Ch-Finally they met...
"My Kaname is the exact definition of perfection. It is like my eyes get drunk every time it meets his wine eyes. I long for those eyes to look at me with lust once again Aiyora."
Yuki's words repeated in her head. Eyan has the wine eyes…her whole body shivered and she even cringed at the thought of him.
"The locks of his hair…so soft, so smooth …Aiyora…Till to this day my hands aches to caress those strands of hair. He is a beautiful man Aiyora, you will not be able to look away from him and you will fall in love even before you realize. That is how my Kaname onii-sama is, he is strong and beautiful."
With both her hands Aiyora tried to cover her ear hoping it would block Yuki Kuran's voice but no when she closed her ears she heard her clearer. She closed her eyes only to snap them because once her vision closed down all she could see was how tenderly the Kuran Princess embraced her. Together, how they tried to messed with Zero, how they messed up headmaster's cooking, the laugh they shared, the talk they had. And what crushed Aiyora's heart the most when that kind smile of Yuki Kuran flashed before her eyes. Her heart clenched, tears gathered at the corner of her eyes, as she recalled one of the most cruel moment she shared with Yuki as she pushed her off the stairs. Though Aiyora does not recall much of that time but she still remembered the hatred those cold reddish brown eyes reflected towards her. Here is what makes it even worse…she had all the right to feel about her that way. Yuki has done so much for her and did she repay her…by snatching away the only man she was destined to be with.
Paying no attention to her surrounding Aiyora continued to walk. Her eyes looked at nothing in particular. Her mind elsewhere, lost in betrayal. She escaped her house hoping to get some fresh air. She walked and walked and walked till her legs dragged her to sit upon a bench at some park.
"Eyan…Kaname Kuran in my eyes is the traitor who betrayed his own kin. He is no king but a coward."
Her own voiced opinion rang through her head. Rivers of tears rolled down her face but Aiyora could not bring herself to wipe it off because deep down she wanted to cry, she wanted to run away and hide to a place where not even the strongest will find her.
Eyan is Kaname Kuran!
The realization pierced her heart. Impossible! How can it be? No it cannot be! Various types of logic dived down one after another. She could not still believe what she was told. She did not want to believe yet the truth was very placed before her. The description that Yuki constantly gave highlighting each of his special features… Aiyora cursed herself for not even trying to do a comparison between Kaname and her husband. Inwardly she always found their description so familiar yet she did not bother to look. No she never wanted to look. She did not want to greed; she was very much satisfied with what she had.
Then Eyan, if his abnormalities and suspicious activities are to be penned down list will never end. It was always before Aiyora's eyes yet she never once questioned him. Funny enough now it all makes sense as if the missing pieces of the puzzle are coming together; the reason why he was so determined and turned so ruthless even if it was a brief period of time to prevent her from going to Cross Academy. He did not want her to face his past.
…but then why did he finally agree? He knew Yuki was there then why did he agree to send her there?
"There are certain matters that I must look into and for that I will have to travel abroad. And at this time I think it is not safe for you to stay home. And for that reason Ai you must go to Cross Academy."
He definitely did have some hidden agenda for which he sent her to Cross Academy. But what? Regert ate her up from inside. If only she looked further inside maybe certain truth would have certainly come out.
"You must understand this Aiyora, Kaname Kuran cannot be forgiven. His sin does not stop that. His shoulders are burdened with sins piled on top of sins. He is supposed to be our leader whose path we follow but he has not only betrayed us but rather killed many of our friends and families for his own selfish sake. We vampire are not bad, it is vampires like Kaname Kuran that ruins our reputation."
Those were the exact words that Sara said to her. She believed her then, but now somehow she is so unsure.
As the droplets of while snow flecks touched her face Aiyora looked up. It is not yet the season of snow yet there is snow falling from the sky today. As if not only her heart but the entire world froze. The white snow reminded Aiyora of all the winter. It flashed out all the beautiful time they have spent together. The snowman she made outside her house and how he destroyed it, the snowball fight. She remembered the time they would stand on the rooftop to watch the snowfall. Aiyora never wore a proper jacket, she hated it. Then it was not even needed because the coat he wore always had enough space for her to squeeze in. She remembered the hot tomato soup they shared in one mug. Yes they were crazy to drink soup in mug. These crazy non-sense imbecilic traditions were something that only they shared. Among all these Aiyora's most favourite part of the winter was when they would watch they snowfall at night sitting by the window wearing each other's skin only which though, would be wrapped by thick fur comforter.
She exited the house without a coat. Her body shivered in cold, goose bumps spread all over her skin. Yet her mind could not process this discomfort. Her very soul received too much pain to be able feel any of these exterior ones.
Actually, her heart started to suddenly defend the man who occupied most space in there. It told her if Eyan is indeed Kaname Kuran…then maybe he is no bad person because Eyan cannot be a bad person. He is no sinful being. No matter how he is, how rude and cruel he is capable of being inside he does have a clean soul that selfishly desire to save and protect its love ones from all evil. But if Eyan is Kaname Kuran…he belongs to Yuki…then where does she stand in the picture?
A bitter sob left from her before finally breaking down to cry that she has been trying to hold on for this long. She did not want to cry but could no longer hold back since the picture of reality was hanging before her and she did not what to choose.
Kaname Kuran is Yuki's and Eyan Okhuda Roy is her…one person, one body, one soul and most importantly one heart but two identities. So who deserves him more? Answer to this question she did not know.
All the while lost in deep thought Aiyora was not even aware of the predatory figure that was cautiously and carefully making it way towards her.
Drops after drops of tears rolled Yuki Kuran's reddish brown eyes as she watched standing through the glass window of the infirmary. The scene before her seemed so unreal for Yuki she felt like she was living in her nightmare. Soon her eyes would open and she would find him, her silver haired knight beside her, tenderly holding her into his arm embracing her. But alas this…is no dream, rather harsh reality.
The doctors were tending to an unconscious, bloody form of Zero Kiryu. Gruesome is probably the right word at this point to describe his current situation.
Blood…blood…blood!
Blood was all over him. He was drenched in blood.
Beside her, Yuki felt Hanabusa's form becoming stiff. He too stood with shock written all over his face. The gaze of his eyes only reflected sadness and betrayal. It was a gaze that Yuki was familiar with, she had seen this exact same sadness and betrayal in his bright blue eyes the day Kaname beheaded his father before his own eyes at the Hanadagi mansion.
"Yuki-sama…" her name was all that came out of Hanabusa's mouth.
Yuki could tell that the blonde male wanted to offer her comforting words but sadly nothing came out. Actually at this very moment no words can bring comfort to her apart from the news:
'Zero is out of danger.'
When Kaname Kuran reached home there was no sign of Aiyora. His sharp sense could not track her anywhere in that massive mansion. He panicked! Fear shook him from inside increasing his level of anxiety. Therefore it was written all over the ever calm Kaname's Kuran's face that he is in tension.
Looking outside he saw the snow and that further added to his worry. All he could think about was how miserable she would suffer if by any chance she catches a cold. NO he did not want her to get sick, he did not want to her to suffer from health problem when they are already going through so much.
He left in a rush to search for her. Him in direction, his familiars in other directions.
His sense dragged him towards the national park. From a safe distance, from behind a tree he watched her cry. His heart tightened at the way she miserably was wiping the tears off her face with her sleeves. Her breathing was slow and deep like she was having some difficulty in taking the air in. Followed by that was the sound of her hiccups which told him she was crying for quite some time now plus she has not had much water to drink. He made a mental note to lecture her on not drinking water properly.
The dense snow is getting to her, he observed. She was trying her best to keep herself warm by wrapping both her arms around her body. Surely it was not working, nothing was. Leaving her as nothing but crying, shivering mess!
The air smelled different suddenly. This particular scent disturbed the Kuran male greatly. It was a scent of another male pureblood. His wine eyes narrowed down in glare as it picked up the sight of the other figure wrapped in grey overcoat nearing her. His Ai...!
Aiyora may not be aware of the presence but Kaname could not only see but even feel the presence of Akiho Hanadagi! Her parasite of a brother was slowly approaching her from behind like a true predator waiting for right opportunity to unleash its attack upon the innocent prey.
Kaname felt himself gulping as the younger pureblood male took off his coat and was about to cover Aiyora up with it but only to be interrupted.
After all that was all of his presence that he could tolerate.
"Ai…!" Aiyora looked up to see Eyan no Kaname Kuran approaching her while taking off the long black over coat off his form.
Wrapping the coat over her small from he spoke."What are you doing here?" he cradled her face between his palms and spoken with so much affection like he was talking to a baby.
Somehow seeing him Aiyora became quite overwhelmed with all that emotions that have been taking over her mind. She opened her mouth to speak but no words came out. Instead her feelings, fears and all that built up emotions that were stored inside let loose and came out in form of loud sob. Throwing her arms around him she started to cry out loud.
Kaname's eyes partially widened. This scene took him back all those years ago, when Yuki was going through the stress right before her awakening. She too cried the exact same way not being able to handle the mixture of all these emotions taking control over her head.
"It will all be okay..." he promised bringing her into his arms, rubbing the back of her head combing through her long tangled locks.
"Let's go home Ai." he assisted her to get up on her feet and gently tagged her along with him.
Kaname wanted to be out of there before the other pure-blood could make any of his shady move.
Although he appeared calm but inside his rage can be compared to the hottest of lava. The brat was quite fast to get to Aiyora. His mind preparing another lesson to show him his place…but doing anything at this point will be utter stupidity. He will get hatred whereas her brother will end up with the sympathy.
"Come," he pulls her along increasing his pace towards the awaiting car.
When he was exactly three steps away from opening the car door the voice that belongs to the Hanadagi heir stops the couple. Both Kaname and Aiyora turned to see him making his way towards them. On instinct Kaname's hold on Aiyora tightens. It is as if his grip become lose the other pureblood will snatch her away.
The black hair, greened eyes male was speaking a foreign tongue while approaching them; it was a language that bilingual Kaname Kuran who aside from Japanese was also fluent in English, Mandarin, French and Spanish found himself unfamiliar with. He could not understand a single word that left the younger male's lips. Aiyora on the other hand was a different story, the expression of her face changed. A soft smile graced up her lips. Her sad, gloomy face was suddenly illuminated. No doubt was left in Kaname's mind that she understood this tongue.
The other pureblood got dangerously near them and stopped when he was only a hand away from Aiyora's touch. He extended his hand to slightly touch the side of Aiyora's ear and hair like he was showing her some sort of silly magic trick and revealed small round chocolate before them and gave it to her.
Aiyora took the offered gift with a generous smile. And to add more to Kaname's horror spoke to the other pureblood in the same tongue. As a matter of fact she seemed very, as in very fluent in it too. There was no difficulty in her speaking that foreign language.
Aiyora and Akiho shared a brief conversation until the Hanadagi heir pinched the bridge of her small buttoned nose and left.
And as for Kaname Kuran, he just stood there with a blank face between the Hanadagi siblings feeling like an utter moron who understood nothing of that conversation.
For a moment his mind wondered back to their tongue till it all suddenly came down crashing and clicked in his head finally…it was Hebrew!
Their mother tongue.
a/n: Thank you all for reading hope you guys enjoyed. So much going on. Zero is in critical condition. Aiyora's brother has started his move and Aiyora is unsure about whether Yuki deserves Kaname Kuran or she deserves Eyan Okhuda Roy.
