Hey guys! Sorry It's been so long. I had a really rough end of summer and over thanksgiving weekend (I'm Canadian ^ ^) We had a huge family crisis. I've had the idea for this chapter for a while, and now here it is. Chapters are going to start coming quicker as I've FOUND my missing writers notes for this story. Enjoy! Thanks for the continued support.
~Belle
"I can't believe you're going to Aido's again." Akane ambushed me before dinner the moment I got in the door of our place.
"What do you mean?" I asked, uncomfortable.
"I was in another classroom at school. I saw you from the window."
My heart froze. Had she seen what Aido had done with the ice? I blinked.
Oh god. My sanity sighed. What are you going to say if she saw the ice?
There's no way to cover that up, I'd have to come clean. I debated my options. It didn't take long.
"I saw you hugging Aido. I opened the window and heard what he said to you. 'I'll be back for you'?" She raised an eyebrow.
I sighed, and kicked my shoes off. Walking into our bedroom I threw my backpack on my bed. Akane was right behind me, and she sat crossed-legged on her own bed.
"What's going on, Kisa?" He voice was quiet, and pleading. "You can talk to me. Please."
And in that exact moment, my heartstrings felt the pull. I looked into her eyes and saw the betrayal there.
Well you have to admit, my inner voice admitted lowly, we did push her out of her trust circle. And now she's noticing.
"I..." I hesitated at the look in her eyes. How badly I wanted to tell her everything. She was my best friend... and I'd pushed her to the outside. "I can't tell you right now."
"Can't?" She whispered. "Or don't want to?"
Against my will my eyes started to well up. "I can't. Akane believe me I really want to but-"
"Kisa. It's okay." She looked defeated, standing. "You don't have to tell me." She walked to the door of the room. "Have a good weekend." I heard the front door to the dorm apartment shut quietly in the distance.
There's no time to think about this now. My mind said. You're going to have a thirsty vampire waiting for you tonight.
Right... I sighed, emptying my backpack out on my bed and throwing some clothes and toiletries in it.
After a nap, I got ready to leave.
Akane still hadn't returned. My heart ached within my chest. It was killing me not to talk to her. Trying not to think about it more, I slowly slung my backpack strap over my shoulder and turned the light off in the bedroom.
Carefully I opened our dorm door, and seeing no one in the hallway I darted out and downstairs, leaving the Sun Dorm. I crossed the bridge toward the school buildings and realized I was still a few minutes early. I went around behind the side of the building and waited. I looked up into the starry sky and looked for constellations. I sat down against the wall, and got lost in looking up. The next thing I knew Aido was in my line of vision.
"Star-watcher, are you?"
I started, and then nodded. "How did you know I was here?"
Aido smirked. "Please. I can smell your blood from the door." He looked around the corner. "I'm surprised the others can't, actually."
"Right, well." I carefully got to my feet, brushing off my butt for any dirt that might have gotten on my skirt. "What's the plan?"
Aido shrugged. "I was thinking of going right home, but since you enjoy outside maybe you'd like to stay out more?"
I instantly mistrusted his intentions. "You don't have to be nice to me."
"I kind of want to watch the stars for a while too, so it's actually a win-win." He smiled, grabbing my hand.
We got back to the Moon Dorm and Aido ran inside with my backpack. "I'm going to get a blanket to sit on, Kisa-chan. I don't want to dirty my clothes!" I snickered. I guess it was nice Aido I was dealing with tonight.
When he returned we went up to the clearing where we watched the full moon. We passed the spot where I had fainted last weekend and Aido didn't fail to point it out. "Remember when you fainted over there?"
"Yes." I grumbled. "Did you have to bring that up?"
"Yes. It was so much work to catch you."
"As if!" I shoved him lightly. Only his arm moved.
He playfully growled at me and shoved me back, wrapping his arms around me after I stumbled.
"Oops." He breathed. "I keep forgetting I'm so much stronger than you."
"Yeah, easy there Hercules." I said.
Aido laid the blanket out and sat properly on one side of the blanket.
I couldn't resist making fun of him. "You're sitting like a girl!" I giggled.
He rolled his eyes and grabbed my hand, pulling me down with him. I sat beside him, legs folded.
We were quiet for a while. It was bad. It gave me more time to think about Akane and how badly I was hurting her feelings by not telling her what was really going on. Although I didn't want to ruin Aido's good mood, I figured I'd ask for some leeway.
"Aido... I need to ask you something."
That was it for the good mood. The dangerous teal eyes were on me now. I tried not to shrink away. "Yes?" He said quietly.
"Akane... she's being very good to me. She's covering for me, helping me with the homework I'm getting behind on, and staying by my side even though the Disciplinary Committee stares at me all the time. But she's starting to ask questions about what's going on. She cares about me, Aido."
He stiffened immediately. "You can't tell anyone. If you did and anybody found out, Headmaster Cross would erase her memory and you'd be expelled. Or killed, if Kaname-sama got a hold of you."
"But I can't keep just disappearing and not explaining, Aido!" I turned to face him and moved away from him slightly on the blanket so he could face me too. "Give me something, ANYTHING I can tell her to put her mind at ease. If I can't tell her you're a vampire why should I say I'm coming to your dorm every weekend?"
Aido's eyes glinted red at this, and I had a fleeting feeling he was losing control of the bloodlust. "Tell her I'm your boyfriend."
