Misery Loves Company II - A Vampire Knight Fanfiction by Clue-sama .{Sequel}.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything legally affiliated with Vampire Knight as made by Matsuri Hino. But I do own Nezu Harita and Eiji Nanako. Any ideas regarding things not explained already in the manga/anime that I use that other authors have already used, credit goes to them.

Credits: For the symptoms of blood bonds: Blackened Wing, lightpathetic, Incagold27

Author's Notes: Eheheh... Seraphim XII did not seem too pleased with me "losing the feel" for this story... So I blindly started this next chappie..! ;

However one part of the comment made me get all o.o... They had pointed out that they had forgotten what had previously happened! And I realized that I hate it when other authors do the same thing: update so slow that I can't remember what's going on! So I do a deep bow with a swirly arm thing on the way down and apologize... But... I can't promise that it won't happen again. *runs away as gunshots ring out*

Chappie Warning: Possibly disorganization and confusion as I try to explain what's going on with Zero and other subplotlines.

For the love of all that is holy and sinful, enjoy it!!! XD

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Chapter 3- Back To Reality

Zero gave Yuuki an approving nod as turned his back to the school building when the Night Class made it safely to the academics building without error. The escorts had been going smoothly these past weeks what with the trio's newly strengthened friendship and, as such, some kind of companionship bond that made everything they did work out fantasically. It was rather strange, actually, but no one was complaining.

"Zero..." Yuuki murmurred amusedly, catching sight of something behind her partner.

With a slightly puzzled look on his face, he turned to see what she was pointing at... and took on a sweet rosy color.

Kaname was standing at the gates, waiting for Zero to look at him, and when the smaller vampire turned, the pureblood gave a beautiful, honest smile and waved slightly before resuming his way to the actual doors to the building. Luckily, Kaname had been standing in a position that the fangirls on either side of the path could not see, and the other Nightclassmen were busy filing into the school, so only Zero and Yuuki saw this. The female prefect only giggled, but Zero knew exactly what Kaname would have done if Zero was closer. He probably would have drawn him up in his unyielding arms and kissed him breathless, saying that it would last him until class was over and that he would return for more later...

Zero blushed darker.

God...

Of course, he would have liked to get in more sleep before an insatiable Kaname snuck into his room later tonight, but Zero had other plans. He wished to research on why he suddenly was not suffering from intense bloodlust attacks. Usually, he would be going near-rabid whenever he got near Kaname's neck, but lately, as last discovered, he was completely sane around his lover's exposed, lovely throat. Kaname had commented that Zero's symptoms merely sounded like a normal vampire's thirst, but how could that be? Shizuka's blood was the only thing that could have done that and Kaname gave Zero his blood to hinder the fall into the End. Hiou was dead, though, so why...

"Zero! Come on!"

"Huh?" he answered smartly, coming back up from his thoughts to see Yuuki farther away than she had been a second ago. He gave her a good-natured glare and stalked after her, in no real hurry to catch up.

"So! The holidays are coming up, Zero," she started her hands behind her back, fingers laced in contentment.

"So?" Zero grunted, tilting his head from side to side to work out some ache.

She huffed, "Zero! Come on! We'll have days of free time and all you can say is "so"? What about Kaname, huh? Did you ever think about what he may want to do with you during the holidays?"

At that sentence, Zero's eyes widened rather comically at the images he endured and his uke came through a little when he blushed.

"'What he may want to do with me'...?"

Yuuki caught on to what Zero could have been thinking and she blushed as well.

"Not like that, pervert!" she squealed. "I... I meant like... with the rest of the Night Class and I? The people at this school are all that he has, Zero... As his lover, I think that you should try and remember that..."

The older prefect started slightly at the unintentionally harsh-sounding sentence and he frowned.

"...Don't tell me how to run my end of a relationship. I don't see you in one, so you are in no position to tell me stuff like that," he grumped. But he knew that she was right. He probably should do a better job of tending to Kaname's needs like that. It was just... he had alot going on too. The sudden drop in bloodlust was not a problem, exactly, but as a hunter and vampire, it demanded his attention. And of course, how could he possilby forget about Nezu, that stupid kid.

Yuuki had opened her mouth to snap back at Zero for the "not in a relationship" sting he had dealt out, but Zero seemed a little down suddenly and he said quietly, "Yuuki, you know, that Harita kid still is on my mind..."

She immediately cooled down and said, "Zero, he can't do anything to you. Kaname-senpai would never allow it to happen. As soon as he so much as scents him around, he'd probably get rid of him."

"Maybe..." Zero muttered distractedly. Of course, deep down, he figured that she was right again. How on Earth would Nezu even get that close to him? Even if Kaname somehow overlooked it, Zero would kill the bastard before he even touched him. Good thing the hunter was so mellow these days, otherwise he would have killed the brat already.

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Sitting down with a pleased little sigh, Kaname quickly ran through his memory to ensure that he really had taken care of everything so that he could spend the night/early morning with Zero. Zero had told him that he would, after escort of course (that note-taking trade would only get him a few nights in a row), skip the first few hours of class tomorrow for him and Kaname was excited. However, just as he started to day(?)dream, Ichijo slipped over.

"Kaname."

"Yes, Ichijo?"

"Um... I have a message for you..." the Vice President faded off uncomfortably. Kaname knew that Ichijo didn't like to ruin his plans and whatever the message was was about to totally ruin his plans.

"From who?" Kaname sighed, his parade being rained on promptly.

"Sara Shirabuki-sama."

Kaname cursed vividly in his mind. Sara! He would never say it aloud, but she was so damn annoying. He already knew what the message was about and although it did not actually interfere with his time with Zero, it would be on his mind now.

As pureblooded vampires, Sara and Kaname both had to produce as many pure offspring as they could to continue the blood line. Most purebloods didn't like who they were mated with anyway and just bred to get it over with and to keep people like the Council off of their backs, but then again, most purebloods did not have other lovers with human-like views on everything. Kaname knew that he would have to mate with Sara at some point, as he was one of the most prominant male Level As and she, the most prominant female. On a personal level, he did not care. He was raised this way and vampires usually had no problems with arranged relationships for bloodline purposes outside of their true love life. But usually it was with another vampire that the first vampire was with. Kaname had Zero. Zero was not a vampire at heart and it was that that dampered Kaname's happiness. He would have to tell his lover eventually, but when? He knew Zero would flip, but he would feel even worse if he had to find out another way.

Kaname took the paper anyway and nodded already looking weary.

"Thank you, Ichijo."

"I'm sorry, Kaname--" he started.

"No, Takuma," Kaname interrupted with a small smile. "Don't apologize. You did nothing wrong."

The blonde noble nodded slightly before excusing himself. He really hated to see his friend upset like that- Takuma just wanted the poor guy to have some peace and tranquility in his life for once. If it's not one thing, it's another with those two. It looked like Kaname was going to go through with the Sara thing, and all Ichijo could do was hope that Zero understood. He could only imagine what Kaname would do if Zero left him because of what society called for.

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"What are you looking for in there?"

"...! God, Kaname! Couldn't you knock once and a while?" Zero hissed as his skin crawled with shock. Kaname always just... appeared behind him. -_-

Kaname dropped his air of impentetrability as he placed a plate with a cream cheese-topped cinnamon and raisin bagel on it and leaned his chin on the hunter's silver head to read the book that was open on the desk he was seated at. It looked like... an explaination of how a human becomes human by way of purebloods...

"Zero..." Kaname murmurred, worried for some reason. He didn't seem to like Zero looking at stuff like that. Why? He wasn't quite sure himself.

Zero gave a rueful chuckle as he sat back, not minding Kaname's head on his own.

"I wanted to know what's happening to me now, that's all."

The brunette tilted his head down and kissed Zero's soft hair briefly before wrapping his arms around the younger's chest as he proceeded to snuggle into the fluff tiredly.

"It is nothing to fret about, I am sure. So you do not try to eat me everytime you feed- what's wrong with that?" he droned.

Zero closed his eyes, sleepy as well from not getting alot of sleep during Kaname's class time. He had fruitlessly stayed up all night looking for every possible way he could suddenly not be starving every two seconds and before he knew it, it was time for escort. So he had gone out, helped Yuuki, and then let Kaname follow him back to his dorm. Other students were heading out for breakfast or getting to class early, but Zero was heading back in with a stealthy pureblood along- how funny. However, at the sound of a dinner (and now breakfast)-deprived stomach growling pleadingly, Kaname insisted that he go back quickly and get something for Zero to eat. Well, the brunette somehow and magically knew that Zero loved cinnamon-raisin bagels with cream cheese and presently, Zero opened his eyes at the scent and peeked at it hungrily.

Picking up the breakfast food, he sank his teeth into the resisting , yet soft, bread and tore off a chunk. Kaname stood back, a little curious at how Zero eats food... He realized that he had never really seen Zero eating. He now was standing a little to the side of Zero, watching him partake in his bagel, seeming enraptured. It was a little because vampires never really had to eat normal food (although they did often), but mostly because- Zero really is adorable doing just about anything, isn't he...?

"...What are you looking at...? Did you want some?" Zero asked when he saw Kaname's soft stare, licking his lips free of crumbs and holding out the maimed bagel half. Kaname, catching sight of some cream cheese dotting the corner of Zero's mouth, smiled wryly and purred, "No- I don't want the bagel, Zero... but..." His voice fell to a whisper as he gently pushed Zero's offering hand away to the desk where Zero released the food, and leaned down, his lips now centimeters away from the smaller vampire's. "...but I do want you."

Zero let out a shudder at the way his lover's cool breath ghosted over his lips and squeezed his eyes shut when Kaname's tongue licked away the cream cheese occupying his mouth before pressing his lips against his firmly, lustily. He kissed back for a moment, but when he felt Kaname's hands working at his white uniform shirt, he pulled away.

"No, Kaname... I'll get too tired and fall asleep in class..." he protested breathlessly.

"I will teach you whatever you want to know, Zero, don't worry..." Kaname muttered off-handedly as he continued undoing the buttons without so much as a pause. This was actually kind of odd... Zero rose an eyebrow and put his hands on Kaname's wrists, halting him easily. Kaname flinched inwardly- Zero could read him too well, it seemed...

"What's wrong?" Zero asked, seriously. He didn't like it when Kaname was upset. He knew that the Moon Dormitory President was usually stressed, but (and he hated to sound vain) Kaname didn't make it a common thing to just brush Zero's protests off in that manner. Kaname persuaded in other ways, not distracted promises.

"Nothing, Zero..." he told him, giving a shallow smile... Not now... He didn't want to tell him now...

Zero just gave him a pair of narrowed, lilac eyes and increased his grip on Kaname's wrists. But Kaname just kept silent. Zero sighed... He hadn't wanted to do this but...

"If you don't tell me then I won't let you touch me for a whole week."

"I got a letter from Sara Shirabuki," Kaname immediately blurted out.

As expected, Zero's demeanor fell to one of some kind of wary disappointment.

"Shirabuki... That pureblood lady?" he asked slowly.

Kaname stood up straight and tried to make Zero forget about it.

"Please, Zero, I don't want to talk about this right now."

Zero also stood up, but only because he hated it when Kaname treated him like this. He wasn't a child and he wasn't about to be kept in the dark like one.

"No. Tell me. Now," he demanded, stepping closer to Kaname and letting him know that he was capable of higher level thinking.

Kaname gave Zero a half a second's worth of a sharp look at how he spoke to him before he remembered that... well... this was Zero he was talking to. He was the only one to talk to him like that and Kaname wondered if anyone ever said Now to him like that...?

"...I had refused her marriage proposal long ago, but... I am afraid that I will still have to breed with her."

Zero just looked at him for a moment and Kaname looked back, slight pain flickering behind his chocolate eyes. He was waiting for Zero to yell... to strike at him and tell him to get out...

"You're... kidding me right...?" Zero said simply, the beginnings of tightness coming to his voice.

"...No, Zero. I have to. I am a pureblood and I have to help repopulate our kind."

Zero turned his head away sharply, the gulp audible as he did so and suddenly his sorrow was transmitted to Kaname in a blue wave of static making him also feel sad. But what could Kaname do? It was a responsibility that he had to undertake. If only he could get Zero to comprehend that it was only for reproduction and not romance.

"Zero, please hear me out. Please," Kaname begged softly before Zero went crazy- he could see his clenched fists already shaking.

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"I'm listening."

Zero knew that it was what Kaname had to do, but that didn't help his heart stop aching any faster. He half-expected to hear it some time- that Kaname would be either married off or called to make more pureblooded babies, but it turned out that he wasn't going to be prepared for it when it came.

"Just because I accepted it doesn't mean anything where you and I are concerned... That's another thing- I could not have really refused the offer. It would cause more trouble than I feel like going into. Besides, you know that I love you, Zero. Only you... and that she means nothing to me."

Zero could tell that Kaname was trying his best to make him feel better and attempting to put all of the verbal balms in one explaination, but he still felt like sinking to the floor. His body just wasn't listening to him when he tried to tell himself that it was only for the Vampire Society that Kaname was doing this and tears started pricking his eyes. Consciously, he was fine with it, but his emotions were just freezing with jealously and possessiveness.

The pureblood must have scented the saltiness from the tears and felt the melancholic vibes coming from Zero and he stepped forward carefully, hoping that Zero wouldn't slap him or something. When the hunter didn't move, Kaname gently drew him into his arms, burying his nose into the side of his head. Zero let him, reaching up to hug back, but his fingers acted on their own accord and gripped Kaname's shirt tightly like the older vampire would float away any minute.

"I'm sorry, Zero..." he whispered, stroking his hair soothingly.

Zero just let out a shaky breath when he realized what this was.

He was just afraid of losing Kaname. Zero could not make children or please Kaname a way that a woman could. Wouldn't Kaname want to see his children? What would happen to Zero if Kaname wanted to stay with the kids and Sara? Or what if Kaname got to know Sara better or liked the way her soft, curved body felt compared to Zero's hardended, angular one? Kaname had told Zero that his body was smooth and silky, and it was, but the hunter knew that it was not like a female's... Not like Sara's would be as Kaname undressed her and ran his fingers over her body- his fingers that had touched Zero so many times- and... and...

"Oh, God..." Zero breathed, digging his fingers deeper into Kaname's shirt.

Kaname had no idea what Zero was thinking about, but knew that it was about Sara, so he only murmurred sweet words into his ear and stroked his hair the way he knew he liked until the smaller vampire calmed down. When it was time for Zero to go to class, Kaname could tell that Zero was allowing him to mate with Sara, which meant that his lover understood what it was that the purebloods of the Society had to do. But that didn't mean that Zero didn't cry more profusely after Kaname left at the thought of his pureblood beingwith someone else and liking it.

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Author's Notes: If you have read lightpathetic's stories, then I am sure that you have noticed the KanamexSara stuff and how Zero does not like it at all. I am basically doing the same thing here and I just wanted to say that I am inspired by lightpathetic's insight on what exactly would happen if Kaname and Zero were together and I borrow the idea of it without permission, yes, but with credit and admiration~.