Chapter IV

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Yuuki stared at Kaname in confusion. What did being an Ancestor mean?

She scrunched her eyebrows up and her mouth molded into a rather cute frown, Kaname noticed. "What do you mean?"

Her staring at him intently was getting to him. It made him feel uncomfortable. He wasn't sure if he should tell her. She might run away if he did.

Every person that he's told about him being an Ancestor either ran away or treated him with so much respect it disgusted him. Yuuki was the last person he wanted to treat him like that; since she was actually a decent vampire from the little time he's known her.

Sighing, he faced her again. His movements making the old couch creak slightly. "I'm one of the first vampires to ever walk on Earth."

She blinked. "And?"

To say that he was shocked was an understatement. But he didn't let it show on his otherwise impassive face. When other vampires heard that one sentence come out of his mouth, they usually froze and then dipped low with a bow. No questions asked, since no vampire would ever soil the title that is an Ancestor.

This girl however, did no such things.

"And it means that I'm much more stronger than any vampire. I hold a higher status than you and that you should be on your knees right now bowing down to me." He said in a slightly rushed voice. He felt his eyes grow a fraction wider when she stared at him openly, not doing anything.

He stared at her and she stared evenly back.

"Oh, okay." She said, totally unfazed. "So you're more powerful than me then."

This girl was weird. It was like his words had no effect on her at all. Like him being an Ancestor wasn't a big thing. He could obliterate her right now and it would be too late for her to even realize what was going on. So why wasn't she doing anything?

Slightly pondering why, he noticed that he liked her unresponsiveness. She didn't continuously praise him and practically kiss the very ground he walked on. Relief washed over him. She also didn't run away. She actually didn't mind him being of higher status than her.

How refreshing.

After a moment of continuous staring, Yuuki suddenly stretched her arms up above her. Her back curving forward as she let loose some of the remaining kinks from her sleep. Kaname watched in pure fascination as she did this. Her body was lithe and thin, but not too thin to the point that it seemed like she was sick.

She mewled and stretched some more, her long hair uncovering her pale, slender neck.

Kaname felt blood rush to his cheeks and he fought hard to keep it down. It was like she was trying to lure him into biting her. How improper! He was a very healthy one thousand or so vampire and she was showing him her neck. HER NECK FOR GOODNESS SAKES! For a vampire to show their neck to another vampire was an act of intimacy. It's a form of invitation for them to drink their blood!

At that moment, Kaname thanked whatever god he was supposed to thank, for the fact that his cool demeanor and expressions did not falter.

He was still caught up in thanking whomever he was thanking when he felt a nudge on his arm. Looking to his side, he saw that it was Yuuki. He looked at her questioningly.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked.

Kaname blinked. He didn't quite know how to answer that. "I'm thinking about why you're not afraid of me."

She gave him a questioning look before she giggled, startling the older vampire. "Why should I be scared of you?" she asked. "It's not like you're planning on harming me, right?" Her voice wavered slightly at the end.

He chuckled. She was interesting all right. "No."

"Then it's fine whether or not you're an Ancestor." Yuuki beamed up at him. "Your status doesn't define you, your personality does. And from the short time that I've been acquainted with you, you don't seem bad at all."

Those last words Yuuki spoke slightly darkened the atmosphere around him. For her to trust him even for just a fraction was bad. He was a monster. He has killed many without remorse, his comrades, men, women and children. All of those that were innocent he killed.

He moved his head so that his hair would cover his hateful eyes. He hated himself. Why did he have to commit such crimes?

"You shouldn't trust me." Kaname said.

She stared at his tense state and smiled gently, placing a hand on his arm. She somehow understood what he was trying to say and where he was coming from. To have someone trust you enough to judge you in a good way was not a good thing for beings such as them. She's in the same situation after all. "If you're saying that because of what you've done in the past then I won't listen to you."

His eyes flickered to her smiling face in a fixed glare.

"Don't look at me like that." She scolded him lightly, "All I'm saying is that I know how you feel. I too have killed without mercy just to sate my thirst. I'm not proud of what I've done and I don't think I would ever come to forgive myself. But what I do know is that it's not good to dwell in the past. Sure, I would continually make myself suffer just to try and compensate for what I've done, but I wouldn't let it get in the way of my happiness."

Her words rang true in his ears. But he's given so much grief to everyone that he wasn't sure he even deserves to live anymore. Sighing, he ran a hand through his messy hair, noticing that he needed to have a bath soon.

She smiled up at him seeing that he was back to normal. His body wasn't tense anymore and his eyes didn't hold as much sadness as it did just a few seconds ago.

Yuuki opened her mouth to say something when her sensitive ears heard footsteps. Kaname heard them too.

Both vampires crouched low, eyes slit in caution. Kaname moved slightly so Yuuki was behind him. If worse comes to worse and a fight might occur, he planned on shoving Yuuki out of the already broken window and buy her time to run away.

Murmurs filled their ever-sensitive ears.

"Are you sure they came here?" A gruff voice that could only belong to a man grunted.

"Positive." A second voice answered, it also belonged to a man. "Their footprints lead to here."

Kaname and Yuuki tensed as they sensed the two strangers near them.

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A/N: I AM SO TERRIBLY SORRY FOR THE VERY LATE UPDATE!

School has been giving me grief right after I posted the third chapter. I've also been stressing out about my exams that are coming up. Ugh. Anyway, I hope you all forgive me. I tried to make this chapter long; I think I sort of succeeded? Haha

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