Forget Me Not Chapter Four

Aido paced the hallway; he had been patiently waiting for the Kuran's to get dressed for almost twenty minutes. When he had knocked on the door after the scene in front of the moon dorms, Yuuki had answered in nothing but her brother's collared night shirt. He had quickly averted his eyes, but the sight would forever remain in his perfect, extensive memory. Ever since Yuuki Cross had regained her memories, she had slowly been loosing all of the qualities that had made her so unique. She was now more open, forward and just plain outgoing. It was hard for Aido to not feel drawn to her, as was the same for everyone else residing in the moon dorm.

"Yuuki, I need you to fetch your brother immediately. I need to speak to him. Now." His eyes were angry and menacing, and yet to Yuuki, he looked as if he were going to hurl. Kaname appeared in the doorway, and they passed a silent look amongst themselves. Kaname Kuran, the president of the moon dorms nodded than turned to Yuuki.

"Stay here." He said, before turning and following Aido downstairs, where both were greeted by the overwhelming smell of dried blood. Kaname was the first to see the body sprawled at the bottom of the glass staircase that led out of moon dorm territory. The man's organs were arranged in awkward spirals and swirls; later to be realized as words meant to mock the tenants of the dorms. Kaname Kuran, more specifically. Kaname felt his stomach lurch as he ran back inside, sensing that Yuuki was coming down the stairs.

"I can smell blood…" she whispered meekly. She had been sitting at the base of the main internal stairs and her eyes were glazed over. She stood and walked to the doorway, her eyes tearing up as she crawled up next to the body. The entire crowd seemed to back away from the disturbing yet angelic scene. The blood of the fallen one enveloped Yuuki, staining her nightshirt until it was an irreversible shade of maroon. Kaname turned and looked at the glass of the stairs, afraid to continue watching the massacred body his little sister was cradling.

A bloodcurdling cry pierced the silence as Yuuki buried her face in the man's neck. "Daddy….Daddy, I'm so sorry." Headmaster Cross' face was frozen in a macabre mask; eyes wide open, lips parted into a muted scream. His large intestine was ripped from his insides and arranged into a message that would haunt Kaname for the months to come.

I'll take your sister, like I stole him. Kaname, will you be prepared?

Another banshee-like screech resounded like thunder; Aido and Ruka began to pull away the pureblood from the body of her foster father. Yuuki screamed, pushed, pulled, slapped, and tore at Aido's face as he carried her in his arms upstairs. The door to the room was still wide open, and the bed still disheveled. Placing her down gently, he shook his head in disbelief.

Kaname had just stood there letting his sister soak herself in the headmaster's blood. He had frozen like ice, and now Aido had to take care of Kuran's lover while Kuran clumsily cleaned up the mess below.

Aido gently pulled the nightshirt off Yuuki, who was as easy to move as a Greek statue. Her long black hair was matted and tangled into a birds nest. He left to turn the bathwater on in the Grecian room connected to the Kuran suite. A claw foot tub was nuzzled back in the corner, beneath a large, floor length window. The floor was tiled in black marble, and the all the furnishings were marble as well. The walls were a dark maroon with black and white portraits lining the walls. Aido set the water to scalding hot, and then returned back to Yuuki. She was sitting there naked and staring at her pale, blood stained feet.

"Yuuki-sama?" he knelt in front of her, taking both of her hands in his. He was trying his best to ignore the glorious nature of her naked body; completely overlooking the fact that she was covered in someone else's blood. "I'm going to get you cleaned up now. Is that ok?"

She didn't nod her head or anything. Carrying her stiff body, he placed her slowly into the water which sizzled and cooled at the glacial temperature of her skin. The glass and tiled room was completely dark with the exception of the fool moon shimmering off of her skin. Taking a sponge, he caringly wiped away the blood; watching as it tinted the water a light pink. "Aido-sama?" she breathed, her voice sounding like a frightened child.

"Yes, Yuuki?"

"Thank you…" and then she was silent once again.

He only nodded. Yuuki stood, allowing for him to dry her off with a towel before she crawled back into bed. He was so conflicted; should he leave her alone, or take her with him? He was only three doors down, granted, but what if she needed someone and Kaname wasn't back. Deep down, he knew his desire to stay near her how nothing to do with his duty, but he was unwilling to admit that just yet.

"Please stay, Aido-kun." She rolled over in the bed; a blunt suggestion for him to lie down.

"I think I should go, Yuuki." And with that he left. Yuuki stared at the ceiling, her nails digging into the soft flesh of her wrists. Blood began to drip down slowly, yet she continued to stare out into space. Why had he left her? Who had killed him? Where was her mother? All these thoughts ran through her mind while she inflicted her pain upon her self.

"Stop that, Yuuki." Kaname growled as he ripped her nails from inside her wrist. His face was clouded over with anger. "Do you think he would want this? Your father loved you very much! And here you are disrespecting him and me by injuring yourself?!" He paused for a moment, looking at her with such disgust that it made her want to curl up and die. "You should be ashamed of yourself."

Yuuki curled up next to him, tiny teardrops soaking his shirt. "I'm sorry, Onii-sama."

"Don't apologize, just don't do it anymore." She nodded as she mounted him, her face attempting to hide her sorrow. "Yuuki…"

"I missed you." She cried, her fists bawling up as if she were about to sock him.

Kaname chuckled and kissed her gently, his hands roaming up and down the sides of her torso, her back, and her thighs. He knew this wasn't the right moment, but if she asked it of him he would not tell her "no". He could never tell her "no". "I love you, Yuuki."

"I love you too, Kaname. Please promise me you'll never leave….not like daddy did." She sounded so small and frail when she spoke it that for a moment he was afraid to answer. Could he promise her that? Would he?

"I promise."

Eventually, Yuuki curled up and went to sleep while her brother stayed awake watching her. All the while, Aido sat outside the door of the Kuran suite, thinking just how much Kaname didn't deserve her…and how much he himself did. The two young men, one of them unaware just how much at odds he was with his best friend, and the other wishing he were more than just a friend. And during these moments of similar yet not at all connected thoughts, the object of their desire was dreaming a reality in which one of them died, and the other lived.

But which had killed her father?

Wheee! Longer chapter for ya, and a plot twist! Hope you all like it! :3 Killing Cross off made me really really sad, but it was necessary. ::sigh:: Don't worry, he might be back! Or will he? Bwahaha. Review please. The more reviews, the faster I write 3 Till next time!

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