Chapter 17
Hi people... I'm back... Really late... Yea so yea...
I don't have much to say. Nor much to add.
Just the usual...
Thanks to everybody who reviewed.
I'm just gonna reply the reviews. Not list everything like usual... Sorry I'm not in the mood...
• TrueBlueChan: Heh. Lol. Sorry nope. Ishida is such a poor thing. Not... But Zero is gonna be upset if they continue to hurt him. So no teaching Ishida a lesson. Hehe. Maybe I should make them go out in secret sometimes... xD Thanks for the nice review...
• Starry Night (Guest): Lol! I know right... Zero is the perfect uke! Kaname and Zero make the perfect pairing. Hehe. The trip is gonna be smooth-sailing... Of course not. xD Kaien can be really cool sometimes huh... Lol... Thank you for the fantastic review as always.
• MidnightFunhouse: I have no idea what to answer to that... I'm tired too. Heh. Lol thanks for the review.
• LuanRina: I totally agree... Zero is much too kind... We love him so much xD Kaname is just so domineering right... Much too domineering. Of course that stupid Yuki is coming along. We all love her... Not! Sadly, she has to... Thanks for the review:))
• hotxhotguy: Lol! Your review... Is amusing. So thanks xD
Disclaimer: If I owned it, Kaname and Zero would get together and Yuki would not even exist. Do you see that happening? Then no, I don't own.
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One week later, Zero found himself on a plane to Europe. He was really excited, despite the calm facade that he was putting up. Mentally, he was jumping up and down in joy.
In truth, even if on the outside, he doesn't show it, the silver-haired prefect was really grateful to Kaien for booking this trip for them. He had not been somewhere this far from home before, having been busy with hunter training when his parents were alive and too detached from the world to go on trips after his parents had died.
'Zero, would you settle down? Even my own mind is getting excited because you are bouncing inside it.'
'But! Kaname, it's a trip to Europe! Europe! I wanna go!'
'Hahaha... I know, Zero. I've never been to Europe much either. But you're just wasting energy this way and also jumbling up my mind.'
'Fine... Evil lover.'
'Awww... You know I can't resist you if you are being like that.'
'Don't then.'
'Oh really?'
'I, I mean, it's not like I... I want you to resist... No maybe?'
'Zero, is that a yes or a no?'
'Yes?'
'Why does that sound like a question?'
'Don't answer my question with a question! Even if it's not supposed to be.'
'Ze-chan, I'm so hurt. You can't even decide your feelings for me.'
'No! I mean, you do know that I l-l-love you anyways right?'
'Aww.. So cute. You stumbled over the word love.'
'Oh no! Don't call me cute, stupid pureblood.'
'Ah, but you are, Ze-chan.'
'Not that either!'
'Then what should I call you? Kuran Zero?'
'... Kaname!'
Cutting off the link, said vampire chuckled. He looked over the seats; indeed, Zero was blushing madly. Grinning to himself, he continued reading the book he brought along with him.
Sadly, the couple could not sit together. To continue with the facade, Kaname had to let Yuki sit in the middle, in between the both of them while Kaien sat on Zero's other side. He had to 'let her sit beside him' due to what she pleaded.
The rest of the Night Class was spread out around them. Aidou, Luka and Kain sat together by the window. Shiki, Rima and Takuma by another window. Seiren was sitting there quietly, not speaking, seemingly staring into thin air. The plane was huge and the chairman had kindly booked first class tickets, giving them the privacy and the space to do the things they wanted.
Of course, by Night Class, Kaien didn't mean the ENTIRE Class. That would be too many. And his wallet would have not one, but ten holes at the end of the day. So hence, he only got the more familiar friends of Kaname to come.
It seems that they were enjoying themselves already. That's good. Kaien smiled to himself. Then...he pounced onto Zero, proclaiming happily and loudly.
"ZERORIN! YOUR DADDY IS SO HAPPY TO BE WITH YOU HERE! AREN'T YOU?!"
Zero winced at the intensity of the volume... Before punching his 'daddy' across the face and watching with an uncaring face as Kaien flew onto the floor.
"OUCH! ZERORIN! SO CRUEL! WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO YOUR DADDY!?"
"Shuddap! You're not my dad you idiot chairman! Go find someone else to cuddle!"
Amused looks were thrown towards his direction. He flushed in embarrassment.
Only Kaname noticed his deliberate avoidance of the first question given to him by Kaien. He smiled endearingly.
Yuki, who was feeling ridiculously left out, looked at Kaname who was smiling charmingly at the display between the chairman and her ex-adopted brother. She frowned. Why was Kaname not paying any attention to her? Why was he smiling at Zero of all people? What was going on?
She had made a plan to separate the two 'friends'. But were they really what she had thought them to be? Lovers didn't seem too likely...
But...
From what was going on between them, it currently seemed like a good name to place them.
She didn't like it.
"Onii-sama! What do you think we should do when we get there? Go shopping? Or should we walk around? Who would you want to room with? Me right? I wanna room with you too!"
Kaname listened to her heedless rant, not really caring.
Room with her?
In her dreams!
The ONLY person he would room with was his Ze-chan. No one else.
"Of course Yuki, I would be pleased to do so with you."
Mentally gagging at how false he sounded, Kaname returned back to his link with Zero.
'Ze-chan, would you do me the honour of rooming with me?'
'Why are you making it sound like a proposal, you stupid pureblood?'
'So cruel, Ze-chan! Do you not like it; my proposal?'
'Oh shush! Of course I would room with you. Idiot! What kind of questions are you asking?'
'The reasonable kind.'
'The idiotic kind!'
'... Kaname, you sounded like Kaien for a moment there.' Zero continued.
'Am I supposed to be insulted?'
'Yup! You're not?'
'Not at all!'
'Meh... You idiot!'
Kaname, in real life, chuckled. He could feel the tongue of Zero's sticking out playfully. Yuki, by his side, looked questioningly at him.
"Onii-sama, did you read something funny?"
"Yes Yuki. Very much so."
Zero glared over Yuki's back, earning another charming smile. Yuki, seeing the smile and thinking that it was for her, blushed, oblivious to another red-cheeked face beside her.
Satisfied with making Zero blush at least two times a day, Kaname went back to the 'funny' book he was reading.
Slowly, he realised that people beside him were being really quiet, EVEN the chairman. Looking over, he smiled tenderly. They were asleep. Zooming in on Zero's face without even knowing, he aww'ed.
Adorable.
That's the only way to describe his silver-haired prefect's face currently. Unguarded, free of the mask he always wears; Relaxed, no tension or frown or glare. It was an innocent and cute face that Kaname was pretty sure Zero didn't know he made. His nose twitched cutely while he was sleeping; his mouth slightly agaped, breathing softly. It was actually sparkling, his face.
Unknowingly, he must have fallen asleep with the light on. Although hating that the beautiful sight would be blackened by the simple flick of the light switch, Kaname still did so. He would not want ANYTHING to disturb his cute Zero from his sleep.
After that, Kaname closed his book and yawned. It was about time for him to sleep too. He was going on human time after all. And so were the rest.
Looking to the back, he made a shushing and sleeping gesture to the Night Class, signifying for them not to disturb him or to sleep. Getting nods and soft groans, he turned to the front and proceeded to get into a comfortable position.
The pureblood prince slowly drifted off to sleep, anticipating the happenings of the next week.
...
Sighing, Kaname roused from his uncomfortable and stiff position of sleep. Blinking groggy eyes, he looked around. Looks like the rest were still in dreamland.
His sister was asleep too. She was categorised as an obstacle in his mind, for preventing from seeing Zero's unaware face.
Peering over said 'obstacle', he realised that Zero was actually awake...
With a clear liquid shining like a diamond streaming down his face...
Immediately the pureblood prince was jostled awake from his still-slightly-blurry mind. Uncaring of Yuki, he moved her over to his seat and settled down beside Zero, hugging his beloved to his chest.
"What happened Zero? What's wrong?" Cautious of the rest as he knew Zero would not want them to wake up seeing him like this, Kaname kept his voice to a bare minimum.
"Huh? Kaname! Oh it's nothing," Zero mumbled hastily, wiping away tears that just WOULDN'T stop!
"Don't say that. You know I don't believe you," Kaname told him gently, using his thumbs to scoop away tears that fell endlessly.
"I just... Nothing. Nevermind. I was just..."
"Don't hesitate. Tell me." At the soft commanding of his pureblood lover's voice, Zero broke down.
"I had a dream! I know it's stupid of me... to assume it's real... But it just seemed so... Vivid! There was blood everywhere... And everybody was dead! Somebody told me I... I had killed them... With my own bare hands! And... You were dying too! The blood was all over the floor... And... And I was smiling! It was horrible!" sobbed Zero, the whole while clutching Kaname's shirt like a life line.
"Shh... It's okay... You dreamed it right? You merely dreamed it. Don't worry. I won't die. You know it takes a lot to kill me," Kaname ended with a weak joking tone, trying to calm down the still-crying Zero.
At this, Zero couldn't help but chuckle slightly. Of course he knew, he had his fair share of trying to kill the brunette in the past.
"I'll make sure you don't kill anybody... And I'll make sure that whoever made you do that is killed... Mercilessly."
Snuggling into the warm embrace at Kaname's growling voice, Zero relaxed and breathed in the comforting scent of his lover. A scent purely belonging to the pureblood prince only.
"Alright then. I'm counting on you, Kaname."
The brunette could feel the smile at where Zero's face was pressed into his chest. That brought a similar curve to his lips.
"Of course."
After saying so, he tenderly kissed the prefect's forehead, softly commanding him to go back to sleep.
"'Night Kana..." His eyes drooped shut before he could finish his sentence, endearingly ending it at a nickname for the pureblood.
"Goodnight, Zero."
Gently laying him back down to his own seat, Kaname decided that there was no point in moving Yuki back. He wanted to be with his Zero more. Thereafter, he too fell back to sleep.
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Yuki's POV
I fell asleep knowing that my Onii-sama sat on one side and Zero the other.
I woke up expecting my Onii-sama to be asleep on my right and Zero asleep on my left.
But now that I have woken up, I found out that my Onii-sama was actually on my left WITH Zero while I was on a chair to my right. It seemed to me that Onii-sama had moved me to be with Zero!
But that can't be true. MY Onii-sama loves me and only me. And he would never want me away from his side. That would mean that Zero had been the one to shift me away to be with MY KANAME-SAMA!
Now now, that won't do. That won't do at all. How can I allow an ex-human to steal Kaname away from me? Even if Zero is my 'brother', Kaname-sama is mine and mine alone!
No one! Absolutely nobody is allowed to take him away from me!
I did devise a plan didn't I? To get ri― stop Zero from interfering with me and Onii-sama.
Where was it? I dug around in my bag for a while. I was pretty sure I brought it along. There hadn't been a suitable chance to execute the plan that I specially created for Zero with all the mid-examinations. But now! This is the perfect opportunity that I was looking for.
Thank God!
On the other hand, I can't seem to find it. I couldn't really remember it with my memory so I wrote it down. Just in case I forgot.
Of course though, I didn't forget. I'm a fantastic pureblood. I was just making sure I didn't do anything wrongly.
So where was it? Aha! Found the tiny piece of paper which doomed Zero's fate.
Ah, it's great to be a pureblood! I can do whatever I want without anyone stopping me. And on top of that, I can order anyone around and they can't stop me. Ha!
Alright then. Now what does it say? Hmm...
Plan A- (this is in the case where they ARE in a relationship, which currently seems very likely)
Step 1: Get in the same room as Kaname-sama if possible. (preferably alone).
Step 2: Get someone to convince Zero to come over to the room (since he comes to the Moon Dorm quite often, this should be easy to do).
Step 3: Sense his presence and make sure to time it correctly. When he opens the door, (making sure Onii-sama's arms are wrapped around me) kiss Kaname-sama passionately.
Step 4: Watches in satisfaction as Zero breaks off their ― eek ― relationship and Kaname-sama loves me.
Done!
I smirked in anticipation. Plan A was VERY workable now that I know what their predicament is. They are in a relationship! This makes Plan A so accessible.
Plan B-
That's... currently not available yet. So whatever. I'm sure Plan A will work perfectly.
Normal POV
A crack of light shone through. He winced, it was way too bright. Someone had opened the curtains.
"Close the curtains."
Waving his hands slightly, the silver-haired passenger drawled out tiredly. Hearing a chuckle, he didn't bother to open his eyes. It sounded familiar enough. He waited... And waited. But the curtains did not close.
"Close the curtains, damn it!" Eyes snapping open, Zero snapped (no pun intended) at the closest person, who also happened to be the person laughing at him ― Kaname Kuran.
"There are no curtains here, Zero." Barely stifling chuckles of his own, Kaname replied to the demand.
"Huh? Where... Oh." Looking around, Zero remembered that they are actually on a aeroplane currently flying to...
Europe was it? Yea... They were flying over to play. Yay!
Not realising that he had cheered out loud, Zero closed his eyes and tried to continue sleeping.
Most of the vampires were quite amused hearing THE Kiryuu Zero cheering. Almost all of them were awake. Except Aidou. He had yet to be woken up by his lover Kain, who just didn't have the heart to wake his cousin from his peaceful sleep.
Yuki tossed Zero a dirty look that he couldn't see, reason being his eyes were closed. Everybody seemed to like him now. Why? Nobody paid any attention to her... Not even her precious Onii-sama. Shouldn't everybody notice her rather than that Level E?
Kaname, on the other hand, looked over at Zero's sleeping face and smiled. He was happy for his lover because he had friends now. However, he really didn't want anybody else to see this cute side is Zero... This side was meant to be shown to him and ONLY him.
He heard clicks and felt more than saw the chairman taking pictures of his 'beloved son' sleeping. Even Kaien had a gentle-rather-than-crazed smile on his face at the sight of Zero asleep.
Looking at the clouds, Kaname realised that they were about to land soon, maybe another hour or so. He told the chairman about this fact and suggested that everyone woke up now.
Agreeing, Kaien shook Zero violently.
"ZERO! WAKEY WAKEY... RISE AND SHINE! TIME FOR A NEW AND BRILLIANT DAY!"
"Ya! You stupid chairman! Leave me alone to sleep... Go away..." Mumbling the last sentence, Zero flailed his arms around weakly.
"YOU'RE SUCH A MEANIE ZERO! NO CAN'T DO... TIME TO WAKE UP!"
Feeling that if he didn't 'wakey wakey', the chairman might just blast his eardrums away, Zero quickly surrendered.
Rubbing his drowsy eyes, he mumbled, "I'm awake... I'm awake."
On the other side, Kain shook his cousin awake gently, completely unlike how Kaien treated Zero.
"Aidou, wake up... We're going to land soon."
Noticing this, Zero complained.
"Look at that... Chairman, why can't you be more gentle like Kain?" It came out more of a whine than Zero wanted but right now, he couldn't care less. He was tired and it was early in the morning.
"BUT ZERO, YOU WOULD HAVE KICKED ME AWAY!" Kaien stated, though it was more of a shouted.
Zero wisely decided not to answer, opting to remain silent, knowing that it was true.
Kaname sighed, not one of exasperation but rather one of amusement. This trip was going to be good...
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