Fay: Not going to say much this time. Just that this chapter is really short because I wa sin a hurry to get everything updated before camp.

Disclaimer: I no own.

Warnings: Besides the fact that this is seriously un-beta-ed there is guy love in this story.

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"Kaname?" Chairman questioned as he looked at the pureblood who had just walked into his office. After tucking Zero in his bed back at the dormitory for day class students, he slipped into a daze, wandering around for an hour thinking of nothing but Zero. Somehow, he had wandered into the Chairman's office.

Kaname looked around the room distractedly. The walls were covered with bookshelves filled with books. Up near the front popular books lined the shelves but near the back in dark corners that day students and visitors were never to have their attention drawn to studies and facts on vampires crowded the shelves. Interrupting the bookshelves were two doors. The first one on the left of the chairman led to the guest bedroom that Zero usually slept in. The door on the right led to a bathroom that Zero and Yuuki always used when their work was finished.

"Kaname?" the chairman repeated, trying to get to purebloods attention. "Are you okay?"

Kaname took a seat in front of the headmaster of cross academy. He didn't want to be around the chairman at the moment. With his head still swiveling from the incredible moment he shared with Zero and the fact that the chairman was unbelievably conscious to the smallest bit of change in one's behavior, the chairman would immediately start asking questions about what had Kaname on edge. But if Kaname just suddenly left, wouldn't that cause more questions to arise?

"Yes, headmaster cross," Kaname answered as he tried to relax into the chair. If he kept a cool head, the chairman wouldn't notice anything and Kaname could quickly be on his way. Everything about Zero could remain a secret. No one would know, not even Zero himself.

"Aren't you supposed to be in class?"

Kaname faltered. He had forgotten all about class. "Well, chairman," he cleared his throat, searching for a lie. "There was…an accident, as I am sure you already know of, and I wanted to make sure that none of my kind foolishly disobeyed my orders to stay away from the humans." Kaname felt his shoulders relax and he sat back in the chair with a mental sigh.

The chairman raised an eyebrow. "Yes, I am aware of what happened tonight with the girl." He smiled brightly. "You have blood all over your shirt."

Kaname's eyes widened as he looked down at his shoulder. Sure enough, his blood had stained the nice white suit. Absent mindedly, he scratched at it, flicking a dried bit of blood off his shoulder.

The chairman scrunched his nose. "I do not appreciate having blood on my floor. As I am sure you know, the vampires are very sensitive to it and smelling blood in this room-even if it's dry-will set them off." He looked at the suddenly depressed looking pureblood. "Do you want to tell me?"

No sooner had he said it, Kaname began his story. "I let Zero take from me," he whispered softly.

The chairman jumped to his feet, slamming his hands down on his desk. "He agreed to becoming a pureblood with you?" This was astonishing. "He hates vampires! I never would have dreamed he would have agreed to anything except suffering through the next few months until he finally had to be killed."

Kaname heaved a heavy sigh as he looked at his feet. There was no way he would be able to look at the chairman. "He…doesn't actually…know…about the side effects. In fact…he doesn't even know about the blood tie." As soon as the words left his lips, he felt better, knowing that someone else could help him out in his situation.

Chairman sat down slowly, taking in Kaname's words. "You…didn't tell him?" The chairman didn't think that Kaname was capable of doing such as thing as lying to someone about something so life changing. "Why?"

Kaname scowled. "Because the stupid idiot would have refused my blood and suffered! Did you know that he hadn't had blood in weeks? He was purposefully refusing Yuuki because of his love for her!" During his rant, he had stood and began pacing. He was angry and jealous and hating himself for doing something so stupid as giving his blood to someone who hated his existence. Suddenly he was depressed.

"Kaname," the chairman began as he reached out to the vampire. He withdrew his hand and contemplated the words he had just heard. "So…he doesn't know about becoming a pureblood if he lets you drink from him?" Kaname shook his head sadly. Chairman was quiet for a moment. "You have to tell him."

"What?" Kaname stopped pacing to glare at the man. "He would kill me if he knew that I started something so dangerous just to save him."

Chairman sighed. "If you don't, then things will get out of hand. Think about it-if he doesn't know to be careful about his blood around you, what will happen if he slips and scrapes his knee or gets a paper cut when he opens a letter? What happens if you can't control yourself and you start going for his throat? If you take one drop of blood from him, the blood tie will be complete and he'll hate you even more than he does now for dragging him into the life of a pureblood." The room was a silent for a few minuets.

"I…just can't tell him," Kaname was almost to the point of shaking. He was determined not to let the chairman's words get to him but…he had a point "I mean, imagine what will happen when I tell him that one small slip and we'll forever be bound by a blood tie and he'll be a pureblood." He shook his head at the image his mind conjured up. "There…has to be some other way," he mumbled.

"If you don't tell him, and either one of you slips up, how do you think Zero will feel when he's confronted by the counsel?" Chairman laced his fingers together and rested his chin on the bridge made by his fingers. He looked up darkly at the vampire before him. "They do a lot of snooping around here. Every few months they drop by to see what progress had been made in the human-vampire relationship. They'll immediately smell you on him and they'll force you to mark him."

"It would only be right for me to mark him, though," he mumbled, defending his vampire heritage.

Marking was a sacred vampire ritual. To humans it would be the same as marriage. The two would make love and they would take blood from each other at the same time. Afterwards, a mark would be forever etched somewhere on their body, letting everyone know that they were claimed by someone. The lady in the relationship would take the man's name, as if it really were a marriage.

The chairman nodded. "I understand, but do you honestly think Zero will? He's stubborn and he'll refuse the counsel upfront, practically begging for death." The chairman chuckled darkly as he thought of that situation. "Whatever you do, Kaname," Chairman warned, "Do it carefully. There are many people who would disapprove of this."

Kaname heaved another sigh. "I need to get cleaned up," he murmured as he looked at his blood-covered shoulder. He started towards the door, ready to leave the presence of the chairman. "I'll…think about it before I do anything," he said carefully.

Chairman nodded slightly, wondering how things could possibly turn out.

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"Zero!"

Zero rolled over in his bed, not wanting to get up quite yet

"Zero!" Yuuki was standing over Zero, scowling as he ignored her. "Zero, you've already missed the first class! The teachers are starting to get worried." She waited for an answer from her friend but when he only yawned and mumbled something incoherent she reached down, yanking the pillow from under his head.

"Ow!" Zero complained as his head fell on his bloody rose gun.

"You sleep with that thing under your pillow?" Yuuki asked as she smacked him with the pillow.

"Leave me alone!" Zero whined as he clutched the pillow to his face, trying to block the incredibly bright rays of sunlight from reaching his eyes. "I've already missed one of my classes, let me miss the rest of them. Tell them I'm sick." Meaning to end the conversation, he rolled over and pulled the covers over his head.

"No way, Zero," Yuuki, said as she yanked the blankets off of him. Her eyes widened as she took in his appearance. His white button-up shirt was stained with blood on one side, wrinkled and dirty. His pants were falling off his hips, revealing black boxers that Yuuki really could have gone a long time without seeing. Even his shoes were still on! "Zero…who did you…drink from?" She asked slowly, not comprehending the fact that he hadn't been the one to give him blood.

Zero lifted the pillow off of his face, confused. Looking down he saw the blood, smelled the distinct scent of pure untainted blood staining his shirt. "Who did I-?" He stopped short, remembering everything that had happened the night before. Well, most of it. He remembered being bullied by Kaname and then suddenly sinking his teeth into his neck. He couldn't remember what was said though; only the way his eyes kept tracing one pulsing vein in Kaname's neck.

"I guess I got a little carried away with the blood tablets," he lied numbly. He didn't want to lie to Yuuki, but somehow he knew that he shouldn't tell her just yet that he had taken Kaname's blood. It just…seemed like what had conspired between them needed to remain a secret.

"It got all over you?" Yuuki asked, seeing through his lie.

Zero nodded. "I was really irritated because I couldn't control myself and I guess I had a really tight grip on the glass because it shattered everywhere. I was so drained last night when I got back to the dorms I didn't even change my clothes." At least Kaname had been courteous enough not to undress and redress him in his bedclothes. Zero would have been pissed if Kaname had actually undressed him.

Yuuki sighed. "Maybe it's best if you don't go to class," she admitted in defeat. She looked at him warily, debating on whether or not it would be okay to leave him when he was in so much pain. It hurt her feelings to have to see him sulking all day and night while he slowly died. "Maybe I should-"

"No!" Zero cried looking at her sternly. "I have better grades than you do. You can't afford to miss another day of class."

Yuuki slumped. "If you're sure," she turned towards the door. When her small delicate hand was wrapped around the doorknob, she turned back around, looking at him apologetically. "I'm gong to do it tonight," she said with a small smile.

Zero knew what she was talking about. His heart ached but not for the reason he wished it could be. He wished he could be jealous of Kaname for winning the heart of Yuuki…but instead he was wishing Yuuki would just disappear.

When he looked up to say something, she was already gone.

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Fay: Dang. It's so short! I'm so sorry! But…I'm in a hurry to update as much as possible before I go to camp.

This is unedited…I might go back…but I'm not making any promises.

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