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Chapter Three:
When Kaname was sure that Nicodemus had settled in his room, he silently descended the stairs and glided into his own private sitting room. She had tainted the garden… His dearest girl…
Her smell would be trapped there forever… The smell of her humanity, of her… warm blood….
Finding he could not read Kaname paced the room like a caged animal, how had Nicodemus opened that gate? It had been sealed with a powerful spell so intruders could not break in… That was the point to gating and hedging the whole garden, that was his only sanctuary a place where nothing changed, where time stopped in its ceaseless pace forward.
The one thing that he knew was that Headmaster Cross was lying to him and no one lied to a pureblood vampire without… Consequences…
But then if he acted what would happen to this peaceful life… If it were to be destroyed he would never see Yuki again.
And surely that would break her heart…
Kaname's perfect brows knit in concern, and slipping into his favorite seat near the window he closed his eyes and breathed deeply. Tonight he would allow himself to slip away into Yuki's dreams. Tonight he would play with her mind, to give her what her innocent heart desired…
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Weary and lids heavy with sleep Yuki returned to her room, she really didn't know how she did but, she didn't even have the energy to take off her uniform… Her soft and rumpled covers called too greatly to her.
"Oh Kami-sama" she muttered as her head hit the pillow, and for the first time in a very long time she dreamed.
Yuki stood in the swirling white mist; the air was filled with the smell of lilies and drying blood. It made her nauseous and she searched for a way to escape the smell, but her head was already spinning and her vision beginning to blur.
Someone caught her as she fell, strong arms wrapping around her delicate frame.
"The lilies is what I smell when you bleed" the gentle voice came very close to her ear and she wanted to fight the sudden closeness of the male body against hers.
"But the clotting blood is a reminder of what will happen if I drink that blood.." his lips brushed her ear.
"I don't want to be the one to turn you, my dear girl…" Yuki gasped and struggled to see through her blurred eyes the face of the man that held her so tenderly.
"Kaname" she muttered as lips soft as a butterfly wings brushed her own.
"Do not think I do not feel your longing, I find I hunger for it more and more…"
Again the lips pressed against hers softer this time
"Ka…na" she whimpered
The buzzer on her alarm clock sent a piercing cry through her body, Yuki yelped and sat up panting. Her body was covered in a cold sweat and her hands were cold as ice, blearily she turned the clock off and swung her legs over the side of the bed.
What a strange dream that had been… She felt her cheeks growing warm, it was all Kaname's fault for doing this to her…
She touched her lips, still feeling the softest of presences… the dream had been so real….
Deciding that it would do no good to muddle the whole thing, she stood and went to the bathroom to shower.
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"You look like hell" Zero Kiryuu commented over breakfast an hour later, it was growing close to winter break and many of the students were already leaving for their respective homes. The cafeteria was thinning out and for Yuki's terrible headache that was good, less noise.
"I didn't get much sleep" she replied buttering a piece of rock hard toast
As she chewed she thought she saw Zero smile, the side of his mouth curled up just a little
"What are you smiling about?" she asked
"Nothing at all" he said
Yuki spooned some eggs into her mouth with a suspicious glare at her co-guardian.
"You are hiding something from me aren't you Zero?" She prodded after swallowing
"Why would you say that?" he inquired almost flirtatiously, Yuki was left a little stunned.
"It's about Kaname isn't it?" she poked again
"Bingo" Zero said with a small grin exposing his growing fangs. Yuki was suddenly seized with momentary fear; Zero sensed it and the light seemed to leave his iron gray eyes.
"He won't be attending classes today, he's not feeling well." He finished lamely
An awkward silence descended over the table and then Yuki smiled "Then I'll go see him at lunch."
"You will do no such thing, not unless I accompany you."
Yuki paused in mid bite "I can take care of myself Zero."
"I know that but I do not want that Aido touching you again." A steely coldness filled his eyes again and Yuki was surprised
"You really don't like any of them do you?" it was ironic really she bitterly admitted suddenly sick from her breakfast. Pushing the plate away she stood and grabbed her books
"I'll see you in class" and she was gone…
Zero watched her form fade from the cafeteria; his memory lingering on the delicious taste of her blood and wondering was this why so many vampires preferred the taste of virgins... Snapping from his reverie he stood and emptied the two trays into the garbage and started for First Class.
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Lunchtime came quite too soon and Yuki found herself unprepared for the swarm of duties that were suddenly thrown on her. Where was Zero when she needed him?! Suddenly frustrated she stomped across the connection between the two classroom buildings to find the smell of smoke lingering underneath the staircase. Following her nose she ducked into the small space to see a few rays of light touching the expensive linen of the Night Class uniform.
"I told you, you couldn't smoke here Tsuki-kun."
A cloud of blue smoke blew in her direction and she stifled the urge to cough, a pale handsome face tilted into one of those rays of light.
"I had to have one, my apologies Yuki-san." The blue eye glittered like crystal in the sunlight, hypnotizing her with so many promises.
"I will have to talk to Headmaster Cross about this you know, I've given you two warnings already." She said crisply
"The Headmaster can't do anything about my habits. To stifle them would be disastrous" he replied with the faintest of smiles.
Yuki suddenly realized that Tsuki wasn't a vampire that is why he was here in the middle of the day.
"But you shouldn't worry about it, I shall try to keep my smoking to the minimum especially when I smell you coming." He teased with a soft giggle
The bell rang "Lunch is over already…" Yuki said sadly, more to herself then Tsuki who stood and stretched.
"You know I was really enjoying that cigarette before you stomped in here like a herd of wild zebras." He began as they walked in the direction of Yuki's fifth class, she felt herself coloring with shame
"I'm sorry I was a little angry"
"At whom?" he asked dodging the gaping Day Students.
"At Zero"
"Trouble in Paradise?" he tantalized his blue eye dancing with something like mischief.
"Its nothing like that you know that Zero and I are just friends…" Yuki countered
"I don't know anything Yuki-san remember that." He corrected
"Oh…" Yuki almost forgot about that
But she wasn't ready to tell Tsuki-kun anything about how she came into contact with Kaname or Zero… It was something that was deeply personal…
"Was Kaname-sama angry at you after I left?" she asked innocently, as the faint smell of roses caressed her senses.
"Well I wouldn't say angry, I would say distraught." Tsuki-kun said carefully looking down the long hall.
"Why do you think that Tsuki-kun?" worry and concern laced Yuki's soft voice.
"Because you tainted his garden"
"Nani?!" Yuki yelped as she slowed near her classroom, a few Day students turned and stared.
"Your desire for him has tainted everything around him. You should know that, he feeds from your longing, your innocence. He is after all a vampire and loves to play the game…"
"The game?!" Yuki felt herself going cold
"The game of seduction Yuki-san. It makes the blood only taste sweeter."
"Kaname-sama isn't like that!" Yuki cried, lashing out at Tsuki. He caught her hand in his own and smiled
"Ah, there is the fire I wanted to see" and he sweetly kissed her trapped hand. Yuki felt the tears rising to her eyes and she pulled away from him, running into class. Tsuki sensed the eyes of the Day Students on him and chuckled.
"All of you go back to what you were doing" he waved his hand and everyone blinked. Suddenly it was as if he had never existed and Tsuki left the building without so much as another sound…
Things were turning out interesting….
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