a/n: this chapter is from Senri's perspective. next chapter will be Kaname's perspective.
Also I cannot thank you all enough for all the support you guys have shown me so much love and support. I usually thank all my reviewers via messages but to all the guests. I apologize that I don't usually respond to you. But today I would like to thank you, each and every one of you.
For those who wanted update, here is your update. For those who wants Kaname to suffer, he will suffer but for that you guys need to be a bit patients. Like the summary says because of Aiyora's presence his whole game changes. For those who cried for Aiyora, thank you for loving her so much. For those that hate Yuki, please don't hate her, it's not her fault that Kaname likes her so much, mind you they were destined to be together. For those asking about Rido's appearance he will come back I mean the story will follow anime and manga time. For those who asked whether Yuki will be a Vampire when Ai goes to the Academy? No she won't. Like I said it will follow the story line. Just to fit in Aiyora's character I decided to change the age since Yuki is about three to four years older than her in human years.
If you have more questions or if I missed out any please let know. Thank you and enough of my blabber happy reading.
chapter 7
Senri
The school for vampires, also known as the Cross Academy Night Class has been established by Kaname Kuran the current patriarch of the Kuran clan and a friend of his late parents, Kaien Cross who also happens to be a former vampire hunter. It was established with the goal to prove their pacifist ideology that the vampire race and humans are able to peacefully co-exist.
Keeping human safety as the main concern decision was made to divide the two groups. Day class which starts early in the morning and ends by afternoon and night class which will start around the late afternoon hours and go on until midnight. Even the dorms were divided into two sections. The dormitory for human students was named 'The Sun-dorm' and the ones assigned to vampires was titled 'The Moon dorm.'
Since the main moon dormitory building still remaining under construction, an old teachers' dorm was used as the temporary residence for the vampires until the formalities of admission and pledges were completed.
Naturally Kaname Kuran took upon the title of the president of both the night class and moon dorm while his best friend Takuma Ichijo was put in the position of the vice-president in both the sectors.
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Senri has never lived in an environment like this. Let alone live in a dorm or anything that involved staying away from the comfort of his home. At first he was not even sure how he would live through torment but with Rima being there he was able to adjust to this new life quite easily. Then, there was his growing friendship with Takuma Ichijo, the vice president which also worked as a helping hand to adapt to this new environment.
Besides… his main intention to come here was not to promote peaceful co-existence. He came here with only one purpose to find out more about his cousin, Kaname Kuran!
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During the orientation of the night class the headmaster of the Academy actually made his appearance before the vampires for the first time. He showed up at the auditorium with two young humans by his side. He introduced the brunette with long slightly wavy hair as his daughter. The shy girl introduced herself as Yuki Cross. And the grumpy looking silver headed boy beside the headmaster didn't even look their way. The headmaster was about to introduce him as his son but the young male turned on his back and left in quite a rude manner like he wasn't happy about this arrangement at all. But in any case, they learned his name which was Zero Kiryu.
Senri vaguely remembered that name. At first he could not pin point exactly where he heard it but then certain bell rung inside his head and he recalled when the president of the vampire society Asoto Ichijo came to visit Aiyora he mentioned about the Kiryu massacre to his grand-uncle. Realization then hit him, this boy is the sole survivor from that horrifying incident. His whole family was killed by a pureblood. No wonder he detests vampire with every fiber in his body. With that thought pushed back deep inside Senri turned his focus away from the headmaster and his children and focused his attention on the vampires who were introducing themselves.
After all he needed to get an idea of how his new peers would be.
Kaname Kuran wasted no time with his introduction since everybody the already knew who he already was.
Though there was no reason for Takuma Ichijo to introduce himself since he was quite well known because of his family background. But despite that he still chose to introduce himself before everyone unlike the proud pureblood. Senri was already impressed by the humble, polite, down to earth and cheerful nature of Takuma Ichijo.
Next he took notice of was the fiery haired Akatsuki Kain, only child to the Kain family. He seemed more like the serious-reserve but also very genuine type of guy. Nothing wrong with that, in fact Senri actually admired that sort of trait. Akatsuki's cousin Hanabusa Aidou was complete opposite. Unlike the orange haired male the latter liked to beat his own-drums. He was quite the 'Chatter Box'. What did he not claim himself to be… boy-genius, ladies man, a loyal follower and admirer of Kaname Kuran and the list would have kept going if he was not stopped.
Senri and Rima both finished their introduction in brief, with both of them being already involved with the media they were a popular face to begin with.
Then there was the ever popular Ruka Souen. She was regularly praised for her beauty among the aristocratic group. Senri took note of how she occupied the seat closest to their leader Kaname Kuran. It should have been no big of a deal however the way she was sneaking glances at the pureblood every now and then sort of made the situation interesting and twisted. It was obvious that she harbored feelings for him and for some reason she wasn't even trying to hide that fact either.
From Ruka Souen his attention was diverted towards the other female who stood very close to the pureblood, in fact just behind him. Senri did not recognize her, he asked Rima but she too was on the same page as him. She had short grayish hair that ended just below her chin. She only introduced herself as Seiran and that she is here to serve her master, Kaname Kuran. Aside from that not another word left her mouth.
After Seiran other people started to introduce themselves, but they were of not much importance.
Senri shared a strange glance with Rima. It was clear that both of them were wondering the same thing,
'Why did Kaname Kuran keep a female bodyguard?'
...
Soon everyone found a circle of their own. Senri too found his own circle and that consisted of him, Rima, Takuma and the cousins Akatsuki Kain, Hanabusa Aidou and Ruka Souen. His own cousin Kaname Kuran was also somewhat a part of that circle but that was mostly because Takuma always dragged him along. But Kaname mostly preferred to be left on his own.
Senri too preferred it that way, not to be rude but he found himself drowned in hatred every time the pureblood was around.
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The hour was of very late afternoon to early evening, the time when the sun and moon shares the same space on the sky, the sun on its way to set and the moon was on its way to take his position for the night.
The human students of the day class have already returned to their dorm. Perfect time for vampires to be out in the open!
Senri and Rima seized this opportunity to treat themselves to a tour of the campus. They passed through the building under renovation, which will soon be labeled as the 'moon-dorm'. They visited the school premises, the library, the auditorium, the café-terrace and also the iconic water fountain. They covered almost everything in a very short span of time. Thus the only thing left in their list was the forest; which they were already passing through when they heard a soft feminine voice calling out.
"Kaname-sama!"
Both Sneri-Rima stopped in their tracks. There were exactly three reasons for them to come to an abrupt stop like that. Number one: her voice sounded awfully familiar, so did her smell. Number two: the person in question was quite nearby. And number three: what did she exactly want with the pureblood when clearly she was a human?
The voice called the pureblood once again and this time the person got a response back from him.
"Yuki!" he uttered her name in such a soothing voice. "…what are you doing here?"
Senri turned to Rima who silently mouthed the name that his pureblood cousin just uttered. Both of them were trying to remember the face of the named person. It sounded so familiar, like they heard it not too many days ago. But where did they hear this name? Where? Exactly where…!?
Like detectives Senri Shiki and Rima Tooya sneaked up on them but made sure to keep a safe distance so that they do not get caught by the pureblood.
Rima may not have had any reaction however Senri was a different story. His bluish-grey eyes partially widened at the sight of Kaname running his hand through the hair of headmaster's daughter, Yuki Cross.
Why so much affection for her?
"Yuki you should not be out here…the academy is now no longer a safe place to roam around after dark." The pureblood's voice laced with love, longing and affections and whatever of that sorts of emotions existed.
Why so much concern for her?
"But I thought I would just see you before going to bed Kaname." This time she called him by his name only before pouncing on him to give him a tight hug. The man in question did not only hug her back, he fully engulfed her within himself.
It took Senri a good few seconds to process everything into his system.
Once he did, various questions started to pop up in his head. He may not have seen much of Kaname Kuran but surely did hear a lot about him from Aiyora. Mind you Aiyora was not the type of person to speak ill about someone for no reason. As a matter of fact he has never seen her bad mouth anyone. However to describe Kaname Kuran she did not use words that would put him under positive light. On more than one occasion Aiyora described him as boring! Like he was not the type of person with whom you can share a fun chat. Then several times Aiyora also mentioned about his eyes, she found those wine orbs to be cold as winter. She specifically said "His eyes give me the nightmare shiver." Till to this day Senri still could not figure out what that actually meant.
However the scene that was playing out before him showed a different Kaname Kuran, who very much contradicted Aiyoira's description. This person's eyes held warmth and longing-ness, a tender smile was tugged at the corner of his lips and kindness was lacing out of his voice while at the same time love was pouring out of his aura.
"What is happening?" Senri found himself muttering under his breath while his eyes narrowed down in the direction of the pureblood.
"Love triangle!…I guess." Rima answered him back in an overly bored voice.
"I guess you are right." He couldn't agree any less.
...
That morning lying down on his bed Senri could barely get any sleep.
Moring turned to afternoon but the burgundy haired vampire kept tossing and turning on the bed, still no ounce of sleep in his tired eyes. Thoughts about his half-sister filled up his mind. Concerns of her well-being took away his sleep. Then there was Kaname Kuran, the mysterious puzzle that he needed to solve fast, really fast.
Why? Why? And Why? Sneri found himself often questioning. Why was he showering that human girl with so much kindness and affection? Why this warmth towards her when it should be solely reserved for Aiyora.
Senri turned on the other side this time his back facing the window. Soon it will be time to get up. Another sleepless day! It will surely have its effect, the damn dark circles under his eyes.
'The agency will not be please.'
Thought of distraction did not last long. His mind once more went back to that day in the forest where he witnessed the pureblood taking the human girl in his arms. There was so much affection from the pureblood's side that it was kind if overwhelming to watch.
This is borderline infidelity.
The idea clouded his head. He was not sure if he should tell someone? But who? Aiyora is still too young to understand such concepts. The girl in picture Yuki Cross even happened to be older than her by at least three-four years. So whom can he speak to? Who would take the depth of the matter seriously? For sure his grand-uncle does not care about Aiyora's well being. He stopped caring about Aiyora the day Kaname Kuran made his fiancée. What about the council? Most likely they too really don't care about her either. All that matters to them is to get her married to Kaname so that they can produce the next heir of the Kuran family.
He recalled once his grand-uncle mentioned one passing evening.
"Your sister is the vessel who must birth the Kuran children!"
The thought disgusted him. Even now Senri cringed every time he recalled the way those words rolled out of that older vampire's mouth. Is it her job to give birth to that person's children who care nothing for her? Why is fate playing this cruel game with her? Why tie her to a person who wants nothing to do with her? Heck! He might not even marry her.
Wasn't that what the pureblood said to his grand-uncle? He will free her once he is done.
Closing his eyes Senri took a deep breath and released it after holding it inside for a bit.
Kaname Kuran's character didn't sit well with him. He could not help but wonder if all Kuran's had some sort of loose personality with women. His famous father for example; Senri may not have seen his father's face properly but he surely heard how ignorance brought this madness upon his mother. Then there was Aiyora's mother, only God knows what type of tortures she went through. That vile man practically ruined two women's life only because he was rejected by sister whom he claimed was the love of his life.
And Kaname Kuran is the nephew of that man. As if it couldn't get any further worse.
Nothing gives Senri the fright more than that thought alone. At this point he could only hope that he is able save Aiyora before it's too late.
"Senri are you awake?" the sudden knock interrupted the boy's train of thoughts. He recognized the voice as Takuma Ichijo. "Please come down the living room area Kaname has called for a meeting."
...
Suppressing a yawn Senri went down the stairs. He stopped to stand beside Rima who was standing at the bottom of the stairs.
All members of the night class have gathered down on the lobby due to a call from the pureblood that was standing at the centre. He was declaring the rules that everyone must obey in order to stay here in Cross Academy. His assistant Seiran and the vice president Takuma Ichijo were distributing the student's handbook to every individual while he was still speaking.
Senri and Rima took their handbook from Takuma whereas Ruka, Akatsuki and Hanabusa took theirs from Seiran.
"All rules and regulations written must be followed by everyone in order to maintain proper disincline…" the pureblood went on and warned this time. "…and if anytime anyone breaks any of the rules he or she must deal with me personally."
Senri's eyes landed on the Souen girl who was standing quite close to the pureblood. He observed her behavior towards the pureblood. The way she was looking at him, those shy exciting glances she threw at him. Oh how her face flushed when her hazel eyes landed on the pureblood's well toned chest that was peeking out from the inside of the silk black causal shirt he was wearing. Although the pureblood barely threw any glances at her but that did not seem to matter much when question was placed before her hope.
"Another important matter that I want to discuss with you all is in regards to human blood…Keep in mind everyone, drinking human blood during your stay at Cross Academy is strictly forbidden. And if there is anyone who cannot compel to this must leave immediately." Everyone tensed at that command.
Asking vampires to not drink blood is equivalent to asking tiger to eat grass.
"…but not to worry because soon you will all be introduced to substance that will work as a decent substitute for blood. It will keep your thirst for blood at bay."
This time however Senri moved his eyes from Ruka's Souen's form to the man who was standing next to her, Akatsuki Kain. The fiery haired male was watching her the same way she was watching the pureblood.
Their feelings were same, they both seemed deeply in love but sadly not one another. Whilst he seemed to be deep in love with her, she however had given her heart to Kaname Kuran, who apparently does care about her either just the way he does not care about Aiyora...Because he holds that human girl special!
The horrifying realization hit Senri finally.
…
"Hey… Watch where you are going!"
The snobbish voice of Ruka Souen awakened Senri who was cat-napping on the couch that afternoon. He opened his eyes groggily and lifted his head to see Ruka still lecturing the poor maid who probably had bumped onto her.
"Please forgive me lady Ruka," the maid pleaded clearly terrified for her life because of the scowl Ruka kept pasted on her face.
"You came close to ruining my dress…" Ruka spat.
Arrogance dripped from her voice like venom. It was a trait that Senri did not favor very much; which was why Ruka Souen was not actually on his favorite list. It is true that she holds an aristocratic status but that doesn't mean she has the right to disrespect the ones who are bellow her. What Senri disliked more was that she carried off this superior attitude with almost everyone and the only one whom she showed respect was to Kaname Kuran. Her dearly beloved pureblood!
In reality, Senri in ranking was higher than her in status due to being birthed by a Kuran pureblood but he does not go on putting others down. No he doesn't! Then Aiyora, she is combination of two pureblood, yet she is so down to earth. The way she speaks, with such kindness that it can melt ones heart.
Senri decided to interfere in his own style to diffuse the situation when Ruka was about to scream at the maid.
"I'm trying to get some sleep Ruka-san."
It really worked. Ruka closed down her mouth and glared in his direction which he simply ignored. She would have said something however the fact that he was related to her beloved Kaname-sama prevented her from doing so.
"Make sure it does not repeat again." Ruka spoke finally stepping away making way for the maid to pass.
"Of course, lady Ruka and please forgive for the earlier inconvenience..." the maid started to blabber. "It's just that Kuran-sama asked for tea suddenly and I…" the maid went on.
However, the expression on Ruka's face changed, in an instant her face lit up just at the mere mention of the pureblood. Senri was not astonished by that but what she did next, her act of desperation surely took him by surprise.
Her tone completely changed as she spoke this time.
"Actually starving, I haven't had anything since last night. Are you able to make me something to eat…Mina?" she read out the maids name from the tag.
"Yes, sure ma'am but what about Kaname-sama's tea?" the maid raised the tray to Ruka show that the tea delivery was more important.
"How about you go back to the kitchen and make me something…" she took the tray from the maid's grasp and suggested. "…while I go give this to lord Kaname."
"Are you sure lady Ruka?" the maid was still hesitating.
Ruka assured the maid with somewhat of a fake smile.
"Yes…of course." Anything for lord Kaname! The last part was actually said in mind.
Senri, who witnessed the whole scene had his brows squeezed to one while his eyes narrowed down. It's not like he didn't know about her feelings towards Kaname. She is Rima's roommate and Rima told him how she bores her by constantly speaking about the pureblood all the time.
She has started to get under his skin with her lord Kaname obsession.
…
Senri's plan was to return for the night and take some long hours of nap since he had photo-shoot in the morning. He was on his way to his chamber. On his hand he held a box of his favorite flavored poky biscuits. He was about to climb off the stairs but paused hearing Takuma's voice speaking to the headmaster's daughter. Although the bored and exhausted expression from his face didn't change that doesn't mean his interest wasn't sparked. He wondered why she came here in the first place. Is it so that she can meet the dorm president…?
"Did you come to see Kaname…? I'm sorry but he is not in here at the moment."
"Huh…! You know who I am?" her voice was filled with surprise.
"You see I used to live with Kaname, so I often accompanied him when he went to visit you. I used to stay in the car and watch you both. The way you tightly hugged him was always adorable."
The burgundy haired boy waiting by the stairs noted the deep blush on the girl's face at the mention of her embracing the pureblood. By now one thing became quite clear that this person too has feelings Kaname.
Senri could already picture how awful Aiyora's married life would be. In one hand she will have to deal with Ruka Souen's desperate attempt to throw herself at the pureblood on the other hand there is Yuki is Cross who is like ten steps ahead since the pureblood already harbors some weakness towards.
"Alright Yuki-chan you should go now. Walking around at night is not safe, even on the grounds of this Academy." After shooing the girl out with utmost decency Takuma noticed Senri, standing at the bottom of the stairs. There was no need to ask how far he saw because Takuma already knew the boy saw basically everything.
"Good evening Senri-kun." The Ichijo heir greeted him in his signature cheerful voice.
Extending his hand Senri offered him some poky. Even though these choco biscuits were never Takuma's cup of tea but he still never said no when offered. So like always out of politeness he only took one. This time was no different either.
"It's not even mid-night don't tell me you are heading to bed?" Takuma started a friendly conversation keeping his sheepish grin intact.
"Actually I have photo-shoot in the morning and I need to be well rested before that." Senri replied back suppressing a yawn.
"I see…modeling in a way is turning you into human." This time Takuma wrapped an arm around the younger male's shoulders as they were climbing up the stairs. But their steps came to an abrupt stop from Takuma's side when Senri opened his mouth next.
"Oh by the way Ichijo-san who were you speaking to?" the grin dropped from the blonde face at the question. He could already see where this conversation was heading. It was heading towards no good.
Senri looked at him with the expression like he could careless when in reality he actually cared, he really cared because his beloved little sister's fate was tied here. He could see that Takuma was actually searching for an answer that would make sense. After all he is the brother's of the pureblood's future wife therefore he must sensor his mouth before opening it.
"Oh it was Yuki, the headmaster's adopted daughter." Takuma was trying to play safe. But answer his gave on a different level. A part of Senri left offended. Like he didn't already know who she was? Did he look that stupid that the blonde though he could get away so simply? Which is why this time he decided to ask Takuma straight forward leaving no loop for escape.
"Why was she looking for president Kuran? That too at this hour…?"
Takuma clicked his tongue. He left like a thief who just got caught stealing but the officer is trying to play games with him. He opened and closed his mouth couple of times. He could not find the right word to term Kaname and Yuki's relationship, or why Yuki was so special to him. Because he himself did not know! Nor has he ever felt the need to ask. But at that point Takuma found himself at a difficult situation because no matter which way you put it, it simply sounds wrong when the man in question is already pledged to another.
A whole minute passed by yet Takuma could not come up with anything. The silence between them seemed to get heavy. Therefore Senri decided to be the bigger person and break it.
"It's okay…you don't have to say anything if you don't want to." The younger vampire uttered those words in a tone that made it sound like he pitied the vice president. Which in a way he actually did, besides Senri needed no further explanation because Takuma's silence told him all that he needed to know.
...
Later that night…
Senri this time was actually on his way to return to his chamber. Earlier he couldn't go bed since he needed to sit with Rima and do final preparations for next day's shoot. Maybe it was no coincidence but game of fate, because while passing by the staircase he once again found Yuki Cross in their dorm. This time she was fast asleep on one of the steps of the stairs towards the bottom.
Senri had the urge to face palm himself. What on earth was wrong with this girl? Didn't Takuma warn her not to long ago not to roam around here? Instead of listing to him, she invited herself in and now sleeping on the stairs! Without a care in the world!
It was like open invitation come devour me!
Was she brave or was she really that stupid? Senri could not decide. Why would anyone bring themselves here knowing what dangerous creatures resided inside? Was she that much blinded by the pureblood's charms that she forgot the very definitions of vampires.
And clearly Senri wasn't surprised when he noticed a vampire nearing the sleeping girl. That was expected. You cannot place a well cooked dish before a hungry man and not expect him to eat! Plus expecting to be safe in a lion's cage is simply dumb.
For a while Senri remained on his spot on top of the stairs. His mind was debating whether he should go and stop his fellow classmate or just let him bite her. Mind you it was her fault for coming back despite the warning. The evil part of his brain wanted her to get bitten hoping that would teach her a lesson. Besides, that vampire wasn't a pureblood therefore there is no risk of her getting turned into one. But then he remembered Aiyora, how upset she would be if she ever comes to know that he was there when an unjust was happening yet he did nothing to prevent it.
Making up his mind Senri was about to take a step down in order to remind the fellow about the rules of the night class but he was too late. Her hero already appeared on the scene.
"I see you still don't understand the rules of the night class!"
Both Senri and the other vampire flinched at the underlying threat that laced within the pureblood's voice.
Senri quickly hid himself at a secluded corner while the other vampire apologized for his action and left the scene immediately. That was not surprising at all, what was really shocking was what happened next.
Senri kept thinking if he should go back since the drama appeared to be over but the incoherent words muttered by the pureblood made him do otherwise. He swallowed some air out of nervousness while watching the pureblood close the gap between himself and the vulnerable human. At first he opened up his tan overcoat and covered up the girl with it. And then…he just stood there watching her in a strange manner. He continued to watch her like a predator watches its prey.
Once more the pureblood muttered something under his breath and knowing he would not be able to hear properly Senri took the risk to read his lips.
"…You do cruel things to me…"
Senri felt his heart skipping an uneasy beat upon realizing the real meaning behind those dark words. His eyes partially winded when the pureblood leaned down over the girl, removed some locks of her hair exposing her neck. He leaned further towards the nape of her neck this time with his mouth parted, fangs already elongated.
Is he going to bite her?
However the pureblood did not bite her. Instead he scooped the sleeping girl into his arms and made his way up the stairs.
Hidden in the shadows Senri watched the pureblood entering his own bed-chamber with Ruka closely following behind.
What he was doing involved quite the risk. Eyeing a pureblood's activity…!? If caught there will be serious consequences. But Senri knew in the back of his head that he had to take the risk. After all Aiyora's life is involved into this deep mess, meaning he could not just sit there and do nothing. He followed them keeping a low profile . Thankfully there was a small gap on the door that neither the pureblood or Ruka locked for some reason. How both of them forgot such a crucial detail no one knows.
Senri could barely hear what they were whispering about from his hidden spot despite his keen vampiric hearing. However he was able to see it all. He watched when suddenly losing all his composure the pureblood just dived down to devour the sleeping girl.
If not for Ruka the girl would have woken up to be a rouge vampire. She should forever remain grateful to Ruka because she in that moment pushing back all the barriers decided to take the risk to save the girl. Throwing her arms around the pureblood she pulled him back with all her strength away from Yuki Cross.
"Kaname-sama please," Ruka cried, her voice was so loud that probably the whole moon dorm heard her. "…please don't do anything in the heat of the moment that you will regret later."
The pureblood snarled but Ruka did not back away. Instead she tightened her hold on him and did her best to remind him why he must stop. She showed true courage and Senri wanted to salute her for that.
"You have been protecting her for so long…this child she is special to you. I know you don't want to hurt her." The pureblood stopped struggling.
"If blood is what your body demands then please by all means drink my blood…if it will provide you a bit of sustenance then allow it. Take my blood, drink to your heart's content!"
Her words seemed to have kicked some sense into him. Taking this chance Ruka pulled the pureblood out of his own chamber and guided him to the empty storage room that was just next door. The pureblood was so consumed by his blood-lust that he didn't even hesitate for a second before piercing her neck.
The smell of her blood spread all throughout the moon dorm. It had strong deep floral essence.
At first fear froze the burgundy haired boy when he realized that there was another presence with him standing outside. He feared if someone has actually found out about him spying. But then relief washed over him when he realized that other figure was none other than Akasuki Kain. Senri was not sure if Akatsuki noticed his presence but his body language surely told him he didn't care. He was here for Ruka only.
Well how could he care about other matters when the person whom he loved with his whole heart was getting her blood sucked out by another man in the next room.
The fiery haired man leaned on the wall, his eyes were closed in a tight clasp, and both his hands were balled into tight fist. His face was somehow neutral but his brows were squeezed into one. He looked like he was in pain. Deep pain where all the bones in his body was broken down to pieces! When in reality it was not the bones that were broken it was the heart.
A heavy silence lingered in the corridor along with the smell of Ruka's blood that got stronger by every second. Not even exhale of breath was heard from either one of the males. The only source of sound that lingered in the air was the sound of the each greedy gulp that pureblood was taking while devouring Ruka.
The sudden hustling from inside their leader's bed chamber alerted the two awaiting members that the girl who basically is the main reason behind this unexpected chaos has finally awakened. She came out of the room while searching for the pureblood. But it was Ruka's pain filled moan that caught her attention.
Neither Senri nor Akatsuki stopped her from peeking in.
Yuki froze at the sight of Kaname, her Kaname-sama, and the vampire that saved her from the hands of a bad vampire actually drinking blood from another's neck. Her eyes turned wide in horror while an audible gasp left her lips. She stood there and watched as the other female lost last bit of her consciousness and collapsed onto the pureblood's arms.
When the pureblood focused his glowing crimson eyes on Yuki she could take no more. She turned on her heels and ran. The expression on her face was the exact combination of disbelief and horror.
Even after Yuki fled the scene Senri remained there for long enough to watch Akatsuki go in and collect Ruka's unconscious form the pureblood.
The rest he needed to see no more because he already knew…
But still his ears picked up the sound of Akastsuki's pained voice telling the pureblood that he will never forgive him for the pain he has caused Ruka tonight.
…
They did not see Yuki for a while, not even Kaname Kuran got a full sight of her. Other than some handful of times every now and then with Zero Kiryu who became her constant company. The lesson that the pureblood was trying to teach her worked out in the end. She definitely learned her lesson. She kept real distance from the moon dorms and also from her favorite vampire.
The next time the members of the night class saw her was right after their move into the main moon dorm building. She came to thank the pureblood but did not come alone, brought her adopted father along. She barely spoke, it was the headmaster who did most of the talking but right before leaving she stood before the pureblood and bowed out of respect and said the following words with utmost respect, in a very formal tone.
"Thank you for carrying me the other night." It was clear that she was there just to express her gratitude. Finally she ripped herself of the illusion and embraced the reality that, they were different from her, their world was different from the one she was living in.
To say that the pureblood was not effect by her distant behavior would be wrong. He was deeply affected. When she said those words he just stood there startled and speechless. It made Senri, who has been observing him for quite some time wonder why the pureblood was so taken aback in the first place? When he went into such deep length to show her how dangerous the vampires are! Was he deep down naively expecting even after witnessing the true color of a vampire she will be all normal with him?
Not a word left the pureblood's mouth after hearing Yuki's words, but that night his cold eyes really failed to mask the sadness, the lonely with blank stare as it always did.
Yet somehow he managed to give her a smile as a response to her grateful words before turning back on his heels while with his hands motioning the night class to keep moving.
Seriously…? The pureblood and his Yuki Cross both confused Senri to the core.
...
"Oh come on Kaname, do you have to attend today's meeting as well?"
Senri was in the kitchen preparing a snack for him when he heard Takuma's whining.
Turing towards the window he saw the pureblood climbing into the limo while the ever innocent vice president stood at the bottom of the stairs. He continued to watch till the car drove out of the driveway.
It's funny how ever since night class started they barely saw Kaname Kuran. How busy was the council that he was missing out on so many classes? Wasn't he supposed to set example of the perfect honored student? But here he was putting the entire burden on Ichijo's shoulder.
During the first week of the night-class Kaname Kuran barely attended one or two of them only. He mostly kept himself locked up in his room those times. People understood the reason behind it and no one even dared to bother him either. In fact everyone tried to stir clear of him. Then the next few weeks went by fine. The president was back on his track while setting example of the perfect honored student whose lead the others were meant to follow.
However that too did not last long…only about two months.
From then onwards Kaname Kuran was once more unable to attend classes properly. The meeting with the council started to come more frequent and of longer hours. On some occasion the pureblood even disappear for entire day. When he would leave or return nobody had a single clue about.
This abnormal behavior of the pureblood worried many, and Senri too was one of them. Various kinds of thoughts entered his mind. Making him think if things were indeed alright back at the council. Or did Kaname's decision to support the former hunter's pacifism upset the council elders.
…
While some were worried by the pureblood's constant absence from the academy, there were some who took full advantage of the situation. They would try to slack, not attend the classes properly. Few of them even dared to mingle with the day class females and because of those few people soon the human females started to take notice of the night-class gentlemen. Without having any clue that they are creatures of the night vampires.
Quite a buzz was created in the day class and in a very short span of time the night class had developed a fan base for themselves consisting of the day class ladies.
Senri and Rima were recognized by the ladies instantly. Probably sparks of working with the media. They were quite popular among them despite their lack of interaction and interest.
However they were not the one who had the most fan following. The one who had the most fan following was the definitely the pureblood but just like Senri-Rima he too could care less about it. Akatsuki and Takuma too had their own group of fans but it was nothing like Hanabusa Aidou's. That blonde was probably the only one who had a tie with Kaname in terms of the number of fan following. But unlike any other members of the night class the Aidou heir actually the only one who wasted a lot of time flirting with them.
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Few days later:
"Who is screaming so savagely?" Senri heard Aiyora's voice from the other side of the phone.
"Fan girls!" He answered while rolling his eyes. Sitting by the window was probably not a great idea he figured. These girls were so loud that he could barely hear Aiyora.
Closing the window he moved to the other end of the room.
"Are you very popular there Senri-chan?" she asked in her child like voice, the sound of which Senri missed every day, every moment of his life with every breath.
His heart thumped at her sweet melodic laughter. Oh how badly he missed her he missed her so much that he could not describe in words. Especially during the early afternoon hours, the times she used to sneak into his room right onto his bed to cuddle with him.
It felt like he has not seen her for so long.
Though only few months have passed but to Senri it felt like years. Who knows how much she has grown during this time away?
"Senri-chan can you hear me? Hello…?" Her voice snapped him out of his zone.
"Yes…sorry I was a little distracted. What was I saying …No, the humans are just desperate. The only reason they are crazy about us is because of our inhumanly good looks. They don't seem to get enough of it."
"I cannot wait to go to Cross Academy. It sounds so much fun. Has onii-sama said anything when I can join?" there was a sudden brief pause before Aiyora spoke up timidly. "Senri-chan you have not visited me? Is the Academy keeping you very busy? Or have you made friends and forget about me?"
"You know that forgetting you is not an option. Even if I want to you will not let me!" Senri sighed and Aiyora giggled trying to picture his tired look as he spoke.
"…and about your joining date I will speak to your fiancé soon. It's just that I have not seen him a lot lately. Next time I see him I will surely ask him. But tell me something Ai…is anyone giving you trouble back home? Are you alright?"
"Don't worry about me, I'm doing more than fine." She assured him.
"How come…?" he could not hold himself back from asking. "Are you not lonely?"
"You are what I am missing Senri-chan, however I am not lonely. I constant have company. Mama-chan and I are getting along very well although she sometimes says things that really make no sense but other than that we are fine. She tells me story of her lover. Then there is onii-sama, he-"
What did the pureblood do this time? Senri felt his heart skipping an uneasy beat hearing the pureblood's name from her mouth.
"What about him?" Senri asked cutting Aiyora off quickly before she could get sidetracked.
"He visits me frequently. Oh speaking of which…" her tone changed suddenly. "If onii-sama can visit me three-four days in a week how come you haven't come to see me once in months?" her tone became more accusing. "If he can make time for me why can't you?"
"…" Senri was beyond startled to speak. This time his heart including his whole system stopped.
"Hello…Senri-chan? Are you there? The connection is really bad today!" she kept complaining like a naïve child with no clue about the tension that just dropped on her brother's shoulder.
"Ai-"
"Hold on one moment…" the line was utterly silent for few minutes. "Oh Senri-chan I have to go now, Kaname onii-sama is here, he is waiting for me in the library. I promise to call you once he is gone. Take care until then bye!" She hung up. Nothing but the beeping sound of disconnection remained.
The pureblood went to see Aiyora!
Wait what!? The pureblood actually went to see Aiyora? But…but… Didn't he tell Ichijo that he is going to the council? Then what the hell is he doing at the Shiki manor. Also Aiyora mentioned that for the last couple months he has been making frequent visits to see her. What are the chances that these council meetings are just bullshit excuses that he has been making…when in reality he is visiting Aiyora?
Then again…he is Aiyora fiancé, the thought squeezed his heart in pain.
Aiyora is his fiancée, he can go see her anytime without questions asked, no one will judge him for that but why does he have to lie about that? What the hell is that damn pureblood really up to?
Closing his eyes Senri remembered the way the pureblood mercilessly drank from Ruka.
The image of that night brought immense angry within him making him crush the phone receiver in the process.
Could it be that this time to quench his thirst for that human he is intending to devour Aiyora?
a/n: thank you all for reading hope you enjoyed.
Before signing off I would like to clarify something. I'm not sure if some parts in this chapter appeared to be bashing on Yuki. If it looked that way I'm sorry it was no way my intention. I just wanted to show that night perspective from a vampire's eyes. How Yuki's action may have led to disturbance for others. And plus Senri is not very fond of Yuki since he gradually figured Kaname is using Aiyora whereas his true affections are for Yuki.
Also about the Kaname biting Ruka scene, I didn't change it later in the manga one special chapter shows that after taking Yuki to his room Kaname was about to bite her but Ruka jumped in knowing that he would regret that later and offers her blood. So instead of showing what the anime showed I decided to show the combined version of the anime and manga part.
Sorry to all the Aiyora fans since she barely made any appearance in this chapter. She will be in the next one. Spoiler alert * next chapter is for all the Kaname x Aiyora fans. (that is if I have any so far- fingers crossed) plus there won't be any romance since Aiyora is still young and Kaname pretty much detests her for being Rido's daughter.
