Well, I hope you guys like the prequel but we are back to the main story for the next few weeks (have another prequel special in the works for Halloween).
As a reminder this takes place directly after chapter four. Things are definitely growing darker so I tried to add some little moments of our favorite couples in between that darkness.
"Well, Zero might need some time before I talk to him but there is someone who you need to talk to before it's too late. Takuma, you need to talk to Shiki before you've missed your chance."
"Are you sure? If you need me to stay, I'm positive that Shiki will be fine with it." Takuma asked as he got up from the couch.
"No, you should be with him." Kaname gently pushed the blonde out of the room, "You deserve happiness, Takuma."
Not a moment after he had stepped into his dorm, Takuma noticed the pair of ice blue eyes watching him from his bed. He tried his best to sound casual, "Oh, you're back Senri."
"Class has been let out for hours. All through lessons I kept waiting for you to show up but you never did so I assumed you were still in our dorm but when I checked, you were nowhere to be found. Then I realize if I can't find him here there is only one place he's likely to be, with Kaname Kuran."
Takuma's eyebrow shot up at the sneer he heard in the brunette's voice when he said the pureblood's name, "Yes, Kaname needed me."
"Oh, I'm sure he did. I bet you would do anything if Kaname asked you."
"You've never had a problem with my relationship with Kaname before."
"Well, it's just interesting that less than a day after you confess your feelings for me, you're with another man." Shiki hissed, the obvious hurt in his voice surprisingly them both.
Takuma had never heard his friend talk this and it was frankly disheartening to him at what the brunette was suggesting, "Whatever you think happened between Kaname and I, I can assure you certainly did not happen. You're asking me to choose between the two of you and that is not fair Senri Shiki. Despite whatever resentment you feel towards him, Kaname and I have been very close from a very young age, so it is natural that we go to each other for support. I'm sorry but I refuse to turn my back on my friend, especially now when he needs me the most."
"That's exactly my point. Even though you claim you've always wanted me, you'll always choose him over me because of the history you share."
"I don't know what you want from me. I don't know how to prove to you that Kaname is like a brother to me, that you are the one I desire more than anything else in the world. My word is apparently not enough, so maybe this will be." Takuma winced as he ran his nail down his forearm, cutting a long line down the flesh. Where he had touched, a tempting trail of crimson beaded along the cut.
Shiki was already bent over the outstretched arm, his eyes a bright red, before he realized what he was doing and looked back up. Takuma nodded his consent and the brunette latched onto the wound. As he drank the sweet nectar, Shiki became overcome with bloodlust, sinking his fangs into the flesh.
"Senri." Takuma gasped as he felt the fangs pierce his skin, "Perhaps this will help you understand."
"I can't sleep." Shiki groaned from his bed, a sliver of light from the late morning sun casting an irritating glare right in his eyes. He rolled over to face his roommate, "Takuma, fix it please."
Takuma looked up from his book, to see the normally reserved brunette pouting in annoyance. It was absolutely adorable and he had to hide his smile at the fuss he was making. While he kept most of his classmates at a distance, Shiki had a tendency to rely on Takuma's mother hen personality, the blonde being the only one to ever see him act in such a way.
"And just what am I supposed to do about that?" Takuma teased even as he bookmarked the page in his book he was on.
"Entertain me."
Every ounce of blood in his body seemed to pool in his groin at the younger vamp's innocent demand. He took in the model's sleep mused hair, glazed over eyes, and ruddy cheeks. Shiki looked simply ravishing, making him subconsciously lick his sudden dry lips. "Why don't we go down to the common room? I'm sure a movie will help you sleep better."
An hour later, Takuma found himself even more hot and bothered as a sleeping Shiki nuzzled his head in his lap. Sure the movie had started out fine as the roommates made their usual comments back and forth as they watched but soon Shiki had grown tired and began to heavily lean against the blonde's shoulder. Even that had been fine but then the brunette had slowly slid down the side of Takuma's body until he rested comfortably on his lap.
When the movie ended, Takuma looked down at the sleeping noble and found he did not have the heart to wake him. Scooping the petite body up in his arms, the blonde made his way back to their dorm. Once he got there, Takuma placed the object of his affection into his bed, tucking the covers up under his chin before getting into his own bed.
"'Kuma?" Sleepy blue eyes gazed up at him, a mixture of questioning and tenderness swimming within them.
"It's ok, Senri. Go back to sleep." Takuma whispered, watching those beautiful eyes slip closed again. Once he thought Shiki was sound asleep, he placed a gentle kiss to his forehead. Takuma's heart almost burst as a small smile spread across the brunette's lips as he pulled away.
Takuma doubted that the other noble would remember anything when he woke up, but for now that was ok. Just as long as he could stay by Shiki's side and know that he was the reason the brunette smiled, it was enough for him.
Shiki pulled away from the blonde's arm, his lips now stained red with blood. His normally distant blue eyes were wide and glassy as he looked up at him, "I am so sorry, Takuma. I'm so sorry I've made you feel this way for so long."
The smaller noble wrapped his arm around the blonde, the two of them slowly sinking to the floor. For the first time in their relationship it was Takuma that leaned against Shiki for the comfort he needed rather than the other way around.
Kaname sighed heavily as he slipped under the covers, painfully aware of how empty his bed was without Zero lying beside him. For a moment he considered revisiting the stash of blood wine that was left over from earlier. It might help him relieve some of the pain he felt when he thought of his lover but he had promised both Takuma and Yuki that he wouldn't, so reluctantly he didn't.
As the pureblood finally fell asleep, his dreams were all about the one thing he wanted more than anything else, Zero.
"You've been a dirty boy, Kaname." Zero purred, running a finger down his lover's bare chest, "I think it's time to wash you up."
Kaname lay sprawled across the bed they shared, naked and aroused with his eyes as wide as saucers as his lover sauntered into his view. Zero was like a walking dream to the pureblood, his slender figure dressed in a tight leather fireman inspired costume. The black fabric clung to every line of his body, from the cap sleeves to the plunging neckline that barely covered his rosy nipples that threatened to escape. The dark color contrasted beautifully with his pale skin while the end of the skirt just covered everything it needed. His hips swayed with each step, the end of the plastic fire hose he held gently knocking against his one leg.
"Is it my birthday?" Kaname's voice was raspy with desire, "What it I do to deserve this?"
"I just wanted to dress up a bit. Don't you like it?" Zero twirled the hose in his hand coyly.
He crawled across the bed, the hem of the dress close to being around his waist now, revealing a skimpy pair of matching leather panties. Zero smirked as he saw the pureblood staring at his intentionally exposed lower half, adding a little more of a shake of his bottom as he moved, knowing it would drive his lover wild.
He was right. Kaname could barely contain himself as he scooped Zero's exposed cheeks in his hands, squeezing the firm flesh as he brought his lover down for a kiss. Zero moaned into his mouth with each squeeze but did not give up control as he fought for dominance in the kiss. Then Kaname's hands began to travel to the front of the silverette's panties, outlining the large bulge he found there.
"Someone's a little handsy. Let's see if I can't fix that." The hunter whispered in Kaname's ear before using the prop firehose to tie his hands to the headboard of the bed.
Seeing the pureblood 'struggling' to free himself, Zero cooed "No, no, can't have that."
Zero pulled one of their school uniform ties from off of a dresser before securing it snuggly over the brunette's lust filled eyes. Once again if he truly wanted to, Kaname could have gotten himself free but the fantasy of being at his lover's whim was too intoxicating. They were both powerful in their own ways and now that they had made their peace with one another, the bedroom was where they could dominate and submit to one another. It was about finding that special balance of pleasure, trust, and sometimes even pain.
Kaname let out a whimper as a pair of hands ran down the planes of his body, slender fingers slowly teasing his nipples before trailing lower. Nothing compared to the feeling of Zero, his touch, his very presence. His back arched off the bed though when a tongue replaced fingers, licking a path of aching fire down his stomach.
"Oh god, Zero…" he moaned as the hunter pulled back to blow on his aroused length, "You tease."
"You love it."
Lying there, arms above his head and legs still spread wide open, Kaname could feel the heat of the hunter's gaze. For the longest time he could make out the heavy breathing of his lover, Zero no doubt running out of the necessary resolve he needed to tease the pureblood, but then the room went oddly silent.
"Zero? Is everything alright?"
"Zero's not here anymore." A male voice cooed from the end of the bed.
Kaname knew he had heard that voice before but his mind had begun to grow hazy at the first sound of it. He struggled to clear his head "Who's there? What have you done with Zero?"
"Why don't you see for yourself?"
The blindfold was ripped over off him, his eyes squinting to adjust to the room's dim morning light. He could see only a grin, stretched as wide as the Cheshire Cat's with fangs gleaming wickedly. A tongue ran over the blunt edge of the mouth's upper row of teeth. He was going to be devoured.
Yet the teeth never came closer to him, instead there was a sudden movement at the edge of the bed and a sickening snap. The mouth, now dripping red, faded into the darkness while something heavy fell onto the mattress.
Kaname fought back a cry of horror it was Zero. The silverette was still in the leather costume but he now wore a necklace of red, most of the flesh of his neck was missing. His head hung at an unnatural angle as his soulless lilac eyes stared unblinkingly up at the pureblood. There was no spark of life behind those once beautiful eyes. Zero remained motionless, a look of pain permanently etched across his features.
As the steady stream of his lover's blood grew closer to him, Kaname found himself screaming out the hunter's name over and over again as if he could will the other back to life.
"Zero!" Kaname jerked awake with a scream in his throat, finding himself in bed. He scanned the room, half sure he would see the cruel smile of the man still looming in the shadow but he was alone.
"Screw waiting any longer" he thought as he jumped to his feet, running out of the room at breakneck speed, "I need to see him. Now."
