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Different Lives

When Yuuki re-entered the Moon Dorm Kaname had not returned yet. He didn't need to. He still found out about Yuuki being with Zero. It was impossible for him to miss whose scent all over her. Strangely he didn't say anything to it. He didn't even scolded her or anyone else. However he didn't talk to her anymore, what was the only reaction to show his disappointment and this hurt Yuuki more than than anything else. Maybe it wasn't as bad as she thought it was. Maybe he had realized he wouldn't accomplish anything by his hard measures. Maybe there were other, more important things on his mind right now. There was a political mess at the moment as Yuuki was told by Ichijou, who was always taken along by Kaname.

Apparently some vampires, nobles for the most part, were not taken with the new regime at all. The new reforms, among others the cooperation with the Hunter for the purpose of the new peace plans with the humans simply didn't suit their plans. Old friends like the Aidou family kept on serving loyally whereas others revolted massively against the government particularly the president. It was soon clear that Kuran Kaname was not as admired as believed before.

It was one of those days following the last week when hundreds of people had gathered in the large meeting room to vent their anger. To be honest it was already tiring enough. In addition to that they were all talking at the same time. It was a pandemonium. Even if there had been dropped a good argument you wouldn't have caught it. It went without saying that even such a calm person like Kaname was at the end of his tether after some time.

"BE QUIET!" he shouted when he finally had had enough, and the glass on the table in front of him fissured. Immediately everyone was silent. "Ah... what pleasant silence. Gentlemen, listen carefully to me now. No doubt you can imagine that you aren't the first ones, some of those faces even seem familiar, who have problems with the work of this council or rather with everything concerning the government. From the laws to the ones who pass them. Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you if you illusionary believed to achieve anything. I'm addressing this to you now, gentlemen and I'm expecting you to tell everyone else about it. I'm very clear when I say nothing, I repeat absolutely nothing you say, do or plan to do will do something about the current situation. And I would urgently advise against an attempt to overthrow me by a putsch. Now, gentlemen, I want you to leave this room silently and as fast as possible. Have a nice day."

The crowd in a hurry as expected. As much as they would like to kill Kaname right now they all still showed respect to him and his power. After all they were only nobles. They didn't have the right to go against a pure blood, not non-verbally.

When the protestants had left Kaname said back down.

"That was awesome, Kaname," Ichijou praised him to cheer him up.

"I shouldn't have entered politics," Kaname sighed and reached for his glass filled with water to take a hearty draught. Unfortunately he had forgotten that it was fissured. The moment he took it, it shattered and the pieces pierced his skin, causing wounds blood was coming out of. "Someone get me another glass, please?" Ruka got up at once to fulfill his wish. "And something I can use as a bandage!" he called after her and licked the blood off his hand.

"I wonder if there will come others tomorrow," Ruka said when she came back and handed him the things he had asked for.

"Definitely," Kain answered her question.

Kaname not being at the academy was certainly an advantage. Yuuki now could, if she wanted to, meet Zero whenever she liked, play truant or do whatever she felt like. But she didn't take full advantage. The lack of conversation to her brother had made her feel guilty. Somehow she had a feeling she had to make up for it. That's why she was a good girl, didn't miss classes and only met Zero at the gate where he kept the Day Class effortless from extravagating. For an unknown reason they were even more excited this evening than ever.

They formed rows of two. Rima and Shiki were the first and Aidou and Yuuki the last ones. As always the fans tried to draw the Night Class' attention to them.

"Rima-chan!"

Rima moaned.

"Shiki-kun!"

Rima's eyes flashed dangerously. She turned to Shiki.

"Shall we shock them?"

"What are you talking about?" Shiki asked when he suddenly found his hand in Rima's.

Triumphantly Rima smiled at the Day Class. Only when she saw their faces whose mimic had changed to aggressive all of sudden she realized she had done a terrible mistake. Shiki had noticed the change of mood of the crowd, too. He turned to Rima.

"I hope you're in for a run!"

They started running. The Shiki and Rima fans were not going to get them away that easily and chased after them. Before the crowd had caught up on them the couple had reached the building, had slipped through the doorway and slammed the door shut in front of the others. The two were gasping for breath. Rima leaned exhausted on the door. Shiki minded that.

"Rima?"

"Hmm"

"If I were you I wouldn't..."

In that moment there was a heavy jolt that was probably caused by the crowd ramming the door from outside. Rima was hurled forwards, ending up in Shiki's arms, catching her. When she had centered Rima looked up at her boyfriend. The situation was to funny. They both burst into laughter and when they had calmed down they kissed.

Outside on the grounds Yuuki and Aidou were more relaxed. When they passed the gate Yuuki greeted Zero merrily and gave him a smile. Aidou took to it like a duck to water. He talked to the fan girls, caused some pass outs and served them with his greatest smile. It wasn't until they had passed half the way when he noticed Yuuki being in a bad mood despite the friendly greeting towards Zero.

"Oh, Yuuki," he sighed and put his arm around her encouragingly. "You'll have some fans soon too."

This, too, had been a mistake. An even more severe one. If putting Rima and Shiki fans together you still didn't reach the number of Aidou fans and of course they all got very mad at this sight. Aidou and Yuuki didn't hesitate and followed their friends into the building.

Two days later Yuuki and Zero had not forgotten their agreement. Kaname hadn't returned from the headquarters, making Yuuki a free girl. About noon while the others were sleeping peacefully she left the Moon Dorm and set off. There was no school for the Day Class this afternoon so Yuuki could easily meet Zero. She expected him to be in his bedroom and was now on her way to there. When she wasn't far away from the Sun Dorm a figure jumped from above down into her way. The figure was Seiren, Kaname's spy.

"Seiren, what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the headquarters right now?" Yuuki asked.

"Not now. Where are you headed?"

"Where I... Hey, hang on, that's none of your business."

"Kaname-sama doesn't want you to meet Kiryuu," Seiren told her.

"Pardon?! He's spying on me?! Listen to me! I don't like it! I don't like being spied upon! And I can do whatever I want! Tell Kaname that! And now get lost!"

She didn't know that Seiren never did. She stayed. She was lucky she did because like this she could report Kaname at once about the following incident.

Seething with rage Yuuki walked on and met Zero who had seen her coming from inside his room and decided to meet her halfway.

"Zero, I thought you were upstairs."

"I saw you coming. Are you alright? You seem to be a little troubled," Zero asked worriedly.

"No, nothing's alright but it doesn't matter now. I hope you're hungry my boy so that I didn't come for nothing," Yuuki replied.

"Same for you," said Zero. "Come on, Yuuki, calm down. Did I do something bad?"

"No, no. It's alright, forgot it. Come on," said Yuuki, took his hand and pulled him to the side behind a hedge.

They sat down on, Zero on the ground and Yuuki onto his lap. He held her in his arms, she leaned back and put her legs vertically over his. Zero's hand slipped into his pocket and started rummaging around. Then he put his other hand into the other pocket to do the same.

"Uh-oh," he said.

"What's up?"

"I forgot the tablets upstairs," Zero explained.

"It's okay. Then we just gonna go upstairs and do it there," said Yuuki and started to get up when Zero pulled her back.

"No. There's no time. You haven't drunk blood for three weeks. You could be struck by another episode every moment. Before you'll suffer drink my blood!"

"No!" rejected Yuuki. "We've already had that. I won't drink your..."

"That's what I said at the beginning, too but you showed me that you didn't mind. Now it's the other way round. I don't mind, either."

"But–"

"Don't worry. Really. It's okay," Zero insisted, straightening her up so her mouth had better access to his neck.

Yuuki couldn't believe it. How could he just accept it? On the other hand she had accepted it as recklessly. And by the way, looking at Zero's neck it became very attractive to her and she wondered what it would be like if she... She just did it. Her tongue touched his skin tenderly before her teeth followed and pierced his neck softly. Yuuki was cautious. She didn't want to hurt him. She bit him fondly. It sounded weird but that was what described it best. Hidden deep in his thoughts Zero had been afraid of old memories returning. But he had been mistaken. Hiou Shizuka's bite had been completely different, never as soft and fondly as Yuuki's. He didn't feel pain, just like he was losing his blood to mosquito but not to a vampire. After a while Yuuki had had enough and drew back. She ran her tongue across the wound to clean it then she turned to face Zero.

"Are you done yet? You can drink as much as you want," he ensured.

"I already did," Yuuki told him. "Did it hurt much?"

"Are you kidding? I hardly felt you."

Yuuki returned the smile he gave her.

"Do you think you'll make it not to spill anything again?" she asked. "I'm running out of clothes."

"Sure," replied Zero smiling softly. Then he glanced at Yuuki's neck and he felt the well-known feeling of thirst rising inside of him. He didn't even tried to fight it but just gave in to it. His teeth pierced her skin and he started to drink. He wasn't feeling guilty about it anymore as Yuuki had showed him that it would be alright if he drank her blood. They were and would always be vampires, even they were a little bit strange and it was time to adjust to it. Yuuki was relieved. Zero acted cautiously. It didn't hurt so much to be bitten by him any longer. It was okay. Zero didn't drink more than here. When his hunger was stilled he drew his fangs back and wiped the blood off his mouth. No drop had been spilled.

"Well, is that clean or not?" he said

Yuuki laughed. He enjoyed each time she did that. When her laughter faded and silence followed they noticed how close they were to each other. Their faces were so close that they felt each other's hot breath on their skin. Memories of the night before last returned, making Yuuki smile. It's my turn now! she thought. She reduced the distance between them until she finally placed her lips onto his. Zero was surprised about her taking the initiative but he didn't mind at all. He, too, had been tempted to kiss her and was glad that she felt the same way. They attracted each other in a way that didn't have anything to do with blood. This kiss was for the ones who shared it as great as the one before or even better because this time it lasted longer. It seemed like their lips were never going to part again. Then after a few minutes they break apart to gasp for breath.

"Wow, Yuuki..." Zero exhaled. "I didn't knew you were attached to me like this," he joked.

Yuuki only smiled. She wasn't able to laugh. She was still out of breath. "So are you," she panted grinningly. She leaned back into his embrace and closed her eyes, relaxing.

"Let's stay like this for some more time, okay?"

"You're alright, Yuuki?"

"Yes, I'm just a little dizzy. I guess we should meet on several days on which only one of us drinks the other one's blood. It's much more effective, don't you think?" she said.

"You're dizzy. You didn't drink enough. Let's go upstairs so you can take a tablet," Zero suggested.

"No, you get it the wrong way, Zero. It's because of that hell of a kiss," contradicted Yuuki.

"I'd prefer if you took a tablet. For certainty. Come on, get off me," Zero decided.

"Really, Zero, you're a pain in the ass," Yuuki moaned and got up. So did Zero.

He took her hand and lead her towards the Moon Dorm. Just when they had taken a few steps Zero felt the hand inside his suddenly become limp. He turned to Yuuki and managed to catch her.

"Yuuki! Yuuki, wake up! Yuuki!"

His crying was in vain. She had fainted.

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