Chapter 12

The three days are over, and its time for Zero to leave. He packs up his money and phone and is ready to go.

"I still wish you would reconsider staying. I could use you around here. You can work for me." She says.

"Thank you for the offer, but a the moment I think I am fine. I really do like my independence." Zero answers.

"That's fine, I never said I was going to take that away from you. I just was offering you a safe place to stay." She replies.

"Thank you but I don't need it. I don't understand why you care if I am safe or not. I do see your close to me when we have sex. How can you be that close to someone you barely know?" Zero says being his normal ass self.

"You remind me of someone I used to know. Someone I left behind, that I shouldn't have. I never forgave myself for it. I guess this is my way of trying to make up for it." She answers.

"Well, I am no charity case. You don't need to feel sorry for me, or make me out to be used to make up for something you did in the past." Zero snaps.

"I didn't mean it in a bad way. I am sorry if I offended you." She responds.

"Whatever, I just don't need you to get too close or think anything is going to come of this. It's just a job. I am also going to try to see if I can find something that I don't need to sell myself." Zero admits.

"Didn't you try that before you started this? Isn't it why you started?" She snaps back.

"Yea, but Maybe if I go out of this city, I can do better. Where no one knows me." Zero states.

"I was only trying to help, it is ok to ask for help you know Zero?! I know you been hurt before and you don't trust anyone, but sometimes you have to have a little bit of faith. Not everyone is going to be out to get you." She hisses.

"Maybe you can feel that way, Ms. Richy who can hire anything she wants or needs, but for me, faith isn't something you have in people or in anything. Most people always used me and hurt me. Even ones that claimed to love me and would always stay." Zero confesses.

"I am sorry about that. I am sorry for all you have gone through." She answers.

"It's not your fault or any concern of yours. Thank you for the payment, I will be on my way. "Zero says opening the door and walking out.

She just looks at him leave, a pain in her heart starts. No matter how hard she tried to let him in, he wouldn't. He would block her off even at the start of a little caring. He was so hurt even more than at Cross. She just didn't think she would ever be able to get through to him. Now she even wondered, if he would come back. Did she lose him again? She had no clue, she could only hope he wouldn't let his pride get in the way and if he needed her, he would call. That he would know that no matter what. she would be there for him.

Zero, on the other hand, walked out of the door and walked home, not even getting a cab. Saving the money in case he never saw her again. He knew what he said was harsh and she was just trying to help him, but he didn't want the closeness. He wasn't willing to get close to anyone the way he did Yuki. He couldn't open his heart up to fall once again. He just knew this time, it could have cost him the best thing he had going at the moment. He knew he was an asshole and he might have lost his job.

He did wonder if he could go out of the city a bit and maybe get a regular job, but if he did it wasn't under Kaname's jurisdiction. Which even though he hated to say. was the one thing keeping him alive. Kaname's laws were ones everyone knew and would follow. He wanted peace and even though some didn't, they wouldn't go against him. If he would go elsewhere it didn't apply. Him being an Ex Hunter wouldn't help him much either. Its why he settled for this job at all. Knowing it was his last hope, even though it was awful to him.

He knew he got ever so lucky with her, he could be having to stand on a corner night after night making not much of nothing and doing a lot more to people he wouldn't even look at, alone want to touch normally. He knew his big mouth did it again. He just was going to wait it out and see what happens. Maybe next week she would call again? He hoped.