YOSHH! Right sorry guys it took so long to update but being jet lagged has done quite a toll on me. But other than that please enjoy this chapter and once again I am really greatful of all of you who had stuck with this story thus far! It's always good in my opinion to know there is someone who is taking their time to read my (failed) fanfics lol :P
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RaWr
PS: Vampire Knight does not belong to me.
Chapter 7
The moderate and even duut of the phone was beginning to bore the bistre-headed girl as she huffed impatiently, holding her cell phone to her ear as she swung her legs on her bed.
"Hello?" a familiar voice sounded from the other line as thistle eyes lit up.
"Yuuki, can I ask you a favor?" Rolling on her back, the girl looked outside the window as the sun was still pretty up high in the dimming evening sky.
"Anything," taking a deep breath, the girl quickly muttered, "canyouhelpmemakechocolate…"
"What," the brunette on the other line strained her hearing. "….canyouhelpmemakechocolate."
"Anrui, get your crap together," Yuuki signed on the other line as she flipped over a page from her textbook, trying to memorize the material for tomorrow's quiz. No matter how confident the thistle-head was, she still had a habit of stuttering or talking too fast when she was nervous or embarrassed.
"Ok fine, just don't mention it to anyone," nibbling slightly on her lower lip Anrui took a few deep breaths. "I want to make chocolate, can you help me?" Hearing a clear-like laugh, the thistle eyed girl blushed in embarrassment. Making chocolate on Valentine's Day was not something the girl did.
"Okay, meet me in five at the dorm's kitchen," "Arigatou Yuuki-chan!" Hanging up abruptly, the girl jumped from her bed and still dressed in her uniform, the Day Class student slipped into a pair of comfortable shoes and rushed to the second floor where the culinary room resided in.
Who should I give the chocolates too… A thought ran in her mind as the pale girl jogged down the stairs. Yuuki-chan definitely, Yori-chan too since she has been very helpful and kind to me. Turning at the corner, the numbers of various dorms seemed to whiz past the girl as she continued her pursuit to the kitchen. Cross because, well he is family. My roommate because she is a dork and deserves something, insert a small smile as the girl accidently tripped over her own feet. Shiki-sempai…. Skidding to a stop in the middle of an empty hallway, with the occasional laughter from a dorm or two floating around, Anrui thought for a while. I want to show him I changed, not because I like him. Leaning against a nearby wall, the girl immediately flung her hands to her head as she scratched it ferociously. "That's right, I don't like him, I just want to prove to him that I changed!" I don't like him; it's just appreciation for someone who helped me paint the blank canvas.
Just a few steps away from the kitchen, the girl caught sight of her best friend as Yuuki hummed an uneven but peculiar tune as she took out the necessary ingredients and tools.
"Yuuki," her soft voice called out to the brunette as she stopped shuffling pots and pans and turned around with a wide smile showing her pearly teeth. "Okay, let's get started shall we?"
"Okay," with a small smile the girl sauntered in and grabbed a nearby apron that had the words 'Kiss the Cook' written on them in bright neon pink letters. "No judging Yuuki, I find confidence in this meaningless piece of fabric," turning her chin up slightly Anrui huffed as she tied her hair back into a high ponytail. "Sure sure, whatever you say."
Fifteen minutes into the world of culinary art, two sheets of goods have been thrown out and a miniature fire was extinguished as the two girls slumped onto the floor, sweating buckets while Yuuki had a whisk in her hand and Anrui was holding a big kitchen knife. "I thought the cook book said to wait 20 minutes with a preheated oven and then put the sweets in for 15," the messy haired companion said in a monotonous voice as Yuuki wiped her hands on her soft yellow apron with a picture of a small chick. "Well, I thought it said to keep the cookies in there from the beginning," glancing over at the chocolate eyed girl, Anrui snickered. "Do you know how to read?" Smacking her upside the head, Yuuki replied with a loud 'yes' as she blushed. "Anyway, as much as I want to help you, I have to go study for the quiz tomorrow, gomen!" the thistle eyed girl gaped her mouth wide open as she extended her hand, but it was too late for the prefect had disappeared in a matter of seconds.
"How will I finish making these in time," it would be untimely and awkward to give the chocolates tomorrow for it would no longer be Valentine's Day, so the girl was determined.
"Finish what in time," a gruff voice asked as a shiver ran down Anrui's spine. Shit. "Nothing," Turning around ever so casually while hiding the huge kitchen knife behind her back, the bistre-head cocked her head to the side as she smiled innocently. "Ume, I can see a huge knife sticking out of your back, so unless you're planning to murder someone and cannibalize them, spill it," groaning in annoyance, the girl threw the utensil down as she leaned against the table. "Don't even ask any questions, but I'm making chocolate." A sudden quiet settled between the two like a soft blanket of snow on Christmas night, before something close to laughter erupted. It was Zero snickering as he tried to keep his balance.
"Hey!" blushing in embarrassment the girl threw the bowl holding whipped cream in it at the silver haired boy as he caught it with ease. "You, cooking? Are you trying to poison someone," chuckling slightly the Day Class student walked towards the apron that Yuuki wore just a minute ago and slipped it over his head, dipping his index finger into the white puffy cream before putting it into his mouth. "What are you doing," the girl demanded as she put her hands on her waist, eyeing the guy in front of her warily. "If you're going to give the chocolate to Yuuki or Yori, it would be a shame to see them die, so I'm going to save your ass from landing itself into jail."
"I am fully capable of doing this myself, now get out Zero!" her face was how a brilliant color of tomato red as the shade seemed to basically glow off her cheeks. "Capable you say, I can smell the fucking burning of food from across the dormitory," huffing slightly, the girl looked away in defeat as she let the boy do whatever he wanted. "Fine okay, but don't you dare speak a word to anyone about this or I will castrate you."
"Ume what's with all the violence you creep," snapping at her, Zero threw away the third batch of ruined goods as he eyed the whipped cream. "It needs more sugar," the boy said as he swung the cupboard casually to take out the necessary ingredient. Slightly turning her head towards the silver haired companion, Anrui was a bit mesmerized by his concentrated and yet aloof look. Something is missing. Walking up casually to the bowl of whipped cream, the girl dipped two of her fingers into the fluffy whiteness as she stood behind the taller male. With a single movement, she swiped her stained fingers onto his cheek as a satisfied smile found its way onto her devious features. That's better. The look of surprise, shock and killer intent all simultaneously caused the girl to burst out laughing as the pale prefect slammed the doors closed before glaring hard at the girl. "What the fuck was that Ume," he said through gritted teeth. "I thought that maybe you needed something so everyone could forget your hideousness and focus on this more."
Zero's eyes glinted a cardinal red but only for a brief moment, before he sauntered over to the bowl while the girl was laughing herself to death. Dipping his entire hand into the bowl, Zero hid it behind his back as he called out the shorter prefect's attention. "Nani," turning around with a smile that was left as a residue from the laughter just now, Zero smacked his hand lightly right onto her face, smudging the cream all over her features. "Now no one will go blind from your ugliness," the boy had an arrogant smirk plastered on his face as the girl trembled with anger, and oddly enough, laughter. "Think you've just won huh Zero," the girl wiped away the cream from her eyes as her sticky eyelashes took on a snowy white color. "Think again bastard," hence started the food war.
Lunging at each other with sugar flying here and there, malice no longer hung in the air but laughter and swearing. Finally for what seemed to be a blissful eternity, Zero managed to grab both of Anrui's arms with his single huge one as the girl was still laughing, while the boy had a faint smile on his stone like face. Her wrists are so small, the prefect though as he looked into the smiling face of his companion. Does she always smile so lopsidedly?
"Zero," her voice brought him back down to Earth as the male blinked slowly twice before realizing how close they were. "Get the chocolate," once again his commanding voice floated into her ears as he let go of her wrists while throwing a towel towards her. "I'll get the stove heated."
Ten o'clock was when the duo had finally managed to finish cleaning up, with all the twenty or so small bags wrapped each with a baby blue ribbon rested on the counter. "All right, I'm gone," Zero said monotonously as he ripped the yellow apron from his neck and smoothed out his newly cleaned uniform he changed into mere minutes ago. "Thanks by the way," but by the time Anrui turned around, she was the only one in the room with the clock ticking softly. Sighing slightly, the girl looked at the bags and chuckled. They seemed to have made too many chocolates by accident. But oh well, the more the better was what the girl concluded. Since each bag held a tiny round truffle with a creamy filling inside, they were enough to all fit inside her uniform pocket. Carefully putting them in, the girl ran off towards Yuuki's dorm first where she was sure Yori was there too. Knocking quickly onto the wooden door, thistle eyes met ochre ones as Anrui gave Yori one of her infamous lopsided smiles. "Thank you for helping me out and keeping me in line, Yori-chan," handing her the chocolate, Yori's face broke into a smile as she bowed her head slightly before gesturing for the pale girl to come in. "And Yuuki, thank you for always being there for me even though I'm usually the one who drags you into troubling situations!" Laughing that joyful laugh of hers, the brunette hugged her friend tightly before asking the girl to stay a while with them. Shaking her head, Anrui explained she had some business to take care of and ran off, leaving the other two girls to look at each other in confusion.
Her first destination was the Headmaster's office, which she once again drummed her knuckles softly against the mahogany door, only to be met with silence. Cross was probably once again out on some business or just fell asleep in his chair. Grabbing a pen from the collar of her white shirt, the thistle eyed girl scribbled some words onto the white paper chocolate bag before slipping it into the gap where mail usually went through.
The second destination was the Moon Dormitories. Walking past the fountain in the small square, the girl slightly skipped as her boots clacked softly against the marble corridors before she heard a soft sloshing sound to her right. Sharply turning her head towards the source of noise, she saw a shadow that was holding two buckets of water and another one on its head. Curiosity taking the better of her, Anrui cautiously walked towards the shadow until blond hair came into view as irritated ice blue eyes seemed to drill holes into the opposite wall.
"A-Aidou sempai?" Unbelievingly the girl asked herself more than anyone else as she quickly pressed her soft palm of her right hand on her mouth, trying to contain her laughter. "How nice to see you prefect-san," his once seductive voice was now only laced with a string made of fine annoyance and slight tinge of embarrassment. "What have you done this time," the petite female cocked her head to the side in an amusing way as she let wisps of messy bistre locks caress her cheeks. "None of your concern," the aristocrat snapped slightly as he huffed and turned to look anywhere but the girl. Smiling softly, Anrui fished her hand into her pocket and took out a small chocolate bag. As the unwrapping caught Aidou's attention, he stole occasional glances at the girl as to see what she was doing. Finally, after getting the baby blue ribbon out of the way, the girl stood up on her toes so that she was almost eye-level to the blond vampire. "Maybe this will make you feel better," once again that same lopsided smile etched itself on her soft features as she brought the round truffle to his cold marble like lips. Unsurely, the Night Class student opened his mouth as his tongue caught the powdered chocolate truffle before consuming it entirely. Slowly chewing onto the chocolate covering, his taste buds were overwhelmed with the soft creamy filling flooding in. All in all, it was the worst he had tasted but he was quite satisfied with it. "What was that for," he questioned with a bored tone the prefect as she realized what she had done, blushing slightly while retracting her fingers from his personal bubble. "I… I thought- I don't know," and with that she scurried away leaving the boy's ice- blue eyes to follow her retreating figure out into the hallway. Quietly, Aidou muttered, "Arigatou."
Feeling that she was a good distance away from the Night Class student, the thistle eyed girl stopped and put her hands on her knees, leaning slightly. She had to admit, no matter how annoying Aidou was he still had that…charm that somehow seemed to latch on a bit. It was faint, but it was certainly there. Remembering his soft blond locks and those cold icy eyes caused a red hue to burn onto the prefects pale cheeks. "Ahh, I'm turning one of those fangirls…" shaking her head in disappointment Anrui straightened up and continued to search for a familiar red head. After what seemed like hours, she finally spotted Rima who was casually sitting and nibbling on pocky sticks. "Rima-chan," calling out to her the strawberry blonde turned around before sitting up and sauntering over to the slightly shorter female. "Good evening Anrui-chan," the girl gave a small smile as she took another bite out of the chocolate pocky. "I was wondering if you have seen Shiki-sempai anywhere?" with her sharp cerulean eyes, Rima looked around a bit before tugging slightly on her black ribbon that was keeping her pigtail in place. "Ano, no but I can pass on whatever it is to him if you like."
"Etto? Uhh, it's okay, I think I'll just go on and find him myself I mean it can't be that hard," nervously sweating, the thistle eyed girl inched further away from the strawberry blonde.
"Nani? It's easy, we're friends so I don't mind and come on the Moon Dormitories are big," Rima glanced questioningly at the bistre head, taking a step forward with every step her friend took back.
"….. But-" "Just give it to me already," Rima deadpanned as she put her hands on her hips and with her brilliant cerulean eyes looked her the girl demandingly.
"Fine, but no judging!" her pinky finger twitching slightly, the girl scrunched up her eyebrows together as curse words were flying here and there in her head. Finally after shoving her hands into her pocket, she quickly clasped them around Rima's dainty ones before turning right around and avoiding looking at her vampire friend. Looking down curiously, Rima suddenly burst out laughing.
"Yo, I said no judging!" Red faced, the prefect stomped her foot childishly as she crossed her hands over her chest. "Too late, but why two," the model wiped away a single tear as she calmed herself down.
"One's for you, since you deserve it," smiling lightly the Day Class Student just like that disappeared into the night.
Slipping away and nearing the gates, a single room seemed to catch the prefect's attention, the one where a tall male with dark brown hair resided, quietly reading a book. He's so calm, she thought as she looked at Kaname. How lucky must Yuuki be, to know such a man like him, looking down into her pockets, Anrui shook her head lightly to herself before walking out the gates, feeling heavy and tired as though the air has been sucked right out of her.