A-Okay! Finally got to upload the fanfic. Hope you guys enjoy it and haven't abandoned me just yet!

PS: Vampire Knight doesn't belong to me

Chapter 8

Once the prefect was out of sight, Rima looked down at the two truffles and sighed. What got into that thistle eyed girl? She didn't give a crap about Valentine's Day ever, so why should she now? And to go through all the trouble of making chocolate? Weird.

Shrugging lightly, the strawberry blonde took off the white paper wrapper and popped the round and powdery truffle into her mouth as she used her tongue to squash it flat.

"Not bad," the pigtailed girl exclaimed as she ran her tongue along her moist lips, getting all the excess chocolate powder still clinging onto them. But was that peanut butter and jelly that she tasted….?

"What's not bad," the oh so familiar monotonous voice sounded behind her as the strawberry blonde turned around and quirked an eyebrow. "And here came the devil," cerulean eyes followed the lean built boy as he sat himself down on one of the benches, giving her one of his infamous emotionless stares as his arms were filled with chocolates from the Valentine's Day 'ceremony.'

"I smelt rain," the red head stated as Rima sauntered over and plopped herself next to her companion, already pulling out a fresh box of pocky.

"Yes, Anrui was here a few minutes ago," biting into the chocolate delight, Rima swung her legs carelessly. "She was looking for you," at this the male next to the vampire snapped his head towards Rima slightly as confusion was written on his face.

"And why…" trailing off, the redhead was caught off guard as his pigtailed friend threw a white wrapped up candy in his face. "Here," with that the Night Class student left Senri alone as he smelt the peculiar round shape. Smelling it, the scent of chocolate wafted into his nostrils as he began to salivate just slightly from hunger, but threaded into the delicious smell of chocolate was the smell of rain and roses. The distinct smell of a certain prefect.

"So she did change," the boy mumbled to himself as he let all the other small boxes drop to the floor, holding the most plainest wrapped up candy of all the others between his thumb and index finger. Ripping away the white paper, the vampire took a small bite out of the round truffle as the cream slowly oozed out. Nodding quietly to himself, the vampire suddenly spit out the candy as his eye twitched malevolently. What in the world's most fucked up hell? Did he just eat a pound of salt?

Restraining himself from squashing the poor and innocent truffle, Senri sighed heavily before slowly his blue gray eyes trailed down to all the delicious boxes of chocolate murmuring his name and then up to the single lone truffle that the messy haired prefect made for him. 'What am I doing,' the boy thought as he brought the truffle closer to his mouth and chewed on it slowly. He was beginning to have a headache as he swallowed the 'sweet' treat and repressed his urge to shove his head into the fountain, gargling his mouth out so the nasty taste of pounds of salt would wash away.

"Nope, she's still the same person after all," the vampire managed to rasp out as he dragged himself to his next class.

Meanwhile, Kaname was sitting in his room, barely able to continue reading the book from where he left off of. His dark crimson eyes trailed the slumbering body of the red headed vampire as his thoughts drifted back to the bistre-head. Looking sideways to his small coffee table, the vampire picked up Yuuki's soft yellow chocolate box and brought it to his lips, enjoying the coolness of it as the warm and lovely smell of the treat seemed to seduce his senses. "All I need is this box," whispering quietly to himself Kaname once again looked down at the book that lay open on his lap. If the chocolate that Yuuki gave him was all that he needed, the why in the name of God couldn't he calm his nerves down?

Still remembering the retreating figure of the Anrui, Kaname sighed to himself. What was that girl doing visiting the night class so late in the night? Did she not know the rules? Oh wait, she's a prefect, she's allowed to do that….

By now, the crimson eyed Night Class student was rubbing his temples, not even understanding why he was so worked up. Maybe because it's Valentine's Day and all the ruckus as been slowly getting on his nerves, or maybe it was because of Aidou? Perhaps it could also be the silver haired prefect that seemed to want to rip his throat apart. He wasn't quite sure, but either way he kept repeating to himself that it had nothing to do with the bistre-head.

"Alright," looking down into her pockets, Anrui saw that there were only two chocolates left. This was going as she planned. Now the last person she needed to give this to was her roommate and then she was done for today! But where would the last truffle go to? As the messy haired prefect kept running, her thoughts kept going back to Kaname. Should I give it to him? It really isn't too late to turn back, shaking her head with a blush tingling on her cheeks the girl thought, No he doesn't need it. I don't want to be clingy.

Already up the stairs, the girl skidded to a stop as she heard heavy panting and harsh gulps as if someone had just drowned and was in immediate need of oxygen to fill up their lungs. Peeking inside, Anrui saw a completely wet Zero with his chest exposed, the white shirt open as nasty red gashes were on his pale torso.

He's at it again, messy strands of hair fell on her thistle eyes as Anrui quietly stepped in. Knocking on the wooden door, the silver haired male snapped his neck dangerously towards the petite figure as his eyes slightly softened at the familiar face.

"What do you want," his harsh voice sounded as he backed more up towards the wall, as if trying to disappear. "Well," dawdling slowly the prefect took a step at a time towards the crouched down male. "I thought that since you helped me make these chocolates, you should assess on how well they were made!"

"I made half of them and they were absolutely perfect," the boy huffed arrogantly as a temple pulsed on Anrui. "And the rest was yours, which I don't even want to know how that went," grumbling the girl got on all fours in front of Zero and crawled towards him before coming eye to eye. Swiftly, the girl flicked him on the forehead as he let out a string of colorful words. "FUCK."

"Suck it up stupid baby," snapping playfully at the boy, Anrui crossed her hands in front her chest as she glared down triumphantly at Zero. "This is payback for the incident last year," tsk-ing Zero turned sideways, revealing more of the red gashes that ran in several lines on his pale neck. What should I do, the prefect's thistle eyes softened slightly as she slumped next to Zero, the two quietly staring at opposite walls. Anrui already knew about Zero's little condition. It really wasn't her fault that she was eavesdropping!

It was about 2 AM in the morning and the messy haired girl was wondering in the hallways of the Headmaster's building. The bathrooms in the girl's Sun Dormitories seemed to shut down for no apparent reason, and so having drank too much last night the girl needed to release herself, for she was afraid she would have pissed herself to Shame-land.

Therefore, being the smart kid she was, she tiptoed all the way to the Headmaster's office building since when she was little, she always ran to him when there was a problem. It was a childhood reflex that somehow seemed to stick up until now.

Walking past Cross' office, his slightly opened door shined a small streak of light right into Anrui's thistle eyes as she scrunched up her face like a pig, blinking away irritatingly. "What about Zero," a gruff man's voice sounded from inside the room. Hearing her 'mortal enemy's' name, Anrui stopped for a second and decided to peak through the door. "He can be controlled, he's a big boy now," Kaien Cross' familiar carefree tone sounded as Anrui's sleepiness seemed to fade away. "But that doesn't change the fact that he is a vampire," stumbling slightly backwards, the girl was caught in a state of shock. Zero, a vampire? WHAT? That meant that Zero would now easily beat her in every brawl they had together. Unknown to her, the tiny feet that were supporting her weight suddenly were caught up in each other as she fell flat on her ass, causing the two men to look towards the creek in the door. "There's someone there," the gruff voice half shouted half whispered. With heavy footsteps, the door swung open to reveal nothing as the two men glanced suspiciously from left to right, looking for the possible culprit. Once they thought they were safe, they closed the door and Anrui let out a heavy breath. She was hiding behind one of the columns that framed the door to the Headmaster's room. Peeking over her shoulder once again, she decided that her bladder was about to blast to kingdom come if she did not run all the way across the hall to the bathroom.

Glancing slightly towards Zero, she caught his slight stare towards her direction before he briskly turned his head away, sinking further into his knees. "Zero," her porcelain hand reached out towards his head, thinking that she should caress his head like Yuuki did when he was small. But quickly, she retreated it. Instead, she ruffled his head before massaging the back of his neck. "You need to stop scratching yourself," her soft tone caused him to look towards her huge thistle orbs. Wordlessly, the girl ran into the bathroom and came out with a cold hand towel and worked her way through his wounds, slightly damping against them to clean away the blood.

"Now," taking out the forgotten truffle, a slightly devious smirk tugged at Anrui's lips. "I think this will cheer you up," looking suspiciously at her, Zero opened his mouth before his tongue came into contact with the powdery truffle. As he chewed slowly onto the chocolate, he looked surprised at how normal it tasted, almost good. That is, until he started to cough violently. "Holy shit! Zero! Did I kill you?" frantically, Anrui waved her hands above her head as she sprung onto her companion, clapping his back. Despite all the ruckus, the silver haired prefect still managed to swallow the terribly bitter chocolate down his esophagus.

"… Please tell me you didn't mistake butter for mustard," blinking slightly, the girl made a silent 'o' shape with her mouth as she sheepishly laughed. "Well, um, there might have been some accident?"

Sighing to himself Zero ran his big hand through his silver strands, tugging slightly at the roots. As soon as he turned the other way, it somehow have him a better view of Anrui's neck, exposing that deathly pale skin as her veins seemed to seep through that translucent skin. This was bad, he had dismissed taking the tablets for as long as he could, and her stupid scent wasn't helping either. Her lips seemed to say silent words as he only concentrated on that jugular vein, throbbing as if pleading for him to disfigure it with his fangs. And that fresh smell of rain was so refreshing and cooling, along with the sweet nectar of the roses. This was driving him insane.

The more he looked at her, the more he wanted to rip the tiny figure apart and drain her of all her blood. He wanted to make her cry out in pain as he sucked her dry. Without his knowledge, his arm suddenly shot out and grabbed the girl by her neck, slamming her head against the cold hard floor. "Zero!" her shout seemed to be silenced by his hunger. As he leaned in closer, the smaller prefect's knee collided with his hard build abdomen as the boy suddenly snapped out.

As soon as he realized what he had done, he backed away into the wall, covering his face with his hands. "STAY AWAY FROM ME," bellowing the male prefect panted madly, looking everywhere else except at Anrui.

She was scared, utterly scared. Sure she knew how vampires were but she was never initially attacked in such a malevolent behavior. Most of the time Aidou would only toy with her and that was the end of it. But this was different, and yet…

"Zero," softly she approached him as the boy only screamed at her to go away. "YOU DIMWIT, GET AWAY," by now his fangs were visible to the prefect as she couldn't help but stare at the sharp weapons. The closer she got, the stronger his urge to attack her began to boil up. If she stayed any second longer-

"Zero, listen, you can be yourself here," as if expecting what would happen next, Anrui didn't even flinched as she felt claw like hands grab a fistful of her hair before slamming her into the wall. Dazed, she almost thought she saw stars as that illusion was immediately replaced with crimson red eyes boring holes into her own thistle orbs. In just a few second, Zero buried his head into the crook of her neck as she winced feeling him drag his fangs along the juncture of her neck and shoulder, her uniform already halfway ripped by his urgent hands. Suddenly, the boy seemed to tense up, and as soon as he was about to dash away from the petite figure he was held captive by small arms that wrapped themselves around him. "Didn't I tell you shithead, you can be yourself here," she was sick of it. Seeing Zero almost every night tear at his own body as streaks of blood covered him. She was sick of broken water glasses that Cross brought up to Zero, along with those blood pills being carelessly thrown around as the prefect refused to partake in such deeds. She was sick of seeing him mentally fight himself in the darkness while everyone else was able to lead a normal life. No matter how much resentment there was between the two, it was always playful and to see him like this, it made Anrui sick.

Now completely out of control, the boy tore his fangs into her neck as blood splattered slightly onto the wall behind them, gulping down ferociously onto the scarlet blood that was dripping down her pale skin. Uhrg it hurts, slightly frowning, the girl bit her lips as to contain this pain. It was menacing, and his fangs just kept burying themselves further and further into her skin that not just his fangs seemed to cause wounds, but all his teeth seemed to clamp down onto her neck. The grip on her hair also seemed to tighten and she was afraid that he might tear off her whole head if this continued any longer.

This was barbaric.