Author Notes: OK, this chapter is definitely more romantic and limey, as promised! Hope you enjoy it... :D More comments in my bio profile as usual.
20Nov2008: Corrected Zero's age to seventeen and Yuuki's to sixteen. Thanks TwilightSonnet for pointing this out! :D
-- Chapter Start --
A tall, silver haired boy and a petite, auburn haired girl walked hand in hand out of the kitchen. The breakfast dishes had just been cleared away and they were both still wearing their pyjamas since it was still school holidays, although the start of the last week of it.
"What are your plans for the day, Yuuki?" Zero asked. It had started drizzling since early morning so they wouldn't be able to go out. Not that he minded much, anyway. Yuuki shrugged. "Don't know… what do you have in mind?"
Zero didn't answer but when Yuuki glanced at him, he was looking at her with his calm, steady gaze. "Kissing you. Holding you." he said solemnly, enjoying how her soft, brown eyes widened in delight even as her cheeks warmed up. "Now?" she asked as she glanced around the corridor. Zero shook his head, a small smile playing about his lips at her cautious tone. "In your room, dearest" he told her softly.
Yuuki smiled and nodded. Zero reached past her and opened the door then ushered her in. He closed the door behind him and locked it, making Yuuki swing around, her eyebrows raised upon hearing the sound.
"I know father is out but just in case..." Zero responded to her unspoken question, a rather predatory light gleaming in his amethyst eyes now. It made Yuuki's body tingle pleasantly with excitement and without a word, she sat on her bed and patted the mattress beside her. Zero crossed her room in long strides. He sank down beside her and without a word, pulled her up onto his lap, an arm going around her back for support. Then he lifted her chin with his other hand and claimed her waiting lips with his.
Ah... Yuuki loved Zero's kisses. Her eyes fluttered shut as she responded readily, her hands sliding up his shirt front to his shoulders, the cotton soft under her fingers and warmed by his body heat. Zero's long fingers moved from her jaw to her hair, threading through the silky brown strands as he tenderly coaxed her tongue to play with his.
One long and passionate kiss later and Yuuki felt like melting, her rapid heartbeat making her breath hitch softly. "Zero..." Her voice was a husky whisper as Zero laid a trail of soft kisses across one softly flushed cheek to her small ear. Yuuki's fingers curled in his shirt as she tilted her head, knowing what was coming next. Zero licked the delicate outer shell of her ear and she squirmed on his lap and giggled. "Zero, stop that!"
"Mmm... whose ticklish now?" Zero murmured the words as he paid close attention to the soft skin behind her ear, loving how her quick and light breathing brushed his cheek. His words reminded Yuuki of how he had rescued her from the broken kitchen chair a couple of days ago and recalling the bruise he had sustained, her nimble fingers undid the buttons of Zero's pyjama shirt. She wanted to see if it was still discoloured. Yuuki slipped her small hand under his shirt and eased it off his right shoulder. The bruise was still there, but lighter and greenish yellow now.
Yuuki pressed closer and kissed it softly, knowing he'd gotten it on account of her carelessness and smiled as Zero shivered against her. She gave the bruise another kiss and a small comforting lick before letting her hands roam over his toned chest once more. Zero was beautiful – Yuuki mapped each plane and each contour of his chest with delight before paying special attention to his nipples that she now knew were sensitive. Zero's small gasps of delight made her smile again and she leaned forward to taste each of them in turn.
"Yuuki..." Zero groaned and he pulled her up, burying his face in her neck. Yuuki giggled softly then paused. Zero's breathing was starting to sound more than a little uneven now next to her ear and he was also licking her neck in an urgent yet familiar manner. She pulled back now to look at him in concern. "Zero?" she asked suddenly. "Are you feeling OK?"
Zero's head was down. He started to nod his head, then shook it instead. Swallowing, he grimaced at the scratchy feel of his throat. Since waking up this morning, he had been feeling rather out of sorts, his chest tight and his jaw aching. Zero knew very well what the symptoms were and it wasn't surprising that his blood lust had flared up even more after being tempted by Yuuki's irresistibly sweet scent as he held her and kissed her. Her loving attentions to his body hadn't helped either.
Between Zero's parted lips, Yuuki could see a glimpse of his sharp fangs. "Didn't you take from Kaname-nii-sama that day when he returned?" she asked, a slight frown drawing her brows together. Her pureblood brother had come back for a day and a half before going off again to attend another meeting at the vampire council. It would be another three days before he returned to the academy.
Zero shrugged a bit embarrassedly then shook his head again. "I was supposed to... but he was busy with Father and then with the other nobles. Besides, I thought I'd be... OK"
Yuuki could be shrewd enough when she put her mind to it. "You didn't know how to ask him?" she guessed. Zero nodded, his fingers tightening unconsciously on Yuuki's as he met her gaze. "I didn't exactly know what to say" he mumbled a bit awkwardly, a slight flush warming his cheeks.
Yuuki's eyes softened even more in understanding. Of course he wouldn't know - after all, he and Kaname had been fierce rivals not too long ago. And while her brother had willingly let Zero take from him that day, the day she made her choice, none of them had actually discussed the long term plans or arrangements. It was something that would have to be worked out.
But for now...
"Take mine, Zero, please" she offered softly, her eyes shining with love and anticipation. Why would she begrudge him something that would not only help him but give her pleasure as well? Zero dipped his head to brush an appreciative kiss onto her forehead. "Thank you" he said softly. Yuuki smiled as her fingers unbuttoned the top few buttons of her pyjama shirt, pushing it down one shoulder and baring her neck.
Zero's already unsteady heartbeat accelerated even more, partly at the thought of drinking Yuuki's delicious blood again, and at the way her slipping top exposed the top half of her breast. She didn't seem to realise it as she smiled at Zero with her head tilted to one side. "Help yourself" she invited, anticipation making her cheeks flush and her eyes sparkle. Despite his aching fangs, Zero smiled back warmly. He lifted her up slightly and turned her around so that her back was against his chest. Then he fitted his face into the sweet curve of her neck, his warm, ragged breath brushing her skin.
Yuuki's hand went up to cup the side of his head. She could feel the metal piercings in his upper ear as she tilted her head a little more, giving him full access. "Always, Zero, you can always take from me" she murmured, leaning back against him.
"Yes" Zero's voice was a ragged whisper against her beating pulse. He kissed her neck gently, his tongue going out to taste her skin. Yuuki's breath caught in her throat as she waited, giving out a small gasp of pleasure as his fangs went in. The slight pain was still there but it was a sweet kind of pain because she missed this, and she wanted it with all her heart.
Zero's arms around her waist tugged her closer as if he wanted to feel every inch of her soft body pressed to his. Yuuki sighed contentedly as his warm lips caressed her neck as he drank and she placed her other arm over his, her fingers stroking his forearms. So warm... so smooth. Yuuki shivered in delight as Zero's tongue and lips lavished attention on her as he drank slowly, his ears taking in her hitching, unsteady breath as well. When he lifted his mouth a minute or so later, she pulled his head down again. "Take more, please" she said softly.
Zero shook his head against her neck. "Enough, dearest. Besides, you're having your menses. I can tell" he whispered.
Yuuki blushed then shivered softly as Zero licked the remaining traces of blood from her skin. "You can smell that" she whispered back a little dazedly, even though she already knew he could. "I can indeed" Zero confirmed then he sighed and lifted his head before turning her sideways a little to look at her. "What would I do without you, Yuuki?" he asked, his gaze loving and worshipful.
Yuuki's brown eyes danced in merriment. "Drink from my brother? Or father?" she suggested impishly, making Zero grin. "You know I would rather take yours anytime, Yuuki"
Yuuki nodded as her eyes dropped to his lips and Zero licked them self-consciously. He longed to kiss her again and he knew she was expecting him to. But first...
"Give me one moment" he muttered. He deposited Yuuki back onto the bed then strode over to the sink in the corner of her room to rinse his mouth thoroughly with water. When Zero sat down beside her again, he lifted her onto his lap and Yuuki responded eagerly to his loving kisses and caresses. She was quite breathless and more than a little flushed when he finally released her and giggled suddenly as something prodded the back of her thigh. By now, Yuuki had a good guess as to what it was. Most unconsciously but a little deliberately as well, she shifted about on Zero's lap. Immediately, his arm around her tightened and he gasped.
Yuuki waited a moment then she shifted her hips again, more insistent this time. Zero's face was buried in her neck and she felt his breath rush out next to her ear.
"Yuuki?"
"Yes?"
"Are you doing that on purpose?"
"I... yes, I am actually..."
A low chuckle sounded right next to her ear before Zero straightened up. "You little minx...!"
Yuuki didn't say anything but she looked down. Even without seeing, Zero could tell her cheeks were flushed. Still looking down, the auburn haired girl scooted off his lap and onto the bed. Zero glanced down and bit his lip. His pyjama pants now had a small damp circle on it and it wasn't due to perspiration because something was also standing up beneath it. He saw that Yuuki was also staring at the same spot before she looked up at him.
Zero stopped breathing. Her cheeks were charmingly flushed but her eyes were bright with curiosity but no trace of fear. After a moment, they both spoke at the same time.
"May I – "
"Do you want to – "
Then they both stopped.
"Zero? May... may I take a look?" asked Yuuki softly. Her voice sounded very shy and Zero's heart melted even as his cheeks heated up. "Of course" he managed. After all, he'd promised, hadn't he? He'd been waiting for this, hadn't he?
A small smile quivered on Yuuki's lips. It wasn't as if she hadn't seen this particular part of him before - she had, when father had brought him back one cold winter's night. Well, that didn't really count because he was only twelve then. But she had also seen him more recently when she found him in the shower one day, depressed after killing a Level E vampire...
For a moment, Yuuki's eyes unfocused, remembering how they had cried together that night. Zero fearing that he would hurt her one day, and she fearing that he would never have the happy life he deserved. Thankfully, both fears were all in the past.
"Yuuki?"
She looked up and smiled at him. Zero propped his straightened arms behind him as he leaned back a little. "Well, go on" he encouraged her softly. He didn't mind stripping for her but thought it better if she did it... even though he wasn't sure he would live through the suspense.
Yuuki swallowed and stretched out her hand. Slowly, she reached for the hem of his pyjama shirt. Ever so slowly, she lifted it, folding it up to expose the elasticised waistband of his pyjama pants. Zero had to remind himself to breathe. Yuuki hesitated, then reached out her other hand. Slender, trembling fingers curled tentatively into the waistband and tugged the material down, but so hesitantly it went down only an inch. Zero had to remind himself to breathe again. Then Yuuki hesitated.
Zero swallowed. "Yuuki?"
Her head came up immediately, cheeks still flushed. "Yes, Zero?"
"Just do it!"
"Uh - OK" Yuuki mumbled. Taking a deep breath, she slowly eased the cotton pants down his hips, carefully lifting the material past his arousal. "Oh my..." she said in a hushed whisper, wide eyes glued to his straining flesh.
Zero stopped breathing entirely as he waited for her reaction. Would she find it fascinating? Interesting? Or just... gross. His self confidence started nose diving the longer he waited. Finally, Yuuki looked up. "I didn't realise you're so big" she said softly. At the sheer awe in her voice, Zero swallowed then started breathing again, relief flooding through him.
Yuuki released her hold on his pants, leaving it halfway on his thighs. Zero started breathing again but stopped when she stretched her fingers towards him. Hearing his ragged breath, Yuuki looked up. Her wide eyes were curious... and definitely interested. "May I touch you, Zero?" she asked softly.
Oh, for the love of…! "Touch me any way, anyhow you like, Yuuki" Zero responded, his voice husky and deep. He wanted so much for her to touch him. Can't you tell I'm yours, Yuuki, to do as you please?
Then Zero stopped breathing again. Yuuki's fingertips ghosted softly over the wet tip and Zero's body jerked involuntarily. Yuuki yanked her fingers back, her startled eyes on him. Quickly, he shook his head mutely to let her know he was all right. Yuuki gave a tentative nod then rubbed her fingers together before bringing them up to her nose, sniffing them curiously. Zero found himself watching her warily but all she said was a soft "Hmm" before she lowered her hand. Yuuki touched him again, this time sliding her fingers very gently up and down his length, making Zero's breath hiss out through his teeth.
"Yuuki" he groaned. She was undoing him again... but he loved it. Yuuki glanced up. There was still a trace of colour in her cheeks but her eyes twinkled – she loved watching his reaction. Zero looked... amazing. He felt amazing too – his skin was as smooth as the rest of him but just underneath that was such warm, firm muscle. His swollen, blood engorged tip was fascinating to watch too as was the clear liquid that dewed there. She couldn't detect any smell at all on her fingers and briefly wondered what it would taste like.
Emboldened by Zero's reaction, Yuuki folded slender fingers around his length and tentatively slid them up and down. To Zero, it was a form of heavenly torture devised to drive him insane.
"Yuuki, harder" he gasped. Otherwise, it really was ticklish...
"Oh?" Yuuki grabbed him more firmly this time. "I – I don't want to hurt you" she mumbled. After all, it was a very sensitive part, right?
Zero shook his head, beads of sweet starting to adorn his brow. "You can't" he gasped out. Then he swallowed. Yuuki had taken him at his word and was holding him more firmly this time, even if her pumping actions were still too torturously gentle for him. Zero groaned again. He was extremely aroused and he loved feeling her hands on him but he was going insane.
"Yuuki, rub harder!" Zero gasped, his heart hammering hard in his throat. Yuuki grasped him more firmly, her small white teeth catching at her lower lip as she did so but it still wasn't enough. Her thumb accidentally brushed over Zero's wet tip and he jerked again.
"Sorry - are you in pain?" Yuuki asked a little breathlessly, her eyes wide at the thought of having hurt him. Zero's eyes closed. "No" he managed, sound almost as if he were in pain. Then "Do it again... please..."
Yuuki's thumb stroked over the exposed area, with added pressure this time, and Zero's legs turned to jelly as his chest heaved. Then he opened his eyes. Yuuki was still watching his reactions, eager to please.
"Don't stop" Zero whispered, feeling like he was going to explode with all the blood in his body pooling heavily in his groin now. But he couldn't wait any longer. Zero sat up and closed his fingers around hers, gripping both her fingers and his arousal. Then he pumped himself firmly, making Yuuki squeak in surprise.
"Zero, stop! You'll hurt yourself! Stop!" Yuuki protested as she frantically tried to free her fingers from his but to no avail.
"I won't" Zero's voice sounded almost pained, his breath coming faster and harsher as he pumped himself hard. Sexual tension was coiling tightly in him, concentrated in his lower abdomen, his muscles tightening, squeezing hard. Zero looked down, seeing his long fingers interlacing with Yuuki's slender ones as his movements became more frantic, more rapid...
"Zero...!" Yuuki gasped. And then it happened – Zero's fingers squeezed hers almost painfully tight and he groaned, bending over a little. His body jerked reflexively, spasmodically. Yuuki actually squeaked in surprise as Zero's warm passion spurted out from between their fingers, large opaque drops landing on his exposed thighs as well as their hands and arms. Yuuki stared wide eyed at the liquid as its strange, musky but not unpleasant scent reminded her of the night Zero had almost claimed her in the bathroom.
Then she looked up at Zero's face – his eyes were closed tight and he was breathing raggedly as he continued to pump himself, lost in the throes of ecstasy. A bead of sweat rolled down his cheek as his partially uncovered chest heaved, slick with perspiration. Yuuki swallowed in wonder. Wow... so this was what Zero meant by his explanation on the night he confessed his love for her?
Long moments later, Zero's eyes blinked open. He grimaced as he saw the evidence of his passion on their still joined hands. Quickly, he released his flesh as well as Yuuki's now rather cramped fingers.
"Sorry" he muttered breathlessly. Yuuki half turned and caught hold of the tissue box lying on her nightstand. She pulled out a couple of sheets and started cleaning him up. ""Don't apologise, Zero" she chided gently. "Actually, I found it fascinating!"
Zero was wiping the slippery substance from Yuuki's arm but he paused. "Really?" he asked uncertainly. Yuuki paused in her cleaning to smile at him. "Really, Zero" she said with a definite nod of her head and Zero smiled in relief.
"But you were much too rough! I thought you were going to hurt yourself, you know, with all that – that, um, action..."
Colour flooded back to Zero's cheeks and tingled in his ears. "I was not too rough" he muttered. "It was just right."
"Oh?" Yuuki looked surprised, then a little chagrined. Well, she supposed he would know better... "So I was too gentle, then?" she ventured tentatively. She looked like she really wanted to know. Zero nodded solemnly. "Kind of" he agreed reluctantly.
"Oh"
They were silent for a while as they continued to clean up, but it was a sweet sort of silence. Zero's breath caught in his throat as Yuuki touched him again but her fingers were very gentle on his sensitised skin. "I'll try a harder touch next time" she said suddenly.
Zero paused in the midst of pulling up his pants as he gave her a startled look. "Really? You don't have to, you know"
"But I want to" Yuuki replied. Her voice sounded almost prim but her words warmed Zero's heart and he smiled. "I'm looking forward to it" he told her softly, bending forward to kiss her lightly. "And I want to do the same thing back to you, dearest" he whispered against her lips before looking into her eyes. Both his words and his look made Yuuki blush and her gaze faltered under his.
Zero's hand tilted her chin up. "Hey, are you OK?" he asked, his eyes suddenly unsure. Yuuki smiled as she scooted closer, resting her head on his chest as he hugged her closely.
"All this, Zero" she whispered. "Is this what all couples do?" Yuuki almost cringed as soon as the words left her mouth. She pulled away slightly to look at him but didn't really need to see Zero's startled look to know that he was now confused.
"I mean... are - are you OK with this?" she rephrased her question. "Or... do you want more..." There – she'd said it. Zero's frown disappeared immediately. "Oh, Yuuki" he said, resisting the urge to shake her. "Did you think I would pounce on you?" he asked her almost sternly. "Did you think I would demand something from you that you're not ready to give?"
Yuuki bit her lip then shook her head. Zero sighed as he brushed his knuckles gently down her cheek. "That was then, Yuuki. I promise you I won't get carried away. Not now."
But instead of looking reassured, Yuuki frowned at him. "I told you not to speak of that time again, Zero" she scolded. Then her look softened. "But you're... a guy, after all"
Zero took a moment to consider her words. "I'm also only seventeen, Yuuki" he replied. "And you are only sixteen. Both of us are much too young to go any further than this for the time being." His frank words made colour steal into Yuuki's cheeks again but it was the sureness in Zero's quiet voice that made hot tears sting her eyes – he was so understanding, so matured... even if sometimes he made her feel like a child. Yuuki told Zero as much now, teasing a smile from him.
"But you don't look like one" he told her softly, his fingertips grazing her nipple lightly through her pyjama shirt, making her gasp. "And I don't think of you as one, either" he added with a naughty wink as he trailed a gentle finger down her flushed cheek then regarded her with deep tenderness. "We'll only do whatever makes you comfortable, Yuuki" he told her huskily. "Nothing more than that, I promise"
Yuuki nodded and sniffed as a single tear spilled down her cheek. Zero's thumb brushed it away. "Besides, I don't fancy getting killed by your brother before I get to marry you, you know" he teased lightly. Yuuki smiled. "Well, I like what we did just now" she whispered.
"Me too, as you can tell" Zero's loving gaze was rueful and Yuuki's smile grew a little more daring. "And I like what you do to me, too" she confessed.
"Oh, I definitely like doing that to you, Yuuki" Zero reassured her, his eyes twinkling devilishly now. Yuuki sighed happily. "I love you, Zero" she murmured.
"I love you, Yuuki" he whispered back before kissing her thoroughly. Then Zero trailed light kisses along her jaw. "Do you want your turn now?" he whispered in her ear.
Yuuki blushed and giggled at the same time. "Not now, Zero!"
Ah yes... "You're having your menses. Right."
Yuuki nodded even though his directness made her blush again. "Yup"'
"Damn"
Yuuki giggled happily at that. Zero gave her another kiss before he stood up, pulling his unbuttoned shirt straight. "I need to shower now, wait for me?"
"Of course I will" Yuuki blew him a kiss then hugged her pillow as he left her room. She'd thought she was lucky before but she knew now, she was even luckier than she'd realised. Because this wonderful, loving and caring boy was hers and no one else's.
Just hers.
-- Chapter End --
