Aido was tired, irritated, and all he wanted was to go back to the comfortable, warm snugness of his bed. However, thanks to two persistent, and rather sickeningly flattering Humans, he was sat on one of the lavish couches in the entrance hall of The Moon Dorms, listening as they described his genius as nothing short of miraculous. Ugh! Why did they have to come today? I've hardly had any sleep as it is after visiting that Human!
"But I'm not interested in doing 'day work', and I'm tired," he complained, imagining he'd be stuck there for hours, but his salvation came in an unexpected, but not completely unwelcome form. The doors to The Moon Dorms opened, revealing a timid looking Yuki Cross, sliding in. Aido grasped the distraction with both hands and at once began ushering the men out the door.
"Ah, it's too bright, and I'm so tired," Aido whined, slamming the door in the men's faces and lent with his back against the door, rubbing his eyes.
"Sorry for disturbing you," Yuki apologised, leaning away from the Vampire, unsure how to react to his grumpiness.
"Don't worry, it's their fault," he replied while stifling a yawn and waving away the girl's apology.
"So, what brings you here? Everyone else is asleep? Don't tell me, you came to offer me your blood!" He grinned impishly as he swung an arm over Yuki's shoulder as if what he'd suggested would be perfectly plausible. Yuki stiffened at the contact and give a somewhat, offended response.
"Of course not! I'm here to see Lord Kaname!"
"Oh, that's why. Well, come on then, this way." Aido pushed off the door towards the stairs with his hands laced behind his head and an air of nonchalance about him.
Yuki stood surprised. She knew she wasn't much liked by the majority of the Night Class, Aido a close second, only to Ruka.
"You're showing me the way?"
"Well sure," Aido began, looking over his shoulder at another Human that irked him beyond reason. Except Yuki Cross annoyed him for a completely different reason than Akane Nakamura. "Lord Kaname treats you nicely so why not? Though, I am curious to know why. Also, Yuki? Whose bite marks are those?" Aido turned to reveal the band-aid she'd used to hide the slightly bruised flesh around the two puncture marks, easily distinguishable on her neck, held in his hand.
The night before last, during a lesson on the upgrades proposed for the blood tablets, the scent of Human blood drifted strongly into the classroom. Everyone had reacted to the overly sweet scent, Aido included. He'd known instantly the blood belonged to Yuki, as he was the only one who'd tasted her, until then, that is.
"The scent of blood suddenly drifted into our classroom two nights ago, everyone became quite alarmed. I was the only one, besides Lord Kaname, who knew it was yours, it seems. Lord Kaname, telling everyone to ignore it when he got to class, was the only thing that settled everyone back down," he revealed, leaning casually against the handrail of the staircase.
"Kaname he..." Aido watched as Yuki's surprise was replaced by relief before a small, happy smile danced across her face. "Is that so?" What do you have to smile about, girl?
The room chilled in response to Aido's sudden anger at the Human. The candles that had been burning slowly on a stand near the stairs went out, and the room lost the little light that had been illuminating it. Yuki jumped, frightened by the sudden change in atmosphere and turned to watch the Vampire carefully.
Aido was gripping the balustrade tightly, allowing his power over ice to freeze the wood in his grasp and the floor where Yuki stood.
"Argh... This is getting on my nerves, you know! What exactly are you to Lord Kaname?" Descending the stairs gracefully, Aido stalked towards the immobilised girl, but she was mute, too shocked to respond. "I'll ask again, who are you to Lord Kaname?"
Yuki shook the coil of fear away as Aido advanced and frowned up at the taller boy.
"Kaname protected me from a crazed Vampire ten years ago! He's my saviour!" she defended against the scornful look on his face.
"Eh? So, that's it? Well then..." he began, his demeanour changing to that of the usual chirpy persona he portrayed for the Day Class. "To show your 'saviour' your gratitude, you should offer up all your blood to repay him for his kindness."
"My blood?" Yuki would have stepped back at the word, had Aido's ice not still been anchoring her to the spot.
"Yes, your blood belongs to Lord Kaname, but that bite didn't come from Lord Kaname, did it?" Aido continued to advance, leaning into the Human's personal space as he spoke. "You shouldn't offer your blood to anyone else, including me, Yuki. Because, one day, Lord Kaname's lips will touch your neck before his teeth sink slowly in." He was a little lost in his imagination, thinking of another neck belonging to another Human he dreamt of sinking his own fangs into.
Yuki was blushing at the images Aido's words suggested, distracting her so much she didn't realise he'd taken hold of her arm.
"If Lord Kaname were to drink your blood, you'd be flattered, right? So, you should offer it all up to Lord Kaname."
"What are you...?" Yuki tried to twist out of his grasp as she felt him pulling her towards him. He chuckled darkly at her blushing cheeks.
"What's wrong? Are you embarrassed? Don't worry, I'll carry you to him, I'll just freeze you first."
Her arm began to freeze at his touch. Yuki tried to pull away, but the ice kept growing. Panicked, Yuki resorted to slapping him, hoping it would be enough to make him stop.
"Aido, stop this right now!" she yelled as her hand came towards him, but it was caught in mid-swing, just before it contacted with Aido's face.
Yuki followed the hand that caught her, to the calm face of Kaname Kuran.
"Stop now, Yuki," he said, letting her hand fall back down to her side.
"Dorm President," Aido began, breaking the ice from around Yuki, but was swiftly cut off by a hard and angry backhand across his face, causing him to stagger at the force.
"And who would want to do a thing like that?" Kaname asked coldly of the Vampire, now kneeling at his feet.
"I was out of line… I'm deeply sorry Lord Kaname."
"Leave!" Kaname ordered, making Yuki jump, a little startled at the unusually angry look on Kaname's face.
"I'm sorry he upset you, Yuki," Kaname apologised, turning to her with a much softer expression. She'd been in a slight daze at the caring look on his face, that it took a little time for his words to register.
"Ah! Yes! No, no it was..." her sentence died in her throat as Kaname took her face in both hands.
"It's ok. You're not like the others in the Night Class that follow me, so you don't have to be like them. I like you just the way you are, warm. That's more than enough." Yuki was lost in his dark eyes, but what she saw there broke her heart. Loneliness.
"You should go now Yuki," Kaname suddenly said, letting his hands fall away from her face. He stepped back and made to head for the stairs. "If you're going to come to such frightful places, please bring Zero with you," he suggested. "With the current situation, the least he could do is be useful and look out for you."
"Please don't!" Yuki begged as she turned to face him. He turned to look her in the eye. "Why do you have to say it like that?"
Kaname reached forward, startling Yuki. She froze as his fingers lightly brushed her neck, over the bite marks that marred her fair skin.
"Why?" Kaname gently whispered, looking at the evidence of her ordeal. "Because I really can't be as indifferent as I thought. My most precious girl has been bitten, by someone else." The door to The Moon Dorms suddenly opened with a swift creak. Zero stood on the threshold with a scowl directed at the Pureblood as he turned from him.
"Zero?"
"He's here to take you back. You belong to the light, stay there Yuki," were Kaname's parting words to the Human girl as he left for the seclusion of his room.
Aido had, of course, left at Kaname's order, but he was still able to hear all that went on between his Vampire Lord and the Human as he hid inside his room. Kain stood outside their shared room and had decided to confront Kaname as he walked past.
"Your attachment to her isn't good, Lord Kaname. I don't understand it, no one does. Besides, why would the last Kuran be in the same place as a volatile hunter like Zero Kiryu? Also, that girl is..."
"Yuki... is the most important girl in the world!" Kaname interrupted before walking on, leaving Kain's other questions, unanswered, as well as a confused and annoyed aristocrat hiding in his room.