Hey all,

Figured that I would get another short chapter up for you. There will be a longer one coming out soon, I'm on spring break from school so I should be able to get at least one chapter out next week. I hope you enjoy it.

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The headmaster awoke a few hours later in a much more reasonable way than before. He still did not feel rested. A few hours of sleep would never be enough, but it would have to work for now. He stretched sadly and got dressed for the meeting with the council. He felt a slight twinge as he dug a new hair tie out of a drawer. He had never gotten his back from Yuuki the day before but it was alright, he had others. And it was a small inconvenience in light of the fact that he almost didn't get her back.

I came so close to losing her, he thought feeling his shoulders slump. But I didn't. And I need to go to the meeting to make sure that doesn't happen. I know that it has something to do with what she and Kaname have done.

He sighed again knowing that it was not going to be a good day. He steeled himself for the difficulties he knew were to come and opened the door, only to nearly get hit in the face by Yagari who had been about to knock on the door.

"So, you're up huh?" Yagari asked leaning against the door frame.

"Yeah," Kaien sighed. "Well, let's get this over with." Yagari gestured with a hand and stepped aside to let Kaien lead him down the hall to Zero's room. He was about to knock on the door when Yagari grabbed the handle, opened the door and walked right in.

Kaien rubbed his eyes with his hand at Yagari's actions. Why does he insist on doing things that he knows will irritate Zero, he gripped mentally. It's almost like he is trying to pick a fight with him.

"I knew it!" Yagari crowed in triumph.

Startled by the sound-and wondering what triggered it-the headmaster looked around the dark-haired man and was shocked to see two distinctly silver heads in Zero's bed. For a moment, he stood there at a loss for words, he had a sneaking suspicion who the other silver head belonged to, but he had no idea that the two of them were on good enough terms to be doing this. A sudden memory of Zero's concern for the other vampire the night before flashed through his mind and he wondered why he hadn't seen it before it was too late.

"I am a terrible headmaster," he cried in defeat. "Two of my students were having improper relations in my house and I didn't even see it coming even though the signs were all there."

"Would you two shut up?" Zero asked grouchily from under his blanket. Yagari's victory-cry had caused him to wake up with a rush of adrenaline and he had felt Seiren tense as well in response to his body jerking, her nails going into his chest as she too was awaked.

"What are you yelling about so early, Zero," Seiren mumbled sleepily.

"Me?" he asked looking at her incredulously. "It was them!"

"Them?" she shrieked, opening her eyes for the first time and seeing the headmaster and Yagari in the room looking at them. She immediately felt a blush stain her cheeks and tried to dive under the blankets. I can't believe they caught me in bed with him. Actually I can't believe they caught me at all. My senses have really dulled being around Zero. And he had been caught too, perhaps two minds really aren't better than one.

Yagari laughed at her actions. "It's a little late for that, girl," he said. "We've already seen you. I figured after this morning you would be a little more cautious."

"You knew that they were together?"' the headmaster demanded. "And you didn't do anything about it? What kind of teacher are you?"

"The off duty kind," Yagari replied. "If we're going to be on time, if you care, we need to get going."

"Let's get this over with," Zero said , unknowingly echoing Kaien's response from earlier. He tried to slide out of the bed and realized that sometime during the night his legs had gotten inextricably tangled with hers. He tried a couple of times to figure out how they were interlocked, and then with a sigh grabbed the blanket to throw it back and just look.

The headmaster and Yagari both opened their mouths to protest, but were silenced by a look from Zero who uncovered both Seiren and himself. The other two men suddenly realized that both of them had crawled into bed fully clothed the night before.

"So," the headmaster began, "You mean that you didn't. . . you literally just slept together?"

"What did you think we did?" Zero demanded sitting up.

"Nothing," Kaien said uncomfortably heading out the door content that Zero was going to get up now. "Let's go."

"Ok," Zero replied. Before he stood to follow Kaien and Yagari he turned to Seiren and kissed her on the forehead. "Try to get a little more sleep," he told her. "I'll be back as soon as I can."

She smiled warmly at him and then whispered, "Be safe," before yawning and closing her eyes to go back to sleep. Zero watched her sleep for a moment and fought the urge to stroke the side of her face. He shook his head as he turned to go. When did I become so sentimental, he thought.

Once he got into the hall, he looked to see which direction the other two men had gone and found Yagari waiting impatiently at the end of the hallway closest to the front door. The headmaster however, stood in front of Yuuki's door with two expressions warring on face.

The same war was also going on in his head. He really wanted to see her before he left, but he didn't want to wake her so early. But to see her without waking her he would have to barge into her room and he didn't want to do that and perhaps frighten her. In the end he decided to just open the door, see her and then go to the meeting.

Zero saw Kaien's hand reach for the handle and felt panic rise in his chest. He knew without seeing into the room that she and Kuran were in the same bed, potentially naked. If the sight of him and Seiren sharing a bed fully clothed upset him that much, then the sight of his daughter and her brother naked in bed together just might kill him. Despite his speed, he was unable to get there before Kaien could open the door. Hearing Kaien sigh next to him, he chanced a glance through the door. He saw Yuuki sleeping with her head on Kaname's bare shoulder, her hand on his chest.

"Aren't they cute?" Kaien asked with a gentle smile on his face. "They both look so peaceful."

"Cute!" Zero yelled. "How can you say they are cute when you were traumatized to catch me and Seiren doing the same thing fully clothed?" In response to his loud tone, Kaname snorted in his sleep and Yuuki moaned slightly and snuggled closer to Kaname.

"Come on," Kaien said patting Zero on the shoulder ignoring his question entirely, "let's go, we're going to be late."