Temptation

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I must say, I barely repressed a squeak of fangirl-ism here.

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Zero approached her a week later, while she was sitting on a bench in the rain. She was shivering slightly, but wasn't cold enough to be bothered.

Besides, cold was numb, and numb was preferable at the moment.

The mark on her body had begun to spread again, and rather rapidly too. It hurt, very badly. Aya was scratching at it idly.

"Aya."

It was a strange noise to hear, coming from Zero. She couldn't remember if he'd ever said her name, but it sounded nice.

Of course it did. It sounded nice because it was Zero.

She scoffed. My Zero, she thought sarcastically.

He took a seat next to her, "You know it's past curfew." Aya shrugged, what did that matter, anyways?
"It hurts," she offered; a feeble explanation. His eyes trailed down to her wrist and watched her scratch the highest black vine. "Oh."

Aya nodded, staring into the foggy woods in front of them.

Zero was quiet then, obviously uninterested in dragging her to Kaien's office for punishment.

In spite of her goal to avoid the handsome prefect for the rest of her days, Aya couldn't resist turning to watch him.

The last few times she'd seen him standing in the rain, gazing at the sky, he'd been so far away she couldn't make out any details…even with her enhanced vision.

Now, he wasn't even two feet from her, and she drank it all in.

Tiny droplets of rain fell from the ends of his hair, and trailed down his face. Dew had caught on his lashes, and his eyes glowed. Zero's uniform clung to his skin, and he didn't have his jacket with him.

He never did when he stood in the rain.

He was surprisingly well-built, for someone she'd never seen do anything athletic. Aya supposed it was another side-effect of having vampiric DNA.

Whatever the cause, he was beautiful…and that hurt her too.

It was really very cruel, to be so close to him, yet so far away. Zero was visibly enamored with Yuuki, and she had no right to come in between them.

But oh, her heart hurt for him. A silly, emotional part of her always whispered silent sweet nothings to him. She would be everything Yuuki could not…would not. There would be no running to the purebloods for her…no, she would be perfectly happy with her Zero.

But he couldn't hear that. Even if he did, it made no difference anyway, because what would any of that mean to someone who didn't feel that way about her?

Aya realized then that Zero was staring back at her. She knew she looked a mess, sitting next to him. Anyone looked a mess next to Zero, in her opinion.

That's what made staying away from him so hard…Zero was perfect to her.

"I'm sorry." He blurted, and she blinked.

"Wh-what? Sorry for what…?"

Zero shifted uncomfortably, staring up at the rain. "I…"

He was blinking hard, and she didn't know if it was from the rain falling in his eyes or tears. Maybe both.

Zero couldn't seem to find his voice, and they simply sat together.

Aya smiled, "I'm sorry too." Amethyst orbs shifted to inspect her, and a tiny smile formed on his features too.

Uncertainly, Zero scooted closer to her. He raised an arm, and hesitated only a moment before wrapping it around her shoulders.

"For what?" he mimicked, running his free hand through his hair and showering her with cold drops of rain.