Thirteenth!! Woopy!! hehe.. turns out I can't force myself to take a break... . I'm also addicted to writing this fic.

Kain entered the dark room he shared with Aidou sometime later that morning, as he and Rin returned to their respective rooms. He took of his shirt, dumping it at the foot of his bed.

Even from behind the muffling curtains and closed windows, the noise from the Day Class girls was raucous and loud for Kain's sense of hearing. As he crossed over to the window, he heard a shuffling of the sheets behind him, and later a few groggy mutters.

"Give me a break, I was fast asleep." Aidou muttered angrily, his head emerging from beneath the sheets. "It's so noisy outside the gates. Must be the girls from the Day Class. What do they want now?" he said, muttering frustratedly while sitting up in his bed.

Kain grinned, and jerked open the curtains, allowing the harsh sunlight to lance into the room.

"Akatsuki! The light!" cried Aidou, raising his hands to cover his eyes. Kain smiled inwardly at Aidou's panic-stricken voice. He looked out the window to see nearly all of the Day Class girls screaming outside. God, he thought.

"Woah... It actually is the morning girls. Better get ready to run." a thought crossed his mind, and a few seconds later he added, "Oh... that's right. It's today."

"What is?!" Aidou demanded sulkily from beneath the bed sheets.

"It's the day that girls give out chocolates and confess to their crushes..." Kain smiled, because he wondered what Rin would think.

"Valentine's Day."

Rin strode into her room, breathless. She was floating in her own bubble, happy and contented. She threw off her robe, letting it float to hang itself on the back of her door by itself, did the same to her breeches, and climbed lazily into her bed. It was warm and soft, the down quilt covering her in a thick sense of security. Before dropping of to sleep, some fanatical screaming reached her ears, reaching into her vampire eardrum with a high-pitched keen. Peacefully groggy, the last things that crossed Rin's mind were two words. Valentine's Day, and then she was swallowed by a light exhaustion, pulling her into the best sleep she had had since the death of Tade. In her sleep she could still feel Akatsuki Kain's lips on hers.

Dusk

Rin walked discreetly behind Kain, the screams of the Day Class girls rattling inside her ears, not wanting to be noticed by either Ruka or Aidou. She watched Kain's every movement, smiling as the dying sun caught in his hair, in the curve of his arm as he scratched his head, or more subtle, in a small glint coming of his fangs. She watched him from behind calmly, reveling everytime he glanced back at her to share a short, hidden glance full of yearning to be free of his two companions and join her.

"Kage." said a dark voice behind her. But Rin's mood was so light that not even Kaname could dampen her spirits. She turned around to face him, still smiling while letting Kain and Ruka and Aidou go ahead.

Kaname looked Rin up and down, inwardly surprised at the outfit she wore. She was wearing light cream breeches, dark brown boots and a white, lacy blouse, covered over with a coat that reached mid-thigh and that matched the Night Class uniforms. Interesting. Her hair was modestly clipped back with a simple, silver pin with a small diamond on the tip, allowing the rest of her hair to cascade down her back and slightly over her other shoulder.

"Yes, Kuran?" she asked pleasantly, her smile so strangely happy that Kaname had to wonder if she was mocking him. But her smile was genuine, if not for him.

"Be sure you and Aidou behave tonight." was all he decided to say, striding ahead to leave her behind.

Rin simply nodded quietly. She acted more like a polite and gorgeous gentlewoman than the cold, stone-hearted vampire she had once been. Her world was getting brighter.

Later that night, as soon as classes ended, Kain walked into Rin's room, where she was waiting. She sat at the small tea table, lit by the soft light of the candles she had positioned around her room. She was still dressed in the clothes she had worn for classes, and Kain was still wearing his uniform.

Rin smiled as she watched Kain remove his coat. With a flick of her fingers, the coat flew out of his grip, draping itself over the coat stand that stood in a corner of the room. Her smile grew even more when she saw the surprise on his face.

"Tea?" she asked pleasantly, pretending to ignore his stare. She let out a small sigh when he came and sat across from her, still not letting up his stare. As she poured the tea, she spoke. "You know I'm a sorceress. Stop staring like an idiot. Sugar?"

Kain grinned. Lifting his hand to run his fingers through his hair, he said "No sugar. Chocolate?" He lifted the bag at his feet along with an eyebrow. Rin glanced at the bag, brimming with chocolates from fangirls. She smirked.

"Marzipan?" she asked, also raising an eyebrow along with a plate filled with carefully shaped delicacies.

"No, thank you."

"Are you absolutely sure you don't want marzipan?" she asked sticking a finger between her fangs and biting on it. While Kain was still busy grinning silently at her, she drew her finger across one of the marzipans, leaving a trail of beaded blood across its smooth white surface. She looked up at Kain from below her lashes, her finger still poised. Kain sighed sarcastically.

"Great. Now how can I resist?"

Rin laughed melodiously, straightening in her chair with the marzipan caught between two fingers.

"That's what I thought." she said, leaning forward and putting it between Kain's lips.

Ok, guys!! as always, hope you enjoyed... (man, this romance is getting extreme, isn't it?? hehehe)

P. Viper