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.
Credit: to lightpathetic for the bloodbond's "location" ability.
Author's Notes: I'm in a very anti-social mood! O.o I don't know why... (I just had a friend over against my will, said not a word to him and just waited for him to leave- I'm so mean...) Luckily, typing fanfictions doesn't seem to register properly as being "social". Anyhow... If you've voted in my poll (which will remain open until this story is complete) the current leading choice is "waiter and patron"! ^^ If you've not yet voted, please do so! XD
And another thing that I've noticed thanks to FF's messaging system... A lot of you are favoriting or putting this story on watch and I am thrilled that you love it but... I would be more thrilled if you would also review. Pleeeeaaaase~!? I love hearing what you think. It encourages me greatly.
Oh yes, and I recieved a (maybe inadvertent) "kya"! It was actually very critical-feeling and I think it may have lengthened the fic! :o That's how crazy it was. I didn't even think of the possiblities a certain thing in the last chappie had dug up! But now that it has been brought to my attention, it will definitely brin something that I thought I extinguished back to life. That probably made no sense to you, unless you are shazzy_palahniuk (the person who "kya"-ed, whether they meant to or not! XD). I'd like to thank them, though. So THANK YAS shazzy! Although, about haflway through this chappie, I realized that it probably won't be exactly what you thought. XDD
AND one more thing. heehee... YenGirl recently wondered how manny pillows Kaname and Zero destroy everytime they make love and... well, it inspired a happening in this chappie ^^
Chappie Warnings: A half-assed lemon... ^^; But the cirtus makes it a bit lengthy either way, I think, so just beware of that.
For the love of all that is holy and sinful, enjoy it!!! XD
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Chapter 9- Anything For You
Completely unaware to the rather harmless danger he was in, Zero let loose a small moan from the ache in his skull as he came to. At first he just registered that he was on his back, in a bed with the covers up to his chin and noticed that a pureblood... Kaname... was close. But then, as he pushed himself up to a sideways half-sitting, half-laying position, still under the quilt, he realized that he was in said pureblood's bed and that he was nude save for his boxers.
Of course, there were much more pressing matters like...
"Kaname's gonna murder me for doing that..."
It felt like he had gotten a few hours of rest, but his refreshed mind only served to make him see how stupid he had been last night. Zero closed his eyes and gripped the soft fabric under his fingers. He'd called Nezu for company. Nezu! And what was nearly as worse as almost being raped again, Kaname had to save him- right after they basically broke up. How pathetic.
Zero sighed and stored his mortification away to mope about later in his room, alone, and softly reached through the bond to simply get a clearer location of his bondmate. Oddly enough, the brunette wasn't even in the corridor his room was, but he seemed to be downstairs in the foyer... Well, the prefect could escape through the window, then. As he scooted closer to the edge of the large bed, either Kaname felt the light mental poke or he simply reached back in a coincidence, and the silver-haired vampire sensed the pureblood "locate" him as well. The brunette had done this before so the feeling wasn't much of a shock, but Zero found himself hesitating in his escape.
What would Kaname do if he found that Zero had left his room? Surely, he wouldn't get mad or upset in any manner, really, so why should the hunter feel like maybe he should stay put? The prefect scoffed quietly and thought dryly, Like hell I'm gonna start being so freaking girly again. That's what made him crawl to Nezu like some desperate whore... Even if the pureblood got riled up for no reason, Zero could handle him pretty well, he was sure. Besides... it wasn't as if the younger vampire was obligated to be cooperative with the older one any longer... So he could do whatever suited him, now, without having to worry about what would or would not be only fair to the both of them.
Hoping Kaname wouldn't burst in suddenly and randomly and see his ex-lover trying to leave, (because actually, Zero wouldn't know what to do but obey if the pureblood asked him to stay- they may have broken up, but the hunter knew on some level that he still felt for Kaname... a lot) Zero quickly found his clothes that he had snuck out in slung over the back of a chair near the brunette's desk. Feeling the chill of the room despite the heat flowing from the vents somewhere in the large room, Zero grabbed his jeans and shoved his legs into them trying not to think of when Nezu Harita had slipped them from his hips with that twisted smile of what the noble insisted was adoration on his lips. He hadn't removed his underwear that time, okay, but that made it no less horrible for the hunter. For Zero, it was no different on a basic level than what his twin had done to the older one mere months ago. Even now, just recalling either pair of undesirable hands sliding over his body in a mock form of what the hunter and Kaname shared- used to share... It made him shiver and let out a shaky sigh.
It had not been that long since the whole thing with Ichiru and now he'd nearly brought the terror back upon himself in the form of a selfish Level B with a control issue. And now said noble vampire had seen the disgracing scars... The humiliation was endless, wasn't it? Perhaps Nezu would look down his nose at Zero like he was nothing but a slut now... That would be better... Or... maybe the aristocrat will come back, but this time, just throw Zero down and rape him, since the younger vampire knew that the academy student was no stranger to such treatment now. The older vampire was merely a toy, it seemed. Even to his brother.
But he closed his eyes and reminded himself that he was more or less all right at the moment. He was alone again... He would dread the moment Nezu returned later. Unfortuately, it seemed that Zero didn't really notice that there was no way for Nezu to possibly know what had transpired in the past with the two Kiryuu twins...
Suddenly, as he finished zipping himself up and reached for his long-sleeved shirt, all at once feeling weary again, his phone in his pocket chirped twice and fell silent as Zero jumped in surprise. Knowing that it meant that he had missed a call, he relaxed slightly and fished it out, looking to see...
1 Missed Call: Kaname
Was everything just trying to make him feel worse than he already did? He knew that the pureblood had tried to call when he was with the other brunette, God! He wrinkled his nose and cleared the call from his cell before shoving it back into his pocket. But it wasn't that he was mad at Kaname, but rather, he was mad at himself for always being so hung up over the prince of vampires. It was like no matter what happened to him, it was always Kaname he wanted in the end. Even if it would be better for him to forget the dark-haired vampire... Zero couldn't help himself. He was trapped in the state of being in love with the stupid pureblood. Meh, what kind of hunter was he supposed to be...?
Once again, his progress to get dressed and leave was hindered by something that only confirmed that today was just not his day. Even though he felt a little hungry for fresh blood, his senses were much stronger than they would normally be if he had felt this small degree of bloodlust about three months ago. However, that wasn't what further fed the depressed little raincloud over his head... the scent of a female vampire coming from somewhere in the room managed to supply the cloud for a whole nother week though.
Feeling an useless surge of jealously and protectiveness, he swung to the direction and narrowed his eyes at a conspicuous wad of bedclothes near a clothes hamper and stormed over. Zero knew that he shouldn't be so dramatic, but it was right there... He stopped about a foot away from the blankets and glared at them, the scent obviously coming from them was a bit old, but it was unmistakable: a woman had laid on these. Sara Shirabuki had laid on them while Kaname mounted her and helped repopulate.
Zero clenched his fangs and fists as that digusting little image played out in his mind. It hadn't even been that long from when the hunter was kicked out of Kaname's room to when said pureblood took the prefect back to the academy. What- had the two damned purebloods happily screwed each other before the brunette reluctantly drug himself from their cozy little nest to save the taxing, foolish, little ex-human? Zero's cheeks burned with shame and his amethyst eyes stung with tears. How could someone be so cruel...? How like a pureblood. How like Kaname.
The silver-haired vampire tore his eyes from the incriminating pile and tearily snatched his shirt from the chair, but in the process, he'd caught the furniture with the jerk and sent it crashing to the floor. It didn't hurt anything or break, but it made quite a noise. Kaname most likely heard it and before Zero could even curse himself because he knew that the other was going to come up here, he felt a very familiar Level A aura swiftly approaching the door.
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"Ne-chan, are you still going to go after Kiryuu?" the blonde asked, closing his favorite pink DS.
Nezu sighed and just poked Kasui on the nose.
"...I ...I don't want Kuran to hurt you again..." the younger muttered.
This time, the brunette looked to where Eiji was laying on his back up on the bed, but the common vampire was simply looking up at the ceiling with his hands laying on his belly.
"Thank you... But I don't intend to let Kuran surprise me like that again." the older assured.
Eiji's aura turned a little upset at hearing that and Nezu picked up on the change immediately.
"Eiji?"
The Level C drew his eyebrows together and pursed his lips as if he was trying to hold what he wanted to say inside. He wanted to get up and cry, He'll kill you if you keep going after Kiryuu...! So just stay safe... with me. But he had to let Nezu be happy... and if that meant ceding him to someone else then so be it. Even if he was left alone in the end. Obviously the upper class vampire didn't think of the blonde in that way...
"Eiji... Are you okay?"
Nezu was now kneeling by his friend's side and looking down at him worriedly. The blonde vampire's eyes were closed and his hands were quivering on his stomach. The brunette put a hand on the other's forehead. "Are you sick?" Common vampires, because of their large percentage of human blood, got sick way more often than upper class vampires, so it was possible.
Eiji smiled wryly as he kept his eyes shut to hide the tears threatening to surface- that was for when he was alone. His voice cracked slightly as he said in a strangely amused tone, "I think so, Ne-chan..."
Love sick? Sick with worry? Ill from the strain of holding his feelings inside? All of the above.
"Ne-chan, honestly," Eiji murmurred in an attempt to keep Nezu from harm's way. "I think you should try to remember how protective purebloods are..."
A soft chuckle drifted from Nezu's sculped lips as his cool hand moved to ruffle the blonde locks.
"Don't worry... You know, I have done some digging and found that the younger Kiryuu is dead."
Blue eyes opened and were watering slightly, but the brunette just continued, "And a few other small clues have lead me to believe that Zero and his brother were hostile towards each other and Ichiru actually was the one who etched his name into the older twin. So I think that the scar could be a weak spot. All I have to do is soothe Zero and get him to trust me by showing that I am not like his brother..."
"Nezu, promise me something!" Eiji suddenly demanded, sitting up and holding Nezu's head in his hands. The common vampire held his friend's emerald stare and when Nezu nodded, the blonde whispered, "If Zero refuses... or, God forbid, Kuran comes, get out of there and never try again."
The brunette's eyes widened slightly as he watched Eiji's pretty eyes start to shimmer with moisture.
"Why?"
Eiji frowned deeper and bowed his head to rest on Nezu's.
"I don't want you to die, Ne-chan... Please... Not over something like this."
Maybe Nezu's happiness wasn't as strong as a reason to keep quiet about some things as Eiji thought.
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"...Where are you going now?" he murmurred softly in a tone mixed from a light sort of sarcasm and honest curiosity at the sight of Zero standing by an upturned chair. The swimming lilac eyes narrowed bitterly in reply and the prefect's jaw tensed. Kaname lowered his eyes momentarily as he stepped completely into his room and shut the door with just enough force so that it clicked shut, but did not slam. "Are you going back to him?"
Zero glared sharply at the insinuation. Kaname was the one who was back here nailing another vampire while the hunter was about to get raped again...! But if the hunter opened his mouth now...
"I suppose I won't stop you this time, Zero, if you must leave me... If... you need someone else..."
...he felt like he would start to really cry.
"Kaname, I don't know what you're going on about when you're the one who just needed a body to... a body to... uh..." he tried, his words starting loud and angry and quickly falling sorrowed. Zero couldn't bring himself to speak the damn near unbearable truth aloud and he buried his face in his hands just as the big, stupid tears rolled from his eyes pathetically.
Much too far away, Kaname frowned and his body stiffened in response to his bondmate's quiet sobs. What was Zero talking about? Okay, so maybe the brunette had been about to mate with Sara, but he'd done the right thing, hadn't he? Kaname had gone to find his lover instead to apologize for being so impatient with the silver-haired vampire earlier. He knew that perhaps he shouldn't have told him to leave like he had... but... even so, the pureblood definitely did not expect Zero to go to another vampire for comfort! Above all, Nezu Harita- a mere child compared to Kaname! The kid was practically a damned stalker! Even Yuuki would have made more sense to turn to, if the older vampire had upset Zero so much for the hunter to seek a friend. It could have been almost anyone than someone who would even dare to try and touch Kaname's beloved in that manner. Especially after Ichiru had done such unspeakable horrors to the elder Kiryuu...
And now Zero was even more insecure about his bondmate's love, if that was possible at this point. Of course, Kaname knew that that was why the other vampire kept asking and begging over the Sara issue, but, as the currently observing vampire gradually started to give in to his bond's insistance to go stroke Zero's silky grey locks until the hunter fell asleep peacefully in his arms, he now felt rather foolish over how oblivious he had been to his signifigant other's very precise emotional needs. Zero needed reassurance. He needed to know that who he loved and who he even bothered to not threaten (because when Zero Kiryuu doesn't threaten you, he must at least consider you an almost-friend) were really someone worth keeping close. And when it came to a particular pureblood who had come around romantically at a very rough section in Zero's life, the re-enforcement was crucial. If it wasn't too late- and Kaname prayed it wasn't- then maybe the pureblood could try once more. It wasn't as if he really wanted to push the ex-human away and he still loved him dearly; loved him more than anything on this Earth, so this time, he would try-- no. He will keep him happy, no matter what it took. Forget what the Council thought (unless it negatively affected Zero or the Level A's ability to protect the other's safety/well-being, naturally) and forget what the public thought.
The brunette had thought that he was doing it right last time he had vowed something along these lines, but as he approached a sniffling Zero silently, he saw that obiviously he hadn't doing something right.
"You have been brought to tears a lot since you've truly met me. Haven't you... Zero?"
"...?"
Zero raised his head slightly and blinked away the fog of hot wetness clouding his puffy eyes to see a up-close version of the pureblood's loosened silk tie before the other's arms were wrapped around his back, pulling him in for a firm, unyeilding embrace. It held all of the warmth the prefect craved... He had such affection and safety in these arms... But... No...
"L... Let me go..." he whimpered softly, trying so hard not to fall victim to his body and bond's alerts that this- this person- was who would make all of his anguish and despair turn to nothing but a memory. However, Zero knew better... right?
"I will not," Kaname murmurred gently and decidedly as he buried his nose in the feather-soft locks of hair near Zero's ear. He smelled like that other vampire... "You are so uspet with me..." the pureblood breathed sadly, but didn't wait for an answer. "I really am sorry for telling you to go back to your room, Zero, and I won't make up an excuse or blame you. This was my fault."
Zero's fingers tightened slightly where they were on the brunette's sides, but just gulped.
"You know, I think I realize why exactly you didn't want me with Sara. You just don't like the notion of me bedding anyone but you, right? Human thinking."
The hunter felt his chest clench slightly and he once again put tension in his muscles as if he was going to try and break away. However, Kaname also solidified his hold on the half-dressed body before him- Zero wasn't going anywhere. The prefect's voice was taut as he spoke.
"Well I'm sorry if the human race is so moral, but what does it matter anyway? I know you've already helped keep the bloodline going, and I understand, so just let me go! I'll never bother you again..."
Cocoa eyes widened a bit and the brunette said, slight shock in his tone, "I didn't mate with Sara. I'm not going to."
Neither of them said nothing for a moment, but when Zero finally dared to look directly at the pureblood, disbelief in his lilac eyes, Kaname continued, "I couldn't bring myself to do it... So I told her that I would try artificial insemination."
"A... And she just left?" Zero whispered.
Kaname gave a dry smirk, but his eyes were warm as he held Zero's assailable gaze.
"Well... after giving me an earful, yes."
After a moment of the hunter's eyes darting over his bondmate's face as if trying to tell whether he was speaking the truth, Zero's fingers tightened more and his face screwed up in an effort to not cry. Kaname was right- he cried a lot now. He lost his battle and let out a strangled sob and buried his face in the brunette's dark green dress shirt. Afterwards he would apologize for getting it all wet, but for now he just wrapped his arms around Kaname and cried. The pureblood loosened his hug, but kept it reassuring and affectionate, gently cooing to his love that it was okay and that he could cry as much as he wanted. That that's what he was here for.
Zero eventually stopped crying after a few minutes and Kaname simply rubbed his lover's back in slow circles while the hunter kept his forehead nestled just below the pureblood's collar bone area silently. The ex-human felt calmed by these motions and he subconsciously remembered how Nezu had also massaged his back in the car, but the noble's hand motion had been a back and forth one and provided a shallow comfort. He wondered fleetingly how Kaname knew that this sluggish rotation was so much better... It was just one of those things that meant that maybe they really were made to love one another.
"Kaname..." the younger vampire suddenly whispered, his voice hoarse from crying the way he had been.
The brunette's tone was so open and clear when he softly answered, "Yes, Zero?"
Zero internally warmed- Kaname always answered him that way. So respectful and so affectionate all at once...
"Make love to me..."
Kaname's eyes hued crimson briefly and he rode out a short wave of sharp arousal that bolted downwards while quietly inhaling in what wasn't quite a gasp. Zero continued before the pureblood could respond (not that he knew what to say to that immediately...)
"I know I acted foolishly--"
"Very foolishly..." Kaname added both to lighten the mood and to seriously convey how worried he had been.
Zero blushed, but his head was now turned to the side to look at the wall as he rested on Kaname.
"Yes... I know. But... you told me to just go to my room... like... like I didn't matter. As if whether or not I cared about you being with someone else other than me didn't matter."
"Zero..."
The hunter looked up at the pureblood and his poofy eyes shone with a kind of hopeless desperation for Kaname to understand why he has acted the way he had.
"And I thought that you had decided that I wasn't worth putting up with my complaints- I complained a lot didn't I, Kaname? I'm sorry...- so you would just go with Sara and start a nice, normal family...! And- And I went to my room and I found Harita's address and then- and then I saw the blankets and they smelled like Sara--!"
Zero's extended sentences were silenced by a long, pale finger and Kaname leaned down, holding the other's wild eyes.
"Zero..." he whispered, his face softened in the face of his bondmate's adorable insistance and desire to explain everything as if the pureblood needed a reason for all of this. "I understand. And there is no need to apologize so stop. I should be saying that I am sorry for treating you so badly. I thought that I had more class than the other vampires, but it seems I can't even take care of you properly. I didn't want you to leave me. You were just so upset about Shirabuki-san and everything I did to assuage you wouldn't work."
The hunter looked panicked again once he heard that, but Kaname shook his head.
"I should have been more clear: Zero, I love you more than any female pureblood after my seed which I so freely give you..." he paused for a smirk and a Zero-grunt. "You are my most precious thing... Did you forget already what happened? What we went through not too long ago?"
The prefect lowered his eyes and did indeed remember the whole Ichiru fiasco. He hadn't forgot, exactly... just... forgot what it meant.
"Yes... I risked my life for you and for your sake Zero. I nearly killed myself because I thought you were dead...!" Kaname mumured urgently. "I am not praising my bravery, but I want you to know that that means I would die for you... and I found you under some other boy? I wanted to kill him so badly, you saw. Luckily for the child, you stopped me, but the point is, I am for you and you are for me."
"Kaname, I'm so sorr-" Zero tried.
"No more apologies. You've done nothing wrong... But..."
The brunette dipped his head to press his lips to Zero's, kissing him sweetly and briefly.
"I just want you to let this burn a message into your memories," the kiss returned, but now it bore the passion of a million lovers and the intensity of the stars and the sun crashing together. Zero gasped and nearly fell to his knees when Kaname pulled back a millimeter and gave the smoldering message in a low voice: "I will do anything for you."
Their eyes suddenly set aflame and they were at each other in such a way that witnesses may have taken as a vicious fight until their mouths met again in a bloody dance of fangs and tongues and lips. The scent of each other's blood and arousal thickened the atmosphere swiftly and at this point in the holiday break, most of the vampires were still gone. Anyone still left or who had returned most likely knew about the President's relationship anyway and were either currently trying to ignore the scents or deciding to go out for a nice evening stroll in the courtyards...
Zero breathed out softly in a shudder of superficial relief and mounting desire and was painfully ready for his lover by the time Kaname even got around to removing his own trousers. The hunter was now more-or-less backside-up, but couldn't really bring himself to lay still and stay flat like the position the pureblood had laid him in. Rather, Zero decided that he wanted to actually be on his hands and knees while the brunette led a trail of feathery kisses down his spine. Kaname smirked against the lilac-eyed teen's silky skin when he felt Zero wriggle slightly when the pureblood reached the lower areas of the spine. How cute...
The hunter was completely undressed of course and Kaname 's pants weren't even fully up on his waist, so as the older vampire discarded those properly and made himself in the same state of dress as his beloved, he reached around Zero's hips and caressed the rigidity he found there. Zero's head had been dropped between his shoulders and he had seen Kaname's hand, but even so, the touch of his bondmate and lover on his hot, aching flesh felt so good he nearly came then. It had been a while since he got such attention from someone he really wanted and needed it from. He held his breath in an attempt to control himself even as Kaname continued to fondle him, seeming to be very aware of how it was undoing Zero already. Although, if truth be told, Kaname wasn't in a much better predicament. He too was extremely ready to finally make love to Zero after the stretch of time where they barely even got intimate.
The two vampires weren't thinking about much else except for how horny they were for each other right now, but they both yearned for a break. A permanent break from all of their problems. In the beginning there was Ichiru. And now the Nezu and Sara issues. Those names weren't so intimidating to someone who had no idea of the numerous sub-problems that those names hid. So many tears and doubt and anxiety. So much pain and anger and misunderstanding. All they had was each other to shelter one another from the soul-corroding damage, but if they couldn't be open with each other and the people around them, then they might as well not be supporting each other at all, right? If Zero was there for Kaname, and if Kaname was there for Zero- no matter what, then they could definitely do anything. Could overcome anything and anyone for any reason, whether it be as critical as an unwanted and pushy suitor or as seemingly trivial as Night Class girls running rampant. Kaname would indeed do anything for Zero and the younger vampire certainly would try his hardest to mirror the effort.
Zero's arms slackened and he was about four inches shy of getting a face-full of pillow when he felt fingers burrowing into his body gently, yet efficiently. He let out a lazy moan as he pushed himself back up, half-consciously speading his knees farther apart to readily allow more access. They hadn't done it many times due to the younger vampire's shyness, but Zero so wanted this right now. Unfortunately, that didn't make him immune to the usual feelings of innocent embarrassment as Kaname was treated to the buffet that was his mate's body. So now the hunter blushed at his own behavior and the urge to push his hips out in a silent invitation... Well, said hunter tentatively carried out said action and received a growl in approval and eager agreement from Kaname.
The brunette positioned himself at Zero's ring of muscle and knew that he wouldn't hurt him very badly even if he went in quickly. It was never pointed out because that would be so heartless, but they both knew that the hunter's entrance wasn't as tight as it should be at this point due to the older Kiryuu's horrid recent-past. However, it was still a bit snug for Kaname and it still was tight enough to cause lots and lots of pleasure... It was perfect to cause this:
"Ahh...! God!"
...from Zero. And as long as Zero felt that good, Kaname was fine.
Love-making commenced, but at a rather comical point of ascension to their climax, Zero's fingers seemed to develop into his vampire claws for a moment in his throes of stimulation and they sliced into one of Kaname's pillows harshly. They both heard the loud rip but neither cared one iota nor really noticed in their keening, but once the pureblood shot his physical lust within his mate and Zero also came, something decided to make this moment not so dramatic. As the hunter's strength left his limbs, he flopped down face-first into the pillow and downy feathers poofed out rapidly into the air around them. As they fluttered slowly to the bed, to the floor and dusted themselves on the vampires, Kaname and Zero laughed.
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Author's Notes: Woah, that lemon sucked, I think... I'm sorry, but I've been really busy lately cuz my stinkin' english teacher likes to think that just because we're in honors she can assign shitloads of work that is all due in ridiculous intervals and act as if we don't have other classes... ANYWAY! Please review and continue reading! ^^ Hopefully the next chappie won't take as long.