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.
Author's Notes: Dear God...! It's been ages, has it not? Sorry again for the wait, but, good news- I finished The Used, so I can work on this one and By Your Side. So now I'm working on two stories instead of three!... Of course, I have ideas for a new, really AU VK story... ^^; CHECK OUT MY POLL IN MY BIO AND VOTE!
Anyway... This chappie has a little time skip in it. Since I got around to this after Christmas and YenGirl recently posted a chappie of one of her stories with a Christmas theme, I wanna do one too- I'm in da spirit for a little KanameZero holiday fun...! :3 It won't be this one probably, cause there'll most likely be a plot development at the party, but...
Oh and... for some reason, as I developed Eiji's bio a little more on a sticky note... I found that I really like him! :D However... it seems I've also come to like the idea of him being slashable with Nezu. ^^; oops. So please, if you can, enjoy their slightly BL-ish tendencies with me.
Chappie Warnings: Nezu being devious and some fluff~
For the love of all that is holy and sinful, enjoy it!!! XD
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Chapter 4- Planning
Nezu Harita lounged about on his large bed, reading a boring magazine fleetingly. It was one his parents subscribed to for him to read, saying that it would help prepare him for running the family businesses- nevermind the fact that they all would have a while until the young noble would be running anything. He barely even ran his own life and Nezu could only imagine how stuffy it would be if his parents stayed at home most of the time. Of course... they didn't.
"Nezu?" a blonde, tousled head popped in the doorframe.
"Yeah, Eiji?" the brunette mumbled grumpily. He wasn't annoyed with Eiji, he was just having a angry moment.
Eiji, used to his friend's mood swings, came in and gave a bright smile, trying to cheer Nezu up. The younger vampire was aware of how strict Nezu's parents were and how they made their only son quite miserable- perhaps without even knowing it. The parental Haritas weren't abusive or neglectful, they were only busy and had high expectations. So Eiji, having way more lax parents that could possibly be ignoring their offspring, could do what he wished and right now; he wanted to do whatever he could to make his best friend feel better about life.
"Do you wanna go shopping or something?" the cerulean-eyed Level C said, slipping onto the bed next to a belly-down Nezu. Actually, the two of them shared Nezu's room when Eiji stayed over (ninety-nine percent of the time he slept over) and slept in this bed. The brunette gave a small smile and closed the magazine.
"Why? Do you?" he asked, kind of teasing. He knew that Eiji was trying to get out and do something fun with the older vampire and even though Nezu wasn't nuts about shopping, he did enjoy taking his less financially endowed friend out to get whatever he wanted, seeing as how Eiji was the noble's only friend.
Eiji giggled and flopped back on his back, looking up at Nezu who was leaning on his elbows. The smaller vampire kicked his mostly exposed smooth-looking legs (he wore just pink shorts that went up to about middle of his thighs and a white t-shirt) in random joy. Obviously, Eiji was excited about something.
"Christmas is coming up, Nezu-chan, and I hafta get you something good."
Nezu laughed.
"Is that so?"
"Yep. And you look like you need to have some fun. Maybe we could stop by the arcade and I could beat you at DDR again!" he squealed.
At this, Nezu snorted and sat up, crossing his legs as he looked down at his friend who was squiriming with elation. He was such a spaz. In a good way, of course.
"Beat me? Last time, the only reason you won is because you cheated and told me that there was a free sampling of banana pudding. That's dirty- you know how I am with banana pudding..." the taller vampire mock pouted.
The blonde giggled again and sat up as well, facing Nezu now.
"It's your weakness and it's funny!"
"You mean like yours is strawberry-flavored things?"
"Blackmail!"
"What?"
"Hurry up and get dressed or I'll forget my gift idea!" Eiji yelled, pouncing on Nezu momentarily before jumping up, grabbing some jeans and another shirt before dashing to the attatched bathroom and slamming the door.
The brunette sighed from his position on the bed (sprawled out on it from where Eiji knocked him back). Eiji sure brought some life into the house...
But while he was looking forward to going into the city part of town, Nezu also wondered if he would see his dear Zero there as well. It was getting really close to Christmas and maybe the silver-haired beauty would be out shopping too. For that damn pureblood boyfriend of his and maybe that girl. The young noble sighed again as he got off the bed to get ready before Eiji attacked him again. Speaking of Eiji, Nezu would definitely have to get something nice for the other vampire.
Nezu had thought of crashing whatever holiday celebration Kuran and Zero might be attending, since he'd done some research and compiling and found that they didn't really have anything to do apart from one another, so the noble mulled over doing that. The brunette was still actually trying to find a roundabout way to get Kaname away from the angelic-looking teen so he could snatch Kiryuu away for himself. Nezu hadn't gotten a plan yet, but he knew it wouldn't be long until he got an idea.
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"Did you get mistletoe?"
Zero wrinkled his nose and gave Yuuki a look.
"Mistletoe? For what?"
The smaller prefect groaned and rolled her eyes.
"Zero, you are such an airhead sometimes!" she proclaimed, knowing her "brother" wouldn't mind the insult (they did that to each other all the time). "It'll be fun to see who gets caught under it together, you know?"
Zero ignored the image of Kaname and himself under the stealthy little sprig and grinned at her.
"And what if you get under it with Aidou?"
Yuuki balked and murmurred, "Well, I'm sure Kaname-senpai wouldn't allow it."
The silver-haired vampire bit back a laugh at how he knew that Kaname wouldn't stop anything if Yuuki and Aidou stumbled under mistletoe. If anything, the pureblood would just watch in amusement as she and the blonde protested loudly to him.
"I bet," he snickered before returning to a throwing tinsel at the huge tree in the old Moon Dormitorty's main room. Kaname's inner circle and the Disciplinary Committee had cleaned the place up a bit and decorated it for a Christmas celebration that said groups would attend. Unfortunately, the Headmaster himself had come down with a nasty cold and would not be able to attend, but Kaname had promised him to get someone to record one of the first holiday parties ever planned, excecuted and attended solely by students from his school. And it was basically integrated since Yuuki and Zero were going so Cross' dream was becoming a reality.
When Yuuki had proposed the idea to Kaname and Zero one morning (later the Headmaster), the boys had looked a little worried at first, but eventually she heard that Kaname's friends were actually kind of excited to all be together for a party that didn't have their parents lingering about. Of course, a few of them would leave later in the slightly long break from school to visit family, but what better way to kick off a Christmas break than a party with your closest buddies?
"Zero, tell me, what did you get Kaname-senpai?" Yuuki asked pleasantly as she and the other prefect were the only ones decorating right now. It was nearly sunset and the remaining Night Class students were still asleep while the Day Classmen weren't even at the academy.
"..."
"For Christmas?"
"..."
"Zero... Don't tell me you forgot!" Yuuki squealed.
"I was busy this week!" Zero defended, putting the tinsel away as he finished up the tree. It looked lovely, but now was not the time to admire the tree. The hunter had still been researching on his non-madness and with that between class, escort, sleep and keeping Kaname's libido entertained, he had forgotten to get the pureblood a gift. And Yuuki's, for that matter.
"We have to go get something today! If we don't, you won't have time to get him a present!" she rushed, grabbing Zero's wrist and running out to ask their "father" if they could go into town for a little while.
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"Isn't Kaname-kun going with you?" Kaien sniffled from behind his desk, a quilt wrapped around his shoulders.
Zero gave the Headmaster a sidelong glance while Yuuki contended with their father.
"He's not awake yet, I don't think. Besides, why would we bring him if we're shopping for him?"
The elder Cross noticed what time it was and didn't seem to like the idea of his lovely kids out so late... but Yuuki noticed him noticing ((X3)) and said, "Please... Dad?"
Zero rolled his eyes and left the room as Yuuki danced away from Kaien's glomp while he cried, "Of course you can go, my beautiful children!"
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"Hey... Hey, Nezu, isn't that Zero Kiryuu?"
Nezu immediately turned from the shelf of video games he was looking at in the mall (Eiji loved video games and the noble was going to get a few for him) and said, "Where?"
The blonde pointed across the way into another store and indeed there was a tall silver-haired male who looked like he was fussing at a smaller brown-haired female. Nezu gave a slight whiff of the human-and-pretzel-scented air and found that that was Zero. He really was here like he'd hoped! How lucky he was... And the aristocrat hadn't felt the presence of a pureblood so Kuran wasn't around...
"It is him. Eiji, you can get whatever you want from in here... But don't get too many things or I won't know what to get you for Christmas," the brunette told his friend with a soft smile. "I will be back in a moment."
Eiji squealed and waved him off.
"Okay! Don't get shot!"
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"That's not his eye color!"
"Yuuki, I think I'd know Kaname's eye color more than you- no offense," Zero sighed. "And quit screaming."
The shorter prefect huffed and shoved the brown, tassled scarf at Zero.
"His eyes are brown, dummy, not that crazy russet color."
He was about to say something along the lines of "When he's hungry, they are!" but Zero didn't think she needed to know all of that... But before he could think of something smarter to say, the silver-haired teen felt a vampire approaching. Zero's hair stood on end in alarm and he spun to the source just in time to see Nezu Harita entering the store, his green eyes unabashedly trained on the object of his affections. Yuuki followed her friend's glare and gasped.
"Oh no... What should we do?" she hissed.
"Just calm down. We're in a public place, so he shouldn't do anything," Zero grumbled, turning towards the approaching noble. Nezu stopped and nodded to Yuuki as if he cared that she was there.
"Kiryuu- that's what you want me to call you right?" the aristocrat said, his voice calm; sounding almost like a purr.
Zero crossed his arms, the scarf still in them, and growled with a bitter glower, "I don't want you to call me anything. I don't even want you talking to me, kid."
Softly sighing, Nezu frowned and tilted his head, looking into Zero's eyes more directly. (The younger vampire wasn't too much shorter than Zero, actually- he was very tall for his age.)
"Why do you treat me like an annoying child, Kiryuu-san?"
Zero rolled his eyes.
"Because you are!"
"Hardly. I'm seventeen. You are, too, right?"
The hunter's mood darkened and he said lowly, "I'm almost eighteen and I'm sure you just turned seventeen. But that's not the point. I've already made it clear that I don't like you, so why--"
"I want you."
Both prefects started at that blunt statement, but Nezu just stared at Zero, waiting to hear what he would say. The green-eyed vampire knew that if Zero really minded he would have sent Kuran after him by now... So either he was curious or he was just merciful. Nezu hoped it was the former, but seeing the malice in his crush's eyes, he figured it was the latter.
"You are insane," Zero hissed. "I am with Kaname and I don't see how you cannot grasp that fact. I will never come to you for anything; much, much less for a relationship." and with that, he grabbed a fidgeting Yuuki's wrist, dragging her towards the front of the store. Nezu just smirked to himself. Ah, he never got tired of seeing his Zero's eyes flash that way when he was mad. So sexy. But something had been accomplished here today, even with all that rejection.
Nezu went back across the mall to the game store where Eiji was making a bit of a scene. The brunette approached his flailing friend and touched his shoulder gently.
"What are you doing, Eiji?"
The blonde turned around and glomped Nezu, pouting, "They don't have anymore DS' in the pink color!!"
Nezu smiled and patted his head, saying, "Well, don't worry... Let's just get the other nine games you have there."
Eiji's sulk turned into a smile and he bounced over to the register and when Nezu walked over gracefully while pulling out his wallet, the blue-eyed vampire said, "So, what did Kiryuu say?"
"He said that I was insane," the noble said, smiling at Eiji's giggle. "But it was because I told him that I wanted him. Now that he knows that, it will always be in his mind and once I find a flaw in his and Kuran's relationship- a secret, a doubt, anything- and exploit it... he will come to me."
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Author's Notes: Ah, I'm so mean- I took poor Kaien right out of the party, didn't I? Sorry, Cross-san! And I think I have an idea to get things rolling! Hehe... Zero would be happy to hear some of the concerned things you all are saying. "Please don't make Kaname mate with Sara!/Don't make Zero cheat on Kaname with Nezu!" and things like "I hope Nezu doesn't rape Zero- he's been through so much!"
Well. We'll see what our dear Kaname will do about Sara- he doesn't want to mate with her of course, but it seems like he'll have to. And Zero... Well the thought of Zero cheating seems tempting... *shifty eyes* Heehee, but who knows! ^^ *gets shot for teasing* XD''' But I love hurting my lovely Zerooo~
There's this song by a band called Vendetta Red (who I love now, but not more than The Used!) and the song is Vendetta Red Cried Rape On Their Date With Destiny and the subject is kind of obvious. But I always find my muse putting the image of poor Zero tied up with tape over his mouth and it makes me want to type another rape scene with Zero-kun! WTF! I'm sorry Zero! *sobs, "It's such a good song though!"* BUT I'M NOT ENDORSING RAPE!