck through her opening lids burned. She groaned and stretched her legs. Damn it Kemino, why must you interrupt the fun things? Gina's blue eyes opened only to widen when she saw Zero's purple ones. Her face turned a dark shade of red and she let out a small squeak. She patted herself down frantically, hands going down her body and one quickly at her neck.

"Are you ok?" Zero asked. Gina looked like a small child trying to get out of trouble or a deer caught in the headlights. She slowly nodded her head. "Bad dream?"

"Not exactly…" Gina's once racing heart was slowing down and the dark red began to fade from her face, but still left some pink on her cheeks. She adverted her blue eyes from looking at him.

"You said my name, so I guess it couldn't have been too bad."

Gina's face returned to its former shade of red. "I did what?"

"Talked in your sleep." Zero smirked slightly to himself. "And judging by your reaction, little Gina was dreaming of naughty adult things with me."

"Shut up!"

"Oh, so you're not denying it?"

"I wasn't dreaming of anything like that! You wish I did!"

"Then what were you dreaming of?"

"Nothing."

"Tell me."

"Why should I?"

"I said so."

"Too bad."

Zero moved on top of the girl who was still on her back and held her hands above her head. He leaned his face close to hers. "Tell me now before I use force."

Gina felt her face get hotter. "Z-Zero! G-Get off me!" She struggled to her arms free.

"Tell me Gina." Zero removed one of his hands and held both of hers with the other one.

"Get off!" Gina struggled more with no avail.

The white-haired boy poked the pink-haired girl in the side. She squeaked/yelped loudly and twitched violently. "Tell me."

"Damn it, I'll fucking kill you!" He poked her side again, resulting with another yelp and twitch. "ACK! Fine! Get off me first."

"Oh, you don't like me here?" Zero smirked seductively.

"Off! Off! Off! Off!" Gina yelled with her eyes shut. She began to kick her legs.

Zero got off of her and resumed sitting next to her. Gina sat up and glared at him. He ruffled her hair and she glanced away from him. They were quiet for a few seconds before Gina sighed to herself. "You won't like it."

"So?"

"Don't yell at me."

"I won't."

Gina's hand slowly went to her neck. "You bit me," she said slowly.

"Oh." Gina glanced over at him and tried to read what was going through his head on his face. He seemed clueless, lost for words. "Sorry."

She shook her head and put her hand in her lap. "It's not your fault. It wasn't bad at all." Images of her dream ran through her mind. One word described it and she was never going to tell him: sexy.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Zero asked.

"I don't have any objection to it," Gina said. "I mean… It's something you need and I'll gladly help in any way possible."

Zero sighed. "You shouldn't say such things carelessly."

"I'm not. It's an offer made only to you. And before you say anything else, the offer will always be there no matter what."

Zero looked away. "You're still a careless person," he said.

"No. I'm a self-centered bitch that's offering to help someone else."

"You forgot small."

Gina slapped his shoulder. "You're just freakishly tall!"

Zero rubbed his now sore shoulder. Damn, does she not know the meaning of being gentle? "Am not." He looked back at her to see Gina looking away from him. She was mad. She sighed heavily through her nose before looking back at him. "You hurt."

"Serves you right," Gina said. Zero ruffled her hair again, this time to rub in her shortness. Her eyes narrowed. "Stop it."

"No."

"I'll slice my wrists."

"That just kills you."

"Just quit it."

"Make me."

Gina slapped his hand off. "Geez, did someone give you crack for breakfast?" she asked. "You're not acting like yourself."

"How so?" Zero didn't think he was acting different.

"You're acting like… a normal teenage boy and pretending to flirt with your closest friend that's a girl. At least I hope you're pretending to flirt."

"Really now?" Zero leaned back against the tree.

"Are you feeling ok?" Gina asked.

"I'm fine," Zero said. "I guess…" He looked at her. "I guess I just feel lose with you. You get me in a way that most don't and… I don't know… You make me feel human to an extent."

Gina blushed slightly. Her heart fluttered at his words. She had done something for him without even knowing it. And it helped him with his personal struggle with himself. "Glad that I could help," she said smiling softly. She took one of his hands and gave it a squeeze with her own. "I hope it will stay that way."

So question, do you guys want to know what Gina's dream was? Tell me if you do and maybe I'll comply to your wishes lol.

Another chapter down! Closer and closer to the end... of this arc. I have recently decided that there are going to be four arcs in this story. Go ahead, fangasm and bow to my greatness. The only problem with that is that I have to write more. I need to finish the first one first lol.

Thanks to lmamc for reviewing last chapter. I know that the site was under matenice for a while, idk if it still is, but I'm blaming it for lack of reviews because I can.

Next update will be the 29th. I really need to get the new chapter I'm on done by the end of this week so I can write the important climax! I need some good inspiration first... The Q&A video is finally up! Link to it is in my profile. Hope you guys enjoy it.