Thanks so much to magicalgirl100591! She wrote this WHOLE thing!

This is chapter 3, I hope you like it :3

Maria? Ichiru? What are you doing?

"This has got to be a nightmare," Ichiru muttered, looking up, praying with all he had that the person who had stumbled on him and Maria was not who he thought it was. Apparently God had it in for Ichiru because when he looked up, it was indeed Hanabusa Aido. And his cousin Akatsuki. And his brother Zero and Yuuki. And the Headmaster and Mr. Yagari, and-and-...and the whole frickin' Night Class.

"Oh come on!" he yelled at the total unfairness of it all.

Well, I'm not about to stick around. Hasta la vista!

Snatching up his jacket, shirt, Maria's uniform, and...Maria, (A/N/ O_O) Ichiru took off at the speed of light.

"Ichiru, what the hell?" he heard about the entire crowd shout. "Go away!" he yelled frantically over his shoulder. He ran, ran down the beach, the street, a pathway, ran down the doors of the Moon Dorm, tripped on the doorway, and fell flat on his face.

Curses come home to roost... he thought. In other words...pain.

"Ichiru! Oh my goodness, are you all right?" Ichiru looked dazedly into Maria's face and was again swept away by her soft beauty.

My God...

A bang on the door pulled Ichiru from his love-clouded thoughts.

"Hide!" he yelled, scooping up Maria again and charging up the steps to his room. He kicked it open, locked it, and fell to the ground...seeming to forget he was holding Maria and therefore fell right on top of her. (A/N. O_O)

"Eep!" Maria squeaked, the color of her cheeks putting her surname to shame (A/N: 'Kurenai' means 'crimson.') when she noticed that not only was Ichiru straddling her, his face was buried right in her cleavage! And to top it all off, she was wearing nothing except a bra and underwear and he was shirtless!

Oh why me? She thought.

"I-Ichiru?" she whimpered.

Coming out of his exhausted daze, (he did just run all the way to Cross Academy), Ichiru noted that the floor seemed really soft, like it was padded.

What's with that? He wondered. Shifting his face, he...noted his current position.

"GAH!" he shrieked, leaping off the little vampire girl. His heart was beating like a rabbit and his face felt most uncomfortably hot.

Oh man oh man oh maaaaan...he thought.

"Maria, I-I-I"

"Ichiru," she whispered, still very flushed. "Don't."

Ichiru sucked in a sharp breath. Is she angry with me?

Suddenly, Maria burst out laughing. "Well...this was...definitely...an interesting first day-!" she choked out, grinning from ear to ear. "Ichiru...you're a really amazing guy," she said, wiping away a tear of mirth, still giggling. Which of course sent Ichiru on a one-way trip straight to Cloud Nine.

"So," she said, jumping up. "What do you say we get some clothes on, hm?"

She doesn't hate me...

"Y-yeah," he breathed, grinning. Still giggling like crazy, Maria scurried to the bathroom.

"Whew," she sighed, sliding down the closed door to the floor.

What a day...Oh my, oh my, oh my...oh dear me, I think I'm in love! She mentally sang. Still, I shouldn't dillydally...

Casting off her undergarments, Maria suddenly realized...she had no idea where her luggage was! Whirling around in a crazy circle, she banged her shin...right on her luggage.

OW! Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow ow OW! But wait...what is my luggage doing here?

Getting over the pain, Maria bent down and saw a very fancy-looking note. It said:

Dear Kurenai Maria-san,

Welcome to Cross Academy. We hope you will enjoy your semester

And would be honored should you choose to enroll here for the entire 4-year tuition.

Along with this letter, I believe you shall find your luggage, additional uniforms, and schoolbooks.

If the listed items are not here or if anything at all is not satisfactory, please let me know immediately.

Again, I pray that you shall thoroughly enjoy your stay here and that both you, your fellow classmates, and your roommate with get along swimmingly.

Best wishes,

Kuran Kaname

Head of the Night Class

Maria's jaw dropped.

It's like I'm some sort of princess! Hold up, waaaaaaaaaaaait a minute. Roommate? Then that means...

Eyes widening, Maria fairly dove for her suitcase and changed into her lavender nightgown at the speed of light.

"Ichiru!" she called, leaping out of the bathroom to see him seated on the bed closest to the window, casually dressed in loose fitting black pants and a white T-shirt.

"Hey," he grinned. "You sure took your sweet time in there."

"Ichiru," she gulped. "A-are we...roommates?"

"Huh?"

"Well, I found my luggage in there along with this note and I think..."

Dashing over, Ichiru snatched up the note and read it over and over.

"I...I g-guess we...I guess we are."

I think I'm feeling a little lightheaded...

"So...we're going to be...living together?" Maria asked tentatively.

"It would seem so," he breathed.

"Wow, before you know it we'll be married with children!" Maria giggled. She was only joking (sort of), but Ichiru seemed to take it very seriously.

"Huh? W-wha-what! I-I-I-"

"Ichiru," she smiled, putting a finger over his lips. "I was teasing."

"Oh...right," he muttered, scratching the back of his head in a very abashed way.

"He," she laughed, smiling up at him. Ichiru immediately went dreamy-eyed.

So...beautiful...

Leaning in, Ichiru began to kiss Maria passionately. The romance started up again, so intensely that neither of them noticed the pair of wide eyes watching them.

"Oh my..."

That's all for now. I (rainclawwarriorcat) am writing the next chapter!