Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Knight. I wish I did though, Zero is so freaking awesome. Anyways! I own the OC's Sukui Cross and Yuri Kuran. Amaya is Jane Catt's and Jane Catt's alone.

I had Kaname and the others show up early, the day that Yuuki and Zero and etc. came back because I wanted too. Deal with it :D

I tease, on with the chapter!

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38. Square One

Sukui woke up next to Yuuki and Zero, who had apparently taken her to her dorm room. Yuuki held a rose incased in a silver tipped, see through oval-diamond shaped glass container, bubbly liquid like jell-o holding it still and it immediately had the biological Cross girl's attention. "Woah, what's that?" Sukui asked, and Yuuki smiled to see the girl had woken up from her untimely and rather odd fainting. "It's a rose, incased in resin. . . It only blooms every ten years. Kaname gave it to me."

Sukui smiled and nudged the girl, "Ahhh, Yuuki's got a boyfriend!"

"Do not!"

They both giggled a bit, but then Yuuki went serious, along with a silent but worried Zero, "Why did you faint Sukui, is it because I scared you?"

"How would you have?"

"Well, my records burst into flames and I screamed. . ."

Sukui smiled plastically, fake, she was aware of why she fainted, and it made her very nervous indeed to tell her two friends. Knowing it might change their opinions of her in a heartbeat. "Sure, I would've jumped out of my skin, but I was headed down before your book spontaneously combusted."

"Well then, why?" Zero asked. Sukui hung her head, her throat burning from contained tears. Zero would hate her, she just knew it. And that broke her heart just thinking of it, but it was sure to be the truth the moment she told the two of them the news. He watched his entire families slaughter by the pureblood, not just his mother, and it was his real family.

"What is it Sukui."

"I know a little more about my mother. . ." she said softly, and Yuuki smiled, under the assumption, if only for a few seconds, like this information was a good thing. "Well?! What is it Sukui?" Sukui took a deep breath, and prepared for the worst. "I found out that . . . My mother is a pureblood vampire."

All shields were up, as Sukui prepared for the word lashing off a life time.

Nothing came, nothing.

She slowly opened her eyes, to see Yuuki staring at her in disbelief, and Zero wouldn't even look it her. Sukui's heart began sinking rather quickly, she would have preferred being yelled at to the complete silence that was permeating the room at the very instant. Sukui found herself overwhelmed, and began to cry. Biting her lip so hard to keep from sobbing out loud that she drew blood.

"Yuuki, I'd like to talk to Sukui alone."

Sukui's heart sank even further, it felt like it was beating in her stomach as Yuuki nodded. She gave a smile to Sukui and a quick hug, "You are like a sister to me. I don't care that your mom was pureblood." Sukui's breath caught, as if Yuuki had known exactly what to say, she did. The adopted Cross girl then left, leaving Kiryu and Sukui all alone.

Biological Cross licked up the blood she had spilt and sniffed quietly, as she heard some shuffling, and moved her head just enough that her curtain of hair fell from her eye, and she saw Zero kneeling just in front of her, staring at her with some extremely interesting emotion.

Concern. Still? Sukui figured that Zero would have glared at her and walked out.

"Why are you crying Sukui?" he asked gently. She was frozen, she hadn't expected this. She was so shocked and confused she barely knew what to do with herself, she just looked at him in awe.

"I thought you would. . ."

"Thought that I would what?"

Sukui swallowed, trying to restrain herself from sounding weak, she hated being vulnerable. Hated it. Yet there she was, being extremely vulnerable for the third time that week, and for the multiple time her entire stay at Cross Academy.

"Hate me, because my mothers a pureblood."

Zero smirked, "You think that's the only reason I hate you?"

Sukui twitched at the confession, so he did hate her. "Umm yeah. . ."

"Well you are wrong, there is much more."

Sukui said nothing, and neither did Zero. She could tell that he didn't mean hate but she was confused. What did he mean? Hell she was such a girl!

Zero helped Sukui up from her bed, "Well there's still loads needed to be taken care of, so, let's go." Sukui nodded and they both left the room. Neither saying anything to each other. They were almost in the same position as things before the almost-kiss, and Sukui didn't like it at all. She was thinking that maybe, just maybe, Zero was more infuriated than he let on. By the set of his face, and the immovable expression that hadn't been all that immovable before, Sukui's heart sank. This was square one, maybe even further back.

What the hell am I gonna do. . .

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DUN DUN DUN!