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: I stared at my computer trying to figure out which I should update first- this one or By Your Side... So I picked this one. Actually, I haven't thought out what exactly should happen next, but due to some "kya"-like reviews I want to follow some of their wishes! It sounds good to me, so if you've reviewed wishing or pondering about something that may happen in this story (particularly to poor Zero X3) then be on the lookout for your "kya". ((that's what I'll call them:" "kyas" :D))

And I'm glad some of you liked the bonus thing. It was cute, wasn't it!? XD --*re-reads own stuff occasionally 'cause I forget what I typed* I hope ya REVIEW on this one too!

Chappie Warning: Mild yaoi and some drama! O.o

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

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Chapter 6- Rift

Kaname wasn't oblivious to the way Zero was producing a whole new breed of sighs and squirms while the pureblood attempted to seduce his lover into the mood. It had first started when the hunter gave a less-pleasured-than-normal breath as Kaname sank his elongated fangs deep into the younger vampire's tender neck after letting said younger vampire bite first. The brunette had noticed, of course, but he didn't mention or inquiry since Zero just seemed to ignore it as well. But now, while the prefect was laying under a frustrated pureblood, Zero's... reluctance was getting very awkward to work with.

As Kaname sat up and backed off of Zero, they both sighed- one knowing that the other did not want to do this right now for some reason and the other well aware that the other had caught on. The brunette's fingers raked back through his hair and he tried not to seem upset, but internally, he was. He and his lover hadn't had sex or anything especially sexual since Zero had first voiced his concern over his lack of Level E symptoms, and while Kaname loved his dear boy too much to try and pressure him into sex, the pureblood was going to have to get rid of this pent up lust somehow... And his right hand would only get him so far...

"Zero..." he sighed.

Immediately, the silver-haired vampire looked conflicted and he sat up.

"I'm sorry... I'm just..."

Kaname wanted to finish the sentence for him with "not in the mood?", but he knew that it would come out bitter, so he just rubbed Zero's thigh comfortingly.

"It's... fine," the older vampire lied. He really should try and assert himself because it was getting hard to not physically be with the one he loved the most, but the thought of something bothering Zero like this was more important. "But can you please tell me what's the matter?"

Zero gave Kaname a look, but didn't really face him, and the look said that the hunter believed that the pureblood damn well knew what was wrong. ...And Kaname caught this expression, but what his conclusion was was really only half of Zero's worries right now.

"Is it about Sara?" Kaname softly asked, feeling regretful that he was a pureblood right now; if he weren't, Sara Shirabuki wouldn't even be a problem for the two Cross Academy students. As the woman's name left his mouth, Zero flinched and turned back to look at his lover's bedsheets. He didn't say anything in reply, so Kaname spoke again.

"Zero, please... I can't do anything about it..."

The hunter felt stupid as he kept his mouth stubbornly shut although it was just as much stubborness as it was not knowing what to say. After all, as much as he wanted to scream at Kaname for lusting after women lately and being unfaithful, deep down, Zero knew that it wasn't as if the brunette didn't love the lilac-eyed vampire. Zero closed his eyes. It was only because Kaname was a man and he wanted to bed a woman again... No big deal. It didn't mean that the resident pureblood didn't love Zero... right?

Kaname's eyes narrowed slightly.

"I told you that she means nothing to me. It is merely for repopulation," he tried.

But when Zero just closed his eyes... as if he didn't want to hear 'excuses', the pureblood moved to slide off of the bed. This was getting ridiculous. He loved Zero like nothing else, but if he was going to act like this- like Kaname had no other responsibility and as if the brunette wouldn't move Heaven and Earth to please the other vampire, and when the one time came about that he couldn't, the hunter would get miffed- then fine. Okay. Kaname would just have to calm himself down- relax and hope that Zero came to understand later. They couldn't break up over something as trivial like this.

When he saw Kaname get up, Zero felt like crying. Of course, he wouldn't, but his insides were knotting themselves and making him feel nauseous. What was happening to him? He loved Kaname, honestly, but what was this unreasonable feeling of selfishness that was overtaking his mind? It was like he couldn't even bear to think of HIS Kaname wanting another person. And now the pureblood was turning away.

"...K-Kaname..." he said so softly and pitifully, it sounded like a whimper. In a way, it kind of was...

The dark-haired vampire turned around from his spot in the room where he was thinking of what to do.

"What is it?"

Zero took in a slow breath. He just needed to think rationally...

"I really am sorry. I don't know why I'm acting like this."

Kaname just stared back into the pleading, silvery-violet orbs for a moment before letting a soft, warm smile loose. He told him, "I understand. But maybe you just need a good night's rest... Go on back to your room for tonight and get plenty of sleep while the holiday break is still going on."

The hunter registered these words and bowed his head for a moment. He couldn't just leave. Maybe if he... If he made more of an effort to please Kaname, he wouldn't turn to women. Yeah. Zero could be just as caring and soft as a female... for Kaname, he could.

"Kaname, if I were more... feminine... would you be happier?" he whispered, his cheeks coloring in mortification. He didn't want to be more girly, of course not, but if he had to...

The brown gaze widened and the older vampire froze. What the heck was he saying? Feminine? Happier?

"What are you talking about, Zero?"

Lavender eyes stung and his throat dried up.

"But..."

Suddenly, Zero found himself smushed up against a pureblood vampire chest and he was being thoroughly kissed by pureblood vampire lips, tongue and fangs. This time, he made sure to kiss back, but instead of his usual somewhat rough demeanor, the hunter let Kaname dominate completely and he merely followed the older vampire's lead. When Kaname pushed back slightly on him, the younger allowed himself to be pushed back to the bed. Sometimes, he would make his lover work for what he wanted, but not tonight... He had to show him...

After all, that was why Kaname had come on to him that second time right? Because Zero had offered to be more like a female for him?

But actually, Kaname was showing how much he desired and loved Zero the way that he was. That's why he was doing this.

"Ngh..." the hunter mewled, arching slightly even though his boyfriend hadn't even removed clothes yet. "P...Please don't mate with Sara, Kaname..."

The words that Zero had said made Kaname stop what he was doing and that in turn made the hunter look down at the dark head of hair near his collar bones. Suddenly, the pureblood laughed.

"Kaname...?" Zero whispered, feeling rather... depressed that Kaname was laughing at him like this. He was laughing because Zero tried to beg, wasn't he? Of course.

The brunette dismounted Zero again, holding his head in his hands. Was he serious? Has he not been listening? Kaname had even tried to come back to bed and show the other vampire that he was so enamored with him. Not freaking Sara. But here he was again... talking about it. It made him laugh at how difficult his life must always be.

"Just go."

"Wha--"

"Just go back to your room, please, Zero, and rest."

After a moment of Kaname not even looking at Zero, the hunter got up and left and he wasn't sure if he'd even see Kaname anytime soon.

--

Kasui, the name that the little mouse had been dubbed, was taking- what else- a nap near his master's head on the bed while said master did some homework from his parents that he had printed out. His folks did dote on him when they saw how smart their lovely son was. Nezu rolled his eyes (Yeah, right...) and dropped the pencil a few inches from the paper's surface, earning a startled squeak from Kasui. The noble smiled softly as he rested his head on his folded forearms, blowing gently at the mouse, making it flutter its eyes and rub at its whiskers. It was kind of strange, but Eiji's present really did keep him company while the common vampire was off at school...

The mouse moved a little closer to Nezu and nestled in the small nook that his arm and the bed created to escape the "wind" and went back to sleep. It had only been about two days since Christmas, but the critter seemed to like its master... and maybe Eiji a bit too, when the blonde wasn't squealing.

The aristocrat sighed and positioned his chin back on his folded arms, sightlessly staring at the work. He wondered what Zero was doing and what he did with the letter that Eiji smuggled in that night. With a small chuckle, Nezu reasoned that the hunter probably shredded it to bits while he had that marvelous look on his face...

Suddenly his cell phone went off and Caramell Dansen filled the room. That was Eiji's current favorite song and as such, Nezu had set it as his friend's personal ringtone. Rolling over, mindful of the poor mouse that got dragged along with the moving dent in the bed where the vampire moved, Nezu grabbed it and slid the phone open.

"Hello?"

"Nezu! Guess what!" Eiji practically screamed into the phone.

"What? I hope you are not skipping to call..."

"No! But I forgot to tell you that classes ended early today..." he trailed off.

Nezu prompted after a moment.

"And... Doesn't Takamura drop you off at the end of our street?" (He says "our" but really, Eiji's original house is somewhere else.)

EIji chuckled into the phone and he said slowly, "Well... Takamura isn't here today- he's sick. So I need you to come get me."

Nezu sighed and helped Kasui up onto his leg as he sat upright. Well, sure, he could go and use one of the cars his father kept in their unnecessarily large garage... Eiji's school was a little too far for the common vampire's liking, so Nezu didn't even try to tell him to run here. The noble didn't like to drive too much, but he was good at it- better than most human adults. The legal age in their country was eighteen, but as long as he drove well enough, no one would stop him and if they did, he wouldn't get arrested. He'd make sure of that.

"Very well."

Eiji's voice had the very grin within it as he spoke this time: "And one of my friends found out something from his dad that I think you'll want to utilize to get Kiryuu!"

Nezu paused in putting Kasui back into his cage.

"What?"

"Kaname Kuran's future mate's phone number."

--

As some lower class vampire brushed out her long, golden hair, Sara examined her fingernails. The stylist did a good job this time...

"Excuse me, Shirabuki-sama..." a small maid called respectfully, already bowed when the female pureblood turned.

"Yes?"

The maid extended a phone out to her employer and said, "A boy is calling you and I tried to tell him that you were busy, however, he says that he has some important information about Kaname Kuran."

"Oh?" Sara asked, a finely-shaped eyebrow raising.

The girl nodded.

"Yes. He says that Kuran-sama has a lover..."

Sara felt a little pang of jealousy, but she shook it off with a slight shrug saying, "Well, most purebloods have other lovers--"

Boldly interrupting, the maid added, "It is a male."

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Back in his room, Zero slowly cleaned up, having nothing better to do. Kaname basically dumped him and he was too sad to even sleep. Yuuki was asleep before he even left for Kaname's so she was out of the question... Although the hunter REALLY doubted that she would make him feel better at this point, if not worse.

Silent tears rolled down his reddened cheeks and he knew his eyes were probably puffy and bloodshot. If he were his normal self, he might have held his head high and just reasoned that shit happens and that it was just a break-up, but... He wasn't normal, dammit; he loved freaking Kaname Kuran. His heart felt empty and encased in lead and the dark room only suited him at the moment as he trudged around in the blackness, throwing trash away and organizing his desk where his recently untouched research lay. It was where he left it two nights ago on Christmas. ...

Ah, Christmas... He had taken everything out of his bag that he'd used to carry back his gifts in, but the bag was still there. The dejected vampire knelt and picked up the bag, tipping it sideways in the process. Something fell out... It was a crumpled up piece of paper and for some reason, as soon as it left the bag, Zero remembered what it was.

"Harita..." he said, unballing the paper and looking at the numbers. Well... this was his address, but he did have the kid's cell phone number...

When you need me...

I'll be welcoming you

Zero's hand shook as he reached for his pocket where his phone was... He needed someone. Anyone.

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Just as Kaname calmed down enough to think that he should definitely go find Zero and apologize and try and be more patient, a knock sounded at his door. At first, he got all excited, thinking maybe his lover had come back, but he could sense that it was his Assistant President.

"Come in, Takuma."

The blonde noble poked his head in, and Kaname straightened up once he saw that Ichijou wasn't smiling like he normally was.

"What is it?" Kaname asked, praying Zero hadn't done something foolish...

"Sara Shirabuki-sama just contacted us and told us to tell you that she's on her way..." he paused to shift his weight uncomfortably. "She said that her and her clan wants you to mate this coming morning."

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Quickly shoving his cell back into his pocket like he was caught doing something naughty red-handed, Zero suddenly felt like he was going to pass out. He actually called him...

Lethargically, Zero scribbled a quick note saying that he was out on hunter's duty and addressed it to Yuuki, sticking it to his door on the way out.

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"He actually called me," Nezu breathed, his fingers gripping the steering wheel excitedly as he made his way to the rendezvous. "He wants me to come pick him up from the bakery down at the edge of town near the academy."

Eiji leaned back in the seat and grinned.

"I bet you're happy. I think the psychological thing helped a lot along with the fact that Shirabuki-sama really is to be paired with Kuran-sama."

The noble nodded, glancing at his friend in the back seat through the rear-view mirror.

"I told you I would get him to come to me. What's even better, I think, is that Shirabuki-sama is going to be really pissed and she'll probably go to Kuran earlier than schedueled. She must want to have the pleasure of making him a one-woman man."

After a moment of silence in which the brunette's head was filled with all of the expressions and sounds he could coax from the stoic hunter, Eiji softly said, "Do you think they actually split or is Kiryuu trying to cheat on Kuran to even the score while the purebloods get it on?"

Nezu tilted his head at that and then he shrugged, "Well, it does not matter to me, so long as I can further claim Zero. But actually it is a bit unclear, isn't it...?" The older vampire sighed as he took a turn that would take them to the bakery. "However, he did sound really upset and his voice was scratchy... Judging by that, I would guess that maybe something happened."

Eiji watched his roommate's face turn a bit sympathetic for Zero before he turned in the backseat and laid down. He reached down to the floorboard into his messenger bag that he used for school and pulled out his DS that Nezu had gotten. As much as he'd like to provide background giggles when Kiryuu got in, he felt a little protective over his friend to the point of deciding not to bother them. The Level C was well aware of how much the noble wanted this hunter- that's why he'd helped out so enthusiastically- but in the back of his mind, Eiji was afraid that Zero wouldn't be this pliable for long and he just knew that Nezu would get hurt in the end. Although, the very true fact that the brunette was mellow enough to not get too down when something like getting rejected came along was enough to make the blonde not warn him. And even if Eiji warned his friend, Nezu wouldn't listen. But if it really happened, Zero leaving Nezu, the smaller vampire would definitely be there to comfort his favorite person if the older teen needed it.

So by the time Nezu pulled up beside the bakery, Eiji was absorbed in playing his games as he laid in the back. The green-eyed vampire could see perfectly in the dim light that was turning the sky a funny dark blue, and couldn't stop the smirk from crossing his lips as he spotted a certain silver-haired teenager slowly approaching the car.

Zero's heart was beating a million miles a minute when he removed one of his hands from his pull-over's single pocket and opened the passenger side's door, slipping into the dark-colored car. It was really late... or early depending on your view, but he still wasn't tired in the way someone should be around this time. If his eyes were hazed and his shoulders were drooping, it was because he was in a zombie-like state of soft disbelief. He had called his current object of hatred and ran down to the bakery that wasn't too far from the school, but all the while, his mind was like a still lake: blank and motionless. He should have been in bed, crying over Kaname, but, instead, he chose to go to Nezu... and cry under his wing.

Of course, now that he was in the teen's presence, he felt a little wary. He wouldn't leave though. Zero wasn't sure what he'd do if he were alone anymore. The noble had given him a soft, welcoming smile as he got in and they pulled away from the curb. The hunter kept his eyes out the window until he became aware of a familiarly strange presence. He turned in his seat to see a especially recognizable mop of blonde hair slightly shielding bright blue eyes that were currently focused on a Nintendo DS.

"You..." Zero murmurred, barely even realizing that that was his own voice. It sounded so hollow.

The blonde looked up and waved with a wide grin before fumbling to catch up in his game. Zero faintly registered that if this other vampire was with Nezu, then the hunter must have been tricked... But he didn't even care. After all, Kaname really had dumped him.

"That's Eiji. Don't worry about him," a rather suave voice said from the driver's seat. Zero looked over at him sluggishly. How could a young man like him have such a... such a sexy voice...?

"..."

Nezu looked at the slightly taller vampire, his lips still pulled up slightly at the corners attractively.

"Are you all right? I'm surprised you called me for something like this."

Zero parted his lips to try and tell him off for acting like the older vampire was some girl. To tell him that he was just in need of some company. ...But his heart knew all too well what he needed to say and as it blurted from his lips, his damned tears started flowing suddenly.

"Kaname doesn't love me...!"

Both younger occupants in the car jumped slightly and looked at Zero, their eyes widened. But the other vampire had already buried his head in his hands while his shoulders shook silently. He was so stupid... Crying like this over such a silly thing. Well, he didn't think it was silly, but others would. A hand was on his back now and was comfortingly rubbing. Despite how Zero so wanted to jerk away from what was undoubtedly Nezu's hand, the lamenting vampire just soaked up the anti-tension the aristocrat seemed to be radiating.

"Shh... It'll be all right, Zero... Would you like to stay with me?"

Not caring what happened to himself at the moment, Zero just nodded.

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Author's Notes: WOO! I typed this all in one day! But anyways... The most of the chappie takes place in the same night. So like when Nezu is on the way back home with Eiji in tow, they call Sara. As she finds out that Kaname is lovers with a male, the male (Zero, of course) calls Nezu. And while they're talking, Kaname recieves his message. Then as Sara is making her way to Kaname's, Zero is with Nezu. Okay!? The chappie is confusing unless you remember where everyone is.

Oh and the mouse's name, Kasui, can mean 'nap'! The little guy likes to sleep and he'll usually be doing so. ^^

And I KNOW you must be upset about what Zero's doing! YOU MUST BE!!! I nearly died writing that! Please REVIEW and tell me what you thought. Feel free to "kya" 'cause there's plenty fodder to do it with! XD