Monday. God damned, bloody Monday. I hate it. My dorm mate, Azuma, starts shaking me and calling my name. It reminded me of Toga, and I burst into tears. She gives me a look before rubbing my back awkwardly.

'There, there, Sakura. There, there.' She says. I shake my head and apologise, smiling slightly, before asking if she minds if I use the washroom. She shakes her head no, claiming to have already used it. Eyeing her up and down I realise she had, indeed, used the washroom. I smile slightly again and turn to take my day class uniform.

Its a simple white blouse with a black skirt. Over the blouse goes a black office jacket with white lining. Around the collar is where I will equip a red neck tie. I have black socks and simple light brown boots.

I grab the uniform after studying it and walk into the washroom. I turn on a hot shower on high pressure and strip off my lavender coloured nighty. I step in and wash thoroughly before stepping out. I dress quickly but neatly before sitting down at a vanity and doing my makeup.

I put on black eyeliner and black eye-shadow. I put on ebony mascara that matches my eyelashes before doing my lip gloss. Its light pink. All in all, it was very simple and not to flashy.

After doing my makeup I brush my hair and put in a simple twisted side ponytail with a white hairband. Nodding, I leave the washroom. Azuma is standing there, holding my packed bag out to me, smiling.

'C'mon. I packed your bag for you so we could get to class quicker.' She says. I smile softly.

'Thanks.' I reply, taking my bag and walking with her to class.

XXXXX

I stand there, silently laughing as day class girls surround my best friend, bombarding him with questions about himself. He glares at them all. They somewhat ignore it, but move so that Azuma can join them. In that brief time, Zero manages to notice me. He bursts from his seat and smiles at me, calling my name. He hadn't seen me since the holidays between me and him exiting normal highschool and joining the Academy. I grin brightly and everyone looks back and forth between me and Zero, especially Azuma, having seen me this morning.

'Zero!' I yell excitedly, running up to him and jumping, grabbing his chest and swinging forward before he spins me around in the air. He puts me down and we hug tightly. Then I pull back reluctantly when the teacher announces:

'Students, sit. Kiryu, Yagari, please refrain from showing a sickening amount of affection during class.' He shakes his head and I laugh, before skipping off to the row in front of Zero and sitting next to Azuma. A boy sits next to me and Azuma giggles as he begins making doe eyes at me. Then she moves to lean in front of me and speaks:

'Yes, Sakura does live up to her name, doesn't she?' The boy blushes when I stare at him. He nods, and Azuma continues, 'also, someone is glaring at you.' His eyes widen and he turns around to see Zero directly behind him, glaring furiously at the back of his head. Zero hisses at me.

'Idiot' I look at him, shocked and confused as to what I had done. He had called me an idiot before, but playfully, this time it was meant to sting. I try to ignore it as class begins.

XXXXX

'Zero?' I ask hesitantly, looking at him.

'What?' He snaps. I wince and he looks at me. His face looks guilty and he quickly apologizes.

'Its fine, Zero. You having a rough day?' I ask softly, taking his hand. He nods and rubs his neck.

'Yeah'

We stand there for a few minutes with me looking, concerned, at Zero. He continues to rub his neck and I look at our entwined hands. Suddenly, he realises I'm holding his hand and yanks his own out of mine. Sweating and panting, he runs away.

Now, I love anime, but I'm not obsessed. In fact, I'm very picky about the anime I enjoy. The fact that I stopped watching Vampire Knight when Yuuki 'became' a vampire, a fact I'm still very much pissed off about, combined with my lack of attention and short memory span means I was forced to use the knowledge I had about Zero. Is he becoming a Level E? Has Shizuka Hio's bite finally gotten to my best friend?

XXXXX

Why do I have to be a good cook? Zero, I'm beginning to hate you for teaching me to cook. Why couldn't you teach me something else?

I sigh, then return my attention to the soup that contains chicken and multiple different types of vegetables. I stir, taste and decide that is cooked and ready to be served. I dish the soup up into 4 bowls. One for Kaien, Yuuki, Zero and the last for myself. I place each of our bowls onto a large plate each. I hesitate, before dropping a blood pill I stole from Kaname earlier, onto Zero's plate. I hide most of it with a napkin with just a little peeping out. Hopefully, it will slow the transformation. I pick up two of the soups and take them out.

I had picked up Yuuki and Kaien's. I set them down in front of them and grin.

'Dinner is served!' I announce loudly. Kaien and Yuuki laugh and Zero grunts. I look at him and blink before returning to the kitchen to retrieve our (Zero's and my own) plates. I place my best friends so the pill is facing him and no one but him can see it. His eyes widen and he looks at me. I smile softly and sit down. I dig in.

XXXXX

'Sakura?' I hear Zero's voice in the dark of my room.

'Zero? How the frig did you get into the girls dorms?' I groan a reply. He chuckles before replying.

'That doesn't matter. Can we talk? Outside?'

'Yeah' I answer 'just let me grab my slip-on shoes.'

'OK.'

Minutes later, I'm out in the courtyard with Zero. We're silent for a long time before he asks his question.

'How did you know?'

'A feeling.' I reply 'The way you looked at my neck during class.' His eyes widen.

'You saw that?' He asks, shocked, before apologizing. 'I'm sorry. So sorry. I'm a monster.' I Gibbs slap him. Yeah, I remember the Gibbs slap, surprisingly.

'Owww!' He calls out. 'What was that for!?' He asks.

'For thinking yourself like the blood sucking monsters in the night class.' I say, before stopping and looking like i was thinking, and continuing. 'And for being and idiot.' I grin and make a price sign.

'That hurt!' He says before a quick cough comes out of his mouth. I close my eyes happily and say,

'It was meant to. You'd keep thinking negatively otherwise!' He chuckles.

'Thank you, Suki. But it doesn't change the fact.' I slap him again, in the chest this time.

'It isn't a fact, Zero! Your nothing like Kaname, Aido, Melody or Shizuka! Your my best friend and most certainly not a monster.' I yell, then become quiet on the last sentence. I look up at him pleadingly. 'Don't think like that, Zero. Your not an evil demon to be feared.' I say, then turn and leave.

XXXXX

'Sakura!' Yuuki yells and bursts into my room. Turn from where I was packing my bag to look at her.

'Yes?' I question.

'The headmaster wants to see you, me and Zero now. Come on!' She says excitedly and pulls me out the door. I only just manage to grab my bag and tell Azuma that I'll be in class a little late, and to tell the teacher that I was with Zero and Yuuki in the headmaster's office. She nods OK.

XXXXX

'Children, for the years I've run this academy, vampires have only been here 1 year. Last year I could patrol the grounds and protect the day class with Kaname's help. But, with the significant increase in work this year for both Kaname and myself, we have no time to do those duties. We need a group of students well aware of the vampire's existence, the dangers of them, and how to fight them. We need you to form that group.' Kaien announces. What a speech. 'What do you say?' All three of us (Zero, Yuuki and myself) nod.

'We accept.'

A:/N: I'm very proud of this chapter for some unknown reason. Especially the end. On another note, its lunch time on the second day of my holidays. On the way through the mountains, guess what I saw?

The person who can guess correctly gets the next chapter dedicated to them.

Lolcatzlol: As you can see, safe and sound. Also, guess how much money I got from seeing what I saw in the mountains? 20 bucks. Friggin hallelujah!

Ariel Wild: I freakin' love u! Here's an update in your honor. SukixZero FTW! But; don't get to excited, its still likely Kaname or someone else will get with Sakura.

Kaname Kuran: You don't exist, but I'm letting you know, I hate you.

~ The Writer Of This Story

(Yes, I changed my penname. Sue me.)